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Two injured in head-on collision Monday
(Local News ~ 01/12/21)
Two people sustained moderate injuries following a head-on collision Monday in Cape Girardeau. According to Sgt. Joey Hann of the Cape Girardeau Police Department, at 7:40 a.m., a passenger vehicle and an SUV collided at the intersection of South West End Boulevard and Highway 74...
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Sikeston's Acclaim Press makes tentative offer to Sen. Hawley
(Local News ~ 01/12/21)
If Josh Hawley needs someone to publish his new book, a Scott County company may be willing to help out “a Missouri neighbor,” said Doug Sikes, president of Sikeston-based Acclaim Press. Simon & Schuster pulled the plug Thursday on the Missouri junior U.S. senator’s book, “The Tyranny of Big Tech” ...
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Cape County commissioners honor treasurer for 15 years of service
(Local News ~ 01/12/21)
Cape Girardeau County commissioners honored Treasurer Roger Hudson for his years of service at the commission’s regular meeting Monday. Hudson, 67, was recognized for serving the county for 15 years as of 2020. “Every year, the county receives county service awards,” Presiding Commissioner Clint Tracy said. ...
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Mac, 10-year-old canine namesake of Mac's Mission, dies
(Local News ~ 01/12/21)
Rochelle Steffen and Requi Salter, co-founders of Mac’s Mission, are mourning the death of Mac, the pit bulldog for whom the not-for-profit animal rescue organization near Jackson is named. “Mac died (Sunday) night of cancer,” said Salter, who said recent operations to remove tumors sped the progress of the disease throughout Mac’s body...
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Rosebushes removed ahead of Capaha Park improvements
(Local News ~ 01/12/21)
Rosebushes are removed by City of Cape Girardeau Parks Department employees Monday as part of the Capaha Park Master Plan. ...
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Cape mayor has strong reaction to D.C. insurrection attempt
(Local News ~ 01/12/21)
The City of Cape Girardeau debuted a multi-part online education program called One Cape Virtual Learning on Monday on Facebook and the city’s first-term mayor did not hold back when asked by a citizen about last week’s attempted insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building...
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COVID-19 vaccine wait list announced
(Local News ~ 01/12/21)
A path forward for Cape Girardeau County residents wishing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine became a little clearer Monday as county health officials announced a vaccination waiting list. A Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center social media post stated those who sign up for the list will receive a notification when they are eligible to receive a vaccine and how to secure it...
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Cape County sales-tax receipts down from same time last year
(Local News ~ 01/12/21)
January sale-tax receipts in Cape Girardeau County, which were based to a large extent on December taxable sales, were nearly 10% lower than the same month last year. The $612,957.74 the county received this month from the Missouri Department of Revenue was the county’s lowest January sales-tax total since 2018 and was the second-lowest January payment since 2014...
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Parson marks Missouri bicentennial with party-less inaugural
(State News ~ 01/12/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Mike Parson began a new term in office Monday with an inaugural ceremony marking the start of Missouri's bicentennial celebration, but without a traditional party because of coronavirus precautions. The Republican governor took the oath of office on the grounds of the recently refurbished Capitol, with church bells ringing and artillery guns firing a salute -- just as they have for past governors. ...
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Rush Limbaugh marks 70th birthday
(Column ~ 01/12/21)
Rush Limbaugh, Cape Girardeau native and conservative talk radio pioneer, turns 70 years old today. Limbaugh was the first to develop a prominent place for conservatives in media, and no one has been able to replicate his talents. Former Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder grew up in Cape with Rush -- referred to as Rusty to differentiate from his father and grandfather of the same name...
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If race is your religion, victimhood is your reward
(Column ~ 01/12/21)
What a mess went down Wednesday as miscreants overran the U.S. Capitol, penetrating its premises like knife penetrates butter. Sickening on so many levels, and the truth about who was behind it all, I believe, has yet to come to light. There's more here than meets the eye, so I won't race to comment on that aspect, but I will address the issue of race and its injection into the non-race-related tragedy...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/12/21)
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 12, the 12th day of 2021. There are 353 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 12, 2000, in a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Illinois v. Wardlow, gave police broad authority to stop and question people who run at the sight of an officer...
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Hawley embarasses Missourians; Blunt redeems them
(Column ~ 01/12/21)
Josh Hawley's name is all over headlines across the country, for the wrong reasons. Hawley led the pointless effort in the Senate to block the certification of the results of the presidential election, despite knowing as a constitutional lawyer it would go nowhere. ...
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Lester Wingerter
(Obituary ~ 01/12/21)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Lester E. Wingerter, age 82, of Perryville died Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, peacefully at his home surrounded by his loving and heartbroken family. Services will be private for immediate family only because of COVID. A celebration of his life will be planned at a later date...
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Robert Welker
(Obituary ~ 01/12/21)
Robert Wayne Welker, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, at the Lutheran Home. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum in Cape Girardeau with the Rev. Jeff Estes officiating...
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William Riston Jr.
(Obituary ~ 01/12/21)
TAMMS, Ill. -- William W. Riston Jr., age 65, of Tamms, formerly of Cairo, Illinois, died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at 5:06 a.m. The family is being served by Crain Funeral Home of Tamms.
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Timothy Myers
(Obituary ~ 01/12/21)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Timothy Eugene Myers of Marble Hill, died Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born June 25, 1967, in Cape Girardeau, he was the son of the Curtis Lonnie and Connie Elizabeth Hennecke Myers. A 1985 graduate of Woodland High School, he worked as a land surveying assistant for various surveying and engineering companies in Missouri and Texas...
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Vicky Bailey
(Obituary ~ 01/12/21)
Vicky Jo Bailey, 65 of Scott City died Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 10, 1955, in Bonne Terre, Missouri, to Billy Joe and Aimee Vivian Brooks Bailey. She was a cook at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport...
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Biden gets 2nd dose of vaccine as team readies COVID-19 plan
(National News ~ 01/12/21)
NEWARK, Del. -- President-elect Joe Biden received his second dose of the coronavirus vaccine Monday, three weeks after getting his first one, with television cameras rolling in an attempt to reassure the American public the inoculations are safe. Biden took off his sport jacket and said, "Ready, set, go." Chief nurse executive Ric Cuming administered the Pfizer vaccine at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware, close to the president-elect's home...
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House speeding to impeach Trump for Capitol 'insurrection'
(National News ~ 01/12/21)
WASHINGTON -- Poised to impeach, the House sped ahead Monday with plans to oust President Donald Trump from office, warning he is a threat to democracy and pushing the vice president and Cabinet to act even more quickly in an extraordinary effort to remove Trump in the final days of his presidency...
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Prayer 1/12/21
(Prayer ~ 01/12/21)
O Lord Jesus, may we daily take up the shield of faith. Amen.
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Cape Girardeau fire report 1/12/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/12/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Jan. 10 n Medical assists were made at 12:11 p.m. on North Kingshighway; 11:35 p.m. on Linden Street. n At 3:19 p.m., residential fire on North Henderson Avenue. n At 10:08 p.m., fire alarm on South Mount Auburn Road...
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Cape Girardeau police report 1/12/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/12/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following item. Assaults n Assault was reported. n Assault was reported in the 200 block of Marlin Drive. DWI n Driving under the influence was reported in the 3400 block of Perryville Road...
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Births 1/12/21
(Births ~ 01/12/21)
Daughter to Justin Anthony and Lindsay Jo Trout of Kansas City, Missouri, Advent Health Shawnee Mission in Merriam, Kansas, 5:13 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. Name, Evy Mills. Weight, 9 pounds, 4 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Trout is the former Lindsay Kelley, daughter of Terrence and Kim Kelley of Cape Girardeau. ...
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Out of the past: Jan. 12
(Out of the Past ~ 01/12/21)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Seven adults have been arrested and two juveniles taken into custody in connection with a Perry County burglary ring, says Perry County Sheriff Gary Schaaf; half of the county's burglaries -- most of them businesses -- will be cleared with the arrests, Schaaf says...
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