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Jackson official: Don't leave leaves in street, bag for pickup
(Local News ~ 10/18/19)
As autumn leaves begin to fall, Jackson residents are being asked not to rake them into city streets where they could clog storm drains and cause flooded roadways during fall and winter months. Instead, property owners are being asked to bag leaves and other yard waste for curbside pickup by city crews...
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Afternoon playtime
(Local News ~ 10/18/19)
Jennifer Jimenez, right, enjoys some playtime in the fresh air with her 8-month-old son, Augustine, on Thursday in Cape Girardeau.
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Take a hike: Where to go to be one with nature
(Entertainment ~ 10/18/19)
Whether you're a seasoned hiker or just beginning to explore Southeast Missouri's great outdoors with the family, dozens of trails are at your disposal. If bird watching, being surrounded by fall colors and climbing on top of mountains gets your adrenaline pumping, this guide is for you — no matter the season. With help from the Missouri Department of Conservation resources and naturalist Alex Holmes, we've gathered a handful of nearby trails to visit year-round...
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Subscriber exclusive — Get set for a busy weekend: VintageNOW Fashion Show will strike a pose, Cape Fear Con to spook
(Entertainment ~ 10/18/19)
Three big events highlight a plethora of things to do this weekend: the VintageNow Fashion Show, Cape Fear Con and Cape Girardeau Central High School's production of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." You can make it to all three — and a few more — with careful planning and your TGIF guide...
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Coast Guard, Mexican navy search for missing pilot, had ties to Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 10/18/19)
The U.S. Coast Guard and the Mexican navy searched the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday for a Saint Francis Medical Center-affiliated trauma surgeon whose plane was reported missing. Dr. Steven Schumacher, 63, was flying alone and probably crashed, the Coast Guard said...
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Ad hoc group pushes two-pool plan for Cape, no more 'bubble'
(Local News ~ 10/18/19)
The Cape Girardeau City Council and the local school board should construct a leisure pool on the Jefferson Elementary School campus and renovate the 50-meter Central Municipal Pool as a competitive swimming venue, an ad hoc advisory committee concluded Thursday...
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LeGrand/Boyd scholarship endowment announced at Southeast
(Local News ~ 10/18/19)
A friendship forged between two Southeast Missouri State University fraternity brothers in the 1990s has resulted in a new scholarship at the university announced Thursday by the university’s foundation. The Jason J. LeGrand and Neal E. Boyd Endowment celebrates the friendship of the two Southeast graduates and supports character and leadership development of students who are members of their fraternity, Lambda Chi Alpha...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/18/19)
Today is Friday, Oct. 18, the 291st day of 2019. There are 74 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 18, 1977, West German commandos stormed a hijacked Lufthansa jetliner on the ground in Mogadishu, Somalia, freeing all 86 hostages and killing three of the four hijackers...
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Central students transport audience to Narnia
(Editorial ~ 10/18/19)
Cape Girardeau Central High School students have immersed themselves into the magical land of Narnia as they prepare to dazzle audiences this weekend with their production of a C.S. Lewis classic "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." The story features Aslan, the great and powerful lion, and four inquisitive children -- Peter, Susan, Edmond and Lucy -- who enter Narnia through a wardrobe. ...
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Political bitterness is hurtful
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/18/19)
Everyone enjoys an honest, robust debate and the use of a hard word or term can be an effective way to strengthen a point that is being made. However, the use of a harsh word or term only stirs anger. I am sorry to say, it has become very apparent the use of harsh words has become the method of choice. ...
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Former Nazi SS guard, 93, goes on trial in Hamburg
(International News ~ 10/18/19)
HAMBURG, Germany -- From his post as a teenage SS private in a watchtower in Nazi Germany's Stutthof concentration camp, Bruno Dey could hear the screams of Jews dying in the gas chamber. And, Dey later told investigators, the carting of their lifeless bodies to the camp's crematorium was a daily sight...
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Hotel ousts singer Gretchen Wilson following noise complaint
(Entertainment ~ 10/18/19)
LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- Country music star Gretchen Wilson, whose hit song, "Here for the Party," features the lyrics, "And I ain't leaving till they throw me out," was ousted from a New Mexico hotel over noise complaints. The Grammy Award-winning artist was asked to leave the Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces following multiple noise complaints last Sunday morning, the Las Cruces Sun-News reported Wednesday...
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Grammy-winning singer Lauren Daigle reigned at the 50th annual Gospel Music Association's Dove Awards
(Entertainment ~ 10/18/19)
The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Grammy-winning singer Lauren Daigle reigned at the 50th annual Gospel Music Association's Dove Awards on Tuesday, winning artist of the year, song of the year and pop/contemporary album of the year. The 28-year-old Louisiana-born artist was the leading artist nominee coming into the awards show, held in Nashville, Tennessee, and marks her second artist of the year win in just three years...
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Trapper plays with 'gator until it tires, pulls it from pool
(National News ~ 10/18/19)
PARKLAND, Fla. — A Florida animal trapper said he corralled a large alligator by playing with it until it got tired after it hopped into a residential swimming pool. Celebrity trapper Paul Bedard, who is contracted with the state’s nuisance alligator program, said Thursday he was dispatched to a house in Parkland. ...
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Johnson gets Brexit deal; Parliament next
(International News ~ 10/18/19)
BRUSSELS -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's career of disdain for the European Union was a thing of the past Thursday as he and the bloc's leaders celebrated their long-sought Brexit deal. He now faces an opponent closer to home: his own Parliament...
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Europe's specialty food makers brace for tariffs
(International News ~ 10/18/19)
MILAN -- European producers of specialty agricultural products such as French wine, Italian Parmesan and Spanish olives are facing a U.S. tariff hike due today with a mix of trepidation and indignation at being dragged into a trade war they feel they have little to do with...
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Some farmers get a reprieve at end of challenging year
(National News ~ 10/18/19)
FARGO, N.D. -- Many farmers in the Midwest and South whose planting this year was interrupted by wet weather are getting a reprieve, though a few northern states have seen harvest prospects go from bad to worse. Minnesota and the Dakotas have seen snow and rain in recent weeks hampering an already difficult harvest. ...
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U.S., Turkey agree on cease-fire with Kurds
(International News ~ 10/18/19)
ANKARA, Turkey -- The U.S. and Turkey agreed Thursday to a five-day cease-fire in the Turks' attacks on Kurdish fighters in northern Syria to allow the Kurds to withdraw to roughly 20 miles away from the Turkish border. The arrangement appeared to be a significant embrace of Turkey's position in the weeklong conflict...
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U.S. envoy says Giuliani was given role on Ukraine policy
(National News ~ 10/18/19)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. ambassador to the European Union said Thursday that President Donald Trump instructed him and other envoys to work with his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, on Ukraine policy and he was "disappointed" by the directive and disagreed with it...
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White House: Ukraine aid held up in part over election probe
(National News ~ 10/18/19)
WASHINGTON -- The White House acknowledged Thursday that President Donald Trump's decision to hold up military aid to Ukraine was linked to his demand Kyiv investigate the Democratic National Committee and the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, a shifting new explanation about events at the heart of the impeachment inquiry...
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Chris Whitaker
(Obituary ~ 10/18/19)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Chris Whitaker, 55, died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m., with a Chaffee Elks Lodge No. 1810 service at 2 p.m., Saturday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Chaffee...
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Judith Weber
(Obituary ~ 10/18/19)
Judith A. Weber, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Donny Ford officiating. Burial will be at Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Lee Schaaf
(Obituary ~ 10/18/19)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Leontine "Lee" F. Naeger Schaaf, 90, of Perryville died Thursday, Oct.17, 2019, at her home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville. Funeral Mass will be at noon Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Rich Wehrmeyer officiating. Burial will be at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Saint Mary, Missouri...
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Doris Puls
(Obituary ~ 10/18/19)
Doris Puls, 90, of Jackson died Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 12, 1929, in Wardell, Missouri, to John and Callie Lee Norton Long. She and Henry Puls were married July 3, 1948, at Blytheville, Arkansas. He preceded her in death Aug. 7, 1992...
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Ernestine Merritt
(Obituary ~ 10/18/19)
SAVANNAH, Mo. -- Ernestine Virginia Hahn Merritt, 99, of Savannah passed away Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. She was born April 19, 1920, to Clara and Henry Hahn of Egypt Mills, near Cape Girardeau. Ernestine married Glen Merritt on May 20, 1944. They lived and farmed in the Bolckow and Rosendale, Missouri, areas until moving to Savannah in 1990. They were married for 61 years...
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Norman Hale
(Obituary ~ 10/18/19)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Norman "Doc" Hale, 74, of McClure passed away Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Oct. 11, 1945, in Gale, Illinois, to Thomas Monroe and Susie Winemiller Hale. He was a hard-working, retired union painter with Slinkard Painting Co. His family and friends were the most important things to him. He was a wonderful brother, loving husband and devoted father...
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Robert Black
(Obituary ~ 10/18/19)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Robert Lee Black, 92, of Perryville died Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at noon Saturday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Burial will be at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis...
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Police report 10/17/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/18/19)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Jeffrey K. Hall, 33, of Florence, Alabama, was arrested on a warrant. n Carlton M. Winston, 29, of Marble Hill, Missouri, was arrested on a warrant...
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Prayer 10/18/19
(Prayer ~ 10/18/19)
We praise you, O Lord Jesus, for you can do more than we could ever imagine. Amen.
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Speak Out 10/18/19
(Speak Out ~ 10/18/19)
Trump and his henchmen are spending how much time and money to try and debunk the Mueller Report? Trips around the world to peddle conspiracy theories? How much money is he wasting after AG Barr and Trump have already declared it a victory? Why can't he stay off Twitter and pretend to do the job he said he wanted? This up is down, truth is optional world is troubling on so many levels...
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Cummings, powerful congressman, dies
(National News ~ 10/18/19)
BALTIMORE -- Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a sharecropper's son who rose to become a civil rights champion and the chairman of one of the U.S. House committees leading an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, died Thursday of complications from longstanding health problems. He was 68...
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Out of the past: Oct. 18
(Out of the Past ~ 10/18/19)
A Cape Girardeau man was arrested Sunday night for driving while intoxicated, after he struck the right side of the Alan Jackson tour bus while traveling through the intersection of Sprigg and Good Hope streets at about 11 o'clock; no one was injured in the mishap, but the bus had to be towed from the scene; a second tour bus picked up Jackson and his entourage, taking them to the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport...
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Sidewalk improvements in Perry County
(Local News ~ 10/18/19)
Contractor crews will make sidewalk improvements on state routes in Altenburg and Frohna, Missouri, at the following locations: n Route C in Perry County from Route A in Altenburg to Saxon Memorial Drive in Frohna...
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25 Years of Excellence
(Submitted Story ~ 10/18/19)
Barbie Kirn, Lead Front Office Specialist at Miracle-Ear Centers Serving Southeast Missouri will celebrate her 25th anniversary with Miracle-Ear on Thursday, October 24, 2019. “Barbie has been a remarkable employee throughout her career. She has touched countless patient lives with her knowledge, caring attitude and passion for better hearing. ...
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Marines name Ryan Eftink Assoicate of the Year
(Submitted Story ~ 10/18/19)
Ryan Eftink of Cape Girardeau was recently named Associate Member of the Year by the Department of Missouri Marine Corps League. Eftink, an associate member of the local Marine Corps League detachment, was nominated for this state wide award by the members. ...
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