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Democrat Kathy Ellis to challenge U.S. Rep. Jason Smith in 8th again
(Local News ~ 06/14/19)
Jefferson County Democrat Kathy Ellis will try again to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Jason Smith for the 8th District congressional seat in 2020. Ellis, who resides in Festus, Missouri, ran against Smith in 2018. Smith, of Salem, Missouri, won nearly 74% of the vote compared to 24% for Ellis and 1.5% for Libertarian Jonathan Shell, according to unofficial returns...
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Cape PD clarifies response in Facebook flap regarding call of suspicious activity
(Local News ~ 06/14/19)
Cape Girardeau police first denied but later acknowledged on Facebook that a woman had reported seeing two suspicious men, who appeared to be coming after her, outside the Target store last Friday. The issue sparked controversy on Facebook, with some people commenting they thought the woman was making up the story after the initial comment from police...
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Tourism spurs growth around ONSR
(Local News ~ 06/14/19)
VAN BUREN -- A fourth generation logging family in Carter County, the Burkes decided a decade ago to add groceries to the mix. The family is now in the process of expanding their Main Street Market to a new location on Highway 60, hoping to open by late June...
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Ripley County Memorial Hospital will not reopen, board reports
(Local News ~ 06/14/19)
Add Ripley County Memorial Hospital to the growing list of more than 100 rural hospitals across the nation ceasing to exist since 2010. During a special meeting Friday, the five-member hospital board unanimously agreed to notify state authorities the public hospital in Doniphan, closed since Oct. 15, will be dissolved as expiration of the hospital certificate of need approaches on June 28...
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'Gone Girl' Bar to reopen
(Local News ~ 06/14/19)
A closed Cape Girardeau nightspot that became a local landmark after serving as a set location for a major motion picture will reopen later this month. The Bar, on the corner of Spanish and Themis streets in downtown Cape Girardeau, has been closed since last fall. However, it will reopen June 27, according to representatives of Taste of Cape, the management company that owns it and several other downtown properties...
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Avenue of Flag organizer recovering from amputation; Knudtson calls for 'huge turnout' on Flag Day today
(Local News ~ 06/14/19)
Former Cape Girardeau Mayor Jay Knudtson is calling for a "huge turnout" today for a ceremony at the Avenue of Flags at Cape Girardeau County Park North to celebrate Flag Day and remember his brother-in-law and retired Navy captain, David Cantrell, who recently had his leg amputated...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/14/19)
Today is Friday, June 14, the 165th day of 2019. There are 200 days left in the year. This is Flag Day. Today's Highlight in History: On June 14, 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a measure adding the phrase "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance...
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Festival offers activities, performances this weekend
(Editorial ~ 06/14/19)
The River Campus will host its arts festival this weekend, headlined by this year's production of "Newsies." The student production will be the largest one of the summer. It's a good time to enjoy the talent of a collaboration of high school and students as well as professional actors. ...
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Spy used fake face to connect targets
(International News ~ 06/14/19)
LONDON -- Katie Jones sure seemed plugged into Washington's political scene. The 30-something redhead boasted a job at a top think tank and a who's-who network of pundits and experts, from the centrist Brookings Institution to the right-wing Heritage Foundation. She was connected to a deputy assistant secretary of state, a senior aide to a senator and the economist Paul Winfree, who is being considered for a seat on the Federal Reserve...
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'Deepfakes': new election threat
(National News ~ 06/14/19)
WASHINGTON -- "Deepfake" videos pose a clear and growing threat to America's national security, lawmakers and experts say. The question is what to do about it, and that's not easily answered. A House Intelligence Committee hearing Thursday served up a public warning about the deceptive powers of artificial intelligence software and offered a sobering assessment of how fast the technology is outpacing efforts to stop it...
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Second Ebola death in Uganda after spread from Congo
(International News ~ 06/14/19)
KAMPALA, Uganda -- A second person infected with the Ebola virus has died in Uganda, the health ministry said Thursday, after a family exposed to the disease quietly crossed the border from Congo. The first cross-border cases in this Ebola outbreak -- the second-deadliest in history -- have prompted a World Health Organization expert committee to meet today to discuss whether to declare a global health emergency. Such declarations almost always boost attention and donor funding...
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Turkey won't bow to U.S. 'ultimatums' on weapons
(International News ~ 06/14/19)
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey's foreign minister said Thursday his country won't bow to "ultimatums" after the United States warned Turkey it was excluding it from the F-35 fighter jet program over its deal with Russia to purchase its S-400 missile defense system...
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Johnson takes lead in UK leader race
(International News ~ 06/14/19)
LONDON -- The flamboyant, divisive Boris Johnson took a commanding lead Thursday in the contest to become Britain's next prime minister, winning by far the largest share of support in the first round of voting by Conservative Party lawmakers. Johnson, a former foreign secretary and leading Brexit campaigner, secured 114 of the 313 votes cast by Conservatives in the House of Commons, a ballot reducing the field of candidates from 10 to seven. ...
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Tankers struck near Strait of Hormuz
(International News ~ 06/14/19)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The U.S. blamed Iran for suspected attacks on two oil tankers Thursday near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, denouncing what it called a campaign of "escalating tensions" in a region crucial to global energy supplies. The U.S. ...
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Dems rail against election comment
(National News ~ 06/14/19)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's assertion he would be open to accepting a foreign power's help in his 2020 campaign ricocheted through Washington on Thursday, with Democrats condemning it as a call for further election interference and Republicans struggling to defend his comments...
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Foreign money to U.S. colleges reviewed
(National News ~ 06/14/19)
The U.S. Education Department has opened investigations into foreign funding at Georgetown University and Texas A&M University as part of a broader push to monitor international money flowing to American colleges. Both universities are being ordered to disclose years of financial records amid concerns they have not fully reported their foreign gifts and contracts to the federal government, according to letters sent to the schools Thursday and obtained by The Associated Press...
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Sanders leaving White House job
(National News ~ 06/14/19)
WASHINGTON -- White House press secretary Sarah Hucakbee Sanders, whose tenure was marked by a breakdown in regular press briefings and questions about the administration's credibility, as well as her own, will leave her post at the end of the month, President Donald Trump announced Thursday...
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River Campus ramps up summer festival with 'Newsies' debut
(Entertainment ~ 06/14/19)
With the help of Disney, the Southeast River Campus is presenting "Newsies the Broadway Musical," its largest summer production -- in the smallest playhouse on campus. Thirty-six male and female performers will be singing while swinging from two steel "jungle gym" levels of 1899-era fire escapes through June 23 at the intimate Rust Flexible Theatre in Cape Girardeau...
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Give Dad the best: Amusement is all around
(Entertainment ~ 06/14/19)
Whatever you do this weekend, remember Sunday is Dad's time. It's his day, and it's family time. I suggest going to a local buffet to celebrate. You'll probably find my family at Golden Corral Buffet & Grill in Cape Girardeau at some point between now and Sunday (the guys in the family thoroughly enjoy eating until we can no longer move)...
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Connie Gibson
(Obituary ~ 06/14/19)
Connie Faye Wilcox Gibson, 76, of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at Ratliff Care Center. She was born April 11, 1943, in Columbus, Kansas, daughter of Homer Carl and Bonnie Faye Crain Wilcox. Connie graduated from Columbus High School in 1960. She was a cosmetologist and worked for the Boeing Corp. in Wichita, Kansas...
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Barbara Weathers
(Obituary ~ 06/14/19)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Barbara Ann Weathers, 82, of Sikeston, beloved wife of Dr. Grant "Wendell" Weathers Sr., passed away Wednesday, June 12, 2019, surrounded by loving family. She was born May 22, 1937, in Portageville, Missouri, daughter of the late William and Rita Lusk...
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Rita Jansen
(Obituary ~ 06/14/19)
KELSO, Mo. -- Rita Marie Jansen, 92, of Kelso died Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at her home. She was born April 16, 1927, in Benton, Missouri, to Lawrence and Clara LeGrand Klipfel. She married Herman Joseph Jansen on July 9, 1946, in Benton. He preceded her in death March 27, 1997...
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Billy Jackson
(Obituary ~ 06/14/19)
PATTON, Mo. -- Billy Gene Jackson, 76, of Patton, formerly of Scott City, died Tuesday, June 11, 2019, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. Funeral will be at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Randy Morse officiating...
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Michael Farrar
(Obituary ~ 06/14/19)
Michael James Farrar, 59, of Jackson died Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at Heartland Care and Rehab in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will follow at 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Donny Ford officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park...
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Prayer 6/14/19
(Prayer ~ 06/14/19)
Protect us, O God, from evil and give us wisdom to forgive when asked. Amen.
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Cape police report 6/14/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/14/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Jalen T. Reddin, 22, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a warrant. n Parris M. Hill, 31, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a warrant...
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Cape fire report 6/14/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/14/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Wednesday n Medical assists were made at 8:40 a.m. on Franks Lane, 10:24 a.m. on South Silver Springs Road, 11:11 a.m. on Bellevue Street, 12:40 p.m. on Bevin Drive, 3:06 p.m. on Broadway, 4:17 p.m. on Maria Louise Lane and 4:25 p.m. on Independence Street...
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Truman Library and Museum to undergo massive renovation
(State News ~ 06/14/19)
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum will close for about a year starting at the end of next month to undergo a $22 million renovation and expansion. The Independence museum announced in a news release the museum's last day open to the public will be July 22. The project will include a new entrance and lobby, a larger store and expanded exhibition galleries...
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Lew Klein, who helped create 'American Bandstand,' dies
(Entertainment ~ 06/14/19)
PHILADELPHIA -- Lew Klein, a broadcast pioneer who helped create "American Bandstand" and launched the careers of Dick Clark and Bob Saget, has died at 91. Klein died Wednesday, according to Temple University, where Klein taught and mentored students for more than six decades...
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Out of the past: June 14
(Out of the Past ~ 06/14/19)
The Southeast Missouri University Foundation has backed out of plans to buy a dilapidated, old house so two Cape Girardeau men can obtain it and renovate the structure; foundation officials had considered buying the 90-year-old-house at 534 Washington Ave., at a cost of $24,500 and tearing it down; the property boarders a university parking lot...
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Birth 6/14/19
(Births ~ 06/14/19)
Son to Jackie Ray Wilson and Brittany Anna Lee of Cairo, Illinois, Saint Francis Medical Center, 12:41 p.m. Thursday, May 23, 2019. Name, Aiden Lee. Weight, 6 pounds. Second son. Lee is the daughter of Dianna Hite and Thomas Hite of Cairo. She works at J.R. Centre. Wilson is the son of Robin Hale and Larry Hale of McClure, Illinois. He is employed by AFCO...
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Badly-made fake license plate leads to arrest in California
(National News ~ 06/14/19)
MOORPARK, Calif. -- A big-rig truck driver has been arrested after authorities spotted a phony license plate on his rig. How could they tell? Well, the Ventura County Sheriff's Department says the 1960s-style yellow-on-black plate had wobbly letters and numbers. ...
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Alma Coomer
(Obituary ~ 06/14/19)
Alma Gertrude Coomer, 102, of Arbor passed away Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at her home. She was born Dec. 11, 1916, at High Ridge, Missouri, daughter of John W. and Clara A. Hendricks Wondel. Alma and Robert Rufus Coomer were united in marriage in April 1935 in Cape Girardeau County, and he preceded her in death June 29, 1996...
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Fun with the Cape Catfish
(Community ~ 06/14/19)
Captain Catfish enjoys some lighthearted fun with Gary and Wendy Rust at Capaha Field on Tuesday night, June 11. The Cape Catfish baseball team defeated the Quincy Gems 7-5. Submitted by Jon Rust
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P.E.O. Ch. JN Donates to Cape Library
(Submitted Story ~ 06/14/19)
P.E.O. Ch. JN received recognition recently for its $700 donation to the Friends of the Library Foundation of the Cape Girardeau Public Library. Funds will be used to enhance library services and to support numerous educational programs for the community...
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