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Sikeston detective's files about murder suspect missing from DPS
(Local News ~ 07/18/17)
Interview summaries, evidence reports and an unknown quantity of other documents involving Romanze Mosby, who was a suspect in the 2000 murder of Sheila Box, are missing, lost or being withheld by the Sikeston, Missouri, Department of Public Safety...
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Greitens orders drug monitoring program; area lawmakers say it won't solve opioid addiction
(Local News ~ 07/18/17)
Calling it "a modern plague," Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens implemented a prescription drug monitoring program by executive order Monday, bypassing the legislative process. The order aims to help address the opioid epidemic that killed more than 900 Missourians last year...
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Summer code camp: Children program robots by learning coding during Marquette Techfest
(Local News ~ 07/18/17)
The first step of Codefi's coding camp was for campers to name their robots. The bots themselves were little white shells on wheels, called Finches, specially designed for classroom use, and the third- through sixth-grade students named them creatively...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/18/17)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, July 18, the 199th day of 2017. There are 166 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 18, 1947, President Harry S. Truman signed a Presidential Succession Act which placed the speaker of the House and the Senate president pro tempore next in the line of succession after the vice president...
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Renovation to begin for St. Mary's of the Barren
(Editorial ~ 07/18/17)
A thoughtful, purposeful path can lead to fulfillment. The restoration project and building campaign at St. Mary's of the Barren in Perryville, Missouri, appears to have that at its core as the historic grounds receive a renovation in anticipation of the 100-year anniversary celebration of the Vincentian priests founding of the Association of the Miraculous Medal in 1918. ...
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Jackson community survey provided helpful information
(Column ~ 07/18/17)
The board of aldermen was presented the final report of the community survey by ETC Institute at a recent meeting. The ETC Institute conducted the scientific survey of Jackson residents during the month of May. I would like to thank all citizens who took their time to fill out this survey. ...
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Laying hands on President Trump
(Column ~ 07/18/17)
First things first Meeting and re-meeting some of you at my Barnes & Noble book signing Friday night was an honor. Thank you for the encouraging words, book purchases and continued support. Your kindness makes me want to push forward. n Last Tuesday, Johnnie Moore, president of The Kairos Company, tweeted a photograph of President Donald Trump surrounded by people praying for him in the Oval Office while laying hands on him. ...
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The swamp is deep
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/18/17)
A recent article in the Missourian, June 9th edition, small article on page 3 detailing the cuts to the University of Missouri lobbying efforts in both Washington, D.C. and Jefferson City to save a few dollars caught my eye. In the last paragraph of the article it mentioned that the one cut they would not make was with the contract of Andy Blunt, son of U.S. ...
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Gary Freeman Sr.
(Obituary ~ 07/18/17)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Gary Gene Freeman, Sr., 66, of Advance passed away Saturday, July 15, 2017, at his home. He was born April 27, 1951, at Sikeston, Missouri, the son of Charley and Zeola Curtis Freeman. Gary was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was a member of Perkins Baptist Church...
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Michael Leadbetter
(Obituary ~ 07/18/17)
FROHNA, Mo. -- Michael L. Leadbetter, 68, of Frohna died Monday, July 17, 2017, at Mercy Hospital Jefferson County in Festus, Missouri. He was born Feb. 2, 1949, in Cape Girardeau, son of Clarence U. and Thelma (Eaker) Leadbetter. He and Bernita Johnson were married Sept. 24, 1971. She survives in Frohna...
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Trial set in case of donations for pope's hospital for kids
(International News ~ 07/18/17)
VATICAN CITY -- Other than St. Peter's Basilica, there is hardly better real estate in Vatican City than the sprawling penthouse apartment in the Vatican gardens, where the rooftop terrace has views of the dome itself and overlooks the hotel that Pope Francis calls home...
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Birth 7/18/17
(Births ~ 07/18/17)
Son to Demarques C. McKeller and Kapri L. Thatch of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 12:33 p.m. Wednesday, July 5, 2017. Name, Kingston Ahmir. Weight, 5 pounds, 7 ounces. First child. Thatch is the daughter of Mary Thatch of Cape Girardeau. McKeller is the son of Jarmain Coleman and Michelle Coleman of Sikeston, Missouri...
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Out of the past: July 18
(Out of the Past ~ 07/18/17)
Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr., who serves as juvenile judge for the 32nd Judicial Circuit of Cape Girardeau, Bollinger and Perry counties, yesterday swore in five volunteers with the Court Appointed Special Advocates of Southeast Missouri Inc.: Shirley Buck, Kay Knoblauch, Elaine Jackson and Janine Pfanstiel, all of Cape Girardeau, and Debbie Lincoln of Millersville...
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'It's raining needles': Drug crisis creates pollution threat
(National News ~ 07/18/17)
LOWELL, Mass. -- They hide in weeds along hiking trails and in playground grass. They wash into rivers and float downstream to land on beaches. They pepper baseball dugouts, sidewalks and streets. Syringes left by drug users amid the heroin crisis are turning up everywhere...
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O.J. Simpson faces good chance at parole in Nevada robbery
(National News ~ 07/18/17)
LAS VEGAS -- O.J. Simpson, the former football star, TV pitchman and now Nevada prison inmate No. 1027820, will have a lot going for him when he asks state parole board members this week to release him after serving more than eight years for an ill-fated bid to retrieve sports memorabilia...
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Jury awards $3.9M to family of film worker killed by train
(Entertainment ~ 07/18/17)
SAVANNAH, Ga. -- A jury awarded $3.9 million Monday to the family of a movie worker killed on a Georgia railroad bridge in 2014, finding the railroad's owner shared in the blame for the deadly freight train collision even though the film crew was trespassing...
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Delta tells Ann Coulter her insults are 'unacceptable'
(National News ~ 07/18/17)
NEW YORK -- Delta Air Lines has pushed back at Ann Coulter after the conservative commentator berated the carrier on Twitter over a changed seat assignment. Coulter began tweeting about the episode Saturday in which she said the airline gave away an "extra room seat" she reserved before a flight from New York to Florida departed...
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Jordanian soldier sentenced to life for killing 3 U.S. troops
(International News ~ 07/18/17)
AMMAN, Jordan -- A military court convicted a Jordanian soldier Monday of killing three U.S. military trainers at a Jordanian air base and sentenced him to life in prison with hard labor. The defendant, who had pleaded "not guilty," has said he opened fire because he feared the base was coming under attack...
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Venezuelan opposition calls for nationwide strike
(International News ~ 07/18/17)
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan opposition leaders called Monday for a 24-hour nationwide strike to increase pressure on the socialist government after more than 7 million people rejected a plan to rewrite the constitution and consolidate the ruling party's power over the country, which has been stricken by shortages and inflation and riven by more than 100 days of clashes between protesters and police...
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Trump wants new NAFTA deal to cut trade deficit with Mexico
(National News ~ 07/18/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump vowed Monday to boost U.S. manufacturing by cutting the $64 billion trade deficit with Mexico as he showcased products made in all 50 states -- everything from a firetruck to a baseball bat. "No longer are we going to allow other countries to break the rules, to steal our jobs and drain our wealth," Trump said at a White House event that spilled from the East Room to the South Lawn...
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Relatives demand answers in fatal Minnesota police shooting
(National News ~ 07/18/17)
MINNEAPOLIS -- Relatives and neighbors of an Australian woman fatally shot by Minneapolis police over the weekend demanded answers Monday about the mysterious shooting in which the meditation teacher reportedly was killed by an officer who fired from the passenger seat of a squad car as the woman stood outside the driver's door...
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Arizona flash flood killed large family celebrating birthday
(National News ~ 07/18/17)
TONTO NATIONAL FOREST, Ariz. -- The flash flood that killed nine people in an Arizona river canyon began its descent as an impressive but avoidable surge of churning water, black with cinders from a recent wildfire and choked with tumbling tree trunks and limbs...
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Report: 'Walking Dead' stuntman fell head-first on concrete
(Entertainment ~ 07/18/17)
SENOIA, Ga. -- A stuntman fatally injured during production of "The Walking Dead" fell head-first onto concrete about 22 feet below after appearing to try to grab a railing to stop his fall, an assistant director told authorities. Coweta County coroner Richard Hawk said John Bernecker, 33, was pronounced dead at 6:30 p.m. July 12...
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59-year-old woman who tried for decades to get pregnant gives birth
(National News ~ 07/18/17)
ALBANY, N.Y. -- During nearly four decades of marriage, Akosua Budu Amoako and her husband tried to have a child, without success. But last month, at age 59, Budu gave birth to a child after fertility treatments. The full-term 7-pound, 4-ounce boy was born June 15 at Bellevue Woman's Center in Niskayuna, New York. He's named after his father, Isaiah Somuah Anim...
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Defunct Missouri academy can't pay faculty
(State News ~ 07/18/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri military academy and college that dated to 1880 before abruptly closing at the end of May can't afford to pay its faculty as previously promised, according to emails obtained by The Associated Press. The president and superintendent of what had been Wentworth Military Academy and College, Michael Lierman, told faculty members by email May 16 they would continue to get paid "as normal" until their contracts expire...
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U.S.: Iran complying with nuclear deal but defying its spirit
(National News ~ 07/18/17)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration told Congress for a second time Monday that Iran is complying with the nuclear deal and can keep enjoying sanctions relief, even as it insisted Tehran would face consequences for breaching "the spirit" of the deal...
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Redevelopment planned for area around former Missouri prison
(State News ~ 07/18/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- City leaders in Missouri's capital are hoping new legislation will help rejuvenate the state's former prison and the largely dilapidated area around it. Gov. Eric Greitens signed a measure last week turning over 32 acres of state-owned land to Jefferson City, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Missouri man gets $45M for paralysis from Knockerball
(State News ~ 07/18/17)
ASHLAND, Mo. -- A central Missouri man has been awarded nearly $45 million after a judge found a recreation business liable for injuries he suffered that left him quadriplegic for life. Court records show 25-year-old Derek Hart was injured severely and permanently while playing at Knockerball Mid-MO in December 2016...
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Weed killer turns neighbor against neighbor in farm country
(State News ~ 07/18/17)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A longtime Arkansas soybean farmer, Mike Wallace thought of his neighbors as a community and always was willing to lend a hand if they faced any hardships with their crops. "Mike would do anything for any farmer," his wife, Karen, said. "If there was a farmer who got sick in harvest time or planting time or whatever, he would say, 'What can I do to help? Here's my equipment. Here's my guys. Let's go do it.'"...
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2 more GOP senators oppose health bill, killing it for now
(National News ~ 07/18/17)
WASHINGTON -- The latest GOP effort to repeal and replace "Obamacare" was fatally wounded in the Senate Monday night when two more Republican senators announced their opposition to the legislation backed by President Donald Trump. The announcements from Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Jerry Moran of Kansas left the Republican Party's long-promised efforts to get rid of President Barack Obama's health-care legislation reeling...
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Rep. Hartzler says she's not running for U.S. Senate
(State News ~ 07/18/17)
HARRISONVILLE, Mo. -- Republican U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler of Missouri said she's not entering the race for Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill's seat. Hartzler on Monday announced she instead is seeking re-election to the U.S. House...
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West Virginia joins lawsuit alleging generic price fixing
(State News ~ 07/18/17)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia's attorney general joined three other states and the District of Columbia to sue six generic drugmakers, alleging they conspired to hike prices for a common antibiotic and a diabetes medication...
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Speeding SUV hits incline, lands on roof of St. Louis home
(State News ~ 07/18/17)
ST. LOUIS -- Authorities said a speeding sport utility vehicle crashed landed on the roof of a St. Louis home after hitting an embankment and launching into the air. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the driver was trapped in the SUV when authorities arrived Sunday afternoon. Michael Arras, the St. Louis Fire Department's deputy chief of special operations, said he never had encountered anything like this before...
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City staff continue to look for utility-bill errors from computer glitch
(Local News ~ 07/18/17)
Cape Girardeau city staff continue to systematically check water, sewer and trash billing accounts in response to a computer-software glitch. City officials announced last week some customers had been overcharged by hundreds of dollars as a result of a recent conversion to a new billing system...
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Dorm director teaches dog to bark in whisper
(National News ~ 07/18/17)
GREENVILLE, Ill. -- A resident director who lives in a dorm at a college in Southern Illinois taught his dog to bark in a whisper. Brian Gertler lives in an apartment with his wife and 1-year-old dog, Dudley, in a freshman dorm at Greenville University. Gertler found Dudley's excited barking when they played together woke up students at night. Gertler said he slowly trained the dog to bark in a whisper. That means they can play in a much quieter way...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 7/18/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/18/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday. n Medical assists were made at 8:09 a.m. on Ritter Drive; 8:32 a.m. on North Silver Springs Road; 10:13 a.m. on Koch Avenue; 10:57 a.m. on South Hanover Street; 7:16 p.m. on Hackberry Street; 10:26 p.m. on North Main Street; and 10:49 p.m. on North Fountain Street...
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Jackson police report 7/18/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/18/17)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Anna Bucholtz, 25, of Marble Hill, Missouri, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, speeding and driving while revoked. Arrests n Melisa Welker, 46, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance...
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Cape Girardeau police report 7/18/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/18/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Michael D. W. Hardin Jr., 20, 1439 Whitener St., was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for probation violation. n Jasmine L. Roby, 20, 313 N. Fountain St., was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for failure to appear for no operator's license...
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Roy Meystedt Jr.
(Obituary ~ 07/18/17)
Roy L. Meystedt Jr., 70, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, July 17, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home, with parish prayers at 7 p.m. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Vincent De Paul Parish in Cape Girardeau, with Rick Jones officiating. Burial will be at St. Mary Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Route A in Cape County reduced for pavement work
(Local News ~ 07/18/17)
Route A in Cape County reduced for pavement work Route A in Cape Girardeau County, from Highway 25 to Route U, will be reduced with a 12-foot width restriction as Missouri Department of Transportation crews make pavement repairs. A MoDOT news release indicates the work will take place today and Wednesday, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 a.m...
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Robert Mahler Jr.
(Obituary ~ 07/18/17)
Robert Lee "Bob" Mahler Jr., 49, of Scott City died Saturday, July 15, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Cornerstone Wesleyan Church in Scott City. Memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Tommy Miller officiating...
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Prayer 7/18/17
(Prayer ~ 07/18/17)
Lord Jesus, may we be good stewards of the things you have entrusted to us. Amen.
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Speak Out 7/18/17
(Speak Out ~ 07/18/17)
Month after month after month, I receive my water, sewer, and bill so late in the billing cycle that my payment, which I make electronically, will be past the due date. Last month, I got it four days before it was due; typically it's about 10 days. The city manager's office advises I pay the bill in person, but I work and can't get to that office; I don't shop at Schnucks. ...
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Little Mr and Miss New Hamburg (Mabrey Burger & Drew Benson)
(Submitted Story ~ 07/18/17)
Litte Mr and Miss New Hamburg winners, Cousins, Mabrey Burger and Drew Benson. Both are 4 years old. Photo was taken at the New Hamburg Picnic Friday July 14th
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“250 Miles Up” Documents The American Dream
(Submitted Story ~ 07/18/17)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Film Release Date - 9/10/2017 Steven Tallo Stallo1986@outlook.com Morgan Johnson aims the spotlight at The American Dream. His film “250 Miles Up” covers the career of another Missourian from the town of Oak Ridge who made a career in NASA as an astronaut, Linda Godwin. ...
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Rhodes Convenience Stores Introduces Multi-Disciplinary College Internship Program
(Submitted Story ~ 07/18/17)
Rhodes 101 Stops convenience stores, a 30-location leader in the convenience store industry, recently introduced a new internship program. The program officially launched in June 2017 with the announcement that two college students would be joining Rhodes for the Summer. The internship program allows participants to explore multiple disciplines within the business rather than just one area of study...
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Shirley Kinder-Parsons
(Obituary ~ 07/18/17)
IRVING, Texas — Shirley Kinder-Parsons, 73, of Irving, formerly of Jackson, died Wednesday, July 12, 2017, at Baylor Scott and White Hospital. Visitation will be from 11 to 11:45 a.m. Friday at Dayspring Family Church, 618 N. Belt Line Road in Irving. Funeral service will be at noon Friday at Dayspring Family Church. Arrangements were provided by Golden Gate Funeral Home.
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