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Missouri unemployment among US lowest, even lower in Cape Girardeau metro (Local News ~ 01/31/23)
Local economist David Yaskewich, who noted Missouri's historic low in the unemployment rate last fall, does not expect a spike in unemployment when new U.S. jobless figures are released Friday, Feb. 3. Yaskewich, chairman of Southeast Missouri State University's Accounting, Economics and Finance Department, said the state hit a record low of 2.4% in the jobless figure in September... -
SoutheastHEALTH to merge with Mercy (Local News ~ 01/31/23)
Competitor will become partner as SoutheastHEALTH president and chief executive officer Ken Bateman announced Monday, Jan. 30, the organization will merge with the Mercy system. According to a release, SoutheastHEALTH has signed a letter of intent with St. Louis-based Mercy, and officials expect the merger to be complete in the fall... -
Smith wrong on abortion
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/31/23)
After suffering through Rep. Jason Smith's latest inflammatory and dishonest attack on reproductive rights and health ("Standing for Life" 1/24/23), there is no doubt that "pro-life" legislation is rooted in Christian fundamentalism. The opinion that life begins at conception is a belief shared exclusively by a few overly zealous Christians. As Justice John Paul Stevens correctly stated in 1989, there is no secular reason for legislative declarations that life begins at conception...
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Prayer 1-31-23
(Prayer ~ 01/31/23)
O Heavenly Father, thank you that we have hope through your son Jesus. Amen.
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The differences between Biden, Trump document troves
(Column ~ 01/31/23)
Former President Donald Trump for now certainly seems to have had more documents labeled "classified" at Mar-a-Lago in Florida than did President Joe Biden at his various homes in Delaware. Yet otherwise, the comparisons between the two cases, contrary to popular punditry, hardly favor Biden...
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6th Memphis officer relieved of duty in Nichols arrest (National News ~ 01/31/23)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A sixth Memphis Police Department officer has been disciplined for his involvement in the brutal beating and arrest of Tyre Nichols, a department spokeswoman said Monday. Officer Preston Hemphill was relieved of duty shortly after the Jan. 7 arrest of Nichols, who died three days later at a hospital, Memphis police spokeswoman Karen Rudolph said. She did not disclose Hemphill's role in the arrest... -
Trump investigations: Georgia prosecutor ups anticipation (National News ~ 01/31/23)
ATLANTA -- Former President Donald Trump and his allies have been put on notice by a prosecutor, but the warning didn't come from anyone at the Justice Department. It was from a Georgia prosecutor who indicated she was likely to seek criminal charges soon in a two-year election subversion probe. ... -
Pakistan mosque suicide bomber kills 59, wounds 150 (International News ~ 01/31/23)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A suicide bomber struck a crowded mosque inside a police compound in Pakistan on Monday, causing the roof to collapse and killing at least 59 people and wounding more than 150 others, officials said. Most of the casualties were police officers. It was not clear how the bomber was able to slip into the walled compound, which houses the police headquarters in the northwestern city of Peshawar and is itself located in a high-security zone with other government buildings... -
Fire report 1-31-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/31/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Jan. 29 n Medical assist was made at 8:07 p.m. on South Benton Street. n At 1:10 a.m., hazardous condition on South Pacific Street. n At 2:54 p.m., fire alarm on Towers Circle...
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Jeffery Young (Obituary ~ 01/31/23)
Jeffery Adam Young passed away unexpectedly Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, at his Cape Girardeau home. Jeffery was born Sept. 19, 2000, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau to Robert Young Jr. and Angela Clover. He was an early graduate from Cape Girardeau Central High School, Class of 2019. He entered the workforce as a laborer and food industry worker... -
Kent Verhines (Obituary ~ 01/31/23)
C. Kent Verhines, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at his home. He was born Jan. 9, 1947, in Cape Girardeau to Kenneth A. and LaWanda L. Kimmich Verhines. He and Wanda Faye Verhines were married Sept. 4, 1980, at Cape Girardeau. He served in the National Guard... -
Mary Stone (Obituary ~ 01/31/23)
Mary L. Stone, 75, of Jackson passed away Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 27, 1947, in Bollinger County, Missouri, to Earl and Ruth Eaker Tipton. She and Larry Stone were married Sept. 11, 1965, in Lutesville, Missouri... -
Latisha Smith (Obituary ~ 01/31/23)
The family of Latisha Smith, 38, of Cape Girardeau is heartbroken to announce her death. She passed away Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. She was preceded in death by her mother, Sandra Smith. She left behind her son, Micah Turks, 8; sisters Tammy (Bowles) Hartis, Samantha Bowles and Jessica Brown; and brother, Philip Smith... -
Richard Ryan (Obituary ~ 01/31/23)
Richard Ryan, 91, of Jackson passed away peacefully Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 25, 1931, in Reidland, Kentucky, to Roy and Nancy Pugh Ryan. He and Donna Spears were married April 28, 1989, in Jackson, Missouri... -
Paul Miller (Obituary ~ 01/31/23)
Paul Edward Miller, 65, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at his home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Feb. 3, at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral service will be at noon Friday, Feb. 3, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Donny Ford officiating. Burial will follow at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield... -
David Holter
(Obituary ~ 01/31/23)
David Holter, 51, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at the funeral home, with Dr. Shawn Wasson officiating...
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Dorothy Gill (Obituary ~ 01/31/23)
Dorothy J. Gill, 95, of Cape Girardeau passed away peacefully Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. Born in Cape Girardeau on May 1, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Cecil and Martha Emma Davis. Dorothy was married to Richard C. Gill Sr. on Feb. 12, 1947. They resided in Cape Girardeau, where they had two children... -
Gerald Davis (Obituary ~ 01/31/23)
Gerald "Jerry" Davis, 76, passed away Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at his home in Jackson, with his family by his side. He was born Aug. 2, 1946, in Cape Girardeau. He was the son to the late Paul and Maxine Davis. Jerry was a graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School in 1964, where he met his wife, Roxie Houseman Davis. Roxie and Jerry were married in 1967. Jerry worked and ran the family farm with his father several years, and worked with Ramsey Plumbing and Heating doing sheet-metal work... -
Albert Carter (Obituary ~ 01/31/23)
Albert Lee Carter departed this life Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at his home in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 6, 1950, in Diehlstadt, Missouri, to Herman McElmurry and Robelian "Sis" Carter. Albert was a 1969 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School, where he was a member of the basketball team. ... -
Ted Carbaugh (Obituary ~ 01/31/23)
SIKESTON, Mo. — Ted Carbaugh, son of the late Harry Curtis Sr. and Tila Louise Letempt Carbaugh, was born Sept. 8, 1953, in East St. Louis, Illinois, and departed his life Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, at Sikeston Convalescent Center at the age of 69 years... -
Judy Bruhl
(Obituary ~ 01/31/23)
Judy Ann Bruhl, 73, died Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau after a brief illness. Services will be private for family only. Ford and Liley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Alice Ahrens (Obituary ~ 01/31/23)
Alice Ahrens, 85, of Jackson passed away Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 3, 1937, in Cape Girardeau to Martin and Martha Best Birk. She was baptized Oct. 24, 1937, and confirmed March 18, 1951, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit, also the church of her marriage to Charles Ahrens on April 28, 1957. ... -
Dolphins, humans both benefit from fishing collaboration (National News ~ 01/31/23)
A fishing community in southern Brazil has an unusual ally: wild dolphins. Accounts of people and dolphins working together to hunt fish go back millennia, from the time of the Roman Empire near what is now southern France to 19th century Queensland, Australia. ... -
Blinken urges Israel-Palestinian calm as violence soars (National News ~ 01/31/23)
JERUSALEM -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel and the Palestinians on Monday to ease tensions following a spike in violence that has put the region on edge. The bloodshed has alarmed the Biden administration as it attempts to find common ground with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new right-wing government... -
Ex-Twitter execs to testify on block of Hunter Biden story (National News ~ 01/31/23)
WASHINGTON -- Former Twitter employees are expected to testify next week before the House Oversight Committee about the social media platform's handling of reporting on President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden. The scheduled testimony, confirmed by the committee Monday, will be the first time the three former executives will appear before Congress to discuss the company's decision to initially block from Twitter a New York Post article on Hunter Biden's laptop in the weeks before the 2020 election.. ... -
Brazil's Bolsonaro applies for 6-month U.S. visitor visa (National News ~ 01/31/23)
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has filed a request for a six-month visitor visa to stay in the U.S., indicating he may have no immediate intention of returning home, where legal issues await. The application was first reported by The Financial Times, citing Bolsonaro's immigration lawyer, Felipe Alexandre. Contacted by The Associated Press, the lawyer's firm, AG Immigration, confirmed the report... -
Explainer: Will Europe's ban on Russian diesel hike global fuel prices? (National News ~ 01/31/23)
FRANKFURT, Germany -- Europe is taking another big step toward cutting its energy ties with Russia, banning imports of diesel fuel and other products made from crude oil in Russian refineries. The European Union ban takes effect Feb. 5 following its embargo on coal and most oil from Russia. The 27-nation bloc is trying to sever its last uses of Russian energy and stop feeding the Kremlin's war chest as the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine nears... -
5 Ukrainian civilians killed as warring sides mull next move (National News ~ 01/31/23)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Fighting remained largely deadlocked Monday in eastern Ukraine where Russian shelling killed five civilians over the past day, according to Ukrainian officials, as the warring sides sized up their needs for renewed military pushes expected in coming weeks... -
7th Memphis officer disciplined, EMTs fired in Nichols death (National News ~ 01/31/23)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The Memphis Police Department has disciplined two more officers involved in the arrest, beating and death of Tyre Nichols, the department said Monday, widening the circle of punishment for a killing that has already led to the murder indictment of five officers and outraged the nation with another display of police brutality... -
'Laverne & Shirley' actor Cindy Williams dies at 75 (Entertainment ~ 01/31/23)
LOS ANGELES -- Cindy Williams, who was among the most recognizable stars in America in the 1970s and 1980s for her role as Shirley opposite Penny Marshall's Laverne on the beloved sitcom "Laverne & Shirley," has died, her family said Monday. Williams died in Los Angeles at age 75 on Wednesday after a brief illness, her children, Zak and Emily Hudson, said in a statement released through family spokeswoman Liza Cranis... -
President Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11 (National News ~ 01/31/23)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden informed Congress on Monday that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy nearly three years after they were first declared. The move to end the national emergency and public health emergency declarations would formally restructure the federal coronavirus response to treat the virus as an endemic threat to public health that can be managed through agencies' normal authorities.. ... -
Out of the past: Jan. 31
(Out of the Past ~ 01/31/23)
A Festival of Music is held in the evening at the Salvation Army's center at 701 Good Hope St., as the Army celebrates the 100th anniversary of its coming to Cape Girardeau; along with a brass band that hearkens back to the earliest days of the Army in Great Britain, a vocal sextet and a soloist from the local corps, the Teen Challenge Chorus and the Euclid Avenue Singers from St. Louis perform...
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Cape Girardeau’s Dr. Seth Hudson selected as the Missouri State Board of Chiropractic Examiners’ President (Submitted Story ~ 01/31/23)
At the beginning of January, the other members of the Missouri State Board of Chiropractic Examiners selected Cape Girardeau’s Dr. Seth Hudson to serve as President of the Board for 2023. The Missouri State Board of Chiropractic Examiners registers, licenses, and regulates all chiropractors in the state after a gubernatorial appointment for the board member takes place. ... -
Premier Physical Therapy Receives Certification as Best Christian Workplace (Submitted Story ~ 01/31/23)
Premier Physical Therapy has received certification as a Best Christian Workplace. Premier has achieved highly-respected recognition for two consecutive years now. So, what does it mean to be a "Best Christian Workplace?" To have a flourishing business that understands and works towards having a fantastic team, life-giving work, outstanding talent, uplifting growth, rewarding compensation, inspirational leadership, sustainable strategy, and healthy communication...
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