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Route T in Bollinger County closed for drainage work
(Local News ~ 01/18/23)
Route T in Bollinger County — from Route AB to County Road 434 near Drum, Missouri — will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a culvert under the road, according to a MoDOT news release. The work will be done from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20...
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Sikeston 2023 Street and Drainage Plan approved
(Local News ~ 01/18/23)
SIKESTON, Mo. — The 2023 Street and Drainage Improvement Plan, one of the city's most ambitious plans yet, has been approved by the Sikeston City Council. Jay Lancaster, director of Public Works, presented this year's improvement plan to the City Council on Jan. 9...
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Missouri Treasurer Vivek Malek takes office
(State News ~ 01/18/23)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Republican Treasurer Vivek Malek officially became Missouri's first non-white state officeholder during a Tuesday ceremony. The 45-year-old attorney from the St. Louis suburb of Wildwood took the oath of office surrounded by family and at least 200 supporters. He's an immigrant from northern India...
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Car crashes into Cape home Monday night
(Local News ~ 01/18/23)
A car crashed into a house around 8:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16, in the 1400 block of Big Bend Road in Cape Girardeau. The driver — who was the sole occupant of the vehicle — sustained minor injuries and was transported from the scene by emergency responders...
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Retiring Kent Peetz reflects on career with City of Jackson
(Local News ~ 01/18/23)
Kent Peetz is quite definitive about the importance of public works in our lives. Peetz, who will retire Wednesday, Jan. 25, after more than 17 years with City of Jackson, puts his thoughts in stark terms. "Modern civilization cannot survive without public works," said Peetz, who became Jackson's Public Works director in 2018. "People take for granted when they turn the water tap on, water will be there, that it will be safe to cook with or to give your baby."...
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Birthright to celebrate 50 years
(Local News ~ 01/18/23)
Birthright of Cape Girardeau will be celebrating its 50th anniversary Sunday, Jan. 22, in the upper room of the Knights of Columbus Hall in Jackson. Birthright of Cape Girardeau's director, Kim Sellers, said the celebration is a bit early. "The actual day of the anniversary is Aug. 6," Sellers said. "But, since so many people will be busy preparing for the new school year, we decided now would be a better time for everyone."...
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A mother's tale of hardship and triumph
(Column ~ 01/18/23)
Have you ever been on a roller coaster and felt like your stomach was falling out of your body? That's the closest Gina can get to describing what it was like to see her unborn son, Jeremiah, on a sonogram for the first time. She was 17 and living with her grandmother. Jeremiah's father was facing criminal charges because of her age. Deciding not to have an abortion was "scary" -- because it was choosing not to make it all "go away," she says...
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No, you can't believe 'the science'
(Column ~ 01/18/23)
Copernicus surely had no idea when he got the Scientific Revolution underway in the 16th century that an unintended effect would be empowering agenda-driven bullies and fanatics. Of course, science is a pillar of modern life for which we should be deeply grateful. It has given us longer and healthier lives, incredible material abundance, and abilities that were unfathomable a few generations ago...
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Prayer 1-18-23
(Prayer ~ 01/18/23)
O Lord Jesus, thank you for the gift of eternal life through you. Amen.
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Jackson Chamber recognizes community leaders at annual dinner
(Editorial ~ 01/18/23)
More than 500 people attended the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner Friday night where business and education leaders were celebrated. Julie Rushing received the R.A. Fulenwider Award. Among her contributions, Rushing has been a leader in the local Feed My Starving Children food-packing effort with New McKendree United Methodist Church and other area churches...
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Fire report 1-18-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/18/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Jan. 16 n Medical assists were made at 5 a.m. on Longview Drive; 5:27 a.m. on Oak Hills Drive; 10:11 a.m. on Independence Street; 10:39 a.m. on Robin Hood Circle; 12:55 p.m. on New Madrid Street; 2:08 p.m. on Peach Tree Street; 3:02 p.m. on Whitener Street; and 3:46 p.m. on New Madrid Street...
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Police report 1-18-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/18/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on South Spring Avenue. n A warrant arrest was reported on South Kingshighway. Assaults n Fourth-degree domestic assault was reported on Cambridge Drive...
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John Moneyhun
(Obituary ~ 01/18/23)
John Delano Moneyhun, 88, of Whitewater died Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, at Monticello House in Jackson. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 21, at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The Rev. Eddie Rhodes will conduct the funeral at noon Saturday, Jan. 21, at the funeral home, followed by military honors. Rhodes will conduct the committal service at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 23, at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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Marvin Margrabe
(Obituary ~ 01/18/23)
BENTON, Mo. — Marvin Anton Margrabe, 89, of Benton died Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, at his home, surrounded by family and friends. He was born Aug. 10, 1933, in Dutchtown to Robert and Mary Griffin Margrabe of Chaffee, Missouri. On Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 1953, he married the love of his life, Mary Heuring. They celebrated 68 years of marriage before her passing Sept. 14, 2021...
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Virginia Dahms
(Obituary ~ 01/18/23)
Virginia Goodman Dahms, 98, died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. Her cremains were buried at Lightner Cemetery in Scott City. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is assisting with arrangements...
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Ann Crites
(Obituary ~ 01/18/23)
Ann Elizabeth Crites, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, at her home. She was born Jan. 19, 1941, in Cape Girardeau to Lawrence W. and Bessie J. Allen Fuhrmann. She and Edward "Bud" Crites were married Feb. 14, 1960, at First Christian Church. He preceded her in death Jan. 20, 2017...
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Police arrest failed candidate in shootings at Democrats
(National News ~ 01/18/23)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A 39-year-old felon who overwhelmingly lost a bid for the New Mexico statehouse as a Republican paid for four men to shoot at Democratic lawmakers' homes in recent months, including one house where a 10-year-old girl was asleep, police said...
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White House defends its delayed, limited document disclosure
(National News ~ 01/18/23)
WASHINGTON -- The White House brushed aside criticism Tuesday of its fragmented disclosures about the discovery of classified documents and official records at President Joe Biden's home and former office, saying it may withhold information to protect the Justice Department's investigation...
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Jury selected for Elon Musk trial about Tesla buyout tweets
(National News ~ 01/18/23)
SAN FRANCISCO -- A nine-person jury was seated Tuesday to hear a trial that will determine whether Tesla CEO Elon Musk cheated investors by asserting in 2018 tweets that he had lined up financing to take the electric automaker private. The five-hour process set the stage for opening statements to begin Wednesday in the case, which is expected to include testimony from Musk to explain his thinking while engaged in one of his favorite activities -- tweeting on the Twitter service that he now owns...
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Greta Thunberg carried away by police at German mine protest
(International News ~ 01/18/23)
BERLIN -- Police in western Germany carried Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and other protesters away Tuesday from the edge of an open coal pit mine where they demonstrated against the ongoing destruction of a village to make way for the mine's expansion, German news agency dpa reported...
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Netherlands says it will send Patriot assistance to Ukraine
(National News ~ 01/18/23)
WASHINGTON -- Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte during a meeting with President Joe Biden on Tuesday said that the Netherlands plans to "join" the U.S. and Germany's efforts to train and arm Ukraine with advanced Patriot defense systems. Rutte in a brief appearance with Biden did not detail whether the Dutch are expected to send Patriot systems, take part in training or offer some other assistance related to deployment of Patriots. ...
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Humanlike pig livers may ease organ shortage
(National News ~ 01/18/23)
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- The ghostly form floating in a large jar had been the robust reddish-brown of a healthy organ just hours before. Now it's semitranslucent, white tubes like branches on a tree showing through. This is a pig liver that's gradually being transformed to look and act like a human one, part of scientists' long quest to ease the nation's transplant shortage by bioengineering replacement organs...
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Emerson reveals $7.6 billion bid for National Instruments
(National News ~ 01/18/23)
NEW YORK -- Emerson Electric Co. is going public with its $7.6 billion bid for National Instruments, saying the company has avoided serious buyout negotiations since early last year. Emerson bumped up its cash offer for the maker of scientific measuring equipment and software to $53 per share in November, up from a per-share offer of $48 that it had made back in May...
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Russian strike toll: 45 dead civilians, including 6 children
(International News ~ 01/18/23)
KYIV, Ukraine -- The death toll from the Ukraine war's deadliest attack on civilians at one location since last spring, a weekend Russian missile strike on a southeastern apartment building, has reached 45, officials said Tuesday. Those killed in the Saturday afternoon strike in Dnipro included six children, with 79 people injured, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on the Telegram messaging app. ...
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China records 1st population fall in decades as births drop
(International News ~ 01/18/23)
BEIJING -- China's population shrank for the first time in decades last year as its birthrate plunged, official figures showed Tuesday, adding to pressure on leaders to keep the economy growing despite an aging workforce and at a time of rising tension with the U.S...
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At Davos, Ukraine 1st lady urges leaders to 'use influence'
(International News ~ 01/18/23)
DAVOS, Switzerland -- Ukraine's first lady warned world leaders and corporate executives at the World Economic Forum's annual gathering in the Swiss town of Davos that not all of them were using their influence at a time when Russia's invasion leaves children dying and a world struggling with food insecurity...
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Yemen rebels, Saudis in back-channel talks to maintain truce
(International News ~ 01/18/23)
CAIRO -- Amid Yemen's longest-ever pause in fighting -- more than nine months -- Saudi Arabia and its rival, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, have revived back-channel talks, hoping to strengthen the informal cease-fire and lay out a path for a negotiated end to the long civil war, according to Yemeni, Saudi and U.N. officials...
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US drug trial opens for Mexico ex-security head
(International News ~ 01/18/23)
MEXICO CITY -- The man who was once Mexico's top security official and in charge of fighting the drug cartels was scheduled to go on trial Tuesday on charges he accepted millions of dollars in bribes in exchange for helping the powerful Sinaloa Cartel move drugs and its members avoid capture...
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Ex-Missouri police chief indicted in drug overdose death
(State News ~ 01/18/23)
LOUISIANA, Mo. -- The former police chief of a small northeast Missouri town is facing second-degree murder charges after his girlfriend's brother died of a drug overdose in his home last year. William E. Jones, 50, the former police chief in Louisiana, Missouri, was indicted by a Pike County grand jury on seven charges in the death of 24-year-old Gabriel Thone, who was found dead on the floor of a bedroom in Jones' house in October...
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California weather calms but storm damage seen as extensive
(National News ~ 01/18/23)
LOS ANGELES -- California's weather was calmer Tuesday after weeks of atmospheric rivers that slammed the state with damaging rains, wind and surf that flooded homes, highways and farm fields, collapsed hillsides and toppled countless trees. Tallying the damage will take time, but the number of homes and other structures that will be red-tagged as uninhabitable could be in the "low thousands," said Brian Ferguson, spokesperson for the Governor's Office of Emergency Services...
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Explainer: How ominous is the debt limit problem?
(National News ~ 01/18/23)
WASHINGTON -- On the brink of hitting the nation's legal borrowing limit Thursday, the government is resorting to "extraordinary measures" to avoid a default. Sounds ominous, right? But -- take a breath -- the phrase technically refers to a bunch of accounting workarounds. Yes, accounting...
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St. Louis students return to school where shooting occurred
(State News ~ 01/18/23)
ST. LOUIS -- A red carpet, welcome signs, cheers and high fives welcomed students back Tuesday at Central Visual Arts and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis, nearly three months after a young gunman killed two people and injured seven others in a rampage inside the school...
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Out of the past: Jan. 18
(Out of the Past ~ 01/18/23)
An ecumenical prayer service is held in the afternoon at the Cemetery of the Innocents to mark the 25th anniversary of legalized abortion in the United States; a reception follows at Drury Suites; the event is sponsored by the SEMO Lifesavers. New Bethel Baptist Church, just east of Pocahontas, near the intersection of county roads 532 and 525, celebrates its 125th anniversary; a basket lunch follows the 10:30 a.m. ...
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