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Cape, alligator gar to star in Animal Planet show Sunday
(Local News ~ 04/20/18)
Local viewers may want to tune into Animal Planet's "Jeremy Wade's Mighty Rivers" at 8 p.m. Sunday to see Missouri Department of Conservation fisheries regional supervisor Christopher Kennedy featured in a segment on alligator gar. The part addresses restocking of the long-snouted, sharp-toothed fish and why it is important and beneficial for Missouri...
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Culture & Entertainment Notebook: Jackson native hits home run with artwork
(Entertainment ~ 04/20/18)
Shortly after the St. Louis Cardinals won the 2011 World Series, Jackson native Kyle Taylor rediscovered his love for drawing that had been suppressed since his high school days. "I drew a picture of Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina, and I hadn't drawn in a while. I put it on Facebook. It got a lot of likes," Taylor said. "Then I put it on a Facebook Cardinals fan page, and it freaking exploded. People wanted to buy it. People wanted to have a copy of it."...
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Sources: Former sheriff meddled with murder suspect in ongoing investigation
(Local News ~ 04/20/18)
It was just days after Rick Walter had reopened the Mischelle Lawless murder case, when, he said, Kevin Williams walked into the sheriff's office. Josh Kezer was still in prison for the murder that a judge would rule later he did not commit. At that point in 2006, it was not widely known that Walter, then the sheriff, had reopened the case. He had only told those in his department. He now knows someone must have leaked information from his office...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/20/18)
Today is Friday, April 20, the 110th day of 2018. There are 255 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 20, 1898, the United States moved closer to war with Spain as President William McKinley signed a congressional resolution passed the day before recognizing Cuban independence and authorizing U.S. military intervention to achieve that goal...
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N. Korean leader removes major nuclear sticking point before talks
(International News ~ 04/20/18)
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday his rival, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, isn't asking for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Korean Peninsula as a precondition for abandoning his nuclear weapons. If true, this would seem to remove a major sticking point to a potential nuclear disarmament deal...
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Gaza protest camps moved closer to Israel border fence
(International News ~ 04/20/18)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Gaza protest organizers moved sit-in tents closer to the Israeli border fence Thursday, a day before a fourth planned mass demonstration, raising fears of more bloodshed. The protests, largely led by Gaza's Hamas rulers, began March 30. Organizers said they'll gradually move the camps toward the fence until May 15, but made conflicting comments about a possible breach...
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Condemned Northern California house sells for $1.23M
(Community ~ 04/20/18)
FREMONT, Calif. -- A condemned Northern California house with holes in the roof and mildew in the pipes sold last month for $1.23 million, a price tag highlighting how a housing shortage is fueling skyrocketing home prices in the San Francisco Bay Area...
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Syrian rebels give up town to Assad government forces
(International News ~ 04/20/18)
BEIRUT -- The Syrian government took control of a town northeast of Damascus on Thursday after rebels evacuated to north Syria -- the latest in a string of handovers by rebels to the government. Residents in the town of Dumayr welcomed security forces into their town in a triumphant show for the cameras of the state-affiliated al-Ikhbariya TV station...
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Women take fall in scandal shaking faith in Nobels
(International News ~ 04/20/18)
STOCKHOLM -- Thousands of protesters called Thursday for the resignation of the secretive board awarding the Nobel Prize in Literature after a sex-abuse scandal linked to the prestigious Swedish academy forced the ouster of its first-ever woman head and tarnished the reputation of the coveted prize...
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U.S. easing rules on sales of arms
(National News ~ 04/20/18)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration moved Thursday to make it easier for U.S. defense contractors to sell armed drones and other conventional weapons to foreign governments. In policy changes aimed at boosting American firms' ability to compete in the increasingly lucrative global arms market, the administration said it is removing restrictions that barred U.S. ...
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Bank account ownership on the rise
(National News ~ 04/20/18)
NEW YORK -- Roughly seven out of every 10 adults worldwide now have some form of bank account, the World Bank said Thursday, largely due to the proliferation of cell phone-based bank accounts and other simple bank account programs in places like India and Sub-Saharan Africa...
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Alabama mayor: 'Poop train' finally empty; sludge gone
(National News ~ 04/20/18)
ATLANTA -- The last train car full of New York City sewage sludge stinking up a small Alabama community for more than two months has finally been emptied, the town's mayor said this week. For more than two months, the sludge has blown an unbearable stench throughout the tiny town of Parrish, Alabama, population 982...
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After Syria missile strikes, U.S. stuck in holding pattern
(National News ~ 04/20/18)
WASHINGTON -- The drama of U.S. and allied missile strikes on Syria has obscured a sobering fact: The U.S.-led campaign to eliminate the Islamic State from Syria has stalled. The U.S. has 2,000 troops in Syria assisting local Arab and Kurdish fighters against IS, even as President Donald Trump resists deeper U.S. ...
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Rudy Giuliani to join Trump legal team in Russia probe
(National News ~ 04/20/18)
WASHINGTON -- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is joining the legal team defending President Donald Trump in the special counsel's Russia investigation, a Trump attorney said Thursday. With the addition of Giuliani, Trump gains an experienced litigator and former U.S. attorney in Manhattan. Trump is looking to bring his involvement with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation to a close, and is considering whether to sit for questioning by Mueller's team...
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Doctor who treated Prince pays $30K for illegal prescription
(National News ~ 04/20/18)
MINNEAPOLIS -- A Minnesota doctor accused of illegally prescribing an opioid painkiller for Prince a week before the musician died from a fentanyl overdose has agreed to pay $30,000 to settle a federal civil violation, according to documents made public Thursday...
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Americans filling far fewer prescriptions for opioids
(National News ~ 04/20/18)
TRENTON, N.J. -- The number of prescriptions for opioid painkillers filled in the U.S. fell dramatically last year, showing their biggest drop in 25 years and continuing a decline amid increasing legal restrictions and public awareness of the dangers of addiction, new data show...
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Construction to close section of Broadway
(Local News ~ 04/20/18)
A section of westbound Broadway between Lorimier and Middle streets will be closed to traffic for about a week, starting Monday, Cape Girardeau city officials said. Traffic will be detoured north on Lorimier Street, west on Bellevue Street and then south on Middle Street to connect back to Broadway, according to public works officials...
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Man shot by KC police dies, not identified
(State News ~ 04/20/18)
INDEPDENCE, Mo. -- Authorities say a man shot by suburban Kansas City police in January has died, but they are refusing to say when he died or to release his name. The shooting happened when officers responded to reports of an armed suspect outside a Dollar General store in Independence, The Kansas City Star reported. Jackson County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Mike Mansur said Tuesday he won't name the man or discuss the shooting while the case remains open...
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Barrios resigns as Southeast dean of liberal arts
(Local News ~ 04/20/18)
After 10 years at Southeast Missouri State University, Frank Barrios announced his resignation as dean of the College of Liberal Arts. The announcement came during the annual COLA Recognition Ceremony, held for outstanding students, on Tuesday at the University Center...
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Out of the past: April 20
(Out of the Past ~ 04/20/18)
The Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau is expected to crest later today at 40.3 feet, 8.3 feet above flood stage and its highest level in almost seven years; in addition to closing several streets in unprotected areas of the north and south sides of the city, the high water has also interrupted rail service through Cape Girardeau, after the floodgate over the Burlington Northern tracks next to Sloan's Creek was closed Friday...
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Kenneth White
(Obituary ~ 04/20/18)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Kenneth D. White, 66, of Bloomfield passed away Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 8, 1951, in Bragg City, Missouri, the son of Flaudie and Lillian Spence White. Kenneth had worked for the Missouri Department of Transportation for several years, working out of the Advance, Missouri, Shed...
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Patrick Schreckenberg
(Obituary ~ 04/20/18)
LEOPOLD, Mo. -- Patrick George Schreckenberg, 74, of Leopold passed away Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at his home. Born March 17, 1944, near Leopold, he was the son of George Theodore and Marie Bertha Jansen Schreckenberg. He and Fern Ellen Diamond married July 16, 1966, at Benton, Missouri. She survives...
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John Lohmeier
(Obituary ~ 04/20/18)
John Darrel Lohmeier, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at his home. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral will be 1 p.m. Sunday at Scriptural Evangelical Lutheran Church in Egypt Mills, with the Rev. Mark Rodgers officiating. Burial will be at Scriptural Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery in Egypt Mills...
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Gwenn Freitag
(Obituary ~ 04/20/18)
Gwenn Lee Freitag, DVM, 62, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, April 17, 2018, peacefully at her home. She was born June 24, 1955, in St. Louis County, Missouri, to Earl Lewis and Marguerite Hilda Zeller Freitag. Gwenn was a 1981 graduate of the University of Missouri in Columbia, where she received a doctorate in veterinary medicine...
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Alma Carlton
(Obituary ~ 04/20/18)
Alma J. Carlton, 90, of Jackson died Thursday, April 19, 2018, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. Visitation will be 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will follow at 1 p.m. at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jimmie Corbin officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau...
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Be a super hero this weekend at Comic Con, Cape Girardeau parks
(Editorial ~ 04/20/18)
The 13th annual Cape Comic Con starts this afternoon and continues through Sunday at the Osage Center in Cape Girardeau. Comic Con has developed a strong following in Cape Girardeau with more than 100 vendors particpating. There are also games and the popular costume contest, which will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Kinder Hall inside Cape Girardeau Central High School...
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Comey memos released
(National News ~ 04/20/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump told former FBI director James Comey he had serious concerns about the judgment of his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, according to memos maintained by Comey and obtained by The Associated Press. The 15 pages of documents contain new details about a series of interactions that Comey had with Trump in the weeks before his May 2017 firing. ...
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Prayer 4/20/18
(Prayer ~ 04/20/18)
Lord Jesus, we praise you for you are the Lamb of God and our Risen Savior. Amen.
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Births 4/20/18
(Births ~ 04/20/18)
Daughter to William Dale Hall and Kassondra Alisha Kershaw of Chaffee, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 10:06 p.m. Thursday, April 5, 2018. Name, Kahlila Bree. Weight, 7 pounds, 10 ounces. Sixth child, third daughter. Kershaw is the daughter of Diana Kershaw and Kenneth Kershaw of Cape Girardeau. She is employed by Procter & Gamble. Hall is the son of Rose Dothage and Dennis Dothage of Mountain Home, Arkansas. He is employed by Southeast Podiatry Clinic...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 4/20/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/20/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Tuesday n Medical assists were made at 10:13 a.m. on La Mesa Drive; 11:10 a.m. on Dunklin Street; 11:19 a.m. on Lyndhurst Drive; 11:33 a.m. on Doctors Park; 12:23 p.m. on Siemers Drive; 12:45 p.m. on Themis Street; 1:28 p.m. on North Mount Auburn Road; 1:34 p.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 9:08 p.m. on South Hanover Street; 9:53 p.m. on Rodney Vista Boulevard; and 11:31 p.m. on South West End Boulevard...
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Cape Girardeau police report 4/20/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/20/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. DWI n A suspect is in custody pending charges of driving while intoxicated, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Arrests n Benjamin Jones, 33, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant...
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Weekend Outlook: Bored in Cape? Then you're not paying attention
(Entertainment ~ 04/20/18)
It's basically my job each and every week to provide you with enough information about local events to disprove the rumor of Cape Girardeau being "boring." So naysayers, stand corrected, as this weekend is clearly once again "not boring." Comic Con The 2018 Cape Comic Con is back and this year you'll get to see legendary professional body builder and star of TV's "The Incredible Hulk" Lou Ferrigno and Reb Brown, star of TV's "Captain America I and II."...
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At the movies: Callling all 'Super Troopers'
(Entertainment ~ 04/20/18)
Everyone's favorite law enforcement team is back by popular demand with the long anticipated follow up to the cult comedy classic ... "SUPER TROOPERS." When an international border dispute arises between the U.S. and Canada, the Super Troopers -- Mac, Thorny, Foster, Rabbit and Farva, are called in to set up a new Highway Patrol station in the disputed area...
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Wallingford not rushing to judgment on Greitens
(Local News ~ 04/20/18)
While GOP leaders in the Missouri House and Senate have called on scandal-ridden Gov. Eric Greitens to resign, state Sen. Wayne Wallingford said he is not ready to "rush to judgment." Wallingford, R-Cape Girardeau, said he is not ready to call for the governor to resign while a criminal charge against Greitens has yet to go to trial...
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JACKSON FBLA ATTENDS STATE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
(Submitted Story ~ 04/20/18)
A record number 41 members and five advisers/chaperones of the Missouri Future Business Leaders of America Chapter (FBLA) from Jackson High School recently traveled to Springfield, MO, for the Missouri Future Business Leaders of America – Phi Beta Lambda State Leadership Conference. This conference featured dynamic workshops, innovative keynotes, and professional networking opportunities with Fortune 500 companies for middle school through college students...
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St. Paul Lutheran School Celebrates the “Week of the Young Child”
(Submitted Story ~ 04/20/18)
St. Paul Lutheran School, in Jackson, celebrated the “Week of the Young Child” April 15-20, 2018. Special activities were planned for the preschool and kindergarten students each day of the week! Singing Sunday; The preschool & kindergarten students sang in a worship service. Pinwheels were distributed to all children!...
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