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Recipes that remind us it's fall
(Community ~ 10/24/19)
Cool weather and the flavors and smells of fall are finally here. We have quickly jumped into soups, apple and pumpkin recipes and foods reminding us fall has finally arrived. Today I have pulled together a variety of recipes you may enjoy during this season. Chili and entrees that seem more like fall and cooler weather, bread and desserts to end on a sweet treat. These recipes are sure to delight your family or next get together guests...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 10/24/19
(Local News ~ 10/24/19)
Approval of minutes n Minutes for Oct. 17 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on the agenda Routine business...
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SEMO Sikeston campus vegetable demonstration garden provides jobs for region, fresh food for all
(Local News ~ 10/24/19)
The Southeast Missouri State University Sikeston campus and Lincoln University partnered to create a Vegetable Demonstration Garden, which opened in May. The student-led garden aims to provide more jobs and increase fresh produce for the Southeast Missouri region...
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New class project encourages SEMO students to take action, 'be better'
(Local News ~ 10/24/19)
Southeast Missouri State University's Applied Ethical Leadership class is learning social responsibility through the "Do Better, Be Better" (DBBB) project this semester. The project is a semester-long experiential learning experience asking students to focus on social justice issues and the process of making positive social change...
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Student advocates for disability awareness on campus, in community
(Local News ~ 10/24/19)
What began as a few Facebook posts has turned into a movement to raise disability awareness on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University and within the local community. Southeast senior Kayla Patek was born three months premature, causing her to be legally blind, have night blindness, nearsightedness and congenital cataracts, along with multiple other visual impairments. Patek also underwent brain surgeries as a child...
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Subscriber exclusive — Jay's Bar-B-Que: From the ashes, a tender smoky pig arises
(Community ~ 10/24/19)
Whenever I make the trip to Marble Hill, it is inevitable I will end up at Jay's Bar-B-Que. The restaurant is a well-known staple of the town, a true family restaurant, adapting with the times while managing to maintain home cookin' quality of the food. ...
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Cafe owners seek voter approval to serve alcohol in Oak Ridge
(Local News ~ 10/24/19)
Oak Ridge voters will decide next month whether to allow a local cafe to serve liquor by the drink. Four years ago, voters rejected a similar proposal for the West End Market convenience store and restaurant by three votes. The vote was 25 for the measure to 28 against...
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Beer, bands and sports: Your guide to Scott City's 43rd annual festival
(Entertainment ~ 10/24/19)
For 42 years, Scott City’s annual festival was held in the sweltering summer months in Scott City Park. But this year, plans have changed. Parks director Skylar Cobb said the multi-day event has developed a fall theme this time around and will be offering more activities than ever before — including giveaways and baseball speed-throw competitions — with “any food you can think of” today through Saturday...
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Therapy pooch Teli boosts morale at Franklin Elementary School
(Local News ~ 10/24/19)
Four-year-old English Labrador Teli — with mostly all white fur except for a touch of tan on her snout — doesn’t like to be alone, and that jibes well with the students’ morale at Franklin Elementary School in Cape Girardeau. As the district’s first therapy dog, Teli’s main job is to help children smile who may be having a rough day. ...
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With sales-tax revenue flat, Jackson to look at fee increases for city services
(Local News ~ 10/24/19)
Faced with rising operating costs and relatively stagnant revenue, Jackson city leaders are looking for ways to increase revenue through fee increases for various city services. Revenue enhancement was one of the main discussion topics during the Jackson Board of Aldermen’s annual work session and retreat with the heads of various city departments Tuesday at the Jackson Civic Center...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/24/19)
Today is Thursday, Oct. 24, the 297th day of 2019. There are 68 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 24, 1940, the 40-hour work week went into effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. On this date: In 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph message was sent by Chief Justice Stephen J. Field of California from San Francisco to President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C., over a line built by the Western Union Telegraph Co...
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New restaurants show meat-free Mexican is not a carne sin
(Community ~ 10/24/19)
PHOENIX -- "That's not real Mexican food," "My grandma would slap you" and "sellout" are just some of comments Jose and Leticia Gamiz received when they started their pop-up vegan Mexican food business, Mi Vegana Madre, four years ago. People saw them doing something new and took it personally, Jose Gamiz said. "We even had somebody write (online) in Spanish, 'They're probably not even Mexican."'...
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Georgia town bets on giant bushy chicken to attract tourists
(National News ~ 10/24/19)
FITZGERALD, Ga. — Why did the tourists cross the road? One south Georgia town hopes it will be to see a giant bushy chicken statue. Fitzgerald Mayor Jim Puckett told local news outlets the town is building the world’s largest chicken topiary, a 62-foot steel-framed chicken with plants growing on it. ...
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California utility sets another blackout amid fire fears
(National News ~ 10/24/19)
SAN FRANCISCO -- The state's largest utility said it will go ahead with widespread blackouts affecting nearly half a million people starting Wednesday as dangerous fire weather returns to California. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said it would begin precautionary power shutoffs in the afternoon affecting nearly 180,000 homes and businesses in portions of 17 counties, mostly in the Sierra foothills and north of the San Francisco Bay Area...
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Zuckerberg defends Facebook's currency plans
(National News ~ 10/24/19)
WASHINGTON -- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg endured hours of prickly questioning from lawmakers Wednesday as he defended the company's new globally ambitious project to create a digital currency while also dealing with widening scrutiny from U.S. regulators...
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Is the stethoscope dying? High-tech rivals pose a threat
(National News ~ 10/24/19)
CHICAGO -- Two centuries after its invention, the stethoscope -- the very symbol of the medical profession -- is facing an uncertain prognosis. It is threatened by hand-held devices that are also pressed against the chest but rely on ultrasound technology, artificial intelligence and smartphone apps instead of doctors' ears to help detect leaks, murmurs, abnormal rhythms and other problems in the heart, lungs and elsewhere. ...
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Most states not giving driver's license data to Washington
(National News ~ 10/24/19)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- An effort by the U.S. Census Bureau to collect state driver's license records as part of President Donald Trump's order to gather citizenship information has so far been a bust. As of Wednesday, the majority of state motor vehicle agencies had not agreed to share their records with the bureau, according to an Associated Press survey of the 50 states. ...
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39 dead UK trafficking case
(International News ~ 10/24/19)
GRAYS, England -- Authorities found 39 people dead in a truck in an industrial park in England on Wednesday and arrested the driver on suspicion of murder in one of Britain's worst human-smuggling tragedies. Police were reconstructing the final journey of the victims as they tried to piece together where they were from and how they came to be in England...
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Johnson's future rests on EU Brexit move
(International News ~ 10/24/19)
LONDON -- Prime Minister Boris Johnson has long argued Brexit will let Britain "take back control" from the European Union. On Wednesday, Johnson's future, and his country's, rested on a decision from Brussels about whether the bloc will delay the U.K.'s scheduled departure to prevent a chaotic no-deal exit in just eight days...
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Russian forces deploy at Syrian border under new accord
(International News ~ 10/24/19)
AKCAKALE, Turkey -- Russian military police began patrols on part of the Syrian border Wednesday, quickly moving to implement an accord with Turkey divvying up control of northeastern Syria. The Kremlin told Kurdish fighters to pull back from the entire frontier or else face being "steamrolled" by Turkish forces...
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Google claims fast-computing breakthrough
(National News ~ 10/24/19)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Google announced Wednesday it has achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing, saying it has developed an experimental processor that took just minutes to complete a calculation that would take the world's best supercomputer thousands of years...
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Trump lifts sanctions on Turkey, says cease-fire permanent
(National News ~ 10/24/19)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will lift sanctions on Turkey after the NATO ally agreed to permanently stop fighting Kurdish forces in Syria and he defended his decision to withdraw American troops. "We're getting out," Trump said at the White House, asserting tens of thousands of Kurdish lives were saved as the result of his actions...
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Pennsylvania's gas politics churn as Trump embraces industry
(National News ~ 10/24/19)
PITTSBURGH -- President Donald Trump promoted his support for the natural gas industry Wednesday, making clear on his second visit to Pennsylvania in the past three months he sees his pro-industry policies as a boost to his chances of winning the battleground state in 2020...
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Republicans disrupt impeachment deposition
(National News ~ 10/24/19)
WASHINGTON -- Republicans briefly brought the Democrat-led impeachment investigation to a halt Wednesday when around two dozen GOP House members stormed into a closed-door deposition with a Defense Department official. Democrats said the move compromised national security because some of the Republicans brought electronic devices into a secure room...
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Barbara Wilson
(Obituary ~ 10/24/19)
Barbara Ann Wilson, 81, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Cairo, Illinois, entered her eternal heavenly home Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, at Auburn Creek Assisted Living. She was born June 22, 1938, in Mounds, Illinois, to William and Pauline Kekow Niestrath. She married Terry Wilson on July 29, 1955. He preceded her in death Sept. 16, 2007...
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Stella Prost
(Obituary ~ 10/24/19)
Stella Prost, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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Marilyn McBride
(Obituary ~ 10/24/19)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Marilyn J. McBride, 84, of Perryville died Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, at her home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Lithium Baptist Church in Perryville. Memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Larry Duncan, a longtime friend, officiating. A private interment will be at a later date...
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Henry Gilliland
(Obituary ~ 10/24/19)
MORLEY, Mo. -- Henry Boyd Gilliland, 81, died Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in Morley. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Morley Baptist Church in Morley. Memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Dave Thompson officiating...
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Joan Foeste
(Obituary ~ 10/24/19)
Joan Ellen Foeste, 71, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019, at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born July 30, 1948, in Cape Girardeau to Roscoe and Georgia Lillian Davis Huckstep. She and James Michael Foeste were married Jan. 23, 1965, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Egypt Mills...
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Missouri man convicted in Florida doctor's slaying
(State News ~ 10/24/19)
NAPLES, Fla. -- A Missouri man has been convicted of participating in the slaying of a Florida doctor. Prosecutors say the killing was arranged by the doctor's husband. The Naples Daily News reported 29-year-old Jimmy Ray Rodgers was convicted Wednesday of second-degree murder. He faces up to life in prison. Sentencing is Nov. 18. Prosecutors had sought a first-degree murder conviction and the death penalty...
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St. Louis County executive wants to dump Rams name from street
(State News ~ 10/24/19)
CLAYTON, Mo. -- The NFL's Rams are long gone from St. Louis, and a top elected official wants to get rid of a street name honoring the team. St. Louis County Executive Sam Page said he will ask the County Council on Friday to pass legislation changing the name of the street running adjacent to the team's former practice facility. The street was dubbed Rams Way in 1996. Page wants to change it to Athletic Way...
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Missouri farmer charged in killing of Wisconsin brothers
(State News ~ 10/24/19)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri cattle rancher charged Wednesday with two counts of first-degree murder shot two brothers from Wisconsin, burned their bodies and dumped the remains on a manure pile on his property, investigators said. Garland Nelson, 25, of Braymer is also charged with two counts of abandonment of a corpse, two counts of tampering with physical evidence in felony prosecution, two counts of armed criminal action, tampering with a motor vehicle and unlawful possession of a firearm, according to documents filed in Caldwell County, Missouri.. ...
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EDITORIAL: Breast cancer awareness is more than a color
(Editorial ~ 10/24/19)
This is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a cause represented with the color pink. According to a National Cancer Institute, breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States. The second and third most prevalent are lung and prostate cancer, according to the NCI...
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Speak out 10/24/19
(Speak Out ~ 10/24/19)
I want to thank the firetruck driver who parked right in front of my house where my grandsons are. He even let him on the truck, took the time to tell him about the stuff on the truck -- all its uses and more. But the best, he even put the hat on, even though he had his own fire hat on. He talked about this for hours. Just want to say thank you, young man. God bless you and all the service men in Cape Girardeau and all over...
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Prayer 10/24/19
(Prayer ~ 10/24/19)
O Lord Jesus, our most wonderful Messiah, blessed is your holy name. Amen.
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In Scorsese and Coppola, Marvel meets formidable foes
(Entertainment ~ 10/24/19)
NEW YORK -- It's not exactly the stuff of "Stop the presses!" some of the greatest filmmakers in the world have misgivings about the rise of the superhero film and its outsized place in our film culture. And yet recent critical comments by Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola have been greeted like entreaties to a prizefight, a battle royale. ...
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Out of the past: Oct. 24
(Out of the Past ~ 10/24/19)
BENTON, Mo. -- Scott County property owners will feel the sting of 1993's Senate Bill 380 when they receive their 1994 tax bills next month; tax rates in the county's seven school districts will increase between 51 and 75 cents per $100 of assessed valuation...
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