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SEMO regents extend Vargas’ contract three years
(Local News ~ 07/28/21)
Carlos Vargas, president of Southeast Missouri State University, had his contract extended Tuesday by the governing Board of Regents. Meeting in special session, the regents presented Vargas with a new three-year rolling contract. ...
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Cape First Family Day to offer free food, school supplies, services
(Local News ~ 07/28/21)
As it did for most churches, the pandemic made Cape First Church reevaluate a few things. Cape First had hosted a demolition derby as part of its Family Day every year for 19 years. Last year, however, the church shifted Family Day’s focus from entertainment to community outreach. ...
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Cape School District officials have not decided stance on masking, social distancing
(Local News ~ 07/28/21)
Cape Girardeau School District officials have not made a decision on what preventative measures will be used against the pandemic, according to a statement sent to the Southeast Missourian on Tuesday. The statement from Kristin Tallent, the district’s communications director, said any decisions made regarding preventive measures to protect students and staff will be made with the input of local health officials. ...
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Cape’s Latter-day Saints ponder future site after church destroyed in fire
(Local News ~ 07/28/21)
Cape Girardeau’s Latter-day Saints (LDS), whose church building was destroyed by a suspected arsonist April 18, have been holding Sunday worship since the blaze at the Osage Centre. Kevin Dickson, LDS stake president for Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois for the last seven years, said it is unknown whether the congregation will build again at the scene of the three-alarm fire...
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Cape County health board addresses vaccine concerns
(Local News ~ 07/28/21)
The agenda for Tuesday’s meeting of the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center Board of Trustees appeared simple enough. Review minutes, hear routine reports and review the center’s monthly revenue and expenses. But a standing-room-only crowd of about 50 people, many of them carrying protest signs, had another agenda item in mind. ...
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Wreck slows traffic on Kingshighway
(Local News ~ 07/28/21)
Afternoon traffic is diverted to pass a car wreck on Kingshighway near Lynwood Baptist Church while first responders help those still in the car Tuesday in Cape Girardeau.
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$15 wage now a norm as employers struggle to fill jobs
(National News ~ 07/28/21)
WASHINGTON -- The signs and banners are dotted along suburban commercial strips and hanging in shop windows and restaurants, evidence of a new desperation among America's service-industry employers: "Now Hiring, $15 an hour." It is hardly the official federal minimum wage -- at $7.25, that level hasn't been raised since 2009 -- but for many lower-skilled workers, $15 an hour has increasingly become a reality...
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Biden mileage rule to exceed Obama climate goal
(State News ~ 07/28/21)
WASHINGTON -- In a major step against climate change, President Joe Biden is proposing a return to aggressive Obama-era vehicle mileage standards over five years. He's then aiming for even tougher anti-pollution rules after that to forcefully reduce greenhouse gas emissions and nudge 40% of U.S. drivers into electric vehicles by decade's end...
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Poll: Many Republicans uneasy about party's future
(National News ~ 07/28/21)
WASHINGTON -- Most Republicans want former President Donald Trump to have at least some influence over their party's direction even as many who side with the GOP say they are uneasy about its future. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research captures widespread unease among Republicans over everything from the direction of the country to the state of American democracy and, in particular, President Joe Biden. ...
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'This is how I'm going to die': Officers tell Jan. 6 stories
(National News ~ 07/28/21)
WASHINGTON -- "This is how I'm going to die, defending this entrance," Capitol Police Officer Aquilino Gonell recalled thinking, testifying at the emotional opening hearing of the congressional panel investigating the violent Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection...
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Senators, White House in talks to finish infrastructure bill
(National News ~ 07/28/21)
WASHINGTON -- Senators and the White House were locked in intense negotiations Tuesday to salvage a bipartisan infrastructure deal, with pressure mounting on all sides to wrap up talks and show progress on President Joe Biden's top priority. Despite weeks of closed-door discussions, senators from the bipartisan group blew past a Monday deadline set for agreement on the nearly $1 trillion package. ...
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CDC reverses course on indoor masks in some areas
(National News ~ 07/28/21)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reversed course Tuesday on some masking guidelines, recommending that even vaccinated people return to wearing masks indoors in parts of the U.S. where the coronavirus is surging. Citing new information about the ability of the delta variant to spread among vaccinated people, the CDC also recommended indoor masks for all teachers, staff, students and visitors to schools, regardless of vaccination status...
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Western wildfire battles aided by weather but losses grow
(National News ~ 07/28/21)
INDIAN FALLS, Calif. -- Weather conditions Tuesday were helping at least temporarily to calm two gigantic wildfires in the West but there was bad news for a tiny California community savaged by flames last weekend, and property losses increased in Oregon...
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Agriculture: Feeding and clothing the world
(Editorial ~ 07/28/21)
Drive any direction out of Cape Girardeau, and the region's agriculture sector quickly becomes apparent. From the corn fields of Southern Illinois to the cattle operations north of the city to the row crops grown to the west and south, agriculture is big business...
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Accepting defeat in Afghanistan is a terrible choice
(Column ~ 07/28/21)
Talking to reporters on July 2, President Biden was pressed about the sudden, embarrassing evacuation of our air base in Afghanistan and widespread predictions the Afghan government would fall quickly to the Taliban. The president testily replied: "I want to talk about happy things, man."...
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Fire report 7-28-21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/28/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. July 21 n Medical assists were made at midnight on Mississippi Street; 12:26 a.m. on Jefferson Avenue; 2:06 a.m. on Linden Street; 8:54 a.m. on Sycamore Circle; 9:24 a.m. on North Fountain Street; 11:15 a.m. on Silver Springs Road; 4:13 p.m. on South Broadview Street; 4:19 p.m. on South Ellis Street; and 6:06 p.m. on South Sprigg Street...
- Prayer 7-28-21 (Prayer ~ 07/28/21)
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Cape First Family Day to offer free food, school supplies, services
(Local News ~ 07/28/21)
As it did for most churches, the pandemic made Cape First Church reevaluate a few things. Cape First had hosted a demolition derby as part of its Family Day every year for 19 years. Last year, however, the church shifted Family Day's focus from entertainment to community outreach...
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