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Drury Southwest purchases Lorimont Place, development
(Local News ~ 09/28/18)
Lorimont Place, a corporate development with a distinctive clock tower and home to several Cape Girardeau businesses, was sold recently, according to Tom Kelsey, broker with Lorimont Commercial Real Estate. Kelsey, who handled the sale, said Drury Southwest, through its affiliate, DSW Development Corporation, has acquired Lorimont Place...
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Construction starts on Cape skate park; November completion expected
(Local News ~ 09/28/18)
Site work has begun for a Cape Girardeau skate park that could be open before Thanksgiving, city parks division manager Brock Davis said Thursday. Rainy weather has delayed the work, which began last week at Arena Park, Davis said. The Cape Girardeau City Council approved a design-build contract for the long-sought skate park in April. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/28/18)
Today is Friday, Sept. 28, the 271st day of 2018. There are 94 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 28, 1787, the Congress of the Confederation voted to send the just-completed Constitution of the United States to state legislatures for their approval...
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A tale of storerooms, golf bags and passing out
(Column ~ 09/28/18)
You know the definition of "basement"? A basement is a space, often underground, where stuff you forgot you owned cohabitates with stuff you vaguely remember and produces stuff you don't recollect at all. The last house we lived in for 18 years had a basement, so I am relying on personal experience here. ...
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Confirmation spills into governor races
(State News ~ 09/28/18)
The controversy over sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh spilled into governor's races across the country as the woman at the center of the claims told her story to a riveted nation. The already highly charged contests became even more so after psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford gave her emotional but steady recounting of a sexual assault she says happened while she and Kavanaugh were teenagers. Later, an emotional and emphatic Kavanaugh denied it...
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Supreme quandary plays out on the Hill
(National News ~ 09/28/18)
WASHINGTON -- In a day like few others in Senate history, California psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford quietly recounted her "100 percent" certainty Thursday that President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court had sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers -- and then Brett Kavanaugh defiantly testified he was "100 percent certain" he did no such thing...
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SEC files complaint against Tesla's Elon Musk
(National News ~ 09/28/18)
DETROIT -- U.S. securities regulators have filed a complaint against Tesla CEO Elon Musk alleging he made false and misleading statements about plans to take the company private in August. The Securities and Exchange Commission said in the complaint filed Thursday that Musk falsely claimed in an Aug. 7 statement on Twitter funding was secured to take the company private at $420 per share...
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EPA announces cleanup plan for landfill in St. Louis suburb
(State News ~ 09/28/18)
ST. LOUIS -- Some of the illegally dumped nuclear waste buried near a long-smoldering underground fire at a Missouri landfill will be dug up and the rest will be capped under a federal plan announced Thursday. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's remedy comes a decade after its initial cap-and-monitor proposal at suburban St. ...
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Hawley asks appeals court to review execution method
(State News ~ 09/28/18)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is asking the full Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review the case of a death row inmate who claims lethal injection would be unconstitutionally cruel due to his medical condition. The Columbia Daily Tribune reported Hawley has requested an en banc review in the case of Ernest Lee Johnson, who was convicted of killing three Columbia convenience store workers during a 1994 robbery...
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Israel says Iran has 'secret atomic warehouse'
(International News ~ 09/28/18)
UNITED NATIONS -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran on Thursday of keeping a "secret atomic warehouse" just outside its capital, despite the 2015 deal with world powers that was meant to keep it from obtaining nuclear weapons. Holding up a poster-board map of an area near Tehran before world leaders at the U.N. ...
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Man arrested for chasing after plane at Dublin Airport
(International News ~ 09/28/18)
LONDON -- An Irish man who missed his flight at Dublin Airport was arrested Thursday for running after the plane on the tarmac in a bid to flag it down. Witnesses said a man in his 20s broke through an airport door and ran toward the Ryanair plane, which was about to take off for Amsterdam, at around 7 a.m...
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Is N. Korea actually a nuclear power?
(International News ~ 09/28/18)
UNITED NATIONS -- As Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un stand on the brink of a widely expected Summit No. 2 to unstick deadlocked nuclear diplomacy, a crucial but often overlooked question looms: Is North Korea actually a nuclear power? Kim and his well-amplified propaganda specialists certainly say it is. And most casual observers, after watching last year's run of increasingly powerful weapons tests, probably would agree...
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Dutch police arrest seven men suspected of plotting major attack
(International News ~ 09/28/18)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Seven men were arrested Thursday in the Netherlands on suspicion of plotting a large-scale extremist attack Dutch prosecutors said they think was foiled following a months-long investigation. The national prosecutor's office said in a statement heavily armed police arrested the men in the towns of Arnhem, about 60 miles south of Amsterdam and Weert in the southern Netherlands close to the borders of Germany and Belgium...
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Out of the past: Sept. 28
(Out of the Past ~ 09/28/18)
Cape Girardeau attorney Rush H. Limbaugh marked his 102nd birthday yesterday at his office with a telephone call to his grandson, national radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh; the senior LImbaugh commented on a variety of topics from the past to the present...
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Bourbon makers hope tariffs don't derail comeback
(National News ~ 09/28/18)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Kentucky's bourbon distilleries ratcheted up production again last year, boosting overall inventory to 7.5 million barrels of aging whiskey -- the highest volume since 1972, an industry group said Thursday. Rounds of distillery expansions and start-ups have put the sector on a trajectory toward higher production, but an industry leader warned trade disputes in key overseas markets remain a threat to the good times for bourbon producers...
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Warm waters boosted major hurricane tally
(National News ~ 09/28/18)
WASHINGTON -- The Atlantic's warmer waters triggered the unusual number of major hurricanes last year, according to a new study predicting the region could see a couple of extra whopper storms each year by the end of the century. Six major hurricanes -- with winds of at least 111 mph -- spun around the Atlantic last year, including Harvey, Irma and Maria which hit parts of the United States and the Caribbean. ...
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White House postpones Trump-Rosenstein meeting
(National News ~ 09/28/18)
WASHINGTON -- A highly anticipated meeting between President Donald Trump and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was postponed until next week to avoid conflicting with a dramatic Senate hearing involving Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the White House said Thursday...
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More U.S. corporate giants warn tariffs will mean higher prices for consumers
(National News ~ 09/28/18)
DETROIT -- From Ford to Walmart to Procter & Gamble, a growing number of iconic American companies are warning President Donald Trump's tariffs on U.S. imports are raising their costs and prices. Jim Hackett, CEO of Ford, the second-largest U.S.-based automaker, said Trump's taxes on imported steel and aluminum will cost Ford $1 billion through 2019...
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Helen Welter
(Obituary ~ 09/28/18)
KELSO, Mo. -- Helen Maxine Welter, 95, of Kelso died Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. She was born Sept. 14, 1923, in Lambertville, Missouri, to Herbert L. Sr. and Clara E. Morrow Karraker. She married Leon Nickolas Welter on Aug. 7, 1948. He preceded her in death Jan. 17, 2011...
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Barbara Hagerling
(Obituary ~ 09/28/18)
Barbara Ann Hagerling, 64, of Jackson passed away Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, at Woodland Hills in Marble Hill, Missouri. Born Aug. 6, 1954, in DuQuoin, Illinois, she was the daughter of James Edward and Genevieve Viola Robbins Hale. She married Terry Lee Hagerling on Oct. 9, 1982. He survives...
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Loudeen Felty
(Obituary ~ 09/28/18)
Loudeen Felty, 75, of Millersville passed away Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, at her home. She was born April 9, 1943, in Burfordville, daughter of John Frank and Alma Susan Allen Howard. She and Virgil Quentin Felty were married Oct. 14, 1978, at Fairview Methodist Church near Burfordville...
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Auditor: Stoddard Co. board should have sought bids for construction
(Local News ~ 09/28/18)
DEXTER -- Auditors called into question Tuesday for a second time a decision by a Stoddard County board to spend $2.57 million on building construction that was not put out for bid. The matter was raised as Senate Bill 40 board members received audits for the 2015 and 2016 fiscal years. The matter was previously questioned by state auditors during a review of Stoddard County financials...
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New movie Friday: 'Free Solo' aims to thrill
(Local News ~ 09/28/18)
Star Kevin Hart and producer Will Packer, who partnered for the hit "Ride Along" and "Think Like a Man" series, bring their signature style to "Night School." The comedy from director Malcolm D. Lee ("Girls Trip") follows a group of misfits who are forced to attend adult classes in the longshot chance they'll pass the GED exam...
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Prayer 9/28/18
(Prayer ~ 09/28/18)
O Lord Jesus, thank you for our families and friends who enrich our lives. Amen.
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Speak Out 9/28/18
(Speak Out ~ 09/28/18)
Kudos for trying to get some outdoor music in downtown Cape. Next time, don't schedule it where it will compete with the East Perry County Fair. Altenburg, lawnmower pulls, and the jumping mules will always win. Multiple news outlets report that the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday and left intact its plans to steadily tighten monetary policy, as it forecast that the U.S. economy would enjoy at least three more years of growth. MAGA!...
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Car show adds old-school shine to downtown Cape
(Editorial ~ 09/28/18)
"This is my third one like this," Joe Corso told reporter Tyler Graef while polishing his 1957 Chevrolet Bel-Air. "It's just playin' with cars, man. All these old guys still playin' with cars." Old classic cars have a way of taking us back in time. The 41st annual River Tales Class Car Show was held earlier this month in downtown Cape Girardeau. Downtown is a perfect setting for such an event, with the historic buildings providing the perfect backdrop for all those historic rides...
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Weekend Outlook: Let's celebrate, Oktoberfest-style
(Entertainment ~ 09/28/18)
It's the start of Oktoberfest season, and to celebrate we have several fall activities on deck to get you into fall -- without the fall-like temperatures. Today and tomorrow, be sure to visit the Bollinger County Fall Festival in Marble Hill, Missouri, for a parade and lots of food...
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Births 9/28/18
(Births ~ 09/28/18)
Daughter to Josh and Tara Beussink of Jackson, Southeast Hospital, 12:09 a.m. Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. Name, Amzie Josephine. Weight, 6 pounds, 14 ounces. First child. Mrs. Beussink is the daughter of Jeff Messmer of Jackson and Sherry McCall of Sedgewickville, Missouri. Beussink is the son of Tim and Debbie Beussink...
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Sponsored: Kasten kicks off photo contest, will host open house Saturday
(Local News ~ 09/28/18)
Since 1895 Kasten has built family memories for its customers across the region. Now through Oct. 4, the company is giving customers an opportunity to show off their backyards in the Kasten Outdoor Oasis photo contest. Those interested can upload a photo to www.semissourian.com/kasten before Oct. 4 to enter. A selection of photos will then appear online where readers can vote for their favorite. The person who submits the photo with the most votes will win a $400 gift card to Kasten...
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Culture & Entertainment Notebook: Local talent making film right up Jackson's alley
(Entertainment ~ 09/28/18)
Jackson native Fred Stoverink once pursued a career as an electrical engineer, but now he lives in California as a full-time actor appearing in commercials, sitcoms and dramas. He "kind of fell into" his acting career, Stoverink said, after a neighbor submitted Stoverink's name for a commercial and booked the audition...
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