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Civil rights leaders celebrated
(Local News ~ 01/24/20)
Southeast Missouri State University student and leader of the school's Black Student Union Ke-La Harris, standing, speaks during a roundtable discussion centered on the legacies of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Angela Davis on Thursday at the Cape Girardeau Public Library.
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Jackson Aldermen express concerns about soccer-field lighting funding proposal
(Local News ~ 01/24/20)
The Jackson Board of Aldermen on Wednesday tabled discussion related to a grant application for soccer-field lighting until city staff can recalculate funding for the matching grant. A resolution in support of the grant application to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources was presented during the board’s business meeting, but was not acted on by the aldermen. Instead, they chose to discuss the project during their subsequent study session...
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Full circle: Drums to horns and back again
(Local News ~ 01/24/20)
Tuesday night will be a busy one at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus, 518 S. Fountain St. in Cape Girardeau. New York-based musician Steven Cohen will perform a recital of works for horn from his 2018 album, "Cruise Control," and a series of hand-drumming classes begins that night as well...
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Political activist Angela Davis to be keynote speaker at MLK dinner next week
(Local News ~ 01/24/20)
“Women in Action: Pursuing the Dream” is this year’s theme for Southeast Missouri State University’s annual event to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The keynote speaker will be Angela Davis, an American political activist, academic and author. The dinner — which is sold out — begins at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Show Me Center...
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Two armed robberies Wednesday in Cape, police investigating
(Local News ~ 01/24/20)
Cape Girardeau police officers are investigating two armed robberies that occurred within hours of one another Wednesday in Cape Girardeau. The first armed robbery occurred at about 4:30 p.m. near South Pacific Street and involved a group of suspects — two of which were reported to have been armed with handguns...
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Cape municipal information systems hacked
(Local News ~ 01/24/20)
Cape Girardeau officials announced Thursday evening the city’s information systems had been “victimized by a malicious cyber-attack.” The announcement came after city officials acknowledged earlier in the week issues with various components of the city’s computer network...
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Cape County Commission approves placing a half-cent public-safety sales tax on April ballot
(Local News ~ 01/24/20)
For only the fourth time since 1979, Cape Girardeau County voters will be asked later this year to approve a countywide sales tax. The Cape Girardeau County Commission on Thursday unanimously approved a motion to put a half-cent public-safety sales tax on the April ballot. If approved by voters, funds generated by the tax will be used to help fund operating costs and salaries of the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s Department and the county jail...
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TGIF Top Picks 1/24/20
(Local News ~ 01/24/20)
A Southeast Missouri tradition continues this weekend with the Bootheel Bluegrass Festival, tonight and Saturday at Bavarian Halle, 225 Drury Lane in Jackson (Fruitland). Vendors will be on site and Country Mart is catering dinner. Today's performances begin at 2 p.m. and go until 10 p.m., and Saturday has performances from 1 to 10 p.m., with a complete list at bootheelbluegrass.com...
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Boil water advisory lifted in Jackson
(Local News ~ 01/24/20)
A precautionary boil water advisory issued Tuesday has been lifted, Jackson city officials announced Friday. All addresses receiving water service from the city were affected, except a specific area that included subdivisions Cold Creek Estates, Terrace Park Estates, Nine Oaks, Glendale Unit II and Deerwood...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/24/20)
Today is Friday, Jan. 24, the 24th day of 2020. There are 342 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 24, 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill concluded a wartime conference in Casablanca, Morocco...
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Jackson boil water advisory remains in place
(Local News ~ 01/24/20)
A boil water advisory for portions of Jackson remains in place, officials said Thursday morning. According to a release: "This morning, officials took another round of water samples to check the chlorine level trends. The City has now received positive verification that the amount of chlorine in the system has increased to MDNR-approved levels at all test locations. ...
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Trump, Biden and the smell test
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/24/20)
There is little doubt that Hunter Biden's directorship at Burisma company in Ukraine was a clear-cut case of corruption on the part of Joe Biden. No matter what excuse they both give, it does not pass the smell test. However, Trump-defenders' demand that Hunter Biden must appear as a witness in defense of Trump during his impeachment trial does not pass the smell test either...
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Legislating literary morality
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/24/20)
Morality is a hard thing to legislate -- we all have different opinions and convictions. In the case of House Bill 2044, this is an egregious overreach of the government into the morality and individuality of Missourians. As a teacher who has worked alongside librarians, I can tell you that they are some of the most diligent, intelligent and trustworthy men and women in the public system. ...
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Drugs are a scourge on society -- causing death in Southeast Missouri
(Editorial ~ 01/24/20)
Three area deaths this month appeared to be related to recreational narcotics usage and prompted local law enforcement agencies to issue a warning. A man from Perryville and a woman from Jackson -- both in their 20s, according to a Jackson Police Department report -- died from an overdose. Meanwhile, a Sikeston woman died from an overdose in Mississippi County and another individual with her was recovering from an overdose, according to a recent story in the Sikeston Standard Democrat...
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Aerosmith drummer loses bid to rejoin band
(Entertainment ~ 01/24/20)
BOSTON -- A judge has told Aerosmith's drummer Joey Kramer to dream on if he hopes to rejoin the band as its set to perform and be honored at Grammy events this week. Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Mark Gildea on Wednesday denied Kramer's request to order the band, whose first hit single was 1973's "Dream On," to let him participate in an award celebration in Los Angeles on Friday as well as Sunday's prime time Grammy Awards show...
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'NewsHour' host and debate moderator Jim Lehrer dies at 85
(Entertainment ~ 01/24/20)
NEW YORK -- Jim Lehrer, longtime host of the nightly PBS "NewsHour," whose serious, sober demeanor made him the choice to moderate 11 presidential debates between 1988 and 2012, has died, PBS said Thursday. He was 85. Lehrer died "peacefully in his sleep," according to PBS. He had suffered a heart attack in 1983 and more recently, had undergone heart-valve surgery in April 2008...
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Grammywatch 2020: Who wins? Predictions
(Local News ~ 01/24/20)
NEW YORK -- The 2020 Grammy Awards will air Sunday, and no one knows how things will really play out when the awards are handed out live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Here are some good guesses from Associated Press music writers Mesfin Fekadu and Nekesa Mumbi Moody...
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Doyle Perr
(Obituary ~ 01/24/20)
Doyle Leslie Perr, 72, of Scott City died Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 11, 1947, in Cape Girardeau to Henry Ernest and Edith Jane Welsh Perr. He worked maintenance for Rhodes City Truck Stop. He was a member of Eisleben Lutheran Church in Scott City and was a longtime member of the Scott City Kiwanis Club. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force...
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Alleged rape victim names Lyft, St. Louis driver in lawsuit
(State News ~ 01/24/20)
ST. LOUIS -- A woman who says she was raped by a Lyft driver in St. Louis has filed a lawsuit accusing the ride-hailing company of prioritizing profits over passenger safety. Cristen Giangarra's lawsuit, filed Wednesday, is the latest of several filed by women across the country who have claimed they were sexually assaulted by Lyft drivers. Giangarra, a 30-year-old registered nurse, is listed only as "Jane Doe" in the lawsuit but she identified herself during a news conference Thursday...
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Deputy uses stun gun to settle a beef between K9 and cow
(National News ~ 01/24/20)
GEORGETOWN, S.C. — A sheriff’s deputy responding to a burglary call in South Carolina was forced to settle a beef between his K9 and a spooked cow by using a stun gun. ...
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Islamic leaders make 'groundbreaking' visit to Auschwitz
(International News ~ 01/24/20)
WARSAW, Poland -- Muslim religious leaders joined members of a U.S. Jewish group at Auschwitz on Thursday for what organizers described as "the most senior Islamic leadership delegation" to visit the site of a Nazi German death camp. The interfaith visit came four days before the 75th anniversary of the camp's Jan. 27, 1945, liberation by Soviet forces and as world leaders gathered in Jerusalem to commemorate the Holocaust...
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WHO says China virus not yet emergency
(National News ~ 01/24/20)
LONDON -- A viral illness in China that has sickened hundreds of people is not yet a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said Thursday. WHO issued its evaluation came after Chinese authorities moved to lock down three cities earlier in the day and canceled major events in the capital, Beijing, during the Lunar New Year holiday period to try to contain the new virus...
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U.S. imposes visa rules for pregnant women
(National News ~ 01/24/20)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration on Thursday imposed new visa rules aimed at restricting "birth tourism," in which women travel to the United States to give birth so their children can have U.S. citizenship. Applicants will be denied a tourist visa unless they can prove they must come to the U.S. to give birth for medical reasons and they have money to pay for it -- not just because they want their child to have a passport...
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Trump removes protections for waterways, rolls back regulations from Clean Water Act
(National News ~ 01/24/20)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration lifted federal protections Thursday for some of the nation's millions of miles of streams, arroyos and wetlands, completing one of its most far-reaching environmental rollbacks. The changes will scale back which waterways qualify for protection against pollution and development under the half-century-old Clean Water Act. ...
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'Bogus' Ukraine theory led to Trump's abuse, Dems tell trial
(National News ~ 01/24/20)
WASHINGTON -- Democratic House prosecutors made an expansive case Thursday at Donald Trump's impeachment trial that he abused power like no other president in history, swept up by a "completely bogus" Ukraine theory pushed by attorney Rudy Giuliani...
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Prayer 1/24/20
(Prayer ~ 01/24/20)
We praise you, O Lord Jesus, for you are our healer. Amen.
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Out of the past: Jan. 24
(Out of the Past ~ 01/24/20)
Jail sentences for some lawbreakers have been delayed because of overcrowding in the Cape Girardeau County jail; people sentenced to shock time or other short jail sentences have been asked to wait a month before serving their time. Students in Scott City's public schools had a surprise inspection yesterday by Grande, a drug-sniffing dog from the Mississippi County Sheriff's Department; the German shepherd didn't find any drugs, but school superintendent Douglas Berry says he plans to check again; the search was unannounced, even to the district's principals.. ...
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Jackson police report 1/24/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/24/20)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Assault n Assault was reported in the area of West Independence Street and Symphony Drive. Theft n Theft was reported in the 300 block of Morgan Street. Miscellaneous n Property damage was reported in the area of West Jackson Trail and Lee Avenue...
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Births 1/24/20
(Births ~ 01/24/20)
Daughter to Jake Daniel Christisen and Chelsie Dawn Prevallet of Perryville, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 2:22 a.m. Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. Name, Kit Camille. Weight, 6 pounds, 7 ounces. Fifth child, second daughter. Ms. Prevallet is the daughter of Joy Prevallet of Farmington, Missouri. Christisen is the son of Bob and Dana Christisen of Perryville and Cindy Kertz of Perryville...
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Application period for CFO scholarships opens Feb. 1
(Submitted Story ~ 01/24/20)
Beginning Feb. 1, students from across central and southern Missouri can apply for scholarships offered by the Community Foundation of the Ozarks for the 2020–2021 school year. Nearly 1,000 scholarship awards and renewals are available, totaling more than $1.6 million for higher education at colleges, universities and technical-training programs...
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