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U.S. 61 at Center Junction to close overnight Thursday
(Local News ~ 05/05/20)
Construction of the diverging diamond interchange at Interstate 55 and U.S. 61 (mile marker 99) between Cape Girardeau and Jackson continues with overnight closures planned Thursday and Friday. A Missouri Department of Transportation news release stated U.S. ...
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Missing Sikeston sisters found; woman in custody
(Local News ~ 05/05/20)
SIKESTON, Mo. — Two sisters who went missing Sunday morning have been located. According to Sikeston Department of Public Safety director Jim McMillen, Amiracle J. Henry, 5, and Amaya L. Marr, 3, who went missing at 11:30 a.m. Sunday from 1305 William St...
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SEMO Major Case activated in Sikeston after body found
(Local News ~ 05/05/20)
SIKESTON, Mo. — The SEMO Major Case Squad has been activated after a body was found Sunday night on South New Madrid Street in Sikeston. According to a news release from the Sikeston Department of Public Safety, officers were called to 600 S. New Madrid St. at 8:57 p.m. Sunday in reference to an unresponsive subject. Police and South Scott County Ambulance responded and found the subject deceased...
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Bollinger, Stoddard counties add new COVID-19 case; Union County, Illinois, notes two new cases
(Local News ~ 05/05/20)
Bollinger County, Missouri, authorities reported the county’s fifth COVID-19 case Monday. Juanita Welker, Bollinger County Health Department administrator, said in a news release the patient is a female in her 40s and is isolating at her home. Officials are notifying contacts...
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Police pursuit ends near East Cape Girardeau, Illinois; driver remains at large
(Local News ~ 05/05/20)
A vehicle without license plates led Cape Girardeau and Illinois State Police officers on a pursuit Monday morning. The chase crossed the river from Cape Girardeau into Illinois, where the vehicle left the roadway and the driver escaped on foot. According to Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Joey Hann, officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the vehicle on Broadway near Caruthers Avenue in Cape Girardeau...
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Scott City Council approves street paving, razing house
(Local News ~ 05/05/20)
Scott City Council, as part of its 2020 beautification campaign, approved a contract Monday with Paving Pros of Oak Ridge to pave city streets. “We are going to pave multiple streets,” city administrator Michael Dudek told the Southeast Missourian. The streets have not been publicly identified...
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Jackson may waive delinquent fines for utilities bills
(Local News ~ 05/05/20)
The Jackson Board of Aldermen will vote later this month whether to waive three months’ worth of penalties for late utility payments for Jackson residents who are facing economic hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During a study session Monday night, Jackson city administrator Jim Roach said the city staff will present a formal proposal to waive utility penalties for the March, April and May billing periods. ...
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Is it COVID-related that my fish just started talking to me?
(Column ~ 05/05/20)
HUMOR COLUMN: I'm pretty sure my fish started talking to me this week. I was feeding them, wondering how they liked being stuck within the same four walls all the time, and a voice piped up: "Not bad, Papa. We have short memories. And the food is good." Yes, one of them did call me "Papa."...
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The Reopening: Local business, health, government leaders weigh in
(Local News ~ 05/05/20)
Businesses in Missouri reopened Monday with strict social-distancing guidelines and requirements, launching Phase One of Gov. Mike Parson’s “Show Me Strong Recovery” plan. Parson issued a statewide “stay-at-home” order April 3 in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. The first phase of the recovery plan began Monday and extends through May 31...
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Cape unveils $3.5 million plan for cyberattack, coronavirus recovery
(Local News ~ 05/05/20)
Myriad imminent financial decisions will be waiting on the Cape Girardeau City Council’s agenda when it attempts to return to its regular venue of City Hall for its May 18 public meeting. For the third time since April 6, a public meeting was conducted Monday night via Zoom video conference call; and for the third time since April 6, no members of the public spoke during the period for public comment...
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Commissioners approve coronavirus study funding
(Local News ~ 05/05/20)
A study to determine the prevalence of COVID-19 in Cape Girardeau County could begin as soon as next week. The County Commission on Monday unanimously approved a proposal to fund serological coronavirus testing on about 2% of the county’s population. Based on that sampling, health authorities will be able to project how many county residents have had coronavirus — including some who didn’t know they had it...
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'Me too' Biden hypocrisy should offend you too
(Column ~ 05/05/20)
I don't know if Joe Biden did it or not -- sexually assault Tara Reade, I mean. What I do know is that hypocrisy turns my stomach. You, too? So Me Too, please hear this. The "believe every woman" Me Too folks do just that -- believe every woman -- if doing so helps their agenda. But they dismiss every woman who hurts their chances of hurting President Donald Trump's chances -- which is their ultimate desire, decency be darned...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/05/20)
Today is Tuesday, May 5, the 126th day of 2020. There are 240 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America's first space traveler as he made a 15-minute suborbital flight aboard Mercury capsule Freedom 7...
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Rebooting our values after the pandemic
(Column ~ 05/05/20)
We began the month of May with a necessary interview with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, about a sexual-assault allegation. The questioning, of course, came after an introduction that included the unholy litany of accusations against the current president of the United States...
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State should raise taxes
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/05/20)
At the time I am writing this letter the Missouri Legislature is in the process of creating a budget for Fiscal Year 2021. It is not an easy task. Due to the declining economy daily projections show tax revenue is down 5.2%, or about $400 million, compared with the same time last year. As a result the budget that passed the Missouri House of Representatives contains $700 million less than what Gov. Parson proposed in January...
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Senate secretary declines to release possible Reade report
(National News ~ 05/05/20)
WASHINGTON -- The secretary of the Senate has declined Joe Biden's request to release any potential documents pertaining to an allegation of sexual assault against him from a former Senate staffer, citing confidentiality requirements under the law. Biden made the request Friday after delivering his first public comments responding to the allegation from former staffer Tara Reade that he sexually assaulted her in the basement of a Capitol Hill office building in the spring of 1993. ...
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Zoos turn to social media to delight, raise money amid virus
(Community ~ 05/05/20)
PHOENIX -- The Phoenix Zoo, struggling like others worldwide during coronavirus closures, has found an unlikely savior in a sloth. While Fernando may be a slow mover offline, the 4-year-old Linne's two-toed sloth has risen rapidly on the internet. Since Fernando joined Cameo, a video-sharing platform where people pay for celebrity shoutouts, the zoo has received 150 requests for a personalized clip. His popularity let the zoo boost his fee from $25 to $50...
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Students seek refunds for online courses
(National News ~ 05/05/20)
They wanted the campus experience, but their colleges sent them home to learn online during the coronavirus pandemic. Now, students at more than 25 U.S. universities are filing lawsuits against their schools demanding partial refunds on tuition and campus fees, saying they're not getting the caliber of education they were promised...
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Martin Luther King's traffic ticket changed history's course
(National News ~ 05/05/20)
DECATUR, Ga. -- On this day 60 years ago, a black man driving a white woman was pulled over in a traffic stop that would change the course of American history. The incident was unknown to most at the time and has been largely forgotten. The man was Martin Luther King Jr., and his citation on May 4, 1960, led to him being sentenced, illegally, to a chain gang...
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'Murder Hornets,' with killer sting, land in U.S.
(National News ~ 05/05/20)
SPOKANE, Wash. -- The world's largest hornet, a 2-inch killer dubbed the "Murder Hornet" with an appetite for honey bees, has been found in Washington state, where entomologists were making plans to wipe it out. The giant Asian insect, with a sting that could be fatal to some humans, is just now starting to emerge from winter hibernation...
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U.S. to rein in flood of virus blood tests after lax oversight
(National News ~ 05/05/20)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. regulators Monday pulled back a decision that allowed scores of coronavirus blood tests to hit the market without first providing proof that they worked. The Food and Drug Administration said it took the action because some sellers have made false claims about the tests and their accuracy. Companies will now have to show their tests work or risk having them pulled from the market...
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'We don't know how it will end': Hunger stalks amid coronavirus
(National News ~ 05/05/20)
WASHINGTON -- When all this started -- when the coronavirus began stalking humanity like an animal hunting prey, when she and her husband lost their restaurant jobs overnight as the world shut down to hide, when she feared not being able to feed her family -- Janeth went outside with a red kitchen towel...
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Meatpackers cautiously reopen plants amid coronavirus fears
(National News ~ 05/05/20)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- A South Dakota pork processing plant took its first steps toward reopening Monday after being shuttered for over two weeks because of a coronavirus outbreak that infected more than 800 employees. As two departments opened at the Smithfield Foods plant in Sioux Falls, employees filed through a tent where they were screened for fever and other signs of COVID-19. ...
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Betty Roth
(Obituary ~ 05/05/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Betty J. Roth, 89, of Perryville died Sunday, May 3, 2020, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. Friends may call from 10 a.m. until service time at noon Wednesday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, with social-distance guidelines in effect. The Rev. Matthew Marks will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery...
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Daniel Moore II
(Obituary ~ 05/05/20)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Most beloved Daniel Lee Moore II, 52, formerly of Kelso, Missouri, passed away and was called home to the heavenly Father on Thursday, April 30, 2020, at his home in Nashville. Daniel was born Oct. 18, 1967, in Cape Girardeau to Daniel and Doris Schlosser Moore. He grew up a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church in Kelso...
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Jerry Matheney
(Obituary ~ 05/05/20)
BELL CITY, Mo. -- Jerry Dale Matheney, 72, of Bell City died Sunday, May 3, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. A private family service will be held at Morgan Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Michael Lee officiating. Burial will follow at Morgan Memorial Park in Advance, Missouri...
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Jean Lincoln
(Obituary ~ 05/05/20)
Elda "Jean" Roberts Lincoln passed away peacefully Saturday, May 2, 2020, at home, having achieved 90 years of a wonderful life well lived. Jean was born July 15, 1929, the youngest of three daughters born to Eldon and Eula Mildred Linebarger Roberts in Jackson. She married Bobby Carroll Lincoln on Oct. 9, 1950, and nurtured a wonderful relationship, full of unconditional love and devotion, for 64 years until Bobby passed away in 2014...
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Stephen Glueck
(Obituary ~ 05/05/20)
Stephen "Herbie" Glueck, 63, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, May 3, 2020, at his home, surrounded by family. He was born July 4, 1956, in Cape Girardeau to Herbert and Betty Lou Mehner Glueck. He and Penny Rees were married Jan. 18, 1992, in Gordonville...
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Missouri governor says he 'chose not to' wear mask in store
(State News ~ 05/05/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Mike Parson has a simple reason for not wearing a face mask during a visit to a southwestern Missouri thrift store. "I chose not to," Parson said tersely Monday in response to a reporter's question. Parson's "stay-at-home" order ended Sunday, and businesses reopened across most of Missouri a day later, except in St. Louis, St. Louis County and Kansas City. The Republican governor spent the morning visiting several businesses in southwestern Missouri...
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From New York with love, a special gift for puzzle lovers in Southeast Missouri
(Local News ~ 05/05/20)
When the Southeast Missourian reduced print frequency in March from six days to three due to the financial impact of the coronavirus, it created a dilemma for newspaper management. While a crossword puzzle was produced digitally for readers on non-print days, it wasn’t an ideal solution for those who like to fill in the blanks, especially for those without home printers. ...
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Prayer 5/5/20
(Prayer ~ 05/05/20)
Lord Jesus, protect all our soldiers as they work to preserve freedom. Amen.
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Out of the past: May 5
(Out of the Past ~ 05/05/20)
Carolyn Goodin was recently installed as president of the Otahki Girl Scout Council, which serves more than 2,400 girls in 11 area counties; other new officers are Rick Etherington and Joyce Miller, vice presidents; Grace Hoover, secretary; and Tom Martin, treasurer...
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