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Poplar Bluff city settles three discrimination lawsuits for $155K
(Local News ~ 08/13/19)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — The city of Poplar Bluff has settled three lawsuits involving street department employees who allege discrimination and harassment occurred under former superintendent Denis Kearbey. The employees include two women — who said in court documents both age and gender were a target of harassment — and one African American man, who said he was demoted because of his race. ...
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KGIR may return by end of the week
(Local News ~ 08/13/19)
Mississippi River Radio chief engineer Dean Field removes a dummy load from the KGIR antenna while troubleshooting water damage to broadcast equipment Monday at the KGIR transmitter building in East Cape Girardeau, Illinois. ...
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Most area students begin school later this week; SEMO welcomes students Thursday
(Local News ~ 08/13/19)
From prekindergarten through graduate level, students will return to classrooms starting this week for the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year. Classes at some area schools start Wednesday while students at a few school districts have one more week of summer vacation before returning to “reading, writing and arithmetic.”...
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Scott City to get first police dog; sheriff's department will keep its dog, Rex
(Local News ~ 08/13/19)
Scott City has purchased its first police dog from a Springfield, Missouri, kennel rather than accept an older canine being offered by the Scott County Sheriff’s Department. “Everybody is very excited,” police chief Mike Culler said Monday. As late as mid-July, the Scott City Council considered accepting an offer from Scott County Sheriff Wes Drury for that department’s dog...
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Planning continues for Main Street project
(Local News ~ 08/13/19)
Preliminary planning is well along on a project to improve a section of Main Street in Cape Girardeau’s Red Star neighborhood, assistant city engineer David Whitaker said Monday. Design work began several months ago and is proceeding, he said. The project, which city officials have estimated could cost more than $1 million, involves reconstruction of Main Street, as well as adding curb and gutters, sidewalks and streetlights from Roberts Street to East Cape Rock Drive, city officials said...
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Democrat Galloway launches Missouri gubernatorial campaign
(State News ~ 08/13/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway launched her Democratic campaign for governor Monday by highlighting her efforts to uncover government waste and criticizing a new state law banning most abortions at the eighth week of pregnancy...
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Sponsored: Damaging sounds you might not think about
(Insiders Advice ~ 08/13/19)
One of the common causes of hearing loss is exposure to loud or damaging sounds. When reading this, it’s easy to think about thunderous noises. But, there are plenty of everyday sounds that can hurt your hearing as well. 1. Music. Listening to music puts you at risk of gradual hearing loss. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/13/19)
Today is Tuesday, Aug. 13, the 225th day of 2019. There are 140 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 13, 1961, East Germany sealed off the border between Berlin's eastern and western sectors before building a wall that would divide the city for the next 28 years...
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Sponsored: How to Help Your Kids Develop Good Financial Habits Early
(B Magazine ~ 08/13/19)
One of the top goals of parenting is to teach your children how to be successful, happy adults. Since making smart financial choices is so critical to a successful adulthood, it’s important to start teaching your child about healthy spending and saving habits early.
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Speak Out 8/13/19
(Speak Out ~ 08/13/19)
If justice was served when ICE picked up the 680-plus workers in Mississippi, they would have arrested the law breakers who hired them, the owners of the companies and the people who supervised them. If you want illegal immigration to stop, arrest the rich people at the top of the food chain who are the truly guilty ones. ...
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Marriage important for society
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/13/19)
As I write this article, the news just keeps adding to the long list of atrocities that plague our society. Mass shootings, increased number of suicides, opiate epidemic, sexual assaults, child neglect, homelessness, hunger, to name a few. To say we need more welfare programs; restricting of guns; getting drugs off the street; more facilities for the homeless, etc., is not a bad thing. But could that be just putting band aids on the results of at least one of a larger, societal problem?...
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Downtown organizations, individuals honored at Missouri Main Street event
(Editorial ~ 08/13/19)
Several of Cape Girardeau’s downtown groups and organizations took home awards recently during a ceremony by Missouri Main Street Connection in St. Louis. Among the winners were Old Town Cape Historic Landmark Preservation Group (not to be confused with Old Town Cape), Zickfield’s Jewelry and Gifts, and Isle Casino Cape Girardeau ...
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'I don't know' has got to go
(Column ~ 08/13/19)
The unpardonable sin of customer service may be summed up in three words: “I don’t know.” Mounted on every wall in every store, office and college dorm throughout the country, if not the world, should be a sign that reads, “‘I don’t know’ with a period on the end is never acceptable. Find the answer.” Teach this rule to young people, and demand they abide by it...
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Donald Kirn
(Obituary ~ 08/13/19)
Donald F. Kirn, 82, a longtime resident of Cape Girardeau and Perryville, Missouri, died Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday at La Croix United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau. Memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the church, with the Revs. Mark Carbaugh and Jim Davis officiating...
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Judy King
(Obituary ~ 08/13/19)
MORLEY, Mo. -- Judy King, daughter of the late Zeno and Welden Stike LeGrand, was born June 1, 1927, in Oran, Missouri, and departed this life at her daughter's home in Morley on Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, at the age of 92. Judy was the owner and operator of Judy's Salon from 1970 until 1992, a member of Guardian Angel Catholic Church in Oran and a resident of Oran...
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Wes Jones
(Obituary ~ 08/13/19)
Wes Jones, 38, of Millersville died Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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Vivian Gaskill
(Obituary ~ 08/13/19)
MOWEAQUA, Ill. -- Vivian L. Gaskill, 92, of Moweaqua, formerly of Monmouth, Illinois, passed away at 6:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, in Macon, Illinois. Vivian was born June 9, 1927, in Cameron, Warren County, Illinois, the daughter of Fred and Verna Lewis Moore. She attended Phelps School in Warren County and graduated from Monmouth High School in 1945...
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Linda Cummings
(Obituary ~ 08/13/19)
Linda Lee Cummings, 69 of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Las Vegas, died Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, at her home. Cremation rites will be accorded. Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements.
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Interactive border wall mural tells stories of deported
(Entertainment ~ 08/13/19)
TIJUANA, Mexico -- Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana returned Friday to the Mexican beach where her father entered the U.S. illegally before she was born, this time to put final touches on a mural of adults who came to the U.S. illegally as young children and were deported. Visitors who hold up their phones to the painted faces are taken to a website voicing first-person narratives...
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Angry wasps help German police nab fleeing fugitive
(International News ~ 08/13/19)
BERLIN — A fugitive in Germany has been nabbed thanks to the help of angry wasps. Oldenburg police said the unusual sting operation took place Monday after officers tried to arrest a 32-year-old man to serve an outstanding 11-month custodial sentence. The suspect, whose name wasn’t released, fled from police and jumped from a balcony straight into a wasps’ nest. ...
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5 children killed in fire at Pennsylvania day care center
(National News ~ 08/13/19)
ERIE, Pa. -- A day care center where children could stay overnight as their parents worked was ravaged Sunday by a fire that killed five and sent the owner to the hospital, authorities said. The victims in the lakeside city of Erie ranged in age from 8 months to 7 years, chief Guy Santone of the Erie Fire Department said...
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Troops let some Muslims go to mosques in locked-down Kashmir
(International News ~ 08/13/19)
SRINAGAR, India -- Troops in Indian-administered Kashmir allowed some Muslims to walk to local mosques alone or in pairs to mark the Eid al-Adha festival Monday on the eighth day of an unprecedented security lockdown imposed as India stripped the disputed region of its autonomy...
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Suspect in Norway mosque attack smirks in court appearance
(International News ~ 08/13/19)
A Norwegian man suspected of killing his stepsister and then storming an Oslo mosque with guns appeared in court Monday with a smirk on his bruised face as evidence grew he sought to emulate attacks by white supremacists in the U.S. and New Zealand...
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Questions swirl around Epstein's monitoring before suicide
(National News ~ 08/13/19)
NEW YORK -- One of Jeffrey Epstein's guards the night he hanged himself in his federal jail cell wasn't a regular correctional officer, according to a person familiar with the detention center, which is now under scrutiny for what Attorney General William Barr on Monday called "serious irregularities."...
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Feds: Friend of Ohio gunman bought body armor, ammo magazine
(National News ~ 08/13/19)
A longtime friend of the Dayton gunman bought the body armor, a 100-round magazine and a key part of the gun used in the attack, but there's no indication the man knew his friend was planning a massacre, federal agents said Monday. Ethan Kollie told investigators he also helped Connor Betts assemble the AR-15-style weapon about 10 weeks ago, according to a court document...
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Hong Kong airport protest shutdown tarnishes business image
(International News ~ 08/13/19)
Mass flight cancellations at Hong Kong's airport disrupted one of the world's busiest air-transport hubs Monday, causing chaos for tourists and business travelers and playing havoc with global airlines' flight schedules -- a fresh escalation of the city's protest movement threatening the Asian city's business-friendly image...
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New rules to deny green cards to many legal immigrants
(National News ~ 08/13/19)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration announced Monday it is moving forward with one of its most aggressive steps yet to restrict legal immigration: Denying green cards to many migrants who use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers or other forms of public assistance...
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Parts of South and Midwest grapple with dangerous heat wave
(National News ~ 08/13/19)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Forecasters are warning about days of scorching, dangerous heat gripping a wide swath of the U.S. South and Midwest, where the heat index Monday was approaching 120 degrees in one town and climbed nearly that high in others. With temperatures around 100 degrees at midday and "feels like" temperatures soaring even higher, parts of 13 states were under heat advisories, from Texas, Louisiana and Florida in the South to Missouri and Illinois in the Midwest, the National Weather Service reported.. ...
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Ginger Rogers home in Independence set to close
(State News ~ 08/13/19)
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- A museum in Independence dedicated to the late actress Ginger Rogers will close after only one year of operation. Rogers, who was born in Independence, is most famous as the dancing partner for Fred Astaire in the 1930s and '40s...
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Woman gets life term in death of mentally disabled man
(State News ~ 08/13/19)
ST. LOUIS -- A Missouri woman was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole for killing a mentally disabled man, apparently as part of a complicated plot to divert attention from an unsolved homicide from several years earlier. Pamela Hupp, 60, of the St. Louis suburb of O'Fallon, entered an Alford plea in June on a first-degree murder charge in the 2016 death of 33-year-old Louis Gumpenberger. The plea wasn't an admission of the crime but conceded evidence existed for a conviction...
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Prayer 8/13/19
(Prayer ~ 08/13/19)
O Jesus, may we be filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through you. Amen.
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Out of the past: Aug. 13
(Out of the Past ~ 08/13/19)
Officers of the Missouri Highway Patrol made the nation's largest crack cocaine bust of the year and Missouri's largest ever when they seized four kilograms of the drug on Interstate 55 near Portageville on Aug. 4; three Houston men face federal drug charges...
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Scott City fire report 8/13/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/13/19)
The Scott City Fire Department responded to the following calls: Aug. 3 n At 2:12 p.m., a medical assist alarm in the 1400 block of Main Street. Aug. 4 n Medical assists were made at 12:50 p.m. in the 400 block of State Street, 3:51 p.m. in the 400 block of Mildred Street and 9:49 p.m. in the 700 block of Central Avenue...
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Cape Girardeau police report 8/13/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/13/19)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Driving while intoxicated, resisting arrests and driving while suspended were reported at South Sprigg Street and Jefferson Avenue. Subject was in custody...
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Birth 8/13/19
(Births ~ 08/13/19)
Son to Bryan and Jordyn Condict of Bernie, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 2:36 a.m. Saturday, June 22, 2019. Name, Bryar Wade. Weight, 3 pounds, 10 ounces. First child. Mrs. Condict is the daughter of Anthony "Tony" and Sandy Ladd of Jackson and Leslie and Chris VanDorfe of Advance, Missouri. She works at Town and Country. Condict is the son of Mark and Kim Condict of Essex, Missouri, and Lorie and Dale Reed of Bernie...
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Flamm Orchards to Hold Farm to Fork Dinner August 24
(Submitted Story ~ 08/13/19)
Flamm Orchards of Cobden will hold their first-ever Farm to Fork dinner on Saturday, August 24 at 6:30 p.m. on the farm. Organizers Parker and Austin Flamm, part of the sixth generation of Flamm farmers, hope to establish this as an annual event to celebrate the harvest and help guests form a greater connection and enjoyment of their farm experience...
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Communities Fighting Fraud
(Submitted Story ~ 08/13/19)
Older people are at a greater risk of fraud and other forms of financial exploitation. The United States Postal Service has seen an increase in mail fraud and is promoting community strength and fraud awareness as a way to prevent abuse. Social Security agrees. You can help your more vulnerable loved ones fight fraud...
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Lisa Mosby
(Obituary ~ 08/13/19)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Lisa A. Mosby, 69, of McClure died Saturday, Aug, 10, 2019, at Marshall County Hospital in Benton, Kentucky. She was born Aug. 10, 1950, in Cape Girardeau to Johnny and Mary Ellen Knupp Wilson. She and Gregory W. Mosby were married Sept. 28, 1974, at Wolf Lake, Illinois...
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