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“Erica and Me”: River City Players present season finale in downtown Cape
(Entertainment ~ 11/08/19)
Get ready for River City Players Community Theater’s season finale “Erica and Me.” Organizers described the show as “a comedy with lots of twists and turns and misunderstandings.” Matthew Antill is portraying Simon, the young man wanting that promotion at work; Charlie Foster is portraying the boss; and Claudette Hency is the wife of the boss. ...
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Running for a cause in Jackson
(Entertainment ~ 11/08/19)
Be part of the Jackson Kiwanis Club’s 5K Run/Walk “It’s All About Kids.” Proceeds will benefit children’s projects such as Elks Christmas baskets, Jackson Police Department Annual Toy Drive and various programs at Orchard Drive Elementary School. Where: Orchard Drive Elementary School, 1402 Orchard Drive, Jackson...
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Celebrate at Crisp Museum in Cape
(Entertainment ~ 11/08/19)
Stop by The Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp II Museum and celebrate family day with folktales, crafts and traditional music from Appalachia to the Ozark Mountains. Where: The Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp II Museum, 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau...
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Jefferson Elementary to host craft show, bake sale Saturday
(Entertainment ~ 11/08/19)
Instead of the usual chili supper or bake sale, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday will be the first time for Jefferson Elementary in Cape Girardeau to host its Fall Craft Show and Bake Sale, highlighting crafts and baked goods handmade by students prekindergarten through fourth grade...
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Ronald Clark says witnesses were silent about the 1994 fatal shooting
(Local News ~ 11/08/19)
Ronald Clark never figured he would be charged with murder, much less convicted. After all, he had witnesses. But many of them never spoke up. “A lot of people, they didn’t want to get in between the two families. They stayed silent,” he said during a phone interview with the Southeast Missourian from the prison in Bonne Terre, Missouri, where he is serving a life sentence...
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Ronald Clark hopes new evidence prompts Missouri Supreme Court to release him from prison
(Local News ~ 11/08/19)
Prosecutors called it murder. Ronald Clark called it self-defense. Now new evidence supports Clark’s claim and gives him hope the Missouri Supreme Court may free him after decades of incarceration. Clark has spent most of his adult life in jail, convicted of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Alvin Ray Spence outside a Charleston, Missouri, community center. The shooting occurred on the evening of Nov. 8, 1994, 25 years ago today...
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Community leaders remember businessman Glenn Reeves
(Local News ~ 11/08/19)
Co-founder of Horizon Screen Printing and former Sears manager Glenn Reeves was remembered fondly by local leaders after news spread of the Cape Girardeau businessman’s death Wednesday at Southeast Hospital. Reeves’ business career began in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as a sewing-machine salesman and selling vacuum cleaners door-to-door for Sears. ...
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SNAP after-school program plants 'seeds of hope' in south Cape
(Local News ~ 11/08/19)
Stop Needless Acts of Violence Please (SNAP) will be planting “seeds of hope” within Cape Girardeau through GROW Afterschool Kids Club, a free creative program for children age 4 to 18. SNAP organization coordinator Felice Patton said the idea for an after-school program at 500 S. Frederick St. stemmed from seeing a need for students to “grow in arts and crafts, in character and in God.”...
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'Heathers: The Musical' explodes at SE River Campus
(Entertainment ~ 11/08/19)
What happens when the catty attitude of "the plastics" from "Mean Girls" is crossed with a murder mystery? "Heathers: The Musical" premiered Oct. 30 at Southeast Missouri State University. The theater was transformed into the gymnasium at Westerburg High School and music from the 1980s was the pre-show soundtrack for a stage full of scrunchies, plaid and big hair...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 11/08/19)
Today in History Today is Friday, Nov. 8, the 312th day of 2019. There are 53 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 8, 2000, a statewide recount began in Florida, which emerged as critical in deciding the winner of the 2000 presidential election. Earlier that day, Vice President Al Gore had telephoned Texas Gov. George W. Bush to concede, but called back about an hour later to retract his concession...
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Enjoy freedom? Thank a veteran.
(Editorial ~ 11/08/19)
It's easy to take our freedoms for granted. In many countries things like going to church and voting in free elections are not a given. On Monday we will observe Veterans Day, originally called Armistice Day to observe the end of World War I -- the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in the year 1918...
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Dems' impeachment nonsense
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/08/19)
Sixty-three million Americans elected Donald Trump to be president. On Nov. 9, 2016, the Leftist Democrats began trying to cancel their votes. Like spoiled children and rather than waiting for the next election, as the rest of us are doing, they're attempting to kick President Trump out of office...
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College grad says she found secret message in classic poem
(National News ~ 11/08/19)
MEDFORD, Mass. — A recent Massachusetts college graduate believes she has discovered a secret message in the epic poem “Paradise Lost” by John Milton. The Boston Globe reported 23-year-old Miranda Phaal found what she believes to be an acrostic while reviewing the poem about the biblical story of Adam and Eve as a senior at Tufts University last year. ...
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Hopes rise lifting tariffs could allow US-China accord
(International News ~ 11/08/19)
BEIJING -- The prospects for a preliminary breakthrough in the U.S.-China trade war improved Thursday after the two sides agreed to reduce some punitive tariffs on each other's goods, though the full extent of the rollback wasn't clear. A Chinese spokesman announced the development Thursday as talks on ending the trade war progressed, and it triggered a rally in U.S. stock markets...
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Ex-Roger Stone associate details breakdown in relationship
(National News ~ 11/08/19)
WASHINGTON -- A key witness in the trial of Roger Stone on Thursday described the breakdown in their unlikely relationship that culminated in special counsel Robert Mueller filing charges against Stone. Randy Credico's interactions with Stone are at the heart of the case against the longtime confidant of President Donald Trump. ...
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Saudi recruitment of Twitter workers reflects insider risks
(National News ~ 11/08/19)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Rogue employees pilfering data and spying across networks have long plagued governments and corporations. But in this burgeoning age of social networks, where people entrust real-time location and other personal data to a handful of companies, the stakes have become immeasurably higher...
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Senior US envoy in Syria highly critical of troop withdrawal
(National News ~ 11/08/19)
WASHINGTON -- A senior American diplomat has written a highly critical assessment of the Trump administration's abrupt withdrawal of troops from northeast Syria last month, a decision that paved the way for an attack on U.S.-allied forces in the area, officials said Thursday...
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The words Trump had to hear: Investigations, Biden, Clinton
(National News ~ 11/08/19)
WASHINGTON -- There were three words President Donald Trump wanted to hear from the Ukraine president: Investigations, Biden, Clinton. That's according to the transcript, released Thursday, of an impeachment inquiry interview with career State Department official George Kent...
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Ronnie Watson
(Obituary ~ 11/08/19)
Ronnie Gene Watson, 66, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, at Heartland Care and Rehab Center. Cremation will be accorded. Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements.
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David Townsend
(Obituary ~ 11/08/19)
David V. Townsend, 80, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 7, 1939, in Hornersville, Missouri, to Gilbert and Virginia Baugh Townsend. David graduated from Advance (Missouri) High School in 1958. He married Jane Barker. David served in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged...
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Clyde Schremp
(Obituary ~ 11/08/19)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Clyde William Schremp, 81, of Perryville died Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. A memorial service will be at 7 p.m. today at the funeral home, with the Rev. Matthew Marks officiating...
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Glenn Reeves
(Obituary ~ 11/08/19)
Henry Glenn Reeves, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Oct. 16, 1929, in Lynchburg, Virginia to Hiram and Margaret Reeves. He and Rhoda Hord were married May 11, 1963, in Opelousas, Louisiana. He was a graduate of Zacharey High School in Belcher, Louisiana. He received a degree from Austin College in Sherman, Texas, and did graduate work at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge...
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Lorene Oehl
(Obituary ~ 11/08/19)
Lorene F. Oehl, 94, of Jackson, formerly of Oak Ridge, died Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, at the Villas of Jackson. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson and after 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson...
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Billy Ford
(Obituary ~ 11/08/19)
Billy Gene Ford, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, at Missouri Veterans Home. He was born Nov. 22, 1930, in Whitewater to Ernest and Mary Catherine Summers Ford. He and Ruth Ann Ford were married May 5, 1956, in Cape Girardeau. He was a graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School...
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Helen Farrar
(Obituary ~ 11/08/19)
Helen Marie Cordia Farrar, born March 9, 1950, in Cape Girardeau to Louis Eugene and Lilly Marie Brandon Cordia, went to be with her Heavenly Father on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. She and Michael Farrar were married Aug. 4, 1990, in Cape Girardeau. She enjoyed baking cookies for Southeast Hospital Auxiliary, her family and friends. ...
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Report: No evidence St. Louis prosecutor was threatened
(State News ~ 11/08/19)
ST. LOUIS -- A special prosecutor tasked with determining whether attorneys for former Gov. Eric Greitens threatened St. Louis' top prosecutor said in a report released Thursday he found no evidence the attorneys committed a crime. Boone County Associate Circuit Judge Michael Bradley wrote although Greitens' attorneys made aggressive statements to St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, there was no evidence they tried to "harass, intimidate or threaten" her...
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Speak Out 11/8/19
(Speak Out ~ 11/08/19)
Jackson leaders are considering changing the city's form of government. Here's an idea: change to one that's fiscally responsible. Elizabeth Warren has proposed a Medicare for all plan that will cost $20-plus trillion. She also proposes paying for it with a 6% wealth "tax" on U.S. billionaires. There are only 680 billionaires in the US. Their total wealth is $3 trillion. So where is she going to get the other $17 trillion?...
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Prayer 11/8/19
(Prayer ~ 11/08/19)
Lord God, blessed be your name, the name above all names. Amen.
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Out of the past: Nov. 8
(Out of the Past ~ 11/08/19)
EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ill. -- Approximately 7 miles of highway from East Cape Girardeau to Gale and McClure, Illinois, will undergo improvements such as culvert extensions, stabilized shoulders and concrete resurfacing; a contract calling for flood repair work along Route 146 from the Mississippi River bridge east to the routes 146-3 intersection and Route 3 from north of Gale to north of McClure will be carried out over the next year...
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Jackson police report 11/8/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/08/19)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n Michelle Stephens, 40, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle while driver's license revoked, failure to register a motor vehicle and displaying plates of another...
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Births 11/8/19
(Births ~ 11/08/19)
Daughter to Ethan and Kelsey Lee of Chaffee, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 5:13 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. Name, Kennedi Elizabeth. Weight, 6 pounds, 10 ounces. First child. Mrs. Lee is the daughter of Kenny and Sharon Blue of Chaffee. She is a speech language pathologist with the Cape Girardeau School District. Lee is the son of Mark Edward Lee of Blodgett, Missouri, and Retha Dalton of Sikeston, Missouri...
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Benefit for John and Erica Enderle and family
(Submitted Story ~ 11/08/19)
Benefit for John and Erica Enderle family Erica recently had surgery for a rare facial neuroma (tumor) and a nerve transplant. She will be out of work for at least 6 months. Location: The Hiney Hut Date: Saturday, November 30th Time: 11 am - ??...
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