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Jackson plans street, sidewalk repairs, Russell Heights improvements
(Local News ~ 04/03/18)
Jackson’s concrete maintenance routine will look a little different this year, according to a city official. City engineer Clint Brown said Friday last year’s regularly scheduled concrete repair, including city streets and sidewalks, was delayed because of personnel changes late in the spring...
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Cape city may install traffic signals at Veterans Memorial Drive in conjunction with I-55 interchange project
(Local News ~ 04/03/18)
The City of Cape Girardeau may install traffic signals at Veterans Memorial Drive and U.S. 61 in conjunction with the state’s plan to redesign the nearby center junction interchange and replace the Interstate 55 bridges, officials said Monday. Missouri Department of Transportation project engineer Jason Williams told the city council at Monday’s study session the amount of traffic on Veterans Memorial Drive doesn’t meet the traffic counts needed for the state to signalize the intersection...
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State divers search in Scott County
(Local News ~ 04/03/18)
The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Underwater Recovery Team searches with metal detectors Tuesday in a body of water at the southwest corner of Nash Road and Port Authority Road in Scott County. According to Scott County Sheriff Wes Drury, the dive team was requested by the county to assist in an ongoing investigation.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/03/18)
Today is Tuesday, April 3, the 93rd day of 2018. There are 272 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 3, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered what turned out to be his final speech, telling a rally of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, that "I've been to the mountaintop" and "seen the Promised Land. ...
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Will your Missouri tax refund be late -- again?
(Column ~ 04/03/18)
Taxpayers across Missouri are in the middle of submitting their state and federal returns. The looming deadline in mid-April means penalties and interest for those who owe and file late. But what if it's the government that owes you money and misses its deadline to send your refund? Missouri taxpayers have been finding those delays all too common recently -- and the problem is getting worse, as my audit on the timeliness of income tax refunds by the Department of Revenue discovered...
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Women make me mad
(Column ~ 04/03/18)
I always get annoyed this time of year. Every single year. I know I shouldn't. I should be used to it by now, but I'm not. I'm talking about March Madness; how women are treated during this time makes me ... mad. As a basketball enthusiast, I have played the game against guys and girls. ...
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Out of the past: April 3
(Out of the Past ~ 04/03/18)
A volatile bond market has forced the City of Cape Girardeau and local banks to rescind an agreement they had reached in February to finance the city's Convention and Visitor's Bureau recreation project; all seven local banks had agreed to finance the project through the purchase of $3.73 million in "certificates of participation" at an average annual interest rate of 5.25 percent...
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March tax liens
(Local News ~ 04/03/18)
Tax Liens Filed Dixon, Sandrea J. and Stephen S. Fisher, Cheri D. Kunkleman, Daniel Seabaugh, Joey W. and Krista D. Brookins, Larisa S. Rose and Rose, Robert J. III Crenshaw, C. A. Jr. and Judith A. Green, Stacey E. Kelton, Stanley H. Lewis, Daniel F...
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Clashes continue along Gaza border
(International News ~ 04/03/18)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israel's military rejected new allegations Monday of unlawful use of force against unarmed Palestinians during mass protests in Gaza last week, as the Palestinian death toll rose to 18. Israeli troops prevented a mass breach of the border fence and an attempt by Gaza's Islamic militant Hamas to "drag us into a catastrophe," said Brig. ...
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Madikizela-Mandela: Life of struggle
(International News ~ 04/03/18)
JOHANNESBURG -- Even the name given to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at birth -- Nomzamo, "one who undergoes trials" -- foretold a life of struggle. During her nearly 38-year marriage to Nelson Mandela, she fought for black majority rule even as she vowed to escape the shadow of the great man...
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Russia-backed TV channel gone from DC-area broadcasts
(National News ~ 04/03/18)
For years, the state-funded Russian TV channel RT had broadcast its slickly produced English-language news programs over the airwaves in the Washington area. But in early February, the network was taken off the air by a northern Virginia TV station. RT had remained on area cable channels until midnight Sunday when the station permanently closed...
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Esty won't seek re-election amid harassment queries
(National News ~ 04/03/18)
HARTFORD, Conn. -- U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty announced Monday she will not seek re-election this year amid calls for her resignation over her handling of the firing of a former chief of staff accused of harassment, threats and violence against female staffers in her congressional office...
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Trump calls for 'nuclear option'
(National News ~ 04/03/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump demanded Monday that Congress pass new border legislation using the "Nuclear Option if necessary" to muscle it through the Senate -- a drastic change in rules the Republican leader has previously dismissed. Trump tweeted the U.S. must build a border wall, but argued "Democrats want No Borders, hence drugs and crime!" He also said a deal to help "Dreamer" immigrants is "dead because the Democrats didn't care or act."...
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Steve Duniphan
(Obituary ~ 04/03/18)
Steve Duniphan, 65, of Burfordville passed away peacefully the morning of Sunday, April 1, 2018. Steve was born Aug. 31, 1952, in Cape Girardeau to Loman and Jean Humphreys Duniphan. He grew up in Chaffee, Missouri, where he excelled in baseball, basketball and football as a three-sport letterman. He attended Southeast Missouri State University, where he was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and graduated with a degree in business...
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Trump opens door to meeting Putin in White House
(National News ~ 04/03/18)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration opened the door Monday to a potential White House meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, raising the possibility of an Oval Office welcome for Putin for the first time in more than a decade even as relations between the two powers have deteriorated...
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Serial killings suspect isn't facing death penalty
(National News ~ 04/03/18)
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Louisiana prosecutors aren't seeking the death penalty against a suspect charged with killing three men and wounding a fourth in a string of shootings last year. District Attorney Samuel D'Aquilla said Monday he informed Ryan Sharpe's defense attorney of his decision not to seek the death penalty against the 36-year-old man over a deadly shooting in East Feliciana Parish. ...
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Fort Worth police investigate video of black man's arrest
(National News ~ 04/03/18)
FORT WORTH, Texas -- The Fort Worth Police Department is investigating a weekend arrest in which a white officer was caught on video kneeling on a black man's back and punching him while a black officer kneed him. In the 50-second video of Saturday's arrest posted on Facebook by the Next Generation Action Network, which organizes demonstrations against police abuse, two Fort Worth police officers can be seen restraining Forrest Curry as he lies face-down in the street. ...
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Teen survives 12 hours in LA sewage
(National News ~ 04/03/18)
LOS ANGELES -- A 13-year-old boy was miraculously rescued Monday after falling into a river of sewage in Los Angeles, getting swept away and spending more than 12 hours in the city's toxic and mazelike underground sewer system. Jesse Hernandez had been playing with other children on wooden planks over an access portal to the sewer system during a family outing Sunday at a Los Angeles park. ...
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Holder: Age of bullies, bigots not fully over
(National News ~ 04/03/18)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Despite advances the country has made since the Rev. Martin Luther King. Jr. was slain while fighting poverty and racism, "the age of bullies and bigots is not fully behind us," former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday...
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Infant antacids, antibiotics linked to allergies
(Community ~ 04/03/18)
Infants who are given antacids such as Zantac or Pepcid are more likely to develop childhood allergies, perhaps because these drugs may alter their gut bacteria, a new large study suggests. Early use of antibiotics also raised the chances of allergies in the study of nearly 800,000 children...
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Studies link legal marijuana with fewer opioid prescriptions
(National News ~ 04/03/18)
NEW YORK -- Can legalizing marijuana fight the problem of opioid addiction and fatal overdoses? Two new studies in the debate suggest it may. Pot can relieve chronic pain in adults, so advocates for liberalizing marijuana laws have proposed it as a lower-risk alternative to opioids. But some research suggests marijuana may encourage opioid use, and so might make the epidemic worse...
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EPA to ease emissions standards
(National News ~ 04/03/18)
Environmental regulators announced Monday they will ease emissions standards for cars and trucks, saying a timeline put in place by President Barack Obama was not appropriate and set standards "too high." The Environmental Protection Agency said it completed a review to affect vehicles for model years 2022-2025. ...
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Kentucky, Oklahoma teachers rally as rebellion grows
(National News ~ 04/03/18)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- The state Capitol in Kentucky filled with teachers protesting pension changes and demanding generous school funding Monday, and thousands of Oklahoma educators walked out of classrooms in the latest evidence of teacher rebellion in some Republican-led states...
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U.S. vs. China: a 'slap-fight,' not a trade war. So far
(National News ~ 04/03/18)
WASHINGTON -- First, the United States imposed a tax on Chinese steel and aluminum. Then, China counterpunched Monday with tariffs on a host of U.S. products, including apples, pork and ginseng. On Wall Street, the stock market buckled on the prospect of an all-out trade war between the world's two biggest economies. But it hasn't come to that -- not yet, anyway...
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North Texas company recalls nearly 4 tons of raw beef items
(State News ~ 04/03/18)
FORT WORTH, Texas -- A North Texas company has recalled nearly 4 tons of raw beef wrongly produced and packaged without federal inspection. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the recall involves PFP Enterprises, operating as Texas Meat Packers of Fort Worth...
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Missouri pays nearly $600,000 in sexual harassment case
(State News ~ 04/03/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The state of Missouri has paid out nearly $600,000 to a female corrections officer to settle another sexual harassment lawsuit. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Monday cited a report issued by the Missouri Attorney General's Office showing Michelle Findley received a check for $294,500 in February, and her attorney was paid $291,443...
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Missouri attorney general demands info from Facebook on data
(State News ~ 04/03/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley demanded information from Facebook on Monday following allegations the social media giant mishandled user data. The Republican Senate candidate said his office issued a civil investigative demand, which functions like a subpoena, seeking details on how Facebook collects, shares and protects user information. ...
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Missouri measure would limit insurance company payouts
(State News ~ 04/03/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A bill on Gov. Eric Greitens' desk would limit how much money insurance companies would have to pay after accidents. The proposal affects cases where multiple people are owed money from an insurance company, such as after a car accident leaves multiple people injured. ...
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Clydesdales arrive Monday in Cape
(Local News ~ 04/03/18)
The Budweiser Clydesdales arrive Monday at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. The horses will be stabled in the park through the week and may be viewed by members of the public.
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Prayer 4/3/18
(Prayer ~ 04/03/18)
O Lord Jesus, may the words we say glorify you, our King of kings. Amen.
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Cape Girardeau fire report 4/3/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/03/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Sunday n Medical assist calls were made at 7:31 a.m. on North Frederick Street; 3:03 p.m. on Independence Street; 5:22 p.m. on Perryville Road; and 8:46 p.m. on Amblewood Drive...
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Caoe/Jackson police reports 4/3/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/03/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Michael McKnight, 37, of New Hamburg, Missouri, was arrested on a warrant. n Gary Roper, 32, of Benton, Missouri, was arrested on two Cape Girardeau warrants for failure to appear...
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Book illustrates Boston museum heist
(Community ~ 04/03/18)
BOSTON -- A new illustrated book about the theft of $500 million worth of artwork from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum went on sale Monday. The 37-page book "Stolen" was created in response to visitor requests for more information about the 13 pieces stolen in the early morning hours of March 18, 1990, by two men posing as Boston police officers...
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Couple who met in supermarket marry amid vegetables in aisle 13
(National News ~ 04/03/18)
LOWER BURRELL, Pa. — Attention all shoppers: wedding in aisle 13. A couple who met at a supermarket have tied the knot there with canned carrots and peas among their wedding guests. The Valley News Dispatch reported 69-year-old Larry Spiering and 61-year-old Becky Smith married Sunday at the Community Supermarket in Lower Burrell, where they met 10 years ago. ...
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Mary Uelsmann
(Obituary ~ 04/03/18)
BENTON, Mo. -- Mary Belle Uelsmann, 92, of Benton died Sunday, April 1, 2018, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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Wilbur Bedwell
(Obituary ~ 04/03/18)
Wilbur Bedwell, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, April 2, 2018, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau.
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Hundreds of Dogs to Compete at Quilt City Classic Dog Show in Paducah this weekend
(Submitted Story ~ 04/03/18)
The Paducah Kennel Club brings dog lovers their annual All-Breed Dog Show this weekend in Paducah! Hundreds of dogs and their owners will get the chance to strut their stuff in the show ring Saturday & Sunday, April 7th & 8th at the Schroeder Expo Center, 415 Park St, Paducah, KY 42001 from 8 AM to 5 PM each day. The event is great for the whole family with free admission and parking. Dogs that are not entered in the competitions are not permitted on show grounds...
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