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Chester man given 30 years for 2018 murder
(Local News ~ 12/18/19)
A Chester, Illinois, man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for a murder in Union County, Illinois, in September 2018, Union County Sheriff Scott Harvel announced Monday. In addition to being sentenced for his first-degree murder conviction, William P. Wasmund, 49, will also serve a three-year mandatory supervised release, according to a news release from the Union County State’s Attorney’s Office...
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Jackson man sentenced to 6 years on firearm charge
(Local News ~ 12/18/19)
A Jackson man was sentenced to six years in prison Wednesday on one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Gabriel D. Housman, 25, entered a plea of guilty in U.S. Federal Court on Sept. 18 before U.S. District Judge John A. Ross, and faced a maximum punishment of 10 years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine...
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One more week until Christmas ...
(Local News ~ 12/18/19)
Bo Jessup, 2, of Jackson pays Santa Claus a visit Tuesday at West Park Mall in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Road district engineer gives Cape City Council update on overlay, bridge projects
(Local News ~ 12/18/19)
Plans to lay 8.9 miles of asphalt overlay in the coming year were presented at Monday night’s Cape Girardeau City Council meeting. District engineer Mark Phillips represented the Cape Special Road District and gave city councilmembers updates on ongoing projects within the southeast quadrant of Cape Girardeau County...
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Wintry weather leads to multiple accidents in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 12/18/19)
Ber weather led to multiple vehicle accidents and headaches for motorists Monday night into Tuesday morning in Cape Girardeau and the surrounding area. The Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to multiple weather-related traffic calls Monday night into Tuesday, Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Joey Hann wrote in a text message Tuesday...
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Local protesters call for Trump impeachment
(Local News ~ 12/18/19)
Tom Bischof of Bloomfield, Missouri, stands with a group of activists during a rally supporting the impeachment of President Donald J. Trump on Tuesday at Freedom Corner in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Bids for Center Junction project higher than anticipated
(Local News ~ 12/18/19)
The Missouri Department of Transportation has received five bids for bridge replacement and interchange redesign at the junction of Interstate 55 and U.S. 61 between Cape Girardeau and Jackson, but all were higher than expected and it is unclear whether the Missouri Highway Commission will accept any of them...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/18/19)
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 18, the 352nd day of 2019. There are 13 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 18, 2000, the Electoral College cast its ballots, with President-elect George W. Bush receiving the expected 271; Al Gore, however, received 266, one fewer than expected, because of a District of Columbia Democrat who'd left her ballot blank to protest the district's lack of representation in Congress...
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Speak Out 12/18/19
(Speak Out ~ 12/18/19)
The greatest gift you can give is to help others! This Christmas take the new calendar and the beginning of every month write "I am going to help others." For those who don't know what they can do, just Google it "How can I help others." Merry Christmas...
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House should impeach president
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/18/19)
Thank you to the House Judiciary Committee for voting to impeach President Trump. When the full House of Representatives votes I strongly encourage Congressman Jason Smith to vote in favor of impeachment. Considering the massive evidence against the President and favoring the impeachment articles -- abuse of power and obstruction of Congress -- one would think unanimous approval is a certainty...
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High school athletes strive to reach goals
(Editorial ~ 12/18/19)
Athletics can be a vehicle through which young people learn valuable lessons about teamwork, sacrifice and overcoming adversity, and for the thousands of high school athletes who compete in sports ranging from track and field to football and golf, a championship is a potential prize at the end of the season's journey...
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Pope removes shroud of secrecy from clergy sex abuse cases
(International News ~ 12/18/19)
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis abolished the use of the Vatican's highest level of secrecy in clergy sexual abuse cases Tuesday, responding to mounting criticism the rule of "pontifical secrecy" has been used to protect pedophiles, silence victims and prevent police from investigating crimes...
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U.S.-Cuban detente dwindling
(International News ~ 12/18/19)
HAVANA -- At midday Dec. 17, 2014, the sound of church bells echoed in Havana as presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro announced the United States and Cuba would reestablish diplomatic relations and end nearly 60 decades of hostility. Five years later, it feels almost as if that historic moment never happened, Cubans said in interviews in the capital Tuesday...
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Protests of citizenship law grow, along with clashes
(International News ~ 12/18/19)
NEW DELHI -- Protests spread Tuesday across India against a new law providing a path to citizenship for non-Muslims entering illegally from several neighboring countries, with angry demonstrators clashing with police. Police fired tear gas in the Seelampur area of New Delhi to push back demonstrators who burned a police booth and two motorbikes after throwing stones and swarming barricades...
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Fifth fired Google worker files federal labor complaint
(National News ~ 12/18/19)
SAN FRANCISCO -- A fifth former Google worker has filed a complaint with federal regulators accusing the company of improperly firing employees for labor organizing activity. Kathryn Spiers, a security engineer, said Google fired her after she created a pop-up notification for employees to inform them of their labor rights...
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Cities, states balk at face recognition
(National News ~ 12/18/19)
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Police departments around the U.S. are asking citizens to trust them to use facial recognition software as another handy tool in their crime-fighting toolbox. But some lawmakers -- and even some technology giants -- are hitting the brakes...
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Ford to add 3,000 jobs in Detroit area, invest $1.45B
(National News ~ 12/18/19)
DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. is adding 3,000 jobs at two factories in the Detroit area and investing $1.45 billion to build new pickup trucks, SUVs and electric and autonomous vehicles. The company said Tuesday that about $750 million will go the Michigan Assembly Plant in the Detroit suburb of Wayne, where 2,700 jobs will be added during the next three years. Another $700 million will be invested in the truck plant in Dearborn, where 300 new jobs will be added...
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Giuliani associate got $1M from indicted Ukrainian
(National News ~ 12/18/19)
NEW YORK -- A business associate of Rudy Giuliani received a $1 million payment in September from an indicted Ukrainian oligarch who is a fugitive from justice in the U.S., federal prosecutors revealed Tuesday. The disclosure came during a court hearing in New York for Lev Parnas, who is awaiting trial on charges that he made illegal campaign contributions to U.S. politicians, including some made as part of an effort to influence policy on Ukraine...
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Bill to raise tobacco age has unlikely allies: Altria, Juul
(National News ~ 12/18/19)
WASHINGTON -- Congress is moving to pass the biggest new sales restrictions on tobacco products in more than a decade, with support from two unlikely backers: Marlboro-cigarette maker Altria and vaping giant Juul Labs. The legislation would raise the minimum age to purchase all tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, from 18 to 21 nationwide, a step long-sought by health advocates. ...
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Four dead across South in outbreak of twisters
(National News ~ 12/18/19)
ALEXANDRIA, La. -- A swarm of tornadoes and other storms that left a trail of destruction across the Southeast killed four people, injured at least a dozen more and left victims to bundle up against the cold as they picked up pieces of their homes on Tuesday...
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House passes $1.4 trillion federal spending bill
(National News ~ 12/18/19)
WASHINGTON -- The Democratic-controlled House voted Tuesday to pass a $1.4 trillion government-wide spending package, handing President Donald Trump a victory on his U.S.-Mexico border fence while giving Democrats spending increases across a swath of domestic programs...
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Trump on track to be impeached by the House
(National News ~ 12/18/19)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is on track to be impeached by the House with the majority now in favor ahead of voting, according to a running tally compiled by The Associated Press. No Republicans have indicated they will support impeachment, setting up a party line vote carried by Democrats. ...
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Adele Spitzmiller Townsend
(Obituary ~ 12/18/19)
Adele Spitzmiller Townsend, 102, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Iron County, Missouri, passed away Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019, at Lutheran Home. She was born Oct. 11, 1917, in Ironton, Missouri, to Jacob H. and Rosa E. Crocker Spitzmiller. She and Albert R. Townsend were married April 17, 1948. They had been married 48 years when Albert passed away Dec. 18, 1996...
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Jacilyn Skinner
(Obituary ~ 12/18/19)
Jacilyn Renee Skinner, 49, passed away Monday, Dec. 2, 2019. She was born Dec. 19, 1969, to Teresa and Jack Skinner in Cape Girardeau. Jacilyn Renee attended St. Vincent de Paul School and graduated from Notre Dame Regional High School. She attended Southeast Missouri State University and was a member of the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority...
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Beverly Lynxwiler
(Obituary ~ 12/18/19)
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- Beverly Ann Lynxwiler, 80, of Bowling Green went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019. She was born to the late Charles W. and Naomi Markert Latham on Feb. 24, 1939, in Cape Girardeau. Beverly attended Cape Girardeau public schools and graduated with honors from Cape Girardeau Central High School. In 1961, she graduated from Southeast Missouri State University with a degree in elementary education...
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Wilberta Ernst
(Obituary ~ 12/18/19)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Wilberta Teresa Rose Bohnert Ernst passed away Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. Born in Apple Creek, Missouri, Sept. 6, 1929, she was the youngest of 15 children of Henry and Julia Bohnert. She was preceded in death by her husband of nearly 50 years, Weldon Joseph Ernst, and an infant son, Von James Ernst...
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Vi Colyott
(Obituary ~ 12/18/19)
Violet "Vi" Colyott, 91, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 4, 1928, in Cape Girardeau to Durward L. and Arah B. Reid Lawrence. She and Norman Colyott were married Dec. 4, 1955, in St. Louis. They had been married 47 years when Norman passed away June 6, 2003. Four sons were born to their union: Michael, Bruce, Steven and Kevin. Steven passed away Jan. 15, 2010...
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Stolen ATM hauled from bank in dump truck
(State News ~ 12/18/19)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Authorities say an ATM stolen from a Columbia bank was hauled away from the scene in a dump truck. Columbia police said in a news release the ATM was taken around 3:40 a.m. Saturday from a branch of the Great Southern Bank. Police said officers found several pieces of debris from the ATM on the ground, but the ATM was missing with an undisclosed amount of cash inside the machine...
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St. Louis board votes to ban cat declawing
(State News ~ 12/18/19)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis officials on Friday voted to ban local veterinarians from declawing cats, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The St. Louis Board of Aldermen voted 21-1 for an ordinance to end the practice among St. Louis vets. Declawing a cat involves slicing through bone to amputate the first segment of a cat's toes. ...
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State, Ameren reach preliminary deal on 144-mile bike trail
(State News ~ 12/18/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A proposal to create a 144-mile biking trail across central Missouri is one step closer to reality, after Ameren Missouri and the Department of Natural Resources reached a preliminary agreement Tuesday. The proposed Rock Island Line corridor -- which would run on land owned by the Missouri Central Railroad Co. -- would go through nine counties from Beaufort, in Franklin County, to Windsor, in Henry County, and connect with the Katy Trail in Windsor...
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Appeals court approves controversial Grain Belt power line
(State News ~ 12/18/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday gave approval to the state's portion of a controversial wind power transmission line that would provide energy from the Midwest to a power grid for eastern states. The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District ruled against landowners and the Missouri Farm Bureau, who claimed the Public Service Commission erred in March when it approved construction of the Grain Belt Express Transmission line, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Prayer 12/18/19
(Prayer ~ 12/18/19)
Blessed is your name, O Lord Jesus, in all the earth. Amen.
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Out of the past: Dec. 18
(Out of the Past ~ 12/18/19)
The Rev. Carl Rockrohr, missionary to Ghana, West Africa, is guest preacher at the morning service at Hanover Lutheran Church; originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he has been in Ghana since January 1993, where he serves as missionary and church planter and director of the Christian Leadership Training Center at Gbintiri in the northern region of Ghana...
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Cape police report 12/18/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/18/19)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Thefts n Theft was reported at Walmart, 3049 William St. n Theft was reported in the 400 block of South Benton Street. n Stealing and making a false report were reported at Walmart, 3049 William St. A suspect was taken into custody...
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Ceres statue returns to top of Missouri State Capitol
(State News ~ 12/18/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The statue of a Roman goddess that prompted a brief controversy returned to the dome of the Missouri State Capitol on Tuesday. The statue of Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture and grain crops, was taken down last year for structural and cosmetic repairs. A 550-ton crane lifted the 10-foot, 1,407-pound bronze statue back to the top of the dome, the Jefferson City News-Tribune reported...
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Andrew Jackson to be described as slave owner in new plaques
(State News ~ 12/18/19)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Elected officials in Missouri's Jackson County are adding plaques to statues of the Kansas City area county's namesake noting the nation's seventh president was a slave owner and forced thousands of Native Americans off their lands...
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