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Cape Girardeau County sends personnel and equipment to tornado-stricken St. Mary
(Local News ~ 11/02/21)
Cape Girardeau County Office of Emergency Management director Mark Winkler said the county sent personnel and equipment Thursday to St. Mary, Missouri, after an EF3 tornado ripped through the town Oct. 24. "Paul Koeper, 1st District County Commissioner, went to assist, as did representatives of the county's highway, buildings and grounds and parks departments," Winkler said...
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Free weather radios to be given away Saturday in Cape
(Local News ~ 11/02/21)
Thanks to a $1,000 donation from Saint Francis Healthcare System, 36 weather radios will be given away free — one per household until they're gone with a preference for Cape Girardeau County residents — at an event from noon until 6 p.m. Saturday at Orscheln Farm & Home, 11 S. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau...
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Cape Girardeau City Council gives initial OK to South Side Farms and Bloomfield Crossing projects
(Local News ~ 11/02/21)
Cape Girardeau City Council gave first reading approval Monday to two projects promising an impact on economic development in the municipality — the South Side Farms proposal and the creation of a community improvement district (CID) establishing Bloomfield Crossing...
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City of Jackson aldermen vote to deny a special-use permit for Little Blessings day care
(Local News ~ 11/02/21)
Reversing an earlier decision of the city's Planning and Zoning Commission, the Jackson Board of Aldermen on Monday decided unanimously by an 8-0 vote to reject a special-use permit that would have allowed Brian and Angela Powell to care for as many as 10 children at their Little Blessings in-home day care...
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Proposed South Side Farms would bring urban farm, new housing to South Cape
(Local News ~ 11/02/21)
Jimmy Wilferth had just bought $30,000 in gift cards at Ruler Foods grocery store when a question pervaded his thoughts: How could he help bring sustainable change to the south side of Cape Girardeau? The gift cards were for participants of Tiger Bites, a program run by Saint Francis Healthcare System Foundation to provide students and families of Jefferson Elementary School food during summer months. ...
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After security flaw found, Mo. hires data breach group
(State News ~ 11/02/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Two weeks after a newspaper discovered a security flaw on a state website, Gov. Mike Parson's administration has hired a company that performs data breach and credit monitoring services. The state signed a contract last week with Identity Theft Guard Solutions, also known as ID Experts, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 11/02/21)
Today is Tuesday, Nov. 2, the 306th day of 2021. There are 59 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 2, 2000, American astronaut Bill Shepherd and two Russian cosmonauts, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev, became the first residents of the international space station...
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Prayer 11-2-21
(Prayer ~ 11/02/21)
O Lord Jesus, may we always resist evil, standing firm in our faith in you. Amen.
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Be wary of socialism's slippery slope
(Column ~ 11/02/21)
For years, progressives mocked anyone who warned that the Democratic Party's move leftward would produce government officials who might push actual socialist policies once in office. I'll admit that for a variety of reasons I never found this extreme version of the slippery-slope argument convincing. ...
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A life well lived
(Column ~ 11/02/21)
Ross Douthat has a powerful new book about his battle with chronic Lyme disease. In "The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery," he writes beautifully, with honesty and gratitude. I was overcome with emotion when I got to the part about our mutual friend Andrew Walther, who died a year ago...
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Shirley Dippold
(Obituary ~ 11/02/21)
Shirley Jean Sander Dippold, 94, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, at Lutheran Home. She was born Oct. 27, 1927, to Charles Henry and Olga Minnie Meyer Sander in Jackson. She graduated from Jackson High School and attended Southeast Missouri State Teachers College until her husband returned from service in the U.S. Navy...
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Births 11/2/21
(Births ~ 11/02/21)
Daughter to Adam Vincent Daugherty and Tonya Michelle Copeland of Chaffee, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 10:24 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. Name, Jose Wylder. Weight, 3 pounds, 7 ounces. Sixth child, fifth daughter. Copeland is the former Tonya Budde. Daugherty is the son of Dan and Susan Daugherty of Jackson. He is self-employed...
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Jackson Police report 11/2/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/02/21)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n John Cullen Jr., 44, of St Louis was arrested on a Jackson warrant. n Alfredo Alfaro, 41, of Jackson was arrested on a Jefferson County warrant...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 11/2/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/02/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Oct. 31 n Medical assists were made at 8:25 a.m. on South Louisiana Avenue; 6:45 p.m. at Washington Avenue and Mill Street; 8:42 p.m. on Parkmor Drive; 10:59 p.m. on North Henderson Avenue; 11:49 p.m. on North Main Street...
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Leon Tuschhoff
(Obituary ~ 11/02/21)
Leon Wayne Tuschhoff, 83, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 19, 1938, in Cape Girardeau, son of Joseph D. and Lucy Petzoldt Tuschhoff. Leon was a 1956 graduate of Jackson High School. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1958 and was honorably discharged in 1962...
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James Stanfield Jr.
(Obituary ~ 11/02/21)
James Wesley "Jub" "J.W." "Jay" "Jim" Stanfield Jr., 83, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, peacefully surrounded by his loved ones at his home. J.W. was born Feb. 27, 1938, in Steele, Missouri, to James Wesley and Mable Eula Longacre Stanfield. He and Brenda Jennings were married Sept. 27, 1958. She preceded him in death Jan. 6, 2001. He then married Audrey Hovis Stafford on Aug. 14, 2004...
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Christina Lohmann
(Obituary ~ 11/02/21)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Christina "Christi" Lynn Lohmann, 49, of Perryville passed away Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She was born Dec. 8, 1971, in Cape Girardeau to Charles and Imelia "Millie" Brockmeyer Seyer. She and David Lohmann were married Sept. 7, 1996, at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, Missouri...
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Cob Keller
(Obituary ~ 11/02/21)
SCOTT CITY -- Cob Keller, 78, of Scott City died Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, at his home. Celebration of Life will be from 2 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021, at the Front Porch in Scott City. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel of Scott City was in charge of arrangements...
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Charles Jones
(Obituary ~ 11/02/21)
Charles Keith Jones, 84, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Oct. 16, 1937, in Cape Girardeau to the late Fonnie Wilson and Emma Jean "Teenie" Webb Jones. Keith and Marlena Miller were married Jan. 16, 1964, in Midland, Texas...
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Donald James
(Obituary ~ 11/02/21)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Donald Richard James, 78, passed away peacefully Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, at his home in Marble Hill. Don was born in Glen Allen, Missouri, Nov. 25, 1942. He is survived by his devoted wife of 60 years, Joyce (Criddle) James; daughter, Kimberly; grandchildren, Cody, Cole (Addison), Casey (Carlo), Cheyenne and James; great-granddaughter, Luna; brother, Joe; and sisters, Nellie Diesel and Jessie DuBois...
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Burgess Bunch
(Obituary ~ 11/02/21)
Burgess Virgil Bunch, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will follow at 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home with the Rev. Jim Cooper officiating. Burial will be at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...
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Orville Ahrens
(Obituary ~ 11/02/21)
Orville A. Ahrens, 81, of Jackson passed away Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, at his home near Tilsit. The youngest of three children, Orville was born Jan. 3, 1940, in Jackson, to Walter and Ruby Aufdenberg Ahrens. He was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit. He attended the church's elementary school and Poplar Ridge School...
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Out of the past: Nov. 2
(Out of the Past ~ 11/02/21)
A little piece of Cape Girardeau's history is leaving, and people got together last night to say goodbye; more than 40 well-wishers gathered in the home of Charles and Adele Kupchella to honor Patty Mulkey for her work here; Mulkey is leaving after 22 years to live in Alabama; a former teacher, Mulkey donated countless volunteer hours to several community businesses, projects and organizations...
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Halloween Carnival Held at Guardian Angel School
(Submitted Story ~ 11/02/21)
The Guardian Angel Home & School held their Halloween Carnival on Friday, October 29. It is an annual event, but was not held in 2020 because of COVID. This year's event was well attended by many families in the school gym. There were skeletons, super heroes, princesses and numerous other costumed children, as well as a few adults in costume. ...
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Purina celebrates completion of $250 million factory expansion in southeast Missouri
(Submitted Story ~ 11/02/21)
Purina leaders gathered in southeast Missouri to celebrate the completion of a $250 million expansion at the company’s Bloomfield, Missouri, cat litter factory. The project adds two new buildings to the 1.1 million-square-foot campus in southeast Missouri and expands capacity and production capabilities for Purina’s high-performing Tidy Cats litter products, the number one cat litter brand in the United States based on sales. ...
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