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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 4/4/24
(Local News ~ 04/04/24)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. Thursday, April 2 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Approval of minutes of the Monday, April 1, meeting ...
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A variety of recipes for a variety of events
(Community ~ 04/04/24)
With this new beginning to a new month, I am torn as to what theme I should prepare to share with you. So I will just start looking and see what falls into place. Enjoy! ...
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Schweiss wins PCMH board position, Perry County residents vote down sales tax increase
(Local News ~ 04/04/24)
Gwen Schweiss has earned a seat on the Perry County Memorial Hospital board of trustees, defeating her opponent Chris Francis by just under 400 votes during the general municipal election Tuesday, April 2. ...
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Proud Boys member from Sikeston guilty on three Jan. 6 charges
(Local News ~ 04/04/24)
A Sikeston man pleaded guilty to two felonies and was found guilty of a third charge for his role in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice. ...
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Muddy River Marathon organizers call for volunteers for annual race
(Local News ~ 04/04/24)
The fourth annual Muddy River Marathon is approaching and race organizers are reaching out for volunteers to ensure the event’s success Saturday, May 4. Since its inception in 2021, the marathon has drawn participants and spectators with its blend of athletic challenge and community spirit. ...
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Fudio: The artist in me celebrates the artist in you
(Community ~ 04/04/24)
Fusion. As a person who champions the importance of diversity in every aspect of life, it should come as no surprise my tastebuds relished the culinary fusion of flavors experienced on a recent visit to Fudio, Chef Lisa Essmyer’s kitchen studio. ...
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Updated: Voters reject Jackson school proposition
(Local News ~ 04/04/24)
Jackson School District patrons rejected a property tax measure to increase spending on personnel in the general municipal election Tuesday, April 2. ...
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Rare co-emergence of periodical cicada broods set to fill Midwest with song
(Local News ~ 04/04/24)
A rare co-emergence of adjacent periodical cicada broods will occur across the entire state of Illinois and in parts of Missouri and other surrounding states, filling the air with the sounds of their noisy mating call. ...
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Riverview Hotel to celebrate grand opening with concerts, time capsule
(Local News ~ 04/04/24)
After close to two years of construction, The Riverview by Century Casinos hotel will be opened to the public Thursday, April 4, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4 p.m. ...
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Radar outage causes problems tracking severe weather Tuesday morning
(Local News ~ 04/04/24)
During the peak of storms that spawned tornadoes across Missouri on Tuesday morning, April 2, the National Weather Service’s live radar network went dark. Meteorologists trying to warn viewers of imminent danger were handcuffed by a widespread network error at the National Weather Service data center in College Park, Maryland. ...
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Updated: Property tax increase fails in Cape; Pierce wins Ward 5
(Local News ~ 04/04/24)
Cape Girardeau’s proposed municipal property tax increase for public safety personnel salaries failed to pass, and Rhett Pierce won the Ward 5 City Council seat against incumbent Shannon Truxel during municipal voting Tuesday, April 2. ...
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Judge approves bid on trustee for Shady Grove Cemetery
(Local News ~ 04/04/24)
During its Thursday, April 4, meeting, the Cape Girardeau County Commission listened to a report from the county archive center’s director Marybeth Niederkorn about updates to a historic cemetery...
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B Magazine accepting nominations for 2024 Difference Makers
(Local News ~ 04/04/24)
Whether through large-scale public initiatives, volunteerism, public service or business leadership, B Magazine staff selects a group of individuals who go above and beyond to improve their communities to be honored each year as Difference Makers. Through Sunday, April 21, B Magazine is accepting nominations for the 2024 Difference Makers edition and event...
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Analysis: 5 takeaways from Tuesday’s election
(Local News ~ 04/04/24)
Elections on Tuesday, April 2, focused on municipal offices and local and school referendums. The results captured a snapshot of the electorate. What does that picture show? ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/04/24)
Today is Thursday, April 4, the 95th day of 2024. There are 271 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot and killed while standing on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee; his slaying was followed by a wave of rioting (Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Chicago were among cities particularly hard hit). ...
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Sponsored: How to Prepare Your Pets for the Solar Eclipse
(Insiders Advice ~ 04/04/24)
While you’re grabbing safety glasses for the upcoming solar eclipse, it’s also important to think about your pets’ safety. Since total solar eclipses are such a rare occurrence, there is not a lot of scientific-based evidence to state exactly how our pets might react, if they react at all. However, we can watch for certain behaviors and be ready to respond if needed...
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Prayer 4-4-24
(Prayer ~ 04/04/24)
O Lord Jesus, may we be leaders who seek to honor you, our Savior. Amen.
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Stop voting roadblocks
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/04/24)
On April 2, my son was denied his right to vote by the Missouri Legislature through Missouri Revised Statute 115.135. He had recently turned 18 and wanted to vote for a friend’s parent running for a school board position. My son drove to the correct polling place during normal voting hours with his Missouri REAL ID driver’s license. The poll workers were excited to see a young man taking his civic responsibility seriously. When they could not find him in the system, it was first assumed he had not fully registered at the DMV so he filled out more paperwork while the poll workers graciously called the County Clerk’s office to discover the issue. My son was in fact registered to vote on March 13 as he renewed his driver’s license, but he had not registered early enough (the fourth Wednesday prior to the election) as stated in the Missouri Revised Statute 115.135.
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Colorblindness is America's most transgressive idea
(Column ~ 04/04/24)
Writer Coleman Hughes went on "The View" and was greeted almost as though he had shown up wearing a white hood. Hughes, a soft-spoken black intellectual who is a political independent, was talking about his new book, "The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America."
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An unfortunate alternative to Trump, Biden
(Column ~ 04/04/24)
American politics is so intensely stupid and nasty that it sometimes seems as if somebody made a series of wishes with a monkey's paw. The dark moral of "The Monkey's Paw," a 1902 short story by the English writer W.W. Jacobs that became a pop culture trope, is that you should be careful what you wish for because you just might get it. In 2008, the widespread wish for an African American president who would usher in a new "post-racial" politics yielded to an era of heightened obsession with and tensions over race. In 2016, the ancient dream of a capitalist outsider who would run government like a business delivered a man who ran the government like it was in the business of promoting and enriching him. In 2020, the notion that a non-military threat could unite a divided country around a common challenge gave way to sharp polarization over the management, treatment and origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Rescuers search for people out of contact in Taiwan after strong earthquake
(International News ~ 04/04/24)
HUALIEN, Taiwan -- Rescuers searched for dozens of people out of contact Thursday a day after Taiwan's strongest earthquake in a quarter century damaged buildings, caused multiple rockslides and killed nine people. In the eastern coastal city of Hualien near the epicenter, workers used an excavator to put construction materials around the base of a damaged building to stabilize it and prevent a collapse. ...
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Palestinians want April vote on UN membership despite US saying peace with Israel must come first
(International News ~ 04/04/24)
UNITED NATIONS -- The Palestinians want the Security Council to vote later this month on their revived request for full membership in the United Nations, despite the United States reiterating Wednesday that Israel and the Palestinians must first negotiate a peace agreement...
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In rare call, Russian defense minister warns French counterpart against sending troops to Ukraine
(International News ~ 04/04/24)
MOSCOW -- Russia's defense minister warned his French counterpart against deploying troops to Ukraine in a rare phone call Wednesday and noted that Moscow is ready to take part in talks to end the conflict. Sergei Shoigu told French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu that if Paris follows up on its statements about the possibility of sending a French military contingent to Ukraine, "it will create problems for France itself," according to a statement from the Russian Defense Ministry. ...
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Bodies of 6 foreign aid workers slain in Israeli strikes are transported out of Gaza
(International News ~ 04/04/24)
RAFAH, Gaza Strip -- The bodies of six foreign aid workers killed in Israeli airstrikes began the journey back to their home countries Wednesday as more questions swirled over Israel's explanation that a "misidentification" led to the attack on their convoy...
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Ukraine lowers its conscription age to 25 to replenish its beleaguered troops
(International News ~ 04/04/24)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine lowered its draft-eligible age for men from 27 to 25 on Wednesday, reflecting the strain that more than two years of war with Russia has put on its military and the need to infuse its depleted ranks with new conscripts. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed three bills into law aimed at strengthening the country's beleaguered forces, which are trying to hold the front lines in fighting that has sapped Ukraine's ranks and stores of weapons and ammunition...
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Treasury secretary heads to China to talk trade, anti-money laundering and Chinese 'overproduction'
(National News ~ 04/04/24)
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is headed to a China determined to avoid open conflict with the United States, yet the world's two largest economies still appear to be hashing out the rules on how to compete against each other...
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Maritime terminal prepares for influx of redirected ships as Baltimore bridge cleanup continues
(National News ~ 04/04/24)
BALTIMORE -- The only maritime shipping terminal currently operating in the Port of Baltimore is preparing to process an influx of ships as crews continue clearing the mangled wreckage of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge. Tradepoint Atlantic will unload and process an estimated 10,000 vehicles over the next 15 days, according to a company statement. ...
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Powell: Fed still sees rate cuts this year; election timing won't affect decision
(National News ~ 04/04/24)
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve officials will likely reduce their benchmark interest rate later this year, Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday, despite recent reports showing that the U.S. economy is still strong and that U.S. inflation picked up in January and February...
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Storms bear down on New England and East Coast as severe weather persists across the US
(National News ~ 04/04/24)
TOMS RIVER, N.J. -- A major spring storm was expected to drop more than a foot of snow in parts of New England on Wednesday night, while heavy rains soaked the East Coast and cleanup work continued in several states wracked by tornadoes and other severe weather blamed for at least three deaths...
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Prosecutors recommend at least 10 years in prison for parents of Michigan school shooter
(National News ~ 04/04/24)
PONTIAC, Mich. -- Prosecutors in Michigan are recommending at least 10 years in prison next week for two parents who are the first in the U.S. to be held criminally responsible for a school shooting. Jennifer Crumbley showed a "chilling lack of remorse" for her role, and James Crumbley "failed to exercise even the smallest measure of ordinary care" that could have prevented the deaths of four students at Oxford High School in 2021, prosecutors said in a court filing Wednesday...
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Trump's events aren't drawing big protests this year. Instead, Biden is facing public ire
(National News ~ 04/04/24)
NEW YORK -- When Donald Trump first ran for the White House eight years ago, protesters filled the streets. His inflammatory rhetoric and often dehumanizing descriptions of immigrants spurred thousands to demonstrate outside his rallies. By this time in 2016, protesters regularly interrupted his speeches, sparking clashes and foreshadowing Trump's habit of encouraging violence against those he casts as his enemies...
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Prosecutors in Trump's classified documents case sharply rebuke judge's unusual and 'flawed' order
(National News ~ 04/04/24)
WASHINGTON -- Federal prosecutors chided the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump's classified documents case in Florida, warning her off potential jury instructions that they said rest on a "fundamentally flawed legal premise." In an unusual order, U.S. ...
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US braces for retaliation after attack on Iran consulate -- even as it says it wasn't involved
(National News ~ 04/04/24)
WASHINGTON -- Shortly after an airstrike widely attributed to Israel destroyed an Iranian consulate building in Syria, the United States had an urgent message for Iran: We had nothing to do with it. But that may not be enough for the U.S. to avoid retaliation targeting its forces in the region. A top U.S. commander warned on Wednesday of danger to American troops...
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Judge rejects Donald Trump's request to delay hush-money trial until Supreme Court rules on immunity
(National News ~ 04/04/24)
NEW YORK -- A judge Wednesday rejected Donald Trump's bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial until the Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases -- spurning another of the former president's ploys to put off the historic trial. Several more are pending...
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Fire report 4-4-24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/04/24)
Cape Girardeau Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. April 2 n Medical assists were made at 9:36 a.m. on South West End Boulevard; 3:32 p.m. on South West End Boulevard; and 7:31 p.m. on Bloomfield Street. ...
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Police report 4-4-24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/04/24)
Cape Girardeau Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n A warrant arrest was reported on William Street. Assault n Third-degree domestic assault was reported on south Park Avenue. ...
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Donald Watkins Sr.
(Obituary ~ 04/04/24)
Donald Earl Watkins Sr., son of the late William Oscar Watkins and Lillie Irene Bowers, was born March 15, 1949, in Burdette, Arkansas, and departed his life Monday, April 1, 2024, at his home in Oran at the age of 75. ...
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Karen Stafford
(Obituary ~ 04/04/24)
Karen Dell Stafford, 75, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Nov. 12, 1948, in Rector, Arkansas, the daughter of Maurice and Ethel Benson Bateman. Karen married Jimmy "Jim" Stafford on Jan. 22, 1969, in Rector. He passed away July 10, 2010. ...
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Willard Smith
(Obituary ~ 04/04/24)
Willard Earl Smith, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, March 31, 2024, at Landmark Hospital. He was born Sept. 3, 1943, in Alton, Illinois, to Willard Earl and Venida Edna Ruebel Smith. Willard and Nancy Ann Walters were married June 18, 1966, at the Bluff City Worship Center in Poplar Bluff. ...
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Barbara Sander
(Obituary ~ 04/04/24)
Barbara N. Sander, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, April 1, 2024, at Ratliff Care Center. She was born Nov. 21, 1946, in New Madrid County to Harold L. and Lucille M. Wyatt Senciboy. She and Tommy Lee Sander were married April 21, 1989, in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death Dec. 10, 2009. ...
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Marilyn Kranawetter
(Obituary ~ 04/04/24)
Marilyn Kaye Kranawetter, 79, of Jackson, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at Mercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 31, 1945, in East Prairie to Harry B. and Lois Farrenburg Russell. She and Ervin Kranawetter were married July 1, 1989, in East Prairie. ...
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Billy Dewrock Sr.
(Obituary ~ 04/04/24)
BURTON, Mich. — Billy Joe Dewrock Sr. of Burton and formerly of Ortonville, Michigan, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at his home. He was 86 years old. He was born July 12, 1937, just outside Cape Girardeau. He married the love of his life, Judith Ann Goehman, on Nov. 25, 1956. ...
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Out of the past: April 4
(Out of the Past ~ 04/04/24)
Easter Sunday. People begin gathering as early as 4 a.m. at the Bald Knob Cross near Alto Pass, Illinois, to take part in Easter sunrise service; but rainy conditions force the outdoor service inside into the welcome center; speaker is the Rev. Larry Johnson. ...
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Senior Center Menus for April 8-12
(Community ~ 04/04/24)
Cape Girardeau/Scott City__ Monday: Center closed for the anticipated traffic in Cape Girardeau due to the total solar eclipse. Tuesday: Breakfast for lunch: Egg muffin sandwich or chicken tenders with hot roll, potatoes with onions, sliced tomatoes, orange juice tropical, fruit or cinnamon swirl cake.
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Christy Dubs
(Obituary ~ 04/04/24)
Christy Dubs, 71, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, April 1, 2024. Christy was born May 9, 1952, in St. Louis. ...
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Solar eclipse 2024 is on the horizon
(Editorial ~ 04/04/24)
A solar eclipse will bring four minutes of midday darkness to Southeast Missouri on Monday, April 8. This celestial oddity is revisting the region only seven years after its last appearance, though another won’t reveal itself until Aug. 12, 2045. When is the eclipse?...
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