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EdCamp to gather teachers at Central
(Local News ~ 03/23/18)
For teachers, learning about new technology for their classrooms isn't always a simple process, but one event this Saturday at Central High School aims to change that. EdCamp SEMissouri will start at 8 a.m. and run until noon Saturday. James Russell, technology instructional specialist for the district, said he's excited for the opportunity to bring together hundreds of teachers and technology experts in a one-day event promising fun and learning for teachers...
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Local Denny's Diner closes for business
(Local News ~ 03/23/18)
The moon has set over My Hammy in Cape Girardeau. Denny's Diner at 161 West Drive in Cape Girardeau closed for business as of Wednesday, according to a sign on an exterior door. WKS Restaurant Group, headquartered in Lakewood, California, owns 33 Denny's locations in six states, according to the company website, including the Cape Girardeau Denny's location...
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Soprano Christine Brewer makes stop at River Campus
(Local News ~ 03/23/18)
One of BBC Music's top 20 sopranos of all time and Grammy Award-winning opera singer Christine Brewer made a one-day visit Thursday to lead guest master classes at Shuck Music Recital Hall on the Southeast River Campus. Master classes are designated sessions where someone such as Brewer works with students at 30-minute intervals. On Thursday, students each sang a piece of music, followed by "a little critique" from her...
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Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo announces entertainers
(Local News ~ 03/23/18)
The 66th annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo — with nearly 40,000 people in attendance each year — is set Aug. 8 through 11, featuring nightly rounds of bullriding and performances by country singers Chris Janson, Brett Young, Justin Moore and Travis Tritt...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/23/18)
Today is Friday, March 23, the 82nd day of 2018. There are 283 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry delivered an address to the Virginia Provincial Convention in which he is said to have declared, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"...
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Public education support
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/23/18)
The appointment of Betsy DeVos as secretary of Education by President Trump concerns us greatly. This person, along with her husband, is said to be worth some $4.6 billion. She appears to be completely ignorant of the reality of the lives of ordinary citizens of our country...
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Soles4Souls helping people one pair of shoes at a time
(Editorial ~ 03/23/18)
It's time to dig out those unused shoes at home -- boots, sneakers or dress shoes, no matter. This is Soles4Souls Week in Cape Girardeau. Soles4Souls is a not-for-profit based in Nashville, Tennessee, established to help those in need receive a pair of shoes. Locally, this is one of those causes really connecting with donors and volunteers...
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Time for Trump to be president
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/23/18)
We are so blessed to be in the greatest country on earth. The good Lord has smiled on us like no other nation in history. We have food in every store stacked to the ceiling in every location. We can buy food, clothing and almost anything in those stores and at roadside vendors...
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Hurricane Harvey's toxic impact deeper than public told
(National News ~ 03/23/18)
HOUSTON -- A toxic onslaught from the nation's petrochemical hub was largely overshadowed by the record-shattering deluge of Hurricane Harvey as residents and first responders struggled to save lives and property. More than a half-year after floodwaters swamped America's fourth-largest city, the extent of this environmental assault is beginning to surface, while questions about the long-term consequences for human health remain unanswered...
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Lead attorney leaves Trump team
(National News ~ 03/23/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's lead lawyer in the special counsel's Russia investigation resigned Thursday, shaking up the legal team just as Trump intensifies attacks on an inquiry he calls nothing more than a witch hunt. The departure of attorney John Dowd removes the primary negotiator and legal strategist who had been molding Trump's defense. ...
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Mueller examining Cambridge Analytica, Trump campaign ties
(National News ~ 03/23/18)
WASHINGTON -- Special counsel Robert Mueller is scrutinizing the connections between President Donald Trump's campaign and the data mining firm Cambridge Analytica, which has come under fierce criticism over reports it swiped the data of more than 50 million Facebook users to sway elections...
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N. Korean sanctions evasions reveal Hong Kong's role
(International News ~ 03/23/18)
HONG KONG -- In the dead of night last month, two tanker ships pulled alongside each other in the East China Sea. One was a North Korean vessel, the other was the Belize-flagged Wan Heng 11. Lights on both ships were blazing, arousing a Japanese spy plane's suspicion they were carrying out a "ship-to-ship" transfer banned under United Nations sanctions imposed over North Korea's nuclear weapons program...
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Syrian rebels to leave key town in eastern Ghouta enclave
(International News ~ 03/23/18)
BEIRUT -- Syrian rebels and their families boarded government buses Thursday before departing a besieged town in the eastern Ghouta suburbs of Damascus, in a deal perhaps seeing the bombed-out town handed over to the government following years of siege...
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Israeli firm says it can turn garbage into plastic
(International News ~ 03/23/18)
KIBBUTZ ZEELIM, Israel -- Hawks, vultures and storks circle overhead as Christopher Sveen points at the heap of refuse rotting in the desert heat. "This is the mine of the future," he beams. Sveen is chief sustainability officer at UBQ, an Israeli company owning the patent to a process to convert household trash into reusable bio-based plastic...
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May seeks united EU against Russia over poisoning
(International News ~ 03/23/18)
BRUSSELS -- British Prime Minister Theresa May tried to rally European Union leaders into a unified stance Thursday against Russia, saying the poisoning of a former spy on English soil shows Moscow poses a long-term threat to the West. But as Russia denied responsibility and slammed Britain's investigation into the nerve-agent attack, some European leaders urged caution while the investigation continues...
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Global tourism predicted to slow after best year
(Community ~ 03/23/18)
LONDON -- The travel and tourism sector is set for a modest slowdown in 2018 as a result of higher oil prices and airfares, a year after it experienced its best year on record, according to a leading global industry body. In its annual Economic Impact Report, the World Travel and Tourism Council said Thursday the sector was responsible for the creation of 7 million new jobs worldwide in 2017, or one in five new jobs...
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School shooting victim 'brain dead,' life support ending, mother says
(National News ~ 03/23/18)
GREAT MILLS, Md. -- A teenage girl who was shot when a classmate opened fire inside their Maryland high school is brain dead and is being removed from life support, her mother said Thursday. Melissa Willey told news reporters Thursday night that her daughter, 16-year-old Jaelynn Willey has "no life left in her." She said Jaelynn would be removed from life support during the evening...
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Few details known about bombing suspect
(National News ~ 03/23/18)
PFLUGERVILLE, Texas -- Investigators on Thursday finished questioning the second roommate of the man they say spent weeks planting bombs around Texas' capital before using one of his own devices to blow himself up, but a more complete picture of the 23-year-old community college dropout remains elusive...
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Springfield meth ring kingpin sentenced to 30 years in prison
(State News ~ 03/23/18)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A man who authorities say was the kingpin of a methamphetamine drug ring in Springfield has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. The News-Leader reported 56-year-old Patrick Brigaudin was sentenced Wednesday for distributing methamphetamine and money laundering...
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McMaster out, Bolton in as national security adviser
(National News ~ 03/23/18)
WASHINGTON -- Charging ahead with the dramatic remaking of his White House, President Donald Trump said Thursday he would replace national security adviser H.R. McMaster with the former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, a foreign policy hawk entering a White House facing key decisions on Iran and North Korea...
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KSU graduate allegedly made second assault on UMSL campus before going to court
(State News ~ 03/23/18)
ST. LOUIS -- Four days before a Kansas State University graduate was due in court on charges he sexually assaulted an unconscious man at a campus fraternity last fall, he sexually assaulted a University of Missouri-St. Louis student at gunpoint in an on-campus apartment, prosecutors allege...
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Parkland teens remain vigilant, prepare for huge weekend march
(State News ~ 03/23/18)
PARKLAND, Fla. -- They can't buy a beer or rent a car and most aren't even old enough to vote, yet the students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have spearheaded what could become one of the largest marches in history with nearly 1 million people expected in Washington and more than 800 sister marches from California to Japan...
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Trump orders tariffs on China, raises concerns of trade war
(National News ~ 03/23/18)
WASHINGTON -- Primed for economic combat, President Donald Trump set in motion tariffs on as much as $60 billion in Chinese imports to the U.S. on Thursday and accused the Chinese of high-tech thievery, picking a fight that could push the global heavyweights into a trade war...
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Out of the past: March 23
(Out of the Past ~ 03/23/18)
Pending approval of the proposed $4.7 million bond issue by district voters on April 6, the Jackson school board has plans in place for the layout of a new middle school; the board accepts the tentative floor plan for the 84,000-square-foot building, to be located at the corner of Broadridge Avenue and Route D...
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Fire damages house in Cape
(Local News ~ 03/23/18)
An accidental fire caused by a space heater damaged a house Thursday in Cape Girardeau, a fire department official said. Cape Girardeau Fire Department battalion chief Brad Dillow said the fire at 625 N. Lorimier St. was reported at 11:41 a.m. Dillow said 18 firefighters, from all four fire stations, responded to the scene...
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Kelso seeks tax extension for fire protection, not 'increase' shown on ballot
(Local News ~ 03/23/18)
Ballot language calls it a tax "increase," but Kelso, Missouri, Mayor Larry McClain said the tax measure on the village's April 3 ballot seeks to extend an existing property tax, not raise it. McClain said voters repeatedly have extended the tax every four years to fund fire protection...
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Walter Wilde
(Obituary ~ 03/23/18)
Walter "Wayne" Wilde, 68, of Cape Girardeau passed away peacefully Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at Southeast Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Karen Boca Wilde; loving father of Dave (Sue) Wilde; proud grandfather of Drew Wilde; son of the late Walter and Thelma Wilde; brother of the late Gary Paul Wilde; and loving brother-in-law, uncle, great-uncle, nephew, cousin and friend to many...
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Gordon Smith
(Obituary ~ 03/23/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Gordon R. Smith, 92, of Perryville died Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at his home. He was born Sept. 21, 1925, in Seneca, Wisconsin, son of Vincent J. and Fern Childs Smith. He married Eunice Callaway. She preceded him in death. He then married Jane Ellzey Abernathy Smith. She also preceded him in death...
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Loretta Reynolds
(Obituary ~ 03/23/18)
Loretta B. Reynolds, 79, of Cape Girardeau passed away peacefully, with family by her side Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born May 20, 1938, in Tilsit to Walter and Adelia Sander Meier. She and Lyle Reynolds were married June 11, 1960. He survives...
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Kathryn Mayfield
(Obituary ~ 03/23/18)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Kathryn Marie Mayfield, 71, of Marble Hill entered into rest on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at the Woodland Hills Nursing Home. She was born Oct. 17, 1946, in Patton, Missouri, daughter of Leo "Muck" Wilson and Mildred I. Douglas Long. She and Floyd Mayfield were united in marriage Feb. 6, 1965...
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Bob Gerlach
(Obituary ~ 03/23/18)
Bob Gerlach, 91, of Jackson died Thursday, March 22, 2018, at Lutheran Home Assisted Living in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Ford & Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Douglas Breite officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau...
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Kifton Dillow
(Obituary ~ 03/23/18)
Kifton K. Dillow passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau, one day after his 94th birthday. A native of Union County, Illinois, "Kif" was born on the first day of spring at his home near Mill Creek, Illinois, to Van and Ella Dillow. ...
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At the Movies: Love, acceptance to go hand in hand this weekend
(Entertainment ~ 03/23/18)
1) "Black Panther" Not since "Avatar" has a box-office hit had the kind of staying power of "Black Panther." Ryan Coogler's comic-book sensation became Sunday the first film since James Cameron's 2009 smash to top the weekend box office five straight weekends...
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The lowdown on Kingshighway; hats off to mayors
(Column ~ 03/23/18)
Boy, talk about hitting a nerve. Everyone -- and I mean everyone -- I've seen this past week has vented about traffic signals and intersections in Cape Girardeau where computerized, automated, camera-dependent lights actually snarl the flow on our streets (some of which are the city's responsibility and some of which are state routes)...
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Prayer 3/23/18
(Prayer ~ 03/23/18)
O Lord Jesus, we humbly ask that you give us wisdom in all decisions. Amen.
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Speak Out 3/23/18
(Speak Out ~ 03/23/18)
I attended the Eastern Ozark Rendezvous today at the Barks Plantation in Glenallen, Missouri. It was as if transported through time and I had to just walk around for a while to adjust. I absolutely loved it and I will most certainly attend next year. Words do not describe the experience though. If you enjoy history and seeing period correct clothing and settings etc., you will not be sorry...
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Cape Girardeau police report 3/23/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/23/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests n Samuel Brown, 55, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for stealing and trespassing. Thefts n Theft was reported at 889 N. Kingshighway...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 3/23/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/23/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Wednesday n Medical assists were made at 5:50 a.m. on Anna Street; 7:19 a.m. on Monterey Street; 12:26 p.m. on Lombardo Drive; 12:36 p.m. on North Water Street; 7:36 p.m. on North Frederick Street; and 8:20 p.m. on William Street...
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Dancing through adversity
(Entertainment ~ 03/23/18)
As an athletic incoming freshman at Southeast Missouri State University, Micheal Curry had hopes of becoming a football star. But a medical diagnosis sidelined those dreams and set him on a different path. Curry sought treatment from a chiropractor for five years. Last summer, his health worsened. "I was getting pain, and the left side of my body was going numb," he says. "And so I couldn't really feel anything."...
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Arts, music, brew on tap this weekend
(Entertainment ~ 03/23/18)
No weekend is complete without a generous supply of arts, music and brew, which we definitely have this time around. You'll want to start at the Show Me Center tonight to see some of your favorite classic rock legends -- REO Speedwagon, Styx and Don Felder formerly of the Eagles -- perform, then progress through the weekend using the convenient guide below...
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