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Made the day a little hotter
(Local News ~ 08/24/22)
Capt. David Uptmor, left, and Greg Foote of Cape Girardeau Fire Department respond to a debris fire Tuesday afternoon behind U.S. Bank on North Kingshighway.
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Sprigg Street work continues
(Local News ~ 08/24/22)
Chris Obery, left, and Jared Miller, employees of MNT Industrial Underground, dig concrete along South Sprigg Street where ongoing repairs have shut off sections of the roadway, resulting in detours for drivers.
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Area highway fatality update — state death rates stay high
(Local News ~ 08/24/22)
According to Missouri Coalition for Highway Safety, the 598 roadway fatalities thus far statewide in 2022 are tracking to meet or exceed the 1,016 who died on state thoroughfares in 2021. Last year's figure reversed a 15-year trend of steady declines in the death rate...
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Cape County Public Health Center Board reapproves tax levy rate
(Local News ~ 08/24/22)
The Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center Board of Trustees voted unanimously at Tuesday's meeting to adopt the 2022 tax levy rate as a part of the health center's 2023 budget. The property tax levy, which was first approved by county voters in August 1986 to form the health department, has a current rate of 96 cents per $1,000 of property valuation. The levy is below the threshold of Missouri state law, which allows for the rate to be raised to $1 per $1,000 of property valuation...
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Staff shortage forces Cape Splash to close early
(Local News ~ 08/24/22)
Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center will shutter operations early this year, citing staff shortages. The waterpark located at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau has a traditional season running from May through Labor Day, open only on weekends the last few weeks. ...
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Construction of new Houck Stadium begins next week
(Local News ~ 08/24/22)
Work to build a substantially renovated Houck Stadium on the Southeast Missouri State University campus will begin Sept. 1 after SEMO's Board of Governors on Tuesday unanimously OK'd a $15,978,100 bid from Fager-McGee of Murphysboro, Illinois, for Phase I of what is being termed "a new transformational multiuse complex."...
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Athletics director: Cape Central student-athlete participation is growing
(Local News ~ 08/24/22)
More students are participating in sports in the Cape Girardeau School District, according to its athletics director. Tyson Moyers told school board members Monday night that student-athlete participation numbers are growing. Moyers spoke at the Cape Girardeau School Board meeting Monday night for the first time in his new role...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/24/22)
Today is Wednesday, Aug. 24, the 236th day of 2022. There are 129 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 24, A.D. 79, long-dormant Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in volcanic ash; an estimated 20,000 people died...
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Danish adoptees call for S. Korea to probe adoptions
(International News ~ 08/24/22)
SEOUL, South Korea -- Dozens of South Koreans adopted by Danish parents decades ago have formally demanded the South Korean government investigate their adoptions, which they say were marred by widespread practices that falsified or obscured children's origins...
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Ukraine fears attacks on national holiday
(International News ~ 08/24/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- The sense of dread deepened Tuesday in Ukraine because of warnings that Russia may try to spoil the country's Independence Day holiday and mark the war's six-month point with intensified attacks. The U.S. reinforced the worry with a security alert citing "information that Russia is stepping up efforts to launch strikes against Ukraine's civilian infrastructure and government facilities in the coming days." As it has done previously, it urged American citizens to "depart Ukraine now.". ...
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Family struck by grief after 6 lost in Egypt fire
(International News ~ 08/24/22)
IMBABA, Egypt -- For Mariam Habeib, the grief seems never ending: She lost her older sister, two nieces and a niece's three young children in an intense fire that engulfed a church in Egypt's capital during a recent service and killed 41 people. The Coptic Christian community is one of the world's oldest, and no stranger to sadness. ...
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Its largest lake is so dry, China digs deep to water crops
(National News ~ 08/24/22)
BEIJING -- With China's biggest freshwater lake reduced to just 25% of its usual size by a severe drought, work crews are digging trenches to keep water flowing to one of the country's key rice-growing regions. The dramatic decline of Poyang Lake in the landlocked southeastern province of Jiangxi had otherwise cut off irrigation channels to nearby farmlands. ...
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Hopi teens see need for skateboarding park, create it
(National News ~ 08/24/22)
VILLAGE OF TEWA, Ariz. -- They skateboarded on basketball courts and in parking lots, through highway intersections and down roads that twist from the mesas that rise above the high desert. They set up tricks with old railroad ties and lumber, sometimes using their own skateboards to move the materials in place. During a pandemic that led to lockdowns, curfews and mask mandates on the Hopi reservation, the solo nature of skateboarding was a comfort...
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Whistleblower accuses Twitter of cybersecurity negligence
(National News ~ 08/24/22)
A former head of security at Twitter alleged that the company misled regulators about its poor cybersecurity defenses and its negligence in attempting to root out fake accounts that spread disinformation, according to a whistleblower complaint filed with U.S. officials...
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More than 100 classified Trump docs recovered back in January
(National News ~ 08/24/22)
WASHINGTON -- The National Archives and Records Administration recovered more than 100 documents bearing classified markings, totaling more than 700 pages, from an initial batch of 15 boxes retrieved from Mar-a-Lago earlier this year, according to newly public government correspondence with the Trump legal team...
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Florida Democrats weighing candidates to challenge DeSantis
(National News ~ 08/24/22)
MIAMI -- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is poised to learn the identity of his general election opponent on Tuesday as Democrats choose between a man who spent a lifetime in politics -- much of it as a Republican -- and a woman casting herself as "something new" as she seeks the energy of her party's resurgent base...
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Two men convicted in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer
(National News ~ 08/24/22)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- A jury on Tuesday convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, delivering swift verdicts in a plot that was broken up by the FBI and described as a rallying cry for a U.S. civil war by anti-government extremists...
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Prayer 8-24-22
(Prayer ~ 08/24/22)
Lord Jesus, we praise you for you are our Savior, rescuer, deliverer, protector and healer. Amen.
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Area students return to the classroom. Here's to a good school year.
(Editorial ~ 08/24/22)
In Southeast Missouri, students attending many of the area's schools returned to the classroom over the last week. For some parents, back to school week came all too soon. For others, they were more than ready to send their kiddos back to the classroom...
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Race matching, other crazy theories destroying schools
(Column ~ 08/24/22)
Gov. Ron DeSantis nails it when he demands that teachers "educate children, not indoctrinate." As schools reopen, a war is raging to control the minds of students. On one side, the nation's largest teachers unions are pushing race consciousness, demonization of American history and graphic sex education, even in elementary school...
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Police report 8-24-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/24/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Assault n Third-degree domestic assault was reported on Merriwether Street. Thefts n Theft was reported on North Lorimier Street. n Theft of a motor vehicle/watercraft/aircraft was reported...
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Fire report 8-24-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/24/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Aug. 22 n Public service calls were made at 4:28 a.m. on South West End Boulevard; 12:44 p.m. on Fairview Drive; and 10 p.m. on Timon Way. n Medical assists were made at 4:29 p.m. on Pioneer Drive; 5:20 p.m. on Lakeshore Drive; 6:10 p.m. at North Louisiana Avenue and Independence Street; and 8:53 p.m. on Mimosa Drive...
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Elizabeth Leadbetter
(Obituary ~ 08/24/22)
GLEN ALLEN, Mo. — Elizabeth A. Leadbetter, 80, of Glen Allen died Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at StoneBridge Nursing Home in Marble Hill, Missouri. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with Pastor Jamie Hovis officiating. Burial will be in the Kinder Cemetery near Glen Allen...
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Stanley Holland
(Obituary ~ 08/24/22)
Stanley Wade Holland, 81, of Jackson passed away Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 29, 1941, in Wolf Island, Missouri, son of Pearl "Doc" and Nettie Belle Husk Holland. He and Virginia Meyers were married Nov. 1, 1958, in Wolf Island...
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Robert Hester
(Obituary ~ 08/24/22)
TUNICA, Miss. — Robert Eugene Hester, son to the late John Rossell and Eula Marie Schearf Hester, was born May 20, 1934, in Delta and departed this life to be with the Lord on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, in Tunica at the age of 88 years. He proudly served in the U.S. Air Force, both domestically and overseas, for more than 20 years until his retirement in 1975...
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Minnie Green
(Obituary ~ 08/24/22)
ADVANCE, Mo. — Minnie Ava Green of Advance passed on from this life Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, surrounded by family, at her son's home in Trinity, Texas. She was 86 years old. She was born Sept. 24, 1935, in Randles to the late Paul and Eva Lynn Schiwitz...
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Springfield high school asks teachers to remove gay pride flags
(State News ~ 08/24/22)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Protesters gathered at a Springfield high school after a principal asked teachers to remove gay pride flags from their classrooms just as the school year was beginning. Two protests were held Monday at Kickapoo High School in Springfield, where teachers were told last week to remove the pride flags because of a school district policy on employee speech and conduct, the Springfield News-Leader reported...
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New oversight plan means closer scrutiny of St. Louis police
(State News ~ 08/24/22)
ST. LOUIS — Eight years after Michael Brown's death pushed the St. Louis region front and center into the national debate over police accountability, the city's elected officials and its police associations are at odds over a new oversight plan. St. ...
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Out of the past: Aug. 24
(Out of the Past ~ 08/24/22)
New McKendree United Methodist Church in Jackson has entered into a "big sister" relationship with Frazer Memorial United Methodist Church in Montgomery, Alabama; two pastors and a lay member -- the Rev. Scott Lohse, the Rev. Richard Northcutt and Walt Pierce -- attended a Church Growth Seminar at Frazer Church Aug. 1-3; Frazer Memorial is one of the fastest growing United Methodist churches in America...
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First Day of School at Guardian Angel School
(Submitted Story ~ 08/24/22)
Welcome back students, parents, faculty, staff and Fr. Kelly. The first day of the 2022-2023 school year was Wednesday, August 24 at Guardian Angel School in Oran. After the 8 am Mass, Fr. Kelly came to the school and gave a blessing to all the students, teachers, and staff and a blessing for the school building. He walked down the student & teacher filled halls, sprinkling holy water on everyone and then into the cafeteria to bless the cooks. Father welcomed everyone back to school!...
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Scholarship Presentation
(Submitted Story ~ 08/24/22)
Premier Physical Therapy started a scholarship program beginning this year for team members with the job title of "Junior." A junior here at Premier Physical Therapy is a unique position with various duties, including, but not limited to: cleaning, organizing, running errands, assisting at the front desk, and helping with large events. ...
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