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County health department to host event to help parents identify risky behaviors
(Local News ~ 02/05/20)
Adults in Southeast Missouri are invited to attend Hidden in Plain View: An Initiative to Help Parents Spot Signs of Risky Behavior, hosted by the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center. Hidden in Plain View will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau and is free and open to adults. ...
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Farmer at center of dicamba federal lawsuit testifies
(Local News ~ 02/05/20)
The owner of a Dunklin County peach farm took the stand Tuesday in his federal lawsuit against two of the world’s largest chemical companies. The case of Bill Bader and Bader Farms Inc., the largest peach farm in Missouri, versus Monsanto Co. and BASF Corp. is in its second week inside the Rush H. Limbaugh Federal Courthouse in Cape Girardeau...
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Clippard students in third round of national Literacy Bowl
(Local News ~ 02/05/20)
Students at Clippard Elementary in Cape Girardeau have advanced to the third round — nationals — in Imagine Learning’s second annual Literacy Bowl, school officials announced. Imagine Learning has a Language and Literacy supplemental software program the school purchased, said principal Amy Emmenderfer, and Clippard students have taken off with it...
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Former Red Star Baptist building up for sale
(Local News ~ 02/05/20)
A landmark church in Cape Girardeau is for sale. The Church of the Rescued and Redeemed, formerly known as Red Star Baptist Church, 1301 N. Main St., can be purchased along with the church’s activity building across the street for the asking price of $650,000...
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Funding approved for lighting of Cape Girardeau river wall murals
(Local News ~ 02/05/20)
Cape Girardeau’s iconic downtown river wall along Water Street will soon become even more eye-catching. A project proposal from Old Town Cape outlined plans to install 24 light fixtures along existing electrical conduits atop the flood wall to highlight the wall’s murals and provide an enhanced sense of safety on Water Street...
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Saint Francis versus UnitedHealthcare, part 2
(Column ~ 02/05/20)
The negotiation between UnitedHealthcare and Saint Francis has created a dilemma for the newspaper. On Thursday last week, we received two letters to the editor providing opposing perspectives on the matter. The challenge is that traditionally the Southeast Missourian has not printed letters or Speak Out comments about private party negotiations. ...
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Cape Girardeau native Rush Limbaugh awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
(National News ~ 02/05/20)
WASHINGTON -- Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, during the State of the Union address Tuesday night. Limbaugh, 69, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, announced Monday he is battling advanced lung cancer...
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Thomas, Green win Ward 3 primary election
(Local News ~ 02/05/20)
The candidates for Cape Girardeau City Council’s Ward 3 seat were officially determined Tuesday, setting the stage for the April 7 general election. About 5%t of registered Ward 3 voters turned out for Tuesday’s primary election, casting a total of 194 ballots...
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A Missourian's first-hand observation of Iowa caucus
(Column ~ 02/05/20)
Tuesday was full of calls by political pundits and by the Twitterverse to eliminate the Iowa caucus system — after the reporting system of results for the nation’s first presidential contest failed Monday night. CNN said the debacle — no results due to a failed telephone app — meant the venerable caucus system in Iowa is effectively kaput...
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Lynwood Christian Academy set to launch June 1
(Local News ~ 02/05/20)
A school that once faced an uncertain future may finally be on solid ground. Lynwood Baptist Church members voted recently to start a new school at its Cape Girardeau campus, essentially absorbing Cape Christian Community School and giving it a new name: Lynwood Christian Academy...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/05/20)
Today is Wednesday, Feb. 5, the 36th day of 2020. There are 330 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 5, 2001, four disciples of Osama bin Laden went on trial in New York in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa. (The four were convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole.)...
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Is Trump's unorthodoxy becoming orthodox?
(Column ~ 02/05/20)
When candidate Donald Trump campaigned on calling China to account for its trade piracy, observers thought he was either crazy or dangerous. Conventional Washington wisdom had assumed that an ascendant Beijing was almost preordained to world hegemony. Trump's tariffs and polarization of China were considered about the worst thing an American president could do...
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Shirley Young
(Obituary ~ 02/05/20)
ORAN, Mo. -- Shirley Young, daughter of the late Joseph and Clara Hildebrand Hurst, was born Dec. 15, 1938, in St. Louis and departed this life Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, at her home in Oran, at the age of 81 years. Shirley was a former employee at the Oran International Hat factory, T & H Grocery in Oran and Amerimart in Benton, Missouri, before her retirement. She was also a member of Guardian Angel Catholic Church...
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Kenneth Werner
(Obituary ~ 02/05/20)
Kenneth C. Werner, 83, passed away Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 6, 1936, in Cape Girardeau to Clarence C. Werner and Maude B. Province. He graduated from Cape Girardeau Central High School in 1954. After graduation, he continued working in Werner Market, which was owned by his father and uncle...
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Dorothy Hendrix
(Obituary ~ 02/05/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Dorothy May Hendrix, 77, of Perryville died Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, at Independence Care Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with Deacon John Darin officiating. Burial will be at Whitewater Christian Cemetery in Perry County...
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Thelma Cook
(Obituary ~ 02/05/20)
Thelma P. Cook, 96, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, at Saxony Village. She was born Oct. 12, 1923, to Glen and Elsie Masters Bollinger. She married Huey D. Cook on Dec. 14, 1941. Thelma graduated from Lutesville (Missouri) High School, where she excelled in volleyball...
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Carolyn Buckner
(Obituary ~ 02/05/20)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Carolyn Buckner, 71, of Marble Hill died Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, at her home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Pulliam Cemetery near Patton, Missouri...
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Helen Beussink
(Obituary ~ 02/05/20)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Helen Elizabeth Beussink, 83, of Marble Hill died Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill.
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Green Day returns with snarling, lean album
(Entertainment ~ 02/05/20)
Green Day, "Father of All" (Reprise/Warner) Green Day recently caught some people unaware. The trio performed at the NHL's All-Star Game in St. Louis and singer Billie Joe Armstrong dropped some swear words into the mix. NBC had to bleep the band. What did everyone expect?...
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Pompeo: Beware threat from China
(National News ~ 02/05/20)
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan -- The countries Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited on a five nation-tour over the last week varied from longtime ally Britain to ex-Soviet republics in Central Asia. But the message he conveyed to his hosts stayed the same: Beware of China...
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Holocaust survivor seeks teens to bear witness for future generations
(International News ~ 02/05/20)
DRANCY, France -- The girls and boys in the room were just a little older than Victor Perahia was when he was finally freed in 1945, his body wracked with tuberculosis and typhus, his mind anguished by the suffering and death he had seen. After 40 years of self-imposed silence, he now returns time and again to bear witness at Drancy, the transit center from where the French government deported tens of thousands of Jews into the hands of Nazis...
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UN chief: 'wind of madness is sweeping the globe'
(International News ~ 02/05/20)
UNITED NATIONS -- U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday "a wind of madness is sweeping the globe," pointing to escalating conflicts from Libya and Yemen to Syria and beyond. At a wide-ranging news conference, he said, "All situations are different but there is a feeling of growing instability and hair-trigger tensions, which makes everything far more unpredictable and uncontrollable, with a heightened risk of miscalculation."...
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Hong Kong reports virus death as workers strike
(International News ~ 02/05/20)
BEIJING -- Hong Kong hospitals cut services as thousands of medical workers went on strike for a second day Tuesday to demand the border with mainland China be shut completely. The new virus caused its first death in the semi-autonomous territory, adding to growing fears it is spreading locally...
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U.S. general slips into Iraq
(National News ~ 02/05/20)
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT -- The top U.S. commander for the Middle East slipped quietly into Iraq Tuesday, as the Trump administration works to salvage relations with Iraqi leaders and shut down the government's push for an American troop withdrawal...
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2nd student dies after OK crash
(National News ~ 02/05/20)
MOORE, Okla. -- A second suburban Oklahoma City high school student has died after a group of cross-country runners was struck by a pickup truck that authorities say was driven by man whose son was killed in a traffic crash over the weekend, a school official said Tuesday...
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New counts reveal inexact science of calorie labels
(National News ~ 02/05/20)
NEW YORK -- Almonds used to have about 170 calories per serving. Then researchers said it was really more like 130. A little later, they said the nuts may have even less. Calorie counting can be a simple way to help maintain a healthy weight -- don't eat and drink more than you burn. And the calorie labels on food packaging seem like an immutable guide to help you track what you eat...
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On annexation, Trump erodes a global norm
(National News ~ 02/05/20)
Annexation, at its heart, is a byproduct of conflict. Almost never is it an act of peace, though it has been cast that way at times throughout human history. Certainly not under international law, which describes it as the forcible acquisition of territory by one state at the expense of another. It often formalizes military occupation. The United Nations made it illegal after World War II...
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Senate so far split neatly along party lines on impeachment
(National News ~ 02/05/20)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate is so far cleaving neatly along party lines in advance of today's virtually certain votes to acquit President Donald Trump on two impeachment charges, with just two or three undecided members even considering breaking with their party...
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Dem. primary pivots to N. Hampshire
(National News ~ 02/05/20)
NASHUA, N.H. -- New Hampshire rarely takes its cues from Iowa. And this time, there aren't clear cues anyway. The Democratic presidential hopefuls descended on the small New England state on Tuesday, fresh off overnight flights, full of caffeine and without official results from Iowa. That didn't stop many of them from offering some form of a victorious message -- and raising the stakes on the importance of New Hampshire...
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Issues take out high-tech caucus plan
(National News ~ 02/05/20)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- What went wrong with the Iowa Democratic Party's high-tech plan to speed up the reporting of caucus night results? Pretty much everything. A little-known startup company was picked by party leaders to develop a mobile app for reporting results, with key details such as the name of the firm kept confidential. ...
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Buttigieg, Sanders lead as Iowa releases partial Dem. caucus results
(National News ~ 02/05/20)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- The Iowa Democratic Party released partial results of its kickoff presidential caucus after a daylong delay late Tuesday showing former Midwestern Mayor Pete Buttigieg and progressive Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders leading the opening contest of the party's 2020 primary season...
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Trump boasts of economic gains on eve of impeachment verdict
(National News ~ 02/05/20)
WASHINGTON -- Standing before a Congress and nation sharply divided by impeachment, President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address Tuesday to extol a "Great American Comeback" on his watch, three years after he took office decrying a land of "American carnage" under his predecessor...
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Suspect arrested in hit-and-run crash that killed 2 in Kansas City
(State News ~ 02/05/20)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Authorities said a suspect has been arrested in a hit-and-run crash that killed two people. The suspect was behind the wheel of a speeding sport utility vehicle that sailed through a stop sign and struck a Chevrolet, pushing it into a third vehicle. Both people inside the Chevrolet were killed...
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Prayer 2/5/20
(Prayer ~ 02/05/20)
O Lord Jesus, we sing to you, for you are highly exalted. Amen.
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Out of the past: Feb. 5
(Out of the Past ~ 02/05/20)
The Clubhouse, a family grill and pub, has opened in Plaza Galleria, 2001 Independence St. in Cape Girardeau; David Freese, a St. Louis restaurateur, is one of four owners of the new operation in the space that previously house Rutherford's Tavern; the other owners are Ron Verner, Lorie Verner and Lynn Shoemake...
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Jackson police report 2/5/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/05/20)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Erica Gray, 34, of Perkins, Missouri, was arrested on a Jackson warrant. n Randy Green, 32, of Sikeston, Missouri, was arrested on a Jackson warrant...
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Births 2/5/20
(Births ~ 02/05/20)
Son to Michael Brandon and Kayla Marie Calhoun of Wolf Lake, Illinois, Saint Francis Medical Center, 2:31 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. Name, Braxten Michael. Weight, 7 pounds, 9 ounces. First child. Mrs. Calhoun is the daughter of Scott and Jodi Treece of Wolf Lake. She is a receptionist at Heartland Veterinary Care. Calhoun is the son of Brian and Missy Calhoun of Jonesboro, Illinois. He works construction for Cook Sales Inc...
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