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Cape Noon Optimists donate $1,000 to Care to Learn
(Submitted Story ~ 09/07/16)
For thousands of kids in Missouri, school isn’t just a place for learning. It’s a shelter. A kitchen. A refuge from suffering. For these kids, hygiene needs go unmet. Meals are few. And clothes rarely fit. They come to school distracted by hunger and limited by embarrassment—their education an afterthought to survival. It’s for these kids that Care to Learn was created...
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WWII veterans tell their stories
(Submitted Story ~ 09/07/16)
The ninth session of the WWII veterans history was held Aug. 30 at the Veterans Home with three members. Shirley Young and Catherine Allison organized the group to tell their history during their time in WWII. Samuel Eugene “Gene” LaFont, 94, told about breaking his leg jumping out of plane at base at Fort Benning, Georgia. ...
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Cape council OKs two planning projects that involve consultants
(Local News ~ 09/07/16)
The Cape Girardeau City Council approved two planning projects Tuesday with widely different price tags. Both planning projects will be by out-of-town consultants, but only one will cost the city. Council members agreed to hire St. Louis-based Arcturis Inc. to update the downtown strategic plan at a cost of $66,800...
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Jackson-based 'Believing Beyond' foundation helps families face childhood cancer
(Local News ~ 09/07/16)
Lloyd and Alison Diamond's 8-year-old son Darek was diagnosed with a brain tumor six months ago, flipping their world upside-down. Since then, Darek's first round of chemotherapy is about halfway done, and several agencies have reached out to help them. But Jackson-based Believing Beyond, Lloyd said, was especially comforting because its founders, Rachelle and Dean Weber, understand their predicament...
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NRA endorses Democrat Koster, not Republican, for governor
(State News ~ 09/07/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Attorney General Chris Koster received the National Rifle Association's nod Tuesday for Missouri governor over GOP rival Eric Greitens -- another endorsement for the Democrat from a group that typically supports Republicans. The NRA's political action committee cited Koster's record as a state senator and attorney general, including his support of a sweeping bill to expand gun rights that Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed this year...
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SEMO District Fair kicks off Saturday
(Local News ~ 09/07/16)
From Saturday to Sept. 17, the annual SEMO District Fair will set up at the Arena Park fairgrounds in Cape Girardeau to offer plenty of opportunities for fun. Many free events will be available for fairgoers, as well as the usual rides and fair food...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/07/16)
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Sept. 7, the 251st day of 2016. There are 115 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 7, 1916, the Federal Employees Compensation Act, providing financial assistance to federal workers who suffer job-related injuries, was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson...
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Farm families important to community
(Editorial ~ 09/07/16)
Sometimes it's easy to get caught up in all the growth and newness coming to the area. But in all the excitement about where our community is going, it's important to remember where it began. Southeast Missourian photographer Fred Lynch recently spent time on a Missouri Century Farm with members of the family that owns it, Jackson graduate Paige Birk and her father Steve Birk...
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More of the same is a guarantee with Hillary
(Column ~ 09/07/16)
I'm uncertain if "conventional wisdom" applies to the upcoming presidential election but, if so, then conventional wisdom gives an edge to Hillary Clinton.
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Judy Talley
(Obituary ~ 09/07/16)
Judy Merlene Talley, 67, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 17, 1949, in Chicago, daughter of Loy R. and Lorene P. Smith Moore. She and Kenneth Talley were married Dec. 11, 1976, in Cape Girardeau. Judy was a 1968 graduate of Oak Ridge High School in Oak Ridge. From 1997 to 2010, she owned and operated Judy's Antiques and Collectibles on U.S. 61 in Jackson...
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Edna Hinkle
(Obituary ~ 09/07/16)
BOWLING GREEN, Mo. -- Edna Lee Hinkle of Bowling Green passed away Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, at Moore-Pike Nursing Home. She was born Sept. 25, 1925, at Gipsy, Missouri, the daughter of Fred and Elizabeth Mainord Hinkle. Survivors include a brother, Don Hinkle, and other family members and friends...
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Peggy Lowes
(Obituary ~ 09/07/16)
Peggy Rae Watson Lowes, a woman who possessed enormous passion, determination and a great sense of fun, died peacefully at her home in Jackson on Friday, Sept. 2, 2016. She was 80 years old. Peggy was a woman of diverse interests. She worked as a journalist, a social worker and a landlord; however, her most challenging, as well as rewarding, role may have been as the sounding board, counselor, companion and frequent conscience for her husband of 56 years, Albert C. ...
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Mark Huckabee
(Obituary ~ 09/07/16)
Mark Stephen Huckabee, 56, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 13, 1960, in Pocahontas, Arkansas, to Floyd and Wyvonna Jackson Huckabee. Mark was a graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School...
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Birth 9/7/16
(Births ~ 09/07/16)
Daughter to Jerad Samuel McCoy and Alysha Kay Smith of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville, Missouri, 8:03 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. Name, Aubree Kay. Weight, 7 pounds, 13 ounces. First child. Smith is the daughter of Frank and Karen Smith of Ste. Genevieve. McCoy works for the U.S. Postal Service at Old Appleton. He is the son of Kevin and Gerrie McCoy of Olive Branch, Illinois, and Ruby McCoy of Jackson...
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Black Lives Matter partners with charity in sign of growth
(National News ~ 09/07/16)
LOS ANGELES -- Black Lives Matter, which two years ago grew out of street protests and a social-media hashtag, has established a legal partnership with a California charity, The Associated Press has learned. The formal relationship between the national Black Lives Matter network and the San Francisco-based International Development Exchange represents another side of the loosely knit group many Americans recognize for its sometimes-disruptive demonstrations against police shootings of unarmed black men.. ...
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Sorry, kids: Docs urge flu shots, not nasal spray
(National News ~ 09/07/16)
WASHINGTON -- Children may feel more of a sting from flu vaccination this fall: Doctors are gearing up to give shots only, because U.S. health officials said the easy-to-use nasal spray version of the vaccine isn't working as well as a jab. Needle-phobic adults still have some less-painful options...
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Bayer pushes bid for Monsanto closer to $56 billion
(State News ~ 09/07/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The German pharmaceutical giant Bayer AG sweetened its bid Tuesday for Monsanto, saying its latest offer, now worth almost $56 billion reflects, "constructive negotiations" in its quest to build a global chemical and seed company...
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Can Apple make listening easy without a headphone jack?
(National News ~ 09/07/16)
SAN FRANCISCO -- When Apple shows off its latest iPhone today, it will answer a question it hasn't had to address in years: "What's it putting in the box?" (Besides the iPhone itself, that is.) The iPhone traditionally has shipped with a pair of Apple's iconic earbuds, made famous in early advertising for the iPod music player. ...
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Out of the past: Sept. 7
(Out of the Past ~ 09/07/16)
A team of 10 Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales arrive in Cape Girardeau for a week's stay at the SEMO District Fair. It's the first time in 14 years the Clydesdales have a part in the fair, participating in the fair parade Monday. JONESBORO, Ill. -- Thirteen protesters are arrested west of Jonesboro after stopping six East Perry Lumber Co. ...
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Westlyn Wright
(Obituary ~ 09/07/16)
BENTON, Mo. -- Westlyn Blair Wright was born Aug. 31, 2016, and passed away Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born the daughter of Kenyon and MaKenna Hicks Wright. Survivors include her parents, Kenyon and Ma- Kenna Wright of Benton; grandparents, Cheryl and Kim Walter of Oran, Missouri, Randy and Belinda Wright of Tiline, Kentucky, and Derry and Kay Hicks of Bloomfield, Missouri; and great-grandparents, Byron and Viola Wright of Advance, Missouri, Bob and Juanita Hicks of Essex, Missouri, Claude Montgomery of Gideon, Missouri, Elsoner Montgomery of Gideon, Bonnie Maddox of Bell City, Missouri, and Chad Maddox of Essex.. ...
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Execution drop makes some think death penalty is fading away
(National News ~ 09/07/16)
WASHINGTON -- Is the death penalty in America gradually dying? There have been just two executions since May 1, and the total for 2016 probably will hit a 25-year low. Execution-drug shortages, sometimes grotesque errors in death chambers and legal challenges to sentences imposed by judges have contributed to a dramatic decline in the number of states that are carrying out executions...
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There she is: Out of the closet, and ready for Miss America
(State News ~ 09/07/16)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- After competing in pageants for generations in the closet or working behind the scenes, gays and lesbians finally get to see one of their own take one of pageantry's biggest stages. Miss Missouri, Erin O' Flaherty, will compete for the Miss America crown this weekend as the first openly lesbian contestant...
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Light shed on St. Louis police use of cellphone tracker
(State News ~ 09/07/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Defense attorneys are questioning the effect of local police using U.S. Secret Service cellphone tracking technology in 2014 to investigate a case. Lawyer Diane Dragan said some of the charges and all evidence stemming from her client's arrest should be tossed out of court because the cellphone tracking performed by the technology is illegal...
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IS loss of border area with Turkey harms group
(International News ~ 09/07/16)
BEIRUT -- Expelling the Islamic State group from the last territory it controlled along the Syrian-Turkish border effectively has cut the militants' supply lines from the outside world. That could affect their ability to protect their last bastions -- the cities of Raqqa in Syria and Mosul in Iraq...
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80 million unexploded bombs: Obama pledges U.S. help for Laos
(International News ~ 09/07/16)
VIENTIANE, Laos -- Declaring a "moral obligation" to heal the wounds of a secret war, President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged help to clear away the 80 million unexploded bombs the U.S. dropped on Laos a generation ago -- more than 10 for every one of the country's 7 million people...
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Hurricane Newton slams into Mexico's Los Cabos resorts
(International News ~ 09/07/16)
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico -- Hurricane Newton slammed into the twin resorts of Los Cabos on the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California peninsula Tuesday morning, knocking out power in some places as stranded tourists huddled in their hotels. Newton made landfall as a Category 1 storm with winds of 90 mph, pelting the area near Cabo San Lucas with heavy rain and blowing down at least half a dozen palm trees along the coastal boulevard...
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Man confesses to killing of 11-year-old boy in 1989
(National News ~ 09/07/16)
MINNEAPOLIS -- A Minnesota man confessed Tuesday to abducting and killing 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling nearly 27 years ago, recounting a crime that long haunted the state in detail that included a handcuffed Jacob asking him, "What did I do wrong?" Danny Heinrich, 53, of Annandale made the admission as he pleaded guilty to a federal child-pornography charge that likely will keep him locked up for 20 years, with civil commitment possible after that, meaning he could spend the rest of his life in custody.. ...
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Carlson settles lawsuit against Ailes for $20 million
(Entertainment ~ 09/07/16)
NEW YORK -- Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson settled her sexual-harassment lawsuit against Roger Ailes for a reported $20 million and a public apology Tuesday, ending the case that triggered the downfall of the cable channel's chief executive...
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Congress returns to battle over Zika, keep government open
(National News ~ 09/07/16)
WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers returning to Washington after a seven-week break picked up where they left off -- feuding about legislation to battle the mosquito-borne Zika virus and deadlocked over the defense budget. A tightening presidential race and pitched warfare for control of the Senate in November promise to overshadow whatever Congress accomplishes in an election-shortened September session -- which, for now, looks like little more than a temporary government-wide spending bill to prevent a shutdown at month's end, possibly linked to money to battle Zika.. ...
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Clinton: He's a security danger; Trump: No, she is
(National News ~ 09/07/16)
GREENVILLE, N.C. -- Donald Trump said Tuesday night Hillary Clinton's handling of private emails disqualifies her from serving as president. His own temperament, Trump said, was his "single greatest asset" and not the national-security danger Clinton alleges...
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No-parking areas will be enforced during fair
(Local News ~ 09/07/16)
Cape Girardeau police will enforce additional "no parking" signs around Arena Park during the SEMO District fair. Police will place the signs around Arena Park on Friday and will begin enforcing the sings Sunday, according to a news release from the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Vehicles left in the no-parking areas will be towed at the owner's expense, and a traffic ticket will be issued...
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Cape man in custody after police chase
(Local News ~ 09/07/16)
Illinois State Police arrested a Cape Girardeau man on Monday after he led officers on a chase over the Mississippi River, police said. Cape Girardeau police pulled over Richard Ryan Gilmore, 43, about 4:45 p.m. because his Chevrolet Trailblazer was identified as a suspicious vehicle in front of Whiskey River on Independence Street, according to Sgt. Adam Glueck...
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Illinois manhunt finally ends; man arrested
(Local News ~ 09/07/16)
Union County sheriff's deputies arrested Dejun D. Booker, 26, of Indianapolis about 10 a.m. Tuesday, concluding a search that lasted nearly two days, Sheriff Scott Harvel said. A Union County sheriff's plainclothes detective spotted Booker on Tuesday morning at 1840 Morgan School Road in Jonesboro, Illinois, and Booker was detained without any resistance, Harvel said...
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Sculpture to honor firefighters, officers will be unveiled Sunday
(Local News ~ 09/07/16)
A new sculpture honoring police officers and firefighters is set to be unveiled Sunday at the River Heritage Museum in Cape Girardeau. Tammy Holshouser, president of the board, said the piece will be dedicated during a gathering at 2 p.m. Sunday. Although she preferred not to describe the new sculpture in detail, Holshouser said it's made of stainless steel...
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Extra crispy: Truck carrying pork catches fire
(National News ~ 09/07/16)
CUMBERLAND, Md. -- Drivers on Interstate 68 may have smelled home cooking when a tractor-trailer carrying bacon, ribs and other pork products caught fire. Cumberland Fire Department Capt. Steve Grogg said the truck caught fire Monday, shutting down eastbound traffic from 6 p.m. to midnight. Tanker trucks supplied water, and several area fire departments helped extinguish the fire. Nobody was injured. Grogg said a fire hose was damaged beyond repair by bacon grease...
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Cape Girardeau police report 9/7/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/07/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of possession of methamphetamine. n Luis D. Villanueva, 17, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of stealing a phone case and Pokemon cards from Wal-Mart, 3439 William St...
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Timothy Gregory Sr.
(Obituary ~ 09/07/16)
BENTON, Mo. -- Timothy Wayne Gregory Sr., 54, of Benton died Monday, Sept. 5, 2016, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton. The funeral will be at noon Wednesday at the chapel...
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Highway 51 in Perry County reduced for bridge inspection
(Local News ~ 09/07/16)
Highway 51 in Perry County will be reduced with a width restriction of 10 feet as Missouri Department of Transportation crews inspect the Chester (Illinois) Bridge, which crosses the Mississippi River into Illinois. According to a MoDOT news release, the work will take place Sept. 26 to 30, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily...
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Terry King
(Obituary ~ 09/07/16)
Terry J. King, 58, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. His wishes were to be cremated. Graveside services will be held at a later date. Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements...
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Prayer 9/7/16
(Prayer ~ 09/07/16)
O Lord God, we praise you for you are the Creator. Amen.
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Heritage Days will include WWII boat, bomber
(Local News ~ 09/07/16)
Cape Girardeau will be bursting with history later this month. The inaugural Cape Girardeau Heritage Days will take place from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2.
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