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Longtime prosecutor Larry Ferrell to retire at year's end
(Local News ~ 12/23/17)
Longtime prosecutor Larry Ferrell plans to retire at year's end, concluding a more than three-decade career prosecuting thousands of cases and many of the area's worst criminals. Ferrell prosecuted cases for Cape Girardeau County for six years in the 1980s, the last four as prosecuting attorney...
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Officials thrilled with SportsPlex tourneys, tourism so far
(Local News ~ 12/23/17)
Cape Girardeau city officials view the new SportsPlex as a winner, already attracting athletes and families from as far away as Michigan and Texas. Heather Davis, who supervises the facility, said the SportsPlex has generated about $170,000 in revenue since opening in May...
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Hutson's Fine Furniture closing its doors for good
(Local News ~ 12/23/17)
Hutson's Fine Furniture and Mattress, a downtown stalwart for 72 years, will be closing its doors for good, the store announced in letters sent to customers Friday. Dave Hutson and Chris Hutson were coy about future plans when reached by phone Friday afternoon, but both men confirmed the store is closing...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/23/17)
Today is Saturday, Dec. 23, the 357th day of 2017. There are eight days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 23, 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson, on his way home from a visit to Australia and Southeast Asia, held an unprecedented meeting with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican; during the two-hour conference, Johnson asked the pope for help in bringing a peaceful end to the Vietnam War...
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Out of the past: Dec. 23
(Out of the Past ~ 12/23/17)
Salvation Army Capt. Elmer Trapp says he is optimistic that last-minute donations will allow the Tree of Lights Campaign to reach its $105,000 goal; the campaign is at $85,000. THEBES, Ill. -- The Coast Guard says swift currents and high water on the Mississippi River at the Thebes railroad bridge may have contributed to a barge of the towboat Jack Bullard striking a bridge pier Saturday morning; one barge loaded with corn sank in 60 feet of water, about 1,000 feet downstream from the bridge; authorities say salvage operations to remove the sunken barge won't begin until the river drops back to normal levels.. ...
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Adopt Clark 12-24-17
(Community ~ 12/23/17)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary Clark is a sweet 8-year-old male kitty. He is declawed and needs a loving home. He is available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.
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Christmas tree for the birds
(Community ~ 12/23/17)
The eastern red cedar is an evergreen tree native to Southeast Missouri and much of the eastern half of the United States. This tree can grow to over 50 feet tall. Decades ago a small eastern red cedar was the Christmas tree of choice in many homes in rural Southeast Missouri...
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For a good Claus
(Community ~ 12/23/17)
Twenty six Santa Clauses came to town on Thursday night. They delivered toys, smiles and happiness to 300 families and more than 1,000 children in the city of Cape Girardeau as part of the Cape Jaycee's Toybox Campaign. They are regular people with everyday lives, but for one night a year, these 26 volunteers get to be every kid's favorite house guest...
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Senior Center Menus for Dec. 25 through Dec. 19
(Community ~ 12/23/17)
Monday and Tuesday: Closed for Christmas. Wednesday: Rotisserie chicken or meatballs with gravy, baby baker potatoes, zucchini and tomatoes, whole-grain hot roll, and spiced peaches or iced spice cake. Thursday: Glazed ham or chicken cordon bleu, sweet potatoes, green beans, whole-grain hot roll and sugar-free apple crisp or carrot cake...
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Learning briefs 12-24-17
(Community ~ 12/23/17)
Early Prevention Impacts Community (EPIC) hosted its annual awards luncheon Tuesday at the Cape Girardeau Public Library in the Hirsch Room, according to an EPIC news release. EPIC, a not-for-profit organization formed in 2000 to address youth substance abuse in the community, has a mission to join community agencies, organizations and businesses in a common effort to build a healthy and safe community, reducing the risks of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs while promoting the healthy attitudes and behaviors of youth in Southeast Missouri.. ...
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Songs tell the story of our Savior
(Column ~ 12/23/17)
By Mark Hopkins Several years back I spent most of December in India visiting several cities. It was Dec. 22 and I was on a plane moving down the taxiway headed for home when I became aware the wonderful Christmas carol "Hark, the Herald Angeles Sing" was playing on the intercom. It had been a year since I had heard Christmas music, and I had not been thinking about Christmas at all since the normal decorations of the season are not found in most parts of India...
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Remembering Christmases of old
(Column ~ 12/23/17)
Christmas is a neat time of the year. There are the gifts and the festivities, which I think are pretty neat. There are the traditional meals like ham, sweet potatoes, cranberries and such. I think this year we are having kettle beef; a little different, but sounds good. There is the caroling, church services and hay rides. There are the decorations -- inside and outside. Usually the parks in most towns are decorated. It's a pretty time of the year...
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FYI 12/23/17
(Community ~ 12/23/17)
Christmas midnight Mass with a music program will begin at 11:30 p.m. Sunday at the sanctuary, 1805 W. Saint Joseph St. in Perryville, Missouri. It is the only Christmas Mass at the Shrine. More information at amm.org. Jackson First Baptist, 212 S. High Street in Jackson, will have a Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 5 p.m. Sunday. Special musical guest will be Judah Akers, lead singer of the band Judah and the Lion. Everyone is invited...
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Generosity 12-24-17
(Community ~ 12/23/17)
In Cape Girardeau, volunteers from the Southeast Missouri Area Team collected a record-breaking 17,150 gift-filled shoeboxes that will remind children around the world they are loved and not forgotten. The Samaritan's Purse project, Operation Christmas Child, surpassed last year's Southeast Missouri Area Team donations of shoebox gifts. ...
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Karleskint -- Brown
(Wedding ~ 12/23/17)
Kaitlyn D. Karleskint and Matthew J. Brown were married Aug. 12, 2017, at the Chatillon-Demenil Mansion in St. Louis. The Rev. Nancy Gillard, friend of the couple, officiated the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Karl and Patti Karleskint of Jackson. The groom is the son of Kevin and Connie Brown of Jackson...
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Club News 12-24-17
(Community News ~ 12/23/17)
The Oak Ridge Homemakers FCE met on Nov. 14 at the Elks Lodge in Jackson. The meeting was preceded by a potluck Thanksgiving dinner. Jean Rehak, president, called the regular meeting to order at 12:30 p.m. Marilyn Retherford gave the devotion taken from the Bible on praising God in our daily lives. ...
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Egypt reopens ancient library in Sinai after renovations
(Community ~ 12/23/17)
ST. CATHERINE'S, Egypt -- Egypt reopened on Saturday an ancient library that holds thousands of centuries-old religious and historical manuscripts at the famed St. Catherine Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in South Sinai. The inauguration ceremony, attended by Egyptian and western officials, comes after three years of restoration work on the eastern side of the library that houses the world's second-largest collection of early codices and manuscripts, outnumbered only by the Vatican Library, according to Monk Damyanos, the monastery's archbishop.. ...
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Last-minute shopping, donations before arrival of Christmas Day
(Column ~ 12/23/17)
Happy birthday to Darla Chapman, Tracy Kinder Whitaker, Sara Atkins, Callie Perry, Steven Reams, Rebecca Crippen, Mike Eby, David Kirchdoerfer, Cathy Imhoff, Ladonna Bollinger, Pam Schultz, Theresa Cochran, Shirley Griffin, Michelle Holder, Stan Shields, Jerry Nunnally, Leslie Acey, Theresa Pepple, Wendy Harrelman, Jeanette Spies, Dylan Pobst, Tracy Kirchdoerfer, Thelma Stone, Butch Dumey, Mike Sadler, Gary Gilmer, Suzanne Reischman and Richard Britain...
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The perfect gift
(Column ~ 12/23/17)
Christmas is Monday. Gifts are under the tree, or at least hidden in the closet waiting to be wrapped. I do hope I can remember where I put everything. I've observed that there are several types of gift givers. First, there are the slow gift-givers who wait until the last moment to buy their presents. ...
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Making your Christmas a joyful one
(Column ~ 12/23/17)
Love and Christmas go together! Wonder why? There are lots of reasons, why, but perhaps you feel like the holiday season, so filled with glitter and over-celebration is anything but loving. The truth is, the perspective and aim you maintain determines whether it's joyful, or stressful and depressing...
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Love came down at Christmas
(Column ~ 12/23/17)
When I was a kid, my brother and I would fight a lot. They would begin verbally, but we generally would end up on the floor tussling and trying to hit one another. If my father caught us in the midst of one of these brouhahas, he would pull us apart and say, "Hey. You're brothers. Act like it." Dad never had to define for us what it meant to be a brother; we just knew we weren't acting like brothers...
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Readers share Christmas delicacies
(Column ~ 12/23/17)
To finish Christmas recipe columns, I have a variety of for you today. Each of these recipes have been given to me over the past couple of weeks, and I just had to pass them along to you. There is no theme, just a little of this and that as we wind down this year of Recipe Swap...
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RIGHT AT HOME
(Community ~ 12/23/17)
While it seems like white, gray and other cool neutrals have taken over many shelter magazines and blogs in the past few seasons, there's starting to be little rise in temperature. Here and there, dollops of hothouse pink, sultry red and sunset orange are showing up in decorative accessories, rugs and upholstery...
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Prayer 12-24-17
(Prayer ~ 12/23/17)
Father God, we celebrate the birth of Jesus, our Messiah and King of kings. Amen.
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Speak Out 12-24-17
(Speak Out ~ 12/23/17)
Well I guess our lady senator has done it again. She voted against Missouri in order to please Pelosi and Schumer. I thought we elected people to represent us. I can't understand why people have to let someone else tell when to jump. Real wages for workers haven't risen for decades. ...
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The story of Christmas: A Savior is born
(Editorial ~ 12/23/17)
Editor's note: The following is our annual Christmas Day editorial It is a simple story, but the birth in a stable some 2,000 years ago changed the world. On this Christmas Day, as is tradition in the Southeast Missourian, the story is told again from the Holy Bible (the Gospel according to St. Luke, Chapter 2):...
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Cape, Jackson announce holiday trash schedules
(Local News ~ 12/23/17)
Cape Girardeau and Jackson will collect Christmas trees after the holiday, and they will change the schedule for trash collection because of the holiday. In Jackson, trees will be accepted at the Recycling Center, 508 Eastview Court. Tinsel, garland, lights and ornaments should be removed...
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Student Santas, Stooges Restaurant will give out good cheer on Christmas
(Local News ~ 12/23/17)
Christmas is a time of giving and celebration, but can be a painful reminder of need. Efforts by one restaurant and one organization aim to help bridge the gap for families in need or for those who simply want to celebrate the holiday with others. Student Santas is holding its third annual free dinner Christmas Day. ...
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Boats made by kids save Washington Christmas river crossing
(National News ~ 12/23/17)
WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. -- George Washington and his troops' annual Christmas Day trip across the Delaware River has been saved by boats made by children. Organizers had feared the crossing would have to be canceled because low water levels in the river between Pennsylvania and New Jersey would have made it impossible for re-enactors to navigate their wooden Durham boats...
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Out of the past: Dec. 24
(Out of the Past ~ 12/23/17)
Missouri Gov.-elect Mel Carnahan spoke to the news media yesterday at the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport during his first visit to Cape Girardeau since winning the election Nov. 3; in announcing the filling of four more staff positions, Carnahan made it clear he is focused on assembling the best team possible to work in his administration...
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Hallie Pourney
(Obituary ~ 12/23/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Hallie Marie Pourney, 94, of Perryville died Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, at her home. She was born April 28, 1923, in Perryville, daughter of Fred W. and Edna M. Klobe Boxdorfer. She and Ray F. "Dutch" Pourney were married Oct. 19, 1946. He preceded her in death March 21, 2004...
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Jimmie Kincy
(Obituary ~ 12/23/17)
Jimmie C. Kincy, 63, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Dec, 21, 2017, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 22, 1954, in Dexter, Missouri, to Aldon and Lenora Cato Kincy. He and Rose Mary Drum were married Nov. 3, 1996, at First General Baptist Church (now Connection Point Church) in Jackson...
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Patrick Burford
(Obituary ~ 12/23/17)
Patrick Dean Burford, 53 of Scott City died Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, at his home. He was born Nov. 15, 1964, in Cape Girardeau to Larry Dean and Lorene Ervin Burford. He married Tammy Davis on Aug. 19, 1988. He was a plant supervisor for Thompson Culvert...
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Jeanette Berdahl
(Obituary ~ 12/23/17)
Jeanette Berdahl, 87, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of New Castle, Wyoming, died Thursday, Dec, 21, 2017, at Heartland Care and Rehab. There will be no local services. Final resting place will be in Sturgis, North Dakota. Ford and Sons Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 12/24/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/23/17)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Wednesday n Medical assists were made at 3:18 a.m. on South Hanover Street; 9:10 a.m. on Normal Avenue; 11:37 a.m. on North Frederick Street; 1:56 p.m. on Broadway; 6:12 p.m. on Linden Street; 9:41 p.m. on Hopper Road; and 10:51 p.m. on North Frederick Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 12/24/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/23/17)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Cole A Windler, 35, of 1221 Bloomfield St., was charged with suspicion of driving while intoxicated at South Pacific and Bloomfield streets...
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Birth 12/24/17
(Births ~ 12/23/17)
Daughter to Alex Wayne and Ariana Rae Voorhes of Perryville, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 12:51 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017. Name, Kimberlyn Rae. Weight, 6 pounds, 12 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Voorhes is the former Ariana McClellan, daughter of Douglas and Tammy McClellan of Mattoon, Illinois. Voorhes is the son of Wayne and Jennifer Voorhes of Cape Girardeau. He is a technician with Tag Truck Center...
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Man acquitted of murder after 8 years behind bars sues
(State News ~ 12/23/17)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A Missouri man acquitted of murder after eight years behind bars has filed a federal lawsuit alleging he was wrongfully convicted of killing his wife's grandmother. Michael Amick and his wife, Sara, a teacher, sued earlier this month, one year after winning his freedom. It accused southern Missouri officials of making false reports, fabricating evidence and failing to interview witnesses, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Missouri prison worker wins $1.5M in discrimination lawsuit
(State News ~ 12/23/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A jury has awarded almost $1.5 million to a white prison employee in Kansas City who filed a racial-discrimination lawsuit against the Missouri Department of Corrections. Richard Dixson sued the agency last year saying he was subjected to racial discrimination and a hostile work environment at the Kansas City Re-Entry Center, a minimum-security prison. Dixson said he was removed from a position in the facility and replaced with employees he contends are unqualified...
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Missouri health-care enrollment nearly doubles in last week
(State News ~ 12/23/17)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- More than 110,000 residents in Missouri enrolled in health insurance under the federal health-care law between Dec. 10 and 15, putting the final number of those enrolled over last year's. The Columbia Missourian previously reported Missouri was falling behind last year's numbers, with initial figures suggesting enrollment decreased by almost half. Those numbers didn't include data for the final week of open enrollment...
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Kansas City entertainment district to start weapon screening
(State News ~ 12/23/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City's Westport bar and entertainment district has received permission to screen for weapons in an effort to reduce gun violence. The city council voted 8-5 Thursday in favor of a pair of ordinances that would allow the city to relinquish its ownership of sidewalks along the district's main corridors to the Westport Community Improvement District. ...
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Expanded child tax credit may not be as generous as it seems
(National News ~ 12/23/17)
The expansion of a child tax credit helped seal Congress' approval of the Republican tax overhaul. Sen. Marco Rubio had insisted House-Senate negotiators allow low-income households to claim more of the child credit. And the final bill did so. So do poor families stand to benefit? Maybe. It depends on their circumstances...
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Most of those enrolled in 'Obamacare' are in Trump states
(National News ~ 12/23/17)
WASHINGTON -- An Associated Press analysis finds Americans in states President Donald Trump carried in last year's election account for most of those who signed up under the Obama health-care law. The analysis of new figures from the government found 7.3 million of the 8.8 million people signed up so far for next year come from states Trump won...
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Video: Train crew not using electronic devices before crash
(National News ~ 12/23/17)
SEATTLE -- Video from the cab of the Amtrak train that hurtled off the tracks in Washington state, killing three people and injuring dozens, shows the engineer did not appear to be using a cellphone or any other personal electronic device just before the derailment, federal investigators said Friday...
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Russian hackers hunted journalists in years-long campaign
(International News ~ 12/23/17)
PARIS -- Russian television anchor Pavel Lobkov was in the studio getting ready for his show when jarring news flashed across his phone: Some of his most intimate messages had just been published to the web. Days earlier, the veteran journalist had come out live on air as HIV-positive, a taboo-breaking revelation that drew responses from hundreds of Russians fighting their lonely struggles with the virus. Now he'd been hacked...
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U.N. Security Council imposes new sanctions on North Korea
(International News ~ 12/23/17)
UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions against North Korea on Friday in response to its latest launch of a ballistic missile Pyongyang says is capable of reaching anywhere on the U.S. mainland. The resolution adopted by the council includes lower limits on North Korea's refined oil imports, the return home of all North Koreans working overseas within 24 months and a crackdown on ships smuggling banned items, including coal and oil, to and from the country.. ...
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Dutoit out at 7 symphonies amid sexual assault accusations
(National News ~ 12/23/17)
SAN FRANCISCO -- The stellar career of world-renowned conductor Charles Dutoit has come crashing down in the wake of sexual-assault accusations by three singers and a musician. Symphonies from Boston to Sydney have severed ties with the maestro, and he has canceled guest appearances with other major orchestras...
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Poll: Most say sex misconduct victims are underprotected
(National News ~ 12/23/17)
WASHINGTON -- Most Americans say sexual misconduct is a major problem and too little is being done to protect victims, according to a new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. But some -- particularly Republican men -- are concerned about the rights of the accused...
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Tribe will move from shrinking island to farm in Louisiana
(National News ~ 12/23/17)
NEW ORLEANS -- Louisiana officials have chosen a sugar cane farm as the next home for residents of a tiny, shrinking island -- a move funded with a 2016 federal grant awarded to help relocate communities fleeing the effects of climate change. Dozens of Isle de Jean Charles residents will be relocated about 40 miles to the northwest, in Terrebonne Parish...
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Trump signs tax cut in 'rush job' signing event
(National News ~ 12/23/17)
WASHINGTON -- In the end, Donald Trump's top achievement as president -- a $1.5 trillion tax overhaul -- was finalized in a "rush job" of an affair. And that was OK with him. None of the members of Congress who pushed through the biggest tax overhaul in 30 years were in the Oval Office on Friday as Trump signed the measure into law. ...
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