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Defense attorneys seek dismisal of former Scott City mayor's defamation lawsuit
(Local News ~ 10/05/19)
BENTON, Mo. -- Attorneys for two of three defendants in a defamation lawsuit brought by former Scott City Mayor Ron Cummins told a judge Friday the case has no merit and should be dismissed. Attorneys for Scott City resident Cindi Davidson Brashear and councilman and former Mayor Tim Porch asked the judge to dismiss their clients from the case...
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More than 50 organizations unite for Project Homeless Connect on Friday: 'people really need this'
(Local News ~ 10/05/19)
With a smile on her face and hands full of wintertime necessities, Keli Stoner had just visited Project Homeless Connect on Friday morning at the Osage Centre. Sifting through her findings of scarves, undergarments and long-sleeve shirts, Stoner -- who resides at Amen Center in Delta -- said, "people really need this in Cape Girardeau."...
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FEMA denies federal aid for Illinois residents, businesses
(Local News ~ 10/05/19)
Record flooding devastated the Illinois locales of East Cape Girardeau and McClure and closed the Bill Emerson Bridge for weeks earlier this year, but the Federal Emergency Management Agency has concluded the damage was not enough to warrant federal assistance for residents and businesses in Alexander County and 21 other counties in the state...
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The beat goes on: High school bands come together for Jackson Marching Band Fest
(Local News ~ 10/05/19)
As her bandmates spread out across the bleachers, straightening uniforms and futzing with chinstraps, Meadow Heights High School color guard member Emily Dalton couldn't help but laugh. "Our feathers are so much taller than the ones they have at Oak Ridge, and it makes me so happy," she said, glancing across at the next band down the line, Oak Ridge. ...
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First Pentecostal Church marks 100th anniversary
(Local News ~ 10/05/19)
With praise and song, members of First Pentecostal Church of Cape Girardeau marked the church's 100th anniversary Friday night. The occasion coincides with the Rev. Darrell E. Faire Sr.'s 20th year as pastor of the congregation. Several speakers -- including the Revs. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/05/19)
Today is Saturday, Oct. 5, the 278th day of 2019. There are 87 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 5, 1947, President Harry S. Truman delivered the first televised White House address as he spoke on the world food crisis. On this date:...
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Out of the past: Oct. 5
(Out of the Past ~ 10/05/19)
Cape Girardeau's street department personnel striped Broadway between Clark Avenue and Walker Street yesterday; changes in the area will provide three lanes for eastbound traffic: A through lane and left- and right-turn lanes; westbound traffic will have a single through lane and a left-turn lane...
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Aufdenberg - 50 years
(Anniversary ~ 10/05/19)
Richard and Judy Aufdenberg of Jackson celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary recently with a dinner and reception hosted by their daughters, Amy Cracraft and Connie Kearns at Jackson Civic Center. Aufdenberg and the former Judy Kutscher were married June 21, 1969, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Howell-Charbonneau
(Engagement ~ 10/05/19)
Ronnie and Darlene Howell of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Shelby Nicole Howell, to Jordan Christopher Charbonneau. He is the son of Cris and Michelle Charbonneau of Jackson. Shelby is a 2012 graduate of Eagle Ridge Christian School. She works at Southeast Missouri State University...
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Hinkebein-Schwartz
(Wedding ~ 10/05/19)
Jennifer Hinkebein and Nicholas Schwartz were married Oct. 6, 2018, at St. Augustine Church in Kelso, Missouri. The Rev. Michael Casteel performed the ceremony. Betty Ressel was the pianist accompanied by soloist Lindsey Grojean. The bride is the daughter of Kenneth and Laura Hinkebein of Jackson. The groom is the son of Joseph Jr. and Yvonne Schwartz of Scott City...
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Arnzen-Yarbro
(Wedding ~ 10/05/19)
Kate Alexandra Arnzen and Derek Joseph Yarbro were married Sept. 7 under the beech tree at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus in Cape Girardeau. John Radetic performed the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Rodney and Karen Roggow of Jackson. The groom is the son of Floyd and Cathy Yarbro of Cape Girardeau...
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Senior Center menus for Oct. 7-11
(Community ~ 10/05/19)
Monday: Poppy seed chicken over brown rice or stuffed peppers with mashed potatoes, California-blend vegetables, green peas, whole-grain hot roll and sugar-free gelatin with pears or cookies. Tuesday: Ham and beans or ground beef stroganoff, stewed tomatoes, cooked cabbage, cornbread and crackers and mixed fruit dessert or iced pumpkin bar...
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GT - Adopt Juliet 10-6-19
(Community ~ 10/05/19)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary Juliet is a sweet 2-year-old female looking for her forever home! Can you help her out? She is available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.
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SEMO District fair winners
(Community ~ 10/05/19)
Best of show - canning: Joe Ewers, Cape Girardeau Best of Show in Canning received gift certificate from Gail Howard with Pampered Chef. Best of show: Baking: Susan Ahrens, Jackson Best of show: Sewing: Linda Withrow, Cape Girardeau Best of show: quilts, Hand-Quilting: Helen Vandeven, Marble Hill, Missouri...
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The unsightly but harmless fall webworm
(Column ~ 10/05/19)
This image shows the protective webbing made by a colony of small leaf-eating worms, called fall webworms. The colony will construct a tough silk net on the end of a tree branch in late summer. These worms will not do any real damage to the tree or limbs they appear on since they only eat green leaves that soon would die and fall from the tree anyway...
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The seasons
(Column ~ 10/05/19)
Fall is here or supposed to be here. Our temps look like summer temps and not fall. It's supposed to be hot here. Unseasonably hot, the weather person was saying. The one thing I like about fall is the cooler temps, especially at night. Oh well, in a matter of weeks it will be cold. I was visiting with someone the other day, and they commented they hated to see summer end. I can't say that. I kind of like all the seasons...
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FYI 10-6-19
(Community ~ 10/05/19)
The 1959 class of Lutesville High School will hold its 60th reunion at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 8 at Delmonico's in Jackson. For those seeking opportunities to volunteer, Southeast Missouri Food Bank will hold open Help More, Feed More Volunteer Days 1 to 4 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month at its distribution center at 600 S. Route H in Sikeston, Missouri. The first volunteer day will be at 1 p.m., Thursday...
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Through the fiery furnace -- resilience to succeed
(Column ~ 10/05/19)
Renowned for education in its academies, seminaries and subscription schools from early days, a free, public "common" school was a new concept in Cape Girardeau County in 1865. Yale-educated James H. Kerr, hired to reopen the Academy in Jackson, arrived in September when the community's post-Civil War scars were fresh. ...
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Beeswax
(Column ~ 10/05/19)
"It's none of your beeswax." I can't speak for Southeast Missouri. I didn't grow up here. In western Pennsylvania, though, this sentence left the mouths of many of my contemporaries as a child in the 1960s. No one ever explained its origins. We all got the idea, though...
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Don't let bad experiences last a llifetime
(Column ~ 10/05/19)
The first thing we all need to know and realize is our past does not define our future. Have you ever believed it did? It is true our past has an influence on how we look at life, what happens, our moral values and other opinions on many things. Our understanding of the past, however needn't remain permanent in our mind. We can relearn our thoughts and the ways we perceive our past, particularly those happenings that are unpleasant...
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Seed your cool season lawn
(Column ~ 10/05/19)
I would have normally suggested to reade it is time to seed your cool season (bluegrass, fescue, and rye) lawns when I wrote my last column four weeks ago. But because of the lack of moisture for a long time, our local soils were developing a lot of cracks in them because of that moisture deficit...
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Prayer 10/6/19
(Prayer ~ 10/05/19)
O Lord Jesus, may we boldly proclaim your holy name throughout all the earth. Amen.
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Ban could block Capitol Christmas Tree from New Mexico
(Community ~ 10/05/19)
TAOS, N.M. -- A tree to be displayed outside the U.S. Capitol building over the holidays is supposed to come from a northern New Mexico forest. That's if the U.S. Forest Service can get an exception from a tree-cutting ban across all New Mexico national forests and one in Arizona...
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Violence escalates in Iraq; 10 protesters killed
(International News ~ 10/05/19)
BAGHDAD -- Security forces opened fire directly at hundreds of anti-government demonstrators Friday in central Baghdad, killing at least 10 protesters and injuring dozens, hours after Iraq's top Shiite cleric warned both sides to end four days of violence "before it's too late."...
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Thousands protest mask ban as HK leader toughens
(International News ~ 10/05/19)
HONG KONG -- Defiant masked protesters rampaged, police fired tear gas, and a teen was wounded by gunfire hours after Hong Kong's embattled leader banned masks at rallies, invoking rarely used emergency powers to quell four months of anti-government demonstrations...
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Ukraine review related to Biden son
(International News ~ 10/05/19)
ZHYTOMYR, Ukraine -- Ukraine's top prosecutor said Friday his office is reviewing several cases related to the owner of a gas company where the son of former Vice President Joe Biden sat on the board, but he added he wasn't aware of any evidence of wrongdoing by either Biden...
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State AGs, local governments blast Purdue settlement offer
(National News ~ 10/05/19)
Attorneys general representing nearly half the states and lawyers for more than 500 local governments Friday blasted the terms of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's offer to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of the nation's opioids crisis. Their legal filings said the tentative deal does not contain an admission of wrongdoing from members of the Sackler family who own Purdue, would not stop family members from future misconduct and wouldn't force them to repay money "they pocketed from their illegal conduct.". ...
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Romney, Sasse break from GOP on Trump's China remarks
(National News ~ 10/05/19)
WASHINGTON -- Most Republican leaders were silent or supportive of President Donald Trump's public call for another foreign government, China, to investigate his political foe, while a handful voiced concern the president was trying to enlist a rival power in his re-election effort...
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Impeachment probe reaches White House with new subpoena
(National News ~ 10/05/19)
WASHINGTON -- For the first time, the impeachment inquiry reached directly into the White House on Friday as Democrats subpoenaed officials about contacts with Ukraine and President Donald Trump signaled his administration would not cooperate. The demand for documents capped a tumultuous week widening the constitutional battle between the executive branch and Congress and sharpening the political standoff with more witnesses, testimony and documents to come...
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Watchdog: Treasury's actions on Trump taxes being probed
(National News ~ 10/05/19)
WASHINGTON -- An internal watchdog has started investigating the Treasury Department's actions in handling Congress' request for President Donald Trump's tax returns in a long-running legal battle. The acting inspector general of the Treasury Department, Rich Delmar, said in a statement Friday his office is conducting the probe in response to a request from Rep. Richard Neal...
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Washington University unveils tuition-free aid program
(State News ~ 10/05/19)
ST. LOUIS -- Washington University in St. Louis will provide a free education to any student from Missouri or southern Illinois whose family income is under $75,000. Andrew Martin, the university's new chancellor, announced the program Thursday during his inaugural address, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Judge declines to block law targeting fake-meat labeling
(State News ~ 10/05/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A federal judge has declined to block a Missouri law banning companies from labeling plant-based meat products or meat substitutes as meat. U.S. District Judge Fernando Gaitan Jr. said last week he wouldn't issue a preliminary injunction to stop Missouri agriculture officials from enforcing the law, which states a product cannot be marketed as meat unless it comes from an animal with two or four feet, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Missouri murder to get new look
(State News ~ 10/05/19)
ST. LOUIS -- The 2011 murder of an eastern Missouri woman is getting new scrutiny. Lincoln County Sheriff's Department Lt. Andy Binder on Friday confirmed an investigation by the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis in the death of Betsy Faria. It is the latest development in a string of events seeing Faria's husband convicted in the killing, but later exonerated; and her friend, Pamela Hupp, sent to prison for life for killing a man in another county in 2016...
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Police report 10-6-19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/05/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Glando P. Stuckey, 23, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance. n John R. Smith, 30, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of second-degree child molestation and first-degree endangering the welface of a child...
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Marie Westrich
(Obituary ~ 10/05/19)
KELSO, Mo. -- Marie Westrich, 86, of Kelso died Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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Alta Stroder-Reed
(Obituary ~ 10/05/19)
LEOOPOLD, Mo. -- Alta Pearl Stroder-Reed, 80, of Leopold died Thursday, Oct 3, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Missouri. Funeral will be 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery at Leopold...
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Betty Ross
(Obituary ~ 10/05/19)
Betty Mae Richardson Ross, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, at Lutheran Home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral will follow at noon Tuesday at the funeral home. with the Rev. Phil Roop officiating. Entombment will be at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum in Cape Girardeau...
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Vicente Picar
(Obituary ~ 10/05/19)
** Vicente Picar Vicente Picar, 72, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Walter Messmer
(Obituary ~ 10/05/19)
BENTON, Mo. -- Walter Leon Messmer, 77, of Benton, formerly a resident of Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. He was born Aug. 20, 1942, in Chaffee, Missouri, to Leon Joseph and Josephine Mary Himmelsbach Messmer. He married Patricia "Carol" Ranson on Dec. 17, 1966, at St. Denis Catholic Church in Benton...
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Beverly King
(Obituary ~ 10/05/19)
Beverly J. King, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 30, 2019, at Southeast Hospital. She was born March 18, 1926, in Spokane, Washington, to Joy Joseph and Frances Stewart Feigenspan. She and John W. King were married Aug. 11, 1951, at Jefferson City. He preceded her in death June 6, 2018...
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Larry Hohimer
(Obituary ~ 10/05/19)
Larry Allen Hohimer, 70, of Jackson passed away suddenly Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, at his home. He was born June 15, 1949, in Springfield, Missouri, to Joseph A. and Anna Marie Roschanske Hohimer. He and Sandra Louise Little-Wilson were married June 15, 2011, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson...
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Diahann Carroll dies at 84
(Entertainment ~ 10/05/19)
NEW YORK -- Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actress and singer who won critical acclaim as the first black woman to star in a non-servant role in a TV series as "Julia," has died. She was 84. Carroll's daughter, Susan Kay, told The Associated Press her mother died Friday in Los Angeles of cancer...
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Out of the past: Oct. 6
(Out of the Past ~ 10/05/19)
Cape Girardeau is being considered for one of five regional offices to be established by the Missouri Department of Economic Development over the next few months; funding for the offices is included in the budget for this fiscal year, and several sites could be finalized before the end of the year...
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How China 'woke' America
(Column ~ 10/05/19)
In these times of near civil war, Americans agree on almost nothing. Yet sometime in 2019, almost all of America finally got "woke" on China. For years, our leaders had yawned about Silk Road neo-imperialism in Africa and Asia, and gross abuses of human rights against Chinese religious minorities and political dissidents...
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Women for Trump co-chair champions President's success
(Column ~ 10/05/19)
At only 27 years of age, Madison Gesiotto's resume is impressive. Attorney, Miss Ohio USA winner, political columnist and Fox News contributor. She can now add National Women for Trump co-chair to her vitae. Gesiotto was in town Thursday to speak at a fundraiser benefiting state Rep. Holly Rehder, a Republican candidate for Missouri Senate. She spoke with me prior to taking the stage about how she got involved in politics and why President Trump's agenda matters -- especially to women...
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