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River City Players' to hold auditions for 'It's a Wonderful Life'
(Local News ~ 08/11/18)
River City Players Community Theatre is holding auditions at 1 p.m. Aug. 26 and 6:30 p.m. Aug. 28 for willing individuals to participate in its live radio performance of the classic Christmastime tale, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” set to debut Nov. 8 at Port Cape Girardeau...
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Cape library board hires Katie Hill of Kansas to lead facility
(Local News ~ 08/11/18)
After a nationwide search, the Cape Girardeau Public Library has hired librarian Katie Hill as executive director. Hill, who comes to Cape Girardeau from Coffeyville, Kansas, replaces Betty Martin, who retired earlier this year after directing the library for more than two decades...
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Marquette Tech District Foundation awards $50,000 to two startups as Techfest reaches conclusion
(Local News ~ 08/11/18)
Both a braille-teaching tool and a social network for real-world culinary meetups were named 1st50K winners Friday night after the startup competition organizers announced an extra $50,000 endowment. The awards were presented during the Techfest Gala at Isle Casino Cape Girardeau, marking the finale of the Marquette Tech District Foundation's annual celebration of innovation and entrepreneurship...
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Highway patrol finds missing video sought by defense in Sikeston murder case
(Local News ~ 08/11/18)
Missing surveillance video evidence in a Sikeston, Missouri, murder case has been found by a Missouri State Highway Patrol investigator and turned over to defense counsel less than two weeks before the scheduled trial. The evidence was discovered on a computer hard drive that was found not in the police station but at a different undisclosed location, defense attorney Thomas Peterson said...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/11/18)
Today is Saturday, Aug. 11, the 223rd day of 2018. There are 142 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 11, 1965, rioting and looting that claimed 34 lives broke out in the predominantly black Watts section of Los Angeles...
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Kranawetter - Johns
(Engagement ~ 08/11/18)
Kim and Kelly Kranawetter of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Lauren Nicole, to Coltan Alec Johns of Jackson. He is the son of Debra and Larry Johns of Jackson. Lauren is a 2014 graudate of Jackson High School, a 2017 graduate of Southeast Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences and attends Southeast Missouri State University. She is a registered nurse at Saint Francis Healthcare System in the same-day surgery...
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Good or better
(Column ~ 08/11/18)
A lot of things fall into this subject but the first one that comes to mind is pizza. Most if not all of us like pizza of one kind or another. My wife and I buy some pizzas from the store but most of the time we buy ready made, ready to bake ones. Some are just pretty good. But there are times when Marge makes her own from scratch. She buys the crust from the store and then we use our own ingredients as add ons. When we end up it's a pretty thick pizza. Boy are these good...
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FYI 8-12-18
(Community ~ 08/11/18)
The Margaret A. Cargill Foundation recently gave a $10,000 grant to SEMO Food Bank in Sikeston, Missouri, to increase the intake of nutritious food to help improve health among the hungry, according to a news release. SEMO Food Bank used the grant to purchase walk-in coolers/freezers for client-choice pantries to increase their storage space for healthier and fresher foods, according to the release...
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Adopt JuJu 8-12-18
(Community ~ 08/11/18)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary This is Juju. She is a sweet 18 month old rat terrier mix looking for a good home. She needs a loving home! They are available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.
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Senior Center Menus for Aug. 13-17
(Community ~ 08/11/18)
Monday: Chicken parmesan with pasta and marinara or tater tot bake, garden salad, whole kernel corn, whole-grain garlic bread and citrus fruit salad or coconut dessert. Tuesday: Sweet n' sour chicken or onion and mushroom chopped steak, brown rice, Oriental-blend vegetables, veggie egg roll, whole-grain hot roll and baked pineapple or oatmeal cake...
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Butterfly on a sunflower
(Column ~ 08/11/18)
The butterfly seen here is common and native to North America. It is called the spicebush swallowtail butterfly. It gets its name from a native plant called the spice bush. The spice bush is the predominant host plant of the spicebush butterfly caterpillar...
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Jesus and #MeToo
(Column ~ 08/11/18)
It was an unusual thing for a first-century C.E. Jewish man not to own land nor to have any descendants. Success in life in early Palestine was measured largely by those two mileposts. When it comes to Jesus of Nazareth, however, this is apparently the case. Landless, childless, and largely penniless. Ergo, before he opened his mouth to teach, before performing any of his miracles or healings, Jesus would have already been regarded as a bit of oddity by the standards of the time...
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Complaining in the promised land
(Column ~ 08/11/18)
In Exodus 16, the Israelites are complaining again. They are in the desert, freshly out of slavery in Egypt, and telling God they wish he would have let them die back in Egypt. They would rather have went out as someone else's possession with enough to eat than as free men and women who are hungry...
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Finding life's beauty
(Column ~ 08/11/18)
Whoever said life was boring, humdrum, not worth living, or to just be endured? Many hold this view. When someone says, "Isn't this a beautiful day?" they answer, "What's good about it?" It's true that some endure more hardships than others, enjoy fewer material possessions and experience more illness. ...
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Garden topic roundup
(Column ~ 08/11/18)
I normally choose one timely topic of timely interest to write about in this column. This is somewhat of an unusual year, weather-wise. Therefore I find there are about five different timely topics of interest. So here goes. n First I want to mention bagworms. ...
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Recipe roundup: Lots of fun recipes to try
(Column ~ 08/11/18)
Last week I did a mixture of all types of recipes with no theme what-so-ever to the column. I had so much fun adding recipes that I want to try, I decided to do the same this week. Maybe next week we'll get back to a weekly theme, but for now, these are recipes that I have found from various sources and I plan to try them all very soon. I hope you'll have the opportunity to do the same...
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Ameren trying to game system, forgo $20M in taxes owed
(Column ~ 08/11/18)
Ameren likes to portray itself as a good corporate and community citizen. Why, then, has its board of directors chosen to drag out the multiyear legal battle against 16 counties in Missouri related to the valuation of its locally-assessed gas distribution system? At stake is an estimated $20 million in tax revenue that has been held in escrow from public schools, libraries, roads and bridges, fire protection districts, sheltered workshops, health and senior services and other public services in those counties. ...
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A lesson in leadership from the Global Leadership Summit
(Column ~ 08/11/18)
What does it take to be a leader worth following? Or ask it another way. What areas in a one's life need to improve to be a better leader? Your answer to this question may depend on if you are the leader or the person being led. On Thursday morning more than 400,000 people globally participated in the simulcast of the Global Leadership Summit at Willow Creek Community Church based in South Barrington, Illinois. LaCroix Church was the host site for Cape Girardeau...
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Prayer 8-12-18
(Prayer ~ 08/11/18)
O Father God, may the joy of the Lord fill our hearts. Amen.
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Russian PM strongly warns U.S. against more sanctions
(International News ~ 08/11/18)
MOSCOW -- Russia's prime minister sternly warned the United States on Friday against ramping up sanctions, saying Moscow will retaliate with economic, political and unspecified "other" means. The tough message from Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev marked what the Kremlin sees as a red line, reflecting a growing dismay with the new U.S. sanctions already sending the Russian ruble plummeting to its lowest level in two years...
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Shooting in Canadian city leaves four dead, including two police
(International News ~ 08/11/18)
TORONTO -- A shooting in a small Canadian city early Friday left four people dead, including two police officers, under circumstances not explained but striking a nerve in a country roiled in recent months by several instances of mass violence. People in Fredericton, the capital of New Brunswick in the eastern part of the country, said they heard as many as 20 gunshots following a confrontation prompting police to initially cordon off a large section of the city with emergency vehicles and order residents to remain inside their homes and businesses.. ...
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Brazen Taliban attack raises pressure on Afghan forces
(International News ~ 08/11/18)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A brazen and bloody overnight assault Friday by the Taliban on a key provincial capital in central Afghanistan has increased pressure on U.S.-backed Afghan forces withering under relentless attacks, prompting President Ashraf Ghani to call an emergency meeting of his security officials...
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Violence erupts in Gaza
(International News ~ 08/11/18)
JERUSALEM -- Violence erupted at the Gaza border Friday after the territory's militant Islamic Hamas rulers and Israel appeared to be honoring a cease-fire ending two days of intense violence amid efforts by neighboring Egypt to negotiate between the two sides...
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Tech giants stumble in the social world they created
(National News ~ 08/11/18)
NEW YORK -- Who knew connecting the world could get so complicated? Perhaps some of technology's brightest minds should have seen that coming. Social media bans of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones have thrust Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and others into a role they never wanted -- as gatekeepers of discourse on their platforms, deciding what should and shouldn't be allowed and often angering almost everyone in the process. ...
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Omarosa unleashes in new book
(National News ~ 08/11/18)
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. -- Former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman claims in a new book she saw President Donald Trump behave "like a dog off the leash" at events he attended without his wife, first lady Melania Trump, at his Mar-a-Lago estate...
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President Trump's getaway: Just don't call it a vacation
(National News ~ 08/11/18)
BEDMINSTER, N.J. -- President Donald Trump is spending his summer vacation at his golf club in New Jersey. Wait, don't call it "vacation." Trump, who is loath to admit to sleeping -- let alone taking time off -- has spent his week away mixing downtime and golf rounds with meetings and dinners, intent on projecting the image he's been hard at work...
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DeVos to pull for-profit college rules
(National News ~ 08/11/18)
The Trump administration plans to roll back another major Obama-era rule created to police the for-profit college industry, according to a proposal issued Friday by the Education Department. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said the gainful employment regulation should be scrapped entirely, arguing it wasn't backed up by research and created burdensome reporting requirements for schools. ...
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Prices up, wages down in 'strong' economy
(National News ~ 08/11/18)
WASHINGTON -- Consumer prices climbed 2.9 percent in July from a year earlier, a rate of inflation suggesting Americans are earning less than a year ago despite an otherwise solid economy. The Labor Department said Friday the consumer price index ticked up 0.2 percent in July. ...
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Kavanaugh hearings slated to start Sept. 4
(National News ~ 08/11/18)
WASHINGTON -- Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will begin the day after Labor Day, Republicans announced Friday over Democratic objections they are rushing the process without properly delving into his background. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he hopes to have President Donald Trump's nominee confirmed to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy before the new court session begins Oct. ...
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California crews scramble to keep flames from homes
(National News ~ 08/11/18)
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. -- More than 1,000 firefighters battled Friday to keep a growing Southern California forest fire feeding on dry brush and trees from reaching foothill neighborhoods a day after flames roared to new ferocity and came within yards of homes...
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Out of the past: Aug. 11
(Out of the Past ~ 08/11/18)
The Mississippi River continues its slow fall; the stage at Cape Girardeau yesterday was 47.3 feet; the river at Cape Girardeau has been over flood stage -- 32 feet -- for 131 days. Since its formation in May the Cape Girardeau City-County Narcotics Enforcement Unit has nabbed 23 suspected drug dealers in the area, as well as having found answers to unsolved crimes related to the drug market; in the process of catching drug traffickers throughout the county, the unit has happened upon stolen cars and goods taken from homes and businesses in the area, as well as weapons carried by drug dealers.. ...
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Danny Stratton
(Obituary ~ 08/11/18)
Danny Gene Stratton, 60, of Oak Ridge died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau.
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Alma Moore
(Obituary ~ 08/11/18)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Alma Alice Moore, 88, passed away Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, at her home in Sikeston, Missouri. Alma spent most of her life in Southeast Missouri, where she helped to maintain a home with her mother and four brothers in Advance. She was born Aug. 30, 1929, at Green Cox, Missouri, the daughter of Frank and Dosha Mae Littrell Cox. She married Harry Edward Moore in November 1949, and they went on to have two sons, Jerry Wayne and James Edwin Moore...
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David Matthews
(Obituary ~ 08/11/18)
David Wayne Matthews, 64, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, at Missouri Veterans Home. He was born Feb. 22, 1954, in Owensboro, Kentucky, to Walter John and Margaret Lee "Inky" Tichenor Matthews. David was a 1972 Cape Girardeau Central High School graduate. He then served two years in the Marines. After his military service, he earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration from Southeast Missouri State University...
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Wayne Bauwens
(Obituary ~ 08/11/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Wayne H. Bauwens, 80, of Perryville died Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, at Barnes-Jewish Medical Center in St. Louis. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 6:30 to 9:15 a.m. Monday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. He will then be taken to Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in Sereno, Missouri, for Mass at 10 a.m., with the Rev. Joe Geders, C.M., officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery...
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Area fire report 8-12-18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/11/18)
SCOTT CITY The Scott City Fire Department responded to the following calls: Aug. 3 through Aug. 9 n Medical assists were made Aug. 3 in the 1400 block of Colony Park Drive and the 89 mile marker of Interstate 55; Aug. 4 in the 3500 block of Nash Road and the 82 mile marker of Interstate 55; Aug. ...
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Area police report 8-12-18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/11/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Assault n Assault was reported at 353 S. Kingshighway. A suspect is in custody pending formal charges. Thefts n Shoplifting was reported at Shoe Carnival, 276 Siemers Drive...
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Births 8/12/18
(Births ~ 08/11/18)
Son to Rusty Lee and Paige Morgan Statler of Oak Ridge, Saint Francis Medical Center, 7:19 p.m. Monday, July 16, 2018. Name, Mason James. Weight, 8 pounds, 15 ounces. Third child, second son. Mrs. Statler is the former Paige Englehart, daughter of Bruce and Michele Anderson of Mishawaka, Indiana. She is a registered nurse at Saint Francis Healthcare System. Statler is the son of Randy and Sherri Statler of Oak Ridge. He is a truck driver with Blueline Rental...
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McCaskill, Hawley clash on Trump's trade war
(State News ~ 08/11/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill and her Republican challenger Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley on Friday staked out opposing positions on President Donald Trump's trade war, with McCaskill decrying it as harmful to the state's farmers and Hawley standing by the president...
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Road work 8/12/18
(Local News ~ 08/11/18)
Route CC in Scott County from Route U to Route C will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews make pavement repairs. A MoDOT news release said the work will take place from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, Monday through Friday...
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Labor Dept.: Kennett farmworkers kept in inhumane conditions
(State News ~ 08/11/18)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Florida company kept more than 100 temporary farmworkers in "inhumane" and "unsanitary" working conditions while not paying them what they were due as they harvested watermelons in Southeast Missouri, according to federal labor officials...
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Decoration for Education: Teachers personalize education space for students
(Community ~ 08/11/18)
It's more than setting a chair behind a desk, more than just placing a student's name on their assigned seat, more than putting books on a shelf: preparing a classroom is a process. As teachers from Cape Girardeau Public Schools and the Jackson R-2 District approach the first day of school, the work has already begun...
- Sunrise in Delta MO (Submitted Story ~ 08/11/18)
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