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EBO MD acquires Cape Urgent Care; Byron Glenn retires
(Local News ~ 04/11/18)
EBO MD has acquired Cape Urgent Care and Family Medicine in Cape Girardeau, effective April 5, according to a recent news release. Dr. Byron Glenn, previous owner of Cape Urgent Care, announced his retirement from practice Monday, according to the release...
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Cape Christian School to close in May
(Local News ~ 04/11/18)
Just more than 100 students and about 20 faculty and staff will need to find new arrangements this fall, after a decision last week to close Cape Christian School at 1855 Perryville Road in Cape Girardeau. Pastor Phil Roop, leader of Bethel Assembly of God Church in Cape Girardeau, said the school could not move forward from a financial standpoint, and that was “heart-wrenching.”...
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Trump nominates Sheriff John Jordan for federal marshal post
(Local News ~ 04/11/18)
President Donald Trump has nominated Cape Girardeau County Sheriff John Jordan for a federal marshal post, a move the county clerk said could lead to an election for a new sheriff later this year. The White House announced the nomination Tuesday. The U.S. Senate must confirm Jordan before he can be appointed by the president...
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Report: Greitens was aggressor in unwanted sexual encounter
(State News ~ 04/11/18)
Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens initiated a physically aggressive unwanted sexual encounter with his hairdresser and threatened to distribute a partially nude photo of her if she spoke about it, according to testimony from the woman released Wednesday by a House investigatory committee...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/11/18)
Today is Wednesday, April 11, the 101st day of 2018. There are 264 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 11, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which included the Fair Housing Act, a week after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr...
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Open, respectful debate important for public trust
(Column ~ 04/11/18)
On Friday afternoon new Cape Girardeau mayor Bob Fox read a proclamation identifying a long list of city achievements during the mayoral tenure of Harry Rediger, followed by a standing ovation from those packed into City Hall chambers. Rediger was humble in his response, citing staff and council but ultimately the voters: "Our citizens are our greatest partner. Without their support, their yes votes, these accomplishments would not have happened."...
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Cosby defense goes on the offensive
(Entertainment ~ 04/11/18)
NORRISTOWN, Pa. -- As Bill Cosby stands trial a second time over allegations he sexually molested a woman in 2004, his new, high-powered Hollywood lawyer took a far more aggressive tone toward the accuser in his opening statement Tuesday. Armed with a couple key rulings potentially helping the defense, Tom Mesereau told jurors Andrea Constand is a "con artist" who framed his client because she was after "money, money and lots more money." Mesereau made the point repeatedly as he sought to cast Constand as the villain, and Cosby her victim.. ...
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Out of the past: April 11
(Out of the Past ~ 04/11/18)
Easter Sunday. Several local churches conduct sunrise services for the holiday; they include First Christian, Lynwood Baptist, Good Shepherd Lutheran, St. Andrew Lutheran, Westminster Presbyterian, Hobbs Chapel United Methodist and Evangelical United Church of Christ; the 57th annual Easter sunrise service is held at 6:30 a.m. at Bald Knob Cross of Peace near Alto Pass, Illinois...
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Ingraham complains about censorship amid beef with Parkland survivor
(Entertainment ~ 04/11/18)
NEW YORK -- Fox News Channel's Laura Ingraham returned to work with defiance Monday, denouncing a "Stalinist" effort by liberals to stifle the free speech of conservatives, promising to make fighting it her new cause. She made no mention of the advertisers who had abandoned her own program after she tweeted a survivor of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting had "whined" about not getting in to some colleges he had applied for...
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Ex-spy's daughter out of hospital
(International News ~ 04/11/18)
LONDON -- A British health official said Yulia Skripal, who was targeted along with her father in a nerve agent attack in England, has been discharged from hospital. "This is not the end of her treatment but marks a significant milestone," said Dr. Christine Blanshard...
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Chemical weapons experts to inspect attack site in Syria
(International News ~ 04/11/18)
BEIRUT -- The international chemical weapons watchdog said Tuesday it was sending a fact-finding mission to the Syrian town where a suspected chemical gas attack took place over the weekend, following a request from the Syrian government and its Russian backers appearing to be aimed at averting punitive Western military action...
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Trump extols Qatar on anti-terror action
(National News ~ 04/11/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump vouched publicly on Tuesday for Qatar's efforts to stop the funding of terrorism, reversing his past critique and lending presidential credence to Qatari claims it's been unfairly maligned by its Persian Gulf rivals...
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Trump, allies mull Syria response
(National News ~ 04/11/18)
WASHINGTON -- Trump administration officials consulted with global allies Tuesday on a possible joint military response to Syria's alleged poison gas attack, as President Donald Trump canceled a foreign trip in order to manage a crisis testing his vow to stand up to Syrian President Bashar Assad...
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China offers possible concessions
(International News ~ 04/11/18)
BEIJING -- President Xi Jinping promised Tuesday to cut China's auto tariffs and improve intellectual property protection in possible concessions aimed at defusing a worsening dispute with Washington over trade and technology investors worry could set back the global economic recovery...
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Longtime fixer in the spotlight
(National News ~ 04/11/18)
NEW YORK -- For more than a decade, Michael Cohen has been President Donald Trump's private attorney -- and so much more. Cohen is a street-wise New Yorker with a penchant for confrontation and a cultivated reputation as Trump's outside-the-courtroom problem-solver. He's Trump's image-protector. He also says he personally paid porn actress Stormy Daniels $130,000 to buy her silence about an alleged affair with his boss...
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Raid related to payments to women accusing Trump
(National News ~ 04/11/18)
WASHINGTON -- Federal agents who raided the office of President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen, were looking for information about payments to a former Playboy playmate and a porn actress who claim to have had affairs with Trump, two people familiar with the investigation said Tuesday...
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FEMA faulted for failed contracts to deliver aid to hurricane victims
(National News ~ 04/11/18)
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded contracts for hurricane supplies without adequately researching whether winning bidders could deliver what they promised, according to a new investigation by Democrats on a Senate oversight committee...
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DeVos laments U.S. students' test scores
(Community ~ 04/11/18)
WASHINGTON -- The results of the latest Nation's Report Card are in and the news isn't good. Fourth-graders made no improvements in math or reading, while eighth-graders' scores were flat in math and only slightly improved in reading, according to results released Tuesday on the National Assessment of Educational Progress...
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Watchdog agency stops enforcements
(National News ~ 04/11/18)
NEW YORK -- In the 135 days since the President Donald Trump administration took control of the nation's consumer watchdog agency, it has not recorded a single enforcement action against banks, credit card companies, debt collectors or any finance companies whatsoever...
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U.S. troops begin border deployment
(National News ~ 04/11/18)
WESLACO, Texas -- The deployment of National Guard members to the U.S.-Mexico border at President Donald Trump's request was underway Tuesday with a gradual ramp-up of troops under orders to help curb illegal immigration. The Trump administration also announced Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen will visit this week a stretch of new border wall breaking ground in New Mexico, putting additional focus on what Trump has called a crisis of migrant crossings and crime...
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HUD secretary on a mission to improve department
(Column ~ 04/11/18)
Let's talk about the Department of Housing and Urban Development. With the national headlines focused elsewhere, new HUD administrator Dr. Ben Carson is quietly transforming the massive bureaucracy in a way that has liberals in a tizzy. HUD was one of a number of Johnson-era federal programs designed to provide taxpayer-funding housing for the poor. Every county in Missouri has a HUD-funded program...
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Dylan Pobst
(Obituary ~ 04/11/18)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Dylan Michael Pobst, 26, died Monday, April 9, 2018, in Bollinger County, Missouri. He was born Sept. 29, 1991, in Cape Girardeau to Mike Pobst Jr. of Chaffee, Missouri, and Janet Sallee Pobst Warren of Scott City. Dylan was a member of Morley (Missouri) Church of God and worked as a heavy equipment operator for Little River Drainage District...
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Gerald Jansen
(Obituary ~ 04/11/18)
LEOPOLD, Mo. -- Gerald Leonard "Chub" Jansen of Leopold died at his home Monday, April 9, 2018, following a long illness. He was born Aug. 2, 1956, in Lutesville, Missouri, the son of Luke Robert and Mary Louise Steinnerd Jansen. He and Leeann Renee Holzum married June 9, 1979, at St. John Catholic Church in Leopold. She survives...
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Steven Hadder
(Obituary ~ 04/11/18)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Steven Allen Hadder, 66, died Monday, April 9, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Oct. 22, 1951, in Sikeston to the late Wilford "Jack" and Pauline Russell Hadder. He and Barbara Kelso Hadder married Nov. 28, 1970, in Sikeston, and she survives of the home...
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Eula Bridges
(Obituary ~ 04/11/18)
SCOPUS, Mo. -- Eula Azalee Bridges, 95, of Scopus passed away Monday, April 9, 2018, at her home. She was born Oct. 31, 1922, in Marble Hill, Missouri, daughter of Leo and Lillie Pierce Bollinger. She and Linus L. Bridges Jr. were united in marriage Aug. 18, 1948. He passed away June 23, 2015...
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Ann Anderson
(Obituary ~ 04/11/18)
MORLEY, Mo. -- Elizabeth Ann Crowell Anderson, 78, of Morley passed away Monday, April 9, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Ann was the beloved wife of Bill "Cousin Carl" Anderson and cherished matriarch of an extended family. Born June 7, 1939, in Oklahoma, Ann was the daughter of Raymond and Marguerite Crowell...
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Bill would make changes to sex offender registry
(State News ~ 04/11/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Sex offenders convicted of lower-level crimes would be able to petition to have their names removed from a state registry under a bill a Senate committee is considering. The Columbia Missourian reported Republican Rep. Kurt Bahr's bill already has passed the House. ...
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Missouri Senate bill would expand St. Louis Sheriff's reach
(State News ~ 04/11/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Legislature has proposed legislation designed to expand where St. Louis sheriff's deputies can make arrests. The proposal would give deputies the option of receiving training from the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission, which will allow them to make arrests anywhere police officers can. ...
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Jason Kander, rising Democratic Party star, has book deal
(State News ~ 04/11/18)
NEW YORK — An Afghanistan war veteran, former Missouri state official and rising star in the Democratic Party has a book deal. Jason Kander’s “Outside the Wire: Ten Lessons I’ve Learned in Everyday Courage” is coming out Aug. 7, the book publisher Twelve told The Associated Press on Tuesday. ...
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Columbia high schools plan sobriety tests for prom
(State News ~ 04/11/18)
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Some Columbia high school students may be subject to sobriety tests at their upcoming prom. The Columbia Daily Tribune reported all Rock Bridge High School students attending prom April 28 must take an alcohol breath test before entering the dance. ...
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TV host resigns after threatening school shooting survivor
(State News ~ 04/11/18)
ST. LOUIS -- A conservative commentator who sent a tweet saying he would use "a hot poker" to sexually assault an outspoken 17-year-old survivor of the Florida high school shooting has resigned from a St. Louis TV station and been taken off the radio after several advertisers withdrew from his shows...
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Woman's attorney accuses governor's team of 'smear campaign'
(State News ~ 04/11/18)
ST. LOUIS -- Attorneys for Gov. Eric Greitens are conducting a "smear campaign" against a woman with whom he had an affair as he awaits trial next month on allegations he took and transmitted a nonconsensual photo of the woman while she was partially nude, the woman's attorney said Tuesday...
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Jackson Reads returns
(Local News ~ 04/11/18)
Joy Watson reads "There's a Wocket in My Pocket" to a group during a Jackson Reads event hosted by the Jackson School District on Tuesday in Jackson.
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Farmers market season begins this week in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 04/11/18)
Even though Mother Nature is slacking in the seasonable temperature department, get ready to start seeing farmers markets in the coming weeks offering all kinds of local goodies throughout Cape Girardeau and Jackson. Cape Girardeau Farmers Market manager Marilyn Peters said it will open for the season Thursday in the parking lot of West Park Mall and the location has only moved slightly. The hours haven't changed, though -- noon to 5 p.m. every Thursday...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 4/11/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/11/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Monday n Medical assists were made at 9:17 a.m. on East Cape Rock Drive; 11 a.m. on Franks Lane; 3:06 p.m. on South Kingshighway; 3:28 p.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 3:44 p.m. on North Sprigg Street; 4:56 p.m. on Linden Street; 7:01 p.m. on Bella Vista Drive; and 9:22 p.m. on North Sprigg Street...
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Prayer 4/11/18
(Prayer ~ 04/11/18)
O Lord Jesus, we look to you for strength for you are the Redeemer. Amen.
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Israel says slain Gaza journalist was Hamas militant
(International News ~ 04/11/18)
JERUSALEM -- Israel's defense minister said Tuesday a well-known Gaza journalist who was killed by Israeli gunfire over the weekend was a member of Hamas, an allegation denied by the Islamic militant group and the journalist's family. Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman provided no evidence to back up the claim...
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Facebook working with Russia probe
(National News ~ 04/11/18)
WASHINGTON -- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg disclosed Tuesday his company is "working with" special counsel Robert Mueller in the federal probe of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign -- and working hard to change its own operations after the harvesting of users' private information by a Trump campaign-affiliated data-mining company...
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Highway 74 in Cape County reduced for pavement work
(Local News ~ 04/11/18)
Highway 74 in Cape Girardeau County, from Highway 25 to just east of northbound Interstate 55, will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction as contractor crews perform pavement repairs. A Missouri Department of Transportation news release says the work will take place from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily from April 23 through June 23...
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Speak Out 4/11/18
(Speak Out ~ 04/11/18)
David Limbaugh always blames the "evil" left for anything his people get caught doing. Those horrible Democrats forced Pruitt to accept bribes and lie to his own president. Those terrible reporters "lied" about the millions of dollars wasted on trips and self-indulgences. Right...
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Tilsit 4H Club
(Submitted Story ~ 04/11/18)
Members of the Tilsit 4-H Club made and delivered 28 weighted blankets and 33 lap pads to a local school district and to the Easter Seals office at Southeast Missouri State University to help autistic children in our area. Sixteen youth members and eleven adult volunteers logged over 150 work hours to complete this annual project. This project was supported by the Missouri 4-H Foundation with funds from Crader Distributing Co and Stihldealers.com...
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10th Annual CJHS Principals' Dinner
(Submitted Story ~ 04/11/18)
Each year, all CJHS teachers nominate a student for this dinner. They are chosen for a multitude of reasons: academic growth, service attitude, behavior improvement, positive outlook, etc. We invite those students and their parents for a dinner and recognition. We had over 200 people attend this year's event...
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Safe House for Women Receives Donation
(Submitted Story ~ 04/11/18)
On April 10, 2018, the Safe House for Women received a donation from the proceeds of the 19th annual Captain Woody Rushing Golf Tournament, which was held at Kimbeland Country Club last October. A total of $13,000 will be donated to 14 organizations from the 2017 tournament proceeds...
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