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Quality Packaging Industries in the Community
(Submitted Story ~ 12/21/16)
The QPI Cape Girardeau, MO site again participated in the holiday charity events for local foster children, coordinated by Hope House, a local non-profit organization. The primary event was the solicitation and collection by QPI employees of a wide array of needed items, including clothes, socks, underwear, travel size toiletries, hair brushes, hair care products, deodorant, tissues, napkins, cleaning supplies, household items, and storage containers. ...
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Judge approves Cape Girardeau's first transportation development district
(Local News ~ 12/21/16)
Cape Girardeau's first transportation development district has been established at the intersection of U.S. 61 and Interstate 55. MidAmerica Hotels Corp., which owns the land, petitioned Cape Girardeau County Circuit Court in October to establish the special taxing district...
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Jackson explores ballot issue to allow liquor-by-the-drink sales
(Local News ~ 12/21/16)
Jackson city officials continue to streamline liquor-licensing regulations, repealing two ordinances that limited the sale of package liquor during Monday night's Board of Aldermen meeting. City staff said they thought the ordinances -- which set limits on the number of package-liquor licenses the city could issue to an entity and in total -- were obsolete because they dated to the period after the repeal of Prohibition in the 1930s...
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State's Supreme Court accepts David Robinson case
(Local News ~ 12/21/16)
The lawyers for David Robinson announced Tuesday the Missouri Supreme Court formally has accepted Robinson's case. A preliminary writ of habeas corpus was issued by the court Tuesday requesting the state file a response by Jan. 24. Robinson's lawyer, Jim Wyrsch, said the next step, if the state files a response, usually is an order declaring a briefing schedule...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/21/16)
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Dec. 21, the 356th day of 2016. There are 10 days left in the year. Winter arrives at 5:44 a.m. Eastern time. Today[[OpenSingle]]s Highlight in History: On Dec. 21, 1891, the first basketball game is believed to have been played at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts; devised by James Naismith, [[""]]Basket Ball[[""]] involved the use of a soccer ball and two peach baskets, with nine players on each team. ...
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STEAM Club a positive at Alma Schrader
(Editorial ~ 12/21/16)
Once a week a group of third- through sixth-graders at Alma Schrader Elementary school gather after school to take part in some fun and extra learning with fourth-grade teacher Rhonda Young. The group, the STEAM Club, which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathmematics combines creativity, logic and a whole lot of fun for the students and teacher...
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Prayer 12/21/16
(Prayer ~ 12/21/16)
Father God, thank you for the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ. Amen.
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Lack of hope is serious matter
(Column ~ 12/21/16)
As the unbridled joy of the Christmas season approaches that special day, I find myself increasingly concerned about Michelle Obama's hopelessness. The first lady last week expressed her dismay at the current state of politics and her hopeless view of this new political landscape...
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Out of the past: Dec. 21
(Out of the Past ~ 12/21/16)
A Faculty Senate task force at Southeast Missouri State University is recommending the university retain its textbook rental system, but with some policy changes; the recommendation was nearly unanimous, with only one dissenting vote on the 12-member committee; the lone dissent came from chairman of the Textbook Services Task Force, faculty senator Albert Hayward...
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Peter Statler
(Obituary ~ 12/21/16)
Judge Peter Lawrence Statler, a sixth-generation Missourian, was born in Jackson to Judge William Osler Statler and Erma Statler. Pete was a Boy Scout, and during the summers, he worked as a lifeguard at the Jackson city swimming pool. He graduated in 1960 from Jackson High School, where he lettered in football, played the saxophone and was elected student-body president...
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Delores Smith
(Obituary ~ 12/21/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Delores Rose Smith, 87, of Perryville died Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Services are private. Young and Sons Funeral Home Inc. in Perryville provided the arrangements.
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Melva Moore
(Obituary ~ 12/21/16)
Melva "Joyce" Moore, 79, of Delta died Monday night, Dec. 19, 2016, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in Delta. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the church.
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Thelma Layton
(Obituary ~ 12/21/16)
CAIRO, Ill. — Thelma R. Conn Layton, 92, of Cairo died at 9:25 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, at her home. She was born Dec. 23, 1923, in Wyatt, Missouri, to David E. and Luella Keene Conn. She married Harry L. Layton on April 25, 1951. He preceded her in death Aug. 18, 2000. They enjoyed over 49 years together...
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Ronny Bertrand
(Obituary ~ 12/21/16)
Ronny Lee Bertrand, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, at his home with his family. He was born Dec. 31, 1937, in Cape Girardeau to Frank C. and Zetta C. Essner Bertrand. He and Carolyn Jean Graden were married Saturday, Aug. 25, 1962, at Old St. Vincent's Church in Cape Girardeau...
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Jackson fire report 12/21/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/21/16)
The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls: Sunday n Emergency medical service on East Main Street. n House fire on East Jefferson Street. Monday n Emergency medical service on West Independence Street. n Citizen assist on North Hope Street...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 12/21/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/21/16)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Monday n Medical assists were made at 9:26 a.m. on North Sprigg Street; 10:56 a.m. on North Frederick Street; and 5:59 p.m. on Bloomfield Road. n At 11:10 a.m., a smoke scare, odor of smoke on South Park Avenue...
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Cape Girardeau police report 12/21/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/21/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of driving while intoxicated. Summonses n Robin L. Beacham, 25, of Cape Girardeau was issued a summons for animal leash law required...
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Massive fireworks market blast kills at least 26 in Mexico
(International News ~ 12/21/16)
TULTEPEC, Mexico -- A powerful chain-reaction explosion ripped through Mexico's best-known fireworks market on the northern outskirts of the capital Tuesday, killing at least 26 people, injuring scores more and sending a huge plume of charcoal-gray smoke billowing into the sky...
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Islamic State claims Berlin Christmas market attack
(International News ~ 12/21/16)
BERLIN -- The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Tuesday for a truck attack on a crowded Berlin Christmas market German authorities said came right out of the extremist group's playbook, inflicting mass casualties on a soft target fraught with symbolic meaning...
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Turkey, Russia probe slaying of envoy in Ankara gallery
(International News ~ 12/21/16)
ANKARA, Turkey -- Investigators from Turkey and Russia hunted for clues Tuesday in the assassination of Russia's ambassador to Turkey in front of stunned onlookers at a photo exhibition in Ankara. A team of 18 Russian investigators and foreign ministry officials arrived in Turkey and began inspecting the art gallery where the shooting of Andrei Karlov took place...
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Gov.-elect Greitens names Anheuser-Busch official chief of staff
(State News ~ 12/21/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Republican Gov.-elect Eric Greitens has named a top Anheuser-Busch official, Michael Roche, to be his chief of staff. The Kansas City Star first reported the pick Tuesday. Roche is vice president of national affairs for the brewery and worked as a federal lobbyist for the company...
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Parents killed while headed to Missouri hospital to see son
(State News ~ 12/21/16)
LEBANON, Mo. -- Authorities said parents on the way to visit their hospitalized son were among four people killed in a deadly Missouri crash. KOLR-TV reported 38-year-old Daniel Hahn of Springfield and 37-year-old Loretta Hendrickson of Lebanon were headed Friday to University Hospital in Columbia when another car crossed the center line...
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Missouri court orders new trial in HIV-infection case
(State News ~ 12/21/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A Missouri appeals court ordered a new trial Tuesday for a former college wrestler sentenced to 30 years in prison for infecting another man with HIV and endangering four other sexual partners. A panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals' Eastern District overturned the conviction and sentence for Michael Johnson in a case that has drawn the attention of legal reform groups and gay-rights activists...
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Newsweek reporter seeks ID of Twitter user after seizure
(National News ~ 12/21/16)
DALLAS -- A Newsweek reporter who has epilepsy said he had a seizure after being sent a message on Twitter intended to trigger such an episode and is seeking information from the social media company to identify the person responsible for the tweet...
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Stem cells tested in tiniest hearts to fight birth defects
(National News ~ 12/21/16)
BALTIMORE -- The 4-month-old on the operating table has a shocking birth defect, nearly half his heart is too small or even missing. To save him, surgeons will have to reroute how his blood flows, a drastic treatment that doesn't always work. So this time they are going a step further. In a bold experiment, doctors injected donated stem cells directly into the healthy side of Josue Salinas Salgado's little heart, aiming to boost its pumping power as it compensates for what's missing...
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Strict rest may not be best medicine for kids' concussions
(National News ~ 12/21/16)
CHICAGO -- Strict rest may not be the best medicine for children with concussions, a Canadian study found, challenging the idea physical activity should be avoided until symptoms disappear. A month after their concussions, ongoing or worse symptoms were more common in children and teens who were inactive during the week after the injury, compared with those who engaged in physical activity during that first week. Activity mostly was light exercise, including walking and swimming...
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Volkswagen deal gives some diesel car owners buyback option
(National News ~ 12/21/16)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Volkswagen reached a deal that will give at least some owners of the remaining 80,000 diesel vehicles caught in the company's emissions-cheating scandal the option of a buyback and provide compensation to all of them on top of any repurchase or repairs, U.S. regulators and a federal judge said Tuesday...
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FBI sought evidence of intrusions in Hillary Clinton emails
(National News ~ 12/21/16)
NEW YORK -- The FBI was trying to get a look at thousands of Hillary Clinton's emails on disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner's computer partly to see whether anyone had hacked in to steal classified information, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday...
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Uncertainty reigns on eve of North Carolina 'bathroom bill' debate
(National News ~ 12/21/16)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Legislators who passed the North Carolina law known as the "bathroom bill" nine months ago head back to the capital today to consider repealing it. But there's uncertainty over exactly what lawmakers will do, in part because the Republican-controlled legislature has shown a willingness to go its own way, despite outside pressure to scrap the law...
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Trump's vow to infrastructure being questioned
(National News ~ 12/21/16)
WASHINGTON -- It's not at all clear President-elect Donald Trump's plans to spend massively on infrastructure are going to unfold as he promised. Trump made rebuilding the nation's aging roads, bridges and airports very much part of his job-creation strategy in the presidential race...
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Report: Russian cybergang scored millions in fake-ad scam
(National News ~ 12/21/16)
NEW YORK -- A Russian criminal group is running a massive fraud that has been siphoning millions of digital advertising dollars a day for a couple of months, a firm that specializes in detecting online-ad fraud says. The scam may have cost brands and potentially media companies hundreds of millions of dollars...
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1980s voting-fraud case likely topic at Sessions' hearing
(National News ~ 12/21/16)
WASHINGTON -- A failed voting-fraud prosecution from more than 30 years ago could re-emerge as a contentious issue during Sen. Jeff Sessions' confirmation hearing for attorney general. Sessions was dogged by his handling of the case as U.S. attorney during his 1986 confirmation hearing for a federal judgeship, when he tried to fend off complaints of a wrongful prosecution...
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McConnell rejects calls for select panel on Russian meddling
(National News ~ 12/21/16)
WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is rejecting bipartisan calls for a special committee to investigate Russian interference in the U.S. election, which American intelligence says was aimed in part at helping Republican Donald Trump defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton...
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It's a tough time in Oklahoma, except for EPA nominee Scott Pruitt
(National News ~ 12/21/16)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- The last few years have been tough for state government in Oklahoma as plunging oil prices decimated tax revenue, forcing agencies to lay off employees, shutter offices and scale back services. But you wouldn't know that by looking at the office of Attorney General Scott Pruitt, who has been nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to become director of the Environmental Protection Agency...
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Group postpones meeting over St. Louis soccer stadium plan
(State News ~ 12/21/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A group seeking to build a new soccer stadium in St. Louis postponed its Tuesday meeting with a state finance board, one day after Missouri's governor-elect expressed strong opposition to public financing for the project. Principles of the group SC STL were to meet with the Missouri Development Finance Board over a request to approve $40 million in state tax credits for the proposed $200 million downtown stadium, the centerpiece of the effort to attract a Major League Soccer expansion team.. ...
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Outgoing Missouri governor cautions against shifting left
(State News ~ 12/21/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Outgoing Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon warned fellow Democrats on Tuesday against veering to the left after being walloped in this year's elections, suggesting the party needs to broaden its base by welcoming those with more centrist values...
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Adam West to sell Batman-themed paintings he's made
(Entertainment ~ 12/21/16)
KETCHUM, Idaho -- The actor who portrayed the tights-clad Batman in the 1960s TV series is selling paintings he has created of villains from the show at an art gallery in the central Idaho resort town of Ketchum near where he lives. The opening night of "Criminals on Canvas" is today at the Gilman Contemporary art gallery, and West is scheduled to attend...
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MoDOT crews inadvertently damage part of road near Jackson roundabout
(Local News ~ 12/21/16)
The Missouri Department of Transportation damaged part of the road construction near Jackson’s new roundabout while trying to redesign it, but the damage is scheduled to be repaired next week. MoDOT area engineer Brian Okenfuss said Tuesday crews tried to remove the raised separating island in the middle of the road near the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s Department just north of the roundabout...
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Benton man charged after allegedly trying to blow up Boomland
(Local News ~ 12/21/16)
The Scott County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged a Benton, Missouri, man who threatened to blow up Boomland and set his car afire Thursday, Scott County sheriff’s deputies said. Jerod Anthony Dockins, 39, was been charged with three Class A felony counts of assault and attempted assault on law-enforcement officers, making a terrorist threat and resisting arrest...
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Police: Woman tried to run over man with her SUV
(Local News ~ 12/21/16)
The Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office filed an arrest warrant Friday for a Cape Girardeau woman who tried to hit a man with her car, police said. The office charged Rebecca Marie Martin, 31, with first-degree domestic assault and felony property damage...
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Assistant principal at Perryville High gets a promotion
(Local News ~ 12/21/16)
Jeff Steffens, the assistant principal and athletic director at Perryville High School who has served as interim principal since September, has been hired as principal of the school for the 2017-2018 school year. The decision was made during a closed session of the Perry County School Board last week...
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Obama bans future oil leases in much of Arctic, Atlantic
(National News ~ 12/21/16)
HONOLULU -- President Barack Obama on Tuesday designated the bulk of U.S.-owned waters in the Arctic Ocean and certain areas in the Atlantic Ocean as indefinitely off-limits to future oil and gas leasing. The move helps put finishing touches on Obama's environmental legacy while also testing President-elect Donald Trump's promise to unleash the nation's untapped energy reserves...
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Uber blames glitch for woman's $28,639 charge
(National News ~ 12/21/16)
PHILADELPHIA -- Ride-hailing giant Uber is blaming a computer glitch for overcharging a "handful" of customers, including one Philadelphia woman whose bank blocked an attempt to charge her $28,639.14 for a ride. That woman said she got an email from Uber warning her her financial information had been hacked. Six days later, Uber sent another email telling her that was wrong, and Uber's engineering team was aware of the error and fixing it...
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