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Former deputy convicted of sex crime
(Local News ~ 06/12/21)
A Cape Girardeau County jury found a former Scott County deputy sheriff guilty of a sex crime involving a minor and sentenced him to prison, but the judge in the case is deciding whether probation would be the appropriate punishment. Jurors found Brandon Cook, 32, guilty of statutory sodomy for illegal contact with a 16-year-old boy in his police vehicle in May 2018 and suggested a two-year prison term...
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Dogged determination leads to pet's safe return
(Local News ~ 06/12/21)
Melissa Graviett tried everything to find her dog when she lost him on a 2020 camping trip on Memorial Day weekend. She put up fliers. She hiked through the hills of Grassy, Missouri, where Buddy was last seen. She even consulted a psychic to get a few leads. Nothing...
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Get to know the valedictorians of 2021: part two
(Local News ~ 06/12/21)
This is the second installment of a feature story on the valedictorians from 18 high schools in Southeast Missouri. The remaining schools' valedictorians from Cape Central, Jackson, Leopold, Scott County Central, Meadow Heights and Woodland will be featured next weekend.
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Eat Your Way Around the World: Chef Angel Carrasquillo, Ponce, Puerto Rico
(Health ~ 06/12/21)
When Chef Angel Carrasquillo applied to be a dishwasher at Sake Japanese Bistro and Bar in Columbia, Mo., after serving for three years in the Army, he didn’t know it would lead to an apprenticeship in New York at Nobu Matsuhisa, one of the most prestigious sushi restaurants in the U.S. His boss saw potential in him, though, and connected him to the chefs in Manhattan...
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Multiple shots fired on Themis; no injuries, arrests
(Local News ~ 06/12/21)
Cape Girardeau police officers responded to a report of shots fired Friday evening in the 2800 block of Themis Street in Cape Girardeau. According to Cape Girardeau Police Department Sgt. Joey Hann, officers canvassed the area around 6:52 p.m. and “located bullet holes in vehicles and exterior apartment walls.”...
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Lenco building damaged in fire
(Local News ~ 06/12/21)
A fire reported at 12:46 p.m. Friday in the Lenco building and of a nearby transformer in Jackson resulted in no reported injuries and was contained within 15 minutes of arrival, according to Jackson Fire Rescue Capt. Robert Grief. ...
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Bicentennial: Cape's connection to 1904 St. Louis World's Fair
(Local News ~ 06/12/21)
A trip to the Wehking Alumni Center on the Southeast Missouri State University campus will allow a visitor the opportunity to step back in time. Inside Wehking are art reproductions more than a century old, donated to the university by railroad pioneer Louis Houck...
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Call - 50 years
(Anniversary ~ 06/12/21)
Don and Sharon Call of Cape Girardeau are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, June 12. They will celebrate with a family trip later this summer. Call and the former Sharon Westrich were married June 12, 1971, at St. Mary's Cathedral in Cape Girardeau...
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Gibbs - 50 years
(Anniversary ~ 06/12/21)
Bill and Karen Gibbs of Scott City are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday. Bill and the former Karen Caldwell were married Sunday, June 13, 1971, at Red Star Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. Earl Tharp performed the ceremony...
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The beetle with a voice
(Column ~ 06/12/21)
The insect you see here is called a horned passalus beetle. It is a member of a family of beetles called Bess beetles. This beetle is pretty large as an adult being about 1 1/2 inches long. It is very strong and is capable of putting a weight 50 times heavier than its own weight. It spend its whole life inside or very near a dead rotting stump or log...
- Anna Kmak tour 6-13-21 (Community ~ 06/12/21)
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Adopt Buggie 6-13-21
(Community ~ 06/12/21)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary This bunny is Buggie. She is about 8 months old and is friendly and social. She 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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FYI 6-13-21
(Community ~ 06/12/21)
The Humane Society of Southeast Missouri will hold an adoption awareness event from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 12 at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. Learn about dog and cat care and the work of the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri from Cindy Lange, Community Outreach and Development Coordinator. Attendees will make cat toys and treat bags for the pets at the shelter. A furry friend or two will be on hand to meet you...
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Working is a blessing and a privilege
(Column ~ 06/12/21)
Is work a dirty word? Although many revere the act of working, others shun the performance of work. As I drive around my town, I see numerous signs requesting help. From fast-food restaurants to retail stores, the need for employees is plentiful. Is work a curse or a blessing, we ask? As I read a book about Benedictine spirituality, recently, I was struck with awe at their view of work. ...
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Watch out for pride
(Column ~ 06/12/21)
When we think of pride, we often mean that we are not ashamed of certain things or people. I might say that I am proud of my daughter, or that I take pride in a job well done. Hearing such phrases may lead some to conclude that I am being boastful. Do you consider yourself to be a proud person? What does our society value most, pride or humility?...
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Degrees and handshakes
(Column ~ 06/12/21)
Much has been written about the phrase, "six degrees of separation," an idea promulgated in an old Great Depression-era short story of U.S. vintage in which a group of people play a game trying to connect any person in the world to themselves via an unbroken chain of five others...
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Club news 6-13-21
(Community News ~ 06/12/21)
The Town and Country FCE club met on May 13 at the home of Shirley Heise. The devotion was given by the hostess. Members answered roll call telling what they did on Mother's Day. The minutes from the April meeting were read by Sue Jones, secretary. They were approved as read. Brenda Pender gave the treasurer's report and it was approved as read. Pennies for Friendship were collected...
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Having fun
(Column ~ 06/12/21)
It's been 25 years, going on 30 years, since we moved from in Scott City out to where we live today. Living in town was OK, but we enjoy living out here a lot more. Once we had bought the place, we found a small pond back of the house. It had kind of washed out and wasn't very deep. ...
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St. Joseph School fourth quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 06/12/21)
St. Joseph School A honor Roll 8th grade: Halle Comer, Hannah Kluesner, Jaylen Rulo , Madeleine Themm. 6th grade: Connor Lee, Gavin Spalding. 5th grade: Owen Spinks, Nathan Walker. 4th grade: Avery Zeigler. 3rd grade: Elizabeth Thomas. B honor Roll 5th grade: Cambrie Stull, Kylie Stull...
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Alma Schrader School fourth quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 06/12/21)
Alma Schrader School A Honor Roll 3rd grade: Olivia Alexander-Loveless, Blake Armstrong, Aashuman Bandyopadhayay, Jackson Barke, Layla Bertrand, Julia Bitter, Chase Bohnsack, Colton Bohnsack, Zander Bowman, Benjamin Cao, Lyric Clark, Ainsley Cook, Tinley Crawford, Charlotte Criblez, Ashlynn Crow, Hanna Dai, Simon Damerall, Hayden Droge, Will Dugan, Mary-Ela Durham, Aedan Easter, Graham Grabel, Jada Graham, Everly Hahn, Mariah Handy, Minh Ho, Adeline Horrell, Benjamin Mattison, Shelby Matukewicz, Liam McGill, Josie Ogle, Madison Rinehart, Bria Schlichting, Aniston Smith, Max Spear, Preston Spratt, Reese Stevens, Jonathan Stout, Benjamin Sumner, Cash Underwood, Annalise Wasson, Lillian Watson, Lakya West, Holli Whitaker, Layla Williams, Ashlyn Wright, Alexander Young.. ...
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Clippard Elementary School fourth quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 06/12/21)
Clippard Elementary School A Honor Roll 3rd grade: Peyton Aden, Brady Beard, Rhykan Carroll, Vivien Garman, Tristan Hawkins, Kira Jackson, Owen Johnson, Ja 'Kylnn Jones, Bryce Lawson, Max Maldonado, Cason Pearson, Charity Scott, Makenzie Slinkard, Wyatt Smith, Matthew Snider, Scarlett Stewart, Yazmine King-Carter, Edith Vasquez-Ramirez, Chloe Walker...
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Scott City High School fourth quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 06/12/21)
Scott City High School High Honor Roll 9th grade: Danielle Beard, Brenden Beussink, Nickolas Bigham, Kalen Conner, Drake Dannenmueller, Alyssa Dirden, Tess Glastetter, Harley Glueck, Hunter Graff, Hattie Jones, Mackenzie Lawless, Brayden Mashek, Zoe Minton, Emma Moore, Mark Panagos, Emilie Rhyne, Logan Schiwitz, William Schumer, Cameron Simpson, Luke Umfleet, Tyson Underwood, Andres Villanueva, Kaitlyn Walker, Ian Weber, Drake Wilhelm...
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Nell Holcomb School fourth quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 06/12/21)
Nell Holcomb School A Honor Roll 6th grade: Tyler Craig, Ayden Crossen, Paisley Eyler, Natalie Hahs, Lucas Haupt, Briley Hollis, Shalee Mathes, Shelby Prokopf, Paige Rice, Molly White. 7th grade: Kendall Bourbon, Emma Dean, John Dickerson, Evan Farrow, Cedric McCarty, Mark Richey, Trinity Wallace, Andrew Yarbro...
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Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School fourth quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 06/12/21)
A Honor Roll 7th grade: Safera Archie, Ava Austin, Ava Bartow, Michael Bogdanovich, Reagan Borders, Hayden Bowers, Benjamin Broeckling, Angelo Brooker, Hadley Browne, Ellis Brune, Alexandrea Burgos, Noah Caldwell, Caden Chenoweth, Breven Coleman, Adeline Cook, Eliza Criblez, Abigail Davenport, George Dean, Lillianna Dubs, Brenna Dunavan, Spencer Engelhardt, Seth Ferguson, Kaleigh Fisher, Anna Fuller, Zea Grabel, Sophie Haggerty, Ava Harrison, Marley Hawkins, Heidi Hellwege, Zade Hickey, Zoey Johnson, Hunter Jones, Mason Kellison, Landon Koehler, Chase Lawson, Mia Matrisotto, Kelly Mattes, Harper McClard, Bruce Miller, Sydney Miller, William Miller, Cloey Murray, Aaliyah Neal, Vivian Nordin, Chapman Ogles, Ximena Padilla Rivera, Morgan Patrick, Cameron Patterson, Brody Phillips, Connor Poole, Kaleb Ramdial, Matthew Reed, Kamryn Rice, Saratoga Rich, Lexis Schilling, Portia Schmidt, Soren Schmidt, Josiah Seabaugh, Kent Sheridan, Grant Skelton, Emma Smith, Jasmine Solak, Jathan Spain, Jacie Spooler, Sankriti Srikant, Blayne Sterling, Chisato Terazono, Aunicka Tumbleson, Haylie Williams, Jonathan Williams, Adrienne Wilson, Ilena Wilson, Jaidyn Young.. ...
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Scott County Central Junior and Senior High School fourth quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 06/12/21)
Scott County Central Junior and Senior High School 3.5-4.0 7th (3.5-4.0) 7th grade: Cameron Bean, Ellie Britt, Jamie Duck, Camarie Purdue, Paris Robertson, Khloe Tolle, Abigail Warning, Chloe Warren. 8th grade: Briley Couch, Stevey Klingel, Kyle Nixon, Landon Trout, Skyler Wallace...
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Senior Center Menus for June 14-18
(Community ~ 06/12/21)
Cape Girardeau Senior Center is open for carryout and delivery only. Monday: Saucy meatballs or chicken Parmesan, steamed squash, whole-grain bun or bread slice and chilled diced pears or cookies and cream. Tuesday: Ham and beans or hot chicken salad, oven-fried potatoes with onions, stewed tomatoes, cornbread and crackers and pears and cottage cheese or lemon pineapple cake...
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Southeast Missouri State University President's List
(Local News ~ 06/12/21)
The following students were named to the Southeast Missouri State University president's list for Spring 2021. Students named to the President's List earned at least a 4.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale, completed at least 12 hours of standard graded credit, achieved no grade below an A and received no failing grades in enrolled, credit/no credit or pass/fail courses...
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Southeast Missouri State University Spring 2021 Dean's List
(Local News ~ 06/12/21)
Southeast Missouri State University Spring 2021 Dean's List The following students were named to the Spring 2021 semester at Southeast Missouri State University. Students named to the list earned at least a 3.75 grade point average on a 4.0 scale, completed at least 12 hours of standard graded credit, achieved no grade below a B and received no failing grades in enrolled, credit/no credit or pass/fail courses...
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Learning briefs 6-13-21
(Local News ~ 06/12/21)
Dean's lists The following students are among more than 1,150 Harding University students included on the dean's list for grades achieved during the spring 2021 semester. To be eligible, a student must be carrying 12 or more hours with a 3.65 or higher grade-point average and no incompletes...
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Prayer 6-13-21
(Prayer ~ 06/12/21)
Give us grace, O God, to withstand our suffering with the promise of your glory. Amen.
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The state of Black America
(Column ~ 06/12/21)
Listening to all the rhetoric in the popular media, you would think America is the most unfair, racist nation in the world. You would think that Black Americans are uniformly living in oppression and poverty, with no hope for the future, save the federal government arriving on the scene to their rescue...
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Missouri's new Republicans
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/12/21)
Missouri's Republicans have become the party of higher taxes and bigger government. They control Missouri's legislative bodies, and last session they raised the gasoline tax, created a new tax on Internet sales, and created a new government program to track prescription drugs...
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Outrage over billionaires' tax returns ignores basic facts
(Column ~ 06/12/21)
ProPublica obtained the tax returns of the richest Americans and discovered what every informed person already knew: They don't pay as much in income taxes as some people would like them to. This is being called a great scandal by many Democrats and liberal journalists...
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Speak Out 6-13-21
(Speak Out ~ 06/12/21)
Southeast Missouri State University exists to educate and produce graduates. It does not exist to win a few football games which is likely why the stadium is rarely over 20% full. No one with any understanding of this community would ask citizens to pony up anymore money for a university that takes 14% of all student fees and gives that to athletics...
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This isn't your father's left-wing revolution
(Column ~ 06/12/21)
Starry-eyed radicals in the 1960s and 1970s dreamed that they either were going to take over America or destroy it. One of their favorite mottos was "Change it or lose it," even as protests focused on drugs, music, race, class, sex, fashion -- almost anything and everything...
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Racial tensions simmer as Southern Baptists hold key meeting
(National News ~ 06/12/21)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Race-related tensions within the Southern Baptist Convention are high heading into a national meeting next week. The election of a new SBC president and debate over the concept of systemic racism may prove pivotal for some Black pastors as they decide whether to stay in the denomination or leave...
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U.S. vaccine surplus grows by the day as expiration dates loom
(National News ~ 06/12/21)
In Tennessee and North Carolina, demand for the COVID-19 vaccine has slowed down so much that they have given millions of doses back to the federal government, even though less than half of their total populations are vaccinated. Oklahoma has not asked for new doses from the government for more than a month, spurning its 200,000-a-week allotment. Around the country, states are rushing to use up doses before they expire this summer...
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Teen who recorded Floyd's arrest, death wins Pulitzer nod
(National News ~ 06/12/21)
MINNEAPOLIS -- The teenager who pulled out her cellphone and recorded the police restraint and death of George Floyd, helping to launch a global movement to protest racial injustice, was on Friday awarded a special citation by the Pulitzer Prizes. Darnella Frazier was cited "for courageously recording the murder of George Floyd, a video that spurred protests against police brutality, around the world, highlighting the crucial role of citizens in journalists' quest for truth and justice," the Pulitzer Prizes said.. ...
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Fire report 6-13-21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/12/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. June 9 n Medical assists were made at 5:01 a.m. on North Pacific Street; 6:59 a.m. on South West End Boulevard; 11:37 a.m. on Wayne Street; 1:30 p.m. on William Street; 7:31 p.m. on North Main Street; 7:49 p.m. on South Spring Avenue; 8:45 p.m. on Amblewood Drive; and 11:34 p.m. on Hazel Street...
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Geraldine Moore
(Obituary ~ 06/12/21)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Geraldine "Jerrie" Ellen Moore of Advance gained her heavenly reward Wednesday, June 9, 2021, at the age of 95. She was born May 21, 1926, one of nine children. Jerrie married Loy W. Moore Sr. on March 29, 1946. She was known far and wide as "The Cake Lady" for her signature angel food cakes...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 6/14/21 meeting
(Local News ~ 06/12/21)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. today 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minute n Minutes from June 10 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n COVID-19 Update: In an effort to keep Cape Girardeau County residents safe and aware regarding the status of the virus, Emergency Management Agency (EMA) director Mark Winkler will be issuing an update at County Commission meetings. ...
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2021 Zalma High School Valedictorian Logan Lemons
(Local News ~ 06/12/21)
Logan Lemons shares her high school experience.
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2021 Notre Dame Regional High School Valedictorian Claire Southard
(Local News ~ 06/12/21)
Claire Southard shares her high school experience.
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2021 Delta High School Valedictorian Emily Landewee
(Local News ~ 06/12/21)
Emily Landewee shares her high school experience.
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2021 Bell City High School Valedictorian Mia Dembowski
(Local News ~ 06/12/21)
Mia Dembowski shares her high school experience.
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2021 Advance High School Valedictorian Danielle Markham
(Local News ~ 06/12/21)
Danielle Markham reflects on her high school experience.
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2021 Scott City High School Valedictorian Kayla McCain
(Local News ~ 06/12/21)
Kayla Cossey describes her high school experience.
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Police report 6-13-21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/12/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 500 block of South Benton Street. n Assault was reported in the 1300 block of North Main Street. Thefts n Shoplifting was reported in the 3400 block of William Street...
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Out of the past: June 12
(Out of the Past ~ 06/12/21)
Assistant fire chief Max Jauch will become acting fire chief of the Cape Girardeau Fire Department July 26; Jauch will take over the duties of outgoing fire chief Robert Ridgeway, who is leaving to take a similar position in Gastonia, North Carolina...
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Out of the past: June 13
(Out of the Past ~ 06/12/21)
Thunderstorms moved across Cape Girardeau County yesterday dumping 2.75 inches of rain and pea-sized hail on Cape Girardeau; power lines and trees were knocked down and streets were flooded during a mid-afternoon storm; the rain forced the lagoon in Capaha Park out of its banks, and water flowed onto Broadway; Terry Brown, 13, was hit by a car as he tried to cross the street during a downpour; he was admitted to Southeast Missouri Hospital, where he was listed in serious but stable condition...
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