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Cape Girardeau man arrested for fourth-degree assault, resisting arrest
(Local News ~ 04/30/24)
A Cape Girardeau man was arrested on two charges, one of fourth- degree assault and the other of resisting arrest Sunday, April 28. Jhaiden Blue-Umfleet, 22, was in an altercation with another man outside a bar when a Cape Girardeau police officer tried to separate the two, according to a probable-cause statement. When the officer tried to separate the two men, Blue-Umfleet pushed the officer away from him. ...
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Sikeston man arrested for child endangerment, aggravated DWI
(Local News ~ 04/30/24)
A Sikeston man was arrested Saturday, April 27, on charges of driving while his license was revoked, second-degree endangerment of a child and aggravated DWI. Marcus Williams, 47, has six prior charges and four convictions of DWI and also was charged with his driver’s license being revoked three times — July 7, 2022; Jan. 26, 2023; and May 31. ...
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Ethics committee dismisses complaint against Missouri speaker
(State News ~ 04/30/24)
JEFFERSON CITY — A panel of lawmakers dismissed Monday an ethics complaint against Speaker Dean Plocher, breaking from a Republican who argued that Plocher used his power as the House leader to block an investigation. Members voted 7-2 to dismiss allegations against Plocher for misuse of taxpayer dollars, using his influence to push a pricey contract with a company with ties to his employer and retaliating against staffers who raised complaints. One Democrat voted present. ...
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Family of a Black teen who was shot after ringing the wrong doorbell files lawsuit against homeowner
(State News ~ 04/30/24)
The family of a Black teenager who was shot by a white homeowner when he mistakenly went to the wrong Kansas City address filed a lawsuit Monday, described by the family’s attorney as an attempt to put pressure on the criminal trial later this year. ...
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SE MO REDI to host industrial strength assessment
(B Magazine ~ 04/30/24)
As a management consultant to SE MO REDI, Shad Burner is helping with a search to bring the next big industry to Southeast Missouri. The major question is which industry to target. Southeast Missouri Regional Economic Development, Inc., or SE MO REDI, is a Cape Girardeau-based development group seeking to grow the regional economy of Southeast Missouri. SE MO REDI was formed from the Cape Girardeau Area MAGNET economic development group in 2022, with a greater focus on regional cooperation...
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Cracked windshield leads to Sunday shooting incident on I-55 that injured three; Sikeston man faces multiple felony charges
(Local News ~ 04/30/24)
BENTON — A Sikeston man faces multiple felony charges following a traffic incident that resulted in him allegedly shooting at another vehicle and injuring three of its occupants while driving on Interstate 55 on Sunday, April 28, in Scott County. ...
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SEMO’s hospitality management program receives accreditation
(Local News ~ 04/30/24)
Southeast Missouri State University’s hospitality management program received accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration (ACPHA), the university announced Monday, April 29. ...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission selects from eight bids for road project
(Local News ~ 04/30/24)
Cape Girardeau County commissioners received eight bids for a County Road 516 grading improvement project. They accepted the lowest bid during their meeting Monday, April 29. Bids came from Murphy Excavating, Jokerst Inc., Roper Excavating, Elmer Buchheit Construction, Donald Bond Construction, Steve’s Hauling, Putz Construction and Tom Buessink. ...
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Cape Girardeau County coroner’s attorney asks that cameras be barred from criminal hearings
(Local News ~ 04/30/24)
Attorney Lynne M. Chambers filed a motion last week to bar the media from recording video and audio in the felony case against Cape Girardeau County Coroner Wavis Jordan. Chambers’ filing was in response to a request made to the court by KFVS12 anchor Kathy Sweeney. ...
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Today in History: April 30
(Local News ~ 04/30/24)
Today is Tuesday, April 30, the 121st day of 2024. There are 245 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 30, 1975, the Vietnam War ended as the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces. On this date: In 1789, George Washington took the oath of office in New York as the first president of the United States...
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The evil of antisemitism
(Column ~ 04/30/24)
Eva Weintraubova and her older brother Pavel. Marthe Suzanne Tepfer. Rosa Henriette de Vries-Gersons. Petr Haim. Eva Neuova. Those are just a few of the names of children at Auschwitz who were recently remembered in an online memorial. The Auschwitz museum in Poland regularly posts photos on social media of people who died in the gas chambers. These posts note the birthdays and death days of people of all ages. Most jarring are the daily photos of children.
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Abducted retired Catholic bishop who mediated between cartels in Mexico is located, hospitalized
(International News ~ 04/30/24)
MEXICO CITY -- A retired Roman Catholic bishop who was famous for trying to mediate between drug cartels in Mexico was located and taken to a hospital after apparently being briefly kidnapped, the Mexican Council of Bishops said Monday. The church leadership in Mexico said in a statement earlier that Msgr. Salvador Rangel, a bishop emeritus, disappeared on Saturday and called on his captors to release him...
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Likely missile attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels damages a ship in the Red Sea
(National News ~ 04/30/24)
JERUSALEM -- A suspected missile attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels damaged a ship in the Red Sea on Monday, authorities said, the latest assault in their campaign against international shipping in the crucial maritime route. The attack happened off the coast of Mokha, Yemen, the British military's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said. ...
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Supreme Court rejects Musk appeal over social media posts that must be approved by Tesla
(National News ~ 04/30/24)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Elon Musk over a settlement with securities regulators that requires him to get approval in advance of some social media posts that relate to Tesla, the electric vehicle company he leads...
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NATO chief chides members as Ukraine's allies say slow arms deliveries have helped Russia
(International News ~ 04/30/24)
KYIV, Ukraine -- NATO countries haven't delivered what they promised to Ukraine in time, the alliance's chief said Monday, allowing Russia to press its advantage while Kyiv's depleted forces wait for military supplies to arrive from the U.S. and Europe...
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Ecuador files complaint against Mexico at top UN court in spat over embassy raid
(International News ~ 04/30/24)
QUITO, Ecuador -- Ecuador filed a complaint Monday at the top U.N. court over what it called Mexico's illegal move to grant political asylum to a former Ecuadorian vice president, which led to Ecuador's highly criticized raid on a Mexican embassy earlier this month...
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At least 45 people die in western Kenya as floodwaters sweep away houses and cars
(International News ~ 04/30/24)
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Flash floods and a landslide swept through houses and cut off a major road in Kenya, killing at least 45 people and leaving dozens missing on Monday, the Interior Ministry said. Police official Stephen Kirui initially told The Associated Press that the Old Kijabe Dam, located in the Mai Mahiu area of the Great Rift Valley region that is prone to flash floods, had collapsed, carrying with it mud, rocks and uprooted trees...
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Blinken says Israel still must do more to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza
(International News ~ 04/30/24)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that Israel must still do more to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into the besieged Gaza Strip and that he would use his Middle East trip -- his seventh to the region since the Israel-Hamas war started in October -- to press that case with Israeli leaders...
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Ahead of visit to Israel, US's Blinken presses Hamas to accept new proposal for Gaza cease-fire
(International News ~ 04/30/24)
CAIRO -- The United States stepped up pressure for a cease-fire deal in Gaza on Monday as the secretary of state said a new proposal had been put to Hamas, whose officials were in Cairo talking to Egyptian mediators. Israeli airstrikes killed 26 people in Gaza's southernmost town of Rafah, according to hospital records...
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West Virginia's and North Carolina's transgender care coverage policies discriminate, judges rule
(National News ~ 04/30/24)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia's and North Carolina's refusal to cover certain health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance is discriminatory, a federal appeals court ruled Monday in a case likely headed to the U.S. Supreme Court...
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Oklahoma towns hard hit by tornadoes begin long cleanup after 4 killed in weekend storms
(National News ~ 04/30/24)
SULPHUR, Okla. -- When a monster nighttime tornado came roaring into the southern Oklahoma town of Sulphur, Sheila Hilliard Goodman, a grandmother and casino worker, hunkered down inside Raina's Sport Lounge with about 30 other customers in the popular downtown hangout...
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President Joe Biden, Mexican President Andres Manuel L--pez Obrador discuss migration in latest call
(National News ~ 04/30/24)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden spoke with his Mexican counterpart, Andres Manuel L--pez Obrador, about cooperating on migration policy as the U.S. leader continues to deliberate whether to take executive action that would crack down on the number of migrants arriving at the southern U.S. border...
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United Methodists prepare for votes on lifting LGBTQ bans and other issues at General Conference
(National News ~ 04/30/24)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- United Methodist delegates are heading into the homestretch of their first legislative gathering in five years -- one that appears on track to make historic changes in lifting their church's longstanding bans on same-sex marriage and the ordination of LGBTQ clergy...
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Backers of a ban on gender care for minors in Kansas fail to override the governor's veto
(National News ~ 04/30/24)
TOPEKA, Kan. -- Republican legislators in Kansas failed Monday to override the Democratic governor's veto of a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The vote was 82-43 in the state House to reverse Gov. Laura Kelly's veto, but that was two votes shy of the necessary two-thirds majority...
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4 law officers serving warrant are killed, 4 wounded in shootout at North Carolina home, police say
(National News ~ 04/30/24)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Four law officers serving a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm were killed and four other officers were wounded in a shootout Monday at a North Carolina home, police said. Some of the officers who rushed to the Charlotte neighborhood to rescue the first wave of downed officers were wounded as a second shooter began firing on them after they killed the wanted man, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings said...
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Israel-Hamas war protesters and police clash on Texas campus, Columbia University begins suspensions
(National News ~ 04/30/24)
NEW YORK -- Protesters and police clashed Monday at the University of Texas in a confrontation that resulted in dozens of arrests, and Columbia University began suspending students as colleges around the U.S. begged pro-Palestinian demonstrators to clear out tent encampments as commencement ceremonies approach...
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Fire report 4-30-24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/30/24)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. April 28 n Medical assists were made at 12:51 p.m. on South Broadview Street; 1:56 p.m. on South Benton Street; 2:28 p.m. on Themis Street; and 10:25 p.m.on South Hanover Street.
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Police report 4-30-24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/30/24)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported on William Street. ...
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Gina White
(Obituary ~ 04/30/24)
PERRYVILLE — Regina "Gina" Lea White, 52, of Perryville passed away Saturday, April 27, 2024, at her home. She was born Aug. 6, 1971, in Cape Girardeau to Ronald Gene and Janice Lea Harper Allen, who survive in Jackson. Gina and Gregory W. White were married Feb. 14, 2003. He survives in Perryville. ...
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Dustin Smith
(Obituary ~ 04/30/24)
Dustin Timothy Smith, son of David and Vicki Hente Smith, was born May 18, 1987, in Cape Girardeau and departed his life Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Scott City at the age of 36 years. Dustin enjoyed working out, fishing and spending time with family and friends. ...
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Timothy Moore Sr.
(Obituary ~ 04/30/24)
Timothy Isaac Moore Sr., 70, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, April 27, 2024, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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Linda McCoy
(Obituary ~ 04/30/24)
Linda Faye Wood McCoy, 80, of Cape Girardeau returned to her Heavenly Father on Saturday, April 27, 2024, after a valiant and short battle with cancer. Her devotion to her family members and friends and her firm belief in God supported her in her struggle and ultimately gave her peace. Faye was born to James Herman and Madgeleene Matilda Kinsey Wood in Gideon on April 7, 1944. She married Lindell Monroe McCoy on Oct. 6, 1960, in Sikeston. He preceded her in death Nov. 16, 1998. ...
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Kevin Hendrickson
(Obituary ~ 04/30/24)
Kevin Shane Hendrickson, 27, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Kevin was born June 29, 1996, to Anitra Armbruster of Cape Girardeau and Craig Hendrickson of Randles. ...
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Norma Fadler
(Obituary ~ 04/30/24)
Norma Jean Fadler has earned her heavenly home. She passed away Sunday, April 28, 2024, in the presence of her two sons at Lutheran Home Providence Hospice Care. She was born June 2, 1930, in Sedgewickville to Tony “Ted” and Grace Seabaugh Dolle. On Aug. 15, 1947, she married William H. “Billy” Fadler, who preceded her in death June 25, 2020. ...
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Out of the past: April 30
(Out of the Past ~ 04/30/24)
State Rep. Mary Kasten says she will retire when her term ends next year: “I won’t change my mind. My thought was we need to give somebody else a chance”; Kasten, a 70-year-old Republican from Cape Girardeau, was first elected to the House in 1982; she represents the 158th District, which encompasses Cape Girardeau. ...
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Bill Wingerter Sr.
(Obituary ~ 04/30/24)
PERRYVILLE — William "Bill" P. Wingerter Sr., 90, of Perryville entered eternal happiness Wednesday, April 24, 2024, surrounded by his loving family. He was born May 5, 1933, in Chester, Illinois, to Lenus Henry and Eleanor Braun Wingerter, where he grew up enjoying his family, friends and especially baseball. Bill was recognized as an outstanding pitcher, was drafted by the Cleveland Indians out of high school, and proudly served and excelled on the U.S. Army baseball team. ...
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Prayer 4-30-24
(Prayer ~ 04/30/24)
O Lord Jesus, we worship you, for you are our righteousness. Amen.
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