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2 Missouri Supreme Court judges to retire
(State News ~ 02/10/23)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Two Missouri Supreme Court judges are retiring this year, Chief Justice Paul Wilson announced Wednesday during the annual State of the Judiciary address to state lawmakers. Lawmakers stood to applaud Judges Patricia Breckenridge and George Draper when Wilson announced their upcoming retirements this fall...
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Mo. Senate OKs limits on race education in schools
(State News ~ 02/10/23)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri K-12 public school teachers would face limits on how they talk about race and history under a bill approved Wednesday in the state Senate. The GOP-led Senate gave the measure initial approval in a voice vote. Another vote is needed to send the bill to the Republican-led House...
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State House votes against limits on kids carrying guns on public land
(State News ~ 02/10/23)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri's Republican-led House on Wednesday voted against banning minors from openly carrying firearms on public land without adult supervision. The proposal to ban children from carrying guns without adult supervision in public failed by a 104-39 vote. Only one Republican voted in support of it...
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Lawyer: Man executed with appeal still pending
(State News ~ 02/10/23)
The attorney for a man who was executed this week is calling for an investigation, accusing Missouri officials of moving ahead with the lethal injection while federal appeals were pending. Raheem Taylor, 58, was executed Tuesday night for the 2004 deaths of his girlfriend and her three children in suburban St. ...
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Black lawmakers cite racism as Missouri House OKs crime bill
(State News ~ 02/10/23)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Racial tensions in Mississippi echoed in Missouri on Thursday, as Black Democratic lawmakers accused the state's Republican House leadership of racism for shutting down a Black lawmaker's speech and passing a bill that could strip power from the Black woman elected as prosecutor in St. Louis...
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Immaculate Conception to hold 35th annual Spring Fling next month
(Local News ~ 02/10/23)
Immaculate Conception School in Jackson will hold its Spring Fling Dinner Auction on Saturday, March 11, in the school gym. This year's theme is "Go WILD!" This is the 35th annual fundraiser for the school. The event includes dinner, raffles, games, a live auction and a silent auction. The funds raised will go to basic operations of the school and enable the school to keep tuition costs down...
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High School Art Exhibition opens this weekend at Crisp
(Local News ~ 02/10/23)
Exhibiting Excellence, the 45th annual High School Art Exhibition, opens at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, at Crisp Museum on Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus. The exhibit will feature art from 11th and 12th grade students from 20 schools in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois. More than 200 pieces were submitted and 89 were accepted for the exhibit, which will be on display through Sunday, Mar. 12...
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Winter Dance Collection set for next week at River Campus
(Local News ~ 02/10/23)
The Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre and Dance will present Winter Dance Collection next week at the Southeast Missouri State University River Campus. There will be four performances — 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, through Saturday, Feb. 18, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19...
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Planning key to preparing for earthquakes, local emergency coordinator says
(Local News ~ 02/10/23)
Jim Watkins said the best thing Southeast Missourians can do to prepare for a possible earthquake is "make a plan." Monday, Feb. 6, quakes in southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia have killed more than 21,000 people as of presstime. Almost 18,000 have died in Turkey; the remainder perished in Syria...
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Jackson roadway lighting on front burner
(Local News ~ 02/10/23)
Jackson's Board of Aldermen is expecting an update soon from Strickland Engineering on design and cost estimates for a long-discussed project to illuminate part of the main roadway into the Cape Girardeau County seat. "The council wants to light the corridor along East Jackson Boulevard from Old Orchard Road to Alliance Bank," said Don Schuette, municipal director of electric utilities, who said the city has been discussing illuminating the stretch since 2006...
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Editorial: Cape Board of Education should tap the brakes on athletic complex
(Editorial ~ 02/10/23)
There are times for swift, decisive governmental action. Other times, though, call for officials to be deliberate, thoughtful, cautious. Cape Girardeau Public Schools Board of Education appears to have mistaken the latter for the former in regard to funding an indoor athletic complex at the district's high school campus...
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Cape Girardeau Fire Department receives better ISO rating, lowers premiums for homeowners
(Local News ~ 02/10/23)
Cape Girardeau Fire Department received a higher rating from Insurance Services Office in a September 2022 survey, potentially lowering insurance premiums for residents. Chief Randy Morris Jr. said via a news release Wednesday, Feb. 8, that the department had received a 3/3X ISO rating on the Public Protection Commission Survey for the City of Cape Girardeau. The department was previously rated at a 4/4X in 2017...
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Cape Girardeau's 2022 hotel-motel tax receipts increasing
(Local News ~ 02/10/23)
Hotel-motel tax receipts were way up in 2022 as Cape Girardeau's youth sports market continued to drive tourism. Brenda Newbern, director of VisitCape, and John Echimovich, vice president of operations for MidAmerica Hotels, said the hospitality industry in Cape Girardeau has experienced a complete rebound from COVID-19 and risen above pre-pandemic levels...
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Wildlife photographer travels world to observe nature
(Community ~ 02/10/23)
Sharon Tuschhoff goes out to notice the natural world, bringing nothing but herself and a camera to capture all she sees. She snaps photos of owls and hummingbirds, big cats and bears, landscapes and flowers. Anything in the wild is fair game for Tuschhoff’s eyes and camera...
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DeSantis may be the one GOP wants now. Will this last?
(Column ~ 02/10/23)
Imagine a popular Republican governor from an important state. Despite intense criticism from the national media, he's notched some huge policy wins that are simultaneously popular with donors, base voters and conservative intellectuals. His key theme is fighting the Washington establishment and the institutions of progressive power. Then, fresh off of a historic reelection victory, he announces his intent to run for president in a campaign video...
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Dems attack suburban homeowners
(Column ~ 02/10/23)
If you've worked hard to afford a suburban house with a patch of lawn where your kids can play, you're under attack. The Biden administration and Democrats in New York, Connecticut and other states are fighting local zoning laws in order to build high-rise apartment buildings with "affordable" units in tree-lined, single-family neighborhoods. All in the name of equity, meaning everyone can live in a tranquil suburb, whether they've earned the money to pay for it or not...
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Prayer 2-10-23
(Prayer ~ 02/10/23)
O Lord Jesus, thank you that we can place our hope in you, our Savior. Amen.
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Fire report 2-10-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/10/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Feb. 8 n Medical assists were made at 3 a.m. at Washington Avenue and North Middle Street; 12:40 p.m. on Cape West Drive; 2:31 p.m. on North Mount Auburn Road; 6:08 p.m. on South Sprigg Street; 6:13 p.m. on North Kingshighway; and 8:15 p.m. on Maria Louise Lane...
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Police report 2-10-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/10/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n A warrant arrest was reported on North Kingshighway. Miscellaneous n First-degree trespassing was reported on Saint Francis Drive...
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Darryl Westrich
(Obituary ~ 02/10/23)
NEW HAMBURG, Mo. — Darryl Westrich, son of Norma Robert Westrich Seyer of New Hamburg and the late Clyde Westrich, was born March 12, 1962, in Cape Girardeau and departed his life Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, at his home in New Hamburg at the age of 60 years...
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William Taylor
(Obituary ~ 02/10/23)
William Thomas Taylor, 66, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Friends may call from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 11, at St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church in Charleston, Missouri. Funeral will be at noon Saturday, Feb. 11, at the church, with the Rev. Frankie Reed Daniels officiating. Interment, with full military honors, will immediately follow in Oak Grove Cemetery in Charleston...
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Cecil Hicks
(Obituary ~ 02/10/23)
Cecil Lee Hicks, 82, of New Madrid, Missouri, died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. There will be a committal service at 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield. Full military rites will be provided by Missouri Honors Team...
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Ollie Betts
(Obituary ~ 02/10/23)
Ollie "Duke" Betts, 66, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at her home. Friends may call from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 11, at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at noon Saturday, Feb. 11, at the church, with Bishop Calvin Bird officiating. Interment will follow in Fairmount Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Laurel Ackman
(Obituary ~ 02/10/23)
Laurel L. Ackman, 100, of Herculaneum, Missouri, and formerly of Jackson, died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, at her daughter's home in Herculaneum. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson...
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Burt Bacharach, legendary composer of pop songs, dies at 94
(Entertainment ~ 02/10/23)
NEW YORK -- Burt Bacharach, the singularly gifted and popular composer who delighted millions with the quirky arrangements and unforgettable melodies of "Walk on By", "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" and dozens of other hits, has died at 94. The Grammy, Oscar and Tony-winning Bacharach died Wednesday at home in Los Angeles of natural causes, publicist Tina Brausam said Thursday...
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Nicaragua frees 222 opponents of Ortega, sends them to US
(National News ~ 02/10/23)
MEXICO CITY -- Some 222 inmates considered by many to be political prisoners of the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega flew to Washington on Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. Blinken said the prisoners had been jailed "for exercising their fundamental freedoms and have endured lengthy unjust detentions."...
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Rioter who menaced officer with Confederate flag gets prison
(National News ~ 02/10/23)
WASHINGTON -- A Delaware man who threatened a Black police officer with a pole attached to a Confederate battle flag as he stormed the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Thursday to three years in prison. Kevin Seefried, 53, tearfully apologized for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot before U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden sentenced him...
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AP source: Pence subpoenaed by special counsel probing Trump
(National News ~ 02/10/23)
Former Vice President Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel overseeing investigations into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to a person with direct knowledge of the event...
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Several universities to experiment with micro nuclear power
(National News ~ 02/10/23)
If your image of nuclear power is giant, cylindrical concrete cooling towers pouring out steam on a site that takes up hundreds of acres of land, soon there will be an alternative: tiny nuclear reactors that produce only one-hundredth the electricity and can even be delivered on a truck...
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Police officer wants badge back after spy charges dropped
(National News ~ 02/10/23)
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. -- On a September day in 2020, New York City Police Officer Baimadajie Angwang kissed his toddler goodbye and was about to drive to work when he was surrounded by rifle-toting FBI agents. You're under arrest, the bewildered cop was told. The charge: Being a secret agent for China...
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The pandemic missing: The kids who didn't go back to school
(National News ~ 02/10/23)
She'd be a senior right now, preparing for graduation in a few months, probably leading her school's modern dance troupe and taking art classes. Instead, Kailani Taylor-Cribb hasn't taken a single class in what used to be her high school since the height of the coronavirus pandemic. She vanished from Cambridge, Massachusetts' public school roll in 2021 and has been, from an administrative standpoint, unaccounted for since then...
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Officer drew gun as he approached Tyre Nichols, report finds
(National News ~ 02/10/23)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- One of three Memphis Police officers who initially detained Tyre Nichols last month has admitted he did not witness the alleged reckless driving that was the justification for pulling over Nichols but still approached his car while brandishing his gun, according to police documents seeking to bar him from working in law enforcement...
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Un shows off daughter, missiles at N. Korean parade
(International News ~ 02/10/23)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his young daughter took center stage at a huge military parade, fueling speculation that she is being primed as a future leader of the isolated country as her father showed off his latest, largest nuclear missiles...
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Rescuers push to find survivors of 'disaster of the century'
(International News ~ 02/10/23)
KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey -- Rescue workers made a final push Thursday to find survivors of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria that rendered many communities unrecognizable to their inhabitants and led the Turkish president to declare it "the disaster of the century." The death toll topped 20,000...
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Ukraine's Zelenskyy makes emotional appeal for EU membership
(International News ~ 02/10/23)
BRUSSELS -- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked his Western allies Thursday for more weapons and said "a Ukraine that is winning" its war with Russia should become a member of the European Union, arguing the bloc won't be complete without it. At the close of a 16-hour summit that ended Friday when Zelenskyy was already gone, the EU leaders pledged they would do all it takes to back Ukraine but offered no firm timetable for EU membership talks to begin as Zelenskyy had hoped...
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FTX founder keeps talking, ignoring typical legal strategy
(National News ~ 02/10/23)
NEW YORK -- For federal prosecutors, Sam Bankman-Fried could be the gift that keeps on giving. After the November collapse of FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange he founded in 2019, Bankman-Fried unexpectedly gave a series of interviews intended to present his version of events. He was indicted in December and charged with perpetrating one of the biggest frauds in U.S. history -- and he's still talking, either in person or on the internet...
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Liquor before beer: Spirits beat brews in market data
(National News ~ 02/10/23)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Producers of spirits have new bragging rights in the age-old whiskey vs. beer barroom debate. New figures show that spirits surpassed beer for U.S. market-share supremacy, based on supplier revenues, a spirit industry group announced Thursday...
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US: China balloon could collect intelligence signals
(National News ~ 02/10/23)
WASHINGTON -- The China balloon shot down by the U.S. was equipped to detect and collect intelligence signals as part of a huge, military-linked aerial surveillance program that targeted more than 40 countries, the Biden administration declared Thursday, citing imagery from American U-2 spy planes...
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Biden's oil comments spark debate over energy production
(National News ~ 02/10/23)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden sparked a firestorm in energy circles when he said in Tuesday's State of the Union address that the United States will need oil "for at least another decade." Republicans in the House chamber laughed in derision at Biden's off-the-cuff remark, which was not in his scripted speech. GOP lawmakers accused the Democratic president of refusing to accept reality and "living in a green hallucination," as Montana Sen. Steve Daines put it...
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Out of the past: Feb. 10
(Out of the Past ~ 02/10/23)
The Cape Girardeau City Council yesterday toured the police headquarters on South Sprigg Street and found a facility crammed full of officers, dispatchers, desks, jail cells, communications consoles, crime lab equipment, police records and stored evidence; the council is looking at an $80.5 million capital improvements program for the next five years that would include construction of a police annex with an estimated price tag of $4.8 million...
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JACKSON AUDIO MUSIC SUPPLY, LLC (SEMO JAMS) NAMED WINNER OF THE KNOT BEST OF WEDDINGS 2023
(Submitted Story ~ 02/10/23)
JACKSON AUDIO MUSIC SUPPLY, LLC (SEMO JAMS) NAMED WINNER OF THE KNOT BEST OF WEDDINGS 2023 17th Annual Best of Weddings Awards Honor the Top Wedding Professionals Across America Cape Girardeau County, Missouri/February, 7th 2023—Jackson Audio Music Supply, LLC (SEMO JAMS) is pleased to announce that they have been selected as a 2023 winner of The Knot Best of Weddings, an accolade representing the highest- and most-rated wedding professionals as reviewed by real couples, their families and wedding guests on The Knot, a leading wedding vendor marketplace and planning authority that’s inspired 25 million couples to plan a wedding that’s uniquely them. ...
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