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Missouri House backs legal shield for weedkiller maker facing thousands of cancer-related lawsuits
(State News ~ 04/25/24)
JEFFERSON CITY — The manufacturer of a popular weedkiller won support Wednesday from the Missouri House for a proposal that could shield it from costly lawsuits alleging it failed to warn customers its product could cause cancer. The House vote marked an important but incremental victory for chemical giant Bayer, which acquired an avalanche of legal claims involving the weedkiller Roundup when it bought the product’s original St. Louis-area-based producer, Monsanto. ...
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2021 death of young Black man at rural Missouri home was self-inflicted, FBI tells AP
(State News ~ 04/25/24)
ST. LOUIS — A federal investigation has concluded that a young Black man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a rural Missouri home, not at the hands of the white homeowner who had a history of racist social media postings, an FBI official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. ...
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Missouri's GOP lawmakers vote to kick Planned Parenthood off Medicaid
(State News ~ 04/25/24)
JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature on Wednesday passed a bill to ban Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood, a move they have tried for years in a state where almost all abortions are banned. The bill, approved 106-48 Wednesday in the House, aims to make it illegal for Missouri’s Medicaid program to reimburse Planned Parenthood for health care services to low-income patients, such as pap smears and cancer screenings. ...
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Route CC in Scott County closed for pavement repairs; Route C in Perry County reduced for pavement work
(Local News ~ 04/25/24)
Route CC in Scott County, between Highway 91 and Route W near Oran, will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform pavement repairs. A MoDOT news release indicated the work will take place daily from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, April 29, through Thursday, May 2. ...
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Rhubarb season has begun
(Community ~ 04/25/24)
One of the many special gifts of spring is new-crop rhubarb. Early in the season it is still young and tender, sweet yet slightly tart and so very delicious. There are so many different ways to use rhubarb, I had a hard time narrowing down the many recipes I found to use it. But I managed to select a few that I think you’ll enjoy. ...
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3 arrested in Bollinger County after drug investigation
(Local News ~ 04/25/24)
An ongoing and multijurisdictional investigation into a probation violation and drug distribution yielded the arrests of three men April 17, in Bollinger County. The men taken into custody face charges relating to drug and weapons charges. ...
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Einstein in the kitchen
(Community ~ 04/25/24)
“Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.” So said the great American inventor Thomas Edison. Having tried nearly 3,000 filaments before landing on a successful one for his light bulb, he obviously knew what he was talking about. Similarly, when it comes to inventing recipes, trial and error is usually involved. ...
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Victoria’s Creamery has ice cream worth leaving the house for
(Community ~ 04/25/24)
I categorize soft-serve ice cream in my head as a treat, a sweet I can’t make at home that I must deliberately travel into the world to attain. Some folks may own an ice cream machine that creates a version of this cold sweet, but not me. Two weeks ago, I waxed poetic about soft serve, but this time, I’m going the other direction. Hand-dipped ice cream, or hard ice cream, is premade, put into a container, and is then scooped out into a formed ball, if you’re good at it. This is the kind of ice cream I can buy at the grocery store and keep in my freezer. But sometimes, hand-dipped ice cream is worth leaving the house for. ...
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Jerry Reynolds, former Cape County assessor, remembered as 'a true gentleman'
(Local News ~ 04/25/24)
Jerry L. Reynolds, who served as Cape Girardeau County Assessor from 1977 to 2013, died on Friday, April 19, 2024. He was 86. ...
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Man charged in Tuesday apartment shooting in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 04/25/24)
A man is facing three felony charges in connection with a Tuesday, April 23, shooting that left one person wounded. Cape Girardeau County Circuit Court documents indicate Prosecuting Attorney Mark Welker has charged Michael Dewayne Thompkins with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and resisting arrest. ...
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Local public school admins urge Gov. Parson to veto omnibus education bill due to funding concerns
(Local News ~ 04/25/24)
A 150-plus page education bill that has passed through the state House of Representatives and Senate has local public school administrators urging Gov. Mike Parson to veto it. Concerns surrounding Senate Bill 727 — which evolved from a 12-page bill into the multifaceted legislation it is — include a $25 million expansion of private school tax credits, establishment of a charter school in Boone County that some administrators fear will lead to charter school expansion around the state and increased teacher salaries with no apparent mandate to increase funding for schools to cover the added costs. ...
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Today in History: April 25
(Local News ~ 04/25/24)
Today is Thursday, April 25, the 116th day of 2024. There are 250 days left in the year. Today’s Highlights in History: In 404 B.C., the Peloponnesian War ended as Athens surrendered to Sparta. On this date: In 1507, a world map produced by German cartographer Martin Waldseemueller contained the first recorded use of the term “America,” in honor of Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci...
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Prayer 4-25-24
(Prayer ~ 04/25/24)
O Lord Jesus, we praise you, for by your stripes we are healed. Amen.
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Nothing good comes from Columbia University's radicalism
(Column ~ 04/25/24)
Columbia University is once again the center of the radical universe. More than 50 years after anti-Vietnam War demonstrators roiled the Columbia campus in 1968, anti-Israel agitators are disrupting the school’s operations, and inspiring similar actions at other universities around the country.
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Legislation would help safeguard Missouri water against unregulated export
(Column ~ 04/25/24)
As past president of the Southeast Missouri Regional Water District and a local farmer, I will not stand idly as our precious water resources are attacked. This is why I fully support State. Rep. Jamie Burger and State. Sen. Jason Bean as they introduce legislation stopping unchecked access to our water supply.
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About 1 in 4 US adults 50 and older who aren't yet retired expect to never retire, AARP study finds
(National News ~ 04/25/24)
WASHINGTON -- About one-quarter of U.S. adults age 50 and older who are not yet retired say they expect to never retire and 70% are concerned about prices rising faster than their income, an AARP survey finds. About 1 in 4 have no retirement savings, according to research released Wednesday by the organization that shows how a graying America is worrying more and more about how to make ends meet even as economists and policymakers say the U.S. ...
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Boeing's financial woes continue, while families of crash victims urge US to prosecute the company
(National News ~ 04/25/24)
Boeing said Wednesday that it lost $355 million on falling revenue in the first quarter, another sign of the crisis gripping the aircraft manufacturer as it faces increasing scrutiny over the safety of its planes and accusations of shoddy work from a growing number of whistleblowers...
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Ukraine uses long-range missiles secretly provided by US to hit Russian-held areas, officials say
(National News ~ 04/25/24)
WASHINGTON -- Ukraine for the first time has begun using long-range ballistic missiles provided secretly by the United States, bombing a Russian military airfield in Crimea last week and Russian forces in another occupied area overnight, American officials said Wednesday...
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Australian police arrest 7 alleged teen extremists linked to stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church
(International News ~ 04/25/24)
SYDNEY -- Australian police arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids across Sydney on Wednesday, as a judge extended a ban on social media platform X sharing video of a knife attack on a bishop that started the criminal investigation...
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Russia vetoes a UN resolution calling for the prevention of a dangerous nuclear arms race in space
(International News ~ 04/25/24)
UNITED NATIONS -- Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space, calling it "a dirty spectacle" that cherry picks weapons of mass destruction from all other weapons that should also be banned...
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Blinken, in Shanghai, begins expected contentious talks with Chinese officials
(International News ~ 04/25/24)
SHANGHAI -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken opened his first full day of meetings in China on Thursday by talking with local government officials in Shanghai. Blinken discussed local and regional issues with Chen Jining, the Chinese Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai. He also planned to speak to students and business leaders before flying to Beijing for what are expected to be contentious talks with national officials, including Foreign Minister Wang Yi...
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West Virginia says it will appeal ruling that allowed transgender teen athlete to compete
(National News ~ 04/25/24)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on an appeals court ruling that allowed a transgender athlete to compete on her middle school teams, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said Wednesday. "We're not going to allow the elites in the swamp to impose their values on West Virginia citizens," Morrisey said at a news conference in the state Capitol...
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Tennessee House kills bill that would have banned local officials from studying, funding reparations
(National News ~ 04/25/24)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee's Republican-dominant House on Wednesday spiked legislation that would have banned local governments from paying to either study or dispense money for reparations for slavery. The move marked a rare defeat on a GOP-backed proposal initially introduced nearly one year ago. ...
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Biden says the US is rushing weaponry to Ukraine as he signs a $95 billion war aid measure into law
(National News ~ 04/25/24)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he was immediately rushing badly needed weaponry to Ukraine as he signed into law a $95 billion war aid measure that also included assistance for Israel, Taiwan and other global hot spots. The announcement marked an end to the long, painful battle with Republicans in Congress over urgently needed assistance for Ukraine, with Biden promising that U.S. weapons shipment would begin making the way into Ukraine "in the next few hours."...
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Arizona House advances a repeal of the state's near-total abortion ban to the Senate
(National News ~ 04/25/24)
PHOENIX -- A proposed repeal of Arizona's near-total ban on abortions won approval from the state House Wednesday after two weeks of mounting pressure on Republicans over an issue that has bedeviled former President Donald Trump's campaign to return to the White House...
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Arizona indicts 18 in election interference case, including Giuliani and Meadows
(National News ~ 04/25/24)
PHOENIX -- An Arizona grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump 's chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyer Rudy Giuliani and 16 others for their roles in an attempt to overturn Trump's loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. The indictment released Wednesday names 11 Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Trump won Arizona in 2020. ...
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Dozens arrested on California campus after students in Texas detained as Gaza war protests persist
(National News ~ 04/25/24)
AUSTIN, Texas -- Police peacefully arrested student protesters at the University of Southern California on Wednesday, hours after police at a Texas university aggressively detained dozens in the latest clashes between law enforcement and those protesting the Israel-Hamas war on campuses nationwide...
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Fire report 4-25-24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/25/24)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. April 23 n Medical assists were made at 6:43 a.m. on Marie Street; 8:17 a.m. on South Silver Springs Road; 1:26 p.m. on West Highland Drive; and 2:34 p.m. on South West End Boulevard.
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Police report 4-25-24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/25/24)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n A warrant arrest was reported. Assaults n Third-degree domestic assault was reported on Concord Place. ...
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Edwin Urhahn
(Obituary ~ 04/25/24)
VENICE, Fla. — Edwin John “Butch” Urhahn, 81, of Venice died peacefully Friday, April 19, 2024, at Sunset Lake Health Center. He was born Aug. 19, 1942, to Theon Peter and Lorena Wesley Hawkins Urhahn. He married Darlene Schwartz Ford on Jan. 31, 1998. ...
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Paula Suzuki
(Obituary ~ 04/25/24)
Paula Denise Suzuki, 74, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, April 21, 2024, at Mercy Hospital Southeast. She was born Aug. 5, 1949, in Cape Girardeau to Lawrence and Vivian McDaniel Keesee. She and Patrick Suzuki were married July 1, 1978, in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Donald Schuette Sr.
(Obituary ~ 04/25/24)
Donald F. Schuette Sr., 87, of Jackson died Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to service time Monday, April 29, 2024, at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. ...
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Kevin Mayfield
(Obituary ~ 04/25/24)
Kevin Wayne Mayfield, 60, of Jackson died Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in Jackson. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Jackson. ...
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Nancy Laster
(Obituary ~ 04/25/24)
Nancy Arlene Lindemuth Laster, 98, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday, April 29, at Centenary Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau, with the Rev. Carl Palmer officiating. Entombment will be at a later date. ...
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Anna Elfrink
(Obituary ~ 04/25/24)
SIKESTON — Anna Elfrink, 96, of Sikeston passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at La Bonne Maison Senior Living. She was born March 18, 1928, in Leora, daughter of Albert and Altia Ross Reagan. ...
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Births 4-25-24
(Births ~ 04/25/24)
Son to Thomas Sho and Whittney Nycol Rust of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 8:13 p.m. Monday, April 8, 2024. Name, Kai. Weight, 7 pounds, 11 ounces. First child. Mrs. Rust is the former Whittney Twomey, daughter of Julie Twomey and Jamie Twomey of Dexter, and is self-employed at PubGen.AI. Rust is the son of Suzuyo Rust and Gary W. Rust II of Cape Girardeau. He is the start-up founder of PubGen.AI. ...
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Out of the past: April 25
(Out of the Past ~ 04/25/24)
The congregation of Westminster Presbyterian Church honors its pastor and his wife, the Rev. Miles and Caroline White, during an anniversary celebration in the morning; a brunch is served after the worship service; the Whites have been serving the Cape Girardeau church for 10 years; he is the fourth minister for the congregation that began in 1963. ...
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Ramblewood Garden Club celebrates Arbor Day
(Community ~ 04/25/24)
Ramblewood Garden Club celebrated Arbor Day with the Fourth Grade students at Franklin Elementary School on Friday, April 5, Missouriâs Arbor Day. Students learned about the founder of Arbor Day, J. Sterling Morton, who began planting trees on the first Arbor Day in 1872, and gave responses on the importance of trees. Six of the students read poems about trees. The students also learned how to plant a seedling tree from the Missouri Conservation Department which was given out to each of the students and teachers. The selected Willow Oak (Quercus phellos) tree, a native to Missouri, will be planted in the fall for better watering opportunities. The garden club also gifted the school two books on trees for their library.
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