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Time to cool off
(Local News ~ 09/26/17)
Freddie Slaughter, sucking on a popsicle stick, helps his 3-year-old grandson, Xylen, drink from a water fountain Monday at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau. Afternoon temperatures rose to 90 degrees.
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City issues permit for Here Today retailer at old NARS building at Town Plaza
(Local News ~ 09/26/17)
A St. Louis-based home-goods retailer Here Today is poised to open a store in Cape Girardeau's Town Plaza before the end of the year, according to the company's website. The city issued a building permit earlier this month for an interior remodel of 2102 William St. in the Town Plaza subdivision. The company website lists the new location as 2106 William St., which previously housed Sears and the NARS call center...
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Ivers Square project up for funding in online contest; public votes needed
(Local News ~ 09/26/17)
Ivers Square in Cape Girardeau needs help, and Old Town Cape is asking members of the community for votes to make it happen. The Cape Girardeau City Council renamed Common Pleas Courthouse Park in June in honor of James Ivers, a former slave who served as a Union soldier in the Civil War, and his wife, Harriet...
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Scott City residents voice loud opposition to plant
(Local News ~ 09/26/17)
A special Scott City council meeting Monday night to discuss a proposed railroad-tie treatment plant ended with shouting at city hall. The standing-room-only crowd was made up almost entirely of residents opposed to the project, many of whom drew applause when they spoke against it...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/26/17)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, Sept. 26, the 269th day of 2017. There are 96 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On September 26, 1892, John Philip Sousa and his newly formed band performed publicly for the first time at the Stillman Music Hall in Plainfield, New Jersey...
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Trump tax proposal a good start
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/26/17)
As a business owner and taxpayer, I was encouraged to watch President Trump announce a plan to reform the federal corporate tax system. Missourians should be honored he chose our state to make this announcement. American businesses -- large and small -- have to pay much more in taxes than the global average. ...
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'An America Hero' to debut this week at River Campus
(Editorial ~ 09/26/17)
The production of a musical is a creative, demanding process. It involves costumes design, makeup, lighting, casting, hours of plodding practices, instruction, advice, music coordination, choreography and the list goes on and on. And that's with a script and score already in hand...
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Susan Neupert
(Obituary ~ 09/26/17)
Susan L. Neupert, 55, of Scott City passed away Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, at the home of her daughter after a courageous battle with cancer. She was surrounded by all who loved her. She was born Nov. 16, 1961, in Memphis, Tennessee, daughter of Roy C. and Anna F. Graham. She and Brian E. Neupert were married in January 1985 for 13 years...
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LaVerne Dean
(Obituary ~ 09/26/17)
LaVerne M. Dean, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 15, 1926, in St. Louis to Herbert and Elise Bauer Torbitzky. In 1945, she and Otis M. Dean Jr. were united in marriage. He preceded her in death Nov. 20, 1991...
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Paulette Gage
(Obituary ~ 09/26/17)
Neva "Paulette" Gage, 72, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Paulette was born Nov. 21, 1944, to Maudaline Randolph Cook and Paul William Cook of Cape Girardeau. Paulette was a Class of 1962 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School and went on to obtain her cosmetology license, which she used for many years. ...
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Robin Crowley
(Obituary ~ 09/26/17)
Robin Ann Jansen Crowley, age 54 years and 202 days, was called home by our heavenly Father on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, peacefully in her home outside Old Appleton. She was born March 6, 1963, in Cape Girardeau to Otto and Bonnie Menz Jansen. On Oct. 18, 2003, she married Richard Dale Crowley, who survives of the home...
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Target raising minimum hourly wage to $15 by end of 2020
(National News ~ 09/26/17)
NEW YORK -- Target Corp. is raising its minimum hourly wage for workers to $11 starting next month and to $15 by the end of 2020, a move it said will help it hire and keep the best employees and make shopping a better experience for customers. The initiative announced Monday is part of the discounter's strategy to improve its business, which includes remodeling stores, expanding its online services and opening up smaller urban locations...
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Bass Pro completes $4 billion acquisition of Cabela's
(National News ~ 09/26/17)
OMAHA, Neb. -- Bass Pro Shops' roughly $4 billion acquisition of rival outdoor retailer Cabela's is complete, but the small western Nebraska town that has been home to Cabela's still is wondering about its future. Monday's closing announcement didn't address how many of the roughly 2,000 Cabela's jobs will remain in Sidney, Nebraska...
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Treatment restores signs of awareness in brain-injured man
(National News ~ 09/26/17)
NEW YORK -- French researchers said they restored some signs of consciousness in a brain-injured man who hadn't shown any awareness in 15 years. During months of experimental treatment, his gaze could follow a moving object, and he turned his head toward people speaking to him. He also could turn his head when asked to do so, and his eyes widened when a researcher suddenly came close to his face, the researchers reported...
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Out of the past: Sept. 26
(Out of the Past ~ 09/26/17)
U.S. Sen. Kit Bond brings some good news to Cape Girardeau. Bond joins some community leaders east of the National Guard Armory to reveal the news the Guard here is safe for another year. He also criticizes Geri Rothman-Serot's proposal to slash $150 billion from the nation's defense budget. Bond says that plan would wipe out almost every Guard unit in Missouri...
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Police: Tennessee church shooting suspect sent suicidal text
(National News ~ 09/26/17)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A man charged in a mass shooting at a Tennessee church expressed suicidal thoughts in June and had a volatile relationship with a woman that twice involved law enforcement this year, according to police records. Emanuel Kidega Samson, 25, is charged with the fatal shooting of one woman and is expected to face several more charges after a rampage that left six others wounded Sunday...
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Wanted: 1 million people to study genes, habits and health
(National News ~ 09/26/17)
WASHINGTON -- In a quest to end cookie-cutter health care, U.S. researchers are getting ready to recruit more than 1 million people for an unprecedented study to learn how our genes, environments and lifestyles interact -- and to finally customize ways to prevent and treat disease...
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Concerns raised about arrests at suburban St. Louis protest
(State News ~ 09/26/17)
ST. LOUIS -- Several elected officials and faith leaders Monday called for an investigation into the way police arrested and incarcerated protesters at a suburban St. Louis mall, with many referring to the altercation as a "police riot." Police from both agencies involved in the arrests defended officers' actions, saying demonstrators got out of hand Saturday at the St. Louis Galleria in Richmond Heights, Missouri, and officers had no choice but to take some of them to the ground...
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'Rock bottom': Weiner gets 21 months for sexting
(National News ~ 09/26/17)
NEW YORK -- Anthony Weiner's sexting compulsion cost him his seat in Congress, his shot at becoming New York mayor and his marriage and may have denied Hillary Clinton the presidency. On Monday, it cost him his freedom. Weiner, 53, dropped his head into his hands and wept as a federal judge sentenced him to 21 months behind bars for illicit online contact with a 15-year-old girl, his tears flowing long after the gavel came down on a case he called his "rock bottom."...
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Coffee sold in California could carry cancer warning labels
(National News ~ 09/26/17)
LOS ANGELES -- A future cup of coffee in California could give you jitters before you take a sip. A not-for-profit group wants coffee manufacturers, distributors and retailers to post warnings about a cancer-causing chemical stewing in every brew and has been presenting evidence in a Los Angeles courtroom to make its case...
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WWII vet, 97, takes a knee in support of anthem protests
(State News ~ 09/26/17)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- On a day when NFL teams grabbed the nation's attention by coordinating demonstrations during the national anthem, a 97-year-old World War II veteran went viral with a solitary show of support for the protests. Brennan Gilmore posted a Twitter picture Sunday morning of his grandfather, John Middlemas, kneeling while wearing a veteran's cap. ...
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Violence in U.S. rises for second straight year
(National News ~ 09/26/17)
WASHINGTON -- Violent crime in America rose in 2016 for the second consecutive year, driven by an increase in killings in some major cities, but it remained near historically low levels, according to FBI data released Monday. The Trump administration seized on the figures as proof the nation is in the midst of a dangerous crime wave that warrants a return to tougher tactics such as more arrests and harsher punishments for drug criminals...
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GOP, White House eye deep cuts to corporate tax rate
(National News ~ 09/26/17)
WASHINGTON -- The White House and congressional Republicans are finalizing a tax plan that would slash the corporate rate while likely reducing the levy for the wealthiest Americans, with President Donald Trump ready to roll out the policy proposal at midweek...
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Puerto Rico is in the dark in wake of Hurricane Maria
(International News ~ 09/26/17)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Every night since Hurricane Maria hit, Miguel Martinez and his family have slept on mattresses on the porch to escape the heat inside their dark, stifling home. But it's nearly impossible to sleep with temperatures in the high 70s...
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Collins' opposition essentially kills GOP health care drive
(National News ~ 09/26/17)
WASHINGTON -- The last-gasp Republican drive to tear down President Barack Obama's health-care law essentially died Monday as Maine Sen. Susan Collins joined a small but decisive cluster of GOP senators in opposing the push. The Maine moderate said in a statement the legislation would make "devastating" cuts in the Medicaid program for poor and disabled people, drive up premiums for millions and weaken protections Obama's law gives people with pre-existing medical conditions...
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Trump's new travel ban: Third time the charm?
(National News ~ 09/26/17)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration spent months hashing out new travel restrictions on more than a half-dozen countries, determined to avoid the chaos that accompanied President Donald Trump's first travel ban. But critics said it's a mystery why some countries are included, and they believe Venezuela and North Korea were added to provide legal and political cover for what they said remains a "Muslim ban."...
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North Korea envoy says Trump tweet 'declared war'
(International News ~ 09/26/17)
UNITED NATIONS -- North Korea's top diplomat said Monday a weekend tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump was a "declaration of war," and North Korea has the right to retaliate by shooting down U.S. bombers, even in international airspace. It was the latest escalation in a week of undiplomatic exchanges between North Korea and the U.S. during the U.N. General Assembly's annual ministerial meeting...
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Searchers dig as Mexico City reopens just 1% of schools
(International News ~ 09/26/17)
MEXICO CITY -- As many as 360 buildings and homes are in danger of collapse or with major damage in Mexico City nearly a week after a magnitude-7.1 earthquake collapsed 38 structures. The risk of delayed collapse is real: The cupola of Our Lady of Angels Church, damaged and cracked by the Sept. 19 quake, split in half and crashed to the ground Sunday evening. There were no injuries...
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Southeast to renovate Cottonwood facility for international students
(Local News ~ 09/26/17)
International students at Southeast Missouri State University soon will have an improved facility, according to university officials. Cottonwood Residential Treatment Center at 1025 N. Sprigg St. in Cape Girardeau will be renovated, thanks to a $2.5 million budget approved Friday by Southeast's Board of Regents...
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Woman with frying pan helped stop forest fire
(National News ~ 09/26/17)
BEDDINGTON, Maine -- Maine forest rangers said the quick actions of a woman with a frying pan helped stop a forest fire. Rangers said Nancy Weeks used a frying pan to carry water back and forth between the flames and a nearby pond in a wooded area near Beddington. Weeks kept the fire under control until crews arrived. Officials said the fire was sparked by an unattended camp fire...
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Missouri family receives Korean War veteran's medals
(State News ~ 09/26/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A family in western Missouri has received medals for a Korean War veteran 65 years after his disappearance. The family of U.S. Army Cpl. Edward Comstock gathered Sunday in a Kansas City park to receive the medals and citations Comstock earned before he went missing in action after a firefight in the war in April 1951, The Kansas City Star reported...
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Cape Girardeau police report 9/26/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/26/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Stephanie Martin, 37, 110 S. Hanover St., was arrested at William Street and Edgewood Road on a Cape Girardeau warrant for failure to appear for improper registration...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 9/26/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/26/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday. n Medical assists were made at 5:05 a.m. on Highland Drive; 9:19 a.m. on Kenneth Drive; 10:11 a.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 1:26 p.m. on Cape Meadows Circle; and 7:54 p.m. on Themis Street...
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Kathleen Barnard
(Obituary ~ 09/26/17)
Kathleen "Kathy" Barnard, 74, of Jackson died Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Parish prayers will be at 7 p.m., with a rosary immediately following...
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Margie Strabala
(Obituary ~ 09/26/17)
Margie Maloy Strabala, 91, of Scott City, formerly of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and Parker, Colorado, died Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau...
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Stephen Kinder
(Obituary ~ 09/26/17)
MALDEN, Mo. -- Stephen Jerome Kinder, 70, of Malden, formerly of Centralia, Illinois, died Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, at his home. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Sutherland-Garnier Funeral Home in Centralia. A celebration of life service will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home...
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Gordon Schafer
(Obituary ~ 09/26/17)
Gordon J. Schafer, 28, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Revs. Jim Matthews and Mike Parry officiating. Burial will be at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...
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Leota Priest
(Obituary ~ 09/26/17)
Leota E. Priest, 94, of Jackson died Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Sunday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Memorial service will be at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Sam Roethemeyer officiating...
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Prayer 9/26/17
(Prayer ~ 09/26/17)
Lord Jesus, may our prayer be that others come to know you, our Savior. Amen.
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The U.N. speech far-left liberals wanted Trump to give
(Column ~ 09/26/17)
President Trump delivered his first address to the United Nations General Assembly last Tuesday. While it received a plethora of praise, some far-left liberals were livid. How dare the president speak so strongly, utter "America first" and specifically call out North Korea? They would rather he had delivered a milquetoast message apologizing for our past, promising evil regimes our patience and denying our nation's prowess. ...
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Do S'More with Girl Scouts! Sign Up for another year, or join for the first time!
(Submitted Story ~ 09/26/17)
Girl Scouts gives girls a supportive space to take chances, try new things, and learn to succeed-improving all aspects of their lives. Girl Scouts is the premier place to provide girls with a safe environment for trying new things and overcoming fears, making them greater challenge-seekers, more proficient students, and, eventually, more successful adults...
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