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Evening Optimist donates to Project Charlie
(Submitted Story ~ 08/02/16)
The Evening Optimist Club of Cape Girardeau recently donated $3,000 to the Project Charlie organization. Pictured (from left): Florence Hurst hands Jana Jateff a check at their Optimist meeting. Project Charlie is a drug and alcohol prevention program that is taught in grades two through four in all Cape Girardeau public schools...
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Exclusive Q&A with new Southeast Missouri State baseball coach Andy Sawyers
(College Sports ~ 08/02/16)
Andy Sawyers was announced as the newest head baseball coach at Southeast Missouri State on Friday and officially introduced to the public on Monday. Coming off two years as an assistant at Kansas State, this is Sawyers first Division I head coaching job, though he did head up Hutchinson (Kans.) Community College earlier in his career. ...
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Cape Girardeau Public Library Summer Reading Club Bike Winners
(Submitted Story ~ 08/02/16)
Congratulations to the Cape Girardeau Public Library grand prize bicycle winners from the 2016 Summer Reading Club. Bike donations were from the Friends of the Library Foundation, UCT Council 534, VFW Post 3838, and VFW Post 3838 Auxiliary.
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Cape city council OKs purchases of drones
(Local News ~ 08/02/16)
The city of Cape Girardeau plans to take to the skies early next year with three drones to aid the police, fire and engineering departments. The Cape Girardeau City Council on Monday night agreed to appropriate $30,000 in unspent casino revenue to buy the drones, pay for the licensing of the unmanned aircraft and fund the necessary staff training needed to use them...
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Sawyers introduced as next Southeast Missouri State baseball coach
(Local News ~ 08/02/16)
Andy Sawyers' wife, Dena, and 6-year-old son, A.J., couldn't make it to Cape Girardeau to see the 41-year-old officially introduced as the sixth head baseball coach in Southeast Missouri State history on Monday morning at the Show Me Center. But the pair was on the forefront of his mind, and for good reason...
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Marquette Tech District Foundation awarded $200,000 grant
(Local News ~ 08/02/16)
To continue the efforts to bring fiber and Wi-Fi infrastructure to downtown Cape Girardeau, the Delta Regional Authority has awarded a $200,000 grant to the not-for-profit Marquette Tech District Foundation.
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SEMO ROUNDUP: Knight third-team OVC pick, Ray adds to men's basketball staff
(College Sports ~ 08/02/16)
Southeast Missouri State punter Alex Knight was one of eight Ohio Valley Conference football players named a STATS Preseason FCS All-American on Monday morning. Knight, whose senior season kicks off September 3 at Memphis, was a third-team selection...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/02/16)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, Aug. 2, the 215th day of 2016. There are 151 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 2, 1776, members of the Continental Congress began attaching their signatures to the Declaration of Independence...
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Summit will benefit women of 'all walks of life'
(Editorial ~ 08/02/16)
Local women have been given an opportunity they do not want to miss. The Southeast Missourian, rustmedia and Flourish magazine are teaming up for Flourish Magazine Women's Summit on Aug. 25 at the Osage Centre. Women will hear from panelists who represent a wide range of professions: education, philanthropy, business, health care, government and more. These female presenters are shaking things up, and they will share their success secrets with other women at the summit...
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Speak Out 8/2/16
(Speak Out ~ 08/02/16)
Will someone please bring a Red Robin restaurant to Cape/Jackson area? Bloomfield Road is the prettiest road this close to Cape Girardeau. I have traveled this road at all times of day and night since 1971 when I moved from Cape Girardeau to Chaffee, Missouri. ...
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Conventional conventions
(Column ~ 08/02/16)
Political junkies were on a high the last couple weeks during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland and the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. The Republicans were first, and after Melania Trump was accused of plagiarism, there seemed to be nowhere to go but up. Not so. Sen. Ted Cruz's controversy bypassed the Melania speech embarrassment...
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Imogene Seabaugh
(Obituary ~ 08/02/16)
Imogene M. Seabaugh, 93, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Jackson, passed away Sunday, July 31, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She had been a resident at Saxony Village for 10 years. She was born Aug. 28, 1922, in Sedgewickville, Missouri, daughter of William F. and Hannah Friese Seabaugh. She and Buford H. Seabaugh were married Sept. 28, 1940, in Cape Girardeau. They had been married 72 years when he passed away Aug. 14, 2013...
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Ben Bullard
(Obituary ~ 08/02/16)
Ben A. Bullard, 75, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, July 31, 2016, at the Chateau Girardeau. He was born Nov. 24, 1940, in Cape Girardeau, son of Ben H. and Goldie Townsend Bullard. Ben loved his family and loved spending time with Darren, his son, as well as his grandchildren and his special buddy, Kynlee, his great-granddaughter...
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Births 8/2/16
(Births ~ 08/02/16)
Daughter to Adam Thomas and Laura Ann Barr of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 11:54 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, 2016. Name, Darla Jean. Weight, 7 pounds, 1 ounce. Fifth child, fourth daughter. Mrs. Barr is the former Laura Simmons, daughter of Della Hamlett of Cape Girardeau and Richard Goodman of Lansing, Michigan. She is employed by SEMO Options In-Home Care. Barr is the son of Patty and Tom Barr of Kelso, Missouri. He is the owner of SEMO Concrete...
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Kyle Applewhite
(Obituary ~ 08/02/16)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Kyle D. Applewhite, 34, of Chaffee left this earth Sunday, July 31, 2016, at his residence in Chaffee. He was born Feb. 22, 1982, at Herrin Hospital in Herrin, Illinois. He was a graduate of Chaffee High School and SEMO Police Academy in Cape Girardeau. He was employed as a technician at ARI in Jackson, Missouri...
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Happier Meal? McDonald's nixing some unpalatable ingredients
(National News ~ 08/02/16)
NEW YORK -- McDonald's, which is trying to shake its image for serving processed junk food, said Monday it's eliminating some unpalatable ingredients from its most popular menu items. That includes making Chicken McNuggets and other items without artificial preservatives, and removing high-fructose corn syrup from its burger buns. McDonald's did not respond when asked about which specific preservatives are being removed...
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Study points way to finding genes affecting depression risk
(National News ~ 08/02/16)
NEW YORK -- In a key advance for the study of depression, a comprehensive scan of human DNA has turned up the apparent hiding places of more than a dozen genes linked to the disorder. "This is a jumping-off point" for further work to reveal the biological underpinnings of depression, which in turn can guide development of new drugs, said Ashley Winslow, an author of a paper on the work...
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Historic Maryland town faces long recovery after flooding
(National News ~ 08/02/16)
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. -- The picturesque main street of Ellicott City -- quaint with brightly colored storefronts -- was in shambles Monday, two days after a catastrophic storm ripped through town, shattering glass windows, swallowing cars, demolishing structures and devouring their foundations...
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Out of the past: Aug. 2
(Out of the Past ~ 08/02/16)
A new laser procedure for treatment of obstructive heart disease began yesterday at Southeast Missouri Hospital's Regional Heart Center. The first surgeries using the excimer laser angioplasty system were performed by Cape Girardeau cardiologists James B. Chapman and C.R. Talbert Jr...
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Russian helicopter shot down in Syria, killing all 5 onboard
(International News ~ 08/02/16)
MOSCOW -- Rebels in Syria shot down a Russian combat helicopter Monday amid fierce fighting around Aleppo, killing all five people on board in the deadliest single incident for the Russian military since it became embroiled in Syria's civil war 10 months ago...
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U.S. launches airstrikes targeting IS militants in Libya
(National News ~ 08/02/16)
WASHINGTON -- The United States launched airstrikes Monday against Islamic State militants in Libya, opening a new, more persistent front against the group at the request of the United Nations-backed government, Libyan and U.S. officials said. Fayez Serraj, head of Libya's U.N.-brokered presidency council, said in a televised statement American warplanes attacked the IS bastion of Sirte on the Mediterranean in northern Libya. No U.S. ground forces will be deployed, he said...
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UN: Accelerated death sentences risk injustice
(International News ~ 08/02/16)
BAGHDAD -- Iraq's attempt to fast-track death sentences handed out by the country's courts will result in greater injustice, according to a statement Monday from the United Nations. "Given the weaknesses of the Iraqi justice system," the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, said, "I am gravely concerned that innocent people have been and may continue to be convicted and executed, resulting in gross, irreversible miscarriages of justice."...
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Southern Illinois police officer shot, wounded during chase
(State News ~ 08/02/16)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Authorities said someone speeding from a shooting scene in Southern Illinois opened fire on pursuing officers, seriously wounding one before getting away. The Carbondale Police Department said in a news release the shooting occurred late Sunday after officers on patrol heard shots fired and drove toward the gunfire...
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Balloon pilot convicted of DWI 4 times in Missouri
(State News ~ 08/02/16)
LOCKHART, Texas -- The pilot of a hot-air balloon that crashed in Texas, killing 16 people, was able to keep flying despite having at least four convictions for drunken driving in Missouri and twice spending time in prison. Whether the pilot's drinking habits had anything to do with the crash is unclear...
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GOP race for governor tops primary contests
(State News ~ 08/02/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's most competitive Republican gubernatorial primary in two dozen years will come to a close today as voters select from among four well-funded candidates promoting themselves as the party's conservative standard-bearer...
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Groups affiliated with Black Lives Matter release agenda
(State News ~ 08/02/16)
A coalition of more than 60 organizations affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement called for policing and criminal justice reforms in a list of demands released before the second anniversary of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri...
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New sidewalk being built in Kiwanis Park
(Local News ~ 08/02/16)
Shawn Spies of the Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department runs a plate compactor Monday over gravel where a new sidewalk is being added in Kiwanis Park.
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Criticism grows for Trump's assailing of Muslim vet's family
(National News ~ 08/02/16)
WASHINGTON -- Angry and anxious, Republican lawmakers and veterans groups hastened to disavow Donald Trump's repeated criticism of a bereaved military family Monday, but the GOP presidential nominee refused to back down. He complained anew he had been "viciously attacked" by the parents of a Muslim U.S. Army captain who was killed in Iraq...
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Judge blocks North Dakota's voter-ID law
(National News ~ 08/02/16)
BISMARCK, N.D. -- A federal judge on Monday blocked North Dakota's voter-identification law after it was challenged by a group of American Indians, who alleged it unfairly burdened their right to vote. U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland issued a temporary restraining order and criticized the state for its 2013 repeal of provisions that let people without valid IDs vote if someone vouched for them or if they signed an affidavit swearing they were a qualified voter...
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CDC warns pregnant women against Zika-stricken part of Miami
(National News ~ 08/02/16)
MIAMI -- Government health officials warned pregnant women Monday to avoid a Zika-stricken part of Miami and told couples who have been there recently to put off having children for at least two months after the number of people feared infected through mosquito bites in the U.S. climbed to 14...
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Jackson approves sewer-flow study with eye on future upgrades
(Local News ~ 08/02/16)
The city of Jackson soon will see the first major update to its wastewater facility plan since 1998 after the Board of Aldermen approved a sewer-flow study during Monday night's meeting. "The purpose of this is to look at the wastewater treatment plant and the collection system," said Kent Peetz, Jackson's director of wastewater utilities. ...
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Missouri Partnership official to speak at First Friday event
(Local News ~ 08/02/16)
Mark Sutherland, vice president of market strategies with the Missouri Partnership, will be the guest speaker at this month's First Friday Coffee event held by the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce. Sutherland will discuss Missouri Partnership's role in increasing the global visibility of Missouri as a viable and competitive business location...
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Police: Woman threatens mother with butcher knife
(Local News ~ 08/02/16)
A Cape Girardeau woman asked her mother for money to buy methamphetamine, and when her mother declined, she pulled a butcher knife from some clothes, police said. Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney's Office issued a warrant Saturday for Cathryn Victoria Jaco, 21, and charged her with first-degree robbery and armed criminal action...
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Cape man accused of cashing $3,700 with stolen checks
(Local News ~ 08/02/16)
From July 19 through Wednesday, a Cape Girardeau man cashed $3,700 worth of stolen checks at a local bank, police said. Cape Girardeau police arrested Terelle Dominic Hobbs, 26, on Friday. The Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney's Office charged Hobbs with forgery and misdemeanor receiving stolen property...
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Cape council approves scaled-down list of park projects
(Local News ~ 08/02/16)
The Cape Girardeau City Council approved a trimmed-down plan Monday night to spend extra sales-tax money on park projects. Council members approved a revised plan that calls for spending $1.58 million in parks and stormwater sales-tax revenue on five projects rather than eight and phasing in Shawnee Park sports complex improvements...
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Longtime teacher from Oak Ridge honored by state
(Local News ~ 08/02/16)
During her long career, Jackie Ludwig taught generations of students. Ludwig, originally from Brazeau, Missouri, began teaching grades one through eight in a one-room schoolhouse at age 19. The year was 1950. In 1954, Ludwig got married and moved to Oak Ridge, where she's been ever since...
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Maine restaurant cooks 100-pound burger
(National News ~ 08/02/16)
YARMOUTH, Maine -- What began as a joke became reality when a restaurant cooked a 100-pound burger to celebrate its first year. The owners of Dirigo's Public House worked all day Sunday to cook a freshly ground, 70-pound beef patty that weighed in well over 100 pounds with all the toppings added. Customers purchased tickets for a chance to get a bite of the burger, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting a local food bank...
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Jackson fire report 8/2/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/02/16)
JACKSON The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls. Saturday n An EMS call on Oak Street. Sunday n A first alarm on Donald Street. n An EMS call on Rolling Field Drive. n An EMS call on South Union Street. n An EMS call on Woodland Street...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 8/2/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/02/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday. n Medical assists were made at 2:58 a.m. on East Riverside Drive; 1:58 p.m. on William Street; 2:01 p.m. on Normal Avenue; 4:45 p.m. on Bloomfield Road; 5:49 p.m. on North Main Street; 6:46 p.m. on North Kingshighway; 6:48 p.m. on Brenda Kay Court; 8:02 p.m. on North Henderson Avenue; and 8:28 p.m. on Themis Street...
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Jackson police report 8/2/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/02/16)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Alphonso Turner, 49, of Sikeston, Missouri, was arrested on a Scott County warrant. n Andrew T. Laxton, 23, of Bonne Terre, Missouri, was arrested on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle while operator's license suspended, failure to provide license when requested, failure to affix plates to vehicle, displaying the plates of another, failure to register a motor vehicle and failure to maintain insurance.. ...
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Cape Girardeau police report 8/2/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/02/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Mark D. Kilhafner, 32, of Marble Hill, Missouri, was arrested at West Fort Street and Water Street on a Cape Girardeau warrant for stealing...
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Mildred Enke
(Obituary ~ 08/02/16)
UNIONTOWN, Mo. -- Mildred M. Enke, 93, of Uniontown died Sunday, July 31, 2016, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville, Missouri. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 6:30 to 9:15 a.m. Thursday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville, with recitation of the Rosary at 8:30 a.m. Thursday...
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U.S. 61 ramp in Cape County to close for bridge work
(Local News ~ 08/02/16)
U.S. 61 ramp in Cape County to close for bridge work The U.S. 61 south ramp to Interstate 55 south in Cape Girardeau County will be closed as contractor crews make bridge repairs. According to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release, the work will extend from Monday through Oct. 11, from 6 a.m. to 6 a.m. daily...
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Charles Henderson
(Obituary ~ 08/02/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Charles E. Henderson, 88, of Perryville died Saturday, July 30, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home...
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Jackson heroes
(Column ~ 08/02/16)
During the last couple of months, I have been very impressed by two young people of Jackson who have gone beyond their everyday lives to excel in their endeavors. Their stories have been written in the press and shown on TV, but I wanted to say a few additional words of how proud I am of these Jackson citizens...
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Prayer 8/2/16
(Prayer ~ 08/02/16)
O Lord God, may we always put our hope in your word. Amen.
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