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Jackson Homecomers begins Tuesday; new features planned
(Local News ~ 07/25/17)
For 110 years, Jackson Homecomers has brought a carnival to uptown. This year, a few changes are in store, but old favorites are returning. Homecomers begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday and runs through 10 p.m. Saturday. Homecomers chairman Larry Koehler said the spirit of the event will remain the same, with games, vendors and rides on East Main, North High and Court streets and Barton Square...
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Up in the air: Quincy may be sticking point for flights from Cape to Chicago
(Local News ~ 07/25/17)
The Cape Girardeau City Council hopes to land air service to Chicago, but it's unclear whether the U.S. Department of Transportation will approve it. Council members voted unanimously Monday to recommend the U.S. Department of Transportation award a two-year contract to Utah-based SkyWest Airlines to provide round-trip passenger service to Chicago under the federal Essential Air Service program...
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Prominent sculpture added to roundabout near River Campus
(Local News ~ 07/25/17)
Two jagged and angled steel pieces now stand in Cape Girardeau's Fountain Street roundabout, the newest sculpture to grace the city's landscape. Parks and recreation staff, with the aid of construction equipment, on Monday slowly and carefully moved the two 14-foot-tall pieces that comprise the sculpture into place on two concrete pads...
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Arson burns 16 vacant houses in Poplar Bluff since February; $5,000 reward offered
(Local News ~ 07/25/17)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Sixteen vacant houses in Poplar Bluff have been set on fire intentionally since February. Officials said there is no pattern to the fires. They haven't been set same time of day, in the same part of town or in the same areas of the structures...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/25/17)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, July 25, the 206th day of 2017. There are 159 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 25, 1967, a full-page ad in The Times (of London) called for the legalization of marijuana, saying the law against the drug was "immoral in principle and unworkable in practice"; among the signatories were all four of the Beatles, one of whom, Paul McCartney, paid for the ad...
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TechWeek is exciting time for entrepreneurship
(Editorial ~ 07/25/17)
This week the Marquette Building is displaying its illustrious past and high-tech present and future as the hub of TechWeek, which is currently in full swing and will reach a crescendo with Techfest on Thursday. The second edition of the TechWeek, hosted by the Marquette Tech District, carries an air of optimism, excitement and vision, attributes which helped spark the renovation of the Marquette Hotel, originally opened in 1928 but stood as a condemned building at the start of the millennium...
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A week of takeaways from the news
(Column ~ 07/25/17)
What a week it has been in news and politics. So many takeaways. Let's start with the news that Sen. John McCain has been diagnosed with brain cancer. My heart goes out to the senator from Arizona, and he has my prayers. I have a bone to pick with how the media have handled the news. Never before have I seen such eulogizing of someone who was just diagnosed...
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'Hard' is no excuse
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/25/17)
I have the privilege of going in to the Cape County jail once a week to help guys see a different option in life. Our group being there encourages them; but there is little evidence of lasting change. I have never been one to stay with something that does not work. So lately, I have been asking myself, and them, "why so little evidence?" It has led to some good discussions...
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Derek Hoover
(Obituary ~ 07/25/17)
Derek Gavin Hoover, 42, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, July 22, 2017. He was born Feb. 22, 1975, in Chaffee, Missouri, to M. Wayne and Beverly Jean Wille Hoover. The family is grieving the loss of its gentle Derek, who was loved by many. He was an avid reader and lover of music and art especially. Derek was a talented artist and expressed his love of art in his many paintings, drawings and sculptures...
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Kenneth Schwab
(Obituary ~ 07/25/17)
Kenneth Schwab, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, July 23, 2017, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 21, 1931, in Cape Girardeau County to William Henry and Lucille (Randol) Schwab. He graduated from University High School and was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, serving in Korea...
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Eric Uhrhan
(Obituary ~ 07/25/17)
Eric Lee Uhrhan, 21, of Scott City passed away Sunday, July 23, 2017, in an auto accident at St. James, Missouri. He was born July 19, 1996, in Cape Girardeau to Wesley and Sharon Ressel Uhrhan. Eric graduated from Scott City High School in 2014. He was a student at Southeast Missouri State University...
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Dolly Schlue
(Obituary ~ 07/25/17)
Virginia Lee "Dolly" Schlue, at the age of 90, was called to her heavenly home Sunday, July 23, 2017. She was born April 5, 1927, the 10th of 12 children born to Harry Francis Schlue and Genevieve Elizabeth Bowman-Schlue. She was a graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School and a lifelong resident of Cape Girardeau...
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Afghan security scrutinized after suicide bomber kills 24
(International News ~ 07/25/17)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A Taliban suicide bomber killed 24 people in a early morning assault in a neighborhood where prominent politicians reside, causing residents and analysts to question the government's ability to protect Afghanistan's capital. Another 42 people were injured in the attack that took place during morning rush hour as government employees and students made their way to work and school...
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U.S. maker of panels in London fire blames the installers
(International News ~ 07/25/17)
ATLANTA -- The U.S. company that manufactured panels on a London apartment tower where at least 80 people perished in an inferno has quit selling them for high-rises because it has no control over their installation, a top company executive said Monday...
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Fed likely will focus on low inflation, leave rates alone
(National News ~ 07/25/17)
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve already has achieved one of its two mandates: With the unemployment rate at just 4.4 percent, the Fed has essentially maximized employment. It's the Fed's other goal -- price stability -- that's stayed persistently out of reach...
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Out of the past: July 25
(Out of the Past ~ 07/25/17)
Authorities have confirmed Cape Girardeau businessman Jim Dodd, 50, and Lewis Rex Pettit, 43, also of Cape Girardeau, were killed Thursday when a twin-engine plane crashed in south-central Pennsylvania. Dodd, the plane's pilot, was owner of Motorcycle Stuff Inc. in Jackson. Pettit was warehouse manager of the company...
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Pakistan: Suicide bombing in Lahore kills 26, wounds 54
(International News ~ 07/25/17)
LAHORE, Pakistan -- A suicide bomber struck near a police team in the eastern city of Lahore Monday killing at least 26 and wounding another 54, many of them police officers. An outlawed Taliban faction claimed responsibility. Senior police officer Haider Ashraf said a suicide bomber on a motorcycle targeted police guarding a demolition site at Kot Lakhpat's vegetable market on the outskirts of Lahore...
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Israel removes metal detectors from holy site entrance
(International News ~ 07/25/17)
JERUSALEM -- Israel began removing metal detectors from entrances to a major Jerusalem shrine early this morning to defuse a crisis over the site that angered the Muslim world and triggered some of the worst Israeli-Palestinian clashes in years. The Israeli security Cabinet had met for a second straight day Monday to find an alternative to the metal detectors, which were installed after a deadly Palestinian attack at the holy site...
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St. Louis police evaluates training after officer wounded
(State News ~ 07/25/17)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Police Department is looking at whether more training is necessary after an off-duty officer was wounded by "friendly fire" from a fellow officer looking for suspects. The department is forming a committee to decide how best to train officers for such encounters, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Man dead after shootout with police on I-55 near St. Louuis
(State News ~ 07/25/17)
ST. LOUIS -- A man who died after a shootout with police on a busy stretch of interstate near St. Louis was heavily armed, wearing a bulletproof vest and had threatened to kill a relative and co-workers, investigators said Monday. The incident began about 9 a.m. when several passing motorists stopped to help 31-year-old Jerrod Kershaw after he ran his vehicle off the road near Interstate 55 and Interstate 270 outside St. Louis, Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak said...
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James A. Finley, longtime AP photographer in St. Louis, dies
(State News ~ 07/25/17)
ST. LOUIS -- James A. Finley, an acclaimed photojournalist who served as a mentor to countless others during his 22 years as The Associated Press staff photographer in St. Louis, has died. He was 76. Finley died Sunday of peripheral vascular disease at his home in St. Louis. His death was confirmed by his sister, Denise Porter...
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Jordan releases security footage of shooting of 3 U.S. troops
(International News ~ 07/25/17)
AMMAN, Jordan -- Jordan's military released security camera footage Monday of a shooting in which a Jordanian soldier killed three U.S. military trainers at an air base in the kingdom. The video previously had been shown to the families of the U.S. Army Green Berets by U.S. law enforcement but had not been made public until Monday...
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Amid protests, Polish leader puts brakes on judicial shakeup
(International News ~ 07/25/17)
WARSAW, Poland -- Poland's president unexpectedly announced Monday he will veto two bills that would have curtailed the independence of the judiciary, a victory for peaceful protesters who had gathered by candlelight every night for more than a week...
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Charlie Gard parents drop legal fight, agree to let him die
(International News ~ 07/25/17)
LONDON -- The parents of Charlie Gard, whose battle to get their critically ill baby experimental treatment stirred international sympathy and controversy, dropped their legal effort Monday, saying tearfully it was time to let their son die. At an emotional court hearing, a lawyer for the baby's parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, said the couple was withdrawing a bid to have Charlie sent to the United States, where a doctor had offered to try to treat his rare genetic condition...
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Spanish islands approve booze-free, bloodless bullfights
(International News ~ 07/25/17)
MADRID -- Bullfights in Spain's Balearic Islands will be shorter, bloodless and only for adults under new regulations passed Monday that also ban alcoholic beverages in the bullring. A majority of left-wing lawmakers in the islands' regional parliament approved the so-called "Balearic-style bullfighting" bill, which also requires anti- doping tests for matadors and bulls...
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Missouri senators reconvene to consider abortion bill
(State News ~ 07/25/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri senators returned to the Capitol to debate abortion legislation but haven't yet taken action. Senators met Monday to work on a wide-ranging abortion bill that would impose new regulations on the procedure, among a number of other provisions...
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10-year-old boy dies after he is shot by brother, 13
(State News ~ 07/25/17)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis police said a 10-year-old boy who died after being shot in the head was killed accidentally by his 13-year-old brother. The shooting happened Sunday evening at the Clinton-Peabody public housing complex. The victim's name was not released. Police said the boy wasn't conscious or breathing when officers arrived and was pronounced dead...
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No Russia collusion, 'nothing to hide,' Kushner tells Senate
(National News ~ 07/25/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner answered questions from Senate investigators for hours behind closed doors Monday, acknowledging four meetings with Russians during and after Trump's victorious White House bid and insisting he had "nothing to hide."...
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Immigrants wept, pleaded for water and pounded on the truck
(National News ~ 07/25/17)
SAN ANTONIO -- The tractor-trailer was pitch-black inside, crammed with maybe 90 immigrants or more and already hot when it left the Texas border town of Laredo for the 150-mile trip north to San Antonio. It wasn't long before the passengers, sweating profusely in the rising oven-like heat, started crying and pleading for water. ...
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Sources: Trump speaks to advisers about firing Sessions
(National News ~ 07/25/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has spoken with advisers about firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions, as he continues to rage against Sessions' decision to recuse himself from all matters related to the Russia investigation. The president's anger again bubbled into public view Monday as he referred to Sessions in a tweet as "beleaguered."...
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McCain returning to Senate for health-care vote today
(National News ~ 07/25/17)
WASHINGTON -- John McCain will make a dramatic return to the Senate for a make-or-break vote on GOP health-care legislation today, days after getting diagnosed with a brain tumor. The decision by the 80-year-old senator to travel to Washington from his Arizona home was announced by his office in a brief news release late Monday...
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St. Peter's Square fountains being shut off due to drought
(International News ~ 07/25/17)
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican said it is shutting off all its fountains, including those in St. Peter's Square, because of Italy's drought. Vatican Radio on Monday said the decision is linked with Pope Francis' teachings on the environment. The pope has decried wasteful practices and praised clean drinking water as vital for people and the environment...
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Black women picking up firearms for self-defense
(National News ~ 07/25/17)
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- Sitting in a classroom above a gun range, a woman hesitantly says she isn't sure she ever could shoot and kill someone, even to protect herself. Couldn't she just aim for their leg and try to maim them? Her instructor says self-defense is not about killing someone, but instead is about eliminating a threat...
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Promising 'A Better Deal,' Democrats try to rebrand party
(National News ~ 07/25/17)
BERRYVILLE, Va. -- Promising "A Better Deal" for American workers, Democratic Party leaders rolled out a new agenda with a populist pitch Monday as they sought to bounce back from losses in November and look ahead to the 2018 midterms. They left the Beltway for small-town Berryville, Virginia, in an attempt to appeal to the working-class voters Donald Trump appealed to in November and Democrats hope to win back...
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Cape school board welcomes five administrators
(Local News ~ 07/25/17)
Of the five administrators welcomed by Cape Girardeau's school board at Monday's regular meeting, one is new, and four come from existing positions in the district. Christa Turner, deputy superintendent of elementary education, will be the coordinator of the assessment or testing program...
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Marijuana business offers weed for trash on cleanup day
(National News ~ 07/25/17)
GARDINER, Maine -- A medical-marijuana businessman is offering weed for trash in a program to encourage residents to clean up their city. Dennis Meehan, owner of Summit Medical Marijuana, offered residents who collected trash Saturday free marijuana. He said anyone who was older than 21 was offered free marijuana if he or she presented a bag of trash collected in town. Meehan said he hopes to expand what he calls "the day of service" program to the entire state...
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64 years after Korean War, North still digging up bombs
(International News ~ 07/25/17)
HAMHUNG, North Korea -- In the 10 years he has been digging up ordnance from the Korean War, Maj. Jong Il Hyon has lost five colleagues to explosions. He carries a lighter one gave him before he died. He also bears a scar on his left cheek from a bomb-disposal mission gone wrong...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 7/25/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/25/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday. n Medical assists were made at 9:48 a.m. on North Main Street; 10:07 a.m. on North Fountain Street; 12:31 p.m. on Aspen Drive; 2:08 p.m. on North Pind Wood Lane; 5:04 p.m. on South Hanover Street; 6:25 p.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 7:17 p.m. on Big Bend Road; and 7:30 p.m. on South Middle Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 7/25/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/25/17)
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 Pacific and Hackberry streets. n Courtney B. Hudson, 26, 801 Good Hope St., was charged with assault and property damage at 1625 N. Kingshighway...
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Jackson police report 7/25/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/25/17)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Kelly Oliver, 51, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of driving while revoked, unlawful use of drug paraphernalia and failure to register a motor vehicle...
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Robert Spencer Sr.
(Obituary ~ 07/25/17)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Robert Joseph Spencer Sr., 52, of Marble Hill died Friday, July 21, 2017, near Glen Allen, Missouri. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. John Catholic Church in Leopold, Missouri. Burial with military honors will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at Annapolis Cemetery in Annapolis, Missouri...
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C. Marlena Pind
(Obituary ~ 07/25/17)
C. Marlena Pind, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, July 22, 2017, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral and burial will be private.
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Donald Jones Jr.
(Obituary ~ 07/25/17)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Donald "DJ" Jones Jr., 34, of Mound City died Sunday, July 23, 2017, in Mound City. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge, Illinois. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Buddy Walls officiating. Burial will be in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens in Villa Ridge...
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Highway 91 in Scott County closed for culvert replacement
(Local News ~ 07/25/17)
Highway 91 in Scott County closed for culvert replacement Highway 91 in Scott County will be closed between U.S. 61 and County Road 411 as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform culvert replacement. A MoDOT news release says the work will be performed Wednesday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m...
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Prayer 7/25/17
(Prayer ~ 07/25/17)
Lord Jesus, we rejoice and are forever thankful, for you are our mighty Savior. Amen.
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Wreck flips Lowe's truck in Cape
(Local News ~ 07/25/17)
A Lowe’s semi truck collided with a car at the intersection of Highway 74 and Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau at 9:15 a.m. Monday.
- Sunset at Klaus Park Subdivision in Jackson (Submitted Story ~ 07/25/17)
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