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Getting into the swing of things at Jackson City Park
(Local News ~ 04/09/19)
Jayce Holmes, 5, looks back at his great-grandpa Carl Holmes as he's pushed on the swing Monday at City Park in Jackson.
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Home tour for foster-care efforts to be April 27
(Local News ~ 04/09/19)
A coalition of local businesses is sponsoring a home tour for the second year to support foster-care efforts. The tour will feature five homes, and will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 27. The vision for the event is to help fund the “rapidly growing need for foster care in our community by making sure children who have been taken into emergency foster care have a loving and stable family environment,” according to a news release issued by the Hope for One More organization. ...
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At least 10 locals gearing up for Boston Marathon on Monday
(Local News ~ 04/09/19)
Joe Windeknecht had been finished with his first running of the Boston Marathon for around an hour and was waiting for friends to finish when the first of two bombs detonated. Now the 51-year-old Cape Girardeau resident is preparing for his seventh running of the famous race and said he does so in an attempt “to pay homage to those that suffered that day” of the 2013 terrorist attack where three were killed and hundreds more injured...
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City officials prefer private funds, not casino tax money for aquatic center project
(Local News ~ 04/09/19)
Casino revenue could sweeten the pot for construction of an indoor aquatic center in Cape Girardeau, but city officials would prefer to use private donations and grants to complete the funding. City manager Scott Meyer and Mayor Bob Fox said Monday they don’t want to dip into casino revenue if other funding can be found...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/09/19)
Today is Tuesday, April 9, the 99th day of 2019. There are 266 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 9, 1968, funeral services, private and public, were held for Martin Luther King Jr. at the Ebenezer Baptist Church and Morehouse College in Atlanta, five days after the civil rights leader was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee...
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Thank you to county clerk
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/09/19)
Serving the citizens of Cape Girardeau County in a timely, effective and ethical manner is Cape County Clerk Kara Summers. My two favorite words are visible and measurable; and I just described Kara Summers. Kara always goes above and beyond in her desire to serve the citizens of Cape Girardeau County in a timely, effective and ethical manner. ...
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Poll volunteers play important role in our elections
(Editorial ~ 04/09/19)
Elections don't just happen. It takes an army of people to make sure that we can vote on our representatives, whether they be local, statewide or even the president. Of course there is the candidates themselves, who receive most of the election attention, as well they should. ...
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Wallingford's fuel tax support
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/09/19)
I read in the Southeast Missourian Tuesday, April 2, that state Sen. Wallingford thinks it is a good idea to increase the fuel tax by 2 cents a year. In that way lawmakers can avoid having to put the issue before voters again. Excuse me, but the Missouri voters last year rejected a plan to raise taxes to pay for road and bridge repairs. I find his comment most disturbing...
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Boycotts of Israel are not the answer
(Column ~ 04/09/19)
Since Israel's establishment in 1948, the Jewish state has faced countless efforts aimed at isolating and undermining its very existence. Currently, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has grown as the latest initiative to delegitimize Israel in the global arena. In order to create real, lasting peace in the Middle East, the BDS movement is not the answer...
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Women's NCAA Championship brings foul line flashbacks
(Column ~ 04/09/19)
What a great weekend for women's athletics, as the NCAA Final Four saw defending champion Notre Dame take down UCONN in a repeat of last year's Final Four. It doesn't get much sweeter than that -- unless you're Baylor, who then took down defending champion Notre Dame in the championship...
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Thieves keep stealing wheels from city's police cars
(National News ~ 04/09/19)
JACKSON, Miss. — Somebody slowed the police’s roll: Thieves keep stealing the wheels off patrol cars in Mississippi’s capital city. Jackson police spokesman Sgt. Roderick Holmes told local news outlets three police cars were towed Saturday after police discovered their wheels had been stolen. The cars had been parked behind a police museum ...
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St. Louis alderman wants Guard deployed to curb violence
(State News ~ 04/09/19)
ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis alderman wants the Missouri National Guard to be deployed after a man was fatally shot during an alleyway parking confrontation in another incident of gun violence. Alderman Brandon Bosley said he's "done waiting." He told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch extra hands are needed before summer, when crime typically worsens...
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Jackson County approves plan to resell old stadium seats
(State News ~ 04/09/19)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The county that's home to the Kansas City Chiefs is moving forward with a plan to remove and store tens of thousands of old Arrowhead Stadium seats with the intention of reselling them to fans and sports memorabilia collectors. Jackson County officials voted last week in favor of the plan despite concerns about the county spending time and money selling stadium seats when other projects need attention, the Kansas City Star reported...
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Missouri student uses snails to study mining cleanup impact
(State News ~ 04/09/19)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- A Missouri Southern State University student believes snails may be able to show the impact of mining cleanup efforts. Cameron Priester, a MSSU senior, is studying the shell composition of snails from mined areas that have undergone cleanup efforts in Joplin and Webb City. He's interested in researching whether the snails have absorbed harmful minerals, such as lead or zinc, the Joplin Globe reported...
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Group: Missouri charter schools miss out on revenue
(State News ~ 04/09/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's charter schools have missed out on millions of dollars in local funding over the past decade, according to an industry group. The Missouri Charter Public School Association told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch a fiscal review reveals funding inequities dating to 2007 when the state changed its laws regarding school aid distribution...
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Big Tech feels consumer data heat
(National News ~ 04/09/19)
WASHINGTON -- Momentum is gaining in Washington for a privacy law to sharply rein in the ability of the largest technology companies to collect and distribute people's personal data. A national law, the first of its kind in the U.S., could allow people to see or prohibit the use of their data. ...
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U.S. declares Iran force a foreign terrorist organization
(National News ~ 04/09/19)
WASHINGTON -- The United States on Monday designated Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps a foreign terrorist organization, an unprecedented declaration against a foreign government potentially prompting retaliation and making it harder for American diplomats and military officers to work with allies in the region...
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Shake-up at DHS speeds beyond Nielsen's exit
(National News ~ 04/09/19)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump and White House allies pressing for a harder line on immigration sped their campaign Monday to clean house at the Department of Homeland Security with a mission far wider than just the departure of Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen...
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Four Americans killed in Afghanistan
(International News ~ 04/09/19)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Three American service members and a U.S. contractor were killed when their convoy hit a roadside bomb Monday near the main U.S. base in Afghanistan, the U.S. forces said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. The U.S. ...
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Huffman pleads guilty in college cheating scandal
(Entertainment ~ 04/09/19)
BOSTON -- Actress Felicity Huffman has agreed to plead guilty in the sweeping college admissions cheating scam ensnaring wealthy parents and athletic coaches at some of the nation's most selective universities, federal authorities said Monday. The "Desperate Housewives" star and 12 other prominent parents will admit to charges in the scheme, which authorities say involved rigging standardized test scores and bribing coaches at such prestigious schools as Yale and Georgetown...
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Out of the past: April 9
(Out of the Past ~ 04/09/19)
The news media and invited guests yesterday were given a tour of Southeast Hospital's Clinical Services Building; the new, five-story brick and glass structure will be open to the public tomorrow afternoon, with a cornerstone and dedication ceremony scheduled for 1 p.m.; the 105,000-square-foot building is the hospital's 12th and largest expansion since it opened its doors in 1928...
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Cohen's help to prosecutors may be ending
(National News ~ 04/09/19)
NEW YORK -- When FBI agents raided Michael Cohen's home and office a year ago today, some pundits declared it the beginning of the end of Donald Trump's presidency. It was only a matter of time, they speculated, before Cohen gave investigators a roadmap to Trump's supposed misdeeds...
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Mildred Watkins
(Obituary ~ 04/09/19)
Mildred A. Watkins, 100, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Jackson, died Sunday, April 7, 2019, at Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Wednesday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral service will be at noon Wednesday at the funeral Home, with the Rev. William Minor officiating. Interment will follow at McLain's Chapel Cemetery in Oriole...
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Joe Vrbosky
(Obituary ~ 04/09/19)
HERCULANEUM, Mo. -- Joe Vrbosky, 72, of Herculaneum, formerly of Jackson, died Saturday, April 6, 2019, at Scenic View Nursing Home. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Jackson Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...
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Ronald Parker
(Obituary ~ 04/09/19)
Ronald Edward Parker, 80, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Leopold, Missouri, died Monday, April 8, 2019, at his home Born Nov. 7, 1938, in Fornfelt, he was the son of Verlon E. and Alberta Wright Parker. He and Norma Jean Beussink were married Nov. 15, 1958. She survives...
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C.A. Martin
(Obituary ~ 04/09/19)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Celestine August "C.A." Martin, 91, passed away Monday, April 8, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born Nov. 27, 1927, the son of William Albert and Anna Martin. C.A. was drafted into the U.S. Army in December 1950. He went through basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and was then shipped to Korea. ...
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David Dodd
(Obituary ~ 04/09/19)
David William Dodd, 74, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, April 6, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Memorial visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Private graveside service will be Saturday at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau, with the Rev. Mark Martin officiating...
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Katheia Campbell
(Obituary ~ 04/09/19)
Katheia Campbell, 64, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Qulin, Missouri, died Friday, April 5, 2019. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday and from 9 to 9:45 a.m. Friday at La Croix United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the church, with the Rev. Ron Watts officiating. Graveside committal will be at approximately 1:30 p.m. Friday at Qulin Cemetery, with the Rev. Jim Sanders officiating...
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Speak Out 4/9/19
(Speak Out ~ 04/09/19)
Whether one agrees with Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) or not, one must cheer her for tenacious moral courage to bring change to Washington, D.C. She is the "Donald Trump" of the Democrat Party. She has a mission and she is focused on successfully completing it. ...
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Cape police report 4/9/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/09/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWIS n Bothalage I. Perera, 30, of Cape Girardeau was issued a summons for driving while intoxicated in the 900 block of Broadway. n Harper D. Johnson, 22, of Cape Girardeau was issued a summons for driving while intoxicated at Main Street and Broadway...
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Cape fire report 4/9/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/09/19)
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Sunday n Medical assists were made at 8:15 a.m. on Pioneer Drive, 10:48 a.m. on Pioneer Drive, 12:08 p.m. on North Mount Auburn Road, 1:28 p.m. on Siemers Drive, 4:42 p.m. on South Sprigg Street, 5:26 p.m. Meadowbrook Drive and 6:43 p.m. on Siemers Drive...
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Prayer 4/9/19
(Prayer ~ 04/09/19)
Heavenly Father, we rejoice as we praise your holy name today. Amen.
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Missouri bill would bar discrimination for not vaccinating
(State News ~ 04/09/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A panel of Missouri lawmakers Monday considered enacting a ban on discrimination against unvaccinated children, an effort coming as other states look to increase immunization amid disease outbreaks. Parents testified to lawmakers their unimmunized children were turned away from daycares and doctors. Republican Rep. Lynn Morris, a pharmacist from southwest Missouri, said parents are being pressured to vaccinate their children...
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Patty Westmoreland
(Obituary ~ 04/09/19)
SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- Patty A. Westmoreland, 62, of Sedgewickville died Sunday, April 7, 2019, at her home. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri. Funeral will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Rich Wehrmeyer officiating...
- Pelicans hanging out near Dutchtown (Submitted Story ~ 04/09/19)
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