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Homicide of juvenile under investigation in Dexter
(Local News ~ 03/13/23)
DEXTER, Mo. A homicide investigation is underway in Dexter. According to Stoddard County Coroner Brent Stidham and the Dexter Police Department, at 6:14 a.m. Saturday, the Dexter Police Department was dispatched to a residence on Alice Street. Authorities said officers located a deceased juvenile, who had suffered a gunshot wound, inside the residence...
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Missouri gun law to stay in effect during court fight
(State News ~ 03/13/23)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. A Missouri law banning local police from enforcing federal gun laws remains in effect as a lawsuit against it is appealed. U.S. District Judge Brian Wimes last week struck down the law as an unconstitutional overstep by the state on the federal government. After Missouri's Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey appealed, Wimes ruled the law can remain in effect until an appeals court takes up the case...
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Funeral directing A growing field for women
(Business ~ 03/13/23)
According to the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA), throughout most of the 20th century the terms "undertaker", "mortician" or "funeral director" have been socially tied to a visual image of a somber male in a black suit. To quote Bob Dylan, the times they are a-changing...
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Ground-A-Bout expands again
(Business ~ 03/13/23)
Ground-A-Bout coffee shop announced Thursday, March 9, via Facebook that it will soon expand to a fourth location at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, effective Monday, May 1. Company co-founder and owner Bob Schooley previously took over operations in January of Parengo Coffee in Sikeston, Missouri...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/13/23)
Today is Monday, March 13, the 72nd day of 2023. There are 293 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: In 1925, the Tennessee General Assembly approved a bill prohibiting the teaching of the theory of evolution. (Gov. Austin Peay signed the measure on March 21; Tennessee repealed the law in 1967.)...
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Prayer 3-13-23
(Prayer ~ 03/13/23)
Inspire us, O God, to reach farther and try harder in all that we do in our lives. Amen.
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Welcome to the age of political capitalism
(Column ~ 03/13/23)
Welcome to our regime of political capitalism, where merit matters but political connections matter even more. In an unalloyed capitalist system, money flows to those who offer goods and services of value to consumers. In a political capitalism system, money flows to special-interest groups with friends in high places...
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Cape Lions will host annual Pancake Day
(Editorial ~ 03/13/23)
There are certain days of the year to mark on the calendar. One of those is coming up this week: Pancake Day, brought to you by Cape Girardeau Noon Lions Club. The 85th annual event will be held from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, at the Arena Building in Cape Girardeau...
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A word of thanks to our local Lutheran schools
(Editorial ~ 03/13/23)
Nearly every day you'll find stories in the Southeast Missourian about students doing big things. Everything from sports to science fair entries to the arts and, of course, classroom success. Public school students and private school students. It's really impressive and a testament to the work ethic of both the students along with their educators and parents who help them along this journey...
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Business quote
(Business ~ 03/13/23)
One of the most important things for any leader is to never let anyone else define who you are. You define who you are. I never thought of myself as being a woman CEO of this company. I think of myself as a steward of a great institution. ...
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Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Scott City chamber news
(Business ~ 03/13/23)
Registration for Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce's Friday, March 31, annual dinner at Show Me Center will close Friday, March 17. The Cape Girardeau Chamber has two events this week: n Business After Hours will be at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 16, at The Library, at 10 S. Spanish St...
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Taylor Mazdra promoted to state Department of Economic Development manager
(Business ~ 03/13/23)
Taylor Mazdra has been named regional manager-St. Louis for the state Department of Economic Development. A Southeast Missouri State University graduate, Mazdra previously worked with Cape Girardeau native Shad Burner, head of MDED Federal Initiatives, working on American Rescue Plan Act grants...
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Tameka Randle confirmed to state panel
(Business ~ 03/13/23)
Tameka Randle has been confirmed by the state Senate to a seat on the Missouri Housing Development Commission (MHDC). Randle is Ward 2 Cape Girardeau city councilwoman and is executive director of Cape Girardeau's PORCH (People Organized to Revitalize Community Healing) Initiative...
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USPS prepares to go all EV
(Business ~ 03/13/23)
U.S. Postal Service (USPS), in a Feb. 28 statement, said the agency will buy 9,250 Ford Motor Co. electric vans and 14,000 charging stations late in 2023 as part of a gradual move to transition to electric vehicles. Postal officials, who vowed to go all-electric for new purchases starting in 2026, also said it will continue to invest for now in its gas-powered fleet, announcing it will purchase 9,250 internal combustion vans this fall from Fiat Chrysler in North America...
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Rush Limbaugh mansion in Florida sold
(Business ~ 03/13/23)
The waterfront home of Rush H. Limbaugh III has sold for $155 million in Palm Beach, Florida, according to Wall Street Journal online, citing property records. According to WSJ reporting, Limbaugh's home sat on 2.7 acres. Limbaugh, a Cape Girardeau native, 1969 Cape Girardeau Central High School graduate and radio broadcaster, died In February 2021 of cancer at age 70...
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Record fundraising for Friends Gala
(Business ~ 03/13/23)
Saint Francis Foundation reports more than $323,000 was raised as a result of its seventh annual Friends Gala on March 4 at Drury Plaza Conference Center in Cape Girardeau, which the hospital system reports is a new record for the event...
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SEMO econ prof on latest Fed comments
(Business ~ 03/13/23)
David Yaskewich, chairman of the Accounting, Economics and Finance Department of Southeast Missouri State University, agrees with analysts who say the Federal Reserve Board's interest rate hikes are having an effect on reducing inflation but the progress has not been deemed fast enough...
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Financial advising firm opens Jackson office
(Business ~ 03/13/23)
Cape Rock Private Wealth opened an office with a ribbon-cutting Wednesday, March 8, at 514 S. Hope St. in Jackson. Justin Martini, wealth management adviser, explained the name of the business. "Private wealth indicates there is a selectivity to the business I run," said Martini, who said he also has a team of advisers working in Town & Country in St. Louis County...
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Siemer Appliance in Jackson closing
(Business ~ 03/13/23)
A fixture in uptown Jackson for more than half a century, family-owned Siemer Appliance & Service, 113 S. High St., has announced via Facebook it will close at the end of business Friday, March 31. Store ownership is liquidating its current inventory of appliances and parts...
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New quilt shop opens in Cape Girardeau
(Business ~ 03/13/23)
Cotton Mill Quilt Co., 231 S. Broadview St. in Cape Girardeau, had its grand opening Friday, March 10. "When the Golden Needle store in Cape closed during COVID, it really left a blank, a void, for all the quilters in the area, and I knew the community needed another quilt store," said proprietor Rebecca Moore. "I've been quilting since my mid-30s. I love fabric and have always wanted to own a quilt store."...
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Patsy Wendel
(Obituary ~ 03/13/23)
Patsy Ann Wendel, 73, of Jackson died Friday, March 10, 2023, at her home. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, March 16, at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 5 p.m. Thursday, March 16, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Sam Roethemeyer officiating. Inurnment is private at New Salem Cemetery in Daisy...
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Nelda Kridel
(Obituary ~ 03/13/23)
Nelda Kridel, 91, of New Wells passed away Friday, March 10, 2023, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 29, 1931, in New Wells to William and Elsie Niederstadt Meyr. Nelda married Joseph Kridel on July 9, 1966, in Williston Park, New York. One son, Timothy, was born to their union...
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85-year-old convicted of murder incompetent for sentencing
(State News ~ 03/13/23)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. An 85-year-old suburban Kansas City man convicted of killing an attorney is not competent to move forward with sentencing, a judge has ruled. David Jungerman will be committed to the Missouri Department of Mental Health, and his competency will be reevaluated in six months following the ruling on Friday, KCTV-TV reported...
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St. Louis removes riverfront homeless encampment
(State News ~ 03/13/23)
ST. LOUIS Bulldozers took down what was left of a once-busy homeless encampment along the Mississippi River and near the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, ending nearly a year of debate over what to do about it. While some homeless advocates say the camp should have been left alone, business owners and others cited concerns about increasing drug use and crime, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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'Scream VI' tops box office with franchise-best $44.5 million
(Entertainment ~ 03/13/23)
LOS ANGELES -- Oscar weekend belonged to "Scream VI" in theaters, as the horror sequel notched a franchise-best $44.5 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group co-production sailed past expectations, easily surpassing the previous series high of $32 million that "Scream 2" opened with in 1997. ...
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Saudi Arabia's golf case threatens to spill kingdom secrets
(National News ~ 03/13/23)
WASHINGTON -- Officials who oversee Saudi Arabia's tens of billions of dollars in U.S. investments haven't been shy about flaunting their ties with top American business and political figures, down to wearing MAGA caps as they swing golf clubs alongside former President Donald Trump. But they've been silent about many of the details of these relationships...
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Pence says Trump 'endangered my family' on Jan. 6
(National News ~ 03/13/23)
WASHINGTON -- Former Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday harshly criticized former President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, widening the rift between the two men as they prepare to battle over the Republican nomination in next year's election...
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In post-Roe world, college coaches search for middle ground
(National News ~ 03/13/23)
The conversation Cecile Landi never imagined she'd feel compelled to have with the gymnasts she coaches came abruptly last summer, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Landi, who competed for her native France at the 1996 Olympics before going into coaching with her husband, Laurent, gave her athletes a brief, heartfelt message: I'm here for you no matter what...
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How coconuts protect the Jersey Shore, other eroding coasts
(National News ~ 03/13/23)
NEPTUNE, N.J. -- Coastal communities around the world are adding a tropical twist to shoreline protection, courtesy of the humble coconut. From the sands of the Jersey Shore to the islands of Indonesia, strands of coconut husk, known as coir, are being incorporated into shoreline protection projects...
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Jehovah's Witnesses shocked by Hamburg attack, thank police
(National News ~ 03/13/23)
BERLIN -- The Jehovah's Witnesses expressed shock Saturday over the deadly shooting at one of the group's halls in Hamburg, Germany, but thanked German authorities for preventing more bloodshed through their swift intervention during the attack. A gunman shot dead six members of the Hamburg congregation and wounded eight others, including a woman who lost her unborn child, before killing himself late Thursday. ...
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Haunted by post-election riot, Brazil's Lula reins in army
(National News ~ 03/13/23)
SAO PAULO -- When rioters stormed Brazil's top government buildings in January to dispute the outcome of the presidential election, many soldiers stood by as far-right protesters broke windows, defecated in offices and destroyed valuable art. The images from Brasilia that day still haunt the left-leaning government of President Luiz InΓ‘cio Lula da Silva. He has strived ever since to ensure that military leaders defend South America's largest democracy and stay out of politics...
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As Biden weighs Willow, he blocks other Alaska oil drilling
(National News ~ 03/13/23)
WILMINGTON, Del. -- As President Joe Biden prepares a final decision on the huge Willow oil project in Alaska, his administration announced he will prevent or limit oil drilling in 16 million acres in Alaska and the Arctic Ocean. Plans announced Sunday night will bar drilling in nearly 3 million acres of the Beaufort Sea -- closing it off from oil exploration -- and limit drilling in more than 13 million acres in a vast swath of land known as the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska...
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Ukrainians who fled war face end of temporary US sanctuary
(National News ~ 03/13/23)
SAN DIEGO -- When U.S. officials at the U.S.-Mexico border stamped the Ukrainian passports of Mariia and her daughter last April and gave them permission to stay for a year, she figured she would return home within months. Now with that year almost up and the war that caused them to flee still raging, their permission to stay in the U.S. -- known as humanitarian parole -- is set to expire April 23...
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Russian advance stalls in Ukraine's Bakhmut, US think tank says
(International News ~ 03/13/23)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia's advance seems to have stalled in Moscow's campaign to capture the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, a leading think tank said in an assessment of the longest ground battle of the war. The Washington-based Institute for the Study of War said there were no confirmed advances by Russian forces in Bakhmut. ...
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US calls Iran's prisoner swap claim 'cruel lie'
(International News ~ 03/13/23)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Iran's top diplomat claimed Sunday that a prisoner swap was near with the U.S., though he offered no evidence to support his assertion. The U.S. immediately dismissed his comments as a "cruel lie." Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has made similar comments in the past about possible deals with the U.S. ...
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8 dead after smuggling boats capsize off San Diego coast
(National News ~ 03/13/23)
SAN DIEGO -- At least eight people were killed when two migrant smuggling boats capsized in shallow but treacherous surf amid heavy fog, authorities said Sunday, marking one of the deadliest maritime human smuggling operations ever off of U.S. shores...
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As atmospheric river exits, a new storm threatens California
(National News ~ 03/13/23)
WATSONVILLE, Calif. -- Wet, miserable weather continued across huge swaths of California on Sunday as an atmospheric river that caused major flooding flowed eastward, while a new storm threatened another onslaught of rain, snow and gusting winds as soon as Monday...
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'It's hard to focus': Schools say American kids are hungry
(National News ~ 03/13/23)
PHOENIX -- America's schools say kids are hungry -- just as pandemic-era benefit programs have lapsed. There is growing concern about the effects on kids' ability to learn. Congress temporarily made school meals free to all American schoolkids, but since that ended last fall, the need has only seemed to grow...
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COVID-19 declared pandemic 3 years ago
(National News ~ 03/13/23)
On the third anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus is still spreading and the death toll is nearing 7 million worldwide. Yet most people have resumed their normal lives, thanks to a wall of immunity built from infections and vaccines. The virus appears here to stay, along with the threat of a more dangerous version sweeping the planet...
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US government moves to stop potential banking crisis
(National News ~ 03/13/23)
NEW YORK -- The U.S. government took extraordinary steps Sunday to stop a potential banking crisis after the historic failure of Silicon Valley Bank, assuring all depositors at the failed institution that they could access all their money quickly, even as another major bank was shut down...
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'Everything' wins best picture, is everywhere at Oscars
(Entertainment ~ 03/13/23)
LOS ANGELES -- The metaphysical multiverse comedy "Everything Everywhere All at Once" wrapped its hot dog fingers around Hollywood's top prize Sunday, winning best picture at the 95th Academy Awards, along with awards for Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis...
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Out of the past: March 13
(Out of the Past ~ 03/13/23)
An Indian mascot for Southeast Missouri State University could be appropriate if the costume is authentic looking and mirrors the type of clothing that would have been worn by Indians in the region, says school president Dr. Dale Nitzschke; Nitzschke says American Indians have told school officials they don't have a problem with an Indian mascot as long as the school is committed to understanding and respecting Native American culture; the school has been without a mascot for a number of years, even though its athletic teams continue to be called the Indians and Otahkians.. ...
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What to do if you're concerned you might be laid off
(National News ~ 03/13/23)
NEW YORK The job market in the U.S. remains strong overall, but recent high-profile layoffs at technology and media companies and predictions of a recession later this year may have you thinking about job security. If you're worried you could be laid off or if you've lost your job here are recommendations from experts:...
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