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Autopsy: Cape County deaths result of murder-suicide
(Local News ~ 01/29/19)
Joseph A. Job, 66, of Cape Girardeau shot and killed Lana A. Durham, 56, also of Cape Girardeau, before turning the gun on himself, according to the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s Department. The sheriff’s department described the deaths of Durham and Job as a murder-suicide...
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United Way distributes 'extra' funds, plans for the future
(Local News ~ 01/29/19)
United Way of Southeast Missouri recently surprised many of its network partners with a contribution from an “extra” $75,000, according to executive director Elizabeth Shelton. The $75,000 had already been allocated to the United Way’s partners, Shelton said, but ended up not being usable as originally intended...
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Delay in tax abatement paperwork cause adjustments in budgets
(Local News ~ 01/29/19)
The Cape Girardeau County Assessor’s Office will have to adjust numbers after a significant delay in paperwork involving the Cape Dogwood Community Improvement District tax abatements, officials said at Monday’s county commission meeting. The numbers will be adjusted even though the 2019 budgets had been set, said Tony Smee, the head appraiser in the assessor’s office...
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Girl Scouts Council approves buyer's offer for Camp Cherokee Ridge
(Local News ~ 01/29/19)
The board of directors of Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland has accepted a buyer’s offer for the Camp Cherokee Ridge property despite efforts by some Scouts and adult leaders to stop the sale. Some members, including adult leaders, had signed a petition seeking to remove the board and save the 1,100-acre Camp Cherokee Ridge in Wayne County and the 180-acre Camp Mintahama in Newton County...
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Residential developments picking up in downtown Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 01/29/19)
Last year saw the opening of the Courtyard Cape Girardeau Downtown hotel and last month saw the opening of a high-profile residential housing development in the form of Centurion Development LLC’s restored Lorimier Apartments. Barring an unforeseen setback, the coming months should see another high-end residential development brought to fruition in Kenny Pincksten’s Riverview Courts, a series of luxury homes on North Main Street, and the developer said the project has been so well-received he’s moving forward with plans to build a second similar development nearby because, as he sees it, downtown is the place to be. ...
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'Broadway is not Indy 500': Business owners call for speed control
(Local News ~ 01/29/19)
Broadway resembles a race track in downtown Cape Girardeau with motorists speeding along the thoroughfare, posing a danger to pedestrians. That’s the view of two Broadway business owners and a city councilman, who want the city government to take steps to put the brakes on speeding, possibly by adding several defined crosswalks and flashing yellow lights that would be activated by those wishing to cross the busy street...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/29/19)
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2019. There are 336 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 29, 1936, the first inductees of baseball's Hall of Fame, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, were named in Cooperstown, New York...
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Taking the plunge for Special Olympics
(Editorial ~ 01/29/19)
It's getting very cold, which can only mean one thing: it's plunge time. The Special Olympics is holding its biggest fundraiser of the year on Feb. 2, the annual Polar Plunge event, where crazy, civic-minded people don costumes and run into cold lake water...
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Shia LaBeouf turned rehab into writing room for film
(Entertainment ~ 01/29/19)
PARK CITY, Utah -- Shia LaBeouf latest film was born in an unusual place -- court-ordered rehab. The actor spent time writing the script for his semi-autobiographical "Honey Boy" while he was being treated for substance abuse after a 2017 arrest. "He wrote this script in rehab and actually sent me an email from there with the script," said Israeli director Alma Har'el. "So it was pretty mind blowing. I couldn't say no to that."...
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Connecticut police: Woman drove drunk on vanilla extract
(National News ~ 01/29/19)
NEW CANAAN, Conn. — Police say a Connecticut woman charged with driving under the influence was drunk on vanilla extract, which contains a significant amount of alcohol. Hearst Connecticut Media reported New Canaan police found 50-year-old Stefanie Warner-Grise sitting in a car at an intersection with her eyes closed at about 4:45 p.m. Wednesday. ...
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Dems fear independent run by Schultz could help Trump
(National News ~ 01/29/19)
SEATTLE -- Some of the most influential forces in Democratic politics revolted Monday against former Starbucks CEO Howard Schutz's prospective presidential bid, insisting an independent run would unintentionally help President Donald Trump win another four years in office...
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U.S. sanctions Venezuela in move to push out Maduro
(National News ~ 01/29/19)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration imposed sanctions Monday on the state-owned oil company of Venezuela, a potentially critical economic move aimed at increasing pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to cede power to the opposition in the South American nation...
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U.S. charges Chinese firm with violating Iran sanctions
(National News ~ 01/29/19)
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Monday against Chinese tech giant Huawei, two of its subsidiaries and a top executive, who are accused of misleading banks about the company's business and violating U.S. sanctions. The company is also charged in a separate case with stealing trade secrets from T-Mobile, according to federal prosecutors...
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Analysis: Shutdown 2.0? Trump has reasons to avoid repeat
(National News ~ 01/29/19)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump learned over the past month a valuable Washington lesson old-timers like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell learned long ago: Shutdowns never work. After beating a retreat and agreeing last week to end the shutdown on Pelosi's terms -- with no money for his oft-promised U.S.-Mexico border wall -- it's difficult to imagine Trump getting anywhere near his $5.7 billion demand for wall funding in an upcoming round of negotiations. ...
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Acting AG says Mueller's probe nears end
(National News ~ 01/29/19)
WASHINGTON -- Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign is "close to being completed," the acting attorney general said Monday. Speaking at an unrelated news conference in Washington, acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker said he had been "fully briefed" on the special counsel's investigation. He began overseeing the probe after former Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned at President Donald Trump's request in November...
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Houston police say 5 officers injured in on-duty shooting
(National News ~ 01/29/19)
HOUSTON -- Five Houston officers were injured and taken to a hospital in a shooting Monday in an incident involving a suspect, police said. Houston police tweeted the officers were "struck with gunfire following an encounter with a suspect" Monday afternoon in a neighborhood in southeast Houston...
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Duke responds after Chinese students' complaint
(National News ~ 01/29/19)
DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University moved quickly Monday to offer apologies, launch an investigation and reassure a core group of graduate scholars after a medical school administrator sent an email warning Chinese students to speak in English. The administrator's message -- which suggested students could face consequences -- came at a time when Duke and other elite U.S. ...
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Science says: Get used to more polar vortex outbreaks
(National News ~ 01/29/19)
WASHINGTON -- It might seem counterintuitive, but the dreaded polar vortex is bringing its icy grip to the Midwest thanks to a sudden blast of warm air in the Arctic. Get used to it. The polar vortex has been wandering more often in recent years. It all started with misplaced Moroccan heat. Last month, the normally super chilly air temperatures 20 miles above the North Pole rapidly rose by about 125 degrees, thanks to air flowing in from the south. It's called "sudden stratospheric warming."...
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House freshmen get seats on panel probing Trump
(National News ~ 01/29/19)
WASHINGTON -- It's known as "the theater committee" for its high profile, high-drama role investigating President Donald Trump's White House. And now, five of the fieriest Democratic freshmen in the House are players on its stage. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Katie Hill, Rashida Tlaib and others now have seats on the powerful House Oversight and Reform Committee -- a sign Democratic leaders want their social media savvy and star power front and center of investigations into the Trump administration. ...
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Trump, Pelosi agree on Feb. 5 for SOTU address
(National News ~ 01/29/19)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Monday accepted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's invitation to deliver his State of the Union speech Feb. 5, a week later than originally scheduled because of the partial government shutdown. "It is my great honor to accept," Trump said in a letter to Pelosi. "We have a great story to tell and yet, great goals to achieve!"...
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U.S. envoy: 'Agreement in principle' on Afghan peace talks
(International News ~ 01/29/19)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Negotiators for the U.S. and the Taliban insurgents have reached "agreements in principle" on key issues for a peace deal to end 17 years of war in Afghanistan, the top U.S. envoy said Monday. The statement by U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad followed six days of talks last week with the Taliban in Qatar, where he urged the Islamic insurgent group to enter into direct negotiations with the government of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani...
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Out of the past: Jan. 29
(Out of the Past ~ 01/29/19)
John C. Seay is the president of the new Golden K Kiwanis Club of Cape Girardeau, which was founded here this week; a charter presentation ceremony will be held Feb. 17. A group of property owners who live in the vicinity of the Jackson municipal landfill are objecting to the proposed sale of the landfill to a private waste-management company; instead, they want the city to close the landfill immediately...
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Jack Scroggins Jr.
(Obituary ~ 01/29/19)
Jack D. Scroggins Jr., 57, of Jackson, formerly of Joliet, Illinois, died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, at his home. Services will be private, with cremation accorded by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Delmer McClain
(Obituary ~ 01/29/19)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Delmer Paul McClain, 91, of Chaffee passed away Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 17, 1927, in Puxico, Missouri, to the late William and Mandy Cook McClain. He married Juanita Jean Haney on Sept. 25, 1946, and she preceded him in death Oct. 28, 2009...
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Ruth Glaus
(Obituary ~ 01/29/19)
Ruth A. Glaus, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. She was born Jan. 14, 1927, in Dutchtown, the daughter of Leo and Agnes Goetz. She and Norman J. Glaus were married Nov. 17, 1948, at New Hamburg, Missouri. He preceded her in death Oct. 18, 2009...
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Richard Geringer
(Obituary ~ 01/29/19)
Richard Joseph Geringer, 70, of Cape Girardeau went to Heaven Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, at his home, with his wife and daughter at his side. He was born Nov. 7, 1948, in Cape Girardeau to Rupert Lorenz and Marie Francis Roloff Geringer. He was a member of St. Vincent's Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau. He worked as a carpenter for Southeast Missouri State University for 30 years...
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Dr. Richard Cannon
(Obituary ~ 01/29/19)
Dr. Richard Allen Cannon, 85, passed away Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, in Cape Girardeau. Dick was born Jan. 9, 1934, in Broken Bow, Nebraska, to William and Floy Hogue Cannon. He married the former Delores Hert at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Greeley, Colorado, March 16, 1957. They remained married for more than 61 years...
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Bill would require evaluations in some animal-abuse cases
(State News ~ 01/29/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A bill before the Missouri Legislature would allow judges to order people convicted of animal abuse to undergo treatments that could include psychiatric or psychological evaluations. The bill proposed by Rep. Chrissy Sommer, a Republican from St. Charles, would require judges to order evaluations if the crime involves torture or mutilation of an animal, or if the person has previous animal-abuse convictions...
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Anheuser-Busch teams up with Missouri firm to improve barley
(State News ~ 01/29/19)
ST. LOUIS -- The maker of Budweiser is partnering with a Missouri agricultural technology firm to develop barley varieties that use less water and other natural resources. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Anheuser-Busch InBev and Benson Hill Biosystems announced their global partnership Monday...
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Missouri lawmakers look to limit cellphones behind the wheel
(State News ~ 01/29/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers have introduced at least six proposals since last month to restrict the use of cellphones while driving. Missouri has seen the numbers of cellphone-related traffic crashes increase by 35 percent since 2014, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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State: No medical marijuana at veterans' nursing homes
(State News ~ 01/29/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Residents and employees of Missouri's seven nursing homes for veterans will not be allowed to use medical marijuana. Missouri Veterans Commission executive director Grace Link said Monday the state must prohibit the use of medical marijuana at the homes in order to comply with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which considers pot an illegal drug...
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Not-for-profit group proposes merging St. Louis city with county
(State News ~ 01/29/19)
ST. LOUIS -- A not-for-profit group Monday revealed its plan to merge St. Louis city and county into what would become the nation's 10th-largest city. The group Better Together said in a lengthy report a merger is necessary for the region to realize its potential. Better Together plans a $25 million campaign to put the merger on a statewide ballot in November 2020, officials said at a news conference...
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Speak Out 1/29/19
(Speak Out ~ 01/29/19)
Is it a law or a courtesy to pull over and give the right of way to an ambulance? At Independence and Kingshighway today, I observed cars ignoring an on coming ambulance that had its lights flashing and was trying to move through traffic. Cars were not stopping but pulling out and crossing in front of it. Drivers! What if the person in that ambulance was you or a loved one and someone caused an accident that caused a delay getting you to the hospital that caused tragic results in your health...
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Prayer 1/29/19
(Prayer ~ 01/29/19)
Lord Jesus, may we walk in the light as you are in the light. Amen.
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Legal: Killing babies and their mommas on New York altars
(Column ~ 01/29/19)
New York's new abortion law is beyond despicable. Really, how else can we describe it? Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who set this in motion, and the lawmakers who sanctioned it should be ashamed -- and those who voted for them should be experiencing deep regret...
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Jackson R-2 Foundation Donation
(Submitted Story ~ 01/29/19)
The Jackson R-2 Foundation received a $1,000 donation from The Rushing Family Trust on January 28, 2019 to benefit the Heroes for Hope Power Pack program. The Jackson R-2 School District Foundation is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to sustaining and enhancing the excellence of the Jackson R-2 Schools by providing resources to expand educational opportunities. The Heroes for Hope Power Pack program provides students in need with food and other necessary supplies...
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Bald eagle
(Submitted Story ~ 01/29/19)
This photo was taken Jan 27 near Nell Holcomb School on Highway 177.
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