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Shots fired near Themis in Cape still under investigation
(Local News ~ 03/25/23)
No arrests were made and no injuries were reported in connection with a shots-fired incident Thursday night, March 23 at the 500 block on North Silver Springs Road near Themis Street in Cape Girardeau. Robert Newton, public information officer for Cape Girardeau Police Department, said officers responded to the scene around 8 p.m. Thursday and collected several pieces of evidence. The incident is currently under investigation...
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Suspect arrested following alleged shots fired
(Local News ~ 03/25/23)
One Cape Girardeau man was taken into custody Thursday night, March 23, for alleged felony unlawful use of a firearm related to a shots fire incident in Cape Girardeau that evening. Cape Girardeau Police Department officers responded at 11 p.m. Thursday to the 1100 block of South Ellis Street in reference to shots fired, according to a CGPD news release...
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Cape Girardeau physician gives rationale for settling case with feds
(Local News ~ 03/25/23)
Cape Girardeau neurosurgeon Sonjay Fonn and Deborah Seeger, also of Cape, have released a statement via their attorney detailing why they settled a years-long lawsuit with federal officials. On Wednesday, March 22, U.S. Justice Department announced it had come to terms on a $825,000 settlement with Fonn and Seeger and their companies, Midwest Neurosurgeons LLC and DS Medical LLC...
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What's past is prologue - recalling a Cape Girardeau bank failure
(Local News ~ 03/25/23)
It's been a rough March for the financial community. The Federal Reserve Board Wednesday raised interest rates for a ninth time in the latest attempt to curb inflation. Just two weeks ago, the nation received news of the failure of two banks: Santa Clara, California's Silicon Valley Bank, with $209 million in assets, on March 10; and New York City-headquartered Signature Bank, with assets of $110 million on March 12...
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Poplar Bluff is a community of growing opportunities
(B Magazine ~ 03/25/23)
Steve Halter, president of the Greater Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce, remembers when he couldn’t wait to graduate high school and leave Poplar Bluff for “bigger and better things.” Sticking around to start a career and raise a family in his hometown wasn’t something he considered. He wanted job opportunities, recreation and an overall fulfilling life. It turns out, Halter had a chance at everything he wanted out of life, and it was right in front of him.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/25/23)
Today is Saturday, March 25, the 84th day of 2023. There are 281 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 25, 1931, in the so-called "Scottsboro Boys" case, nine young Black men were taken off a train in Alabama, accused of raping two white women; after years of convictions, death sentences and imprisonment, the nine were eventually vindicated...
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Out of the past: March 25
(Out of the Past ~ 03/25/23)
ST. LOUIS -- A former circuit judge in Cape Girardeau and Bollinger counties has written the opinion for the Missouri Court of Appeals in a landmark decision with wide-reaching implications for lawsuits involving professional sports teams; Judge Stanley A. ...
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Police report 3-25-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/25/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on North Sprigg Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on Good Hope Street. Theft n Theft was reported on William Street...
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Births 3/26/23
(Births ~ 03/25/23)
Daughter to Zachary and Chelsi Cotner of Scott City, Southeast Hospital, 5:13 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Name, Charli Sue. Weight, 6 pounds, 1 ounce. Second daughter. Mrs. Cotner is the daughter of Ruby Poole of Wolf Lake, Illinois, and Keith Poole of Marble Hill, Missouri. Cotner is the son of Tammy Crider and John Cotner of Scott City. He is an electrician with Southeast Electric...
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Fire report 3-25-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/25/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. March 23 n A medical assist was made at 6:15 p.m. on North Frederick Street. n Fire alarm was reported on Independence Street. March 24 n Medical assists were made at 12:31 a.m. on Independence Street; 6:44 a.m. on Bloomfield and Henry streets; and 12:08 p.m. on Normal Avenue...
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Cape man wanted for unlawful use after alleged heated argument
(Local News ~ 03/25/23)
A Cape Girardeau man was taken into custody for unlawful use of a weapon after allegedly threatening a woman with a handgun during an argument March 18. Cape Girardeau Police officer William Sammut responded around 2 a.m., March 18, to a Woodlawn Avenue residence in Cape because of a reported "man with a gun," according to the probable cause statement...
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Mary Alice Weber
(Obituary ~ 03/25/23)
DE SOTO, Mo. -- Mary Alice Weber passed away peacefully, singing her way into Heaven Thursday, March 23, 2023. She was born May 4, 1928, in Sedalia Missouri, one of five children to Harry Edward and Mary Boyle Weber. The family then moved to Independence, Missouri; then Kansas City, Missouri; and then to De Soto. Mary Alice moved to Cape Girardeau to be near family in April 2021...
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Peggy Butler
(Obituary ~ 03/25/23)
FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Leona Pauline "Peggy" Wilhelm Butler, 92, formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, at Columbine West Health and Rehab in Fort Collins. She was in stage 4 Alzheimer's. She was born Oct. 29, 1930, in Fornfelt (now Scott City), daughter of Leona Pauline and John Barney Wilhelm. ...
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Christopher Brennecke
(Obituary ~ 03/25/23)
Christopher "Chris" Wayne Brennecke, 54, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at his home. A celebration of life gathering will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 1, at Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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Wesley Bock
(Obituary ~ 03/25/23)
Wesley Otto Bock of Delta passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at Independence Care Center in Perryville, Missouri, at the age of 96. Wesley was born March 5, 1927, in Delta to the late Otto and Martha Tuschhoff Bock. He and Viola Phillips, the daughter of the late Walter and Virginia Heise Phillips, were united in marriage Jan. 5, 1952, at Hanover Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau...
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Senior Center Mensu for March 27-31
(Community ~ 03/25/23)
Monday: Salisbury steak or Polish sausage, mashed potatoes, sauerkraut, steamed zucchini, whole-grain bread slice and sugar-free peach crisp or ice cream and cookies. Tuesday: Beef stew or barbecued riblet and veggies, pickled beets, fried okra, cornbread and chilled pineapple chunks or pineapple cake...
- Captured on Film (Community ~ 03/25/23)
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What to know about new research on coffee and heart risks
(Community ~ 03/25/23)
Coffee lovers -- and their doctors -- have long wondered whether a jolt of java can affect the heart. New research published Wednesday finds that drinking caffeinated coffee did not significantly affect one kind of heart hiccup that can feel like a skipped beat...
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Itching to start spring garden cleanup? Not so fast!
(Community ~ 03/25/23)
When the blare of the year's first leaf blower awakened me one morning last week, I realized spring cleanup had commenced -- no matter that March could still roar like a lion here in my Long Island, New York, neighborhood. It stands to reason that professional landscapers cannot logistically clear all of their clients' properties at the same time -- the right time -- so they start early. That's good for them but bad for our gardens...
- Adopt this good boy (Community ~ 03/25/23)
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Prayer 3-26-23
(Prayer ~ 03/25/23)
Lord Jesus, we worship you, for you are the way, the truth and the life. Amen.
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Recreational marijuana sales tax is important for Cape
(Column ~ 03/25/23)
In November of last year Missouri voters approved Amendment 3, which amended the state constitution to legalize recreational marijuana for certain users. This constitutional amendment placed a 6% state sales tax on recreational marijuana, and authorized local governments to add an additional 3% sales tax pending local votes...
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How banning Chinese products could backfire on US
(Column ~ 03/25/23)
The controversy over proposed state and federal bans of Chinese-produced apps has sparked debate about the wisdom of country-of-origin bans in general. On the surface, banning TikTok and other controversial products coming from China appears reasonable. But the deeper you dig, the less these ideas make sense...
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Should Trump's Stormy Daniels payoff get him indicted?
(Column ~ 03/25/23)
"There is hardly any political question in the United States that sooner or later does not turn into a judicial question," Alexis de Tocqueville, the brilliant observer of American life, wrote. I'm pretty sure De Tocqueville didn't have in mind scenarios like Donald Trump using a (now disgraced and disbarred) bagman-lawyer, Michael Cohen, to front hush money to a porn star and then recording the $130,000 reimbursement as "legal fees."...
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Biden's job is running United States, not Israel
(Column ~ 03/25/23)
Widely reported in the press is that President Joe Biden called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to express his concern about judicial reforms that are currently being considered in Israel. We must wonder why Biden, who demonstrably cannot run our own country, feels behooved to tell others, particularly one as successful as Israel, how to run theirs...
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Teachers press school safety in wake of Denver shooting
(National News ~ 03/25/23)
DENVER -- Colorado teachers flooded into the state Capitol Friday to press for better protections for students and school staff after a 17-year-old Denver student shot two administrators, fled to the mountains and killed himself. Roughly 1,500 teachers and their supporters called for improved school security, more mental health support and tighter gun control measures, adding to pressure on lawmakers a day after students and parents converged at the Capitol to make similar demands...
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Former 'Family Feud' contestant charged in wife's slaying
(National News ~ 03/25/23)
QUINCY, Ill. -- A former contestant on the long-running television game show "Family Feud" has been charged with first-degree murder and home invasion in the slaying of his estranged wife in western Illinois. Timothy Bliefnick, 39, pleaded not guilty Friday afternoon at his arraignment in Adams County Circuit Court in Quincy, according to court records...
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Los Angeles schools, union leaders reach deal after strike
(National News ~ 03/25/23)
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Unified School District and union leaders said Friday they reached a deal on pay raises for bus drivers, custodians and other support staff after a three-day strike that shut down the nation's second-largest school system...
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US, Canada end loophole that let asylum-seekers cross border
(National News ~ 03/25/23)
ST. JOHNSBURY, Vermont -- U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced a plan to close a loophole to an immigration agreement that has allowed thousands of asylum-seeking immigrants to move between the two countries along a back road linking New York state to the Canadian province of Quebec...
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2 dead in Missouri flash flood; tornado threat in the South
(State News ~ 03/25/23)
DECATUR, Texas -- Two people died early Friday in Missouri when a car was swept away during torrential rains that were part of a severe weather system roaring across parts of the Midwest and South. The accident happened just after midnight in a sparsely populated area of southwestern Missouri. Authorities said six young adults were in the vehicle that was swept away as the car tried to cross a bridge over a flooded creek in the town of Grovespring...
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Drag community shows up to protest Nebraska drag show bill
(National News ~ 03/25/23)
LINCOLN, Neb. -- A bill that would criminalize exposing anyone 18 or younger to a drag show in Nebraska was the last one to get a public hearing in this year's legislative session late Friday. But those opposed to the bill made sure the final hearing went out with a flash of glitter and sequins...
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Rwanda frees Paul Rusesabagina of 'Hotel Rwanda' fame
(International News ~ 03/25/23)
KIGALI, Rwanda -- Rwanda's government has commuted the 25-year sentence of Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the film "Hotel Rwanda" for saving hundreds of countrymen from genocide but was convicted of terrorism offenses years later in a widely criticized trial...
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China threatens consequences over US warship's actions
(International News ~ 03/25/23)
BANGKOK -- China threatened "serious consequences" Friday after the United States Navy sailed a destroyer around the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea for the second day in a row, in a move Beijing claimed was a violation of its sovereignty and security...
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Deutsche Bank shares drop over global bank jitters
(National News ~ 03/25/23)
FRANKFURT, Germany -- Shares in Deutsche Bank fell sharply Friday, dragging down other major European banks and leading German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to express confidence in the country's largest lender after fears about the global financial system sent fresh shudders through the market...
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Amid massive demonstrations, Macron delays Charles' visit
(International News ~ 03/25/23)
PARIS -- Ongoing unrest across France and calls for a new round of demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron's pension plan persuaded officials to postpone a planned state visit next week by Britain's King Charles III. While a clear disappointment to the royal palace, the decision is also a bad sign for Macron. ...
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DEA review gives short shrift to corruption scandals
(National News ~ 03/25/23)
NEW YORK -- After nearly two years and at least $1.4 million spent, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Friday released an external review of its overseas operations that gave short shrift to recent corruption scandals and offered a series of recommendations critics dismissed as overly vague...
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4 ex-cops charged in Nichols' death barred from police
(National News ~ 03/25/23)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Four of five former Memphis police officers charged in the killing of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who was handcuffed, brutally beaten and ignored by first responders for crucial minutes despite being barely conscious, can no longer work as law enforcement in Tennessee...
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Biden: US will 'forcefully' protect personnel in Syria
(National News ~ 03/25/23)
OTTAWA, Ontario -- President Joe Biden said Friday that the U.S. would respond "forcefully" to protect its personnel after U.S. forces retaliated with airstrikes on sites in Syria used by groups affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard following an attack Thursday by a suspected Iranian-made drone that killed a U.S. contractor and wounded six other Americans in northeast Syria...
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Trump lawyer in court after being forced before grand jury
(National News ~ 03/25/23)
WASHINGTON -- A lawyer for Donald Trump was back in court Friday after being ordered to answer questions before a grand jury investigating the possible mishandling of classified documents at the former president's Florida estate. M. Evan Corcoran entered federal court in the District of Columbia early Friday morning, one week after a federal judge ruled in favor of the Justice Department in forcing Corcoran to answer additional questions before a grand jury that has been hearing testimony for months. ...
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The Bible — down to earth
(Column ~ 03/25/23)
The Bible is intensely practical. Yes, it is complex, easily misunderstood and often misapplied. Even Peter, one of Jesus' apostles, agrees with its difficulty and ease of manipulation (2 Peter 3:15 -- 16.) However, the Bible is also exceptionally down-to-earth. ...
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Welcome to springtime
(Column ~ 03/25/23)
If you are like me, every spring you get anxious for temperatures to warm up and stay there. I want my nights to stop dipping below 32 degrees. I want the April woods to break out with wildflowers across the forest floor. The flower you see here is one that I look for every spring. It is a bright yellow like no other. The color and design on the leaves are similar to a trillium but are a distinctly different shape...
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A primer on cowboy hats
(Column ~ 03/25/23)
Most everyone where I came from wore a cowboy felt hat with most of them being Stetsons. There were probably a few Resistols but not that many. A few wore hats made by professional hat makers like the hat maker in my home town of Arthur, Nebraska. I think he's retired now. ...
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Bartholomew Cousin's legacy of land grants
(Column ~ 03/25/23)
The most visible legacy of Bartholomew Cousin in Southeast Missouri is land granted to him by the Spanish government. Spanish Lt. Gov. Carlos Dehault Delassus lacked funds to pay for services but could grant land. In all, Cousin received 24,000 arpents (20,275 acres) in three grants...
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Out of the past: March 26
(Out of the Past ~ 03/25/23)
Southeast Missouri State University's Board of Regents Wednesday approved design plans for a $4.5 million Sikeston (Missouri) Area Higher Education Center despite uncertainty over local funding for the project; board president Don Dickerson and regent Loretta Walker questioned if regents should approve building plans when Sikeston has yet to raise the local match needed to proceed with the project; in the end, the regents voted to approve the project provided that Sikeston voters approve a sales tax issue that is on the April 7 ballot and a formal contract is signed between Sikeston and the university regarding the center.. ...
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Micah Adams
(Obituary ~ 03/25/23)
Micah Gene Adams, 23, of Perryville, Missouri, passed away Thursday, March 23, 2023 at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 29, at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Funeral will immediately follow, with Pastor Kent Ward officiating...
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Does everyone have a Bible?
(Column ~ 03/25/23)
I can remember a couple things that stood out in my grandparent's house. One was a picture of Jesus on the wall and the other was a thick black bonded leather KJV Bible that sat on the coffee table. As a young person, I assumed that everyone had at least one Bible in their home. Over the years, I have accumulated many Bibles. I do not know the total number. I have several different English translations, and I have copies of the Old Testament in Hebrew and the New Testament in Greek...
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