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Ill. Gov. Pritzker to order residents 'shelter in place' Lockdown to commence at 5 p.m. Saturday, slated to remain in effect through April 7
(Local News ~ 03/21/20)
CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday ordered all state residents to remain in their homes except for essentials, joining similar dramatic efforts in California and New York to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Pritzker's order, which takes effect Saturday at 5 p.m. and is set to expire April 7, still allows the state's 12.6 million residents to head outside to buy groceries and medicine...
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COVID-19 Briefly — food bank activities, EMAA, Wall Street
(Local News ~ 03/21/20)
Sikeston, Mo. -- Southeast Missouri Food Bank has seen a tremendous increase in the demand for food following temporary layoffs and school closures following the outbreak of COVID-19. "Other places may be cutting back on their work hours or working from home, but at the food bank, we're busier than ever," said food bank Chief Executive Officer Joey Keys. ...
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ZZ Top, Nichols headline Sikeston Rodeo in August
(Local News ~ 03/21/20)
The 68th annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo will be held Aug. 5 through 8, and its concert lineup includes Chris Lane, Ashley McBryde, ZZ Top and Joe Nichols, rodeo chairman Travis Deere announced in a Friday news conference. Deere acknowledged COVID-19, noting uncertainty can be frightening. "We will weather anything," Deere said...
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Hospitals announce virus-related responses
(Local News ~ 03/21/20)
Elective procedures at both Cape Girardeau hospitals will be put on hold beginning Monday as they continue preparations for the anticipated spread of the COVID-19 virus in this region. Those preparations include conserving supplies and equipment for a potential influx of coronavirus cases in the coming weeks and months...
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Jackson aldermen to hold 'virtual' meetings for now
(Local News ~ 03/21/20)
In what may have been their last face-to-face meeting for the foreseeable future, members of the Jackson Board of Aldermen Friday passed an ordinance permitting them to conduct "virtual" meetings rather than risk exposure to or the spread of the COVID-19 virus...
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Local facility cranking out TP as quickly as possible
(Local News ~ 03/21/20)
A nationwide run on toilet paper, fueled by fears the COVID-19 pandemic will lead to weeks of home confinement, has led to empty store shelves across America, including here in the Cape Girardeau area. "We're selling it as quickly as we can get it in," said the manager of one Cape Girardeau grocery store where it wasn't unusual last week for a shipment of toilet paper to sell out within minutes. ...
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Jury finds Cape Girardeau man guilty in case of sexual abuse of a minor
(Local News ~ 03/21/20)
Jamie Maloney, 28, of Cape Girardeau was found guilty by jury March 13 of first-degree statutory sodomy and second-degree child molestation for sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl, according to information released Thursday and signed by Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Welker...
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Family takes 'a whack' out of the coronavirus
(Column ~ 03/21/20)
What do you do with six girls in an apartment for maybe weeks? We are giving each of them leadership in planning family activities, dividing cleaning and cooking responsibilities, and challenging them with showing love for each other... But do you know what the biggest hit was?
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Bringing veterans together: Outdoors organization fosters veteran comradery
(Local News ~ 03/21/20)
For Bill Coomer -- aka "Wild Bill" -- AM Vets Outdoors is about getting veterans together. Coomer of Cape Girardeau is the founder of the organization, which takes veterans on hunting and fishing trips. On March 14, the Air Force veteran accompanied other veterans while hunting for snow geese in Ware, Illinois...
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Stay-at-home order to start next week in St. Louis, KC
(State News ~ 03/21/20)
Officials in Missouri's largest cities are ordering a mandatory stay-at-home rule to residents starting next week in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, even as two more cases were confirmed Saturday.
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Reported virus case same as previously known
(Local News ~ 03/21/20)
A confirmed case of COVID-19 reported in Scott County is not a new case, said Barry Cook, administrator with the Scott County Health Department Friday morning. When reached by phone Friday morning, Cook said, "To my knowledge, the reported case today is the same case that was reported earlier this week."...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/21/20)
Today is Saturday, March 21, the 81st day of 2020. There are 285 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 21, 1685, composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany. On this date: In 1871, journalist Henry M. Stanley began his famous expedition in Africa to locate the missing Scottish missionary David Livingstone...
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Out of the past: March 21
(Out of the Past ~ 03/21/20)
Cape Girardeau city manager J. Ronald Fischer will retire this summer, ending three decades of service in city and county government; Fischer, who will turn 62 on July 27, made the announcement at the end of last night's City Council meeting; he has headed the city for the past seven years; he served on the council from 1965-67 and then on the Cape Girardeau County Commission for 20 years...
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Short life of Daniel E. Gunn of Butler County
(Column ~ 03/21/20)
Many Europeans immigrated to the United States during at the turn of the 20th century. They came for a variety of reasons. One of those immigrants was Daniel Edward Gunn. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, on April 9, 1887, he was picked up while selling newspapers at the age of 8 by the local authorities and taken to live in an orphanage for a few years. ...
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An extra leaf?
(Column ~ 03/21/20)
I found this little plant March 15 growing on a west-facing hillside in the woods. It is a springtime woodland wildflower native to North America called a trillium. There are many kinds and colors of North American trilliums. The one most common in Southeast Missouri has a purple bloom...
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Adopt Snoots
(Community ~ 03/21/20)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary This very sweet and friendly guy is Snoots. He is 8 months old and looking for his forever home. If you are ready for a rewarding experience, come see us at Safe Harbor. Call (573) 243-9823.
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Senior Center Menus for March 23-27
(Community ~ 03/21/20)
Monday: Cheeseburger or pulled pork, oven fries and onions, California-blend vegetables, whole-grain bun and apple slices or pudding and cookie. Tuesday: BBQ riblet or French dip sandwich, baked beans, coleslaw, whole-grain bread or bun and chilled pears or applesauce cake...
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Controlling fear and being thankful
(Column ~ 03/21/20)
I wasn't very old, maybe 8 or 10. Dad usually bought some small pigs every year and would feed them out and butcher them. One year he decided to buy an old sow and have her have a batch of pigs. I'd never been around hogs, and I'm not sure Mom had either. Dad didn't have the pens and such to really have a sow and baby pigs so he made do with what he had. For some reason he made a little pen up in the milk barn where he had the sow and babies. The fence wasn't very tall where it was pigs...
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Jesus eschewed social distancing
(Column ~ 03/21/20)
This past Wednesday, one of our local supermarkets set aside an hour for older people to come and shop for groceries. "Older people," in this instance, may be identified as people 60 and over. Voila! I qualified. As a member of the age demographic most vulnerable to the coronavirus, it was thoughtful for store managers to think of us chronologically advanced folks in this time of crisis...
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Clippard Elementary School third quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 03/21/20)
Clippard Elementary School A Honor Roll 3rd grade: Alex Johnson, Kayden Kirn, Aaron Lang, Hadley Ross, Makya Schoolcraft, QuioHui Shi, Noelle Stieneke, Cash Boyer, Brian Clemons, Alona Miller, Walker Mulholland, Paisley Underwood, Jaelynn Williams. 4th grade: Rawaf Alali, Alexsia Boyd, Aydiin Elston-Payne, Stephen "Alex" Ewasko, Ngoc "Mia" Le, Aubrey Roth, Jeremiah Sloan, Rylan Smith, Tobin Withrow, Collin Chastain, ArJay Jennings, Ryleah Oliver, Aubree Turner...
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Kelly High School third quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 03/21/20)
Kelly High School A Honor Roll 12th grade: Matthew Agin, Graycen Beardslee, Matthew Blunt, BriAnna Buchanan, Hailey Dockins, Haley Dodd, Landon Frazier, Colton Glastetter, Mallory Glastetter, Haleigh Halter, Devin Heuring, Brooklyn Holman, Noah Hupp, Kelly Ivy, Mariah Juarez-Draves, Chloe McAlister, MacKenzie Morgan, Colton Sanders, Bennett Sutton, Lauren Swain, Shelby Walton, Christian Williams...
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Oak Ridge Elementary School third quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 03/21/20)
Oak Ridge Elementary School 4th grade: Layla Blechle, Tristen Borgfield, Sage Brewer, Ace Brumfield, Levi Cunningham, Kaelyn Deckerd, Rhyen Friese, Molly Hahs, Adilyn Hotop, Hayden McFall, Brody Morrison, Faith Price, Jacob Putz, Ava Robles, Colby Schonhoff, Walker Short, Gage Smither, Kenadie Ward...
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Immaculate Conception School third quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 03/21/20)
Immaculate Conception School A Honor Roll 4th grade: Josef Alipala, Hadley Beussink, Lucas Borst, Maggie Buchheit, Tyler Fischer, Liam Ford, Clare Garner, Addison Henderson, Juliette Jones, Allie Thompson, Tessa Tornetto, Ozzie Turner, Kevin Wade, Jacob Wareing...
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St. Paul Lutheran School third quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 03/21/20)
St. Paul Lutheran School Scholastic Honor Roll 5th grade: Jake Biri, Simon May, Ellie Meyr. 6th grade: Hope Bockelman, Nolan Kintner. 7th grade: Anthony Kearns, Wesley Kiehne, Emily Sander, Erin Spencer. 8th grade: Crosby Millstead, Kylie Peters. High Honor Roll...
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Media's negativity won't dampen the American spirit
(Column ~ 03/21/20)
Silver linings accompany most catastrophic events, and one major one with the coronavirus is the remarkable way Americans (and people throughout the world) have come together to fight this outbreak. Though the stock market has reflected a nation in panic, in other respects Americans, for the most part, have reacted responsibly, unselfishly and cooperatively, and I pray we are making substantial progress toward flattening the growth curve of this virus...
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Prayer 3-22-20
(Prayer ~ 03/21/20)
Thank you, O Lord Jesus, that in your nearness we may take shelter. Amen.
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3 states lock down 70 million against the virus
(National News ~ 03/21/20)
Illinois and New York state joined California on Friday in ordering all residents to stay in their homes unless they have vital reasons to go out, restricting the movement of more than 70 million Americans in the most sweeping measures undertaken yet in the U.S. to contain the coronavirus...
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Missouri governor set to ban gatherings of more than 10 people
(State News ~ 03/21/20)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday said the state health director will ban gatherings of more than 10 people to help combat the spread of the coronavirus. Parson said the order will be issued Saturday. He stressed that it won't require businesses to close and includes exceptions for hospitals, pharmacies, grocery stores, and government and religious services...
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Out of the past: March 22
(Out of the Past ~ 03/21/20)
About 2,100 people gathered at the Show Me Center last night to hear Lowell Lundstrom preach the "Five Ways to Fire Up Your Marriage," and more than 100 people dedicated or re-dedicated their lives to Christ before the close of the service BENTON, Mo. ...
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Sally Howard
(Obituary ~ 03/21/20)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Sally Lou Howard, 91, of Traverse City, formerly of Flint and Burton, Michigan, died Sunday, March 7, 2020. She was born in Flint, May 20, 1928, the only child to parents Frank Kenneth and Winter Green Howard. When Sally was nearly 8 months old, her mother died unexpectedly, which in turn led to her being raised by her paternal grandparents, Frank M. and Anna Stone Howard...
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Going stir crazy? Train like an astronaut
(National News ~ 03/21/20)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Isolated at home? Then train like an astronaut. That's the inspirational advice from a public engagement specialist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Astronaut wannabe Rachel Zimmerman-Brachman said Friday that isolation is a lot like astronaut training. So she came up with this positive message and launched it via Facebook on Thursday:...
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U.S. virus testing faces new headwind: Lab supply shortages
(National News ~ 03/21/20)
WASHINGTON -- First, some of the coronavirus tests didn't work. Then there weren't enough to go around. Now, just as the federal government tries to ramp up nationwide screening, laboratory workers are warning of a new roadblock: dire shortages of testing supplies...
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President, doctor spar over unproven drug
(National News ~ 03/21/20)
WASHINGTON -- In an extraordinary exchange, President Donald Trump and the government's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, publicly sparred Friday on whether a malaria drug would work to treat people with coronavirus disease. The scene played out on national television during the daily White House briefing on the outbreak. Anxious for answers, Americans heard conflicting ones from a just-the-facts scientist and a president who operates on gut instinct...
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Trump angrily defends his handling of pandemic
(National News ~ 03/21/20)
WASHINGTON -- Defending his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, an angry President Donald Trump on Friday lashed out at reporters and broke with his own health officials on the science of the outbreak. Trump said he was tapping the Defense Production Act to order American businesses to manufacture and send supplies, like testing kits, ventilators and masks, to hospitals preparing to be overwhelmed by a wave of coronavirus cases. ...
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Senators sold millions in stock before steep market losses from virus
(National News ~ 03/21/20)
WASHINGTON -- Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., sold as much as $1.7 million in stocks just before the market dropped in February amid fears about the coronavirus epidemic. Senate records show that Burr and his wife sold between roughly $600,000 and $1.7 million in more than 30 separate transactions in late January and mid-February, just before the market began to fall and as government health officials began to issue stark warnings about the effects of the virus. ...
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Police report 3-22-20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/21/20)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults n Assault was reported on North Pind Wood Lane. n Assault was reported in the 500 block of Boxwood Drive. Thefts n Theft from a motor vehicle was reported in the 2400 block of Terrie Hill Road...
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Births 3/22/20
(Births ~ 03/21/20)
Daughter to Matthew and Elizabeth McRoberts of Dexter, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 2:02 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Name, Cora Jean. Weight, 5 pounds, 5 ounces. Third child, first daughter. Mrs. McRoberts is the daughter of Perry and Betty Metcalf of Bloomfield, Missouri. She is a registered nurse at SoutheastHEALTH in Cape Girardeau. McRoberts is the son of Gloria McRoberts of Dexter, and late Clyde and Shirley McRoberts of Pocahontas, Arkansas. He is chief engineer at ARTCO...
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Cecilia Walton
(Obituary ~ 03/21/20)
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Cecilia Marie Halter Walton, 89, of Fairview Heights, formerly of Chaffee, Missouri, died Monday, March 16, 2020, at Belleview Memorial Hospital in Belleview, Illinois. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is in charge of arrangements...
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Fred Springer Jr.
(Obituary ~ 03/21/20)
Fred Charles Springer Jr., 70, of Jackson passed away Thursday, March 19, 2020, at Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau. He was born April 21, 1949, in Cape Girardeau to Fred Charles and Helen Hosea Springer. He was a graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School in 1968 and Southeast Missouri State University in 1971. Upon graduation, he joined his mother, Helen, at Springer Insurance & Realty Co...
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Shirley Lee
(Obituary ~ 03/21/20)
Shirley Lee, 90, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, March 12, 2020, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 22, 1930, in Shanghai, China, to the late Fengyuan Dai and Rulai Lo. She married Tony Lee. Shirley graduated from Shanghai Elizabeth Yates all-girl high school and attended St. John's University, receiving a bachelor's degree in economics...
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Jean Glenn
(Obituary ~ 03/21/20)
Elinor "Jean" Glenn, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, March 18, 2020, at Ratliff Care Center. She was born March 1, 1929, in Cannelton, Indiana, to Godfrey and Florence Keating Keiser. She and Jesse G. Glenn were married Nov. 23, 1950, at Cannelton. He preceded her in death Oct. 6, 2006...
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Dean Foulk
(Obituary ~ 03/21/20)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Dean L. Foulk, 73 of Chaffee died Thursday, March 19, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. The Foulk family has decided to cancel the visitation and funeral service. There will be a memorial service at a later date...
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Clemo Foster
(Obituary ~ 03/21/20)
GLEN ALLEN, Mo. -- Jody Clemo Foster, 82, of Glen Allen passed away Thursday, March 19, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 18, 1937, to the late Silvy and Clara Mae Foster of Glen Allen. Clemo and Edith Green of Patton, Missouri, were united in marriage May 17, 1961, and to this union four children were born...
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Improving our lives without effort?
(Column ~ 03/21/20)
Jim and Katie couldn't figure out why their life kept going downhill. It seemed that everything, and everybody, was against them. What was the cause? Why couldn't they move ahead? Katie, especially, felt that other people were at fault. She believed that she and Jim were definitely victims. ...
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Loving through caution
(Column ~ 03/21/20)
The CDC is encouraging groups larger than 10 people to avoid meeting. Schools are taking a break. Some businesses are closed or finding a way to do business differently. Many restaurants are drive through only. Our hope is that by following these guidelines for a matter of weeks, we will prevent thousands from catching COVID-19. This is affecting churches in a way that I could not have imagined...
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