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Missouri budget plan cuts aid for disabled and colleges
(State News ~ 02/03/17)
NIXA, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is proposing to end state-funded care for more than 20,000 disabled residents and cut higher-education funding by 10 percent as part of a remedy to what he described Thursday as a broken budget. The $27.6 billion spending plan outlined by the new Republican governor also includes a mixture of good and bad news for public schools — slightly increasing their basic aid while slashing payments for school busing. ...
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Current, former mayors to speak at First Friday Coffee
(Local News ~ 02/03/17)
Robinson Construction and Kasten will sponsor the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce’s First Friday Coffee today. The presentation is titled Community Champs and will consist of a panel discussion with several former mayors of Cape Girardeau, as well as current Mayor Harry Rediger...
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Suspect in multiple burglaries arrested in Perry County
(Local News ~ 02/03/17)
Perry County, Missouri, sheriff's deputies on Tuesday arrested a Perryville man they said is responsible for multiple burglaries and thefts between Dec. 24 and Tuesday. Mark Christisen is accused of stealing such items as a 5-gallon gas can, an angle grinder, a case of frozen frog legs, a case of frozen pies and a crate of processed deer meat...
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Cape police chase suspected car thief to Illinois
(Local News ~ 02/03/17)
A suspect wanted on suspicion of stealing a vehicle and resisting arrest eluded officers in Cape Girardeau and Illinois on Wednesday. A Cape Girardeau officer spotted a stolen Dodge Avenger driving near the intersection of Morgan Oak and Sprigg streets at about 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, public-information officer Richard McCall wrote in an email. The officer recognized the vehicle from a stolen-vehicle report taken earlier Wednesday, McCall wrote...
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Local musician Doug E. Rees recording latest album on phone, in unusual locales
(Entertainment ~ 02/03/17)
Scratching his gray goatee, Doug E. Rees struggled to describe how he came to invest the past two years in making an album that's, in a way, inside-out. "I don't know," he said. "Maybe I'm a little crazy anyway." His previous albums were made the usual way: write the songs, practice the songs while saving up for studio time, record the songs. His current -- and as-yet-unnamed -- project marks a radical departure. Instead of using a studio setup, he recorded most of the songs on his phone...
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Cape County OKs $35K, seeks additional fed funds for lake trail, lighting
(Local News ~ 02/03/17)
The Cape Girardeau County Commission will seek a grant to help fund construction of a concrete walkway and lighting around the County Park South lake. Commissioners voted Thursday to spend $35,000 in park funds on the project if the county receives federal Recreational Trails Program grant money through the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. The grant would pay 80 percent of the $110,000 cost of the project, Presiding Commissioner Clint Tracy said...
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Southeast Missouri State University to open food pantry
(Local News ~ 02/03/17)
Southeast Missouri State University will open a food pantry in March to help students who struggle to get enough to eat. The Redhawk Food Pantry will be housed in the textbook-rental area in the basement of the school's Kent Library. It will provide nonperishable food items as well as necessities such as shampoo, soap and school supplies, university officials said...
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Man charged with using fake W-2s to get refunds
(Local News ~ 02/03/17)
A Cape Girardeau man used fake W-2s to solicit about $406,000 in fraudulent federal tax refunds, including $162,000 from December 2013 through January 2016, according to court documents. His scheme, lasting at least three years, involved multiple accomplices, according to documents...
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Cape school board votes Glass next superintendent
(Local News ~ 02/03/17)
Neil Glass, assistant superintendent of the Cape Girardeau School District, will replace superintendent James Welker, who will retire at the end of June when his contract expires. The school board selected Glass during a closed-door meeting Thursday. Board President Jeff Glenn said Glass was among 19 candidates for the job. Glass was the only candidate from within the school district, Glenn said Thursday...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/03/17)
Today in History Today is Friday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2017. There are 331 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 3, 1917, the United States broke off diplomatic relations with Germany, which had announced a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, the same day an American cargo ship, the SS Housatonic, was sunk by a U-boat off Britain after the crew was allowed to board lifeboats...
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Proud of Vargas
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/03/17)
I grew up in Iron County 60 miles from Cape and have been teaching at Southeast for 29 years. I have not felt proud to be a SEMO employee for the last 20 years. President Vargas' email on how the university would deal with Trump's Muslim ban made me proud to work at SEMO...
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Are fairness and objectivity necessary any more?
(Column ~ 02/03/17)
Let's call this an early session of Journalism 101, and you, kind readers, are the students. There will be a quiz. President Trump's game-changing administration has created a minefield for decent, hard-working reporters who are accustomed to the rhythms of what we can call "the old way of doing things." The old way was safe, predictable, comfortable and, on the whole, accurate...
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Prayer 2/3/17
(Prayer ~ 02/03/17)
O Lord God, we lift up your name and thank you for your blessings. Amen.
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Orangutans test computer dating
(International News ~ 02/03/17)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- How does a primate find a date while confined to an urban jungle? Orangutans in a Dutch zoo may get a high-tech helping hand thanks to a research project. The research at the Apenheul primate park is investigating the emotional responses of orangutans and bonobos to images of the same species they are shown on a touch screen. Biologist Thomas Bionda said Wednesday the screen could help determine an ape's preference as part of a breeding program...
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Wall goes up around America at miniature world in Germany
(International News ~ 02/03/17)
BERLIN -- A wall has appeared around the United States -- at a popular miniature world attraction in the German city of Hamburg. Operators of the Miniatur Wunderland erected the wall, complete with barbed wire, this week, separating the U.S. display from the rest of the world...
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Sources: U.S. readies sanctions on Iran after missile test
(National News ~ 02/03/17)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration is preparing to levy sanctions on Iran after it test-fired a ballistic missile, according to U.S. officials and others with knowledge of the decision. The sanctions are expected to be levied as early as today. Up to two dozen Iranian individuals, companies and possibly government agencies could be penalized...
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Mexico exports no longer just avocados, tequila
(International News ~ 02/03/17)
MEXICO CITY -- If the United States imposes a border tax on Mexican imports, it's not just tequila, beer and avocados that would jump in price. Mexico is the world's leading exporter of refrigerators and flat-screen TVs. Cars and trucks such as the Ram 1500 crew cab, Ford Fiesta and Chevrolet Trax fill U.S. dealer lots. Mexican berries, vegetables and beef born south of the border abound at American supermarkets...
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Police storm prison, end hostage standoff; guard found dead
(National News ~ 02/03/17)
SMYRNA, Del. -- Using a backhoe to smash through a barricade of footlockers, authorities stormed Delaware's largest prison early Thursday and ended a nearly 24-hour hostage standoff involving inmates armed with sharpened objects. One hostage -- a guard -- was found dead...
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In shift, Trump warns Israel against new settlements
(National News ~ 02/03/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Thursday warned Israel constructing new settlements "may not be helpful" to Middle East peace efforts, shifting toward a tougher line with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government. Still, the White House made clear the Trump administration "has not taken an official position on settlement activity," departing from previous administrations that have considered the settlements illegitimate...
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Trump pledges to end political limits on churches
(National News ~ 02/03/17)
WASHINGTON -- Declaring religious freedom is "under threat," President Donald Trump vowed Thursday to repeal a rarely enforced IRS rule that states pastors who endorse candidates from the pulpit risk losing their tax-exempt status. "I will get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment and allow our representatives of faith to speak freely and without fear of retribution," Trump said at the National Prayer Breakfast, a high-profile event bringing together faith leaders, politicians and dignitaries.. ...
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Trump rattles world leaders as Cabinet tries to soften tone
(National News ~ 02/03/17)
WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump's spats with U.S. allies as close as Mexico and as unlikely as Australia are leaving his new secretary of state and others in his Cabinet to clean up a lot of potential damage. It's a good-cop, bad-cop dynamic that could define America's foreign policy for the next four years...
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Out of the past: Feb. 3
(Out of the Past ~ 02/03/17)
Cape Girardeau would spend nearly $22.6 million on capital-improvement projects over the next five fiscal years under a scaled-back plan proposed by the city staff; the five-year plan proposed last year had a budget of $37.3 million but was amended this year to reflect reduced-revenue estimates and the exclusion of any projects that require voter approval...
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Kenneth Strack
(Obituary ~ 02/03/17)
Kenneth Strack, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, at the Lutheran Home. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday at Hanover Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. at the church, with the Rev. Tony Kobak officiating. Burial will be in Hanover Cemetery...
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Roger Rudluff
(Obituary ~ 02/03/17)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Roger Leon Rudluff, 71, of McClure died Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 20, 1945, in Thebes, Illinois, to Leon Joseph and Hazel Ivy Laird Rudluff. He and Virginia Miller were married April 30, 1965, in McClure. She preceded him in death...
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Brenda Rhodes
(Obituary ~ 02/03/17)
Brenda Lee Rhodes, 65, of Whitewater passed away Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 5, 1951, in Anna, Illinois, daughter of Kenneth and Margie Coomer Ledermann. She and Lawrence "Mike" Rhodes were married July 18, 1970. He survives...
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Louise Nussbaum
(Obituary ~ 02/03/17)
Louise Marie Nussbaum, 96, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, at the Lutheran Home, where she had been a resident for one week. She was born Sept. 28, 1920, in Dutchtown to the late H.W.A. and Lily Muster Wessel. She was the youngest of 10 children. She was married to Herbert Nussbaum on Aug. 11, 1944. He passed away Feb. 17, 2003...
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Paul Mize
(Obituary ~ 02/03/17)
Paul E. Mize, 53, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, at his home after a valiant struggle with cancer. He was born Oct. 23, 1963, in Cape Girardeau, son of Tom and Gerri Welter Mize. He and Connie Loos were married Nov. 13, 1984, in Jackson...
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Jane Bodine
(Obituary ~ 02/03/17)
Jane M. Bodine, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, at her home at Chateau Girardeau. She was born Saturday, Jan. 18, 1930, in Cape Girardeau to Erwin Frederick and Neva Brandon Mehrle. She and William "Bill" Bodine were married Sept. 3, 1949, in Jackson. He preceded her in death Dec. 29, 1991...
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Judy Ainsworth
(Obituary ~ 02/03/17)
Judith "Judy" Ann Ainsworth, 79, of Cape Girardeau was surrounded by her loving family when she passed away peacefully Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, at her home in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 19, 1937, in Cape Girardeau to Richard and Mary Louise Webb Thompson. She and James Charles "Jim" Ainsworth were married Dec. 10, 1960, at Cape Girardeau...
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Cape Girardeau police report 2/3/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/03/17)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Michael S. Trout, 29, 45 S. West End Blvd., No. 112, was arrested at 1006 Jefferson Ave. on a Dunklin County, Missouri, warrant for distribution of a controlled substance...
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Review: '24: Legacy' may be even better than the original
(Entertainment ~ 02/03/17)
NEW YORK -- It's no secret TV has a habit of recycling past hits. ("Fuller House"? Really?) This always has been the case with television. And now, among the nearly 500 scripted series overwhelming the viewer, TV reboots aren't going away. (More "Fuller House"?! Ah, c'mon!)...
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#SemoSelfie 2/3/17
(Entertainment ~ 02/03/17)
When in Galesburg... #bigchair #mynewtown #semoselfie
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Woman injured during fire in Kansas City
(State News ~ 02/03/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City officials said a woman was injured when fire damaged three vacant buildings in the city's historic Jazz District at 18th and Vine. Kansas City fire battalion chief Mike Cashen said a woman was warming herself with a fire inside one of the buildings early Thursday when the fire got out of control. She was taken to a hospital, but the extent of her injuries was not known...
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Car crashes into St. Louis County salon; 2 hurt
(State News ~ 02/03/17)
ST. LOUIS -- Two people have been treated for minor injuries after a car crashed into a Great Clips hair salon in south St. Louis County. The accident happened about 11 a.m. Thursday. Both of the injured people were inside the salon. The woman driving the car was evaluated by paramedics but not hospitalized...
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Committee advances bill to fund Scottrade Center upgrades
(State News ~ 02/03/17)
ST. LOUIS -- A bill to provide millions of dollars in city money for renovations to the arena that is home to the St. Louis Blues has passed an aldermanic committee after several tries. The Ways and Means Committee approved the bill Wednesday. The full Board of Aldermen is expected to consider the bill Friday...
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Children tell teachers father killed mother in Independence
(State News ~ 02/03/17)
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- A Missouri man was charged with murder after two of his three children told teachers at school he had stabbed their mother to death. According to court documents, authorities were alerted to the slaying and found the woman's body Monday morning after the children, 8- and 9-year-old boys and a 6-year-old girl, were taken to school by their father...
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Missouri lawmakers send right to work to governor
(State News ~ 02/03/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers on Thursday sent a bill banning mandatory union fees to new Republican Gov. Eric Greitens, who has promised to sign the so-called right-to-work measure that was vetoed by his Democratic predecessor. Greitens' signature would make Missouri the 28th state to bar mandatory union fees and dues from nonmembers -- a move opponents describe as an attempt to weaken unions...
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Best bet: 17th annual Children's Arts Festival
(Entertainment ~ 02/03/17)
The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri invites everyone to attend a reception for the 17th annual Children's Arts Festival from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the Arts Council, 16 N. Spanish St. in Cape Girardeau. For more information, call (573) 334-9233 or email artscouncil@capearts.org...
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Artifacts 2/3/17
(Entertainment ~ 02/03/17)
Join Southeast Missouri State University's Studio Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Lab Band for an evening of music as saxophonist Jim Pisano joins students in this jazz performance at 7:30 p.m. today in Bedell Performance Hall at the River Campus, 518 S. Fountain St. in Cape Girardeau. Tickets are $12...
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First Friday receptions 2/3/17
(Entertainment ~ 02/03/17)
First Friday with the Arts is back with its third annual Cookie Spree! Head to downtown Cape Girardeau for an evening out with the family to enjoy not only local artwork but also delicious cookies. The Arts Council will be passing out handouts listing each location's cookie flavors...
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Births 2/3/17
(Births ~ 02/03/17)
Son to Joey G. and Taylor C. Babich of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 2:29 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. Name, Zion Samuel. Weight, 9 pounds, 15 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Babich is the former Taylor Snead, daughter of Jeremy Snead and Stephanie Marsaglia of Decatur, Illinois. She is a registered nurse. Babich is the son of Samuel and Debra Babich of Mount Zion, Illinois. He is a campus- outreach minister...
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Southeast athletics inducts 15th HOF class
(Editorial ~ 02/03/17)
The Southeast Missouri State University athletic department will induct its 2016 Hall of Fame class in a ceremony tonight at the Show Me Center. The group consists of four former athletes, active supporters of the program and the all-time winningest basketball coach...
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