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Parson traveling to Netherlands, Germany to promote business
(State News ~ 07/21/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gov. Mike Parson and first lady Teresa Parson will travel to Germany and the Netherlands next week for a trade mission to promote Missouri businesses and trade. Missouri exported nearly $679 million in goods to Germany last year and more than $223 million to the Netherlands, according to the governor's office...
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Man charged in shooting death of Mo. police officer
(State News ~ 07/21/22)
NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri man was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of a police officer during a traffic stop prompted by an expired temporary tag on the vehicle. Joshua Rocha, 24, of Kansas City was being held on $2 million bond in the death of North Kansas City police officer Daniel Vasquez, 32, who was killed Tuesday. Rocha will be arraigned today...
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Recipes for the fresh produce that is in abundance
(Community ~ 07/21/22)
When the fresh fruits and vegetables of summer start coming in, it is just the best time of the year. Every one offers a new, exciting culinary party-in-your-mouth explosion. With so many ways to prepare fresh produce, you can't hardly cook it all fast enough to try many different recipes. But, then again, I am a traditionalist with much of the garden's bounty. I enjoy keeping things simple and just taste the vegetable or fruit as-is. Whatever your preference, the sky is the limit...
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One dead after shooting in Marble Hill
(Local News ~ 07/21/22)
A shooting incident left a man dead in Marble Hill, Missouri, according to Bollinger County Sheriff Casey Graham. A release from Graham states the victim was found at about 11:20 p.m. Tuesday at a business in the town. He was taken to a Cape Girardeau hospital, where he was pronounced dead...
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Trench rescue: Area first responders hold drill
(Local News ~ 07/21/22)
Personnel with Cape Girardeau Fire Department, Jackson Fire Rescue and Sikeston (Missouri) Department of Public Safety hold a trench-collapse rescue drill Wednesday in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Jason Smith assails Jan. 6 Committee's 'distraction'
(Local News ~ 07/21/22)
Southeast Missouri congressman Jason Smith has little good to say about the Jan. 6 Committee, the bipartisan House panel that may be holding the last of its hearings tonight in Washington. The committee was created by Congress on a near party-line vote in June 2021 to investigate circumstances around the attack on the U.S. Capitol and to recommend "changes in law, policy, procedures, rules or regulations to prevent future acts of violence...
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Jackson Chamber of Commerce hosts annual agribusiness tour
(Local News ~ 07/21/22)
More than 90 people took part in Wednesday's Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce 42nd annual Agribusiness Tour, said to be one of the longest-running agriculture-focused outings in the history of the state. On a blisteringly hot day, participants visited four sites in Cape Girardeau and Perry counties...
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Jackson Deli's combo — saucy, cheesy, steadfast
(Community ~ 07/21/22)
When I was younger, it never crossed my mind that my immediate world would change: That the same stores and restaurants wouldn't be in the same places forever, that I wouldn't enjoy the same hobbies until I died, that the faces of my parents, siblings and grandparents wouldn't always look the same, that people I loved wouldn't be with me forever. But this life changes, and while I've come to embrace the changes, I also deeply appreciate those things that remain constant in my life...
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Homecomers returns next week to uptown Jackson
(Local News ~ 07/21/22)
The 115th Jackson Homecomers makes its return next week. American Legion Post 158 will host the event, originally begun in 1907, from Tuesday through July 30 in uptown Jackson. The event is free to attend and will include carnival rides, games, live music and food vendors. Raffle tickets will be available for purchase for $1 for gift certificates at various businesses including Ross Furniture & Bedding, Buchheit of Jackson and Ken's Ace Hardware...
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Sunday thunderstorms take out power for 2,000 users in region
(Local News ~ 07/21/22)
Severe thunderstorms Sunday night took out power for about 2,000 users "at the peak of the outages" in Ameren's Southeast Missouri region. Ameren Missouri's Evan Asher said Tuesday all power had been restored to customers. "The majority of customers who were impacted by the storm were restored by noon [Monday]. All remaining customers impacted by the storm have since been restored," Asher said...
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Wastewater tests show COVID-19 increase
(Local News ~ 07/21/22)
Tests of wastewater facilities in Cape Girardeau, Perryville and Sikeston, Missouri, show the highest amount of COVID-19 detected in the area in months. Since July 2020, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has been working in collaboration with the state Department of Natural Resources and the University of Missouri on The Sewershed Surveillance Project...
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Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has 'mild symptoms'
(National News ~ 07/21/22)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus as new variants challenge the nation's efforts to resume normalcy after two and a half years of pandemic disruptions...
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Man wins $1 million with Cape lottery ticket
(Local News ~ 07/21/22)
A lottery ticket sold in Cape Girardeau netted its winner $1 million. The prize came in the state lottery's "100X The Money" scratch-off game, and the ticket was sold at Drury Petroleum, 3276 William St. According to a release from Missouri Lottery, the winner scratched the ticket in the store after purchasing it, quickly uncovering a "100X" symbol, meaning he had won 100 times the related prize, which remained unscratched...
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Prayer 7-21-22
(Prayer ~ 07/21/22)
We praise you, O Father God, for you are Lord of all. Amen.
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Help for the homeless
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/21/22)
No one can obey a law that forbids their existence. Do you agree? Sunday night a tornado barely missed Cape Girardeau, and as usual the tornado warning message was: "Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building." For your neighbors trying to survive homelessness, there was no sturdy building. Cape has no shelter for homeless people -- not even in ice storms, subzero cold or tornadoes. None...
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Voss is principled, consistent in character
(Paid Letter ~ 07/21/22)
I am writing to support John Voss for state representative. John is principled, thoughtful, generous and consistent in character. John has been a neighbor and co-worker since we moved to Cape Girardeau in 2009, and he has become a family friend in the years since...
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Buttigieg wants to mandate electric vehicles; he's wrong
(Column ~ 07/21/22)
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, considered the most likely Democratic candidate for president in 2024 after Joe Biden in the latest Washington Post ranking, says the solution to high gas prices is getting "most Americans" to switch to electric vehicles -- willingly or not...
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Out of the past: July 21
(Out of the Past ~ 07/21/22)
Beverly Strohmeyer, executive director of the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri for 12 years, resigned last week to become a program specialist with the Missouri Arts Council in St. Louis; she's been with the local council in one capacity or another for more than 20 years...
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Births 7/21/22
(Births ~ 07/21/22)
Son to Jason Kevin and Lacey Jane Steffens of Frohna, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 7:18 p.m., Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Name, Nash Joseph. Weight, 6 pounds, 3 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Steffens is the former Lacey ruesler, daughter ot Darryl Ruesler of Friedheim and Phyllis Sharpe of LaBelle, Missouri. She is a medical assistant at Saint Francis Medical Center. Steffens is the son of Kevin and Brenda Steffens of Frohna. He is a welder at Roeslein...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 7/21/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/21/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. July 19 n At 7:42 a.m., fire alarm on North Pacific Street.
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Cape Girardeau Police report 7/21/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/21/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. DWI n Driving while intoxicated and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child were reported on Interstate 55. Theft n Theft was reported on North Henderson Avenue...
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Terry Weissmueller
(Obituary ~ 07/21/22)
KELSO, Mo. -- Terry John Weissmueller, son of the late John Weissmueller and Martha Elfrink Weissmueller was born on Oct. 16, 1950, in Cape Girardeau and departed his life peacefully in his home on Monday, July 18, 2022, after a battle with cancer at the age of 71 years...
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Ella Moore
(Obituary ~ 07/21/22)
Ella Jean Moore, 75, of Oak Ridge passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born June 19, 1947, in Cape Girardeau to the late J.W. and Mary Taylor Proffer. Ella Jean and John Moore were married Aug. 25, 1965. He survives of the home...
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Janet Layman
(Obituary ~ 07/21/22)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Janet Magdalene Essner Layman, daughter of the late Joseph Eugene and Loretta Schaefer Essner was born on Jan. 26, 1941, and departed this life on Monday, July 18, 2022, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, at the age of 81. Born a small-town girl, Janet took a leap of faith and moved to St Louis in 1978, where she met the love of her life, H.L. Layman. They married in Ferguson, Missouri, on June 19, 1982...
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Richard Iverson
(Obituary ~ 07/21/22)
Richard Alan Iverson, 69, of Jackson passed away July 18, 2022, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Rick was born May 13, 1953, in Normandy, Missouri, to Dr. Robert Whitney Iverson, Sr. and Jane Sebastian Iverson. Rick enjoyed a 15-year relationship with Cindi McLain Crites. They were married June 28, 2022, at Busch Stadium...
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John Coleman
(Obituary ~ 07/21/22)
John P. Coleman, 80, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, July 18, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born August 29, 1941, in Bluffton, Indiana, the only child of Dale and Ethel Park Coleman. John grew up and attended high school in Ridge Farm, Illinois. ...
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Jada Browne
(Obituary ~ 07/21/22)
Jada Browne, 22, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at her home.. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday at Ford and Sons Jackson Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home with the Brother Jim Matthews officiating. Burial will be at Williams Cemetery in Perkins, Missouri...
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Jerry Blank
(Obituary ~ 07/21/22)
Everett Gerald "Jerry" Blank, 86, of Mabank, Texas, formerly of Scott City and Cape Girardeau, died May 11, 2022 in Grapevine, Texas. A funeral Mass of Christian burial was held on July 9 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Scott City followed by burial in the church cemetery...
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Doris Balogh
(Obituary ~ 07/21/22)
Doris L. Balogh, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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Sesame-oat crumble makes the perfect ice cream topping
(Community ~ 07/21/22)
For a sophisticated summertime dessert, it's not always necessary to reinvent the wheel. A classic ice cream sundae will hit the spot with the right toppings. It's partly what we had in mind when developing this recipe for a sesame oat crumble in our book "Milk Street Tuesday Nights," which limits recipes to 45 minutes or less. This simple baked topping is a great way to add a nutty crunch to ice cream, though of course it also would improve other sweets, as well as breakfast yogurt...
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2 indicted in migrant death-trailer case that left 53 dead
(National News ~ 07/21/22)
Two men were indicted Wednesday in the case of a hot, airless tractor-trailer rig found last month with 53 dead or dying migrants in San Antonio, officials said. A federal grand jury in San Antonio indicted Homero Zamorano Jr., 46, and Christian Martinez, 28, both of Pasadena, Texas, on counts of transporting and conspiring to transport migrants illegally resulting in death; and transporting and conspiring to transport migrants illegally resulting in serious injury...
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UK weather turmoil spurs calls to adapt to climate change
(International News ~ 07/21/22)
LONDON -- Britain's record-breaking heatwave has spurred calls for the government to speed up efforts to adapt to a changing climate, especially after wildfires created the busiest day for London firefighters since bombs rained down on the city during World War II...
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Indiana Republicans propose banning abortion with exceptions
(National News ~ 07/21/22)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Leaders of Indiana's Republican-dominated Senate on Wednesday proposed banning abortion with limited exceptions -- a move that comes amid a political firestorm over a 10-year-old rape victim who came to the state from neighboring Ohio to end her pregnancy...
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Trump, Pence rivalry intensifies as they consider 2024 runs
(National News ~ 07/21/22)
NEW YORK -- Former Vice President Mike Pence is becoming increasingly brazen in his willingness to counter former President Donald Trump. The two will hold dueling events in Arizona on Friday as they stump for rival candidates who offer dramatically different visions of the Republican Party in a critical battleground state. Days later, they will once again cross paths as they deliver major speeches on the same day in Washington, D.C...
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Biden announces modest climate actions; pledges more to come
(National News ~ 07/21/22)
SOMERSET, Mass. -- President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced modest new steps to combat climate change and promised more robust action to come, saying, "This is an emergency and I will look at it that way." The president stopped short, though, of declaring a formal climate emergency, which Democrats and environmental groups have been seeking after an influential Democratic senator quashed hopes for sweeping legislation to address global warming. Biden hinted such a step could be coming...
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Secret memo links citizenship question to apportionment
(National News ~ 07/21/22)
Trump officials tried to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census in a move experts said would benefit Republicans despite initial doubts among some in the administration it was legal, according to an investigative report released Wednesday by a congressional oversight committee...
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Senators propose changes to electors law after Capitol riot
(National News ~ 07/21/22)
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of senators agreed Wednesday on proposed changes to the Electoral Count Act, the post-Civil War-era law for certifying presidential elections that came under intense scrutiny after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and Donald Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election...
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'The mouth of a bear': Ukrainian refugees sent to Russia
(International News ~ 07/21/22)
NARVA, Estonia -- For weeks Natalya Zadoyanova had lost contact with her younger brother Dmitriy, who was trapped in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. Russian forces had bombed the orphanage where he worked, and he was huddling with dozens of others in the freezing basement of a building without doors and windows. When she next heard from him, he was in tears...
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Funeral held for Ivana Trump; ex-president pays tribute
(National News ~ 07/21/22)
NEW YORK -- Ivana Trump, the 1980s style icon and businesswoman who helped Donald Trump build the empire putting him on a road toward the White House, lived a "beautiful life," the former president recalled as loved ones paid final respects to her Wednesday...
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As recruiters struggle, Air Force seeks lift from 'Top Gun'
(National News ~ 07/21/22)
WASHINGTON -- When "Top Gun: Maverick" roared into theaters in late May, the Air Force was ready. The smash hit movie may feature Tom Cruise as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a hotshot Navy aviator, but to much of the movie-going public, the distinction between Air Force and Navy fighter jets is lost. ...
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