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Missouri legislators hope to fully lift felony drug ban from food assistance program
(Local News ~ 01/04/24)
A decade ago, Missouri lawmakers passed legislation that was celebrated as lifting the lifetime ban from food stamp benefits for people with a drug felony on their record. But that legislation created a host of restrictions and requirements to be eligible for and access benefits, modifying the ban rather than eliminating it outright...
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Children construct houses
(Local News ~ 01/04/24)
Annie Green and Lucy Sayers build their own houses and cities out of Lego bricks on Wednesday, Jan. 3, during the construction club at the Cape Girardeau Public Library in Cape Girardeau.
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Did You Know? Ways to stay active
(Local News ~ 01/04/24)
The New Year has started and so have our New Year's resolutions. One of the most common resolutions people make is to be more active or to lose weight. If you choose a resolution such as this and want to keep it, here are some great ways to stay active without a gym membership...
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Jackson aldermen approve body cams
(Local News ~ 01/04/24)
The Jackson Board of Aldermen authorized agreements for police body cameras and civic center construction during its Tuesday, Jan. 2, meeting. The board accepted a $144,778.50 bid from Fronabarger Concreters of Oak Ridge for the city's Civic Center Pavilion & Playground Grading and Site Work Project...
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Missouri GOP leaders to focus on child care, education policy in 2024
(State News ~ 01/04/24)
JEFFERSON CITY -- Missouri's five-month annual legislative session began Wednesday with top Republicans prioritizing education and child care policies over additional laws directed at LGBTQ+ people. Republicans spent much of last session crafting two new transgender- related laws, despite considerable pushback from Democrats and LGBTQ+ advocates...
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Historic Rose Garden undergoes name change as project finishes
(Local News ~ 01/04/24)
Capaha Park's Rose Garden renovation is complete, and it has a new name. Along with a new look, the garden is now called Capaha Park Garden. City of Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation director Doug Gannon said the reason for the name change is because there won't be just roses added to the garden...
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Jackson school district shows huge gain in state report
(Local News ~ 01/04/24)
Jackson School District scored 85.5% on the state annual performance report for the 2022-23 school year. That was an almost 10% increase over the previous year. The state's Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released its report Dec. 18, measuring districts on standardized tests, attendance rates and other factors...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/04/24)
Today is Thursday, Jan. 4, the fourth day of 2024. There are 362 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 4, 2007, Nancy Pelosi was elected the first female speaker of the House as Democrats took control of Congress. On this date:...
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Fire report 1-4-24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/04/24)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Jan. 2 n Medical assists were made at 7:57 a.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 10:31 a.m. on Doctors Park Drive; 3:01 p.m. on William Street; and 3:29 p.m. on South Benton Street...
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Policed report 1-4-24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/04/24)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on South Pacific Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on Independence Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on Jefferson Avenue...
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Renee Markwell
(Obituary ~ 01/04/24)
Renee M. Markwell, 53, of Wichita, Kansas, formerly of Perryville, died Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 6, at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 6, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Ben Melaku C.M. officiating. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery in Perryville...
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Michael Lamb
(Obituary ~ 01/04/24)
Michael Walker Lamb, 54, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday evening, Dec. 27, 2023, at his home. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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Christopher Jones
(Obituary ~ 01/04/24)
Michael Christopher Jones, 38, passed away Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. He was born Nov. 15, 1984, in Cape Girardeau to Albert and LaVonne Finke Jones. Survivors include his parents, Albert and LaVonne Jones of Jackson; brother, Nathan Jones of Jackson; and son, Tye Jones, and daughter, Callie Jones, of Aquila...
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Dr. Eleanor Duff
(Obituary ~ 01/04/24)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. — Dr. Ruth Eleanor Duff, 89, of Olive Branch died Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Eleanor was born Dec. 19, 1934, at the family home near Thebes, Illinois, to Richard Ernest and Ruth Ethel Dickerson Duff...
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Charlene Bell
(Obituary ~ 01/04/24)
Charlene Bell, daughter of the late Charles Graff and Ruby Jacobs Roe, was born Aug. 9, 1952, in Commerce and departed her life Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, at Chaffee Nursing Home in Chaffee at the age of 71. She was a loving mother and homemaker throughout her adult life. ...
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Rescuers race against time in search for survivors in Japan after powerful quakes leave 77 dead
(International News ~ 01/04/24)
SUZU, Japan -- Rescuers braved the cold in a race against time as they searched for survivors along Japan's western coastline Thursday after a powerful earthquake earlier in the week smashed homes and left at least 77 people dead and 35 missing. A downpour and possible snow were expected, raising the risk of landslides. A list of those officially missing released overnight grew from 15 to 35 people, including a 13-year-old boy...
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Trump asks US Supreme Court to overturn Colorado ruling barring him from ballot over Jan. 6 attack
(National News ~ 01/04/24)
DENVER -- Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling barring him from the Colorado ballot, setting up a high-stakes showdown over whether a constitutional provision prohibiting those who "engaged in insurrection" will end his political career...
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Biden's kicking off 2024 by delving into some of the country's darkest moments
(National News ~ 01/04/24)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden is starting the campaign year by evoking the Revolutionary War to mark the third anniversary of the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and visiting the South Carolina church where a white gunman massacred Black parishioners -- seeking to present in the starkest possible terms an election he argues could determine the fate of American democracy...
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Plagiarism charges downed Harvard's president. A conservative attack helped to fan the outrage
(National News ~ 01/04/24)
WASHINGTON -- American higher education has long viewed plagiarism as a cardinal sin. Accusations of academic dishonesty have ruined the careers of faculty and undergraduates alike. The latest target is Harvard President Claudine Gay, who resigned Tuesday. In her case, the outrage came not from her academic peers but her political foes, led by conservatives who put her career under intense scrutiny...
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Unsealed court records offer new detail on old sex abuse allegations against Jeffrey Epstein
(National News ~ 01/04/24)
NEW YORK -- Amid great hype, a court began to release a new batch of previously secret court documents late Wednesday related to Jeffrey Epstein, the jet-setting financier who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges. Social media has been rife in recent weeks with posts speculating that the documents would include a list of rich and powerful men who were Epstein's "clients" or "co-conspirators."...
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Extreme cold grips Nordic countries, Russia as floods hit western Europe
(International News ~ 01/04/24)
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Europe experienced stark weather contrasts on Wednesday, with extreme cold and snowstorms disrupting transportation and closing schools in Scandinavia while strong winds and heavy rain in western Europe caused flooding and at least one death...
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As a missile hits a Kyiv apartment building, survivors lose a lifetime's possessions in seconds
(International News ~ 01/04/24)
KYIV, Ukraine -- With trembling hands and labored breath, Serhii Slobodiannyk meticulously searched his fire-damaged apartment, seeking to salvage any of his family's treasured belongings following a Russian missile attack on Kyiv. "Everything I had worked for over 30 years was destroyed in less than a second," says Slobodiannyk, still dressed in the clothes he managed to throw on in his burning apartment Tuesday...
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13-year-old gamer becomes the first to beat the 'unbeatable' Tetris -- by breaking it
(National News ~ 01/04/24)
SAN FRANCISCO -- The falling-block video game Tetris has met its match in 13-year-old Willis Gibson, who has become the first player to officially "beat" the original Nintendo version of the game -- by breaking it. Technically, Willis -- aka "blue scuti" in the gaming world -- made it to what gamers call a "kill screen," a point where the Tetris code glitches, crashing the game. ...
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Big city crime in Missouri: Record year in Kansas City, but progress in St. Louis
(State News ~ 01/04/24)
ST. LOUIS -- The number of killings rose to a record level in one of Missouri's two big cities last year, and it dropped substantially in the other. Kansas City police data shows 182 killings in 2023, 12 more than in 2022 and three more than the previous all-time high of 179 in 2020. The police department data does not include officer-involved killings...
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'Debtor's prison' lawsuit filed against St. Louis suburb resolved with $2.9 million settlement
(State News ~ 01/04/24)
ST. LOUIS -- A Missouri city will pay nearly $3 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of violating the constitutional rights of residents by jailing them and forcing them to pay fines and fees amounting to millions of dollars, often for minor traffic violations...
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Amateur Missouri investigator helps break decade-old missing person cold case
(State News ~ 01/04/24)
JEFFERSON CITY -- A decade-old cold case centered on a Navy veteran who disappeared without a trace in rural Missouri is hot again after an amateur sleuth and YouTube creator's help led police to unidentified human remains. Donnie Erwin, a 59-year-old Camdenton resident, went missing Dec. ...
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House Speaker Johnson demands staunch policies during border visit
(National News ~ 01/04/24)
EAGLE PASS, Texas -- U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson led about 60 fellow Republicans in Congress on a visit Wednesday to the Mexican border to demand hard-line immigration policies in exchange for backing President Joe Biden's emergency wartime funding request for Ukraine. He expressed serious doubts about whether he would support a bipartisan compromise...
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Justice Department sues Texas over law that would let police arrest migrants who enter US illegally
(National News ~ 01/04/24)
AUSTIN, Texas -- The Justice Department on Wednesday sued Texas over a new law that would allow police to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally, taking Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to court again over his escalating response to border crossers arriving from Mexico...
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Imam killed outside New Jersey mosque; shooter remains at large, authorities say
(National News ~ 01/04/24)
A New Jersey imam was gunned down outside his mosque before dawn Wednesday, leaving authorities hunting for a shooter and saying they've found no evidence that an anti- Muslim bias played a part in the shooting. Imam Hassan Sharif was in his car when he was shot more than once at about 6 a.m. near the Masjid- Muhammad Mosque in Newark, the state's largest city, Essex County Prosecutor Ted Stephens said at a news conference. He was taken to a nearby hospital but died in the afternoon...
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Russia, Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war in biggest release
(International News ~ 01/04/24)
Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war in the biggest single release of captives since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. Ukrainian authorities said that 230 Ukrainian prisoners of war returned home in the first exchange in almost five months. Russia's Defense Ministry said that 248 Russian servicemen have been freed under the deal sponsored by the United Arab Emirates...
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Israel's Mossad chief vows to hunt down Hamas members
(International News ~ 01/04/24)
JERUSALEM -- The chief of Israel's Mossad intelligence service vowed Wednesday that the agency would hunt down every Hamas member involved in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, no matter where they are. His pledge came a day after the deputy head of the Palestinian militant group was killed in a suspected Israeli strike in Beirut...
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Iran says at least 95 killed in blasts at ceremony honoring slain general
(International News ~ 01/04/24)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Two bombs exploded and killed at least 95 people at a commemoration for a prominent Iranian general slain by the U.S. in a 2020 drone strike, Iranian officials said, as the Middle East remains on edge over Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 1-4-24 meeting
(Local News ~ 01/04/24)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 4 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Approval of minutes of the Thursday, Dec. 28, meeting Communications/reports -- other selected officials/department heads n Updates on new jail and 1908 courthouse project...
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Prayer 1-4-24
(Prayer ~ 01/04/24)
O Father God, blessed be your name, the name about all names. Amen.
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Haley's slavery gaffe is a rare misstep for a good politician
(Column ~ 01/04/24)
Nikki Haley gave a bad answer to an easy question: What caused the Civil War? She replied with a word-salad on freedom and the role of government while failing to mention the word "slavery" at all. We don't need to dwell on why it was a bad answer. The Civil War is a complicated topic, but the simple truth is it wouldn't have occurred but for the issue of slavery...
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Free health insurance for migrants is lunacy
(Column ~ 01/04/24)
Across the globe, millions of people are on the move, defying borders and violating laws to escape poor countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and break into rich countries. The United States is their No. 1 destination. The U.S. needs a strategy to limit the burden on Americans and protect our quality of life. Instead, the Democratic Party merely virtue signals, saying, "Welcome, take whatever we have."...
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Speak Out 1-4-24
(Speak Out ~ 01/04/24)
When Republicans want to defend Trump for his election interference and coup attempt, they always go to Hillary Clinton's claim that Russia interfered with the 2016 election even though she conceded the race. They also go back to Al Gore's refusal to concede his election to George W. ...
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SEMO's drone program is a point of distinction for the university
(Editorial ~ 01/04/24)
In 1967, a movie character was giving a young man career advice. "The future is plastics," Mr. McGuire told Benjamin Braddock in "The Graduate". He was right. Plastic is ubiquitous in our world today, from the bottles containing water and soft drinks to the packaging that protects our food to our vehicles and household items...
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Out of the past: Jan. 4
(Out of the Past ~ 01/04/24)
The worst of the season's first round of ice and snow passed through the region Saturday, followed yesterday by blustery winds and bitterly cold temperatures that dipped at times into the single digits and the wind chill index below zero; although the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky, doesn't anticipate any significant precipitation this week, there is still the possibility of periodic snow showers and flurries; the dangerously cold temperatures are expected to continue several days.. ...
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Cape Area Community Foundation Announces Coover Regional Communities Grant Opportunity
(Submitted Story ~ 01/04/24)
The Cape Area Community Foundation an affiliate of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks (CFO) announces that CFO is accepting applications for the Coover Regional Vibrant Communities Grant Program. The CFO is administering this program on behalf of the Louis L. and Julia Dorothy Coover Charitable Foundation, a private foundation managed by Commerce Trust Company...
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CFO opens rural community-building grant program
(Submitted Story ~ 01/04/24)
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks is accepting applications for the Coover Regional Vibrant Communities Grant Program. The CFO is administering this program on behalf of the Louis L. and Julia Dorothy Coover Charitable Foundation, a private foundation managed by Commerce Trust Company...
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