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Cape Area Community Foundation presents first grants
(Submitted Story ~ 11/18/16)
Date: Nov. 18, 2016 Subject: Cape Area Community Foundation awarded first grants Contact: Moe Sandfort, msandfort@cfozarks.org; or Michelle Jones, mjones@bankofmissouri.com; or (573) 339-9820 Cutline information: Front row left to right: Stacey Wiley with Voices for Children (CASA); Kay Azuma and Stacy Taylor with Community Caring Council; Mary Burton with Community Counseling Center; CACF Board Secretary, Brenda Newbern; Charlotte Craig with Humane Society of SEMO; CACF Board President Michelle Jones. ...
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Cape Christian School packs meals for Kids Against Hunger.
(Submitted Story ~ 11/18/16)
Recently, the students of Cape Christian School packed over 10,000 meals for the ministry of Kids Against Hunger. Students in Pre-K through grade eight worked to decorate boxes and pack meals which were sent to the victims of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti. ...
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Pushing US policy rightward, Trump taps Sessions and Flynn
(National News ~ 11/18/16)
NEW YORK (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump signaled a sharp rightward shift in U.S. national security policy Friday with his announcement that he will nominate Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general and Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo to head the CIA, turning to a pair of staunch conservatives as he begins to fill out his Cabinet...
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Trump agrees to $25M settlement to resolve Trump U lawsuits
(National News ~ 11/18/16)
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump agreed Friday to pay $25 million to settle several lawsuits alleging that his now-defunct school for real estate investors defrauded students who paid up to $35,000 to enroll in Trump University programs...
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School officials: No hate speech reported locally
(Local News ~ 11/18/16)
Schools across the country have seen incidents of hate speech and vandalism in the wake of last week’s presidential election. From “whites only” messages scrawled on a bathroom door in an Illinois high school to “build a wall” chants in a Michigan middle school, tensions are high among some youth...
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Police: Man hides in dog kennel, closet in effort to avoid arrest
(Local News ~ 11/18/16)
A Cape Girardeau man escaped police by hiding in a dog kennel to mask his scent, but he was arrested three days later in the attic of someone else’s house, according to a report filed by Cape Girardeau police. Cape Girardeau police arrested Michael Paul Park, 34, on Monday. The Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Park with felony resisting arrest Wednesday. His bond was set at $5,000 cash only...
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Red Kettle Kickoff held Thursday
(Local News ~ 11/18/16)
The Salvation Army held its Red Kettle Kickoff on Thursday at West Park Mall. The Christmas campaign goal of $300,000 was announced by Capt. Ronnie Amick, pictured far right. Joining the kickoff were advisory chairman Brent Wills, left; Jackson Mayor Dwain Hahs; and Cape Girardeau Mayor Harry Rediger. Ice cream was provided by Andy's Frozen Custard to recognize this being the 125th year of kettles...
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Local musician Jerry Ford honored for contributions to the arts
(Local News ~ 11/18/16)
When listing Jerry Ford's contributions to the arts in Southeast Missouri, the trouble isn't with creating the list, but paring it down. It's a problem Murielle Gaither, executive director of the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, had when she and Wendy Rust were nominating him for the 2017 Missouri Arts Award, which he will receive Feb. 8 in the Capitol Rotunda in Jefferson City...
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Jason Smith claims House GOP leadership post
(Local News ~ 11/18/16)
U.S. Rep. Jason Smith of southern Missouri’s 8th Congressional District has claimed a top leadership post in the House of Representatives. Smith was chosen by voice vote of his GOP colleagues as secretary for the House Republican Conference earlier this week. He said Thursday he will be one of eight GOP leaders who will drive policy decisions...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 11/18/16)
Today in History Today is Friday, Nov. 18, the 323rd day of 2016. There are 43 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 18, 1966, U.S. Roman Catholic bishops issued a Pastoral Statement on Penance and Abstinence, which did away with the rule against eating meat on Fridays outside of Lent...
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Choirs from different places, generations unite
(Editorial ~ 11/18/16)
No matter where we're from or how old we are, music can be a common denominator, a uniting force. This was true for the Charleston Community Choir and the Jackson Middle School Treble Choir, which joined forces for a performance last month. The Charleston Community Choir began because an arts organization that Kerry Davis, the choir director and Charleston-native-turned-Cape-Girardeau-resident, "required a performance art-oriented project to try and reach a larger audience," according to a recent Southeast Missourian article.. ...
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Missy Kitty jumps way, way over the moon
(Column ~ 11/18/16)
Has your household pet been giving you fits in recent days? I think I know why. Blame it on the moon. OK, I have no scientific proof that the moon affects the behavior of animals, including humans. But a lot of scientists seem to think so, and I don't think they all got their doctorates at the University of Salem...
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Airstrikes in Aleppo kill more than 20
(International News ~ 11/18/16)
BEIRUT -- Airstrikes pounded rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Thursday, killing more than 20 people and hitting a water-pumping station on the third day of a renewed air campaign on the besieged territory, Syrian activists and rescue workers said. The Russian military, meanwhile, said airstrikes in the rebel-held province of Idlib earlier this week killed at least 30 members of an al-Qaida-linked group, including three commanders...
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Iraq still faces grueling combat in Mosul
(International News ~ 11/18/16)
MOSUL, Iraq -- Layers of hastily erected barricades built from rubble and twisted metal trace Mosul's eastern front line where Iraqi forces and Islamic State group fighters are facing off in the dense neighborhoods and narrow alleyways of the country's second-largest city...
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Trump election puts pressure on Merkel to take liberal lead
(International News ~ 11/18/16)
BERLIN -- Can Germany, the country that once unleashed Nazism, lead the free world? The idea the former home of militarism and nationalism could become a beacon for human rights and peaceful international cooperation within one lifetime may seem far-fetched...
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Obama, nudging Trump, says he must 'stand up' to Russia
(International News ~ 11/18/16)
BERLIN -- President Barack Obama prodded Donald Trump on Thursday to take a tougher approach toward Russia, urging the president-elect to "stand up" to Moscow when it violates global norms. The Kremlin accused Obama of trying to lock in bad relations before Trump takes office...
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Beyond rooms and homes: Airbnb adding tours and activities
(National News ~ 11/18/16)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Not content with just renting out spare rooms and vacant homes, Airbnb is adding local tours and activities such as surfing lessons and pub crawls to its travel services in major cities around the world. With the new features announced Thursday, the fast-growing online rental company is hoping to tap into leisure travelers' desire for distinctive "experiences" that make them feel more connected with the places they visit, travel industry analysts said...
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Hundreds of O'Hare airport workers vote to strike
(National News ~ 11/18/16)
CHICAGO -- Hundreds of O'Hare International Airport workers have voted to go on strike ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Service Employees International Union Local 1 officials said Thursday about 500 workers have committed to strike. Union spokeswoman Izabela Miltko- Ivkovich said the strike "will definitely take place in the coming days," though she didn't specify which day it will start...
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Yellen says improving economy strengthens case for rate hike
(National News ~ 11/18/16)
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told Congress on Thursday an improving U.S. economy has strengthened the case for raising interest rates. Her comments were seen as boosting the likelihood of a rate hike in December, as the country prepares for President-elect Donald Trump to take office...
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Experts: Video evidence isn't slam dunk in police shootings
(National News ~ 11/18/16)
MINNEAPOLIS -- When Philando Castile was shot by a Minnesota police officer, his girlfriend broadcast his final moments live on Facebook. But experts said the footage from a squad-car camera was probably a bigger factor in prosecutors' decision to charge the officer with manslaughter...
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Wildfires cause breathing problems across the South
(National News ~ 11/18/16)
ATLANTA -- Asthma sufferers and others with breathing problems are turning up at hospitals and doctors' waiting rooms, wheezing and hacking. Schoolchildren are being kept inside at recess. And people whose lungs are easily irritated are being told to close the windows and run the air conditioner if they have one...
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Japan's prime minister visits Trump
(National News ~ 11/18/16)
NEW YORK -- Donald Trump sought to reassure nervous leaders around the globe with his most public foray into foreign policy since the election, welcoming Japan's prime minister to Trump Tower on Thursday. On Capitol Hill, his incoming vice president aimed to project unity at home...
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TV-lover gifts abound: 'Mad Men' opus to Roku to Slanket
(Entertainment ~ 11/18/16)
LOS ANGELES -- The TV lovers in your life deserve holiday gifts that recognize their passion. There are lots of ways to achieve that, with creative goods that let fans flaunt their series allegiances or products new and old that add to the ease and pleasure of TV viewing...
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#SemoSelfie 11/18/16
(Entertainment ~ 11/18/16)
Fall Potluck was a success! #semoselfie
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Country singer John Berry will perform Christmas show Sunday in Jackson
(Entertainment ~ 11/18/16)
Grammy-nominated country singer John Berry said Sunday's concert in Jackson won't be just another Christmas program. "It's a Christmas show, certainly," he said. "But it's about as rockin' as Christmas can be." About half the show will be dedicated to Christmas music, but the numbers will be up-tempo versions of what people typically are used to...
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Out of the past: Nov. 18
(Out of the Past ~ 11/18/16)
With the nine-day deer season starting in Missouri on Saturday, the weekend saw fewer deer killed in Southeast Missouri than last year; hunters in Cape Girardeau County tagged 408 deer over the weekend, down from 477 killed in the first weekend of the season last year; weather likely had more to do with the lower number than an actual decline in the deer population...
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Henry Ray Yamnitz
(Obituary ~ 11/18/16)
PATTON, Mo. -- Henry Ray Yamnitz, 79, of Patton passed away Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 16, 1937, in Patton to Everett Ray and Lona Lizzie Reagan Yamnitz. He and Anita Sue Yount were united in marriage July 11, 1959...
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Hattie Walker
(Obituary ~ 11/18/16)
Hattie Bernice Walker, 95, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, at her home. She was born Nov. 9, 1921, in Bollinger County, Missouri, to the late John and Vesty Ionia Oldham Blanken. She and Loy Welker were married Sept. 28, 1940, and he was killed in France during World War II on Jan. 31, 1945. She later married Melvin Leon Walker on March 26, 1946, and he passed away Jan. 23, 1998...
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Mary Stewart
(Obituary ~ 11/18/16)
BENTON, Mo. -- Mary F. Stewart, 90, of Benton died Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 1, 1926, in Fornfelt to John Barney and Leona Pauline Wahl Wilhelm. She married Jackson Berry Stewart on April 10, 1948, in Fornfelt. He preceded her in death Sept. 16, 1998...
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Maggie Senn
(Obituary ~ 11/18/16)
Monola "Maggie" Senn of Scott City passed away Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, in Columbia, Missouri, at the age of 102, after a long illness. Maggie was born June 27, 1914, in Holcomb, Missouri, to Edward and Zelma Summers Eakins. She married Willie Senn on Jan. 21, 1933, in Jackson. He preceded her in death Nov. 10, 1957...
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Lahoma Ruch
(Obituary ~ 11/18/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Lahoma Elsie Ruch, 90, of Perryville died Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, at her home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery...
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Nell Markovich
(Obituary ~ 11/18/16)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Nell Markovich, 92, of Cairo, formerly of Llano, Texas, died at 7:45 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, at Daystar Nursing and Rehab in Cairo. She was born Aug. 25, 1924, in Willow City, Texas, the daughter of Claude Augustus and Lily Luanner Robbins Waugh. She married John Markovich on Sept. 3, 1944. He preceded her in death Sept. 12, 1973...
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Stephen Holladay
(Obituary ~ 11/18/16)
Stephen Boyd Holladay, 70, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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Esther Garner
(Obituary ~ 11/18/16)
Esther Lillian Garner, 93, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Scopus, Missouri, died Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, at the Lutheran Home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Missouri. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Mount Zion Church near Scopus. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery...
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Clara Dunivan
(Obituary ~ 11/18/16)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Clara Louise Dunivan, 77, of Advance passed away Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, in Florissant, Missouri. She was born Dec. 19, 1938, in Indianapolis, the daughter of Robert and Helen Patrick Liebman. Clara first worked at the Inland Shoe Factory in Advance. She retired from Ford Motor Co. in Hazelwood, Missouri, after working there for many years...
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Jackson police report 11/18/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/18/16)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n Michael D. Bell, 17, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Jackson warrant for failure to appear for a show-cause order. Summonses n Nicholas A. Keser, 20, of Jackson was issued a summons for a stop-sign violation...
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Cape Girardeau police report 11/18/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/18/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n Kyle E. McGuire, 25, of Sedgewickville, Missouri, was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for failure to appear for improper registration...
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Man charged with murder in killing of suspected thief
(State News ~ 11/18/16)
LAKE SAINT LOUIS, Mo. -- Prosecutors have charged a suburban St. Louis homeowner with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a suspected car thief, saying he wasn't entitled to use deadly force against the unarmed man as he was driving off in the homeowner's car...
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Appeals court rejects lawsuit against California egg law
(State News ~ 11/18/16)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Six states lacked the legal right to challenge a California law that prohibits the sale of eggs from chickens that are not raised in accordance with strict space requirements, a federal appeals court said Thursday. The states -- Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Alabama, Kentucky and Iowa -- failed to show how the law would affect them and not just individual egg farmers, a unanimous three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled...
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Mizzou reports 31 confirmed cases of mumps
(State News ~ 11/18/16)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- University of Missouri officials are hoping Thanksgiving break could provide relief from a mumps outbreak that has grown to 31 confirmed and 27 probable cases on the Columbia campus. The numbers reported Wednesday for the outbreak were almost double the 17 cases that had been confirmed last week. But the good news is students will begin heading home for a weeklong holiday break after classes end today...
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Missouri settles in drowning case
(State News ~ 11/18/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The state of Missouri will pay $9 million to the family of an Iowa man who drowned after he fell out of a boat handcuffed and in an improperly secured life vest while he was in the custody of a state trooper, a lawyer for the family announced Thursday...
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Births 11/18/16
(Births ~ 11/18/16)
Son to Betty Sue-Lynn Johnson of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 7:36 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. Name, Kysyn Sincere. Weight, 8 pounds, 4 ounces. Seventh child, third son. Johnson is the former Betty Wolford, daughter of Betty Coomer and Dai Coomer of Cape Girardeau. She is employed by Extra Hands Inc...
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Best Bet: Fall Family Festival planned at Shawnee Park Center
(Entertainment ~ 11/18/16)
A Fall Family Festival will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Shawnee Park Center, 835 S. West End Blvd. in Cape Girardeau. The evening will include hayrides, a bounce house, campfires, hot-dog and marshmallow roasts and more favorite fall activities. Each activity will cost $1. For more information, call (573) 339-6346 or email tbollinger@cityofcape.org...
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Artifacts 11/18/16
(Entertainment ~ 11/18/16)
The Southeast Missouri Choral Union, University Choir and Symphony Orchestra will join forces to perform a concert of holiday classics at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 29 in the Bedell Performance Hall at the River Campus, 518 S. Fountain St. in Cape Girardeau. Tickets will cost $16 or $19 depending on seat location and may be purchased at the River Campus box office, by phone at (573) 651-2265 or online at www.rivercampus.org/tickets...
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Swedish union creates mansplaining hotline
(International News ~ 11/18/16)
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- A Swedish trade union has been running a weeklong hotline where people can talk about condescending co-workers in an effort to raise awareness about workplace sexism. Jennie Zetterstrom, a spokeswoman for Unionen, said Thursday women and men can call to get advice on how to have more inclusive workplaces. The "mansplainingakut" hotline -- a fusion of mansplaining and the Swedish word for emergency -- closes today...
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Prayer 11/18/16
(Prayer ~ 11/18/16)
O Lord Jesus, may we earnestly seek to live our lives pleasing to you. Amen.
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'Let's jam': Southeast student Jeremy Aparicio travels to Los Angeles to record music
(Entertainment ~ 11/18/16)
Dreams are beginning to come to fruition for Southeast Missouri State University senior Jeremy Aparicio. It all started when Aparicio was in his senior year of high school. A lot of his friends played music, which led to him learning to play the drums. When his father bought him his first drum set, Aparicio learned his father also played the drums...
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