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SEMO director of jazz studies is JEN educator of the year
(Local News ~ 01/21/22)
"The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas." -- Miles Davis On Jan. 6, Joseph L. Jefferson was awarded the 2022 Jazz Education Network (JEN) -- Ellis Marsalis Jr. Jazz educator of the year award at the 13th annual JEN conference in Dallas. The award is named in honor of the famous jazz educator and pianist who passed away in 2020 at the age of 85 because of pneumonia brought on by the COVID-19 virus...
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'Closin' the building': Cape superintendent drops snow day video
(Local News ~ 01/21/22)
When the first snow of the year begins to drop, so does Cape Girardeau School District superintendent Neil Glass's latest parody video. Wednesday night, Glass continued his tradition of announcing the school year's first snow day with a parody video...
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Colleagues recall late Southeast Missouri State professor's legacy
(Local News ~ 01/21/22)
Henry M. Sessoms Sr. is being remembered by former Southeast Missouri State University colleagues for his longtime steady chairmanship of the school's English department and for his enthusiasm. "He was in his element as department chair, was a good administrator and ran the department smoothly," said John Bierk, who taught modern American literature at SEMO in his 30-year tenure, adding a fast friendship developed between them once Sessoms arrived on campus to teach in the early 1960s...
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Local legislators react to governor's annual address to General Assembly
(Local News ~ 01/21/22)
In a wide-ranging, 51-minute speech Wednesday from the Missouri House chamber in Jefferson City, Gov. Mike Parson touched on a host of topics during his State of the State address -- including workforce development, infrastructure, education, community development, agriculture, health care and public safety...
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Area schools see jump in COVID-19 cases as county numbers near record levels
(Local News ~ 01/21/22)
COVID-19 cases have begun to rise in local schools as case counts throughout the region have climbed rapidly in the past month. Since the Southeast Missourian's last COVID-19 update on Saturday, total confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases in Cape Girardeau County jumped from 608 to 1,065...
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Woman sent to prison, must repay $7.5 million in fraud case
(Local News ~ 01/21/22)
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A southeast Missouri woman has been sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay $7.5 million in restitution in a Medicaid and Medicare fraud case. A federal judge in St. Louis on Tuesday sentenced 42-year-old Brandy McKay of Cape Girardeau. She had earlier pleaded guilty...
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Ruby Steffens
(Obituary ~ 01/21/22)
FARRAR, Mo. -- Ruby J. Steffens, 87, of Farrar died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri, and 9 to 10 a.m. Monday at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar...
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Margaret Snyder Patterson
(Obituary ~ 01/21/22)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Margaret Adolia Snyder Patterson, 78, of Marble Hill, Missouri, died Jan. 18, 2022, at StoneBridge Care Center. Visitation will be held 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. The funeral service will be at noon Tuesday with James Paul Patterson officiating. Burial will follow in Union Hill Cemetery near Zalma, Missouri...
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Fern Schreckenberg
(Obituary ~ 01/21/22)
LEOPOLD, Mo. -- Fern Ellen Schreckenberg, 73, of Leopold died Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born in Benton, Missouri, April 3, 1948, she was the daughter of Wayne and Oma Zena Hopkins Diamond. She and Pat G. Schreckenberg were married on July 16, 1966. He preceded her in death April 18, 2018...
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Mac Miller
(Obituary ~ 01/21/22)
George "Mac" Miller, 86, of Millersville passed away peacefully Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. He was born June 11, 1935, son of George and Wilma Hartle Miller. He and Sue Hanners were married Dec. 19, 1974, in Bollinger County, Missouri. They were married over 45 years when she passed away May 7, 2020...
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Donald Mann
(Obituary ~ 01/21/22)
Donald Alan Mann, 59, of Jackson died Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 8, 1962, in Madison, Wisconsin to Paul Martin and Janice Ellen Sherman Mann. He loved camping, gardening, collecting movies, tinkering with motors, but fishing was his passion...
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Barbara Arthur
(Obituary ~ 01/21/22)
Barbara Ann Arthur, 70, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, at her home. She was born Dec. 16, 1951, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Herman and Marcella Reynolds Margrabe. She and George Arthur were married June 28, 1970. Barbara worked as a surgical technician at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 1/21/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/21/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Jan. 19 n Medical assists were made at 2:40 a.m. on South Broadview Street; 8:22 a.m. on Sapphire Lane; 9:24 a.m. on Broadway; 10:15 a.m. on Gordonville Road; 10:53 a.m. on North Mount Auburn Road; 10:56 a.m. on Merriwether Street; 11:18 a.m. on South Kingshighway; 1:09 p.m. on North Sunset Boulevard; 3:19 p.m. on North Kingshighway; 3:32 p.m. on Independence Street; 7:28 p.m. on Albert Rasche Drive...
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Cape Girardeau Police report 1/21/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/21/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Thefts n Theft was reported on Bloomfield Street. Miscellaneous n Fraud was reported on Lakeshore Drive. n Fraud was reported.
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Prayer 1-21-22
(Prayer ~ 01/21/22)
Lord Jesus, thank you for coming to save, rescue, deliver, protect, preserve and heal us. Amen.
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Americans are being sold out by government insiders
(Column ~ 01/21/22)
The Washington D.C. wheeler-dealers are making patsies out of the rest of us. Members of Congress get million-dollar-plus expense accounts, lifetime pensions and lavish perks, but for the greedy, that's not enough. They're also racking up big bucks trading stocks in the very same companies Congress regulates...
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Helping kids doesn't stop during a pandemic
(Editorial ~ 01/21/22)
There are plenty of opportunities to volunteer and make a difference. We regularly write about many in this space, commending worthy organizations doing important work. One we note from time to time and is especially touching can certainly use your help right now...
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Ralph Lauren unveils Team USA's opening Olympic uniforms
(Community ~ 01/21/22)
NEW YORK -- Team USA's opening ceremony uniforms for the Beijing Olympics include some sneaky new warming technology, along with a handy front pouch and a cinch waist on anoraks in navy and white. The jackets unveiled Thursday by official outfitter Ralph Lauren include a smart, honeycomb-like fabric layer built in that expands or contracts in response to temperature changes -- all without the use of a battery or wired technology...
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Cut off by volcano eruption, Tongans relieved as contact restored
(International News ~ 01/21/22)
BANGKOK -- As the massive undersea Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted Saturday, Tongans from around the world gazed on as their relatives livestreamed images of billowing clouds of ash, gas and steam emerging from beneath the depths. Then darkness...
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Florida man charged with human smuggling after 4 found dead at Canada-US border
(International News ~ 01/21/22)
WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- A Florida man was charged Thursday with human smuggling after the bodies of four people, including a baby and a teen, were found in Canada near the U.S. border in what authorities believe was a failed crossing attempt during a freezing blizzard...
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US researchers test pig-to-human transplant in donated body
(National News ~ 01/21/22)
Researchers on Thursday reported the latest in a surprising string of experiments in the quest to save human lives with organs from genetically modified pigs. This time around, surgeons in Alabama transplanted a pig's kidneys into a brain-dead man -- a step-by-step rehearsal for an operation they hope to try in living patients possibly later this year...
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Democrats eye new strategy after failure of voting bill
(National News ~ 01/21/22)
WASHINGTON -- Democrats were picking up the pieces Thursday following the collapse of their top-priority voting rights legislation, with some shifting their focus to a narrower bipartisan effort to repair laws Donald Trump exploited in his bid to overturn the 2020 election...
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Biden approval hits new low at one-year mark: AP-NORC poll
(National News ~ 01/21/22)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden ends his first year in the White House with a clear majority of Americans for the first time disapproving of his handling of the presidency in the face of an unrelenting pandemic and roaring inflation, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research...
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Year 2: Biden plans more public outreach, less legislating
(National News ~ 01/21/22)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden launched into his second year in office Thursday with a new focus on making fatigued Americans believe they're better off under his leadership as he embraces a pared-back agenda before the midterm elections. The persistence of the coronavirus, rising inflation and congressional gridlock have exacted a bitter toll on Biden's approval rating and threaten a midterm routing for his party, but the president sees no need for a major shift in direction...
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Europe considers new COVID-19 strategy: Accepting the virus
(International News ~ 01/21/22)
MADRID -- When the coronavirus pandemic was first declared, Spaniards were ordered to stay home for more than three months. For weeks, they were not allowed outside even for exercise. Children were banned from playgrounds, and the economy virtually stopped...
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Biden issues new warning to Russia over invading Ukraine
(International News ~ 01/21/22)
GENEVA -- U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday that any Russian troop movements across Ukraine's border would constitute an invasion and Moscow would "pay a heavy price" for such an action. It was the latest White House effort to clear up comments Biden made a day earlier when he suggested a "minor incursion" by Russia into Ukrainian territory could result in a more measured response by the United States and allies...
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62 Missouri school districts temporarily closed in January
(State News ~ 01/21/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- So far in January, 62 Missouri school districts have closed for one or more days, largely because of a lack of staff caused by a surge in COVID-19 cases, education officials said Thursday. That number is 12% of districts statewide, said Mallory McGowin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education...
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Missouri Senate candidate ad falsely claims stolen election
(State News ~ 01/21/22)
A Republican congressman running for U.S. Senate in Missouri released a 30-second ad Thursday that falsely claims the 2020 election was "rigged" and "stolen" from former President Donald Trump. Billy Long, who represents a southwestern Missouri district in the U.S. House, is among several candidates seeking the GOP nomination in 2022 for the seat being vacated by Sen. Roy Blunt, who is not seeking a third term...
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Out of the past: Jan. 21
(Out of the Past ~ 01/21/22)
One of the five barges that broke loose from a towboat Monday struck the Mississippi River bridge here; officials say the bridge wasn't damaged; the other four barges floated under the bridge before they were corralled; the Midwest Explorer, owned by Midwest Marine Management in St. Louis, hit a sandbar with its load of grain at about 1:15 p.m. while traveling south; that caused a cable holding five of its 20 barges to break loose...
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