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Back-to-school tax-free shopping in Cape
(Local News ~ 08/04/17)
Madlyn Cline takes advantage of Missouri's Tax Free Weekend as she shops at Plato's Closet, with a little help from Mason Carmack, on Friday in Cape Girardeau. While the city opted out of participating, the store paid all of the sales tax for its customers.
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Kennett man accused of letting dog kill cat he held
(Local News ~ 08/04/17)
KENNETT, Mo. -- A Kennett man is facing a felony animal-abuse count after allegedly purposely letting his dog kill a cat by tearing it in half. Dunklin County prosecutors also have charged Zachary Burns with felony harassment. The Kennett Humane Department said a woman told police July 25 she saw Burns grab her cat and let his dog attack and kill the animal while Burns held the cat by its hind legs. The victim told police she could not stop Burns, who thought the killing of the cat "was funny."...
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Visiting artists Alejandra Mares, Juan Jose Huerta and Xavier Moreno to have exhibit at Catapult Creative House
(Entertainment ~ 08/04/17)
Now showing at the Catapult Creative House in Cape Girardeau is the artwork of Alejandra Mares, Juan Jose Huerta and Xavier Moreno. It's fresh off the press. The trio also will be there. They're fresh off a plane from Le--n, Mexico. Mares and Moreno, husband and wife, arrived a week ago, while Huerta arrived earlier this week for a month stay and a series of events that will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. ...
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Fewer international students expected at SEMO this fall
(Local News ~ 08/04/17)
International-student enrollment at Southeast Missouri State University is expected to drop for fall 2017, but that’s not cause for alarm just yet, according to university officials. Based on the number of applications received and approved visas so far, the number seems lower than last fall’s 992...
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Fighting a fire after lightning strike
(Local News ~ 08/04/17)
Fruitland Fire Department and surrounding area departments investigate a structure fire Thursday at 1461 County Road 442. Fruitland fire chief Rob Francis said residents of the home reported lightning struck the house and caused a fire in the attic. No injuries were reported...
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Cape city officials scrap plan for trolley rails sculpture
(Local News ~ 08/04/17)
The city of Cape Girardeau has scrapped a plan to create a downtown sculpture out of rusted trolley rails, Mayor Harry Rediger said Thursday. “It’s right now a dead issue,” the mayor said. Rediger had championed the proposed sculpture, suggesting only a few weeks ago the city apply for a federal grant to fund 50 percent of the estimated $40,000 to $60,000 cost of the project...
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Testimony focuses on man who confessed to killing Sheila Box
(Local News ~ 08/04/17)
HILLSBORO, Mo. — Testimony on Thursday centered around Romanze Mosby, the man who confessed to the 2000 murder of Sheila Box, during the second day of David Robinson’s case review. Robinson was convicted in 2001 of killing Box in Sikeston, Missouri. He continues to serve a life sentence without the possibility of parole but is hoping a series of hearings going on now will lead to his exoneration...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/04/17)
Today in History Today is Friday, Aug. 4, the 216th day of 2017. There are 149 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 4, 1892, businessman Andrew Borden and his wife, Abby, were axed to death in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts. Lizzie Borden, Andrew's daughter from a previous marriage, was accused of the killings, but acquitted at trial...
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The animals in our lives, and how they amaze us
(Column ~ 08/04/17)
Spoiler alert: Today, this space is devoted to wildlife, and not-so-wild life, including a bit about our goofy cat, Missy Kitty. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. ...
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Community rallies behind K-9 needs
(Column ~ 08/04/17)
I attended a terrific concert recently at our River Campus that turned into a celebration of success in that we as a community have achieved our goal to fund four dogs for our K-9 unit of the Cape Girardeau Police Department. I will write more about the concert later in this column, but first I want to develop the thinking and process behind this fundraising effort within our great city of Cape Girardeau...
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Sales tax holiday provides shoppers significant savings
(Editorial ~ 08/04/17)
Everybody loves a tax break. That’s why this weekend is so appealing for shoppers who are preparing for the start of a new school year. From today through Sunday, Missouri is making certain back-to-school items exempt of its 4.225 percent state sales tax to help parents, students and teachers in the purchase of classroom supplies, clothing and some electronics...
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German court rules against 'Spaghetti Monster'
(International News ~ 08/04/17)
BERLIN -- A German court has ruled local authorities may prevent the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster from advertising its "noodle Masses" at the entrance to an eastern town. It's standard practice in Germany for small signs at the entrance to towns to announce there's a Lutheran or Catholic church and detail when it holds services. The "Spaghetti Monster" group, an organization that criticizes religion as intolerant, wanted permission to do the same in Templin, northeast of Berlin...
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N. Korean missile tests spook neighbors, but 'what to do?'
(International News ~ 08/04/17)
YOKOSUKA, Japan -- North Korea's flurry of missile launches -- 20 of them in the past year -- is a new and alarming fact of life for Japan and its other neighbors. But Pyongyang's recent demonstrations of its capacity to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles, while worrying, are drawing shrugs from many in the region who reckon there's not much anyone can do about them...
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Showdown set in Venezuela as new assembly prepares for power
(International News ~ 08/04/17)
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela is nearing a showdown, with President Nicolas Maduro vowing to install a new constituent assembly that will trump every other branch of government and opposition leaders calling for a mass protest to ensure delegates know their arrival is unwelcome...
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Hacker who helped stop global cyberattack arrested
(National News ~ 08/04/17)
LAS VEGAS -- Marcus Hutchins, a young British researcher credited with derailing a global cyberattack in May, was arrested on charges of creating and distributing malicious software designed to collect bank-account passwords, U.S. authorities said Thursday...
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Girlfriend whose texts urged suicide gets 15 months in jail
(National News ~ 08/04/17)
TAUNTON, Mass. -- A young woman who as a teenager encouraged her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in dozens of text messages and told him to "get back in" a truck filled with toxic gas was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in jail for involuntary manslaughter...
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2 tons of ivory crushed to protest illegal trade
(National News ~ 08/04/17)
NEW YORK -- Trinkets, statues and jewelry crafted from the tusks of at least 100 slaughtered elephants were fed Thursday into a rock crusher in Central Park to demonstrate the state's commitment to smashing the illegal ivory trade. The artifacts placed ceremoniously onto a conveyor belt to be ground into dust included piles of golf-ball-sized Japanese sculptures, called netsuke, intricately carved into monkeys, rabbits and other fanciful designs. ...
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Husband of doctor lost in Grand Canyon says water ran out
(National News ~ 08/04/17)
The husband of a Texas doctor said Thursday she died at the bottom of the Grand Canyon after she ran out of water and grew dizzy from heat exhaustion on a hike with their daughter and a nephew. Scott Beadle said in a Facebook post Dr. Sarah Beadle, 38, died Wednesday afternoon while hiking with the two school-aged children who were later found safe...
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Scientists ID tiny prehistoric sea worm with 50 head spines
(National News ~ 08/04/17)
WASHINGTON -- Long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, a bizarre creature with a Venus flytrap-like head swam the seas. Scientists have uncovered fossils of a tiny, faceless, prehistoric sea worm with 50 spines jutting out of its head. When some unsuspecting critter came too close, its jaw-like spines snapped together, and dinner was served...
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Flynn details tie to data firm, transition pay
(National News ~ 08/04/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's former national-security adviser, Michael Flynn, is revealing a brief advisory role with a firm related to a controversial data-analysis company that aided the Trump campaign, The Associated Press has learned. The disclosure of Flynn's link to Cambridge Analytica will come in an amended public financial filing in which the retired U.S. ...
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Military scrambles for transgender policy after Trump tweets
(National News ~ 08/04/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's tweets declaring transgender people unwelcome in the armed forces have plunged the Pentagon into a legal and moral quagmire, sparking a flurry of meetings to devise a new policy that could lead to hundreds of service members being discharged...
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Sessions cracks down on cities over immigration enforcement
(National News ~ 08/04/17)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Attorney General Jeff Sessions took new steps Thursday to punish cities he believes are not cooperating with federal immigration agents in a move that was met with bewilderment by local officials who said they did not know why they were being singled out...
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Trump talked tersely with leaders of Mexico, Australia
(National News ~ 08/04/17)
WASHINGTON -- Transcripts of President Donald Trump's conversations with the leaders of Mexico and Australia in January offer new details on how the president parried with the leaders over the politics of the border wall and refugee policy -- with random asides on such subjects as drug abuse in New Hampshire...
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NTSB investigates blast that killed 2 at Minneapolis school
(National News ~ 08/04/17)
MINNEAPOLIS -- Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board were sent to a Minneapolis school Thursday to look into an apparent natural-gas explosion and partial building collapse that killed two people and injured at least nine, including one critically...
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Mueller using grand jury in Russia probe
(National News ~ 08/04/17)
WASHINGTON -- Special Counsel Robert Mueller is using a grand jury in Washington as part of an investigation into potential coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia, a person familiar with the probe said Thursday. The use of a grand jury, a standard prosecution tool in criminal investigations, suggests Mueller and his team of investigators are likely to hear from witnesses and demand documents in the coming weeks and months...
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Out of the past: Aug. 4
(Out of the Past ~ 08/04/17)
The Cape Girardeau City Council yesterday voted to study spending excess tourism funds on a proposal to turn the St. Vincent's College property into a museum and Civil War interpretive center. The council unanimously approved the measure despite the objections of some members who said it was a "slap in the face" to the city's Convention and Visitors Advisory Board...
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Harold Stevenson
(Obituary ~ 08/04/17)
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Harold Lloyd Stevenson, 79, of Tucson, formerly of Elco, Illinois, died Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, at Tucson Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are pending at Crain Funeral Home in Anna, Illinois.
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June Gallagher
(Obituary ~ 08/04/17)
DEKALB, Texas -- June Parsons Gallagher, 97, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, July 31, 2017, in DeKalb. June was born May 30, 1920, in Morley, Missouri, the daughter of Virgil Lee and Gertrude Alexander Parsons. She proudly served her country in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a nurse...
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Paula Eickelman
(Obituary ~ 08/04/17)
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. -- Paula Maree Eickelman, 89, of Collinsville, formerly of Tamms, Illinois, died Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, at her home. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with Larry Buckles officiating. Interment will follow at St. John's Cemetery in Dongola, Illinois...
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Edna Coad
(Obituary ~ 08/04/17)
Edna Ruth "Nell" Coad, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Monday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the church. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery...
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Jackson police report 8/4/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/04/17)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Summonses n Kelsey McMahon, 29, of Jackson was issued a summons for negligent burning. n Howard King, 59, of Jackson was issued a summons for affray. n Becky Williams, 35, of Jackson was issued a summons for affray...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 8/4/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/04/17)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Wednesday. n At 2:06 a.m., a call was dispatched and canceled en route to North Sprigg Street. n At 4:49 a.m., a motor-vehicle accident with injuries on Interstate 55...
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Cape Girardeau police report 8/4/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/04/17)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of distribution or delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia at South Fountain Street and Highway 74...
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BlackStar Film Festival to highlight themes of resistance
(Entertainment ~ 08/04/17)
PHILADELPHIA -- Filmmakers have joined the national conversation about race, policing and social protest and are gathering this week in Philadelphia to showcase stories of global struggle at the sixth annual BlackStar Film Festival. The black-cinema showcase opened Thursday and features more than a dozen films focusing on the theme of resistance -- a refrain that emerged repeatedly during the submission process, said festival founder Maori Karmael Holmes...
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Police videos are focus at St. Louis officer's trial
(State News ~ 08/04/17)
ST. LOUIS -- The FBI was asked to join the investigation into a white St. Louis police officer's fatal shooting of a black man after the department viewed dashboard and in-car camera videos from a chase that preceded the shooting, according to testimony Thursday in the officer's first-degree murder trial...
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McCaskill plan to help vets exposed to mustard gas passes
(State News ~ 08/04/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A measure headed to President Donald Trump’s desk could help World War II veterans exposed to mustard gas by the military, Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill said Thursday. The measure, which the Senate passed as part of another bill to expand college aid for military veterans, would require the Veterans Affairs Department to reconsider disability benefits denied to those who claimed the testing caused health problems...
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Tunes at Twilight to return next week for final summer concerts
(Entertainment ~ 08/04/17)
The second half of Old Town Cape's Tunes at Twilight summer concert series will continue beginning next week at the Common Pleas Courthouse gazebo in Cape Girardeau. All concerts are scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. Performers will be: n Aug. 11, Tommy Halloran Band...
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#SemoSelfie 8/4/17
(Entertainment ~ 08/04/17)
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Best Bet: Annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo to be held next week
(Entertainment ~ 08/04/17)
The state’s largest rodeo will feature the best in Professional Cowboy Rodeo Association talent starting Wednesday. There will be long-round American bullfighting Thursday and short-round American bullfighting Aug. 11 and a show the night of Aug. 12, with gates opening at 6 p.m. and action beginning at 7 p.m. A concert by a top Nashville, Tennessee, music entertainer will follow the last rodeo event each evening. Tickets are available online at sikestonrodeo.com or by calling (800) 455-BULL.
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Artifacts 8/4/17
(Entertainment ~ 08/04/17)
Bollinger County Museum of Natural History will host Peggy Hill, professor of physics at Southeast Missouri State University, as she discusses the coming Aug. 21 total eclipse, why it's special, what causes eclipses and safe eclipse-observation techniques. ...
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First Friday receptions 8/4/17
(Entertainment ~ 08/04/17)
The Arts Council will host a cookies-and-punch reception for the students of Southeast Missouri State University's 2017 Summer Art Academy Exhibition and patrons. A "paper moon" will be available for patrons to take a photo with. New works will be on display from the Visual Arts Cooperative. The August window exhibitors will be Tim Vollink and Jean Rissover...
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Births 8/4/17
(Births ~ 08/04/17)
Daughter to John Latty Browne and Jennifer Nicole Sinn of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 2:41 a.m. Tuesday, July 25, 2017. Name, Harper Monroe. Weight, 6 pounds, 3 ounces. First child. Sinn is the daughter of Stacie Sinn of Tamms, Illinois, and Jason Smith of Anna, Illinois. She is employed by The Bar LLC. Browne is the son of John Browne and Deb Browne of Cape Girardeau. He owns Coin-Op Cantina...
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Prayer 8/4/17
(Prayer ~ 08/04/17)
Lord Jesus, we praise you, our loving God full of grace and truth. Amen.
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Andrew and Canzada Moore family reunion
(Submitted Story ~ 08/04/17)
The annual Andrew and Canzada Moore family reunion will be held Sunday August 13, 2017 at noon in the Red Star Activity Center, 1316 N Main Street. The center is located across the street from the former Red Star Baptist Church. If you have any questions please contact Karla @ 573-266-3300...
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