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Football is here: Scott City opens season with Green Up Game
(High School Sports ~ 08/19/16)
While the jury is out on what kind of football season Scott City will have, history says the Rams have a good chance at victory as it opens its season tonight at home against Grandview. Scott City will launch the 2015 campaign tonight with its Green Up Game, and the Rams have a perfect 3-0 record in Green Up Games, which raises money for organ donation in honor of former player Dominic Hooper, who died in an ATV accident in February of 2014 after his senior football season...
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Sunflower beside milkhouse
(Submitted Story ~ 08/19/16)
A sunflower growing next to an old milkhouse on a Kansas farm.
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Southeast imposes 'interim suspension' of Sigma Nu fraternity over vandalism incident
(Local News ~ 08/19/16)
School officials issued a brief statement Thursday, stating that all Sigma Nu group activities have been restricted by the Office of Student Conduct.
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Pitmasters to descend on Arena Park for Cape BBQ Fest
(Local News ~ 08/19/16)
Participating in barbecue competitions across the country with his team Hot Mess BBQ, Brian Thompson has figured out he has to tailor the taste to the region he’s serving. The Carolinas are known for vinegar-heavy sauces, and in Texas, pitmasters have to bring the heat and smoke on their brisket...
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Boys and Girls Club hopes selling tax credits will help expansion into Scott City
(Local News ~ 08/19/16)
While fundraising efforts continue for the Boys & Girls Club of Southeast Missouri to launch an expanded presence in Scott City, the organization just got a boost from the state Department of Economic Development. Carol Childers, who became the not-for-profit agency's executive director in March, said it was just approved to begin selling more than $140,000 in Neighborhood Assistance Program tax credits to area businesses...
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Nash Road businesses study two options to sewage problem
(Local News ~ 08/19/16)
Nash Road businesses are studying two options to address the industrial park’s sewage problem and comply with environmental regulations.
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Businesses ready for influx of Southeast Missouri State students
(Local News ~ 08/19/16)
Traffic in Cape Girardeau just got a little heavier and local businesses a little busier: Students are returning to Southeast Missouri State University.
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Witness says he saw man shoot Domorlo McCaster
(Local News ~ 08/19/16)
Terrell Hunt said he watched the sun come up outside the rear driver-side window of the GMC Envoy. Then he glanced over to his right to see Malcolm Harris raise a black pistol in his right hand and shoot Domorlo McCaster in the back of the head at very close range, the barrel of the weapon almost touching McCaster.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/19/16)
Today in History Today is Friday, Aug. 19, the 232nd day of 2016. There are 134 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 19, 1991, Soviet hard-liners stunned the world by announcing that President Mikhail S. Gorbachev had been removed from power. (The coup attempt collapsed two days later.)...
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Apologies for election-day issue
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/19/16)
We had A/C problems at Bethany Baptist Church on election day. We became aware of this problem at 7:30 and called a repairman. By 8:30 the problem was resolved and cool air returned. We apologize to any poll worker or voter who may have been inconvenienced by this...
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Missouri Department of Conservation doesn't follow standards
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/19/16)
While it's generally great to see elk in Missouri, the two-facedness of the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) in reintroducing the animals is astounding. MDC is charged with preventing the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in free-ranging deer and elk in the state. ...
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Congratulations to Cape West Rotary Club on 50 years
(Editorial ~ 08/19/16)
For half a century the Cape West Rotary Club has served our community. The organization celebrated the milestone earlier this month, which members said was "an opportunity to reflect on the good that's been done during that span while looking forward to the next 50 years," according to a story by Southeast Missourian reporter Lindsay Jones...
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Move a cat's food and water? Are you completely nuts?
(Column ~ 08/19/16)
It has been a couple of rough weeks for Missy Kitty, the cat that rules whomever, whatever or whenever she wants. Or nothing at all. If Missy Kitty were the kind of cat to point a paw, she would lay the blame for this shaky patch squarely on the two humans who occupy the same house...
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Pedestrian hits BMW with bologna
(International News ~ 08/19/16)
BERLIN -- A BMW driver brought out the wurst in a pedestrian in Germany, who dented the luxury vehicle with a foot-long bologna, saying the car was going too fast and endangering his 8-year-old son. Police in Neubrandenburg said Wednesday the strife broke out when the 49-year-old man and his son were crossing the street. As a BMW driver tried to scoot into a nearby parking spot, the man yelled, "Stop," but after the car didn't slow, he threw the sausage at it, denting the door...
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U.N. says it needs to do 'much more' for Haiti cholera victims
(International News ~ 08/19/16)
UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations said it needs to do "much more" to address its own involvement in the introduction of cholera to Haiti and the suffering of those affected, estimated at more than 770,000 people. Researchers said there is ample evidence cholera was introduced to Haiti's biggest river in October 2010 by inadequately treated sewage from a U.N. peacekeeping base...
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14 killed, 220 hurt in attacks on police, military in Turkey
(International News ~ 08/19/16)
ANKARA, Turkey -- A string of bombings, blamed on Kurdish rebels and targeting Turkey's security forces, killed at least 14 people and wounded more than 220 others, officials said Thursday. Two of the attacks were car bombings that hit police stations in eastern Turkey, while a third -- a roadside blast -- targeted a military vehicle carrying soldiers in the southeast of the country...
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Russia offers weekly cease-fires in Syria
(International News ~ 08/19/16)
BEIRUT -- The Russian military said Thursday it was ready to back a U.N. call for weekly cease-fires for Syria's contested city of Aleppo as haunting footage of a young boy's rescue from the aftermath of an airstrike shook global media. The image of the stunned and weary-looking boy, sitting in an ambulance caked with dust and with blood on his face, captured the horror that has beset the war-torn northern city as photographs of the child were shared widely on social media...
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Obama administration to phase out some private prison use
(National News ~ 08/19/16)
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration announced Thursday it will phase out its use of some private prisons, affecting thousands of federal inmates and immediately sending shares of the two publicly-traded prison operators plunging. In a memo to the Bureau of Prisons, deputy attorney general Sally Yates told it to start reducing "and ultimately ending" the Justice Department's use of private prisons. ...
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Self-driving cars go public; Uber offers rides in Pittsburgh
(National News ~ 08/19/16)
SAN FRANCISCO -- The option to hail a ride in a self-driving car, which was science fiction just a few years ago, soon will be available to Uber users in Pittsburgh, the first time the technology has been offered to the general public. Within weeks, the company announced Thursday, customers will be able to opt into a test program and summon an autonomous Ford Fusion. But since the technology has not been perfected, the cars will come with human backup drivers to handle any unexpected situations...
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Volunteers sought to help develop a Zika vaccine
(National News ~ 08/19/16)
WASHINGTON -- Wanted: Volunteers willing to be infected with the Zika virus for science. It may sound bizarre, but researchers are planning just such a study -- this winter, when mosquitoes aren't biting -- to help speed development of much-needed Zika vaccines...
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Firefighters attack California wildfire by air, ground
(National News ~ 08/19/16)
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. -- Air tankers bombarded rugged slopes with fire retardant Thursday, and a squadron of helicopters dropped load after load of water to corral a destructive wildfire threatening mountain homes 60 miles east of Los Angeles. On the ground, firefighters and bulldozers worked to protect the ski town of Wrightwood and other areas high in the San Gabriel Mountains...
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U.S.: $400M to Iran was contingent on release of prisoners
(National News ~ 08/19/16)
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration said Thursday a $400 million cash payment to Iran seven months ago was contingent on the release of a group of American prisoners. It is the first time the U.S. so clearly has linked the two events, which critics have painted as a hostage-ransom arrangement...
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Summer of pain: Shootings, unrest, now floods
(National News ~ 08/19/16)
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Anger. Sorrow. Vengeful glee. Guilt. Terrence Carter has experienced it all during Baton Rouge's summer of pain. And Thursday, as he walked through the dirty water on the floor of his home, Carter said he was experiencing, of all things, hope...
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Out of the past: Aug. 19
(Out of the Past ~ 08/19/16)
State Reps. Dennis Ziegenhorn and Ollie Amick will share the same Missouri House district under a plan agreed to by two members of the House Redistricting Commission from the 8th Congressional District; John Lichtenegger of Jackson, the Republican member of the commission, and Mel Weems of Bonne Terre, Missouri, the Democratic member, have been working together to finalize a map in this part of the state based on 1990 census figures...
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Marci Wilson
(Obituary ~ 08/19/16)
Margaret Anne "Marci" Wilson, 60, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, surrounded by her loving family in her home. She was born Oct. 17, 1955, in Passaic, New Jersey, daughter of Norris and Margaret Kenyon Greer. She and Stephen Wilson were married March 26, 1977...
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Robert 'Bobby' Stovall
(Obituary ~ 08/19/16)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Robert Cannon "Bobby" Stovall, 77, of Chaffee passed away Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 23, 1939, in St. Louis to the late Robert Lee and Gladys Morris Stovall. He married Jo Ann Dudley on June 19, 1992, and she survives of the home...
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George Smith
(Obituary ~ 08/19/16)
George W. Smith, 71, was received into heaven, where love and grace abound. After an extended illness, he passed from this life Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016, at his family home in Jackson. The fifth of nine children, he was born Jan. 2, 1945, to George H. and Nellie M. Schreiner Smith at the family home in Jackson...
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Shelba Reid
(Obituary ~ 08/19/16)
Shelba D. Reid, 76, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, at Southeast Hospital. She was born Jan. 30, 1940, in Cairo, Illinois, to the late Harry and Virginia Casper Neace. Shelba and Amos "Art" Reid Jr. were married April 11, 1958, at Cape Girardeau...
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Karen McCabe
(Obituary ~ 08/19/16)
PATTON, Mo. -- Karen L. McCabe, 60, of Patton passed away peacefully Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016, at Southeast Hospital after battling pancreatic cancer. She was born Aug. 8, 1956, in Elgin, Illinois, the third daughter of Billy Gene and Goldee M. Hahs. She married Kevin McCabe on Aug. 4, 1990...
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Allan Jackson
(Obituary ~ 08/19/16)
BENTON, Mo. -- John "Allan" Jackson, 69, of Benton passed away Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born June 29, 1947, in Kennett, Missouri, to John Huel and Marjorie Lynn Jackson. He married Diane Ledure on March 24, 1988, in Jackson...
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Jackson police report 8/19/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/19/16)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Gerald M. Jones, 28, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of possession of drug paraphernalia. n Daiana M. Coomer, 24, of Jackson was arrested on a Jefferson County, Missouri, warrant...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 8/19/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/19/16)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Wednesday: n Medical assists were made at 1:32 a.m. on South West End Boulevard; 8 a.m. on Megan Drive; 8:18 a.m. on Saint Francis Drive; 8:30 a.m. on Surrey Lane; 11:14 a.m. on Delwin Street; 11:51 a.m. on David Street; and 12:33 p.m. on South Broadview Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 8/19/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/19/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Evan E. Hunt, 27, 1933 Delwin St., No. 2, was arrested at South Farrar and Percy drives on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for failure to appear for failure to display plates...
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John Paul White finds peace at home after Civil Wars breakup
(Entertainment ~ 08/19/16)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- When singer-songwriter John Paul White returned home to Alabama after the breakup of the duo Civil Wars, his mind and schedule were blissfully clear. "I was creatively, or at least song-wise, just a little burnt out, and I didn't hear anything in my head," White said. "And I was OK with that."...
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Darryl Worley to headline Missouri Peach Fair this weekend
(Entertainment ~ 08/19/16)
CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Pageants, parades and carnival are some of the activities scheduled for today through Aug. 27 at the annual Missouri Peach Fair in Campbell. The festivities begin today with the Miss Missouri Peach Fair Pageant. The contest is for young women ages 16 through 21 and will be at 8 p.m. at the Campbell Community Building...
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#SemoSelfie 8/19/16
(Entertainment ~ 08/19/16)
Ready for some throwed rolls and chicken and dumplings! #getinmybelly #yum #sikestonlamberts #semoselfie
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No jail time for Missouri Capitol clergy protest
(State News ~ 08/19/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Twenty-two religious leaders were spared from jail Thursday but still could face fines after being convicted of trespassing during protests in the Missouri Senate in support of expanded Medicaid coverage for low-income adults...
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Best Bet: Autism Awareness of Southeast Missouri to host dance benefit
(Entertainment ~ 08/19/16)
Autism Awareness of Southeast Missouri will host a silent auction and dance benefit at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Ray's Plaza Banquet Center, 3257 William St. in Cape Girardeau. The auction will end at 9 p.m. The event will include a chocolate fountain, snack bites, a cash bar and music provided by Matrix Sound System until 11 p.m. ...
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Artifacts 8/19/16
(Entertainment ~ 08/19/16)
Jimmy Daddy Davis will perform a concert at 7 p.m. Saturday for Underberg House Concerts, 1122 Patricia St. in Cape Girardeau. A donation of $10 is suggested, and proceeds will go to the artist. The concert is open to the public, but reservations are required. To reserve seats or for more information, call (573) 270-1009. Attendees are encouraged to bring their favorite beverage...
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Hemingway home gets back antlers taken by Hunter S. Thompson
(Entertainment ~ 08/19/16)
BOISE, Idaho -- A young Hunter S. Thompson went to Idaho to write about Ernest Hemingway and decided to take a piece of his hero home with him -- a set of trophy elk antlers. More than half a century later, the gonzo journalist's wife returned the antlers to Hemingway's house in the mountain town of Ketchum...
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Prayer 8/19/16
(Prayer ~ 08/19/16)
O Lord Jesus, thank you for the gift of salvation through you. Amen.
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Births 8/19/16
(Births ~ 08/19/16)
Daughter to Jimmy Rae Seabaugh and Holly Michelle Miller of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 10:03 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016. Name, Olivia Rae Ann. Weight, 8 pounds, 3 ounces. First child. Miller is the daughter of Phyllis Chasteen of Jackson and Vincent Miller of Scott City. Seabaugh is the son of Ray Seabaugh and Pamela Seabaugh of Cape Girardeau...
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Eight-year-old Finley Watkins is known for impersonating Elvis Presley
(Entertainment ~ 08/19/16)
Memphis rockabilly fans have been after Finley Watkins' autograph since before he could write his own name. The 8-year-old from Bernie, Missouri, has been taking the stage as a pint-size Elvis Presley since he was 5. Last week was Elvis Week in Memphis, and Finley, now 8, spent the week walking Beale Street and getting pulled onstage for songs. He said the most exciting moment was when he got pulled up at the Hard Rock Cafe to sing...
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Jacinda Osborne
(Obituary ~ 08/19/16)
Jacinda Osborne, 43, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, at Southeast Hospital. She leaves behind her mother, Lawanda Garmon of Cape Girardeau, and three children. She was preceded in death by her father...
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