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CGPD adds 2 new officers, 1 communicator
(Local News ~ 09/27/22)
Two new officers and one communicator will join the ranks of the Cape Girardeau Police Department, the department announced Monday via its Facebook page. Patrolmen Will Sammut and Hunter Juden took their oaths at City Hall on Monday morning. Both have law enforcement experience and will begin field training immediately, the post said...
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1970s alive and well in production of Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing'
(Local News ~ 09/27/22)
"Much Ado About Nothing," by William Shakespeare, will be the first production this fall hosted by the Southeast Missouri State University Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre & Dance. Opening at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, the play will run seven performances through Sunday at Bedell Performance Hall in the River Campus Cultural Arts Center at 518 S. Fountain St. in Cape Girardeau...
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Perry County Sheriff Gary Schaaf set to retire at end of week
(Local News ~ 09/27/22)
Perry County, Missouri, will have a new head of law enforcement after Friday. Sheriff Gary Schaaf announced his retirement via a release on social media last week; he will vacate the post at midnight Friday. He said a lawsuit the sheriff filed against the county is the reason for his early retirement. In December 2018, Schaaf filed a case with the county alleging he was not being paid what he should be. The case was set to enter a jury trial at the end of this month...
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Albert Pujols has brought joy to fans on and off the field
(Column ~ 09/27/22)
It was a Sept. 3 game at Busch Stadium between the Cardinals and Cubs, and I was seated in right field. The Cardinals were in the middle of a playoff push, and the Cubs were just trying to make it through what had been an otherwise disappointing season. Still, these games are always fun. It's a classic baseball rivalry -- maybe the best in professional sports...
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Cape Chamber's Gilligan, Jackson Chamber's Gerau, address struggle to find workers
(Local News ~ 09/27/22)
The leaders of two chambers of commerce in Cape Girardeau County say it remains tough to find people to fill available jobs but indicate things may be improving. Rob Gilligan, president and CEO of Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce, told the Southeast Missourian he has had many conversations with managers, human resource directors and business owners in the region...
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Filing deadline for gas rebate nears, Wallingford weighs in
(Local News ~ 09/27/22)
State revenue officials say those who want rebates on Missouri's motor fuels tax have until the end of the week to return a form to get money back on gas purchases made from Oct. 1 to June 30. Department of Revenue director Wayne Wallingford of Cape Girardeau said previously that while information from gas tax receipts must be entered on the form in order for a rebate check to be generated, DOR does not wish motorists to mail in physical copies of service station-generated slips...
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A new way forward
(Column ~ 09/27/22)
"Texas doesn't own your body. You do," a billboard reads, with an image of a woman with her hands chained behind her back. It's part of an ad campaign launched by California Gov. Gavin Newsom in Indiana, Mississippi, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota and Texas. Another of the ads has a photo of a young woman who looks sad and scared. The text reads: "Need an abortion? California is ready to help." There's a link to California's abortion information website...
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Prayer 9-27-22
(Prayer ~ 09/27/22)
Lord Jesus, thank you that there is forgiveness through you, our Redeemer. Amen.
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Fire report 9-27-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/27/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Sept. 25 n Medical assists were made at 8:43 a.m. on North Street; 10:16 a.m. on West Cape Rock Drive; 11:03 a.m. at North Mount Auburn Road and Timberlane Drive; 11:53 a.m. on Timothy Circle; 4:35 p.m. on South West End Boulevard; and 5:51 p.m. on Independence Street...
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Police report 9-27-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/27/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported on Shawnee Parkway. n A Stoddard County, Missouri, warrant arrest was reported on North Pind Wood Lane...
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Linda Wood-Lummus
(Obituary ~ 09/27/22)
Linda Faye Wood-Lummus, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born May 3, 1940, in Centerville, Texas, to Virgil Wood and Marie Stafford Durst. She and James Robert Lummus were married Oct. 6, 1962, at Centerville...
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Kenneth Turnbough
(Obituary ~ 09/27/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Kenneth Louis Turnbough, 79, of Perryville died Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Visitation will continue from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday at Zion Lutheran Church in Crosstown, Missouri...
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Daniel Stelling
(Obituary ~ 09/27/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Daniel Alonzo Stelling, 61, of Perryville died Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, at his home. Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Memorial service will follow at 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Don Estes officiating. Military funeral honors will be provided by American Legion Post No. 133 and the Delta Team...
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James Shafer
(Obituary ~ 09/27/22)
James Leland "Jim" Shafer II, 68, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Thebes, Illinois, passed away at 7:40 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, at Jackson Manor. He was born Oct. 5, 1953, to James "Chief" and Genevia L. Guess Shafer in Cape Girardeau. James had a variety of jobs, including coroner and police officer in Alexander County, Illinois. ...
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Virginia Schnurbusch
(Obituary ~ 09/27/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Virginia Linebarger Schnurbusch, 91, of Perryville died Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville, with American Legion Auxiliary wake at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Visitation will continue from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the rosary being recited at 8:30 a.m. Thursday...
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Elvira Roth
(Obituary ~ 09/27/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Elvira Mathilda Roth, 98, of Perryville died Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, at Independence Care Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Young East Perry Funeral Home in Altenburg, Missouri. Visitation will continue from 9 to 10 a.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg...
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Nelson Morton
(Obituary ~ 09/27/22)
KAMPSVILLE, Ill. — Nelson V. Morton, 80, formerly of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, at his home in Kampsville. He was born Oct. 24, 1941, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to Clarence P. and Dorothy Webb Morton. He and Carol Reynolds were married April 22, 1962, in Jackson. They had been married 36 years, when Carol passed away Sept. 15, 1998...
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Brian Middleton
(Obituary ~ 09/27/22)
Brian Wade Middleton, 52, of Cape Girardeau passed Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, at his home with those he loved. He was born April 8, 1970, in Cape Girardeau to Willard and Judy Kain Middleton. Brian was a 1988 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School. He was an employee for BioKyowa for 29 years. Brian enjoyed riding motorcycles and loved his family and best friend, Harley...
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Robert Lance
(Obituary ~ 09/27/22)
Robert Dale Lance, 66, of Scott City died Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 23, 1956, in Cape Girardeau to Jack F. and Ruby Anna Rice Lance. He was a riverboat captain and was a member of Camaro Club in Cape Girardeau...
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Carolyn 'June' Kelley
(Obituary ~ 09/27/22)
Carolyn "June" Kelley, 84, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, at Landmark Hospital. She was born June 30, 1938, in Sedgewickville, Missouri, to the late Everett and Rita Looney Linebarger. She and Curtis "Skip" Kelley were married Nov. 6, 1955, in Jackson...
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Norman Ing
(Obituary ~ 09/27/22)
CHAFFEE, Mo. — Norman Eugene Ing, son of the late Norman Edward Ing and Mary Cotner-Ing, was born May 12,1950, in Cape Girardeau and departed his life Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, at his home in Chaffee, surrounded by family, at the age of 72 years. On May 3, 1977, he married Nettie Gail Jobe in Chaffee. She survives...
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Judith Bohnert
(Obituary ~ 09/27/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Judith K. Bohnert, 78, of Perryville died Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, at Independence Care Center. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Navy bribery fugitive 'Fat Leonard' seeks Venezuelan asylum
(National News ~ 09/27/22)
SAN DIEGO -- The fugitive defense contractor nicknamed "Fat Leonard" who orchestrated a huge bribery scheme involving dozens of U.S. Navy officials, has requested asylum in Venezuela, a law enforcement official said Monday, nearly a week after he was captured in the South American country...
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Russian military recruiter shot amid fear of Ukraine call-up
(National News ~ 09/27/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- A young man shot a Russian military officer at close range at an enlistment office Monday, an unusually bold attack reflecting resistance to Russian President Vladimir Putin's efforts to mobilize hundreds of thousands of more men to wage war on Ukraine...
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Bills would curtail objections at future Jan. 6 vote counts
(National News ~ 09/27/22)
WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress have officially objected to the results in four of the last six presidential elections, a partisan practice that has been legal for over a century but became much more fraught after a violent mob of then-President Donald Trump's supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol last year...
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Musk, Twitter CEO delay questioning ahead of October trial
(National News ~ 09/27/22)
WILMINGTON, Del. -- Tesla CEO Elon Musk was reprieved from questioning by Twitter lawyers Monday, according to several press reports. The billionaire had been scheduled to give a deposition in his high-stakes court fight with Twitter over whether he has to follow through with his agreement to buy the social platform for $44 billion...
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Chief: Man shot by Chicago police infiltrated SWAT training
(National News ~ 09/27/22)
CHICAGO -- A man climbed five stories of a fire escape to infiltrate a Chicago police facility Monday while officers were undergoing a SWAT training exercise and grabbed at least two guns before he was shot and wounded by police, the chief said. Police Superintendent David Brown said the suspect was taken to the hospital with injuries not considered to be life-threatening. One officer was taken to the hospital with a sprained ankle...
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Russia gives citizenship to ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden
(National News ~ 09/27/22)
MOSCOW -- Russia on Monday granted citizenship to former American intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who fled prosecution after he revealed highly classified U.S. surveillance programs to capture communications and data from around the world. A decree signed Monday by Russian President Vladimir Putin listed Snowden as one of 75 foreign citizens listed as being granted Russian citizenship. ...
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Cuba approves same-sex marriage in unusual referendum
(National News ~ 09/27/22)
HAVANA -- Cubans have approved a sweeping "family law" code that will allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt as well as redefining rights for children and grandparents, officials said Monday, though opposition in the national referendum was unusually strong on the Communist Party-governed island...
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Typhoon heroes: 5 Filipino rescuers drown in flooded village
(National News ~ 09/27/22)
SAN MIGUEL, Philippines -- Typhoon Noru left a trail of destruction in northern Philippine provinces on Monday with at least eight people dead, including a group of rescuers who were scrambling to save villagers trapped in floodwaters, officials said...
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Pakistan floods raise fears of hunger after crops wrecked
(National News ~ 09/27/22)
KHAIRPUR, Pakistan -- Like every year, Arz Mohammed had planted his little patch of land in southern Pakistan with cotton. The crop would earn him enough so that, as he puts it, his family of five wouldn't be reduced to begging. Then came the deluge...
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Lights out, ovens off: Europe preps for winter energy crisis
(National News ~ 09/27/22)
FRANKFURT, Germany -- As Europe heads into winter in the throes of an energy crisis, offices are getting chillier. Statues and historic buildings are going dark. Bakers who can't afford to heat their ovens are talking about giving up, while fruit and vegetable growers face letting greenhouses stand idle...
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Ukrainians scared by Russia's preordained referendums
(National News ~ 09/27/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- After seven months of war, many Ukrainians fear even more suffering and political repression as referendums orchestrated by the Kremlin portend Russia's imminent annexation of four occupied regions. Many residents fled the regions before the so-called referendums got underway, scared about being forced to vote or potentially being conscripted into the Russian army. ...
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Bank of England fails to reassure markets after pound plunge
(National News ~ 09/27/22)
LONDON -- The Bank of England sought to reassure financial markets after the British pound touched an all-time low against the U.S. dollar Monday, but its entreaty fell flat for investors concerned about a sweeping package of tax cuts that further jolted a faltering economy that the government's plan was meant to prop up...
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First female premier poised to take helm of Italy government
(National News ~ 09/27/22)
ROME -- A party with neo-fascist roots won the most votes in Italy's national election, setting the stage Monday for talks to form the country's first far right-led government since World War II, with Giorgia Meloni at the helm as Italy's first female premier...
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Putin's call-up fuels Russians' anger, protests, violence
(International News ~ 09/27/22)
TALLINN, Estonia -- Long lines of cars on roads snaking to Russia's border crossings with Georgia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia, and similar queues at airports. Angry demonstrations -- not just in Moscow and St. Petersburg -- but in the remote far north province of Yakutia and in the southern region of Dagestan, with women chasing a police officer and shouting, "No to war!"...
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Biden's mixed record forces some Dems into balancing act
(National News ~ 09/27/22)
CINCINNATI -- Democratic House candidate Greg Landsman can tick off how his party's control of Congress and the White House has benefited his city. The bipartisan infrastructure deal will mean upgrades to the heavily traveled highway bridge linking Cincinnati with its airport and northern Kentucky while bolstering a vital westside viaduct. COVID-19 relief funding meant training for more new police academy recruits. A sprawling spending package capped insulin prices...
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Hurricane Ian nears Cuba on path to strike Florida as Cat 4 storm
(National News ~ 09/27/22)
HAVANA -- Hurricane Ian was growing stronger as it approached the western tip of Cuba on a track to hit the west coast of Florida as a major hurricane as early as Wednesday. Ian was forecast to hit the western tip of Cuba as a major hurricane and then become an even stronger Category 4 with top winds of 140 mph over warm Gulf of Mexico waters before striking Florida...
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17 dead, 24 wounded in school shooting in Russia
(National News ~ 09/27/22)
MOSCOW -- A gunman opened fire in a school in central Russia on Monday, killing 17 people and wounding 24 others before shooting himself dead, authorities said. The shooting took place in School No. 88 in Izhevsk, a city 960 kilometers (600 miles) east of Moscow in the Udmurtia region...
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Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defense test
(National News ~ 09/27/22)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth. The galactic slam occurred at a harmless asteroid 7 million miles (11.3 million kilometers) away, with the spacecraft named Dart plowing into the space rock at 14,000 mph (22,500 kph). Scientists expected the impact to carve out a crater, hurl streams of rocks and dirt into space and, most importantly, alter the asteroid's orbit...
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Cape Girardeau Evening Lions Club Will Hold 2nd Annua Cornhole Tournament October 8
(Submitted Story ~ 09/27/22)
The Cape Girardeau Evening Lions Club will be holding their Second Annual Cornhole Tournament, Saturday, October 8 at The Library (Downtown Cape) with the bags flying at 3:30pm. The tournament will be double elimination which is great for those who aren't able to make it to cornhole tournaments often. The total payout will equal 50% of total registration...
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Cape Girardeau Evening Lions Club Welcomes Three New Members
(Submitted Story ~ 09/27/22)
Dr. Jacob Leet, the Membership Chair for the Cape Girardeau Evening Lions Club welcomes three new members at last meeting, including Dru Leet who works as a consultant, Paloma Scarpaci who has just completed a year working with KidSight MO and Nick Adkins, an Attorney with Little, Shellhammer, Richardson and Knowlan Law Offices. All three members reside in Jackson...
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Out of the past: Sept. 27
(Out of the Past ~ 09/27/22)
A petition drive aimed at gathering the signatures of more than 1 million people calling for repeal of the U.S. Tax Code is gathering momentum; the National Federation of Independent Business completed a week-long tax-petition tour of Missouri at the Show Me Center last night; the campaign, which began Tuesday at Independence, Missouri, home of President Harry S. Truman, will continue next week in a number of major cities throughout the United States in coming weeks...
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Mary Bagot
(Obituary ~ 09/27/22)
Mary Alice Chatham Bagot of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022, at her home. She was born Sept. 30, 1935, in Shreveport, Louisiana, the daughter of Robert C. and Thelma Brown Chatham. She graduated from Centenary College with a Bachelor of Science in education...
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