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Teacher: Crash suspect idolized Hitler, Nazism
(National News ~ 08/14/17)
FLORENCE, Ky. -- The young man accused of plowing a car into a crowd of people protesting a white supremacist rally was fascinated with Nazism, idolized Adolf Hitler and had been singled out by school officials in the ninth grade for his "deeply held, radical" convictions on race, a former high-school teacher said Sunday...
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Business notebook: Rendleman Orchards' pop-up store thrives in Cape
(Business ~ 08/14/17)
In its 144th season, Alto Pass, Illinois-based Rendleman Orchards has established Cape Girardeau's newest produce stand. Michelle Sirles, who with her husband, company president Wayne Sirles, represent the fifth generation of Rendleman Orchards farmers, said the idea for the stand began as a few favors...
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Local astronomer will bring telescopes to Houck Field during eclipse
(Local News ~ 08/14/17)
Cape Girardeau amateur astronomer Dennis Vollink plans to take his mechanized telescopes to Houck Field on Aug. 21, where more than 3,000 spectators are expected to view the total eclipse. Vollink's telescopes typically are used for astrophotography, or the process of photographing objects in space...
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$34 million student housing project on schedule, developer says
(Local News ~ 08/14/17)
A student housing development on Lexington Avenue is on schedule, the project's Texas-based developer said Friday. Domus Development president Eric Jakimier said he was on the site Thursday and pleased by the progress after groundwork began in June...
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'Love, not hate': Area residents gather to sing, talk about racial issues after violence in Charlottesville
(Local News ~ 08/14/17)
After clashes between white nationalists and counterprotestors over the weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, a group of more than 40 area residents assembled for a Love, Not Hate event Sunday evening in Cape Girardeau's Common Pleas Courthouse Park...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/14/17)
Today in History Today is Monday, Aug. 14, the 226th day of 2017. There are 139 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 14, 1947, Pakistan became independent of British rule. On this date: In 1848, the Oregon Territory was created...
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MDC celebrates 80 years of preserving wildlife
(Editorial ~ 08/14/17)
We'd like to be among those extending birthday wishes to the Missouri Department of Conservation as it celebrates its 80th year. The MDC manages nearly 1 million acres in the state, with a mission of protecting and managing fish, forest and wildlife while also providing access to education and enjoyment for citizens. ...
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Speakout for 8/14/2017
(Speak Out ~ 08/14/17)
I would like to thank the person who turned my money clip in at Walmart. There are very few people who would have done that. Thank you. Thank you Cape Girardeau School Board. You could not have chosen a better person than Coach Terry Kitchen, Mr. orange and black. He is a man who has always put the students and athletes ahead of all. A great Christian leader, coach and person...
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Out of the past: Aug. 14
(Out of the Past ~ 08/14/17)
The oldest student at Southeast Missouri State University has enrolled again. Margorie Monahan, 82, is taking another class this fall; she says education and learning shouldn't be limited to any age group. Cape Girardeau's Jay Knudtson has been selected to be a referee for next week's United States Olympic Festival hockey tryouts in Lake Placid, New York. He is one of only three referees selected to attend the tryouts. Six linesmen were chosen from across the country...
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Cape County Commission agenda 8/14/17
(Local News ~ 08/14/17)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today Approval of minutes n Minutes of the Aug. 7 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on agenda Routine business...
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Births 8/14/17
(Births ~ 08/14/17)
Daughter to Aaron Stanley and Crystal Dawn Williams of Jackson, Southeast Hospital, 1:43 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Name, Zoey Foster. Weight, 6 pounds, 13.5 ounces. Third child. Mrs. Williams is the former Crystal Morton, daughter of Fred and Susan Vincel of Cape Girardeau. She is a kindergarten teacher with the Cape Girardeau School District. Williams is the son of Stan and Sandi Williams of Cape Girardeau and Lee and Stacy Wood of Land O' Lakes, Florida. He is an operator at BioKyowa...
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Karen Lipps
(Obituary ~ 08/14/17)
Karen Poston Lipps, 64, of Jackson died Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017, at Monticello House after an extended illness. She was born July 8, 1953, in Cape Girardeau to Rodney L. Poston Sr. and Virginia Smith Poston. She and Richard Lipps were married Aug. 23, 1984, in Paducah, Kentucky. He preceded her in death Aug. 7, 2013...
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Democratic attorneys general escalate legal fight against Trump
(National News ~ 08/14/17)
NEW YORK -- The Trump resistance movement cheered when Democratic attorneys general in several states sued to block the president's plan to bar travelers from some Muslim majority countries. But with far less fanfare in the months since, an emboldened coalition of Democratic state attorneys general has unleashed a torrent of lower-profile litigation they argue is necessary to protect public health, the environment and consumers from a Republican White House...
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White House scrambles to explain Trump's response to clashes
(National News ~ 08/14/17)
BEDMINSTER, N.J. -- The White House scrambled Sunday to elaborate on President Donald Trump's response to deadly, race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, as he came under bipartisan scolding for not clearly condemning white supremacists and other hate groups after the altercations...
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Tech-savvy world sees spike in vintage hardware stores
(State News ~ 08/14/17)
ST. LOUIS -- Humble mom-and-pop hardware stores are competing with megastores by meeting modern-day demand and vintage-rehab needs. Steve Schneider, 61, is the fourth generation of his family to preside over the 103-year-old New Market Hardware, and he said the formula hasn't changed. Customer service is key...
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'Annabelle' scares up $35M, jolting sleepy box office
(Entertainment ~ 08/14/17)
NEW YORK -- The "Conjuring" spinoff "Annabelle: Creation" scared up an estimated $35 million in North American theaters over the weekend, making it easily the top film and giving the lagging August box office a shot in the arm. The opening came close to matching the film's predecessor, "Annabelle," which opened with $37.1 million in October 2014. ...
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Utah Republicans divided in battle for Chaffetz's House seat
(National News ~ 08/14/17)
SALT LAKE CITY -- The Republican race to fill a Utah congressional seat abandoned by Jason Chaffetz is pitting the party establishment, which is backing a popular mayor with a Democratic past, against further-right conservatives who are divided between two candidates with support from national GOP heavy-hitters...
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'Meet a Muslim' events hope to dispel misconceptions
(National News ~ 08/14/17)
FREMONT, Calif. -- When Moina Shaiq realized even her friends were scared to ask her about her religion for fear of offending her or sounding uneducated, she put an advertisement in a California newspaper: "Questions and answers about being Muslim."...
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Venezuela expected to dominate Pence's Latin American trip
(National News ~ 08/14/17)
WASHINGTON -- Vice President Mike Pence's visit to Latin America comes amid unrest in Venezuela and concern by its neighbors about a possible American military role. Pence planned to meet with Colombia's president, Juan Manuel Santos, late Sunday at the start of a weeklong trip likely to be dominated by conversations about the crisis in Venezuela...
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Texas doctor seeks to stop child abuse before it can happen
(National News ~ 08/14/17)
FORT WORTH, Texas -- A Texas doctor believes a modeling system that's successfully identified neighborhoods, streets and even specific businesses where shootings and other crimes likely will occur can help stop child abuse and neglect before it happens...
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Alabama's U.S. Senate race all about Trump love, swamp hate
(National News ~ 08/14/17)
PIKE ROAD, Ala. -- On a humid afternoon, U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, on his campaign bus named the Drain the Swamp Express, pulled into a central Alabama farmer's market and said he is the true conservative to help enact the agenda of President Donald Trump...
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U.S. officials says confrontation with North Korea not imminent
(National News ~ 08/14/17)
WASHINGTON -- Senior U.S. national-security officials said Sunday a military confrontation with North Korea's is not imminent, but they cautioned the possibility of war is greater than it was a decade ago. CIA director Mike Pompeo and Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, President Donald Trump's national-security adviser, tried to provide assurances a conflict is avoidable while supporting Trump's tough talk...
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Lion rescued from Syria zoo gives birth in Jordan reserve
(International News ~ 08/14/17)
SOUF, Jordan -- The odds had been stacked against Hajar, a lion cub born hours after her mother, Dana, rescued from a defunct zoo in war-torn Syria, was released into a wildlife reserve in Jordan. Dana and 12 other animals, including four other lions, two bears and two tigers, had barely survived under harsh conditions in the Syrian city of Aleppo, until a few months ago a major battleground in the country's civil war...
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Kuwait battles oil spill in Persian Gulf waters
(International News ~ 08/14/17)
KUWAIT CITY -- Kuwait battled Sunday to control an oil spill off its southern coast that stained its beaches, threatened to damage power plants and water stations and left long, black slicks in the Persian Gulf. It remained unclear where the spill originated, though Kuwait said it didn't look as if the spill came from its oil fields...
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Rescuers pull out 13 bodies after landslide hits north India
(International News ~ 08/14/17)
DHARAMSALA, India -- Soldiers and rescue workers in northern India pulled out 13 bodies from two buses buried in mud from a landslide that was triggered Sunday by heavy monsoon rains. Police said more victims still may be found in the debris. The landslide in Urla village in Himachal Pradesh state buried part of a highway, trapping two buses, two cars and a motorbike, said district official Sandeep Kadam...
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Almanac: Plenty of cold, snow for this winter for Northeast, cold in Midwest
(National News ~ 08/14/17)
LEWISTON, Maine -- Northeasterners, keep your mittens, boots and show shovel handy. The Farmer's Almanac that goes on sale this week predicts a snowy winter from Maryland to Maine, with five coastal storms to bring winter misery to the region. The publication, in its 200th year, isn't afraid to go out on a limb with long-term weather forecasts that rely on a formula founder David Young first used in 1818 that utilizes sunspots, tidal action and other factors shunned by modern scientists...
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Detroit luring manufacturers to industrial park, vacant land
(Business ~ 08/14/17)
DETROIT -- Inside a fenced construction site on Detroit's east side, heavy machines are digging, shoving and hauling away tons of dirt in preparations for the latest addition to the city's industrial landscape. Auto parts supplier Flex-N-Gate is expected to bring 750 jobs to Detroit when it completes its 350,000-square-foot plant at the Interstate 94 Industrial Park...
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Procter & Gamble takes calculated risk with 'The Talk' ad
(Business ~ 08/14/17)
It's a simple message: Beware of racism in the United States. But Procter & Gamble took a calculated risk with its ad that features black mothers speaking to children about racial bias through the decades. The company said it knew there might be a backlash -- and the ad has been criticized as being anti-police or anti-white...
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Teen girl hurt in crash near Leopold
(Local News ~ 08/14/17)
A 15-year-old girl was taken to a hospital after a single-vehicle crash late Saturday on Bollinger County Road 416 south of Leopold, Missouri, according to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report stated the vehicle, a 1993 Chevrolet pickup truck, sustained extensive damage and overturned when the driver, Hannah R. Thiele, 16, of Marble Hill, Missouri, ran off the roadway...
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Cape motorcyclist in critical condition after crash
(Local News ~ 08/14/17)
A Cape Girardeau motorcyclist was seriously injured Sunday afternoon in a collision with a sport-utility vehicle on Hawthorne Road, according to Cape Girardeau Police Sgt. Rick Schmidt. Schmidt said the driver of the motorcycle was thrown after the collision with the SUV and later was taken to a hospital in critical condition...
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Safe House for Women has successful hygiene product drive
(Local News ~ 08/14/17)
A recent supply drive yielded well over 700 hygiene products for the Safe House for Women in Cape Girardeau, including soap, shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant and laundry detergent. Jessica Hill, Safe House executive director, said while the hygiene-items drive was successful, other ongoing efforts are underway...
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Concrete work on streets soon will begin in several Jackson neighborhoods
(Local News ~ 08/14/17)
Eight neighborhoods in Jackson have been pinpointed as needing concrete paving repairs that soon will be underway, the city engineer said. Fronabarger Concreters Inc. of Oak Ridge will conduct the repairs, which should cost close to $227,000, according to an Aug. 7 memo from Jackson city engineer Clint Brown to the mayor and board of aldermen...
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People on the move 8/14/17
(Business ~ 08/14/17)
Colin Dame and Jason Jaco joined Canedy Sign and Graphics as regional sales consultants. Dame earned his Bachelor of General Studies degree from Southeast Missouri State University in 2014 and brings to Canedy Sign and Graphics a customer- service and sales background...
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Sheriff's office to auction century-old machine gun
(National News ~ 08/14/17)
NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio -- A sheriff's office is auctioning a nearly century-old machine gun to help pay for new weapons for deputies. An expert estimated the Thompson Model 1921's value at $37,000. The weapon was bought by Tuscarawas County Sheriff Abe Laird in 1934. Lt. Brian Alford said it was a popular law-enforcement weapon during Depression-era mine riots. Alford said the weapon is cleaned several times a year. He said he was the last person to fire the weapon five years ago...
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Cape Girardeau police report 8/14/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/14/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Sultan Aldhafeeri, 32, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated at North Sprigg and Bertling streets...
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Prayer 8/14/17
(Prayer ~ 08/14/17)
Lord Jesus, thank you for loving us and providing eternal salvation through you. Amen.
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United Way Plans Fun Surprises for 2017 Campaign Kickoff
(Submitted Story ~ 08/14/17)
United Way of Southeast Missouri promises a few fun changes and surprises to those who attend the organization’s 2017 Campaign Kickoff. This year’s event will look very different from previous kickoffs. In years past, United Way has invited the public to enjoy a free sandwich at the local cinema. This year the ticketed event includes a more formal lunch and venue. The event to launch the annual community drive will be August 24th from 11a.m.-1p.m. at the Isle Event Center...
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