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Floodwaters drop in Houston as Harvey takes a second swipe
(National News ~ 08/31/17)
HOUSTON -- Harvey's floodwaters started dropping across much of the Houston area and the sun came out Wednesday in a glimmer of hope for the stricken city, even as the storm doubled back toward land and pounded communities farther east, near the Texas-Louisiana line...
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Council keeps Brant as Scott City mayor; he held tie-breaking vote
(Local News ~ 08/31/17)
Norman Brant will continue to serve as Scott City mayor until April after the City Council narrowly agreed to it Wednesday, with Brant having the power to vote for himself twice and break a tie. Brant said under state law, he was allowed to vote as a councilman and then vote as the mayor to break a 4-4 tie. The decision was made informally, as no roll-call vote was taken after it was clear Brant had the votes to stay on as mayor...
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Locals gear up for Harvey relief efforts
(Local News ~ 08/31/17)
Several organizations in Cape Girardeau are readying to join relief workers in the wake of Tropical Storm Harvey, but many people aren't going just yet. Bill Adams with the Cape Girardeau Baptist Association said his team of about 10 people is on standby until flood waters recede enough to assess damage in Houston...
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BBQ to the rescue: Cape pit manufacturer deploys equipment to Houston
(Local News ~ 08/31/17)
Cape Girardeau barbecue pit manufacturer Ole Hickory Pits is using barbecue to help southeast Texas residents displaced by Tropical Storm Harvey. "Typically, it's just coffee and doughnuts, but these people need some protein," said David Knight, president of Ole Hickory Pits. "This is the worst day of their life."...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/31/17)
Today in History Today is Thursday, Aug. 31, the 243rd day of 2017. There are 122 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 31, 1997, Prince Charles brought Princess Diana home for the last time, escorting the body of his former wife to a Britain that was shocked, grief-stricken and angered by her death in a Paris traffic accident earlier that day...
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Officials grapple with Confederate names on schools
(Community ~ 08/31/17)
With a new school year dawning, education officials are grappling with whether to remove the names, images and statues of Confederate figures from public schools -- especially because some are filled with students of color. The violence at a white-nationalist rally over a Robert E. ...
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Beginning of World War II
(Column ~ 08/31/17)
At 4:45 in the morning of Sept. 1, 1939, falsely claiming Germany had been attacked by Poland, Adolf Hitler ordered a massive attack and invasion of Poland. Nazi air, land, naval and air forces numbering 1.5 million troops attacked along Poland's western border, attacked Polish airfields, and attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. The attack on Poland was not the first German aggression...
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Teenage lifeguards' life-saving actions a reminder of CPR value
(Editorial ~ 08/31/17)
July 11, 2017, could have been remembered for all the wrong reasons. It could have gone down as a dark day where a young girl lost her life in a public swimming facility in Cape Girardeau, followed by all the dark aftermath that accompany such tragedies -- heartbreaking headlines, a procession of tears, ceaseless guilt and finger pointing...
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Out of the past: Aug. 31
(Out of the Past ~ 08/31/17)
Enrollment figures at Cape Girardeau's public schools are up 173 students over the start of last year and still climbing. Thursday's count was 4,350 students, compared to 4,274 on the first day of school last year; by Monday, attendance had grown to 4,447...
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Richard Moss
(Obituary ~ 08/31/17)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Richard D. Moss, 73, of Tamms died Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Arrangements are pending at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms.
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Martha Bollinger
(Obituary ~ 08/31/17)
Martha E. Bollinger, 87, of Jackson died Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Funeral Home-Jackson. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sedgewickville, Missouri...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 8/31/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/31/17)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Tuesday n Medical assists at 12:17 a.m. on Brenda Kay Court; 1:01 a.m. on South West End Boulevard; 2:40 a.m. on Oak Lei Drive; 7:33 a.m. on South Sprigg Street; 9:41 a.m. on Linden Street; 11:11 a.m. on South Silver Springs Road; 12:55 p.m. on North Silver Springs Road; 5 p.m. on Linden Street; 5:12 p.m. on Jefferson Avenue; 7:26 p.m. on North Main Street; and 11:02 p.m. on South Henderson Avenue...
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Cape Girardeau police report 8/31/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/31/17)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Tiana J. Lewis, 22, of Pulaski, Illinois, was arrested at South Park Avenue and Merriwether Street on three Cape Girardeau County warrants...
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Hawley extends opioid investigation to 7 more companies
(State News ~ 08/31/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is widening his investigation of opioid manufacturers. Hawley, a Republican, said Wednesday he is asking seven additional companies for information related to their opioid marketing practices and their involvement with industry organizations that promote opioids. ...
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Busch family to buy Grant's Farm
(State News ~ 08/31/17)
ST. LOUIS — Five members of the Busch family say they will purchase Grant’s Farm and keep the St. Louis County attraction free and open to the public. The announcement Wednesday ends a two-year dispute among siblings of the family that founded the Anheuser-Busch brewery. ...
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Fair St. Louis returning to Gateway Arch grounds in 2018
(State News ~ 08/31/17)
ST. LOUIS — With renovations of the Gateway Arch grounds nearly complete, one of the nation’s largest Fourth of July celebrations is moving back to its original location. Organizers of Fair St. Louis announced Wednesday the 2018 event will return to the Arch grounds after four years at Forest Park. ...
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Sikeston woman charged with manslaughter in death of bicyclist
(State News ~ 08/31/17)
SIKESTON, Mo. — A 27-year-old Sikeston woman is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a bicyclist, with police saying she smoked synthetic marijuana prior to the accident. The Sikeston Standard Democrat reported Alonda Harris was driving down a Sikeston street Saturday afternoon when she struck 56-year-old Donnell Johnson of Sikeston, who died from his injuries. ...
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Results from 2 Missouri high-school tests tossed
(State News ~ 08/31/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri education officials Wednesday said results from two statewide tests can't be used to gauge how well public-school districts are educating high-school students. Education commissioner Margie Vandeven told reporters the high-school Algebra I and English II end-of-course assessments from this past school year are being tossed out because they lacked "year-to-year comparisons." They won't be used as part of accountability metrics to determine how well schools are doing and whether they've progressed over time.. ...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 8/31/17
(Local News ~ 08/31/17)
Approval of minutes n Minutes of the Aug. 28 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on agenda Routine business...
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Trump makes it more difficult to rebuild for future floods
(National News ~ 08/31/17)
WASHINGTON -- Two weeks before Harvey's flood waters engulfed Houston, President Donald Trump quietly rolled back an order by his predecessor that would have made it easier for storm-ravaged communities to use federal emergency aid to rebuild bridges, roads and other structures so they can withstand future disasters better...
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U.S. clears first 'living drug' for tough childhood leukemia
(National News ~ 08/31/17)
WASHINGTON -- Opening a new era in cancer care, the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first treatment that genetically engineers patients' blood cells into an army of assassins to seek and destroy childhood leukemia. The CAR-T cell treatment developed by Novartis Pharmaceuticals and the University of Pennsylvania is the first type of gene therapy to hit the U.S. ...
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Trump says 'talking is not the answer' with North Korea
(National News ~ 08/31/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said Wednesday that "talking is not the answer" to North Korea, after it upped the stakes in its standoff with Washington by calling for more weapons launches in the Pacific. Trump's morning tweet followed a provocative North Korean missile test Tuesday that flew over Japan, a close American ally...
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Postal workers charged with taking bribes to deliver drugs
(National News ~ 08/31/17)
ATLANTA -- Sixteen postal workers in Atlanta and the surrounding area accepted bribes to deliver packages of cocaine, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. In exchange for bribery payments, the postal workers provided special addresses on their routes where the drugs could be shipped, then intercepted the packages and delivered them to a person they believed was a drug trafficker using the postal system to ship kilograms of cocaine at a time into the area, federal prosecutor John Horn said...
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Trump pushes tax plan to 'bring back Main Street'
(National News ~ 08/31/17)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- President Donald Trump launched his fall push to overhaul the nation's tax system by pledging Wednesday the details-to-come plan would "bring back Main Street" by reducing the tax burden on middle-class Americans, making a populist appeal for a proposal expected to heavily benefit corporate America...
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Pot shop clashes with tourism stores in eclectic Alaska town
(National News ~ 08/31/17)
TALKEETNA, Alaska -- The presence of a marijuana retail store has caused a deep divide in this quirky tourist town, where hundreds of visitors roam the streets daily browsing in art galleries and souvenir shops housed in historic cabins. Most of Talkeetna's stores line the two long blocks that make up its Main Street, where tourists -- many of whom arrive in Alaska on cruise ships and are bused about two hours north from Anchorage -- wander into storefronts such as Nagley's General Store for ice cream or slip through its back door for a cold one at the West Rib Bar and Grill.. ...
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A torn Trump still weighing fate of young immigrants
(National News ~ 08/31/17)
WASHINGTON -- With a deadline looming, President Donald Trump remains torn over the fate of hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children -- a decision that will draw fury no matter what he decides...
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U.S. disrupts evacuation of IS militants in Syria
(International News ~ 08/31/17)
BEIRUT -- The U.S.-led coalition said Wednesday it carried out airstrikes to disrupt a convoy of Islamic State militants being evacuated from the Lebanon-Syria border to an IS-held area in eastern Syria near Iraq, without targeting the evacuees themselves...
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Princes William, Harry honor Diana's charity work
(Community ~ 08/31/17)
LONDON -- Princes William and Harry on Wednesday visited a memorial garden dedicated to Princess Diana to pay tribute to their mother's charity work on the eve of the 20th anniversary of her death. The royals, accompanied by William's wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, huddled under umbrellas in pouring rain as they strolled through the Sunken Garden, which is planted with white flowers and dedicated to the princess at her former home, where she would stroll by and ask the gardeners about their ever-changing displays.. ...
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Mark Hamill talks about Luke Skywalker's return, losing Carrie Fisher
(Entertainment ~ 08/31/17)
NEW YORK -- When we last saw Mark Hamill in the "Star Wars" saga, he was a mysterious, hooded figure on a jagged, remote island off the coast of Ireland. "For a cameo that brief, boy, did they make me work," Hamill jokes. But in "The Last Jedi," which Disney will release Dec. 15, Hamill plays a much larger role. "Star Wars" will buzz again -- 34 years later -- with its original hero. Luke Skywalker is back...
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Top EU lawmaker says Brexit delays raise need for transition
(International News ~ 08/31/17)
BRUSSELS -- The European Parliament's top Brexit official said Wednesday the slow progress of the divorce proceedings between the European Union and Britain has ensured the prospect of a prolonged transition period is gaining traction. Over the summer, there's been growing talk on both sides of the need for a transition period after the March 2019 Brexit deadline that will see Britain more or less replicate its current arrangements with the EU to avoid a so-called "cliff edge" scenario, whereby the country crashes out of the bloc with no trade deal.. ...
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Shivering girl, 3, clinging to drowned mom
(National News ~ 08/31/17)
DALLAS -- A shivering 3-year-old girl found clinging to the body of her drowned mother in a rain-swollen canal in southeast Texas likely was saved by her mom's effort to carry her child to safety from Harvey's floods, police said Wednesday. Beaumont police identified the mother as 41-year-old Colette Sulcer and said her daughter was being treated for hypothermia but doing well...
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'Hell's breaking loose': A 911 center under siege by Harvey
(National News ~ 08/31/17)
HOUSTON -- Some of the callers are panicking; others exude a strange serenity. One moment, Harvey's floodwaters are pouring into a home; the next, a motorist is trapped on an inundated interstate. A woman goes into labor in a washed-out neighborhood; a split-second later, a family seeks rescue from their attic. The pleas for help stream in hour after hour, call after call after call...
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Troubled Indian hospital said 217 children died in August
(International News ~ 08/31/17)
LUCKNOW, India -- Death continues to haunt a government hospital in north India that came under fire earlier this month after dozens of babies died within two days. Dr. P.K. Singh, head of the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur city, said Wednesday at least 217 children died there in August alone for a variety of reasons, including an annual encephalitis outbreak...
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Entertainment briefs 8/31/2017
(Entertainment ~ 08/31/17)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- For a while, at least, Miss Vermont was far above the competition to become the next Miss America. A licensed pilot, Erin Connor flew herself from Burlington, Vermont, to an airport just outside Atlantic City on Sunday, three days before the contestants met the public in the annual welcoming ceremony on the famous Boardwalk. ...
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House GOP eyeing $1B disaster-funds cut to finance wall
(National News ~ 08/31/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is promising billions to help Texas rebuild from Harvey-caused epic flooding, but his Republican allies in the House are looking at cutting almost $1 billion from disaster accounts to help finance the president's border wall...
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Bird with a bad rep: Nature center to celebrate Vulture Day
(Local News ~ 08/31/17)
The word “vulture” conjures up a lot of images, mostly of an ugly bird hunched over roadkill on a highway shoulder. But there’s a lot more to these creatures, according to a naturalist at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center. Jordanya Brostoski, a self proclaimed “big nerd” about vultures, said she decided to begin International Vulture Awareness Day about two years ago...
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MLK's niece to speak at 2018 Lincoln Day dinner
(Local News ~ 08/31/17)
Alveda C. King, the niece of late civil-rights activist the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., will speak at the annual Lincoln Day dinner April 6 in Cape Girardeau. The Cape Girardeau County Republican Women’s Club, which hosts the event, announced the keynote speaker in a news release...
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Tiger is one of Sing Sing prison's last felines
(National News ~ 08/31/17)
OSSINING, N.Y. -- An orange tabby named Tiger enjoys his role as one of the last cats living at New York's Sing Sing Correctional Facility. The prison north of New York City once had hundreds of resident felines roaming its buildings and grounds. Fewer than a dozen remain. Tiger broke into the maximum-security facility about a decade ago. Tiger turns his nose up at tuna from the mess hall but gladly chows down on tuna inmates buy for him at the commissary...
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Learning briefs 8/31/17
(Community ~ 08/31/17)
Cape Girardeau Central graduate Beth Davey was named one of the six finalists for Missouri Teacher of the Year by the Missouri Department of Education. Davey, a 2008 graduate of Central, teaches music at Iveland Elementary in the Ritenour School District. ...
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Hooked on Science: Balloon in a bottle
(Community ~ 08/31/17)
n Balloon n Water bottle n STEP 1: Pour the water out of the water bottle. Describe the water by its observable properties. n STEP 2: Insert the balloon into the water bottle and pull the neck of the balloon over the outside of the bottle. Describe the air, inside the empty water bottle, by its observable properties...
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Prayer 8/31/17
(Prayer ~ 08/31/17)
O Lord Jesus, blessed Savior, may we always fix our eyes on you. Amen.
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Cruise for a Cure
(Submitted Story ~ 08/31/17)
Free Car Show on September 9 starting at 9:00 AM at the Jackson City Pool parking lot! No judging or classes – public donates to their car of choice for Best in Show! 1st, 2nd, 3rd Place Trophies Awarded at 2:00 PM. BBQ starting at 10:00 AM – hamburger or hot dog, chips, and drink for $5...
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Robyn Farrar joins 1st Class Travel team
(Submitted Story ~ 08/31/17)
Robyn Farrar, a Jackson, MO native and graduate, joins the team of 1st Class Travel, Cape Girardeau, MO. We are excited to have Robyn as an addition to our amazing team! She brings with her many years of superb customer service & office management skills...
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Early Morning Angler
(Submitted Story ~ 08/31/17)
Trail of Tears State Park
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Births 8/31/17
(Births ~ 08/31/17)
Son to Taylor N. Stokes and Jessica L. Blackwell of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 4:49 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017. Name, Corbin Taylor. Weight, 5 pounds, 9 ounces. Second child, first son. Blackwell is the daughter of Robert Blackwell Jr. of McClure, Illinois, and Tammy Nelson of Cape Girardeau. She is employed by J.C. Penney Salon. Stokes is the son of Roger Stokes and Anita Brandon of Jonesboro, Arkansas. He is employed by Drury Hotels...
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Increasing involvement: Cape school administrators strive to help students, families in need
(Community ~ 08/31/17)
Cape Girardeau's public schools are working to involve families in their students' school experience while supplying items for students' immediate needs. At Franklin Elementary School, where about 90 percent of students are on the free and reduced lunch program, there's a real need for students and families to have their basic needs addressed, said parent liaison Terri Wright, who runs a supply closet at the school...
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