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Cape Girardeau County commissioners hear insurance renewal options
(Local News ~ 12/22/20)
Cape Girardeau County commissioners plan reviewing information regarding insurance renewal presented at Monday's meeting and vote on what to renew at the Dec. 28 meeting. Executive Vice President of W.E. Walker Lakenan Insurance Doug Mueller presented commissioners with insurance renewal options for property, equipment and commercial crime coverage...
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Two virus-related deaths reported in region
(Local News ~ 12/22/20)
Two COVID-19-related deaths were reported in the region Monday. Stoddard and Bollinger counties in Missouri each reported on death. According to Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center, the county's seven-day testing positivity rate was 23.7%. For the southeast region of the state, medical bed availability as of Monday was 18%, and ICU bed availability was 27%...
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Affordable housing proposal for Cape OK'd by state agency
(Local News ~ 12/22/20)
A plan to buy and rehabilitate Lindenwood Apartments, 1105 Linden Street in Cape Girardeau, has won tax credit approval from the Missouri Housing Development Corporation (MHDC). The December 17 approval of $525,000 in federal and $367,500 in state low-income housing tax credits will allow Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri (CP-SEMO) to become owner of the 67-unit, six-story not-for-profit senior housing development originally built in 1983...
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Cape mayor bullish on vaccine, out-of-state police applicants OK'd
(Local News ~ 12/22/20)
Cape Girardeau Mayor Bob Fox is urging city residents to take the COVID-19 vaccine, whenever it becomes available. Fox spoke Monday during a Zoom session of city council, made virtual for the second straight meeting due to the pandemic. "Please think seriously about getting the vaccine," said Fox, 72, in an appeal to citizens watching via YouTube...
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In Memoriam: Larry Payne and others who made a difference
(Column ~ 12/22/20)
It's been a hard, strange year, and this weekend we lost another stalwart in Cape Girardeau. Larry Payne -- who was a fixture on road and transportation boards, along with being a benefactor to area sports teams and a longtime supporter of Christmas for the Elderly and Toybox -- died with family surrounding him at home Saturday evening. At his side was his wife Bettye, with whom he celebrated 61 years of marriage this summer...
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Operation Christmas Child packs 17,244 shoeboxes for needy children
(Local News ~ 12/22/20)
Operation Christmas Child, a project of international relief organization Samaritan's Purse, provides shoeboxes stuffed with various gifts to children in need around the world. This year, despite the COVID-19 pandemic presenting many difficulties, Operation Christmas Child's Southeast Missouri chapter collected 17,244 shoeboxes...
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Sponsored: The Bright Way: Ritter Real Estate experiences explosive growth in 2020
(B Magazine ~ 12/22/20)
It’s the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and Jared Ritter is updating the white board in his downtown Cape Girardeau office with the company’s latest sales numbers. Business is booming for this six-year-old company.
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Now Read This: "Death in the East," by Abir Mkherjee
(Local News ~ 12/22/20)
Sam Wyndham believes “a policeman with an opium habit is like a long-distance runner with his laces tied together.” He knows the moment he messes up, he will lose his career. And the risk of this only grows when Sam learns India’s Section H knows about his addiction. ...
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Column: Reminiscing on memories from Christmases Past
(Local News ~ 12/22/20)
My Great-Uncle John Rauh moonlighted as Santa Claus in a double-take-inducing Santa suit made in faithful detail by Mrs. Claus, my Great-Aunt Louise. Every Christmas time, Uncle Santa — I mean, Uncle John — knocked on the doors of all the children on his list. We would anxiously open the door and stand awestruck at the robust, six-foot Santa looming in the doorway whom we did not recognize, or even suspect, was Uncle John...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/22/20)
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 22, the 357th day of 2020. There are nine days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 22, 2001, Richard C. Reid, a passenger on an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami, tried to ignite explosives in his shoes, but was subdued by flight attendants and fellow passengers. (Reid is serving a life sentence in federal prison.)...
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The year of St. Joe
(Column ~ 12/22/20)
This is the year of Joe. Not Biden. But the main man in the Nativity scene nearest you (since Jesus is but a baby, albeit divine). Pope Francis delivered the news of a year dedicated to St. Joseph earlier this month on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 8. So, we are already a few weeks in...
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Angela Young
(Obituary ~ 12/22/20)
Angela D. Clover Young, 39, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Dec, 18, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Monday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral service will follow at noon at the funeral home with the Rev. Darrell Faire officiating...
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Flora White
(Obituary ~ 12/22/20)
Flora Jean White, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, at her home. Flo was born April 15, 1941, in West Morland, Tennessee, to Miller Dixon and Laura Pedigo Coley. Flo and Hugh White were married Dec. 16, 1966, at Gibson, Missouri. She received a degree from Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. ...
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Richard Weber
(Obituary ~ 12/22/20)
FROHNA, Mo. -- Richard Theodore Weber, 78, of Frohna passed away Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, at Southeast Hospital with his family by his side. He was born at home on the "Ridge" in Altenburg, Missouri, Aug. 7, 1942, to Edmund and Verna Mangels Weber. Richard and Kathryn Steffens Weber were married for 53 years and had four children, Kimberly (Les) Fritsche, Shelly (Rodney) Steffens, Matthew (Christa) Weber and Rachel (Bleau) Deckerd. ...
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Jeanie Stroup-Smith
(Obituary ~ 12/22/20)
Jeanie Stroup-Smith, daughter of the late Earl and Mary Ann Malone Alvey, was born April 29, 1929, in Chaffee, Missouri, and departed this life Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, in Jackson at the age of 91 years. She and Howard Stroup were married Dec. 24, 1946, and after he passed in 1971, she married Tom Arnold, who also preceded her in death. She later married John Smith...
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Claudette Smith
(Obituary ~ 12/22/20)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Claudette A. Smith, 75, of New Madrid passed away Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, at New Madrid Living Center. She was born March 7, 1945, in Cape Girardeau to the late Claude L. and Evelyn L. Walter Smith. She was a member of Eisleben Lutheran Church...
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Eula McSpadden
(Obituary ~ 12/22/20)
Eula Mae McSpadden, 95, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 5, 1925, in Ash Flat, Arkansas, daughter of Theodore Forrest "Doc" and Alta Fern Bigger Martin. She and Harley McSpadden were married March 8, 1942, in Van Buren, Missouri. They had been married 67 years, when Harley passed away Oct. 9, 2010...
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Peggy Locke
(Obituary ~ 12/22/20)
Peggy Locke, 90, of Jackson passed away at 9:48 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 8, 1930 in Fornfelt to the late Raymond and Fern David Childs. She was a graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School. She married Harold Locke Jr., on March 1, 1951. Peggy was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and dear friend to many...
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Elizabeth Klump
(Obituary ~ 12/22/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Elizabeth "Betty" L. Klump, 81, of Perryville passed away Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, at her home. She was born Oct. 25, 1939, in Perryville to John M. and Mary Lena Schemel Blechle. She and Leo Klump were married May 14, 1960, at the Assumption Shrine. He preceded her in death Feb. 28, 2012...
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Bill Headrick
(Obituary ~ 12/22/20)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Bill Headrick passed away Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020 at his home, which was his wish. He had battled cancer since January. He was born May 3, 1946, to Clarence and Stella Miller Headrick. Bill worked on tow boats most of his life. He worked for Wisconsin Barge Line, Inland Oil and Luhr Bros, and he loved it. He liked to work on vehicles and taught his younger brother a lot, and his sister some too...
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Trevor Gross
(Obituary ~ 12/22/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Trevor A. Gross, age 26, of Perryville died Sunday, December 20, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home...
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Thomas Farrington
(Obituary ~ 12/22/20)
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. -- Thomas Richard "Tom" Farrington, 79, of Chesterfield passed away Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, at home surrounded by his family. He was born Oct. 10, 1941, in Columbus, Ohio, to Robert and Catherine Lafferty Farrington. He and Saundra Birk were married Dec. 9, 1989, in St. Louis. Saundra is the daughter of the late Clement and Irene Birk...
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Barney Duffey
(Obituary ~ 12/22/20)
Barney Ray Duffey, born July 1, 1938, passed away at age of 82 at Saint Francis Medical Center Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, from complications of COVID-19. Ray was born to Raymond Lee Duffey and Naomi Ruth Williams in Bloomfield, Missouri. He graduated from Bloomfield High School in 1957 and was a member of the track and basketball teams...
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Felix Delliskave
(Obituary ~ 12/22/20)
Felix Lorin Delliskave, 78 of Scott City died Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Roland-Thompson Funeral Home in Cameron, Missouri. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is in charge of arrangements...
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Elmer Boehme
(Obituary ~ 12/22/20)
Elmer "Sonny" Boehme, age 85, of Jackson died Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, Missouri. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the church with the Rev. Steven Dressler officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery...
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Larry Beshears
(Obituary ~ 12/22/20)
VANDALIA, Mo. -- Larry Wayne Beshears, born Aug. 24, 1941, in Vandalia, passed away at his home Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, at the age of 79, surrounded by his wife and children. With a lengthy career in Missouri education and a former school superintendent in Silex, Delta, Russellville and Vandalia, Larry retired from Van-Far in Vandalia in June 2004. He believed that all children should be treated equally and devoted his time to his students through academics, athletics and as a senior sponsor...
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Roy Bachmann
(Obituary ~ 12/22/20)
ST. LOUIS -- Roy O. Bachmann, age 68, of Saint Louis died Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Services are private for the family. Burial will be at Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery in Crosstown, Missouri. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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CVS: 100,000 nursing home vaccinations next week in Mo.
(State News ~ 12/22/20)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- CVS Health plans to administer about 100,000 coronavirus vaccinations next week at Missouri long-term care facilities as the vaccination rollout expands beyond health care workers, the company said Monday. The pharmacy chain will vaccinate residents and staff at more than 40,000 long-term care facilities across the U.S. ...
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California hospitals discuss rationing care as virus surges
(State News ~ 12/22/20)
LOS ANGELES -- California's overwhelmed hospitals are setting up makeshift extra beds for coronavirus patients, and a handful of facilities in hard-hit Los Angeles County are drawing up emergency plans in case they have to limit how many people receive life-saving care...
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'Do as I say': Anger as some politicians ignore virus rules
(Community ~ 12/22/20)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Denver's mayor flies to Mississippi to spend Thanksgiving with his family -- after urging others to stay home. He later says he was thinking with "my heart and not my head." A Pennsylvania mayor bans indoor dining, then eats at a restaurant in Maryland. The governor of Rhode Island is photographed at an indoor wine event as her state faces the nation's second-highest virus rate...
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Congress rushes to vote on $900 billion COVID relief bill
(National News ~ 12/22/20)
WASHINGTON -- Running out of time and excuses, Congress took up a $900 billion pandemic relief package Monday night that would finally deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a frightening surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths...
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Lawrence Payne
(Obituary ~ 12/22/20)
Lawrence "Larry" Howard Payne, 82, passed away peacefully at his home Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. He was born July 11, 1938, in Memphis, Tennessee, to Richmond Byron and Margery McReynolds Payne. He married his lifetime sweetheart, Bettye Bain, in 1959. ...
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Prayer 12/22/20
(Prayer ~ 12/22/20)
Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart. Amen.
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Out of the past: Dec. 22
(Out of the Past ~ 12/22/20)
The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department will receive money for two new officers under the COPS Universal program administered by the U.S. Department of Justice; Sheriff John Jordan expects to hire the officers in early 1996; the $69,365 grant will pay 75% of officers' salaries the first year, 50% the second and 25% the third; after that, the county will pay all their salaries and expenses...
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Creating Christmas cheer in a coronavirus year
(Column ~ 12/22/20)
Christmas is just a few days away. It's hard to believe it's here again. Seems like last Christmas was just a blink of an eye away. And many, no doubt, can't wait for this one to be over, too, as they look forward to 2021, reaching with both hands for the start of another year in hopes that it will bring better days. But not so fast. Let's park for a moment and consider how to approach this one, even in the midst of the coronavirus, which has had a huge impact on our entire way of life...
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Stolen Navy Blue GIANT Cypress 2008
(Submitted Story ~ 12/22/20)
Hello! I have been trying to get the word out about my bike that was stolen on 12/17/2020 around 3:30pm. It was a Giant Cypress Navy Blue bike that is worth $500. I have reported it to the police, but I have heard no information about my bike and it's becoming frustrating. ...
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