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Trump declares it's 'time to join forces' to fix U.S. problems
(National News ~ 03/01/17)
WASHINGTON -- Heralding a "new chapter of American greatness," President Donald Trump stood before Congress for the first time Tuesday night and issued a broad call for overhauling the nation's health care system, significantly boosting military spending and plunging $1 trillion into upgrading crumbling infrastructure...
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New Cape school superintendent announces five staff hires
(Local News ~ 03/01/17)
The Cape Girardeau School District's future superintendent, Neil Glass, has chosen two assistant and three deputy superintendents, according to a news release. Deena Ring will serve as assistant superintendent of special services, maintaining many of her responsibilities from her current position as director of special services, according to the release...
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Tornado ravages Perry County; at least 1 death reported
(Local News ~ 03/01/17)
A tornado ripped through Perry County, Missouri, on Tuesday evening, bringing with it reports of significant damage and at least one fatality. The National Weather Service reported a trained spotter saw a funnel cloud near Silver Lake -- an unincorporated community in Perry County -- that snapped or uprooted large trees shortly before 8 p.m. Tuesday...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/01/17)
Today in History Today is Wednesday, March 1, the 60th day of 2017. There are 305 days left in the year. Today is Ash Wednesday. Today's Highlight in History: On March 1, 1867, Nebraska became the 37th state as President Andrew Johnson signed a proclamation...
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SEMO basketball teams OVC tournament bound
(Editorial ~ 03/01/17)
It's been several years since both the Southeast Missouri State men's and women's basketball teams secured berths to the Ohio Valley Conference tournament, but this year both did just that. The men's basketball team, which won just five games last year, just missed out on winning the league's West Division title. ...
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Grievance communities
(Column ~ 03/01/17)
Depending on just what version of the prevailing landscape you believe, it's either a wonderful time to live in America or it's the absolute worst time in history to be an American. I always find it somewhat amusing that people can view the same set of rules and come to such radically different conclusions. But alas, that's where we find ourselves...
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Prayer 3/1/17
(Prayer ~ 03/01/17)
Father God, we praise you, for you give us a spirit of power, love and self-discipline. Amen.
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Richard Pace
(Obituary ~ 03/01/17)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Clarence "Richard" Pace Jr., 68, of Advance passed away Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, at his home. He was born July 31, 1948, at Charleston, Missouri, the son of Clarence Richard Pace Sr. and Merle Annalee Spiller. Richard was a retired farmer. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in the Vietnam War. During the war, he served as a medic and earned a Purple Heart, two Bronze Stars, an Award for Heroism and a Rifle Bar...
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Patrick Spruill
(Obituary ~ 03/01/17)
BENTON, Ky. -- Patrick Ray Spruill, age 52, of Benton died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017, at his residence. He was the son of the late Raymond Spruill and the late Wanda Spruill. He worked as a salesman for Wagner Clothing. He was a 1983 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School and attended the University of Missouri-Columbia and Southeast Missouri State University, where he majored in journalism...
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Helen Jackson
(Obituary ~ 03/01/17)
ZALMA, Mo. -- Helen Ellena Jackson, 83, of Zalma passed away Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 15, 1933, at Kinder, Missouri, the daughter of Ben and Bertha Dowler Stroup. Helen had been the owner/operator of The Wagon Wheel restaurant in Advance, Missouri, for 16 years. She also had worked for New Hope in Puxico, Missouri, as an in-home health-care provider. She enjoyed working in her yard. She was a very caring and outgoing person...
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Linda Williams
(Obituary ~ 03/01/17)
Linda Sue Williams, 59, of Jackson passed away Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 20, 1957, in St. Louis, to Edward and Verneal Ruttler Dunsworth. Linda and George, the true love of her life, spent many wonderful years together. ...
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Mary Hogan
(Obituary ~ 03/01/17)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Mary Hogan, 94, died Feb. 27, 2017, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 27, 1922, in Matthews, Missouri to the late O.L. and Florence (Caldwell) Daugherty. Mary was a member of First Baptist Church in East Prairie, a graduate of Matthews High School, a homemaker, housewife, volunteer and business partner in Dorena Mercantile and Hogan Farm Supply...
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Birth 3/1/17
(Births ~ 03/01/17)
Daughter to Nathaniel Vade and Kelley Elizabeth Golden of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 12:23 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. Name, Elizabeth Hazel. Weight, 7 pounds, 10 ounces. First child. Mrs. Golden is the former Kelley Kasten, daughter of Brad and Vickie Kasten of Jackson. She is a third-grade teacher with the Jackson School District. Golden is the son of Christine and the late Dennis Golden of Glenallen, Missouri. He is an engineering manager with Schaefer's Electrical Enclosures...
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Out of the past: March 1
(Out of the Past ~ 03/01/17)
Storey's Food Giant, 201 S. Broadview St., closed about 6 p.m. yesterday in what a Storey's manager describes as a "permanent closing." Joel Kaye, Storey's district manager at Sikeston, Missouri, says the store was forced to close because of "a breach of contract" by owners of The Centre, the shopping development in which the store is located...
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St. Louis to raise minimum wage after court decision
(State News ~ 03/01/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- They city of St. Louis will proceed with a minimum wage increase after the Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a state wage law on procedural grounds. The court's opinion, written by Judge Laura Denvir Stith, says a 1998 law prohibiting some cities from creating their own minimum wages is unconstitutional because it was passed as part of a bill with a different subject matter...
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Missouri substitute teacher handed out digestive pills
(State News ~ 03/01/17)
JENNINGS, Mo. -- Leaders of a St. Louis-area school district are investigating after a substitute teacher gave more than 30 sixth-grade students over-the-counter digestive supplements during a health lesson. Riverview Gardens spokeswoman Melanie Powell-Robinson told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch a bottle with a few remaining pills was confiscated after they were offered Friday to students at Westview Middle School...
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Missouri NAACP, advocates slam discrimination bill
(State News ~ 03/01/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri senators are weighing whether to pass a bill to make it harder to sue for discrimination, an effort Missouri NAACP President Rod Chapel said Tuesday would expand intolerance in the state. At issue is a measure that would require plaintiffs bringing such lawsuits to prove race, religion, sex or other protected status was the sole reason for discrimination or being fired, rather than just a contributing factor...
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Trump signs executive order on black colleges
(National News ~ 03/01/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at signaling his commitment to historically black colleges and universities, saying those schools will be "an absolute priority for this White House." HBCU presidents are hoping Congress will bolster Trump's actions to strengthen the schools with increased funding in the upcoming federal budget...
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Trump open to 'compromise' immigration bill
(National News ~ 03/01/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump, signaling a potential shift on a signature issue, indicated Tuesday he's open to immigration legislation that would give legal status to some people living in the U.S. illegally and provide a pathway to citizenship to those brought to the U.S. illegally as children...
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Missouri governor puts 2 land purchases on hold
(State News ~ 03/01/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is holding off on two land purchases, marking a shift in policy after eight years of park expansion under former governor Jay Nixon. The projects on hold include the purchase of land and property for the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the purchase of a building in Ste. Genevieve that is a remnant of the last colonial French town in the U.S., the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Conservatives rebel on health care repeal
(National News ~ 03/01/17)
WASHINGTON -- Republicans confronted a conservative rebellion in their party Tuesday over their long-promised plans to repeal and replace the health care law, and they beseeched President Donald Trump to settle the dispute. "He's the leader on this issue right now; he's the one that's got to hold us together," said Rep. ...
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Sessions suggests police need less federal scrutiny
(National News ~ 03/01/17)
WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Jeff Sessions painted a grim vision of violence in America on Tuesday, telling state law-enforcement officials a recent uptick in killings threatens to undo decades of progress and suggesting police would be more effective if they were subjected to less federal scrutiny...
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It's Mardi Gras time in New Orleans
(National News ~ 03/01/17)
Revelers congregate at the start of the Society of Saint Anne Mardi Gras parade Tuesday in New Orleans.
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Volunteers clean up vandalized Jewish cemetery
(National News ~ 03/01/17)
Volunteer John Walsh of Philadelphia rakes debris Tuesdday at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Philadelphia. Scores of volunteers helped in an organized effort to clean up and restore the Jewish cemetery where vandals damaged hundreds of headstones.
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Airports, legal volunteers prepare for new travel ban
(National News ~ 03/01/17)
SEATTLE -- Airport officials and civil-rights lawyers around the country are getting ready for President Donald Trump's new travel ban -- mindful of the chaos that accompanied his initial executive order but hopeful the forthcoming version will be rolled out in a more orderly way...
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Trump's budget plan has billions for border, cuts elsewhere
(National News ~ 03/01/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump wants billions of dollars to start building a wall at the Mexican border and fund efforts to find, jail and deport immigrants in the country illegally, according to White House budget documents The Associated Press obtained Tuesday...
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From prison to the Oscars: The story of 'Gary from Chicago'
(Entertainment ~ 03/01/17)
LOS ANGELES -- "Gary from Chicago," the man catapulted to fame when he walked into the Oscars and onto the world's biggest stage, had been released from prison days earlier. Gary Alan Coe was among a group of tourists led into the show during a one of host Jimmy Kimmel's gags. Coe and his fiancee posed for selfies with Hollywood stars, had Denzel Washington perform a faux wedding for them and held Mahershala Ali's Oscar trophy...
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Jackson seeks more flexibility in tree-trimming contracts
(Local News ~ 03/01/17)
Jackson's tree-trimming process is getting an overhaul. In a Feb. 22 letter from Jackson electric-utilities director Don Schuette to Mayor Dwain Hahs, Schuette said six bid packets were sent to or requested by tree-trimming companies, with a deadline of Feb. 13...
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Scott City woman accused of attacking two Cape officers
(Local News ~ 03/01/17)
A Scott City woman is accused of assaulting two police officers after causing a disturbance Tuesday morning at Southeast Hospital. The Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney's Office charged Alexandria T. Lawrence, 22, with felony third-degree assault on a special victim and misdemeanor third-degree assault after police said she head-butted and tried to kick officers...
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Cape police make use-of-force arrest on fleeing suspect
(Local News ~ 03/01/17)
A traffic stop ended in a use-of-force arrest when a Cape Girardeau man fled police Monday morning, officers said. The Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney's Office charged Randy G. Lewis Jr., 34, with felony resisting arrest, as well as third-degree assault, a misdemeanor, after being accused of trying to punch the arresting officer...
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Delivery driver robbed at gunpoint
(Local News ~ 03/01/17)
A delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint Monday evening, police said. Cape Girardeau Police Department public information officer Rich McCall Jr. said via email Tuesday officers responded to a report of a robbery in the 2600 block of Perryville Road in Cape Girardeau shortly before 9 p.m. Monday...
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Catholic Charities still offering aid to local flood victims
(Local News ~ 03/01/17)
River flooding in December 2015 and January 2016 created a national disaster, and some residents of Cape Girardeau and Scott counties still have not fully recovered. Catholic Charities is working to assist flood survivors who qualify. There is no charge for this service...
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Taco truck feeds stranded drivers
(National News ~ 03/01/17)
SEATTLE -- A taco truck that became stranded in a massive Seattle traffic jam came to the rescue of hungry drivers by opening up and serving lunch on the interstate. A tanker truck carrying propane rolled over on Seattle's Interstate 5 on Monday morning, shutting area roads for about eight hours. Tacos El Tajin owner Thomas Lopez told the Seattle Times he and his employees "are ready to serve food, everywhere."...
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Jackson police report 3/1/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/01/17)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following item. Miscellaneous n Peace disturbance was reported in the 3800 block of East Jackson Boulevard.
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Cape Girardeau police report 3/1/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/01/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Lacey D. Baker, 24, of Cape Girardeau was arrested at Good Hope and South Middle streets on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for probation violation...
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Kathy Depuy
(Obituary ~ 03/01/17)
Kathy R. Depuy, 53, of Jackson died Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, at the home of her mother in Jackson. Visitation will be from 3 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Fruitland Community Church in Fruitland. Memorial service will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at the church, with the Rev. Mike Parry officiating...
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Janet Lowes
(Obituary ~ 03/01/17)
Janet Marie Lowes, 75, of Jackson died Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, at her home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...
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Marietta Bochantin
(Obituary ~ 03/01/17)
MURPHYSBORO, Ill. -- Marietta Jo Bochantin, 69, of Murphysboro died Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, at the Monticello House in Jackson. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson and from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John's United Church of Christ...
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Jackson fire report 3/1/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/01/17)
JACKSON The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls. Monday n Emergency medical service on Spring Lake Trail. n Emergency medical service on Rosebud Drive. n Emergency medical service on South Hope Street. Tuesday n A citizen assist on North Bast Street...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 3/1/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/01/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Monday. n Medical assists were made at 12:48 a.m. on Lakewood Drive; 5 a.m. on South Sprigg Street; 6:33 a.m. on South Sprigg Street; 8:06 a.m. on South West End Boulevard; 9:40 a.m. on North Frederick Street; 11:13 a.m. on South Kingshighway; 7:05 p.m. on William Street; and 8:55 p.m. on North Frederick Street...
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Thomas Renner
(Obituary ~ 03/01/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Thomas Joseph Renner, 67, of Perryville died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 6:30 to 9:15 a.m. Friday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville...
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Daniel Johnson
(Obituary ~ 03/01/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Daniel Noel Johnson, 78, of Perryville died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Daniel gifted his body to St. Louis University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville provided the arrangements...
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Witness says he found body of 24-year-old in field after tornado
(Local News ~ 03/01/17)
The person who died as a result of Tuesday night’s tornado in Perry County was 24 years old, according to the man who says he found the victim in a field near Interstate 55. Fred Carrico, 60, said he was returning to St. Louis from Sikeston, Missouri, when he discovered the body of a 24-year-old Perryville man in a field east of the interstate...
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