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Cape city spending thousands to promote commuter flights, boost boardings
(Local News ~ 07/17/18)
The City of Cape Girardeau is spending thousands of dollars to market United Express commuter flights to Chicago, but the biggest marketing strategy may be the $59 one-way fare. Airport manager Bruce Loy discussed boardings and fares at Monday’s city council meeting...
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Special-use permit approved for Cape Girardeau County's planned justice center
(Local News ~ 07/17/18)
A new justice center is planned in Jackson to house court functions for the 32nd Judicial District and Cape Girardeau County, and after the Jackson Board of Aldermen granted a special-use permit for the structure at Monday’s regular meeting, the project can move forward...
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Farewell to a First Lady
(Column ~ 07/17/18)
It's been a beautiful love story: Ken and Jeanine Dobbins. Together, they cared for each other in their careers, supported each other with their own and extended families, and raised a proud son who forged his own success in family and work. Most will think of Ken Dobbins as one of the longest serving presidents of Southeast Missouri State University: a man who dedicated 24 years to Cape Girardeau in leadership at Southeast. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/17/18)
Today is Tuesday, July 17, the 198th day of 2018. There are 167 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On July 17, 1944, during World War II, 320 men, two-thirds of them African-Americans, were killed when a pair of ammunition ships exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California...
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Mabel Renaud Tenkhoff
(Obituary ~ 07/17/18)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Mabel Tenkhoff, 93, of Charleston died Monday, July 16, 2018, at her home. She was born Jan. 28, 1925, in Texas Bend in Mississippi County, Missouri. She was the daughter of Henry L. and Appalonia "Appie" Unterreiner Renaud. She was married to Glen Tenkhoff, who preceded her in death. Also proeceding her in death was her son, Doug Simmons of Charleston...
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David Reeves
(Obituary ~ 07/17/18)
David Keith Reeves, originally from Pulaski, Illinois, transitioned peacefully Tuesday morning, May 8, 2018, at his daughter's home, surrounded by his loved ones. Dave was born May 10, 1949, to Carl and Muriel "Mermie" Palmer Reeves of Pulaski. He will be remembered by his many accomplishments, which include his service in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War and as a master electrician. He was a graduate of the last class from Mounds Township High School in Mounds, Illinois...
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Jim Petty
(Obituary ~ 07/17/18)
Jim Petty, 66, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, July 14, 2018, at his home. Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Fairmount Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements...
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Mary Myers
(Obituary ~ 07/17/18)
Mary Ellen Myers, 74, of Jackson died Sunday, July 15, 2018, at the home of her daughter. She was born June 25, 1944, in Cape Girardeau to Charles and Marie Warner Banfield. She and Robert E. Lee Myers were married May 30, 1968. He preceded her in death Jan. 13, 2009...
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Richard Koetting
(Obituary ~ 07/17/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Richard Edwin Koetting, 59, formerly of Altenburg, Missouri, died Sunday, July 15, 2018, at Estates of Perryville in Perryville. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today and from 6:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home...
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Jeanine Larson Dobbins
(Obituary ~ 07/17/18)
LAKE ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Jeanine Larson Dobbins, 68, of Lake St. Louis passed away peacefully Saturday, July 14, 2018, at Evelyn's House hospice home in St. Louis. She was an Episcopalian and former Eucharistic lay minister with a devout faith in God. After several years of suffering from Lewy body dementia, her loving family is at peace knowing the Lord has taken away her pain and suffering, making her whole once again in heaven...
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Passenger fury at Ryanair after forced landing
(Community ~ 07/17/18)
BERLIN -- Passengers of budget airline Ryanair expressed anger Saturday over the way the company treated them following an unscheduled landing in Germany forcing dozens to seek hospital treatment. In interviews with German and Irish media, passengers described moments of terror as their plane -- flying from Dublin to Zadar, Croatia, late Friday -- descended suddenly, following what Ryanair said was a drop in cabin pressure...
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Hungry headache: German city seeks to evict big catfish
(International News ~ 07/17/18)
BERLIN — A German city is looking for a way to get rid of a giant catfish believed to have developed a taste for ducklings after eating all of its fellow fish in the municipal pond. The roughly 4.9-foot fish has been making waves in Offenbach, near Frankfurt. ...
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U.S. arrests, accuses woman of acting as Russian agent
(National News ~ 07/17/18)
WASHINGTON -- A 29-year-old gun-rights activist served as a covert Russian agent while living in Washington, gathering intelligence on American officials and political organizations and working to establish back-channel lines of communications for the Kremlin, federal prosecutors charged Monday...
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Puerto Ricans return to power grid, but fear for long term
(National News ~ 07/17/18)
ADJUNTAS, Puerto Rico -- It was finally a night to celebrate in this village tucked into the mountains of central Puerto Rico. People pressed TV remote buttons, clicked on fans and plugged in refrigerators as electricity again flowed into homes that had been without power since two major hurricanes devastated the U.S. territory nearly a year ago...
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Wave of condemnation hits Trump after summit with Putin
(National News ~ 07/17/18)
WASHINGTON -- "Bizarre." "Shameful." "Disgraceful." That's the swift and sweeping condemnation directed at President Donald Trump on Monday after he sided with Russian President Vladimir Putin during an appearance in Helsinki -- and that's just from Republicans...
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Trump embraces longtime U.S. foe Putin, doubting own intel
(International News ~ 07/17/18)
HELSINKI -- In an extraordinary embrace of a longtime U.S. enemy, President Donald Trump on Monday openly questioned his own intelligence agencies' firm finding Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. election to his benefit, seeming to accept Russian President Vladimir Putin's insistence Moscow's hands were clean...
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Out of the past: July 17
(Out of the Past ~ 07/17/18)
Eighth District Rep. Bill Emerson toured parts of his flood-ravaged district with officials of the Army Corps of Engineers and the Mississippi River Commission; the tour began at New Madrid, Missouri, and included stops at Commerce, Missouri, Dutchtown and Cape Girardeau...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 7/17/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/17/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Saturday n Medical assists were made at 4:34 a.m. on Bertling Street, 9:57 a.m. on Linden Street, 10:45 a.m. on Siemers Drive, 11:33 a.m. on Luce Street, 3:23 p.m. on Bertling Street, 5:04 p.m. South Hanover Street, 6:40 p.m. on Linden Street, 7:35 p.m. on North Sprigg Street, 9:22 p.m. on South Benton Street and 10:36 p.m. on Village Drive...
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Judge sentences Cape man to 77 months in prison on fraud charges
(Local News ~ 07/17/18)
A federal judge sentenced a Cape Girardeau man to 77 months in prison on six felony counts of mail fraud and one felony count of wire fraud, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Monday. U.S. District Judge Audrey Fleissig handed down the sentence for Darnell Moon, 30...
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Playdate at the park
(Local News ~ 07/17/18)
Sydney Rapp plays with her dog, Lily Belle, on Monday at Dogtown Dog Park at Kiwanis Park in Cape Girardeau.
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Prayer 7/17/18
(Prayer ~ 07/17/18)
O Father God, may all come to know perfect peace through your son Jesus. Amen.
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John A. Stormer, popular right-wing author, dies at 90
(National News ~ 07/17/18)
NEW YORK -- John A. Stormer, a religious leader and right-wing activist whose self-published Cold War tract "None Dare Call It Treason" became a grassroots sensation in 1964 and a rallying point for the emerging conservative movement, has died at 90...
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Area police report 7/17/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/17/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest n Casey Forrester, 37, of Scott City was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant and three Cape Girardeau warrants for failure to appear...
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Births 7/17/18
(Births ~ 07/17/18)
Son to John and Sarah Nothdurft of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 6:20 p.m. Monday, July 9, 2018. Name, Lee Daniel. Weight, 6 pounds, 7 ounces. Second child, first son. Son to Aaron and Larissa Primm of Millersville, Southeast Hospital, 6:33 a.m. ...
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Serena plays -- and wins -- 'for all the moms out there'
(Column ~ 07/17/18)
Serena Williams almost did it. Her run at another Wimbledon Grand Slam title just ten months after giving birth to her daughter was nothing short of remarkable. I love the Williams sisters. I've watched Serena and Venus play tennis ever since their teenage years donning beaded braids, looking like they had just stepped off the bus from Compton, which, pretty much, they had...
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Cape Area’s Honorable Young Men Club receives $1,000 grant
(Submitted Story ~ 07/17/18)
Date: July 18, 2018 The Community Foundation of the Ozarks has awarded the Honorable Young Men Club a $1,000 grant to support its mission of mentoring at-risk boys in the Cape Girardeau area. The grant was awarded in late June as part of the CFO’s 45-Second Video Grant Challenge held to celebrate the foundation’s 45th anniversary...
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