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Five generations gather at Thanksgiving
(Submitted Story ~ 11/28/16)
The Edna Carter Family gathered near Jackson at the home of one Corrie and John Dudley (of her many granddaughters) and there were 43 in attendance. Five of the gathering were Edna Carter, Anita Montgomery, Samantha Sanders, Shelby Ayers and Lucinda Quinn Hon...
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Kyle Brown Earns the Rank of Eagle Scout
(Submitted Story ~ 11/28/16)
Kyle Brown was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout at a Court of Honor hosted Boy Scout Troop 5 of Cape Girardeau on Sunday, Nov. 20. Kyle's Eagle Scout Project benefited Habitat for Humanity. Kyle was also recognized as a Veteran Camper having attended five Boy Scout summer camps, including Camp Lewallen, Camp Gamble and Camp Manchester. He is the son of William Brown and Jackie Ward and the grandson of Bob and Kathy Ward and the late Jim Brown...
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Business notebook: New store shows faith in Scott City district
(Business ~ 11/28/16)
Though the number of businesses on Second Street in Scott City has dwindled over the years, Chaundra Mason believes in the area. It's why her business, Paradise Express, has operated there for almost 20 years. "The buildings are so unique, and there's a lot of traffic," Mason said. "There's a lot of potential."...
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Light Christmas: Thousands gather to view Parade of Lights
(Local News ~ 11/28/16)
As the sun set Sunday evening, thousands bundled up and settled in along Broadway for Old Town Cape's 25th annual Parade of Lights. The first to come huffing down the road were the joggers from the one-mile race to benefit the Cape Jaycees' Children's Toy Box...
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Marquette Tower part of Holiday Home Tour
(Local News ~ 11/28/16)
Five locations, including the Marquette Tower, will be part of the annual Holiday Home Tour from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in Cape Girardeau and Jackson. The lobby area of the Marquette Tower at 338 Broadway will be one of two tour stops in Cape Girardeau...
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Officers: Delta man dies during domestic dispute
(Local News ~ 11/28/16)
A Delta man was killed Saturday night during what police believe was a domestic-violence incident in Cape Girardeau County. Cape Girardeau County sheriff's deputies were summoned to an residence in the 600 block of Cape Girardeau County Road 256 about 6 p.m. Saturday but were unable to find anyone at the scene, according to a statement on the sheriff's office Facebook page...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 11/28/16)
Today in History Today is Monday, Nov. 28, the 333rd day of 2016. There are 33 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 28, 2001, Enron Corp., once the world's largest energy trader, collapsed after would-be rescuer Dynegy Inc. backed out of an $8.4 billion takeover deal. (Enron filed for bankruptcy protection four days later.)...
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Prayer 11/28/16
(Prayer ~ 11/28/16)
O Lord Jesus, may those who are sick feel your healing touch. Amen.
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Speak Out 11/28/16
(Speak Out ~ 11/28/16)
So some want to eliminate the Electoral College? Do you realize that our founding fathers put this brilliant checks and balances practice in our selection of a president so ALL have a say in the election of president. It is not some mysterious method...it helps avoid presidential candidates only focusing their campaigns on large cities and highly populated states. ...
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Giving to others during the holidays
(Editorial ~ 11/28/16)
This is the time of year when people are on the hunt for items that will garner the “oohs” and “ahhhs” of their loved ones, as they select Christmas presents. It is also the time when people bestow gifts upon those they do not know, people in need, bringing a smile to their faces also. Various organizations are committed to making sure the young and old have a special holiday. If you’re looking for a way to help people in need, consider the various opportunities in our area. Once again, the Cape Girardeau Jaycees are collecting Toybox and Christmas for the Elderly donations. Toybox showers about 1,200 Cape Girardeau kids with gifts, and the Jaycees rely on the community to make this happen, receiving money and toys from the public. Toybox not only collects toys, but delivers them — or “Santa” does. Santa himself shows up, which makes for excited children. To make this happen, Toybox is requesting 25 volunteers and toys donated by Dec. 22. The Jaycees even take requests from families for toys. You can’t beat that. Email Toybox organizer Tracy Haggerty at tracylhaggerty@yahoo.com to make your request. “For so many of these kids, they have so little in their daily lives, and they don’t have all the luxuries some of us have been blessed with,” Haggerty said. “For Santa to show up and deliver toys, it makes Christmas a wonderful and exciting time instead of just another day.” But the elderly also deserve a great Christmas, don’t they? The Jaycees receive monetary donations and items such as “groceries, pharmaceutical products and warm clothes” for elderly who are in financial need. Through Dec. 18, Christmas for the Elderly will accept money and supplies to help them help others. Sometimes we feel like we just cannot do enough to meet the needs around us. That may be true, but we can certainly do something. Right here in our own community, many are in need. Consider donating a toy, a few dollars or your time to help.
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Missouri State to designate some gender-neutral bathrooms
(State News ~ 11/28/16)
Missouri State to designate some gender-neutral bathrooms SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Restrooms on the top floor of the student union at Missouri State University soon won't be labeled for male or female use. The Springfield News-Leader reported the restrooms on the fourth floor of Plaster Student Union will be "multi-stall gender neutral" beginning today...
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Tiny-home development planned for the chronically homeless
(State News ~ 11/28/16)
Tiny-home development planned for the chronically homeless SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Plans are being made to develop 4.5 acres near Springfield into a community of tiny homes for disabled, chronically homeless people. The Springfield News-Leader reported The Gathering Tree is developing plans for Eden Village, the site of a former trailer park near U.S. 65. The project will include 30 homes of about 400 square feet each and a community center. The project will cost about $1.8 million...
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1,500 fewer deer killed statewide during Missouri gun season
(State News ~ 11/28/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri said about 185,000 whitetail deer killed during the state's recently completed firearms hunting season were nearly 1,500 fewer than last year. The Missouri Department of Conservation said preliminary information shows hunters claimed 185,066 deer during the newly completed firearms portion of the fall hunting season. During the same season last year, Missouri hunters killed 186,542 deer...
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Missouri Supreme Court suspends lawyer who used a slur
(State News ~ 11/28/16)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The Missouri Supreme Court suspended a southwest Missouri lawyer who referred to a federal judge using a racial slur. The Springfield News- Leader reported a disciplinary order announced Tuesday shows Jason Henry has been suspended indefinitely from practicing law for his comments about Senior U.S. District Judge Fernando Gaitan Jr., who presides in the Western District of Missouri...
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Gov.-elect Greitens plans ball, tour before inauguration
(State News ~ 11/28/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's Republican Gov.-elect Eric Greitens will hold a traditional ball in the Capitol and a statewide fly-around before his inauguration. Greitens' senior adviser Austin Chambers told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Friday the incoming governor will be sworn into office Jan. 9. Greitens will succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon...
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Trump's vow to bring back coal gives hope to weary regions
(Business ~ 11/28/16)
WILLIAMSON, W.Va. -- The hard-eyed view along the Tug Fork River in West Virginia coal country is President-elect Donald Trump has something to prove: He'll help bring back Appalachian mining, as he promised time and again on the campaign trail. Nobody thinks he can revive it entirely -- not economists, not ex-miners, not even those recently called back to work...
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Bat prove to be no nightmare for longtime Missouri scientist
(State News ~ 11/28/16)
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- David Ashley would realize only later he had been set up, some modest hazing of the new guy. As a junior at Bowling Green State University in his native Ohio, he got a summer internship that took him to San Antonio to collect data on equine encephalomyelitis, a virus then affecting Texas horses...
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Activist appeals federal judge's ruling in civil rights suit
(State News ~ 11/28/16)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A Missouri activist known for filming on-duty police officers appealed a federal judge's ruling that dismissed his civil-rights case against police and prosecutors. Matt Akins runs the Facebook page Citizens for Justice, where he publishes videos of police on duty and often criticizes police practices...
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'Moana' cruises with $81.1M Thanksgiving weekend at box office
(Entertainment ~ 11/28/16)
NEW YORK -- Disney's South Pacific animated tale "Moana" fell short of a "Frozen"-sized debut but still dominated the Thanksgiving box office with an estimated $81.1 million over the five-day weekend. The well-reviewed "Moana," about a princess's mythical journey in ancient Polynesia, earned $55.5 million from Friday to Sunday in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday...
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Loons and lager, ducks on draft: Birders, brewers form flock
(Community ~ 11/28/16)
SABATTUS, Maine -- In the worlds of birders and craft beer lovers, there's a new paradigm, and it involves searching for ales along with the eagles, pairing stouts with swans and enjoying some bocks in tandem with buntings. Tours and events aimed at attracting both beer nerds and bird enthusiasts are popping up all over the country, attracting bearded microbrew lovers, field-guide-wielding bird buffs and folks with a passion for both suds and sparrows...
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Out of the past: Nov. 28
(Out of the Past ~ 11/28/16)
Thanksgiving Day. Seventy-five volunteers at the Salvation Army feed around 350 people at the annual Thanksgiving dinner; following their example, Mollie's, a Cape Girardeau restaurant, opens its doors and serves a free Thanksgiving buffet. A Christmas tradition for 31 years, Hutson's Furniture in downtown Cape Girardeau unveils its annual Christmas display. ...
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New HIV vaccine trial to start in South Africa
(International News ~ 11/28/16)
JOHANNESBURG -- A new vaccine against HIV, to be tested in a trial to be launched in South Africa on Wednesday, could be "the final nail in the coffin" for the disease if it is successful, scientists say. The study, called HVTN 702, aims to enroll 5,400 sexually active men and women aged between 18 and 35 at 15 sites across South Africa...
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Marcia Southard-Ritter
(Obituary ~ 11/28/16)
Marcia Southard-Ritter, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016, at The Arbors at Auburn Creek in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Hobbs Chapel Cemetery...
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Cape Girardeau Police Department reports 11/28/2016
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/28/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Thefts n A vehicle was reported stolen at Bellevue and Middle streets. n A vehicle was reported stolen at 777 N. Main St. n Property was reported stolen from a vehicle at 19 S. Kingshighway...
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Jackson Police Department reports 11/28/2016
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/28/16)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n John P. Singleton, 17, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance. n Blake L. Bullard, 24, of Millersville was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant...
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Cape Girardeau Fire Department reports 11/28/2016
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/28/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Saturday. n Medical assists were made at 11:05 a.m. on Pioneer Drive; 4:04 p.m. on Village Drive; and 10:34 p.m. on William Street. n At 7:27 a.m., a smoke or odor investigation on Veterans Memorial Drive...
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Brown water among signs of water woes in South
(National News ~ 11/28/16)
ATLANTA -- Beaver dams have been demolished, burbling fountains silenced, and the drinking water in one Southern town has taken on the light brownish color of sweet tea. Though water shortages have yet to drastically change most people's lifestyles, Southerners are beginning to realize they'll need to save their drinking supplies with no end in sight to an eight-month drought...
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Death toll from Australia's thunderstorm asthma reaches 6
(International News ~ 11/28/16)
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Six people have died and five remained on life support after a rare condition known as thunderstorm asthma struck Australia's second-largest city, officials said Sunday. The sixth victim died in a hospital Saturday night from medical complications stemming from a wild thunderstorm that struck Melbourne last Monday night, a Health Department statement said...
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Castro shunned statues, monuments but still became icon
(National News ~ 11/28/16)
There are no statues of Fidel Castro in Cuba. No school, street, government building or city bears his name. And while his likeness stares back from billboards and official portraits, it is absent from pesos and postage stamps. As the island's unchallenged leader for nearly a half-century before falling ill in 2006, Castro forbade monuments in his honor mere weeks after his rebels toppled dictator Fulgencio Batista on New Year's Day 1959...
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In Cuba, tourists find historic moment and limited options
(International News ~ 11/28/16)
HAVANA -- They came for salsa music and mojitos and ended up wandering through a city turned silent by nine days of national mourning for Fidel Castro. As Cuba prepares a massive commemoration for the leader of its socialist revolution, tens of thousands of high-season travelers have found themselves accidental witnesses to history -- and smack in the middle of a somber city that's little like its usual exuberant self...
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Trump aides say Cuban government will have to change
(National News ~ 11/28/16)
WASHINGTON -- The Cuban government must move toward enacting greater freedoms for its people and giving Americans something in return if it wants to keep warmer U.S. relations initiated by President Barack Obama, top aides to President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday...
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Road stripe to honor cops crosses line
(National News ~ 11/28/16)
BAINBRIDGE, Pa. -- A community has painted a blue stripe between the double-yellow lines on some streets to express support for police, firefighters and ambulance workers. But the state Department of Transportation is concerned Conoy Township might have crossed a line -- figuratively, that is. The stripe doesn't comply with state highway rules. PennDOT spokesman Greg Penny said drivers could get confused, and the township could be liable if the coloring causes a crash...
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Black Friday online sales hit new high
(Business ~ 11/28/16)
Holiday shoppers eager to snag big discounts turned to the internet in record fashion last week, one tracking company said, driving online sales on Black Friday to a new high. Consumers spent $3.34 billion shopping online Friday, a 21.6 percent increase from the same day last year, according to Adobe, which tracks online retail transactions...
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Add this fee to the cost of flying: hailing an airport taxi
(Business ~ 11/28/16)
NEW YORK -- Ever feel like the taxi ride from the airport costs more than the trip there? It's not your imagination. Airports across the country add surcharges of up to $5 a ride -- typically passed directly on to travelers -- for trips originating at their curbs...
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California considers ban on sex between lawyers and clients
(National News ~ 11/28/16)
SAN FRANCISCO -- The nation's largest state bar association is overhauling ethics rules for attorneys for the first time in 30 years, and some lawyers are unhappy about a proposal that would open them up to discipline for having sex with clients. California currently bars attorneys from coercing a client into sex or demanding sex in exchange for legal representation...
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Death penalty, mentally disabled at issue for justices
(National News ~ 11/28/16)
HOUSTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court is set to examine whether the nation's busiest state for capital punishment is trying to put to death a convicted killer who is intellectually disabled, which would make him ineligible for execution under the court's current guidance...
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Syrian army Aleppo advance displaces thousands
(International News ~ 11/28/16)
BEIRUT -- Simultaneous advances by Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces into eastern Aleppo on Sunday set off a tide of displacement inside the divided city, with thousands of residents evacuating their premises, and threatened to cleave the opposition's enclave...
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Trump assails recount push, claims millions voted illegally
(National News ~ 11/28/16)
NEW YORK -- President-elect Donald Trump claimed without evidence Sunday "millions" voted illegally in the national election, scoffing at Hillary Clinton's nearly 2 million edge in the popular vote and returning to his campaign mantra of a rigged race even as he prepares to enter the White House in less than two months...
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