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Delta Senior Citizens
(Submitted Story ~ 01/03/17)
Delta Senior Citizens Meeting The Delta Senior Citizens will meet Wednesday, January 11, at 11 a.m., at the Delta Community Center. The program for the meeting will be presented by Linda Sanders, with the AARP Speakers Bureau, titled “Staying Sharp.” Musical entertainment will be provided by Don Hester. Lunch will be served at 12:00 noon. For more information, call 794-2259...
- Deer on the move (Submitted Story ~ 01/03/17)
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Business notebook: Renaissance owner opens her own art shop
(Business ~ 01/03/17)
With a brown crocheted poncho over a robin's- egg blue sweater, even Sherry Montgomery's clothes match the interior of her new shop, Sherry Annette Fine Art & Fabulous Finds. All that's missing is a handwritten tag. Fifteen years after opening Renaissance at 139 N. Main St. in downtown Cape Girardeau, she's back to focusing on her art, which she said is sort of like coming full circle...
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Swan: Legislature needs to control tax credits, introduces one herself
(Local News ~ 01/03/17)
State Rep. Kathy Swan wants the Missouri Legislature to take budgetary control of state tax credits, even as she seeks to add another tax credit. For the third year in a row, the Cape Girardeau Republican has introduced legislation that specifies all new and existing tax credits must be approved by lawmakers as part of the budget process...
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Victim of suspected elderly abuse dies
(Local News ~ 01/03/17)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Theresa Smothers died early Saturday, less than two days after police found the malnourished 87-year-old, lying naked in a bed soaked in fecal matter and urine at the home of her daughter. Her daughter now faces charges of voluntary manslaughter...
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Sikeston chief named to lead Missouri Department of Public Safety
(Local News ~ 01/03/17)
Governor-elect Eric Greitens announced Monday that Drew Juden was named director of the Missouri Department of Public Safety, according to a news release. Juden has served as the director of the Sikeston Department of Public Safety since 2001 and had worked for the Sikeston Department of Public Safety since 1978, according to the release...
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No myth: Gyms see a rise in memberships with the new year
(Local News ~ 01/03/17)
It's the perennial resolution: to get in shape. Post-holiday, pre-swimsuit-season months, gyms stand ready to oblige the scores of would-be gym rats who decide to go for it each year. While a New Year's windfall may seem like a trope, local gym owners such as Matt Diebold at Snap Fitness said the January membership bump is no joke...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/03/17)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, Jan. 3, the third day of 2017. There are 362 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 3, 1967, Jack Ruby, the man who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, died in a Dallas hospital...
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Prayer 1/3/17
(Prayer ~ 01/03/17)
O Lord Jesus, we resolve to love you with all our heart, soul and strength. Amen.
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Speak Out 1/3/17
(Speak Out ~ 01/03/17)
I recently read in speakout that the Democrats are obsessed with creating all types of scenarios explaining why Trump won the election. If we are really honest with ourselves I believe we all know how the Republicans and Trump would have responded if Trump would have lost the election. ...
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Remembering Cape native, four-star general McKee
(Editorial ~ 01/03/17)
Gen. Seth McKee passed away at the age of 100 the day after Christmas, but his legacy will forever remain with us. His reach extended far -- throughout the nation and across the seas -- but we are proud of his Cape Girardeau roots. The four-star general was a Cape Girardeau Central High School graduate of the class of 1934 and attended Southeast Missouri State University from 1934 to 1937. Throughout his life, he regularly returned home to speak and inspire many...
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Priorities for the City of Jackson in 2017
(Column ~ 01/03/17)
Happy New Year -- As we begin 2017 I would like to review Jackson's key goals for the year. These priorities were initially developed at the Board of Aldermen Retreat in October. They were then reconfirmed during the 2017 Budget Process. The last few years have been a time of planning for a new Public Safety Building to house the Police Department. ...
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Obama's departure
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/03/17)
In a few short weeks Barack Hussein Obama will vacate Office of the President of the United States. No one could be more ecstatic than I. After 8 long years the national nightmare will be over. The man who has done more damage to the national economy, defense, healthcare and welfare will be history. ...
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John Zeno Glastetter
(Obituary ~ 01/03/17)
SCOTT CITY -- John Zeno Glastetter, 87, of Scott City died Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, at his home. He was born Sept. 3, 1929. in Kelso, Missouri, the son of Paul Joseph and Anna Helen Scherer Glastetter. He married Dorothy Elizabeth Vandeven on Jan. 17, 1953...
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Sylvester Glastetter
(Obituary ~ 01/03/17)
KELSO, Mo. -- Sylvester Benjamin Glastetter, 94, of Kelso died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 27, 1922, near Kelso, the son of Paul and Anna Scherer Glastetter. He married Ramona Frances Blattel, the love of his life, on May 7, 1949. They purchased a home in Ancell, Missouri, and lived there nine years until they moved to their farm in 1957 and then to Kelso in 1981...
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LaDonna Laub
(Obituary ~ 01/03/17)
BENTON, Mo. -- LaDonna Lynne Laub, 54, of Benton passed away peacefully in her home Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, surrounded by her family. She was born Dec. 30, 1962, to William and Iva Mae Laub. She previously was married to Dennis Sparks of Cape Girardeau, who preceded her in death...
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Janice Proctor
(Obituary ~ 01/03/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Janice C. Proctor, 74, of Perryville died Nov. 18, 2016, at Estates of Perryville in Perryville. She was born Sept. 16, 1942, in Claryville, Missouri, daughter of Leroy and Rita (L'Hote) Giesler. She had worked in civil service for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Phoenix...
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Norma McAtee
(Obituary ~ 01/03/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Norma Jean McAtee, 74, of Perryville died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 22, 1942, in Lithium, Missouri, daughter of Harry and Pearl (Moll) Bert. She and Gary R. McAtee were married Oct. 15, 1985. He survives in Perryville...
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Betty Jackson
(Obituary ~ 01/03/17)
Betty F. Jackson, 80, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, at Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 25, 1936, in St. Louis to the late Charles and Sarah Opal (McQuay) Colabianchi. She and Wayne Jackson were married July 12, 1985...
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Evelyn Dake
(Obituary ~ 01/03/17)
Evelyn Dake, 84, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. She was born Jan. 10, 1932, in Gordonville, daughter of Joe and Pearl Bruner Skelton. She and Bernard Dake were married Aug. 17, 1968, at Christ Lutheran Church in Gordonville. He passed away June 9, 1981...
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Betty Louise Smith
(Obituary ~ 01/03/17)
Betty Louise Smith, 86, of Millersville passed away Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, at Woodland Hills Nursing Home in Marble Hill, Missouri. She was born Dec. 6, 1930, daughter of Arthur and Edna Woods Suedekum. She and Luther Raymond Smith were married May 2, 1962. He passed away Aug. 22, 1991...
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Aileen Weinkein
(Obituary ~ 01/03/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Aileen M. Weinkein, 96, of Perryville died Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, at Independence Care Center of Perry County in Perryville. She was born Aug. 10, 1920, in Perryville, daughter of Joseph and Grace (Jannin) Stortz. She and Lester Weinkein were married May 10, 1941. He preceded her in death March 2, 1999...
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Harrel Crump
(Obituary ~ 01/03/17)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Harrel L. Crump, 95, of Chaffee passed away Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 26, 1921, in Chaffee to the late Ernest Kirby and Ida Mae Williams Crump. He married Magdalen Mary Dumey on Sept. 26, 1942, and she preceded him in death Sept. 20, 1992...
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Donna Francis
(Obituary ~ 01/03/17)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Donna Lugene Francis, 65, of Chaffee passed away Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 19, 1951, at Granite City, Illinois, the daughter of Donald Eugene and Kathleen Fronyabelle Marquies Calvert...
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Out of the past: Jan. 3
(Out of the Past ~ 01/03/17)
Fears a critical shortage of fresh produce might develop later this month because of a whitefly infestation in California and Arizona are discounted by produce distributors and brokers; they say supplies of produce in area food stores should improve as prices return to near-normal winter levels...
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Births 1/3/17
(Births ~ 01/03/17)
Daughter to Kevin R. and Ashley S. Westmoreland Jr. of Perryville, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 8:11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 23, 2016. Name, Maggie Lou. Weight, 7 pounds, 1 ounce. Second daughter. Mrs. Westmoreland is the former Ashley Buchheit, daughter of Stan and Cheri Buchheit of Chester, Illinois, and Peggy Valleroy of Perryville. Westmoreland is the son of Scott and Tammy Vernon of Perryville...
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Humanoid robot Pepper is amusing, but is it practical?
(Business ~ 01/03/17)
SAN FRANCISCO -- While merrily chirping, dancing and posing for selfies, a robot named Pepper looks like another expensive toy at a San Francisco mall. But don't dismiss it as mere child's play. Pepper embodies the ambitions of SoftBank Robotics, an Asian joint venture formed by a trio of major technology companies that's aiming to put its personable robots in businesses and homes across the U.S. over the next few years...
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U.S. stocks notched big gains in 2016 despite an early stumble
(Business ~ 01/03/17)
In a year with no shortage of surprises and stomach-churning turns in the market, stock investors can feel pretty good about 2016. Wall Street repeatedly bounced back from steep slumps, including the worst start to any year for stocks, the second correction for the market in five months and investor fears of a global slowdown...
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2017 investment forecasts: possibly good, no longer great
(Business ~ 01/03/17)
NEW YORK -- Get ready for investments to be merely good again. They already have been great for years, as stocks and bonds have delivered fat returns since the worst of the financial crisis passed in 2009. But after such a strong and long gallop upward, markets have many reasons to slow, analysts and fund managers said...
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Michael Brown's family fights Ferguson push for his records
(State News ~ 01/03/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Michael Brown's parents are objecting to a request from Ferguson, Missouri, for their son's medical and academic records as the city defends itself against a lawsuit the parents filed over the 2014 police shooting death of the unarmed 18-year-old...
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Lieutenant governor-elect recovering from heart surgery
(State News ~ 01/03/17)
BOLIVAR, Mo. -- Lieutenant Governor-elect Mike Parson said he is recovering after undergoing heart surgery. He said he will be ready to take office on Inauguration Day next week. Parson released a statement Monday disclosing the surgery. He said the heart problem was discovered during a routine medical checkup...
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Counseling efforts seeks to stop violence before it happens
(State News ~ 01/03/17)
ST. LOUIS -- Volunteer counselors in north St. Louis are taking on a daunting mission: Preventing violent conflicts in the most dangerous part of the city. St. Louis Public Radio reported the nonprofit Better Family Life is behind the effort, establishing a hotline for residents to report potential conflicts...
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Medicare launches revamp for heart attacks, hip fractures
(National News ~ 01/03/17)
WASHINGTON -- Heart attacks and broken hips cause much suffering and worry as people grow older. This year, Medicare wants to start changing how it pays for treatment of these life-threatening conditions, promote quality and contain costs. Beneficiaries and family members may notice a new approach...
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IS suicide bomber kills 36 in Baghdad market
(International News ~ 01/03/17)
BAGHDAD -- A suicide bomber driving a pickup loaded with explosives struck a bustling market in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 36 people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group hours after French President Francois Hollande arrived in the Iraqi capital...
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Israeli police question Netanyahu over corruption allegation
(International News ~ 01/03/17)
JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was grilled by police investigators for over three hours at his official residence Monday night, opening what could be a politically damaging criminal investigation into suspicions he improperly accepted gifts from wealthy supporters...
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IS makes unusual claim of responsibility for Turkey attack
(International News ~ 01/03/17)
ISTANBUL -- The Islamic State group Monday made an unusual claim of responsibility for a major terrorist attack in Turkey, saying a "soldier of the caliphate" carried out the mass shooting at an Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people as they welcomed the new year...
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Vandalized Hollywood sign briefly reads 'HOLLYWeeD'
(Entertainment ~ 01/03/17)
LOS ANGELES -- No, Los Angeles residents, it wasn't hangovers playing tricks on you. The Hollywood sign did read "HOLLYWeeD" for a few hours New Year's Day. Police were investigating after a prankster used giant tarps to turn two of the iconic sign's white Os into Es sometime overnight...
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Congress ushers in new era of all-Republican rule
(National News ~ 01/03/17)
WASHINGTON -- Congress ushers in a new era of all-Republican rule. At noon today, with plenty of pomp and pageantry, members of the 115th Congress will be sworn in, with a GOP intent on unraveling eight years of President Barack Obama's Democratic agenda and targeting massive legacy programs from Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson such as Social Security and Medicare...
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Fitness session in the fog
(Local News ~ 01/03/17)
John and Pam Myers continue a healthy habit into the new year with a walk Monday along the fog-shrouded Riverfront Park in Cape Girardeau.
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For Delta couple, area's first New Year's baby brings 'nice surprise'
(Local News ~ 01/03/17)
Victoria Johnson and her husband Clark never expected to have a New Year's baby. But their baby girl, Caroline Grace Johnson, had other ideas. She came into the world at 3:40 a.m. Sunday at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, the area's first baby of the new year...
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Accidents in Jackson injure two people
(Local News ~ 01/03/17)
Two people were injured in two traffic accidents in Jackson, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. A passenger was injured in a two-vehicle accident at 12:25 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of highways 34 and 72. Brenna Foster, 16, of Cape Girardeau suffered minor injuries, the patrol said. She was taken by ambulance to Saint Francis Medical Center...
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Dog attacks family for dressing it in sweater
(National News ~ 01/03/17)
TAMPA, Fla. -- Police in Florida said a dog named Scarface attacked a family who tried to put a sweater on it. Police say the pit bull mix bit a 52-year-old woman who was trying to dress it, and her husband was attacked while trying to pull the dog off her. Police said the couple's 22-year-old son was attacked while trying to stop the dog by stabbing it in the neck and head. Officers used a tranquilizer gun, bean-bag gun and stun gun on Scarface before catching it...
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People on the move 1/3/17
(Business ~ 01/03/17)
Meredith E. McLeod will join Brost and Strohmeyer Family Eye Care as an associate optometrist, effective today. A specialist in primary care, pediatric and geriatric optometry, McLeod will work in each of Brost and Strohmeyer's office locations in Cape Girardeau, Perryville and Fredricktown...
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William Bowman
(Obituary ~ 01/03/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- William H. Bowman III, 74, of Perryville died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, at his residence. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Young and Sons Funeral Home, with Elk wake at 7 p.m., and from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church...
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Carol Lemons
(Obituary ~ 01/03/17)
ESSEX, Mo. -- Carol Ann Lemons, 72, of Essex died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Service in Dexter, Missouri. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dexter. Burial will be in the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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Robert Freund
(Obituary ~ 01/03/17)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Robert Frederick "Bob" Freund, 72, of Marble Hill died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, at his home. A private graveside service will be held today at Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sedgewickville, Missouri. Arrangements were made by Hutchings Funeral Chapel...
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Shirley Mae Buchheit DeLassus
(Obituary ~ 01/03/17)
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo, -- Shirley Mae Buchheit DeLassus, 81, of Ste. Genevieve, formerly of Perryville, Missouri, died Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, at Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 6:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Young and Sons Funeral Home...
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Michael 'Bandit' Moll
(Obituary ~ 01/03/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Michael "Bandit" Moll of Perryville died Friday, Dec. 30 2016, at his home. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with Brother Steve Francis officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery in Perryville...
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Rocky P. Brewer
(Obituary ~ 01/03/17)
ST. MARY, Mo. -- Rocky P. Brewer, 50, of St. Mary died Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from noon to 4 p.m. today at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 4 p.m. today at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jim Schaefer officiating...
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Obama: Peace out, Israel
(Column ~ 01/03/17)
They tried to play nice, but we knew it. Evidence existed all along that President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu didn't hold each other in high regard, and who would deny it now? I mean, who would honestly deny it? The decision the U.S. made not to veto the United Nations anti-Israel resolution affecting Israeli settlement has laid it out there -- naked...
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Myron Bond Carter Jr.
(Obituary ~ 01/03/17)
SCOTT CITY -- Myron Bond Carter Jr., 61, of Scott City died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, at his home. He was born Oct. 29, 1955, in Cape Girardeau to Myron Bond and Edna Warner Carter. He married Lynda Marie Lynn on Dec. 1, 1973. Myron worked as a route salesman for over 20 years. ...
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