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Cape County coronavirus cases rise; drive-through testing planned; 'sentinel' testing at Charleston state lockup
(Local News ~ 05/27/20)
Only two counties in the region reported new COVID-19 cases Tuesday. Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center’s update pushed the county’s total count to 68 cases. Twenty-five of those patients are in Cape Girardeau; 21 are in Jackson; and 22 are elsewhere in the county...
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Jackson police moving into new headquarters
(Local News ~ 05/27/20)
Enhanced security, improved safety and a lot more space. That’s what Jackson police chief James Humphreys says the city and his department are getting as the department moves into a new $6.5 million headquarters at 202 W. Jackson Blvd., next door to the building it shared for many years with Jackson’s fire/rescue department...
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No unanimity on wearing face masks at local coffee shops
(Local News ~ 05/27/20)
To mask or not mask, that is the question. With apologies to William Shakespeare for amending his classic words, the Southeast Missourian surveyed managers of coffee shops in three communities for their attitudes about masking, social distancing and how their businesses plan to move forward into the summer...
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Cape Girardeau County resumes in-person proceedings in new courthouse
(Local News ~ 05/27/20)
After 20 years in the former Cape Girardeau County Courthouse and months of postponed proceedings due to the coronavirus, Division II Circuit Judge Benjamin Lewis held his first docket day of in-person, non-emergency proceedings Tuesday in the newly-built chambers of Courtroom 301...
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Amid global search for virus cure, former Jackson pastor eyes bees
(Local News ~ 05/27/20)
A retired Cape Girardeau County pastor contends bee venom may hold promise for fighting COVID-19. The Rev. Grant Gillard, who retired as pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Jackson in September 2018, kept bees locally for 25 years. Gillard takes hope from a recent article in “Bee Culture,” a trade publication for U.S. beekeepers, suggesting people stung by bees may build up a tolerance that effectively keeps the coronavirus away...
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Parson moves up vote on Missouri Medicaid expansion
(State News ~ 05/27/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday said he's moving up the date voters will decide whether to expand Medicaid health care coverage to thousands more low-income adults in the state. Missouri ballot initiatives automatically go on the November general election ballot unless the governor acts otherwise...
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Hiking with Dogs
(05/27/20)
When I was growing up, my parents took me to a lot of campgrounds in and out of Missouri. We visited or camped at most of the Missouri state parks at the time, so it’s no wonder I still visit different state parks today. Now, though, I’m doing it to include hiking. And hiking with dogs...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/27/20)
Today is Wednesday, May 27, the 148th day of 2020. There are 218 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 27, 1935, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, unanimously struck down the National Industrial Recovery Act, a key component of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal" legislative program...
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Prayer 5/27/20
(Prayer ~ 05/27/20)
O Heavenly Father, thank you for watching over us and drawing us close to you. Amen.
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On Memorial Day, remember our most faithful troops
(Column ~ 05/27/20)
While serving as a sentry with French forces in the Argonne Forest in 1918, a black American private fought off German attackers. Unfazed by his wounds, he hurled grenades until they ran out, shot his rifle until it jammed, used his rifle as a club until it broke, and finally used a bolo knife until reinforcements arrived...
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Speak Out 5/27/20
(Speak Out ~ 05/27/20)
Highway 61 and Deerwood in Jackson doesn't need a roundabout for the handful of people who play baseball at Whitney Herzog Field or the few dozen who use the community center. Stop wasting tax dollars. In the midst of a pandemic, our city council has voted to fund two swimming pools in our city. What were they thinking? This is a wrong-headed and irresponsible decision!...
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Cape County sales tax proposal on ballot June 2
(Editorial ~ 05/27/20)
On Tuesday, Cape Girardeau County voters will have a chance to decide whether to enact a half-cent sales tax to fund a variety of county government functions, focusing primarily on law enforcement activities and infrastructure. Sheriff Ruth Ann Dickerson has explained the proposal would allow the county to hire patrol deputies, jailers, transport personnel and school resource officers, while also supporting jail facilities, boosting pay for staff and improving communications infrastructure, among other projects.. ...
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Mister Rogers would have liked it; Pennsylvania celebrates '1-4-3' day
(National News ~ 05/27/20)
Mister Rogers would have liked it: a day to be extra kind to your neighbors. The day was Friday -- Pennsylvania's second annual 1-4-3 Day, an occasion when state officials encourage people to share their acts of kindness and gratitude. This year, a focus was first responders and essential workers who are at high-risk of contagion during the coronavirus pandemic...
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Worry, haste, retail therapy: What have we bought and why?
(Community ~ 05/27/20)
NEW YORK -- Between technical glitches and food worries, retail therapy and sheer amnesia, something has happened to shopping during the pandemic that can be summed up thusly: rubber chickens. Melissa Jean Footlick bought some while sheltering at home in San Diego with her husband and three dogs. She's a kidney transplant patient, so she's been taking extra care. She's among millions who have helped online retail sales surge as consumer spending fell off rapidly when businesses shut down...
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Twitter adds fact-check warnings to Trump tweets
(National News ~ 05/27/20)
For the first time, Twitter has flagged some of President Donald Trump's tweets with a fact-check warning. On Tuesday, Twitter added a warning phrase to two Trump tweets calling mail-in ballots "fraudulent" and predicted "mail boxes will be robbed," among other things. Under the tweets, there is now a link reading "Get the facts about mail-in ballots" that guides users to a Twitter "moments" page with fact checks and news stories about Trump's unsubstantiated claims...
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Trump's convention demand comes amid Charlotte virus surge
(National News ~ 05/27/20)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- President Donald Trump's demand for a full-capacity Republican convention in August is putting pressure on North Carolina health officials -- and local Republicans -- as coronavirus cases surge in the host county and statewide. Democratic Gov. ...
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Michael Smither
(Obituary ~ 05/27/20)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Michael E. Smither, 73, of Chaffee, died Saturday, May 23, 2020, at his son's home in Oak Ridge. He was born Jan. 28, 1947, in Mobile, Alabama, to Kenneth and Helen Young Smither. He married Janet Summers on Dec. 20, 1988. Smither was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving honorably from June 13, 1967, to June 12, 1969...
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Ann Parkinson
(Obituary ~ 05/27/20)
Ann H. Parkinson, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 25, 2020, at Life Care Center. She was born Oct. 3, 1936, in Olean, New York, to James and Marion Koch Henry. She and Robert Parkinson were married Feb. 14, 1959, in Syracuse, New York. Ann attended Purdue University and Southeast Missouri State University...
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Glenda Long
(Obituary ~ 05/27/20)
PATTON, Mo. -- Glenda Long, 91, of Patton passed away Saturday, April 4, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 2, 1929, in Sedgewickville, Missouri, daughter of Charley and Beulah Hartle Haupt. She and Everett Long were united in marriage Sept. 16, 1950, and he passed away May 3, 1998...
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Gloria King
(Obituary ~ 05/27/20)
Gloria Sue King, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 25, 2020, at home, with family and friends by her side. She was born May 25, 1945, in Perry County, Missouri, to Phillip Wainwright and Florence Ina Murray Barber. She and Gene King were married Oct. 4, 1975. He survives in Cape Girardeau...
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Clinton Hindman
(Obituary ~ 05/27/20)
Clinton James "CJ" Hindman, son to the late Cassius Clinton and Bertie Mae Bird Hindman, was born Oct. 19, 1928, in Chaffee, Missouri and departed this life Sunday, May 24, 2020, in Cape Girardeau at the age of 91 years. He was united in marriage to Dimple Mae Pirtle on Aug. 28, 1948, and she survives...
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Debra Franklin
(Obituary ~ 05/27/20)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Debra Ann Cross Franklin, 61, of Olive Branch passed away at 6:40 a.m. Saturday, May 23, 2020, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 14, 1958, in Cairo, Illinois, to Fred Eugene and Katie Lee Estes Cross. She married Lynn Franklin on May 19, 1978...
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Terry Crowell
(Obituary ~ 05/27/20)
Terry A. Crowell, 72, died Friday, May 22, 2020, at her home. She was born Sept. 2, 1947, in Cape Girardeau to Bill W. and Helen Talent Rose. She and Terry E. Crowell were married April 19, 1969, at Centenary United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau...
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Bruce Anglin Jr.
(Obituary ~ 05/27/20)
CHAFFEE, Mo, -- Bruce Wayne Anglin Jr. died Sunday, May 24, 2020. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. The funeral will be at 6 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with Sister Teresa Marshall officiating...
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Missouri agency pledges to end flawed virus data reporting
(State News ~ 05/27/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's state health director on Tuesday confirmed the state has been lumping together different coronavirus test results in a way that can be misleading, despite saying otherwise multiple times last week. The agency has been combining the results of viral tests, which detect active cases of the virus essentially from the onset of infection, with antibody tests. ...
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St. Louis, Kansas City leaders urge lakegoers to quarantine
(State News ~ 05/27/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Leaders in St. Louis, Kansas City and the State of Kansas urged people who partied close together at Lake of the Ozarks over the Memorial Day weekend to self-quarantine for two weeks, amid fears the gatherings documented in social media postings will lead to a resurgence of the coronavirus...
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Out of the past: May 27
(Out of the Past ~ 05/27/20)
VisionAire Corp. is looking to the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport as a possible site for a plant to manufacture its proposed new VisionAire Vantage single-engine business jet; Cape Girardeau is among a number of communities the firm is considering...
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Area police reports 5/27/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/27/20)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. DWI n Driving under the influence was reported at Maria Louise Lane and Rodney Vista Boulevard. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 1000 block of Bloomfield Street...
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Births 5/27/20
(Births ~ 05/27/20)
Son to Daniele Kuehnert of Chaffee, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 8:34 a.m. Wednesday, May 20, 2020. Name, Sawyer Michael. Weight, 7.5 pounds. First child. Kuehnert is employed by Big River Communications. Daughter to James Bracy and Tambraneseeya Fleming of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 4:30 p.m. ...
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Jimmie Johnson
(Obituary ~ 05/27/20)
VANDUSER, Mo. -- On Friday, May 22, 2020, Jimmie Glen "Jim" Johnson, 79, passed away due to complications from a stroke. Jim was born Aug. 16, 1940, to A.D. "Jim" and Mildred Weaks Johnson in Vanduser. He attended the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he received his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and was a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. After graduation in 1962, he returned home to Vanduser, where he ran the family farm and managed Vanduser Gin Co. from 1987 to 2010...
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