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Codefi to offer Cupcakes & Cocktails networking event for women
(Local News ~ 08/27/19)
Codefi in Cape Girardeau will host a networking event for “female founders, entrepreneurs and businesswomen” from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Codefi headquarters in Marquette Tower, 338 Broadway, Suite 601. The event, called Cupcakes & Cocktails, is free of charge and open to women who “are passionate about growth, networking and supporting other women,” said Breyana Ray...
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Cape County Commission accepts tax rate requests
(Local News ~ 08/27/19)
The Cape Girardeau County Commission on Monday received requests from three county taxing entities for 2019 that are identical to their 2018 tax rates. During their Monday morning meeting, the county commissioners accepted a tax rate recommendation of 4.78 cents per $100 property tax valuation from the Senior Citizens Service Fund Board, a proposed tax rate of 5.53 cents from the Cape County Board for Developmentally Disabled and a rate request of 7.72 cents from the Cape County Mental Health Board. ...
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Paperwork, grading makes TTF 6 list for Veterans Drive extension
(Local News ~ 08/27/19)
A final decision on whether to extend Veterans Memorial Drive won’t be made by voters next year, but rather in 2025, members of a Cape Girardeau city advisory committee said Monday. But that hasn’t stopped the advisory board from laying the groundwork for the project by proposing to spend $2.3 million on design, property acquisition and grading work...
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Suspect in 15-year-old's homicide has violent history in Cape
(Local News ~ 08/27/19)
Isaiah M. Lane, the man accused of killing 15-year-old Madison Robinson on her front porch Saturday night, was her age when he and an accomplice robbed a Cape Girardeau restaurant 14 years ago. According to Southeast Missourian files, Lane was 15 when he and Semaj Lumas, then 16, robbed the KFC restaurant, 2101 William St., at gunpoint July 21, 2005, netting approximately $2,200...
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Police: Homicide of girl, 15, was retaliation for earlier fight
(Local News ~ 08/27/19)
An altercation earlier in the day led to the death of a Cape Girardeau teenager Saturday night, according to a document filed by police. Cape Girardeau police arrested Isaiah M. Lane, 29, in connection with the shooting that killed 15-year-old Madison Robinson on the front porch of her home at 913 Jefferson Ave. The shooting, which occurred at about 10:15 p.m. Saturday, also wounded a 20-year-old man who was with Robinson on the porch...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/27/19)
Today is Tuesday, Aug. 27, the 239th day of 2019. There are 126 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 27, 2008, Barack Obama was nominated for president by the Democratic National Convention in Denver. On this date: In 1776, the Battle of Long Island began during the Revolutionary War as British troops attacked American forces who ended up being forced to retreat two days later...
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2019 Newsmakers: Alyssa Phares
(B Magazine ~ 08/27/19)
Had it not been for taking an art class rather than a Spanish class in high school, it's quite possible Alyssa Phares might never have made it to Cape Girardeau. As a senior at her Central Illinois high school -- a school of 34 people -- Phares had an opportunity while on vacation to visit the College of Charleston, which has one of the top-ranked programs for historic preservation studies. ...
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2019 Newsmakers: Patricia Morris
(B Magazine ~ 08/27/19)
Helping is part of who Patricia Morris is. It's why she loved working as a Department of Youth Services (DYS) teacher for 12 years, and why she founded Keidra's Caring Centers in Sikeston, Missouri, and Caruthersville, Missouri. She says her husband jokes she helps and gives too much. But Morris says she can't help it...
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Be there: 3 business events
(B Magazine ~ 08/27/19)
August 28 6 p.m. Codefi 338 Broadway, Suite 600 Cape Girardeau If you are a female professional who has a heart passionate about innovation opportunities, growth and generating new ideas, and you want to support other women while doing it, this event is for you. There will be a panel of community experts present discussing life as a woman in different types of local businesses, using individual strengths and developing community with other female businesswomen...
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Sponsored: Throw the Perfect Tailgate Party
(Insiders Advice ~ 08/27/19)
It’s tailgate season again! Whether you pregame at home or at the stadium, if you are hosting an upcoming tailgate party, it’s time to think outside the box. Like camping, tailgating is taking a turn for the glamorous. With portable Wi-Fi hotspots and fancy chairs hitting the mainstream, tailgates as you know them will never be the same again. There are certain tailgate essentials that will take your party from moderate to chic!...
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Notre Dame High has big shoes to fill as Bro. David leaves
(Editorial ~ 08/27/19)
Notre Dame Regional High School is still in adjustment mode after the surprising announcement last week that Brother David Anthony Migliorino, OSF, will be leaving the school. Migliorino was beloved by almost everyone involved with the school. He has a big personality, and demonstrated his love for Notre Dame on his sleeve and with his smile every day...
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Julia Winder
(Obituary ~ 08/27/19)
Julia Winder, 94, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 22, 1925, in International Falls, Minnesota, to Charles and Mabel Richardson. She married Arnold "Sluggo" McClard on Nov. 11, 1946, in north central Arkansas, where she grew up...
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Brayden Patrick
(Obituary ~ 08/27/19)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Braydan Isaiah Aaron Patrick, 4, of Sikeston died Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral chapel, with the Rev. Dennis Lowe officiating...
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Brett Noe
(Obituary ~ 08/27/19)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Brett Wayne Noe, 48, of Perryville died Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019, at Saint Louis University Medical Center in St. Louis. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Thursday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville...
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Wolffe Bagby
(Obituary ~ 08/27/19)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- C. Wolffe Bagby, 66, of East Prairie died Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. He was born July 2, 1953, at St. Mary's Hospital in Cairo, Illinois, to the late A. Dean and Margaret Berbling Bagby. On Aug. 11, 2001, he married Shirley Jo "Joey" Quertermous, who survives...
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Oklahoma judge rules against drugmaker, orders $572M payment
(National News ~ 08/27/19)
NORMAN, Okla. -- An Oklahoma judge Monday found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state's opioid crisis and ordered the consumer products giant to pay $572 million, more than twice the amount another drug manufacturer agreed to pay in a settlement...
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Danish city puts Vikings at crossing signals
(International News ~ 08/27/19)
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — It’s safe to cross when the green Viking is walking, but stop when the red one is standing. That’s the message to pedestrians in Aarhus as it unveils new crossing signals to celebrate the history of Denmark’s second largest city. ...
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Prayer 8/27/19
(Prayer ~ 08/27/19)
When anxiety is great within me, your consolation, O God, brings me joy. Amen.
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Area police reports 8/27/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/27/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Steven Morris, 32, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a warrant. n Ashley McGuirk, 39, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a warrant...
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Speak Out 8/27/19
(Speak Out ~ 08/27/19)
I have something rare for Speak Out: A positive comment. I'd like to compliment the great resurfacing job on William street. It's a pleasure to drive on and really looks sharp. I don't care what Jackson city leaders have to say about the Center Junction project. ...
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Out of the past: Aug. 27
(Out of the Past ~ 08/27/19)
Following in the footsteps of her father, Missouri State Trooper James Froemsdorf, who was killed making a routine traffic stop in 1985, Teri Froemsdorf yesterday was sworn in with seven other candidates as a reserve officer with the Cape Girardeau Police Department...
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Birth 8/27/19
(Births ~ 08/27/19)
Daughter to Aubrey Alford and Kayla Thompson of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 11:14 p.m. Saturday, July 6, 2019. Name, Delilah Renee. Weight, 2 pounds, 12 ounces. Second daughter. Thompson is the daughter of Mark Thompson of Dexter, Missouri, and Penney Eltineer of Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Alford is the son of Darline Grebe and Joe Grebe of Cape Girardeau. He works for John Sinclair Nissan...
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Trump pushes for G-7 summit at his resort
(National News ~ 08/27/19)
MIAMI -- President Donald Trump was in full sales mode Monday, doing everything but pass out brochures as he touted the features making the Doral golf resort the ideal place for the next G-7 Summit -- close to the airport, plenty of hotel rooms, separate buildings for every delegation, even top facilities for the media...
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Protection ended for migrants in medical care
(National News ~ 08/27/19)
BOSTON -- The Trump administration has eliminated a protection letting immigrants remain in the country and avoid deportation while they or their relatives receive life-saving medical treatments or endure other hardships, immigration officials said in letters issued to families this month...
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GOP Rep. Sean Duffy of Wisconsin resigning from Congress
(National News ~ 08/27/19)
MADISON, Wis. -- Republican Rep. Sean Duffy, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump who was on the cast of MTV's "The Real World" before he went into politics, announced Monday he is resigning from his Wisconsin congressional seat to spend more time with his family...
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Kimono no more: Shapewear line renamed
(Community ~ 08/27/19)
NEW YORK -- Kim Kardashian West's shapewear line Kimono is no more. The new name, changed amid outcry over cultural appropriation, is SKIMS Solutionwear. The reality star, makeup mogul and law student said on Instagram she changed the name after much "thought and consideration." Kardashian West told WSJ Magazine back in July her intentions to play off her name with Kimono were "innocent" and she had not anticipated the backlash...
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Macron tries to arrange meeting betwen Trump and Iranian leader
(International News ~ 08/27/19)
BIARRITZ, France -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday there's a "really good chance" he could meet with Iran's leader on their nuclear impasse after a surprise intervention by the French president during the G-7 summit to try to bring Washington and Tehran together after decades of conflict...
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Police defend shot as HK protests widen
(International News ~ 08/27/19)
HONG KONG -- Hong Kong police on Monday defended pulling out their guns and firing a warning shot during anti-government protests over the weekend, and lawmakers on each side of the city's political divide said the other side bears responsibility for the violence...
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Brazil's Bolsonaro causes global outrage over Amazon fires
(International News ~ 08/27/19)
PORTO VELHO, Brazil -- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has insulted adversaries and allies, disparaged women, blacks and homosexuals and even praised his country's 1964 to 1985 dictatorship. Yet nothing has rallied more anger at home and criticism from abroad than his response to fires raging in parts of the Amazon region...
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Gun violence rise sparks concern in STL, Kansas City
(State News ~ 08/27/19)
ST. LOUIS -- From huge rewards to calls for allowing Missouri cities to enact their own gun laws, leaders in St. Louis and Kansas City are grappling with a troubling rise in shooting deaths, especially those involving children. This past weekend was especially violent. ...
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Judge expected to rule today on abortion law
(State News ~ 08/27/19)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A federal judge said he will issue a ruling today to determine whether Missouri's new law banning abortions at or after eight weeks of pregnancy will take effect as scheduled this week. During a court hearing Monday, Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union asked U.S. ...
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Trump's inconsistent messages on China trade heighten risks
(National News ~ 08/27/19)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods are going up. Wait, President Donald Trump says he's having second thoughts. No, no, Trump may actually raise tariffs even higher. He's also demanding U.S. companies leave China. Well, maybe not. The communications on China from Trump and his administration since late last week -- erratic, sometimes contradictory -- are complicating their high-stakes talks with Beijing and elevating the risks to the fragile global economy...
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Trump seeks to avoid primary challenge and repeat of history
(National News ~ 08/27/19)
WASHINGTON -- "Never Trump" Republicans are eager to see the president confront a credible primary adversary. But the party will likely erect structural barriers making that kind of challenge exceedingly difficult. And for good reason: Every incumbent president for four-plus decades who has faced a serious primary opponent was weakened enough to ultimately lose re-election...
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Missouri attorney general: Law doesn't protect LGBTQ people
(State News ~ 08/27/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's attorney general believes federal law doesn't protect LGBTQ people from discrimination. Attorney General Eric Schmitt was among GOP attorneys general nationwide who signed a U.S. Supreme Court brief outlining the position Friday...
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State awards contract to boost hepatitis A vaccination rate
(State News ~ 08/27/19)
ST. LOUIS -- Missouri health officials have signed a contract designed to boost the rate of people vaccinated against hepatitis A as the number of cases of the liver disease increases. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services awarded a no-bid contract to the Missouri Primary Care Association...
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Euthanized black bear had roamed Joplin area for 2 weeks
(State News ~ 08/27/19)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- Authorities are defending the decision to euthanize a black bear captured last month in Joplin. The Joplin Globe reported the Missouri Department of Conservation conducted a review amid a deluge of complaints and determined the case was handled according to policy...
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Illinois man drowns while watching Missouri boat race
(State News ~ 08/27/19)
SUNRISE BEACH, Mo. -- Authorities say an Illinois man has drowned while watching a popular boat race at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the victim as 23-year-old Sean Burgess of Peoria, Illinois. The patrol says he was last seen on a large floating mat watching a racing event, called the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout...
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Grow up and slow down
(Column ~ 08/27/19)
If folks would police themselves, they wouldn't have to be policed. Instead, they won't do right unless someone is waving a badge -- or a stick -- at them. Maybe it's human nature. Most likely, it's immaturity. Whatever it is, I'm finding it to be true in my new living surroundings, as people refuse to drive through this subdivision with any measure of responsibility...
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