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MoDOT director: Gas-tax increase would be 'quickest way' to fund roads and bridges
(Local News ~ 08/18/17)
A gas-tax increase would be the “cheapest and quickest way” to boost funding for Missouri’s roads and bridges, the state’s transportation director said Thursday. Director Patrick McKenna made that comment during a visit to Cape Girardeau. McKenna said he is “encouraged” a state legislative task force is discussing transportation needs and how to fund them. The task force of state lawmakers is expected to make recommendations to the full Legislature by Jan. 1...
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St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway art gallery resides in retired train car
(Entertainment ~ 08/18/17)
The St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway in Jackson has a hidden gem of an art gallery tucked into a train car on the track next to the depot. It's not connected to the rest of the train, which takes trips down the track through fields and past an Old West town to Gordonville...
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Missouri state lawmaker posts wish for Trump assassination
(State News ~ 08/18/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri lawmaker acknowledged Thursday she posted and later deleted a comment on Facebook about hoping for President Donald Trump's assassination, saying she was frustrated with the president's response to the white-supremacist rally and violence in Charlottesville, Virginia...
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Dog has its day: Court reunites Perryville family with pet
(Local News ~ 08/18/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- It took Jamie Patterson's dogged determination and the courts to get Mack back. Patterson's 5-year-old boxer-mastiff mix was returned to her Tuesday after a lengthy legal battle with the owners of an animal shelter that was decided by a state appeals court...
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Schools see eclipse as educational opportunity with some risk; focusing on safety
(Local News ~ 08/18/17)
Educators across the region are viewing Monday’s eclipse as an excellent educational opportunity, but not without some risk, according to district officials. The partial eclipse will begin at about 11:52 a.m. Monday and end around 2:49 p.m. with totality at 1:20 p.m. in the Cape Girardeau area...
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Cape Jaycees to host 25th annual BBQ Fest today, Saturday
(Entertainment ~ 08/18/17)
The Cape Girardeau Jaycees will host its 25th annual Cape BBQ Fest today and Saturday. Jaycees member Steve Gipson said the barbecue competition will bring in grillers from across the country to Arena Park. “We’ve had people come all the way from down south, Texas, Louisiana, stuff like that, in the past,” he said. “Right now, we have 40 teams coming in. And some of them are local, looking to compete with some of those more renowned, well-known barbecuers.”...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/18/17)
Today in History Today is Friday, Aug. 18, the 230th day of 2017. There are 135 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 18, 1587, Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents to be born in present-day America, on what is now Roanoke Island in North Carolina. (However, the Roanoke colony ended up mysteriously disappearing.)...
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The big eclipse: It's almost showtime, folks
(Column ~ 08/18/17)
You would think I could remember a solar eclipse, but for the life of me I can't remember if I've ever seen a total solar eclipse. I suppose the answer is obvious. If I had seen a total solar eclipse, I would remember it. For sure. I know I've seen at least one partial solar eclipse. It was in the 1980s. I don't remember at that time that there was so much hoopla about protecting your eyes...
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Cape welcomes Southeast students back to campus
(Editorial ~ 08/18/17)
Yesterday was move-in day at Southeast Missouri State University. The bustle that comes with university life has begun anew. The streets will become a little busier. Coffee shops and downtown businesses will see a boost. We say welcome to all the new students, and welcome back to those who are returning...
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Germans find package with 20 snake heads
(International News ~ 08/18/17)
BERLIN -- German customs officers say they have destroyed 20 rotten snake heads found in a package that had arrived from Nigeria. A spokeswoman for Munich's main customs office said Wednesday that officers discovered the snake parts when they x-rayed a 6.6-pound package last week. Marie Mueller said the customs office repeatedly has intercepted packages from western Africa with snake heads, which are sent to Germany as a delicacy...
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Turkey bones may help trace fate of ancient cliff dwellers
(National News ~ 08/18/17)
DENVER -- Researchers said they have found a new clue into the mysterious exodus of ancient cliff-dwelling people from the Mesa Verde area of Colorado more than 700 years ago: DNA from the bones of domesticated turkeys. The DNA shows the Mesa Verde people raised turkeys that had telltale similarities to turkeys kept by ancient people in the Rio Grande Valley of northern New Mexico -- and those birds became more common in New Mexico about the same time the Mesa Verde people were leaving their cliff dwellings, according to a paper published last month in the journal PLoS One.. ...
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U.S. soldier killed in battle with IS in Afghanistan
(International News ~ 08/18/17)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- An American soldier was killed, and several others were wounded in a battle with Islamic State militants in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said. The military said in a statement several Afghan forces also were wounded in the fighting Wednesday in the Achin district of the Nangarhar province, a militant stronghold...
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Tillerson, Mattis insist military options remain for N. Korea
(National News ~ 08/18/17)
WASHINGTON -- America's diplomatic and defense chiefs sought Thursday to reinforce the threat of possible U.S. military action against North Korea after President Donald Trump's top strategist essentially called the commander-in-chief's warnings a bluff...
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U.S. helping clear 'historic' amount of explosives in Mosul
(International News ~ 08/18/17)
BAGHDAD -- The wires protruding from the small, misshapen stuffed animal revealed the deadly booby-trap tucked inside. For the people of Mosul, the sophisticated bomb was a reminder of how difficult it will be to return to homes littered with hidden explosives by Islamic State militants and dotted with the remnants of undetonated bombs dropped by the U.S.-led coalition that still could blow up...
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Threat looms of more mudslides in Sierra Leone amid burials
(International News ~ 08/18/17)
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- The government has begun burying the 350 people killed earlier this week in mudslides in Sierra Leone's capital, and it warned Thursday of new danger from a large crack that has opened on a mountainside where residents were told to evacuate...
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Tech companies banishing extremists after Charlottesville
(National News ~ 08/18/17)
NEW YORK -- It took bloodshed in Charlottesville, Virginia, to get tech companies to do what civil-rights groups have been asking them to do for years: take a firmer stand against accounts used to promote hate and violence. In the wake of the deadly clash at a white-nationalist rally last weekend in Virginia, major companies such as Google, Facebook and PayPal are banishing a growing cadre of extremist groups and individuals for violating service terms...
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Why hate came to the progressive island of Charlottesville
(National News ~ 08/18/17)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The white nationalists behind last weekend's violent rally found an appealing target in the historic town where Thomas Jefferson founded a university and an outspoken, progressive mayor declared his city the "capital of the resistance" to President Donald Trump...
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Chasing eclipses across the globe is a way of life for some
(National News ~ 08/18/17)
WASHINGTON -- While Monday's total solar eclipse in the U.S. will be a once-in-a-lifetime sky show for millions, there's a small group of people who have experienced it all before, and they can't get enough of it. Glenn Schneider has seen 33. Fred Espenak has watched 28. Donald Liebenberg has logged 26. For newbie Kate Russo, it's 10 and counting...
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Van plows into Barcelona crowd; 13 dead
(International News ~ 08/18/17)
BARCELONA, Spain -- A van veered onto a sidewalk and sped down a busy pedestrian zone Thursday in Barcelona's picturesque Las Ramblas district, swerving from side to side as it mowed down tourists and residents and turned the popular European vacation spot into a bloody killing zone...
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Out of the past: Aug. 18
(Out of the Past ~ 08/18/17)
Cape Girardeau lawyer Bill Syler and Cape Girardeau County Associate Circuit Judge Ben Lewis were interviewed Friday by aides to Gov. John Ashcroft about filling a vacancy as circuit judge in the 32nd Judicial District. Syler and Lewis both sent letters to the governor asking that he consider appointing them to the post after Ashcroft appointed Division I Circuit Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. to the Missouri Supreme Court on Aug. 7...
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Jeffery Wulfers
(Obituary ~ 08/18/17)
Jeffery Mark Wulfers, 60, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, at Southeast Hospital. He was born July 16, 1957, in Cape Girardeau to Jerry and Elaine Langston Wulfers. He and Camie Amrhein were married April 22, 1978, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Scott City...
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Minnie Hughes
(Obituary ~ 08/18/17)
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Minnie Lucille Hughes, 87, of Lexington, formerly of Cairo, Illinois, died Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Cairo.
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James Dunn
(Obituary ~ 08/18/17)
JOHNSTON CITY, Ill. -- James Robert Dunn, 89, of Johnston City, formerly of Olive Branch, Illinois, passed away at 9:43 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, at the home of his granddaughter. Mr. Dunn was born March 7, 1928, at Elco, Illinois, son of the late Herschel Lee Dunn and Clara Bell Lacey Dunn...
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Jean Brown
(Obituary ~ 08/18/17)
Jean Mahan Brown, 83, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Tamms and Mounds, Illinois, died Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 2 to 3 p.m. Monday at Jones Funeral Home in Tamms...
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Linda Anderson
(Obituary ~ 08/18/17)
Linda Ruth Anderson, 71, of Jackson died Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017, at Monticello House. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The memorial service will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jim Matthews officiating...
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Jackson police report 8/18/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/18/17)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Theft n Theft was reported in the 900 block of Old Cape Road. Property damage n Property damage was reported in the area of Hubble Ford. Miscellaneous n Fraud was reported in the 100 block of West Mary Street...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 8/18/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/18/17)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Wednesday. n Medical assists were made at 5:42 a.m. on Bloomfield Street; 11:54 a.m. on South Silver Springs Road; 12:30 p.m. on Themis Street; 4:03 p.m. on Johnson Street; 4:30 p.m. on Linden Street; and 9:17 p.m. on Linden Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 8/18/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/18/17)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests n A juvenile was cited into juvenile court on suspicion of shoplifting at Nearly Perfect Shoes, 209 S. Kingshighway. n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of possession of a controlled substance at College Street and West End Boulevard...
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Area solar-eclipse events
(Entertainment ~ 08/18/17)
Hemman Winery's newest wine, Totality, will be released this weekend in honor of Monday's total solar eclipse. Beginning at 1 p.m. Friday, 25 bottles will be released to the first 25 buyers. More will be released during the rest of the weekend to the day of totality on Monday. For more information, visit www.hemmanwinery.com or call (573) 450-2685...
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#SemoSelfie 8/18/17
(Entertainment ~ 08/18/17)
#semoselfie #trex #thishappened #downtown #rivercity
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New charges in shooting of western Missouri officer
(State News ~ 08/18/17)
CLINTON, Mo. -- A man accused of providing the weapon used to kill a western Missouri police officer is facing new charges, and prosecutors also charged his wife. Henry County Prosecuting Attorney Richard Shields announced Thursday that William Noble of Clinton, Missouri, is charged with hindering prosecution, fraudulent purchase of a firearm and four counts of endangering a child. He already was charged with tampering with physical evidence...
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Trump signs bill to help vets exposed to mustard gas
(State News ~ 08/18/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- World War II veterans exposed to mustard gas by the military will find it easier to receive help under legislation President Donald Trump has signed into law. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Trump on Wednesday signed the legislation Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri pushed through Congress. It requires the Veterans Affairs Department to reconsider disability benefits denied to those who claimed the testing caused health problems...
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Remains found in northwest Missouri identified as teen's
(State News ~ 08/18/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Bones found in a rural area in the spring are those of a 17-year-old northwest Missouri girl, family members and authorities said Wednesday, bringing them closer to solving a 10-year mystery that began when the teen walked out of her high school and disappeared...
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McCaskill, possible rival Hawley meet at Missouri State Fair
(State News ~ 08/18/17)
SEDALIA, Mo. -- Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill and her potential Republican rival, Attorney General Josh Hawley, met for the first time Thursday at the Missouri State Fair and discussed a rare area of agreement: efforts to combat human trafficking...
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Best Bet: Stoogefest 9.5 to be this weekend
(Entertainment ~ 08/18/17)
Outside the Lines will perform a free show for Stoogefest 9.5 from 6 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday at Stooges Restaurant, 507 W. Main St. in Jackson. Lawn chairs and canopies are welcome. Concessions will be sold at the event, so no outside food or drinks allowed inside the gate. For more information, call (573) 204-7187.
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Artifacts 8/18/17
(Entertainment ~ 08/18/17)
Nicholas Kenney on French horn and Matt Yount on piano will perform A Horn Call, featuring works by Bozza, Messiaen, Mozart, Berge and Strauss at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Shuck Recital Hall on Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus, 518 S. Fountain St. in Cape Girardeau. Tickets are available at the River Campus box office, by phone at (573) 651-2265 or online at RiverCampus.org...
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Dog tags, possible remains of WWII soldier found on island
(National News ~ 08/18/17)
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A New York military aviation researcher got more than she bargained for on a dream trip to a battle-scarred South Pacific island -- the chance to help solve the mystery of an American soldier listed as missing in action from World War II...
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Prayer 8/18/17
(Prayer ~ 08/18/17)
Lord Jesus, we sing your praises, for you are our salvation. Amen.
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