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Interview tapes of murder suspect missing from AG office; defense unaware of their existence
(Local News ~ 07/19/17)
Recordings of interviews in the Sheila Box murder case are missing from the Attorney General's Office. The recordings are evidence in an ongoing case that will go before the Missouri Supreme Court in August. They are records required for permanent safekeeping because they involve a Class A felony conviction, according to the Secretary of State's policies...
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'Let Obamacare fail,' Trump declares as GOP plan collapses
(National News ~ 07/19/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump declared Tuesday it's time to "let Obamacare fail" after the latest GOP health-care plan crashed and burned in the Senate, a failure for the president, Republican leader Mitch McConnell and a party that has vowed for years to abolish the law...
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Cape Girardeau airport board wants air service to Chicago
(Local News ~ 07/19/17)
The Cape Girardeau Regional Airport would have flight service to Chicago if the city's airport board has its way. The board unanimously recommended Tuesday the Cape Girardeau City Council choose the proposal of Utah-based SkyWest Airlines, which would provide two round-trip flights weekdays to Chicago...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/19/17)
Today in History Today is Wednesday, July 19, the 200th day of 2017. There are 165 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 19, 1961, TWA became the first airline to begin showing in-flight movies on a regular basis as it presented "By Love Possessed" to first-class passengers on a flight from New York to Los Angeles...
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Time for GOP to fulfill promises to voters
(Column ~ 07/19/17)
Back in November -- though it seems a lifetime ago -- the American people gave the Republican Party control of the United States Senate, House and White House. And there was a reason for this political sea change. After eight tumultuous years of the prior administration, America was as divided as perhaps any point in our history. This disunity threatened all sense of progress and compromise on some highly critical issues...
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FCA camp offers opportunity to enjoy sports, glorify God
(Editorial ~ 07/19/17)
The skill sets involved in various sports can be as different as the balls involved. However, there are common elements that play out on all fields -- conditioning, training and sportsmanship. All three will be covered at the "Power Camp" presented by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes that will be held July 25 to 27 at Cape Girardeau Central High School...
- Editorial cartoon 7-19-17 (Editorial Cartoon ~ 07/19/17)
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Sikeston boutique owner reunites vintage wedding dress with St. Louis bride
(Community ~ 07/19/17)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- A vintage wedding dress was almost turned into satin handkerchiefs had it not been for Jeannie Williams' curiosity to find the bride who wore the 71-year-old gown. It began when Williams' friend, Sue Chessor of Sikeston, recently brought a wedding dress to Williams at her shop in hopes that Williams, who owns Purse-N-Ality in downtown Sikeston, would be able to reuse the material in some way...
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Long-distance motorcycle trips seek to empower women
(Community ~ 07/19/17)
A year ago Alisa Clickenger helped organize a cross-country motorcycle trip for women to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of a most amazing ride by two sisters from Brooklyn, New York. The Sisters' Centennial Motorcycle Ride honored the exploits of Augusta and Adeline Van Buren, who in 1916 rode motorcycles more than 5,000 miles across the country to prove women could be military motorcycle couriers, able to endure long distances and harsh conditions as well as men...
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Choose lighting that makes a statement
(Community ~ 07/19/17)
Creative new shapes and technology mean that home lighting fixtures often do far more than provide illumination. They can be exciting and sculptural works of art. "Designs are now not only a source of light, but a distinctive feature of an interior design," says New York architect West Chin...
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John Ensor Sr.
(Obituary ~ 07/19/17)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- John Richard Ensor Sr., 90, died Tuesday, July 18, 2017, at his home in Sikeston. Born July 1, 1927, in Sikeston to the late Wilbur Woodside and Maggie Matthews Ensor, he was a member of Hunter Memorial Presbyterian Church and graduated from Sikeston High School in 1945...
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Mary Kuhnmuench
(Obituary ~ 07/19/17)
WEBSTER GROVES, Mo. -- Mary Louise Oliver Kuhnmuench died Tuesday, July 18, 2017. She was born Nov. 23, 1921, in Cape Girardeau. Mary Lou was a graduate of Bloomfield (Missouri) High School and Southeast Missouri State University. She taught elementary school for many years at Cape Girardeau, Riverview Gardens, Sikeston and Clayton, Missouri...
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Vatican court rejects motions to dismiss in hospital case
(International News ~ 07/19/17)
VATICAN CITY -- A Vatican tribunal rejected attempts by two former executives of the pope's children's hospital to dismiss an embezzlement case, asserting Tuesday it could prosecute them on charges they diverted nearly a half-million euros in hospital donations to renovate a top cardinal's penthouse...
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Births 7/19/17
(Births ~ 07/19/17)
Son to Cody Wayne and Maria Nicole Bell of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 2:02 p.m. Monday, July 3, 2017. Name, Liam David. Weight, 7 pounds, 14 ounces. First child. Mrs. Bell is the former Maria Davis, daughter of Sally and Steve Ramsey of Jonesboro, Illinois, and Dave Davis of Cape Girardeau. She is a dental hygienist at Jackson Dental. Bell is the son of Mike and Donna Bell of Cape Girardeau. He is a dentist at Jackson Dental...
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Out of the past: July 19
(Out of the Past ~ 07/19/17)
FRIEDHEIM, Mo. -- The Rev. Wayne Palmer is installed as the new pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church at Friedheim. The rite of installation is conducted by the Rev. Dell J. Crockett of Jackson, counselor of the Jackson-Bootheel Circuit. Preaching at the service is the Rev. Robert J. Daniel of Cape Girardeau, who has served as interim pastor the past 9 1/2 months...
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Powerful opioid suspected in 10-year-old Miami boy's death
(National News ~ 07/19/17)
MIAMI -- A 10-year-old boy from a drug-ridden Miami neighborhood apparently died of a fentanyl overdose last month, becoming one of Florida's smallest victims of the opioid crisis, authorities said Tuesday. But how he came into contact with the powerful painkiller is a mystery...
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Perry touts energy exports, awaits study on electric grid
(National News ~ 07/19/17)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration is pushing for increased exports of natural gas and other energy sources as it seeks U.S. "energy dominance" in the global market, Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Tuesday. He and President Donald Trump have offered a "comforting" message to energy companies seeking to export liquefied natural gas, or LNG, at huge terminals in Texas, Louisiana and other states, Perry said: "If you meet the rules, here's your permit."...
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In Trump style, senators' tweet dashed GOP health care hopes
(National News ~ 07/19/17)
WASHINGTON -- When Sens. Mike Lee and Jerry Moran decided they were in ready to disrupt the GOP rewrite of the health-care law, they chose President Donald Trump's favorite medium. They could not support Senate Republicans' plan, the somewhat unlikely pair of conservatives tweeted at 8:30 p.m. Monday, giving no heads-up to the White House or Senate leaders before pressing send...
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House budget blueprint boosts military, cuts food stamps
(National News ~ 07/19/17)
WASHINGTON -- House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled a budget that proposes trillions of dollars in cuts to the social safety net and other domestic programs while boosting military spending, a blueprint that elicited criticism from conservatives and moderates...
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'Repeal now, replace later' has immediate effects on consumers
(National News ~ 07/19/17)
WASHINGTON -- Consumers would feel the impact immediately if Republicans repeal "Obamacare" with no replacement. Problems could start this fall for customers buying individual health policies, said independent experts, with more insurers likely to exit state markets around the country, and those remaining seeking higher rates...
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Native American healing class sparks unique health textbook
(National News ~ 07/19/17)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Laughter can combat trauma. Spiritual cleansings could be used to fight an opioid addiction. Cactus extract may battle diabetes and obesity. These insights are from curanderismo -- traditional Native American healing from the American Southwest and Latin America...
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Lawyer: Russian developer's staffer also at Trump Tower meet
(National News ~ 07/19/17)
WASHINGTON -- A representative of the Russian developer who partnered with President Donald Trump to bring the Miss Universe pageant to Moscow was the eighth person at a Trump Tower meeting arranged by Donald Trump Jr. during the campaign, a lawyer for the developer said Tuesday...
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Dennis Hastert released from prison in Minnesota
(National News ~ 07/19/17)
CHICAGO -- Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert was released from prison in Minnesota and transferred to a Chicago re-entry facility, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Hastert was sentenced to 15 months in prison in April 2016 in a banking-violations case that revealed accusations he had sexually abused teenagers while coaching wrestling at a suburban Chicago high school...
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Search intensifies for man swept away in violent flash flood
(National News ~ 07/19/17)
TONTO NATIONAL FOREST, Ariz. -- The search for a man who was swept away in a flash flood that killed nine others at a swimming hole in central Arizona intensified Tuesday as crews with dogs and a drone combed through huge clumps of muddy tree branches and other debris along a 2-mile stream bed...
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Ohio drops case against ex-cop in shooting of unarmed man
(National News ~ 07/19/17)
CINCINNATI -- A white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black motorist during a Cincinnati traffic stop won't face a third murder trial, a prosecutor announced Tuesday while saying he's asking federal authorities to consider possible civil-rights charges...
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Trump had second conversation with Putin in Germany
(National News ~ 07/19/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump had another, previously undisclosed conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in Germany this month. White House spokesman Sean Spicer and National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton confirmed Trump and Putin spoke at a dinner for world leaders and their spouses at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany...
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Missouri lawmaker to appeal fines tied to campaign finances
(State News ~ 07/19/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri state lawmaker from suburban St. Louis said he'll appeal the more than $114,000 in fines he has been assessed for allegedly violating campaign finance laws, blaming the supposed misconduct on the theft of his debit card and campaign computer...
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Officials: Australian woman shot after officers heard a loud sound
(National News ~ 07/19/17)
MINNEAPOLIS -- An Australian woman who called 911 to report a possible assault was shot and killed by a Minneapolis police officer after the officers heard a loud sound near their squad car, according to information released Tuesday by Minnesota investigators...
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Extreme heat expected this week for much of Missouri
(State News ~ 07/19/17)
ST. LOUIS -- Missouri is bracing for a potentially dangerous round of summer heat. The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning or watch for much of the state. In St. Louis, the high temperature is expected to reach 100 degrees today through Saturday. High humidity will make it feel even worse...
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Missouri man accused of using pocket knife to kill pet cat
(State News ~ 07/19/17)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- An eastern Missouri man is facing animal abuse charges for allegedly using a pocket knife to gut his pet cat and cut off its head. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported 30-year-old Brian Wilson was charged with a misdemeanor count July 10. He does not yet have an attorney...
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Missouri woman accused of defrauding $200K from law firm
(State News ~ 07/19/17)
ST. LOUIS -- A federal indictment accuses an east-central Missouri woman of embezzling more than $200,000 from a law firm where she worked as a bookkeeper and office manager. Federal prosecutors in St. Louis say 54-year-old Robyn Smith of Mexico, Missouri, was arrested Tuesday on the July 12 indictment that accuses her of mail fraud...
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Special master to probe Missouri death penalty case claims
(State News ~ 07/19/17)
ST. LOUIS -- A former Missouri Supreme Court chief justice will sort out whether the state accessed jailhouse visitor logs and telephone recordings to get defense strategy of a man accused in the deaths of two sisters forced off an abandoned Mississippi River bridge...
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U.S. restoring asset seizures - with safeguards
(National News ~ 07/19/17)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration soon will restore the ability of police to seize suspects' money and property with federal help, but The Associated Press has learned the policy will come with a series of new provisions aimed at preventing the types of abuse that led the Obama Justice Department to curtail the practice...
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Compliance check results in underage citations at four Cape bars
(Local News ~ 07/19/17)
A recent compliance check resulted in citations for four local bars, police said. During the June 1 check, Port Cape Girardeau, The Library and D'Ladiums served alcohol to a minor, while Independence Place was cited for allowing a person younger than 21 into the bar, Cape Girardeau police Lt. Brad Smith said Tuesday...
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Buffalo Wild Wings to hold fundraiser Wednesday for ailing Cape officer
(Local News ~ 07/19/17)
Area law-enforcement agencies have teamed with Buffalo Wild Wings in Cape Girardeau for a fundraiser today to help a Cape Girardeau police officer who was diagnosed with cancer last week. "It started about one week ago; one of our fellow officers was diagnosed with cancer, so our Fraternal Order of Police chapter, Lodge 51, is having a fundraiser," said Shaun Alsdorf, Lodge 51 president and a Cape Girardeau police officer. ...
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Dog rescues baby deer from drowning
(National News ~ 07/19/17)
PORT JEFFERSON, N.Y. -- A dog that saw a baby deer in danger of drowning jumped in and dragged it to shore. The rescue in Long Island Sound was caught on video by the dog's owner, Mark Freeley. He said he was taking the English golden retriever named Storm on a walk Sunday when Storm "just plunged into the water and started swimming out to the fawn, grabbed it by the neck, and started swimming to shore." The fawn is recovering at an animal-rescue center...
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Cape Girardeau police report 7/19/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/19/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of possession of a controlled substance at South Minnesota and Good Hope streets...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 7/19/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/19/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Monday. n Medical assists were made at 12:56 a.m. on Perry Avenue; 9:13 a.m. on Meadow Lane; 10:45 a.m. on Independence Street; 11:18 a.m. on Broadway; 11:36 a.m. on South West End Boulevard; 1:28 p.m. on South Pacific Street; 2:23 p.m. and 3:17 p.m. on Ashland Hills Drive; 7:43 p.m. on Bellevue Street; 7:48 p.m on North Middle Street; 8:36 p.m. on South Sprigg Street; and 10:09 p.m. on North Water Street...
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Robert Gerard
(Obituary ~ 07/19/17)
Robert "Steve" Gerard, 64, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, July 18, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Jamie Lindley
(Obituary ~ 07/19/17)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Jamie L. Lindley Jamie, 34, died Monday, July 17, 2017. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Liley Funeral Home, 410 Union St. in Marble Hill. Funeral service will be at noon Saturday in the funeral chapel...
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Carl Bounds
(Obituary ~ 07/19/17)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Carl Lee Bounds, 69, of Chaffee died Saturday, July 15, 2017, at his family home. Memorial services will be from 5 to 7 p.m. July 28 at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Michelle Broyles officiating.
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Prayer 7/19/17
(Prayer ~ 07/19/17)
O Father God, we bless your name, for you are our healer and deliverer. Amen.
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Heartland Firecrackers advance to the WORLD SERIES!
(Submitted Story ~ 07/19/17)
HEARTLAND FIRECRACKERS Babe Ruth 10U Girls Softball Team advance to the World Series. The team is comprised of girls from Scott City, Chaffee, Delta, Advance, Benton and Kelso. Team Roster: Brogan Hawkins,Mackenzie Lawless, Ava LeGrand, Kayleigh Holman, Presley Holweg, Addison Carlton, Logan Schiwitz, Macy Burger, Alyssa Dirden, Lily Elders, Journey Black, Maggie Jones, Addisyn Hillemann, Reese Van Pelt, Halle Comer...
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