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Cape police investigate two shootings
(Local News ~ 06/05/18)
Cape Girardeau police are investigating two shootings that occurred in less than 24 hours at two different locations. Police public information officer Rick Schmidt said Monday it is not known whether the two shootings are connected, but police have not ruled it out...
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Office zone in Jackson to remain unchanged
(Local News ~ 06/05/18)
Existing residential uses will remain in Jackson’s O-1 professional office zoning district after action at Monday’s regular board of aldermen meeting. The board voted 7 to 1, with Alderman James Hitt the only holdout, to reject a motion brought forth by residents of the Broadridge subdivision off Route D in Jackson. ...
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Coles acquire Lorimont Place Ltd.
(Local News ~ 06/05/18)
Lorimont Place Ltd., a commercial and industrial real-estate brokerage firm, will be acquired by Chris Cole and Bill Cole of Realty Executives of Cape County, according to a recent announcement. The two firms will remain separate brands, Chris Cole wrote in an email Monday — there will be no merger between Lorimont Place and Realty Executives...
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Cape council approves fee increases, fiscal 2019 budget; city projects less total spending
(Local News ~ 06/05/18)
Cape Girardeau city government plans to spend some $4.8 million less in the coming fiscal year even as the cost of general operations increases and the city raises fees for water, trash and other services. The city council Monday unanimously approved the fiscal 2019 operating budget and fee increases...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/05/18)
Today is Tuesday, June 5, the 156th day of 2018. There are 209 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded after claiming victory in California's Democratic presidential primary at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles; assassin Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was arrested at the scene...
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Cape Municipal Band begins its regular concerts
(Editorial ~ 06/05/18)
Following a special Memorial Day concert, the Cape Municipal Band gets in full swing with its first regular concert of the summer. The band will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the Dan Cotner Amphitheater at Capaha Park. "We'll give essentially 10 concerts," Jerry Ford recently told Southeast Missourian reporter Josh Hartwig. "The city also has the big Fourth of July celebration; we also play there."...
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Roseanne Barr: Racist or just rude?
(Column ~ 06/05/18)
NOTE: Several days elapsed between the start of writing this column and its completion. Take a journey with me as my thoughts ebb and flow and questions form. If you're expecting me to defend Roseanne Barr, you're going to be disappointed. I don't like when people play the race card, I don't like when people purposely use other people's words to trap them, and I don't like when people see racism at every turn -- but Roseanne did this to herself...
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Eugene Taylor
(Obituary ~ 06/05/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Eugene J. Taylor, 87, of Perryville died Saturday, June 2, 2018, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Don Estes officiating. Military honors will be provided by American Legion Post 133 and the Air Force. Burial will be in Home Cemetery...
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Glenn Schearf
(Obituary ~ 06/05/18)
Glenn E. Schearf, 88, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, June 3, 2018, at Missouri Veterans Home. He was born Nov. 3, 1929, in Kankakee, Illinois, to Phillip and Myrtle Stoffregen Schearf. He married Virginia Benefield in 1951. Glenn proudly served this country in the U.S. Army. He retired from Western Electric in May 1983. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather...
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Bobby Nelson
(Obituary ~ 06/05/18)
Bobby B. Nelson, 75, of Cape Girardeau passed away peacefully to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 3, 2018, at his home, surrounded by his family and friends. Bob was born April 28, 1943, in Cape Girardeau to Rosco and Clola Dewrock Nelson. Bob and Martha Bradshaw were married Aug. 31, 1968...
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Frank Monroe
(Obituary ~ 06/05/18)
Frank Monroe, 68, of Jackson died Sunday, June 3, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Don Estes officiating. Burial will follow at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...
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Hester McCrite
(Obituary ~ 06/05/18)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Hester Fay McCrite, 82, of Tamms died Monday, June 4, 2018, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Hester was born April 5, 1936, in Olive Branch, Illinois, the daughter of Virgil and Muriel Smiley Williams. She and Raymond "Pedro" McCrite married May 29, 1954. He preceded her in death May 9, 2016...
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Frank Jones
(Obituary ~ 06/05/18)
PATTON, Mo. -- Raymond "Frank" Jones, 76, of Patton passed away Sunday, June 3, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 30, 1942, son of Raymond and Lola Yount Jones. He and Rosemary Sibole were united in marriage Sept. 7, 1985, and she passed away Oct. 31, 2011...
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Alrhea Henderson
(Obituary ~ 06/05/18)
Alrhea Jean Henderson, 65, of Olive Branch, Illinois, formerly of Scott City, died Sunday, June 3, 2018, at Jackson Manor in Jackson. She was born Feb. 26, 1953, in Cape Girardeau to Floyd Alfred and Goldia Brant Collier. She is survived by three sons, Jody Morgan, Troy (Heather) Wilburn and Greg Wilburn of Olive Branch; three brothers, Carmon (Jean) Collier of Scott City, Houston (Mary) Collier of Iuka, Kansas, and Leanis Collier of Jackson; 11 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild...
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Anna Glueck
(Obituary ~ 06/05/18)
KELSO, Mo. -- Anna Laura Glueck, 93, of Kelso passed away Sunday, June 3, 2018, at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born Aug. 21, 1924, to John and Laura Dirnberger Dohogne. She and Melvin Glueck married Jan. 15, 1946, and they enjoyed 41 years together until his death June 19, 1987...
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Brenda Ford
(Obituary ~ 06/05/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Brenda A. Ford, 64, of Perryville died Friday, June 1, 2018, at Estates of Perryville in Perryville. Visitation will be from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. Funeral will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Daniel Rowley with ChainBreakers Ministries officiating...
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Mass. man reunited with missing class ring 60 years later
(National News ~ 06/05/18)
WORCESTER, Mass. — A Massachusetts man using a metal detector has found another man’s class ring more than 60 years after he gave it to a high-school sweetheart. The Worcester Telegram reported Aaron Doray met 80-year-old Robert Michaud on Saturday in Worcester to return his Cushing Academy class ring. Doray said he found the ring in March while using his metal detector in Leicester. ...
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Tourist hotspots get more anti-terror money
(National News ~ 06/05/18)
LAS VEGAS -- Federal officials have awarded more money under an anti-terrorism grant to tourist hotspots such as Las Vegas and Orlando after deciding to include the number of visitors and high-profile special events when calculating the risk of an attack...
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Senator refused entry to migrant center
(National News ~ 06/05/18)
A United States senator tried to enter a federal facility in Texas where immigrant children are being held, but police were summoned, and he was told to leave. Sen. Jeff Merkley's attempt late Sunday to enter the facility, and his request to speak to a manager, comes amid a national debate over the practice of separating families caught crossing the border illegally. A spokeswoman for the federal agency caring for the children accused the senator of grandstanding...
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Police: Suspect in 4 slayings kills self at hotel
(National News ~ 06/05/18)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- As police closed in, a man suspected of gunning down four people last week shot himself to death Monday, and authorities said they have linked him to two other slayings beyond those of a prominent psychiatrist, two paralegals and a marriage-and-divorce counselor...
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Trump: 'Absolute' right to pardon self in 'unconstitutional' investigation
(National News ~ 06/05/18)
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump claimed Monday he has an "absolute right" to pardon himself, part of an extraordinarily expansive vision of executive authority mostly untested in court and possibly portending a drawn-out fight with the prosecutors now investigating him...
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Justices side with Colorado baker on same-sex wedding cake
(National News ~ 06/05/18)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled Monday for a Colorado baker who wouldn't make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple in a limited decision leaving for another day the larger issue of whether a business can invoke religious objections to refuse service to gay and lesbian people...
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Out of the past: June 5
(Out of the Past ~ 06/05/18)
Instead of lawn mowers, the whining sound of chain saws is heard throughout much of the area as clean-up operations are underway in a large area that was ravaged by severe thunderstorms yesterday morning; the line of severe thunderstorms cut a wide swathe of damage that extended from Lake Wappapello northeast of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to the Mississippi River...
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Cape Girardeau police report 6/5/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/05/18)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Jerry L. Talley, 37, of Cape Girardeau was arrested at Bertling Street and Sylvan Lane on a warrant. n Matthew Flippin, 26, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on Cape Girardeau warrants...
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Germany's Bayer to complete Monsanto purchase Thursday
(State News ~ 06/05/18)
BERLIN -- German pharmaceutical company Bayer AG said Monday it plans to complete its purchase of U.S. seed and weed-killer maker Monsanto Co. this week after receiving all the required approvals from regulators. Bayer said in a statement it plans to complete the acquisition Thursday...
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Missouri revenue up 2.1 percent compared to last year
(State News ~ 06/05/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri is bringing in about 2.1 percent more in revenue so far this fiscal year compared to last year. Data released Monday by state budget director Dan Haug show net revenue growth through the end of May. The uptick is on par with revised estimates from lawmakers and former Gov. Eric Greitens, who in January predicted the state will bring in 1.9 percent more in revenue this full fiscal year compared to last...
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Branson attraction sues man over TripAdvisor review
(State News ~ 06/05/18)
BRANSON, Mo. -- Owners of a southwestern Missouri attraction are suing a Kansas cattle rancher over a review he wrote on TripAdvisor. Randy Winchester initially left a three-star review about Bigfoot on the Strip after visiting the Branson "fun park" with his daughter in March, the Springfield News-Leader reported. The attraction includes thrill rides, a mini-golf course and a tour of Bigfoot Farms and its cattle...
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Teen killed, 5 others hurt in Black River boating crash
(State News ~ 06/05/18)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Authorities said a 16-year-old girl was killed and five other people were injured, some seriously, when two boats collided near Poplar Bluff. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crash happened Sunday night when a boater veered into the path of another vessel on the Black River about 8 miles north of Poplar Bluff...
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New Missouri governor praises predecessor's cabinet
(State News ~ 06/05/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- New Gov. Mike Parson said Monday he wants to work with the "good team" of cabinet members selected by former Gov. Eric Greitens. Parson, who was lieutenant governor and assumed leadership when Greitens chose to step down Friday rather than continue fighting possible impeachment and allegations of personal and political misconduct, met with cabinet members Monday morning. ...
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Spring day brings kids come out to Cape parks
(Local News ~ 06/05/18)
Skylynn Thomas, 7, runs while he pushes the merry-go-round Monday at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau.
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Prayer 6/5/18
(Prayer ~ 06/05/18)
O Father God, blessed be your name, the name above all names. Amen.
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Speak Out 6/5/18
(Speak Out ~ 06/05/18)
Some of my friends have become exhausted in their ongoing fight to save our democracy from tyrannical rule by Trump. Because of the president's ongoing lies and never-ending attempts to sow seeds of doubt and confusion in the body politic, it is understandable that some citizens have succumbed to escapism. ...
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Births 6/5/18
(Births ~ 06/05/18)
Daughter to Chance Christopher Lovins and Mercade Elizabeth Campbell of Kewanee, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 3:12 a.m. Friday, May 11, 2018. Name, Johnna RaeLynn. Weight, 7 pounds, 1 ounce. First child. Campbell is the daughter of Walter and Krystal Campbell of Canalou, Missouri, and Mark and Jamie Calbert of Sikeston, Missouri. ...
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Chaffee Jr/Sr High School receives statewide recognition for students’ commitments to being Safe and Sober
(Submitted Story ~ 06/05/18)
This school year 85 percent of students at Chaffee Jr/Sr High School took a pledge to be Safe and Sober. Safe and Sober, a nonprofit organization, rewarded Chaffee Jr/Sr High School and its students this month for their outstanding participation in the program by giving the school a check for $500...
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Leopold High School receives statewide recognition for students’ commitments to being Safe and Sober
(Submitted Story ~ 06/05/18)
SPRINGFIELD, MO. – This spring 71 percent of students at Leopold High School took a pledge to be Safe and Sober. Safe and Sober, a nonprofit organization, rewarded Leopold High School and its students this month for their participation in the program by giving the school a check for $500...
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