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Sikeston officer placed on leave after Islamophobic comments on Facebook
(Local News ~ 09/13/19)
Sikeston, Missouri, police officer Frankie Adams was placed on administrative leave Thursday after posting anti-Muslim comments on Facebook. "I get to choose whom I dislike, and it just so happens to be all Muslims and their beliefs," Adams wrote in one of many Facebook messages...
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SE Catholic Campus Ministry to build new facility after exceeding campaign goal
(Local News ~ 09/13/19)
Southeast Missouri State University's Catholic Campus Ministry has outgrown its current chapel and plans for a new, larger facility are beginning to take shape — requiring the demolition of the chapel and its two on-campus houses. Deacon and director of the Newman Center Tom Schumer said construction for the new 7,000-square-foot Newman Center with a tentative completion date of spring 2021...
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Scott County chief deputy resigns to take post in prosecutor's office
(Local News ~ 09/13/19)
Scott County chief deputy Ryan Dennis, who is second only to Sheriff Wes Drury in the sheriff's department, has resigned, effective Sept. 30. Dennis is leaving to take a position as investigator for the Scott County prosecutor's office. He is scheduled to begin his new job Oct. 1...
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Cape's PORCH group looking for director, office space
(Local News ~ 09/13/19)
A nationwide search is underway for an executive director to head a south Cape Girardeau revitalization group, which is also looking for office space in the neighborhood it serves. PORCH, which stands for People Organized to Revitalize Community Healing, began advertising for a director in late August. The organization hopes to name someone to the post no later than the middle of October and possibly before the end of September...
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Ouster of Miner police chief upheld by Scott County judge
(Local News ~ 09/13/19)
A judge has upheld the impeachment and ouster of the former, elected police chief of Miner, Missouri. Christopher Griggs had gone to court in an effort to get his job back after the Scott County city's board of aldermen impeached him at the conclusion of a three-hour hearing in March...
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Final days of the SEMO District Fair, Batman at the Cape Library and wiffle ball on deck
(Entertainment ~ 09/13/19)
I feel as though I've consumed most of what the food vendors at the SEMO District Fair have to offer (and it's all been amazing), but the cuisine escapade isn't over yet -- we have two more days to enjoy brat burgers, elephant ears and chili dogs! Don't miss the last of the fair week grandstand activities: Hot Rod Truck and Tractor Pull at 7 p.m. today and 6 p.m. Saturday...
- Round and round we go (Local News ~ 09/13/19)
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Food, music and beer: 6 local festivals you won't want to miss this fall
(Entertainment ~ 09/13/19)
The SEMO District Fair is officially a summer event, according to the calendar, though in a way it seems to open the door to autumn. If you missed the fair, there are several fall outdoor festivals on the horizon, offering live music, kettle corn, craft beer and baked goods. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/13/19)
Today is Friday, Sept. 13, the 256th day of 2019. There are 109 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 13, 2001, two days after the 9/11 terror attacks, the first few jetliners returned to the nation's skies, but several major airports remained closed and others opened only briefly. President George W. Bush visited injured Pentagon workers and said he would carry the nation's prayers to New York...
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Cape vs. Jackson rivalry game is a must-see for football fans, alums
(Editorial ~ 09/13/19)
It's rivalry week in Cape Girardeau County. Tonight, the Jackson and Cape Girardeau Central football teams will do battle for the 113th time. Jackson, a football power in recent years in Southeast Missouri under coach Brent Eckley, will be the favorite at home when the two teams meet tonight at 7...
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Route AA in Scott, New Madrid counties reduced for paving work
(Local News ~ 09/13/19)
Routes AA in Scott and New Madrid counties will be reduced with an 8-foot width restriction as contractor crews mill and overlay the roadway, a Missouri Department of Transportation news release says. The road reduction will be from U.S. 62 in Miner, Missouri, to Highway 80 in Matthews, Missouri. The release says the work will take place from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily Sept. 23 through Oct. 19...
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Cape County 'I voted' sticker design contest announced
(Local News ~ 09/13/19)
Voters in Cape Girardeau County next year will be wearing "I Voted" stickers featuring the winning sticker design of a contest now underway through the Cape Girardeau County Clerk's Office. The contest, which began this week, is open to all Cape Girardeau County residents. The winning design will be used as the official "I Voted" stickers available at the polls starting in 2020...
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Ersell Tomal
(Obituary ~ 09/13/19)
WATSEKA, Ill. -- Ersell Greenlee Tomal, 99, of Watseka passed away Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, at Heritage Woods in Watseka. She was born April 2, 1920, to Lee Ran and Maggie Guthrie Hathcock in Vanndale, Arkansas. She married Ernest Cannon. She married Murl Greenlee on Oct. 13, 1942. During this union, five children were born. Ersell and Murl were married almost 43 years, until his death Oct. 9, 1985. She married George Robins and later married Joseph Tomal...
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David Schaffner
(Obituary ~ 09/13/19)
David Blake Schaffner, 59, of Millersville died Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, at his home. Visitation will be 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Memorial service will be at noon Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jeff Estes officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau...
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Mary Otte
(Obituary ~ 09/13/19)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Mary Agnes Otte, 87, of Perryville died Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, at Holiday Residential Care in Perryville. She was born Aug, 28, 1932, in St. Mary, Missouri, to Clarence Lambert and Mary Adelaide Bartels Maloney. She and August Albert "Ab" Otte were married June 5, 1956. He preceded her in death Nov. 8, 2005...
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James 'Jim' McLain
(Obituary ~ 09/13/19)
James P. McLain, 88, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 20, 1931, in Fruitland, son of Bern and Edith Estes McLain. He and Della Estell Stovall were married July 30, 1982, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson...
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Leonard Cooley
(Obituary ~ 09/13/19)
ANNA, Ill. -- Leonard Leon Cooley, 93, of Anna died at 12:24 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, at Illinois Veterans Home. Visitation will be held from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Crain Funeral Home in Anna. Funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with Pastor Steve Guined officiating. Interment will follow in Anna City Cemetery, with military honors accorded by the Carroll P. Foster Post No. 3455 and the Illinois National Guard...
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US, China exchange goodwill gesture ahead of trade talks
(National News ~ 09/13/19)
WASHINGTON -- The United States and China traded conciliatory gestures, raising hopes they can de-escalate a standoff over trade that has shaken financial markets and cast gloom over the global economy. In Beijing, China's Commerce Ministry said Thursday that Chinese importers are asking U.S. ...
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Democratic debate: Fiery exchanges over health care, guns
(National News ~ 09/13/19)
HOUSTON -- The three leading Democratic presidential candidates clashed over health care, immigration and President Barack Obama's legacy Thursday in a fierce debate pitting an aggressive Joe Biden against liberal rivals Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders...
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Chaotic talks show challenge of reaching Purdue opioid settlement
(National News ~ 09/13/19)
For months, the judge overseeing national litigation over the opioids crisis urged all sides to reach a settlement to end thousands of lawsuits filed by state and local governments. But the chaotic developments this week in the case against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma underscore how difficult that goal is. By Thursday, half of the nation's state attorneys general said they would reject a tentative deal crafted by the other half, and many criticized the terms as grossly insufficient...
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GOP sides with Trump on wall; Dems now threaten filibuster
(National News ~ 09/13/19)
WASHINGTON -- A Republican-controlled Senate committee Thursday rejected Democratic attempts to cut President Donald Trump's border wall request and his moves to pay for the project without congressional approval. Democrats threatened to filibuster a Pentagon spending bill...
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Administration revokes rule on water protection from Obama era
(National News ~ 09/13/19)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- The Trump administration Thursday revoked an Obama-era regulation shielding many U.S. wetlands and streams from pollution but was opposed by developers and farmers who said it hurt economic development and infringed on property rights...
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Is it impeachment if Pelosi doesn't say so?
(National News ~ 09/13/19)
WASHINGTON -- Bristling over the "I" word, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stopped short Thursday of saying the House is ready to launch an impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump , even as Judiciary Committee Democrats set the stage to do just that...
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Banderas drew on heart attack in new film
(Entertainment ~ 09/13/19)
TORONTO -- Antonio Banderas said his emotional state from having a heart attack a few years ago influenced his award-winning performance in the Pedro Almodovar film, "Pain and Glory." Banderas won the best actor trophy earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival...
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Johnson denies lying to queen, wins Brexit court case
(International News ~ 09/13/19)
LONDON -- The British government insisted Thursday that its forecast of food and medicine shortages, gridlock at ports and riots in the streets after a no-deal Brexit is an avoidable worst-case scenario, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson denied misleading Queen Elizabeth II about his reasons for suspending Parliament just weeks before the country is due to leave the European Union...
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After Dorian, devastated Bahamas tackles massive clean-up, rebuilding
(International News ~ 09/13/19)
HIGH ROCK, Bahamas -- Pastor Jeremiah Saunders stood in the golden afternoon sun and barely blinked as he debated what to pick out from the ruins of the church he built 22 years ago in the seaside village of High Rock on the eastern end of Grand Bahama island...
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New asylum rules will virtually end entry into U.S. from Mexican border
(International News ~ 09/13/19)
TIJUANA, Mexico -- A new level of despair spread among tens of thousands of migrants waiting on the Mexican border to seek refuge in the U.S. as the Trump administration began enforcing radical new restrictions Thursday on who qualifies for asylum. "The United States is the only option," Dunea Romero, a 31-year-old Honduran, lamented with tears in her eyes at a shelter in Tijuana. ...
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Speak Out 9/13/19
(Speak Out ~ 09/13/19)
The complaints seem to be that the aquatics center is not centrally located and therefore money should not be expended on it. However, by that same standard, Cape Splash should not have been built, and especially the SportsPlex would not have met that criteria. ...
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Jackson police report 9/13/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/13/19)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Miscellaneous n Property damage was reported in the 400 block of Florence Street. n Domestic disturbance was reported in the 700 block of West Adams Street.
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Prayer 9/13/19
(Prayer ~ 09/13/19)
We praise you, O Lord Jesus, for through you we have victory. Amen.
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Out of the past: Sept. 13
(Out of the Past ~ 09/13/19)
Around 3,500 fans filled the grandstand at Arena Park last night for the demolition derby at the 139th SEMO District Fair; today's activities include the arrival of livestock and the beginning of livestock judging, and a Baby Girl Beauty Contest in the afternoon; the day's events will be topped off with a tractor pull in the evening...
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Florida school finds bearded dragon in student's backpack
(National News ~ 09/13/19)
PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- A Florida school district said an unusual passenger was found in a student's backpack. In a Facebook post, Bay County School District officials said they found a bearded dragon in the middle school student's backpack Monday. The school said they put the reptile in a box until an adult could take him home. The student said they brought the lizard, named Jango, to school because they didn't want him to be sad home alone all day...
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