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Disability backlog tops 1 million; thousands die on waitlist
(National News ~ 09/18/17)
WASHINGTON -- More than 1 million Americans await a hearing to see whether they qualify for disability benefits from Social Security, with the average wait nearly two years -- longer than some of them will live. All have been denied benefits at least once, as most applications initially are rejected...
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Business notebook: Plaza Tire honored as 'Dealer of the Year'
(Business ~ 09/18/17)
Modern Tire Dealer's Dealer of the Year award went to two people this year. Fortunately, brothers Mark and Scott Rhodes have learned to share. The magazine chose the Rhodeses for the national honor for their work at Plaza Tire Inc., the business founded by their father, Vernon "Pee Wee" Rhodes...
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Steele finds first two months busy as new leader of Perryville Chamber
(Local News ~ 09/18/17)
Over her past two months as executive director for the Perryville Chamber of Commerce, Emily Steele has grown accustomed to the schedule -- if it could be called a schedule. "It's kind of crazy," she said of her varying day-to-day activities. "There isn't really a typical day. A lot of my day is spent planning for future events."...
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Sweet rides: More than 300 classic cars entered in River Tales show
(Local News ~ 09/18/17)
More than 300 classic cars converged Sunday on downtown Cape Girardeau for the River City Rodders' 40th annual River Tales Classic car show. Thousands of locals attended the free show to view vintage vehicles, which included Cadillac coupes from the 1940s, Chevrolet Impalas from the 1960s and Dodge Dart Demons from the 1970s...
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Planet Fitness to anchor Town Plaza shopping center
(Local News ~ 09/18/17)
Planet Fitness, a nationally known fitness center, will open in November or December at Cape Girardeau's Town Plaza, a commercial broker announced. Planet Fitness will move into the space formerly occupied by Hastings, an entertainment retail chain that closed last year after the parent company filed for bankruptcy...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/18/17)
Today in History Today is Monday, Sept. 18, the 261st day of 2017. There are 104 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On September 18, 1947, the National Security Act, which created a National Military Establishment and the position of Secretary of Defense, went into effect...
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TBY Expo: a free event for fun, friends, health
(Editorial ~ 09/18/17)
One of the perks of aging is some of the discounts that come with the process. Sometimes the deals are good, sometimes really good. That's the case with The Best Years' second annual Active Living Expo on Wednesday at the Isle Casino in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Cape County Commission agenda 9/18/17
(Local News ~ 09/18/17)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today Approval of minutes n Minutes of the Sept. 14 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on agenda Routine business...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 9/18/17
(Local News ~ 09/18/17)
Cape Girardeau City Council City hall 401 Independence St. Study session, 5 p.m. today Items for discussion n Planning and Zoning Commission report n Appearances regarding items not on the agenda n Agenda review Regular session, 7 p.m. Presentations...
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Kenneth Hopper
(Obituary ~ 09/18/17)
ORAN, Mo. -- Kenneth Billy Ray Hopper, 68, of Oran passed away Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, in Sikeston, Missouri. He was born Dec. 6, 1948, in Huntsville, Alabama, to the late George Oscar and Katie Mae Robinson Hopper. He married Shirley Jean Tinsley on Oct. 26, 1985, and she preceded him in death July 31, 2016...
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Shelby Stafford
(Obituary ~ 09/18/17)
Shelby L. "Cupcake" Stafford, 48, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Aug. 25, 1969, in Paragould, Arkansas, daughter of Jimmy D. and Karen D. Bateman Stafford...
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Central Missouri chili festival canceled because it's too popular
(State News ~ 09/18/17)
LUPUS, Mo. -- A chili festival that began as a small party in a central Missouri village is shutting down this year because it's become a victim of its own success. The Lupus Chili Fest drew more than 2,000 people to the village of 30 residents last year and similar, if not larger, crowds were expected for this year's event...
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Cape Girardeau police report 9/18/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/18/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWIs n Javon O. Rice, 25, of St. Louis was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated at North Sprigg and Olive streets. n Douglas W. Guyton, 37, 724 S. Pacific St., was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated at Clark and Dunklin avenues...
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Jackson police report 9/18/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/18/17)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. DWI n John Wheeler, 62, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and failure to drive on right half of roadway...
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Mars research crew emerges after 8 months of isolation
(National News ~ 09/18/17)
HONOLULU -- Six NASA- backed research subjects who have been cooped up in a Mars-like habitat on a remote Hawaii volcano since January emerged from isolation Sunday. They devoured fresh-picked tropical fruits, vegetables and a fluffy egg strata after eating mostly freeze-dried food during their isolation...
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Out of the past: Sept. 18
(Out of the Past ~ 09/18/17)
A grand jury will investigate drug trafficking and other drug-related crimes in Cape Girardeau, Presiding Circuit Judge A.J. Seier says. Seier says an increase in drug crimes "in certain areas of the city" has made convening a grand jury necessary. Work on three highway-intersection improvement projects, two in Cape Girardeau and one in Jackson, is nearing completion. ...
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Federal appeals ruling stalls abortion expansion in Missouri
(State News ~ 09/18/17)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A ruling a federal appeals court issued Friday appears to at least temporarily stall the expansion of abortion services in Missouri, except for a clinic in Kansas City that will begin offering abortions today. Currently, only one clinic in St. ...
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Missouri day-care provider accused setting up sham adoption
(State News ~ 09/18/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri day-care provider accused of taking a baby to Arkansas to arrange for her adoption without the knowledge of the girl's parents was charged with attempted kidnapping. Lasonya Poindexter, 30, of Joplin was charged Thursday. Her plot fell apart in July when the would-be adoptive parents, Laura and Garry Parton, became suspicious and contacted the baby's birth parents, Ashley and Christian Still, on Facebook, an affidavit stated...
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2 Louisiana slayings likely racially motivated, police say
(National News ~ 09/18/17)
BATON ROUGE, La. -- The slayings of two black men in Baton Rouge last week likely were racially motivated, police said Sunday, and a suspect -- a 23-year-old white man -- was in custody. In both shootings, the gunman fired from his car, then walked up to the victims as they were lying on the ground and fired again several times...
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New storm Maria a growing threat to Irma-slammed Caribbean
(International News ~ 09/18/17)
MEXICO CITY -- The hurricane-battered islands of the Caribbean are facing another storm threat: Forecasters said Sunday that Tropical Storm Maria likely will hit the Leeward Islands as a strengthening hurricane by tonight. Hurricane watches were in effect for many of the same islands still trying to cope with the devastation left by Hurricane Irma, including St. Martin, St. Barts and Antigua and Barbuda...
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France: Acid attack on 4 US students not seen as terror act
(International News ~ 09/18/17)
PARIS -- Four American college students were attacked with acid Sunday at a train station in France, but French authorities so far do not think extremist views motivated the 41-year-old woman who was arrested as the assailant, the local prosecutor's office and the students' school said...
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UK police arrest second man in London subway attack case
(International News ~ 09/18/17)
LONDON -- A second man has been arrested in connection with the London subway attack, the city's police said Sunday in what was the clearest indication yet authorities do not believe the person who planted the bomb acted alone. The Metropolitan Police force said a 21-year-old man was arrested shortly before midnight Saturday in the west London borough of Hounslow...
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Tillerson says closing Embassy in Cuba 'under review'
(National News ~ 09/18/17)
NEW YORK -- The Trump administration is considering closing down the recently reopened U.S. Embassy in Havana after a string of unexplained incidents harming the health of American diplomats in Cuba, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday. Tillerson's comments were the strongest indication to date the United States might mount a major diplomatic response, potentially jeopardizing the historic restart of relations between the U.S. and Cuba...
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'It' stomps 'mother!' with $60M in its second week
(Entertainment ~ 09/18/17)
NEW YORK -- The Stephen King adaption "It" continues to scare up record ticket sales, taking in an estimated $60 million in its second week and leaving just $7.5 million for Darren Aronofsky's genre-bending psychological thriller "mother!" New Line and Warner Bros.' "It" remained easily the top draw in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. ...
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Key Equifax executives departing after huge data breach
(Business ~ 09/18/17)
NEW YORK -- Equifax announced late Friday its chief information officer and chief security officer would leave the company immediately after the breach of 143 million Americans' personal information. It also presented a litany of security efforts it made after noticing suspicious network traffic in July...
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Child-care choices limited for those working outside 9-to-5
(Business ~ 09/18/17)
LAS VEGAS -- Heather Peele is like any other mom rushing to pick up her child at day care after work. Except it's 2:30 a.m., and her 6-year-old daughter has been sleeping for hours at a 24-hour child-care center near the Las Vegas airport. Parents like Peele, a casino cocktail waitress, who work outside traditional business hours often are lost in the national conversation about access to child care and early education...
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American household income finally topped 1999 peak last year
(Business ~ 09/18/17)
WASHINGTON -- In a reminder of the damage done by the recession and of the modest recovery that followed, the median American household only last year finally earned more than it did in 1999. Incomes for a typical U.S. household, adjusted for inflation, rose 3.2 percent from 2015 to 2016 to $59,039, the Census Bureau said. The median is the point at which half the households fall below and half are above...
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Protesters rally for third day; arrests made
(State News ~ 09/18/17)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis police made several arrests Sunday night as protesters broke windows and damaged property during a third night of demonstrations over the acquittal of a white former police officer charged in the shooting death of a black man...
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'Veep' and 'The Handmaid's Tale' win top Emmy Award prizes
(Entertainment ~ 09/18/17)
LOS ANGELES -- The dystopian series "The Handmaid's Tale" was crowned best TV drama on Sunday at the Emmy Awards, and the show also won best drama writing and directing, while earning Elisabeth Moss a best actress statuette and Ann Dowd a best drama supporting actress award...
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People on the move 9/18/17
(Business ~ 09/18/17)
Saint Francis Healthcare System has named Victoria Dacus patient-care manager for progressive care. She will be responsible for delivery of care, developing policies and procedures, as well as standards of care and protocols. Dacus has been with Saint Francis for 11 years in progressive care, progressing lead charge nurse and earning her RN and BSN from Southeast Missouri State University...
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Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department report 9/18/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/18/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Gregory R. Adams, 31, of Jackson was arrested on Godwin Drive on suspicion of driving while intoxicated (drug intoxication)...
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Robbery suspect's getaway car runs out of gas
(National News ~ 09/18/17)
LAPORTE, Ind. -- Authorities said a man who robbed a gas station made off with food, drinks and cigarettes. What he didn't steal was gas. A state trooper arrested Sean Harris, 33, on Wednesday after finding him stranded by the side of a two-lane highway with his vehicle out of fuel. Police said the South Bend-area man's blood-alcohol level was above the legal limit. Authorities said Harris was arrested not long after he entered the Lacrosse gas station, implied he had a gun and took the items...
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Shirley Reed
(Obituary ~ 09/18/17)
Shirley Ann Reed, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Cape County Memorial Park...
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Larry Simmerman
(Obituary ~ 09/18/17)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Larry "Frog" Simmerman, 69, of Dongola died Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at his home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Crain Funeral Home in Dongola. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Larry Jordan officiating. Interment will follow in St. John's Cemetery...
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Speak Out 9/18/17
(Speak Out ~ 09/18/17)
Some hard core, ideological conservatives who bet the farm on Donald Trump may be in for a most rude but well deserved awakening. The recently reprinted column from the Wall Street Journal (surprise, surprise) was a gushing, sycophantic paean to taxpayer-funded charter schools. ...
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Prayer 9/18/17
(Prayer ~ 09/18/17)
Lord God, thank you for blessing us. May we bless others in your glorious name. Amen.
- Business records 9/18/17 (Business Records ~ 09/18/17)
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Jump off the cliff: Ann Butler's million-dollar strategy
(Business ~ 09/18/17)
The kids were eating garbage. Before long, Ann Butler had enough. "I was just incredibly frustrated by the kids and their lack of knowledge about food," the former high school culinary arts teacher said. "I met a fifth-grader who had never tasted a strawberry."...
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Column: Making it work
(Business ~ 09/18/17)
In 1943, Albert Einstein received a letter from a young girl seeking mathematics advice. She was struggling in her studies. The physicist consoled her. "Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics," he wrote in his reply. "For I can assure you mine are still greater."...
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Young entrepreneurs add fresh ideas, unique offerings for area market
(Business ~ 09/18/17)
Coffee and a dream. One entrepreneur jokes that these are just part of what has helped paved the road on her journey building a successful business. "The hours are long, sleep is little, weekends mean work and holidays are practically non-existent," says Shannon Duggan, a 25-year-old professional photographer...
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A sign of things to come
(Business ~ 09/18/17)
On the last day of August, Michele Arteme's studio smelled of sawdust. A week out from its scheduled opening, her do-it-yourself crafting space, Board & Brush, at 20 N. Main St. was coming together. "The furniture is built," she said, surveying the room. "They're still building the bar."...
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Local business owners encourage finding focus and passion in entrepreneurial endeavors
(Business ~ 09/18/17)
Around the same time, Laurie Everett and Danea Johnson stepped out and took a chance, hearkening the call to be their own boss and do it their way as business owners. Everett bought an existing antique shop on Broadway in Cape Girardeau, fittingly called Annie Laurie's in 2005, while Johnson opened the doors to Concepts Styling Salon in a quiet strip of businesses on West Drive in Cape Girardeau in 2006...
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SEMO Dist. Fair Big Winners
(Submitted Story ~ 09/18/17)
This being my 5th year participating in the SEMO District Fair was by far the most awesome, rewarding and special event as our 8 year old Grandson Oliver Hust participated for the first time in the Youth Division for Crafts and Photography! Oliver was awarded ribbons on all 6 of his entries😊. ...
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River Tales Classic Car Show
(Submitted Story ~ 09/18/17)
Jonathon Randolph is proud of the trophy he and his dad won at the car show on Sunday. They got 3rd place for their 1968 Ford Galaxie
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Kids Saving the Mississippi
(Submitted Story ~ 09/18/17)
A group of 7th and 8th grade students from Cape Girardeau’s own Central Junior High School have decided to participate in the Lexus Eco Challenge. Cade McNeely, Matthew Concho, Cassie Schmidt, Madison Morris, and Lucy Cook have come together to raise awareness of the issues in our beloved river, the Mississippi, and the endangered species within it. ...
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CMS Roaring Recyclers
(Submitted Story ~ 09/18/17)
The Roaring Recyclers (6th grade group 1) in the Central Middle School is working with the Lexus Eco Challenge to change Cape Girardeau in a positive way. We are trying to get more people in Cape Girardeau to recycle regularly. Our original plan was to get recycling bins in three major parks but after contacting the Solid Waste Management we came to realise that the public would need more education before recycling bins could be added to the parks. ...
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