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Jackson police warn of auto break-ins
(Local News ~ 04/24/18)
The Jackson Police Department is reminding residents to lock their vehicles after several break-ins were reported over the weekend. “Do not keep your keys or anything in your vehicle that you wouldn’t want taken,” a recent Facebook post stated. The public is asked to keep an eye out for each other, and if anyone sees anything suspicious at any time of day or night, to call the department at (573) 243-3151...
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State budget cuts could reduce autism services
(Local News ~ 04/24/18)
Julie Koch worries about her two sons with autism. The Cape Girardeau mother wonders what their future will be like if proposed state budget cuts eliminate some of their therapy services. She said she is not alone in her concerns. Other parents are just as worried, she said...
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Former councilman, educator Melvin Gateley remembered as tireless civic leader
(Local News ~ 04/24/18)
Former Cape Girardeau Councilman Melvin Gateley was remembered Monday as a tireless civic leader who helped beautify the city, spearheading an organization that planted thousands of rose bushes and daffodils, many with his own hands. Gateley died Monday at the Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 91...
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Cape School District works to help homeless students
(Local News ~ 04/24/18)
For some students at Cape Girardeau Central schools, questions such as “Where will I sleep tonight?” and “What’s for dinner?” don’t always have easy answers. That’s where Deena Ring, assistant superintendent of special services, and her office’s programs step in, when they can...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/24/18)
Today is Tuesday, April 24, the 114th day of 2018. There are 251 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 24, 1800, Congress approved a bill establishing the Library of Congress. On this date: In 1792, Capt. Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle began composing "War Song for the Rhine Army," later known as "La Marseillaise", the national anthem of France...
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Enjoys the 'abstract' sculptures
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/24/18)
I truly enjoy the "abstract" sculptures on Broadway. Ms. Harrison in her April 18 letter wanted the sculptures less abstract so everyone would know what the sculptures meant. Does she not understand what "abstract" means? The beauty of abstract is there is no real meaning for all. ...
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Farmers market season has begun in Cape area
(Editorial ~ 04/24/18)
Who doesn't like homemade and homegrown foods? Last week officially started the farmers market season in the Cape Girardeau area, with a Thursday market opening in the parking lot of West Park Mall last week. The Cape Riverfront Market begins its season at 8 a.m. May 5 and continues every Saturday in downtown Cape Girardeau. Jackson's Farmers Market opens up on Tuesdays beginning May 1 at the St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Train Station...
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Texas man sentenced to 50 years for $1.2M theft of fajitas
(National News ~ 04/24/18)
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A Texas man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for stealing $1.2 million worth of fajitas over nine years. Fifty-three-year-old Gilberto Escamilla was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to theft by a public servant. The Brownsville Herald reported he told the court the fajita scheme spun out of control. ...
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Prince charming: Kate gives birth to boy
(Entertainment ~ 04/24/18)
LONDON -- Third time's a charm. The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth Monday morning to a new prince who is fifth in line to the British throne -- and she was home by suppertime. The duchess and husband Prince William drove to St. Mary's Hospital in London early in the morning, and Kate's 8 pound, 7 ounce boy was born at 11:01 a.m., with royal officials announcing the birth about two hours later...
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Saudi-led airstrike at Yemen wedding killed at least 20
(International News ~ 04/24/18)
SANAA, Yemen -- An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition hit a wedding party in northern Yemen, killing at least 20 people, health officials said Monday, as harrowing images emerged on social media of the deadly bombing, the third to hit Yemeni civilians since the weekend...
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Armenia's leader quits, saying 'I was wrong'
(International News ~ 04/24/18)
YEREVAN, Armenia -- Serzh Sargsyan, who ruled Armenia for 10 years, resigned Monday as prime minister after thousands of people poured into the streets to protest his political maneuvering to cling to power in this former Soviet republic. The stunning development touched off jubilation in the capital of Yerevan, with car horns blaring and people dancing, hugging and waving the tricolor Armenian flag. ...
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U.S. won't ease sanctions without action by N. Korea on nukes
(National News ~ 04/24/18)
WASHINGTON -- The White House said Monday North Korea won't get sanctions relief until it takes "concrete action" toward denuclearization, the goal of President Donald Trump's planned summit with Kim Jong Un. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders' comments appeared to leave open the possibility of easing the U.S.-led "maximum pressure" campaign before North Korea had completely given up its nuclear weapons...
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U.S. brands suffer damage in Chinese corporate war
(International News ~ 04/24/18)
SHANGHAI -- It was looking like a banner year for business in China. The U.S. clothing company was expecting a 20 percent jump in online sales on Alibaba's Tmall, thanks to the e-commerce giant's massive reach. But executives soon learned what Alibaba gives, it can also take away...
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Gun reform hard sell in rural Kentucky
(National News ~ 04/24/18)
BENTON, Ky. -- Jeff Dysinger's daughter survived two bullets from a classmate at her Kentucky high school this year, but he hasn't joined in the national outcry over, guns escalating after 17 people died in a Florida school shooting three weeks later...
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Travel ban case tests Trump policy
(National News ~ 04/24/18)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has so far had little to say about Donald Trump's time as president, even as the nation has moved from one Trump controversy to another. That's about to change. The justices' first deep dive into a Trump administration policy comes in a dispute over the third and latest version of the administration's ban on travel from some countries with majority Muslim populations. ...
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Water activist, 6 others honored for activism
(National News ~ 04/24/18)
FLINT, Mich. -- A woman who played a key role in exposing the lead-tainted water disaster in Flint is among seven people from around the world to be awarded a Goldman Environmental Prize for grassroots environmental activism. LeeAnne Walters was repeatedly rebuffed by Gov. ...
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Koch network success draws pushback
(National News ~ 04/24/18)
WASHINGTON -- The sprawling network funded by the billionaire Koch brothers is having a very good run with President Donald Trump in the White House and Republicans in control of Congress. Tax cuts are now signed into law. A conservative judge is seated on the Supreme Court. And many governmental regulations, including those on labor and environmental practices, are facing rollbacks...
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Dems' chances may rest on flipping GOP strongholds in cities
(National News ~ 04/24/18)
DALLAS -- As Dallas has evolved from reliably red to deeply blue, joining many other big cities, one enclave has remained the beating heart of country club conservatism -- home to Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens and former President George W. Bush...
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Pompeo nomination clears panel, goes to full Senate likely to pass
(National News ~ 04/24/18)
WASHINGTON -- Mike Pompeo, President Donald Trump's choice for secretary of state, avoided a rare rebuke Monday as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee narrowly recommended him, but the vote served as a warning shot to the White House as nominees to lead the CIA and Veterans Affairs are hitting stiff resistance...
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Van kills 9, injures 16 in Toronto; driver in custody
(International News ~ 04/24/18)
TORONTO -- A rented van jumped onto a crowded Toronto sidewalk Monday, killing nine people and injuring 16 before the driver fled and was quickly arrested in a confrontation with police, Canadian authorities said. Witnesses said the driver was moving fast and appeared to be acting deliberately, but police said they did not know the cause or any possible motive. The name of the suspect was not released...
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Trumps, Macrons dine at Mount Vernon
(National News ~ 04/24/18)
WASHINGTON -- Tending to bonding before business, President Donald Trump and France's Emmanuel Macron opened the French president's visit Monday with an anything-but-ordinary double date with their wives at George Washington's house. The presidents and their spouses hopped on a helicopter bound for Mount Vernon, Washington's historic riverside home, for a private dinner one night before the leaders sit down for talks on a weighty agenda including security, trade and the Iran nuclear deal...
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'It was life or death,' says man who snatched gunman's AR-15
(National News ~ 04/24/18)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The man who snatched an AR-15 rifle from a gunman at a busy Tennessee restaurant says his was a "selfish" act of self-preservation and he doesn't consider himself a hero. Never mind he is being credited with saving several other lives...
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Waffle House slaying suspect arrested after massive manhunt
(National News ~ 04/24/18)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The mentally unstable gunman suspected of killing four people in a late-night shooting at a Waffle House restaurant was arrested near his apartment Monday after hiding from police for more than a day, authorities said. Police and federal agents had mounted a massive manhunt for 29-year-old Travis Reinking after the Sunday morning attacks, in which a gunman clad only in a jacket used an assault rifle to attack a diverse crowd of patrons at the restaurant before being disarmed by a patron.. ...
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Missouri lawmaker won't resign over calls to radio show
(State News ~ 04/24/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Democratic Missouri state lawmaker said he won’t step down despite facing backlash for repeatedly calling into a radio program whose host has been criticized for comments denounced as racist and offensive. St. Louis-area Rep. Bob Burns told reporters Monday he has no intention of resigning. ...
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Supreme Court rejects Missouri man with 241-year prison term
(State News ~ 04/24/18)
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from a man who committed robbery and other crimes on a single day when he was 16 and now isn’t eligible for parole until he’s 112 years old. The justices Monday left in place defendant Bobby Bostic’s 241-year sentence. ...
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Ex-husband's attorney gets $100,000 payment in Greitens case
(State News ~ 04/24/18)
ST. LOUIS -- The law firm representing the ex-husband of the woman who had an affair with Gov. Eric Greitens in 2015 received two anonymous $50,000 payments that went toward the man's legal fees, the man's attorney said Monday. Attorney Al Watkins, in an interview after a court hearing for one of the two felony cases involving the Republican governor, said a courier delivered each $50,000 payment to his suburban St. ...
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Out of the past: April 24
(Out of the Past ~ 04/24/18)
Offering a glimpse of what life was like in the days when Louis Lorimier founded his trading post here two centuries ago, the Zenon River Brigade is encamped at Elks Park; the encampment, sponsored by the Bicentennial Commission, entertains visitors taking part in the Mississippi River Valley Scenic Drive...
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On the dock of the lake at Cape County Park South
(Local News ~ 04/24/18)
Kason Wissman, 5, watches as his sister, Leona Jean Wissman, 3, fishes Monday on the dock of Cape County Park South in Cape Girardeau.
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Leo Schott
(Obituary ~ 04/24/18)
ORAN, Mo. -- Leo Curtis Schott, 73, of Oran passed away Sunday, April 22, 2018, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born Jan. 24, 1945, in Cape Girardeau to the late Leo Simon and Doris Faye McDaniel Schott. He and Carolyn Morrison married Feb. 23, 1963, and she survives of the home...
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Joseph Griffin
(Obituary ~ 04/24/18)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Joseph "Joe" Griffin, 62, of Chaffee passed away Sunday, April 22, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 2, 1955, in Cape Girardeau to the late Oscar and Vera Dannenmueller Griffin. Joe was a retired self-employed drywall installer. He was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church...
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Melvin Gateley
(Obituary ~ 04/24/18)
R. Melvin Gateley, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, April 23, 2018, at Ratliff Care Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Lynwood Baptist Church. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Mark Anderson officiating. Burial will follow at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery...
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Joan Brewster
(Obituary ~ 04/24/18)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Joan Elene Brewster, 75, of Marble Hill died Saturday, April 21, 2018, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Interment will be in Lessley Ridge Cemetery near Marble Hill...
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Donna Bollinger
(Obituary ~ 04/24/18)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Donna Sue Bollinger, 83, of Marble Hill died April 15, 2018, at Woodland Hills. She was born Aug. 16, 1934, near Gipsy, Missouri, daughter of Leonard and Leo Cullins Dunn. She graduated from Zalma High School in 1953. Most of her life was spent with her three sons. She helped with the books and office work for her boys when they started Bollinger Brothers' Drilling. She also worked many years at the hat factory in Marble Hill. She was of the Baptist faith...
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Are black parents raising victims or victors?
(Column ~ 04/24/18)
This is likely to touch some nerves, but I am not averse to offering thoughts that cause people to react. Too many don't think deeply enough. Instead, we take things for granted, see the status quo as the way things must be and never question mindsets we've held all of our lives...
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Speak Out 4/24/18
(Speak Out ~ 04/24/18)
Well, well, well. North and South Korea are officially ending the 68 year old Korean War next week. North Korea is coming to the negotiating table and has already agreed to stop nuclear testing. It seems like getting tough with "little rocket man" was the way to go after all! It took that "idiot" Donald Trump to clean up the mess all the "smartest and most qualified people in the world" that the Democrats have put in office made by placating and giving him everything he wanted. ...
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Prayer 4/24/18
(Prayer ~ 04/24/18)
Lord Jesus, we place our hope in you for you are the author of our faith. Amen.
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Cold War poison resurfaces in English town
(International News ~ 04/24/18)
MOSCOW -- During the Cold War, Soviet scientists at a secret, high-security lab worked frantically to counter the latest U.S. chemical weapons. More than four decades later, the nerve agent they developed apparently turned up in a quiet English town, where it nearly killed a former Russian spy and his daughter...
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New lynching memorial evokes terror of victims
(National News ~ 04/24/18)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Visitors to the new National Memorial for Peace and Justice first glimpse them, eerily, in the distance: Brown rectangular slabs, 800 in all, inscribed with the names of more than 4,000 souls who lost their lives in lynchings between 1877 and 1950...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 4/24/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/24/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Sunday n Medical assists were made at 2:25 a.m. on Emerald Street; 2:29 a.m. on Broadway; 5:35 a.m. on North Frederick Street; 10:25 a.m. on Lexington Avenue; 1:12 p.m. on Themis Street; 2:24 p.m. on South Ranney Avenue; 2:54 p.m. on Linden Street; 5:07 p.m. on Morgan Oak Street; and 6:30 p.m. on William Street...
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Former volunteer charged with stealing from Missouri museum
(State News ~ 04/24/18)
SEDALIA, Mo. -- A former volunteer at a small Missouri museum has been charged with stealing thousands of dollars' worth of Civil War and World War I artifacts. A warrant was issued Monday for the arrest of 38-year-old Terry Cockrell, a 2010 Sedalia mayoral candidate who volunteered for eight years at the Pettis County Museum before moving last fall to Coffeyville, Kansas. He's charged with two felony counts of stealing $750 or more. No attorney is listed for him in online court records...
- Cape County Rotary Club adopts Indian Park (Submitted Story ~ 04/24/18)
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OHS Annual Alumni Reunion
(Submitted Story ~ 04/24/18)
All OHS Alumni invited to the OHS Annual Alumni Reunion June 9th, 2018 at the Oran KC Hall. $20 per person: 5pm Happy Hour, 7pm Dinner and Program. RSVP to oranalumni@mail.com or mail check and information to PO Box 262, Oran, MO 63771. All RSVP must be received by June 1st. Honored classes: graduation years ending in 3 or 8. Reserved seating available upon request. Our Mission: Have a fun evening together and collect donations for Scholarships to benefit OHS graduates...
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Kindergarten Class Celebrates Letter People Week
(Submitted Story ~ 04/24/18)
The Kindergarten class of Guardian Angel, Oran, celebrated Letter People Week beginning April 23. On that day, each student came to school dressed as his/her assigned letter person. Left to right are: Liam LeGrand (Ahchoo!), Baker Mattingly (Munchy Mouth), Everett David (Exercise Energy), Riley Ramsey (Rainbow Ribbon), Ashtyn Pobst (Wonderful Words), Harper Gadberry (Happy Hair) and Veronica Seyer (Jingle Jacket). ...
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