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Tech-driven CarePortal is in Southeast Missouri
(Local News ~ 05/20/23)
Shelly Gerard's day job is with Saint Francis Healthcare, for whom she works in wellness, specifically teaching arthritis-coping classes for 25 years. Her overarching passion, she said, is to help families and children in crisis avoid the foster care system through online program CarePortal.org...
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Optimist Club honors first responders
(Local News ~ 05/20/23)
The Cape Girardeau Evening Optimist Club held its annual Respect for Law Banquet Thursday evening, May 18. The banquet, held at VFW Post No. 3838 in Cape Girardeau, honored first responders from Cape Girardeau County. The 2023 honorees were officer Matt Tisher and Sgt. Keith Green of Cape Girardeau Police Department, Capt. Phillip Gregory and Trooper Orrin Hawkins of Missouri State Highway Patrol and Sgt. Jim Bartles and correction officer Verla Carr of Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Office...
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Tablets changing jailhouse culture
(Local News ~ 05/20/23)
Cape Girardeau County jail administrator Richard Rushin has had the better part of a year to assess the merits of digital tablets for the 240-plus inmates in the facility he oversees. Last February, the Cape Girardeau County Commission approved a contract to receive tablets for all its inmates, at no cost to the county. The tablets create revenue for companies to supply them at no cost to taxpayers...
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The dog days of Jackson
(Column ~ 05/20/23)
At the Cape Girardeau County Archive Center, I have learned to listen when archives assistant Tiffany Fleming asks "What's that?" The "that" in this case was a pile of books I had walked past hundreds of times and never thought twice about, small books without many distinguishing marks on the covers. One, long and skinny with a dark green marbled cover, turned out to be a receipt book for dog licenses issued in Jackson in the 1890s...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/20/23)
Today is Saturday, May 20, the 140th day of 2023. There are 225 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 20, 1956, the United States exploded the first airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. On this date: In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, which was intended to encourage settlements west of the Mississippi River by making federal land available for farming...
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Out of the past: May 20
(Out of the Past ~ 05/20/23)
After two days on the run, the target of a Southeast Missouri manhunt was captured on the banks of the Diversion Channel south of Cape Girardeau yesterday afternoon; the 26-year-old St. Louis man was captured in a wooded area along the Cape Girardeau County side of the channel by officers from Scott City, Cape Girardeau and Scott counties and the Missouri Highway Patrol; he was hiding behind a levee "where all the mud and all the driftwood and all the brush pile up," says Scott City patrolman Janice Payne, one of the officers who made the capture.. ...
- Adopt Puff Puff 5-21-23 (Community ~ 05/20/23)
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Senior Center Menus for May 22 through 26
(Community ~ 05/20/23)
Monday: Chicken tenders or ham and cheese on croissant with soup, Parmesan green peas, broccoli salad, whole-grain bread and blushing pears or fresh baked cookies. Tuesday: Open-face roast beef or chicken Alfredo pasta, green beans, fried okra, whole-grain bread and Mandarin oranges or pudding dessert...
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He speaks many languages
(Column ~ 05/20/23)
This is the northern mockingbird. It is a native North American songbird that loves to sing songs performed by other songbirds. It just can't help itself. It has been estimated that a mockingbird can mimic as many as 100 different sounds. There was a time during the early 1800s that catching mockingbirds and selling them as pets on an illegal market could fetch as much as the equivalent of $1,000 in today's money...
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Club news 5-21-23
(Community News ~ 05/20/23)
Kage FCE Club met Thursday, May 11 at the Cape Girardeau Senior Center. Jobyna Daume called the meeting to order. The devotional titled "A lovely day" was read by Judie Herbst, describing a day filled with songbirds, sunshine and children playing. Barbara Marshall lead the group in the song "Row, Row, Row Your Boat."...
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Be patient, understand and forgive
(Column ~ 05/20/23)
Several weeks ago, I had a check-up with my heart Doctor. When the nurse who was checking me in couldn't feel my pulse, she used an oximeter to check my heart beat. It was still questionable, so she hooked me up to an EKG machine, which clearly showed my pulse rate was in the low 60s...
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Proper use, control of fear
(Column ~ 05/20/23)
As a kid, we lived in a house with a basement straight out of a horror movie. Not only was there a constant wet smell, and its stone walls seemed to crumble every time you touched them, the only light was a pull chain and a bulb at the bottom of the stairs. As a result, the basement was dark, damp and smelled...
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Births 5/21/23
(Births ~ 05/20/23)
Daughter to Bryan Keith and Catherine Arensmann of Glen Allen, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 10:03 a.m. Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Name, Bryn Sky. Weight, 6 pounds, 11 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Arensmann is the daughter of Nancy Allen of Glen Allen and the late William Allen. She is a homemaker. Keith is the son of Terry Keith and Mike Ruehling of Old Appleton and Randy Keith of Marble Hill, Missouri. He is employed by Todd Cook Remodeling...
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Fire report 5-21-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/20/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. May 17 n Medical assists were made at 8:50 a.m. on Howell Street; 10:53 a.m. on Independence Street; 2:49 p.m. on Linden Street; 3:50 p.m. on South Broadview Street; 6:48 p.m. on Marlin Drive; and 10:37 p.m. at Themis and Main streets...
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Police report 5-21-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/20/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest and drug violation were reported on North Sprigg Street. n A warrant arrest was reported...
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Charlotte Wattle
(Obituary ~ 05/20/23)
Charlotte Nicole "Nikki" Wattle, 43, of Scott City, died Monday, May 15, 2023, in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 23, at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will follow at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 23, at the funeral home...
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Georgia Howe
(Obituary ~ 05/20/23)
Georgia Marie Howe, 95, of Cape Girardeau died peacefully Sunday, May 14, 2023 at The Arbors at Capetown. Georgia was born Feb. 12, 1928, in Cape Girardeau to George and Marie Greaser Dannenmueller. She and Dallas "Gene" Howe were married June 22, 1948, in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death Aug. 16, 1995...
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Colleen Farrar
(Obituary ~ 05/20/23)
Colleen Lou Farrar, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, May 19, 2023. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, May 23, at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, May 24, at the funeral home. Burial will be at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 5/212/23 meeting
(Local News ~ 05/20/23)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. Monday, May 22 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Approval of minutes of the Thursday, May 18, meeting Communications/reports -- other selected officials/department heads n Updates on new jail and 1908 courthouse project...
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Taste the Heartland coming to Cape
(Local News ~ 05/20/23)
Area residents of the who are interested in trying different food items from around the region will have an opportunity during Taste the Heartland from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, May 21. This event will be held at the Drury Plaza Hotel Conference center...
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I'm no Martha Stewart. I just want to leave my vanity in the past
(Column ~ 05/20/23)
Martha Stewart is on the cover of Sports Illustrated at 81 years old, and whether you love it or hate it, everyone is talking about it. Bathing suit shopping is easily one of the top-10 activities women loathe. In a bathing suit, there's nowhere to hide. We must confront every physical insecurity and walk into a dressing room holding a lifetime of expectations that society has placed on us...
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Prayer 5-21-23
(Prayer ~ 05/20/23)
O Father God, in the shadow of your wings we take refuge. Amen.
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New industrial policy, same as the old industrial policy
(Column ~ 05/20/23)
Bidenomics is not just about spending money anymore. No, it's about a new economic paradigm, according to a recent speech at the Brookings Institution by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. He describes the Biden approach as a "modern American industrial strategy."...
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How to honor our officers during National Police Week
(Column ~ 05/20/23)
I was proud and moved to participate in opening ceremonies, at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C., commemorating National Police Week. President John F. Kennedy signed the proclamation, in 1962, designating May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day, and establishing the week in which this occurs as National Police Week...
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Biden endorses F-16 training for Ukrainians
(International News ~ 05/20/23)
HIROSHIMA, Japan -- President Joe Biden told allies Friday he was approving plans to train Ukrainian pilots on U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, according to two people familiar with the matter, as leaders of the world's most powerful democracies worked to toughen punishments on Russia for its 15-month invasion of Ukraine...
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FBI broke rules in scouring foreign intelligence on Jan. 6 riot, protests, court says
(National News ~ 05/20/23)
WASHINGTON -- FBI officials repeatedly violated their own standards when they searched a vast repository of foreign intelligence for information related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U..S. Capitol and racial justice protests in 2020, according to a heavily blacked-out court order released Friday...
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Shawn McCormick
(Obituary ~ 05/20/23)
Shawn Christopher McCormick, 60, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 1, 1962, in Cape Girardeau, son of David and Betty Jean Hicks McCormick Sr. In his early years, Shawn worked for Beverly Floor Cleaning Co. and later as a self-employed handyman. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and anything else to do with outdoors and nature. Shawn loved the simple things in life...
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Missouri governor picks ex-federal prosecutor to replace Kim Gardner as St. Louis circuit attorney
(State News ~ 05/20/23)
ST. LOUIS — Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday named Gabe Gore, a former assistant U.S. attorney, as the new chief prosecutor in St. Louis, three days after Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s sudden departure. Gore is a partner in the St. Louis law firm Dowd Bennett. ...
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Out of the past: May 21
(Out of the Past ~ 05/20/23)
A Cape Girardeau County deputy, who was in on Tuesday's capture of a St. Louis man wanted in a Southeast Missouri manhunt, has been presented the county's highest award for a law enforcement officer -- the Timothy J. Ruopp Award; officer Ron Eakins of the Cape Girardeau County sheriff's office was presented the award yesterday by Ruopp's 18-year-old son, Nathan, in recognition of Eakins' overall excellence as a law enforcement officer...
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