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'Disney on Ice' coming back to Show Me Center
(Local News ~ 02/15/22)
"Disney on Ice: Mickey and Friends" will return to the Show Me Center later this week. The seven shows will run Thursday through Sunday and feature characters from Disney films, including "Frozen," "Moana," "Toy Story" and "Inside Out," among other popular movies...
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SEMO presents 'Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella' for five-day run at River Campus
(Local News ~ 02/15/22)
The timeless fairy tale of Cinderella will be told again this week. The performers who make up the cast of "Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella," which will run from Wednesday through Sunday, are students in Southeast Missouri State University's Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre and Dance, with the production being directed by Kenny Stilson, chairman of Dobbins Conservatory...
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Cape Magnet gearing up to get word out about its strategic plan
(Local News ~ 02/15/22)
Cape Girardeau Area Magnet, the not-for-profit established 30 years ago aimed at fostering strong economic development in the region, announced it will begin sharing a three-to-five-year strategic plan late next month with various "stakeholders" to seek their input and support...
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City of Cape outsources sewer collection roles
(Local News ~ 02/15/22)
Maintenance of the City of Cape Girardeau's wastewater collection mains and manholes will no longer be the responsibility of Cape Girardeau Public Works. Starting March 1, responsibilities of the city's sewer collection system division will be outsourced to Alliance Water Resources after more than half of the city's crew's positions have remained vacant...
- Fire reported at St. Mary (Local News ~ 02/15/22)
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City extends former Broadway Theatre repair order to March
(Local News ~ 02/15/22)
Nearly a year after a fire damaged the former Broadway Theatre building, efforts are still in the works to repair the historic structure. On Jan. 26, City of Cape Girardeau staff granted the building's owner a 45-day extension to repair the building's front facade...
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SoutheastHEALTH addresses questions about potential partnership with Perry County Memorial
(Local News ~ 02/15/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Dozens of area residents filled an events center Monday night to learn more about a potential partnership involving the local hospital — and many of them had pointed questions. Some of the answers they received did not satisfy. The public forum, hosted at Robinson Construction, focused on a potential partnership between Perry County (Missouri) Memorial Hospital and either SoutheastHEALTH of Cape Girardeau or Mercy of St. Louis...
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One year after Rush — River Radio says listeners 'seem happy' with Limbaugh's successors
(Local News ~ 02/15/22)
One year ago Thursday, radio talk show host and Cape Girardeau native Rush Limbaugh died at the age of 70 after battling stage 4 lung cancer. More than four months later, Limbaugh's syndicator, Premiere Radio Networks, debuted "The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show" on June 21 to fill the coveted 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. time slot...
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Sponsored: Checking Your Pet’s Teeth Could Put an End to Silent Pain
(Insiders Advice ~ 02/15/22)
Just like people, pets need to be checked yearly for dental issues. Often, dental exams identify the root of underlying problems and might end your pet’s silent pain. It is convenient for our clients to schedule their pet’s dental exam during the same time they make yearly checkups. However, your pet’s teeth should be checked sooner if you notice any of the following...
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Biden has long-term inflation plan, but voter patience short
(National News ~ 02/15/22)
WASHINGTON --President Joe Biden came into office with a plan to fix inflation -- just not the particular inflationary problem that the country now faces. His belief is that a cluster of companies control too many industries, which reduces competition for both customers and workers. ...
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Sliver of hope: Kremlin sees a diplomatic path on Ukraine
(International News ~ 02/15/22)
MOSCOW -- The Kremlin signaled Monday it is ready to keep talking with the West about security grievances that led to the current Ukraine crisis, offering hope that Russia might not invade its beleaguered neighbor within days as the U.S. and European allies increasingly fear...
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West megadrought worsens to driest in at least 1,200 years
(State News ~ 02/15/22)
The American West's megadrought deepened so much last year that it is now the driest in at least 1,200 years and is a worst-case climate change scenario playing out live, a new study finds. A dramatic drying in 2021 -- about as dry as 2002 and one of the driest years ever recorded for the region -- pushed the 22-year drought past the previous record-holder for megadroughts in the late 1500s and shows no signs of easing in the near future, according to a study Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change.. ...
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Official: Trudeau to use emergency powers across Canada
(International News ~ 02/15/22)
OTTAWA, Ontario -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has decided to invoke emergency powers across all of Canada to quell the protests by demonstrators who have paralyzed Ottawa and blocked border crossings in anger over the country's COVID-19 restrictions, a senior government official said Monday...
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On Parkland anniversary, Biden urges Congress on gun control
(National News ~ 02/15/22)
WASHINGTON -- Four years after 17 people were gunned down at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, President Joe Biden says his administration stands with the advocates working to end gun violence and urges the nation to uphold the "solemn obligation" to "keep each other safe."...
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Prayer 2-15-22
(Prayer ~ 02/15/22)
O Heavenly Father, Almighty God, you are our refuge in whom we place our trust. Amen.
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You can't take it with you
(Column ~ 02/15/22)
"It makes no sense to accumulate, if one day we will die." Pope Francis said this to a crowd in front of the Vatican the other day. He wasn't trying to be depressing; he was trying to inspire us. Storage spaces are somewhat ubiquitous in modern-day America. Save for Christmas decorations, the odds are we don't need most of what's in them. And yet we cling, like we cling to a false sense of security about our health and wealth and a new normal...
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Speak Out 2-15-22
(Speak Out ~ 02/15/22)
Fun fact: Jackson football has zero full ride scholarships in the last three years while soccer has had one and track has had two. A "full ride" is all expenses paid, not an "offer" or a "signed." Trump's new campaign slogan is "Save America." I think it should be "Save America From Donald Trump."...
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RNC censures Cheney, Kinzinger
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/15/22)
On Jan. 6, 2021, a mob attacked the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the legitimate result of the 2020 Presidential Election. This resulted in a number of injuries and several million dollars of direct and indirect costs for repairs and new security measures...
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Sarah Bloom Raskin -- Biden's latest anti-freedom nominee
(Column ~ 02/15/22)
With all the attention directed to President Joe Biden's commitment to nominate a Black woman to replace retiring Associate Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court, sadly lost is what we expect from our court and what we expect from our nation. If we have detached from what our nation supposedly is about, what idea could we possibly have about what its top judiciary body is supposed to be about?...
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Constance Wells
(Obituary ~ 02/15/22)
Constance Ann Wells, 73, of Fruitland, died Feb. 11, 2022, at the Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. A memorial service will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. on March 7 at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel.
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Jackie Stone
(Obituary ~ 02/15/22)
Jackie Lynn Stone, 79, of Oak Ridge passed away Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 12, 1942, son of H.E. and Blanche Edith Conrad Stone. He and Carole Ruch were married May 29, 1962. She survives. Jackie worked construction through Laborers' International Union in Cape Girardeau. He lived and worked on his cattle farm near Oak Ridge, where he enjoyed raising cattle and working around the farm...
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Carl Lee Sinn
(Obituary ~ 02/15/22)
Carl Lee Sinn, 84, lifelong resident of Egypt Mills died Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, at his home. He was born June 11, 1937, in Cape Girardeau to Robert Carl Sinn and Helen Irene Steeg Sinn. He and Phyllis Jane Brockmire were married April 25, 1959, in Cape Girardeau...
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Branko Rieger
(Obituary ~ 02/15/22)
Branimir "Branko" Rieger passed away Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Jan. 24. 1943, in Zagreb, Croatia, to William and Karla Rieger, Branko lived in Greenwood, South Carolina, and was a professor at Lander University for over 30 years. He received his BA from Scranton University, MA from John Carroll University, and Ph.D. from University of Maryland, working at University of New Orleans before going to Lander...
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Melvin O'Dell
(Obituary ~ 02/15/22)
Melvin Ray O'Dell, 76, of Millersville, died Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at this time with McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Allen Mossmayer Jr.
(Obituary ~ 02/15/22)
Allen Mossmayer Jr., 63, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Feb, 10, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born August 3, 1958, in San Francisco, California, to the late Allen Mossmayer Sr. and Patsy Vollmer. Allen graduated from Redwood High School in 1976 and enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps in August of 1976, serving honorably until 1982. Upon leaving the Corps, Allen moved back to the Bay area and went to work as a tree climber...
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Phyllis Miller
(Obituary ~ 02/15/22)
Phyllis Ann Miller, daughter of the late Edwin Held and Anna Hale Pyle was born on July 8, 1945, in Commerce, Missouri, and departed her life on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau at the age of 76. In March of 1966, she was united in marriage to Bill Miller in Chaffee and he survives in Chaffee...
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Kenneth Koehler
(Obituary ~ 02/15/22)
Kenneth H. "Ken" Koehler, 75, of Springville, Tennessee, formerly of Jackson passed away Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 29, 1946, in Cape Girardeau, son of Henry "Clem" and Dora Schaeffer Koehler. He and Sandra J. ...
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Ronald Hartle
(Obituary ~ 02/15/22)
Ronald Lee Hartle, 74, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, at in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau. Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Fairmont Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Jiles Deevers
(Obituary ~ 02/15/22)
Jiles Elza "J.E." Deevers, 92, of Cape Girardeau, passed away peacefully, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, at his home. He was born April 2, 1929, in Cape Girardeau to the late Glenn H. and Lorena A. Whittaker Deevers. J.E. and Sally Ann Loos were united in marriage May 1, 1954, at St. Mary Cathedral in Cape Girardeau and she survives...
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Cindy Benefield
(Obituary ~ 02/15/22)
Cindy Marie Benefield was born on July 8, 1967, to Billy and Goldie Pender Benefield. She unexpectedly departed this earth for her heavenly home on Jan. 10, 2022. Cindy was a loving and kind mother, daughter and sister. She had been a dog groomer at Plaza Pet Grooming for the last eight years, where she gained many two- and four-legged friends. Cindy loved animals and was known for rescuing many dogs and cats over the years and caring for them or finding them loving homes...
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Etta Ayers
(Obituary ~ 02/15/22)
Etta Louise Ayers, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022 at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born July 14, 1940 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, to Sidney Perkins and Louella Booker Lewis. She and Joe Thomas Ayers were married May 22, 1961. at Parma, Missouri. He preceded her in death on June 27, 2013...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 2/13/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/15/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Feb. 9 n Medical assists were made at 10:37 a.m. on Hillcrest Drive; 3:09 p.m. on Mississippi Street; 3:52 p.m. on South Benton Street; 7:53 p.m. on West Lorimier Place; 8:15 p.m. on South Pind Wood Lane; and 9:24 p.m. on South Ellis Street...
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Out of the past: Feb. 15
(Out of the Past ~ 02/15/22)
Hemp farming may return to Missouri; two Southeast Missouri lawmakers have introduced legislation to allow the growing and marketing of industrial hemp; it would be grown on research plots supervised by the Missouri Department of Agriculture; the goal is to determine the crop's potential in Missouri, said state Sen. Jerry Howard, D-Dexter, who introduced the Senate bill; State Rep. Larry Thomason, D-Kennett, has introduced similar legislation in the House...
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Now Read This: "Mom Jeans and Other Mistakes," by Alexa Martin
(02/15/22)
Before I get started on this, I have to say, I am not a mother. So, outside of my limited experience helping my own mom with my siblings, I do not have much — if any — parenting experience. Still, I found a lot within this book that resonated with me and kept me turning page after page...
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A Look Back: February
(02/15/22)
Falling an estimated five feet overnight, the icy Mississippi River left these barges, two of five, high and dry at the Marquette Cement Plant Marine Docks on Feb. 8, 1951. The stream made the quick fall Feb. 6-7, after the ice-clogged river broke up, allowing damned-up water to flow off. Pilings like the one in the foreground were crushed by the empty barges.
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Column: Back to Moderation
(02/15/22)
Something has been bothering me for a while. Maybe it’s been disturbing you, too. Our nation looks increasingly like the Not-So-United States. A lack of unity has been one of our biggest problems for decades, and it’s gotten considerably worse in the past few years. Perhaps the medicine to cure this national ailment is found in ancient philosophy: moderation...
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Column: Leaving the Beaver
(02/15/22)
I’ve recently started watching the old black-and-white comedy “Leave it to Beaver,” since it’s somewhat nostalgic for me. I used to watch the show when I was young, and it was, too. It seemed really funny at the time, and I thought it was probably very popular, as well. It turns out neither is true...
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A Mountaintop Experience: Finding a different perspective
(02/15/22)
We have all surely heard the phrase “mountaintop experience,” which usually means an exciting life experience that may or may not have been actually on top of a mountain. Well, I have had four literal mountaintop experiences. No, I have not attempted Mt. Everest or Denali, but these four places met my requirements of a mountain. Some, at least, had the word “mountain” in their names...
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Age Spots: Looking for Help Online … Or Not
(02/15/22)
Everything is online now. You can order food and medicine, look up recipes and how-to videos, and even video-chat with far-away family members on a computer or your phone. Having the world readily available is a huge help if you know where to go. Many government programs encourage clients to do things online. ...
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Notre Dame sending 4 wrestlers to State Wrestling Tournament
(Submitted Story ~ 02/15/22)
The Notre Dame High School Boys Wrestling qualified 4 boys for State at the MSHSAA Class 1, District 1 meet at Ste. Genevieve MO on Saturday. Hyungu Lee, Trey Schreckenberg, Owen Dowdy and Ethan Jackson will be heading to the Mizzou Arena in Columbia MO for the tournament which starts on Thursday...
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Ice Snowman
(Submitted Story ~ 02/15/22)
I made this Cardinal snowman out of ice from our last ice storm. I carved it out of blocks of ice from my driveway. As of 3pm today it is still standing and is probably the only snowman still "alive" . He resides at 2509 Peach Tree St in Cape. 573 576 6880...
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Senior Moments: Letters to Myself
(02/15/22)
Not too long after this column publishes, I will be turning 18. In an inconceivably short amount of time, I’ll be able to register to vote, buy a lottery ticket or get a tattoo if I so wanted. Turning 18 is turning out to be quite a surreal experience. ...
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