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Grad day at Clippard
(Local News ~ 05/11/19)
Maddy Davie receives hugs from the first-grade class she works with on child development at Clippard Elementary School during the grad walk, which also was Clippard's play day, Friday in Cape Girardeau.
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Still timeless: Lasting memories made at proms
(Community ~ 05/11/19)
In a lot of ways, it's just another dance. It's loud and crowded and hot. But it's also something special; the last one and, to many students, the most important one. So true to the import of the occasion, they showed up looking fresh. There was Kelly junior Colton Sanders in his cowboy hat, a nod to his extracurricular hobby of rodeo...
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Southeast Missouri State University raises tuition, fees
(Local News ~ 05/11/19)
Southeast Missouri State University students will pay more to attend classes this fall. The school’s regents voted Friday to raise tuition and the maintenance-and-repair general fee. As a result, students will be paying $780 or more for a single, three-hour class...
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Bandana's Bar-B-Q restaurant set to open in July in Cape
(Local News ~ 05/11/19)
A St. Louis-based barbecue restaurant chain will open its first outlet in Southeast Missouri later this summer in Cape Girardeau. Bandana’s Bar-B-Q will occupy the former Bob Evans Restaurant location at 156 Vantage Drive, northeast of the Interstate 55 and Route K interchange, near the Drury Plaza...
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Drug monitoring bill faces Senate opposition as end of session looms
(Local News ~ 05/11/19)
Several state senators are holding up efforts to create a prescription drug-monitoring program designed to tackle opioid addiction in Missouri, local lawmakers said Friday. Their threat of a filibuster of a House bill makes it unlikely the Senate will vote on the measure before the 2019 legislative session ends May 17, state Sen. Wayne Wallingford, R-Cape Girardeau, said...
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Getting an education without breaking the bank
(Column ~ 05/11/19)
Congratulations to the Southeast Missouri State University graduates this weekend as they celebrate at commencement. It's a special time for these students. It certainly was for me in 2008 and then again in 2010 when I walked across the stage at the Show Me Center. (One of my fondest memories of 2008's commencement was hearing the keynote from Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr.) The path to graduation is not easy, from deciding what field to study to paying for college...
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Sponsored: Progress 2019: Take Leadership to Next Level with Adrienne Ross Communications
(B Magazine ~ 05/11/19)
Do you feel you've reached your leadership lid, or do you recognize room for growth? Are you ready to take your leadership to the next level? Excellent! Right here in your own community, Adrienne Ross is qualified to facilitate that step. Ross is a John Maxwell-certified speaker, trainer and coach. Maxwell is the number one leadership expert in the world, and as a member of...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/11/19)
Today is Saturday, May 11, the 131st day of 2019. There are 234 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 11, 1996, an Atlanta-bound ValuJet DC-9 caught fire shortly after takeoff from Miami and crashed into the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 people on board...
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Out of the past: May 11
(Out of the Past ~ 05/11/19)
The moon glided in front of the sun yesterday, creating a partial eclipse that turned the sun into a crescent of light; more than 100 people converged on the courtyard between Rhodes Hall and Johnson Hall at Southeast Missouri State University to view the partial eclipse through safe filters and several telescopes; the eclipse bathed the Cape Girardeau area in a noticeably different shade of sunlight...
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Braggs - Howard
(Engagement ~ 05/11/19)
Ricky Gene Braggs of Chaffee, Missouri, and Sandra Deannza Newsome of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley Elizabeth Braggs to Samuel Raymond Howard, both of Chaffee. He is the son of Wesley Dale and Sheila Kaye Howard of Chaffee...
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Mother's Day laughs
(Editorial ~ 05/11/19)
Editor's note: The following is our annual editorial for Mother's Day. Every year, we dutifully and thankfully acknowledge our mothers. We buy gifts. We select greeting cards that say the nicest things. We become part of the crowd at our favorite restaurant...
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Prayer 5-12-19
(Prayer ~ 05/11/19)
O Heavenly Father, thank you for the peace that passes all understanding. Amen.
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God sees you differently than you see yourself
(Column ~ 05/11/19)
May is not only for showers and flowers but also graduations. All of our graduates, high school and college, are excited about their bright futures. In Judges, Chapter 6, however, we meet a young man named Gideon who is not excited about his future. When we first meet him, he is hiding in a cave thrashing out wheat so that the marauders who are ravaging his homeland, taking and consuming all in their path, will not take this portion of food as well. Gideon is living in difficult times...
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Honoring all women on Mother's Day
(Column ~ 05/11/19)
At a church I previously served I grew to respect and appreciate my friend Carla. She was an active leader in our church: a Deacon, a Sunday school teacher, and a kind soul. Carla always sat in the back pew, on the piano side, right under the balcony. She also very rarely missed a church service. Which was why it was especially noticeable when she was absent one Sunday in May (it happened to have been Mother's Day). I called her the next morning to check on her...
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Gardening when it's wet
(Column ~ 05/11/19)
Our neighbor was telling me about how he's having a time getting his garden tilled and planted. This is so true this year. Our local weather forecaster said we have gotten right at 31 inches of rain so far this year. Normally we get about 55 inches a year, so we are way ahead of normal. ...
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Learning briefs 5-12-19
(Community ~ 05/11/19)
Hayden Smee, a senior from Cape Girardeau Central High School, is the regional winner of a $1,000 scholarship awarded by FutureBuilders, the education foundation of the Missouri School Boards' Association. MSBA and FutureBuilders established the scholarship program in memory of John T. ...
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Club news 5-12-19
(Community News ~ 05/11/19)
The Southeast District Spring FCE Meeting was held April 29 at the First United Methodist Church in Doniphan, Missouri. The meeting was hosted by Ripley County. The theme of the meeting was Stargazing. Shirley Kirkley, Southeast District Director from Poplar Bluff, Missouri, presided. ...
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Saving a river chapel sprung from a vision of God
(Community ~ 05/11/19)
BLIND RIVER, La. -- Among the gum and cypress trees of a southeastern Louisiana swamp, where Spanish moss hangs from the branches and bald eagles and osprey fly overhead, sits a little chapel called Our Lady of Blind River -- the legacy of one woman's faith...
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World War II casualty: Arthur Clayton Vandivort
(Column ~ 05/11/19)
The men and women who served and lived during World War II are passing away each day. What they left behind are photographs, letters, diaries and oral histories of a nation's sacrifice. Factories were retrofitted for war production, and citizens endured food and gas rations, while enthusiastically supporting war bond drives. The Vandivort family of Cape Girardeau had two sons who enlisted, Arthur Clayton and William Soresby. One made the ultimate sacrifice in defending our nation...
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GT - Adopt tt
(Community ~ 05/11/19)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary This sweet natured kitty is T.T. He is 4 years old and needs a loving forever home! He is available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.
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A secretive little bird
(Column ~ 05/11/19)
I was lucky the morning of May 6 when this little bird flew into my location. It is a common songbird, but not an easy one to photograph. In fact if you see one it will probably be a quick fleeting meeting. This bird is a Kentucky warbler. It is a migratory bird that visits Southeast Missouri in late spring and stays until autumn. Kentucky is pretty much the middle of its summer range. It winters on the islands of the Caribbean, Central America and the northern edge of South America...
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Senior Center menus for May 13-17
(Community ~ 05/11/19)
Monday: Cheeseburger or smothered bratwurst, seasoned Tater Tots, steamed zucchini, seasoned Tater Tots, lettuce, tomato, pickle and onion, whole-grain bun and cinnamon applesauce or lemonade cake. Tuesday: BBQ pork chop or chopped steak with bacon and onion gravy, baked potato, Brussels sprouts, whole-grain hot roll and sugar-free peach crisp or blonde brownie...
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Pergolas
(Community ~ 05/11/19)
Pergolas have been part of home gardens for a long time, but they're getting some modern upgrades because of trends toward backyard sanctuaries and entertaining. Historically, pergolas were simple, overhead structures used to protect garden walkways. They were characterized by long linear shapes, said Gail Hansen, an associate professor and Extension specialist in landscape design with the University of Florida...
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Out of the past: May 12
(Out of the Past ~ 05/11/19)
JEFFERSON CITY -- With two days remaining in the 1994 session of the Missouri General Assembly, Sen. Peter Kinder is at odds with Majority Leader J.B. "Jet" Banks over a concealed-weapons amendment he is trying to have added to a juvenile crime bill; Kinder offered the amendment Tuesday night, and it was immediately challenged with a point of order; Banks protested the amendment wasn't relevant to the bill...
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Police report 5-12-19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/11/19)
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Donald Tyler-Hubbard, 29, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a warrant. n Demarko D. Gates, 21, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a warrant...
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Trump says China tariffs help, not hurt the U.S.
(National News ~ 05/11/19)
WASHINGTON -- In a series of blustering morning tweets, President Donald Trump claimed new tariffs on Chinese goods coming to the United States will help rather than hurt the U.S. and bring "FAR MORE wealth." He offered a proposal he said would ease any negative impact on U.S. farmers from lost sales to China...
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Agent saw analysis as 'valuable' to Russia
(National News ~ 05/11/19)
WASHINGTON -- A Russian gun rights activist who admitted she was a secret agent for the Kremlin and tried to infiltrate conservative U.S. political groups while Donald Trump rose to power said she believed her notes and analysis would be "valuable" for Russian officials...
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Arms control, Venezuela, Iran on Pompeo's Russia agenda
(National News ~ 05/11/19)
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will head to Russia next week for talks with President Vladimir Putin amid heightened U.S.-Russia tensions over the crisis in Venezuela and the Trump administration's hardline policy on Iran, the State Department said Friday...
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South Africa's ruling ANC coasting to win in national vote
(International News ~ 05/11/19)
PRETORIA, South Africa -- The ruling African National Congress was on course to win South Africa's presidential and parliamentary elections by a comfortable margin with almost all votes counted Friday, but the tally showed the party lost support from five years earlier amid deep anger over corruption...
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WHO: Ebola could spread if attacks continue
(International News ~ 05/11/19)
DAKAR, Senegal -- The World Health Organization warned Friday it may not be possible to contain Ebola to the two affected provinces in eastern Congo if violent attacks on health teams continue. The ominous statement comes amid escalating violence nine months after the outbreak began, crippling efforts to identify suspected cases in the community and vaccinate those most at risk. Earlier this week, Mai-Mai militia fighters attacked the town of Butembo at the epicenter of the crisis...
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Experts see Russia's hand on North Korea's new missile
(International News ~ 05/11/19)
TOKYO -- The three new missiles North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has tested over the past week are eerily familiar to military experts: They look just like a controversial and widely copied missile the Russian military has deployed to Syria and has been actively trying to sell abroad for years...
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U.S. moving Patriots to Mideast
(National News ~ 05/11/19)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. will move a Patriot missile battery into the Middle East to counter threats from Iran, the Pentagon said Friday, reflecting ongoing concerns Tehran may be planning to attack American forces or interests in the region. The Defense Department released a statement about the move but provided no details. ...
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House passes $19B aid bill over Trump's opposition
(National News ~ 05/11/19)
WASHINGTON -- The House on Friday passed a $19 billion disaster aid bill to deliver long-sought relief to farmers and victims of hurricanes and floods and rebuild southern military bases, as Democrats try to dislodge the legislation from a Senate logjam over aid to hurricane-slammed Puerto Rico...
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House Democrat issues subpoenas for Trump taxes
(National News ~ 05/11/19)
WASHINGTON -- A top House Democrat on Friday issued subpoenas for six years of President Donald Trump's tax returns, giving Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig a deadline of next Friday to deliver them. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., issued the subpoenas days after Mnuchin refused to comply with demands to turn over Trump's returns. ...
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Pentagon shifting $1.5 billion to border wall construction
(National News ~ 05/11/19)
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is shifting $1.5 billion in funds originally targeted for support of the Afghan security forces and other projects to help pay for construction of nearly 80 miles of wall at the U.S.-Mexican border, officials said Friday. Congress was notified of the move Friday. ...
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Fred Stone
(Obituary ~ 05/11/19)
Fred Stone, 86, of Cape Girardeau and formerly of Sikeston, Missouri, died Sunday, May 5, 2019, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Inurnment will be at noon May 24 at Missouri State Veteran's Cemetery in Bloomfield, with military honors. Arrangements are by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson...
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Tanya Scirocco
(Obituary ~ 05/11/19)
Tanya Shantelle Scirocco, 64, of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at her home. The daughter of Doris Ray Stephens and Barnes Kenneth Watson, Tanya was born May 6, 1955, in Wichita Falls, Texas, at Sheppard Air Force Base. She lived in numerous places over the years including parts of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Missouri...
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David Klaproth
(Obituary ~ 05/11/19)
David W. Klaproth, 76, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2019, in Santa Rosa, California. He was born March 31, 1943, in Palm Beach, Florida, to Clarence and Eileen Klaproth. He married Jane Mitchell in Chicago. During his youth, he loved scouting and attained the highest honor of Eagle Scout. ...
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Ray Green
(Obituary ~ 05/11/19)
Ray Clinton Green, 86, of Crump passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at his home, with family at his side. He was born July 2, 1932, in Cape Girardeau County, son of Herbert and Alta Chapman Green. He and Emma Jean Williams were married Aug. 27, 1955, at Hahn's Chapel in Marble Hill, Missouri...
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John Gowen
(Obituary ~ 05/11/19)
** John Gowen SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- John A. Gowen, 65, of Sedgewickville died Thursday, May 9, 2019, at his home. Private services were held for the family. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Sue Floyd
(Obituary ~ 05/11/19)
Sue A. Floyd, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, May 9, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center. There will be no public service at this time. Cremation rites will be accorded by Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau...
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Dorothy Collier
(Obituary ~ 05/11/19)
Dorothy Marie Collier, 89, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2019, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home. She was born Jan, 5, 1930, in Ridgley, Tennessee. She and Ernest Collier were married Dec. 10, 1953, in East Prairie, Missouri. Three children were born to their union, Clint, Bruce and Mark. They had been married 50 years when Ernest passed away July 4, 2004...
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Schools: 'Run, Hide, Fight'
(National News ~ 05/11/19)
BALTIMORE -- The actions of students who died tackling gunmen at two U.S. campuses a week apart have been hailed as heroic. At a growing number of schools around the country, they also reflect guidance to students, at least in some situations, to do what they can to disrupt shootings...
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Missouri River causes new problems in areas levees broke
(State News ~ 05/11/19)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri River is causing new problems in a flood-battered part of northwest Missouri where the river broke through levees in March. The rain-swollen waterway has again inundated the tiny village of Big Lake in Holt County, where some of its approximately 160 residents were beginning to clean up after the last deluge...
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Associate of former St. Louis County executive pleads guilty
(State News ~ 05/11/19)
ST. LOUIS -- The former chief executive of the St. Louis region's economic development agency admitted to a federal felony Friday for helping to cover up a pay-for-play scheme orchestrated by the man who appointed her, former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger...
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Missouri lawmakers pass $30B budget proposal
(State News ~ 05/11/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers Friday gave final approval to a $30 billion state spending plan with a slight increase for higher education and more money for K-12 public schools following a fight over college tuition for students living in the U.S. illegally...
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U.S.-China talks break up after Trump raises tariffs
(National News ~ 05/11/19)
WASHINGTON -- Trade talks between the U.S. and China broke up Friday with no agreement, hours after President Donald Trump more than doubled tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports. Trump asserted on Twitter there was "no need to rush" to get a deal between the world's two biggest economies and later added the tariffs "may or may not be removed depending on what happens with respect to future negotiations."...
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Speak Out 5/12/19
(Speak Out ~ 05/11/19)
With all the flooding of county roads by the Mississippi River and its tributaries, why do people drive past road closed signs? Is it curiosity or just plain ignorance? Stay off these roads for your safety and the safety of the people who actually live on them...
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Awards 5-12-19
(Community ~ 05/11/19)
Four students from Keyboards & Kindermusik Conservatory, a piano, keyboard and Kindermusik teaching studio in Cape Girardeau, recently earned Gold Cup awards from the National Federation of Junior Music Clubs. The Junior Music Festival was held Feb. 9. To receive a Gold Cup, students must compete at a minimum of three years to earn the top rating. A student can earn up to five Gold Cup awards...
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Refurbished 'Big Boy' locomotive fires up crowds in U.S. West
(Community ~ 05/11/19)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- It's longer than two city buses, weighs more than a Boeing 747 fully loaded with passengers and can pull 16 Statues of Liberty over a mountain. The Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive rolled out of a Union Pacific restoration shop in Cheyenne over the weekend for a big debut after five years of restoration. It then headed toward Utah as part of a yearlong tour to commemorate the Transcontinental Railroad's 150th anniversary...
- Captured on film 5/11/19 (Community ~ 05/11/19)
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