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Gregory named Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop E commander
(Local News ~ 06/29/19)
Philip Gregory has been named to replace Capt. Jeff Vitale as the new commander of the Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop E. Vitale recently retired after 30 years with the highway patrol. “I look forward to the new challenges and working with the other law enforcement agencies in the troop, as well as those in the communities we serve in Southeast Missouri,” said Gregory, who has served as a lieutenant with the Division of Drug and Crime Control since July 2010...
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Faces of Valor
(Community ~ 06/29/19)
Photographer Kassi Jackson spent time on April 2 hearing the stories of a few local heroes residing at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau.
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Thousands of sandbags, 100 troops, three pumps added to Illinois flood fight as conditions worsen
(Local News ~ 06/29/19)
Although the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau has started a slow descent from near-record flood levels earlier this month, the water is still rising across the river in Alexander County, Illinois, as a result of recent heavy rainfall and flood seep water throughout the county...
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Flood, sweat and fears: Combination of weather, trade disputes have farmers reeling
(Local News ~ 06/29/19)
In spite of record rainfall, waterlogged fields, low commodity prices and a persistent trade war, Joe McCloskey considers himself luckier than most. “This has been the most difficult year in my 40-year history of farming,” McCloskey said. “The weekly rains have reduced the corn acres in Mississippi County to about a third of what they should be, and with the river flooding and seep water the way it is, soybean planting is way behind schedule,” he said. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/29/19)
Today is Saturday, June 29, the 180th day of 2019. There are 185 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 29, 1988, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Morrison v. Olson, upheld the independent counsel law in a 7-1 decision (the sole dissenter was Justice Antonin Scalia)...
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Out of the past: June 29
(Out of the Past ~ 06/29/19)
Cape Girardeau cemetery sexton Terrell Weaver thought Revolutionary War soldier Uriah Brock's tombstone had long since disappeared from Old Lorimier Cemetery; but thanks to some school children, has rediscovered the stone, which stands in relative obscurity; in addition to the original stone, there's a new, white marble marker at the grave site, erected two weeks ago through the efforts of the local chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution; that marker will be dedicated Friday evening...
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Hohler - 40 years
(Anniversary ~ 06/29/19)
David E. and Sharon E. Hohler of Cape Girardeau will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary July 7. They plan to take a cruise trip later this year. Hohler and Sharon Elaine Walker were married July 7, 1979, at First Church of the Nazarene. Their attendants were Roy and Beverly Darter...
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Bock - 50 years
(Anniversary ~ 06/29/19)
Gene and Leola Bock of Uniontown, Missouri, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a party hosted by their children May 4 at York Chapel Hall. Bock and the former Leola Renner were married May 24, 1969, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Apple Creek, Missouri. The Rev. Baclemann performed the ceremony. Their attendants were Kenny Buchheit and Rita Kohlfeld, and witnesses were Sharon Schnurbusch and Allen Renner...
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Profilet - 40 years
(Anniversary ~ 06/29/19)
Jim and Debbie Profilet of Jackson will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary Sunday. Profilet and the former Debbie Bonner were married June 30, 1979, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Cairo, Illinois, by Bishop Stan Schlarman and the Rev. Al Grawe...
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Senior Center menus for July 1-5
(Community ~ 06/29/19)
Monday: Glazed chicken breast or ham slice, baked sweet potato, steamed squash, whole-grain bread slice and sugar-free pear crisp or iced cherry cake. Tuesday: BBQ chicken or Italian beef, potato salad, breaded tomatoes, whole-grain hot roll or bun and spiced peaches or blackberry cobbler...
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Little by little
(Column ~ 06/29/19)
It doesn't seem like that many years ago I was leaving the one-room District 2 school house and headed to high school. Then four short years later I was graduating from high school headed to McCook Junior College. Two years later I was marrying a young gal who grew up north of Ashby and Hyannis by the name of Marge King. Forty-seven years later, here we are. Some didn't think we'd make it. They were sure we'd end up divorced and each going our own way, but that didn't happen...
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Author inspired by Columbia class publishes new book
(Community ~ 06/29/19)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- When Abby Fulcher recalled her fourth-grade year, she thought about the time a beloved tree outside the window of her Columbia classroom was cut down. Her younger self felt emotional and confused as to why anybody would cut down a tree, especially one her class was so connected to...
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A gesture of kindness
(Column ~ 06/29/19)
A couple of weeks ago, I was eating supper at a restaurant with a group of friends for our friends' birthdays. Our waitress was an incredible server: it was clear she loved her job, and that she received great joy and energy from interacting with people, going above and beyond to connect with each person and make their time in the restaurant fun. ...
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Goodness is beautiful
(Column ~ 06/29/19)
Have you ever said or heard the words, "He or she is a goody-goody?" The words were stated with an air of disdain? Others may call you a "Bible thumper" if you quote Scripture to back up your opinion. It often seems to be that goodness is frowned upon, and it's considered a sign of weakness or cowardice...
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Time for a rummage sale
(Column ~ 06/29/19)
There is such a thing, in my opinion, as "fake news." President Trump made that phrase popular. When I think of fake news, I don't think of politics, though. My mind goes to the regular abuse made of statistics, of data, of numbers. This skewing of "the numbers" often leads to inaccurate conclusions...
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Adopt Ceasar
(Community ~ 06/29/19)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary Ceaser is 2 years old and so cute. He gets along well with cats, dogs and everyone. He is available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.
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A tree, a storm and a power line
(Column ~ 06/29/19)
On June 21, an afternoon storm approached Southeast Missouri. Summer storms can grow severe and often produce very strong wind. This one did. At about 4:45 p.m., the storm blew down a large tulip tree in north Scott County. The tree completely blocked a county highway and tore down power lines...
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FYI 6-30-19
(Community ~ 06/29/19)
The Rev. David V. Dissen and his wife Judy will celebrate his 60th anniversary in the ministry with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Zion Lutheran Church Parish Hall in Gordonville. Rev. Dissen served in Cape Girardeau from 1981 to 1998. During his 60 years of ministry, he has served the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in various capacities at the circuit, district and national level...
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Club news 6-30-19
(Community News ~ 06/29/19)
The Town and Country FCE Club met June 13 at Port Cape in Cape Girardeau for the club's 53rd anniversary. Linda Thompson is a charter member of the club formed in June 1966. Sue Jones, Mary Klaproth and Darlene McCain joined the club eight months later in February 1967. Linda Thompson and Donna Woolsey were in charge of arrangements for the party. One guest was present, Debbie Klaproth Sellars. The hostesses provided an anniversary cake for the group...
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Fact or fiction? Fort D myths and legends
(Column ~ 06/29/19)
Myths and legends can prevent telling the full story of a historic site. This is the case with Fort D, Cape Girardeau's sole remaining Civil War fort, and Missouri's only surviving urban fort. John Wesley Powell, second lieutenant, 20th Illinois Volunteers, and later captain on Gen. ...
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Gardens designed around all-green foliage appear restive without the distractions of flowers and color
(Community ~ 06/29/19)
All-green gardens are becoming popular again as the centerpieces of monochromatic landscaping. The designs are appealing and restive, driven as they are by massed ferns, moss, leaves, bark, berries, rock and foliage combinations. They serve some practical purposes, too...
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Things that make you go hmm...
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/29/19)
The U.S. has had vehicles on Mars for years that run without using oil or coal energy. How can this possibly be done? There are no gas stations on Mars. Solar power would be impossible; Mars is farther from the Sun then Earth and solar power for vehicles cannot be made or work on Earth. Wait, could using solar power make all of the trillions of dollars from using oil and coal powered vehicles stop those trillions from coming in? Nah...
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Urban art styles will be celebrated in Cape this weekend
(Editorial ~ 06/29/19)
Art is for everyone. And as the old cliche goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Part of what makes art great is that certain people enjoy certain types of art over others. This weekend in Cape Girardeau, there will be an opportunity for people to enjoy art with a little more urban flare, with a Cape Be You Urban Festival on June 29 for those who love culture and hip-hop. ...
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Prayer 6-30-19
(Prayer ~ 06/29/19)
O Heavenly Father, may we be fully equipped each day with the fruit of the Spirit. Amen.
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Police report 6-30-19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/29/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Donald Bryant, 47, of Dexter, Missouri, was arrested on suspicion of indecent exposure. n Shannon Nelson, 46, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on suspicion of indecent exposure...
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Fire report 6-30-19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/29/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Thursday n Medical assists were made at 1:37 a.m. on North Sprigg Street, 8:32 a.m. on Linden Street, 9:49 a.m. on Edgewood Road, 5:46 p.m. on North Missouri Avenue, 6:03 p.m. on Pioneer Drive, 8:44 p.m. on Morgan Oak Street and 10:34 p.m. on North Hanover Street...
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Out of the past: June 30
(Out of the Past ~ 06/29/19)
Plans for a new medical office building here have just gotten bigger; a group of doctors plans to construct a five-story, 110,000-square-foot building on the Saint Francis Medical Center campus; the building will be situated about 100 feet east of the hospital's emergency room entrance on a five-acre tract; physicians with the Internal Medicine Group are the driving force behind the project...
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Tom Statler
(Obituary ~ 06/29/19)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Tom Henry Statler, 70, of Sedgewickville, Missouri, died Friday, June 27, 2019, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Scott Cook officiating. Burial will follow in Pulliam Cemetery near Patton, Missouri...
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Frances Pringle
(Obituary ~ 06/29/19)
Frances Marie Pringle, 84, of Jackson died Friday, June 28, 2019, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...
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Deanna Long
(Obituary ~ 06/29/19)
Deanna Helene Long, 74, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, June 26, 2019, surrounded by her family, and is finally walking with her parents. She was born in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Glenn and Rosanna Fallert Woeltje. She and James Long were married Dec. 11, 1971, at Old McKendree Chapel in Jackson...
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Brian Jannin
(Obituary ~ 06/29/19)
Brian K. Jannin, 50, of Jackson died Thursday, June 27, 2019, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born Feb. 17, 1969, in Perryville, Missouri. He was a long-time employee of Procter & Gamble and loved his family, running and camping. He was a member of Cape First Church in Cape Girardeau...
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Roger Hanner
(Obituary ~ 06/29/19)
Roger Dale Hanner, 66, of Scott City passed away Friday, June 28, 2019, at his home. He was born Nov. 10, 1952, in Freeburg, Illinois, the son of Francis and Minnie Mae Gould Hanner. Roger worked as a maintenance man at the rice plant in New Madrid, Missouri...
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George Brown Jr.
(Obituary ~ 06/29/19)
George Russell Brown Jr., 64, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Mounds, Illinois, passed away at 7:43 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. George was born Jan. 15, 1955, in Cairo, Illinois, son of the late George Russell and Roberta Johnson Brown Sr...
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Trump, Putin make light of election meddling
(International News ~ 06/29/19)
OSAKA, Japan -- Smiling together on a global stage, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin cheerfully dismissed Russian interference in U.S. elections, shared their contempt for the world's news media and generally flaunted their personal bond Friday. That was one day after the Russian leader praised the president of the United States for his nationalist world views and vigorously declared the days of the West's liberals are dying if not already dead...
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Iran: Not enough on nuclear deal
(International News ~ 06/29/19)
VIENNA -- A meeting of the remaining partners in the Iranian nuclear deal produced some progress but not enough to satisfy Tehran's demands, a senior Iranian official said Friday, offering little prospect for now of the country backing away from a move to surpass a uranium stockpile threshold that could doom the agreement...
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G-20 leaders clash over values, face calls to protect growth
(International News ~ 06/29/19)
OSAKA, Japan -- World leaders attending a Group of 20 summit in Japan clashed over values serving for decades as the foundation of their cooperation as they face calls to fend off threats to economic growth. "A free and open economy is the basis for peace and prosperity," Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told his counterparts Friday in opening the two-day G-20 meeting, which comes as leaders grapple with profound tensions over trade, globalization and the collapsing nuclear deal with Iran...
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Castro, O'Rourke both hit Texas capital after debate dust-up
(National News ~ 06/29/19)
AUSTIN, Texas -- One Texan became a political sensation waging a longshot Senate campaign, then stormed into the presidential race with even more momentum, climbing in the polls, running up monster fundraising and dominating the national conversation. The other announced his 2020 bid earlier and to far less fanfare, then struggled for months to even stay relevant...
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On election security, these members bring a fresh(man) take
(National News ~ 06/29/19)
WASHINGTON -- For the past eight weeks, seven freshman members of Congress have quietly met each Monday in a spare House conference room to tackle a problem they feel their more senior colleagues haven't done enough to address: election security. The six Democrats and one Republican call themselves Task Force Sentry, a title meant to signal their focus on crafting legislation to keep foreign adversaries from interfering with the U.S. ...
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White supremacist gets life sentence for Virginia car attack that killed one
(National News ~ 06/29/19)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- An avowed white supremacist who plowed his car into a crowd of counterprotesters, killing a young woman, apologized to his victims Friday before being sentenced to life in prison on hate crime charges. James Alex Fields Jr. of Maumee, Ohio, had pleaded guilty in March to 29 of 30 hate crimes in connection with the 2017 attack that killed Heather Heyer and injured more than two dozen others...
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Lawsuit seeks to block Ga. law banning most abortions
(National News ~ 06/29/19)
ATLANTA -- A federal lawsuit filed Friday in Atlanta is the latest effort by abortion providers and advocacy groups to challenge a wave of restrictive abortion laws passed in conservative-controlled state legislatures. Lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed the lawsuit challenging a new Georgia law effectively banning abortions about six weeks into a pregnancy...
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Jimmy Carter claims Russian help won White House for Trump
(National News ~ 06/29/19)
ATLANTA -- Former President Jimmy Carter said Friday he believes President Donald Trump actually lost the 2016 election and is president only because of Russian interference. Carter made the comments during a discussion on human rights at a resort in Leesburg, Virginia, without offering any evidence for his statements...
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Harris gets personal, delivers blow to Biden
(National News ~ 06/29/19)
WASHINGTON -- Kamala Harris spoke slowly but bluntly as she stared at Joe Biden, then began treating him as a hostile witness. The former prosecutor turned California senator started by saying she didn't think the former vice president was racist. But she criticized him for recently defending having worked with segregationists in the Senate and for once opposing mandatory busing of students to desegregated public schools...
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Missouri mayor resigns over ongoing Facebook attacks
(State News ~ 06/29/19)
LEXINGTON, Mo. -- The mayor of a Missouri town resigned Tuesday, citing hatred, attacks and lies about him on Facebook. Lexington Mayor Fred Wiedner wrote an open letter to the city saying the job was no longer worth the battle. In the letter, Wiedner said he didn't sign up for the "mess."...
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Draper set to be next Missouri Supreme Court chief justice
(State News ~ 06/29/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Judge George Draper is set to be the Missouri Supreme Court's next chief justice. Draper will take the reins Monday. His term is set to end in 2021. Missouri Supreme Court judges take turns serving as chief justice for two-year terms. The role is largely administrative...
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Clay proposal would allow cities to enact tougher gun laws
(State News ~ 06/29/19)
ST. LOUIS -- Democratic U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay is introducing a bill aimed at reducing gun violence in urban areas such as his hometown of St. Louis, but it faces a difficult path to becoming law with a Republican-led Senate and White House. Clay said Friday he is confident his bill, the Local Public Health and Safety Protection Act, can pass Congress. ...
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Order: Abortions can continue at Missouri's lone clinic
(State News ~ 06/29/19)
ST. LOUIS -- A Missouri commissioner Friday ruled the state's only abortion clinic can continue providing the service at least until August as a fight over its license plays out, adding there's a "likelihood" the clinic will succeed in the dispute. Administrative Hearing commissioner Sreenivasa Rao Dandamudi granted what's called a "stay," which will allow the St. Louis Planned Parenthood clinic to continue providing abortions past Friday...
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States poised to take up fight over partisan gerrymandering
(State News ~ 06/29/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The battle for political advantage in state capitols is poised to become more intense after the U.S. Supreme Court declared federal judges have no role in settling disputes over partisan gerrymandering. The ruling this week could empower Republicans and Democrats who hold full control of state legislatures and governor's offices to become even more aggressive in drawing districts to their benefit after the 2020 census...
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