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Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain dies at 74
(National News ~ 07/31/20)
ATLANTA — Herman Cain, former Republican presidential candidate and former CEO of a major pizza chain who went on to become an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, has died of complications from the coronavirus. He was 74. ...
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Road work 7/31/20
(Local News ~ 07/31/20)
Route E in Perry County from County Road 218 to County Road 354 will be closed as contractor crews perform full-depth pavement repairs. The work will begin Aug. 17, with completion anticipated Sept. 28, according to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release, ...
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Carnegie Library addition razed Thursday
(Local News ~ 07/31/20)
Penzel Construction workers use an excavator to remove rubble as they destroy the Carnegie Library addition Thursday in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Cape Girardeau County surpasses 600 coronavirus cases
(Local News ~ 07/31/20)
Cape Girardeau County reported 17 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, recording a total of 610, with 466 recoveries and three deaths. Out of the new cases, nine were reported in the City of Cape Girardeau, one in Jackson and seven elsewhere in the county...
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Foster care program in Cape County losing tax credits due to coronavirus
(Local News ~ 07/31/20)
Count a local foster-care program among the not-for-profits potentially hurt financially by aftereffects of the coronavirus pandemic. Hope for One More in Cape Girardeau and Jackson is no longer eligible for new Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP) tax credits for the current 2021 fiscal year, which began July 1...
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Cape County coroner candidate answers accusations with training certificates
(Local News ~ 07/31/20)
Responding to suggestions he had not completed mandated training, Cape Girardeau County coroner candidate Dennis Turner on Thursday provided certificates indicating he had completed training in 2018 and 2019 with a group other than the state coroners/medical examiners group...
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County commissioners consider AED purchase proposal
(Local News ~ 07/31/20)
Every day in America, nearly 1,000 people experience sudden cardiac arrest and for many of them, access to automatic external defibrillators, or AEDs, can make the difference between life and death. Members of the Cape Girardeau County Commission were asked at their meeting Thursday to consider purchase of 80 portable AEDs and related equipment for use by county fire districts, first responders and other emergency personnel...
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Black entrepreneurs discuss finding business success in Cape
(Local News ~ 07/31/20)
A local panel discussion on Black-owned business generated some revealing comments from African American entrepreneurs Thursday at Gateway Church in Cape Girardeau. The last in a series of gatherings under the rubric “Race Relations in Conservative America” was held on the second floor of the old Federal Building, where the congregation meets for worship...
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Cardinals game postponed Friday due to multiple positive coronavirus tests
(Local News ~ 07/31/20)
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is reporting that the St. Louis Cardinals major league baseball team has been instructed to self-isolate in their hotel rooms after at least two positive Covid-19 tests. The Cardinals will not be playing on Friday afternoon against the Milwaukee Brewers...
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A Look Back
(07/31/20)
Just in time for Independence Day, Martin Heider of Jackson and Linus Quade of Burfordville, Cape Girardeau city workers, prepared the Statue of Liberty at Freedom Corner in Capaha Park to receive her repaired arm July 2, 1976. In May of that year, vandals dislodged Lady Liberty from her pedestal and threw her in a ditch, damaging the statue. Repairs were made by Dingeldein Silversmith, 115 Themis St...
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Today in History 7-31-20
(National News ~ 07/31/20)
Today is Friday, July 31, the 213th day of 2020. There are 153 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 31, 1777, during the Revolutionary War, the Marquis de Lafayette, a 19-year-old French nobleman, was made a major-general in the American Continental Army...
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Medicaid expansion on the ballot Tuesday
(Editorial ~ 07/31/20)
Expanding access to Medicaid will appear on Tuesday's ballot as Constitutional Amendment 2. Medicaid is the federal health program that covers those who meet certain income, age or disability requirements. Missouri adults with dependent children are only eligible currently if their household income doesn't exceed 22% of the federal poverty level, or about $3,792 annually for a two-person household. ...
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Speak Out 7-31-20
(Speak Out ~ 07/31/20)
Every generation of Americans have come to a crossroad. In the past we have always chosen the right path. It may have not been a smooth road but it made us stronger. Today we are facing many crossroads. There are some that want to tear this great country down. ...
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The loathsome Lincoln Project
(Column ~ 07/31/20)
A couple of erstwhile Republican operatives who notably failed to elect Republican presidents are now trying to elect a Democratic one. They call their super PAC, self-importantly, The Lincoln Project. The operation is devoted to churning out harsh and often ridiculously over-the-top ads attacking President Donald Trump that are invariably praised by the media and progressives on Twitter, who are The Lincoln Project's political base...
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Prayer 7-31-20
(Prayer ~ 07/31/20)
Thank you, O Lord Jesus, for meeting our needs according to your riches in glory. Amen.
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Out of the past: July 31
(Out of the Past ~ 07/31/20)
Arby's Roast Beef Restaurant is gone; the restaurant closed its doors recently, and word is that an A&W Root Beer restaurant will move into the quarters at 204 N. Kingshighway; Arby's opened in Cape Girardeau in mid-1988. There's an empty space at 2109 William St.; the structure which previously housed Godfather's Piazza was demolished earlier this month to make way for a new Rhodes 101 Service Center; the Godfather's closing is only temporary, according to a company spokesman...
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Aleisha Nabors-Ray
(Obituary ~ 07/31/20)
Aleisha Lavonda Nabors-Ray, 54, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, July 30, 2020, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Aug. 7 at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. A private service will be held Aug. 8...
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Carol Mouser
(Obituary ~ 07/31/20)
Carol Diane Mouser, 77, of Jackson died Wednesday, July 29, 2020, at her home. She was born March 14, 1943, in Cape Girardeau to Lloyd Martin and Kathleen Vernell Jones Nickless. She married Jerry Andrew Mouser on Jan. 12, 1963, in Cape Girardeau. She was a caregiver for many years and previously was a bank teller...
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Cynthia Morgan
(Obituary ~ 07/31/20)
BENTON, Mo. -- Cynthia Leigh Morgan, 63, of Benton died Wednesday, July 29, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. There will be no services. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel of Scott City is in charge of arrangements.
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Bobby Loos
(Obituary ~ 07/31/20)
Bobby Lee Loos, 90, of Jackson died Wednesday, July 29, 2020, at his home. He was born Oct. 19, 1929, in Jackson to Robert Jacob and Flossie Myrtle Young Loos. He and Evelyn Mae Stevens were married Dec. 18, 1954, at the Methodist parsonage in Jackson. She preceded him in death March 30, 2014...
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Phillip Hopper
(Obituary ~ 07/31/20)
Phillip Lee Hopper was born June 20, 1948, to Donald Lee and Phyllis Ashby Hopper in Springfield, Illinois, and departed this life Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at his home in Scott City at the age of 72. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served from 1967 to 1971 on board the USS John F. Kennedy. He retired from Saint Francis Medical Center in 2016 as its senior decision support analyst in performance improvement. He was loved and respected by his department and enjoyed his job for many years...
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Dr. Joseph Blanton
(Obituary ~ 07/31/20)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Dr. Joseph C. Blanton passed from this life into heaven Wednesday, July 29, 2020. He practiced pediatrics in Sikeston for nearly 60 years and was one of the nation's most senior practicing pediatricians when he retired earlier this year...
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Prosecutor: No charges for officer in Michael Brown's death
(State News ~ 07/31/20)
CLAYTON, Mo. — St. Louis County’s prosecutor announced Thursday he will not charge the former police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, a dramatic decision that could reopen old wounds amid a renewed and intense national conversation about racial injustice and the police treatment of people of color...
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Missouri schools wrestle with decision on returning to class
(State News ~ 07/31/20)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- With coronavirus cases surging, several St. Louis-area school districts have decided to start the school year with online-only learning, while the state's largest school district is limiting the number of days each student will attend in-person...
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Medicare coverage for Alzheimer brain scans in question
(National News ~ 07/31/20)
A big study to help Medicare officials decide whether to start covering brain scans to check for Alzheimer's disease missed its goals for curbing health care costs, calling into question whether the pricey tests are worth it. The results announced Thursday are from a $100 million study of more than 25,000 Medicare recipients. It's been closely watched by private insurers, too, as the elderly population grows and more develop this most common form of dementia, which currently has no cure...
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Groups unite to urge US to extend food aid to schoolchildren
(Community ~ 07/31/20)
NEW YORK -- A high-profile coalition of educators, activists and philanthropists -- including the American Federation of Teachers, the NAACP and the charity World Central Kitchen -- is urging Congress to extend and expand emergency provisions that allow school districts nationwide to feed millions of children during the coronavirus pandemic...
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NASA launches Mars rover to look for signs of ancient life
(National News ~ 07/31/20)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The biggest, most sophisticated Mars rover ever built -- a car-size vehicle bristling with cameras, microphones, drills and lasers -- blasted off for the red planet Thursday as part of an ambitious, long-range project to bring the first Martian rock samples back to Earth to be analyzed for evidence of ancient life...
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Record economic plunge, jobs numbers reveal virus toll
(National News ~ 07/31/20)
WASHINGTON -- The coronavirus pandemic sent the U.S. economy plunging by a record-shattering 32.9% annual rate last quarter and is still inflicting damage across the country, squeezing already struggling businesses and forcing a wave of layoffs that shows no sign of abating...
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Trump floats election delay; only Congress can change
(National News ~ 07/31/20)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump, lagging in the polls and grappling with deepening economic and public health crises, on Thursday floated the startling idea of delaying the Nov. 3 presidential election. The notion drew immediate pushback from Democrats and Republicans alike in a nation that has held itself up as a beacon to the world for its history of peaceful transfer of power...
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John Lewis mourned as 'founding father' of better America
(National News ~ 07/31/20)
ATLANTA -- Hailed as a "founding father" of a fairer, better United States, John Lewis was eulogized Thursday by three former presidents and others who urged Americans to continue the work of the civil rights icon in fighting injustice during a moment of racial reckoning...
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CFO awards $15,000 grant to Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri
(Submitted Story ~ 07/31/20)
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks is awarding its first $100,000 for the new phase of the COVID-19 Regional Recovery Grant Program to six agencies serving central and southern Missouri. Because agencies have faced fundraising disruptions and/or increased service demands due to the pandemic, these grants target operational support to help nonprofits remain solvent during the public health and resulting economic crisis...
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