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Two area farmers markets open season this week
(Local News ~ 04/11/17)
Live plants and animals, local honey and walnuts, handmade soaps and food stands will offered at two farmers' markets opening soon, in addition to locally grown produce. Cape Farmers' Market opens at noon Thursday in the West Park Mall parking lot in Cape Girardeau...
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Family tragedy spurs roadside cleanup effort near Jackson
(Local News ~ 04/11/17)
Jackson resident Rebecca Tosarello has turned her family's tragedy into a roadside cleanup effort that serves as a tribute to her sister, who was killed in a traffic accident more than two years ago. Tosarello and her family and friends come together four times a year to pick up trash along a nearly mile-long stretch of Highway 34/72 west of Jackson, from Cape Girardeau County Road 438 to where Highway 34 turns west toward Marble Hill, Missouri...
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Missouri auditor criticizes transportation-related districts
(State News ~ 04/11/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Many transportation-development districts across Missouri often have little oversight or transparency, amassing nearly $1 billion in project costs unapproved by taxpayers, Missouri's state auditor said Monday in calling for stricter laws governing such districts...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/11/17)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, April 11, the 101st day of 2017. There are 264 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On April 11, 1947, Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers played in an exhibition against the New York Yankees at Ebbets Field, four days before his regular-season debut that broke baseball's color line. ...
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New public art on display downtown
(Editorial ~ 04/11/17)
Something exciting is always going on in our area, and Thursday evening was no exception. Cape Girardeau launched the fifth public outdoor sculptures exhibition with a reception at the Vasterling Suites Courtyard on Broadway. Congratulations to all seven artists, six of whom attended the opening, whose works will be up in downtown Cape Girardeau for a year. ...
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Stop 'helping' black people
(Column ~ 04/11/17)
Enough already! Stop trying to do us favors with the condescending lowering-of-standards to ease a guilty conscience you need not have. If you're not apologizing for your "privilege," you're telling us that our not speaking standard English is acceptable because that expectation is "oppressive" and "the biggest form of cognitive dissonance." The adage applies: "With friends like these, who needs enemies?" I have had enough of the soft bigotry of low expectations disguised as justice...
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Janet Berry
(Obituary ~ 04/11/17)
Janet Robertson Berry of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, April 7, 2017, at Southeast Hospital after a valiant battle with cancer for several years. Janet is the third of three daughters born to James Henry and Helen Robertson of Warren (Bradley County), Arkansas. The Robertsons were fifth-generation dairy farmers...
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Walter Sparks
(Obituary ~ 04/11/17)
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- Walter Preston Sparks, 76, of Ste. Genevieve, formerly of Scott City, died Friday, April 7, 2017, at his home. He was born Sept. 13, 1940, in Pennsville, New Jersey, to Albert Edward and Elizabeth Alberta Vausch Sparks. He married Joy Fisher on May 1, 1964...
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Daniel Hicks
(Obituary ~ 04/11/17)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Daniel Ray Hicks, 57, of Dexter passed away Friday, April 7, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born June 17, 1959, in Rockford, Illinois, to the late Clois and Margaret Meier Hicks. Daniel was a retired janitor for several area hospitals. He was a member of Cape First Church in Cape Girardeau...
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Coleman Jones
(Obituary ~ 04/11/17)
Coleman Daniel Jones, 27, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, April 7, 2017, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, following a brief illness and surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Cape Girardeau on Aug. 10, 1989, to Tony and Cindi Jones...
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Birth 4/11/17
(Births ~ 04/11/17)
Daughter to William "Dustin" and Amanda Joe Boatwright of Kelso, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 5:54 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. Name, Westyn Kate. Weight, 8 pounds, 8 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Boatwright is the former Amanda Rimkus. She is a certified nurse practitioner with SoutheastHEALTH. Boatwright is chief engineer/executive vice president of the Little River Drainage District...
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Out of the past: April 11
(Out of the Past ~ 04/11/17)
The Cape Girardeau Regional Fraternal Order of Police, which was formed last year, received its charter this week; president of the group is Eddy James, and vice president is Charles Herbst. PATTON, Mo. -- Meadow Heights School District officials are looking at cutting programs and staff in the aftermath of Tuesday's defeat of a proposed tax hike. ...
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Wells claws back $75 million from top execs in sales scandal
(National News ~ 04/11/17)
NEW YORK -- The problems at Wells Fargo and its overly aggressive sales culture date back at least 15 years, and management had little interest in dealing with the issue until it spiraled out of control, resulting in millions of accounts being opened fraudulently, according to an investigation by the company's board of directors...
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Eldon Woodfin
(Obituary ~ 04/11/17)
GLENALLEN, Mo. -- Eldon Frederick Woodfin, 82, of Glenallen passed away Sunday, April 9, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Sept. 5, 1934, near Lutesville, Missouri, he was the son of Robert Lee and Opal Edith Francis Woodfin. On Sept 4, 1954, he married Loma Loris Deck at Lutesville. She survives...
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Toyota announces $1.33 billion investment in Kentucky plant
(National News ~ 04/11/17)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Toyota said Monday it is investing $1.33 billion to retool its sprawling factory in Georgetown, Kentucky, where the company's flagship Camry sedans are built. No new factory jobs are being added, but Toyota says the upgrades amount to the biggest single investment ever at one of its existing plants in the United States...
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Norman Uhrhan
(Obituary ~ 04/11/17)
Norman Vincent Uhrhan, 61, of Farmington, Missouri, formerly of Scott City, died Monday, April 10, 2017, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 23, 1956, in East St. Louis, Illinois, to Vincent Adam and Delphine Christine Enderle Uhrhan...
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Video of passenger getting dragged off flight sparks uproar
(National News ~ 04/11/17)
CHICAGO -- Video of police officers dragging a passenger from an overbooked United Airlines flight sparked an uproar Monday on social media, and a spokesman for the airline insisted employees had no choice but to contact authorities to remove the man...
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9 life sentences in state case on Charleston church slayings
(National News ~ 04/11/17)
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Convicted Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, 23, was given nine consecutive life sentences in prison after he pleaded guilty to state murder charges Monday, leaving him to await execution in a federal prison and sparing his victims and their families the burden of a second trial...
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A nice catch in the Headwater Diversion Channel
(Local News ~ 04/11/17)
Robert Watkins places a buffalo fish in his cooler Monday. Watkins caught about 10 buffalo fish in the floodwaters of the Headwater Diversion Channel. He was using two triple hooks and a sinker to snag the fish. Watkins' friend, Melvin Enderle, said they fry some of the fish and can some to make fish patties...
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Alabama governor resigns, pleads guilty to misdemeanors
(National News ~ 04/11/17)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Gov. Robert Bentley resigned Monday rather than face impeachment and pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor campaign violations that arose during an investigation of his alleged affair with a top aide. The mild-mannered, 74-year-old Republican and onetime Baptist deacon stepped down as the sex-tinged scandal gathered force over the past few days. Legislators turned up the pressure by opening impeachment hearings Monday...
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Investigation of Trump's charity wins Pulitzer Prize
(National News ~ 04/11/17)
NEW YORK -- The biggest U.S. news story of 2016 -- the tumultuous presidential campaign -- yielded a Pulitzer Prize on Monday for the Washington Post reporter who not only raised doubts about Donald Trump's charitable giving but revealed he had been recorded crudely bragging about grabbing women...
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Whitehead's 'Underground Railroad' wins fiction Pulitzer
(National News ~ 04/11/17)
NEW YORK -- Colson Whitehead's "The Underground Railroad," his celebrated novel about an escaped slave that combined liberating imagination and brutal reality, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Monday's announcement confirmed the book as the literary event of 2016, an Oprah Winfrey book club pick and critical favorite that last fall received the National Book Award -- the first time in more than 20 years the same work won the Pulitzer and National Book Award for fiction...
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Official: Russia knew in advance of Syrian chemical attack
(National News ~ 04/11/17)
WASHINGTON -- The United States has concluded Russia knew in advance of Syria's chemical weapons attack last week, a senior U.S. official said Monday. The official said a drone operated by Russians was flying over a hospital as victims of the attack were rushing to get treatment...
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Cosby books on library list for 'most challenged' works
(Entertainment ~ 04/11/17)
NEW YORK -- A celebrity once beloved among young people now finds himself on a list of books parents and other community members most wish to see removed from libraries: Bill Cosby. Cosby's "Little Bill Books" series is among those making the American Library Association's annual top 10 "challenged books."...
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Chemical weapons attack latest in litany of Syria atrocities
(International News ~ 04/11/17)
BEIRUT -- With its missile strike on Shayrat air base in central Syria, Washington signaled it had judged President Bashar Assad responsible for the chemical-weapons attack in northern Syria that drew international outrage last week. But it is not the first or even deadliest atrocity of the war. ...
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Gorsuch sworn into Supreme Court, restores conservative tilt
(National News ~ 04/11/17)
WASHINGTON -- Justice Neil Gorsuch took his place in history Monday as the newest addition on the bench of the Supreme Court, restoring a narrow conservative majority and marking a needed political victory for President Donald Trump. Gorsuch was sworn in during a sun-soaked ceremony in the Rose Garden, nearly 14 months after the seat was left vacant with the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia...
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Missouri discrimination bill passes committee unchanged
(State News ~ 04/11/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A controversial bill that would make it harder for people to sue for workplace discrimination passed a House committee Monday after lawmakers unsuccessfully tried to tack on five amendments. The bill, sponsored by Republican Sen. ...
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Judge again finds discrimination in Texas' voter-ID law
(National News ~ 04/11/17)
AUSTIN, Texas -- A judge ruled for a second time Monday that Texas' strict voter ID law was crafted intentionally to discriminate against minorities, which follows another court finding evidence of racial gerrymandering in how Republican lawmakers drew the state's election maps...
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Missouri House passes bill giving immunity for overdose help
(State News ~ 04/11/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri House on Monday passed a bill that would grant people immunity for carrying small amounts of drugs if they seek medical help for an overdose. The proposal, which passed with a 134-21 vote, states people can't be penalized for seeking medical assistance for an overdose if they possess small amounts of drugs or are in violation of probation, parole or a restraining order...
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Likely murder-suicide at school kills 2 adults, 1 student
(National News ~ 04/11/17)
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. -- A husband opened fire on his wife Monday in a San Bernardino elementary-school classroom, killing her and a student in a murder-suicide that spread panic across a city still recovering from a terrorist attack at a community center 15 months ago...
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Attacks test Egypt's president, who orders state of emergency
(International News ~ 04/11/17)
CAIRO -- Egypt imposed a three-month nationwide state of emergency Monday as President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi sought to ease public anger and take a tougher stand against Islamic extremists after suicide bombings at two Coptic Christian churches killed 45 people...
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Ex-journalist pleads not guilty to threatening Jewish groups
(State News ~ 04/11/17)
NEW YORK -- A former journalist from St. Louis has pleaded not guilty to charges he made threats against Jewish organizations. Juan Thompson entered the plea Monday during a brief appearance in federal court in New York...
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Missouri House passes bill to allow industrial hemp farming
(State News ~ 04/11/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri would legalize and regulate growing industrial hemp under a proposal that's passed the state House. The House on Monday voted 126-26 to pass the legislation. It now goes to the Senate...
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Supporters urge Missouri AG Hawley to run for US Senate
(State News ~ 04/11/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Several high-profile Republicans are encouraging Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley to run for the U.S. Senate next year. The supporters released a public letter Monday as a means of building support for him to take on Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill. Some of the signers include former Sen. John Danforth, former Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder and prominent donor David Humphreys...
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Missouri right-to-work ballot proposal challenged in court
(State News ~ 04/11/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Right-to-work supporters are trying to derail an effort by labor leaders to ask voters whether Missouri should ban mandatory union fees and dues. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported a lawsuit filed Friday in Cole County claims a summary of the referendum proposal has "embarrassing" grammatical errors and is unfair...
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Woman accused of punching ex-girlfriend with a gun
(Local News ~ 04/11/17)
A woman ended up in the hospital Friday after being punched in the head with a handgun by an ex-girlfriend, police said. The Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney's Office charged Nashira D. Nesby, 29, of Cape Girardeau with second-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action...
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Mississippi River forecast to cause little flooding in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 04/11/17)
The rising Mississippi River is expected to generate only minimal flooding in Cape Girardeau, said Stan Polivick, assistant director of the city's public works department. The city of Cape Girardeau closed the Themis Street floodgate Friday afternoon as the Mississippi River continued to rise...
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Easter egg hunt nixed because of unruly parents
(National News ~ 04/11/17)
POTTSTOWN, Pa. -- A volunteer fire company said it has canceled this year's Easter-egg hunt for children because of "unruly" parents in past years. The Norco Fire Company in North Coventry Township said on its Facebook page the annual children's event won't be held this year. Deputy Chief Chuck Hipple said there has been a recurring problem of some parents running onto the field despite having been told not to and posing a danger to children...
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Jackson police report 4/11/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/11/17)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n Justin Trepanier, 25, of Jackson was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for failure to appear on driving while intoxicated and driving while revoked or suspended charges and on two Camden County, Missouri, warrants for failure to appear on a domestic-assault charge and failure to appear on a probation-violation charge...
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Cape Girardeau police report 4/11/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/11/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of driving while intoxicated, endangering the welfare of a child and possession of drug paraphernalia...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 4/11/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/11/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Saturday n Medical assists were made at 9:13 a.m. on Brink Avenue; 10:08 a.m. on Normal Avenue; 2:15 p.m. on West Cape Rock Drive; 2:23 p.m. on Broadway; 5:43 p.m. on Ritter Drive; 9:39 p.m. on Themis Street; and 10:24 p.m. on South West End Boulevard...
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Leo Welker
(Obituary ~ 04/11/17)
Leo "Red" Welker, 86, of Jackson died Monday, April 10, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Old Salem Cemetery near Millersville...
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Dareld Davis
(Obituary ~ 04/11/17)
Dareld L. Davis, 79, of Jackson, formerly of Anna, Illinois, died Sunday, April 9, 2017, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Anna. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with pastors David Israel and Jimmie Corbin officiating. Burial will be in the Anna City Cemetery...
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Danny Foutz
(Obituary ~ 04/11/17)
William Daniel "Danny" Foutz, 47, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, April 10, 2017, in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Francis Plouvier
(Obituary ~ 04/11/17)
Francis William Plouvier, 79, of Jackson died Sunday, April 10, 2017, at the Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill, Missouri. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Gerald Huff officiating...
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Prayer 4/11/17
(Prayer ~ 04/11/17)
Lord Jesus, we rejoice and trust in your abundant and constant love for us. Amen.
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Cape Walmart provides Animal Rescue Wraps
(Submitted Story ~ 04/11/17)
Instead of throwing away sleeping bag samples when the store's selection changed, Cape Walmart decided to donate the miniature sleeping bags to a local Animal Rescue group called Mac's Mission also known as Mac the Pitbull. Kathy and Calvin Brennan of Mac's Mission noticed how the well insulated, zippered samples could double as a wrap for small puppies or animals to keep them warm during their transport to a new home. ...
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Semo Smashers 14U Captures Championship Title
(Submitted Story ~ 04/11/17)
Semo Smashers 14U traveling softball team took the championship title in the Swing into Spring Tournament in Arnold, Mo April 7-8. They went 6-0 and only allowing 7 runs throughout the tournament. With many highlights from each girl including several double plays,close plays at the plate, amazing diving and running catches in the outfield, a stellar infield and outstanding pitching. These girls showed fantastic (E.A.T.) Effort, Attitude and Teamwork. What a fun team to watch!...
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VFW Post 3838 Auxiliary Monthly Meeting
(Submitted Story ~ 04/11/17)
The meeting Monday April 10th was called to order by President Sandy Prichard, Secretary Regina Ivie did the roll call of officers present and read the correspondence received. Senior Service award nominee was Glenetta Vogelsang, the Lt Gov Michael Parson of Missouri will award Winner in April in Jefferson City. ...
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Marble Hill man, woman accused of dealing large quantities of meth
(Local News ~ 04/11/17)
Police seized drugs, money and a small arsenal after busting a man and woman for allegedly participating in the distribution of large quantities of methamphetamine.
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