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Jackson plans to update traffic study plan; current one dates to 2003
(Local News ~ 07/28/16)
The city of Jackson is preparing to update its comprehensive traffic study plan, as the current one turns 13 this year. The traffic study is an evaluation of traffic patterns and intersections the city uses to identify problematic areas and prioritize those for upgrades as needed...
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Obama casts Clinton as his successor at convention
(National News ~ 07/28/16)
PHILADELPHIA -- His own legacy on the line, President Barack Obama implored Americans to elect Hillary Clinton to the White House, casting her as a candidate who believes in the nation's future and warning against the pessimism of Republican Donald Trump...
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Police: Child's video revealed stepfather's abuse of sibling
(Local News ~ 07/28/16)
A child captured on video his stepfather beating his sibling, leading to the stepfather being arrested and charged with child abuse, according to Scott City police. Scott City police arrested Anthony Wayne Harris, 40, of Scott City, on Monday. The Scott County prosecuting attorney's office charged Harris with felony counts of second-degree domestic assault, child abuse and felonious restraint...
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Seeking new history: Centurion Development buys former Woolworth building at 1 N. Main St.
(Local News ~ 07/28/16)
The exterior of 1 N. Main St. in downtown Cape Girardeau has not changed much over the years, but inside there is a history of activity. The 20,000-square-foot property has been home to a five-and-dime, a furniture store, an antique shop and a handful of restaurants...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/28/16)
Today in History Today is Thursday, July 28, the 210th day of 2016. There are 156 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 28, 1976, an earthquake devastated northern China, killing at least 242,000 people, according to an official estimate...
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City's new rental regs make sense for many reasons
(Editorial ~ 07/28/16)
It wasn't the type of story that garners a lot of attention, but a story we reported recently could pay off in very important ways for city residents who rent houses and apartments. The city of Cape Girardeau is revamping its rental-inspection program...
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Camp introduces Boy Scouts to metal work
(Community ~ 07/28/16)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- The only thing higher than the temperature was the enthusiasm. Despite thermometer readings in the mid-90s, approximately 50 Boy Scouts gathered around flaming coals, dodged sparks from cutting torches and donned heavy coats and gloves for a chance to weld...
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Out of the past: July 28
(Out of the Past ~ 07/28/16)
The Rev. Joseph P. Dyra, C.M., celebrates the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood at a special afternoon Mass at Old St. Vincent's Catholic Church; Dyra was pastor of St. Vincent's Parish from 1949 to 1964. The sixth annual Freedom Forum kicks off here in the evening, as 206 Missouri high-school students recite the Pledge of Allegiance on the steps of Academic Hall and then listen to their first lecture of the three-day event; Blair Moran of Sikeston, Missouri, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, speaks to the youth on "Freedom: Do We Take It for Granted?". ...
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Margaret Steinbecker
(Obituary ~ 07/28/16)
WILDWOOD, Mo. -- Margaret "Marge" A. Robinson Steinbecker, 71, of Wildwood, formerly of Perryville, Missouri, died Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at St. Luke's Hospital on the Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home, with recitation of the rosary at 8:30 a.m. Saturday...
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Earl Saupe
(Obituary ~ 07/28/16)
Earl D. Saupe, 80, of Jackson died Wednesday, July 27, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson...
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Lamona Jordan
(Obituary ~ 07/28/16)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Lamona Gaynell Jordan, 81, of Chaffee died Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. The funeral will be at 7 p.m. Friday at the chapel...
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Leslie Hendershott
(Obituary ~ 07/28/16)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Leslie Leon Hendershott, 50, of Marble Hill died Sunday, July 24, 2016, at his home. A celebration of life gathering will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Palmor Chapel, Route H, near Marble Hill. Hutchings Funeral Chapel assisted the family...
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Kenneth Green
(Obituary ~ 07/28/16)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Kenneth Green, 74, of Scottsdale, formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Monday, July 18, 2016, at his home. He was born June 17, 1942, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Truman Levi and Eunice Slinkard Green. He and Elizabeth Kranawetter were married in 1964 in Missouri...
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Jeff DeWitt
(Obituary ~ 07/28/16)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Donnell Jefferson "Jeff" DeWitt, 72, died Monday, July 25, 2016, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Oct. 18, 1943, in Sikeston to the late Wallace "Link" and Geneva Newton DeWitt. He is survived by his wife, Betty Sue Stallings DeWitt, of 55 years. ...
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Virginia Crawford
(Obituary ~ 07/28/16)
Virginia R. Crawford, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at Southeast Hospital. She was born Dec. 23, 1924, in Chaffee, Missouri, to Manning and Lena Sander Crawford. She was of the Lutheran faith. She worked as district secretary for Southwestern Bell over 46 years. Virginia was a lifetime member of the Telephone Pioneers and held several offices in that volunteer organization...
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Michael Borgfield
(Obituary ~ 07/28/16)
Michael S. "Mike" Borgfield, 43, of Jackson died Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Graveside service will be private...
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Jackson police report 7/28/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/28/16)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest n Kaleb M.E. Brown, 19, of Jackson was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant. Summonses n Jonathon B. Edgin, 21, of Jackson was issued a summons for failure to register a motor vehicle...
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Cape Girardeau police report 7/28/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/28/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Levi R. Elledge, 37, of Jackson was arrested at 1224 College St. on a Missouri Department of Corrections warrant for parole violation...
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Fed's more upbeat tone suggests rate hike as early as Sept.
(National News ~ 07/28/16)
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve said Wednesday near-term risks to the U.S. economy have diminished, reviving the prospect it will resume raising interest rates as soon as September. The Fed noted the U.S. job market has rebounded, with robust hiring in June after a deep slump in May. At the same time, the Fed said in a statement after its latest policy meeting it plans to closely monitor global economic threats and financial developments to ensure they don't slow the economy...
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And now it's Comcast vs. the wait for the cable guy
(National News ~ 07/28/16)
NEW YORK -- Did you hear the one about the cable company that's actually improving customer service? The punchline: Comcast and its rivals say it's no joke. These companies have poured hundreds of millions into new tools and staff to de-agonize the process of getting cable TV, internet or phone service. ...
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Facebook is pushing more people to an app they didn't choose
(National News ~ 07/28/16)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook again is getting pushy about how people message one another. Two years ago, the social-media giant forced its users to adopt its Messenger app for direct communication, a change it enforced by deactivating messages in the main Facebook app and steering users to the app. There was an uproar; some users thought Messenger violated their privacy, while others just resented having to add yet another app...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 7/28/16
(Local News ~ 07/28/16)
Approval of minutes n Minutes of the July 25 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n Approve purchase order for land tax sale over-surplus by treasurer Roger Hudson...
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Prosecutors drop remaining charges in Freddie Gray case
(National News ~ 07/28/16)
BALTIMORE -- More than a year after a black man suffered a broken neck in a police van, the effort to hold six officers criminally responsible for his death collapsed Wednesday when the city dropped all charges in the case that tore Baltimore apart and exposed fissures between the police, prosecutors and the people...
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Would-be assassin of Reagan given his freedom
(National News ~ 07/28/16)
WASHINGTON -- For the past decade, the man who shot President Ronald Reagan quietly has spent a growing number of his days living with his 90-year-old mother in a gated community in Williamsburg, Virginia. On Wednesday, a judge finalized John Hinckley Jr.'s transition to freedom, ordering Hinckley permanently can leave the psychiatric hospital where he was confined after the assassination attempt...
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Trump to Russia: Uncover, release deleted Clinton emails
(National News ~ 07/28/16)
WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump encouraged Russia on Wednesday to find and make public missing emails deleted by his presidential opponent, Hillary Clinton, setting off a debate over hacking and his urging of a foreign government to meddle in American politics...
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Church attacker nurtured jihad in quiet French town
(International News ~ 07/28/16)
SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France -- Adel Kermiche nursed his obsession with jihad in this quiet French town alongside the Seine River, and his twice-thwarted attempt to join Islamic State extremists in Syria ended with an attack on an elderly priest celebrating Mass in its sturdy stone church...
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Pope says world's at war, urges Europe to greet refugees
(International News ~ 07/28/16)
KRAKOW, Poland -- Pope Francis, saddened by the slaying of an elderly priest during Mass in a church in the French countryside, warned Wednesday the world is at war but cautioned against labeling it a war among religions. At the start of his first trip to Eastern Europe, where anti-migrant sentiments have risen, he also encouraged Europe to welcome refugees from war, hunger and religious persecution and called for "courage" and "compassion."...
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Midwest Innocence Project takes Columbia case
(State News ~ 07/28/16)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A not-for-profit legal group has taken the case of a man convicted in the death of a Columbia sports editor. The Columbia Daily Tribune reported the Midwest Innocence Project has taken the case of Charles Erickson, who's serving a 25-year sentence for second-degree murder in the 2001 death of Tribune sports editor Kent Heitholt...
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Former St. Louis officer sentenced for beating suspect
(State News ~ 07/28/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A former St. Louis police detective who admitted beating a handcuffed suspect has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for a civil-rights violation. Thomas A. Carroll pleaded guilty in April to a felony count of deprivation of rights under color of law, admitting he denied the victim his constitutional freedom from unreasonable force by a law enforcer. Carroll was sentenced Wednesday to four years and four months in prison, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Appeals court rejects suit over Missouri execution protocol
(State News ~ 07/28/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A state appeals court has rejected a lawsuit over how Missouri obtains its lethal injection drug, the latest of many challenges to the execution protocol the courts have rejected. In its ruling Tuesday, the Western District of the Missouri Court of Appeals cited a technical reason for its decision to uphold a lower court's ruling dismissing the case. The appeals court said the lawsuit failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted...
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Three men injured in Tuesday crashes on I-55 near Benton
(Local News ~ 07/28/16)
Three men suffered moderate to minor injuries in three car crashes in the rain Tuesday on southbound Interstate 55 just north of Benton, Missouri. The crashes shut down the interstate for more than an hour and forced authorities to divert traffic at Scott City...
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Testimony: Woman helped clean vehicle used in homicide
(Local News ~ 07/28/16)
A Sikeston, Missouri, woman testified the defendant provided cleaning supplies to help clean a vehicle that had been the site of a homicide the night before and helped hide the vehicle in Illinois and Tennessee. Judge Craig Brewer found there was sufficient probable cause to bound Clarissa Simpson, 28, of Cape Girardeau over for an arraignment Aug. 8. Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Chris Limbaugh charged Simpson with tampering with physical evidence May 27...
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Primary will narrow field in Perry County commissioner race
(Local News ~ 07/28/16)
Perry County voters on Tuesday will narrow the field of candidates for District 1 associate commissioner, with the Democratic and Republican winners squaring off in November. The winner of the general election will replace incumbent Patrick Heaps, who is not seeking re-election...
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Dems, GOP will have choice in Scott County sheriff's race
(Local News ~ 07/28/16)
Republican and Democratic voters in Scott County both will have choices for their candidate for sheriff for primary election Tuesday. Incumbent Rick Walter, 55, is running against SEMO Drug Task Force grant officer Ron Meredith, 48, on the Democratic ticket...
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Stephen Limbaugh III composes music, takes part in anti-Hillary Clinton film
(Local News ~ 07/28/16)
Pianist Stephen Limbaugh III comes from a rock-solid Republican family. Known for his YouTube piano videos, the Cape Girardeau native’s latest venture is tied to an anti-Hillary Clinton film. Limbaugh, who lives in Los Angeles, composed new music and arranged old patriotic tunes for Dinesh D’Souza’s “Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party.”...
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Mean Machine Youth Tackle Football Camp on Wednesday
(Local News ~ 07/28/16)
Adrian Smith runs through a drill during the Mean Machine Youth Tackle Football Camp on Wednesday at Cape Girardeau Junior High School. The eighth annual camp is free for students in grades three through six.
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Southeast Missouri State places 128 on OVC honor roll
(College Sports ~ 07/28/16)
Southeast Missouri State had 128 student-athletes named to the 2015-16 Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll, which was released by the league on Wednesday. The recipients were required to have achieved a 3.25 GPA as well as maintain their eligibility throughout the competitive season in their chosen sport and used a season of competition...
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Cardinals snap Familia's saves streak, rally past Mets 5-4
(Professional Sports ~ 07/28/16)
NEW YORK -- Just shy of a year. That's how long Jeurys Familia's saves streak lasted -- until Yadier Molina ended it with one perfectly timed swing. Molina and pinch-hitter Kolten Wong each stroked an RBI double in the ninth inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals snapped Familia's string of 52 straight saves in rallying to beat the New York Mets 5-4 on Wednesday night...
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Acrobats marry on tightrope during show
(National News ~ 07/28/16)
HOUSTON -- Two circus acrobats tied the knot on a tightrope during a performance in Houston. Mustafa Danguir and Anna Lebedeva got married 30 feet off the ground Tuesday during a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey show at NRG Stadium. The ringmaster presided as the pair met in the middle of the wire, then exchanged vows and rings. The smiling newlyweds descended and waved to the cheering crowd as they walked away arm-in-arm...
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Marine Corps horse honored for Korean War valor
(National News ~ 07/28/16)
LONDON -- A U.S. Marine Corps horse who served during some of the bloodiest fighting of the Korean War was decorated posthumously for bravery. Sgt. Reckless was awarded the Dickin Medal during a ceremony Wednesday at the Korean War Memorial in London, the 63rd anniversary of the end of the war...
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Kylee Newberry - Zalma High School valedictorian
(Community ~ 07/28/16)
Parents: Bobby and Phyllis Newberry Hometown: Zalma, Missouri Post-graduation plans: I'm going to Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, and majoring in English. High-school activities: Beta Club, academic team, First Priority Christian group Favorite high-school experience: In ninth grade, I went to National Beta Convention in Mobile, Alabama, and that was fun...
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Hooked on Science: Ice-tray battery
(Community ~ 07/28/16)
n Distilled white vinegar n Seven pieces of copper wire n Seven galvanized nails n Ice tray n One LED light STEP 1: Tightly wrap the pieces of copper wires around the galvanized nails, leaving a section of wire extending from below the head of the nail...
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Local students earn scholarships
(Community ~ 07/28/16)
Several local students earned scholarships to assist with the cost of attendance at Southeast Missouri State University in the fall. Hannah Campbell of Jackson was awarded the Regents' Scholarship. Campbell, a 2016 graduate of Jackson High School, is the daughter of Josh and Heather Campbell of Jackson...
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The military budget and readiness
(Column ~ 07/28/16)
Many people are concerned our military is shrinking to dangerous levels. Unfortunately many have no understanding about who determines what the end strength of each branch of the military will be. The Defense budget, like all personnel, equipment and materials matters, are controlled by the Congress. ...
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Prayer 7/28/16
(Prayer ~ 07/28/16)
O Father God, may our hearts be pure as we praise your name. Amen.
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Perry County Commissioner, 2nd District: James L. (Jim) Sutterer
(Submitted Story ~ 07/28/16)
Age 67 Place of birth Perryville, Mo Spouse-Velma Sutterer Son-Chad Sutterer Daughter-Kimberly Elder Son-Kurt Sutterer Occupation Perry County District 2 Commissioner St Vincent Catholic School - Grades 1 - 12 Employer Perry County Businesses owned, all or part None...
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Rhodes 101 Plans Job Fair to Staff Two Imo's Pizza Franchises
(Submitted Story ~ 07/28/16)
Rhodes 101 Stops convenience stores, a 30-location leader in the convenience store industry, will hold two job fairs with same-day interview and hiring opportunities. The events are being hosted to staff Rhodes 101 Stops’ Imo’s Pizza franchises in Perryville and Scott City. Qualified candidates will be interviewed and offered positions during their job fair visit...
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Perry County Associate Commissioner District 1 candidate: Marion A. Brown
(Submitted Story ~ 07/28/16)
Age 65 Place of birth St Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau Occupation 43 years Mississippi Lime Co. & Farmer Graduate PHS 1968 Employer Mississippi Lime Co. Ste. Genevieve, MO Businesses owned, all or part Family Farm Deputy Coroner since February 2016...
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