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Millersville man dies in motorcycle crash
(Local News ~ 08/23/19)
A 50-year-old Millersville man died Wednesday after he was ejected from the motorcycle he was riding as a result of a traffic crash, Cape Girardeau police said. Nicholas Minor was transported by ambulance to a local hospital where he later died from his injuries, police Sgt. Joey Hann said...
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Area lawmakers: School safety not issue for special session
(Local News ~ 08/23/19)
Area lawmakers are ready to talk about improving school safety, just not in a special session. State Reps. Kathy Swan, Barry Hovis and Rick Francis said the issue likely will come up in the 2020 legislative session in response to an advisory task force's recommendation public schools should employ armed officers and provide mental health services to students...
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Former Puxico couple unveil scholarship to help hometown students
(Local News ~ 08/23/19)
Puxico, Missouri, High School students can attend college virtually debt free, thanks to a new scholarship funded by a pair of PHS alumni who want to help others from their hometown achieve their higher education goals. Harold and Hermena Parks Holigan of Dallas said the Holigan Family Scholarship is a way they can "pay back Puxico" for everything the town did for them when they were growing up there in the 1940s and '50s...
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On the road to making it big: 6 up-and-coming local artists
(Entertainment ~ 08/23/19)
The Cape Girardeau music scene offers a diverse mix of local and touring bands through Tunes at Twilight, the Shipyard Music and Culture Festival and other events. But let's not forget where those acts started. With the help of Shawn Wood of Cape G Rocks Concert Series and Bruce Zimmerman, who with his wife selects acts for Tunes at Twilight, we've compiled a list of a few artists — all with Southeast Missouri ties — on the verge of making it big...
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Treat yo'self: What's better than wrestling, kayaks, snacks and a night out?
(Entertainment ~ 08/23/19)
Look no further for your weekend plans; I've searched high and low for a mixture of activities to keep you occupied no matter the mood. Your only obligation this weekend is to attend each event listed below (just kidding). But as we gear up for what I call the last official week of summer (I say that because most pools will close nationwide on Labor Day), take advantage of all the outdoor events you can...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/23/19)
Today in History Today is Friday, Aug. 23, the 235th day of 2019. There are 130 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 23, 1927, amid worldwide protests, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston for the murders of two men during a 1920 robbery. (On the 50th anniversary of their executions, then-Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis issued a proclamation that Sacco and Vanzetti had been unfairly tried and convicted.)...
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Football season is here; time to root for your school
(Editorial ~ 08/23/19)
Football is a big deal in Southeast Missouri. Towns have a way of rallying behind their hometown teams. Fans attend the games on Friday nights and Saturday afternoons, and there's plenty of "water cooler" talk about who the stand-out players are and whether a new coach can live up to the hype...
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The slow rolling valuable coin
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/23/19)
Modern America, well circa. 2019, the United States of America has become the valuable coin that's slowly rolling toward the AC/heating vent in a floor. One side of that valuable coin is the Republican/Conservative. The flip side is the Democrat/liberal. ...
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Ivory sales still banned, says wildlife committee
(International News ~ 08/23/19)
GENEVA -- International trade in elephant ivory will remain banned, according to a vote at the World Wildlife Conference, known as CITES. Thursday's vote by a key committee makes it likely the plenary session next week will uphold the prohibition of ivory sales...
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S. Korea, Japan quit intelligence sharing
(International News ~ 08/23/19)
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea said Thursday it will terminate an intelligence-sharing deal with Japan focusing on classified information about North Korea, a surprise announcement likely to set back U.S. efforts to bolster security cooperation with two of its most important allies in the Asian region...
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World powers increasingly see icy Arctic as a hot and wealthy property
(International News ~ 08/23/19)
TASIILAQ, Greenland -- From a helicopter, Greenland's brilliant white ice and dark mountains make the desolation seem to go on forever. And the few people who live here -- its whole population wouldn't fill a football stadium -- are poor, with a high rate of substance abuse and suicide...
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Return of the king: Salmon rebounding
(Community ~ 08/23/19)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Trolling off the California coast, Sarah Bates leans over the side of her boat and pulls out a long, silvery fish prized by anglers and seafood lovers: wild king salmon. Reeling in a fish "feels good every time," but this year has been surprisingly good, said Bates, a commercial troller based in San Francisco...
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North Dakota agency disregarded policy on oil spill reporting
(National News ~ 08/23/19)
BISMARCK, N.D. -- North Dakota's Health Department disregarded its own policy in updating the volume of a 2015 pipeline spill at a natural gas processing plant, and it remains unclear whether promised quarterly inspections of the site have been done in the past two years as cleanup continued...
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Hickenlooper says he's running for Senate seat
(National News ~ 08/23/19)
DENVER -- Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said Thursday he will run for the U.S. Senate, becoming the immediate front-runner in a crowded Democratic field vying for the right to challenge Republican incumbent Cory Gardner. He made his announcement via a video message in which he blasted Washington lawmakers over soaring prescription drug prices, the failure to act on climate change and the use of public lands by developers...
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Democrats see opening on weakened economy
(National News ~ 08/23/19)
PROLE, Iowa -- Campaigning under the stifling August sun, Joe Biden assailed President Donald Trump's trade war with China, accusing him of squandering a strong economy and putting Americans' financial security at risk. But he was quick to add he was not hoping for the worst...
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Hippos to return to Colorado after Missouri 'vacation'
(State News ~ 08/23/19)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Two hippo sisters are getting ready to return to their newly remodeled home in Colorado after spending nearly two years at a Missouri zoo. The Springfield News-Leader reports the hippos came to the Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield, Missouri, in October 2017 because the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs needed a place to put them while it created a new habitat...
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Merlin Welty Sr.
(Obituary ~ 08/23/19)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Merlin LeRoy Welty Sr., 76, of Perryville died Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, at his home. Visitation will be from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Funeral will be at noon Saturday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, with the Rev. Joe Geders, C.M., officiating. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery...
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James Starkey
(Obituary ~ 08/23/19)
James W. Starkey, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, at Lutheran Home. Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau, with the Rev. Brett Cheek officiating. Full military honors will be accorded...
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Nick Minor
(Obituary ~ 08/23/19)
Nick Minor, 50, of Millersville, died Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Rick Jones officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau...
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Louis Geldmacher
(Obituary ~ 08/23/19)
Louis Christ Geldmacher, 100, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, at Lutheran Home. He was born Feb. 22, 1919, in Cape Girardeau to Christian and Louise Walter Geldmacher. He and Victoria O'Brien Carmichael were married Nov. 25, 1954, at St. Louis. She preceded him in death Jan. 19, 2002...
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Prayer 8/23/19
(Prayer ~ 08/23/19)
O Heavenly Father, be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart. Amen.
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Speak Out 8/23/19
(Speak Out ~ 08/23/19)
Recent decisions by Planned Parenthood have indicated that they are no longer concerned with women's health needs and instead wish to focus on promoting abortions. First, they removed a very pro-choice CEO because she wasn't extreme enough. Then they decided to reduce providing women health care needs in order to keep being able to promote abortions. The Planned Parenthood of old is gone, the one that cared about women's needs. It has been replaced by one solely focused on abortions...
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Out of the past: Aug. 23
(Out of the Past ~ 08/23/19)
Astronaut Linda Godwin spoke yesterday at the first of a two-day teachers meeting at Jackson; she told teachers the training she received at Jackson public schools, especially math and science, prepared her for a career with NASA; classes start tomorrow in Jackson...
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Time capsule from 50 years ago has nothing inside
(National News ~ 08/23/19)
DERRY, N.H. -- Officials in a New Hampshire town are trying to figure out how a recently opened time capsule from 50 years ago has nothing in it. Library director Cara Potter in Derry said since she started there five years ago, the safe has been sitting on a shelf. ...
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Area police reports 8/23/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/23/19)
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Chad L. Moore, 23, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on suspicion of assault. n Crystal R. Edney, 42, was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant...
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Richard Reed
(Obituary ~ 08/23/19)
Richard Alan Reed II, 35, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, at his home. There will be a memorial service at 3 p.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home, with the Rev. Kevin Rhodes officiating.
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