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Bourbon + smokehouse step closer to opening after city approves building plans
(Local News ~ 12/29/18)
Mary Jane bourbon + smokehouse is a big step closer to opening: Cape Girardeau city staff recently approved building plans for the 1107 Broadway structure. Owner Carisa Stark said the restaurant could open in spring 2019. She’d hoped to be open before the end of 2018, she said, but that didn’t work out...
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Maggie Rose to perform at Room for One More benefit concert
(Local News ~ 12/29/18)
Room for One More — an organization that advocates for orphans worldwide — is hosting a local benefit concert, featuring Emmy-winning country artist Maggie Rose, in celebration of the charity’s 10th anniversary. The benefit concert will be at 7 p.m. Jan. 12 at River House Winery in Scott City...
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Shutdown could block federal aid to farmers hit by trade war
(National News ~ 12/29/18)
WASHINGTON -- The end of 2018 seemed to signal good things to come for America's farmers. Fresh off the passage of the farm bill, which reauthorized agriculture, conservation and safety-net programs, USDA last week announced a second round of direct payments to growers hardest hit by President Donald Trump's trade war with China...
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U.S. Rep. Jason Smith sees no quick end to partial government shutdown
(Local News ~ 12/29/18)
A Southeast Missouri congressman sees no quick end to the partial shutdown of the federal government unless Senate Democrats agree to fund a border wall. U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Salem, Missouri, said Friday he is concerned over “the politics of Democrats wanting open borders versus an open government.”...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/29/18)
Today is Saturday, Dec. 29, the 363rd day of 2018. There are two days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 29, 1940, during World War II, Germany dropped incendiary bombs on London, setting off what came to be known as "The Second Great Fire of London."...
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Out of the past: Dec. 29
(Out of the Past ~ 12/29/18)
The freezing rain, sleet and snow that fell on parts of Southern Missouri last night and early today, creating hazardous driving conditions, results in no accidents with injuries; most of the accidents involve cars running off the road or into medians and semi-trucks that jackknife on ice-covered pavement...
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Prayer 12-30-18
(Prayer ~ 12/29/18)
Lord Jesus, we praise you for you are the author of our faith. Amen.
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Southeast Missouri State University Fall 2018 Dean's List
(Community ~ 12/29/18)
The following students have been named to the fall 2018 Dean's List at Southeast Missouri State University. Advance, Missouri: Zachary Cato, Hallee Laird, Dawson Mayo, Aimie Simmers, Heather Smith, Alicia Sullinger, Victoria Throgmorton, Taylor Vangennip, Dalton Wilson, Molly Wiseman...
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Caring for your post-Christmas poinsettia
(Column ~ 12/29/18)
It is a few days past Christmas. Several gardeners still have Christmas on their minds because of a gift that they received during the holiday period: a Christmas poinsettia. Many are asking, "Now what do I do with it?" If you like your gift, want to keep it and see it bloom again next Christmas, do the following. Treat it like a houseplant after the holidays. Place it near a window. Water it as needed and fertilize it about every month. Use a fertilizer such as a soluble 20-20-20...
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Adopt Susie 12-30-18
(Community ~ 12/29/18)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Susie is a 2-year-old kitty who needs a forever home without dogs! She is available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.
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Senior Center Menus for Dec. 31 through Jan. 4
(Community ~ 12/29/18)
Monday: Pepper steak or chicken livers, chantilly potatoes, roasted Brussels sprouts, whole-grain hot roll and sugar-free apple crisp or mixed-berry crisp. Tuesday: Closed for the Jan. 1 holiday. Wednesday: Spaghetti and meatballs or ranch chicken, buttered corn, garden salad, whole-grain garlic bread and chilled pears or pudding and vanilla wafers...
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Is this what Frosty the Snowman is named for?
(Column ~ 12/29/18)
This month's weather has provided a number of mornings replete with frost. I went out one of those mornings looking for a good photo of frost. And I found it! I discovered what I was looking for along a low-lying stretch of real estate near a pond. The air was cold and wind was calm in this area. Light frost had formed on grass and fallen autumn leaves during the night. But I was hoping to find thicker frost...
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Many knitters favor American-made yarn
(Community ~ 12/29/18)
It began when Debbie McDermott allowed her daughter Jamie to raise two sheep for a 4-H project. Eventually, her 165-year-old farm was transformed into a successful, family-run, custom fiber processing mill. McDermott's Stonehedge Fiber Mill, which opened in 1999 in East Jordan, Michigan, now produces more than 700 pounds of yarn monthly for customers in 38 states and Canada. ...
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More than gifts at Christmas
(Column ~ 12/29/18)
Christmas time was always special growing up. We grew up on a small ranch in the Sandhills of Nebraska and basically we were poor. We didn't want for food or clothes or even toys so we had what we needed. Since we grew our own beef and pork and chickens, the freezers were always well stocked. ...
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Club News 12-30-18
(Community News ~ 12/29/18)
The Town and Country FCE Club met Dec. 13, at Golden Corral for its Christmas dinner and short meeting. Hostesses for the evening were Brenda Pender, Donna Woolsey and Darlene McCain. All thirteen members were present plus a new member, Rosilyn DeSpain. McCain gave a devotion titled "No room in the inn."...
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Against the peace and dignity
(Column ~ 12/29/18)
A recent tour of Cape Girardeau's 1850s-era landscape, buildings, and culture stirred the legends of area tunnels and Underground Railroad activity into conversation. Court records in Perry and Cape Girardeau Counties provide evidence that abolitionists -- America's first civil rights advocates -- were indeed engaged in secret work to usher slaves toward freedom, but provide no proof Cape's utilitarian tunnels played a role...
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Old job for the new year
(Column ~ 12/29/18)
I'm reluctant for these holidays to end. They must, and they will, but if they could linger awhile into the new year, it'd be all right with me. We all go back to work, we put away the lights, we stow the detritus of Christmas and we make ready to re-board the fast-moving train of normal, everyday life. Because things slowed down over these past couple of weeks, getting back on life's locomotive is akin to a giant leap while standing still...
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Whose troubles are worse?
(Column ~ 12/29/18)
So you think your problems and challenges are broader, more tragic and heart-breaking than those of others? There are many times when you feel as if what you're enduring is so traumatic the experience is overshadowing your life. We feel like we can't lead our own lives because our mind is so occupied with our challenges...
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The beauty of the Christmas season
(Column ~ 12/29/18)
The world has moved on from Christmas, but the Church is in the middle of the Christmas season, which ends with the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, this year on Jan. 13. For the Church, the season of celebration and fulfillment begins on Christmas day; everything leading up to it is Advent, the time of waiting and longing and expectation, the time when things are unfulfilled, and we wonder if they ever will be...
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'Mikey' Recker
(Obituary ~ 12/29/18)
Michael Adam "Mikey" Recker, 25, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018, at his home. He was born May 17, 1993, in Cape Girardeau to Billy M. "Mike" and Pamela Deimund Recker. Mikey enjoyed video games of all sorts. Loving survivors include his father, Mike Recker of Cape Girardeau; his mother, Pamela Recker Christ (David Christ) of Cape Girardeau; paternal grandmother, Brenda (the late Bill) Recker of Jackson, Tennessee; maternal grandparents, Joyce and Sonny Deimund of Cape Girardeau; paternal aunts, Vickie (Terry) Ruttan, Tammy (Ronnie) Blackwell and Teresa (Eric) Reiter, all of Jackson, Tennessee; maternal uncles, Sonny Deimund of Jackson, Missouri, Jeff (Tammy) Deimund of Cape Girardeau and Joe (Jennifer) Deimund of Fairview Heights, Illinois; maternal aunt, Angie (Adam) Newsham of St. ...
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Raymond Rauh
(Obituary ~ 12/29/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Raymond A. Rauh, 87, of Perryville died Friday, Dec. 28, 2018, at his home, surrounded by his family. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Matthew Marks officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery, with military graveside honors provided by American Legion Post 133 and Delta Team...
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Area police report 12-30-18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/29/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Ratasha Isom, 29, of St. Louis was arrested on a Scott County warrant. n Joseph Arrington III, 48, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant...
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Area fire report 12-30-18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/29/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Dec. 23 n Medical assists were made at 5:39 a.m. on Linden Street, 10:38 a.m. on Lexington Avenue, 10:49 a.m. on Brenda Kay Court, 12:57 p.m. on North Kingshighway, 3:53 p.m. on Siemers Drive and 6:39 p.m. on North Kingshighway...
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Donald Pattie
(Obituary ~ 12/29/18)
GLENALLEN, Mo. -- Donald James Pattie, 74, of Glenallen died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, at his home. Visitation will be from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Hutchings Funeral Home in Marble Hill, Missouri. Military honors by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5900 will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Funeral will follow, with Jack Watt officiating. Burial will be in Jefferson Barracks Cemetery at a future date...
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Roger Hays
(Obituary ~ 12/29/18)
Roger Wayne Hays, 65, of Advance, Missouri, died Friday, Dec. 28, 2018, at St. John Mercy Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday at Hutchings Funeral Home in Marble Hill, Missouri. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will follow, with Marine Corp honors, at McGee Chapel Cemetery near Glenallen, Missouri...
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Billy Godwin
(Obituary ~ 12/29/18)
Billy Lee Godwin, 69, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, at SSM Health DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton, Missouri. There will be no visitation. A graveside funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Lorimier Cemetery, with the Rev. Jeff Lohrstorfer officiating. Burial will be at Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Vera Feltz
(Obituary ~ 12/29/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Vera Mae Feltz, 87, of Perryville died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018, at St. John's Mercy Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. Monday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, with the Rev. Joe Geders officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery...
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Lorraine Eaton
(Obituary ~ 12/29/18)
Catherine Lorraine Eaton, 83, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018, at Southeast Hospital. Lorraine was born Aug. 7, 1935, in Cape Girardeau, the ninth child of Frank Charles and Zetta Bertrand. She and Frank Eaton were married Feb. 1, 1953, in Piggott, Arkansas. He preceded her in death Nov. 29, 2003...
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Missouri state senator proposes cap on local sales taxes
(State News ~ 12/29/18)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A state senator will seek during the upcoming legislative session to cap the amount of sales taxes local governments can collect. St. Louis-area Republican Sen. Andrew Koenig already filed legislation to cap the combined local sales tax for any Missouri city at a little more than 7.2 percent, Kansas City public radio station KCUR reported...
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Protests as Congo leader warns of Ebola election 'disaster'
(International News ~ 12/29/18)
KINSHASA, Congo -- Congo's leader is blaming a deadly Ebola virus outbreak for the last-minute decision to bar an estimated 1 million voters from Sunday's long-delayed presidential election, claiming it would be a "disaster" if someone infects hundreds of people. Protests exploded again on Friday in response as health workers suspended efforts and warned that new cases could sharply rise...
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North Korea 'Singapore shops' reveal familiar sanction gaps
(International News ~ 12/29/18)
PYONGYANG, North Korea -- Despite the unwanted publicity of a criminal trial for one of their main suppliers, business is booming at Pyongyang's 'Singapore shops,' which sell everything from Ukrainian vodka to brand-name knock-offs from China. The stores stock many of the very things United Nations' sanctions banning trade in luxury goods are intended to block and provide a nagging reminder not all potential trade partners are lining up behind the U.N.'s pronouncements or the Trump administration's policy of maximum pressure on the North.. ...
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Bomb strikes tourist bus near Egypt's Giza pyramids
(International News ~ 12/29/18)
CAIRO -- A roadside bomb hit a tourist bus on Friday in an area near the Giza Pyramids, killing two Vietnamese tourists and wounding 12 others, Egypt's Interior Ministry said in a statement. It said the bus was traveling in the Marioutiyah area near the pyramids when the crude roadside bomb, concealed by a wall, went off. The wounded included 10 Vietnamese tourists. The other two wounded were the Egyptian bus driver and the guide...
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Syria claims it has entered key Kurdish-held town
(International News ~ 12/29/18)
BEIRUT -- Syria's military said Friday it had entered the key Kurdish-held town of Manbij in an apparent deal with the Kurds, who are looking for new allies and protection against a threatened Turkish offensive as U.S. troops prepare to leave Syria...
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Teen to get high school, Harvard diplomas
(National News ~ 12/29/18)
ULYSSES, Kan. -- A 16-year-old Kansas boy will soon earn his high school diploma -- and a few days later he'll travel to Harvard to collect his bachelor's degree. Ulysses High School senior Braxton Moral will attend both commencement ceremonies in May, becoming the only student to successfully pursue a four-year high school degree and a bachelor's degree from Harvard at the same time, The Hutchinson News reported...
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From duct-taped shoes to $11M: Man leaves surprise donations
(National News ~ 12/29/18)
SEATTLE -- Alan Naiman was known for an unabashed thriftiness that veered into comical, but even those closest to him had no inkling of the fortune that he quietly amassed and the last act he had long planned. The Washington state social worker died of cancer this year at age 63, leaving most of a surprising $11 million estate to children's charities which help the poor, sick, disabled and abandoned. ...
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NYC utility probes electric flash that lit sky in eerie blue
(National News ~ 12/29/18)
NEW YORK -- Electric utility Con Edison was working Friday to figure out what caused a high-voltage equipment failure which unleashed an otherworldly flash of bright blue light in the night sky over New York City. The event Thursday caused power outages, briefly grounded flights at LaGuardia airport and filled social media feeds with eerie photos, questions and jokes, to the point that even the New York Police Department tweeted there was "no evidence of extraterrestrial activity."...
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U.S. investigating CenturyLink internet outage, 911 failures
(National News ~ 12/29/18)
BOISE, Idaho -- U.S. officials and at least one state said Friday they have started investigations into a nationwide CenturyLink internet outage disrupting 911 service. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai called the outage, which began Thursday, "completely unacceptable" because people who need help couldn't use the emergency number...
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Heavy snow in Midwest; water rescues in South
(National News ~ 12/29/18)
A powerful winter storm bringing blizzard warnings Friday across the Upper Midwest was blamed for at least three fatal crashes while flash flooding from rains in the South swept away cars and forced dozens of water rescues. In northern New England, a mix of snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain added up to make for dangerous driving Friday for post-holiday travelers...
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Wells Fargo pays $575M to settle state investigations
(National News ~ 12/29/18)
NEW YORK -- Wells Fargo will pay $575 million in a settlement with attorneys general from all 50 states and the District of Columbia that are investigating fake accounts opened without the knowledge of customers and a string of other dodgy practices...
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EPA targets Obama crackdown on mercury from coal plants
(National News ~ 12/29/18)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration on Friday targeted an Obama-era regulation credited with helping dramatically reduce toxic mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants, saying the benefits to human health and the environment may not be worth the cost of the regulation...
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Supreme Court keeps a lower profile, but for how long?
(National News ~ 12/29/18)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court began its term with the tumultuous confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, followed by a studied avoidance of drama on the high court bench -- especially anything that would divide the five conservatives and four liberals...
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Utah gears up to implement nation's lowest DUI limit
(National News ~ 12/29/18)
SALT LAKE CITY -- New Year's Eve revelers in Utah could find themselves with more than a hangover as 2019 dawns. If they drink and drive, they could end up on the wrong side of the nation's newest and lowest DUI threshold. The 0.05 percent limit goes into effect Sunday, despite protests it will punish responsible drinkers and hurt the state's tourism industry by adding to the reputation the predominantly Mormon state is unfriendly to those who drink alcohol. ...
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Missouri Planned Parenthood asks judge to block abortion law
(State News ~ 12/29/18)
COLUMBIA, Mo. — A Columbia Planned Parenthood has passed its state inspection and is asking a federal judge to take action to allow the clinic to provide abortions again. The Columbia Daily Tribune reported the clinic wants to start offering abortions beginning Jan. 28 ...
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No legal action against college, charity tied to Greitens
(State News ~ 12/29/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Attorney General’s Office is not pursuing legal action against two groups related to concerns former Gov. Eric Greitens’ used their resources for political gain. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the attorney general’s office Friday notified The Mission Continues charity and Washington University their cases will be closed. ...
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Missouri governor, budgeters predict 2 percent revenue hike
(State News ~ 12/29/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's Republican Gov. Mike Parson and Republican legislative budget leaders are predicting a 2 percent growth in state revenue next fiscal year. Parson, House Budget chairman Scott Fitzpatrick and Senate Appropriations chairman Dan Brown announced the estimate Friday...
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Frank Ellis: 'The voice' of Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament
(Column ~ 12/29/18)
When people recognize Frank Ellis but can't recall how they know him, he goes down a list: Attends church at St. Mary's; works at St. Augustine School in Kelso, Missouri; retired after 29 years from public education with Cape Girardeau and Charleston, Missouri and Meridian, Illinois. He mentions his wife's name. And if none of the above connect, he'll add, "I announce the Christmas Tournament." That footnote makes a big connection -- and for all the right reasons...
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Cherokee Indian Chief Key. that I wood carve for my mother Zelma l Bridwell
(Submitted Story ~ 12/29/18)
I dis this wood carving for my mother and they own Keys music store in Cape Girardeau mo. there grandfather was the Cherokee Indian Chief.
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FYI 12/30/18
(Community ~ 12/29/18)
In observance of the New Year's Day holiday on Tuesday, Jackson's trash routes will instead run Wednesday. Wednesday's trash routes remain unaffected. The Recycling Center will be closed Tuesday. The city will again be accepting and recycling live Christmas trees at a special location at the Recycling Center. All lights, ornaments, tinsel and other decorations should be removed before dropping off the trees...
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