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Charleston man arrested for alleged property damage
(Local News ~ 09/17/21)
A Charleston, Missouri, man was arrested Tuesday for alleged felony property damage. A Missouri State Highway Patrol report said Chante Lyons, 36, was arrested at about 1 p.m. in Scott County for alleged felony property damage and on a New Madrid County (Missouri) warrant...
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East Prairie man arrested for child porn
(Local News ~ 09/17/21)
An East Prairie, Missouri, man was arrested Thursday afternoon on three counts of alleged felony possession of child pornography. A Missouri State Highway Patrol report said Avery Yancy, 20, was taken into custody at about 1 p.m. He was taken to Mississippi County Jail, where he was to be held for 24 hours...
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Cape woman arrested in Stoddard County
(Local News ~ 09/17/21)
A Cape Girardeau woman was arrested Tuesday night for alleged felony drug possession. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, authorities arrested Lillian Belcher, 18, for allegedly possessing methamphetamine in Stoddard County, Missouri. She was taken to the county jail and released...
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Cape man arrested for alleged felonies
(Local News ~ 09/17/21)
A Cape Girardeau man was arrested Monday in connection with a vehicle crash. A Missouri State Highway Patrol report said Jakob Payne, 25, was arrested for alleged felony driving while intoxicated and felony leaving the scene of a crash. He was taken to Cape Girardeau County Jail and held for 24 hours...
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Jackson man hurt in vehicle crash
(Local News ~ 09/17/21)
A Jackson man sustained serious injuries in a one-vehicle crash Monday. A Missouri State Highway Patrol report said Waylon Lindner, 39, was westbound on Cape Girardeau County Road 525 northeast of Pocahontas when the 1996 Nissan pickup he was driving ran off the roadway and struck an embankment. The report said Lindner was not wearing a safety device...
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Humane Society to hold 3rd annual Pet Expo, Fall Festival
(Local News ~ 09/17/21)
The Humane Society of Southeast Missouri is bringing back the largest mobile pet adoption event in the area later this month. The third annual Humane Society of Southeast Missouri Pet Expo and Fall Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 25, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau...
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Walk to End Alzheimer's slated for Oct. 9 in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 09/17/21)
For Sarah Kellogg, the annual Walk to End Alzheimer's is a personal experience as much as it is an advocative one. She has attended each walk since 2017 in support of her two aunts who have Alzheimer's and in memory of her grandmother who died because of the disease...
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Shipyard is Shipshape
(Local News ~ 09/17/21)
A crew sets up The Shipyard Music Festival main stage Thursday before it begins this evening at Century Casino in Cape Girardeau. There will be 11 nationally-touring bands and seven local musicians performing on two stages throughout the festival today and Saturday.
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East Perry Community Fair returns
(Local News ~ 09/17/21)
The East Perry Community Fair, known as the "Best Little Fair in the Land," returns Sept. 24 and 25, to Altenburg, Missouri, following last year's absence. The fair was founded in 1937 and it has been held in the same location every year since, except for last year and the years 1942 through 1945 during World War II in compliance with government requests to conserve resources...
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Jason Smith's stop at SEMO District Fair kicks off livestock auction
(Local News ~ 09/17/21)
Congressman Jason Smith kicked off the livestock auction at the SEMO District Fair by praising sellers and thanking buyers. "When I found out this was happening today, I said, 'I have to stop,'" he told the group assembled in the livestock arena. The livestock auction culminates the process for the young people who show their livestock at the fair. Buyers -- usually area business leaders -- purchase the animals at premium prices, providing a return on the youths' investment...
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Scott City School District extends mask mandate; Chaffee School District initiates one
(Local News ~ 09/17/21)
During a meeting Wednesday described by Board of Education president Gary Miller as "vocal," the Scott City School District board voted to extend the current mask mandate at the "Orange" level until the board meets again Oct. 20. Michael Umfleet, in his third year as superintendent, told the Scott City Area Chamber of Commerce on Thursday the mandate was originally put in place after Labor Day when 115 students in the 762-pupil district were in COVID-19 quarantine...
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Cape Council is right to provide counseling services for police, fire
(Editorial ~ 09/17/21)
The Cape Girardeau City Council will take a second vote Monday evening on whether to spend $9,600 in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds for professional counseling benefiting those in public safety. If approved, $6,100 would be appropriated for the Cape Girardeau Police Department while the city's fire department would receive a $3,200 appropriation for such services...
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Prayer 9/17/21
(Prayer ~ 09/17/21)
O Lord God, may we consistently be generous, helping those in need. Amen.
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Gerald Nichols
(Obituary ~ 09/17/21)
Gerald Dean Nichols, 82, of Jackson died Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, in Wappapello, Missouri. He was born May 30, 1939, in Danville, Illinois. Gerald was a retired Champaign, Illinois, firefighter. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. He loved spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 9/17/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/17/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Sept. 15 n Medical assists were made at 10:33 a.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 12:11 p.m. on State Highway K; 12:33 p.m. on North Pacific Street; 12:40 p.m. on William Street; 1:36 p.m. ...
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SpaceX launches 4 amateurs on private Earth-circling trip
(National News ~ 09/17/21)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- SpaceX's first private flight streaked into orbit Wednesday night with two contest winners, a health care worker and their rich sponsor, the most ambitious leap yet in space tourism. It was the first time a spacecraft circled Earth with an all-amateur crew and no professional astronauts...
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Chris Uhrhan
(Obituary ~ 09/17/21)
BENTON, Mo. -- Chris Eugene Uhrhan, 56, of Benton died Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, at his home. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is in charge of arrangements.
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Guy Parks Jr.
(Obituary ~ 09/17/21)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Guy Parks Jr., 82, of Cairo passed away Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, at Southgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Metropolis, Illinois. There will be no public services held, and cremation will be accorded. Crain Funeral Home in Cairo is handling the arrangements...
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Larry Eftink
(Obituary ~ 09/17/21)
ORAN, Mo. -- Larry G. Eftink, son of the late Leo and Josephine Eftink, was born June 19, 1945, in Chaffee, Missouri, and departed this life Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia at the age of 76. He was united in marriage to Janet Nenninger in Advance, Missouri, on Dec. 29, 1973. She survives of the home...
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Sand, Catan, pinatas lead Toy Hall of Fame finalists
(Community ~ 09/17/21)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Cabbage Patch Kids, the rosy-cheeked dolls that left store shelves picked clean during the first big holiday toy craze, are up for a spot in the National Toy Hall of Fame, part of a finalist group announced Wednesday, which includes garden-variety sand and the toy fire engine...
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Americans have little trust in online security: AP-NORC poll
(National News ~ 09/17/21)
Most Americans don't believe their personal information is secure online and aren't satisfied with the federal government's efforts to protect it, according to a poll. The poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and MeriTalk shows that 64% of Americans say their social media activity is not very or not at all secure. ...
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Outbreaks strand some students at home with minimal learning
(National News ~ 09/17/21)
RALEIGH, N.C. — Within his first week back at school after a year and a half, 7-year-old Ben Medlin was exposed to a classmate with COVID-19, and he was sent home, along with 7,000 other students in the district, for 14 days of quarantine. Not much learning went on in Ben's home...
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Biden angers France, EU with new Australia, UK initiative
(National News ~ 09/17/21)
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's decision to form a strategic Indo-Pacific alliance with Australia and Britain to counter China is angering France and the European Union. They're feeling left out and seeing it as a return to the Trump era. The security initiative, unveiled this week, appears to have brought Biden's summer of love with Europe to an abrupt end. ...
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Man shot, killed by homeowner during apparent burglary near Festus
(State News ~ 09/17/21)
FESTUS, Mo. — A homeowner fatally shot a man who apparently was trying to break into his home early Thursday, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said. Jefferson County sheriff's deputies who were called to a home near Festus about 1:40 a.m. Thursday found 36-year-old Wayne D. Roam of House Springs dead on the porch, according to court documents...
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Independence police officer dies after being shot responding to call Wednesday
(State News ~ 09/17/21)
A Missouri officer who graduated from the police academy two months ago was shot and killed by a man being sought on burglary and theft charges, authorities said. The suspect also died in a shootout with officers. Independence officer Blaize Madrid-Evans, 22, was hospitalized with critical injuries following the Wednesday morning shooting and later died, the Independence Police Department said late Wednesday...
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Governor's vetoes withstand GOP Legislature's override efforts
(State News ~ 09/17/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — All of Gov. Mike Parson's vetoes will stand, despite efforts Wednesday by some lawmakers to force their priorities into law during a short session focused on vetoed bills. Missouri's GOP-led Legislature can reverse vetoes on bills and budget items with a two-thirds majority vote in both chambers, but lawmakers typically avoid voting to overturn vetoes made by a governor of the same party...
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Senate hopeful flexes power of AG's office through lawsuits
(State News ~ 09/17/21)
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri's Republican attorney general, Eric Schmitt, sued China over the coronavirus. He signed on to a failed lawsuit seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Now, as he positions himself for a Senate run, he's turning his attention closer to home and suing to stop mask mandates in the state's liberal cities and Missouri schools...
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Missouri health czar updating virus guidance for schools
(State News ~ 09/17/21)
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri's health department is drawing up new guidelines to help schools keep children from catching COVID-19, the agency's new director said Thursday. The agency's new guidance will provide a clearer path for how schools can keep children from getting sick or needing to quarantine, and communities will be able to tailor it to their needs, director Don Kauerauf said...
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Out of the past: Sept. 17
(Out of the Past ~ 09/17/21)
Dr. Dale Nitzschke can think of no better birthday present; the Southeast Missouri State University president celebrated his 59th birthday yesterday with the dedication of the school's new business building; it was a birthday celebration too for Dr. Kala Stroup, Missouri's commissioner of education and former Southeast president, who observes her birthday today; around 500 people attended the dedication of Robert A. Dempster Hall...
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Meals on Wheels Grant through Rotary
(Submitted Story ~ 09/17/21)
The Rotary Club of Southeast Missouri Service was awarded a $1,000 Matching Grant by Rotary District 6060. Food purchases of $2,000 were made to fund the Meals on Wheels Program at the Jackson Senior Center. Pictured is Club President Linda Puchbauer, with other Club members and the Volunteers for the Meals on Wheels Program. Janet Hitt is the Manager of the Jackson Senior Center...
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MSU-WP announces Campus Influencers/Ambassadors for 2021-2022
(Submitted Story ~ 09/17/21)
MSU-WP announces Campus Influencers/Ambassadors for 2021-2022 year Caption for Photo: CAMPUS INFLUENCERS/AMBASSADORS for the 2021-2022 academic year at Missouri State University-West Plains have been selected. Ambassadors represent the campus to prospective students at community and university events and assist the admissions office with recruitment efforts. ...
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