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Officials: Jackson 2018 budget 'ambitious' but attainable
(Local News ~ 12/20/17)
Jackson city officials called the 2018 budget ambitious but attainable at Monday's regular Board of Aldermen meeting. Speaking by phone Tuesday, Jackson Mayor Dwain Hahs said the overall theme for the 2018 budget is continued development of infrastructure to support Jackson's growth -- not just utilities, but public safety as well...
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Waller sentenced to 35 years for federal crime related to wife's murder
(Local News ~ 12/20/17)
Jackson murderer James Clay Waller II was sentenced to 35 years in prison Tuesday for a felony count of interstate domestic violence relating to the strangling and beating death of his estranged wife, Jacque Waller. The official sentencing came after Waller struck deal in October, in which he pleaded guilty to the domestic violence charge. It was announced at the time the deal would include the 35-year sentence. The sentencing was scheduled for Jan. 16, but the announcement came Tuesday...
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Former parks director at Scott City files lawsuit against former mayor Ron Cummins, city
(Local News ~ 12/20/17)
Former Scott City parks director Phyllis Spinks filed a lawsuit Tuesday against former mayor Ron Cummins and the city, alleging employment discrimination. The suit, filed in Scott County Circuit Court, alleges Cummins and the city engaged in gender, age and disability discrimination when Spinks was terminated from her job Nov. 30, 2016...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/20/17)
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 20, the 354th day of 2017. There are 11 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 20, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase was completed as ownership of the territory was formally transferred from France to the United States...
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Welfare programs should be helping hand, not a lifestyle
(Column ~ 12/20/17)
The top priority for the Trump administration in 2018 is welfare reform. And if you seem to recall hearing about welfare reform in the past, you're right. Welfare reform goes back at least to the Reagan administration and was interestingly a high priority during the Clinton administration as well...
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Jet service from Cape off to good start
(Column ~ 12/20/17)
During the past four years, I flew Cape Air to St. Louis twice. In the first four weeks of jet service from Cape to Chicago, I will match that number -- with additional trips already being planned. My first flight on United Express (operated by SkyWest) was last week and the trip was all one could hope for: fast, smooth and without any trouble. ...
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Out of the past: Dec. 20
(Out of the Past ~ 12/20/17)
First Assembly of God Church, 750 Mount Auburn Road, has purchased a building at 1202 S. Sprigg St. for the Super Saturday and Super Wednesday children's outreach ministry of the church; the Rev. Anthony Van Noy will conduct the Sprigg Street activities; the building was the church's original location in 1942...
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Lawanna Montgomery
(Obituary ~ 12/20/17)
Lawanna J. Montgomery, 81, formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away after an extended illness at the Exceptional Living Center in Brazil, Indiana. Lawanna was born Sept. 7, 1936, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Cletus and Neva Wiley Poe. She married Montie Montgomery on Sept. 6, 1956, in Hernando, Mississippi. Together, they had one daughter, Sandra Frankville, and made their home in Rock Island, Illinois...
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Jackson fire report 12/20/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/20/17)
The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls: Monday n Fire alarm at 517 E. Jackson Blvd. Tuesday n Emergency medical service in the 700 block of North Farmington Road. n Motor-vehicle collision on Hope Street.
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Cape Girardeau fire report 12/20/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/20/17)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Monday n Medical assists were made at 8:06 a.m. on Interstate 55; 11:05 a.m. on North Kingshighway; 2:07 p.m. on North Pind Wood Lane; 2:20 p.m. on William Street; and 3:38 p.m. on William Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 12/20/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/20/17)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest n Joshua Andrew Gholson, 30, of Jackson was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for two counts of failure to appear for not signaling and suspended license...
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Board games get messy with squirting toilets, soggy dogs
(Community ~ 12/20/17)
NEW YORK -- Katie Cogliano has learned to keep the Toilet Trouble game her children love on top of her fridge, out of their sight. Her 6-year-old and 8-year-old love to play with the potty-shaped toy -- but for Cogliano, it can be a pain. As part of the game, players take turns flushing a nearly 11-inch plastic toilet before water spits out, which is supposed to hit a player's face. ...
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Green Party candidate says she's cooperating in Russia probe
(National News ~ 12/20/17)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate intelligence committee has asked for documents from former presidential candidate Jill Stein as part of its probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, adding a new thread to the panel's investigation as it heads into 2018...
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FBI involved with airport blackout probe; no sign of terror
(National News ~ 12/20/17)
ATLANTA -- The FBI has joined the probe into what caused a fire that knocked out power to the world's busiest airport in Atlanta, but an agency spokesman said Tuesday there was no sign of anything connected to terrorism. "There's no indication at this point of anything nefarious," FBI spokesman Kevin Rowson said...
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Scientists tune into brain to uncover music's healing power
(National News ~ 12/20/17)
WASHINGTON -- Like a friendly Pied Piper, the violinist keeps up a toe-tapping beat as dancers weave through busy hospital hallways and into the chemotherapy unit, patients looking up in surprised delight. Upstairs, a cellist strums an Irish folk tune for a patient in intensive care...
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20 honored by Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
(National News ~ 12/20/17)
PITTSBURGH -- A 76-year-old museum owner who pulled a semiconscious man from a burning car after a crash in rural Pennsylvania was one of 20 people being honored with Carnegie medals for heroism. The Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Hero Fund Commission announced the award winners Tuesday...
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Man gets 28 years in plot to behead conservative blogger
(National News ~ 12/20/17)
BOSTON -- A man convicted of leading an Islamic State-inspired plot to behead a conservative blogger who upset Muslims when she organized a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest was sentenced on Tuesday to 28 years in prison. David Wright sobbed as he apologized to blogger Pamela Geller, law enforcement and his family and denounced the terror group, whose horrific acts he used to celebrate online...
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Gene therapy for rare form of blindness wins U.S. approval
(National News ~ 12/20/17)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. health officials Tuesday approved the nation's first gene therapy for an inherited disease, a treatment that improves the sight of patients with a rare form of blindness. It marks another major advance for the emerging field of genetic medicine...
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U.S. official: North Korea behind big ransomware attack
(National News ~ 12/20/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday publicly blamed North Korea for a "careless and reckless" ransomware attack that infected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide in May and crippled parts of Britain's National Health Service...
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Missouri unemployment drops lower
(State News ~ 12/20/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s unemployment rate has dropped slightly. Department of Economic Development data released Tuesday show the state’s unemployment rate went down from 3.5 percent in October to 3.4 percent in November. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has dropped 1.1 percent since the same time last year. ...
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Tokyo baby panda debuts, melts heart of fans
(International News ~ 12/20/17)
TOKYO -- Tokyo's new baby panda debuted formally Tuesday, melting the hearts of hundreds of lucky fans who managed to obtain zoo tickets, many wearing panda-themed clothes. Xiang Xiang, which means "fragrance" in Chinese, was born in June at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo to its resident panda...
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Al-Qaida divisions may aid Assad as he eyes Syria's Idlib
(International News ~ 12/20/17)
BEIRUT -- As President Bashar Assad seeks to reassert his authority in Idlib, the only remaining province in Syria where his forces have almost no presence, he may be aided there by fractures within al-Qaida, the militant group that dominates the region...
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Saudis intercept Yemen rebel missile targeting royal palace
(International News ~ 12/20/17)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Shiite rebels said it intercepted a missile fired over southern Riyadh on Tuesday, which the rebels said was targeting a "top leadership" meeting at the royal palace in the kingdom's capital...
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12 reported dead as foreign tourist bus crashes in Mexico
(International News ~ 12/20/17)
MEXICO CITY -- At least 12 people died when a bus carrying cruise-ship passengers to Mayan ruins in eastern Mexico flipped over on a highway early Tuesday, officials said. Seven Americans and two Swedes were among the injured, Quintana Roo state Civil Defense spokesman Vicente Martin said. He said authorities hadn't established the nationalities of the dead...
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Official: Train brake automatically activated in fatal wreck
(National News ~ 12/20/17)
DUPONT, Wash. -- Investigators are looking into whether the Amtrak engineer whose speeding train plunged off an overpass, killing at least three people, was distracted by the presence of an employee-in-training next to him in the locomotive, a federal official said Tuesday...
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Ridley Scott hasn't heard from Spacey after film replacement
(Entertainment ~ 12/20/17)
LOS ANGELES -- Director Ridley Scott said he hasn't heard from Kevin Spacey since the decision was made to cut the actor from "All the Money in the World." "I don't know where he is," Scott said in a recent interview. "He's gone down underground." "All the Money in the World" is about the kidnapping of the teenage grandson of wealthy American industrialist J. Paul Getty...
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Santa's helpers pay off lunch bills at 4 Grandview schools
(State News ~ 12/20/17)
GRANDVIEW, Mo. — Santa Claus has made life a little easier for some families whose children attend four Grandview schools. Several Secret Santas joined together this week to pay all open lunch balances at four schools. One person paid more than $1,100 at the middle school and another donated $200 at Conn-West Elementary School. ...
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Missouri House Democrats pitch bills on opioid misuse
(State News ~ 12/20/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri House Democrats are pushing to adopt a prescription-drug monitoring program and a needle exchange as part of efforts to fight the opioid epidemic. Democrats pitched the ideas Tuesday as part of a broader package of bills dealing with opioid abuse. ...
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Panel votes to ax Missouri low-income housing tax credits
(State News ~ 12/20/17)
COLUMBIA, Mo. — A Missouri panel has followed through on plans to stop issuing state low-income housing tax credits for the year. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the Missouri Housing Development Commission voted 8-2 Tuesday against the credits. ...
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Missouri sees high mortality rates for pregnant women
(State News ~ 12/20/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's maternal mortality rate is ranked as one of the worst in the country. Last year's Health of Women and Children Report by the United Health Foundation put the national average at nearly 20 deaths per 100,000 live births. The report put Missouri's maternal mortality rate at more than 28 deaths per 100,000 live births, ranking the state in the bottom 10...
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DHS approves St. Louis Cardinals' Safety Act proposal
(State News ~ 12/20/17)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Cardinals have received federal certification giving the organization legal protections in the event of a terrorist attack at Busch Stadium. Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill on Tuesday announced the U.S. Department of Homeland Security certified the Cardinals under the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act, known as the Safety Act. A DHS spokesman said the certification was approved Dec. 11...
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Missouri revenue chief expects minor federal tax effect
(State News ~ 12/20/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The federal income tax overhaul backed by President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans should have a relatively minor effect on Missouri's bottom line, the state's revenue chief said Tuesday. State budget leaders still are working on official projections, but Department of Revenue director Joel Walters said he thinks the federal tax changes could result in a loss or gain of about $100 million to Missouri's tax revenue...
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GOP on the verge of huge tax overhaul - with one hiccup
(National News ~ 12/20/17)
WASHINGTON -- Jubilant Republicans pushed Tuesday to the verge of the most sweeping rewrite of the nation's tax laws in more than three decades, an unpopular bill they insist Americans will learn to love when they see their paychecks in the new year...
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Cape schools' audit shows fund growth
(Local News ~ 12/20/17)
The Cape Girardeau School District’s annual audit showed no major issues, according to district documents. Superintendent Neil Glass said the general-fund balance “is up right at 3 percent.” This shows the health of the district, Glass said. Glass thanked the district staff and school board for maintaining the vision and direction to move forward...
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Prayer 12/20/17
(Prayer ~ 12/20/17)
O Father God, thank you for the joy of the Lord, the Rock of our salvation. Amen.
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Births 12/20/17
(Births ~ 12/20/17)
Son to Katarina Elisabeth Smith of Wyatt, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 9:35 a.m. Friday, Dec. 8, 2017. Name, Alexander Zaine. Weight, 7 pounds, 10 ounces. Fourth child, first son. Smith is the daughter of Elisa Smith of Wyatt and Micheal Smith of Sikeston, Missouri. She is a cashier/shift leader at Pilot Flying J...
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Special Guest at Guardian Angel School
(Submitted Story ~ 12/20/17)
Father Glen Eftink graciously accepted an invitation to sing and play his guitar for the Guardian Angel students on Wednesday, December 20. It was a treat for the students, of which several are learning to play the guitar.
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Christmas Program at Guardian Angel School
(Submitted Story ~ 12/20/17)
The Guardian Angel School students performed "His Presents" for their Christmas program on Tuesday, December 19 in the school gym. It was directed and produced by our music teacher, Geri LeGrand. The theme was that "the true magic of Christmas is not in the presents but in his presence". ...
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Southern Illinois AIDS Holiday Project needs support
(Submitted Story ~ 12/20/17)
Southern Illinois AIDS Holiday Project Still Needs Support The Southern Illinois AIDS Coalition works to meet the needs of area low-income households impacted by HIV / AIDS in this county and surrounding counties . The project is working to meet the needs of over 150 low-income households in the 19 Southern most counties in Illinois ...
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