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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 4/21/22 meeting
(Local News ~ 04/21/22)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. today 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Minutes of stated meetings of April 14 n Approval of closed session minutes of April 14 Communications/reports — other elected officials n None at this time...
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Recipes made in home economics class
(Community ~ 04/21/22)
Some of my high school friends and I have been meeting occasionally for Tea and Talk the past few years, and we enjoy catching up and reminiscing about old times. In several of these sessions, we have relived our fun days in Home Economics class at Shawnee High School in Wolf Lake, Illinois. ...
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Arkansas man arrested in Cape County for alleged child molestation
(Local News ~ 04/21/22)
An Arkansas man was taken into custody Sunday for alleged child molestation in Cape Girardeau County. According to a Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Office, detectives arrested Zackary T. Gourley, 20, after he allegedly molested a juvenile who was visiting family members at a residence where Gourley was...
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New Chamber leader meets with community
(Local News ~ 04/21/22)
Rob Gilligan, left, the new Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce president and CEO, talks Tuesday with Carlos Vargas, Southeast Missouri State University president, at SEMO's River Campus in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Lemon Drop fundraising benefits local hospitals
(Local News ~ 04/21/22)
Jackson-based Walks with Nate LLC, through its Lemon Drop Long Drive event, raised more than $20,000 on April 2 for testicular cancer awareness. Nate Gautier, account manager for rustmedia, a cancer survivor, will deliver checks Friday to Saint Francis Medical Center and to SoutheastHEALTH, according to a news release...
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Paddlewheeler due in Cape Girardeau this week
(Local News ~ 04/21/22)
Barring a last-minute change in schedule, American Countess, a four-deck paddlewheel steamboat, will visit Cape Girardeau's riverfront from noon to 5 p.m. Friday. Brenda Newbern, executive director of Visit Cape, said the boat will dock near the Broadway gate...
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Southern fried chicken and a side of humble pie, please
(Community ~ 04/21/22)
Last Friday I had a plan. It was as loose plan, but a plan nonetheless. My indecisive self had narrowed my eating exploration down to two locations of considerable distance. However, when I woke on Saturday morning I just wasn't feeling my usual spontaneous, road-trip-eady self. I was not in the mood to drive 30 to 60 minutes for something I wasn't sure I would enjoy. I was looking for a sure thing, and I knew the perfect place...
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SEMO center donates playground communication boards to local schools
(Local News ~ 04/21/22)
Local students who have difficulty communicating verbally will get a little help expressing themselves thanks to a project by Southeast Missouri State University. SEMO's Center for Speech and Hearing raised $500 to create communication boards. The boards will allow students with communicative disorders, such as autism, point to a picture instead of speaking, while on the playground...
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Lights, camera, action — Fault Line Film Festival returns this weekend to SEMO campus
(Local News ~ 04/21/22)
The Fault Line Film Festival is back this year and will be held in-person for the first time in two years because of the pandemic. The event is a film festival at which students from Southeast Missouri State University and other schools can submit original films of 30 minutes or less...
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MoDOT looking at several options for interchange at I-55 Exit 93
(Local News ~ 04/21/22)
Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) officials said Wednesday they plan to seek public comment in July on three options for reconfiguring Exit 93 along Interstate 55 in Cape Girardeau. A final report, detailing the approved concept, is due Dec. 1...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/21/22)
Today is Thursday, April 21, the 111th day of 2022. There are 254 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 21, 1975, with Communist forces closing in, South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu resigned after nearly 10 years in office and fled the country...
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Sponsored: ACE-ing Negative Childhood Experience Identification: Prevention and Intervention
(Insiders Advice ~ 04/21/22)
In the mid-'90s, the Adverse Childhood Experiences study asked 17,500 adults about their history of exposure to what they called "adverse childhood experiences," or ACEs. Those included physical, emotional or sexual abuse; physical or emotional neglect; parental mental illness, substance dependence or incarceration; parental separation or divorce; or domestic violence. ...
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Jane Stewart
(Obituary ~ 04/21/22)
BENTON, Mo. -- Jane Ellen Stewart, 69, of Benton died Monday, April 18, 2022, at Heartland Care and Rehab in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 7, 1953, in Cape Girardeau to Jackson Berry and Mary Francis Wilhelm Stewart. She is survived by a brother, Rusty (Judy) Stewart of Benton, and a sister, Brenda Hudson of Southaven, Mississippi...
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Agustin Castro
(Obituary ~ 04/21/22)
Agustin Castro, 56, of Jackson died Sunday, April 17, 2022, at his home. Visitation and memorial services will be held Friday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Missouri. Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m., while the memorial service will follow at 3 p.m. at the funeral home. Kenneth Trentham will officiate...
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Cape Girardeau Police Report 4/21/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/21/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on Themis Street. n A warrant arrest for failure to appear was reported on William Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on Broadway...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 4/21/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/21/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. April 19n Medical assists were made at 5:28 a.m. on South Sprigg Street; 5:43 a.m. on Walnut Street; 9:18 a.m. on South Louisiana Avenue; 10:21 a.m. on South Benton Street; 4:34 p.m. on Lakeshore Drive...
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Workers could sue over vaccine mandates under Mo. bill
(State News ~ 04/21/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Workers required to get vaccinations for their jobs could sue if they have negative reactions under a Missouri bill advanced in the state House on Wednesday. The Republican-led House voted 92-44 to give the measure initial approval. It needs another vote to move to the GOP-led Senate...
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Mo. House budget committee OKs tax break
(State News ~ 04/21/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri residents who file income taxes would be eligible for a tax break under a Republican proposal advanced Tuesday. The House Budget Committee approved the measure, which now heads to the House floor for consideration. The proposal budgets $1 billion for tax breaks equal to what taxpayers owe the state in income taxes. The tax breaks are capped at $500 for individuals or up to $1,000 for married couples filing jointly...
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As shares plunge, Netflix takes aim at password sharing, ads
(National News ~ 04/21/22)
SAN FRANCISCO -- An unexpected drop in subscribers sent Netflix shares into freefall Wednesday, forcing the company to consider experimenting with ads and -- hold onto your remote -- cracking down on millions of freeloaders who use passwords shared by friends or family...
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Southwest wildfires force evacuations, tighten resources
(National News ~ 04/21/22)
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- An Arizona wildfire more than tripled in size as relentless winds pushed the flames through neighborhoods on the outskirts of a college and tourist town, forcing out hundreds of residents and destroying more than two dozen homes and other structures...
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Justice Dept. to appeal order voiding travel mask mandate
(National News ~ 04/21/22)
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department is filing an appeal seeking to overturn a judge's order that voided the federal mask mandate on planes and trains and in travel hubs, officials said Wednesday. The notice came minutes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked the Justice Department to appeal the decision handed down by a federal judge in Florida earlier this week...
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Most people in US want masks for travelers: AP-NORC poll
(National News ~ 04/21/22)
FARGO, N.D. -- A majority of people in the United States continue to support a mask requirement for people traveling on airplanes and other shared transportation, a poll finds. A ruling by a federal judge has put the government's transportation mask mandate on hold...
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'Days or hours left': Russia tightens the noose in Mariupol
(International News ~ 04/21/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russian forces tightened the noose around the defenders holed up Wednesday in a mammoth steel plant that represented the last known Ukrainian stronghold in Mariupol, as a fighter apparently on the inside pleaded on a video for help: "We may have only a few days or hours left."...
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Out of the past: April 21
(Out of the Past ~ 04/21/22)
The Cape Girardeau Board of Education announces it has purchased 75 acres of land for a vocational-technical school nearly dead center in the school district; the property is between Silver Springs Road and South Kingshighway southwest of the Kingshighway-Southern Expressway intersection; the district's long-range plans call for construction of a high school on the same tract; the board agreed to purchase the property from Earl Norman for $1.475 million; Norman agreed to donate $100,000 to the school district, so the net cost is $1.375 million, or $18,333 per acre.. ...
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