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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 12/1/22 meeting
(Local News ~ 12/01/22)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 1 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Approval of minutes of the Nov. 17 and 28 meetings Communications/reports — other selected officials/department heads n Updates on new jail and 1908 courthouse project...
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Dutch Meyr among group that acquired Cape's Business Park
(Local News ~ 12/01/22)
Longtime local businessman and former famed football coach Dutch Meyr is among those involved in the recent private acquisition of the Cape Girardeau Business Park from the City of Cape Girardeau. This fall, Meyr, who's part of the aptly named Touchdown Development Group LLC., along with three other individuals he declined to identify at this time purchased the plot of land — located near the interchange of Interstate 55 with East Main Street and LaSalle Avenue — for $2.7 million with $1.8 million upfront.. ...
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Alma Schrader students decorate dog treats for Southeast Missouri Pets
(Local News ~ 12/01/22)
Mississippi Mutts pet supply store provided dog treats for 25 students to decorate on Wednesday, Nov. 30, at Alma Schrader Elementary School in Cape Girardeau. The decorated dog treats will be donated to Southeast Missouri Pets. Heather Randle, behavior interventionist for Alma Schrader, said the students were all recipients of "Good Character" awards...
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Big Band Holiday Jukebox set for this weekend
(Local News ~ 12/01/22)
Big Band Holiday Jukebox returns Friday, Dec. 2, and Saturday, Dec. 3, at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus. This holiday tradition, performed in Bedell Performance Hall, is a collaboration of the students and faculty of Southeast Jazz Studio, the Department of Music and the Jeanine Larson Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre and Dance...
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Keep Moving: Ways to stay active during the wintertime
(Community News ~ 12/01/22)
The days are shorter. The weather is colder. It’s dark when you drive to work, and it’s dark when you drive home. When you have free time, you’re tempted to use it for napping, watching television and eating comfort foods. The last thing you want to do in the winter is exercise...
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Scout Hall Opens New Restaurants, Boutique in Downtown Cape Girardeau: Let the Good Times Roll
(Local News ~ 12/01/22)
What started in the early 1900s as a department store turned movie theater turned newspaper building is now a destination block with the opening of Scout Hall. Three restaurants — an authentic woodfire stove Italian haven named SPECK, an Omakase sushi experience and a true American diner with Kenny’s Flippin burgers — set the table for a unique culinary experience. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/01/22)
Today is Thursday, Dec. 1, the 335th day of 2022. There are 30 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 1, 1991, Ukrainians voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union. On this date: In 1824, the presidential election was turned over to the U.S. House of Representatives when a deadlock developed among John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford and Henry Clay. (Adams ended up the winner.)...
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Speak Out 12-1-22
(Speak Out ~ 12/01/22)
My wife and I live just off Cape Rock by the Perryville Road intersection. Wednesday evening I noticed a water leak on Cape Rock, so I called it in. This is Saturday and we still don't have pressure, and neither do our neighbors. Why do we pay taxes if the water department won't do their job? I know it was a holiday, but that's their job it shouldn't matter if there's a leak, it should be fixed! Everyone down our street had friends and family visit and they don't know if they can drink the water. ...
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Prayer 12-1-22
(Prayer ~ 12/01/22)
O Lord Jesus, blessed be your name, the name above all. Amen.
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Reining in big government
(Column ~ 12/01/22)
"The least government is the best government. We should have just as little as we can get along with." Those are the wise words of Harry S Truman, a proud Missouri native and America's 33rd president. It's been several decades since he spoke those words, yet they still ring true today. ...
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Out of the past: Dec. 1
(Out of the Past ~ 12/01/22)
Opponents of a proposed halfway house say they'll be giving the Cape Girardeau City Council an earful at a public hearing on the proposal tonight; the city's Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approving the Gibson Center's request for a rezoning and special use permit to operate the halfway house, which would house 16 to 20 inmates who are within 90 days of their release dates; parents of students at nearby Parkview State School for the Severely Handicapped and residents in the area say they're worried about security risks from the inmates; no guards will patrol the facility, and opponents are concerned about what types of offenders will be living at the center.. ...
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Fire report 12-1-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/01/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. n Medical assists were made at 2:54 a.m. on Towers Circle; 9:36 a.m. on William Street; 9:50 a.m. at Walnut and Linden streets; 10:18 a.m. on Johnson and Roberts streets; 4:35 p.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 6:47 p.m. on Hawthorne Road; 9:06 p.m. on East Rodney Drive; and 11:21 p.m. on Dearmont Circle. ...
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Police report 12-1-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/01/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on Boxwood Drive. n A warrant arrest was reported. Thefts n Second-degree burglary was reported on South Ellis Street...
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Darlene Kay Tuschhoff
(Obituary ~ 12/01/22)
Darlene K. "Kay" Tuschhoff, 83, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, at Mercy South Hospital in St. Louis. She was born Sept. 19, 1939, in Peoria, Illinois, to Raymond Clifford and Josephine Margaret Beasley Guittar. She earned her cosmetology license from Liberty Beauty School in Peoria...
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Freeman Sebastian
(Obituary ~ 12/01/22)
Freeman Herman Sebastian, 94, formerly of Jackson, most recently of Cape Girardeau, left this world the way he did most everything -- in a quiet, dignified manner on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 20, 1928, near Whitewater, son of Hugo Henry and Amanda Wilhelmina Fluegge Sebastian. He and Shirley Ann Zeller were married Aug. 23, 1953, at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tilsit...
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Paul Quade
(Obituary ~ 12/01/22)
Paul L. Quade, 96, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, at his home. He was born July 10, 1926, in Cape Girardeau to the late Herbert and Frieda Quade. Paul and Erma Dee Quade were married Sept. 1, 1951. While Paul only had eight years of formal schooling, he had a master's degree of life. ...
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Sandra Fann
(Obituary ~ 12/01/22)
Sandra F. Fann, 72, of Jackson passed away, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, at home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Nov. 13, 1950, in Cairo, Illinois, the daughter of Clyde Virgil "CV" and Dorothy Fuller Dunn. She and Gary Don Fann were married June 9, 1979. He preceded her in death July 16, 2013...
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Amazon deforestation in Brazil remains near 15-year high
(National News ~ 12/01/22)
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon slowed slightly last year, a year after a 15-year high, according to closely watched numbers published Wednesday. The data was released by the National Institute for Space Research. The agency's Prodes monitoring system shows the rainforest lost an area roughly the size of Qatar, some 4,500 square miles in the 12 months from August 2021 to July 2022...
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Egyptians call on British Museum to return Rosetta stone
(National News ~ 12/01/22)
CAIRO -- The debate over who owns ancient artifacts has been an increasing challenge to museums across Europe and America, and the spotlight has fallen on the most visited piece in the British Museum: The Rosetta stone. The inscriptions on the dark grey granite slab became the seminal breakthrough in deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics after it was taken from Egypt by forces of the British empire in 1801...
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China vows crackdown on 'hostile forces' as public tests Xi
(National News ~ 12/01/22)
BEIJING -- China's ruling Communist Party has vowed to "resolutely crack down on infiltration and sabotage activities by hostile forces," following the largest street demonstrations in decades by citizens fed up with strict anti-virus restrictions. A massive show of force by the security services Wednesday sought to deter further protests...
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Treasury making Trump taxes available to House committee
(National News ~ 12/01/22)
WASHINGTON -- The Treasury Department said Wednesday it has complied with a court order to make former President Donald Trump's tax returns available to a congressional committee. The Supreme Court last week rejected Trump's request for an order that would have prevented the Treasury Department from giving six years of tax returns for Trump and some of his businesses to the Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee...
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Tornadoes fueled by record highs wreck homes in South
(National News ~ 12/01/22)
WETUMPKA, Ala. -- Tornadoes damaged numerous homes, destroyed a fire station, briefly trapped people in a grocery store and ripped the roof off an apartment complex in Mississippi, while two people died as a tree crunched their mobile home in Alabama, authorities said Wednesday...
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Landmark same-sex marriage bill passed in Senate by 61-36 vote
(National News ~ 12/01/22)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate passed bipartisan legislation Tuesday to protect same-sex marriages, an extraordinary sign of shifting national politics on the issue and a measure of relief for the hundreds of thousands of same-sex couples who have married since the Supreme Court's 2015 decision that legalized gay marriage nationwide...
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NATO allies vow to back Moldova, Georgia, Bosnia
(International News ~ 12/01/22)
BUCHAREST -- Apart from Ukraine, Moldova has been hit hardest by Russia's invasion of its neighbor, the Moldovan foreign minister said Wednesday, as NATO offered fresh support to three countries shaken by the effects of Moscow's 10-month-old war. Nicu Popescu told The Associated Press in an interview in Romania's capital that "we want to be expanding our cooperation with partners who support Moldova ... that includes the European Union (and) NATO."...
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AG: Penalize doctor who spoke of Ohio 10-year-old's abortion
(National News ~ 12/01/22)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana's Republican attorney general on Wednesday asked the state medical licensing board to discipline an Indianapolis doctor who has spoken publicly about providing an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim who traveled from Ohio after its more-restrictive abortion law took effect...
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Jeffries wins historic bid to lead House Dems after Pelosi
(National News ~ 12/01/22)
WASHINGTON -- House Democrats ushered in a new generation of leaders on Wednesday with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries elected to be the first Black American to head a major political party in Congress at a pivotal time as long-serving Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her team step aside next year...
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Higher food prices worsen hunger crisis this holiday season
(National News ~ 12/01/22)
WASHINGTON -- Staffers at Bread for the City, a venerable charity in the nation's capital, thought they were prepared for this year's annual pre-Thanksgiving Holiday Helpers food giveaway. The pandemic had faded, but inflation was high, so they budgeted to give out 12,000 meals, 20% higher than normal pre-pandemic levels...
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House votes to avert rail strike, impose deal on unions
(National News ~ 12/01/22)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House moved urgently to head off the looming nationwide rail strike on Wednesday, passing a bill that would bind companies and workers to a proposed settlement that was reached in September but rejected by some of the 12 unions involved...
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Mary Ann's favorite things: A snack homage
(Column ~ 12/01/22)
It has been brought to my attention that an entire generation of young adults exist who either don't know Oprah Winfrey or do not fully grasp what she has accomplished in her career. This was brought to my attention via a tweet or a meme, which almost seems disrespectful...
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A whole lot of Christmas cookie recipes
(Column ~ 12/01/22)
Each year, I try to share an entire column of cookie recipes with you as a kickoff to Christmas cookie baking season. Many of these cookies freeze well, so you can get a jump on all that needs to be done in the weeks ahead. Tomorrow marks the 24th year of this recipe column (I think), and what a fun way to kick off another year than with lots of cookies!...
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