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Saturday, June 28th, 2025
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Good morning, Cape Girardeau. Here's your local news at a glance for Saturday, the 28th of June.
COMMUNITY NEWS
- ➤ Residents in Scott City are uniting to pray for 2-year-old Keenan Brown, who remains in critical condition at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital after a car accident that injured him and his brother, by gathering at a prayer circle tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the school flagpole—those who cannot attend are invited to pray in spirit. Fox 23
- ➤ United Way volunteers distributed 25 air conditioner units to families in Cape Girardeau on Friday as part of the annual United We Cool event. Community partners including First Call for Help & East Missouri Action Agency ensured the units went to veterans, seniors, persons with disabilities and families with young children. KFVS12
ACCIDENTS NEWS
- ➤ Emergency responders arrived at the Gilster-Marylee Cereal Plant on Old St. Marys Road on Thursday at about 3:06 p.m. when a 38-year-old Guatemalan man—known as Nicolas Lopez Gomez while under an alias—became trapped in an industrial oven and was pronounced dead as OSHA was contacted to investigate. Fox 23
- ➤ Today at 7:30 a.m., a Waste Connections dumpster truck crashed into an apartment building at 600 South Sprigg Street in Cape Girardeau and caused significant damage and potential injuries — officials say the cause remains unknown. Fox 23
CRIME NEWS
- ➤ Cape Girardeau Police reported that missing 32-year-old Nate Hubert, last seen on June 20 after he missed work on June 21, was found drinking from a stream in Shannon County Friday afternoon—he is now receiving medical treatment with no foul play suspected. KFVS12
- ➤ Residents in Cape Girardeau are warned about a phone scam where callers pose as law enforcement and court officials to claim that missed jury duty will lead to arrest unless a fine is paid with gift cards, prepaid debit cards or wire transfers—officials confirm that real court representatives never demand payment and urge victims to hang up immediately. Fox 23
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TODAY'S FOOD FOR THOUGHT
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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