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Mary Kay makes donation
(Submitted Story ~ 12/07/16)
The Jana Jateff and Sheri Dost units of Mary Kay Cosmetics recently made a donation to the Safehouse for Women in honor of Mary Kay Ash. Presenting the check to Jessica Hill, director of the Safehouse for Women are, left, Sheri Dost of Jackson and center, Jana Jateff of Cape Girardeau...
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Three in custody after governor-elect's wife is robbed
(State News ~ 12/07/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Three teenagers are in custody in the armed robbery of the wife of Missouri Gov.-elect Eric Greitens. The former Navy Seal officer who takes office next month said Tuesday it's a good thing police got to them before he did. Eric and Sheena Greitens spoke at a brief news conference, one day after Sheena was robbed at gunpoint while in her car outside a coffee shop in St. Louis...
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Group seeks to create a neighborhood park on Cape Girardeau's south side
(Local News ~ 12/07/16)
A group of energetic Cape Girardeau women wants to create a neighborhood park on the city's south side. A park is just one of the projects led by a group called Authentic Voices, which seeks to craft a better future for the struggling, impoverished area...
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MoDOT director: Missouri needs law to ban motorists from using handheld cellphones while driving
(Local News ~ 12/07/16)
Missouri needs to ban motorists from using handheld cellphones while driving, Department of Transportation director Patrick McKenna said Tuesday. Missouri has no law about the use of cellphones while driving. The state, however, bans texting for all drivers 21 years old or younger...
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Jackson likely will relax rules about package-liquor licenses
(Local News ~ 12/07/16)
The city of Jackson is preparing to lift two ordinances restricting the issuance of package-liquor licenses. The first, Section 5-31 of the city code of ordinances, prohibits people and corporations from holding more than three licenses to sell package liquor...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/07/16)
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Dec. 7, the 342nd day of 2016. There are 24 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 7, 1941, Imperial Japan's navy launched a pre-emptive attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, one of a series of raids in the Pacific. The United States declared war against Japan the next day...
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Mehner to be recognized by Missouri Chamber
(Editorial ~ 12/07/16)
For more than two decades, John Mehner has served as president and CEO of the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce. He will be honored Thursday by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, receiving the Leadership Missouri Lifetime Achievement Award in Branson, Missouri for the work throughout his career...
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Foundation starts in the home, not school
(Column ~ 12/07/16)
I was honored this past week to participate in a panel discussion of sorts designed to explore ways to improve a community in all aspects from jobs to health care delivery to education and crime. Among the takeaways from that lively give-and-take was the universal agreement that a solid educational foundation was the key element to a community's success...
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Births 12/7/16
(Births ~ 12/07/16)
Son to Kevin L. Kirkwood and Leah Renee Schoppa of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016. Name, Ryker Karter. Weight, 7 pounds, 13 ounces. First child. Schoppa is the daughter of Margie Schoppa and Brett Schoppa of Cape Girardeau. She works at Wendy's. Kirkwood is the son of Gayle Kirkwood and Kenneth Kirkwood of Malden, Missouri. He works at Arby's...
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Dennis Lambert
(Obituary ~ 12/07/16)
BENTON, Mo. -- Dennis Richard Lambert, 68, of Benton died Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, at his home. He was born Aug. 3, 1948, in Blodgett, Missouri, to Reno and Flora Mae Hunter Lambert. He married Jane Schiwitz on Nov. 30, 1968. Dennis was a pressman for the Daily Standard newspaper, a member of Local Laborers Union 282 for 13 years, a route salesman for Pevely and Turner Dairy for 13 years and a truck driver for Pilot Transportation for the last 20 years...
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John Kelly III
(Obituary ~ 12/07/16)
John J. Kelly III, 61, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Scott City, died Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 18, 1954, in Cape Girardeau to John J. and Verna Mae Sanford Kelly II. John was a beloved father and grandfather and was always willing to help any soul...
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Beatrice Blackwell
(Obituary ~ 12/07/16)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Beatrice Leavern Blackwell, 83, of Marble Hill died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016, at her son's home in Marble Hill. She was born Nov. 16, 1933, in Corning, Arkansas, to Glenn and Rena Bolen Wallace. She worked as a lab technician for Procter & Gamble before retiring in 1996...
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Emilee Peterson
(Obituary ~ 12/07/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Emilee Anna (Loos) Peterson, 72, of St. Louis passed away peacefully Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016. Born June 9, 1944, in Cape Girardeau, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Pauline Krieger Loos. Emilee was a longtime member of Christ Memorial Lutheran Church in St. Louis...
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Gerri Forehand
(Obituary ~ 12/07/16)
THEBES, Ill. -- Geraldean "Gerri" Forehand, 84, of Thebes died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016, surrounded by family, at SSM Health St. Clare Hospital in Fenton, Missouri. She was born July 10, 1932, in Thebes to Bert and Alberta Holshouser. She married Ernest "Ernie" Forehand on Nov. 10, 1956...
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Out of the past: Dec. 7
(Out of the Past ~ 12/07/16)
Four local dancers will perform in St. Louis from Dec. 18 to 22 at the Fox Theatre in the State Ballet of Missouri's production of "Nutcracker" at the Fox. Sarah Semmler, Michelle Bennett, Tania Morris and Bethany Caplan will dance in seven performances, which will feature the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra...
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Beyonce leads Grammys with 9 nominations
(Entertainment ~ 12/07/16)
NEW YORK -- The Grammy Awards are sipping all of Beyonce's lemonade. The pop star leads the 2017 Grammys with nine nominations, including bids for album of the year with "Lemonade" and song and record of the year with "Formation." The singer, who already has 20 Grammys and is the most nominated woman in Grammy history with 62 nods over the course of her career, is also the first artist to earn nominations in the pop, rock, R&B and rap categories in the same year...
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Police officer charged with slapping man dressed as bunny
(National News ~ 12/07/16)
HOPATCONG, N.J. -- A police officer accused of slapping a man who was wearing a bunny costume and was blowing an air horn inside a police station has been charged with assault. Hopatcong police Officer Nicholas Maresca Jr. was charged Friday with slapping Kevin Hemmerich on Nov. 17...
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Missouri's Delta Upsilon suspended for at least 2 years
(State News ~ 12/07/16)
Missouri's Delta Upsilon suspended for at least 2 years COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The University of Missouri chapter of the Delta Upsilon fraternity will be suspended until at least the fall of 2018 for repeatedly violating fraternity and university policy and state law...
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Children who lived through Pearl Harbor attack remember
(National News ~ 12/07/16)
HONOLULU -- In some ways, it could be any class photo from the 1940s. The sepia-toned image shows 30 fifth-graders at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in Waikiki. Most are smiling, some look stern. A few have no shoes. Yet this picture is different in one way: Each child is holding a bag containing a gas mask, a sign of how war suddenly broke apart the routines of their adolescence Dec. 7, 1941...
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After 9 years, quick conviction in Times Square murder case
(National News ~ 12/07/16)
NEW YORK -- It took nearly a decade after a prostitute's battered body was found under a Times Square budget hotel bed for the case to go to trial. But it took only about two hours for jurors to convict the suspect in a prosecution that became a forum for debate over the validity of bite-mark evidence...
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Death toll rises to 36 in Oakland warehouse fire
(National News ~ 12/07/16)
OAKLAND, Calif. -- As crews searched the Oakland warehouse for more bodies, the founder of the arts collective stood near the gutted building Tuesday morning and said he was "incredibly sorry," and everything he did was to bring people together. The death toll remains at 36, with officials saying early Tuesday no additional bodies have been recovered...
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Critics worry after Trump security chief fuels conspiracies
(National News ~ 12/07/16)
WASHINGTON -- On issues of national security and intelligence, no one is likely to have more influence in Donald Trump's White House than retired general Michael T. Flynn. Yet Flynn, Trump's incoming national-security adviser, has gained prominence in Republican politics by fueling conspiracy theories and Islamophobic rhetoric critics warn could create serious distractions -- or alienate allies and embolden enemies -- if it continues...
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Missouri maker of duck boat in Seattle crash to pay up to $1 million
(State News ~ 12/07/16)
SEATTLE -- The Missouri company that manufactured a duck boat involved in a deadly crash in Seattle last year has agreed to pay up to $1 million in civil penalties under a consent order, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced Tuesday...
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Rock-loving orangutan causes $220K damage at St. Louis Zoo
(State News ~ 12/07/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A rock-loving orangutan named Rubih went ape on the observation windows of her St. Louis Zoo enclosure, forcing nearly $200,000 in repairs and the temporary closure of the exhibit. Zookeepers said the 12-year-old female orangutan repeatedly tapped and banged rocks against four 7-foot-tall windows over several months, causing considerable damage...
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Tracy Morgan, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld to star in benefit
(Entertainment ~ 12/07/16)
NEW YORK -- More than two years after escaping death in a car crash on the New Jersey Turnpike, comedian Tracy Morgan is ready to give back, and he's doing it on a huge stage. The former "30 Rock" and "Saturday Night Live" star will be among an all-star group of comedians for a one-day benefit in New York for children facing challenges such as homelessness, extreme poverty, illness and foster care...
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Count of antlerless deer kills lowest in 5 years
(State News ~ 12/07/16)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Hunters in Missouri killed more than 6,500 deer during the antlerless portion of the hunting season this year, marking a five-year low. The Columbia Missourian reported the antlerless firearm part of hunting season usually is 12 days but was reduced to three this year. Missouri Department of Conservation spokesman Joe Jerek said the season was shortened to help the deer herd grow...
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Trump interjects himself in Air Force One, business deals
(National News ~ 12/07/16)
NEW YORK -- President-elect Donald Trump, a political newcomer who touts his corporate skills, turned businessman-in-chief Tuesday, first demanding the government cancel a multibillion-dollar order for new presidential planes, then hailing a Japanese company's commitment to invest billions in the U.S...
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13-year-old girl pleads guilty to shooting Missouri couple
(State News ~ 12/07/16)
CLAYTON, Mo. -- A 13-year-old girl who shot and critically wounded a couple in their 70s at a suburban St. Louis beauty supply store has pleaded guilty in family court. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the girl will be turned over to the juvenile system for at least three years and will get counseling during that time...
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13 venues, 60 sponsors participating in Happy Slapowitz's Toy Bash on Thursday
(Local News ~ 12/07/16)
For the 15th year, Happy Slapowitz's Toy Bash is collecting toys for local children in need by holding a party Thursday that spans more than a dozen venues throughout downtown Cape Girardeau. For a $10 donation, the purchase of a Happy Slapowitz's Toy Bash T-shirt -- which are nearly sold out -- or a new, unwrapped toy, bash-goers will receive admission to 13 downtown Cape Girardeau venues -- 12 of which will offer a barbecue buffet followed by a concert by a local band...
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Abuse suspect tries to take cop's gun; officer zaps him with Taser and punches his face
(Local News ~ 12/07/16)
A domestic-assault suspect tried to grab a police officer's gun, but the officer secured his weapon, pushed the suspect back and hit him with a Taser, police said. Cape Girardeau police arrested Clarence Dwight Lowe, 49, of Cape Girardeau on Sunday...
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Cape man gets 8 years for robbery, his first offense
(Local News ~ 12/07/16)
Judge Michael Gardner sentenced a Cape Girardeau man, who pleaded guilty of second-degree robbery, to eight years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. Felawn Smith Jr., 18, robbed two women of money at gunpoint June 26 in the Wal-Mart parking lot at 3439 William St...
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Man accused of stealing saddles, horse leads worth more than $15K
(Local News ~ 12/07/16)
Cape Girardeau County sheriff's deputies arrested a Jackson man trying to sell 28 saddles and 10 horse leads, according to a news release. The Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney's Office charged Brandon L. Doran, 29, with second-degree burglary...
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Date set for input on Cape superintendent search
(Local News ~ 12/07/16)
The search for a new superintendent for the Cape Girardeau School District is underway, and its staff and the community now have the opportunity to participate in it. Jerry Waddle, a search consultant for the Missouri School Boards' Association, was hired to facilitate the search after Jim Welker announced his retirement effective June 30, 2017...
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$1,000 reward offred for catching ugly fish
(National News ~ 12/07/16)
GREEN RIVER, Wyo. -- A $1,000 reward has been posted for catching ugly fish out of Fontenelle Reservoir in Wyoming. The fish are called burbot, and they're not native to the area. Burbot compete with native game species, including trout. Getting more people to fish for burbot is a way to reduce their numbers, so Game and Fish and Trout Unlimited are sponsoring a burbot raffle. Anybody who catches one of 25 tagged burbot from Fontenelle may enter a raffle with a $1,000 grand prize...
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Graffiti welcomes Muslims at Islamic center in Missouri
(State News ~ 12/07/16)
WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- At a time when reports of anti-Muslim sentiment are rising, an Islamic Center in Missouri received a different message. Kamel Ghozzi, imam at the Islamic Center of Warrensburg, said "Welcome" and "Thank you for choosing our community" were written in chalk on the center's sidewalk during the weekend...
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Cape Girardeau police report 12/7/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/07/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A 15-year-old girl was taken into custody on suspicion of assault at 1000 S. Silver Springs Road. n A 16-year-old girl was taken into custody on suspicion of assault at 1000 S. Silver Springs Road...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 12/7/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/07/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Monday. n Medical assists were made at 6 a.m. on Bel Air Drive; 7:04 a.m. on South Lorimier Street; 9:25 a.m. on Independence Street; 9:45 a.m. on North Sprigg Street; 5:04 p.m. on Broadway; 8:03 p.m. on Franks Lane; 9:47 p.m. on Stoddard Street; and 10:11 p.m. on North Frederick Street...
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Jackson police report 12/7/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/07/16)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A 14-year-old girl was referred to juvenile authorities on suspicion of assault. n Casey J. Moser, 27, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Jackson warrant for failure to appear on a show-cause order...
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Lawrence Ervin
(Obituary ~ 12/07/16)
BENTON, Mo. -- Lawrence W. "Bobo" Ervin, 74, of Benton died Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Daniel Stevens officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau...
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Prayer 12/7/16
(Prayer ~ 12/07/16)
O Lord Jesus, may we lift one another up with words of encouragement. Amen.
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