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Canedy Sign purchased
(Business ~ 06/05/23)
Canedy Sign, 4857 Nash Road in Scott City, has been purchased by Washington, Missouri-based Ziglin Signs. Ziglin Signs was acquired by the Hoffmann Family of Companies in September 2022, According to a news release, HF Companies has invested more than $150 million in the Augusta, Missouri, and Washington, Missouri, region through acquisition of businesses, property and vineyards...
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TIF commission sets public hearing on West Park Mall redevelopment
(Business ~ 06/05/23)
Representatives of the West Park Mall ownership group lobbied before Cape Girardeau TIF Commission in an effort to redevelop the aging property. At the commission's meeting Friday, June 2, John Hansen, managing director of Integra Realty Resources Corporate and Public Finance Group, serving as financial adviser to the mall ownership group, told commissioners River City Centre LLC is proposing a tax increment financing (TIF), reimbursement and fee waiver package for the 65-acre project...
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Gov. declares drought alert for Missouri
(Local News ~ 06/05/23)
Gov. Mike Parson signed an executive order last week declaring a Drought Alert in Missouri. According to a news release from the governor's office, a Drought Alert is part of the state's Drought Mitigation and Response Plan and is the first step for the governor to direct state agencies to work together to provide as many resources and as much assistance as possible...
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Cape County GOP women host new Missouri AG Andrew Bailey
(Local News ~ 06/05/23)
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey spoke Friday, June 2, to a small gathering of Cape County Republican Women, telling the group he sees part of his role as blocking what he termed “federal overreach” by the White House. “Missouri vs. Biden is the most important First Amendment lawsuit in a generation. ...
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Poem: The Well
(06/05/23)
— “Give me this water.” We had no running water when I was a boy, not even our own well. So I toted water for Mama from a well across the road. It was Bonds Lee Agnew’s well, but back then neighbors were like that. If they had it and you didn’t, they shared...
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Column: Senior Moments, "Free Time"
(06/05/23)
For the first time in a long time, I’ve gotten to sit. You’re probably thinking that I sit all the time at school, work or even in my own house. That is correct. I do own chairs. But this is a different kind of sitting. One where my mind is clear, my muscles relax and my only goal is to be still. It’s glorious...
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Column: Live Longer, Live Stronger — "A Short Guide to Getting Started on Your Health Journey"
(06/05/23)
I love speaking to groups, and at the end of a presentation, there are often individuals who ask me, “How do I get started?” I always hand out the Plantrician Project’s “Plant-based Nutrition Quick Start Guide;” it’s filled with so much good information! But it is 42 pages long, and some people are looking for a really quick start guide. So, I’ve developed this shorter version on how to transition to a plant-based diet to live longer and live stronger:...
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The Best Books Club: Old Heart, New Joy
(06/05/23)
Occasionally, I happen upon a book that touches my soul; “Old Heart” by Peter Ferry is one of those books. Ferry’s protagonist is 85-year-old Tom Johnson, a widower facing pressure from his two surviving children to sell the family home and move to an assisted living facility. ...
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Column: Rural Perspective, "A Bright Horizon"
(06/05/23)
There is a bright horizon for rural America when thinking about the future. While certain communities have experienced devastating losses in the form of declining populations, diminishing job opportunities and fragmented community infrastructures, there is also a rebirth of the culture, heritage and innovations in many rural communities...
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Column: Pop Culture Happenings, June
(06/05/23)
Paul McCartney tells us to “Live and Let Die,” the first U.S. woman into space goes on a “ride, Sally ride” and the world meets a boy wizard named Harry. 1973 50 years ago On June 1, 1973, Paul McCartney and Wings released the single “Live and Let Die,” the theme song for the upcoming James Bond film. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/05/23)
Today is Monday, June 5, the 156th day of 2023. There are 209 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded after claiming victory in California's Democratic presidential primary at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles; assassin Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was arrested at the scene...
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Prayer 6-5-23
(Prayer ~ 06/05/23)
O Father God, may we be courageous and seek to do what is right. Amen.
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The Bud Light meltdown is good for America
(Column ~ 06/05/23)
We should all be grateful to Anheuser-Busch. Some corporation had to show how "woke" marketing could cost an iconic American brand dearly in terms of its image, its sales and its market capitalization. Through its special beer can produced for transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, Anheuser-Busch, in effect, volunteered for duty...
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Resist political theater and look to 'that which is not seen'
(Column ~ 06/05/23)
Too many politicians are thespians. When there's a conflict — as there often is — between appearing to solve problems and actually helping to solve those problems, politicians can almost always be counted on to put appearance over substance. Unfortunately, politicians succumb to this bias even when their theatrics make real problems worse...
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Mental illness is an issue that affects millions
(Editorial ~ 06/05/23)
Ever know someone who's tired all the time? Someone who sets unrealistic goals and expectations for themselves? What about someone who avoids certain people or tasks or procrastinates on whatever might be needing done? Those are just a few possible symptoms of mental health issues, according to National Alliance on Mental Health, and those are symptoms we might not recognize. Some mental health problems manifest themselves in obvious ways, but many do not...
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Notable quote
(Business ~ 06/05/23)
This will be a big boon for seniors. Both parties say they want to help the elderly, and this is certainly one way to do it.
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Cape Girardeau business licenses
(Business ~ 06/05/23)
City of Cape Girardeau Community Development department has received three applications for business licenses: ...
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Cape Girardeau, Jackson chambers news
(Business ~ 06/05/23)
Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce will host two events this week: n 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 7: Century Casino Cape Girardeau "Topping Out" ceremony at 777 N. Main St. n 1 p.m. Thursday, June 8: Ribbon-cutting, Workforce Development Board of Southeast Missouri. Location is Missouri Job Center-Catapult, 612 Broadway...
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Jackson farmer Tory Meyr feted
(Business ~ 06/05/23)
Tory Meyr, owner/operator of Meyr Farms in Jackson, earned a first-place state award in the 2022 National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) National Corn Yield Contest. By yielding 310.8 bushels per acre, Meyr is one of the top corn yield producers in the nation, according to a news release...
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Danielle Torbet takes sales role at Fox 23/My 49
(Business ~ 06/05/23)
Danielle Torbet has joined Fox 23/My 49 SMG Digital as director of local sales. A Southeast Missouri State University graduate, Torbet previously spent 10 years with Saint Francis Healthcare System, most recently as director of marketing and strategic communication...
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Courtney Laramore named to direct EMAA Head Start
(Business ~ 06/05/23)
Courtney Laramore has been named director of Head Start for East Missouri Action Agency (EMAA). Laramore, formerly an administrative assistant/fiscal regulator, has 20 years' experience with the program, according to a news release. Renee Killian, Laramore's predecessor, retired Thursday, June 1...
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Ameren donates for Bollinger County tornado recovery
(Business ~ 06/05/23)
Ameren announced Friday, June 2, a $15,000 donation to Woodland Fire Protection District following the deadly April 5 EF2 tornado in Glen Allen and Grassy, Missouri, that killed five and destroyed more than a dozen homes. Funds received from the utility company will be used to assist with essential first responder equipment and infrastructure after the twister, which packed 130 mile per hour winds...
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Gas prices stuck in neutral
(Business ~ 06/05/23)
Missouri regular gas is sixth lowest in the nation with the average price Saturday, June 3, of $3.19 a gallon, tied with Tennessee, according to auto club federation AAA. Show Me State average prices are down 3 cents in the last week, 11 cents in the last month and down $1,16 to $4.35 per gallon since one year ago...
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Kohl's facing boycott calls
(Business ~ 06/05/23)
Kohl's department store chain saw its common stock fall more than 5% on May 30 following social media backlash for the company's sale of LGBTQ+ merchandise at certain outlets for June's Pride month observances. Stock in the Wisconsin-based retailer is on pace for its lowest price since Sept. 29, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Smoke Shack BBQ food truck seeing steady traffic
(Business ~ 06/05/23)
Smoke Shack BBQ is Jackson native Adam Grant's everyday business, and the proprietor says he enjoys the process of delighting his customers. "I've been selling barbecue since April 2022, doing weekends in the food trailer while holding down a full-time job, but went all-in with the business this past January. (Smoke Shack BBQ) is my hustle," he said...
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May U.S. jobs report crushes expectations
(Business ~ 06/05/23)
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Friday, June 2, showed there were 339,000 jobs created in May, easily topping the consensus Wall Street estimate of 195,000. The figure represents the 14th consecutive month that job creation came in above what Wall Street economists had expected and is the largest monthly increase since January...
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Demolition work begins on Cape Girardeau's Thorngate Holdings project
(Business ~ 06/05/23)
Demolition began Saturday, June 3, at 1515 Independence St. in Cape Girardeau, to begin to make ready Thorngate Holdings' plan to repurpose the property for a future car park and indoor pickleball courts. J.W. Strack Excavating has been tasked with the demo work on the relevant portion of a 63,000-square-foot building previously condemned by the City of Cape Girardeau...
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Cape Girardeau Burger King being remodeled
(Business ~ 06/05/23)
Midamerica Hotels is remodeling its Burger King outlet at 2346 Broadway, near the intersection with North Kingshighway, in Cape Girardeau. Work began in mid-May and should be finished sometime in August, according to John Drury, Midamerica's vice president of construction...
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What to know about the case of Missouri ER doctor found dead in Arkansas
(State News ~ 06/05/23)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A doctor in the Missouri Ozarks went missing for over a week until his body was found in an Arkansas lake. But the case remains shrouded in mystery as investigators have released few details to his family or the public. Dr. John Forsyth, 49, was last seen alive May 21, when security cameras in the parking lot of a public pool in Cassville show him getting into a vehicle, after leaving his own car unlocked with his wallet, two phones, a laptop and other items inside. ...
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Federal court reinstates death penalty order for Missouri inmate convicted of killing jailers
(State News ~ 06/05/23)
ST. LOUIS -- A federal appeals court has vacated a stay of execution for a Missouri inmate who is scheduled to be executed Tuesday for his role in the deaths of two jailers. Michael Tisius, 42, was sentenced to death after being convicted of killing Randolph County jailers Jason Acton and Leon Egley during a failed escape attempt...
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Missouri professor not guilty by reason of insanity in stabbing death of colleague
(State News ~ 06/05/23)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A former history professor at Missouri State University charged in the stabbing death of a colleague was found not guilty Friday by reason of insanity. Greene County Judge David Jones announced his ruling in the case of Edward Gutting, who was charged with first-degree murder in the 2016 killing of Marc Cooper inside Cooper's Springfield home. Cooper's wife, Nancy, was injured but survived, the Springfield News-Leader reported...
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DeSantis hits Trump from the right while the ex-president looks ahead to the general election
(National News ~ 06/05/23)
NEW YORK -- In his first week on the campaign trail as a presidential candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly hit his chief rival, Donald Trump, from the right. "This is a different guy than 2015, 2016," DeSantis told a conservative radio host before slamming the bipartisan criminal justice reform legislation Trump championed as "basically a jailbreak bill" that allowed dangerous people out of prison...
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Utah district bans Bible in elementary and middle schools 'due to vulgarity or violence'
(National News ~ 06/05/23)
SALT LAKE CITY -- The Good Book is being treated like a bad book in Utah after a parent frustrated by efforts to ban materials from schools convinced a suburban district that some Bible verses were too vulgar or violent for younger children. And the Book of Mormon could be next...
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China defends buzzing American warship in Taiwan Strait, accuses US of provoking Beijing
(National News ~ 06/05/23)
SINGAPORE -- China's defense minister defended sailing a warship across the path of an American destroyer and Canadian frigate transiting the Taiwan Strait, telling a gathering of some of the world's top defense officials in Singapore on Sunday that such so-called "freedom of navigation" patrols are a provocation to China...
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China tightens access to Tiananmen Square, 32 detained in Hong Kong on anniversary of 1989 protests
(National News ~ 06/05/23)
BEIJING -- China tightened access to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing on Sunday, the anniversary of the military suppression of 1989 pro-democracy protests that left a still unknown number of people dead and discussions and commemorations forbidden within the country...
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US, UK navies say they responded to distress call as Iran's Revolutionary Guard 'harassed' ship
(National News ~ 06/05/23)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The U.S. Navy said Monday its sailors and the United Kingdom Royal Navy came to the aid of a ship in the crucial Strait of Hormuz after Iran's Revolutionary Guard "harassed" it. Three fast-attack Guard vessels with armed troops aboard approached the merchant ship at a close distance Sunday afternoon, the U.S. ...
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As anti-gay sentiment grows, more LGBTQ+ people seek to flee Uganda
(National News ~ 06/05/23)
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Pretty Peter flicked through frantic messages from friends at home in Uganda. The transgender woman is relatively safe in neighboring Kenya. Her friends feel threatened by the latest anti-gay legislation in Uganda prescribing the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality."...
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Pope warns of risk of corruption in missionary fundraising after AP investigation
(National News ~ 06/05/23)
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis warned the Vatican's missionary fundraisers on Saturday not to allow financial corruption to creep into their work, insisting that spirituality and spreading the Gospel must drive their operations, not mere entrepreneurship...
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Hundreds of thousands march in Poland anti-government protests to show support for democracy
(National News ~ 06/05/23)
WARSAW, Poland -- Hundreds of thousands of people marched in an anti-government protest in Poland's capital on Sunday, with citizens traveling from across the country to voice their anger at officials who they say have eroded democratic norms and created fears that the nation is following Hungary and Turkey down the path to autocracy...
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Error in signaling system led to train crash that killed 275 people in India, official says
(National News ~ 06/05/23)
BALASORE, India -- The derailment in eastern India that killed 275 people and injured hundreds was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train, officials said Sunday...
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Vigilantes in Haiti strike back at gangsters with brutal street justice
(National News ~ 06/05/23)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Old cars, used tires and barbed wire block off the biggest neighborhood in the capital of Haiti. Gun-toting gangsters have been robbing, raping and murdering the innocent. Weak or corrupt police and officials have done little, or worse...
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Ukraine keeps up pressure following Russian declaration of victory in Bakhmut
(National News ~ 06/05/23)
OUTSIDE BAKHMUT, Ukraine -- Watching imagery from a drone camera overhead, Ukrainian battalion commander Oleg Shiryaev warned his men in nearby trenches that Russian forces were advancing across a field toward a patch of trees outside the city of Bakhmut...
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Russia says it thwarted attack in Donetsk; unclear if this was start of Ukrainian counteroffensive
(National News ~ 06/05/23)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia's Defense Ministry announced early Monday its forces had thwarted a large Ukrainian attack in the eastern province of Donetsk, though it's unclear if this was the start of a Ukrainian counteroffensive. The ministry, in a rare early morning video, said its forces pushed back a "large scale" Ukrainian assault on Sunday at five points in southern Donetsk, one of four Ukrainian regions Russia illegally annexed last fall...
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Fort Bragg becomes Fort Liberty in Army's most prominent move to erase Confederate names from bases
(National News ~ 06/05/23)
FORT LIBERTY, N.C. -- Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans said was a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members. The change was the most prominent in a broad Department of Defense initiative, motivated by the 2020 George Floyd protests, to rename military installations that had been named after confederate soldiers...
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America's religious leaders sharply divided over abortion, a year after Roe v Wade's reversal
(National News ~ 06/05/23)
In the year since the Supreme Court struck down the nationwide right to abortion, America's religious leaders and denominations have responded in strikingly diverse ways -- some celebrating the state-level bans that have ensued, others angered that a conservative Christian cause has changed the law of the land in ways they consider oppressive...
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Trump-appointed judge rejects Tennessee's anti-drag law as too broad, too vague
(National News ~ 06/05/23)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee's first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows is unconstitutional, a federal judge says. The law is both "unconstitutionally vague and substantially overbroad" and encouraged "discriminatory enforcement," according to the ruling late Friday by U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump...
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Las Vegas ballpark pitch revives debate over public funding for sports stadiums
(National News ~ 06/05/23)
CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Gov. Joe Lombardo wants to help build Major League Baseball's smallest ballpark -- arguing that the worst team in baseball can boost Las Vegas, a city striving to call itself a sports mecca. Nationwide debate about public funding for private sports clubs has been revived with the Oakland Athletics ballpark proposal. ...
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Ukrainian father finds daughter dead in rubble after Russian airstrike
(International News ~ 06/05/23)
KYIV, Ukraine -- A Ukrainian man rushed to his home outside the central city of Dnipro in hopes of rescuing his family, only to find his 2-year-old daughter dead and wife seriously wounded as he helped pull them from the rubble of their apartment destroyed in one of Russia's latest airstrikes of the war, authorities reported Sunday...
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Saudi Arabia slashing oil supply -- it could mean higher gas prices for drivers in US
(International News ~ 06/05/23)
FRANKFURT, Germany -- Saudi Arabia will reduce how much oil it sends to the global economy, taking a unilateral step to prop up the sagging price of crude after two previous cuts to supply by major producing countries in the OPEC+ alliance failed to push oil higher...
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Missing body recovered at Iowa apartment collapse site
(National News ~ 06/05/23)
DAVENPORT, Iowa -- The body of one of three men who had been missing after the partial collapse of an apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, has been found, a city official confirmed Sunday. Branden Colvin Sr.'s body was recovered Saturday, city spokeswoman Sarah Ott said. Two other men -- 51-year-old Ryan Hitchcock and 60-year-old Daniel Prien -- are still unaccounted for. Colvin, 42, is the first person confirmed to have died in the collapse...
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Wave of retirements leaving some US industries desperate to hire
(National News ~ 06/05/23)
WASHINGTON -- Kwasi Bandoh, a senior recruiter for an airline, stood before a group of aviation mechanic students at their graduation ceremony last month and congratulated them for all having jobs. As some of the students began nudging each other, Bandoh realized that perhaps not every one of them had already been hired...
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NerdWallet: Some of the people who know the most about money are the worst at talking about it
(National News ~ 06/05/23)
Managing money is an essential life skill, yet most U.S. adults would fail a financial literacy test. Consider the results of a survey meant to measure financial literacy, called the TIAA Institute-GFLEC Personal Finance Index. On average, U.S. adults correctly answered only 50% of its financial literacy questions in 2022...
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No survivors found after plane that flew over DC and led to fighter jet scramble crashes in Virginia
(National News ~ 06/05/23)
WASHINGTON -- A wayward and unresponsive business plane that flew over the nation's capital Sunday afternoon caused the military to scramble a fighter jet before the plane crashed in Virginia, officials said. The fighter jet caused a loud sonic boom that was heard across the capital region...
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'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' swings to massive $120.5 million opening
(Entertainment ~ 06/05/23)
NEW YORK -- "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" opened in U.S. and Canadian theaters with a massive $120.5 million, more than tripling the debut of the 2018 animated original and showing the kind of movie-to-movie box-office growth that would be the envy of even the mightiest of Hollywood franchises...
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Lela Wright
(Obituary ~ 06/05/23)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Lela Sue Wright, 60, of Perryville died Friday, June 2, 2023, after a four-and-a-half year battle with stage 4 cancer, at Independence Care Center, surrounded by loved ones. A celebration of life will be planned at a later date. Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville is in charge of arrangements...
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Out of the past: June 5
(Out of the Past ~ 06/05/23)
Forty-four staff members and children at the Kiddie Kollege day-care center in Jackson have been treated with an antibiotic after an infant was diagnosed with a contagious illness, health officials say; the illness was detected earlier this week when a 4-month-old boy from Bollinger County was treated in the emergency room of Saint Francis Medical Center; the boy, who attends Kiddie Kollege, was found to be suffering from meningococcemia, a disease caused by bacteria in the blood...
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