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Woman arrested for alleged drugs
(Local News ~ 03/23/22)
A Tennessee woman was taken into custody Saturday night for alleged possession of a controlled substance. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, troopers with the State Highway Patrol arrested Mercedes Sides, 29, of Memphis in Cape Girardeau County for alleged felony possession of cocaine...
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Jackson man arrested in Scott Co.
(Local News ~ 03/23/22)
Authorities arrested a Jackson man for alleged driving while intoxicated Monday evening in Scott County after he wrecked his vehicle. A Missouri State Highway Patrol report said Joel Lewis, 47, was taken into custody for alleged driving while intoxicated (drugs) and careless and imprudent driving after crashing his 2000 Jeep Cherokee. ...
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Grace Coffee and Cafe to replace Zoi's Gyros
(Local News ~ 03/23/22)
Every ending gives rise to something new. Zoi's Gyros at 1865 Broadway has closed, but the facility will soon become a cafe, thanks to grant funding. Monday afternoon, the men and women of Graceful Opportunities, a local not-for-profit, assembled at the closed drive-in to evaluate what would become Grace Coffee and Cafe...
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Inaugural It Takes a Village convention is Saturday in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 03/23/22)
Cape Girardeau-based not-for-profit It Takes a Village--SEMO will stage its first-ever convention Saturday to help provide prenatal and postpartum education and support for women and families. "We kicked around a few names but settled on 'It Takes a Village.' We are social creatures and we're supposed to be able to help each other," said Amanda Rhodes, president of the 501(c)(3) organization founded in September 2019...
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Cape Girardeau mayoral debate scheduled for Monday
(Local News ~ 03/23/22)
Two candidates who emerged from February's Cape Girardeau mayoral primary will face each other Monday in a debate at 7 p.m. at Cape Girardeau Public Library as the general municipal election approaches April 5. The face-off in the Hirsch Community Rooms, hosted by the library and the Rotary Club of Cape Girardeau, will be moderated by KFVS12 anchor Jeff Cunningham...
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Highway Patrol reports on I-57 accident that left five dead, 15 injured
(Local News ~ 03/23/22)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Missouri State Highway Patrol officials have released a report in the series of accidents on Interstate 57 last week that left five dead and 15 injured. Reports of six deaths were widely reported Friday; however, the Highway Patrol confirmed only five deaths. ...
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Who is serving on not-for-profit boards and why?
(B Magazine ~ 03/23/22)
In this issue of B Magazine we interviewed six not-for-profit board members to learn why they dedicate their time to volunteering, what they look for when serving and how each person feels connected to the missions they represent. Hear what these individuals, with wide ranging professional backgrounds, had to say about encouraging positive change and maximizing impact.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/23/22)
Today is Wednesday, March 23, the 82nd day of 2022. There are 283 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 23, 1919, Benito Mussolini founded his Fascist political movement in Milan, Italy. On this date: In 1775, Patrick Henry delivered an address to the Virginia Provincial Convention in which he is said to have declared, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"...
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Prayer 3-23-22
(Prayer ~ 03/23/22)
O Hosanna in the highest, praises be to you, our God. Amen.
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Speak Out 3-23-22
(Speak Out ~ 03/23/22)
It's clear that Putin can't defeat Ukraine militarily so he's decided to level every large city and massacre as many civilians as possible in his demented effort to take over the country. He needs to be charged as a war criminal and isolated in Russia. If he leaves and enters any airspace of a NATO country his plane should be diverted to the nearest airport and he should be arrested!...
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Celebrating 50 years of music with Cindy King
(Editorial ~ 03/23/22)
Cindy King is humble about her tenure at Notre Dame Regional High School. "Every teacher here is working as hard as I am, so it's hard for me to be singled out," the longtime musical director and former English teacher told the Southeast Missourian recently. "I feel for those teachers who are up all night grading papers. They never get their name in a newspaper."...
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In today's media, attacks from the left benefit its right-wing targets -- and vice versa
(Column ~ 03/23/22)
You know who benefits the most from liberal media bias? Conservatives. I spent much of the last 25 years writing about liberal media bias. Heck, I grew up on the stuff. My father, a longtime editor, used to joke that he "worked behind enemy lines." He'd often tutor me about the likes of Walter Duranty, The New York Times Moscow correspondent who whitewashed Stalin's crimes and won a Pulitzer in the process, or Herbert Matthews, the reporter whose Cuba coverage inspired the famous cartoon of Fidel Castro saying, "I got my job through the New York Times.". ...
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Vladimir Putin and the fragility of order
(Column ~ 03/23/22)
An invading army surrounds a European city, cuts off its supplies, bombards it, and demands surrender. Is it 1346? 1631? 1870? 1941? Or 2022? The answer is any of the above, and all of the above. The Russian siege of Mariupol is shocking not because it is unprecedented, but because it is so traditional -- a form of war that is grinding, brutish, and all too typical in European history...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 3/23/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/23/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. March 21 n Medical assists were made at 12:27 p.m. on South Kingshighway; 12:35 p.m. on Academic Drive; 7:03 p.m. on Rockport Drive.
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Cape Girardeau Police report 3/23/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/23/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n A warrant arrest was reported. Assault n Third-degree domestic assault was reported on South Pacific Street. Thefts n Shoplifting and first-degree property damage was reported on South Kingshighway...
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Robert Michael Jr.
(Obituary ~ 03/23/22)
COMMERCE, Mo. -- Robert Charles "Bob" Michael Jr. died Tuesday, March 22, 2022, at his home in Commerce surrounded by family and loved ones. He was born June 21, 1937, on Shady Lane Drive in Blytheville, Arkansas, to Robert Charles and Berniece Hooper Michael Sr...
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Jean Menz
(Obituary ~ 03/23/22)
Jean Catherine Essner Menz, 81, daughter of the late Joseph Eugene Essner and Loretta Schaefer Essner was born on Jan. 26, 1941, in Rockview, Missouri, and departed this life on Monday, March 21, 2022, at her home in New Hamburg, Missouri. On Nov. 28, 1959, she was united in marriage to Harold Clemens Menz at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Chaffee, Missouri. He preceded her in death on Jan. 4, 2022. After being married for 62 years, the couple was reunited in death after 10 short weeks...
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Donald Farris
(Obituary ~ 03/23/22)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Donald E. Farris, 85, of Olive Branch passed away Sunday, March 20, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 24, 1936, in Miller City, Illinois, to Samuel and Dovie Denfip Farris. In 1962 he married Wanda Plemons, who preceded him in death in 1980...
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Police say body with throat cut found in SUV in St. Louis
(State News ~ 03/23/22)
ST. LOUIS -- Homicide detectives in St. Louis are investigating after finding the body of a man inside a sport utility vehicle whose throat had been cut. The discovery was made late Monday afternoon in an SUV parked near Forest Park, police said. Officials have not released the victim's name or given any other details, other than to say the death is considered suspicious...
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Man falls into, drowns at Pleasant Hill City Lake
(State News ~ 03/23/22)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Pleasant Hill man who fell from a boat on a city lake over the weekend drowned, authorities said. The incident happened around 11 a.m. Sunday, television station KSHB reported. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Michael Hamilton, 67, fell from a boat he was aboard into Pleasant Hill City Lake, which is located about 27 miles southeast of Kansas City...
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Family of man fatally shot on train in Missouri sues Amtrak
(State News ~ 03/23/22)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The family of a man who was shot and killed while riding an Amtrak train in Missouri is suing the railroad company and the alleged shooter for at least $100 million. Richie Terell Aaron Jr., 30, of Independence was shot as the Missouri River Runner train arrived at the Lee's Summit station on Jan. 14, where the alleged shooter got off...
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UMKC to pay ex-professor fired amid business school scandal
(State News ~ 03/23/22)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The University of Missouri-Kansas City has agreed to pay a former professor $625,000 to settle a lawsuit he filed after he said he was fired for blowing the whistle on a scandal involving UMKC's business school rankings. The payment will settle a lawsuit against the school brought by former UMKC professor Richard Arend, the Kansas City Star reported Tuesday. ...
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Jackson pushes back at GOP critics, defends judicial record
(National News ~ 03/23/22)
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson forcefully defended her record as a judge Tuesday, pushing back against Republican assertions she was soft on crime and declaring she would rule as an “independent jurist” if confirmed as the first Black woman on the high court.
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Game show ‘The Price Is Right’ bringing competition to you
(Entertainment ~ 03/23/22)
NEW YORK — The game show that made famous the phrase “Come on down!” is coming on down to you. “The Price Is Right” is hitting the road, putting the game show on wheels and making 50 stops on a coast-to-coast tour for anyone who can’t make the trip to the Los Angeles studio. ...
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Official guilty of illegally entering Capitol grounds Jan. 6
(National News ~ 03/23/22)
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday convicted an elected official from New Mexico of illegally entering restricted U.S. Capitol grounds but acquitted him of engaging in disorderly conduct during the riot that disrupted Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential election victory. ...
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Scientists worry virus variant may push up COVID cases in US
(National News ~ 03/23/22)
With coronavirus cases rising in parts of Europe and Asia, scientists worry an extra-contagious version of the omicron variant may soon push cases up in the United States too. Experts are also keeping their eyes on another mutant: a rare delta-omicron hybrid they say doesn’t pose much of a threat right now but shows how wily the coronavirus can be. ...
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Tornado strikes New Orleans as storms move into Deep South
(National News ~ 03/23/22)
NEW ORLEANS — A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans and its suburbs Tuesday night, ripping down power lines and scattering debris in a part of the city that had been heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina 17 years ago. St. Bernard Parish Sheriff Jimmy Pohlmann said during a news conference that one person was confirmed dead and multiple others were injured in the suburb. ...
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Ukraine thwarts Russian advances; fight rages for Mariupol
(International News ~ 03/23/22)
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces battled continuing Russian efforts to occupy Mariupol and claimed to have retaken a strategic suburb of Kyiv on Tuesday, mounting a defense so dogged it is stoking fears Russia’s Vladimir Putin will escalate the war to new heights.
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Wallets, IDs but no survivors found in China Eastern crash
(International News ~ 03/23/22)
WUZHOU, China — Mud-stained wallets. Bank cards. Official identity cards. Poignant reminders of 132 lives presumed lost were lined up by rescue workers scouring a remote Chinese mountainside Tuesday for the wreckage of a China Eastern flight that one day earlier inexplicably fell from the sky and burst into a huge fireball. ...
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Out of the past: March 23
(Out of the Past ~ 03/23/22)
Pastor Mark McClimens, a former English, speech and drama teacher at Cape Girardeau Central High School, speaks at New Plymouth Community Church in the Lincoln Room at Drury Lodge; McClimens and his wife, Pat, pastored four years in Athens, Georgia, before moving to and starting a church in Melbourne, Australia; they are now pastoring a church in Houston, Texas...
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