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Rep. Tom Emmer withdraws bid for House speaker hours after winning GOP nomination
(National News ~ 10/25/23)
WASHINGTON — Republican Tom Emmer abruptly abandoned his bid to become House speaker Tuesday, withdrawing hours after winning the internal party nomination once it became clear he would not have enough support from GOP colleagues for the gavel. Emmer, the GOP Whip, reversed course after Donald Trump objected to his nomination and hardliners in the House denied the party leader the votes he would need...
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One shot in Cape Girardeau incident
(Local News ~ 10/25/23)
Cape Girardeau police said a Black male suspect allegedly shot someone Tuesday, Oct. 24. A release from Cape Girardeau Police Department said officers responded to the 600 block of South Ellis Street shortly after 4:30 p.m. on a shots-fired call. In the area of South Sprigg and Maple streets, they located a vehicle with bullet holes. They made contact with occupants of the vehicle and found one of them with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. The victim was taken to a local hospital...
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Dockins Valuation Company celebrates 50 years
(Local News ~ 10/25/23)
William P. Dockins, a former regional claims representative for Aetna Casualty Insurance Company, was seeking other endeavors when he was invited to a meeting of the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers (now The Appraisal Institute). He affiliated with the organization and began taking appraisal courses. In November 1973, he formed Dockins Valuation Company in the Kings Row Building on South Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau...
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SEMO Percussion Ensemble to host concert
(Local News ~ 10/25/23)
Southeast Missouri State University Percussion Ensemble will host a family-friendly concert of popular film, cartoon and video game music Friday, Oct. 27, at the River Campus in Cape Girardeau. The concert will begin at 8 p.m. in Bedell Performance Hall located at 518 S. Fountain St. in Cape Girardeau. Admission is free and the audience is encouraged to wear Halloween costumes. Treats will be distributed after the concert...
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Bluegrass performance coming to SEMO
(Local News ~ 10/25/23)
Southeast Missouri State University will host a concert of bluegrass music from Michael and Jennifer McLain & the Banjocats on Sunday, Oct. 29, at the River Campus in Cape Girardeau. The concert will feature high energy banjo and fiddle music that reflects musical culture in Kentucky and Virginia, warmhearted songs to lift people up and specialty instrumentals that show love for the artistry of music...
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Encore pizzeria to premiere at Cape's City Centre
(Local News ~ 10/25/23)
Cody Kelley has around a decade of restaurant experience. He started at Fazoli's, managed a Chick-fil-A and worked at local establishments 36 Restaurant and Bar and Gabriel's Food + Wine. He's operated the A La Carte catering service since 2019. Now he's set his sights on his next step: opening a pizza restaurant. Italian food has always been his passion...
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Early optimism for City of Cape Girardeau 2023 deer hunt
(Local News ~ 10/25/23)
City of Cape Girardeau's scheduled Saturday, Oct. 21, to Friday, Dec. 22, managed deer hunt is off to a promising start with seven deer taken in the hunt's first four days. In 2022, the second year for the hunt done in cooperation with the state Department of Conservation, only four whitetails were harvested,...
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Republicans nominate Mike Johnson for House speaker
(National News ~ 10/25/23)
WASHINGTON -- Republicans chose Rep. Mike Johnson as their latest nominee for House speaker late Tuesday, hours after an earlier pick, Rep. Tom Emmer, abruptly withdrew in the face of opposition from Donald Trump and hard-line GOP lawmakers. Johnson of Louisiana, a lower-ranked member of the House GOP leadership team, becomes the fourth Republican nominee after Emmer and the others fell short in what has become an almost absurd cycle of political infighting since Kevin McCarthy's ouster as GOP factions jockey for power.. ...
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Cape Girardeau Public Schools builds for growth and plans for more
(Local News ~ 10/25/23)
The Cape Girardeau Public Schools Board of Education voted to accept a bid for the renovation of the former Red Star Baptist Church building, located at 1301 Main St. in Cape Girardeau. The district purchased the building in December 2022 to be the new home of Cape Central Academy. District officials previously stated the building will be complete and the Academy can move in and start classes for the 2024-25 school year...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/25/23)
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 25, the 298th day of 2023. There are 67 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 25, 1760, Britain's King George III succeeded his late grandfather, George II. On this date: In 1859, radical abolitionist John Brown went on trial in Charles Town, Virginia, for his failed raid at Harpers Ferry. (He was convicted and hanged.)...
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Prayer 10-25-23
(Prayer ~ 10/25/23)
O Heavenly Father, our soul waits on you, the author of our faith. Amen.
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Hamas' attack exposes trouble on college campuses
(Column ~ 10/25/23)
On Oct. 7, Hamas terrorists murdered innocent Israeli civilians in attacks that included rape, torture and beheadings. It was a disgusting violation of the most basic morality. Any country whose civilians had been attacked in such a manner would and should be well within their rights to target and dismantle an enemy that would act in such a manner. Indeed, the United States stands in complete support of Israel's right to eliminate this terrorist threat on their border...
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The shameful gag order on Donald Trump
(Column ~ 10/25/23)
If you've always thought that federal judges ought to determine what presidential candidates can and can't say about political matters, you should love Judge Tanya Chutkan's partial gag order against Donald Trump. Chutkan is hearing the Jan. 6 case against Trump brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith and has decided to partially muzzle Trump with an order that is nonsensical and possibly unconstitutional...
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Thankful for our area's first responders
(Editorial ~ 10/25/23)
The past few years have shown us how essential many workers are. We need hands-on medical care in hospitals and clinics, and we need our grocery store shelves stocked with goods delivered by trucks driven by men and women across the country. Each October, we highlight a particular group of essential workers -- first responders...
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Fire report 10-25-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/25/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Oct. 24 n Medical assists were made at 1:10 p.m. on Perryville Road and 5:53 p.m. on South Hanover Street. n At 4:19 p.m., fire alarm on North Spring Avenue. n At 7:05 p.m., commercial fire on South Sprigg Street...
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Police report 10-25-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/25/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests to not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was made on Hackberry Street. n A warrant arrest was reported. Assaults n Second-degree assault was reported on Themis Street...
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Kevin Kinder
(Obituary ~ 10/25/23)
ORAN, Mo. — Kevin Leon Kinder, 63, of Oran passed away Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 18, 1959, in Cape Girardeau, the son of James Leon and Margaret Ann Halford Kinder. Kevin spent many years working as a construction laborer. He was a member of the Advance, Missouri, Eagles...
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Man linked to missing Arizona teen Alicia Navarro is arrested on child sex abuse charges
(National News ~ 10/25/23)
HELENA, Mont. -- A 36-year-old man living in Montana with a teenager who mysteriously disappeared from Arizona four years ago has been charged with two felony counts of child sexual abuse based on images found on his phone, authorities said Tuesday...
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Florida officials ask US Supreme Court to block rulings limiting anti-drag show law
(National News ~ 10/25/23)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The state of Florida is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block lower court rulings that prohibit the enforcement of a new law targeting drag shows. Florida officials filed an application with the nation's highest court on Friday asking that the prohibition against enforcing the anti-drag show law only be limited to the Orlando, Florida, restaurant which challenged its constitutionality...
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UAW strikes at General Motors plant in Texas as union goes after automakers' cash cows
(National News ~ 10/25/23)
DETROIT -- First it was Ford, then Stellantis and now a General Motors factory has been added to the growing list of highly profitable plants where the United Auto Workers union is on strike. On Tuesday, about 5,000 workers walked out at GM's factory in Arlington, Texas, that makes big, high margin SUVs such as the Chevrolet Tahoe and Cadillac Escalade...
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Toll rises to 8 dead, 63 hurt from Louisiana interstate pileup
(National News ~ 10/25/23)
NEW ORLEANS -- The toll from a series of crashes on a Louisiana interstate rose to eight dead and 63 injured Tuesday evening, a day after a "super fog" of marsh fire smoke and dense fog snared more than 160 vehicles in the fiery pileup, authorities said...
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Hurricane Otis rapidly grows into Category 4 storm
(International News ~ 10/25/23)
ACAPULCO, Mexico -- Hurricane Otis strengthened from a tropical storm to a dangerous Category 4 hurricane in a matter of hours Tuesday as it approached Mexico's southern Pacific coast, where it was forecast to make landfall near the resort of Acapulco early Wednesday, possibly as a catastrophic Category 5 storm...
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China replaces defense minister months after foreign minister was removed from office
(International News ~ 10/25/23)
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- China has replaced Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu, who has been out of public view for almost two months, state media reported Tuesday. No further information was given. Li is the second senior Chinese official to disappear this year, following former Foreign Minister Qin Gang, who was removed from office in July with no explanation offered...
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The US is sharing hard lessons from urban combat in Iraq and Syria as Israel prepares to invade Gaza
(National News ~ 10/25/23)
WASHINGTON -- The prospect of Israeli forces launching an assault into Gaza's dense urban neighborhoods, where militants use civilians as human shields, brings back searing memories of the deadly battles the U.S.-led coalition fought against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria...
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Off-duty St. Louis officer accused of shooting no longer employed
(State News ~ 10/25/23)
ST. LOUIS -- An off-duty St. Louis County officer accused of displaying his badge and firing into the air at a trick-or-treating event no longer is employed at the agency, a police spokesperson confirmed Monday. Matthew McCulloch was no longer working at the department as of Thursday, St. ...
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Former reality TV star sentenced to prison for fraud
(State News ~ 10/25/23)
ST. LOUIS -- A former cast member of the reality TV show "Basketball Wives LA" was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison for 15 fraud-related felonies, including schemes connected to the COVID-19 pandemic. Brittish Williams, 33, of St. Louis pleaded guilty in May to five federal counts of misuse of a Social Security number, four counts of bank fraud, three counts of making false statements to the IRS and three counts of wire fraud. ...
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Top state lawmaker repays travel reimbursements wrongly taken
(State News ~ 10/25/23)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's House speaker has repaid more than $3,300 in taxpayer dollars he inappropriately received as reimbursements for travel and other expenses dating back to 2018. Speaker Dean Plocher so far has repaid the state House $3,379, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Tuesday...
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Jenna Ellis becomes latest Trump lawyer to plead guilty
(National News ~ 10/25/23)
ATLANTA -- Attorney and prominent conservative media figure Jenna Ellis pleaded guilty Tuesday to a felony charge over efforts to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election loss in Georgia, tearfully telling the judge she looks back on that time with "deep remorse."...
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Israeli airstrikes surge in Gaza, killing dozens at a time
(International News ~ 10/25/23)
RAFAH, Gaza Strip -- Israel escalated airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, crushing families in the rubble of residential buildings, as health officials said hundreds of Palestinians were killed in the past day and medical facilities were shut down because of bomb damage and lack of power...
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Michael Cohen testifies against Trump in NY fraud trial
(National News ~ 10/25/23)
NEW YORK -- In a courtroom showdown five years in the making, Donald Trump's fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen testified Tuesday that he worked to boost the supposed value of the former president's assets to "whatever number Trump told us to." Trump's lawyers -- and outside court, Trump himself -- by turn sought to portray Cohen as a serial deceiver who pleaded guilty to crimes that include tax evasion and telling falsehoods to Congress and a bank. ...
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Out of the past: Oct. 25
(Out of the Past ~ 10/25/23)
An open house and dedication of Faith Evangelical Free Church, 5203 Old Cape Road in Jackson, are held in the afternoon; pastor of the church is Fred Burgard. More deer were struck by vehicles last year in rural areas statewide as compared to urban areas; Cape Girardeau County ranked 13th among the state's counties, with 81 deer-related accidents; Cape Girardeau city, which had 32 deer-related accidents, ranked seventh among Missouri cities...
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