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Jackson man sentenced to federal prison for fraud
(Local News ~ 10/07/22)
A Jackson man has been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay millions in reimbursement for several felony convictions. Jamie McCoy, 42, pleaded guilty in November 2020 to health care fraud, making false statements related to health care matters and offering and paying illegal kickbacks for referrals. U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh sentenced him to 30 months in prison and ordered him to repay $7.5 million...
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Explainer: Tax cut trend reaches two-thirds of states (State News ~ 10/07/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — States brimming with cash are cutting taxes at a rapid pace. With the enactment Wednesday of an income tax cut in Missouri, about two-thirds of U.S. states have adopted some sort of tax relief in 2022. For taxpayers, the trend means billions of dollars back in their pockets. Some already have received rebate checks. Others, such as those in Missouri, will realize their tax savings over several years... -
Woodland hosts groundbreaking for new safe room (Local News ~ 10/07/22)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. — After years of planning, ground was broken last week on a safe room in the Woodland School District in Bollinger County. The building will be 9,200 square feet and designed per Federal Emergency Management Agency guidelines and was designed to shelter 1,125 people in the event of severe weather... -
Editorial: Recreational marijuana amendment would be disaster for Missouri (Editorial ~ 10/07/22)
Legalization of recreational marijuana will be on the November ballot in Missouri. Amendment 3, which garnered enough signatures to be placed on the ballot, would legalize “purchasing, possessing, consuming, using, delivering, manufacturing, and selling marijuana for personal use” for those older than age 21, according to the official ballot language. Additionally, it would allow certain marijuana-related non-violent offenses to be expunged... -
First round of water tests shows no contaminants; boil water advisory decision to come by Friday afternoon (Local News ~ 10/07/22)
Cape Girardeau officials announced Thursday afternoon the first round of water samples indicated no contaminants in the city's water supply, following a water main break earlier in the week. However, a second round of tests will need to show no contaminants before officials will lift the boil water advisory covering the city... -
City of Cape works to sell remainder of business park (Local News ~ 10/07/22)
Cape Girardeau City Council members on Monday unanimously approved the next step in selling the remaining portion of the Greater Cape Girardeau Business Park. The city is working to sell the remaining portion of the park to Touchdown Developer Group LLC. ... -
Response to Cape Girardeau water emergency hailed (Local News ~ 10/07/22)
This story is updated. Much of Thursday's Cape Girardeau County Commission meeting was devoted to an after-action report following Cape Girardeau's water issue earlier this week, a now-repaired leak in a 14-inch water main. The crisis, which came to light Monday evening, caused school closings, business disruptions, a run on bottled water at area stores and a lack of drinkable water for Cape Girardeau city residents... -
Bomb threat empties Scott City convenience store (Local News ~ 10/07/22)
About 4 p.m. Friday, Scott City police responded to a convenience store in response to an alleged bomb threat. Sgt. Cody Windbigler of Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Office said county authorities also responded to the scene. Windbigler said a white male with a backpack threatened that he had a bomb at the gas station, 3508 Nash Road. The man was taken into custody without incident, though the store was cleared while authorities investigated the scene... -
Prayer 10-7-22
(Prayer ~ 10/07/22)
O Heavenly Father, may we share your message of hope and redemption. Amen.
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Hispanics weren't what progressives thought
(Column ~ 10/07/22)
One of the most significant events in American politics is that Hispanics are, in effect, deciding that they are working-class voters rather than ethnic-grievance voters. This is so momentous because it means that Democrats can't rely on the monolithic Hispanic voting bloc they imagined would guarantee them an enduring electoral majority, and that the shift to the Republicans may be just beginning (the migration of working-class whites to the GOP has been happening over the course of a couple of generations).. ...
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The Russia-Ukraine war is not result of a failure of dialogue
(Column ~ 10/07/22)
It's an article of various faiths -- both secular and religious -- that misunderstanding is the cause of conflict. This sort of insight is generally true for individuals, so it's often considered equally true of nations. Hence vast amounts of antiwar activism and state-level diplomacy rest on the assumption that nations are like people and if we can just get adversaries to talk to each other, and thereby to understand each other's perspective, the bloodshed will end or be avoided in the first place.. ...
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Fire report 10-7-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/07/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Oct. 5 n Medical assists were made at 1:01 p.m. on Northwoods Court; 11:37 p.m. on McKenna Drive; and 11:40 p.m. on Broadway. n At 9:03 p.m., hazardous condition on Themis Street...
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Police report 10-7-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/07/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest n A warrant arrest was reported on North Water Street. Assault n Third-degree assault was reported on Northwoods Court. Theft n Theft was reported on North Pacific Street...
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Mildred LeGrand
(Obituary ~ 10/07/22)
Mildred LeGrand, 97, of Benton, Missouri, died Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, at her home. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m., with rosary at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 9, at St. Denis Catholic Church in Benton. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 10, at St. Denis Catholic Church. Burial will be at St. Denis Cemetery...
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Phillip Bruckerhoff
(Obituary ~ 10/07/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Phillip Bruckerhoff, 63, of Perryville died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, at Mercy Hospital-Jefferson. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Visitation will continue from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville...
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Judy Tenuta, brash 'Goddess of Love' comedian, dies at 72 (Entertainment ~ 10/07/22)
LOS ANGELES -- Judy Tenuta, a brash standup who cheekily styled herself as the "Goddess of Love" and toured with George Carlin as she built her career in the 1980s golden age of comedy, died Thursday. She was 72. Tenuta died Thursday afternoon at home in Los Angeles, with her family around her, publicist Roger Neal told The Associated Press. The cause of death was ovarian cancer... -
Sweden seizes evidence at Baltic Sea pipeline leak site (National News ~ 10/07/22)
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Sweden's domestic security agency said Thursday that its preliminary investigation of leaks from two Russian gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea "has strengthened the suspicions of serious sabotage" as the cause and a prosecutor said evidence at the site has been seized... -
At least 66 US clinics have halted abortions, institute says (National News ~ 10/07/22)
At least 66 clinics in 15 states have stopped providing abortions since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to an analysis released Thursday. The number of clinics providing abortions in the 15 states dropped from 79 before the June 24 decision to 13 as of Oct. 2, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights... -
Walker sticks to abortion denial, blames Democrats (National News ~ 10/07/22)
WADLEY, Ga. -- Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker remained defiant Thursday after successive reports alleging that he encouraged and paid for a woman's 2009 abortion and later fathered a child with her. Digging in on his denials of The Daily Beast's reporting, Walker, a football icon turned celebrity politician and staunch abortion foe, blamed the stories on Democrats and their "desperation" -- a defensive tactic that Walker's friend and ally, former President Donald Trump, used to weather myriad controversies on his way to the White House.. ... -
Whistleblower: 665 left FBI over misconduct in two decades (National News ~ 10/07/22)
WASHINGTON -- A U.S. senator is pressing the FBI for more information after a whistleblower alleged that an internal review found 665 FBI personnel have resigned or retired to avoid accountability in misconduct probes over the past two decades. The whistleblower told the office of Iowa Sen. ... -
French writer Annie Ernaux awarded Nobel Prize in literature (National News ~ 10/07/22)
PARIS -- French author Annie Ernaux won this year's Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for blending fiction and autobiography in books that fearlessly mine her experiences as a working-class woman to explore life in France since the 1940s. In more than 20 books published over five decades, Ernaux has probed deeply personal experiences and feelings - love, sex, abortion, shame - within a society split by gender and class divisions... -
Biden: IBM investment to help in tech competition with China (National News ~ 10/07/22)
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- President Joe Biden predicted Thursday a $20 billion investment by IBM in New York's Hudson River Valley will help give the United States a technological edge against China, hailing the expansion during an appearance with two House Democrats in competitive races in next month's critical elections... -
Ex-Oath Keeper: Group leader claimed Secret Service contact (National News ~ 10/07/22)
WASHINGTON -- Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes told a member of the extremist group before the 2020 election that he had a contact in the Secret Service, a witness testified Thursday in Rhodes' Capitol riot trial. John Zimmerman, who was part of the North Carolina chapter, told jurors that Rhodes claimed to have a Secret Service agent's number and to have spoken with the agent about the logistics of a September 2020 rally that then-President Donald Trump held in Fayetteville, North Carolina... -
2 Russians seek asylum after reaching remote Alaska island (National News ~ 10/07/22)
JUNEAU, Alaska -- Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing in a small boat on a remote Alaska island in the Bering Sea, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's office said Thursday. Karina Borger, a spokesperson for the Alaska Republican senator, said in an email that the office has been in communication with the U.S. ... -
US hits Iran with more sanctions over Mahsa Amini death (National News ~ 10/07/22)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. on Thursday imposed more sanctions on Iranian government officials in response to the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, as protests have embroiled dozens of Iranian cities for weeks and evolved into the most widespread challenge to Iran's leadership in years... -
Survivors tell grim tale of southern Greek migrant shipwreck (National News ~ 10/07/22)
KYTHIRA, Greece -- Many had embarked on the stomach-churning sea journey before; many will follow. Survivors of one of the latest fatal shipwrecks involving Europe-bound migrants say the omens were bad even as the sailboat they traveled on slipped off from Turkey on Monday under cover of night, ultimately bound for Italy... -
Uvalde schools fire ex-Texas trooper who was at shooting (National News ~ 10/07/22)
AUSTIN, Texas -- New outrage ripped through Uvalde on Thursday over revelations that a school police officer hired after the Robb Elementary massacre was not only on campus during the May attack as a Texas state trooper but under investigation over her actions while a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers... -
Family of victim in 'Serial' case asks court to halt case (National News ~ 10/07/22)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The family of the victim in the murder case chronicled in the first season of the "Serial" podcast has asked Maryland's intermediate appellate court to halt Adnan Syed's court case pending the family's appeal of a judge's overturning of Syed's murder conviction... -
A bump and a miss: Saudi oil cut slaps down Biden's outreach (National News ~ 10/07/22)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden on Thursday effectively acknowledged the failure of one of his biggest and most humiliating foreign policy gambles: a fist-bump with the de facto leader of Saudi Arabia, the crown prince associated with human rights abuses... -
Ian evacuees return to mud, rubble as death toll hits 101 (National News ~ 10/07/22)
SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla. -- Rotting fish and garbage lie scattered in Sanibel Island's streets. On the mainland, debris from washed-away homes is heaped in a canal like matchsticks. Huge shrimp boats sit perched amid the remains of a mobile home park. "Think of a snow globe. Pick it up and shake it -- that's what happened," said Fred Szott... -
Europe hails united stand over Russia's war in Ukraine (National News ~ 10/07/22)
PRAGUE -- Leaders across Europe hailed on Thursday their united front against Russia's war on Ukraine at a summit that also saw the heads of old foes Turkey and Armenia meet face-to-face for the first time since they agreed last year to put decades of bitterness behind them... -
Judge delays Twitter trial, gives Musk time to seal buyout (National News ~ 10/07/22)
A judge has delayed a looming trial between Twitter and Elon Musk, giving the Tesla CEO more time to close his $44 billion deal to buy the company after months spent fighting to get out of it. Musk had asked to halt the upcoming Delaware court trial, where the Tesla billionaire was expected to fare poorly against Twitter's lawsuit to force him to complete his April merger agreement. Musk revived the takeover offer on Monday but said he needed time to get the financing in order... -
Riot plea: Proud Boys member admits to seditious conspiracy (National News ~ 10/07/22)
WASHINGTON -- A North Carolina man pleaded guilty Thursday to plotting with other members of the far-right Proud Boys to violently stop the transfer of presidential power after the 2020 election, making him the first member of the extremist group to plead guilty to a seditious conspiracy charge... -
New survey suggests little progress against teen vaping (Community ~ 10/07/22)
NEW YORK -- The latest government study on teen vaping suggests there's been little progress in keeping e-cigarettes out of the hands of kids. The data seems to show more high school students vaping, with 14% saying they had done so recently, according to survey results released Thursday. In last year's survey, about 11% said they had vaped recently... -
'Our worst fears': Kidnapped baby, parents, uncle found dead (National News ~ 10/07/22)
SAN FRANCISCO -- A baby girl, her parents and uncle were found dead in a central California orchard two days after they were kidnapped at gunpoint from their business, police said. "Our worst fears have been confirmed," Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke said at a Wednesday night news conference... -
Homelessness surging in many cities across country (National News ~ 10/07/22)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- In California's capital, massive tent encampments have risen along the American River and highway overpasses have become havens for homeless people, whose numbers have jumped a staggering nearly 70% over two years. Among the 9,300 without a home is Eric Santos, who lost his job at a brewery and was evicted from his apartment in July. Now he carries a list of places where free meals are available and a bucket to mix soap and water to wash his hands, and to sit on... -
Biden pardons thousands for 'simple possession' of marijuana (National News ~ 10/07/22)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden is pardoning thousands of Americans convicted of "simple possession" of marijuana under federal law, as his administration takes a dramatic step toward decriminalizing the drug and addressing charging practices that disproportionately impact people of color... -
North Korea flies warplanes near South Korea after missile launches (International News ~ 10/07/22)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea flew 12 warplanes near its border with South Korea on Thursday, prompting the South to scramble 30 military aircraft in response, Seoul officials said. The highly unusual incident came hours after North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the sea in its sixth round of missile tests in less than two weeks... -
Former cop kills 36 at Thai day care center (International News ~ 10/07/22)
UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand -- A former police officer facing a drug charge burst into a day care center Thursday in Thailand, killing dozens of preschoolers and teachers and then shooting more people as he fled. At least 36 people were slain in the deadliest rampage in the nation's history... -
IMF warns of higher recession risk and darker global outlook (International News ~ 10/07/22)
WASHINGTON -- Two principal economists painted very different pictures Thursday of what the global economy will look like in the coming years. Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, told an audience at Georgetown University on Thursday that the IMF is once again lowering its projections for global economic growth in 2023, projecting world economic growth lower by $4 trillion through 2026... -
Russia strikes apartments; refugees stopped at Ukraine border (International News ~ 10/07/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russian missiles hit apartment buildings in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Thursday, a local official said, killing three people and wounding at least 12 in a region that houses Europe's biggest nuclear power plant and which Moscow has illegally annexed... -
Florida drop tower will be taken down after teenager's death (State News ~ 10/07/22)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A towering amusement ride in central Florida's tourism district where a Missouri teen fell to his death will be taken down because of the accident, the owner said Thursday... -
Out of the past: Oct. 7 (Out of the Past ~ 10/07/22)
The City of Cape Girardeau's purchase of the former Boatmen's Bank facility at Broadway and Main Street should be a done deal by the end of the week; the City Council last night authorized City Manager Michael Miller to negotiate the sales contact; the building will house the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau, now at 2121 Broadway... -
Cape New Halloween Additions (Submitted Story ~ 10/07/22)
New Halloween additions have been increased in the Brookwood neighborhood in Cape Girardeau. They are numerous and very detailed. It is worth a trip during the day or night to view this annual display.
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