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Beer, wine on menu at SEMO games; medical marijuana off limits
(Local News ~ 09/21/19)
Beer and wine will be on the menu at Southeast Missouri State University basketball games starting in late October. The school's Board of Regents adopted a new policy Friday allowing alcohol to be sold at Southeast home collegiate athletic events, starting with the basketball season...
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Community Partnership $500,000 block grant to renovate former Cape police station delayed
(Local News ~ 09/21/19)
The Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri has yet to receive a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant to back its makeover of the city's former police station due to a delay in federal government funding. Erected in 1976, the two-story building at 40 S. ...
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VA set to construct new health center in Cape, completion set for 2022
(Local News ~ 09/21/19)
Cape Girardeau will be home to a new, $47.4 million, 43,000-square-foot federal Veterans Affairs (VA) health care center. Officials at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, announced plans for the new center Friday. A dedication ceremony is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sept. 28 at the new clinic location on Mount Auburn Road, immediately north of SoutheastHEALTH's cancer center...
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Gibson Center marks 40th anniversary
(Local News ~ 09/21/19)
Scott Moyers and Lester Gillespie are two of 50,000. Two of the 50,000 people who, over the past 40 years, have been served by Gibson Recovery Center in Cape Girardeau and elsewhere in Southeast Missouri as they worked to overcome their alcoholism and drug dependency...
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'They're like having kids'
(Local News ~ 09/21/19)
Dru and Tara Reeves beamed like proud parents as two tortoises, Duckie and Sheldon, gnawed at plates of fresh vegetables in their backyard. "They're like having kids," Tara said while keeping one eye on the massive sulcata tortoises. "You have to watch them, because you'll turn around and they're gone."...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/21/19)
Today is Saturday, Sept. 21, the 264th day of 2019. There are 101 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 21, 1985, In North Korea and South Korea, family members who had been separated for decades were allowed to visit each other as both countries opened their borders in an unprecedented family-reunion program...
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Out of the past: Sept. 21
(Out of the Past ~ 09/21/19)
The rift between property owners and contractors which stalled channel improvements to the Cape LaCroix Creek Flood Control Project has been resolved; the final phase of work on the channel improvement to Cape LaCroix Creek behind the Lowell's/Silo Building north of Bloomfield Road will resume this week after being halted several months...
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Club news 9-22-19
(Community News ~ 09/21/19)
The Town and Country FCE Club met Sept. 12, with Donna Woolsey as the hostess. Woolsey gave the devotion titled "Encouragement." Mary Klaproth led a David and Goliath Bible quizm, with Darlene McCain the winner. Roll call was answered with your favorite hobby. Pennies for "Coins for Friendship" were collected...
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Local farmers, sick of paying tolls in 1907, take matters into their own hands
(Community ~ 09/21/19)
Cape Girardeau faced an economic disadvantage in the early 1900s. People coming from Jackson or Scott County had to travel on toll roads, a costly impediment for local business. The Cape Girardeau McAdamized and Plank Road Company was chartered in 1851 to operate a road connecting Cape Girardeau, Jackson and Bollinger Mill. Another firm, the Cape Girardeau and Scott County McAdamized Road Company, was created in 1853 to build a road to the south...
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Senior Center Menus for Sept. 23 through 27
(Community ~ 09/21/19)
Monday: BBQ riblet or patty melt, seasoned potato friee, California-blend veggies, whole-grain bread and chilled peaches or brownie. Tuesday: Poppy seed chicken or Swiss steak, wild rice pilaf, peas and pearl onions, glazed onions, hot roll and mixed fruit or lemon bar...
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Adopt Piper
(Community ~ 09/21/19)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary Piper is a one-year-old Beagle mix. She would be a great addition to your family. She is available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.
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A major wildflower pollinator
(Column ~ 09/21/19)
Shown here is the bright yellow flower of a plant called Jerusalem artichoke. Also called sunchoke, this plant is a member of the sunflower family. It has a rather spindly but woody stem that branches out and can become profuse with wonderful flowers. It can grow to a height of about 8 feet...
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Kunz - Hayward
(Wedding ~ 09/21/19)
Katherine Kunz, daughter of David and Gail Kunz of Cape Girardeau, and Ryan Hayward, son of Linda Millar Hayward and Roger Hayward of Danbury, Connecticut, were united in marriage May 31, 2019. The ceremony took place at Durham Hill Farm in Pipersville, Pennsylvania. Ryan Becker officiated the ceremony...
- Scrapbook (Community ~ 09/21/19)
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Show some pride
(Column ~ 09/21/19)
It never ceases to amaze me when driving somewhere how much trash is just tossed out. I sometimes lose a piece out of the back of my pickup, but I sure don't toss it out. Whole bags of leftovers from the fast food joints. Cups of all colors and descriptions. ...
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Melania Trump cuts ribbon on reopened Washington Monument
(Community ~ 09/21/19)
WASHINGTON -- First lady Melania Trump cut the ribbon Thursday as the Washington Monument reopened to the public for the first time in three years. The 555-foot stone obelisk closed in September 2016 in order to replace the aging elevator and upgrade security systems...
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FYI 9-22-19
(Community ~ 09/21/19)
Notre Dame Regional High School's annual activity week will be held through Sept. 28. The purpose of activity week is to involve students, staff, parents and the community in raising funds to reduce the operating budget of the school. Many activities and promotions will take place: Raffles, magazine subscriptions, candy, trash bags, butter braids, mums, Imo's Pizza and fruit will be sold with all proceeds utilitzed in an incentive contest among each class. ...
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Chasing monsters, writer remains primarily a storyteller
(Community ~ 09/21/19)
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- In the archive of hairy creatures that no one can really explain, Momo has an honored place. The name stands as shorthand for "Missouri Monster," though the beast has a lineage of storied but non-genetic kin. Think Sasquatch. Think Bigfoot...
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Kitty Kandalaft -- From rustic beginnings to teacher and pilot
(Community ~ 09/21/19)
Anyone who has had the pleasure of knowing Kitty Kandalaft of Dexter may have trouble believing that this soft-spoken, gracious southern lady had her beginnings in the rustic, rugged terrain of West Virginia. "I come from where the hillbillies live," laughs Kandalaft. ...
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Being in the day
(Column ~ 09/21/19)
An email came into my inbox late last month that filled me with incredible sadness. A certain musician I'd never met had died in a car accident in northern Ohio. His name was Jared Jacobsen, the longtime organist at Chautauqua Institution in western New York state. My wife and I watched Jacobsen's instrumental mastery over most of the 40 years we've been attending Chautauqua events...
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Turning struggles into opportunities
(Column ~ 09/21/19)
Have you wished you had never suffered? That no problems had interrupted your tranquility? Or, when you've gone through your own life and death situations, within, do you hope for no more? Do you merely want to be left alone to enjoy what you choose to do?...
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Met explores Frank Lloyd Wright's textiles, among the famous architect's less famous creations
(Community ~ 09/21/19)
NEW YORK -- A small but important exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art explores a little-known facet of architect Frank Lloyd Wright's creations: his line of wallpapers, printed and woven textiles and other home goods designed for the public. "Frank Lloyd Wright Textiles: The Taliesin Line, 1955-60" remains on view through Apr. ...
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Prayer 9-22-19
(Prayer ~ 09/21/19)
O Heavenly Father, may we use good judgment, judgment based on your Holy Word. Amen.
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Speak Out 9-22-19
(Speak Out ~ 09/21/19)
PRS2 "promised" our community a new baseball complex to serve the needs of our younger (12 and under) baseball community who currently utilize Arena Park where fields are located in a flood zone and on SEMO District Fair property. $4.5 million was allocated in PRS2 for this purpose. ...
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Young protesters around globe demand climate action
(International News ~ 09/21/19)
BERLIN -- A wave of climate change protests swept across the globe Friday, with hundreds of thousands of young people sending a message to leaders headed for a U.N. summit: The warming world can't wait for action. Marches, rallies and demonstrations were held from Canberra to Kabul and Cape Town to Copenhagen, and more were set to follow as the day went on...
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Iraq's stability on the line as U.S., Iran tensions soar
(International News ~ 09/21/19)
BAGHDAD -- As the United States and Israel escalate their push to contain Iranian influence in the Middle East, countries in Tehran's orbit are feeling the heat. Pro-Iranian militias across Lebanon, Syria and Iraq are being targeted, both with economic sanctions and precision airstrikes hitting their bases and infrastructure. This is putting the governments that host them in the crosshairs of an escalating confrontation and raising the prospect of open conflict...
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Saudis show media scorched, shrapnel-blasted oil facility
(International News ~ 09/21/19)
BUQAYQ, Saudi Arabia -- The heart of Saudi Arabia's oil industry remained wrapped in scaffolding Friday as workers sought to repair the charred innards and shrapnel-blasted arteries caused by drone-and-cruise-missile attacks that raised tensions between the U.S. and Iran...
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Scientists prepare for year-long expedition to Arctic center
(International News ~ 09/21/19)
BERLIN -- Researchers from more than a dozen nations launched Friday the biggest and most complex expedition ever attempted in the central Arctic -- a yearlong journey through the ice they hope will improve the scientific models that underpin our understanding of climate change...
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23 states sue Trump to keep Calif.'s auto emission rules
(National News ~ 09/21/19)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California and 22 other states sued Friday to stop the Trump administration from revoking the authority of the nation's most populous state to set emission standards for cars and trucks. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra sued the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration a day after it issued a regulation designed to pre-empt the state's authority to set its own rules for how much pollution can come from cars and trucks...
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Walmart to quit selling e-cigarettes
(National News ~ 09/21/19)
NEW YORK -- Walmart is getting out of the vaping business. The nation's largest retailer said Friday it will stop selling electronic cigarettes at its namesake stores and Sam's Clubs in the U.S. when it sells out its current inventory. The nation's largest retailer said the move is due to "growing federal, state and local regulatory complexity" regarding vaping products. It also comes after several hundred people have mysteriously fallen ill after vaping, and eight have died...
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Deal reached to send migrants to El Salvador
(National News ~ 09/21/19)
NEW YORK -- The United States on Friday signed an agreement paving the way for the U.S. to send many asylum-seekers to one of the world's most violent countries, El Salvador. But both countries must first take necessary legal actions and implement major border security and asylum procedures before it would go into effect, according to a draft copy of the agreement obtained by The Associated Press...
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Houston-area sees relief after Imelda leaves 4 dead
(National News ~ 09/21/19)
HOUSTON -- Emergency workers used boats Friday to rescue about 60 residents of a Houston-area community still trapped in their homes by floodwaters following one of the wettest tropical cyclones in U.S. history. At least four deaths have been linked to the remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda, which deluged parts of Texas and Louisiana and drew comparisons to Hurricane Harvey two years ago. Officials took advantage of receding floodwaters to begin assessing how many homes and cars were flooded...
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U.S. to send troops to Saudi Arabia
(National News ~ 09/21/19)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon on Friday announced it will deploy additional U.S. troops and missile defense equipment to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, as President Donald Trump has at least for now put off any immediate military strike on Iran in response to the attack on the Saudi oil industry...
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Trump sought Ukrainian dirt
(National News ~ 09/21/19)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump urged the new leader of Ukraine this summer to investigate the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, a person familiar with the matter said Friday. Democrats condemned what they saw as a clear effort to damage a political rival, now at the heart of an explosive whistleblower complaint against Trump...
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Births 9-22-19
(Births ~ 09/21/19)
Son to Amos and Carissa Helms of Benton, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 2:41 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. Name, Reid Logan. Weight, 8 pounds, 11 ounces. First child. Mrs. Helms is the daughter of Rick and Cheri Klipfel of Benton. She is a teacher with the Scott County School District. Helms is the son of Pam Helms of Sikeston, Missouri, and the late Chris Helms. He works for Procter & Gamble...
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Police report 9-22-19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/21/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 900 block of South Ellis Street. n Assault was reported in the 300 block of South Sprigg Street. Suspect was taken into custody...
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Fire report 9-22-19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/21/19)
cape girardeau The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Sept. 19 n Medical assists were made at 8:41 a.m. on North Main Street, 11:13 a.m. on Lorraine Drive, 1:16 p.m. on South Kingshighway and 8:15 p.m. on North Sunset Boulevard...
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Brenda Franklin
(Obituary ~ 09/21/19)
PERRYVILLE, Mo, -- Brenda M. Franklin, 44, of Nevada, Missouri, formerly of Perryville, died Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, at Southwest Community Service in Nevada. The private visitation and funeral Mass for Brenda was held at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Silver Lake, Missouri. Burial was in the church cemetery...
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Jerry Sterling Sr.
(Obituary ~ 09/21/19)
HILLSBORO, Mo. -- Jerry Don Sterling Sr., 74, of Hillsboro passed away Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, at Riverview at the Park in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. He was born Jan. 24, 1945, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Paul and Mary Jane Brown Sterling. He first married Linda Brown. Two children were born to their union, Jerry Jr. and Melissa. He later married Ruth Evans Schlater. She passed away Aug. 16, 2011...
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Glenora Sitze
(Obituary ~ 09/21/19)
Glenora J. Sitze, 96, died Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, at Monticello House in Jackson. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Monday at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill, Missouri. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Elijah Allen and Dr. Chris Vaught officiating. Burial will follow in Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery...
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Euline Schremp
(Obituary ~ 09/21/19)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Euline M. Schremp, 81, of Perryville died Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to noon Monday at Ford and Young Funeral Home of Perryville. Funeral will follow at noon Monday, with the Rev. Joe Geders, C.M., officiating. Inurnment will be at the Mary Queen of Heaven Mausoleum in Mount Hope Cemetery...
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Randy Lange
(Obituary ~ 09/21/19)
Randy D. Lange, 65, of Millersville passed away Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. He was born July 27, 1954, son of Clarence and Aline Evans Lange. Randy was a carpenter by trade, and most of all he enjoyed roping and being surrounded by all his friends. Survivors include his son, Brian Lange of Williamsville, Missouri; brother, Steve Lange of Jackson; brother in-law, Larry Kuntze of Gordonville; and many friends...
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Michael Browne
(Obituary ~ 09/21/19)
** Michael Browne Michael S. Browne, 70, of Jackson died Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, at his home. A celebration of life service will be announced at a later date. McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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Cory Crosnoe still coaching -- just not baseball
(Column ~ 09/21/19)
Some may remember Jackson Junior High School principal Cory Crosnoe for his baseball success. The Cape Girardeau Central and Southeast Missouri State University standout had an impressive career on the field. So much so that he spent a couple seasons in the '90s playing minor league baseball for the Atlanta Braves organization. ...
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Out of the past: Sept. 22
(Out of the Past ~ 09/21/19)
At Southeast Missouri State University, there is talk of layoffs and major tuition hikes; school officials are forecasting gloom and doom if Missouri voters in November pass Hancock II, a constitutional amendment that would limit state revenue growth; Art Wallhausen, assistant to the president at Southeast, says passage of the measure would be financially devastating to Missouri's public colleges and universities...
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Charles Lilly
(Obituary ~ 09/21/19)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Charles E. Lilly, 72, of Perryville died Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, at his home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday at Ford and Young Funeral Home of Perryville. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday, with the Revs. Bruce Owens and Chris Seah co-officiating. Burial will be in Home Cemetery, with military graveside rites provided by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4282 and Delta Team...
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