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Culture & Entertainment Notebook: Competitive gaming team established as newest club sport
(Entertainment ~ 04/19/19)
Southeast Missouri State students can participate in regional and national video game competitions, thanks to the new eSports Gaming Club, new to the university. With video games continuing to evolve worldwide, eSports competitions give gamers a chance to compete in the same vicinity while playing games such as "Madden NFL," "Call of Duty," "Halo," "Mario Kart," "FIFA" and "Fortnite," a fan favorite in 2018...
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Hop to it: Easter fun for all
(Entertainment ~ 04/19/19)
Daffodils have been blooming the last few weeks, which since childhood has signaled to me the arrival of Easter egg hunts. I'm too old to participate in one now, but I've put together a helpful list for you and the family, since this time of year still gets me amped up for spring...
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SE, SIU musicians to present 'Requiem' next week at River Campus
(Local News ~ 04/19/19)
More than 200 musicians will present the theme of "rejuvenation" in grandiose display through Verdi's "Requiem" at 7:30 p.m. on April 23 at the Southeast River Campus in Cape Girardeau. The one-night event will include talent by The Southeast Missouri Symphony, University Choir and Choral Union, and the Southern Illinois Symphony and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (SIU-C) University Choir...
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Parma fires destroy city hall, home
(Local News ~ 04/19/19)
PARMA, Mo. -- Authorities are describing the fire which destroyed Parma's City Hall as arson. A second fire, which destroyed the home of the town's former mayor, is being called suspicious. The Missouri Fire Marshal spent Wednesday looking at both blazes which left portions of Main Street in the small New Madrid County community in ashes. ...
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Greaser leaves P&G to take VP role at Saint Francis
(Local News ~ 04/19/19)
After 38 years at Procter & Gamble, Linda Greaser has been named vice president-human resources for Saint Francis Healthcare System. At Procter & Gamble, Greaser was an industrial engineer and site public affairs manager at P&G's Cape Girardeau facility...
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Codify opens submission period for 1st50K competition, in fifth year
(Local News ~ 04/19/19)
Are you an aspiring entrepreneur with a great idea for an innovative business product or concept? Then perhaps you should consider entering Codifi's annual 1ST50K Startup Competition. This is the fifth year Codifi, a Cape Girardeau-based technology and entrepreneurship incubator, has sponsored the 1ST50K competition helping turn innovative startup ideas into scalable ventures...
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Overdose in Scott County Jail has department seeking answers; second drug-related incident since Sept.
(Local News ~ 04/19/19)
Scott County Sheriff's Office investigators are trying to find out how illicit drugs are entering the Scott County Jail after a suspected overdose left an inmate hospitalized last week. The incident occurred at the same facility where three jailers were hospitalized last September after being exposed to another illicit drug, fentanyl...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/19/19)
Today is Friday, April 19, the 109th day of 2019. There are 256 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 19, 1995, a truck bomb destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people. (Bomber Timothy McVeigh, who prosecutors said had planned the attack as revenge for the Waco siege of two years earlier, was convicted of federal murder charges and executed in 2001.)...
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On Good Friday, Jesus showed mercy and forgiveness
(Editorial ~ 04/19/19)
This editorial originally appeared on April 14, 2017 Today is Good Friday, the day Christians recognize as the day Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was nailed to the cross and died. Sunday, Christians recognize Easter, the day Christ was resurrected. The story of the cross is a violent one. ...
- Shipyard Music Festival launch party (Local News ~ 04/19/19)
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'Courage' brings Brene Brown to Netflix
(Community ~ 04/19/19)
NASHVIILLE, Tenn. -- Brene Brown's books on shame, vulnerability and courage have given her A-list fans such as Oprah and Melinda Gates and made her a go-to leadership consultant for both Pixar and the Seattle Seahawks. But Brown, a research professor at the University of Houston's Graduate College of Social Work, thought she'd spend her career writing for other academics, not making The New York Times' best-seller list...
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Police official: Short-circuit likely caused Notre Dame fire
(International News ~ 04/19/19)
PARIS -- Paris police investigators think an electrical short-circuit most likely caused the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, a police official said Thursday, as France paid a daylong tribute to the firefighters who saved the world-renowned landmark. A judicial police official told The Associated Press that investigators made an initial assessment of the cathedral Wednesday but don't have a green light to search Notre Dame's charred interior because of ongoing safety hazards...
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Study: Bee species critical to pollination on the decline
(National News ~ 04/19/19)
CONCORD, N.H. -- More than a dozen wild bee species critical to pollinating everything from blueberries to apples in New England are on the decline, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of New Hampshire wanted to understand if the documented declines hitting honeybees and bumblebees were also taking a toll on the lesser studied bee species in New Hampshire...
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Drones, supercomputers and sonar deployed against floods
(National News ~ 04/19/19)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- An arsenal of new technology is being put to the test fighting floods this year as rivers inundate towns and farm fields across the central United States. Drones, supercomputers and sonar that scans deep under water are helping to maintain flood control projects and predict just where rivers will roar out of their banks...
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REPORT RELEASED: NO SMOKING GUN
(National News ~ 04/19/19)
WASHINGTON -- Public at last, special counsel Robert Mueller's report revealed to a waiting nation Thursday that President Donald Trump tried to seize control of the Russia probe and force Mueller's removal to stop him from investigating potential obstruction of justice by the president. Trump was largely thwarted by those around him...
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Life in prison for man who killed St. Louis County officer
(State News ~ 04/19/19)
CLAYTON, Mo. -- A St. Louis County man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for killing a county police officer during a disturbance call. Trenton Forster, 20, was sentenced for the 2016 shooting death of Officer Blake Snyder, 33. Forster was convicted in February of first-degree murder and other charges...
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Hospital in Kansas City receives $10M
(State News ~ 04/19/19)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Truman Medical Center says it has received a record $10 million donation from the Sunderland Foundation. The donation announced Thursday brings Truman Medical more than halfway to its $18.8 million goal to expand and improve its neo-natal intensive care unit...
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St. Patrick's suspect previously arrested at other cathedral
(National News ~ 04/19/19)
NEW YORK -- A college philosophy teacher arrested after entering St. Patrick's Cathedral carrying two cans of gasoline, lighter fluid and butane lighters had also been arrested at a New Jersey cathedral this week and had booked a Thursday flight to Rome, the New York Police Department said...
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Medical providers in Tennessee charged with over-prescribing
(National News ~ 04/19/19)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A doctor who prescribed more than 4 million opioid pills, including to a pregnant woman who later died, is one of more than 30 medical professionals in Tennessee charged with illegally prescribing and distributing millions of painkillers, federal authorities said Thursday...
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Out of the past: April 19
(Out of the Past ~ 04/19/19)
After listening to testimony from several residents, the Cape Girardeau City Council voted yesterday to study minimum housing standards; the committee will have 60 days to draft a recommendation. PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Perry County officials this week began the process of buying out flood properties near the Mississippi River, a result of last summer's flooding; the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved $304,108 through its hazard mitigation grant program to help fund the buyout; the county also received $296,352 in matching state money through the Missouri Community Block Grant Program.. ...
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House backs landowners fighting wind energy line
(State News ~ 04/19/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri House passed legislation Thursday that could effectively block one of the nation's largest wind energy projects by prohibiting its developers from using eminent domain to run a high-voltage power line across the Midwest...
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Wilma Myers
(Obituary ~ 04/19/19)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Wilma Lorene Skaggs Myers, 58, passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at her home. She was born March 16, 1961, in Advance, Missouri, daughter of daughter of Charley L. and Ethel M. Tooman Skaggs. She and Robert Myers were united in marriage June 6, 2007, and he passed away July 23, 2017...
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Malinda Haynes
(Obituary ~ 04/19/19)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Malinda Haynes, 97, of Des Moines, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died April 15, 2019, in Des Moines. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at New Bethel Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau with interment to follow at Cape County Memorial Cemetery...
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Margaret Ernst
(Obituary ~ 04/19/19)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Margaret C. Ernst, 88, of Perryville died Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday and from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m., with rosary at 8:30 a.m., Tuesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home...
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Vanita Crites
(Obituary ~ 04/19/19)
Vanita Lee Crites, 54, of Jackson died Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at her home. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. Memorial service will follow at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the church, with the Rev. Jason Shaw officiating...
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Marvel's decade-long story ends with 'Avengers: Endgame'
(Entertainment ~ 04/19/19)
LOS ANGELES -- About five years ago, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige found himself on a retreat in Palm Springs plotting the future for the wild, experimental "cinematic universe" he helped start in 2008 . He wanted to do something they hadn't done. He wanted an ending...
- Sweetheart's succulents (Local News ~ 04/19/19)
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Prayer 4/19/19
(Prayer ~ 04/19/19)
We give thanks to you, O Lord Jesus, for your steadfast love endures forever. Amen.
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Speak Out 4/19/19
(Speak Out ~ 04/19/19)
Recently, a local Tweet asked, "Which kid is yours -- the one at the end of the game in tears because they hate losing or the one asking everyone where we are eating lunch -- teach you [sic] kids to compete!" Poor spelling aside, I submit that my child is the one competing who also understands that life is bigger than high school or club sports, so she enjoys lunch with her friends and teammates. You dig?...
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Cape fire report 4/19/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/19/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Wednesday n Medical assists were made at 6:05 a.m. on Meadowbrook Drive, 9:02 a.m. on Linden Street, 10:16 a.m. on Water Street, 11:01 on Grant Street, 12:19 p.m. on Independence Street, 6:44 p.m. on North Frederick Street and 7:49 p.m. on Mimosa Drive...
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Glenn House celebration planned
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/19/19)
Have you heard of the Glenn House? Until 2014, when my family discovered a portrait of my great, great grandfather, David Glenn, I hadn't, even though I share my name with one of its first inhabitants, the Glenns' youngest daughter. The Glenn House was my family's home, but now it belongs to the citizens of Cape. ...
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Leonard Ahrens
(Obituary ~ 04/19/19)
Leonard Ahrens, 87, of Tilsit died Thursday, April 18, 2019, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson and from 9:30 a.m. to time of service Tuesday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit...
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Senior slugger: 65-year-old woman hits burglar with bat
(State News ~ 04/19/19)
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- When a Florida woman heard a noise and saw a man trying to break into her car, she took matters into her own hands. Sixty-five-year-old Clarese Gainey of Gainesville tells WGFL that she picked up her softball bat early Sunday and eased open the door before hitting Antonio Mosley. ...
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Vernon Schaefer
(Obituary ~ 04/19/19)
Vernon Lawrence Schaefer, 72, of Scott City died Thursday, April 18, 2019, at his home. He was born Nov. 14, 1946, in Kelso, Missouri, to Theon Frank "Mousie" and Marie Bertha Schoen Schaefer. He married Susan E. Lents on April 17, 2019. He was site leader for Procter & Gamble for 31 years. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. He was a member of Saveway softball and P&G basketball teams...
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