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Delta Regional Authority to invest $2.4M to aid economic development in region
(Local News ~ 10/04/17)
The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) will invest $2.4 million to help fund six economic development projects in Southeast Missouri, state and federal officials announced Tuesday. The DRA partnerships will support public and private investments that combined will provide $8 million to support development in the region, the organization said in a news release...
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Cha-ching! Downtown merchants reap unprecedented rewards from busy weekend
(Local News ~ 10/04/17)
A whirlwind lineup of community events brought proved a boon to downtown Cape Girardeau restaurants and merchants over the weekend. Annie Laurie's had its best day ever. "I mean, every day is the best day ever at Annie Laurie's," owner Laurie Everett said. "But [Saturday] was the best sales day we've ever had in our 11 years."...
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State declares test results for schools invalid
(Local News ~ 10/04/17)
English and algebra tests taken in schools across Missouri last year are moot this year for comparative purposes, as the state government has declared the scores invalid because of problems with a new vendor. Sarah Potter, communications coordinator for the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, said by phone Friday the end-of-course assessments, or EOCs, for English II and Algebra I scores were not comparable to past year's assessments...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/04/17)
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Oct. 4, the 277th day of 2017. There are 88 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into orbit. The family sitcom "Leave It to Beaver" premiered on CBS...
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Wrong on anthem kneel
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/04/17)
There are two separate but connected issues in the recent NFL/Trump controversy. The first issue is Trump injecting himself into the business of the NFL, a private organization, and telling the owners to fire anyone who kneels before the flag. The fact is, this borderless person has no business to get into a business that is not his business to get into. ...
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Breast cancer month puts spotlight on stories of hope
(Editorial ~ 10/04/17)
The diagnosis of cancer can be among the loneliest feelings a person can encounter in this world. It's the personal whisper or scream of one's mortality. Karen Drury heard it at age 52 when she was diagnosed with Stage 0 breast cancer, and Jamie Crowell received her diagnosis call of Stage II before a business meeting...
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Another Wells Fargo CEO faces an angry Congress
(National News ~ 10/04/17)
NEW YORK -- A different Wells Fargo chief executive met a similar kind of anger from Congress on Tuesday, with politicians from both major parties saying they feel the bank has done little to change its culture since a scandal over its sales practices...
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Lawmakers grill former Equifax chairman over data breach
(National News ~ 10/04/17)
WASHINGTON -- House Republicans and Democrats on Tuesday grilled Equifax's former chief executive over the massive data hack of the personal information of 145 million Americans, calling the company's response inadequate as consumers struggle to deal with the breach...
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Tom Petty a rock classicist from the beginning
(Entertainment ~ 10/04/17)
NEW YORK -- Given the leather jacket and sneer Tom Petty wore on the cover of his 1976 debut, many people assumed he was one of those cheeky punks bent on tearing down the walls of rock 'n' roll. He wasn't. It's not that Petty and his band, the Heartbreakers, didn't have their share of energy and attitude. But the kid from Gainesville, Florida, was a rock classicist to the core, and he built a body of work to stand with his heroes...
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Court ruling favors Planned Parenthood in Missouri
(State News ~ 10/04/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A federal appeals court ruling has opened the door for Planned Parenthood to pursue abortion licenses in more areas of Missouri. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday lifted a temporary stay that had allowed the state to continue enforcing certain abortion requirements while appealing a lower court's ruling the requirements infringed on women's abortion rights. The appeals court didn't explain its decision...
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Out of the past: Oct. 4
(Out of the Past ~ 10/04/17)
The congregation of Trinity Lutheran Church at Egypt Mills celebrates the 125th anniversary of the church. the Rev. Donald D. Loesch of Immanuel Lutheran Church at Perryville, Missouri, is guest speaker in the morning, while professor Milton H. Riemer of Concordia Lutheran College in Austin, Texas, speaks in the afternoon...
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Jerry Moran
(Obituary ~ 10/04/17)
Jerry Lynn Moran, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born Jan. 30, 1941, in Perry County, Missouri, to Edwin and Alma Loberg Moran. He and Patricia Logsdon were married June 5, 1964, at Cape Girardeau...
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Eva Kelley
(Obituary ~ 10/04/17)
Eva A. Kelley, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, at Riverview at the Park Care and Rehabilitation in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Eva was born Oct. 5, 1924, in Delta to Harry and Mayme Adele Niswonger Ikerman. She and Shannon Wallace Kelley were married Aug. 3, 1946, in Cape Girardeau...
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Sharon Fuller
(Obituary ~ 10/04/17)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Sharon Elaine Fuller, 69, of Marble Hill entered into rest Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. She was born Feb. 11, 1948, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Frank B. and Wilma B. Wilson Matthews. Sharon worked as a lead-line technician for Proctor & Gamble and was a member of Marble Hill United Methodist Church, where she sang in the choir...
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Sue Clippard
(Obituary ~ 10/04/17)
Verla Sue Clippard, 71, of Oak Ridge died Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Jackson police report 10/4/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/04/17)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Edward Pierce, 39, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle while driver's license revoked, receiving stolen property and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia...
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Cape Girardeau police report 10/4/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/04/17)
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 theft at 307 N. Pacific St. n Tyler R. Banks, 19, 1714 Montgomery St., was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for stealing...
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Residents say tests find toxic chemicals after plant fire
(National News ~ 10/04/17)
DALLAS -- Tests detected toxic substances in soil, water and ash samples taken from residents' property miles away from a Houston-area chemical plant that flooded during Hurricane Harvey, caught fire and partially exploded, according to a class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday...
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Republicans say Trump denied deal with Dems on Dreamers
(National News ~ 10/04/17)
WASHINGTON -- GOP lawmakers who dined with Donald Trump at the White House said Tuesday the president denied making a deal with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to protect immigrants brought here illegally as children...
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Vegas gunman transferred $100K, set up cameras at hotel room
(National News ~ 10/04/17)
LAS VEGAS -- The Las Vegas gunman transferred $100,000 overseas in the days before the attack and planned the massacre so meticulously, he even set up cameras inside the peephole of his high-rise hotel room and on a service cart outside his door, apparently to spot anyone coming for him, authorities said Tuesday...
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Ties threatened: US orders 15 Cuban diplomats to leave
(National News ~ 10/04/17)
WASHINGTON -- The United States expelled 15 of Cuba's diplomats Tuesday to protest its failure to protect Americans from unexplained attacks in Havana, plunging diplomatic ties between the countries to levels unseen in years. Only days ago, the U.S. and Cuba maintained dozens of diplomats in newly re-opened embassies in Havana and Washington, symbols of a warming relationship between longtime foes...
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Mattis says Afghan forces fully engaged for first time
(National News ~ 10/04/17)
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told Congress on Tuesday the Afghanistan security forces are fully engaged in combat operations for the first time during the 16-year-old war and are suffering fewer casualties as they continue to improve their competence on the battlefield...
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Once an obscure device, 'bump stocks' are in the spotlight
(National News ~ 10/04/17)
ATLANTA -- The Las Vegas gunman possessed a little-known device called a "bump stock" that was not widely sold -- until now. Originally created with the idea of making it easier for people with disabilities to shoot a gun, the attachments allow a semi-automatic rifle to mimic a fully automatic weapon by unleashing an entire large magazine in seconds...
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Einstein proof: Nobel winners find ripples in the universe
(National News ~ 10/04/17)
WASHINGTON -- For decades, astronomers tried to prove Albert Einstein right by doing what Einstein thought was impossible: detecting the faint ripples in the universe called gravitational waves. They failed repeatedly until two years ago, when they finally spotted one. Then another. And another. And another...
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Acts of heroism emerge in chaos of Las Vegas shooting
(National News ~ 10/04/17)
LAS VEGAS -- Rob Ledbetter's battlefield instincts kicked in quickly as bullets rained overhead. The 42-year-old U.S. Army veteran who served as a sniper in Iraq immediately began tending to the wounded, one of several heroes to emerge from the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history...
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Sheriff: Traffic stop turns up assault rifles, 900 rounds
(National News ~ 10/04/17)
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. -- Federal agents are trying to determine why a man pulled over for speeding in Tennessee was carrying a cache of weapons including two submachine guns and 900 rounds of ammunition. Deputies found Scott Edmisten, 43, of Johnson City carrying a .357-caliber Magnum, a loaded .45-caliber semi-automatic, a .223-caliber fully automatic assault rifle, a .308-caliber fully automatic assault rifle, more than 900 rounds of ammunition and survival equipment, Washington County Sheriff Ed Graybeal said.. ...
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White House to seek $29B disaster aid package
(National News ~ 10/04/17)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration is finalizing a $29 billion disaster-aid package that combines $16 billion to shore up the government-backed flood-insurance program with almost $13 billion in new relief for hurricane victims, according to a senior administration official and top congressional aides...
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Trump tours hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico
(International News ~ 10/04/17)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- President Donald Trump highlighted Puerto Rico's relatively low death toll compared with "a real catastrophe like Katrina" as he opened a tour of the island's devastation Tuesday, focusing on the best of the reviews he and his administration are getting rather than criticism of the federal response to Hurricane Maria...
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Iraqi ex-president and Kurdish leader Talabani dies at 83
(International News ~ 10/04/17)
IRBIL, Iraq -- Jalal Talabani, the Kurdish guerrilla leader who became Iraq's president after the U.S. toppled Saddam Hussein and who embodied hopes for a unified, peaceful future through years of strife, has died at the age of 83, Kurdish officials said Tuesday...
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Post-mortem: VX poison killed brother of North Korean leader
(International News ~ 10/04/17)
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia -- A Malaysian government pathologist testified Tuesday at the trial of two women accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader the banned VX nerve agent caused his death. His report, submitted as evidence at the trial in Malaysia's High Court, stated VX was found not only on Kim Jong Nam's face and eyes but also in his blood, urine, clothing and bag...
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Oak Ridge woman dies after truck crashes into home
(Local News ~ 10/04/17)
An Oak Ridge woman inside a Cape Girardeau County home died Tuesday morning when a vehicle crashed into it. A 2016 Chevrolet Silverado driven by William B. Branum, 56, of Fredericktown, Missouri, was driving north on Route B six miles northwest of Jackson when it ran off the roadway and crashed through two fences before striking a residence, according to a crash report filed Tuesday by Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper D.W. Welker...
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Cape may take over detention-basin maintenance
(Local News ~ 10/04/17)
The city of Cape Girardeau may take over maintenance of 28 additional residential, stormwater detention basins, bringing the total number to 77, as part of a tax measure being considered by the city council. The added maintenance would cost the city about $933,000 over the next 15 years, according to assistant public-works director Stan Polivick...
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Entertainment briefs 10/4/17
(Entertainment ~ 10/04/17)
NEW YORK -- The paint experts at Sherwin-Williams have chosen a deep sea-blue hue called Oceanside as their 2018 color of the year. The company described the pick Tuesday as evoking a wanderlust in an "opulent and mysterious" shade that serves as counterpart to a range of hues, from neon pink to desert taupe. ...
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Births 10/4/17
(Births ~ 10/04/17)
Daughter to Joseph Ike and Darcy Amanda Uzoaru of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 2:16 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017. Name, Marianne Elizabeth. Weight, 4 pounds, 4 ounces. Third child, second daughter. Mrs. Uzoaru is the former Darcy Rigdon, daughter of Jan and Denis Rigdon of Cape Girardeau. ...
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Prayer 10/4/17
(Prayer ~ 10/04/17)
O Father God, may we generously help the poor and share your message of hope. Amen.
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Speak Out 10/4/17
(Speak Out ~ 10/04/17)
I encourage everyone to read the wonderful article located on today's (Oct. 3rd) Opinion page of the Southeast Missourian. Writer Adrienne Ross sums up the reason "I stand because I don't have to." Her words show us why we stand united, tall and proud of our USA with all it's diversity. Thank you Adrienne Ross...
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Jeanette Engelhart
(Obituary ~ 10/04/17)
LAS VEGAS -- Jeanette A. Engelhart, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, in Las Vegas. Funeral arrangements were by the Neptune Society of Las Vegas.
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