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A twist of date for your holiday plate
(Community ~ 12/19/19)
As I started to do this last column before Christmas I thought about what theme I wanted to do to make it a little extra special. Then, as I thought about all of the places I need to take food to yet this week, and the company we will be having over the Christmas week and that I still need to make our traditional date cakes, this column quickly became a little bit of this and that all put together in one recipe hodgepodge...
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17-year-old shot on South Benton Street
(Local News ~ 12/19/19)
Cape Girardeau police responded to a shooting in the 400 block of South Benton Street early Wednesday morning. At about 2:30 a.m., responding officers found a 17-year-old male shot in the upper torso, according to Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Joey Hann. The victim was transported to a local hospital...
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Cape County eyes preliminary 2020 operating budget
(Local News ~ 12/19/19)
Cape Girardeau County’s estimated 2020 operating budget calls for expenditures of just over $13.7 million, almost $1.2 million more than this year’s estimated expenses. A public hearing on the budget is scheduled for 9 a.m. today at the County Commission meeting on the upper level of the county’s administrative office building in Jackson...
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Subscriber exclusive — All I want for Christmas is fooooood
(Community ~ 12/19/19)
As I'm deep into the spirit of the Christmas season, I thought it fitting that I share my favorite places to eat around the area and what I best like to eat there, giving the gift of great food ideas, if you will. Most of these places I have mentioned before, but that is a very good thing. They all have true staying power and are genuine keepers...
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Crosswalk comments continue at SEMPO meeting
(Local News ~ 12/19/19)
One message was expressed during public comments at this month’s Southeast Metropolitan Planning Organization Board of Directors meeting — the need for a crosswalk on U.S. 61/Kingshighway. A pedestrian recently suffered life-threatening injuries while attempting to cross the state highway, which is maintained by the Missouri Department of Transportation. ...
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Congressman Jason Smith: 'Absolutely no' on impeachment
(Local News ~ 12/19/19)
The target of Wednesday’s impeachment vote in the U.S. House of Representatives wasn’t only President Donald Trump, according to 8th District U.S. Rep. Jason Smith. “This is not just an impeachment of Donald Trump today. This is an impeachment of 63 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump,” the Republican congressman said from Washington in a telephone interview. ...
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Cakes Reanimated opens brick-and-mortar store in downtown Cape
(Local News ~ 12/19/19)
On a Tuesday afternoon, Becky Brown is smoothing vanilla bean buttercream icing onto a two-layer cake — not vanilla, not chocolate, but apple spice rum cake, to eventually be topped with a caramel drizzle. Her hand is steady as she applies the icing from a 6-liter container, removes excess with a scraper as she rotates the turntable. The sun slants through the window, illuminating equipment and ingredients in a room painted in candy-coated tones reminiscent of an ice-cream parlor...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/19/19)
Today is Thursday, Dec. 19, the 353rd day of 2019. There are 12 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 19, 1998, President Bill Clinton was impeached by the Republican-controlled House for perjury and obstruction of justice (he was subsequently acquitted by the Senate)...
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Sponsored: Help for Your Second Heart
(Insiders Advice ~ 12/19/19)
According to a study published by the New England Journal of Medicine, the average American gains 7 to 10 pounds from Thanksgiving to Christmas. This is a problem for multiple reasons, but the most alarming is the amount of stress it can put on your heart. During the winter we tend to eat more and move less, which leads to increased weight gain and more stress on the heart...
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Airport's milestone comes with tangible reward
(Editorial ~ 12/19/19)
Not always does a milestone come with a tangible reward, but that's exactly what is happening for Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. When this year's 10,000th passenger boarded a jet in November, the airport became eligible for an additional $850,000 in federal funding and will be eligible for that additional funding each year boardings stay above the 10,000 threshold...
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25 years later, Mariah Carey's Christmas original is No.1
(Local News ~ 12/19/19)
NEW YORK -- Christmas has come early for Mariah Carey: the pop star's original holiday classic, "All I Want for Christmas Is You," has reached the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart 25 years after its release. Billboard announced that the song topped this week's chart, giving Carey her 19th No. 1 of her career. She is only behind the Beatles, who have had 20 songs top the Hot 100 chart...
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Pranksters charged after home, cars covered in cheese slices
(National News ~ 12/19/19)
GIRARD, Pa. — A man and two teenage boys who allegedly covered two cars and a home with cheese slices are facing disorderly conduct charges. Pennsylvania State Police said the prank occurred early Saturday in Girard. But it’s not clear what motivated it. ...
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Don't ruin that pricey cut of meat
(Community ~ 12/19/19)
Nothing says "celebration" like a ridiculously expensive piece of meat. Well, that's not really true, but this is the time of year for splurging, in dollars and eating. And with apologies to all the vegetarians out there, few things are as impressive an anchor to a festive meal than an extravagant cut of meat...
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Democrats prepare to debate in shadow of impeachment
(National News ~ 12/19/19)
LOS ANGELES -- A winnowed field of Democratic presidential contenders takes the debate stage today for a sixth and final time in 2019, as candidates seek to convince anxious voters they are the party's best hope to deny President Donald Trump a second term next year...
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Among public, a great divide at moment of Trump impeachment
(National News ~ 12/19/19)
We interrupt the holiday spirit to bring you the impeachment of a president. In festive haunts, buzzing stores and rush-hour frenzy, Americans absorbed the moment Donald Trump became only the third president branded with the mark of impeachment, the Constitution's gravest political indictment...
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President Donald Trump impeached by US House on 2 charges
(National News ~ 12/19/19)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday night, becoming only the third American chief executive to be formally charged under the Constitution's ultimate remedy for high crimes and misdemeanors...
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Ruth Steinhoff
(Obituary ~ 12/19/19)
Ruth Mae Fluegge Steinhoff, 87, of St. Charles, Missouri, died Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, at NHC Health Care. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Monday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at noon Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jason Shaw officiating. Burial will follow in Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...
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Trenton Roth
(Obituary ~ 12/19/19)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Trenton Caleb Roth of Perryville died Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 6, 2019, in Cape Girardeau to Joseph B. and Carol J. Schuessler Roth of Perryville. Survivors include two brothers and a sister, Garrett, Brandon and Alyssa Roth, all of the home; paternal grandmother, Ernestine Roth of Wittenberg, Missouri; maternal grandmother, June Schuessler of Uniontown, Missouri; and numerous loving aunts, uncles and cousins...
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Pam Petty
(Obituary ~ 12/19/19)
Pamela "Pam" Petty, 59, of Allenville passed away peacefully in her sleep Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, at her home. Pam was born Feb. 2, 1960, in Advance, Missouri, to the late Harold and Leona Crites Douglas. On June 13, 1992, she married Earnest Petty in Benton, Missouri. He preceded her in death Oct. 18, 2017...
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Mary Nenninger
(Obituary ~ 12/19/19)
Mary Louise Hoefer Nenninger, 96, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born July 17, 1923, in Doniphan, Missouri, to Carl Louis and Masie Marjorie Turner Hoefer. She and Bernard H. Nenninger were married May 17, 1948, in Cape Girardeau...
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Wanda Daniel
(Obituary ~ 12/19/19)
BELL CITY, Mo. -- Wanda Maxine Daniel, 81, of Bell City died Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. She was born Oct. 12, 1938, in Bell City to the late Elmer and Doris Miller Hoosier. She spent most of her life alongside her husband farming...
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British man accused of hacking U.S. companies
(State News ~ 12/19/19)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A British man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to U.S. charges alleging he and co-conspirators in an international hacking group called The Dark Overlord stole data from health care and accounting companies in Missouri, Illinois and Georgia and threatened to release the information unless they paid ransom...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 12/19/19
(Local News ~ 12/19/19)
Approval of minutes n Minutes for Dec. 16 meeting Communications/reports n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on agenda Routine business n Purchase orders n Payroll change forms...
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Speak Out 12/19/19
(Speak Out ~ 12/19/19)
The leader of the Jackson football team is its 11 defensive starters. Period. If you know football, you know this is truth. The offense was great against bad teams, good against average teams, and bad against great teams. The defense was great every game. All hail the defense!...
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Prayer 12/19/19
(Prayer ~ 12/19/19)
Thank you, O Lord Jesus, for providing for all our needs. Amen.
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Out of the past: Dec. 19
(Out of the Past ~ 12/19/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Today is Rebecca M. "Bekki" Cook's first full day at her new job, Missouri secretary of state; her first personal touch in her new office is a sprig of mistletoe from a relative's Cape Girardeau County farm. The Cape Girardeau City Council rejects a measure that would have given Mayor Al Spradling III power to remit fines and forfeitures and grant reprieves and pardons for city offenses; Spradling had sought the power, but council members refused to bring the matter to a vote.. ...
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Happy Birthday to Jesus
(Submitted Story ~ 12/19/19)
Christmas day is near and it's time to celebrate with Jesus. On Wednesday, December 18, Guardian Angel students, teachers and staff attended a birthday party for Jesus in the school gym. Mrs. Michelle Priggel, our religion teacher, hosts this annual event with a birthday cake and drinks. ...
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Cape Police Department Employee of the Year Recipient
(Submitted Story ~ 12/19/19)
On Thursday, December 19, 2019 LaDonna Beard received the Cape Girardeau Police Department employee of the year award at a reception and luncheon held at the Cape Girardeau Elks Club. LaDonna is the 911 Communications Manager and has been employed with the CGPD for 14 years. Pictured is LaDonna Beard and her supervisor Lt. Jeff Bonham...
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