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Missouri bats: 'Fascinating creatures,' no reason to fear
(Local News ~ 10/27/18)
Bats have long been a symbol for Halloween. The little black creatures are strange in that they hang upside down and live in dark caves with just enough mystery to make them spooky. But experts say they shouldn’t be feared. Missouri is home to 14 breeds of bats, the only flying mammal. None of Missouri’s bats are bloodsucking. They are generally thought to be clean, shy and intelligent insectivores...
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Scott County prosecutor, challenger call for criminal-justice changes
(Local News ~ 10/27/18)
Both Scott County Prosecuting Attorney Paul Boyd and Republican challenger Amanda Oesch have proposed changes to the county’s criminal-justice system. Oesch said she wants to provide “more effective and efficient prosecution.” Boyd wants the county to implement a “pre-trial diversion” program that would allow minor and non-violent offenders to remain at home under an ankle-monitoring system...
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Ballot measure looks to increase minimum wage
(Local News ~ 10/27/18)
Missouri’s minimum wage would grow to $12 an hour by 2023 if voters approve a measure on the November ballot. Proposition B would increase the minimum wage by 85 cents per hour each year for the next five years, starting Jan. 1. The minimum wage now stands at $7.85 an hour...
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Sponsored: Facing a challenge head on -- and with a smile
(Local News ~ 10/27/18)
The winter of 2017 was a somber one for Jackson resident Sandy Jones. Just three months after being diagnosed with colon cancer, her aunt died. The family -- Sandy's brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews -- resolved to get screening colonoscopies to ease fears of a familial trait. Sandy had her colonoscopy at age 50, right on time according to guidelines. But for Sandy, it turned out to be more than a screening. She had stage III colorectal cancer...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/27/18)
Today is Saturday, Oct. 27, the 300th day of 2018. There are 65 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 27, 1978, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin were named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize for their progress toward achieving a Middle East accord...
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Out of the past: Oct. 27
(Out of the Past ~ 10/27/18)
The Yes Group, the committee formed to work for passage of riverboat gaming in Cape Girardeau Nov. 2, has raised three times as much money as Citizens Against Riverboat Gambling, the committee opposing the issue; the Downtown Merchants Association is by far the largest single contributor to the campaign, having donated $11,000 to the Yes Group on June 15...
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Prayer 10-28-18
(Prayer ~ 10/27/18)
O Father God, blessed be your name, the name above all names. Amen.
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Can Pinterest succeed as the 'un'-social network?
(Community ~ 10/27/18)
NEW YORK -- If Instagram is the dream vacation you'll never go on and Facebook is Thanksgiving with too many relatives arguing over politics, Pinterest is sitting on the couch by yourself, watching a home-improvement show and absent-mindedly flipping through an old issue of Gourmet magazine...
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Albert Estes
(Obituary ~ 10/27/18)
Albert L. "Tubby" Estes, 71, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 24, 1947, in Cape Girardeau to the late Albert A. and Anita Cato Estes. He served in the U.S. Army from 1966-1968 and attended Southeast Missouri State University. He was an electrician for Fru-Con Construction Co. and worked for Kelley Equipment and Southern Pacific Railroad. He attended True Vine Ministries in Cape Girardeau...
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The week of Oct. 28-Nov. 3
(Community ~ 10/27/18)
1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland. 1962, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev informed the United States that he had ordered the dismantling of missile bases in Cuba; in return, the U.S. secretly agreed to remove nuclear missiles from U.S. installations in Turkey...
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Remembering Mother through her recipes
(Community ~ 10/27/18)
This week there are so many recipes that are just a little more special than ever before. My mother, Marilyn Kinsey, passed away recently and in moments of reminiscing I recall so many wonderful foods she made for us. Mom raised the six of us children on a shoestring budget, as most farmers' wives did. She could stretch ingredients and always make them taste good...
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What is the agenda?
(Community ~ 10/27/18)
There are times when I sit down to write this column and I don't have a clue as to where I'm going. The well seems dry. I'd like some inspiration but there doesn't seem to be any. I know I want to talk about such and such but that's about as far as the plan goes. So I write about this and that and hopefully it will all come together in the end. Hopefully. This is kind of what I used to do as a Pastor at least part of the time...
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The week of Oct. 28-Nov. 3
(Community ~ 10/27/18)
Oct. 28: 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland. 1962, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev informed the United States that he had ordered the dismantling of missile bases in Cuba; in return, the U.S. secretly agreed to remove nuclear missiles from U.S. installations in Turkey...
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Wide receiver wins Homecoming queen
(Community ~ 10/27/18)
DONIPHAN, Mo. -- She stands 4-feet-11 and weighs just a little over 100 pounds. But she's the heart and soul of the first varsity football team at Doniphan High School in nearly 40 years. Friday night, Oct. 19, soaking wet in a hard rain and covered in mud and grass, senior Katlyn Harris was crowned football homecoming queen...
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Senior Center Menus for Oct. 29 through Nov. 2
(Community ~ 10/27/18)
Monday: Chicken strips or beef liver and onions, mashed potatoes and gravy, California-blend veggies, whole-grain bread and applesauce or Texas sheet cake. Tuesday: Hamburger stroganoff or Reuben casserole, green sweet peas, beets, whole-grain garlic bread and Mandarin oranges or red velvet cake...
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What will you be known for?
(Community ~ 10/27/18)
People's accomplishments and achievements can be widely known. Perhaps you have a grandmother who is known for her cinnamon rolls. An uncle who has an unending list of dull jokes makes him one of the funniest guys you know. Hopefully, you are known for whatever it is you want to be known for...
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Club News 7-15-18
(Community News ~ 10/27/18)
The Cape Girardeau County FCE Clubs recently had a work day making weighted blankets and lap pads for the Autism Center in Cape Girardeau. Over the years, the group has made more than 800 blankets and many lap pads. The chairperson of the project is JoAnn Hahs, member of Lamplighthers FCE Club, who was not available for the photo. Pictured from left: Rachel Felter, Autism Program Supervisor; Mary Klaproth, FCE member; Barbara Marshall, FCE member and Donna Woolsey, FCE member...
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Israel's Netanyahu pays surprise visit to Oman's sultan
(International News ~ 10/27/18)
JERUSALEM -- Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Friday the Israeli prime minister has returned from a visit to the Gulf state of Oman, where he joined the country's leader in the first meeting of its kind in more than 20 years. The statement said Netanyahu had been invited by Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said after lengthy communications. ...
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Brazil presidential race divides families
(International News ~ 10/27/18)
SAO PAULO -- When the political ads come on TV in the Higa household these days, everyone wishes to be somewhere else. Eike Higa is gay and plans to vote for the left-wing candidate, Fernando Haddad, in Brazil's upcoming presidential runoff. But his parents might vote for Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right congressman who has made comments offensive to gay people...
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Turkey seeks extradition of suspects in Khashoggi killing
(International News ~ 10/27/18)
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey on Friday intensified its demands for Saudi Arabia to extradite 18 suspects in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a call likely to be met with resistance from the kingdom and could escalate tensions between the U.S.-allied regional powers...
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Hate crime considered in Kentucky grocery shooting
(National News ~ 10/27/18)
JEFFERSONTOWN, Ky. -- The fatal shooting death of two black grocery patrons by a white gunman is being investigated as a possible hate crime, a U.S. official said Friday. Federal investigators are examining whether there were any violations of federal law, "which includes potential civil rights violations such as hate crimes," said U.S. Attorney Russell M. Coleman in Louisville...
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U.S. economy grew at strong 3.5 percent rate in Q3
(National News ~ 10/27/18)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy grew at a robust annual rate of 3.5 percent in the July-September quarter as the strongest burst of consumer spending in nearly four years helped offset a sharp drag from trade. The Commerce Department said Friday the third quarter's gross domestic product, the country's total output of goods and services, followed an even stronger 4.2 percent rate of growth in the second quarter. The two quarters marked the strongest consecutive quarters of growth since 2014...
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Florida Dem candidate caught up in finance probe
(National News ~ 10/27/18)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- An FBI undercover agent posing as a developer may have paid expenses related to a fundraising dinner for Florida Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum, according to documents released Friday. The information has surfaced amid an ongoing ethics investigation shadowing the Tallahassee mayor ever since he upset other Democrats in the August primary...
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Democrats try to retake Illinois district Trump won
(National News ~ 10/27/18)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Democrat Brendan Kelly listened as the people crowded inside a Southern Illinois University conference room talked about how trouble at the Carbondale campus has brought trouble for the whole region. Decreasing enrollment means jobs are not filled when employees quit or retire. ...
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Can Halloween costumes cross the sensitivity line?
(Community ~ 10/27/18)
PHOENIX -- When Colorado attorney Jeff Schwartz asked his 7-year-old son what he wanted to dress as this Halloween, the answer was clear: his favorite movie superhero, "Black Panther." Schwartz said his white son's choice of a black character didn't give him pause...
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NBC cancels Kelly's show after blackface controversy
(National News ~ 10/27/18)
NEW YORK -- Megyn Kelly, the former Fox News Channel personality who made a rocky transition to softer morning news at NBC, was ousted Friday from her "Today" program after her controversial on-air comments about blackface. "'Megyn Kelly Today' is not returning," NBC News said in a statement. The fourth hour of NBC's venerable "Today" franchise Kelly's show occupied will be hosted by other co-anchors from the show beginning next week, the network said...
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U.S. Treasury sanctions two firms in Singapore for N. Korea violations
(National News ~ 10/27/18)
SINGAPORE -- An executive of one of two Singapore companies named by the U.S. Treasury Department this week for violating sanctions against North Korea said Friday he was unaware of any such dealings. The Treasury Department said in a statement Thursday the companies, commodities trading house Wee Tiong (S) Pte. Ltd. and ship management services company WT Marine Pte. Ltd., engaged in laundering money for North Korea...
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2 arrested for disruption at US-Canada border
(Community ~ 10/27/18)
HOULTON, Maine -- Two people are in custody after causing a disruption at the edge of Maine and Canada, halting traffic at a border crossing for hours, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Friday. The agency said it arrested two male Canadian citizens for the disruption Friday. The men stopped their vehicle between the ports of entry and refused to communicate with authorities from either country, the agency said...
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Pot group predicts tax revenue of $1B
(Community ~ 10/27/18)
LAS VEGAS -- The state of Nevada could reap more than $1 billion from marijuana production, processing and robust sales during the first seven years of recreational pot sales, according to an industry group's economic analysis released Friday. Pot-friendly policies, strict "seed-to-sale" regulations and the prospect of doing business with some of the 45 million tourists who visit Las Vegas and Reno each year could make Nevada one of the nation's largest marijuana marketplaces, said Andrew Jolley, president of the Nevada Dispensary Association.. ...
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GM proposes nationwide zero-emissions mandate
(National News ~ 10/27/18)
DETROIT -- General Motors will ask the federal government for one national gas mileage standard, including a requirement a percentage of auto companies' sales be zero-emissions vehicles. Mark Reuss, GM's executive vice president of product development, said the company will propose a certain percentage of nationwide sales be made up of vehicles that run on electricity or hydrogen fuel cells...
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After arrest, Republicans struggle with bombs fallout
(National News ~ 10/27/18)
WASHINGTON -- All week long, supporters of President Donald Trump played defense as each day brought new reports of more pipe bombs sent to prominent critics of the president. Some suggested the mailings could be a "false flag" operation aimed at ginning up Democratic enthusiasm. Trump himself complained "this 'Bomb' stuff" was distracting from the upcoming midterm elections...
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Bomb suspect was cash-strapped ex-stripper devoted to Trump
(National News ~ 10/27/18)
WASHINGTON -- Cesar Sayoc is an amateur body builder and former stripper, a loner with a long arrest record who showed little interest in politics until Donald Trump came along. On Friday, he was identified by authorities as the Florida man who put pipe bombs in small manila envelopes, affixed six stamps and sent them to some of Trump's most prominent critics...
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Morning fog
(Community ~ 10/27/18)
This photo represents the simplest of photos, but it is still quite beautiful and inspirational. Three elements comprise this image: trees, fog and sunshine. I walked the western edge of a woods as early morning fog was thinning and lifting away in a light breeze. This created ideal conditions for sunlight to pierce through the limbs and fog causing the spiritual rays of light. A rising sun and dissipating fog can make for a magical time to go outside with a camera...
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Scott City fire report 10-28-18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/27/18)
SCOTT CITY The Scott City Fire Department responded to the following calls: Oct. 20 to 26 n Medical assists were made Oct. 20 in the 28000 block of U.S. 61 and at the 92 mile marker on Interstate 55; Oct. 22 in the 100 block of Burger Street and 1300 block of West Mar-Elm Street; Oct. 23 in the 100 block of South Berkley Street; Oct. 25 in the 100 block of West Hickory Street; and Oct. 26 in the 600 block of East Fourth Street...
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Area police report 10-28-18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/27/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Gordon Taylor Jr., 24, of Florissant, Missouri, was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for a parking violation. n Ernest Pulliam, 33, of Tamms, Illinois, was arrested on two Cape Girardeau warrants for improper registration and traffic violations...
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Missouri health department alerts of security breach
(State News ~ 10/27/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's health department said it mailed more than 10,400 letters to notify people there was a security breach of personal information. According to a Friday release from the Health and Senior Services Department, the 2016 breach included names, dates of birth and in some cases Social Security numbers. The health department discovered the breach in August...
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Bike packing: Cycling backpackers discover they can go for an overnight camp across the river with what they carry on their backs
(Community ~ 10/27/18)
How do you make the most of the 15 hours, give or take, between work days? For Cyclewerx owner John Dodd, his co-worker Aaron Arnzen and their fellow cyclist Dave Knapp, you sneak in a bike-packing trip to nearby Horseshoe Lake in Alexander County, Illinois...
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Eisenhower's legacy as president is one to study
(Column ~ 10/27/18)
President Dwight D. Eisenhower is arguably one of the top five presidents of all time. A military man with no political experience before the office, Eisenhower came to the office with a unique position and during a pivotal time in history. Dr. Pam Parry, chair of the Department of Mass Media at Southeast Missouri State University and media history scholar, told me in an interview this week he was a transformational president on many levels...
- Captured on Film 10/28/18 (Community ~ 10/27/18)
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Scrapbook 10/28/18
(Community ~ 10/27/18)
ABOVE: Three rose blooms grouped together in my wife's flower garden, showing the effects of an autumn shower. BELOW: A reunion of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels was held at 1198 County Road 335 in Jackson on Oct. 13. Cavaliers, while not common, are highly desired as a companion...
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FYI 10/28/18
(Community ~ 10/27/18)
On Nov. 3, the Jackson Recycling Center at 508 Sawyer Lane will begin its fall and winter hours of operation. The center will continue to be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, but the Saturday business hours will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., according to a city news release. ...
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'He believed in witchcraft' -- the bequest of John Fulbright
(Community ~ 10/27/18)
John Fulbright came to Southeast Missouri with his parents, John and Barbara (Baker) Fulbright around 1820. The family settled along Apple Creek on the Cape Girardeau-Perry County line. The elder John died at age 41 in January 1824. John, his mother, and brother William lived in Perry County, and gradually purchased land totaling 235 acres. ...
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How to pray for a president
(Community ~ 10/27/18)
Recently the world was captured by a powerful moment in the White House. Pastor Andrew Brunson was freed from a Turkish prison. While in the Oval Office, he asked President Trump if he could offer a prayer on behalf of the President. The President agreed, and the Rev. Brunson knelt down and prayed for the President of the United States...
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