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Transgender woman's death in Sikeston under investigation
(State News ~ 05/06/20)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Police are investigating the death of a transgender woman in Sikeston, and an LGBTQ advocacy group is raising concerns about a rash of similar killings so far this year across the U.S. The body of 28-year-old Nina Pop was discovered Sunday night inside her apartment in Sikeston. Pop had been stabbed several times, the town's police chief, James McMillen, said Tuesday...
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Union County, Illinois, reports first coronavirus death
(Local News ~ 05/06/20)
COVID-19 cases remained mostly flat in surrounding Missouri counties Tuesday, but officials in Union County, Illinois, reported that county’s first death attributed to the coronavirus. Stoddard County was the only Missouri county in the region to report a new COVID-19 case Tuesday, bringing that county’s total positive cases to 22...
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Cape Girardeau, East County fire crews respond to overturned trailer at P&G
(Local News ~ 05/06/20)
A tractor-trailer operator was briefly trapped inside his vehicle Monday afternoon after its attached trailer overturned in the drop lot at Procter & Gamble in Cape Girardeau County. Cape Girardeau fire Capt. Kelly Allen said Cape Girardeau firefighters assisted the East County Fire Protection District in responding to the scene...
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Driver in Monday morning police pursuit charged with meth possession, fleeing police
(Local News ~ 05/06/20)
A driver who allegedly led Cape Girardeau and Illinois State police in a pursuit across state lines Monday morning has since been taken into custody and charged for fleeing from police and meth possession, according to Cape Girardeau County court filings...
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Cape Pride supports Main Street Station to feed hungry as festival is postponed
(Local News ~ 05/06/20)
A year ago Monday, Cape Pride celebrated its first festival in Cape Girardeau. The 501(c)(3) was set to host its second annual festival last week on Friday and Saturday, but due to the coronavirus, organizers postponed the event and at this point have not solidified a new date, according to board president Amber Moyers...
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Locals look ahead to National Day of Prayer like no other
(Local News ~ 05/06/20)
In a year perhaps unlike any other in living memory, Thursday’s National Day of Prayer may be taking on a greater significance in 2020. “I have people in my family, some of them disbelievers, who are asking why COVID-19 is happening,” said John Gary, executive director of Cape Girardeau’s Gibson Recovery Center...
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Coronavirus not a major concern for pet owners, vets say
(Local News ~ 05/06/20)
COVID-19 can affect household pets, but concern is nearly nonexistent, according to two area veterinarians and the American Veterinary Medicine Association. Dr. Cindy McDowell, a veterinarian with Cross Point Animal Hospital in Cape Girardeau, said the evidence points to COVID-19 originating in an animal, but it is, first and foremost, a human disease...
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Updated design, renderings for City Hall presented to Cape City Council
(Local News ~ 05/06/20)
Plans and designs for Cape Girardeau City Hall were presented by project manager Anna Kangas to members of City Council via Zoom video conference call Monday night, along with renderings of how the project may look once completed. Kangas opened her presentation by providing historical information about the Common Pleas Courthouse, which dates back to 1854, previously housed county offices and is designated on the National Register of Historic Places...
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Outside the Office: Kyle Thompson shares passion for jiu-jitsu
(B Magazine ~ 05/06/20)
I was first introduced to jiu-jitsu approximately nine years ago by some local enthusiasts and then joined the Gracie Humaita family seven years ago when my instructor, Professor Brian Imholz, first-degree black belt, moved here and opened Gracie Jiu-Jitsu of Southeast Missouri. I have always been a fitness enthusiast and first started training primarily for the fitness aspect...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/06/20)
Today is Wednesday, May 6, the 127th day of 2020. There are 239 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 6, 1915, Babe Ruth hit his first major-league home run as a player for the Boston Red Sox. On this date: In 1863, the Civil War Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia ended with a Confederate victory over Union forces...
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Lockdown extremism is a vice
(Column ~ 05/06/20)
We will be in a fight against the coronavirus for months, if not years, and yet it is time to declare mission accomplished on one very important goal. The lockdowns of much of the country were undertaken "to flatten the curve" and largely to prevent the hospital system from being overwhelmed. It was a near-run thing in New York and New Jersey, but the dykes held, thanks to the incredible sacrifices of front-line health care workers...
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Support your local merchants at area farmers markets
(Editorial ~ 05/06/20)
Local farmers markets are opening in Cape Girardeau and Jackson, albeit with some specific COVID-19 precautions. The Jackson Farmers Market was the first to open in April. The Riverfront Market in Cape Girardeau opened on Saturday at Century Casino Cape Girardeau, 777 N. Main St. And the farmers market at West Park Mall will open on Thursday. All three are using drive-through logistics to mitigate exposure to the coronavirus for vendors and customers...
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With camps shut, families face summer in the great indoors
(Community ~ 05/06/20)
Welcome to summer in the great indoors. Parents around the country are learning their children's summer camps will be canceled, delayed or moved online as the fallout from the coronavirus seeps into another facet of American life. From New Hampshire to California, camps and parents are scrambling as Zoom campfires and "virtual cabins" in the living room become more likely...
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Mother's Day this year means getting creative from afar
(Community ~ 05/06/20)
NEW YORK -- Treats made and delivered by neighbors. Fresh garden plantings dug from a safe 6 feet away. Trips around the world set up room-to-room at home. Mother's Day this year is a mix of love and extra imagination as families do without their usual brunches and huggy meet-ups...
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Giant cinnamon rolls raise money, feed 'bellies and souls'
(National News ~ 05/06/20)
Scared for friends who had contracted the new coronavirus and worried about her daughter's schooling and husband's work, Whitney Rutz cried and screamed into her pillow. Then, the Portland, Oregon, resident started baking. What began as an effort to cheer herself up ended up lifting the spirits of many others, raising money for thousands of meals and nourishing "the bellies and souls" of heath care workers -- one giant cinnamon roll at a time...
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Woman arraigned in killing of security guard over virus mask
(National News ~ 05/06/20)
FLINT, Mich. -- A Michigan woman was formally charged Tuesday in the fatal shooting of a store security guard who refused to allow her daughter inside because she wasn't wearing a face mask to protect against transmission of the coronavirus. Sharmel Teague, 45, was arraigned via video Tuesday in district court, according to the Genesee County prosecutor's office...
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States with few virus cases get big share of aid
(National News ~ 05/06/20)
Alaska, Hawaii, Montana and Wyoming are among the least-populated states in the U.S., and not surprisingly have the lowest numbers of residents who have tested positive for the new coronavirus. But despite their small size, they scored big this spring when Congress pumped out direct federal aid to the states...
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Britain's death toll from coronavirus rivals Italy's
(International News ~ 05/06/20)
LONDON -- Britain on Tuesday became the first country in Europe to confirm more than 30,000 coronavirus deaths, and infections rose sharply again in Russia, even as other nations made great strides in containing the scourge. China marked its third week with no new reported deaths, while South Korea restarted its baseball season...
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Vote-by-mail debate raises fears of coming election disinformation
(National News ~ 05/06/20)
WASHINGTON -- A bitterly partisan debate unfolding on whether more Americans should cast their votes through the mail during a pandemic is provoking online disinformation and conspiracy theories that could undermine trust in the results, even if there are no major problems...
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Trump pick to oversee rescue spending pledges impartiality
(National News ~ 05/06/20)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's choice to oversee a significant chunk of the $2 trillion economic rescue law is pledging to conduct audits and investigations "with fairness and impartiality." Brian Miller, a lawyer in the White House counsel's office, goes before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday for his nomination as special inspector general for pandemic recovery. ...
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Pelosi pushes virus package as GOP resists big spending
(National News ~ 05/06/20)
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pressed ahead Tuesday with the next coronavirus aid, a sweeping $800 billion-plus package that is expected to be unveiled soon even as the House stays closed while the Senate reopens in the pandemic. Key to any plan to reopen the economy, Democrats say, is robust testing. ...
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U.S. service sector shrinks; first time since Great Recession
(National News ~ 05/06/20)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. service sector shrank for the first time in a decade last month as the pandemic forced shutdowns and layoffs nationwide. The Institute for Supply Management said Tuesday its service-sector index fell to 41.8 in April, compared with a March reading of 52.5...
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Infection rate rising outside New York as states open up
(National News ~ 05/06/20)
Take the New York metropolitan area's progress against the coronavirus out of the equation and the numbers show the rest of the U.S. is moving in the wrong direction, with the infection rate rising even as states move to lift their lockdowns, an Associated Press analysis found Tuesday...
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Trump tours, touts mask factory — but no mask for him
(National News ~ 05/06/20)
PHOENIX -- Making himself Exhibit A for reopening the country, President Donald Trump visited an Arizona face-mask factory Tuesday, using the trip to demonstrate his determination to see an easing of "stay-at-home" orders even as the coronavirus remains a dire threat. Trump did not wear a mask despite guidelines saying they should be worn inside the factory at all times...
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Jeffrey Seabaugh
(Obituary ~ 05/06/20)
Jeffrey T. "Phro" Seabaugh, 48, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 4, 2020, at his home. He was born Oct. 28, 1971, in Cape Girardeau to Rayma Franklin Seabaugh. He was a graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School in 1990. He was a repairman for Tony Wiggins Repair, where he traveled to restaurants repairing barbecue pits...
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Anna Redmond
(Obituary ~ 05/06/20)
Anna Lee Redmond, 79, of Jackson died Saturday, May 2, 2020, at her home. Due to current gather restrictions, a private graveside service will be held Friday at Apple Creek Cemetery in Pocahontas, with the Rev. Donny Ford officiating. Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements...
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David McKee Sr.
(Obituary ~ 05/06/20)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- David W. McKee Sr., 62, of Dongola died Thursday, April 9, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 15 at Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. May 15 at the funeral home, with Pastor Aaron Boyd officiating. Interment will follow at St. John's Cemetery in Dongola...
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Jerry Matheney
(Obituary ~ 05/06/20)
BELL CITY, Mo. -- Jerry Dale Matheney, 72, of Bell City, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 22, 1948, in Stoddard County, Missouri, the son of Vernal "Goog" and Mary Francis "Susie" Vickers Matheney...
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Charles Clippard
(Obituary ~ 05/06/20)
GREENBRIER, Mo. -- Charles Curtis Clippard, 90, of Greenbrier died Thursday, April 30, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Charles was a dedicated and innovative teacher/principal in Cape Girardeau and has been called a "Bridge Over Troubled Water" for many. Clippard Elementary School was named in his honor in 1991...
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Parson urges Missourians to support state-based businesses
(State News ~ 05/06/20)
LIBERTY, Mo. -- Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday continued his optimistic message about the state's reaction to the coronavirus pandemic and urged state residents to return to work if possible and support Missouri-based businesses. A day after Parson's statewide "stay-at-home" order expired and some businesses reopened, the governor encouraged Missourians to "safely re-engage in the economy" by supporting businesses while also continuing social distancing and safety measures...
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Missouri Senate tries to spare colleges from budget cuts
(State News ~ 05/06/20)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri state senators on Tuesday voted to spare colleges and universities from steep budget cuts despite a large decline in state revenue caused by the coronavirus. Senators voted 26-5 in favor of a higher education spending plan that would give public colleges and universities the same funding next year they were originally promised this year. Schools ended up getting less this year because Republican Gov. Mike Parson slashed their funding to balance the budget...
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Prayer 5/6/20
(Prayer ~ 05/06/20)
O God, may we not be anxious, but with thanksgiving present our requests to you.
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Out of the past: May 6
(Out of the Past ~ 05/06/20)
Nancy Bray received the annual Cobblestone Award, recognizing community service, yesterday; the presentation was made by Dutch Estes during the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Coffee. Missouri Secretary of State Bekki Cook's address is short and to the point; "I am the only thing that stands between you and your diploma," she tells the graduates at Southeast Missouri State University's spring commencement; 730 undergraduates and graduate students receive their diplomas in front of a packed house of about 7,000 parents, friends and relatives at the Show Me Center.. ...
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Births 5/6/20
(Births ~ 05/06/20)
Son to Aaron and Jessica Lanigan of Jackson, Southeast Hospital, 11:49 a.m. Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Name, Lane Michael. Weight, 8 pounds, 12 ounces. Third child, second son. Mrs. Lanigan is the daughter of Dani and Matt Dunn of Marble Hill, Missouri, and Rob Roberts of Jackson. She works at The Villas of Jackson. Lanigan is the son of Mike Lanigan and Melissa Lanigan of Jackson. He is employed by Pro Auto Service...
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On Virginia-Tennessee border, one side is open for business while the other is still on lockdown
(Column ~ 05/06/20)
BRISTOL, Tenn./Virginia State Line Joe Deel is behind the chrome-trimmed turquoise counter of his legendary diner, the Burger Bar in Virginia, working with his wife, Kayla; daughter Emily; and sous chef, Corey Young. They can see people going to lunch at the State Line Bar and Grill in Tennessee, just across the street and less than 50 yards away. But their round, black-topped stools remain as empty as they were nearly two months ago when the coronavirus first shut down the country...
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