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Imo's Pizza at Rhodes Donates $1,000 to Each High School in Perryville
(Submitted Story ~ 01/09/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (JANUARY 9, 2017) – Imo’s Pizza at Rhodes in Perryville presented $1,000 donations to each Perryville High School and St. Vincent High School during the Mayor’s Cup basketball event held Saturday, January 7. The donation followed several crowd interactive halftime competitions and gift card giveaways, which were also led by Imo’s Pizza at Rhodes team members...
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Business notebook: Faithfully Fed aims for more than just food
(Business ~ 01/09/17)
The menus are written in chalk. Acoustic guitar plays on the radio. One wall has directions for the do-it-yourself pour-over coffee station. Tina Graham's cafe feels at first like, well, a cafe. But while plenty of cafes have soups-du-jour, Faithfully Fed has something more -- a mission...
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Questions about hacking swirl as Trump enters critical week
(National News ~ 01/09/17)
NEW YORK -- President-elect Donald Trump and his aides are entering a crucial week in his presidential transition as he and his Cabinet nominees undergo public questioning about their approach to Russia and potential conflicts of interests. Most pressing during the upcoming days of confirmation hearings and Trump's first news conference in six months likely will be whether he accepts U.S. intelligence officials' conclusion Russia meddled in the U.S. election to help him win the White House...
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Juvenile accused of stealing, damaging playground statue
(Local News ~ 01/09/17)
Cape Girardeau police on Sunday recovered the namesake statue -- in pieces -- stolen from a memorial playground this weekend, and one juvenile suspect is in custody, said police spokesman Sgt. Adam Glueck. According to a post on the police department's Facebook page, an anonymous caller led officers to a residence in Cape Girardeau County. Police searched the property and found the bronze statue in pieces. Police took a 16-year-old male into juvenile custody in connection with the case...
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Notre Dame prepares to raise curtain on theater upgrades after delays
(Local News ~ 01/09/17)
Notre Dame Regional High School is getting back to a previously shelved plan to upgrade its theater. The school's development director, Tony Buehrle, said about six years ago, the school began on a three-phase project to build a second gym, upgrade the performing-arts space and expand the main gym, adding more seating...
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Officers to wash canines to raise money for new police dogs
(Local News ~ 01/09/17)
Cape Girardeau police officers will wash dogs Jan. 21 at Mississippi Mutts to raise money for four new canine officers. The department's current police dogs, Reno and Schupo, are approaching retirement age. Reno will retire later in 2017 after eight years with the department. Schupo will retire in 2018, also after eight years with the police force...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/09/17)
Today in History Today is Monday, Jan. 9, the ninth day of 2017. There are 356 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 9, 1788, Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. On this date: In 1793, Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard, using a hot-air balloon, flew between Philadelphia and Woodbury, New Jersey...
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Prayer 1/9/17
(Prayer ~ 01/09/17)
O Heavenly Father, grant us discernment that we may honor you in all our decisions. Amen.
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Speak Out 1/9/17
(Speak Out ~ 01/09/17)
I agree with Kathy Swan, Holly Rehder, and Rich Francis. The lobbyists should not buy them lunches. They are elected to do their lawmaking issues and they receive a good pay and benefits for that. Maybe Mr. Wallingford should not be elected if he don't see what is wrong with that. I work and nobody buys my lunch what is the difference. Things like this is why politicians are seen to be crooks and screw the system and the general public needs to pay attention to little matters and big matters...
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Obama's legacy
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/09/17)
I don't think history will be kind to President Obama for many reasons. First, the national debt has skyrocketed, yet we have little to show for all the spending. Our infrastructure has great needs, our military has shrunk, veterans go untreated, the borders are not secure, our national parks struggle, etc...
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Understanding Trump's individual income tax plan
(Column ~ 01/09/17)
President-elect Donald Trump's tax proposal, found at donaldjtrump.com, will simplify the tax code by reducing the number of tax brackets from seven to three and lowering the top marginal tax rate to 33 percent, down from 39.6 percent. In addition, under Trump's plan personal exemptions ($4,000 as of 2015) would be eliminated, but the standard deduction would increase from $6,300 to $15,000 for single filers and from $12,600 to $30,000 for married couples. ...
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Area native Bruce Qualls has worked as assistant director of local Christmas tournament for 15 years
(01/09/17)
Binge-watching is popular these days. Bruce Qualls was ahead of his time, starting it 30 years ago, and with popcorn, no less. Qualls is the assistant tournament director of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament, a position he has held for about the last 15 years after a more humble start...
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‘Happy to do it’: Area senior citizens volunteer at local senior centers, deliver meals to elderly
(01/09/17)
The holidays are a great time of year to give back to the community, and that's just what senior volunteers at two area senior centers are about. Brenda Pender has been volunteering at the Jackson Senior Center for about a year, she says. "When I retired, I wanted something to do, and I thought this sounded good," she says. "And it really has been. Just getting to know people and helping out, giving back to the community, it's really nice this time of year especially."...
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Local travel agents shed light on popular wintertime vacation destinations
(01/09/17)
Temperatures drop, sleet and snow fall, and Missouri weather is generally less pleasant all around this time of year. What's a person to do? Well, several escape routes are available to seniors looking to get away for a few days. Carolyn Sandgren (Kempf) of Elite Travel Inc. in Cape Girardeau said it's most important to decide just how warm you're looking to get...
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Emil Brase, 97, shares rich history as coach and spectator of area Christmas tournament
(01/09/17)
Emil Brase likes to attend the annual Christmas tournament played in Cape Girardeau, and he's even led teams in the tournament when he coached high school basketball at Delta and Jackson. The one thing that escapes his checklist is playing in the tournament, and that's no fault of his own...
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Local veteran Harold Illers has built to-scale models of area buildings, landmarks
(01/09/17)
The model building Harold Illers first built stands out from the rest of the dozen or so on display at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. While most of the models he's built are log cabins, the little barn with the silos and ranch house are different -- they are the only models he decided to paint. He says they still hold a special place in his heart...
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Be ready: Simple preparations to ensure winter weather doesn’t catch you by surprise
(01/09/17)
When severe weather hits this winter, the difference between being safe and stranded can often come down to how prepared you are. A recent survey by AccuWeather found that the No. 1 weather-related concern Americans have this winter is being caught by surprise by inclement weather...
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Brighten your yard this winter with the help of wild birds
(01/09/17)
Bright colors aren't often associated with winter -- but they can be. In fact, a backyard full of beautiful colors and cheerful chirps may be just a few feedings away. If you've never fed wild birds before, winter is the perfect time to get started. Opening up your backyard to birds during the coldest months of the year means you are helping sustain them during a time when food and water are scarce...
- Three cheers for ‘the funnies’ (01/09/17)
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Juden earns job as Mo. public safety director
(Editorial ~ 01/09/17)
Drew Juden calls Sikeston, Missouri, home, but the city's longtime Public Safety director has roots in Cape Girardeau. He grew up in Cape Girardeau and graduated from Cape Girardeau Central High School. We are proud that one of our own is branching out even farther now, expanding his law enforcement expertise to serve as Public Safety Director for the state of Missouri...
- Looking back, looking forward (01/09/17)
- A look back (01/09/17)
- Delicious Reading: ‘With a flourish’ (01/09/17)
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Norma Waggoner
(Obituary ~ 01/09/17)
ZALMA, Mo. -- Norma Jean Waggoner, 79, of Zalma passed away Jan. 7, 2017, at her residence. She was born Jan. 17, 1937, in Marble Hill, Missouri, daughter of James Marion and Bessie Irene Stratton Seabaugh. She and Johnnie Eugene Waggoner were united in marriage Dec. 3, 1952, and he preceded her in death Jan. 4, 2010...
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Cape Girardeau police report 1/9/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/09/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults n Domestic assault was reported. n Domestic assault was reported. Burglary n Burglary and the theft of miscellaneous items were reported at 1907 Sherwood Drive...
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Jackson police report 1/9/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/09/17)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Blake P. Bening, 17, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana under 35 grams, unlawful use of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 1/9/17
(Local News ~ 01/09/17)
Cape Girardeau City Council City hall 401 Independence St. Study session, 5 p.m. today Items for discussion n Seth McKee memorial proclamation n Discussion about allowing chickens to be kept in city limits Regular session, 7 p.m. Consent agenda n An ordinance renaming Wigwam Lane to Walden Boulevard...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 1/9/17
(Local News ~ 01/09/17)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today Approval of minutes n Minutes of the Jan. 5 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on agenda Routine business...
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Trump has taken few steps to disentangle from private empire
(National News ~ 01/09/17)
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Donald Trump pledged to step away from his family-owned international real-estate development, property management and licensing business before taking office Jan. 20. With less than two weeks until his inauguration, he hasn't stepped very far...
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Lawmakers vow quick action for new health law
(National News ~ 01/09/17)
WASHINGTON -- Top Republicans said Sunday they'll move quickly to enact a new health-care law, but they won't say how long that might take or what might replace President Barack Obama's version. Questions surrounding the future GOP plan have unnerved key parts of the health-care industry, including hospitals and insurers that have warned Congress against uncertainty...
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LGBT activists brace for efforts to undermine their gains
(National News ~ 01/09/17)
NEW YORK -- After a string of major victories in recent years, LGBT activists are bracing for a different task in 2017 -- trying to prevent Republicans in Congress and state legislatures from undermining those gains. They view President-elect Donald Trump and many of his Cabinet selections as disinterested -- and in some cases hostile -- when it comes to the various issues of civil rights and anti-discrimination protections that concern lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans...
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Truck attack kills 4 Israeli soldiers
(International News ~ 01/09/17)
JERUSALEM -- A Palestinian truck driver rammed his vehicle into a crowd of Israeli soldiers at a Jerusalem tourist spot Sunday, killing four people and wounding 17 others in the deadliest single attack of more than a year of Israeli-Palestinian violence...
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Airport shooting suspect appears in new video
(National News ~ 01/09/17)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A day before the suspect in the Fort Lauderdale airport rampage was to appear in court, a website released footage that appears to show him calmly drawing a pistol and opening fire in the baggage claim area. The video recording posted on TMZ's website appears to show Estaban Santiago walking through baggage claim of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Friday, pulling a handgun from his waistband and firing several times before running...
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Trial to begin over deadly Oklahoma State homecoming crash
(National News ~ 01/09/17)
TULSA, Okla. -- An Oklahoma woman who drove into a crowd of spectators at Oklahoma State University's 2015 homecoming parade, killing four people and injuring dozens, is set to stand trial. Adacia Chambers, 26, has pleaded not guilty to four counts of second-degree murder and 42 counts of assault and battery...
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Monk critical after setting himself on fire over sex slavery
(International News ~ 01/09/17)
SEOUL, South Korea -- A South Korean Buddhist monk is in critical condition after setting himself on fire to protest the country's settlement with Japan on compensation for wartime sex slaves, officials said Sunday. The 64-year-old monk suffered third-degree burns across his body and serious damage to vital organs...
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Out of the past: Jan. 9
(Out of the Past ~ 01/09/17)
Several area funeral homes have reported an inordinately high number of deaths over the past month or so; while no one knows what has caused the high number of deaths, funeral directors speculate holiday stress and changing weather patterns may have played a role...
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'La La Land,' 'Moonlight' top Golden Globes
(Entertainment ~ 01/09/17)
"La La Land" steamrolled through a Jimmy Fallon-hosted Golden Globes that mixed the expected, Champagne-sipping Hollywood celebration with often-voiced concern over President-elect Donald Trump. Though "La La Land" dominated with seven awards, including best motion picture, comedy or musical, the night's final award went to Barry Jenkins' coming-of-age drama "Moonlight." Its sole award was for best motion picture, drama...
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Missouri auditor Galloway announces birth of third son
(State News ~ 01/09/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway and her husband, Jon, are welcoming a third son. Galloway announced in a news release Sunday that Joseph Nickels Galloway was born Friday afternoon. She said her new son is "beautiful, healthy and loud," and her other sons, William and Benjamin, already are proud big brothers...
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Rafsanjani, Iran leader whose life mirrored nation's, dies
(International News ~ 01/09/17)
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's former president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, died Sunday after a decades-long career in the ruling elite, where his moderate views were not always welcome but his cunning guided him through revolution, war and the country's turbulent politics...
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Columnist Nat Hentoff dies at 91
(Entertainment ~ 01/09/17)
NEW YORK -- Nat Hentoff, an eclectic columnist, critic, novelist and agitator dedicated to music, free expression and defying the party line, died Saturday at age 91. His son, Tom Hentoff, said his father died from natural causes at his Manhattan apartment...
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Missouri governor tops 100 pardons, including clergy protest
(State News ~ 01/09/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- For 16 years as Missouri attorney general, Jay Nixon's job was to be tough on crime. His office argued against appeals from people challenging their convictions and sentences. As he nears the end of his tenure as governor -- and a lengthy political career -- Nixon showed mercy...
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St. Louis leader says soccer wouldn't work in dome
(State News ~ 01/09/17)
ST. LOUIS -- With plans for an outdoor soccer stadium in St. Louis in question, some soccer advocates are wondering why the former home of the St. Louis Rams isn't a potential home for a Major League Soccer team. St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission president Kitty Ratcliffe told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch it is a matter of money: It would cost hundreds of millions of dollars to retrofit the Edward Jones Dome for pro soccer...
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Obama's final jobs report: Big pay gain, slower hiring
(Business ~ 01/09/17)
WASHINGTON -- Americans' paychecks rose in December at the fastest pace in more than seven years as steady hiring and low unemployment led some businesses to pay more to attract and keep workers. Employers added 156,000 jobs, a decent total that shows moderate hiring remains sustainable 7 1/2 years after the recovery from the recession began. The report provided the last major snapshot of the economy President-elect Donald Trump will inherit from President Barack Obama...
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Here come 'smart stores' with robots, interactive shelves
(Business ~ 01/09/17)
LAS VEGAS -- Tomorrow's retail stores want to take a page from their online rivals by embracing advanced technology -- everything from helpful robots to interactive mirrors to shelves embedded with sensors. The goal: Use these real- world store features to lure shoppers back from the internet and maybe even nudge them to spend more in the process...
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Eight ways the U.S. job market has evolved over Obama's 8 years
(Business ~ 01/09/17)
WASHINGTON -- When President Barack Obama took office in January 2009 in the midst of the recession, the economy was hemorrhaging jobs. Employers panicked in the face of plummeting demand and a financial crisis that had frozen credit. Eight years later, the job market is in better shape. The unemployment rate is 4.7 percent. Jobs have been added for 75 straight months, the longest such streak on record...
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Woman charged with murder, elder abuse in mother's death
(Local News ~ 01/09/17)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Judy Ann Smothers was arrested Friday on suspicion of second-degree murder and second-degree elder abuse in the death of her mother, 87-year-old Theresa Smothers. Judy Ann Smothers pleaded not guilty to the charges. According to Missouri Casenet, no future court date has been scheduled as of Sunday...
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FAA honors Cape man for 50 years of excellence as aviator
(Local News ~ 01/09/17)
When Jack Mehner was a child, he loved airplanes. "Aviation was fascinating to me from an early age," he said. "I'd build model planes, watch planes in the sky, anything I could do to be around planes." As an adult, Mehner took his hobby to wing, taking flight training at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport in 1963. He earned his private license in 1965 and his instrument rating in 1968...
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People on the move 1/9/2017
(Business ~ 01/09/17)
Cardiologist Fernando A. Arzola has joined the medical staff at Southeast Hospital. He will work with Cardiovascular Consultants at the Dexter, Missouri, clinic. Arzola, who earned his medical degree from Central University of the Caribbean in Cavey, Puerto Rico, completed an internship in internal medicine at St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center in Youngstown, Ohio, and residency and fellowship at University District Hospital in Puerto Rico Medical Center, San Juan...
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Michigan city takes another's ice cream record
(National News ~ 01/09/17)
LUDINGTON, Mich. -- Moo-ve over: One Michigan city officially has claimed another's ice-cream world record. Moo-ville Creamery in Nashville, Michigan, was recognized by Guinness World Records for staging the longest ice cream sundae in September. Three months earlier, House of Flavors in Ludington organized a 2,970-foot-long sundae. Nashville broke that record by making a dessert that spanned 3,656 feet...
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Michael Crown
(Obituary ~ 01/09/17)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Michael D. Crown, 68, of Mounds died Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Jones Funeral Home Villa Ridge. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Buddy Walls officiating. Burial will be in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens, Villa Ridge, Illinois, with full military honors given by area veterans...
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Glen Smart
(Obituary ~ 01/09/17)
Glen Smart, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with Jordan Bishop officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery in Campbell, Missouri...
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