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Eviction moratorium extended: not forgiveness, says Cape company
(Local News ~ 01/02/21)
David Soto of Cape Girardeau-based Soto Property Solutions, a property management company located at 735 Broadway, said Congress's just-approved stimulus package grants a delay, not forgiveness, in paying rent. The $900 billion stimulus, signed by President Trump one week ago, has a provision to extend the federal eviction moratorium until Jan. 31...
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Swan reflects on her eight years in the General Assembly
(Column ~ 01/02/21)
On Wednesday, Missouri lawmakers will be sworn in for the new legislative session. It will be the first time in eight years Kathy Swan will not take the oath of office in Jefferson City. The Cape Girardeau Republican was term-limited in 2020 after serving eight years in the State House. She lost her bid for State Senate in the August primary to Holly Rehder (R-Scott City). It was one of the more competitive races in the state with Swan losing by 139 votes...
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Smith will object to electoral vote certification
(Local News ~ 01/02/21)
Southeast Missouri’s congressman plans to be among those objecting to Wednesday’s certification of the electoral votes from November’s presidential election. Rep. Jason Smith, who represents the sprawling 8th District, said he and Missouri’s junior senator, Josh Hawley, will be among congressional Republicans highlighting allegations of voting irregularities in the race between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden...
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Community COVID-19 testing events will continue throughoutout Missouri for next two weeks
(Local News ~ 01/02/21)
Free COVID-19 testing events will be held throughout the state of Missouri over the next two weeks. The Missouri Primary Care Association and MAKO Medical have partnered with the state to continue hosting free coronavirus testing, as testing is an important factor in reducing the spread of COVID-19, according to a news release from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services...
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Cape Co. group sworn in for terms in various offices
(Local News ~ 01/02/21)
Seven elected Cape Girardeau County officials were sworn in during Thursday's county commission meeting. County commissioners Charlie Herbst and Paul Koeper, Public Administrator Lisa Reitzel, Sheriff Ruth Ann Dickerson, Treasurer Roger Hudson and Assessor Bob Adams were all reelected this year. Coroner Wavis Jordan is the only county official entering their first term...
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2020 top stories: What else but coronavirus?
(Local News ~ 01/02/21)
Time to reach back into the memory bank to identify top stories for the past year. This year, this isn't a difficult exercise. COVID-19. Early. Often. Everywhere. From the day we first heard of it until today, this coronavirus has affected in ways large -- hundreds of virus-related deaths in Southeast Missouri -- and small -- toilet paper shortages...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/02/21)
Today is Saturday, Jan. 2, the second day of 2021. There are 363 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 2, 1974, President Richard Nixon signed legislation requiring states to limit highway speeds to 55 miles an hour as a way of conserving gasoline in the face of an OPEC oil embargo. (The 55 mph limit was effectively phased out in 1987; federal speed limits were abolished in 1995.)...
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Out of the past: Jan. 2
(Out of the Past ~ 01/02/21)
After serving eight months on the Cape Girardeau Board of Education, Robert Blank is asking voters to put him on the board for three more years; Blank becomes the first candidate to file for the school board. All five incumbents and two other candidates file for five seats opening on the Jackson Board of Aldermen; aldermen David Ludwig, David Reiminger, Glenn Oldham and Fred Leimer all announce their candidacies for re-election, filing soon after City Hall opens; Kerry Hoffman, appointed to the seat vacated by Kevin Sawyer's resignation, says he would like to be re-elected and complete the year left on Sawyer's unexpired term; Larry Cunningham, who owns a Jackson appraisal service, files in Ward I and John Powers in Ward IV.. ...
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White - 70 years
(Anniversary ~ 01/02/21)
Robert and Shirley White of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on Wednesday with a private dinner with family. White and the former Shirley Russell were married Dec. 30, 1950. They had four children, Judy Ann White, Sheila Kay (the late Butch) Noble of McKenney, Texas, Bob (Tina Kay) White of Pasadena, Texas, and the late Sonya Faye White...
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Nesslein - 60 years
(Anniversary ~ 01/02/21)
R. Wayne and Connie Nesslein of Cape Girardeau will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Thursday, Jan. 7. Nesslein and the former Connie Weber were married Jan. 7, 1961, at Church of the Assumption in Perryville, Missouri. The Rev. George Brennan performed the ceremony. Their attendants were Judith Thompson, Jan McCray, Leroy Elder and Calvin Bey...
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Adopt Chanelle 1-3-21
(Community ~ 01/02/21)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary This beautiful girl is pure Himalayan. She is 5 years old and needs a loving home. If you are ready for a rewarding experience, come see us at Safe Harbor. Call (573) 243-9823.
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Senior Center Menus for Jan. 4-8, 2021
(Community ~ 01/02/21)
Senior centers are open for carryout and delivery only. Menus are subject to change. Cape Girardeau/Scott City Monday: Beef vegetable soup and 1/2 cheese sandwich or fried chicken livers, buttered corn, pickled beets, crackers and chilled pears or iced cherry cake...
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An acorn shell dressed in ice
(Column ~ 01/02/21)
A frosty morning can be a good time to head outdoors in search of things dressed in ice crystals. A few days ago, a cold night provided me the frosty morning I was hoping for. Small. simple things become special with little spikes of ice sticking off of them. In this case, I discovered the shell of a small acorn sitting on a log where a squirrel or maybe a blue jay had left it after eating the acorn...
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FYi 1-3-20
(Community ~ 01/02/21)
The Bollinger County Museum of Natural History will be open for Sunday at the museum from noon to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3. Get up close with the new addition to our dinosaur collection; an Allosaurus skull replica. Discover Southeast Missouri with us. ...
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Niswonger scholarship recipients
(Community ~ 01/02/21)
The Battalion Chief Steve Niswonger Annual Memorial Scholarship recipients for 2021 are Adam Hilse of Jackson and Adam Horton of Chaffee, Missouri. Scholarships aid the recipients in completing Firefighter I and Firefighter II classes with the Cape Girardeau Fire Department, beginning in January 2021. Pictured, from left, are: Captain Kelly Allen, Adam Horton, Adam Hilse and Captain JoJo Stuart. The scholarship has been established through a partnership with the late Niswonger’s wife, Shirley, and members of the department. The award is given in recognition of the outstanding dedication and contributions made by Niswonger during his career. At the time of Niswonger’s retirement in 2011, he had served Cape Girardeau for more than 33 years. To be eligible to receive the full scholarship, applicants must complete a process and submit an essay on why they want to serve their community as a firefighter. A committee comprised of Shirley Niswonger and several staff and firefighters with the department choose the recipient or recipients based on who best embodies Niswonger’s characteristics from all applicants.
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These days after Christmas
(Column ~ 01/02/21)
The days after Christmas and the beginning of the year are quiet, like an exhale, all the world being what it is and inviting us in to be, too. After the hustle and bustle and expectation leading up to Christmas day, these days are a bit of a relief, this space in which we no longer anticipate, but relax back into the rhythm of what is before us. They invite us in again to the present moment, to discover the hidden beauty in silence and stillness and the barrenness of winter...
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Will COVID-19 end the church?
(Column ~ 01/02/21)
We assume that everyone understands the restrictions that have come about because of the pandemic. However, as a pastor, I am concerned that our most at-risk people will feel abandoned by their families, friends and their faith community. I am thankful for chaplains who work on the staffs of hospitals and nursing homes, but most people prefer a visit from their minister...
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On turning to a new year
(Column ~ 01/02/21)
There are a few Bible verses that I like to look over at the closing of one year and the beginning of the new. One of those verses is Psalm 90:12, which reads, "So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom." There are a couple of principles from this verse that direct our thoughts towards a new year...
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What is a yawn?
(Column ~ 01/02/21)
Depending on your view, we are either blessed or cursed by cats. We have a number of cats, with some of them being yard ornaments, but there are some that are real hunters. We have some that most every afternoon or evening will wander out in the pastures and come back carrying a mouse or gopher or mole. The mother cats will bring back a trophy to share with their little ones, while the males bring it back for their own enjoyment...
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Prayer 1-3-21
(Prayer ~ 01/02/21)
O Lord Jesus, give us courage to change the things we should. Amen.
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What will historians make of our annus horribilis?
(Column ~ 01/02/21)
The year 2020 is now commonly dubbed the annus horribilis -- "the horrible year." The last 10 months certainly have been awful. But then so was 1968, when both Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated. The Tet Offensive escalated the Vietnam War and tore America apart. Race and anti-war riots rocked our major cities. Protesters fought with police at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. A new influenza virus, H3N2 (the "Hong Kong flu"), killed some 100,000 Americans...
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Lessons Georgia voters can learn from California
(Column ~ 01/02/21)
One of the many beauties of freedom is there is always surprise. Georgia voters might consider what is happening in California as the nation's blue-state poster child turns purple. Why? When the left seizes power, they don't know when to stop. But voters know how to say, "Whoa, enough."...
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Reasons for optimism
(Column ~ 01/02/21)
I have long believed that the radical left represents an existential threat to the republic. Indeed, my last book, "Guilty By Reason of Insanity: Why the Democrats Must Not Win," was based on that premise. So now what? Since it appears that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will take office in less than three weeks, my deepest fears should only be intensifying. Right?...
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Food pantries feeding more people due to pandemic
(Editorial ~ 01/02/21)
The economic challenges brought on by COVID-19 have led more people to the services of local food banks. These entities are seeking support as they continue to help those in need. Lisa Church of the SEMO Food Bank told the Southeast Missourian that at the beginning of the pandemic, the number of people needing food assistance doubled and in some communities tripled. These days, they're serving about 40% more people than pre-pandemic times...
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James Kiefer
(Obituary ~ 01/02/21)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- James A Kiefer, age 73, of Perryville died Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be 4:to 8 p.m. on Sunday and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Monday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home with the Pastor James Kiefer Jr. officiating. Burial will be at St. James Catholic Cemetery in Crosstown, Missouri...
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Benjamin Howard
(Obituary ~ 01/02/21)
Benjamin Harrison Howard went to be with his Lord and Savior Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, at the Missouri Veterans Home. Ben was born at home in Oak Ridge Feb. 18, 1920, to Benjamin H. and Pearl Tracy Wills Howard Sr. His father had passed away only days prior to his birth on Jan. 25, 1920, at the age of 29, due to the flu epidemic...
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Charles Coffelt
(Obituary ~ 01/02/21)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Charles Eugene Coffelt, 66, of Perryville died Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 2, at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville.
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Agenda
(Local News ~ 01/02/21)
City of Jackson mayor and Board of Aldermen Regular meeting 6 p.m. Monday Public Hearings A. Hearing to consider the comprehensive rezoning of certain properties in the 2500-2800 blocks of East Jackson Boulevard, the 2500-2700 blocks of Hilltop Drive, and the 1300 and 2800 blocks of Clover Drive, as submitted by the City of Jackson (see Attachment #1)...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 1/4/21
(Local News ~ 01/02/21)
Cape Girardeau City Council 5 p.m. Monday City Hall 401 Independence St. Study session n No action will be taken during the study session Presentation n National Hero Day Proclamation n Update from the Tree Board Communications/reports n City Council staff...
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Out of the past: Jan. 3
(Out of the Past ~ 01/02/21)
The snowstorm that dumped up to a foot of snow in some areas of Missouri missed Cape Girardeau during the day yesterday, but today's snow that began falling here about dusk accumulates to 2 inches by 9 p.m.; a mixture of snow, sleet and freezing rain is expected to continue through the night...
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Fire report 1-3-21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/02/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Dec. 30 n Medical assists were made at 2:16 a.m. on Interstate 55 north, mile marker 102; 8:52 a.m. at Doctors Park; 9:18 a.m. on Julie Drive; 10:44 a.m. on Champion Drive; 11:04 a.m. on Brenda Kay Court; 11:27 a.m. on William Street; 11:28 a.m. on Linden Street; 2 p.m. on Beavercreek Drive; 2:20 p.m. on Winterfield Circle; 3:07 p.m. on Sherwood Drive...
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Police report 1-3-21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/02/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults n Assault was reported at Lexington Avenue and Yorktown Drive. n Assault was reported in the 100 block of Spring Avenue. n Assault was reported in the 2800 block of Whitener Street...
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Births 1/3/21
(Births ~ 01/02/21)
Daughter to Shawn Robert Blunt and Alyssa Grace Hillis of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 1:39 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. Name, Delilah Grace. Weight, 4 pounds, 2 ounces. First child. Hillis is the daughter of Cheri and Alvin Hillis of Sikeston, Missouri. She works at Menard's. Blunt is the son of the late Debra Blunt of Sikeston. He is employed by the Missouri National Guard and Hibbett Sports and is a student worker...
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Ida Berkbuegler
(Obituary ~ 01/02/21)
Ida Mae Berkbuegler, 92, of Brewer, Missouri passed away Wednesday, Dec. 30 at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born May 16, 1928 in Perry County, Missouri, to William Bernie and Mary Magdalena Mattingly. She and George Edward Berkbeugler were married Nov. 8, 1947. They were married 60 years. He preceded her in death Sept. 8, 2008...
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South Cape's first big dig: Hely's Stone Company
(Column ~ 01/02/21)
Hely's Stone Company was the first of many successive quarry operations two miles south of the city of Cape Girardeau. Drilling, blasting, crushing and shipping away the ancient geologic sedimentary rock of the eastern edge of the Ozark uplift was building America...
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