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JACKSON FBLA BUSINESS STUDENTS CELEBRATE FBLA-PBL WEEK
(Submitted Story ~ 02/09/17)
The Jackson High School FBLA chapter celebrated FBLA-PBL Week February 5–11, 2017, with daily activities to promote the Future Business Leaders of America. Its mission is to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs...
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Jackson FBLA Has Successful District 15 Conference
(Submitted Story ~ 02/09/17)
On February 2, 2017, 53 members of the Jackson High School chapter of Future Business Leaders of America attended the District 15 Leadership Conference on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. Kalli Yarbro, Jackson FBLA officer, completed her term as District 15 Vice President for FBLA-PBL Relations...
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Completion of Jackson water-main work may be delayed nearly a month
(Local News ~ 02/09/17)
Jackson's water bond project has encountered delays and may surpass the original projected completion date by nearly a month, according to city engineer Erica Bogenpohl. The project's contractor, Robertson Inc. Bridge and Grading Division of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, has encountered delays outside the scope of its original bid, operating at an efficiency at about 60 percent of expectations...
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Mural panel approves Gen. McKee portrait to Wall of Fame but lacks funds
(Local News ~ 02/09/17)
Old Town Cape's mural committee has approved plans to add the portrait of the late Gen. Seth McKee to the Missouri Wall of Fame in downtown Cape Girardeau. The committee, which met late last month, also concluded the portrait could be done for $7,000, said local artist and committee member Craig Thomas...
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Missouri schools: Busing cut plan will hurt classrooms
(State News ~ 02/09/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Republican Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens' plan to slash an already depleted public-school bus fund will wind up taking money from classrooms he promised to leave alone, school administrators across the state said. When Greitens rolled out his budget proposal last week, he touted a $3 million increase in funding for K-12 schools, saying "not a single penny" would come out of classrooms...
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Local judge a candidate for Missouri Supreme Court
(Local News ~ 02/09/17)
Judge David Dolan's judicial philosophy is more simple than living-Constitution, originalist or textualist ideas. His mantra is, "Do what's right." "The judge's job is always to be fair," Dolan said. "I've always said that judges make good decisions when judges have good information."...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/09/17)
Today in History Today is Thursday, Feb. 9, the 40th day of 2017. There are 325 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On Feb. 9, 1942, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff held its first formal meeting to coordinate military strategy during World War II. ...
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Jerry Ford honored at Missouri Arts Awards
(Editorial ~ 02/09/17)
Jerry Ford has performed in the Capitol Rotunda in Jefferson City, Missouri, before, but on Wednesday he returned for a different reason. Ford received the 2017 Missouri Arts Award as an individual artist in the capitol rotunda. Congratulations to Mr. Ford on this great recognition...
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Prayer 2/9/17
(Prayer ~ 02/09/17)
Father God, we sing songs of praise to you, for you are our redeemer. Amen.
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Moral equivalency?
(Column ~ 02/09/17)
In a recent interview on Fox News Bill O'Reilly questioned President Trump about his self-claimed respect for Russian President Vladimir Putin. O'Reilly challenged Trump's respect for Putin by saying that "Putin is a killer." Trump's response was that "there are a lot of killers. Do you think our country's so innocent?" The president is saying there is a moral equivalency between the U.S. and Russia, and the U.S. government functions under the same standards as Russia...
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A day in the life: Allie Ziegler
(Community ~ 02/09/17)
For me to say that high school has been great would be an understatement. My four years at Notre Dame have been second to none. Some things that made it truly a great experience: number one would be my amazing friends, a good Friday night basketball game, being involved in clubs and athletics and all the great memories I've made doing all these things. Knowing that high school is only four years long made me try and make the most out of every day...
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New Jersey could be first to ban declawing cats
(National News ~ 02/09/17)
TRENTON, N.J. -- Cats would keep their claws under a bill that would make New Jersey the first state to prohibit declawing. The measure, which cleared the lower chamber of the Legislature last month, bans onychectomies and flexor tendonectomies on a cat or any animal unless a veterinarian deems them medically necessary...
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Arkansas doctors could be sued over banned abortion method
(National News ~ 02/09/17)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Does an Arkansas law allow husbands to sue doctors to prevent their wives from undergoing a newly banned abortion procedure? Abortion opponents say no, and a group preparing to challenge the ban said it's theoretically possible but unlikely...
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Rancorous Senate 'silencing' gives Warren a national boost
(National News ~ 02/09/17)
WASHINGTON -- The turbulent national debate over race, gender and free speech consumed the normally staid Senate on Wednesday after the GOP majority voted to silence Sen. Elizabeth Warren, abruptly elevating her celebrity status at a moment when liberals are hungry for a leader to take on Donald Trump...
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Robert F. Kennedy's son announces bid for Illinois governor
(National News ~ 02/09/17)
CHICAGO -- Chris Kennedy, son of the late senator Robert F. Kennedy, announced Wednesday he will run for Illinois governor in 2018, bringing the instant name recognition of his family's political legacy to what's expected to be a sharply contested race to unseat Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner...
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Senate confirms Jeff Sessions for attorney general
(National News ~ 02/09/17)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Sen. Jeff Sessions to be attorney general in the Trump administration despite Democratic opposition to the Alabama Republican over his record on civil rights and immigration. The 52-47 nearly party-line vote capped weeks of divisive battles over Sessions, an early supporter of President Donald Trump and one of the Senate's most conservative lawmakers...
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Trump criticism of Nordstrom raises conflict concern
(National News ~ 02/09/17)
NEW YORK -- Where the White House saw a father standing up for his daughter, an ethics expert saw an implicit threat. President Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at Nordstrom, the latest company to draw his Twitter attention, saying the department-store chain that decided to stop selling his daughter's clothing and accessory line has treated her "so unfairly."...
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New Orleans mayor: Half-mile wide tornado damaged 940 homes
(National News ~ 02/09/17)
NEW ORLEANS -- Dwight Powell lost his Lexus to the massive tornado that injured 33 people and destroyed or severely damaged 940 properties on a half-mile-wide rampage through two miles of east New Orleans. He had just parked it inside his garage to avoid hail damage when the twister struck. At least his Yukon pickup truck would be OK, he thought: It was in a friend's repair shop, 60 miles north...
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Israeli rights groups move to strike down settlement law
(International News ~ 02/09/17)
JERUSALEM -- A pair of Israeli-rights groups Wednesday asked the country's Supreme Court to overturn a new law legalizing dozens of settler outposts in the West Bank, opening what is expected to be a lengthy legal battle over the contentious legislation...
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A U.S. citizen wins Somalia presidency
(International News ~ 02/09/17)
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A former prime minister who holds dual Somali-U.S. citizenship was declared Somalia's new president Wednesday, taking the oath of office as the long-chaotic country moved toward its first fully functioning central government in a quarter-century...
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Jake Gyllenhaal helps open a new Broadway theater
(Entertainment ~ 02/09/17)
NEW YORK -- Broadway has welcomed a new theater with a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by Jake Gyllenhaal. The "Brokeback Mountain" and "Nightcrawler" star was on hand Wednesday to reopen the Hudson Theatre with "Sunday in the Park with George," the venue's first theatrical production in nearly 50 years...
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Trump camp weighs 'stabilization' of health insurance
(National News ~ 02/09/17)
WASHINGTON -- Worried about the nearly 20 million people who buy their own health-insurance policies, the Trump administration and congressional Republicans are weighing how to stabilize a wobbly market, government and industry officials said. The goal is to soothe jittery insurance companies that may bolt next year while reassuring consumers anxious about the future. That could buy time for more ambitious GOP attempts to rework the health-care law...
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Judges block North Carolina law limiting governor's powers
(National News ~ 02/09/17)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Six weeks into North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper's term, the Democrat and Republican-controlled legislature are locked in a partisan power struggle, leaving a cloud of uncertainty over state government. Cooper won the latest battle Wednesday as a three-judge panel temporarily blocked a new law that required Senate confirmation for the governor's Cabinet members, using a process similar to what the U.S. Senate does for the president's Cabinet choices...
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Out of the past: Feb. 9
(Out of the Past ~ 02/09/17)
The congregation of Lake Country Baptist Church, which has been holding services at 1000 Big Bend Road, dedicates that building during its morning worship service; a dinner and reception follow the service. The small Millersville First Baptist Church has big plans; nine members of the church are leaving Tuesday on a trip to Ecuador to construct a church building for the congregation's new sister church there...
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Betty Williams
(Obituary ~ 02/09/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Betty Williams, 74, of Perryville died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, at her home. There will be no services. Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville is in charge of arrangements..
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John Waggener
(Obituary ~ 02/09/17)
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) John "Jack" Waggener, 91, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at the Lutheran Home after a brief illness. Jack was born Aug. 17, 1925, in Gideon, Missouri, and grew up in Charleston, Missouri, where he graduated from high school before joining the U.S. Army and eventually attending and graduating from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1948...
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Ray Scholl
(Obituary ~ 02/09/17)
Ray N. Scholl, 79, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Jackson, passed away Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, at the Missouri Veterans Home. He was born Feb. 7, 1937, near New Wells, son of Hugh E. and Marie A. Boren Scholl. Ray and Marlene J. Wachter were married Aug. 13, 1960, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells...
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Margie Newman
(Obituary ~ 02/09/17)
Margie Carol Newman, 74, of Scott City died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 12, 1942, in Cape Girardeau to Denver and Inia Ellis Samples Perkins. She and Hobert Newman were married April 23, 1983, at Cape Girardeau. He passed away Sept. 6, 1984...
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Morris McCrory
(Obituary ~ 02/09/17)
BENTON, Mo. -- Morris McCrory, 68, of Benton died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born Feb. 22, 1948, in Cape Girardeau to Cloyse Edward and Sylvia Quillan Nichols McCrory. He married Riona Jean Lynn on Feb. 15, 1968, and she died during childbirth Nov. 18, 1968. He later married Charlotte Ann Compas on March 30, 2001, in Eureka Springs, Arkansas...
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Kenneth Ledermann
(Obituary ~ 02/09/17)
Kenneth E. "Buddy" Ledermann, 67, of Scott City died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, at his home. He was born Nov. 20, 1949, in Illmo to the Rev. Kenneth John and Margie Leona Coomer Ledermann. He married Lillie Marie O'Dell on June 18, 1977. Kenny worked at SPD reprocessing at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He attended Bible Missionary Church in Cape Girardeau. He served in the U.S. Army during Vietnam...
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Joe Kluesner
(Obituary ~ 02/09/17)
Joe M. Kluesner, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, at the Missouri Veterans Home. He was born Oct. 10, 1926, in Saint Joseph, Tennessee, to Frank B. and Monica M. Reischman Kluesner. He and Elizabeth "Betty" Welter were married April 16, 1955, at Kelso, Missouri...
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Jackson fire report 2/9/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/09/17)
The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls: Wednesday n Smoke detector check on Bent Creek Drive. n Emergency medical service on South Shawnee Boulevard.
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Cape Girardeau fire report 2/9/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/09/17)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Tuesday n Medical assists were made at 7:19 a.m. on Sherwood Drive; 2:18 p.m. on South Benton Street; 3:32 p.m. on North Frederick Street; 3:46 p.m. on North Kingshighway; 3:51 p.m. on Linden Street; 4:09 p.m. on South Sprigg Street; 6:09 p.m. on William Street; 9:28 p.m. on South West End Boulevard; 10:01 p.m. on North Ellis Street; and 10:22 p.m. on North Lorimier Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 2/9/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/09/17)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A juvenile was cited into juvenile court on suspicion of assault. n Bridgett G. Sanders, 51, 525 S. Ellis St., was arrested at William and South Ellis streets on a Cape Girardeau warrant for probation violation...
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Birth 2/9/17
(Births ~ 02/09/17)
Son to Robert Elvis Dees and Ashley Brooke Figliolo of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 12:58 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. Name, Keaton Robert. Weight, 6 pounds, 12 ounces. Fifth child, third son. Figliolo is the daughter of Connie Young of Cape Girardeau. Dees is the son of Cathy Overbeck of Cape Girardeau...
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Mumps-stricken Columbia campus plans vaccination clinic
(State News ~ 02/09/17)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The University of Missouri is planning a mass immunization clinic next week as it works to control a mumps outbreak that has grown to more than 320 confirmed and probable cases. Spokesman Christian Basi said the hope is 2,000 students will receive a free booster shot during the Feb. 15 to 17 clinic. The state health agency is picking up the tab...
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Oil pipeline gets green light; foes protest around country in 'last stand'
(National News ~ 02/09/17)
CANNON BALL, N.D. -- With the green light from the federal government, the company building the Dakota Access oil pipeline said Wednesday it plans to resume work immediately to finish the long-stalled project. Meanwhile, opponents of the $3.8 billion project protested around the country in an action some dubbed their "last stand."...
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Education boss gets first assignment - mend fences
(National News ~ 02/09/17)
WASHINGTON -- On her first day on the job, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos plunged into her initial assignment: mending fences with opponents following a bruising battle. Parents across the country looked for clues as to whether she will fulfill their hopes or reinforce their fears...
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Trump slams the courts; his court nominee hits back
(National News ~ 02/09/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's extended criticism of the judiciary prompted a rebuke Wednesday from his nominee for the Supreme Court, who told a senator the president's comments were "demoralizing and disheartening." Judge Neil Gorsuch, who was nominated by Trump to the nation's high court last week, made the comments after Trump accused an appellate court considering his immigration and refugee executive order of being "so political."...
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Rail trail plan presented to Sikeston City Council
(Local News ~ 02/09/17)
SIKESTON, Mo. — Consultants presented their vision for taking the former Union Pacific Railroad corridor in Sikeston into a trail designed to draw visitors into the community and get residents outside and active...
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Stoddard County may adopt drug tracking program
(Local News ~ 02/09/17)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — The Stoddard County Commission discussed the recently approved county budget for 2017 and possibly implementing a prescription-drug monitoring program at a recent meeting. Presiding Commissioner Greg Mathis said he had talked with Circuit Judge Joe Satterfield about the county implementing a prescription drug monitoring program...
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Kennett senior tax passed by voters appears invalid
(Local News ~ 02/09/17)
KENNETT, Mo. — Kennett’s sales tax for senior-citizen services, which overwhelmingly was approved by voters in November, appears to be invalid. The Kennett City Council discussed the problem during its Tuesday meeting. The one-eighth-cent tax was placed on the ballot after the city attorney explored various sales-tax options before placing a general sales tax before the council for approval last summer...
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Town cancels dance because of old law
(National News ~ 02/09/17)
HENRYETTA, Okla. -- A town is echoing the story line of the 1980s movie "Footloose" by canceling a Valentine's Day dance because of a city ordinance. The organizer canceled the dance in Henryetta because it would have taken place 300 feet from a church, in violation of an ordinance that forbids dancing within 500 feet of a place of worship. Mayor Jennifer Clason, born in Henryetta, said councilors will consider abolishing the ordinance during their Feb. 22 meeting...
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Senator: VA retaliating against Missouri whistleblower
(State News ~ 02/09/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Wisconsin senator has accused the Department of Veterans of Affairs of firing a doctor for speaking out about alleged shortcomings at a Missouri VA hospital and then thwarting his efforts to get hired at another VA site...
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Hooked on Science: Valentine candy drop
(Community ~ 02/09/17)
n Valentine's Day chocolate candy n Water n Transparent container n STEP 1: Fill the container half of the way with water. Is the water a solid or a liquid, and why? Describe the water by using its observable properties. n STEP 2: Is the Valentine's Day chocolate candy a solid or a liquid, and why? Describe the candy by using its observable properties...
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Students honored for academics
(Community ~ 02/09/17)
Owen Terry Jr. and Amanda Lenhardt, both of Cape Girardeau, were named to the fall 2016 dean's list at West Kentucky Community & Technical College in Paducah, Kentucky. Kaylen Martin of Cape Girardeau was named to the fall 2016 dean's list at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas...
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