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It's two great pumpkins
(Local News ~ 10/08/19)
Cape Girardeau resident Bay Dollar, right, watches as his wife, Morgan Dollar, holds out two snowflake pumpkins for their daughter, Henley, 2, at Grace Methodist Pumpkin Patch on Monday in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Jackson Homecomers to remain in same location, on same days next year
(Local News ~ 10/08/19)
Despite recent requests by several uptown Jackson merchants to either adjust the hours or location of the city’s annual Homecomers celebration, members of the Jackson Board of Aldermen indicated Monday night they are not inclined to make any changes to next year’s Homecomers plans. ...
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Jackson Aldermen approve construction of East Main Street/Shawnee Boulevard roundabout
(Local News ~ 10/08/19)
Motorists planning to use East Main Street in Jackson to access Interstate 55 next spring to avoid highway construction at the I-55/U.S. 61 interchange could face major road construction on that route as well, at least for a few weeks. The Jackson Board of Aldermen on Monday night gave its approval to build a roundabout at the intersection of East Main Street and Shawnee Boulevard, which currently has a four-way stop. ...
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Scott County deputy crashes, driving wrong way on I-55; second such crash involving a deputy in just over a year
(Local News ~ 10/08/19)
A Scott County deputy, who was driving the wrong way on Interstate 55, was injured early Sunday in a crash while driving his patrol car. It was the second wrong-way crash involving a deputy from the sheriff’s department in just over a year. Deputy Jason Vishe, 34, of Sikeston, Missouri, was driving southbound in the northbound lane of the interstate at the time of the crash in New Madrid County, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said...
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Cape council eyes ban on tobacco sales to people younger than 21
(Local News ~ 10/08/19)
Cape Girardeau City Council members may prohibit anyone younger than 21 from buying tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes. Council members Monday instructed city staff to research a possible city ordinance to impose such a restriction to combat nicotine addiction...
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Cape police investigating disturbance, shots fired Sunday morning
(Local News ~ 10/08/19)
Cape Girardeau police responded to a report of a disturbance and shots fired early Sunday at Broadway and Ellis Street. The incident was reported at 1:25 a.m. In a text message to the Southeast Missourian, police Sgt. Joey Hann said a crowd dispersed and officers checked the area...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/08/19)
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 8, the 281st day of 2019. There are 84 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 8, 1998, the House triggered an open-ended impeachment inquiry against President Bill Clinton in a momentous 258-176 vote; 31 Democrats joined majority Republicans in opening the way for nationally televised impeachment hearings...
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Linda Sadler: “I’m a perfect example of how important mammograms are”
(Local News ~ 10/08/19)
When Linda Sadler of Anna, Illinois, went in for her routine mammogram at SoutheastHEALTH this past spring, she didn’t anticipate having any problems. Although her mother had breast cancer when she was younger, Sadler’s own mammograms during the past decade had never detected any issues...
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Sponsored: Tips for extending battery life of hearing aids
(Insiders Advice ~ 10/08/19)
Looking after both the batteries and your hearing aids will help extend the battery life span. Storing your hearing aid batteries properly is a good start. You should keep them in a dry place at room temperature where they won't be damaged by excess moisture or too much cold or heat...
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Vicente Picar
(Obituary ~ 10/08/19)
Vicente Dimarucot Picar graduated into glory Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Jan. 22, 1947, to Col. Federico Picar and Angelita Dimarucot in Manila, Philippines. Picar graduated from Union High School in Manila. He married Cynthia C. Flores on May 19, 1969 in Manila...
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Jerry Pasley
(Obituary ~ 10/08/19)
Jerry Wayne Pasley, 75, of Oriole died Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019, at St. John's Mercy Hospital in St. Louis. A memorial visitation will be from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Friday at North Cape Girardeau County Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses in Cape Girardeau. Jason Harris will officiate a memorial service at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the church...
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Carolyn Myer
(Obituary ~ 10/08/19)
Carolyn Myer, 79, of Jackson died Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson are incomplete at this time.
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Marjorie Smiley Kesterson
(Obituary ~ 10/08/19)
Marjorie Smiley Kesterson, 95, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019, at Southeast Hospital. She was born Jan. 12, 1924, in Fornfelt to Jesse Alan and Amanda Meinz Odom. She and Archie Thomas Smiley were married April 1, 1945, at Scott City. He preceded her in death Aug. 7, 1974. She later married Harold Kesterson on Sept. 17, 1982, at Cape Girardeau. He survives...
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Georgia Dannenmueller
(Obituary ~ 10/08/19)
NEW HAMBURG, Mo. -- Georgia Marie Duncan Dannenmueller, 86, of New Hamburg died Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 2, 1933, in New Hamburg to Joseph and Mamie Scherer Dirnberger. She married Roscoe Matthew Duncan on Aug, 16, 1952, and he preceded her in death March 1, 1986. She later married Cornelius Dannenmueller on July 25, 1992, and he preceded her in death Dec. 1, 2001...
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Robert Carter
(Obituary ~ 10/08/19)
ELCO, Ill. -- Robert Benny Carter, 76, of Elco died Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Illinois.
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Paul Carter
(Obituary ~ 10/08/19)
Paul Daroll Carter of North Texas, loving husband and father of two children, passed away Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, at the age of 59. Paul was born March 16, 1960, in Cape Girardeau to Johnnie Carter and Judith Kimbel. On May 22, 1978, he married Margie Jane Long. She preceded him in death Sept. 10, 1998...
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Bonnie Carden
(Obituary ~ 10/08/19)
Bonnie Sue Anditon Carden was born Dec. 8, 1939, in Guys, Tennessee, to the late George Ferris and Hattie Roslyn Gray Anditon. She departed this life Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, at her home in Delta at the age of 79 years. She was united in marriage to Robert Floyd Carden on July 7, 1956. He preceded her in death Jan. 10, 2007...
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Faye Bertrand
(Obituary ~ 10/08/19)
ST. LOUIS -- Faye Bertrand of St. Louis died Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019. She was the loving wife of the late Warren E. Bertrand; loving mother of Charles (late Jean) Bertrand and the late Patricia Bertrand; loving grandmother of Anthony, Todd and the late Thomas Bertrand; and dear aunt of Melody Webster and Tim Banner...
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Renowned museum confronts its blind spots
(Entertainment ~ 10/08/19)
BOSTON -- Boston's regal Museum of Fine Arts, home to some of humanity's greatest artworks, is scrambling to make amends. Last spring, the world-class museum was accused of racism after black middle school students said they were harangued and mistreated on a class trip by other museum patrons and a staff member who allegedly told the children: "No food, no drink and no watermelon."...
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Woman hides in store's ceiling to avoid shoplifting arrest
(National News ~ 10/08/19)
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — A Florida woman faces multiple charges after authorities say she climbed into the ceiling of a Big Lots store to avoid a shoplifting arrest. A Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office news release states 37-year-old Kristina Perkins went into the store’s restroom Friday and removed some tiles so she could climb into the ceiling. ...
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Hard-line protesters resume violence over HK mask ban
(International News ~ 10/08/19)
HONG KONG -- Riot police fanned out across Hong Kong on Monday night as groups of hard-line protesters took to the streets in continued violence since the government banned face masks at rallies, pushing the semi-autonomous Chinese territory into deeper crisis...
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Iraqi police replacing army in volatile Baghdad neighborhood
(International News ~ 10/08/19)
BAGHDAD -- Iraq's prime minister Monday ordered the police to replace the army in a heavily populated Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad where dozens of people were killed or wounded in weekend clashes stemming from anti-government protests, the military said...
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Syria's Kurds stand to lose all gains from U.S. pullout
(International News ~ 10/08/19)
BEIRUT -- Syria's Kurds accused the U.S. of turning its back on its allies and risking gains made in the fight against the Islamic State group as American troops began pulling back Monday from positions in northeastern Syria ahead of an expected Turkish assault...
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Profit, not politics, in Ukraine Trump allies sought Ukraine gas deal
(International News ~ 10/08/19)
KYIV, Ukraine -- As Rudy Giuliani was pushing Ukrainian officials last spring to investigate one of Donald Trump's main political rivals, a group of individuals with ties to the president and his personal lawyer were also active in the former Soviet republic...
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SCOTUS's election-year term opens with insanity case
(National News ~ 10/08/19)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court began its election-year term Monday by wrestling over whether states must allow criminal defendants to plead insanity. The one minor surprise when the justices took the bench just after 10 o'clock was the absence of Justice Clarence Thomas. The 71-year-old Thomas was at home, likely with the flu, the court said...
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FBI: Inmate most prolific serial killer in U.S. history
(National News ~ 10/08/19)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The inmate who claims to have killed more than 90 women across the country is now considered to be the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said. Samuel Little, who has been behind bars since 2012, told investigators last year he was responsible for about 90 killings nationwide between 1970 and 2005. ...
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Democrats issue White House subpoenas
(National News ~ 10/08/19)
WASHINGTON -- House Democrats leading an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine issued subpoenas Monday to Defense Secretary Mark Esper and acting White House budget director Russell Vought. Three Democratic committee chairmen demanded Esper and Vought produce documents requested by Democrats by Oct. 15...
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5 shot during high school alumni bonfire in St. Louis area
(State News ~ 10/08/19)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis County police say five people, including an officer, were shot during a high school alumni bonfire. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported police responded Saturday to the shooting at a bonfire for Normandy High School graduates. All five victims were taken to a hospital...
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University, community colleges offer transfer partnership
(State News ~ 10/08/19)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The University of Missouri will guarantee admission to students from the state's community colleges if they meet certain requirements. The university and the Missouri Community College Association announced Friday they have signed an agreement intended to encourage community college students to transfer to the university...
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Real estate suit draws Justice Department interest
(State News ~ 10/08/19)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Justice Department is looking into a Missouri class-action lawsuit accusing national real estate brokers of conspiring to charge excessive fees. Attorneys in the department's antitrust division noted in a recent court filing it is investigating the matter, The Kansas City Star reported...
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Police: Kansas bar gunman caused disturbance before shooting
(State News ~ 10/08/19)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- One of two suspects in the fatal shooting of four people in a Kansas bar caused a disturbance two hours earlier that brought officers to the scene, but they couldn't find him in the area, the interim police chief said Monday. Michael York said Kansas City police were still searching for one suspect, Hugo Villanueva-Morales, 29, in connection with the shootings at the Tequila KC bar early Sunday that also wounded another five people. ...
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How old is too old to run for president?
(Column ~ 10/08/19)
Should there be an age limit to run for President of the United States? The question came to me after learning of Sen. Bernie Sanders' heart procedure. Just last week, I wrote about my own age and various accomplishments in my late 40s. Let's take a look now at age as it relates to running for the highest office in the land, though. Same concept -- or totally different story?...
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Prayer 10/8/19
(Prayer ~ 10/08/19)
O Heavenly Father, may our hearts always be at peace, trusting in you. Amen.
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Speak Out 10/8/19
(Speak Out ~ 10/08/19)
President Trump has now openly asked China to investigate Joe Biden. He's been after the Ukraine to do the same after digging up a long-debunked conspiracy theory. Trump is off the rails and the GOP response is? (Crickets chirping). Today I used the CTA taxi to grocery shop. ...
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Out of the past: Oct. 8
(Out of the Past ~ 10/08/19)
Cape Girardeau City Council has approved an ordinance accepting a $729,750 federal grant to improve the city's water treatment plant; the grant will be used to improve the intake facilities and allow installation of a backup power supply for water treatment plant No. 1...
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Area police reports 10/8/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/08/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n Jayden Ross, age unknown, of Cape Girardeau was arrested at Independence Street and North Kingshighway, no alleged violation provided...
- NAVY SEABEE Veterans, Chapter Island X-5 (Submitted Story ~ 10/08/19)
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DAR Surpasses One Million Members Since its Founding: John Guild Chapter Marks Milestone and Performs a Day of Service
(Submitted Story ~ 10/08/19)
Jackson, Mo – On Saturday, October 5, the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) surpassed ONE MILLION total members who have joined the organization since its founding in 1890. The DAR is a women’s service organization whose members can trace their lineage to an individual who contributed to securing American independence during the Revolutionary War...
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