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Governor cuts $146 million, colleges take hit
(State News ~ 01/17/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Republican Gov. Eric Greitens cut more than $146 million in spending from the budget on Monday, including nearly $68 million in core funding for public universities and community colleges. Greitens announced the cuts for this fiscal year's budget one week after he took office...
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Cape County taxpayers may file property assessment forms online for first time
(Local News ~ 01/17/17)
For the first time, Cape Girardeau County residential taxpayers will have an online option to file personal property assessment forms, according to Assessor Bob Adams. Adams said personal property assessment forms will be mailed to taxpayers, starting Tuesday...
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Meat-processing plant faces $70K penalty for Clean Water Act violations
(Local News ~ 01/17/17)
A Fruitland meat-processing plant faces a $70,000 penalty to the state of Missouri if it does not correct problems related to wastewater management, a judge ruled last month. Fruitland American Meat LLC also must create and implement a plan to remove existing wastewater and overhaul its system...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/17/17)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, Jan. 17, the 17th day of 2017. There are 348 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 17, 1917, Denmark ceded the Virgin Islands to the United States for $25 million. On this date: In 1893, the 19th president of the United States, Rutherford B. Hayes, died in Fremont, Ohio, at age 70. Hawaii's monarchy was overthrown as a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Lili'uokalani to abdicate...
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Prayer 1/17/17
(Prayer ~ 01/17/17)
Lord Jesus, we praise you for you are the way, the truth and the life. Amen.
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Senior center volunteers fill vital role for elderly
(Editorial ~ 01/17/17)
Christmas is over, but the giving spirit that typically comes with it is not. Senior citizens at the Jackson Senior Center and Cape Girardeau Senior Center are the recipients of that generosity, and what stands out most is that other seniors are providing the service. Their volunteer work includes food packing and delivery, among other things...
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Speak Out 1/17/17
(Speak Out ~ 01/17/17)
The more I read, the more I understand how polarized Americans are. One group refuses to accept our incoming President while another is happy to see our current President gone. I wonder how people even function today with all the hatred. I've been through many changes of Presidents, some I picked, others not, and yet life continued unabated. So it will be this time...
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Smoking ban in state capitol
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/17/17)
On Jan. 10, 2017, Missouri lawmakers defeated a proposed ban on smoking in state Capitol offices. The vote was 9-4 by party lines, with Republicans blocking the attempt to make the Capitol a healthier work environment. It is true that smoking is banned in hallways and chambers, but many individuals are in and out of offices on a daily basis. ...
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2017 -- A look ahead
(Column ~ 01/17/17)
Happy New Year to all our citizens. We have turned the page from a productive and successful 2016 and now it is time to look forward to a new year and new beginnings. 2017 shapes up to be a very exciting year with many projects coming on line and others in the planning and vision phase. 2017 will be my last full year as mayor and I intend to spend a good deal of time working on the transition phase as new leadership will be elected in April 2018...
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Thank You, President Obama and Vice President Biden
(Column ~ 01/17/17)
On Friday, an era of American history will come to an end. The eight-year era of Obama, which seems so long in some ways, yet short in others, will conclude, and the Trump presidency will commence. It's safe to say that I do not share President Obama's worldview, neither politically nor socially. ...
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Brenda Berryhill
(Obituary ~ 01/17/17)
Brenda Lynn Berryhill, 74, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Mounds, Illinois, passed away at 1:26 a.m. Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, at Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau. Brenda was born July 4, 1942, in Cairo, Illinois, daughter of Leonard Clifford and Ruth (Hawkins) Clifford...
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Karen Smithey
(Obituary ~ 01/17/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. -- Karen E. (Webb) Smithey, 73, of Jefferson City, formerly of Tamms, Illinois, passed away Thursday evening, Jan. 12, 2017, at home. She was born Nov. 17, 1943, in Fort Benning, Georgia, the daughter of Floyd Clinton and Marcella (Bufford) Webb. She married Gerald V. Smithey on Sept. 29, 1962...
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Dennis Mize
(Obituary ~ 01/17/17)
Dennis W. Mize, 63, of Jackson passed away Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born Sept. 1, 1953, in Cape Girardeau to Billy and Ethel (Criddle) Mize. He and Karla Sanders were married July 17, 1976, in Cape Girardeau. Dennis was a 1971 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School. He was a towboat captain for 38 years and worked for Western Kentucky Navigation and Dravo Mechling Corp...
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Glynn James
(Obituary ~ 01/17/17)
CLEVER, Mo. -- Glynn Dale James, 62, of Clever died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, at his home, surrounded by family and friends. He was born Friday, Feb. 26, 1954, in Harrisburg, Arkansas, to Bennie Franklin and Neva Jewell Ray James. He and Sheila Jean Vanpool James were married Oct. 20, 1972, at Sikeston, Missouri...
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Denise Merideth
(Obituary ~ 01/17/17)
Denise Merideth, 48, died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 14, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, to Mary Jane Mitchell Wilson Steward and stepfather Larry Steward, who survive of Sikeston, Missouri, and the late Dennis Wilson...
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Maxine White
(Obituary ~ 01/17/17)
Jewel "Maxine" White, 95, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 7, 1921, in Jackson, daughter of Orville C. and Esther L Deneke Godwin. She and Thirman "Drake" White were married April 10, 1971. He passed away March 13, 2006...
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Judith Whittaker
(Obituary ~ 01/17/17)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Judith Mae Whittaker, 76, of Advance passed away Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, at the Advance Nursing Center. She was born Nov. 5, 1940, at Advance, the daughter of Manuel and Inas Rhodes Whittaker. Judy was a 1958 graduate of Advance High School. She was a member of the Advance United Methodist Church and also a choir member...
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Out of the past: Jan. 17
(Out of the Past ~ 01/17/17)
Melanie Duncan of New Madrid, Missouri, a high-school math teacher, wins the Mrs. Missouri United States Pageant before a crowd of several hundred at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Cape Girardeau; she will represent Missouri in the national pageant, held annually in Las Vegas...
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After long decline, St. Louis tries to rebuild with startups
(State News ~ 01/17/17)
ST. LOUIS -- It's tough to rebuild a city's image when the national perception is it peaked a century ago, and when recent news sometimes has been dismal. St. Louis was the nation's fourth-largest city in 1904, the year it hosted the Olympics and the World's Fair...
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Trump, in flap with civil rights icon, meets with MLK's son
(National News ~ 01/17/17)
NEW YORK -- Days before taking office, President-elect Donald Trump attempted to navigate the fallout of his flap with a civil-rights leader and colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while losing a member of his incoming administration to accusations of plagiarism...
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Ivanka Trump lays groundwork for policy role in Washington
(National News ~ 01/17/17)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- She may not be working in the White House, but that doesn't mean Ivanka Trump is staying out of politics. Although she has said she will have no official role in her father's administration, Ivanka Trump has been laying the groundwork for an effort that could make her perhaps the best-connected policy advocate in Washington...
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DeVos to face questions over schools, conservative activism
(National News ~ 01/17/17)
WASHINGTON -- Charter school advocate Betsy DeVos is widely expected to push for expanding school-choice programs if confirmed as education secretary, prompting pushback from teachers' unions. But Democrats and activists also are raising concerns about how her conservative Christian beliefs and advocacy for family values might affect minority and LGBT students...
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King Day highlights transition from Obama to Trump
(National News ~ 01/17/17)
ATLANTA -- As Americans celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., civil- rights leaders and activists are trying to reconcile the transition from the nation's first black president to a president-elect still struggling to connect with most nonwhite voters...
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Oil pipeline leak reported in southwest Missouri
(State News ~ 01/17/17)
NICKELVILLE, Mo. -- A southwest Missouri county highway is expected to be closed until Thursday as crews clean up an oil-pipeline spill. Enbridge Energy said Sunday nearly 200 barrels of oil leaked from a pipeline at its pump station near Nickeville...
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UN official: 10,000 civilians killed in Yemen conflict
(International News ~ 01/17/17)
SANAA, Yemen -- The United Nations' humanitarian-aid official in Yemen said Monday the civilian death toll in the nearly two-year conflict has reached 10,000, with 40,000 others wounded. Jamie McGoldrick of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs' said the figure is based on lists of victims gathered by health facilities, and the number might be higher...
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Police: 5 killed in shooting at nightclub at Mexican resort
(International News ~ 01/17/17)
CANCUN, Mexico -- A shooting attack at an electronic-music festival in Mexico's Caribbean coast resort of Playa del Carmen on Monday left five people dead, including two Canadians, an Italian and a Colombian, authorities said. The attorney general of Quintana Roo state said three of the dead were part of the security detail at the 10-day BPM electronic-music festival...
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Syria rebel factions to attend Russia, Turkey-backed talks
(International News ~ 01/17/17)
BEIRUT -- Representatives of some Syrian rebel groups said Monday they will attend talks sponsored by Russia and Turkey scheduled later this month, despite mounting violations of a cease-fire across the war-ravaged country. A rebel adviser said the talks between representatives of the Syrian government and the opposition, to be held in the Kazakhstan capital of Astana, will focus on ways to strengthen and monitor the cease-fire that went into effect Dec. 30...
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Cargo plane crash kills 37, destroys village in Kyrgyzstan
(International News ~ 01/17/17)
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- A Turkish cargo plane crashed Monday in a residential area just outside the main airport in Kyrgyzstan, destroying half of a village and killing at least 37 people in the plane and on the ground, the Emergency Situations Ministry said...
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Reports: Istanbul nightclub attacker who killed 39 caught
(International News ~ 01/17/17)
ISTANBUL -- A gunman suspected of killing 39 people during a New Year's attack on an Istanbul nightclub has been caught in a police operation, Turkish reports said early today. The suspect was captured in a special-operations police raid on a house in Istanbul's Esenyurt district, private NTV television reported. The broadcaster said he had been staying in the house belonging to a friend from Kyrgyzstan...
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Legendary coach at MLK event: 'We can change the world with a team'
(Local News ~ 01/17/17)
All the speakers at "And Justice For All's" Martin Luther King Jr. Day program Monday in Sikeston, Missouri, talked about continuing King's mission of equality and trying to bring more people into a movement. Blues musician Sam Mosley sang Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come," and the lyrics of that song were reflected in each of the speakers' messages...
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Area lawmakers support use of metal detectors at Capitol, defend lawmakers' right to carry guns
(Local News ~ 01/17/17)
As many as 1,000 retired teachers won't be visiting the Missouri Capitol because of the installation of metal detectors, according to the group's executive director. Local lawmakers insist it is sensible security. The Missouri Retired Teachers Association announced last week it would cancel its seventh annual "Legislative Day" at the state Capitol next month because of what it stated were "increased security measures by the new administration" of Gov. Eric Greitens...
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Firefighters rescue cow stuck in swimming pool
(National News ~ 01/17/17)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Think it's hard for firefighters to rescue a cat in a tree? Try a cow in a swimming pool. Firefighters in Oklahoma City were summoned Sunday after a homeowner reported hearing a "snorting" from his swimming-pool area. Emergency responders found a hole in the swimming pool's liner and a cow trapped in the water. Oklahoma City Fire Department battalion crews brought in a wrecker to hoist the nearly 1,500-pound animal from the pool and to safety...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 1/17/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/17/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday. n Medical assists were made at 1:55 a.m. on North Henderson Avenue; 2:12 a.m. on South Spring Street; 11:46 a.m. on South Pacific Street; 12:42 p.m. on North Kingshighway; and 7:31 p.m. on Willow Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 1/17/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/17/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Cynthia K. Roberts, no age given, 364 Shoshone Lane, was arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana at North Sprigg and New Madrid streets...
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Gene Cernan, last astronaut on the moon, dies at 82
(National News ~ 01/17/17)
Former astronaut Gene Cernan, the last of only a dozen men to walk on the moon who returned to Earth with a message of "peace and hope for all mankind," has died. He was 82. NASA announced Cernan died Monday surrounded by his family. NASA spokesman Bob Jacobs confirmed the death but had no details...
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UK leader Theresa May to appear in US Vogue magazine
(Entertainment ~ 01/17/17)
LONDON -- British Prime Minister Theresa May is set to appear in the American edition of Vogue magazine. May's Downing Street office said the pictures for the April edition were shot by celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz. The office said there's no connection between the photographs and May's visit to the United States, likely in the next few months...
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Women's march in DC an echo of the past
(National News ~ 01/17/17)
WASHINGTON -- Thousands of women take to the streets of Washington, demanding a greater voice for women in American political life as a new president takes power. This will happen Saturday, one day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. This did happen more than 100 years ago, one day before the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson...
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National park visits hits record for 3rd straight year
(National News ~ 01/17/17)
SALT LAKE CITY -- Visits to U.S. national parks set a record in 2016 for the third consecutive year as landmarks such Zion, Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain experienced historic levels of popularity that brought headaches stemming from crowded roads and trails and increasing visitor misbehavior...
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