- State Reps Recognize National Disability Employment Awareness Month (Submitted Story ~ 10/24/16)
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Business notebook: Crader Distributing is Stihl growing
(Business ~ 10/24/16)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Stan Crader can remember when his family business, then owned by his grandfather, Buford Crader, first began distributing Stihl products. He recalled the image of a shipment of chain saws rolling into a Lutesville, Missouri, train station...
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Country singer John Berry to perform Christmas songs at Jackson church
(Local News ~ 10/24/16)
Holiday music fans in the area, rejoice! Grammy Award-winning country singer John Berry will perform songs from his Christmas repertoire and more at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson on Nov. 20. Berry's "O' Holy Night Tour" is part of the St. Paul Concert Series, proceeds from which go to benefit Lutheran Family and Children's Services...
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No Trump, Clinton or clowns; other Halloween costumes seem to be selling at area stores
(Local News ~ 10/24/16)
Halloween is a week away, and Southeast Missourians of all ages are on the hunt for the perfect costume. The pickings this year are slimmer than past years. Pop-up Halloween shops once found in the mall or in Town Plaza did not pop up this month, reducing the region's number of dedicated Halloween stores...
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City to seek input on updating downtown strategic plan
(Local News ~ 10/24/16)
Cape Girardeau residents are being asked to share their visions for the future of the city's downtown. A public open house Tuesday, Nov. 1, will allow the community to suggest how to improve and enhance the region. The event is part of an effort to update the Cape Girardeau downtown strategic plan, created in 2009. Like the original plan, the update will assess existing conditions, establish goals and objectives and make recommendations to implement them...
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War hero Alvin York to be subject of Crader Lecture
(Local News ~ 10/24/16)
An expert on World War I luminary Sgt. Alvin York is scheduled to speak Tuesday night as part of Southeast Missouri State University's annual Crader Lecture in the Humanities. Douglas Mastriano, a professor at the U.S. Army War College and an Army colonel, is scheduled to lecture on "Sergeant York: The Myths and History of an American Battlefield Hero" at 7:30 p.m. in Glenn Auditorim at Dempster Hall...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/24/16)
Today in History Today is Monday, Oct. 24, the 298th day of 2016. There are 68 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 24, 1962, a naval quarantine of Cuba ordered by President John F. Kennedy went into effect during the missile crisis...
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Speak Out 10/24/16
(Speak Out ~ 10/24/16)
To the person who found my son's diaper bag and tied it to a stop sign, I just want to say thank you. It's good to know that there are good people in this world. May God forever bless you. Again, thank you so very much. I will accept this one undeniable truth after the polls close on November 8: these two candidates will change nothing...
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Debate at SEMO refreshingly civil
(Editorial ~ 10/24/16)
On Wednesday, the nation witnessed the final 2016 presidential debate. It was filled with all the barbs, quips and insults we have come to expect when Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump face off. Perhaps the candidates should have attended the Southeast Speakers Series last Monday to witness how to debate passionately but with civility. ...
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2 killed when single-engine plane crashes in Missouri
(State News ~ 10/24/16)
TUSCUMBIA, Mo. -- Authorities said a single-engine plane crashed near a central Missouri airport, killing both people on board. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a news release the single-engine Beechcraft plane crashed Saturday afternoon in a wooded area near the Lee C. Fine Airport in Miller County...
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Feds end lease with Illinois for state park, citing neglect
(State News ~ 10/24/16)
CARLYLE, Ill. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Illinois has neglected a state park so badly at the popular Carlyle Lake area, the agency is taking it back. The Army Corps recently ended Illinois' lease for the nearly 300-acre South Shore State Park. The federal agency said Illinois has allowed the park to "become degraded, resulting in unsafe conditions and minimal usable recreation facilities."...
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Bill Murray receives humor prize at Kennedy Center
(Entertainment ~ 10/24/16)
WASHINGTON -- Bill Murray got the sort of attention he doesn't usually seek when he was honored with the nation's top prize for humor. The actor was at the Kennedy Center on Sunday to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. David Letterman, Emma Stone and Sigourney Weaver were among those on hand to celebrating his career. The award show will be telecast on PBS stations Friday...
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Race in GOP-friendly Missouri could determine Senate control
(State News ~ 10/24/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The clamor for change fueling Republican Donald Trump's presidential campaign may help a Democrat upset a powerful GOP senator in red-state Missouri on Election Day. And with just a handful of competitive races around the country, the outcome in Missouri could help determine control of the Senate...
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Beverly Petch-Hogan
(Obituary ~ 10/24/16)
Dr. Beverly Petch- Hogan, 75, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, at her home. She was born in Kent, Ohio, on Oct. 24, 1940, daughter of Clarence Earl and Agnes Elbertine Couts Fillmore. She is survived by her husband, Michael; a daughter, Holly Ann Martin (Steve); a stepdaughter, Jessica Collen Hogan; a stepson, Joshua Craig Hogan (Georgia); two step-grandsons, Henry and Rex Hogan; nieces, Deborah Wriston Smith and Barbara Sommer; nephew, William Sommer; and aunt, Ida Mae Blinebery (George).. ...
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Carolyn Burton
(Obituary ~ 10/24/16)
Carolyn Burton, 64, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 22, 1952, in Oran, Missouri, the daughter of Johnny and Ellen Carter Kiefer. Most of her growing years were spent in Chaffee, Missouri...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 10/24/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/24/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Friday n Medical assists were made at 12:58 a.m. on North Lorimier Street; 12:59 a.m. on North Kingshighway; 8:19 a.m. on Delwin Street; 8:25 a.m. on South Hanover Street; 9:19 a.m. on Hackberry Street; 9:29 a.m. on Big Bend Road; 10:06 a.m. on Blattner Drive; 10:13 a.m. on Kage Road; and 3:05 p.m. on William Street...
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Jim Shrum
(Obituary ~ 10/24/16)
Jim D. Shrum, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, at Mercy Hospital St. Louis. He was born Aug. 25, 1934, in Bollinger County, Missouri, to Jesse E. and Frances Black Shrum. He and Ann Renner were married Aug. 22, 1959, at St. Joseph's Church in Apple Creek, Missouri...
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Man says yoga pants rant a joke, calls critics 'vicious'
(National News ~ 10/24/16)
BARRINGTON, R.I. -- Hundreds of women, girls and other supporters proudly donned their yoga pants Sunday as they peacefully paraded around the Rhode Island neighborhood of a man who derided the attire as tacky and ridiculous. Alan Sorrentino said the response to his letter to the editor, printed in The Barrington Times on Wednesday, has been "vicious," and he's received death threats...
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Tyler Perry's 'Madea' tops Cruise's 'Jack Reacher' sequel
(Entertainment ~ 10/24/16)
LOS ANGELES -- Tyler Perry bested Tom Cruise at the box office this weekend. Perry's "Boo! A Madea Halloween" opened in the top spot with an estimated $27.6 million, edging Cruise's "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back" into second place, according to studio estimates Sunday...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 10/24/16
(Local News ~ 10/24/16)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today Approval of minutes n Minutes of the Oct. 20 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on agenda Routine business...
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Out of the past: Oct. 24
(Out of the Past ~ 10/24/16)
The Mississippi River from St. Louis to Cape Girardeau is forecast to drop next month to levels not seen since the record low-water conditions in December 1989. Coast Guard and Corps of Engineers officials are scheduled to meet in St. Louis next week to make plans for keeping the river open to commerce...
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Posting a ballot selfie? Better check your state laws first
(National News ~ 10/24/16)
TRENTON, N.J. -- You probably know whether you'll vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton on Election Day, leaving one important question to consider when you walk into your polling place: Is it OK to take a picture of your ballot? While secrecy in the voting booth has become a thing of the past for those ready to share their views and daily lives on social media, laws nationwide are mixed on whether voters are allowed to take pictures of themselves in the act or of their ballots -- "ballot selfies.". ...
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Tour bus slams into truck on slowed-down highway, killing 13
(National News ~ 10/24/16)
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- A tour bus returning home to Los Angeles from a casino trip plowed into the back of a semi-truck on a California highway early Sunday, killing 13 people and injuring 31 others, authorities said. A maintenance crew had slowed traffic on Interstate 10 before the vehicles crashed just north of the desert resort town of Palm Springs, California Highway Patrol border division chief Jim Abele said. The work had gone on for hours without problems, he said...
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Trump's 'nasty woman' remark adds to woes with female voters
(National News ~ 10/24/16)
NEW YORK -- "Such a nasty woman." Like many people, 23-year-old Emily DiVito was multitasking while watching last week's presidential debate, with a little studying and a little Twitter-surfing. But when DiVito heard Donald Trump say those four words to Hillary Clinton, she shot up in her seat...
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Clinton takes fight to Arizona, long a Republican bastion
(National News ~ 10/24/16)
PHOENIX -- There is momentum for Democrat Hillary Clinton in Arizona, a state so traditionally Republican, her party's nominee for president has carried it just once in the past 64 years. Encouraged by Donald Trump's failure to unite the GOP in Arizona, Democrats are scrambling to capitalize in the campaign's final weeks. If they succeed, the loss of Arizona and its 11 electoral votes would complicate Trump's narrow path to reaching the 270 threshold to win the presidency...
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Voters weigh donation limits amid costly governor's race
(State News ~ 10/24/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Most of the millions of dollars in donations Republican Eric Greitens and Democrat Chris Koster have raked in for their gubernatorial race would be banned under a proposal on the Missouri ballot, an Associated Press analysis shows...
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2 explosions hit Japanese city; suicide suspected
(International News ~ 10/24/16)
TOKYO -- Two apparent explosions hit the Japanese city of Utsunomiya back-to-back Sunday, killing one person and injuring three others in what police are viewing as a possible suicide. Japanese media reports suggest the victim, believed to be a 72-year-old former military officer, may have set his house on fire, blown up his car in a public parking lot and blown himself up in a nearby park...
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Iraqi forces advance near Mosul as IS attacks western town
(International News ~ 10/24/16)
KHAZER, Iraq -- Iraqi Kurdish forces pushed toward Mosul on Sunday, cordoning off eight villages and coming within 5 1/2 miles of the northern city held by the Islamic State group, which staged an attack in a western town hundreds of miles away in an apparent diversionary tactic...
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Fear, questions hang over doomed French migrant camp
(International News ~ 10/24/16)
CALAIS, France -- Migrants prayed, plotted and played soccer together Sunday, a day before France begins clearing them by the thousands from a makeshift refugee camp that is doomed for destruction. But the scene that would pass for normal on another day at the slum-like camp in the northern port town of Calais nicknamed "The Jungle" was anything but routine...
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Survey: More first-timers than expected are buying homes
(Business ~ 10/24/16)
WASHINGTON -- First-time buyers may be entering the U.S. home market in greater numbers than industry watchers had assumed. Nearly half of sales in the past year went to people buying their first home, according to a survey released Tuesday by the real-estate firm Zillow...
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Pets at work may help atmosphere but bring their own risks
(Business ~ 10/24/16)
NEW YORK -- When a conference call turns tedious, Brent Robertson still can count on getting a smile from watching Gus rolling around on the floor. The golden retriever is a regular visitor to Fathom, Robertson's management-consulting business in West Hartford, Connecticut. So are Pookie and Ari, dogs owned by two of Robertson's co-workers...
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People on the move 10/24/2016
(Business ~ 10/24/16)
Saint Francis Healthcare System announced orthopedic surgeon Dr. Khalid Waliullah as a new Saint Francis medical partner. He joins six other orthopedic surgeons at Advanced Orthopedic Specialists. Waliullah's clinical interests include hip and knee replacement, minimally invasive shoulder and knee arthroscopy, sports medicine and general joint care. ...
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Skull on a stick leads police to body
(National News ~ 10/24/16)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Authorities said a homeless woman led them to a decomposed body after she was seen walking down the street with a human skull on a stick. Police stopped her at an abandoned house. Sgt. Bryce Heinlein said the woman told police she found the skull and led them to an abandoned homeless camp a few blocks away. That's where officers found the rest of a decomposing body. The coroner will determine the identity of the remains and the cause of death...
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Cape Girardeau police report 10/24/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/24/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n Jennifer Sue Hamilton, 20, 221 Black Willow Lane, was arrested on suspicion of stealing miscellaneous merchandise from Wal-Mart, 3439 William St...
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Shelby Sims
(Obituary ~ 10/24/16)
TAMMS, Illinois -- Shelby Sims of Tamms died Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, at home. Arrangements for are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms.
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Robert Penrod
(Obituary ~ 10/24/16)
Robert Lee Penrod, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Jackson, with the Rev. Stan Hargis officiating. Interment will be at McLain Chapel Cemetery near Oriole...
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Births 10/24/16
(Births ~ 10/24/16)
Son to Jody Lee and Mercades Layne Scherer of Marble Hill, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 3:21 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. Name, Bentley Joseph. Weight, 7 pounds, 1 ounce. First child. Mrs. Scherer is the former Mercades Wells, daughter of Donna and Willie Wells of Marble Hill. Scherer is the son of Theresa Scherer of Marble Hill and Darin Hudgens of Sikeston, Missouri. He is employed by PolyOne...
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Prayer 10/24/16
(Prayer ~ 10/24/16)
O Heavenly Father, may we always serve one another humbly in love. Amen.
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Eagle Scout Court of Honor held in Jackson
(Submitted Story ~ 10/24/16)
Hello! Yesterday, Troop 311 of Jackson, MO, held an Eagle Scout Court of Honor in the lower level of the Jackson Elks lodge. It was emceed by Bob Cranmer, who has been active in Boy Scouts locally and abroad for over 60 years. The special boys celebrated yesterday were Thomas Mills, Nick Kleusner, Isaiah Cougill and Joshua Pipkin. ...
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Burrito-Ville Raises Money for Safe House for Women Capital Campaign
(Submitted Story ~ 10/24/16)
Cape Girardeau--Burrito-Ville, a locally owned and operated business, donated $300 to the Safe House for Women and their capital campaign. Burrito-Ville held a #GiveBacktoCape fundraiser on October 14 from 5-10 p.m., donating 10 percent of all sales, with customers helping to raise $303.54. The event included meet and greets with the Safe House for Women’s director and supporting staff, and a model participating in the VintageNOW fashion show...
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