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Lowe's donates rocking chair to Rockin' 4 Relief
(Submitted Story ~ 10/11/16)
Lowe’s Home Improvement recently donated a rocking chair to Rockin’ 4 Relief, a teen-based organization that raises money for families of police officers, firefighters, EMTs and paramedics who were killed in the line of duty. Every year, a “rock-a-thon” is held where local teens are sent to different locations to rock in rocking chairs for 10 hours straight and collect money for the cause...
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Giving up on Trump? Ryan focusing on saving GOP majority
(National News ~ 10/11/16)
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Paul Ryan, the nation's top elected Republican, effectively abandoned Donald Trump on Monday, telling anxious fellow lawmakers he will not campaign for or defend the floundering businessman in the election's closing weeks...
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Major case squad goes 5-for-5 in homicide-case arrests
(Local News ~ 10/11/16)
Cape Girardeau has seen five homicides in 2016. The Cape Girardeau/Bollinger County Major Case Squad has made arrests in all of them. By the time officers got to a homicide scene at 4 p.m. May 19, the body had been in a wooded area southeast of Ranney Park for more than four days, according to court documents...
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Local doctor uses stem-cell membrane from donated placenta to treat foot ulcers
(Local News ~ 10/11/16)
A Southeast Missouri doctor is taking advantage of stem-cell technology to treat his patients' wounds and getting results faster than any treatment he's used in the past. Last year, Dr. Hugh Protzel of Foot and Ankle Centers of Southeast Missouri began offering a product called Grafix to his patients, which is essentially cryopreserved human placental tissue...
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Jackson may need help from state lawmakers to fund fire, police projects
(Local News ~ 10/11/16)
In December, the Jackson Board of Aldermen approved an $8 million plan to build a new police station and renovate the existing fire station. Since then, city officials been hashing out ways to try to pay for the improvements. Jackson officials will need help from the state legislature if they are to implement a public safety tax -- their preferred source of funding...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/11/16)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, Oct. 11, the 285th day of 2016. There are 81 days left in the year. The Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, begins at sunset. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 11, 1986, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev opened two days of talks concerning arms control and human rights in Reykjavik, Iceland...
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Hypocrisy: Trump controversy conjures selective outrage
(Column ~ 10/11/16)
Few things irk me more than hypocrisy, and hypocrisy is at the center of the newly released audio of Donald Trump's lewd, disgusting comments about women 11 years ago while speaking privately to Billy Bush. Trump's words are obviously unacceptable. Who would justify them? We can all hope he never actually did the things he mentioned. The selective outrage, however, at this Trump controversy merits discussion...
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Sign up for free smoke alarm installation
(Editorial ~ 10/11/16)
While the nation is engrossed in a heated campaign for president, the Southeast Missouri chapter of the Red Cross is holding its own campaign this Saturday -- the Home Fire Preparedness Campaign. With the assistance of the Cape Girardeau Fire Department and Charter Communications, interested residents in Cape will receive, and have installed, as many as three smoke alarms, free of charge. They also will get instructions on fire safety and smoke alarm maintenance...
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Edith Hale
(Obituary ~ 10/11/16)
HERMANN, Mo. -- Edith Kay Hale, 72, passed away Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, at her home. Edith was born on Jan. 24, 1944, in Centerville, Illinois. She was the daughter of the late Leon and Mable (Leslie) Shaffer. Edith is survived by her children, Rhonda Pender and husband Jim, Ramona Mundwiller and husband Mark and Rashell Hargrove and special friend Mike Scott; her siblings, Donald and Joseph Shaffer, Dana Comte and Sharon Baker; her four lovely grandchildren, Aaron and Brian Pender and Elizabeth and Adam Fries; and five adorable great-grandchildren, Alyssa, Gabbi, Collin and Charlotte Pender and Aydien Fries.. ...
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Dixie Rowe
(Obituary ~ 10/11/16)
Dixie Rowe, 85, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, at the Chateau Girardeau. She was born Dec. 10, 1930, in Zalma, Missouri, to the late Glen and Ruby (Slinkard) Thomas. Dixie owned and operated Rowe Ford Sales in Malden, Missouri, alongside her husband, Webster Rowe...
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Stan Taylor
(Obituary ~ 10/11/16)
Stanley "Stan" Taylor, 65, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, at Southeast Hospital. He was born July 14, 1951, in Cairo, Illinois, to Carl and Patricia (Britt) Taylor. Stan was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, played softball, was an avid Cardinals fan and enjoyed playing poker in Tunica, Mississippi...
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Jean Keller
(Obituary ~ 10/11/16)
FARMINGTON, Mo. -- Imogene "Jean" Keller, 93, formerly of Bonne Terre, Missouri, passed away Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, at the Camelot Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Farmington, where she had resided for the past four years. She was born March 2, 1923, in Bonne Terre, daughter of Raymond and Hazel Murphy Willa...
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Delores Riney
(Obituary ~ 10/11/16)
Helen Delores Riney, 91, passed away Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, at her home in Jackson. She was born June 19, 1925, in St. Louis County, daughter of Roy and Elizabeth Upshaw Ritchey. She and Melvin J. Riney Sr. were married July 22, 1944, in St. Louis. They had been married over 56 years when he passed away October 14, 2000...
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Joseph Schwab
(Obituary ~ 10/11/16)
Joseph T. Schwab, 67, of Cape Girardeau passed away Oct. 6, 2016, at his home. He was born July 5, 1949, in Cape Girardeau to Dwight and Juanita McNeely Schwab. Joseph was a disabled veteran, having served in the Marine Corps. He was a member of Cape Church of the Nazarene...
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Evelyn Kaiser
(Obituary ~ 10/11/16)
Evelyn Jean Kaiser, 90, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, in Edmond, Oklahoma. She was born May 15, 1926, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, daughter of Reba Jones and Roy Davis. She and Kenneth Kaiser were married in Cape Girardeau on Sept. 14, 1946...
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Births 10/11/16
(Births ~ 10/11/16)
Daughter to Derek Gregory and Taylor Paige Menz of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 7:48 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016. Name, Scarlett Paige. Weight, 7 pounds, 4 ounces. First child. Mrs. Menz is the former Taylor Coleman, daughter of Tony and Penny Coleman of Jackson. She is a registered nurse at Saint Francis Medical Center. Menz is the son of Greg and Denise Menz of Benton, Missouri. He is a welder with American Railcar Industries...
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Out of the past: Oct. 11
(Out of the Past ~ 10/11/16)
Local voters surveyed this week voiced support for Proposition B and the Cape Girardeau utility measures on the Nov. 5 ballot. The survey was commissioned by the Southeast Missourian newspaper. Gary Schemel wasn't on the winning side during yesterday's annual Cape Girardeau Central versus Jackson football game, but the Jackson High senior still had a memorable night. ...
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Worried about your Samsung Note 7? Here are your options
(National News ~ 10/11/16)
NEW YORK -- Worries about the safety of Samsung's replacement Galaxy Note 7 smartphones have consumers fretting about what to do. And they're getting little guidance from the company. U.S. regulators ordered a recall of the original Note 7, a huge phone-bordering-on-tablet with a huge battery, in late September after the devices demonstrated an unwelcome tendency to catch fire. ...
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Greitens taps charity donors for gubernatorial bid
(State News ~ 10/11/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens has capitalized on the connections he made as founder of a charity for military veterans to help finance his Republican campaign but denies he used a charity donor list for political purposes in potential violation of federal laws...
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After 4 years, EPA struggles to fill mine-waste pit
(State News ~ 10/11/16)
ORONOGO, Mo. -- The Environmental Protection Agency is saying a mine waste pit in southwest Missouri doesn't appear to be filling, four years after the agency began dumping waste into it. The Joplin Globe reported the mine, near Oronogo, closed in 1948. It eventually developed into a lake 200 feet deep in some places...
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Turkey Hill recalls mislabeled packages of ice cream
(State News ~ 10/11/16)
CONESTOGA, Pa. -- Turkey Hill is recalling some mislabeled packages of ice cream. The Conestoga-based dairy said some of its 48-ounce containers of Dutch Chocolate Premium Ice Cream contain Rocky Road Premium Ice Cream instead...
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Two economists win Nobel for showing how contracts work best
(National News ~ 10/11/16)
Let insiders easily cash in stock options, as Enron did, and you risk seeing executives abandon a failing company. Encourage contractors to sacrifice quality to cut costs, and you might cause problems like those that led the U.S. Justice Department to phase out privately run prisons...
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U.N. begs for aid almost a week after hurricane
(International News ~ 10/11/16)
MARFRANC, Haiti -- At a cramped police station serving as a makeshift clinic, Darline Derosier fastened IV drips to jail-cell bars, wiped the brows of cholera patients and tended to the wounds of those injured when Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti's southwestern peninsula...
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Some Yahoo users finding it hard to exit amid breach talk
(National News ~ 10/11/16)
LONDON -- As Yahoo's embattled email service suffers through a slew of bad news, some users are finding it hard to leave. Automatic email forwarding was disabled at the beginning of the month, several users said. While those who've set up forwarding in the past are unaffected, some who want to leave over recent hacking and surveillance revelations are struggling to switch to rival services...
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Emails show clash of private, public Clinton statements
(National News ~ 10/11/16)
WASHINGTON -- Behind closed doors, Hillary Clinton adopted a more accommodating tone with Wall Street than she has on the campaign trail. In private paid speeches to financial firms and interest groups before she declared her candidacy, the Democratic presidential nominee comes off as a knowing insider, willing to cut backroom deals, embrace open trade and grant Wall Street a role in crafting financial regulations, according to excerpts obtained last week through hacked campaign emails provided to WikiLeaks.. ...
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The greatest pumpkin
(National News ~ 10/11/16)
Richard and Catherine Wallace stand with a 2,261.5-pound pumpkin Richard grew to set the North American giant-pumpkin record at the Frerichs Farm Pumpkin Weigh Off in Warren, Rhode Island. Richard Wallace's pumpkin beat the record set by his son, Ron, at the same event last year...
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Justices weigh dispute over racial bias in jury room
(National News ~ 10/11/16)
WASHINGTON -- There was nothing subtle about the ethnic slurs a juror in Colorado is reported to have made during deliberations over a Hispanic defendant charged with touching teenage girls inappropriately. Two other jurors claim their colleague determined defendant Miguel Angel Pena Rodriguez was guilty because Pena Rodriguez is "Mexican, and Mexican men take whatever they want."...
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At least 15 vehicle windows shot out in University City
(State News ~ 10/11/16)
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. -- Police in the St. Louis suburb of University City are searching for suspects who shot out the windows of at least 15 vehicles. The damage occurred Saturday night and early Sunday, and University City police told KTVI-TV they've received reports from other suburbs of similar damage...
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3 shot at vigil for Vonderrit Myers Jr. in St. Louis
(State News ~ 10/11/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Three men were injured after gunfire erupted during a candlelight vigil in St. Louis to remember an 18-year-old fatally shot by police. The shooting happened Saturday night during a vigil for VonDerrit Myers Jr. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported just 10 minutes into the vigil, gunfire broke out. Three men in their 20s were shot...
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Waterlogged chaos lingers in Carolinas
(National News ~ 10/11/16)
LUMBERTON, N.C. -- With floodwaters from Hurricane Matthew on the rise, at least one North Carolina city appeared near chaos Monday, its police station shuttered and sporadic gunfire in the air, and authorities worried more communities could end up the same way...
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Breast-cancer patient says she was mistaken for fugitive
(State News ~ 10/11/16)
POST FALLS, Idaho -- A 35-year-old breast-cancer patient said she felt humiliated when she was handcuffed and questioned after being mistaken for a Missouri teen wanted in her infant daughter's death...
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Three Syrians aid German police in alleged bomb plot suspect
(International News ~ 10/11/16)
BERLIN -- A Syrian man suspected of preparing a bombing attack was apprehended by three of his countrymen who overpowered him, tied him up in their apartment and alerted police, authorities said Monday. The overnight arrest of Jaber Albakr ended a nearly two-day nationwide search for the 22-year-old German authorities launched after finding several pounds of explosives and components hidden in an apartment in the eastern city of Chemnitz on Saturday...
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Underwood, Paisley, Bentley, Urban to perform at CMA Awards
(Entertainment ~ 10/11/16)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Dierks Bentley, Eric Church, Maren Morris and Keith Urban, as well as hosts Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley, will perform during the 50th annual Country Music Association Awards show, the CMA announced Monday. The Nov. 2 show will air live from Nashville on ABC...
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Roger Waters puts his politics center stage at Desert Trip
(Entertainment ~ 10/11/16)
INDIO, Calif. -- Roger Waters made his feelings about Donald Trump and Israel abundantly clear during a politically charged performance at the Desert Trip music festival Sunday night. The 73-year-old singer- songwriter also denounced war and addressed the Black Lives Matter movement in his 2 1/2-hour set that closed the three-day classic-rock concert in Indio...
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Car strikes, kills pedestrian in Butler County
(State News ~ 10/11/16)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Authorities say a pedestrian has been killed while crossing a highway in Southeast Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said a car struck 26-year-old Charles R. Colbert III of Wappapello, Missouri, on Sunday night on Route T in Butler County. The Butler County Coroner pronounced him dead at the scene...
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Chicago teachers prepare to walk picket lines today
(National News ~ 10/11/16)
CHICAGO -- Teachers in the nation's third-largest school district were preparing to go on strike for the second time since 2012, as contract talks between the Chicago Teachers Union and financially troubled Chicago Public Schools headed into Monday evening with no sign of an agreement...
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The Beach Boys, Temptations to bring 'Surf & Soul' tour to Show Me Center
(Local News ~ 10/11/16)
When two popular musical groups make an appearance at the Show Me Center in April, 2017 will feel like 1967. The Beach Boys and The Temptations will perform in Cape Girardeau at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 22, 2017, as part of their "Surf & Soul Tour."...
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Record 1,201 couples renew wedding vows
(National News ~ 10/11/16)
KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- A record 1,201 couples renewed their wedding vows at a ceremony at Western Michigan University. A Guinness World Record official on site certified the record event Saturday. It broke the previous mark of 1,087 couples renewing their vows at Miami University in Ohio in 2009. Couples dressed in Western Michigan gear and even donned veils, white dresses and tuxes to celebrate their marriages...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 10/11/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/11/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday. n Medical assists were made at 12:05 p.m. on Leroy Drive; 12:59 p.m. on South Main Street; 1:37 p.m. on William Street; 1:56 p.m. on Keystone Drive; and 8:03 p.m. on Wisteria Drive...
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Jackson police report 10/11/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/11/16)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n John E. Wilkinson, 59, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and failure to yield, causing a motor-vehicle accident. Arrest...
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Cape Girardeau police report 10/11/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/11/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A juvenile was cited into juvenile court on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance at 1000 S. Silver Springs Road. n Nkki L. Russell, 43, no address given, was arrested on a Cole County, Missouri, warrant for failure to appear for driving while revoked at 230 N. Spring St...
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Anthony Allen Swope
(Obituary ~ 10/11/16)
Anthony Allen Swope, 21, died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, at his home in Jackson. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Yount Cemetery in Garwood, Missouri...
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Dorothy Kirn
(Obituary ~ 10/11/16)
BENTON, Mo. -- Dorothy Ann Kirn, 81, of Benton died Friday, Oct. 7, 2016, at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton.
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Catherine Sprout
(Obituary ~ 10/11/16)
Catherine G. Sprout, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be private at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Prayer 10/11/16
(Prayer ~ 10/11/16)
We worship you, O Lord Jesus, for our healing is in your holy hands. Amen.
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