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University Foundation to honor Talberts as Friends of the University
(Local News ~ 02/13/18)
Pioneering Cape Girardeau cardiologist Clifford R. Talbert Jr. and his wife, Bettie, will be honored with the 2018 Friends of the University award Friday by the Southeast Missouri University Foundation. They will be recognized as part of the annual President’s Council Gala. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. in the atrium of the River Campus Cultural Arts Center, the university said in a news release...
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Rep. Jason Smith: Rebuilding roads, bridges, ports requires funding partnership
(Local News ~ 02/13/18)
U.S. Rep. Jason Smith expressed support Monday for a funding “partnership” to rebuild the nation’s roads, highways and ports. President Donald Trump proposed a plan to spend $1.5 trillion over a decade that would rely heavily on state and local governments to pay for most of it. Federal spending on infrastructure would account for $200 billion, according to the plan unveiled Monday by the White House...
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Major case squad activated to investigate shooting death in Cape
(Local News ~ 02/13/18)
The Cape Girardeau/Bollinger County Major Case Squad has been activated to investigate the death of a Cape Girardeau resident reported Sunday, according to the Cape Girardeau Police Department. At 9:02 p.m. Sunday, officers received a report of a man down near the 600 block of South Spring Street in Cape Girardeau, according to a police department news release sent Monday afternoon...
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Playing fetch Monday at Dogtown
(Local News ~ 02/13/18)
Andrew Bell plays fetch with his dog Miller at sunset Monday at Dogtown dog park at Kiwanis Park in Cape Girardeau.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/13/18)
Today is Tuesday, Feb. 13, the 44th day of 2018. There are 321 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 13, 1633, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before the Inquisition, accused of defending Copernican theory that the Earth revolved around the sun instead of the other way around. (Galileo was found vehemently suspect of heresy, and ended up being sentenced to a form of house arrest.)...
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15,000 in Jackson is a milestone for the city
(Column ~ 02/13/18)
The U. S. Census Bureau updates city populations between the official federal censuses which are conducted every 10 years. The U. S. Census Bureau now lists the city of Jackson' population at 15,036. This is a 9.3 percent growth since the 2010 Census...
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Killing 'To Kill a Mockingbird' on the altar of comfort
(Column ~ 02/13/18)
Here we go again. Every once in a while, I have to deal with this topic: school districts deciding to remove "To Kill a Mockingbird" from their reading lists because people who totally miss the point complain about it. The newest complainant is a school district in Duluth, Minnesota. ...
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Political capital and character
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/13/18)
Gov. Greitens' big problem now is his lack of political capital, meaning he will have a hard time getting things done. His admitted extramarital affair shows he jeopardized the well-being of at least two families, and while that is not an impeachable offense, it's not something that can be easily forgotten either. ...
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Community comes out to support Jackson, Cape school fundraisers
(Editorial ~ 02/13/18)
Nearly a thousand people turned out the last two weekends to support local public schools, starting with Jackson's Red and Black Affair, followed by Cape Girardeau's Penguin Party. Both events were formal parties where adults showed up in some of their best attire, looking dapper and lovely. ...
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Out of the past: Feb. 13
(Out of the Past ~ 02/13/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Reflecting on 20-plus years of military service as Missouri's adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Charles M. Kiefner, a native of Perryville, Missouri, says his greatest satisfaction is having watched the Missouri Army and Air National Guard evolve into a proven fighting force; but Kiefner, who will retire in March, is concerned about proposals to turn the mission of the Guard into a "Peace Corps-type mission."...
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Vanessa Trump taken to hospital after mail scare
(National News ~ 02/13/18)
NEW YORK -- Donald Trump Jr.'s wife was taken to a New York City hospital Monday as a precaution after she opened an envelope addressed to her husband containing an unidentified white powder, though police later said the substance wasn't dangerous. The frightening episode happened after 10 a.m. when Trump, 40, opened the letter addressed to the president's son at her mother's midtown Manhattan apartment, investigators said. She called 911 and said she was coughing and felt nauseated police said...
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Wedding dress returned 32 years after dry cleaner mix-up
(National News ~ 02/13/18)
WILLOWICK, Ohio — An Ohio woman had given up hope of seeing her wedding dress again after a dry cleaner mix-up three decades ago until her daughter’s friend saw photos of the dress on Facebook. Michelle Havrilla was nearly speechless after getting the dress back last week for the first time since her 1985 wedding. ...
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Israeli military court to try Palestinian teen protest icon
(International News ~ 02/13/18)
NABI SALEH, West Bank -- Palestinian protest icon Ahed Tamimi is to go on trial before an Israeli military court today for slapping and punching two Israeli soldiers -- an act Palestinians say embodies their David vs. Goliath struggle against a brutal military occupation and Israel portrays as a staged provocation meant to embarrass its military...
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N. Korea leader impressed with South's welcome
(International News ~ 02/13/18)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Tuesday it is important to continue a reconciliatory mood between the Koreas and expressed satisfaction with the North Korean delegation's visit to the South, in his first remarks since the high-level guests led by his sister returned to the North...
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Syrian militia says large number of IS fighters held
(International News ~ 02/13/18)
BEIRUT -- The Syrian Kurdish militia partnering with the U.S-led coalition to fight Islamic State militants said Monday it is holding a "huge number" of foreign fighters in Syria and none of their home countries want them back. The head of the People's Defense Units, or the YPG, Sipan Hemo, speaking to reporters in a conference call Monday, said more than half of those detained in the battle against IS in Syria are foreign fighters from all over the world, including Russia, Europe, China, Japan and Arab countries.. ...
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Emergency teams search for victims of plane crash in Russia
(International News ~ 02/13/18)
MOSCOW -- Emergency teams combed the snowy fields outside Moscow on Monday, searching for debris from a crashed Russian airliner and the remains of the 71 people aboard it who died. The An-148 twin-engine regional jet bound for Orsk in the southern Urals went down minutes after taking off from Moscow's Domodedovo airport Sunday afternoon. All 65 passengers and six crew on board were killed...
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Satellites show warming is accelerating sea level rise
(National News ~ 02/13/18)
WASHINGTON -- Melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are speeding up the already fast pace of sea level rise, new satellite research shows. At the current rate, the world's oceans on average will be at least 2 feet higher by the end of the century compared to today, according to researchers who published in Monday's Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences...
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Young handlers take in stride grown-up sport
(National News ~ 02/13/18)
NEW YORK -- Fenric Towell isn't nervous about his first time competing at the nation's top dog show. After all, he's heading to the Westminster Kennel Club ring this week with 100-plus shows under his belt, a record of wins and a champion Lakeland terrier...
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False alarms highlight weaknesses in alert system
(National News ~ 02/13/18)
Weather junkie John Grosso knew it was highly unlikely a monster wave was barreling toward the Connecticut coast. Still, when a tsunami warning appeared out of the blue on his phone Tuesday, he felt a twinge of fear. His co-workers, who got the same alert, asked whether they should evacuate...
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Infrastructure deal 'up to' Congress, president says
(National News ~ 02/13/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump sent Congress a sweeping plan Monday to rebuild the nation's depleted roads and bridges -- then immediately raised doubts about how committed he was to delivering on that campaign promise. "If you want it badly, you're going to get it," Trump told state and local officials during a meeting at the White House. "And if you don't want it, that's OK with me too."...
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GOP, Dem leaders say it's time for immigration deal
(National News ~ 02/13/18)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate's two top leaders put on a show of comradery Monday as their chamber launched its immigration debate, but also laid down markers underscoring how hard it will be to reach a deal capable of moving through Congress. "We really do get along, despite what you read in the press," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., at a previously scheduled appearance alongside his counterpart, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at the University of Louisville...
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Trump's $4.4 trillion budget moves deficit sharply higher
(National News ~ 02/13/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump unveiled a $4.4 trillion budget plan Monday that envisions steep cuts to America's social safety net but mounting spending on the military, formally retreating from last year's promises to balance the federal budget...
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Chemist was on plane being deported when judge granted stay
(State News ~ 02/13/18)
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- A chemist who has lived in Kansas for 30 years was already on a plane being deported back to his native Bangladesh when a federal immigration board issued a new stay Monday his supporters hope will allow him to be returned to Lawrence, his attorneys said...
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John Weems
(Obituary ~ 02/13/18)
FROHNA, Mo. -- John Charles Weems, 82, of Frohna passed away Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, at his home. He was born Jan. 10, 1936, in Stotesbury, Missouri, son of Silas "Lee" and Helen Jennie Wietrick Weems. He and Holly Hendricks were married March 25, 1989...
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Farmers trained on using controversial herbicide blamed for crop damage
(State News ~ 02/13/18)
MINNEAPOLIS -- Tens of thousands of soybean and cotton farmers across the country are taking free but mandatory training in how to properly use a weed killer blamed for drifting and damaging crops in neighboring fields. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency required the training and other restrictions last fall in a deal with three major agribusiness companies -- Monsanto, BASF and DuPont. ...
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Missouri House passes bill on public union dues
(State News ~ 02/13/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri House has passed a bill to change how public-sector union members pay dues. House members voted 91-55 on Monday to send the bill to the Senate. The legislation would require public employees to annually reauthorize paying their dues through paycheck withholdings. It also would require those unions to make financial records available to workers...
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Candace Ricketts
(Obituary ~ 02/13/18)
GLENALLEN, Mo. -- Candace Jeanette Ricketts, 46, of Glenallen died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018,in the emergency room at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Nov. 2, 1971, in Cape Girardeau, she was the daughter of Harold W. and Mary Jeanette Pulliam James. She married Christopher Lee Ricketts at Zalma, Missouri on July 20, 1996. He survives...
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Missouri state school board standoff creates delays
(State News ~ 02/13/18)
ST. LOUIS -- The Missouri Board of Education has missed two of 11 meetings scheduled for this year because it still doesn't have enough members for a quorum. Gov. Eric Greitens appointed 10 people in the second half of 2017 to the state board that oversees Missouri's public schools. Two declined, one resigned and two others were removed by Greitens in efforts to fire former commissioner Margie Vandeven in December...
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Larry Moore
(Obituary ~ 02/13/18)
Larry A. Moore, 64, of Fruitland passed away Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, at home, with his family by his side. He was born Oct. 15, 1953, at Gideon, Missouri, son of James and Imogene Legrand Moore. He and Norma Sturgeon were united in marriage Dec. 18, 1976...
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Jennifer Moore
(Obituary ~ 02/13/18)
Jennifer Lynn Moore, 39, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018, at her home. She was born July 14, 1978, in Nederland, Texas, the daughter of Nicky and Deborah Coker Moore. Jennifer grew up in Jackson, attending Jackson grade school and graduating from Cape Girardeau Central High School...
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Marty Menz
(Obituary ~ 02/13/18)
Marty Joe Menz, 54, of Delta passed away Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born June 27, 1963, in Cape Girardeau to the late Martin and Mildred McCormick Menz. He married Jerri Lynn Bond on Oct. 4, 1986, and she survives of the home...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 2/13/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/13/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Sunday n Medical assists were made at 12:32 a.m. on William Street; 12:34 a.m. on North Sprigg Street; 11:10 a.m. on South Sprigg Street; 11:13 a.m. on North Sprigg Street; and 8:11 p.m. on North West End Boulevard...
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Cape Girardeau police report 2/13/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/13/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest n Timmy Donley, 24, was arrested on two Cape Girardeau warrants for failure to appear and speeding and on a Bollinger County warrant...
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Crooner Vic Damone, 89, dies
(Entertainment ~ 02/13/18)
MIAMI -- Vic Damone, whose mellow baritone once earned praise from Frank Sinatra as "the best pipes in the business," has died in Florida at the age of 89, his daughter said. Victoria Damone told The Associated Press in a phone interview Monday her father died Sunday at a Miami Beach hospital from complications of a respiratory illness...
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T.J. Selsor
(Obituary ~ 02/13/18)
T.J. "T Bone" Selsor, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Feb. 9, 2018, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jack Cathcart officiating. Burial will be at Fairmount Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Donna Hosack
(Obituary ~ 02/13/18)
Donna Sue Lowes Hosack, 43, of Jackson died Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas. A memorial visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, Missouri...
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Stephen Coffey
(Obituary ~ 02/13/18)
Stephen David Coffey, 49, of Jackson died Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, at his home. Cremation was accorded by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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William Cissell
(Obituary ~ 02/13/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- William "Bill" P. Cissell, 64, of Perryville died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 6:30 to 9:20 a.m. Friday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville...
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Speak Out 2/13/18
(Speak Out ~ 02/13/18)
Thank you, Aaron, for the artistic photo of the cute gray squirrel in Sunday's Good Times section. I always learn something I didn't know in your photo features of nature's bounty. I love watching the squirrels and birds from my picture window, and I never miss taking a peek at your weekly articles...
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Prayer 2/13/18
(Prayer ~ 02/13/18)
O Lord Jesus, our Savior and Lord, may we love others as you love us. Amen.
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Bonnie Hennessy
(Obituary ~ 02/13/18)
Bonnie Jean Hennessy, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born April 20, 1928, in Willow Springs, Missouri, to William Wade and Bertha Rozella Cobel Belshe. She and Thomas J. Hennessy were married May 15, 1949, at Willow Springs. He preceded her in death Jan. 2, 2013...
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