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Notre Dame Activity Week breaks sales record
(Local News ~ 10/02/18)
Notre Dame Regional High School’s annual Activity Week fundraiser generated a record-breaking $301,731 profit between Sept. 21 and 29, according to a news release. Each class held a public dinner, serving an average of 1,200 people per night, and students sold many items, including raffle tickets, magazine subscriptions, candy, pizza and fruit, the release stated...
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Cotton Carnival parade accident injures boy, grandmother in Sikeston
(Local News ~ 10/02/18)
A traffic accident involving a trailer being pulled at the American Legion Cotton Carnival parade in Sikeston, Missouri, on Saturday injured a 7-year-old boy and the child’s grandmother, the city’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) said. The route of the 74th annual parade was lined with onlookers when the accident occurred at 8:20 a.m., according to a DPS news release issued Monday...
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Clean sweep of the Ivers Square gazebo
(Local News ~ 10/02/18)
Cape Girardeau County crewman Craig Hess sweeps the platform Monday after the gazebo roof was dismantled at Ivers Square in downtown Cape Girardeau.
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Geotechnical survey shows no sinkholes under East Main Street in Jackson
(Local News ~ 10/02/18)
East Main Street in Jackson does not have sinkholes underneath it, according to results of a recent geotechnical survey, city engineer Clint Brown told the board of aldermen Monday night. The geotechnical survey done on East Main Street between Old Orchard Road and Interstate 55 showed no sinkholes or caves under the surface, Brown said...
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Cape council moves ahead with feasibility study for aquatics center project
(Local News ~ 10/02/18)
The Cape Girardeau City Council voted to hire a consultant to conduct a feasibility study for an indoor aquatic center, including evaluating where to locate it. Prior to the vote, Ward 4 Councilman Robbie Guard expressed concern about “opening up” site selection...
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Chili Cook-off to benefit Cape Girardeau Central High School
(Local News ~ 10/02/18)
Kiwanis Club of Cape Girardeau is hosting its second annual Chili Cook-off on Saturday at the Osage Centre with 100 percent of proceeds — and more than 120 gallons of chili — to benefit Cape Girardeau Central High School’s Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/02/18)
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 2, the 275th day of 2018. There are 90 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 2, 1944, German troops crushed the two-month-old Warsaw Uprising, during which a quarter of a million people had been killed. On this date:...
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October is Residents' Rights Month
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/02/18)
October is National Long-Term Care Residents' Rights Month, a time to acknowledge the contributions many long-term care (LTC) residents have made to better our community and to call attention to the rights of residents in long-term care facilities. This year's theme -- Speak Up: Know Your Rights and How to Use Them -- was selected to emphasize the importance of residents being informed about their rights; being engaged partners in achieving quality care and quality of life; and feeling confident in speaking up about what is important to them.. ...
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Breast Cancer Awareness puts emphasis on early detection, treatment
(Editorial ~ 10/02/18)
On Monday, it was announced that a pair of scientists had won the 2018 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for independently finding a way to unlock the body's immune system to attack cancer more effectively. James P. Allison, of MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas, and Tasuku Jonjo, of Kyoto University in Japan discovered different ways to put the brakes on the immune system. ...
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Lindsey Graham calls out Kavanaugh 'sham'
(Column ~ 10/02/18)
I wrote last week that there was no current evidence to believe Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's accuser, Christine Blasey Ford. After her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday, my position has not changed. I still have no respect for the idea that one person is entitled to belief when that means another person is entitled to disbelief without proof. ...
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Out of the past: Oct. 2
(Out of the Past ~ 10/02/18)
ORAN, Mo. -- Glenn Anthony Eftink was ordained a Catholic priest last night in his home parish of Guardian Angel Church at Oran; the service was conducted by Bishop John J. Leibrecht of the Springfield-Cape Girardeau Diocese; Eftink is the son of Alma Eftink and the late Lawrence H. Eftink...
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Kenneth Wright
(Obituary ~ 10/02/18)
Kenneth Earl Wright, 81, of Jackson died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, surrounded by his family at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 16, 1937, in Ellsinore, Missouri, to Howard and Mary Jane Skiles Wright. He and Clara Marie Ballance were married Feb. 15, 1958, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri...
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Cleman Quade Jr.
(Obituary ~ 10/02/18)
Cleman J. Quade Jr., 68, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 31, 1949, in Cape Girardeau to Cleman John and Anna Lee Schweer Quade Sr. He married Kathie Banes on Nov. 21, 1968. Cleman was a 1968 graduate of Jackson High School...
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Steven McCall
(Obituary ~ 10/02/18)
STURDIVANT, Mo. -- Steven L. McCall, 65, of Sturdivant passed away Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018, at Advance Nursing Center in Advance, Missouri. Steven was born Sept. 11, 1953, at Lutesville, Missouri, the son of Edward M. and Juanita P. Eaker McCall. Steven was a carpenter and truck driver. He served in the National Guard...
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Frances Krauss
(Obituary ~ 10/02/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Frances Anna Krauss, 89, of Perryville died Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018, at Independence Care Center. She was born Feb. 21, 1929, in Old Appleton, daughter of Oscar William and Helen Marie Meyer Dambach. She married Harvey W. Krauss on Feb. 24, 1946. He preceded her in death May 27, 2013...
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John Koch
(Obituary ~ 10/02/18)
John Markus Koch, 72, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau, with the Rev. Mark Martin officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau...
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Lucille Endres
(Obituary ~ 10/02/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Lucille M. Endres, 93, of Perryville died Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, at Independence Care Center. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Firday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with Deacon Joe Brindley officiating...
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Bonnie Bradshaw
(Obituary ~ 10/02/18)
Bonnie Jean Bradshaw, 77, of Delta passed away Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. She was born Dec. 14, 1940, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Lester and Mary Edith Morton Groves. Bonnie and Pernell Bradshaw were united in marriage June 7, 1958, at Dupo, Illinois, and he survives of the home...
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Christian TV network enters world of all news, all the time
(Entertainment ~ 10/02/18)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- A Christian TV network is entering the crowded world of 24-hour news broadcasting at a time when the mainstream news media is under increasing attack by President Donald Trump and some of his supporters, many of them evangelicals...
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New Hampshire pumpkin called heaviest in North America
(National News ~ 10/02/18)
DEERFIELD, N.H. — A New Hampshire man has grown a pumpkin that appears to be the largest in the nation. An organization serving as the worldwide governing body for pumpkin-growing contests said Steve Geddes of Boscawen squashed the competition across North America with his prize winner weighing in at 2,528 lbs. ...
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Medicare upgrades website ahead of sign-up season
(National News ~ 10/02/18)
WASHINGTON -- Approaching annual sign-up season, Medicare is modernizing its website to make it more useful for beneficiaries already accustomed to searching online for insurers, hospitals and doctors, officials announced Monday. But some consumer advocates said the changes reflect a subtle bias toward private plans on the part of the Trump administration...
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Allison, Honjo win Nobel for cancer research advances
(International News ~ 10/02/18)
STOCKHOLM -- Researchers from the United States and Japan won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries helping the body marshal its cellular troops to attack invading cancers. One cancer doctor said "an untold number of lives ... have been saved by the science that they pioneered."...
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String of events exacts heavy toll in Asian locales
(National News ~ 10/02/18)
BANGKOK -- A recent string of natural disasters, the latest a deadly earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia, have exacted a severe toll both in economic damage and human lives throughout Asia. The U.N. Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, or UNISDR, said up to 1.6 million people could be affected by the magnitude 7.5 earthquake and the tsunami it created Friday in a central region of Sulawesi island...
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Quake survivors look for relatives in aftermath of yet another disaster
(International News ~ 10/02/18)
PALU, Indonesia -- As officials began burying hundreds of dead in a mass grave Monday, thousands of survivors of a devastating earthquake and tsunami converged on the airport of this heavily damaged Indonesian city and clamored to leave, saying there was little to eat and their homes were unsafe...
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Flake stokes speculation for 2020 presidential run
(National News ~ 10/02/18)
BOSTON -- The Republican senator who suddenly sits at the center of the explosive Supreme Court debate vowed Monday to ensure the FBI does "a real investigation" into President Donald Trump's nominee as he trekked across New England while exploring a possible run for president...
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GE, seeking path forward, ousts CEO, names board member new chairman
(National News ~ 10/02/18)
BOSTON -- General Electric ousted its CEO, took a $23 billion charge and said it would fall short of profit forecasts this year, further signs the century-old industrial conglomerate is struggling to turn around its vastly shrunken business. H. Lawrence Culp Jr. ...
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Pentagon chief drops planned China visit amid tensions
(National News ~ 10/02/18)
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has dropped plans to visit China amid rising tensions between Beijing and Washington, U.S. defense officials said Monday. Although the trip was never publicly announced, Mattis had planned to visit Beijing in October for so-called 2-plus-2 security talks with his Chinese counterpart as well as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Pompeo's counterpart...
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FBI given freer rein in Kavanaugh investigation
(National News ~ 10/02/18)
WASHINGTON -- The White House has given the FBI clearance to interview anyone it wants to by Friday in its investigation of sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The new guidance, described to The Associated Press by a person familiar with it, was issued to the FBI over the weekend in response to Democratic and news media pushback the scope of the probe was too narrow...
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Trump hails NAFTA revamp, Trudeau calls it 'win-win-win'
(National News ~ 10/02/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump hailed his revamped North American trade agreement with Canada and Mexico as a breakthrough for U.S. workers Monday, vowing to sign it by late November. But it still faces a lengthy path to congressional approval after serving for two decades as a political football for American manufacturing woes...
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Missouri Extension gets grant to expand programs for elderly
(State News ~ 10/02/18)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A new federal grant will allow University of Missouri Extension to provide strength training and other programs to help older adults to live independently and reduce their fear of falling. The $500,000 grant is from the Administration for Community Living, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It will help about 6,000 Missourians...
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Group tries to save Joplin Girl Scouts camp from closure
(State News ~ 10/02/18)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- A local group is trying to save a Girl Scouts camp near Joplin after a recent announcement the property will be closed and sold. Friends of Camp Mintahama has submitted a proposal to contract with Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland to take over management of the property, the Springfield News-Leader reported. The group proposed forming a not-for-profit before acquiring full responsibility over Camp Mintahama...
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Missouri AG reports 5,424 untested rape kits in the state
(State News ~ 10/02/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- At least 5,424 rape kits remain untested across Missouri, but a new federal grant might help reduce the backlog, Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley's office announced Monday. The attorney general's office said 372 of Missouri's law enforcement agencies, 87 health-care providers and five crime labs voluntarily responded to the 11-month audit. The Columbia Missourian reported only 57 percent of the state's 655 law enforcement agencies responded to the audit...
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Judge raises concern about Missouri voter photo ID law
(State News ~ 10/02/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A judge hearing a challenge to Missouri's voter photo identification law raised concerns Monday people lacking photo IDs are being asked to sign an inaccurate sworn statement, but he expressed reluctance to strike down the full law...
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Whereabouts of almost 1,300 Missouri sex offenders unknown
(State News ~ 10/02/18)
ST. LOUIS -- Police don't know the whereabouts of nearly 1,300 registered sex offenders in Missouri, including hundreds who fall into the most dangerous category, according to a state audit released Monday. Missouri law requires convicted sex offenders to register their names, addresses and other information with their county law enforcement, most often the sheriff's department. ...
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Hawley says he believes Kavanaugh was 'falsely accused'
(State News ~ 10/02/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Republican Missouri Senate candidate Josh Hawley on Monday said he believes U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh has been "falsely accused" of sexual assault and called for an investigation of how Democrats handled the accusations...
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Prayer 10/2/18
(Prayer ~ 10/02/18)
O Lord God, we give thanks to you for you are our Creator and Savior. Amen.
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Speak Out 10/2/18
(Speak Out ~ 10/02/18)
A large portion of Cape residents received incorrect bills from the City of Cape. This is yet another issue that I've seen with the city's billing practices in recent years. First, I've lived in three different neighborhoods with three different billing cycles. ...
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Danny Hale
(Obituary ~ 10/02/18)
Danny Gene Hale, 69, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018, at Life Care Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Nelda Green
(Obituary ~ 10/02/18)
Nelda Green, 81, of Jackson died Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Guardian Angel School Purchases Chrome Books
(Submitted Story ~ 10/02/18)
Guardian Angel School in Oran, MO bought new chrome books this school year (2018-19) for the students to use instead of desktop computers. The chrome books can be brought to the library, the gym or to any classroom for the students and teachers to use. ...
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Guardian Angel C Team Volleybal Ends Season
(Submitted Story ~ 10/02/18)
The Guardian Angel Redwings Volleyball C team ended their season with a game at Kelso C-7, New Hamburg on Thursday, September 27. The Christian Youth League will have tournaments for the A & B teams, as well as league trophies for each. However, the C team will end their season with their last regular season game. ...
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