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Careless ‘smoking materials’ lead to early morning fire
(Local News ~ 12/17/19)
Improperly disposed of smoking materials are believed to have ignited a structure fire early Monday morning in Cape Girardeau, according to a Cape Girardeau Fire Department official. A fire report from the incident stated firefighters were called at 3:39 a.m. for a structure fire at 905 S. Ellis St., battalion chief Randy Morris Jr. wrote...
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Lamentation is not loyalty: give yourself permission to celebrate
(Column ~ 12/17/19)
Holidays are a time to celebrate, but they are also a difficult time for many. Instead of rejoicing, some are lamenting loved ones who have passed and reflecting on the traditions that passed with them. This Christmas, it is my prayer that even those who have suffered great loss will give themselves permission to enjoy the holiday. ...
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2020 Jackson budget calls for increases in water, sewer, electric, trash fees
(Local News ~ 12/17/19)
The Jackson Board of Aldermen on Monday night approved an annual budget calling for an increase in water, sewer, electric and trash collection fees next year. The rate increases for the sewer, water and electric services amounts to 1.9% above current rates, which, according to city administrator Jim Roach, is consistent with the recent rise in the consumer price index...
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Cape residents call for crosswalk at Kingshighway/Cape Rock; mayor directs to MoDOT
(Local News ~ 12/17/19)
The Rev. Renita Green carried a single, slightly worn boot into the final Cape Girardeau City Council meeting of the year Monday night. The shoe’s owner remained hospitalized in a St. Louis intensive care unit after being struck by a vehicle and sustaining life-threatening injuries Friday night, but Green and other concerned citizens spoke on her behalf by expressing the need for construction of a crosswalk at the intersection of North Cape Rock Drive and North Kingshighway/U.S. 61...
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Jackson aldermen table talk of charter government
(Local News ~ 12/17/19)
Two months ago, at the Jackson Board of Aldermen’s annual retreat, it seemed as if the city was headed down a path toward creating a charter form of government. At that time, city attorney Tom Ludwig alluded to a variety of reasons why Jackson should consider becoming a “charter city” as more than 40 other Missouri municipalities — including Cape Girardeau — have done since 1908...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/17/19)
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 17, the 351st day of 2019. There are 14 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 17, 1992, President George H.W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari signed the North American Free Trade Agreement in separate ceremonies. (After President Donald Trump demanded a new deal, the three countries signed a replacement agreement in 2018; it awaits approval by lawmakers.)...
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Breakthrough: Pugh owns the year
(Entertainment ~ 12/17/19)
LOS ANGELES -- By the end of 2019 on big screens across the globe, actress Florence Pugh will have body-slammed a famous wrestler in "Fighting with My Family," screamed her lungs out after getting caught up in a violent Swedish cult in "Midsommar," and tromped around New England in a Victorian hoop skirt with the three other March sisters in "Little Women."...
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Martha Greaser
(Obituary ~ 12/17/19)
Martha Ann Greaser, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born Aug. 12, 1932, in Benton, Missouri, to Charles Robert and Adelia Mary Westrich Bollinger. She and Clarence Greaser Jr. were married May 22, 1954, in Benton...
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Violet Colyott
(Obituary ~ 12/17/19)
Violet "Vi" Colyott, 91, of Jackson died Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Brian Anderson officiating. Interment will be private...
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Larry Chism
(Obituary ~ 12/17/19)
Larry Wayne Chism, 68, formerly of Sikeston, Missouri, died Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Graveside service will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is in charge of arrangements...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 12/17/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/17/19)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Saturday n Medical assists were made at 12:15 a.m. on North Sprigg Street, 12:48 a.m. on Price Drive, 7:53 p.m. on William Street, 10:08 p.m. on South Hanover Street and 11:10 p.m. on College Street...
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Lebanon delays talks on new prime minister
(International News ~ 12/17/19)
BEIRUT -- Lebanon's president postponed talks Monday on naming a new prime minister after the only candidate -- caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri -- failed to win the backing of the country's largest Christian groups amid a worsening economic and financial crisis...
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Indian citizenship law opposition grows
(International News ~ 12/17/19)
NEW DELHI -- Thousands of university students flooded the streets of India's capital, while a southern state government led a march and demonstrators held a silent protest in the northeast Monday to protest a new law giving citizenship to non-Muslims who entered India illegally to flee religious persecution in several neighboring countries...
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UN AIDS agency fires whistleblower after misconduct probe
(International News ~ 12/17/19)
TORONTO -- The United Nations' AIDS agency has fired two staffers for financial and sexual misconduct, including a whistleblower whose allegations of being sexually assaulted sparked months of turmoil at the organization. Last March, Martina Brostrom publicly accused a senior UNAIDS director of forcibly kissing her and trying to drag her out of a Bangkok elevator in 2015. ...
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Johnson talks with Trump, welcomes new lawmakers
(International News ~ 12/17/19)
LONDON -- Britain's new political landscape began to take shape Monday as triumphant Prime Minister Boris Johnson talked trade with President Donald Trump and readied a pep talk for his new Conservative Party lawmakers. The incoming class of new Conservative legislators was so big -- 109 lawmakers -- organizers had to procure an extra 50 bottles of wine for the evening event, British tabloids said...
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AP Exclusive: Thousands of Ohio absentee applications denied
(National News ~ 12/17/19)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Thousands of Ohio voters were held up or stymied in their efforts to get absentee ballots for last year's general election because of missing or mismatched signatures on their ballot applications, an Associated Press review has found...
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Trump threatens to bypass presidential debates panel
(National News ~ 12/17/19)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump made clear Monday he intends to participate in at least three general election debates, but he is threatening to sidestep the not-for-profit group charged with running them. "I look very much forward to debating whoever the lucky person is who stumbles across the finish line in the little watched Do Nothing Democrat Debates," Trump tweeted Monday morning after The New York Times reported he was considering skipping them entirely...
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Dem leaders push to end labor dispute and save debate
(National News ~ 12/17/19)
Democratic officials are pushing for an end to a labor dispute that threatens the party's sixth presidential primary debate, scheduled for Thursday on a California university campus. Xochitl Hinojosa, the Democratic National Committee's communications director and a lead debate organizer for DNC Chairman Tom Perez, said Monday that Perez "spent the entire weekend" urging stakeholders to engage in good-faith, mediated negotiations. ...
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ACA tax repeal added to $1.4T wrap-up federal spending bill
(National News ~ 12/17/19)
WASHINGTON -- Retired coal miners and longtime opponents of Obama-era taxes on high-cost health plans are eyeing big wins as top congressional leaders and the Trump White House close in on a deal on a government-wide spending bill carrying lots of overdue Washington business...
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Democrats lay out case for impeachment vote
(National News ~ 12/17/19)
WASHINGTON -- House Democrats laid out their impeachment case against President Donald Trump on Monday, a sweeping report accusing him of betraying the nation and deserving to be ousted, as key lawmakers began to signal where they stand ahead of this week's landmark votes...
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Virginia man convicted in $3 million romance fraud scheme
(State News ~ 12/17/19)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Virginia man was convicted Friday in federal court in Missouri for his role in a scheme that defrauded lonely women across the country out of nearly $3 million. Henry N. Asomani, 34, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Ghana who lived in Dumfries, Virginia, was found guilty of six counts involving fraud and conspiracy...
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Missouri agency wants $16M to increase government chatbots
(State News ~ 12/17/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Government chatbots soon could be answering more questions from Missourians about their taxes or welfare if a proposal by an agency in Gov. Mike Parson's administration gains traction. The Office of Administration asked for about $16 million over the next three years to add more chatbots to the state's call centers, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Missouri agency requests state money to fight fatal disease
(State News ~ 12/17/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri agency has asked the state for more funding to combat Legionnaires' disease, a severe form of pneumonia that has sickened more than 800 people in the state over the last five years. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said the state's response to the disease has grown and current state laboratory staff are unable to complete all duties, according to documents submitted to state budget officials...
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9 die in wintry crashes in several Midwestern states
(State News ~ 12/17/19)
BONNE TERRE, Mo. -- At least nine people have died in weather-related crashes in several Midwestern states amid a storm that dumped nearly a foot of snow in places, forced schools to close and snarled traffic, authorities said. The wintry weather was part of a storm system that hit parts of the Midwest and was expected to extend into the Northeast through today, the National Weather Service said...
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Putin hails Russian arms sales abroad
(International News ~ 12/17/19)
MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said arms sales abroad have continued to increase over the past year. Speaking Monday at a meeting with top officials, Putin said arms exports are expected to top $13 billion this year, which he said exceeds last year's sales by more than $2 billion...
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Speak Out 12/17/19
(Speak Out ~ 12/17/19)
I totally disagree with the new governor of Kentucky when he says he will give convicted felons the right to vote. They lost that right through actions that they took and should not be rewarded for those same actions. This is just another liberal Democrat trying to conjure up votes. I hope the "Show-Me State" does not follow suit...
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Prayer 12/17/19
(Prayer ~ 12/17/19)
Thank you, O Heavenly Father, that the joy of the Lord is our strength. Amen.
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Out of the past: Dec. 17
(Out of the Past ~ 12/17/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Three of the words most often spoken in Jefferson City yesterday were: "Who's Bekki Cook?"; Gov. Mel Carnahan appointed the 44-year-old Cape Girardeau lawyer and political outsider to replace ousted Secretary of State Judith Moriarty; the appointment was a surprise to pundits, as well as Cook...
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Area police reports 12/17/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/17/19)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Faith Rachelle Gore, no age given, homeless, was arrested on a warrant. n Sean D. Gwin, no age given, of Wentzville, Missouri, was arrested on a warrant...
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Malnourished dog adopted after walking into home amid storm
(National News ~ 12/17/19)
PHILADELPHIA -- A malnourished dog that wandered into a Philadelphia home during a storm has been adopted. Sports podcast host Jack Jokinen said his wife found the dog when she went to grab a pacifier for their baby at 4 a.m. Saturday. Jokinen checked that all the doors and windows were closed. ...
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Shop with a Hero receives funds, Super Stuffer, and John Deere toy replicas!
(Submitted Story ~ 12/17/19)
When the children arrived for the Shop with a Hero event this year at Walmart Supercenter, they immediately registered to win a huge stocking described as "The World's Largest Christmas Stocking." Nabisco decided to donate the 8 foot 30# stocking to one lucky young shopper. ...
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