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Students of the month named at Immaculate Conception
(Submitted Story ~ 10/12/16)
Immaculate Conception School in Jackson recently announced its students of the month for September: Pictured (front row, from left): Kael Craft, kindergarten; Tessa Tornetto, first grade; Daniel Zhang, first grade; Nora Koetting, second grade; and Elias Huff, third grade. Back row, from left: Skylar Craft, fourth grade; Macy Bommarito, fifth grade; Rachel Engelen, sixth grade; Caleb Garner, seventh grade; and Sydney Turner, eighth grade...
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Unshackled, Trump unleashes aggressive attacks on own party
(National News ~ 10/12/16)
WASHINGTON -- The "shackles" gone, Donald Trump stepped up his attacks on his own party leaders Tuesday, promising to teach Republicans who oppose him a lesson and fight for the presidency "the way I want to." "I'm just tired of non-support" from leaders of the party he represents on the presidential ticket, Trump said Tuesday evening on Fox News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor."...
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Roundabout project in Jackson seemed to spark, not hurt, downtown businesses
(Local News ~ 10/12/16)
With traffic on three-fourths of the new roundabout and the city of Jackson announcing an official ribbon-cutting for Friday, Oct. 21, the bulk of the project is done. And for all the anxiety that roundabout construction would turn uptown Jackson to a ghost town, business owners said those fears have failed to materialize...
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Montgomery Bank to open training, conference center in Jackson
(Local News ~ 10/12/16)
A dormant Jackson property will have new life when the Montgomery Bank Conference and Training Center opens in it next year. The building at 526 W. Main St. most recently housed Main Street Lanes. The former bowling alley will undergo $3 million in renovations to transform it into the training center for the bank...
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Habitat for Humanity development plan draws neighborhood opposition
(Local News ~ 10/12/16)
A proposed Habitat for Humanity residential development that will destroy much of a 14-acre wooded area in Cape Girardeau has sparked opposition from neighbors worried about property values. But city manager Scott Meyer said the land is zoned R-1, or single family residential. As along as the development meets requirements for that zone, the city council must approve the project, Meyer said...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/12/16)
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Oct. 12, the 286th day of 2016. There are 80 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 12, 1492 (according to the Old Style calendar), Christopher Columbus arrived with his expedition in the present-day Bahamas...
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Speak Out 10/12/16
(Speak Out ~ 10/12/16)
Gary Rust is to be commended for his lifetime commitment to the community of Cape Girardeau as well as his business acumen and corresponding success. Jon Rust's recent column was a wonderful summary of the decades long contributions in so many areas while at the same time always putting family first...
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Lend a helping hand when you can
(Editorial ~ 10/12/16)
Last Friday, hundreds of people gathered at the Osage Centre for Project Homeless Connect. It was the sixth year that volunteers from the community and various organizations came together to help those who are less fortunate. Clothing, haircuts, housing assistance, groceries, hygiene products, identification, immunization and other medical services were provided to those who needed it...
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Prayer 10/12/16
(Prayer ~ 10/12/16)
Thank you, O Lord Jesus, that our souls find rest in you. Amen.
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Joseph Gotto Sr.
(Obituary ~ 10/12/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Joseph W. Gotto Sr., 92, of Perryville died Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, at the family home, where he was born April 20, 1924. Surviving is his wife of 67 years, Bernice (Bohnert) Gotto. They were united in marriage Jan. 29, 1949. Bernice continues to live in Perryville...
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Dorothy Kirn
(Obituary ~ 10/12/16)
BENTON, Mo. -- Dorothy Ann Kirn, 81, of Benton died Friday, Oct. 7, 2016, at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. She was born Oct. 16, 1934, in St. Louis to Joseph August and Mary Ida Winkler Kirn. She was a registered nurse at Saint Francis Medical Center and Chaffee General Hospital. She was a member of St. Denis Catholic Church in Benton...
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Martha Lou McGinty
(Obituary ~ 10/12/16)
Martha Lou McGinty, 91, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, at Chateau Girardeau. Martha Lou was born Aug. 20, 1925, in Cape Girardeau. She was the proud daughter of Franklin P. and Martha Ellen Foster. A lifetime resident of Cape Girardeau, she met her loving husband, Charles Patterson McGinty, at Cape Girardeau's Franklin School while attending fourth grade...
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W. Jean Mabrey
(Obituary ~ 10/12/16)
W. Jean Mabrey, 87, of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, at her home. She was born June 15, 1929 in Lowndes, Missouri, to Alton and Celeslia Sutton Stevenson. She and the late Cleo W. Mabrey were married Oct. 19, 1946, at Lowndes. Jean taught sixth-grade students at various schools during her 40-year career. She was a member of the Community Teachers Association and Missouri State Teachers Association and had been a CTA delegate to the State MSTA convention...
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Out of the past: Oct. 12
(Out of the Past ~ 10/12/16)
With the Southeast Missouri State University Golden Eagles Marching Band leading the way, Southeast's homecoming parade marches down Broadway in the morning. Floats depicting Academy Award-winning movies, marching bands and more are part of the annual parade...
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OPEC output rises, complicating cartel's price-boosting plan
(International News ~ 10/12/16)
PARIS -- Oil production from OPEC nations hit a record last month, according to an international energy group, highlighting the cartel's challenge in trimming output to drive up prices. The International Energy Agency said Tuesday production from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries hit a record high in September of 33.64 million barrels a day...
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For smartphone-dependent world, Samsung troubles hit hard
(National News ~ 10/12/16)
NEW YORK -- Yes, you heard that right. Samsung is asking owners of its fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 to "power down and stop using the device." In an age when smartphones have become extensions of ourselves, the last thing we look at before falling asleep and the first thing we grab in the morning, this is all but unthinkable, even at the dinner table, even on the toilet...
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Anthony Allen Swope
(Obituary ~ 10/12/16)
Anthony Allen Swope, 21, of Jackson passed away Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, at his home. He was born Oct. 30, 1994, in Sandwich, Illinois, son of Rodger "Dale" and Della Moss Swope. Anthony was a 2013 graduate of Jackson High School. After high school, Anthony worked briefly at McDonald's in Jackson. ...
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Cash is piling up faster than Warren Buffett can invest it
(National News ~ 10/12/16)
OMAHA, Neb. -- Warren Buffett has the kind of money problem most people would envy: a growing mountain of cash. Nearly $73 billion piled up at Berkshire Hathaway by mid-summer, more than Buffett's conglomerate has held before. And the total continues growing each day Buffett doesn't make a major investment because Berkshire's 90-odd businesses generate about $1.5 billion in cash every month...
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A founder of the New Orleans girl group The Dixie Cups dies
(Entertainment ~ 10/12/16)
NEW YORK -- Joan Marie Johnson, one of the founding members of the New Orleans girl group The Dixie Cups, which had a No. 1 hit in 1964 with "Chapel of Love," has died at a hospice in New Orleans. She was 72. Johnson, who was with the group for only a few years because she was diagnosed with sickle-cell anemia, died of congestive heart failure Oct. 3, according to former bandmate Barbara Ann Hawkins...
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Food pantry must toss 905 pounds of meat
(State News ~ 10/12/16)
MARSHFIELD, Mo. -- A food pantry in Marshfield was forced to throw away more than 900 pounds of frozen hamburger meat processed at a plant that wasn't federally certified. Two U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors were visiting Gibson's Packing Co. in Seymour, Missouri, last week when they noticed the Webster County Food Pantry paid for the processing of some meat, according to the Springfield News-Leader...
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Leaks show Clinton inner circle struggling with email issue
(National News ~ 10/12/16)
WASHINGTON -- Hacked emails show Hillary Clinton's campaign was slow to grasp the seriousness of the controversy over her use of a homebrew email server and believed it might blow over after one weekend. Two days after The Associated Press was first to report in March 2015 that Clinton had been running a private server in her home in New York to send and receive messages when she was secretary of state, her advisers were shaping their strategy to respond to the revelation...
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Asians now leading face of U.S. immigration
(National News ~ 10/12/16)
RALEIGH, North Carolina -- When Manasi Gopala immigrated to America, she finally got the chance to row crew. As a child in India, she had dreamed of the sport from watching Olympic telecasts. Now, twice a week, she pulls a pair of oars as her scull glides along tree-lined Lake Wheeler, far from her birthplace of Bangalore...
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Court seems favorable to defendant claiming jury race bias
(National News ~ 10/12/16)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed likely to rule racial bias in the jury room provides a limited basis for breaching the legal principle of secrecy in jury deliberations. The justices heard an appeal from an immigrant in Colorado who said he did not have a fair trial because he was convicted by a jury on which one man reportedly tied the defendant's guilt to his Hispanic heritage...
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Legal pot could upend years of drug smuggling in Arizona
(National News ~ 10/12/16)
NOGALES, Ariz. -- The hills on the Arizona border with Mexico are steep and bumpy as Paul Estrada drives along the fence, patrolling for drug and human smugglers. Passing traffic signs pocked with bullet holes, the sheriff's deputy points at parts of the wall that are but a few feet tall and laments how easy it is to get drugs into Arizona...
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North Carolina braces for more flooding in downstream towns
(National News ~ 10/12/16)
GREENVILLE, N.C. -- A state trooper shot and killed an armed man during a search for flood victims in a tense and dispirited North Carolina, and thousands more people were ordered to evacuate as high water from Hurricane Matthew pushed downstream Tuesday, two days after the storm blew out to sea...
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Missouri governor candidates weigh in on social issues
(State News ~ 10/12/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster and Republican former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens will face off Nov. 8 in Missouri's gubernatorial election. The Associated Press asked the candidates by phone about various social issues. Here's how they responded:...
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Curator out after racial sensitivity of exhibit questioned
(State News ~ 10/12/16)
ST. LOUIS -- The chief curator of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis is stepping down after an exhibition that depicts 1960s black civil-rights protesters and black women on magazines smeared in toothpaste and chocolate was criticized as racially insensitive...
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Man accidentally shoots himself in the head
(State News ~ 10/12/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A man is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the head while in the drive-through lane of a St. Louis restaurant. The accident happened Saturday afternoon at a Steak 'n' Shake restaurant. The man survived and is hospitalized in stable condition...
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Casino revenue rises 3.3 percent in St. Louis area
(State News ~ 10/12/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Casino revenue is on the rise in the St. Louis area. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the six casinos in the St. Louis region saw revenue rise 3.3 percent in September, compared to September 2015. The casinos -- four in Missouri and two in Illinois -- took in $82.8 million...
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Funeral services set for slain St. Louis County officer
(State News ~ 10/12/16)
CLAYTON, Mo. -- Funeral services are planned for this week for a St. Louis County police officer who was fatally shot. St. Louis County police say services for officer Blake Snyder will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday at a church in Chesterfield, Missouri. Afterward a funeral procession will travel to a cemetery in Godfrey, Illinois...
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Southeast Symphony's season opener
(Local News ~ 10/12/16)
Dr. Sara Edgerton conducts the Southeast Missouri Symphony Orchestra as they perform selections from "Swan Lake" on Tuesday night during the Gala Season Opener in the Bedell Performance Hall of Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus. The season opener included special guest violinist David Halen...
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Boston has a goose-poop problem
(National News ~ 10/12/16)
BOSTON -- Goose poop is piling up in parks and playgrounds in Boston, and city officials are looking for ways to rein it in. City Councilor Annissa Essaibi-George requested a hearing to discuss solutions to the problem. She said Boston's open spaces are home to thousands of geese that each can eat about four pounds of grass and produce up to three pounds of fecal matter every day. Wildlife experts said the birds are typically migratory but increasingly are staying year-round...
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Scott City fire report 10/12/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/12/16)
SCOTT CITY The Scott City Fire Department responded to the following calls. Sept. 30 n At 8:13 a.m., a natural-cover fire on Route M. n At 7:57 p.m., an EMS call on South Messmer Street in Kelso, Missouri. n At 11 p.m., a motor-vehicle crash on Main Street...
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I-55 in Cape County to close for utility work
(Local News ~ 10/12/16)
I-55 in Cape County to close for utility work North- and southbound Interstate 55 in Cape Girardeau County, between Exit 96 and Exit 99, will be closed as contractor crews make utility repairs. According to a news release from the Missouri Department of Transportation, the work will be done on Tuesday from 2 to 4 a.m...
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Jackson police report 10/12/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/12/16)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Matthew S. Schweiss, 32, of East Cape Girardeau, Illinois, was arrested on suspicion of receiving stolen property. n Daniel J. Lewis Jr., 26, of Marble Hill, Missouri, was arrested on suspicion of stealing and public intoxication...
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Cape Girardeau police report 10/12/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/12/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Summons n Adam C. Gadberry, no age given, of Cape Girardeau was issued a summons for stealing alcohol from Rhodes 101, 1624 N. Kingshighway. Thefts n Clothing was reported stolen from Kohl's, 315 Shirley Drive...
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Cleople Hunt
(Obituary ~ 10/12/16)
Cleople Hunt, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, at Heartland Care and Rehab. Visitation will from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Spencer Heights Memorial Park Cemetery in Mounds, Illinois...
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Guardian Angel B Team Volleyball Team
(Submitted Story ~ 10/12/16)
The Guardian Angel Redwings (Oran) B team volleyball ended their regular season with a record of 10 wins & 2 losses. They received second place in the Christian Youth League. The end of season tournament was held at St. Augustine, Kelso, October 6-8. The Redwings placed third in the tournament. Congratulations Redwings!!...
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Missouri Senate 27th district candidate: Donald Ray Owens
(Submitted Story ~ 10/12/16)
Name Donald Ray Owens Age 65 Place of birth Fredericktown MO None Graduated: Fredericktown HS, 1969; Defense Language Institute, 1970; Foreign Services Institute, 1971; Attended: Southeast Missouri State University, 1976/77 - 1981/82; Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, 1986...
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Missouri House 147th District candidate: Greg Tlapek
(Submitted Story ~ 10/12/16)
Name Greg Tlapek Age 59 Place of birth Cape Girardeau Alma Schrader, St. Vincent's, Schultz, Central, University of Missouri, University of Texas Austin Occupation Executive Director, Missouri Libertarian Party 2000-present Employer Self-employed investor...
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Missouri House 145th District candidate: Rick Francis
(Submitted Story ~ 10/12/16)
Name Rick Francis Age 57 Place of birth Cape Girardeau, MO Nick Francis (Siobhan) Zoe & Theo Benn Duvall (Kasey) Jewel & Lincoln Whitney Staincliffe (JP) Sadie Dane Francis Bachelor of Science in Education - SEMO Master of Arts in Educational Administration - SEMO...
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Missouri House 145th District candidate: Ronald G. Pember
(Submitted Story ~ 10/12/16)
Name Ronald G. Pember Age 76 Place of birth Jump River, Wisconsin Wife: Patricia Pember, Children:Betsy Wolbert, Steve Pember, Christine Holmstadt, Anthony Pember, Kathy Bechel, Jeff Pember, Julie Fritzel Step Children: Tammy Flores, Ricky Bush, Chris Hudgens...
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Perry County Coroner candidate: Jim W. Martin
(Submitted Story ~ 10/12/16)
Age 68 Place of birth Perry County, Missouri Dorothy, retired office supply store owner Robyn, who resides in Jackson and is employed at Layton & Southard Attnys Matt, who resides with his wife and two children in Tacoma, Washington and is E-7 career military specializing in military intelligence...
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