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Culture & Entertainment Notebook: Southeast student shifts into career sparked by Discovery
(Entertainment ~ 01/18/19)
Memphis, Tennessee, native Heather Leslie started her education at Southeast Missouri State University solely as a theater major looking for acting opportunities. That soon shifted as Leslie was steered to being production assistant working 16-hour days for Discovery Channel's "Street Outlaws: Memphis" and "Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings."...
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Soft side of nature
(Local News ~ 01/18/19)
Jaycee Oslund, 10, and her sister, Maggie Oslund, 4, of Friedheim run their hands along animal furs during a program Thursday at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center. Cameron Moore, a naturalist at the center, said the event, which featured about 15 mammals found in the state, was to get children interested in nature and Missouri's resources...
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Driver found in hit-and-run accident involving bicyclist; no charges expected
(Local News ~ 01/18/19)
The Missouri State Highway Patrol has found the driver of a red vehicle that struck a female bicyclist Monday on Route W in Cape Girardeau County. The patrol's Sgt. Clark Parrott said Thursday the motorist, who drove off after the incident, told officers she did not know she had struck the bicyclist. "She said she thought she hit a deer," Parrott said...
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School tax issue headed to ballot
(Local News ~ 01/18/19)
Voters in the Cape Girardeau School District will decide the fate of a $12 million bond issue on the April 2 ballot that involves more than funding for an indoor aquatic center. The school board voted at a special session Thursday afternoon to place the general-obligation bond issue on the ballot...
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Polar Plunge to benefit Special Olympics slated Feb. 2
(Local News ~ 01/18/19)
Everything is coming together for this year's 13th annual Polar Plunge on Feb. 2 to benefit Special Olympics, according to Special Olympics Missouri development director Penny Williams. The theme for this year's event is "The Greatest Plunge On Earth," Williams said, and all proceeds will benefit the more than 1,100 Special Olympics athletes...
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Weekend Outlook: Your plans: Kick back, learn and reminisce
(Entertainment ~ 01/18/19)
Brace yourself for the next few days, as there will be several opportunities to grow and learn more about you, while discovering new things within and about Southeast Missouri. Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday observing the life work of King — and it isn’t just a day off from work or school. Several events honoring the day take place Monday, so your weekend itinerary has been extended accordingly...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/18/19)
Today is Friday, Jan. 18, the 18th day of 2019. There are 347 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On Jan. 18, 1957, a trio of B-52's completed the first non-stop, round-the-world flight by jet planes, landing at March Air Force Base in California after more than 45 hours aloft...
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Local events help community remember King's legacy
(Editorial ~ 01/18/19)
On Monday, the nation will celebrate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., especially his contributions to the Civil Rights movement. There will be several events in the coming days to honor King's commitment for inclusion and equality, events organized by Debra Mitchell-Braxton who has dedicated countless hours to keep King's work at the top of mind for the Cape Girardeau community...
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Moonves to challenge severance denial
(Entertainment ~ 01/18/19)
NEW YORK -- Former CBS CEO Les Moonves is fighting the company's decision to deny his $120 million severance package following his firing over sexual misconduct allegations. CBS announced the development in a filing Wednesday with the Security Exchange Commission. CBS said Moonves has demanded binding arbitration proceedings to challenge the decision...
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Blunt staff member outlines projects in region to Cape County Commission
(Local News ~ 01/18/19)
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt continues to work to improve conditions in Southeast Missouri, staffer Madison Baker said at Thursday's regular Cape Girardeau County Commission meeting. Prior to the recess, Baker said, Blunt championed two bills: one regarding the opioid crisis, and the other, a prison reform bill. The latter bill potentially would lower recidivism rates and would institute workforce development, Baker said...
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2 hurt at resort after avalanche
(Community ~ 01/18/19)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- An avalanche rushed down a mountainside at a New Mexico ski resort Thursday, injuring two people who were pulled from the snow after a roughly 20-minute rescue effort, a resort spokesman said. The avalanche near the highest peak of Taos Ski Valley happened around 11:30 a.m., initially spurring fears among authorities more victims may be buried on the mountain before witnesses told them they had not seen any other people on the slope when the slide began...
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Massive California storm moving east after battering state for 3 days
(Community ~ 01/18/19)
SAN FRANCISCO -- The storm that pummeled much of California for three days began moving east Thursday after causing at least six deaths, forcing wildfire victims threatened by floods to flee their homes and plunging nearly 300,000 utility customers into darkness...
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Trump grounds Pelosi after she imperils his big speech
(National News ~ 01/18/19)
WASHINGTON -- She imperiled his State of the Union address. He denied her an aircraft to visit troops abroad. The shutdown battle between President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is playing out as a surreal game of constitutional brinksmanship, with both flexing their political powers from opposite ends of Pennsylvania Avenue as the negotiations to end the monthlong partial government shutdown remain stalled...
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U.S. and North Korea to hold talks on 2nd Trump-Kim summit
(National News ~ 01/18/19)
WASHINGTON -- High-level talks aimed at finalizing a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are planned for this week in Washington, U.S. officials said Thursday. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to meet former North Korean spy chief Kim Yong Chol at a Washington hotel on Friday. ...
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Nine dead in car bombing at police academy in Colombian capital
(International News ~ 01/18/19)
BOGOTA, Colombia -- At least nine people were killed and dozens more injured in a car bombing at a heavily guarded police academy in Colombia's capital on Thursday, recalling the high-profile attacks associated with the bloodiest chapters of the country's drug-fueled guerrilla conflict...
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Detained newscaster born in La.
(International News ~ 01/18/19)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- She is largely unknown in the United States, but the American anchorwoman for Iran's state-run broadcaster, detained last weekend by U.S. authorities, is a familiar face on its English-language channel. As a newscaster for Press TV, Marzieh Hashemi has been conducting interviews and reading the news as written by government loyalists in the Islamic Republic. It's a long way from New Orleans, where she was born Melanie Franklin in 1959 to a Christian family...
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UN health chief orders probe into misconduct
(International News ~ 01/18/19)
LONDON -- The head of the World Health Organization has ordered an internal investigation into allegations the U.N. health agency is rife with racism, sexism and corruption, after a series of anonymous emails with the explosive charges were sent to top managers last year...
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Brexit talks by UK's May called a 'stunt' by opposition
(International News ~ 01/18/19)
LONDON -- A weakened but defiant Prime Minister Theresa May met lawmakers from Britain's rival Brexit factions Thursday to try to forge a replacement for her rejected European Union exit plan. But the country's main opposition leader branded the talks a "stunt," and May gave little sign she would make major changes to the divorce deal tossed out by Parliament this week. ...
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Watchdog: Thousands more children may have been separated
(National News ~ 01/18/19)
WASHINGTON -- Thousands more migrant children may have been split from their families than the Trump administration previously reported, in part because officials were stepping up family separations long before the border policy that prompted international outrage last spring, a government watchdog said Thursday...
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Couple claims state gun regulations for foster parents violate their rights
(State News ~ 01/18/19)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Kansas City couple claims in a federal lawsuit state requirements for foster parents who own guns violate their constitutional rights. Foster parents in Missouri are not prohibited from possessing firearms if they are otherwise legally allowed to do so. ...
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Parson signs orders to reorganize government
(State News ~ 01/18/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Mike Parson wants to downsize the Department of Economic Development and move several hundred staffers to the Department of Higher Education. The Republican governor on Thursday signed executive orders for the state government reorganization...
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Arch workers among those affected by federal shutdown
(State News ~ 01/18/19)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis' Gateway Arch is among many national parks forced to shutter and sideline federal workers during the partial government shutdown, but the towering attraction's closure is also hurting private tourism workers and nonprofits. Partners of the Gateway Arch National Park estimate they've collectively lost more than $600,000 in revenue since Dec. ...
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Trump says U.S. will develop space-based defense
(National News ~ 01/18/19)
WASHINGTON -- Moving to protect the U.S. from advanced missile threats from China and Russia, President Donald Trump on Thursday laid out plans for a new array of space-based sensors and other high-tech systems designed to more quickly detect and defeat attacks...
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Federal workers caught in quandary over government shutdown
(National News ~ 01/18/19)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Thousands of federal employees and their families are applying for unemployment and food stamps to get by as the longest government shutdown in U.S. history drags on with no end in sight. But for some of them, it has been an exercise in confusion and frustration...
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Was there collusion? Giuliani walks back remarks
(National News ~ 01/18/19)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Thursday walked back comments from the night before in which he maintained that he had "never said there was no collusion" between Russia and members of Trump's 2016 White House campaign...
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Three officers acquitted of cover-up in shooting of Laquan McDonald
(National News ~ 01/18/19)
CHICAGO -- A judge on Thursday acquitted three Chicago officers of trying to cover up the 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald, dismissing as just one perspective the shocking dashcam video of the black teenager's death that led to protests, a federal investigation of the police department and the rare murder conviction of an officer...
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Out of the past: Jan. 18
(Out of the Past ~ 01/18/19)
The coldest temperatures so far this winter, and perhaps the coldest in more than five years, are forecast; the arctic blast arrives in the wake of the second major snowstorm of the season that dumped 8-10 inches of snow on Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois and Western Kentucky on Sunday; temperatures in Cape Girardeau are expected to range from zero to 10 below...
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Audrey James
(Obituary ~ 01/18/19)
Audrey Corrine James, 77, formerly of Cape Girardeau, currently of Lamar, Colorado, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, in Lamar. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Monday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Brian Gill officiating. Interment will follow at Russell heights Cemetery in Jackson...
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Evelyn Goodson
(Obituary ~ 01/18/19)
Evelyn Goodson, 91, of Jackson died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Grant Gillard officiating. Burial will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Oak Hill Cemetery in Carrollton, Missouri...
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Janet Bierschwal
(Obituary ~ 01/18/19)
Janet Mae Bierschwal, 68, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, at Southeast Hospital. She was born June 29, 1950, in Chicago to Norman and Hazel Adams Jones. She and Charles Bierschwal were married Nov. 30, 1978, at Jefferson City, Missouri. He preceded her in death Jan. 12, 2018...
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Prayer 1/18/19
(Prayer ~ 01/18/19)
O Lord Jesus, we fix our eyes on you, our Redeemer. Amen.
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Speak Out 1/18/19
(Speak Out ~ 01/18/19)
The truth is the government shutdown isn't about a wall or immigration. Trump had the House and the Senate for two years and couldn't get his wall funded because it is a waste of money. This is about losing the midterms and blocking the Democrats. Just like in North Carolina, Michigan and Minnesota where Republicans are doing everything to thwart the will of the people by trying to take away power from the Democrats who were voted in. ...
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Lochte, Scaramucci among 'Big Brother' celeb cast
(Entertainment ~ 01/18/19)
LOS ANGELES -- Olympic champion swimmer Ryan Lochte is among the cast announced for the second season of "Big Brother: Celebrity Edition." Other house members announced Sunday by CBS include former NFL star Ricky Williams, Olympian Lolo Jones and former WWE wrestler Natalie Eva Marie...
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Hawley plans to move family to Washington
(State News ~ 01/18/19)
ST. LOUIS -- U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley plans to move his family to a suburb of Washington D.C., but will keep a Missouri home in Springfield. Hawley's spokeswoman, Kelli Ford, said in a statement Thursday that Hawley and his wife decided to move with their two young sons to Washington so they could be together while the Senate is in session...
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John Simmons
(Obituary ~ 01/18/19)
John Simmons, 57, of Jackson, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation in Jackson are in charge of arrangements.
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Dale Bollinger
(Obituary ~ 01/18/19)
Kenneth "Dale" Bollinger, 80, of Scott City died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, at his home. There will be no services. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel of Scott City was in charge of arrangements.
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