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Business notebook: New animal hospital opens in Cape
(Business ~ 10/30/17)
Before Elizabeth Kistner was a veterinarian, she was a Girl Scout. "That was when I started volunteering in Sikeston in a clinic," she recalled. "It was before I could drive, so probably 13, 14." She'd been fascinated with the clinic, she said, since her dachshund Digger had been boarded there after a tornado destroyed their family home...
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Special-needs children get their own photo sessions
(Local News ~ 10/30/17)
Local families of children with special needs received free photography sessions at the third annual Lyndon's Shining Light event Sunday afternoon at Kiwanis Park in Cape Girardeau. With bubbles on hand to keep their subjects' attention, local photographers Deanna Aravelo, Sherry Rust, Katie Blattel and event organizer Laura Schumpert completed about 50 photography sessions during the two-hour event...
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Historic building once used as a black school in Jackson makes endangered list
(Local News ~ 10/30/17)
The balance between preserving historic places and meeting present needs can be tough, acknowledged a Jackson school district official. But one site is safe for now -- despite being placed on a list of endangered buildings. The Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation (or Missouri Preservation) announced its 2017 list of historic places in peril. ...
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Airport officials: Control tower short on staff
(Local News ~ 10/30/17)
The Cape Girardeau Regional Airport's control tower remains understaffed as the workload has increased, tower chief Larry Davis said. The tower once operated with four controllers. But after the fourth controller retired in August 2009, the city has budgeted for only three controllers since then, reducing the number of hours of tower operation, airport manager Bruce Loy said...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/30/17)
Today is Monday, Oct. 30, the 303rd day of 2017. There are 62 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 30, 1944, the Martha Graham ballet "Appalachian Spring," with music by Aaron Copland, premiered at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., with Graham in a leading role...
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Thurgood Marshall movie faithful to the facts, and the man
(Entertainment ~ 10/30/17)
WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall's widow, Cecilia, has seen two showings of the new movie "Marshall" about her late husband. She liked it, but had one observation about actor Chadwick Boseman, who plays the civil-rights pioneer and legal giant...
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Racist graffiti found at Kansas City church
(State News ~ 10/30/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Authorities are investigating after someone defaced a Kansas City church with racist graffiti and set a small fire inside. An ethnic slur directed at black people and the letters "KKK" were painted on the windows of the predominantly black Concord Fortress of Hope Church in Kansas City. The vandalism and break-in happened early Sunday...
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Report: Poor oversight found with University of Missouri Greek system
(State News ~ 10/30/17)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A recent report states fraternities and sororities at the University of Missouri operate in a free-for-all atmosphere with little oversight or guidance. Consulting firm Dyad Strategies released its report on the university's Greek system Thursday...
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Missouri slow to pay counties for housing prisoners
(State News ~ 10/30/17)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- Many Missouri counties won't be reimbursed for state prisoners housed in their jails until 2018. The Legislature set aside about $40 million for the reimbursement program this year, The Joplin Globe reported. But the state ran out of the allocated money catching up with back payments before the end of the fiscal quarter, said Karen Pojmann, a state Department of Corrections spokeswoman...
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Educator who settled harassment suit alleges retaliation
(State News ~ 10/30/17)
REEDS SPRING, Mo. -- A Missouri educator awarded $500,000 over claims she was sexually harassed by her superintendent is suing again, alleging school-board members poisoned her effort to find a new job. Jodi Heckler was principal of an intermediate school in the Reeds Spring School District near Branson. She resigned in March as part of a settlement agreement...
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Jerry Tankersley
(Obituary ~ 10/30/17)
Jerry Edward Tankersley, 75 of Perkins, Missouri, died Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born Dec. 8, 1941, in Bessville, Missouri to Ernest and Mildred Lincoln Tankersley. He married Linda Hogg on May 19, 1961, and she survives of the home...
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Verna Weisbrod
(Obituary ~ 10/30/17)
Verna M. Weisbrod, 85, of Brazeau, Missouri, died Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, at her residence in Brazeau. Visitation will be held 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 6:30 to 9:15 a.m. Thursday at Young & Sons Funeral Home, Inc. in Perryville, Missouri. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Apple Creek, with Rev. Jim French officiating. Burial will follow at St. Michael Catholic Cemetery in Apple Creek...
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Catherine Morrill
(Obituary ~ 10/30/17)
Catherine Deloris Morrill, 80, of Oran, Missouri, passed away Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, at Ratcliff Nursing Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran.
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Patsy Ellis
(Obituary ~ 10/30/17)
Patsy P. Ellis, age 74, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Dec. 20, 1942, to Robert and Bessie Uthoff Fields. She and Kenneth Ellis were married Aug. 31, 1957. He survives. Patsy attended LaCroix UMC in Cape Girardeau. She was a real-estate title examiner for 28 years and was a realtor in the Cape area, retiring in 2002 to care for her husband...
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Velma Allen
(Obituary ~ 10/30/17)
Velma Lee Allen, 86, of Leopold, Missouri, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at her residence, surrounded by family. She was born Feb, 16, 1931, in Cape Girardeau County to John W. and Carrie G. Schafer Huffman. She and Curtis Lynn Allen were united in marriage Sept. 30, 1949, and he preceded her in death Feb, 12, 2010...
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Georgia Kielhofner
(Obituary ~ 10/30/17)
Georgia Anna Kielhofner, 87 of Oran, Missouri, died Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 4, 1929, in New Hamburg, Missouri, to Cletus and Clara Gosche Bucher. She married Albert Kielhofner on Oct. 12, 1949, and he preceded her in death...
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Puerto Rico utility moves to scrap $300M Whitefish contract
(International News ~ 10/30/17)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The head of Puerto Rico's power company said Sunday the agency is cancelling its $300 million contract with Whitefish Energy Holdings amid scrutiny of the tiny Montana company's role in restoring the island's power system. The announcement by Ricardo Ramos came hours after Gov. Ricardo Rossello urged the utility to scrap the deal for Whitefish's help in rebuilding the electrical system from the damage inflicted by Hurricane Maria...
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Huge rally in Barcelona rejects Catalan secession bid
(International News ~ 10/30/17)
BARCELONA, Spain -- Hundreds of thousands of Catalans took to the streets of Barcelona on Sunday to voice their opposition to the region's declaration of independence amid vast political uncertainty for the region in northeast Spain. Catalonia's political leadership was fired Saturday by central authorities in Madrid who are trying to tame the worst political crisis Spain has seen in decades. So far, Catalan's former leader has insinuated he won't step down...
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Trump comes ahead with fresh criticism of Russia inquiry
(National News ~ 10/30/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump expressed renewed frustration Sunday over the investigations into alleged ties between his campaign associates and Russian government officials, saying on Twitter the "facts are pouring out" about links to Russia by his former presidential foe, Hillary Clinton...
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Arkansas poised to execute man amid fight over mental health
(National News ~ 10/30/17)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Jack Greene's lawyers say he's severely mentally ill. The Arkansas death-row inmate says they're lying. As Greene approaches a Nov. 9 execution date, his lawyers are raising questions about who should determine his mental competency...
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'Penance': Congressman writes to families of dead troops
(National News ~ 10/30/17)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- On a Sunday morning more than two weeks after four U.S. soldiers were ambushed and killed in Niger, Rep. Walter Jones sat at the desk in his North Carolina office, doing what he's done more than 11,000 times in 14 years: signing letters to families of the dead troops...
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High winds sweep Central Europe, leave 5 dead
(International News ~ 10/30/17)
BERLIN -- High winds knocked down trees and caused widespread travel chaos across much of Central Europe on Sunday, leaving five people dead and several injured. Storm Herwart, whose gusts reached 112 mph, also caused electricity blackouts in hundreds of thousands of homes in the Czech Republic, Austria and other countries...
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Cape Girardeau plice report 10/30/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/30/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Curtis L. Winchester, 33, 780 W. Rodney St., was arrested on a weapons violation at 920 N. Kingshighway. n Myquille J. Anderson, 23, of Jackson was arrested for unlawful possession of a weapon at 1410 Good Hope St...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 10/30/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/30/17)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Friday n Medical assists were made at 10:31 a.m. on Sylvan Lane; 10:36 a.m. on Perryville Road; 10:37 a.m. on South Kingshighway; 12:35 p.m. on North Silver Springs Road; 1:52 p.m. on South Kingshighway; 2:39 p.m. on Bloomfield; 3:26 p.m. on William Street; 7:55 p.m. on South Sprigg Street; 9:35 p.m. on North Frederick Street; at 10:36 p.m. on Dearmore Court...
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Their caliphate in ruins, IS militants melt into the desert
(International News ~ 10/30/17)
BEIRUT -- Islamic State militants, routed from one urban stronghold after another in Syria, have been moving deeper into Syria's remote desert, where experts said they are regrouping and preparing their next incarnation. The Sunni militants' self-proclaimed "caliphate" with its contiguous stretch of land -- linking major cities such as Syria's Raqqa and Iraq's Mosul -- may have been vanquished, but many agree this territorial defeat will not mark the end of IS...
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Amazon earnings beat expectations
(Business ~ 10/30/17)
NEW YORK -- Amazon posted third-quarter earnings that far surpassed Wall Street expectations, helped by the acquisition of organic grocer Whole Foods and an increase in sales during its summer "Prime Day" promotions. The company also said Thursday it expects sales to rise during the busy holiday-shopping season...
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Sears, Whirlpool end relationship after 100 years
(Business ~ 10/30/17)
NEW YORK -- Sears no longer will sell Whirlpool-branded appliances, curtailing a business relationship that dates back more than 100 years. In a note recently sent to its stores, Sears said Whirlpool was making demands that would've made it difficult to sell those name-brand appliances at a competitive price...
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Fit or miss? Retailers offer new tools to help shoppers
(Business ~ 10/30/17)
NEW YORK -- Stores watching Amazon take a larger share of clothing sales are trying to solve one of the most vexing issues for online shoppers: finding items that fit properly. The retailers are unleashing tools that use artificial intelligence to replicate the help a salesperson at a store might offer, calculate a shopper's most likely body shape, or use 3D models for a virtual fitting room try-on...
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Poll: Most have little fear of robots taking jobs
(Business ~ 10/30/17)
WASHINGTON -- Most Americans believe their jobs, and the jobs of those they live with, are safe from automation -- at least for the next decade, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll. And more than half think automation could make their work easier or more efficient in the future...
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Two suspects in Ellington slayings are arrested in Ohio
(Local News ~ 10/30/17)
ELLINGTON, Mo. -- Two men were arrested Saturday in Ohio for the killing of two people in Ellington. Timothy Callahan, 44, of Farmington, Missouri, and David Young, 67, of Ironton, Missouri, were taken into custody without incident at a motel in Deerfield Township, Ohio, where investigators were led during the investigation, according to Sgt. Jeff Kinder of the Missouri State Highway Patrol...
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Speak Out 10/30/2017
(Speak Out ~ 10/30/17)
PC holidays Maybe I am in the minority, but I dislike the trend of Holiday Parties, Fall Parties, instead of what they really are, which is Christmas parties and Halloween parties. Society is trying to dilute our culture into politically correct names which I find offensive and really just stupid. ...
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Crader lecture to focus on religion, U.S. founding
(Editorial ~ 10/30/17)
This week, the annual Crader Family Lecture will be held at Dempster Hall on the Southeast Missouri State University campus. The subject is the influence of religion on America and its founding and will be given by American University professor Dr. Daniel Dreisbach...
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Susan Ginther
(Obituary ~ 10/30/17)
Susan Jean Denise Ginther, 69, of Belleville, Illinois, passed away Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, at Memorial Hospital in Belleville. She was born April 4, 1948, in Cape Girardeau to the late Col. Charles E. and Eileen (Caldwell) Woodford. Susan was a very kind and generous person. She enjoyed a lifelong love of travel, cooking, gardening and sewing. She was a loving mother, sister, grandmother and great-grandmother...
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University sets record for people dressed as penguines
(National News ~ 10/30/17)
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- A university apparently has set a world record for the number of people dressed in penguin costumes. A total of 972 Youngstown State University students, alumni and community members gathered on the campus Saturday in their best penguin finery to celebrate the school's 50th anniversary as a university. Youngstown State's nickname is the Penguins. It broke a mark of 624 people dressed as penguins at a children's hospice in England in 2015...
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House tied to 1692 Salem witch trials rises from near ruin
(National News ~ 10/30/17)
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- A long effort to restore the ramshackle Massachusetts homestead where a woman accused of witchcraft during the 1692 Salem witch trials resettled after escaping the hangman's noose is nearing an end. A $1.5 million renovation project at the Peter and Sarah Clayes House in Framingham is expected to be completed in the spring...
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Prayer 10/30/17
(Prayer ~ 10/30/17)
O Lord God, may we first seek your righteousness and honor you always. Amen.
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Out of the past: Oct. 30
(Out of the Past ~ 10/30/17)
Children of low-income families in Cape Girardeau and Bollinger counties will soon have access to basic medical care through a new clinic at the Cape Girardeau County Health Department; the clinic opens Nov. 9; it is estimated nearly 2,500 children in Cape Girardeau County have no doctor, except through hospital emergency rooms...
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Missouri selects 4 fellows for Delta Leadership program
(Submitted Story ~ 10/30/17)
MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA REGION – Missouri is sending four leaders from across the southeastern portion of the state to the Delta Regional Authority’s (DRA) Delta Leadership Institute (DLI.) They will join fellows from seven other states and participate in the 10-month...
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Memories of Fort D
(Column ~ 10/30/17)
In May 1974, three months before my 9th birthday, my newly-divorced mother and I moved into the attic apartment above my grandparents' house on Elm Street, just down from May Greene School. We called it the Fort D house. Our first day in the attic, Mom and I dug our quickly-packed, crumpled clothes out of the IGA bags we'd stuffed them in, sorting and folding and stacking, desperate to create order out of the chaos of our lives. ...
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Dillon Donley bags a 12 point buck!
(Submitted Story ~ 10/30/17)
Dillon Donley, 13 years old, of Kelso, bagged this monster 12 point buck this weekend during youth hunt. Photo credit goes to his step dad, Garrett Moll
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