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Serving it up soft: American Ice Cream in Jackson under new ownership
(Local News ~ 02/21/19)
A longtime Jackson eatery, American Ice Cream at 221 S. Hope St., is open for the season under new ownership -- but it's still in the same family that's owned and operated the establishment since the 1950s. Kim Thompson, who owns the restaurant with her husband, Jack, likened the business to Wib's Drive In, calling it a Jackson staple...
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Jackson aldermen receive updates on use-tax campaign, other city projects
(Local News ~ 02/21/19)
An outreach campaign to educate voters on a proposed use tax in Jackson is moving ahead, as are city projects to move power lines near the county Justice Center construction site and to continue water main improvements, after action at Wednesday night's Board of Aldermen meeting...
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Ask a Foodie: TJ's: A little something for everyone
(Community ~ 02/21/19)
Some people have left their New Year's resolutions behind, and some are killing it. Lunch can be a challenge to plan when one person has pizza on the brain and the other has gone full-on Keto diet mode. That is the conundrum my friend and I faced over lunch one day. ...
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Annual Brew Movement Against MS gains steam, relocates to Arena Building
(Local News ~ 02/21/19)
The 10th annual Brew Movement Against Multiple Sclerosis has outgrown its Fruitland location and will be held at Arena Park this year, the event's founder, MS advocate and homebrewer Joseph Barnes said. "We have more room; we have more breweries this time," he said of the benefit set for March 2...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/21/19)
Today is Thursday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2019. There are 313 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon began his historic visit to China as he and his wife, Pat, arrived in Beijing. On this date:...
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Old Town Cape to mark 20th anniversary at annual dinner
(Editorial ~ 02/21/19)
Old Town Cape, the downtown organization that promotes growth and development in Cape Girardeau's downtown district, will host its annual dinner on Feb. 28 at Isle Casino Cape Girardeau. This year's dinner will celebrate the 20-year milestone of the organization's founding...
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Possible peace declaration looms over Trump-Kim summit
(International News ~ 02/21/19)
TOKYO -- With their second summit fast approaching, speculation is growing that U.S. President Donald Trump may try to persuade North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to commit to denuclearization by giving him something he wants more than almost anything else: an announcement of peace and an end to the Korean War...
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Putin sternly warns U.S. against putting missiles in Europe
(International News ~ 02/21/19)
MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin sternly warned the United States against deploying new missiles in Europe, saying Wednesday that Russia will retaliate by fielding new weapons that will take just as little time to reach their targets. While the Russian leader didn't say what specific new weapons Moscow could deploy, his statement further raised the ante in tense relations with Washington...
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Civilians, including many children, leave IS-held enclave
(International News ~ 02/21/19)
BAGHOUZ, Syria -- A convoy of trucks carrying hundreds of men, women and children left the last enclave held by Islamic State militants in eastern Syria on Wednesday, signaling a possible end to a standoff that has lasted for more than a week. The tiny enclave on the banks of the Euphrates River is the final scrap of territory left to the extremist group that only a few years ago controlled a vast stretch of territory across Syria and Iraq -- at one point nearly from Aleppo to Baghdad -- aspiring to create an enduring and expanding jihadi state. ...
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What will win best picture? A maddeningly close race
(Entertainment ~ 02/21/19)
NEW YORK -- On a year where one of the lead Oscar contenders is titled "The Favourite," the 91st Academy Awards lack a clear front runner. Normally a fairly predictable process with one or two favorites, this year's best picture race has been maddeningly unclear, almost devious in its contradictions. The guild awards, usually a road map to the Oscars, have spread their honors around like never before. Not one of the top prizes from the leading guilds has lined up with another...
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California's bullet train vs. Trump's border wall
(National News ~ 02/21/19)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Disputes over President Donald Trump's border wall and California's bullet train are intensifying the feud between the White House and the nation's most populous state. The Trump administration Tuesday said it plans to cancel or claw back $3.5 billion in federal dollars allocated to California's high-speed rail project, a move Gov. ...
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Mining sites daily dump 50M gallons of fouled wastewater into rivers, ponds
(National News ~ 02/21/19)
RIMINI, Mont. -- Every day many millions of gallons of water loaded with arsenic, lead and other toxic metals flow from some of the most contaminated mining sites in the U.S. and into surrounding streams and ponds without being treated, The Associated Press has found...
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'Excessive fines' ban applies to states, Supreme Court rules
(National News ~ 02/21/19)
WASHINGTON -- Tyson Timbs admitted he'd sold drugs, and he accepted his sentence without a fight. What he wouldn't quietly accept was the police seizing and keeping the $40,000 Land Rover he'd had when arrested. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court sided with him unanimously in ruling the Constitution's ban on excessive fines applies to the states as well as the federal government...
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Group seeks probe on gov't sharing of terror watchlist
(National News ~ 02/21/19)
FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- A Muslim civil rights group called for a congressional investigation Wednesday after its lawsuit revealed that the U.S. government has shared its terrorist watchlist with more than 1,400 private entities, including hospitals and universities...
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House Dems plan fight with Trump over emergency
(National News ~ 02/21/19)
WASHINGTON -- House Democrats will file a resolution Friday aimed at blocking the national emergency declaration that President Donald Trump has issued to help finance a wall along the Southwest border, teeing up a clash over billions of dollars, immigration policy and the Constitution's separation of powers...
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United Methodists to convene, confront possible split over issues
(National News ~ 02/21/19)
The United Methodist Church's top legislative assembly convenes Sunday for a high-stakes, three-day meeting likely to determine whether America's second-largest Protestant denomination will fracture due to divisions over same-sex marriage and the ordination of gay clergy...
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Civilians, children leave IS-held enclave
(International News ~ 02/21/19)
BAGHOUZ, Syria -- A convoy of trucks carrying hundreds of men, women and children left the last enclave held by Islamic State militants in eastern Syria on Wednesday, signaling a possible end to a standoff that has lasted for more than a week. The tiny enclave on the banks of the Euphrates River is the final scrap of territory left to the extremist group that only a few years ago controlled a vast stretch of territory across Syria and Iraq -- at one point nearly from Aleppo to Baghdad -- aspiring to create an enduring and expanding jihadi state. ...
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Better Together says St. Louis merger will save $5B in 10 years
(State News ~ 02/21/19)
ST. LOUIS -- The not-for-profit behind an effort to merge the city of St. Louis with St. Louis County says the consolidation would save the region's taxpayers nearly $5 billion in the first 10 years, though some local leaders are questioning the numbers...
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Two injured in incident involving Cape officer; highway patrol investigating
(Local News ~ 02/21/19)
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred Tuesday night in Cape Girardeau. Police officers responded to a domestic incident involving a gun at the intersection of Green Acres Drive and Rand Street around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to Sgt. Clark Parrott of the highway patrol...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 2/21/19
(Local News ~ 02/21/19)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today Approval of minutes n Minutes for the Feb. 14 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on the agenda Routine business...
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Out of the past: Feb. 21
(Out of the Past ~ 02/21/19)
Before one bucking horse, bronco bull or cowboy has reached the Show Me Center for this weekend's rodeo, a competition is underway; the Animal Rights Action Team of Southern Illinois University is at odds with promoters of the Longhorn World Championship Rodeo over the treatment of animals...
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SEMO website lightly used by students, costly
(Local News ~ 02/21/19)
Student organizations are encouraged to post events they are hosting on the website selink.semo.edu, to inform students; but the numbers show a majority of organizations are not utilizing the software. Coordinator for Campus Programming Joanna Shaver said Southeast spends around $20,000 annually to keep the website running...
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Henry Shumaker Jr.
(Obituary ~ 02/21/19)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Henry Allen Shumaker Jr., 74, of Olive Branch died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Henry was born Nov. 17, 1944, in Cairo, Illinois, the son of Henry and Leta Stafford Shumaker. He worked as a truck driver and farmer until he was disabled by heart trouble. He attended Sandy Creek Baptist Church...
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Nellie Sanders
(Obituary ~ 02/21/19)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Nellie Frances Sanders, 88, of Chaffee passed away Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 13, 1930, in Morley, Missouri, to the late Thomas and Myrtle Cruse Jackson. She married George Sanders on Dec. 12, 1948, and he preceded her in death April 5, 1994...
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Ruth Monahan
(Obituary ~ 02/21/19)
BERTRAND, Mo. -- Ruth Monahan, 102, of Bertrand died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, at Bertrand Nursing Center. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Monday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will follow at noon Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jimmie Monahan officiating. Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery in Thebes, Illinois...
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Katherine Mann
(Obituary ~ 02/21/19)
Katherine F. Mann, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, at her home. She was born Dec. 27, 1929, in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, to Harrison Henson and Pearl Fowler. She and Henry F. Mann were married April 7, 1951, at Piggott, Arkansas. He preceded her in death Feb. 11, 2005...
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Bob Joyce
(Obituary ~ 02/21/19)
Robert "Bob" Finley Joyce II, 72, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, at his home. He was born April 18, 1946, in Cape Girardeau to Robert F. and Jeanette DuBois Joyce. He and Sharon King were married Dec. 29, 1995, in Jackson. Sharon survives...
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Paul Griffin
(Obituary ~ 02/21/19)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Paul Melvin Griffin, 77, of Chaffee passed away Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, at St. John's Mercy Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Sept. 24, 1941, in Chaffee to the late Charles Vincent and Igenia Theresa Strack Griffin. He married Charlene Foster on Nov. 14, 1980, and she preceded him in death April 3, 2013...
- Missouri man pleads not guilty in attack at Catholic store (State News ~ 02/21/19)
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Missouri lawmakers bring back poaching restitution bill
(State News ~ 02/21/19)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri lawmakers have reintroduced a proposal that would allow judges to order poachers to pay restitution fees ranging from $375 to $5,000...
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Missouri bill targets fentanyl, date-rape drug possession
(State News ~ 02/21/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Possessing and dealing the potent synthetic opioid fentanyl and certain date-rape drugs would be a felony under a bill Missouri House members advanced on Wednesday. The measure would make it a first- or second-degree felony to possess or traffic fentanyl -- which can be up to 50 times more powerful than heroin -- and derivatives such as the even more powerful carfentanil. ...
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Prayer 2/21/19
(Prayer ~ 02/21/19)
Lord Jesus, our Savior, we sing your praise for only you are worthy of worship. Amen.
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Road work 2/21/19
(Local News ~ 02/21/19)
Route OO in Cape County closed for drainage work Route OO in Cape Girardeau County, between county roads 369 and 375, will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a pipe under the road. A MoDOT news release states the work will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday...
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Missouri official investigates day care 'fight club' claims
(State News ~ 02/21/19)
ST. LOUIS -- Missouri's attorney general is launching his own investigation of a St. Louis day care center where two workers were accused of facilitating a "fight club" among small children, his office said Wednesday. The announcement came two weeks after St. Louis prosecutors dropped criminal charges against the former Adventure Learning Center workers...
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Celebrating an anniversary; husband's favorites
(Community ~ 02/21/19)
Scott and I will be celebrating our 29th wedding anniversary Sunday. We were married six months after he asked me to marry him, which was a very short time after we started dating. We had known each other and were just friends for about a year, having met at church when Scott started a singles and young adult Sunday school class. I vividly recall our wedding day was unseasonably warm for February and we ran the air conditioner in the church...
- Alfred Kurtz (Obituary ~ 02/21/19)
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Sponsored: One-Time Closing Costs with Montgomery Bank’s New Renovation Mortgage
(B Magazine ~ 02/21/19)
Congratulations! You found a house in your price range and are imagining all the ways you could renovate it to feel like your own, the perfect home that matches your needs, lifestyle and decorating sense. The only problem? The down payment and closing costs eat into the money you could be using to fix up your new home...
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Satire: News from the future (maybe)
(B Magazine ~ 02/21/19)
The following stories may or may not appear in a future edition of B Magazine: With creditors circling overhead, Sears stuns the entire world by announcing the no-profit company will be converted into a not-for-profit organization. The CEO of Sears says, "We haven't turned a profit since 2010, so transforming into a not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization will be a piece of cake. ...
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