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On the road again: 800 Corvettes roar through Cape in celebration of National Corvette Museum's 25th anniversary
(Local News ~ 08/28/19)
The roar of horsepower shook the streets of downtown Cape Girardeau on Tuesday afternoon as 800 Corvettes -- some new, some antique -- assembled to celebrate "America's only true sports car." Corvettes of Southeast Missouri president and event planning committee chairman Rick Essner said people who drive Corvettes understand, "and hopefully most people do, because they're cool."...
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Online exclusive: Southeast AD discusses future of alcohol sales at football games
(Local News ~ 08/28/19)
Beer is not on tap at Houck Stadium, nor wine for that matter. But in the future, Southeast Missouri State University might start selling alcoholic beverages at the stadium on game days, according to Brady Barke, the school’s athletics director. “It is becoming more common (in college athletics) and that is something that we will explore at some point,” he said. ...
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Houck Stadium: A major rebuilding job
(Local News ~ 08/28/19)
When Houck Stadium opened Oct. 3, 1930, it was hailed as one of the best athletic facilities in the Midwest. Today, nearly 90 years later, it is outdated, inadequate and falling apart. Its problems can’t be patched up. Major rebuilding is needed. That’s the reality facing Southeast Missouri State University athletic director Brady Barke as Houck Stadium readies for the opening Redhawks football game of the season Thursday...
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'The brightest light ever': Shooting victim Madison Robinson planned to be paramedic with military
(Local News ~ 08/28/19)
Cape Girardeau Central High School sophomore Madison Robinson had hopes of one day becoming a paramedic. But that dream was shattered Saturday night. Robinson, 15, was shot and killed on her front porch at 913 Jefferson Ave, at about 10:15 p.m. She and a second shooting victim were taken by ambulance to local hospitals. Robinson died as a result of her wound...
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SEMO will pay tuition, general fees for low-income, academically qualified Mo. freshmen beginning in 2020
(Local News ~ 08/28/19)
A new scholarship program at Southeast Missouri State University will enable qualified low-income Missouri students to pursue a college education tuition-free. In announcing the new Will To Do Award scholarship Tuesday, university administrators said approximately 900 eligible members of Southeast’s freshman class will qualify for the “zero tuition” program when it becomes available in the fall of 2020...
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Sponsored: Building Meaningful Connections for Your Business
(B Magazine ~ 08/28/19)
The importance of networking shouldn’t be discounted when you are building a successful business. While some people are naturals, others understandably struggle getting started. How do you make a good and lasting impression?
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/28/19)
Today is Wednesday, Aug. 28, the 240th day of 2019. There are 125 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 28, 1955, Emmett Till, a black teen-ager from Chicago, was abducted from his uncle's home in Money, Mississippi, by two white men after he had supposedly whistled at a white woman; he was found brutally slain three days later...
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2019 Newsmakers: Doug Austin
(B Magazine ~ 08/28/19)
You can't miss the booming voice -- or personality -- of Doug Austin. He's a fixture at any number of area events, be it with his church (Bethany Baptist Church) or community. After a career in the grocery business marketing products for more than 100 independent stores, Austin made up his mind early on he would retire by age 60. After two stops in Cape Girardeau during his career, Austin and his wife, Fran, knew where their retirement years would be spent...
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2019 Newsmakers: Dennis Vollink
(B Magazine ~ 08/28/19)
While serving in the U.S. Air Force 37 years ago, Dennis Vollink received a call that would map the course of his personal and professional life for the next four decades. Bob Drury of Drury Southwest in Cape Girardeau was looking for a pilot. After contacting Randolph Air Force Base in Universal City, Texas, and speaking with a couple of pilots who weren't a fit, the pilots said Drury should meet with Vollink, who, they believed, would be the perfect candidate: not only was he a pilot and engineer, but the career path was something his peers believed would suit him.. ...
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Hacking for a Cause: Wound-care app Wins $30,000 at First Local Healthcare Hackathon
(B Magazine ~ 08/28/19)
For most people, the term "hacker" conjures intangible imagery; things like cryptocurrencies or swirling lines of binary code. But in practice, "hacking" is little more than problem solving. It's looking at a problem, evaluating the technological resources at hand, and then leveraging those resources in new and creative ways...
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B Magazine's Newsmaker edition a showstopper; event on Sept. 4
(Editorial ~ 08/28/19)
If you haven't read the latest edition of B Magazine, the Southeast Missourian's business publication, you're missing out on some great content. It's the Newsmakers edition, which features 18 people who give selflessly in their efforts to make the community a better place. Eighteen people are profiled along with stunning colorful portraits by Tyler Graef. Truly, it's content you don't want to miss...
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Small business harm
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/28/19)
Misnamed mandate. That's what small business owners think of the Corporate Transparency Act. As the owner of SOTO Property Solutions in Cape Girardeau. This bill is a one-sized-fits-all mandate that will hurt more than 500,000 small businesses across Missouri...
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Trump: Federal Reserve is loving manufacturing woes
(National News ~ 08/28/19)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump, who last week suggested Fed Chairman Jerome Powell could be an enemy, is now saying the central bank "loves" the troubles U.S. manufacturers are facing. In his tweet Tuesday, Trump said, "The Federal Reserve loves watching our manufacturers struggle with their exports to the benefit of other parts of the world."...
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Spurning Amazon aid, Brazil brings up Notre Dame fire
(International News ~ 08/28/19)
JACUNDA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil -- Brazil insisted Tuesday it would set conditions for accepting any aid from the world's richest nations to help fight Amazon fires, saying France couldn't protect Notre Dame Cathedral from fire devastation and should focus on its own problems...
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Puerto Rico braces for rain, power outages as Tropical Storm Dorian nears
(Community ~ 08/28/19)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Jorge Ortiz, a 50-year-old construction worker, was taking no chances as Tropical Storm Dorian approached Puerto Rico on Tuesday and threatened to brush past the island's southwest coast at near-hurricane strength. Wiping sweat from his brow, Ortiz climbed up a shaky ladder under the punishing morning sun and tied down pieces of zinc that now serve as his roof because Hurricane Maria ripped the second floor off his house when the Category 4 storm hit in September 2017...
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Israel's shadow war with Iran bursts into the open
(International News ~ 08/28/19)
JERUSALEM -- The long shadow war between Israel and Iran has burst into the open in recent days, with Israel allegedly striking Iran-linked targets as far away as Iraq and crash-landing two drones in Hezbollah-dominated southern Beirut. These incidents, along with an air raid in Syria that Israel says thwarted an imminent Iranian drone attack, have raised tensions at a particularly fraught time...
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Iranian president: First lift sanctions, then let's talk
(International News ~ 08/28/19)
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's president back-pedaled Tuesday on possible talks with Donald Trump, saying the U.S. president must first lift sanctions imposed on Tehran, otherwise a meeting between the two would be a mere photo op. Hassan Rouhani's change of heart came a day after Trump said Monday there's a "really good chance" the two could meet on their nuclear impasse after a surprise intervention by French President Emmanuel Macron during the G-7 summit to try to bring Washington and Tehran together after decades of conflict.. ...
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Biden: Racism is institutional, 'white man's problem'
(National News ~ 08/28/19)
WASHINGTON -- Racism in America is institutional and it is a "white man's problem visited on people of color," former Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday, arguing the way to attack the issue is to defeat President Donald Trump and shame the racists he has emboldened...
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Epstein accusers pour out their anger in court
(National News ~ 08/28/19)
NEW YORK -- One by one, 16 women who say they were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein poured out their anger Tuesday, lashing out at him as a coward and a manipulator, after a judge gave them the day in court they were denied when he killed himself behind bars...
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As opioid settlements increase, so do questions about the money
(National News ~ 08/28/19)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma's legal fight against the opioid industry has racked up settlements and judgments of nearly $1 billion, but as the numbers keep rising, so do concerns over how that money will be spent. Experts say the $572 million judgment issued Monday against consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson could pay for a year's worth of statewide drug-treatment efforts. ...
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Report: Chaos, rising temps at nursing home where 12 died
(National News ~ 08/28/19)
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- A Florida nursing home descended into chaos as its temperatures rose after Hurricane Irma knocked out its air conditioning in 2017, leading to the deaths of 12 people and the arrest this week of an administrator and three nurses on manslaughter charges, according to a report cited by police...
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UN says 40 migrants feared drowned in Mediterranean Sea capsizing off Libya
(International News ~ 08/28/19)
CAIRO -- A boat carrying dozens of migrants bound for Europe capsized Tuesday in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, with at least 40 people missing and presumed drowned, U.N. officials said. A support group reported it had gotten a call from someone on the vessel "crying and shouting" passengers had died already...
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Madison Robinson
(Obituary ~ 08/28/19)
Madison Kingston "Madi" Robinson, 15, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Friends may call from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Mercy Seat Missionary Baptist Church in Charleston, Missouri. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the church, with the Rev. Floyd Wade officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston, with Williams Funeral Home of Charleston in charge of arrangements...
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Braydan Patrick
(Obituary ~ 08/28/19)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Braydan Isaiah Aaron Patrick, 4, of Sikeston died Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born July 24, 2015, in Sikeston to Lance Patrick Jr. and Searea Ann Miller. Braydan is survived by his mother, Searea Miller of Sikeston; his father, Lance Patrick Jr. ...
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Shirl Lowery
(Obituary ~ 08/28/19)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Shirl Roling Lowery, 77, died Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, at Chaffee Nursing Center. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Friday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. Funeral will be at noon Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Gene Hooker officiating. Interment, with full military honors, will follow in Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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Donald Evans
(Obituary ~ 08/28/19)
ORAN, Mo. -- Donald Ralph Evans, 81, of Oran passed away Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born Sept. 29, 1937, in Blodgett, Missouri, son of Ralph Samuel and Geraldine Fowler Evans. He and Irene Dowdy were united in marriage July 29, 1957...
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Bill Bridges
(Obituary ~ 08/28/19)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Bill Bridges, 61, of Tamms died Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. The family will host a memorial service at 2 p.m. Saturday at Community Church in Tamms, with Brother Tony Kirby officiating. Per Bill's wishes, the family would love for everyone to wear bright, colorful clothes. Bill especially loved anything tie-dyed...
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Midwest states seek to fix Missouri River flood bottlenecks
(State News ~ 08/28/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- After a year of devastating flooding, several Midwestern states are joining together to try to identify bottlenecks along the Missouri River that can cause waters to back up and worsen flooding in certain areas. Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska submitted a study proposal Tuesday to the U.S. ...
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Federal judge blocks Missouri's 8-week abortion ban
(State News ~ 08/28/19)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A new Missouri ban on abortions at or after eight weeks of pregnancy won't take effect today after a federal judge temporarily blocked it from being implemented. U.S. District Judge Howard Sachs put a pause on the law as a legal challenge against it plays out in court, which could take months. He added Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri likely will succeed in their lawsuit alleging the law is unconstitutional...
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Speak Out 8/28/19
(Speak Out ~ 08/28/19)
So today's headline says we are scrapping safety, changing storm-shelter codes for our children in schools so we will have enough money to build an unsafe building for a pool nobody wants attached to a school and not having code for safety at Alma Schrader expansion. Pool at ant cost? Anybody ready for a referendum?...
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Prayer 8/28/19
(Prayer ~ 08/28/19)
Come, Thou Fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing Thy grace. Amen.
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Births 8/28/19
(Births ~ 08/28/19)
Daughter to Jacob Koehler and Desiree Pack of Marble Hill, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 7:48 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, 2019. Name, Paisley Grace. Weight, 9 pounds. First child. Pack is the daughter of Kathy Pack and Edward Pack of Sedgewickville, Missouri. Koehler is the son of Amanda Koehler-Petzoldt of Millersville and the late Wyatt Koehler. He is employed by Koehler Professional Painting...
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Cape police report 8/28/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/28/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Theft n Stealing was reported at 2100 William St. Miscellaneous n Property damage was reported on North Ellis Street. n Property damage was reported in the 200 block of North Ellis Street...
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Out of the past: Aug. 28
(Out of the Past ~ 08/28/19)
The Rev. David P. Johnson is installed as administrative pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson; the evening service is followed by a reception in the fellowship hall; Johnson, a native of Nebraska, is married with four children. A group placing newspaper and radio advertisements around the state opposing a $250 million bond issue approved Aug. ...
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Saxony Lutheran FFA Member Word selected to perform with National FFA Band at 2019 National FFA Convention & Expo
(Submitted Story ~ 08/28/19)
Cory Word, a member of the Saxony Lutheran FFA chapter in Jackson, Missouri, will be on stage and in the spotlight October 30 – November during the 2019 National FFA convention & Expo in Indianapolis. Word, a Sophomore and son of Todd and Carol Word, has been selected to play Baritone in the National FFA Band...
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