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Council raises utility fees despite concerns over effect on low-income residents
(Local News ~ 06/06/17)
Cape Girardeau City Council members approved utility fee increases Monday despite opposition from several ministers of black congregations, who said raising disconnect and reconnect fees would hurt low-income residents. In other action, the council voted to rename Common Pleas Courthouse Park as Ivers Square in recognition of the contributions of two former slaves...
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Part of Cape's Main Street may be torn up for stormwater tunnel repairs
(Local News ~ 06/06/17)
Some sections of newly paved Main Street may have be torn up to repair a downtown Cape Girardeau stormwater tunnel, deputy city manager Molly Hood said Monday. A recent water-main break may have damaged an underground drainage tunnel, Hood said. Four sections of pavement along Main Street near the Independence Street intersection may have to be removed as part of the project, Hood said...
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Restaurant, year-round farmers market proposed in downtown Cape
(Local News ~ 06/06/17)
A proposed two-part development would bring a "farm-to-table" restaurant, year-round farmers market and new residential options to North Main Street. The first proposed development would overhaul the building at 1 N. Main St., formerly Nick's Family Sports Pub, turning the now-empty structure into a restaurant and event center that also would house a year-round farmers market, according to documents submitted to the city by developers Centurion Development LLC...
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Cape council approves tax-increment financing for downtown development
(Local News ~ 06/06/17)
The Cape Girardeau City Council approved tax-increment financing Monday for a $4.59 million project to redevelop two historic Main Street buildings. Developers Jason Coalter and Dustin Richardson, managing members of Centurion Development LLC, requested tax-increment financing to redevelop a vacant building at 1 N. Main St. and another structure at 20 N. Main St...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/06/17)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, June 6, the 157th day of 2017. There are 208 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 6, 1944, during World War II, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on "D-Day" as they began the liberation of German-occupied Western Europe...
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Lions to celebrate centennial
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/06/17)
On June 7, Lions Clubs International will be celebrating 100 years of service and the Missouri Lions would like to thank you, the reader, for your help over the years, including a very busy 2017. The idea of a man named Melvin Jones has grown into the world's largest service club organization with over 1.4 million members!...
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Comedian crossed a line
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/06/17)
Dear Kathy Griffin, I am a Democrat. I'm not a true-blue Democrat. I have crossed party lines a number of times. I just happened to register to vote when John Kennedy was president, and never changed. I am writing to give you my "free speech" as provided for in the First Amendment of the U.S. ...
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Clinton's covfefe
(Column ~ 06/06/17)
When Hillary Clinton lost the presidency, I was relieved the nation was spared the leftist agenda she would have implemented. It never dawned on me that almost as painful would be her incessant complaining and finger-pointing about why she lost. Have we ever seen anything like it?...
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Financial audit of Humane Society is prudent
(Editorial ~ 06/06/17)
The Humane Society of Southeast Missouri may have to limit the number of animals it accepts in Cape Girardeau, board president Charlotte Craig said. While this is concerning, it demonstrates the prudence we expect from the city. The Southeast Missourian's Mark Bliss reported on May 25 that the Humane Society requested "the city pay $82,500 in fiscal 2017, about $23,000 more than it currently is providing to the animal shelter." Prices have gone up, Craig explained. ...
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Out of the past: June 6
(Out of the Past ~ 06/06/17)
East Missouri Action Agency has purchased the building formerly used by the defunct Cape Girardeau WISER Inc. and plans to relocate its Cape Girardeau operations there. The move to 1111 Linden St. is planned for the first week in August. Nationally syndicated radio talk-show personality Rush Limbaugh III, a 1969 alumnus of Cape Girardeau Central High School, delivered the commencement address to the 284 graduating seniors of Central High at the Show Me Center last night. ...
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Bill Cosby goes on trial, his legacy and freedom at stake
(National News ~ 06/06/17)
NORRISTOWN, Pa. -- Bill Cosby went on trial Monday on charges he drugged and sexually assaulted a woman more than a decade ago, with prosecutors introducing evidence the 79-year-old TV star once known as America's Dad had done it before to someone else...
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U.S. productivity flat in first quarter; labor costs up
(National News ~ 06/06/17)
WASHINGTON -- The productivity of American workers was flat in the first three months of this year, while labor costs rose at the fastest pace since the second quarter of last year. Productivity growth was zero in the January-to-March quarter after rising at a 1.8 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter, the Labor Department reported Monday...
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Trump seeks to privatize air-traffic control system
(National News ~ 06/06/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said Monday the nation's air-traffic control system needed a modern makeover and urged Congress to approve a privatization plan he said would increase safety and reduce wait times for passengers. Dismissing the current system as an anachronism, Trump said the air-traffic control operations needed to be separated from the Federal Aviation Administration, an approach U.S. ...
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Apple unveils 'HomePod' speaker, first new product in years
(Entertainment ~ 06/06/17)
SAN JOSE, California -- Apple nodded to several up-and-coming technology trends, unveiling a new "smart" home speaker and device features touching on virtual reality, online privacy and a form of artificial intelligence called machine learning. The "HomePod" speaker unveiled Monday is similar to devices from rivals, some of which have been on the market for years...
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Pauline Bick
(Obituary ~ 06/06/17)
Pauline H. Bick, 97, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, June 3, 2017, at Ratliff Care Center. She was born Jan. 2, 1920, in Ralls County, Missouri, the daughter of George and Katherine (Blohm) Dryden. Pauline attended Hannibal-LaGrange College and worked in the statistics department of Stix, Bauer and Fuller before marrying Paul K. Bick on Oct. 18, 1947. Paul preceded her in death in 2013...
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Sammy Isaacs
(Obituary ~ 06/06/17)
Sammy J. Isaacs, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, June 4, 2017, at his home. He was born May 22, 1941, in West Frankfort, Illinois, to Ralph and Ivern Daniels Isaacs. He and Rose Randol were married Nov. 13, 1960, in Morley, Missouri. Sammy retired from the Chrysler Assembly Plant in Fenton, Missouri...
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Junior James
(Obituary ~ 06/06/17)
Junior Glen James, 72, of Jackson passed away Saturday, June 3, 2017, at his residence. He was born Nov. 19, 1944, in Scopus, Missouri, son of Linus and Pearl Lincoln James. Junior retired in 1997 from Chrysler as an assembler. He served his country proudly in the U.S. Army...
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Danny Wallman
(Obituary ~ 06/06/17)
Daniel C. "Danny" Wallman, 44, of Jackson passed away Monday, June 5, 2017, at his home. He was born Sept. 20, 1972, in Cape Girardeau, son of Carl Ray and Linda "Evelyn" Crader Wallman. Danny was a 1990 graduate of Jackson High School. He enjoyed working at Pocahontas Lumber in Jackson and later for ABC Supply Company in Cape Girardeau...
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Report suggests Russia hackers breached voting software firm
(National News ~ 06/06/17)
WASHINGTON -- Russian hackers attacked at least one U.S. voting software supplier days before last year's presidential election, according to a government intelligence report leaked Monday that suggests election-related hacking penetrated further into U.S. voting systems than previously known...
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White House: Trump won't seek to block Comey testimony
(National News ~ 06/06/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump will not assert executive privilege to block fired FBI director James Comey from testifying on Capitol Hill, the White House said Monday, setting the stage for a public airing of the former top law-enforcement official's dealings with the commander in chief...
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Fired worker kills 5, then self as police neared
(National News ~ 06/06/17)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A man who was fired from a Florida awning factory in April returned Monday with a semi-automatic pistol and methodically killed five people, then took his own life at the sound of an approaching siren, authorities said. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings identified the shooter as John Robert Neumann Jr., a 45-year-old Army veteran who lived alone and did not appear to belong to any type of subversive or terrorist organization...
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Drugs score big wins against lung, prostate, breast cancers
(National News ~ 06/06/17)
CHICAGO -- Drugs are scoring big wins against common cancers, setting new standards for how to treat many prostate, breast and lung tumors. What's striking: The drugs are beneficial in some cases for more than a year, much longer than the few months many new drugs provide...
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Legal experts to Trump on travel ban: Put down the Twitter
(National News ~ 06/06/17)
WASHINGTON -- Memo from legal experts to President Donald Trump on resurrecting his stalled travel ban: Put down the Twitter. Trump's 140-character musings Monday may have undercut his efforts to persuade the Supreme Court to reinstate his revised travel ban, which Trump called a "watered-down, politically correct" version of what he originally had sought. ...
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Alleged London attacker known as radical Islamist
(International News ~ 06/06/17)
LONDON -- One of the men believed to have carried out a deadly weekend attack in central London was a known radical Islamist who was filmed unfurling a black flag resembling the one used by the Islamic State group and raised the suspicion of a neighbor after allegedly trying to lure local youngsters to join his jihadist campaign...
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Artist uses felt to recreate New York City grocery store
(Entertainment ~ 06/06/17)
NEW YORK -- If the hot dogs in this New York City bodega feel a little, well, soft and squishy, don't worry; it's not a health hazard. It's art. A British artist has recreated the contents of a city bodega in felt, the soft material usually favored by the school-going set...
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Arab nations cut ties with Qatar, saying it backs terror
(International News ~ 06/06/17)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Saudi Arabia and three Arab countries severed ties to Qatar on Monday and moved to cut off land, sea and air routes to the energy-rich nation that is home to a major U.S. military base, accusing it of supporting regional terror groups...
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Supreme Court won't hear Missouri college drug-testing case
(State News ~ 06/06/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a Missouri technical college's challenge of a ruling that its mandatory drug-testing policy is unconstitutional when applied to all students. The nation's highest court refused without comment to intervene at the request of State Technical College of Missouri, the school once known as Linn State Technical College...
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First farmer lawsuit on deck against Syngenta over China trade
(State News ~ 06/06/17)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- The first of tens of thousands of U.S. lawsuits went to trial Monday in Kansas against Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta over its decision to introduce a genetically engineered corn-seed variety to the U.S. market before China approved it for imports...
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This season on Broadway, plays are singing the blues
(Entertainment ~ 06/06/17)
NEW YORK -- This spring, J.T. Rogers' new play traveled only a few small steps, but it was a huge leap for a playwright. His "Oslo" -- a look at a key moment in Middle East diplomacy -- transferred from the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater to the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Because both are housed in the Lincoln Center Theater complex, it was a simple move upstairs...
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Actor Alan Cumming asks Missouri facility to give up chimp
(State News ~ 06/06/17)
ST. LOUIS -- Actor Alan Cumming is worried about an old co-star -- a chimpanzee named Tonka -- and he's asking a Missouri facility housing the animal to move Tonka and other chimps to an accredited sanctuary. Cumming, 52, is a British-born actor who won a Tony Award for "Cabaret" in 1998 and earned three Emmy nominations for his role in the CBS television drama, "The Good Wife." In 1997, he starred in the movie "Buddy" alongside Tonka...
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Fire truck dedication, open house today in Jackson
(Local News ~ 06/06/17)
Jackson's new fire engine will be dedicated at 6:30 p.m. today at Jackson Fire Rescue, 503 S. Hope St. in Jackson. An open house begins at 6 p.m. The engine is a 2017 Precision Fire Apparatus, costing about $445,000. It is equipped for fire and rescue. Family, friends and community members are encouraged to attend.
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Heroin overdose suspected in deaths of mother and her son
(State News ~ 06/06/17)
ST. LOUIS -- A heroin overdose is suspected in the deaths of a St. Louis man and his mother. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported a woman called police Sunday to say she was unable to wake her daughter and grandson. The victims were pronounced dead by emergency works just after noon Sunday. Authorities said the woman was in her 50s and her son about 30...
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Summer food programs on online map
(Local News ~ 06/06/17)
The state health department's Summer Food Service Program provides meals to children who receive free or reduced-price meals during the regular school year. No fees or registration is required. An online map of meals sites is at dhss.mo.gov/sfsp/. For more information, call (888) 435-1464...
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2 charged in deadly Oakland warehouse blaze that killed 36
(National News ~ 06/06/17)
OAKLAND, Calif. -- A man authorities said illegally rented out space in an Oakland warehouse that caught fire, killing 36 partygoers, and another man who organized the event were charged Monday with three dozen counts of involuntary manslaughter. Derick Almena and Max Harris "knowingly created a fire trap with inadequate means of escape" when they hosted the dance party Dec. 2 in the Ghost Ship warehouse, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley said...
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Jackson aldermen reject $329,000 park bathroom project
(Local News ~ 06/06/17)
The $329,000 bathroom planned for Jackson City Park is going back to the drawing board after Monday's Board of Aldermen meeting. City administrator Jim Roach asked for discussion from board members before they voted whether to approve contracts with Kiefner Brothers Inc. ...
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Woman finds 1938 Nazi explosive in parents' shed
(National News ~ 06/06/17)
MERIDIAN, Idaho -- An woman said she discovered a Nazi explosive as she was helping her parents clean their shed. Diana Landa identified the artifact by a Nazi insignia and the year 1938 etched on the bottom of it. It still had a propellant on it, she said. The Mountain Home Air Force Base bomb squad X-rayed the device, identified it as a World War II-era 37-mm German round that "was found to be hazardous" and destroyed it via detonation, according to a public-affairs spokeswoman for the base...
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Matthew D. Schwettman
(Obituary ~ 06/06/17)
Matthew D. Schwettman, 57, of Jackson died Monday, June 5, 2017, at his home. A gathering of friends and family will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Tony Gowin
(Obituary ~ 06/06/17)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Tony Gowin, 65, of McClure, formerly of Olive Branch, Illinois, died Monday, June 5, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Illinois.
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Edward Parkinson
(Obituary ~ 06/06/17)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Edward E. Parkinson, 87, of Tamms died Tuesday, May 30, 2017, at the Jonesboro Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. Graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Rose Hill Cemetery in Thebes, Illinois, with the Rev. Larry Buckles officiating...
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Bertha Rommel
(Obituary ~ 06/06/17)
Bertha Regina Rommel, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 2, 2017, at Heartland Care and Rehab. 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. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 6/6/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/06/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday. n Medical assists were made at 4:20 a.m. on Merriwether Street; 10:17 a.m. on William Street; 3:02 p.m. on South Sprigg Street; 3:53 p.m. on South West End Boulevard; and 8:06 p.m. on South West End Boulevard...
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Jackson police report 6/6/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/06/17)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Hunter Stephens, 19, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, failure to yield to emergency vehicle, leaving the scene of an accident, minor in possession and resisting arrest...
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Cape Girardeau police report 6/6/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/06/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n John M. Bergauer, 59, 13 N. Fountain St., was arrested at 24 N. Sprigg St. on a Cape Girareau warrant for failure to appear on a show-cause order for first-degree trespassing...
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Prayer 6/6/17
(Prayer ~ 06/06/17)
O Lord Jesus, thank you for loving us and carrying our burdens. Amen.
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Jackson McDonalds Hosted a McShare Night with the R-2 Foundation
(Submitted Story ~ 06/06/17)
Jackson McDonalds recently hosted a McShare Night with the Jackson R-2 Foundation. This was the biggest McShare night to date. Proceeds will be used by the R-2 Foundation for Teachers Grants through out the district.
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Cultural Exchange Network Announces Local Scholarship Winners
(Submitted Story ~ 06/06/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO – Cultural Exchange Network (CENET) is once again partnering with Concordia Language Villages (CLV) to provide summer camp scholarships for students in Southeast Missouri. Scholarship winners will spend 1-4 weeks in language immersion programs provided by CLV in Bemidji, Minnesota...
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McDonald's RMHC Donates to Alma Schrader Elementary
(Submitted Story ~ 06/06/17)
Alma Schrader Elementary recently received a grant from Ronald McDonald House Charities in the amount of $3000 to help fund and create a working Outdoor Classroom.
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