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Go ahead and jump
(Local News ~ 10/04/19)
Clockwise from left, Amya Patterson, 5; Justis Howell, 10; and Deandre Abraham, 2; bounce A'shon Howell, 3, below center, on a trampoline Thursday in Cape Girardeau.
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October guide: 7 spooktacular things to do
(Entertainment ~ 10/04/19)
Mother Nature seems to have received the memo about it being fall, and just in time, too. Out of all the pumpkin-spiced Halloween-themed events in Southeast Missouri, I've compiled a guide to ensure your All Hallow's Eve is everything it should be — scary, fun and memorable. Find more information about these events and others at semoevents.com. Text your friends; it's time to get spooky!...
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Flea markets, free food and pumpkins aplenty
(Entertainment ~ 10/04/19)
It's never too early to gear up for Halloween, right? (I do have limits, though — I draw the line at Christmas music before Thanksgiving.) But before we jump right into fall and all the holidays that seem to come one right after the other, let's focus on the eclectic weekend at hand. It's a mixture of spooky adventures, Oktoberfest in uptown Jackson, anniversaries, pumpkins and remembering those who are no longer with us...
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Cape city receives federal grant to hire firefighters
(Local News ~ 10/04/19)
Cape Girardeau has received a three-year, $330,775 federal grant to hire three more firefighters. In the future, the added manpower could lead to lower fire insurance costs for residents and businesses, fire chief Travis Hollis said Thursday. The grant will pay much of the salaries and benefits for the additional firefighters...
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Home run: Couple weds at Capaha Field in honor of veteran Capaha
(Local News ~ 10/04/19)
Baseball fanatics Matt and Sarah Schellingerhout tied the knot Sept. 21, but it wasn’t the typical venue some may imagine for a wedding. In honor of Sarah’s late father, Ron Michel, Capaha Field in Cape Girardeau was chosen as the chapel. Michel played for the Cape Capaha’s from 1971 to 1979. He also played minor league baseball from 1961 to 1964 with the Minnesota Twins organization...
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Social media posts play out in Scott County discrimination case
(Local News ~ 10/04/19)
An attorney for Scott County government and Sheriff Wes Drury wants a judge to prevent a plaintiff’s lawyer in a sex discrimination case from asking questions about sexist and vulgar Facebook posts shared by the county’s presiding commissioner. In a motion for a protective order, defense attorney Bradley Hansmann wrote the social media posts are “neither relevant nor material to the litigation.” ...
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Ameren Missouri announces statewide solar project
(Local News ~ 10/04/19)
Ameren Missouri is looking for sunny parking lots, rooftops and other open spaces across the state — suitable locations for solar electric-generating equipment. The St. Louis-based utility company, which provides service in 64 Missouri counties and more than 500 communities, including Cape Girardeau, announced its “Neighborhood Solar” program this week and plans to spend at least $14 million on the project...
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Blunt believes House 'ready to move' on impeachment
(State News ~ 10/04/19)
ST. LOUIS -- Missouri Republican Sen. Roy Blunt expects a "partisan exercise" as the House considers whether to impeach President Donald Trump but said his pivotal Senate committee is focused on "putting the facts together." Blunt is a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee gathering facts about Trump's July phone call with Ukraine's president. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/04/19)
Today is Friday, Oct. 4, the 277th day of 2019. There are 88 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On Oct. 4, 2002, "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh received a 20-year sentence after a sobbing plea for forgiveness before a federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia. In a federal court in Boston, a laughing Richard Reid pleaded guilty to trying to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight with explosives in his shoes (the British citizen was later sentenced to life in prison)...
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Sponsored: It’s Blitz Time!
(Business ~ 10/04/19)
There’s one day out of the year there is truly no better time to become a member of the Cape Chamber. That day is the Membership Blitz.
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This Kiss concert gives new meaning to the term performing Down Under
(Entertainment ~ 10/04/19)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Having played nearly every corner of the Earth in a nearly 50-year career, the rock band Kiss is taking its show to a new place -- under the sea, where they will perform for great white sharks and eight fans separated from them by a small submarine...
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Dr. Dre, Iovine to unveil high-tech new building at USCA building named after Andre
(Entertainment ~ 10/04/19)
LOS ANGELES -- Andre "Dr. Dre" Young and Jimmy Iovine want a new high-tech building bearing their names at the University of Southern California to become a place where young creatives can understand marrying the concepts of art, technology and business...
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Studio behind 'Sesame Street' is making an Elmo talk show
(Community ~ 10/04/19)
NEW YORK -- Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel ... and Elmo? Sesame Workshop is developing a talk show starring the squeaky-voiced puppet, called "The Not Too Late Show with Elmo," where he will interview celebrity guests. Production begins next month, but it's not clear when the program will air...
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Loosey-moosey: Stuck bull needs stairs to escape home's pool
(National News ~ 10/04/19)
BEDFORD, N.H. — A young moose stuck in a New Hampshire swimming pool has been successfully coaxed out. New Hampshire Fish and Game Department biologists and conservation officers were called to a Bedford home Tuesday to help remove the young bull. He was in the water for several hours. ...
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Casino giant settles Vegas shooting lawsuits
(National News ~ 10/04/19)
LAS VEGAS -- Two years after a shooter rained gunfire on country music fans from a high-rise Las Vegas hotel, MGM Resorts International reached a settlement paying up to $800 million to families of the 58 people who died and hundreds of others who were injured, attorneys announced Thursday...
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Data shows how basic universal recipients spent free money
(National News ~ 10/04/19)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The first data from an experiment in a California city where needy people get $500 a month from the government shows they spend most of it on things such as food, clothing and utility bills. The 18-month, privately funded program started in February and involves 125 people in Stockton. It is one of the few experiments testing the concept of "universal basic income," an old idea getting new attention from Democrats seeking the 2020 presidential nomination...
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Trump calls for China to probe Bidens
(National News ~ 10/04/19)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump, ensnared in an impeachment inquiry over his request Ukraine investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, on Thursday called on China to do the same. "China should start an investigation into the Bidens," Trump said in remarks to reporters outside the White House. Trump said he hadn't directly asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to investigate Biden and his son Hunter but it's "certainly something we could start thinking about."...
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Trump: Support Medicare, not Dems' Medicare for All
(National News ~ 10/04/19)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Thursday accused Democrats of an all-out attempt to "totally obliterate Medicare" and portrayed himself as the program's defender while signing a directive to expand Medicare's private insurance options. But no Democrat is proposing to take coverage or benefits away, a fact undercutting Trump's rhetoric, and Trump did not dwell on his own budget proposals for cuts in Medicare payments to hospitals and other providers...
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Maudaline Cook
(Obituary ~ 10/04/19)
Maudaline Randolph Cook, 97, of Cape Girardeau died Monday morning, Sept. 30, 2019, at Independence Care Center in Perryville, Missouri. She was born Sept. 5, 1922, in Providence, Kentucky, to Luther James and Katie McNeeley Randolph. She and Paul W. Cook were married May 8, 1942, in Benton, Missouri. He preceded her in death in June 2004. Maudaline had two daughters, Paulette and Carolyn...
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MU gets $4M grant to promote commercialization of research
(State News ~ 10/04/19)
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri has received a nearly $4 million grant to help Midwestern universities in six states turn biomedical discoveries into marketable products. The National Institutes of Health grant will support the Midwest Biomedical Accelerator Consortium, which will provide researchers with funding and mentorship necessary to develop products that prevent and treat diseases. ...
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Schnucks grocery chain to end tobacco sales as of Jan. 1
(State News ~ 10/04/19)
ST. LOUIS — Schnuck Markets Inc., one of the Midwest’s largest grocery store chains, will stop selling cigarettes, chewing tobacco and other tobacco products as of Jan. 1. Suburban St. Louis-based Schnucks announced the move Thursday. Schnucks is the largest grocer in the St. Louis area and operates 115 stores overall in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Iowa. The privately-held company already does not sell e-cigarettes or vaping products...
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Missouri Supreme Court weighs voter photo ID law
(State News ~ 10/04/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The fate of a key part of Missouri's new voter photo identification law is now in the hands of state Supreme Court judges, who Thursday questioned state attorneys' requests to at least spare parts of the provision. The law had directed voters to present a valid photo ID or to sign a sworn statement and present some other form of identification to cast a regular ballot...
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Speak Out 10/4/19
(Speak Out ~ 10/04/19)
The recent bear article was terrible and full of fallacies. The proper weapon against a grizzly is NOT a handgun. The proper weapon is first prevention and second bear spray. Most people that tried to defend themselves against a grizzly with a handgun ended up hurt. The opposite is true with bear spray. There was no convincing the bear. Her behavior was normal, fake charges to determine if you are a threat and then leaving...
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Prayer 10/4/19
(Prayer ~ 10/04/19)
O God, thank you for loving us enough to send your son to die for our sins. Amen.
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Out of the past: Oct. 4
(Out of the Past ~ 10/04/19)
Scott City will purchase a new trash truck at a total cost of nearly $80,000 over four years; the city council approved a lease-purchase of the truck Monday; the new model with a 20-yard bed is being purchased from Wiethop Truck & Trailer Sales of Cape Girardeau...
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Cape police report 10/4/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/04/19)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assault n Charles A. Embry, 19, of Cape Girardeau was issued a citation on suspicion of assault. Theft n Theft was reported in the 300 block of South Broadview Street...
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Editorial: Central Academy students use art to cope with emotional struggles
(Editorial ~ 10/04/19)
Art can be a form of therapy, a coping mechanism and form of expression. Creating that environment is what Lawrence Brookins, art instructor and retired Cape Girardeau Central High School football coach, is trying to foster with his project at Central Academy called "It Ain't Heavy, It's My Baggage."...
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