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NB I-55 in Scott County reduced for pavement work; Pavement repairs to reduce Highway 51 in Perry County
(Local News ~ 03/13/24)
NB I-55 in Scott County reduced for pavement work Northbound Interstate 55 in Scott County -- from Mile Marker 66 to Mile Marker 74.2 near Sikeston -- will be reduced to one lane with an 10-foot width restriction as construction crews make pavement repairs. According to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release, the work will take place daily from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, April 1, through Friday, April 19...
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Sen. Josh Hawley attends Lincoln Day in Jackson
(Local News ~ 03/13/24)
Cape Girardeau County Republican Women 2024 Lincoln Day was held Saturday, March 9, 2024, at the Jackson Knights of Columbus Hall. Sen. Josh Hawley spoke at the event rallying for his upcoming election.
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Illinois man arrested for allegedly setting fires in Jackson
(Local News ~ 03/13/24)
A man who set several dumpsters on fire in Jackson is in custody at Cape Girardeau County jail with no bond after allegedly confessing he set the bins on fire. He told police he turned himself in because he felt suicidal and homicidal and stated he was going to progress from setting fire to the dumpsters to residences, according to a probable-cause document filed in the case...
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Man arrested in connection with shooting incident
(Local News ~ 03/13/24)
Charges have been filed against a man Cape Girardeau police officers believe shot a bullet through a vehicle's window and hit a man in the back while he was driving his vehicle. Jaleel Henry, 26, of Cape Girardeau, has been charged with first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm and two counts of armed criminal action...
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Man arrested in connection with beating incident
(Local News ~ 03/13/24)
Police have arrested a man who they say was one of four people who brutally beat a victim, stole his car, phone and debit card, leaving him with a bloodied face, missing and broken teeth and no shoes or eyeglasses. Levi Clowes, 20, was charged with first-degree assault, first-degree robbery and the theft of a vehicle. The assault and robbery charges are Class A felonies, which could result in a sentence of up to 30 years in prison. Judge Frank Miller issued a $100,000 cash-only bond...
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Libertarian Greg Tlapek provides alternative choice in District 147 House race
(Local News ~ 03/13/24)
Libertarian Greg Tlapek is running for the District 147 seat in the Missouri House of Representatives once again. Tlapek has been involved with the Libertarian party going back to the 1980s and ran his first political race in 1994. Most recently, Tlapek ran for the District 147 seat in 2022, pulling 4.1% of the vote. Republican candidate John Voss won the race, receiving 64.5%, while Democratic candidate Andy Leighton received 31.4%...
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Republican Lucas Green to challenge in District 146 House primary
(Local News ~ 03/13/24)
National Guard veteran and Cape Girardeau County native Lucas Green will challenge Republican incumbent Rep. Barry Hovis for the House of Representatives District 146 seat in the Tuesday, Aug. 6, primary election. During his time in the National Guard, Green, who is running for office for the first time this year, was deployed to the 2002 Winter Olympics for security duties, spent 16 months in Iraq in 2003-04 when he received an Army Commendation Medal and was deployed with the Missouri National Guard for Hurricane Katrina relief in 2005. ...
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Annual SEMO Taste of Cape Restaurant Hop scheduled for next week
(Local News ~ 03/13/24)
Cape Girardeau residents will be able to try signature items from local restaurants during the Taste of Cape Restaurant Hop from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 19. This is an annual event that started in 2016. The event will benefit The Jeanine Larson Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre and Dance Senior Showcases in New York and Los Angeles for this year...
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Outside the Office: Baking with Dr. Toni Alexander
(B Magazine ~ 03/13/24)
As a professor and chairperson of the History and Anthropology Department at Southeast Missouri State University, Dr. Toni Alexander says much of her day-to-day work does not end with something tangible. The few “tangible” results in her job — students graduating, papers being published and other academic projects — require ample time and patience...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/13/24)
Today is Wednesday, March 13, the 74th day of 2024. There are 293 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: On March 13, 2013, Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope, choosing the name Francis. he was the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium...
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Prayer 3-13-24
(Prayer ~ 03/13/24)
O Lord Jesus, may we raise our children based on the Bible, your Holy Word. Amen.
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The most divisive State of the Union address in U.S. history
(Column ~ 03/13/24)
On March 7, President Joe Biden delivered a State of the Union address that will go down as the most divisive in American history. He turned the annual tradition into a campaign event, launching attack after attack against his political opponent and rural communities. ...
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Joe Biden will never be normal again
(Column ~ 03/13/24)
Joe Biden won the normality test in 2020. There wasn't anything remarkable about him. He just seemed like a steady hand who had been around for a while, who didn't look or sound like a radical, and who knew how Washington worked. He wasn't the leader of a movement, wasn't charismatic and wasn't particularly witty or well-spoken. He was, in fact, completely uninteresting and utterly conventional. He was just the most normal guy in the room...
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Fire report 3-13-24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/13/24)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. March 11 n Medical assists were made at 10:35 a.m. on Jewel Drive; 11:47 a.m. on Sylvan Lane; 12:11 p.m. on North Water Street; 12:35 p.m. on South Silver Springs Road; 12:39 p.m. on Amblewood Drive; and 3:46 p.m. on South Silver Springs Road. ...
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Police report 3-13-24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/13/24)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on Whitener Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on North Frederick Street. Assaults n Fourth-degree domestic assault was reported on North Kingshighway...
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Gene Windeknecht
(Obituary ~ 03/13/24)
Gene Windeknecht, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, March 11, 2024, at Lutheran Home, under hospice care. He was born Dec. 17, 1939, to Oda and Norma Windeknecht in Egypt Mills. He and Jo Donna Rich were married June 14, 1964. Gene worked at Erbacher Materials Inc. for 38 years as an office manager. ...
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Debbie Lynn Rhodes-Hodge
(Obituary ~ 03/13/24)
Debbie Lynn Rhodes-Hodge, 66, of Cape Girardeau passed away unexpectedly Friday, March 8, 2024, at her home. She was born July 19, 1957, in Bonne Terre to Pete and Almaretta Rhodes. She is truly and deeply missed by most and for the ones who don’t ... Who asked? ...
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Pamela 'Melissa' Pobst
(Obituary ~ 03/13/24)
Melissa Pobst, daughter of the late Sherman “VIC” Phillips and Katherine “Nadine” Bacchus Phillips, was born Dec. 3, 1954, in Elgin, Illinois, and departed her life Friday, March 8, 2024, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee at the age of 69 years. ...
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Vallie Janet
(Obituary ~ 03/13/24)
PERRYVILLE — Vallie L. “PeeWee” Janet, 89, of Perryville died Sunday, March 10, 2024, at Mercy Hospital Perry. Visitation will be from 7:30 to 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, March 13, at Ford and Young Funeral Home. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 13, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, with the Rev. Joe Geders, C.M., officiating. Entombment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery.
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Gail Hennecke
(Obituary ~ 03/13/24)
Gail Patricia Hennecke, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, March 11, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, March 14, 2024, at Hanover Lutheran Church. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 14, at the church, with the Rev. Rod Benkendorf officiating. Entombment will be at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum in Cape Girardeau. ...
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As TikTok bill steams forward, online influencers put on their lobbying hats to visit Washington
(National News ~ 03/13/24)
WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers, meet your latest lobbyists: online influencers from TikTok. The platform is once again bringing influencers to Washington, this time to lobby members of Congress to reject a fast-moving bill that would force TikTok's Beijing-based parent company to sell or be banned in the United States. On Tuesday, some influencers began a two-day advocacy event in support of TikTok, which arranged their trip ahead of a House floor vote on the legislation on Wednesday...
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Equal education, unequal pay: Why is there still a gender pay gap in 2024?
(National News ~ 03/13/24)
CHICAGO -- Not even education can close the pay gap that persists between women and men, according to a recent U.S. Census Bureau report. Whether women earn a post-secondary certificate or graduate from a top-tier university, they still make about 71 cents on the dollar compared with men at the same education level, Census Bureau research found...
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The New York Times is fighting off Wordle look-alikes with copyright takedown notices
(National News ~ 03/13/24)
NEW YORK -- The New York Times is fighting off Wordle "clones" -- arguing that numerous games inspired by the mega-popular word-guessing game infringe on its copyright protections. Hundreds of copycats have emerged since Wordle skyrocketed to internet fame less than three years ago. And now the Times, which purchased the game in 2022, is sending takedown notices to people behind some of the look-alikes...
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Russia says it killed 234 fighters while thwarting an incursion from Ukraine
(International News ~ 03/13/24)
Ukrainian long-range drones smashed into two oil facilities deep inside Russia on Tuesday, officials said, while an armed incursion claimed by Ukraine-based Russian opponents of the Kremlin unnerved a border region just days before Russia's presidential election...
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Haiti is preparing itself for new leadership. Gangs want a seat at the table
(International News ~ 03/13/24)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Politicians across Haiti are scrambling for power after Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced Tuesday that he would resign once a transitional presidential council is created. But elbowing their way into the race are powerful gangs that control 80% of Haiti's capital and demand a say in the future of the troubled country under siege...
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An aid ship is sailing to Gaza, where hundreds of thousands face starvation 5 months into war
(International News ~ 03/13/24)
RAFAH, Gaza Strip -- An aid ship loaded with some 200 tons of food set sail for Gaza on Tuesday in a pilot program for the opening of a sea corridor to the territory, where the 5-month Israel-Hamas war has driven hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to the brink of starvation...
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Fears of noncitizens voting prompt GOP state lawmakers in Missouri to propose driver's license label
(State News ~ 03/13/24)
JEFFERSON CITY -- All Missouri driver's licenses would be labeled with a U.S. citizenship stamp under a bill approved Tuesday by Republican House members, who argued the change is needed because of an increase in illegal border crossings. The bill, which needs another vote of approval to move to the Senate, is part of an effort by GOP lawmakers nationwide who fear more immigrants could lead to noncitizens voting -- a practice that is already federally prohibited...
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Hur transcript reveals Biden presidency's profound and mundane moments
(National News ~ 03/13/24)
WASHINGTON -- Special counsel Robert Hur was thanking the president for his time. He understood, Hur said, that there were a lot of things going on that demanded Joe Biden's attention. "We may be interrupted by one," Biden said, explaining that he'd just gotten off the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. ...
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In White House visit, Polish president pushes NATO to ramp up spending, calls on US to fund Ukraine
(National News ~ 03/13/24)
WASHINGTON -- Polish President Andrzej Duda used a joint White House visit with his political rival, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, on Tuesday to call on NATO allies to significantly increase defense spending and press a divided Washington to break its impasse over replenishing funds for Ukraine at a critical moment in the war in Europe...
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Trump wins delegates needed to become GOP's presumptive nominee for third straight election
(National News ~ 03/13/24)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Donald Trump, whose single turbulent term in the White House transformed the Republican Party, tested the resilience of democratic institutions in the U.S. and threatened alliances abroad, will lead the GOP in a third consecutive presidential election after clinching the nomination Tuesday...
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Biden and Trump clinch nominations, setting the stage for a grueling general election rematch
(National News ~ 03/13/24)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump clinched their parties' presidential nominations Tuesday with decisive victories in a slate of low-profile primaries, setting up a general election rematch that many voters do not want...
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US inflation up again in February in latest sign that price pressures remain elevated
(National News ~ 03/13/24)
WASHINGTON -- Consumer prices in the United States picked up last month, a sign that inflation remains a persistent challenge for the Federal Reserve and for President Joe Biden's re-election campaign, both of which are counting on a steady easing of price pressures this year...
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Congressional hearing on the Biden classified documents probe turns into a proxy campaign battle
(National News ~ 03/13/24)
WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers turned a Tuesday hearing on President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents into a proxy battle between the Democratic president and Republican front-runner Donald Trump, as a newly released transcript of Biden's testimony last fall showed that he repeatedly insisted he never meant to retain classified information after he left the vice presidency...
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Out of the past: March 13
(Out of the Past ~ 03/13/24)
Even though the new millennium doesn’t start until 2001, plans are being made to celebrate it on Dec. 31 with a massive New Year’s Eve party at the Show Me Center; making plans for the celebration are Cape Girardeau businesswoman Judy Wilferth and friends; the party, expected to cost more than $100,000, will feature dinner, dancing, musical entertainment from two bands — the Jerry Ford Orchestra, a local swing band, and Atlantic Express, a rock dance band from Kansas City — champaign, party favors, a millennium breakfast and indoor fireworks. ...
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Suspects' sloppiness, good work help solve crimes
(Editorial ~ 03/13/24)
In the fantasy world of television, movies and streaming programs, law enforcement officers and prosecutors wrap a tidy bow on whatever crime has occurred within the confines of the allotted time. In the real world, that’s not always the case. There usually isn’t a bartender who saw the victim and perpetrator arguing moments before the killing or an insurance policy that points a flashing sign at whomever benefited from a person’s death. But in Cape Girardeau of late, police appear to have been helped in three recent cases by alleged suspects who made their jobs a bit easier. On Feb. 25, police found a man, Casimiro Hernandez-Ruiz, dead from stab wounds in the 1200 block of North Water Street. Hours later, police apprehended two men — Ariel Escobar-Soler and Marcos Lopez — at a residence on North Middle Street. According to police, in their possession were the alleged murder weapon and a bloody jacket. A Feb. 27 shooting left KeMari Childress dead and another person wounded near a CVS pharmacy on William Street. Authorities charged Tre’marion Jones with the shooting and Yaunique Cain with tampering with physical evidence. Cain’s alleged crime? Allegedly returning to the scene to retrieve Jones’ cell phone dropped there. Zhamious Smith also faces a charge of hindering apprehension and resisting a lawful stop in the case. Just this week, Jaleel Henry has been charged in connection with a shooting incident from earlier this month in which a bullet entered a man’s vehicle and eventually struck him in the back. How did they track down a suspect in this seemingly random shooting? Police say they found a jacket and shell casings at the scene. In the jacket, the suspect’s ID. Law enforcement folks have a full toolbox when it comes to investigating crimes and piecing together what happened. They are really good at what they do. No doubt, though, alleged suspects who leave their ID and/or other traceable objects at the scenes and who fail to dispose of alleged murder weapons and DNA-soaked clothing items make their work a little bit easier. They say things happen in threes. We’ve had three violent incidents of late. So, maybe we’ll have a quiet period for a while. If not, we hope those who commit crimes in the area are sloppy in their attention to detail and help law enforcement folks track them down in a timely manner.
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