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Homeowner wants Cape city's help with flooding problem; city says it is developer's responsibility
(Local News ~ 06/26/18)
Heavy rains flooded Mike Jones’ basement and dumped a thick layer of mud on his street and sidewalk. Jones said Monday the recent storm dumped 4 feet of water on his street. Jones said his house and others on Copperfield Court have dealt with repeated flooding ever since a contractor installed a drainage pipe and filled in a ditch in a low-lying area in the subdivision. The ditch drains into a nearby lake, he said...
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Cape business lays off 4 in response to tariff-affected Poplar Bluff nail company
(Local News ~ 06/26/18)
SEMO Box Co. in Cape Girardeau will lay off four workers in response to reduced business from Poplar Bluff, Missouri, nail manufacturer Mid Continent Nail Corp., co-owner Tim Powderly said Monday. In an emailed statement, Powderly said the four jobs are temporary positions, and are being cut because of the Poplar Bluff plant slowdown. ...
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Cape to end recycling of plastic bags due to decision in China
(Local News ~ 06/26/18)
The City of Cape Girardeau will no longer accept plastic shopping and garbage bags and newspaper sleeves, assistant public works director Stan Polivick said Monday. Polivick said there is no longer a market for such thin plastic materials. “The overall, worldwide market for recyclables has changed dramatically,” he said...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/26/18)
Today is Tuesday, June 26, the 177th day of 2018. There are 188 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 26, 1948, the Berlin Airlift began in earnest after the Soviet Union cut off land and water routes to the isolated western sector of Berlin...
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Be safe with warmer temperatures on the way
(Editorial ~ 06/26/18)
The first major heat wave stifled the region last week, and after a bit of a respite late last week and into the weekend, temperatures are forecast to rise into the mid to upper 90s soon. This makes for dangerous conditions, so if you work outdoors or have children playing in ball tournaments, please be careful. ...
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Winning arguments, losing humanity
(Column ~ 06/26/18)
Some folks love winning their arguments even if it means losing their humanity. The need to win at all costs is not confined to a particular arena, such as sports; its rampancy in politics, therefore, should surprise no one. Immigration has long been a source of conversation and was ramped up on June 16, 2015, when Donald Trump announced his candidacy and immediately caused furor with his comments about illegal immigrants -- comments that have been taken out of context ever since. ...
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World Food Prize goes to an economist and a doctor
(Community ~ 06/26/18)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- The World Food Prize will be awarded this year to two men who have dedicated their careers to improving the availability of nutritious food for pregnant women and children in an effort to reduce the effects of malnutrition in developing countries...
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Park system celebrates 150 years with pink-flamingo record
(National News ~ 06/26/18)
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Parks officials in Buffalo are tickled pink over claiming a new world record for having the longest line of garden flamingos. A Guinness World Records official was on hand Thursday to certify the record — 1,500 pink flamingos — which were set up to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Buffalo’s Olmsted Parks system. ...
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Steel pipe company CEOs push for waivers from Trump's tariff
(National News ~ 06/26/18)
BAYTOWN, Texas -- Joel Johnson examines the shipping labels on 35-ton coils of American-made steel to be unspooled, bent and welded into rounded sections of pipe. One's from Nucor, a mill in Arkansas. Another's from Steel Dynamics in Mississippi. But much harder to spot in the sprawling factory yard is the imported steel putting his company in the crosshairs of President Donald Trump's bitter trade dispute with America's allies and adversaries...
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Big spenders: S&P 500 stock buybacks set record in 1st quarter
(National News ~ 06/26/18)
NEW YORK -- Flush with savings from lower tax bills and profits from a growing economy, big U.S. companies are spending a record amount buying back their own stock. Stock repurchases hit $189.1 billion in the first quarter for the S&P 500, according to preliminary results from S&P Dow Jones Indices, topping the prior record of $171.9 billion set during the summer of 2007, just before the Great Recession struck...
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Out of the past: June 26
(Out of the Past ~ 06/26/18)
Cape Girardeau city officials are hoping a $1.1 million renovated terminal building at the municipal airport will be a catalyst for increased boardings and, eventually, airline service to additional cities; representatives of Trans World Express, the airport's commercial airline, met with travel agents and city officials Thursday to tour the new terminal facility and discuss the future of the airport...
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Authorities drop 'zero tolerance' for immigrant families at border
(National News ~ 06/26/18)
RENO, Nevada -- The nation's top border enforcement official acknowledged Monday authorities have abandoned, for now, the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy toward immigrant families after the president ordered an end to the separation of parents and children who cross the southern border...
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Question for Mueller probe: How much to make public?
(National News ~ 06/26/18)
WASHINGTON -- America has waited a year to hear what special counsel Robert Mueller concludes about the 2016 election, meddling by the Russians and -- most of all -- what Donald Trump did or didn't do. But how much the nation will learn about Mueller's findings is very much an open question...
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Medical milestone: U.S. OKs marijuana-based seizure drug
(National News ~ 06/26/18)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. health regulators Monday approved the first prescription drug made from marijuana, a milestone perhaps spurring more research into a drug still illegal under federal law, despite growing legalization for recreational and medical use...
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Mourners: Black teen killed by police more than a hashtag
(National News ~ 06/26/18)
SWISSVALE, Pa. -- Classmates, teachers, family and neighbors of Antwon Rose Jr. described him Monday as a caring and charismatic young man who deserves to be remembered as more than just the latest hashtag given unarmed black men killed by police. The funeral for Rose, 17, was held in a school auditorium six days after he was fatally shot by a police officer as he fled a traffic stop in a town near Pittsburgh. He would have been a senior...
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In sign of detente, N. Korea skips annual anti-US rally
(International News ~ 06/26/18)
PYONGYANG, North Korea -- In another sign of detente following the summit between leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, North Korea has decided to skip one of the most symbolic and politically charged events of its calendar: the annual "anti-U.S. imperialism" rally marking the start of the Korean War...
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4 charged with defrauding insurers of more than $200M
(National News ~ 06/26/18)
JACKSON, Miss. -- Four Mississippi residents are accused of defrauding insurers of more than $200 million, the latest indictments in a still-unfolding investigation into pharmacies prosecutors say bribed health-care providers to prescribe handcrafted high-dollar medications that were in many cases unnecessary...
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Pharmacist denies woman miscarriage drug on moral grounds
(National News ~ 06/26/18)
PEORIA, Ariz. -- The Arizona State Board of Pharmacy will investigate the complaint of a woman who says a Walgreens pharmacist refused to give her medication necessary to end her pregnancy after her baby stopped developing. The woman, who the Arizona Republic identified as Nicole Arteaga, described in a viral Facebook post how she was publicly humiliated when attempting to fill the prescription to end her pregnancy -- a pregnancy she wanted, but needed to terminate because she would ultimately miscarry. ...
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Harley-Davidson, stung by tariffs, shifts some production overseas
(National News ~ 06/26/18)
MILWAUKEE -- Production of Harley-Davidson motorcycles sold in Europe will move from U.S. factories to facilities overseas, the Milwaukee-based company announced Monday, a consequence of the retaliatory tariffs the EU is imposing on American exports in an escalating trade war with President Donald Trump's administration...
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Colleague cracks Sen. McCaskill's rib with Heimlich maneuver
(State News ~ 06/26/18)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin has cracked a rib of U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill while performing the Heimlich maneuver on the fellow Democrat when she began choking. A spokesman for Manchin told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that McCaskill began choking during a luncheon for Senate Democrats on Thursday. Manchin, from West Virginia, used the Heimlich maneuver to dislodge the blockage in McCaskill's throat, but he cracked a rib in the process...
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Ex-state official Kander announces run for Kansas City mayor
(State News ~ 06/26/18)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A former Missouri secretary of state who garnered national attention during an unsuccessful bid for U.S. Senate announced Monday he's running for Kansas City mayor. "I'm running for mayor because I want to make sure no matter where you live in the city or how you grew up, you have a chance to build a successful life right here," Jason Kander said in a statement...
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Missouri continues survey of untested rape kits
(State News ~ 06/26/18)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The almost 4,890 Missouri rape kits sitting in police evidence lockers or hospital storage likely represent only a fraction of the untested evidence across the state, according to the Missouri Attorney General's Office. Fewer than half of the law enforcement agencies surveyed about their untested rape kits responded by the time preliminary results were released last month, the Springfield News-Leader reported. ...
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Leader of House review of Greitens to file ethics complaint
(State News ~ 06/26/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The chairman of a Missouri House committee investigating former Gov. Eric Greitens said Monday the lawmakers no longer have the authority to act now that Greitens has resigned, but the lawmaker pledged to file an ethics complaint in hopes of continuing a review...
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Lavanda White
(Obituary ~ 06/26/18)
Lavanda C. White, 89, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, June 23, 2018, at Chateau Girardeau. He was born June 23, 1929, near Rector, Arkansas, to the late Chester and Vivian Benson White. He and Elizabeth Ann Abernethy were married March 2, 1951, in Caruthersville, Missouri...
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Mary Stovall
(Obituary ~ 06/26/18)
Mary Eileen "Cricket" Stovall, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, June 24, 2018. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral hone, with the Rev. Christopher Tyler officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau...
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Myrtle Duvall
(Obituary ~ 06/26/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Myrtle Marie Duvall, 93, of Perryville died Sunday, June 24, 2018, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 6:30 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, with the Rev. Rich Wehrmeyer officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope cemetery...
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Enzo Chambers
(Obituary ~ 06/26/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Enzo C. Chambers, 5 months old, of Perryville died Sunday, June 24, 2018, at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. Funeral service will follow at the funeral home at 6 p.m. Thursday, with the Rev. Stephen Rentfro officiating...
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Mary Katherine Busse
(Obituary ~ 06/26/18)
Mary Katherine Busse, 73, of Jackson died Monday, June 25, 2018, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 5:45 p.m. Thursday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The St. Ann's Sodality will lead a rosary at 5:45 p.m. Thursday, immediately followed by military honors...
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Mike Armstrong
(Obituary ~ 06/26/18)
ST. MARY, Mo. -- Mike Armstrong, 68, of St. Mary died Saturday, June 23, 2018, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Services will be private at a later date. Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri, provided the arrangements...
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Flora Allstun
(Obituary ~ 06/26/18)
Flora Fay Allstun, 74, of Jackson, formerly of East Prairie, Missouri, passed away Monday, June 25, 2018, at her home. She was born June 14, 1944, in Santo, Texas, daughter of Robert and Flora Williams Steen. She and Ronnie Allstun were married Feb. 27, 1965, in Mineral Wells, Texas. They were married 47 years, when he passed away Jan. 23, 2013...
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Prayer 6/26/18
(Prayer ~ 06/26/18)
O Lord Jesus, may our words glorify you and encourage others. Amen.
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Cape Girardeau fire report 6/26/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/26/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Sunday n Medical assists were made at 3:40 a.m. on William Street, 1:44 p.m. on Maria Louise Lane, 1:50 p.m. on South Pacific Street, 2:22 p.m. on South Hanover Street, 3:12 p.m. on Hilldale Circle, 4:29 p.m. on North Fountain Street, 4:48 p.m. on Montgomery Street, 7:53 p.m. on Good Hope Street, 6:46 p.m. on Pioneer Drive and 9:42 p.m. on Jefferson Avenue...
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Cape Girardeau police report 6/26/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/26/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Driving while intoxicated was reported at West End and Bloomfield Road. A suspect is in custody pending formal charges. Arrests n Atiya Hudson, 20, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a warrant for possession of dangerous drugs...
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Leland J. 'Freck' Shivelbine
(Obituary ~ 06/26/18)
L.J. passed away peacefully with family at home Sunday, June 24, 2018. He was born April 18, 1926, in Cape Girardeau to William A. and Irene Pott Shivelbine. Freck was a lifelong resident of Cape Girardeau and graduated from Cape Girardeau Central High School and Southeast Missouri State College. He served briefly in the Navy during WWII. He and Dorothy Janet Powles married Oct 23, 1949...
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Road work 6/26/18
(Local News ~ 06/26/18)
Highway 25 in Cape Girardeau and Stoddard counties will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction as contractor crews make pavement repairs. That section of highway is from Route K to Highway 91 intersection in Stoddard County, according to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release. The work will be done from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily July 19 through Aug. 19...
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Eileen Stovall
(Obituary ~ 06/26/18)
Mary Eileen "Cricket" Stovall, 80, of Cape Girardeau passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, Sunday, June 24, 2018. She was born April 1, 1938, in Fort Worth, Texas, the daughter of John Henry and Mary Nell Hunter Baucum. She and Joseph Elmer "Joe" Stovall were married June 8, 1957, in Fort Worth...
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Claude Anne Phillips
(Obituary ~ 06/26/18)
ORAN, Mo. -- Claude Anne Phillips, 80, of Oran died Sunday, June 24, 2018, at Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 16, 1938, in Chaffee, Missouri, to the late Jess and Elsie Ponder Phillips. She married Charles E. Sallee, and he preceded her in death March 5, 1999. She and Carl E. Mason married April 7, 1995, and he survives of the home...
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Martha Ozment
(Obituary ~ 06/26/18)
Martha Jane Ozment, 91, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Olive Branch, Illinois, went to be with the Lord on Monday, June 25, 2018, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Martha was born April 16, 1927, in Jonesboro, Illinois, the daughter of Jess and Edna Mixen. She and Orval Ozment married Oct. 1, 1942, and he preceded her in death March 29, 2002...
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Dora McGinness
(Obituary ~ 06/26/18)
CAIRO, Ill. -- DORA McGINNESS, 91, of Cairo died Sunday, June 24, 2018, at Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau. Born Oct. 6, 1926, at Mount Pleasant, Illinois, to the late John and Flossie Marie Brim McGinness, she had lived in Cairo most of her life, where she was co-owner and operator of McGinness Automotive Supply and later McGinness Enterprises until her retirement and was a member of First Southern Baptist Church...
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Michael Lipe
(Obituary ~ 06/26/18)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Michael E. Lipe, 68, of Olive Branch went to meet his Savior on Saturday, June 23, 2018, at Saint Clare Hospital in Fenton, Missouri. Mike was born March 27, 1950, in Cairo, Illinois, to Earl and Ruby Lipe. Mike was the owner and operator of ME and MA's PR Express, where he had the joy of bringing smiles to both young and old...
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Dr. Kathryn Lang
(Obituary ~ 06/26/18)
EDINBURG, Texas -- Dr. Kathryn Marie Lang, 68, went home to our Lord on Friday, June 1, 2018, at Doctors Hospital at Renaissance in Edinburg. She was born Dec. 22, 1949, in St. Louis, daughter of Merrill George Hall Sr. and Letha L. "Rita" Clubb. She and Larry Lang were married Aug. 22, 1970...
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Mary Busse
(Obituary ~ 06/26/18)
Mary Katherine Busse, 73, passed away Monday, June 25, 2018, surrounded by her family and three puppies, at her home in Jackson. Born April 2, 1945, in Minot, North Dakota, to Ben and Gladys Lorenzen Busse, Mary was the third child and oldest daughter...
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Severe weather 6/26/2018 7:10pm
(Submitted Story ~ 06/26/18)
Severe weather photos.
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Local 4-H’ers selected for National 4-H Congress
(Submitted Story ~ 06/26/18)
Hannah Aufdenberg, Morgan Crutsinger, and Adam Koenig from Cape Girardeau County and Rachel Grubbs from Scott County were selected as delegates to National 4-H Congress during State 4-H Congress May 30- June 1, 2018. They are part of 20 delegates who will represent Missouri at the National 4-H Congress in Atlanta, GA November 23-27, 2018. ...
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Michael Lipe
(Obituary ~ 06/26/18)
OLIVE BRANCH, ILL. -- Michael E. Lipe, 68 of Olive Branch died Saturday, June 23, 2018, at St. Clare Hospital in Fenton, Missouri. Family and friends may gather from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday at Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with Pastor Kent Kassinger officiating...
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