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Kelso resident brings home $60K in lottery winnings
(Local News ~ 12/14/17)
Kelso, Missouri, resident James Westrich won a $60,000 prize from the Missouri Lottery Show Me Cash Draw Game. Westrich purchased the winning ticket for the Nov. 28 drawing at Discount Liquor in Scott City, and used Quick Pick to have his numbers randomly selected, according to a news release from the Missouri Lottery...
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Cape County Commission to hold public hearing on proposed budget
(Local News ~ 12/14/17)
The Cape Girardeau County Commission will hold a public hearing for the 2018 proposed budget at 9 a.m. today, despite the fact final revenue numbers are not in, county Auditor Pete Frazier said Wednesday. Frazier said Wednesday he cannot provide a final budget amount as he waits for sales tax and use-tax revenue numbers to come in from the state. The preliminary budget he will present to the county commission today will need revisions, he said, but will be in the black...
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Krispy Kreme coming to Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 12/14/17)
Krispy Kreme will be bringing its signature doughnuts to Cape Girardeau, franchisee Eric Schneider confirmed Wednesday. Schneider said he placed an offer on a piece of property in the Town Plaza Shopping Center at 2136 William St. in Cape Girardeau...
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Forum on Missouri juvenile justice set for Saturday
(Local News ~ 12/14/17)
A Cape Girardeau lawyer, who serves on the Missouri Supreme Court's Commission on Racial and Ethnic Fairness, will hear the public's concerns and thoughts Saturday about the state's juvenile-justice system. Jacob Zimmerman said the public forum will be from 10 a.m. to noon at St. James AME Church at 516 North St. Zimmerman said all public testimony will be recorded...
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Today in History 12-14-17
(National News ~ 12/14/17)
Today in History Today is Thursday, Dec. 14, the 348th day of 2017. There are 17 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 14, 2012, a gunman with a semi-automatic rifle killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, then committed suicide as police arrived; the 20-year-old had also fatally shot his mother at their home before carrying out the attack on the school...
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Support of Teen Challenge
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/14/17)
Each year, the wonderful members of LaCroix Church take their time during the holiday season to spread joy and the love of Christ to the 185 men in residence at Adult and Teen Challenge. With the help of local businesses, who help provide food and gifts, the men are fed and presented gifts and a visit from Santa. ...
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Consider supporting Toybox, Christmas for the Elderly
(Editorial ~ 12/14/17)
Friday is the deadline for Christmas for the Elderly donations, which can be dropped off at the Southeast Missourian office at 301 Broadway. According to a recent column by Christmas for the Elderly organizer Tracy Haggerty, the program has needs for nightgowns, robes, winter coats, gloves, men’s sweatpants and sweatshirts, undergarments, socks, pajamas, scarves, gloves, bedding, toiletries, cleaning supplies and gift cards...
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Christmas honors
(Column ~ 12/14/17)
When I think about Christmas and the military, my mind goes back to Christmas in Vietnam. I remember the faces of those who were there with me, and I remember mailbags being delivered to us when we were out in the bush. Small packages from family members of the troops sitting in our perimeter. In the middle of the night, “Silent Night” took on a new meaning as quiet and darkness fully enveloped us. Sitting on guard on the perimeter ...
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Adviser escorted off White House grounds
(National News ~ 12/14/17)
WASHINGTON -- Omarosa Manigault Newman -- the former "Apprentice" contestant who became one of President Donald Trump's most prominent African-American supporters -- was escorted off the White House grounds after resigning her post as a presidential adviser...
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Fetid attraction: London fatberg to go on museum display
(Entertainment ~ 12/14/17)
LONDON — Part of a monster fatberg that clogged one of London’s sewers is destined for fame in a museum. The Museum of London said it will put the only remaining chunk of the 143-U.S.-ton mass of oil, fat, diapers and baby wipes on display early next year. ...
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Kentucky lawmaker facing assault allegations kills himself
(National News ~ 12/14/17)
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Dan Johnson, a Republican state lawmaker in Kentucky known for inflammatory Facebook posts comparing Barack and Michelle Obama to monkeys and who defiantly denied allegations he sexually assaulted a teenage girl in the basement of his home, killed himself Wednesday night. He was 57...
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Fed hikes rate, sees more increases in '18
(National News ~ 12/14/17)
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve is raising its key interest rate for the third time this year and foresees three additional hikes in 2018, a vote of confidence the U.S. economy remains on solid footing 8 1/2 years after the end of the recession. The Fed said Wednesday it's lifting its short-term rate by a modest quarter-point to a still-low range of 1.25 percent to 1.5 percent. ...
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Minnesota gov. appoints lt. gov. to fill Franken's Senate seat
(National News ~ 12/14/17)
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton appointed Lt. Gov. Tina Smith on Wednesday to fill fellow Democrat Al Franken's Senate seat until a special election in November, setting up his longtime and trusted adviser for a potentially bruising 2018 special election...
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House GOPs cite biased players in Russian probe
(National News ~ 12/14/17)
WASHINGTON -- House Republicans ratcheted up criticism of special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian meddling Wednesday, questioning whether there was bias on his team of lawyers but stopping short of calling for his firing or resignation. The criticism directed toward deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein at a House Judiciary Committee hearing came after the release of anti-Donald Trump text messages exchanged between two FBI officials later assigned to the Russia probe. ...
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Abbas wants U.N. to pull U.S. as Mideast mediator
(International News ~ 12/14/17)
ISTANBUL -- Breaking with years of courting the U.S., Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Wednesday for the United Nations to replace Washington as a Mideast mediator and suggested he might not cooperate with the Trump administration's much-anticipated effort to hammer out an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal...
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Tillerson: U.S. open to talks with N. Korea
(National News ~ 12/14/17)
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has softened America's stance on possible talks with North Korea, calling it "unrealistic" to expect the nuclear-armed country to come to the table ready to give up a weapons of mass destruction program that it invested so much in developing. Tillerson said his boss, President Donald Trump, endorses this position...
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Subway bombing shows vulnerability of NYC's system
(National News ~ 12/14/17)
NEW YORK -- The crude pipe bomb that exploded beneath the streets of New York this week served as a reminder of the vulnerability of the city's subway, a 24-hour-a-day operation with 472 stations and more than 5 million daily riders. While police say the nation's largest subway system has some of the tightest security possible that still allows busy New Yorkers to get where they're going, they acknowledge they can't be everywhere or anticipate every kind of attack, particularly in this era of lone-wolf terrorism.. ...
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Crews gain ground on California fires
(National News ~ 12/14/17)
LOS ANGELES -- After announcing increased containment on one of the biggest wildfires in California history, officials warned that communities remain at risk and the threat could increase as unpredictable winds whip up again. Red Flag warnings for fire danger due to Santa Ana winds and a critical lack of moisture were extended, with a possible increase in gusts into the end of the week...
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Mental-health care worries linger 5 years after Sandy Hook
(National News ~ 12/14/17)
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Anguished mothers with mentally ill children have sought out Liza Long for help ever since she wrote an essay, "I am Adam Lanza's Mother," comparing experiences with her son to the emotionally troubled 20-year-old who carried out the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting...
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Moore refuses to concede, awaits rest of ballots in Alabama
(National News ~ 12/14/17)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Still-uncounted ballots are unlikely to change the outcome of the U.S. Senate race in Alabama enough to spur an automatic recount, the state's election chief said Wednesday. Republican Roy Moore has refused to concede Tuesday's race to Democrat Doug Jones, who pulled off an upset in what is normally a reliably Republican-leaning state...
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Alabama election loss evokes mixed GOP response
(National News ~ 12/14/17)
WASHINGTON -- Weary national Republicans breathed a collective sigh of relief Wednesday, a day after voters knocked out their own party's scandal-plagued candidate in deep-red Alabama. Yet all is not well in a party confronted with new rounds of infighting and a suddenly shrinking Senate majority heading into next year's midterm elections...
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GOP says it has a deal on taxes; cuts coming for next year
(National News ~ 12/14/17)
WASHINGTON -- Confident congressional Republicans forged an agreement Wednesday on a major overhaul of the nation's tax laws that would provide generous tax cuts for corporations and the wealthiest Americans -- Donald Trump among them -- and deliver the first major legislative accomplishment to the GOP president...
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Family's 'A Christmas Story' house may become Lego set
(Entertainment ~ 12/14/17)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A central New York family is campaigning for their carefully crafted recreation of the house from "A Christmas Story" to become an official Lego set. WSTM-TV in Syracuse reported Jason Middaugh's small family project to recreate the house from the classic holiday film turned into a six-month undertaking. Middaugh said he and his family, who live in Marcellus, scoured the internet to find the 2,000 pieces needed to construct the home...
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Rock Hall 2018 class: Nina Simone, Bon Jovi, the Moody Blues
(Entertainment ~ 12/14/17)
NEW YORK -- Iconic singer Nina Simone and New Jersey rockers Bon Jovi lead the 2018 class of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, which includes four first-time nominees. The Cars, as well as first-time contenders Dire Straits, The Moody Blues and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, also are part of the 2018 class announced Wednesday. They will be inducted April 14 in Cleveland...
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Out of the past: Dec. 14
(Out of the Past ~ 12/14/17)
The Cape Girardeau Board of Education sacks Central High School head football coach Gary Lynch and assistant coach Gary Emmendorfer; assistant football coach Larry Clemens resigns his coaching position; board president Ed Thompson says the board is seeking a new direction in the football program...
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David Scherer
(Obituary ~ 12/14/17)
David Henry Scherer, 68, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, at his home. He was born Aug. 19, 1949, in Cape Girardeau to Jerome J. and Rosalia Duenne Scherer. David was a 1967 graduate of Notre Dame High School in Cape Girardeau. He was drafted into the United States Army on May 14, 1969, and served during the Vietnam War until his honorable discharge May 13, 1971. ...
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Terri Leray
(Obituary ~ 12/14/17)
Terri Leray, 55, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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Seth Gaines
(Obituary ~ 12/14/17)
MIDLAND, Texas -- Seth Patrick Gaines was born Oct. 6, 1988, in Cape Girardeau and passed away Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017, in Midland. He is survived by his parents, Lary and Monica Gaines; his siblings, Chad Gaines and Cheyenne Zempel; his wife, Chelsey Gaines; and his two children, Gauge and Indie Jo Gaines...
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Joyce Frymire
(Obituary ~ 12/14/17)
GLENALLEN, Mo. -- Joyce Lee Frymire, 71, of Glenallen died Friday, Dec. 8, 2017, at the home of her daughter in Arnold, Missouri. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Missouri. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with burial to follow in Frymire Family Cemetery near Glenallen...
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Betty Sue Elkins
(Obituary ~ 12/14/17)
ANNA, Ill. -- Betty Sue Elkins, 87, of Anna passed away Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017, at River to River in Anna. She was born Nov. 17, 1930, in Marion, Indiana, the daughter of Fred and Phyllis Lytton Manus. She married Billy Donn Elkins on Dec. 15, 1946. He preceded her in death June 5, 1998...
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Steve Clemons
(Obituary ~ 12/14/17)
FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. -- Steve Joseph Clemons, 60, of Fredericktown died Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, at Kindred Hospital in St. Louis. There will be no public services at this time. Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements...
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Lila Bryant
(Obituary ~ 12/14/17)
Lila Lee Bryant, 86, of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, at Southeast Hospital. She was born March 20, 1931, in Stoddard County, Missouri, to the late Marion and Dorothy Burchett Jackson. Lila and Jewell W. Bryant were married April 14, 1948, in Advance, Missouri. He preceded her in death Oct. 13, 1994...
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Jackson fire report 12/14/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/14/17)
The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls: Tuesday n Emergency medical service on West Main Street. n Mutual aid on Highway 34. n Citizen assist on East Jefferson Street.
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Cape Girardeau police report 12/14/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/14/17)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Megan Staufenbiel, 30, 1832 Westwood Drive, was arrested on suspicion of shoplifting at the Indie House, 605 Broadway. n Shawn A. Hammock, 26, 1605 Clark Ave., was arrested on suspicion of shoplifting at Schnucks, 19 S. Kingshighway...
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Diamond, Mo., residents restore snowmen after vandalism
(State News ~ 12/14/17)
DIAMOND, Mo. — Residents in southwest Missouri built two snowmen in a symbol of unity after a local school district’s snowman constructed of hay bales burned down. The Joplin Globe reported the Diamond School District’s Frosty the Snowman burned Friday night. ...
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Public reprimand recommended for Missouri county prosecutor
(State News ~ 12/14/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A disciplinary panel is recommending Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd be publicly reprimanded after finding him guilty of professional misconduct for publicly naming and criticizing certain residents of a northwest Missouri town who defended a convicted child sex offender...
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University of Missouri endowment tops $1B for the first time
(State News ~ 12/14/17)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The endowment of the University of Missouri's flagship campus in Columbia has topped $1 billion for the first time, even as the campus struggles to recover from race-related protests and drops in enrollment. Chancellor Alexander Cartwright said in a news release Wednesday touting the achievement that "overwhelming support from donors attracts quality students and faculty."...
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Bourbon virus not found in ticks at Meramec State Park
(State News ~ 12/14/17)
SULLIVAN, Mo. — State officials said they found no evidence of Bourbon virus in ticks collected last summer at Meramec State Park after a park worker died from the virus. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced Wednesday that 7,000 ticks were collected after Tamela Wilson, an assistant park superintendent, died June 23 from the rare disease. ...
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Attorneys don't mention dicamba in Arkansas murder trial
(State News ~ 12/14/17)
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. -- Attorneys failed to mention during opening statements in a murder trial that a controversial herbicide allegedly sparked the fight in northeast Arkansas between the suspect and the victim. Allan Curtis Jones is charged with first-degree murder in the October 2016 shooting death of Mike Wallace, a farmer in Leachville, Arkansas. Jones lives in nearby Arbyrd, Missouri...
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Poplar Bluff city official accused of teasing co-worker with gun
(State News ~ 12/14/17)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A city official in Poplar Bluff faces criminal charges for allegedly pumping a shotgun to tease a liberal co-worker. Poplar Bluff Streets superintendent Denis Kearbey, 53, is charged with the unlawful use of a weapon and is free on $25,000 bond. He pleaded not guilty Monday...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 12/14/17
(Local News ~ 12/14/17)
Approval of minutes n Minutes of Dec. 11 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n Assessor's office request to advertise for bids on aerial photography Public comments...
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Prayer 12/14/17
(Prayer ~ 12/14/17)
Lord Jesus, our hearts are filled with joy, the joy that comes from knowing you. Amen.
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Births 12/14/17
(Births ~ 12/14/17)
Daughter to Dylan Lee and Lacie Leanne McAlister of Scott City, Saint Francis Medical Center, 8:14 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. Name, Hadlee Kate. Weight, 7 pounds, 3 ounces. Third child, second daughter. Mrs. McAlister is the former Lacie Pobst, daughter of Mike Pobst of Chaffee, Missouri, and Janet Warren of Scott City. She is employed by Big Smiles Mobile Dentists. McAlister is the son of Deana McAlister and Rick McAlister of Dexter, Missouri. He is employed by BNSF Railway...
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Railroad work to close Scott County Route ZZ
(Local News ~ 12/14/17)
Route ZZ in Scott County will be closed as railroad crews perform railroad maintenance. The railroad crossing is between County Road 452 and U.S. 61. The work will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, according to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release...
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December House Games at Guardian Angel School
(Submitted Story ~ 12/14/17)
Another fun day of house games happened on Wednesday, December 13 at Guardian Angel School in Oran. The first game was Face the Pie, where 5 students of each house dug for letters with their mouth in a pie of whipped cream. The letters were then formed into a 5 letter Christmas term. ...
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Guardian Angel Basketball Players & Cheerleaders win Trophies
(Submitted Story ~ 12/14/17)
Guardian Angel School, Oran, has ended regular season play with the Christian League. The JV Redwings ended the season with 8 wins and 2 losses. Their tournament was on December 4, 6, & 7 at St. Ambrose, Chaffee. They placed 2nd in the league and won 2nd in the tournament. ...
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