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Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, leaves the grid a shambles
(National News ~ 08/31/21)
NEW ORLEANS -- Rescuers set out in hundreds of boats and helicopters to reach people trapped by floodwaters and utility crews mobilized Monday after a furious Hurricane Ida swamped the Louisiana coast and made a shambles of the electrical grid in the sticky, late-summer heat...
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Difference Makers: Rachel O’Loughlin changes lives through unique digital program
(B Magazine ~ 08/31/21)
Codefi’s Rachel O’Loughlin manages a unique web development program. Codefi’s Full Stack Web Developer Program has been teaching web development skills and preparing students for entry-level web development employment for six years.
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Minnesota raft rider returns to Cape to thank supporters
(Local News ~ 08/31/21)
Erich Mische's unusual 1,700-mile, two-month, 10-state raft trip last fall, which brought him to Cape Girardeau and many other cities and towns along the Mississippi River, saved his not-for-profit organization, the Minnesota man said -- and he's coming back to southeast Missouri to show his gratitude and to push a tale he's written about the experience...
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Cape shelter rescues dogs from Louisiana hurricane
(Local News ~ 08/31/21)
Canines directly in the path of Hurricane Ida are now safe in Cape Girardeau after two vans organized by the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri made a 16-hour round trip this weekend to rescue them. "We got home Sunday morning with 10 dogs," said Tracy Poston, HSSEMO's executive director Monday, who added her agency is a partner in the Best Friends Network -- which pulls together U.S. ...
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Cape police respond to increase in vehicle break-ins near Lexington and Amblewood
(Local News ~ 08/31/21)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department has seen an increase in vehicle break-in reports in the parking lots near Lexington Avenue and Amblewood Drive in the past 30 days, according to Sgt. Joey Hann. Hann said the police department's criminal analyst conducted a check upon theft reports in the area and found an increase. How many break-ins and thefts have occurred is difficult to quantify, he said...
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Cape Girardeau firm's disaster relief efforts started with Katrina
(Local News ~ 08/31/21)
It was 16 years ago, almost to the day, when David Knight received a call from one of his sales representatives in Mississippi. The caller told Knight, president and founder of Ole Hickory Pits in Cape Girardeau, about the devastation along the Gulf Coast caused by Hurricane Katrina...
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Three Cape Co. virus deaths are reported
(Local News ~ 08/31/21)
Cape Girardeau County health officials reported three COVID-19-related deaths Monday. The three county residents were in their 30s, 70s and 90s, according to a social media post from Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center. The newly reported deaths pushed the total number of virus-related fatalities of county residents to 141...
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Cape Schools to require face masks
(Local News ~ 08/31/21)
According to Kristen Tallent, communications director for Cape Girardeau's public schools, the district is immediately implementing a masking requirement as quarantines because of COVID-19 have dramatically risen as the school year has begun. A release from the district stated: "Due to a significant increase in the number of quarantines throughout the District, masks will be required of students, staff members and any visitors to our schools effective immediately...
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Efficacy of inoculations
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/31/21)
A popular argument for rejecting vaccination and the wearing of masks during the current pandemic appears to be the claim that we don't know enough about the effectiveness of either. Folks keep using the phrase "uncharted territory" to support refusal for following recommended guidelines. This was repeated by Eric Becking at Tuesday's Public Health meeting...
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Prayer 8/31/21
(Prayer ~ 08/31/21)
Lord Jesus, thank you that through you we have a hope and a future. Amen.
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Mother Teresa's shining example
(Column ~ 08/31/21)
On the eve of the 111th birthday of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, five nuns from Missionaries of Charity arrived in Rome from Kabul with 14 disabled Afghan youths, most of them children. The sisters, members of the religious community that Mother Teresa founded in 1950 and lived with until her death in 1997, have run an orphanage for children since 2006 in Afghanistan. With Italy's help, they fled that country as the Taliban have taken over...
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Speak Out 8/31/21
(Speak Out ~ 08/31/21)
The current administration's fiasco in Afghanistan is this county's worst moment in its history. Stop sugar coating what's happening in Afghanistan. This is not an evacuation or military withdrawal. It's a full-on, tail-tucked-between-the-legs retreat. And as was stated several days ago, the buck stops in the Oval Office...
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SEMO's shot in the arm
(Local News ~ 08/31/21)
Sophomore Kaiola Sooman receives her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic Monday at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus. Southeast is offering multiple opportunities for its faculty, staff and students to be vaccinated at clinics on campus this semester. The university recently announced a vaccine incentive program to achieve its goal of a 70% vaccination rate by Nov. 1.
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Lucille White
(Obituary ~ 08/31/21)
Lucille H. White, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, at The Lutheran Home. She was born Aug. 29, 1932, in Longtown, Missouri, to Wilbert Floyd and Lydia Otilda Funke Sides. She and Firman "Duck" White were married July 6, 1963, at Charleston, Missouri...
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Montene Watkins
(Obituary ~ 08/31/21)
Montene Watkins, 79, died Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, at her home in Oran, Missouri. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran, Missouri. Funeral will follow at noon Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Larry Jackson officiating. Burial will be at the Forest Hill Memorial Garden Cemetery in Morley, Missouri...
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Samuel Rhodes
(Obituary ~ 08/31/21)
Samuel Elwood Rhodes, 67, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Aug. 27, 2021 at St Louis University Medical Center. He was born Jan. 8, 1954, in Cape Girardeau to Samuel Wesley and Ruth Jones Rhodes. He graduated from Cape Central High School in 1972 and Southeast Missouri State University with a bachelor of science in business administration in 1986...
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Steven Frakes
(Obituary ~ 08/31/21)
Steven Thomas Frakes, 56, of Jackson, passed away Saturday, Aug. 27, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 19, 1965, in Kennett, Missouri, the son of Kenneth R. and Mary Harris Frakes. He married Shirley Vaughn April 17, 2021...
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Demetrius Flowers
(Obituary ~ 08/31/21)
Demetrius Flowers, 55 -- affectionately called "Meechie" and "D"-- died unexpectedly Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. He was born Oct. 14, 1965, in Sikeston, Missouri, the son of the Rev. Sharl Flowers-Smith and the late Leroy Flowers Sr. Demetrius was a 1985 graduate of Sikeston High School...
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Sharon Dow
(Obituary ~ 08/31/21)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Sharon A. Dow, 73, of Perryville died Friday, Aug. 27, 2921, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 8 to 10 a.m. Thursday, with rosary at 8:30 a.m., at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Patrick Christopher officiating...
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Leslie Denman
(Obituary ~ 08/31/21)
Leslie Kay Wells Denman, 68, of Scott City died Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston, Missouri. Services will be private. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel of Scott City is in charge of arrangements.
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Shane Callow
(Obituary ~ 08/31/21)
Johnny "Shane" Callow, 58, of Millersville passed away Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, at his home. He was born Oct. 23, 1962, in Cape Girardeau, son of Gary David and Ella Diebold Callow. He and Renee L. Hahn were married Oct. 15, 1983, in Pop City, Missouri...
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Linda Brown
(Obituary ~ 08/31/21)
ANNA, Il. -- Linda Brown, 74, of McClure died Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, at Integrity Healthcare in Anna. She was born Sept. 13, 1946, in Ware, Illinois, daughter of George and Clara Kenney Livesay. She married Jack Phillips on Dec. 24, 1965, and he preceded her in death in 1971. She later married Mike Brown on Sept. 18, 1976, in Cape Girardeau...
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Out of the past: Aug. 31
(Out of the Past ~ 08/31/21)
In five days, members of SEMO Lifesavers, a chapter of Missouri Right to Life, arranged for two national speakers, 4,400 white, wooden crosses, and more than 2,500 persons for a prayer vigil prior to President Clinton's arrival yesterday; speaking at the anti-abortion rally at the Cemetery of Innocents on Siemers Drive near Interstate 55 were Phyllis Schlafly of St. Louis, president of Eagle Forum, and Penny Lea of Boone, North Carolina, director of "I Believe in Life."...
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New $300,000 grant program supports childcare across region
(Submitted Story ~ 08/31/21)
Recognizing that pre-K childcare is critical to helping parents maintain employment, the Community Foundation of the Ozarks is opening the Ozarks Early Childhood Support Grant Program to reduce barriers for quality childcare. The grant offers a total of $300,000 with up to $30,000 available per proposal. ...
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Changemaker Grant through Rotary
(Submitted Story ~ 08/31/21)
The Rotary Club of Southeast Missouri Service was awarded a Changemaker Grant through Rotary District 6060. With this grant was purchased 27 new wheeled suitcases donated to Kay's Carry On to benefit foster children. Kay's Carry On mission is to collect rolling donated luggage for children in the Foster Care System. ...
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