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Business notebook: Scott City coffee shop keeps it in the family
(Business ~ 09/19/16)
It's not surprising the Holder family opened a coffee shop in Scott City. When they were teenagers, before they had met, husband and wife Danny and Teresa Holder worked at doughnut shops -- he in Scott City, and she in Prairie Village, Kansas. For over nine years, they have run Coffee 'N' More, an office coffee-delivery service, transporting a variety of coffee, janitorial and restaurant supplies to offices within a 125-mile radius of their home base in Scott City...
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Cape Splash per-day attendance falls 1.3 percent; season still deemed successful
(Local News ~ 09/19/16)
The waterspouts have been turned off and the "funbrellas" closed: Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center ended its seventh season earlier this month, after 78,060 people walked through its gates. "We've had a busy year," Patrick Watson, aquatic supervisor for the Cape Girardeau Parks & Recreation Department, said...
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Community helps Jackson family with two cases of muscular dystrophy
(Local News ~ 09/19/16)
What is a mom supposed to do when she finds out not one, but two, of her three young boys are suffering from an especially aggressive form of muscular dystrophy? "We just live like it's not happening, even though it is," said Erin Boyer, whose oldest son, 6-year-old Frankie, was diagnosed with the incurable genetic disease in May, just a few months before the baby of the family, 1-year-old Jaxson, received his diagnosis...
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Cape Girardeau may scale back improvements to one fire station
(Local News ~ 09/19/16)
The Cape Girardeau City Council will look to award three construction contracts for improvements at two of the city's fire stations today, even though one of the projects may be scaled back. Council members will vote on hiring Penzel Construction Co. Inc. of Jackson to construct an annex building next to fire station 2 at a cost of more than $1.25 million...
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River Tales car show attracts both shine and rust
(Local News ~ 09/19/16)
Most of the cars at the River Tales Classic Car Show were hot. Shiny and slick, row after row of coiled automotive muscle lined Main Street in Cape Girardeau and the lot across from Hutson's Fine Furniture. Most were buffed and waxed and pampered to chrome-fendered perfection, but not all...
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Suspect shot and captured in New York-area bombings
(National News ~ 09/19/16)
LINDEN, N.J. -- A New Jersey police officer responding to a call about a hoodied vagrant curled up asleep in a bar doorway roused him and quickly recognized the bearded face of perhaps the most wanted man in America. Ahmad Khan Rahami --identified in an FBI bulletin hours earlier as a man wanted in the weekend bombings in New York City and New Jersey -- pulled a gun, shot the officer and triggered a running gun battle in the street that ended with Rahami wounded and in custody Monday, authorities said.. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/19/16)
Today in History Today is Monday, Sept. 19, the 263rd day of 2016. There are 103 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 19th, 1796, President George Washington's farewell address was published. In it, America's first chief executive advised, "Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all."...
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‘I am still striving’: Checking in with Brenda Newbern of the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau
(Business ~ 09/19/16)
Brenda Newbern stepped up as executive director of the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau in January, but she's long been a familiar face in Cape Girardeau, and even to the CVB. During the 1990s and early 2000s, she worked at the CVB as a group tour manager. Before her return to the organization, she worked for several years for Midamerica Hotels, where she still had a hand in promoting Cape Girardeau -- a place she calls her "favorite spot."...
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Women more likely than men to live in poverty during retirement
(Business ~ 09/19/16)
During their working years, women tend to earn less than men, and when they retire, they're more likely to live in poverty. The National Institute on Retirement Security, a not-for-profit research center, reports that women are 80 percent more likely than men to be impoverished at age 65 and older. Women ages 75 to 79 are three times more likely...
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Direct-sales jobs popular for women seeking independence, flexibility and family time
(Business ~ 09/19/16)
When Emily Colbert decided to start working a second job, she looked into several companies and considered several elements. She wanted a job that would allow flexibility in work hours so she could tailor it around her full-time job, but also not take away from time with her children. Ultimately, Colbert settled on going into direct sales with Mary Kay...
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Educators, other groups working to close the gap between men and women in technology
(Business ~ 09/19/16)
Although women remain a minority in many science-, engineering-, math- and technology-based fields, efforts are being made throughout the United States to increase their numbers. In 2013, women ages 25 to 34 were 21 percent more likely than men to be college graduates and 48 percent more likely to have gone to graduate school, according to a report by the presidential Council of Economic Advisors. ...
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Call for paid family leave has reached the state and national levels
(Business ~ 09/19/16)
The call for paid family leave has grown louder in recent months, thanks to the upcoming presidential election. While the federal Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave in a year to care for a newborn, adopted or foster child, according to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), only 12 percent of U.S. private sector workers have access to paid family leave through their employer...
- Business briefs (Business ~ 09/19/16)
- Names in the news (Business ~ 09/19/16)
- Health briefs (Business ~ 09/19/16)
- Bankruptcies (Business ~ 09/19/16)
- Tax liens (Business ~ 09/19/16)
- Business licenses (Business ~ 09/19/16)
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Speak Out 9/19/16
(Speak Out ~ 09/19/16)
Thank you for the article "Remembering a hero, 15 years after 9/11" by Peggy Noonan from the Wall Street Journal. I had never heard of Welles Crowther, the man with the red bandanna. It spoke to me of the unselfish bravery of so many on that day. How many people did he save that day; only God knows! They credited him with five; but he directed a lot more down a stairwell than that. Read the article if you still have your paper...
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Flag deserves honor
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/19/16)
Watching the news I see where Missouri State Senator Jamilah Nasheed has jumped on the Colin Kaepernick bandwagon and sat during the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Sculpture unveiled in 9/11 tribute
(Editorial ~ 09/19/16)
We vowed to never forget. The Cape River Heritage Museum has honored that vow, unveiling a sculpture last Sunday in honor of the those who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The stainless-steel structure is entitled "Esprit de Corps," or "Spirit of the Group" and was created by Southeast Missouri State University head sculpture professor Chris Wubbena and paid for by the late Dr. ...
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'Sully' soars over 'Blair Witch,' 'Bridget' at box office
(Entertainment ~ 09/19/16)
LOS ANGELES -- "Blair Witch," "Bridget Jones's Baby" and "Snowden" didn't ground "Sully" at the weekend box office. The Warner Bros. dramatization of the Miracle on the Hudson directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hanks as Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger remained at No. 1 for the second week with $22 million, according to studio estimates Sunday...
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Births 9/19/16
(Births ~ 09/19/16)
Son to Garrett Cole and Stacy Lynn Ditch of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 5:31 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016. Name, Beckett Hudson. Weight, 8 pounds, 14 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Ditch is the former Stacy Cheney, daughter of Sherry Cheney and Robert Cheney of Jackson. She is a universal banker with US Bank. Ditch is the son of Karl and Judy Grither of St. Charles, Missouri, and Dion and Delores Ditch of Bloomsdale, Missouri. He is a teacher with the Perry County School District...
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Leota Ethridge
(Obituary ~ 09/19/16)
Leota G. Ethridge, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, at The Lutheran Home. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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Veronica Dietiker
(Obituary ~ 09/19/16)
Veronica L. Dietiker, 56, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at The Church of God Fellowship in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church, with the Rev. Joe McCullough officiating...
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Henry Gerecke
(Obituary ~ 09/19/16)
Henry H. Gerecke, 95, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, at Chateau Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Belgium sees first case of minor being granted euthanasia
(International News ~ 09/19/16)
PARIS -- A terminally ill minor has been helped to die in Belgium for the first time since the country did away with age restrictions on euthanasia two years ago, according to the senator who wrote the law. Liberal Senator Jean-Jacques De Gucht confirmed the death of the sick juvenile on Saturday...
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Feds test bomb remnants of New York blast that injured 29
(National News ~ 09/19/16)
NEW YORK -- The bomb that rocked a New York City neighborhood known for its arts scene and gay community contained residue of an explosive often used for target practice that can be picked up in many sporting-goods stores, a federal law-enforcement official said Sunday, as authorities tried to unravel who planted the device and why...
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FBI investigates Minnesota stabbings as possible terror act
(National News ~ 09/19/16)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. -- A man in a private security uniform stabbed nine people at a Minnesota shopping mall, reportedly asking one victim whether he or she was Muslim, before an off-duty police officer shot and killed him in an attack the Islamic State group claimed as its own...
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World Leaders to focus on refugee crisis, Syria today
(International News ~ 09/19/16)
UNITED NATIONS -- World leaders meeting at the United Nations starting today will try to make progress on two intractable problems at the top of the global agenda -- the biggest refugee crisis since World War II and a Syrian conflict in its sixth year that has claimed over 300,000 lives...
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Airstrikes break cease-fire in Syria
(International News ~ 09/19/16)
BEIRUT -- Syria's fragile cease-fire began to unravel \Sunday with the first aerial attacks on rebel-held neighborhoods of Aleppo and a southern village that killed at least eight people, violations that came as tensions between the American and Russian brokers of the deal worsened after a deadly U.S. strike on Syrian government forces...
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St. Louis Catholic school to close after enrollment decline
(State News ~ 09/19/16)
MANCHESTER, Mo. -- Five years after St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson visited John F. Kennedy Catholic High School to launch an effort to increase enrollment at the diocese's Catholic schools, officials decided to close the high school because enrollment continues to decline...
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Some farmers worry Monsanto merger will drive up costs
(Business ~ 09/19/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Bayer's buyout of St. Louis-based Monsanto has agricultural groups and farmers concerned the merger will lead to higher prices for seed and crop-protection products, though some experts are confident the deal will be good for farmers. Monsanto produces seeds for fruits, vegetables and crops, such as corn, soybeans and cotton, and is the world's largest seed supplier, including genetically modified seeds...
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Big Food's biggest trend? Crusading against Big Food
(Business ~ 09/19/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Gathered for a free music festival, a crowd waits to see one of the headline attractions -- an exhibit about fast-food ingredients. On display: beakers of powders and liquids that purportedly go into what clearly is meant to look like a McDonald's burger...
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Scarce cash in land of plenty: Farmers adjust to downturn
(Business ~ 09/19/16)
MAXWELL, Iowa -- Pale green and 8 feet tall, tightly packed corn stalks reach to the horizon throughout the Midwest in what likely will be the biggest harvest the U.S. has seen. Aside from a sense of pride in breaking the previous record by nearly a billion bushels, farmers won't benefit. They'll lose money on virtually every cob...
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Beaches reopen after pipe-bomb blast
(National News ~ 09/19/16)
SEASIDE PARK, N.J. -- Jersey Shore beaches were reopened Sunday as an investigation continued into a pipe-bomb explosion at a seaside community before thousands of runners were to participate in a charity 5K race to benefit Marines and sailors. Officials would not say whether they believe the Saturday-afternoon blast in Seaside Park was terror-related but said it didn't appear to be connected to an explosion that rocked a Manhattan neighborhood Saturday night, injuring 29 people...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 9/19/16
(Local News ~ 09/19/16)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today Approval of minutes n Minutes of the Sept. 15 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on agenda Routine business...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 9/19/16
(Local News ~ 09/19/16)
Cape Girardeau City Council City hall 401 Independence St. Study session, 5 p.m. today Items for discussion n Planning and Zoning Commission report n Cape Girardeau County Transit Authority presentation n Convention Visitors Bureau Operations agreement presentation...
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Out of the past: Sept. 19
(Out of the Past ~ 09/19/16)
Thanks to a $150,000 donation from Japanese businessman Yoshihiro Takase, Southeast Missouri State University's proposed College of Business Administration building will include an international center. Takase is a longtime friend and supporter of the university...
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Driver evades DWI checkpoint, police
(Local News ~ 09/19/16)
Cape Girardeau police are looking for a driver who fled a DWI checkpoint early Sunday morning. Sgt. Adam Glueck confirmed officers chased a driver through a residential neighborhood near Koch Street about 1 a.m. Sunday. Glueck said the driver evaded capture, and the incident still is under investigation...
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'Game of Thrones,' 'Veep' take top honors at Emmys
(Entertainment ~ 09/19/16)
LOS ANGELES -- "Game of Thrones" conquered the Emmy kingdom Sunday, honored as top drama for the second consecutive year and becoming the most honored prime-time TV series on a night of surprises and political jabs. "Veep" repeated as best comedy series, and its star, Julia-Louis Dreyfus, won a record-breaking sixth Emmy as best comedy actress. Jeffrey Tambor's trophy as top comedy actor for "Transparent" also was his second...
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Mount Rushmore soon will mark its 75th year
(National News ~ 09/19/16)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- It was a historian's idea: carve gigantic sculptures into the granite pinnacles of the Black Hills of South Dakota, significant Western figures such as Lewis and Clark, Buffalo Bill Cody, Fremont, Red Cloud and Sacagawea. "In the vicinity of Harney Peak ... are opportunities for heroic sculpture of unusual character," South Dakota Department of History superintendent Doane Robinson wrote to a sculptor in Georgia in 1924...
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Historic recognition: Washington's family tree is biracial
(National News ~ 09/19/16)
ARLINGTON, Va. -- George Washington's adopted son was a bit of a ne'er-do-well by most accounts, including those of Washington himself, who wrote about his frustrations with the boy they called "Wash." "From his infancy, I have discovered an almost unconquerable disposition to indolence in everything that did not tend to his amusements," the founding father wrote...
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Effort to preserve radio history starts in Missouri
(State News ~ 09/19/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Missouri will host a pilot project for an initiative to make radio history available through a national archive. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the Radio Preservation Task Force, overseen by the Library of Congress, is collecting and cataloging radio recordings...
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Documents detail government damage of Trail of Tears
(State News ~ 09/19/16)
COKER CREEK, Tenn. -- The U.S. Forest Service ripped up a portion of the Trail of Tears in the Appalachian Mountains, reopening wounds for Native Americans who consider sacred the land where thousands of their ancestors died during their forced migration westward...
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Binary bandit? Someone stealing of ones, zeros from homes
(National News ~ 09/19/16)
PHILADELPHIA -- Police are addressing an unusual crime spree: someone stealing ones and zeroes from addresses on people's homes. Meghan Haley said she noticed a zero missing and saw a woman stealing it on her surveillance video. Another woman heard a power drill and saw a man steal a number from her neighbor's home. Scott Fisher had a zero stolen. He said he doesn't know whether "someone is trying to send a message or someone just has an obsession with zeroes and ones."...
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Cape Girardeau police report 9/19/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/19/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items Sunday. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n Samuel L. Duncan, 23, 1517 Dunklin St., was arrested at Broadway and Middle Street on suspicion of assault on a law-enforcement officer...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 9/19/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/19/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Saturday. n Medical assists were made at 12:49 a.m. on Towers Circle, 1:07 a.m. on North Ellis Street, 3:42 a.m. on North Main Street, 12:09 p.m. on South Ellis Street, 12:34 p.m. on North Frederick Street, 1:21 p.m. on Themis Street, 2:06 p.m. on William Street, 5:30 p.m. on Peachtree Street, 6:32 p.m. on Park Place, 10:40 p.m. on Hackberry Street; and 11:40 p.m. at Dearmont Hall...
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Prayer 9/19/16
(Prayer ~ 09/19/16)
Thank you, O Lord Jesus, that it is by grace we are saved through faith in you. Amen.
- Central's Class of '56 to hold 60th class reunion September 24 (Submitted Story ~ 09/19/16)
- Old McKendree Day set for this Sunday (Submitted Story ~ 09/19/16)
- Rodney Bridges Elected Vice President of Board (Submitted Story ~ 09/19/16)
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