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After acquittal, Trump thanks supporters in White House speech
(National News ~ 02/07/20)
WASHINGTON — Exulting in his impeachment acquittal, a defiant President Donald Trump took a scorched-earth victory lap Thursday, unleashing his fury against those who tried to remove him from office and pointing ahead to his reelection campaign...
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TGIF Top Picks 2/7/20
(Local News ~ 02/07/20)
The annual Clark Terry Jazz Festival gets underway tonight at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus, 518 S. Fountain St. in Cape Girardeau. This premier jazz festival showcases excellent student musicians and guest artists from around the nation, all contributing to a vibrant festival of jazz and the celebration of music performance and education...
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School officials add precautionary extra security at Cape Central High on Friday
(Local News ~ 02/07/20)
Extra security will be on Cape Central High School’s campus today as a precaution after threats were directed toward a specific student, according to a statement issued to parents Thursday. “We immediately reported these allegations to police so they could respond,” the message stated. “We have no reason to believe that any of our campuses or other students are in danger, but we wanted to make sure we shared this information with all of our families districtwide...
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Cape Schools Foundation to hold Penguin Party gala this weekend
(Local News ~ 02/07/20)
The Cape Girardeau Public Schools Foundation, celebrating its 25th year in 2020, will hold its annual gala event, the Penguin Party, beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Drury Convention Center, foundation director Amy McDonald said. “We’re expecting between 400 and 450 guests,” McDonald said...
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Personal-care drive to benefit Safe House for Women
(Local News ~ 02/07/20)
Leslie Washington is a domestic violence survivor, and she’s organized a personal-care drive to benefit the Safe House for Women — and, by extension, the community. Washington, who is also a member of SEMO Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, said she lived in the Safe House for six months when she first came to Cape Girardeau...
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'Keep looking:' SUPER Coalition event teaches parents about warning signs for teen drug use
(Local News ~ 02/07/20)
Baseball caps, Pringles cans, bicycle pumps, trash cans and staplers: These are items a parent might find in their teenager’s bedroom. They’re also items in which a young person might use to hide or abuse drugs, according to presenters at the Substance Use Prevention Education and Resources (SUPER) Coalition’s Hidden in Plain View event Thursday night in Cape Girardeau...
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Trial set in case of bicycle stolen from Scott City boy battling cancer
(Local News ~ 02/07/20)
Scott City police officers recovered Collin Braun’s missing bicycle within minutes of it being reported stolen in January. The suspect, however, has claimed innocence. Jessica Braun was helping her 15-year-old son prepare to travel to a medical appointment Jan. 14 in Memphis, Tennessee, when she noticed the bicycle had gone missing from the backyard in the past two days, according to a police report filed by the mother...
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County gives courthouse back to Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 02/07/20)
It took less than a couple of minutes Thursday morning for the Cape Girardeau County Commission to sign paperwork handing over the county’s interest in the Common Pleas Courthouse to the City of Cape Girardeau. “We’re out,” Presiding Commissioner Clint Tracy announced after he and commissioners Paul Koeper and Charlie Herbst signed a quitclaim deed vacating the county’s 50% interest in the courthouse and annex building in downtown Cape Girardeau. ...
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Next-level artistry at Catapult this month
(Local News ~ 02/07/20)
Southeast Missouri State University's Catapult Creative House at 612 Broadway in Cape Girardeau is the place to be this month. "Talkin' Foolish," a solo exhibition of works by Sage Perrott, also known as Haypeep, will be on display today through Feb. 24...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/07/20)
Today is Friday, Feb. 7, the 38th day of 2020. There are 328 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 7, 1964, the Beatles arrived at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to begin their first American tour. On this date:...
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Gamification of education hits Clippard Elementary
(Editorial ~ 02/07/20)
There's nothing like a good contest to spur action. Just look at the students from Clippard Elementary in Cape Girardeau. The school is participating in the Imagine Learning Literacy Bowl, a play on the National Football League's Super Bowl. Using a web-based software, students can log in from school or home and complete educational lessons delivered much like a video game. Points are earned for reading and lesson completion, but the real win is in the learning that takes place...
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Thelma Wade
(Obituary ~ 02/07/20)
Thelma A. Wade, 94, of Jackson died Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, at her home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Crossroads Fellowship Church in Jackson. The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the church, with the Rev. Brian Anderson officiating. Burial will follow at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...
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Ralph Mueller
(Obituary ~ 02/07/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo, -- Ralph E. Mueller, 86, of Perryville died Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, at Independence Care Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday and from 6:30 to 11 a.m. Sunday at Ford and Young Chapel in Perryville. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, Missouri, with the Rev. Roger Abernathy officiating. Burial will be at Salem Lutheran Cemetery in Farrar...
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Ruth Melton
(Obituary ~ 02/07/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Normalee "Ruth" Melton, 85, of Perryville died Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 6:30 a.m. to noon Monday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. The funeral will be at noon Monday at the funeral home, with Brother Charlie Mangels officiating. Burial will be in Whitewater Presbyterian Cemetery in Sedgewickville, Missouri...
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James May Jr.
(Obituary ~ 02/07/20)
James H. "Tex" May Jr., 74, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 21, 1945, in St. Louis, son of the late James H. Sr. and Kathleen Locke May. On Dec. 11, 1964, at Vanduser, Missouri, he married Glendella Gossett May. She survives of the home in Scott City...
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Herbert Graetz
(Obituary ~ 02/07/20)
Herbert Graetz of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, at Life Care Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m., with parish prayers at 7 p.m., Monday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Allan Saunders officiating. Entombment will be at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum in Cape Girardeau...
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Jack Gosnell
(Obituary ~ 02/07/20)
Jack R. Gosnell, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Donny Ford officiating...
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Juliann Fortner
(Obituary ~ 02/07/20)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Juliann Fortner, 64, of Marble Hill died Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, at Woodland Hills. Visitation and funeral service will be Monday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until service time at 10 a.m. The funeral will be conducted by the Rev. David Coon, and burial will follow in Baker Cemetery...
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Clara Doll
(Obituary ~ 02/07/20)
VERNON, Mich. -- Clara Janice Doll, 81, of Vernon passed away Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, at her home. She was born Jan. 5, 1939, in Advance, Missouri, a daughter of Robert and Naomi Owens Hawk. Clara married twice. Her first husband, Jerry Pettit, preceded her in death in 1994, while her second husband, Richard Doll, preceded her in 2012...
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Doyle Canady
(Obituary ~ 02/07/20)
MORLEY, Mo. -- Doyle Wayne Canady, son of Pauline Semancik of Delta and the late Velmer "Red" Canady, was born June 7, 1957, in Sikeston, Missouri, and departed this life Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 62 years...
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Jackson police report 2/7/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/07/20)
Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Chloe Diesel, 19, of Oak Ridge was arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. n Wyatt Darlage, 18, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of stealing...
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Oscar predictions: Can 'Parasite' upset '1917'?
(Entertainment ~ 02/07/20)
NEW YORK -- Ahead of Sunday's 92nd Academy Awards, Associated Press Film Writer Jake Coyle shares his predictions for a ceremony with a lot of locks but the potential for a few surprises. The Nominees: "Ford v Ferrari," "The Irishman," "Jojo Rabbit," "Joker," "Little Women," "Marriage Story," "1917," "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood," "Parasite"...
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King angry at CBS promo about Bryant
(National News ~ 02/07/20)
NEW YORK -- In the wake of a social media backlash, CBS' Gayle King says she is embarrassed and angry with how the network promoted part of her interview with WNBA star Lisa Leslie that concerned the late Kobe Bryant. A video clip distributed online and on CBS News' social media accounts, taken from a wide-ranging "CBS This Morning" interview that aired Tuesday, focused on Leslie addressing a sexual assault charge that had been brought against Bryant and dismissed. ...
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Package labeled 'Bag Full of Drugs' leads to Florida arrests
(National News ~ 02/07/20)
MIAMI — Two men charged with drug trafficking could have done a better job hiding their wares than using a package labeled “Bag Full of Drugs,” Florida authorities said. Ian Simmons and Joshua Reinhardt, both 34, were pulled over in Santa Rosa County on Saturday after a trooper clocked them going 95 mph on Interstate 10 on the state’s Panhandle, according to a Florida Highway Patrol arrest report. ...
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Autonomous vehicle bypasses safety rules
(National News ~ 02/07/20)
DETROIT -- For the first time, the U.S. government's highway safety agency has approved a company's request to deploy a self-driving vehicle that doesn't need to meet the same federal safety standards for cars and trucks driven by humans. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration granted temporary approval for Silicon Valley robotics company Nuro to run low-speed autonomous delivery vehicles that were designed without any accommodations for human drivers. ...
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Syrian army enters key town; Turkey beefs up its troops
(International News ~ 02/07/20)
BEIRUT -- Syrian government troops entered a key town in the country's last rebel stronghold Thursday after intense clashes with opposition fighters, even as Turkey sent reinforcements to curtail the offensive, Syrian state media reported. Saraqeb in Idlib province has been at the center of intense clashes for days. ...
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Venezuela rounds up U.S. oil executives as Guaido visits D.C.
(National News ~ 02/07/20)
MIAMI -- Six American oil executives under house arrest in Venezuela were rounded up by police hours after President Donald Trump met Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's chief opponent at the White House, according to family members of the men. Alirio Zambrano said early Thursday that the executives of Houston-based Citgo were abruptly taken from their homes last night by the SEBIN intelligence police. ...
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Chinese doctor who sounded alarm about coronavirus dies
(International News ~ 02/07/20)
BEIJING -- A Chinese doctor who got in trouble with authorities in the communist country for sounding an early warning about the coronavirus outbreak died Friday after coming down with the illness, a hospital reported. The Wuhan Central Hospital said on its social media account that Dr. Li Wenliang, a 34-year-old ophthalmologist, was "unfortunately infected during the fight against the pneumonia epidemic of the new coronavirus infection."...
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Experts scramble, but virus vaccine may not come in time
(National News ~ 02/07/20)
WASHINGTON -- The flu-like virus that exploded from China has researchers worldwide once again scrambling to find a vaccine against a surprise health threat, with no guarantee one will arrive in time. Just days after Chinese scientists shared the genetic map of the culprit coronavirus, researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health had engineered a possible key ingredient for a vaccine they hope to begin testing by April...
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DHS cuts off New York from 'trusted traveler' programs
(National News ~ 02/07/20)
WASHINGTON -- New York residents will be cut off from "trusted traveler" programs that speed their re-entry into the country, a senior Homeland Security official said Thursday, blaming a new state law that prohibits immigration agents from accessing motor vehicle records...
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DNC chair calls for 'recanvass' of Iowa results after caucus delays
(National News ~ 02/07/20)
WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Democratic National Committee on Thursday called for a "recanvass" of the results of the Iowa caucuses, saying it was needed to "assure public confidence" after three days of technical issues and delays. "Enough is enough," party leader Tom Perez wrote on Twitter...
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Storms sweep over Southeast with rain, wind, floods; 4 dead
(National News ~ 02/07/20)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A powerful winter storm raked the Southeast on Thursday with high winds, rain and floods that killed at least four people and injured several more across a dozen states. Rescue crews repeatedly pulled people from cars that got stuck in high water, but couldn't reach a person whose vehicle disappeared into a rain-swollen creek...
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Trump unleashes in acquittal 'celebration'
(National News ~ 02/07/20)
WASHINGTON -- Exulting in his impeachment acquittal, a defiant President Donald Trump took a scorched-earth victory lap Thursday, unleashing his fury against those who tried to remove him from office and pointing ahead to his reelection campaign. Triumphantly waving newspaper front pages that declared him "ACQUITTED," Trump denounced the impeachment proceedings as a "disgrace" and portrayed himself as a victim of political foes he labeled "scum," "sleaze bags" and "crooked" people. ...
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Missouri lawmakers vote to allow grants for Hyperloop track
(State News ~ 02/07/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers on Tuesday voted to make grants available for potential builders of an ultrafast Hyperloop test track in the state. House members in a voice vote gave initial approval to a bill that would make a 10 to 15 mile test track eligible for public-private partnership grants...
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Audit: Sen. Hawley used state vehicle for politics
(State News ~ 02/07/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley made campaign stops while traveling in a state vehicle during his time as Missouri's attorney general, an audit released Thursday found. The review by the office of state Auditor Nicole Galloway, a Democrat who is trying to unseat Republican Gov. ...
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Speak Out 2/7/20
(Speak Out ~ 02/07/20)
Was Pelosi's action spontaneous or planned? Easy answer. Watch the video. While she is appearing to fumble through the papers, she is actually separating them into about five small stacks before the end of Trumps speech. When she begins tearing, she starts from her left to right. Preplanned...
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Prayer 2/7/20
(Prayer ~ 02/07/20)
O God, may we confront evil, pursue justice and love mercy. Amen.
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Out of the past: Feb. 7
(Out of the Past ~ 02/07/20)
Cape Girardeau County Sheriff John Jordan has restructured his department; before, there was a chief deputy overseeing employees; now, Capt. Ruth Dickerson oversees business operations and Capt. Bud Proffer oversees field operations; both report directly to Jordan, as does new jail administrator Michael Morgan...
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