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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/15/19)
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 15, the 15th day of 2019. There are 350 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 15, 1929, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta. On this date: In 1559, England's Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey...
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Cape hopes Paducah airport success catches on here
(Editorial ~ 01/15/19)
Paducah, Kentucky, and Cape Girardeau have much in common. Though Cape Girardeau has a population of some 14,000 more people, both cities have downtowns on a riverfront; both towns are regional hubs with shopping, good restaurants and medical facilities. And the towns are an easy drive away...
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Perspective on illegal immigrants
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/15/19)
While president Trump is flagrantly spreading horrible lies about immigrants seeking asylum at the southern border, and separating thousands of innocent children from their parents, his Republican minions in Congress and Senate are busy praising, condoning and enabling his misdeeds...
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Abortion and future taxpayers
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/15/19)
A recent reader wrote that our population is decreasing, will this have an effect on our government programs such as Social security? We would not have a shortage of taxpayers if we had not killed 55 million babies, future citizens, through abortion...
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'Pro-life is pro-science'
(Column ~ 01/15/19)
Brave warriors hit Washington, D.C., in January to participate in one of the greatest causes of our lifetime — the March for Life. Thousands gather and peacefully make their voices heard for the unborn. This year marks the 46th march and is this week, on Friday...
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MNG Enterprises offers $1.36B for Gannett
(National News ~ 01/15/19)
NEW YORK -- A hedge-fund-backed bid to buy Gannett Co., the publisher of USA Today and several other major dailies across the U.S., is renewing fears of consolidation and job losses -- as well as a decline in the quantity and quality of news coverage -- in the already battered newspaper industry...
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Death penalty for Canadian escalates China-Canada tensions
(International News ~ 01/15/19)
TORONTO -- A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian man to death in a sudden retrial of a drug smuggling case, and Beijing said it has denied a Canadian diplomatic immunity, ratcheting up tensions since Canada's arrest of a top Chinese technology executive last month...
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UK leader in frantic final push to win Brexit deal backing
(International News ~ 01/15/19)
LONDON -- British Prime Minister Theresa May made a frantic last push Monday to swing lawmakers' support behind her seemingly doomed Brexit deal, warning its defeat risked scuttling the U.K.'s departure from the European Union and "betraying the vote of the British people."...
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Witnesses: Men in police garb massacred civilians in Haiti
(International News ~ 01/15/19)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- When a police truck carrying men in uniform pulled into an impoverished neighborhood in the Haitian capital, residents thought it was an official operation. Maybe police were finally trying to head off a war between the gangs running protection rackets in the market next to the sprawling collection of cinderblock shacks and low-rise public housing...
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Utility seeks bankruptcy protection over California fires, says it faces $30B in potential damages
(National News ~ 01/15/19)
SAN FRANCISCO -- The nation's largest utility said Monday it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy because it faces at least $30 billion in potential damages from lawsuits over the catastrophic wildfires in California in 2017 and 2018 that killed scores of people and destroyed thousands of homes...
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Trump denies ever working for Russia, blasts investigators
(National News ~ 01/15/19)
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday denied he ever worked for Russia against U.S. interests, addressing an extraordinary question that has haunted his presidency and shows no sign of going away. Speaking from the South Lawn, Trump issued a flat denial: “I never worked for Russia.” He blasted former FBI and Justice Department officials and repeated his claim the investigation into his ties to Moscow is a hoax...
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Trump's AG nominee: Mueller should be allowed to finish work
(National News ~ 01/15/19)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general will tell senators "it is vitally important" special counsel Robert Mueller be allowed to complete his Russia investigation, and said he believes Congress and the public should learn the results, according to remarks prepared for his confirmation hearing...
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Suspect in Wisconsin kidnapping decided to abduct girl after watching her get on school bus
(National News ~ 01/15/19)
BARRON, Wis. -- A Wisconsin man accused of abducting 13-year-old Jayme Closs and holding her captive for three months made up his mind to take her when he spotted the teenager getting on a school bus near her home, authorities said Monday. Jake Thomas Patterson, 21, told detectives "he knew that was the girl he was going to take," and he made two aborted trips to her family's home before finally carrying out an attack in which he fatally shot Jayme's mother in front of her, according to a criminal complaint filed hours before Patterson's first court appearance.. ...
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Trump declares he'll 'never back down' in shutdown
(National News ~ 01/15/19)
WASHINGTON -- With the government mired in shutdown week four, President Donald Trump rejected a short-term legislative fix and dug in for more combat Monday, declaring he would "never ever back down." Trump rejected a suggestion to reopen the government for several weeks while negotiations would continue with Democrats over his demands for $5.7 billion for a long, impregnable wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. ...
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Out of the past: Jan. 15
(Out of the Past ~ 01/15/19)
On Thursday, Jacquelyn Close of Jackson went online via computer with Vice President Al Gore, suggesting a national network for environmental research and receiving "a great idea" in reply from Gore; in the first-ever online computer conference with the vice president, about 900 people around the world watched as the words were displayed on their computer screens...
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Connie Wissman
(Obituary ~ 01/15/19)
O'FALLON, Ill. -- Connie Sue Wissman, 60, of O'Fallon died Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in O'Fallon. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Joe McCullough officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau...
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James Stone
(Obituary ~ 01/15/19)
James Leon "Jim" Stone, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, at the Lutheran Home. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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Warren Skinner
(Obituary ~ 01/15/19)
Warren Skinner, 87, of Jackson died Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. A Masonic service will be at 6 p.m. by Excelsior Masonic Lodge No. 441 of Jackson...
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Charles Miller
(Obituary ~ 01/15/19)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Charles Leon Miller, 82, of Perryville died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m., with a parish wake at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday and from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Young and Sons Funeral Home...
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Michelle Launius
(Obituary ~ 01/15/19)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Michelle Launius, 48, of Advance passed away Thursday, Jan. 10, 201, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. She was born Dec. 22, 1970, in Fort Wayne, Texas, the daughter of Michael and Joyce Winslett Launius. Michelle had worked as a certified nursing assistant in hospitals and in private home care...
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Elizabeth Glastetter
(Obituary ~ 01/15/19)
Elizabeth Ann Randol Glastetter, 58, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019, at her home. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. A memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Mark Carbaugh officiating...
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Mary Crites
(Obituary ~ 01/15/19)
Mary Martha Brown Crites, 81, of Jackson died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 12:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jimmie Corbin officiating. Burial will follow at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...
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Leon Baker
(Obituary ~ 01/15/19)
Leon L. Baker, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Jan. 13, 1934, in East Prairie, Missouri, the son of Silas Linex and Nellie Mae Gregory Baker. Leon attended East Prairie High School and was a part of the undefeated football team of 1950. He also worked with his brothers at the infamous Johnnies Drive-In in Charleston, Missouri...
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Area fire report 1/15/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/15/19)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Sunday n Medical assists were made at 3:55 a.m. on North Water Street, 10:49 a.m. on North Kingshighway, 10:52 a.m. on Abbey Road, 4:56 p.m. on Linden Street and 6:29 p.m. on North Street...
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Area police report 1/15/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/15/19)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Alfonso Alvarez-Sanchez, 37, 51 N. Park Ave., was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant. n Dedrick M. Cowley, 22, of Sikeston, Missouri, was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant...
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Briefly 1/15/19
(State News ~ 01/15/19)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Tens of thousands remained without power and dozens of schools canceled classes Monday after a deadly winter blast. The storm hit the Midwest region Friday, dumping more than a foot of snow across parts of Missouri. Authorities say at least three died in Missouri and two in Kansas on snow-covered roads...
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Branson debates memorial for boat-accident victims
(State News ~ 01/15/19)
BRANSON, Mo. -- The Missouri city where 17 people died in a tour boat accident last year plans to honor the victims somehow but is still determining how to do so. A Branson businessman in September proposed building a lighthouse-shaped monument to the victims of the July 19 duck boat accident on nearby Table Rock Lake. ...
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Finding balance at the skate park
(Local News ~ 01/15/19)
Zane Acord of Jackson navigates a jump Monday at the new skate park at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau.
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Drama on William Street
(Local News ~ 01/15/19)
Firefighters spray the engine compartment of a car that caught fire after being involved in an accident Monday on William Street, west of Siemers Drive.
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Water system upgrades in Jackson move into Phase 2 of $11.5M project
(Local News ~ 01/15/19)
Work to upgrade Jackson's water lines and mains continues in 2019, as the city moves into Phase 2 of a three-phase, $11.5 million plan to strengthen and improve the city's water system, city officials said. City engineer Clint Brown said Phase 1 is wrapping up. That $4 million set of projects included upgrading water mains, especially in the city's uptown district, to help improve flow levels...
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Perry County commissioners: Sheriff supported salary he now contests
(Local News ~ 01/15/19)
Perry County Sheriff Gary Schaaf has served on the county's salary commission and voted to approve the salary for his position, but is now contesting it in court, county commissioners said Monday. In an emailed statement, the Perry County Commission said, "The county record speaks for itself. Over the past 17 years, Schaaf had the opportunity, as a voting member of the Perry County Salary Commission, and he voted in affirmation to approve the salary he was paid."...
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Government shutdown causing issues for Southeast Missouri farmers
(Local News ~ 01/15/19)
The partial federal government shutdown is causing a cash-flow crunch for Southeast Missouri farmers, particularly cotton growers, the president of the Missouri Farm Bureau said Monday. U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Salem, Missouri, agreed even as President Donald Trump urged farmers to stick with him...
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Warrenton, Mo., School District joins trend of 4-day week
(State News ~ 01/15/19)
WARRENTON, Mo. -- A school district in eastern Missouri has voted to adopt a four-day week schedule, joining a growing trend across the state. The Warren County School District will begin holding classes Tuesday through Friday and extend the school day by 33 minutes for the 2019-2020 school year, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Supervision still will be made available for students on Mondays, with breakfast and lunch provided...
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House looks to undo some minimum sentences
(State News ~ 01/15/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Rethinking the benefit of prisons, Missouri House leaders are backing legislation that could effectively undo mandatory minimum sentencing laws for many nonviolent criminals. The Missouri legislation reflects a national trend toward more lenient prison terms for some drug offenders and other low-level criminals, as governments shift toward alternative strategies that focus more specifically on rehabilitation...
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Prayer 1/15/19
(Prayer ~ 01/15/19)
Lord God, we are grateful for your love and eternal life through Jesus. Amen.
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10 years post 'Miracle,' lives changed in ways big and small
(Community ~ 01/15/19)
NEW YORK -- It's been 10 years, but there isn't anything Tripp Harris doesn't remember about the cold January day he cheated death on US Airways flight 1549. The jolt when the plane collided with a flock of geese and the engines stopped moments after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport. ...
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Births 1/15/19
(Births ~ 01/15/19)
Son to Arthur and Lindsay Maupin of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 3:53 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. Name, Maddox George. Weight, 8 pounds, 12 ounces. First child. Mrs. Maupin is the daughter of Bruce Jansen and Vicki Jansen of Cape Girardeau. She works at Mercy Hospital South. Maupin is the son of Jack Maupin and Debra Maupin of Cape Girardeau. He is employed by Power Automedia...
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Get your Social Security Benefit Statement (SSA-1099)
(Submitted Story ~ 01/15/19)
Tax season is approaching, and Social Security has made replacing your annual Benefit Statement even easier. The Benefit Statement is also known as the SSA-1099. Now you can get a copy of your 1099 anytime and anywhere you want using our online services...
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