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Cape health department offers drive-through flu shots
(Local News ~ 10/07/20)
Nurse Sandy Gibbons administers a flu vaccine to Pyungsk Chun while he sits in his car as part of the drive-through clinic Tuesday at the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center in Cape Girardeau. This is the first year they are administering vaccines in a drive-through style due to COVID-19. ...
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SEMO summer graduates announced
(Local News ~ 10/07/20)
Southeast Missouri State University on Tuesday announced its summer 2020 graduates, with 8.8% from outside the United States. A total of 341 students are the most recent to obtain degrees from the four-year institution: 257 (75%) are from Missouri, 31 from Illinois and five from Tennessee...
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Jackson police invite public comment next week
(Local News ~ 10/07/20)
Next week, Jackson’s police department will be assessed for reaccreditation, with a twist: the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA) will conduct the assessment virtually, and comments from the public are invited as part of the process...
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Deadline arrives for November voting
(Local News ~ 10/07/20)
According to state law, a Missouri resident must be registered to vote by the fourth Wednesday before the Nov. 3 election, which is today. Kara Clark Summers, Cape Girardeau county clerk, said if a person has moved into the county either from another Missouri county or from another state, the Wednesday deadline to register is also firm...
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Bettie Talbert, 'friend' of Southeast, dies at 85
(Local News ~ 10/07/20)
A recipient of the highest honor the Southeast Missouri University Foundation bestows, Bettie Talbert of Cape Girardeau, a teacher, businesswoman, philanthropist and passionate landscape gardener, died Sunday. She was 85. Bettie, along with her husband, Dr. C.R. “Tim” Talbert Jr., received the prestigious Friends of the University Award in 2018...
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Mike Bennett remembered as great father, friend
(Local News ~ 10/07/20)
Cape Girardeau dentist Mike Bennett believed life was a gift, a gift he conveyed to others through his faith, friendship and dedication to his family and his profession. Bennett died Monday morning at Saint Francis Medical Center just three days shy of his 71st birthday...
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Area health officials report about 100 new coronavirus cases
(Local News ~ 10/07/20)
No new COVID-19-related deaths were reported in the region Tuesday, though area health officials tallied about a hundred new cases of the virus. Officials with Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center reported 29 new cases — 21 in Cape Girardeau, five in Jackson and three elsewhere in the county — but a drop in active cases of 109, putting the number of active cases in the county as of Tuesday at 470. ...
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MoDOT seeks comments on proposed 177 work
(Local News ~ 10/07/20)
The Missouri Department of Transportation is asking for public input on proposed improvements to Highway 177 north of Cape Girardeau aimed at keeping it open during flood conditions along the Mississippi River and nearby creeks. The proposed project, scheduled for 2022, would improve two sections of the roadway, which MoDOT says will help mitigate flood issues. ...
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Missouri Veterans Homes see spike in coronavirus cases
(Local News ~ 10/07/20)
COVID-19 cases have been especially prevalent in long-term care facilities, and the state’s veterans homes are no exception. According to state officials, the Cape Girardeau facility has been among the hardest hit. A sudden increase in coronavirus cases and four deaths in Missouri Veterans Homes in September led Gov. Mike Parson to order an external review of all seven Missouri Veterans Homes and their COVID-19-related operations...
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Photo contests ahead of Smithsonian exhibit accepting entries
(Local News ~ 10/07/20)
Two photography contests will add to the celebration around an upcoming exhibition, the Smithsonian's Water/Ways, at the Kellerman Foundation's Heritage Hall, 102 N. Main St. in Cape Girardeau. The exhibition will be up from Oct. 19 through Jan. 13, and dives into water as an essential component of life on our planet, environmentally, culturally and historically, according to the contest rules at kellermanfoundation.org/photo-contest...
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Come Hungry: 8 food trucks to try this fall
(10/07/20)
While food trucks might feel like a novelty item or something one would expect to see only in urban cities, Southeast Missouri has been gaining ground in the area of "street food" with several new vendors popping up in 2020. And why not? As unprecedented as the year has been, food trucks have provided local restaurants the opportunity to grow, expand and evolve their business. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/07/20)
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 7, the 281st day of 2020. There are 85 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 7, 1996, Fox News Channel made its debut. On this date: In 1910, a major wildfire devastated the northern Minnesota towns of Spooner and Baudette, charring at least 300,000 acres; some 40 people are believed to have died...
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Speak Out 10/7/20
(Speak Out ~ 10/07/20)
Many Americans paid the ultimate price to give us our freedom. We have provided them with veterans homes to finish out their time here on earth which is supposed to be a thank you call with comfort. However, since the big push to open up the schools, restaurants, bars and sporting events, we have increased the virus as high as 400% in our area alone. ...
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Prayer 10/7/20
(Prayer ~ 10/07/20)
O Lord Jesus, in a midst of trials we remain confident that you are in control. Amen.
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They've got nothing on Amy Coney Barrett
(Column ~ 10/07/20)
The Supreme Court fight of the century is, so far, a fizzle. The ratio of progressive outrage over the nomination of federal Judge Amy Coney Barrett to supposed reasons that the U.S. Senate shouldn't confirm her is completely out of whack -- there's a surfeit of the former and almost none of the latter...
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Editorial: Hayes played important role for university with local media
(Editorial ~ 10/07/20)
After 29 years working in communications at Southeast Missouri State University, Ann Hayes has retired. Hayes was hired as director of the SEMO News Bureau in March 1991, a position she held for most of her tenure at Southeast. In December 2017, she was promoted to director of university communications and served as a member of the university president's executive team...
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Guitarist Eddie Van Halen dies of cancer at age 65
(Entertainment ~ 10/07/20)
NEW YORK -- Eddie Van Halen, the guitar virtuoso whose blinding speed, control and innovation propelled his band Van Halen into one of hard rock's biggest groups, fueled the unmistakable fiery solo in Michael Jackson's hit "Beat It" and became elevated to the status of rock god, has died. He was 65...
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Long-term jobless caught in a squeeze imperiling recovery
(National News ~ 10/07/20)
WASHINGTON -- This spring, Magdalena Valiente was expecting her best year as a Florida-based concert promoter. Now, she wonders if the career she built over three decades is over. Back in March, Valiente had been busy planning three tours and 42 live events, including concerts for the Panamanian reggaeton star Sech and the Miami Latin pop band Bacilos. Earning well into six figures during good years, Valiente was hoping to help her youngest son, a high school junior, pay his way through college...
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FDA publishes vaccine guidelines though opposed by White House
(National News ~ 10/07/20)
WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration released updated safety standards Tuesday for makers of COVID-19 vaccines after the White House blocked their formal release, the latest political tug-of-war between the Trump administration and the government's public health scientists...
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Trump halts COVID-19 relief talks until after November election
(National News ~ 10/07/20)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump abandoned COVID-19 relief talks on Tuesday, saying they won't resume until after the election. The move came as the chairman of the Federal Reserve said that further fiscal intervention is needed to prevent the economy from spiraling downward...
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Trump reports 'no symptoms'
(National News ~ 10/07/20)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump, said to be making progress in his recovery from COVID-19, tweeted his eagerness to return to the campaign trail Tuesday even as the outbreak that has killed more than 210,000 Americans reached ever more widely into the upper echelons of the U.S. government...
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Imogene Rains
(Obituary ~ 10/07/20)
Imogene "Jeannie" Rains, 68, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, at her home. She was born Feb. 15, 1952, in Cape Girardeau to Joseph and Dorothy Welker Foeste. Jeannie married Milo E. Rains on April 28, 1972. He preceded her in death Sept. 22, 2011...
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Arnold Lorenz
(Obituary ~ 10/07/20)
FROHNA, Mo, -- Arnold E. Lorenz, 95, of Frohna passed away Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville, Missouri. He was born Jan. 31, 1925, in Farrar, Missouri, to Theodore and Clara Kassel Lorenz. He and Milda I. Petzoldt were married Oct. 9, 1948. She preceded him in death May 25, 2005...
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Patricia Green
(Obituary ~ 10/07/20)
Patricia "Pat" Green, 78, passed away Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 3, 1942, in Cape Girardeau to the late Raymond and Beulah Dempster Leible. On Jan. 21, 1959, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, she married Bill Green, who preceded her in death Aug. 31, 2019...
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Vaughn Baker Jr.
(Obituary ~ 10/07/20)
JONESBORO, Ark. -- Vaughn Elliott Baker Jr., 81, of Sikeston, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born May 28, 1939, in Morgantown, West Virginia, son of the late Vaughn Elliott Sr. and Violet Pauline Twigg Baker...
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Out of the past: Oct. 7
(Out of the Past ~ 10/07/20)
Good Ol' Days are held in Jackson under a sunny sky; vendors turn out in droves and big crowds enjoy old-fashioned entertainment, such as pony rides, wool-spinning demonstrations and rail splitting; no one seems too disappointed that the most popular event on the program -- a fake robbery of Capital Bank -- doesn't materialize...
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Cape police report 10/7/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/07/20)
Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. DWI n Driving under the influence was reported at William and South Sprigg streets. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 1100 block of Walnut Street. n Assault was reported in the 500 block of North Street...
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Dr. Michael Bennett
(Obituary ~ 10/07/20)
Michael W. Bennett, 70, went to be with the Lord on Monday, Oct. 5, 2020. He was a beloved dentist, friend and devoted family man who will long be remembered for his affable personality and incredible determination. Mike loved life and these past few years fought hard to sustain it. Throughout his life, he faced numerous "against all odds" challenges and did so with true grit, faith in God and an indomitable spirit. He was an inspiration...
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HOW TO REPLACE A MISSING SOCIAL SECURITY CARD ONLINE
(Submitted Story ~ 10/07/20)
If you need to replace your lost or misplaced Social Security card, our online application makes getting a replacement card easier than ever. Requesting a card replacement online is available if you live in the District of Columbia or one of the 45 states that can verify state ID information for us. If youˇ¦re only requesting a replacement card and youˇ¦re making no changes, you may be able to use our free online service...
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