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Area school, government offices closures because of weather
(Local News ~ 02/19/21)
Several businesses, services and schools are closed Thursday and throughout the week in the southeast Missouri region due to winter weather creating hazardous travel conditions. Southeast Missouri State University's campuses in Sikeston, Poplar Bluff and Kennett are closed Thursday, and virtual instriction is recommended...
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Winter storms bring significant amounts of snow, below-freezing temperatures to Southeast Missouri
(Local News ~ 02/19/21)
Two large winter storms brought single-digit temperatures, wind chills double digits in the negatives and a significant amount of snow to the Southeast Missouri region this week. According to the National Weather Service, Monday's storm dumped between 5 to 9 inches of snow in eastern Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard and southern Butler counties, while western Cape Girardeau, Perry, Bollinger and northern Butler counties received 9 to 12 inches...
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Lending a helping shovel in Cape
(Local News ~ 02/19/21)
Kelly Spears, front, and director of Discovery Playhouse Michael Toeniskoetter clear the sidewalk on Middle Street as a neighborly, kind gesture to the people at the Corner Store on Thursday in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Jackson Aldermen hear objections to rezoning proposal
(Local News ~ 02/19/21)
A plan to rezone nearly 11 acres of undeveloped land in a northeast section of Jackson was postponed Wednesday night after nearby residents objected to the possibility of apartments being built on the property. The 10.85-acre tract between Watson Drive and Interstate 55 is zoned R-2, which restricts it to single-family homes...
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Absentee voting to start for April elections
(Local News ~ 02/19/21)
Absentee voting begins Tuesday, six weeks before election day, in Missouri. Cape Girardeau County Clerk Kara Clark Summers said the Show Me State has gone back to the usual rules for voting absentee. "The at-risk provision for coronavirus, passed as a temporary measure by the Missouri Legislature, expired at the end of 2020," said Summers, clerk since 2007...
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Williams: No plan to move teachers to front of vaccine line
(State News ~ 02/19/21)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- Missouri has no plans to move teachers higher on the list for COVID-19 vaccinations, instead focusing on getting shots to older people and those with serious illnesses, the state's health director said Thursday. "Those people who are more likely to get sick, and bluntly, to pass away if they get COVID, continue to be the governor's focus and my focus and all of our focus," Dr. Randall Williams said during Gov. Mike Parson's weekly media briefing...
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Editorial: Central Jr. ROTC students win cybersecurity competition
(Editorial ~ 02/19/21)
Seven students from Cape Girardeau Central High School recently won the Cyberpatriot XIII Challenge. The students, all members of the school's Air Force Junior ROTC "Flying Tigers" unit, won the All-Service Division of the cybersecurity competition -- the second such win in school history...
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Virtual opening set for new behavioral hospital
(Local News ~ 02/19/21)
A virtual ribbon-cutting will take place next week for SoutheastHEALTH's new behavioral health hospital in Cape Girardeau, with the first patient admissions expected by early next month. Gov. Mike Parson is scheduled to participate in the ceremonial opening set for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday...
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10 horses killed in fire at Fox Run Riding Academy, estimated $500K in damages
(Local News ~ 02/19/21)
Multiple agencies responded to a barn fire Thursday night at Fox Run Riding Academy in Cape Girardeau. According to the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 6:45 p.m. Thursday the sheriff’s office received an emergency call of a fire at Fox Run Riding Academy. When emergency personnel arrived, a major structure fire was underway.
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OPINION: Rush Limbaugh: A Loving Brother and 'a Friend to Countless Americans'
(Column ~ 02/19/21)
I am uniquely blessed to be Rush Limbaugh's brother in ways too numerous to count, and I am blessed to be in the special position of witnessing firsthand the outpouring of love and prayers from his, family, friends and fans. His wife, Kathryn, has been amazing and a rock throughout...
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OPINION: My unusual connection with Rush Limbaugh
(Column ~ 02/19/21)
In 1989, I took Rush Limbaugh's radio show off the air in St. Louis. It was the worst professional decision I ever made. In August of that year, I became operations manager of KXOK Radio, the AM radio station with the best daytime signal in the area and was given a mandate by ownership to convert to an all-news format...
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Never let a good manufactured crisis go to waste
(Column ~ 02/19/21)
A seemingly effective way for politicians to justify our need for their services is to fabricate or exaggerate a problem, promise to fix said problem with a new program or lots of spending and then claim victory in the form of public acclaim and reelection...
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Greek teacher creates educational television classes for inmates
(Community ~ 02/19/21)
AVLONA, Greece -- Setting up a television channel from scratch isn't the most obvious or easiest thing for a math teacher to do -- especially without prior technical knowledge and for use inside a prison. But that is exactly the task Petros Damianos, director of the school at Greece's Avlona Special Youth Detention Center, took on so his students could access the lessons that coronavirus lockdowns cut them off from...
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Democrats consider piecemeal approach to immigration reform
(National News ~ 02/19/21)
WASHINGTON -- After decades of failed attempts to pass comprehensive immigration legislation, congressional Democrats and President Joe Biden are signaling openness to a piece-by-piece approach. They unveiled a broad bill on Thursday that would provide an eight-year pathway to citizenship for 11 million people living in the country without legal status. There are other provisions, too, but the Democrats are not talking all-or-nothing...
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NASA rover lands on Mars to look for signs of ancient life
(National News ~ 02/19/21)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A NASA rover streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the planet Thursday, accomplishing the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on Mars. Ground controllers at the space agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, jumped to their feet, thrust their arms in the air and cheered in both triumph and relief on receiving confirmation that the six-wheeled Perseverance had touched down on the red planet, long a deathtrap for incoming spacecraft.. ...
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Texas power outages below 500,000 but water woes persists
(National News ~ 02/19/21)
AUSTIN, Texas -- Power was restored to more homes and businesses in Texas on Thursday after a deadly blast of winter this week overwhelmed the electrical grid and left millions shivering in the cold. But the crisis was far from over, with many people still in need of safe drinking water...
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Muddled promises on schools pose political problem for Biden
(National News ~ 02/19/21)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden is in a political firestorm over how and when to get more schools open during the coronavirus pandemic, with Republicans seizing on confusion surrounding Biden's goal to reopen a majority of schools within his first 100 days to paint the president as beholden to teachers' unions at the expense of American families...
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Massive storms, outages force tough decisions amid pandemic
(National News ~ 02/19/21)
DALLAS -- Ashley Archer, a pregnant, 33-year-old Texas financial adviser, and her husband have been cautious about the coronavirus. They work from home, go out mostly just to get groceries and wear masks whenever they are in public. But when a friend lost power amid the winter storms that have left millions of Texans without heat in freezing temperatures, the couple had to make a decision: Should they take on additional risk to help someone in need?...
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Experts warn against COVID-19 variants as states reopen
(National News ~ 02/19/21)
NEW YORK -- As states lift mask rules and ease restrictions on restaurants and other businesses because of falling case numbers, public health officials say authorities are overlooking potentially more dangerous COVID-19 variants that are quietly spreading through the U.S...
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Stocks fall as investors fret over jobless claims and inflation
(National News ~ 02/19/21)
Stocks posted modest losses on Thursday as investors had little reason to buy stocks with discouraging economic data and a steady rise in bond yields, which has started to raise concerns about inflation. The S&P 500 index dropped 17.36 points, or 0.4%, to 3,913.97. ...
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UN chief urges global plan to reverse unfair vaccine access
(International News ~ 02/19/21)
UNITED NATIONS -- U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sharply criticized the "wildly uneven and unfair" distribution of COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday, saying 10 countries have administered 75 percent of all vaccinations and demanding a global effort to get all people in every nation vaccinated as soon as possible...
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Judith Scott
(Obituary ~ 02/19/21)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Judith Kay Louise Scott, 74, of Chaffee died Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home with Brother Robert Smithey officiating...
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Jo Ann Poole
(Obituary ~ 02/19/21)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Jo Ann Poole, age 74, of Tamms died at 6:02 a.m. Wednesday, February 17, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. A graveside funeral service will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. John's Cemetery in Dongola, Illinois. The Rev. Brent Miller will officiate. Interment will follow...
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Ellen Lowe
(Obituary ~ 02/19/21)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Ellen Marie Rainwater Lowe, 89, passed away Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, in Oxford, Mississippi. Ellen was born March 26, 1931, in Allenville to the late Hiram W. and Marie Lee Polly Smith. She was married to Thomas L. Rainwater in Piggott, Arkansas, who passed away Aug. 25, 1968. She married Estol Lee Lowe on Aug. 23, 1969, in Festus, Missouri. Estol preceded her in death July 18, 2010...
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Carol Eads
(Obituary ~ 02/19/21)
BENTON, Mo. -- Carol Ann Eads, 59 of Benton died Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, at her home. A memorial service will be held at a later date with Revs. Jack Owens and Larry Taylor officiating. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel was in charge of the arrangements...
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Missouri bill would delay some public record access
(State News ~ 02/19/21)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A bill passed by the Missouri House on Thursday would put a pause on open-records requests when public agencies are closed, an attempt to ease pressure on governments during emergencies such as the coronavirus pandemic. But the measure, approved 149-1, also would cover state lawmakers who close their offices for most of the year while the Legislature is not in session. That could mean Sunshine Law requests are ignored for months...
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Prayer 2/19/21
(Prayer ~ 02/19/21)
Father God, thank you that we are more than conquerors through Jesus, our Savior. Amen.
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Speak Out 2/19/21
(Speak Out ~ 02/19/21)
I think God is sending us a message about global warming, "Climate Change." He and only He controls the climate. In Texas the windmills are frozen causing blackouts. Solar panels are covered with snow. Thank God for natural gas, coal, propane and heating oil, all save lives and make our lives better just as gas and oil does...
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Out of the past: Feb. 19
(Out of the Past ~ 02/19/21)
As the filing deadline for statewide office approaches, hardly a day goes by that Paul Sander doesn't hear about the District 157 seat; now Jackson's mayor and most famous non-candidate wants to set the record straight: he's not filing for state representative; Sander says he's happy serving Jackson residents as mayor and plans to run again in 1997...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 2/19/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/19/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Feb. 17 n Medical assists were made at 8:14 a.m. on South Sprigg Street; 11:31 a.m. on South Spring Avenue; 2:36 p.m. on Delwin Street; 3:32 p.m. on Brunswick Court; 4:11 p.m. on Delwin Street; 10:32 p.m. on South West End Boulevard...
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Cape Girardeau police report 2/19/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/19/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assault n Assault was reported in the 400 block of South Spring Avenue. Thefts n Larceny was reported in the 1200 block of Harmony Street. n Theft was reported in the 200 block of South Spanish Street...
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Births 2/19/21
(Births ~ 02/19/21)
Daughter to Chris Ochs and Samantha Unverferth of Perryville, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 11:18 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. Name, Effie Vivian. Weight, 3 pounds, 11 ounces. First child. Unverferth is the daughter of Mark and Therese Unverferth of Perryville. Ochs is the son of Wayne and Brenda Ochs of Perryville...
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Greeting an outsider
(Submitted Photo ~ 02/19/21)
Submitted by Nona Chapman on behalf of Sarah Holt
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Cape Area Community Foundation Coover COVID-19 Grant Announcement
(Submitted Story ~ 02/19/21)
Cape Area Community Foundation (CACF) is currently accepting applications for grants to organizations impacted by COVID-19. CACF was awarded a $10,000 through the Coover Regional Recovery Program as an affiliate of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks...
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