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Cape Girardeau police officials launch podcast
(Local News ~ 08/16/23)
Cape Girardeau Police Department officials launched the department's first full podcast episode Tuesday, Aug. 15. The podcast will mainly cover the operation of the department. There also will be some episodes covering backstories of the police officers and the department's community engagements as well...
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Lunch and Learn event helps businesses adapt to AI
(Local News ~ 08/16/23)
Local business owners learned about the value of artificial intelligence Tuesday, Aug. 15, during a Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce Lunch and Learn event at The Bank of Missouri in Cape Girardeau. The panel featured a trio of presenters, all experts in startup AI-focused businesses...
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Glen Allen hit once again
(Local News ~ 08/16/23)
GLEN ALLEN, Mo. -- First, the tornado. Now the flood. The village of Glen Allen is buckling at the knees. Against a backdrop of rooftop tarps and abandoned, tornado-damaged buildings, weary homeowners and renters dragged saturated waste into their yards Tuesday, Aug. 15...
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Cape Girardeau officials hold public hearing on portion of West Park Mall redevelopment incentives package
(Local News ~ 08/16/23)
Cape Girardeau City Council members began the process of considering a Community Improvement District to aid in redeveloping West Park Mall at a public hearing Tuesday, Aug. 15. Representatives of River City Centre LLC asked for the CID hearing as part of their proposed $107 million project to revamp the aging retail site. ...
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Cape Girardeau resident remembers when Babe Ruth baseball first came to town
(Local News ~ 08/16/23)
With the arrival of the Babe Ruth World Series, a Cape Girardeau native is reminded of the youth league's early days in his hometown. Lewis Bock, 81, grew up across the street from Capaha Park, and playing baseball was a big part of his childhood. He said he remembers the day his father, Edgar Bock, bought him a full catcher's outfit...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/16/23)
Today is Wednesday, Aug. 16, the 228th day of 2023. There are 137 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 42. On this date: In 1777, American forces won the Battle of Bennington in what was considered a turning point of the Revolutionary War...
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Prayer 8-16-23
(Prayer ~ 08/16/23)
Lord Jesus, we pray for the strength to run the race you've set before us. Amen.
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America stands for fair trials
(Column ~ 08/16/23)
In America, every defendant is supposed to get a fair trial. It's guaranteed in our Bill of Rights. That guarantee sets us apart from banana republics, and we take pride in it. Democratic prosecutors have rolled out four indictments against former President Donald Trump, including the latest by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, announced Monday night...
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Congratulations to Danny Essner on Volunteer of the Year recognition
(Editorial ~ 08/16/23)
Cape Girardeau's Danny Essner was recognized last month as the Volunteer of the Year by Missouri Main Street Connection Inc., a statewide not-for-profit focused on preservation-based economic development. If you've been in the area for any length of time, there's a good chance you know Essner, have worked with him on a community project or benefited from his efforts. ...
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Why I'm teaching my son to meditate
(Column ~ 08/16/23)
It was my fifth-grade teacher, Sister Patricia, who first introduced me to meditation. She guided the whole class in a session where our focus was on God. A few years later my high school creative writing teacher would also use meditation in the classroom -- this time, to unlock our creativity. ...
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Fire report 8-16-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/16/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Aug. 14 n Medical assists were made at 10:38 a.m. on Bloomfield Street; 7:19 p.m. on Stonebridge Drive; and 10:27 p.m. on Merriwether Street. n At 2:37 a.m., fire alarm on Lexington Avenue...
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Police report 8-16-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/16/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on South Benton Street. n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest and leaving the scene of an accident were reported on William Street...
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Charles Blackwell
(Obituary ~ 08/16/23)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Charles Edward Blackwell, 80, passed away peacefully, with his family by his side, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Colorado Springs, after a long battle with cancer. Charles was born Oct. 18, 1942, in Cape Girardeau to Paul and Hazel Brasher Blackwell. They preceded him in death...
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Wayne Baltzell
(Obituary ~ 08/16/23)
Millard "Wayne" Baltzell Jr. was born in Cape Girardeau to Ruth Ann and Millard "Skeeter" Baltzell in 1972. He lived most of his life in Southern Illinois and Cape Girardeau, except for a year he lived in North Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2015. Wayne worked nearly 15 years between Del-Farm Schnucks in Cape Girardeau and Schnucks in Carbondale, Illinois, in the video department (when they had video departments in the stores). ...
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2 Missouri moms charged for children's absences lose court battle
(State News ~ 08/16/23)
LEBANON, Mo. -- The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a state law criminalizing parents whose children miss school, ruling against two mothers charged in their young children's tardiness. Prosecutors charged two moms from Lebanon with misdemeanors and the mothers then went to the state Supreme Court to challenge the law's constitutionality...
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North Korea asserts US soldier Travis King crossed border after becoming disillusioned with America
(International News ~ 08/16/23)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea asserted Wednesday that a U.S. soldier who bolted across the heavily armed Korean border last month did so after becoming disillusioned with the inequality of American society and racial discrimination in its Army. It was North Korea's first official confirmation of detention of Pvt. ...
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Deadly clashes between rival militias in Libya leave 27 dead, authorities say
(International News ~ 08/16/23)
CAIRO -- Deadly clashes between rival militias in Libya's capital killed at least 27 people and left residents trapped in their homes on Tuesday, unable to escape the violence, medical authorities said. The fighting appears to be the most intense to shake Tripoli this year. There were at least four people dead but it was not immediately clear if they were militiamen or civilians, an official said...
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South Korea's Yoon calls for strong security cooperation with US, Japan ahead of Camp David summit
(International News ~ 08/16/23)
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's president called for deeper security cooperation with the U.S. and Japan to address North Korea's nuclear threat, saying Tuesday that his upcoming summit with the U.S. and Japanese leaders at Camp David will "set a new milestone in trilateral cooperation."...
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President Biden focuses on factory jobs in Wisconsin, ignoring latest Trump indictment
(National News ~ 08/16/23)
MILWAUKEE -- On the heels of a fourth indictment for Donald Trump, President Joe Biden focused on manufacturing jobs in a speech at a Wisconsin factory -- putting his ideas for growth up against his Republican rivals in a bid to win over voters in a key state in next year's presidential election...
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A strong tropical storm lashes parts of Japan and disrupts holiday travel
(International News ~ 08/16/23)
TOKYO -- A strong tropical storm lashed central and western Japan with heavy rain and high winds Tuesday, causing flooding and power blackouts and paralyzing air and ground transportation while many people were traveling for a Buddhist holiday week...
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States that protect transgender health care now try to absorb demand
(National News ~ 08/16/23)
States that declared themselves refuges for transgender people have essentially issued an invitation: Get your gender-affirming health care here without fearing prosecution at home. Now that bans on such care for minors are taking effect around the country -- Texas could be next, depending on the outcome of a court hearing this week -- patients and their families are testing clinics' capacity. ...
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Prosecutors in the Hunter Biden case deny defense push to keep gun charge agreement in place
(National News ~ 08/16/23)
WASHINGTON -- A legal showdown over the derailed plea deal for Hunter Biden continued Tuesday as prosecutors asserted that an agreement on a gun charge is dead along with the rest of the deal as the case makes a major shift into a special counsel investigation...
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Mother pleads guilty to felony child neglect after 6-year-old son used her gun to shoot teacher
(National News ~ 08/16/23)
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in Virginia pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge of felony child neglect, seven months after her son used her handgun to critically wound the educator in a classroom full of students...
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Georgia case against Trump presents problems from start
(National News ~ 08/16/23)
ATLANTA -- Putting 19 people on trial at the same time is a difficult assignment for any prosecutor -- regardless of whether one of those defendants is a former president of the United States running to reclaim his old office. The sprawling racketeering indictment returned this week by a grand jury in Atlanta presents a wide range of challenges. A big one is political: finding jurors who don't have unshakable opinions about Donald Trump and others in his orbit...
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Mar-a-Lago property manager pleads not guilty to charges in Trump's classified documents case
(National News ~ 08/16/23)
FORT PIERCE, Fla. -- Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira pleaded not guilty Tuesday to scheming with Donald Trump to try to delete security footage sought by investigators probing the former president's hoarding of classified documents. An attorney for De Oliveira entered the plea on his behalf during a brief hearing in the Fort Pierce, Florida, federal court, where Trump is charged with illegally holding onto top-secret records at his Palm Beach club and thwarting government efforts to retrieve them.. ...
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Death toll from devastating Maui fire reaches 101
(National News ~ 08/16/23)
LAHAINA, Hawaii -- A mobile morgue unit arrived Tuesday to help Hawaii officials working painstakingly to identify the remains of people killed in wildfires that ravaged Maui, as the death toll rose above 100 and teams intensified the search for more dead in neighborhoods reduced to ash...
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McCarthy tries to prevent a September government shutdown
(National News ~ 08/16/23)
WASHINGTON -- Congressional leaders are pitching a stopgap government funding package to avoid a federal shutdown after next month, acknowledging the House and Senate are nowhere near agreement on spending levels to keep federal operations running. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy raised the idea of a monthslong funding package, known as a continuing resolution, to House Republicans on a members-only call Monday evening, according to those familiar with the private session and granted anonymity to discuss it.. ...
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Russia unleashes countrywide missile barrage on Ukraine as Putin addresses conference
(International News ~ 08/16/23)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russian forces unleashed missiles across Ukraine early Tuesday, killing and wounding civilians and damaging infrastructure. The barrage came just hours before top Russian military officials and their counterparts from allied countries in Asia, the Middle East and Africa gathered outside Moscow for a security conference...
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Out of the past: Aug. 16
(Out of the Past ~ 08/16/23)
Hanover Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau installs its first vicar; Greg Lucido and his wife, Kris, will learn more about ministry while working with the congregation and staff; Greg Lucido is a third-year student in the master of divinity program at Concordia Lutheran Seminary in St. Louis...
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French Heritage Corridor Presentation
(Submitted Story ~ 08/16/23)
The Cape Girardeau Heritage Museum, 538 Independence Street, will host a French Heritage Corridor Presentation on Saturday, August 19 at 11 a.m. Tandy Thompson of St. Louis, Ambassador of the French Heritage Society, Midwest-Chicago Chapter, will share information about the 17th and 18th century Mississippi River Valley and Cape Girardeau’s early French origins and uniquely French name. ...
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VFW Scholarship Programs
(Submitted Story ~ 08/16/23)
Every year our local VFW Post 3838 offers Scholarships to our youth. This year the Patriot's Pen for 6th, 7th and 8th grade students 2023-24 theme is "How are you inspired by America?" Deadline for Essay is October 31st, and turned into at the VFW Post 1049 N Kingshighway, Cape Girardeau. ...
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