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Adventurous climb at Cape County Park
(Local News ~ 05/22/18)
Lindyn Devenport, 6, climbs around the playground Monday at Cape County Park South's Levi's Adventure Trail in Cape Girardeau.
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Special election to fill Cape council seat could prove rubber stamp
(Local News ~ 05/22/18)
A special election in August to fill an unexpired term on the Cape Girardeau City Council could prove little more than a rubber stamp. Ryan Essex, who was chosen by the council earlier this month to temporarily fill the Ward 5 council seat, was the only candidate to have filed for the special election as of Monday. The deadline for candidates to file is 5 p.m. Tuesday...
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Penzel resigns alderman post to focus on construction company
(Local News ~ 05/22/18)
Jackson Alderman Phil Penzel resigned his position on the board Monday, to free his construction company to pursue new business opportunities, according to a city news release. Penzel, president and CEO of Penzel Construction Co. in Jackson, has been an alderman for 12 years altogether, beginning in 2001 with a hiatus to distance himself from another potential conflict of interest, he said Monday. ...
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Cape city manager: Pay raises not only item left out of fiscal 2019 spending plan; council approves body-worn cameras purchase for police
(Local News ~ 05/22/18)
Cape Girardeau city staff cut hundreds of thousands of dollars in initial funding requests for the fiscal 2019 budget, city manager Scott Meyer told the city council Monday. Meyer said the decision not to provide a 2 percent or even a 1 percent pay raise for city staff was not the only funding request cut...
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Hutson's Fine Furniture to reopen with Art Van Furniture next month
(Local News ~ 05/22/18)
Hutson’s Fine Furniture will reopen at 43 S. Main St. in Cape Girardeau next month, co-branded with Art Van Furniture, according to recent announcements. Chris Hutson, who owns Hutson’s with his brothers Dave and Jeff, said Monday he’s thrilled to be joining forces with one of the top furniture companies in the Midwest...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/22/18)
Today is Tuesday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2018. There are 223 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 22, 1968, the nuclear-powered submarine USS Scorpion, with 99 men aboard, sank in the Atlantic Ocean. (The remains of the sub were later found on the ocean floor 400 miles southwest of the Azores.)...
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Entrepreneurship program a good addition at Central High School
(Editorial ~ 05/22/18)
Our educational system cannot be all things to all people. Over the years, there have been obvious gaps in education. For instance, students were learning the quadratic equations, but not how to count back change. They were learning iambic pentameter, but not how to manage the flow of personal finances...
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Out of the past: May 22
(Out of the Past ~ 05/22/18)
Hoping to dispel rumors Cape Girardeau Central High School is a drug haven, school officials welcomed a trio of trained German shepherds to search for contraband on the campus yesterday; no drugs were found, and no arrests were made. Thousands of senior citizens dance, play bingo and enjoy the Senior Fun Fest at the Show Me Center; more than 3,000 senior citizens from all over the region attend the event, offered free every other year...
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Ruth Rauh
(Obituary ~ 05/22/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Ruth A. Rauh, 77, of Perryville died May 21, 2018 at her home. She was born Aug. 12, 1940, in Perry County, daughter of John and Elsie Ernst Chappius. She and Raymond Rauh were married Jan. 6, 1962. He survives of the home. Ruth had been a babysitter for nearly 50 years. She was a member St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. She loved her grandchildren, the St. Louis Cardinals, reading and gardening...
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Larry Triller
(Obituary ~ 05/22/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Larry J. "L.T." Triller, 53, of Perryville, died Monday, May 21, 2018, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 6:30 to 9:15 a.m. Thursday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Maurus Catholic Church in Biehle, Missouri, with the Rev. Jim French officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery...
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Derick Teague Jr.
(Obituary ~ 05/22/18)
Roderick "Derick" Eugene Teague Jr., 35, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, May 20, 2018, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Calvary United Pentecostal Church, 581 Broadridge Drive in Jackson. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the church...
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Barbara Prater
(Obituary ~ 05/22/18)
THEBES, Ill. -- Barbara Prater, 87, of Thebes died Sunday, May 20, 2018, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Randy Morgan officiating. Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery in Thebes...
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Dorian Buckley
(Obituary ~ 05/22/18)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Dorian "Pinky" Buckley, 72, of Jonesboro, formerly of Chicago, died Saturday, May 19, 2018, at Integrity Healthcare Center in Anna, Illinois. He was born Nov. 20, 1945, in Muskegon, Michigan, the son of Joseph and Doris Wilson Buckley. He and Laura Grubbe married June 5, 1971, and she preceded him in death Jan. 25, 2015...
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LaRue Brown
(Obituary ~ 05/22/18)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- F. "LaRue" Brown, 90, of Springfield, formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Thursday, May 17, 2018, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. She was born Nov. 2, 1927, in Amarillo, Texas, to the late Haskell M. and Nina Carpenter Beeler. She and James L. Brown were married in 1950 at Amarillo. He preceded her in death Oct. 21, 1988...
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U.S. Postal Service issuing scratch-and-sniff stamps
(National News ~ 05/22/18)
WASHINGTON — Letter writers soon will be able to express their sentiments in words and smells. The U.S. Postal Service announced Monday it soon will issue its first scratch-and-sniff stamps. The stamps feature illustrations of ice pops. The agency said the stamps will “add the sweet scent of summer” to letters. ...
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Officer killed in Baltimore
(National News ~ 05/22/18)
TOWSON, Md. -- Heavily armed police swarmed into a leafy suburb where a Baltimore County officer was fatally shot Monday, searching for at least one armed suspect. A witness told a local television station one of his sons saw the officer with her gun drawn, trying to pull over a Jeep, when the vehicle accelerated. Gunshots were heard and the Jeep ran over the officer, Tony Kurek told WBAL-TV...
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U.S.-China talks ignore most thorny disputes
(National News ~ 05/22/18)
WASHINGTON -- In the short run, a truce in the trade conflict between the United States and China has lightened tensions, halted the immediate threat of U.S. tariffs on China's goods and cheered stock markets. The long-run picture may not be so sunny...
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Supreme Court sides with business on arbitration issue
(National News ~ 05/22/18)
WASHINGTON -- A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday businesses can prohibit their workers from banding together in disputes over pay and conditions in the workplace, a decision affecting an estimated 25 million non-unionized employees. With the court's five conservative members in the majority, the justices held individual employees can be forced to use arbitration, not the courts, to air complaints about wages and overtime. ...
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Can the 'dealmaker' deliver on N. Korea?
(National News ~ 05/22/18)
WASHINGTON -- Weeks before his planned North Korea summit, President Donald Trump is staring down a dealmaker's worst nightmare: overpromising and under-delivering. As the Singapore meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un draws near, the president and his allies are growing increasingly anxious about how he can score a win on the world stage. ...
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FBI, Justice to 'review' classified info sought by lawmakers on Russia probe
(National News ~ 05/22/18)
WASHINGTON -- Ratcheting up pressure on the Russia investigation, the White House announced Monday top FBI and Justice Department officials have agreed to meet with congressional leaders and "review" highly classified information the lawmakers have been seeking on the handling of the probe...
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The swamp: Playing all sides for a fortune in contracts
(National News ~ 05/22/18)
WASHINGTON -- In a pursuit of money and influence beginning at President Donald Trump's inauguration, two American businessmen sought to leverage connections stretching from Persian Gulf palaces to the Oval Office into more than a billion dollars in contracts...
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U.S. demands wholesale changes in Iran policies post-nuke deal
(National News ~ 05/22/18)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration on Monday demanded Iran make wholesale changes in its military and regional policies or face "the strongest sanctions in history," as it sought to turn up heat on Tehran after President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from a landmark nuclear deal...
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8 St. Louis County police departments to obtain body cameras
(State News ~ 05/22/18)
ST. LOUIS -- Eight police departments in St. Louis County are joining forces to equip about 260 officers with body cameras. Bellefontaine Neighbors police chief Jeremy Ihler told The St. Louis Post-Dispatch the departments were awarded a $400,000 federal grant to pay for the devices. The departments are working together to help smaller departments control costs and storage prices beyond the life of the grant, he said...
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Ameren plans 400-megawatt wind farm, Missouri's largest
(State News ~ 05/22/18)
ST. LOUIS -- Ameren Missouri announced plans Monday for a 400-megawatt wind farm in rural northeast Missouri, creating enough power to serve 120,000 homes within two years. St. Louis-based Ameren said its High Prairie Wind Farm near Kirksville will be the largest in the state. Ajay Arora, vice president of power operations and energy management at Ameren Missouri, called it a significant step toward Ameren's goal of reducing carbon emissions 80 percent by 2050...
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Groups suing Missouri call for action before election
(State News ~ 05/22/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Advocacy groups suing Missouri for alleged federal voter registration law violations are asking a judge to intervene before upcoming elections. On Friday, the groups asked U.S. Western District Court Judge Brian Wimes to direct the state to change its practices before the November general election...
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Judge appoints special prosecutor to decide on Greitens case
(State News ~ 05/22/18)
ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis judge Monday appointed the prosecutor in Jackson County as the special prosecutor who will decide whether to refile an invasion-of-privacy case against Gov. Eric Greitens. St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison recused the St. ...
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'Don't be mad at Claire': McCaskill courts black voters
(State News ~ 05/22/18)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The African-American community's frustration with Sen. Claire McCaskill is real. The perception the Missouri Democrat has ignored black constituents haunts the corners of her campaign receptions in Ferguson, it looms near rallies in Kansas City, and it even sneaks into sermons from the church pulpit...
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Section of West End Blvd. to close Wednesday for repairs
(Local News ~ 05/22/18)
The southbound lane of West End Boulevard between Broadway and Bessie Street will be closed Wednesday for street repairs, according to a statement from Andrew Stone, traffic operations manager for the City of Cape Girardeau. The closure is expected to last from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., depending on the work and weather, Stone said in the statement...
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Jackson Board of Aldermen moves forward with water-main replacement, set zoning hearings
(Local News ~ 05/22/18)
The Jackson Board of Aldermen passed several measures at Monday's regular meeting, including rezoning requests and forward motion on city projects. After action Monday, work will continue on the water-main replacement project voted in back in August 2015. The third group of water-main replacement projects will be completed by Jokerst Inc. of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, whose bid of about $410,000 was accepted by the board Monday...
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Speak Out 5/22/18
(Speak Out ~ 05/22/18)
Capaha fans I hope the owners of the Cape Catfish Prospect League baseball team will consider installing overhead fans in the grandstands, like some of the other ballparks. It would certainly make watching a game more comfortable during our hot summers...
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Prayer 5/22/18
(Prayer ~ 05/22/18)
O Lord Jesus, we praise you for you are our Healer. Amen.
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Cape Girardeau police report 5/22/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/22/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Thefts n Theft was reported at Lowe's, 3440 Lowes Drive. n Theft was reported at Kohl's, 315 Shirley Drive. n Theft was reported at Macy's, 3049 William St...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 5/22/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/22/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Sunday n Medical assists were made at 12:02 a.m. on William Street, 1:37 a.m. on North Main Streeet, 10:38 a.m. on Barberry Street, 6:47 p.m. on Siemers Drive, 7:47 p.m. on North Park Avenue and 7:48 p.m. on South Hanover Street...
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Leftists gang up on Trump's 'Animals'
(Column ~ 05/22/18)
It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt. You've heard it before, and it still rings true. You're playing games, media. You're toying with people's emotions with your faux outrage over your fake news. All along, you knew good and well President Trump was not speaking about all immigrants when he used the term "animals" to describe MS-13 gang members -- and if you didn't, it's because you're too blinded by hate to see -- or hear -- clearly...
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