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Tornadoes possible in Missouri, other states
(State News ~ 11/09/15)
A storm brewing in the Pacific Ocean has forecasters warning of possible severe weather, including tornadoes, in the nation's midsection Wednesday, with Missouri and Arkansas the most likely targets. The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, said Sunday the fast-moving storm is expected to collide with moisture and humidity rising from the Gulf of Mexico, creating unstable weather conditions that could lead to tornadoes as strong as EF3, which include winds of 136 to 165 mph capable of severe damage.. ...
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Tax credits can make big effect in local health-insurance costs
(Local News ~ 11/09/15)
Those who receive insurance through the new health-insurance marketplaces have much to consider in this open enrollment period. Changing costs and deciding whether to keep existing plans or switch to new ones likely are top-of-mind issues for consumers across the country...
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Missouri football players pressure school leaders over race
(State News ~ 11/09/15)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Student protests over the way leaders of the University of Missouri have responded to racial incidents on campus escalated dramatically over the weekend when at least 30 black football players announced they will not participate in team activities until the school's president is removed...
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Business notebook: Jackson cardboard firm honored by magazine
(Business ~ 11/09/15)
Dennis Vinson said it was a humbling experience to learn his business had been chosen as one of the 100 largest black businesses in the nation. Signature Packaging in Jackson was named to Black Enterprise magazine's 2015 list. "I'm honored. ... I've subscribed to that magazine basically all of my professional career," reading about the various companies being honored each year, Vinson said. ...
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Tour gives glimpse of black Civil War veterans' lives
(Local News ~ 11/09/15)
Mary Lacey grew up in Cape Girardeau and remembers visiting Fairmont Cemetery as a young girl. But back then, she thought black people were buried only in the northeast portion. "I even asked, but until today, I didn't even know there were any blacks buried in this part of the cemetery," she said, standing among the oldest of Fairmont's graves...
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Laura Huggins Bags Doe with a Bow
(Submitted Photo ~ 11/09/15)
Laura Huggins of Cape Girardeau, MO pictured with her dog Duke, bags her first deer. She bagged this doe on private land in Scott County, MO with a bow at 38 yards on Saturday, Nov. 7th.
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Matthew Stearns Earns Rank of Eagle
(Submitted Photo ~ 11/09/15)
Matthew Stearns was recently awarded the rank of Eagle Scout at a Troop 5 Court of Honor held at the VFW Post 3838 in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Matthew is the son of Scott and Kimberly Stearns of Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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Longtime weather forecaster Don McNeely dies
(Local News ~ 11/09/15)
Cape Girardeau's "Mr. KFVS," Don McNeely, died Sunday at age 88, according to relatives and several former colleagues at the television station. McNeely, who worked for decades as KFVS-TV's weather forecaster, retired in 1993, exactly 50 years after his broadcasting debut...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 11/09/15)
Today is Monday, Nov. 9, the 313th day of 2015. There are 52 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 9, 1965, the great Northeast blackout began as a series of power failures lasting up to 13 1/2 hours left 30 million people in seven states and part of Canada without electricity...
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Photo event for special needs kids makes us all smile
(Editorial ~ 11/09/15)
Local photographer Laura Schumpert has a special place in her heart for special-needs children. That place led her to create an event called Lyndon's Shining Light, designed to honor the memory of her son and help families of special-needs children. On Nov. 1, almost 50 of those families took their children to Kiwanis Park for free portraits and other activities especially for them...
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Gladys Siebert
(Obituary ~ 11/09/15)
Gladys Mae Siebert, 87, of Jackson went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 18, 1928, in Old Appleton to Walter and Edna Ruppel Schreiner. She and Earl L. Siebert were married Nov. 9, 1947, in Uniontown, Missouri. He preceded her in death May 5, 1986...
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Google, Heart Association team up on new research venture
(National News ~ 11/09/15)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A company whose name is synonymous with eyeballs on the Internet is turning its attention to hearts. Google Life Sciences, a research group recently spun off from its parent corporation, is teaming with the American Heart Association in a $50 million project to find new ways to fight heart disease...
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Good, not spectacular, ratings for Trump on 'SNL'
(National News ~ 11/09/15)
NEW YORK -- Donald Trump hadn't gotten far into his opening monologue before trouble occurred. An off-screen heckler interrupted with a cry of "You're a racist!" But the "heckler" was comedian Larry David, who before Trump arrived onstage had been seen impersonating Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders...
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Births 11/9/15
(Births ~ 11/09/15)
Daughter to Cassondra Nicole Tackett of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 9:48 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015. Name, Leah Ann. Weight, 6 pounds, 4 ounces. Third child, first daughter. Tackett is the daughter of Kay E. Pruitt of Cape Girardeau. Daughter to Steven Scott and Sarah J. ...
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Congressional votes for Nov. 6
(Local News ~ 11/09/15)
Here's a look at how area members of Congress voted over the last week. Along with roll call votes, the House also passed the following measures by voice vote. It passed a resolution (H. Res. 293), expressing concern over anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incitement within the Palestinian Authority; and passed the Global Anti-Poaching Act (H.R. 2494), to support global anti-poaching efforts and strengthen the capacity of partner countries to counter wildlife trafficking...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 11/9/15
(Local News ~ 11/09/15)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today Approval of minutes n Minutes of the Nov. 5 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on the agenda Routine business...
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Out of the past: Nov. 9
(Out of the Past ~ 11/09/15)
Speaking last night at the annual transportation banquet of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce, John L. Oliver Jr., a member of the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission, said the recently passed budget-tax agreement wiped out chances of new roads and bridges in the state of Missouri...
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Federal rules keep young pilots from flying drones
(National News ~ 11/09/15)
GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Megan Halek could be the best unmanned aircraft pilot coming out of the University of North Dakota's highly regarded aviation program this year: She's aced a training program and has enough air experience to fly private jets worldwide...
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Ferguson police present initiative seeks to restore trust
(State News ~ 11/09/15)
FERGUSON, Mo. -- Police in Ferguson are vowing to walk the streets and talk to residents more often as part of an effort to repair frayed relations with the community more than a year after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown. About 130 people turned out Saturday at Greater Grace Church for the inaugural presentation of the neighborhood policing plan, the St. ...
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Carson: Questions on background aren't 'real' scandals
(National News ~ 11/09/15)
WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Sunday he's facing an unprecedented level of scrutiny about the veracity of his life story and questioned whether the issues dogging him over his autobiography are important to the nation's search for the next president...
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Congress dodging war powers despite U.S. mission in Syria
(National News ~ 11/09/15)
WASHINGTON -- In the battle against the Islamic State group, members of Congress talk tough against extremism, but many want to run for cover when it comes to voting on new war powers to fight the militants, preferring to let the president own the battle...
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4 killed, 14 hurt in fiery crash near Washington
(National News ~ 11/09/15)
HYATTSVILLE, Md. -- Four people, including a child, died and 14 others were injured after a church van caught fire in a crash with a pickup truck in a Maryland suburb of the nation's capital Sunday afternoon, authorities said. Marc Bashoor, chief of the Prince George's County Fire Department, said via Twitter three adults and one child were confirmed as fatalities...
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Pope pledges to continue reforms
(International News ~ 11/09/15)
VATICAN CITY -- In his first public comments on the latest scandal rocking the Vatican, Pope Francis told followers in St. Peter's Square on Sunday the theft of documents describing financial malfeasance inside the Holy See was a "crime" but pledged to continue reforms of its administration...
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Missouri executions expected to slow
(State News ~ 11/09/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Eighteen convicted killers have been executed in Missouri in the last two years -- a pace that is expected to slow, with death sentences on the decline and many of the 28 remaining death-row inmates still filing appeals. Only Texas, with 24, has performed more executions than Missouri since November 2013. But execution appears to be imminent for just one Missouri inmate...
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World Bank: Climate change may result in 100 million poor
(International News ~ 11/09/15)
STOCKHOLM -- Climate change could push more than 100 million people into extreme poverty by 2030 by disrupting agriculture and fueling the spread of malaria and other diseases, the World Bank said in a report Sunday. Released just weeks ahead of a U.N. climate summit in Paris, the report highlighted how the effect of global warming is borne unevenly, with the world's poor woefully unprepared to deal with climate shocks such as rising seas or severe droughts...
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Passengers wait to leave Egypt; Russian inspectors en route
(International News ~ 11/09/15)
CAIRO -- International passengers departing Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh continued to line up for flights Sunday, as the first of three teams of Russian inspectors was dispatched to the country to examine airport security after the Oct. 31 airline disaster...
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Think you want a tiny house? Businesses offer a tryout first
(Business ~ 11/09/15)
CROYDON, N.H. -- Hilary and Shane Lentz were hooked on the idea of a tiny house, but they weren't sure the reality would be so appealing. Their curiosity led them to the hills of New Hampshire, where a business that started at Harvard University rents out tiny houses for $99 a night. The company, Getaway, has drawn visitors from afar who come to sample life in a 160-square-foot house before they dive headlong into the lifestyle...
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Many savers held tight despite market doldrums
(Business ~ 11/09/15)
NEW YORK -- When fear was pumping through the stock market this summer, most retirement savers kept their cool. So say figures from Fidelity, which could see how individual investors in general behaved by looking at its 13.5 million 401(k) and 6 million IRA accounts as stocks tumbled in New York, Shanghai and places in between during the turbulent third quarter...
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State taking bids to manage Marble Hill license office
(Local News ~ 11/09/15)
The Missouri Department of Revenue's Office of Administration is accepting management contract bids for the Marble Hill license office. More than 17,400 transactions were conducted at the office in fiscal 2015, according to a release from the Department of Revenue, generating $58,120 in agent processing fees...
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Library to host Coffee with Cops on Tuesday
(Local News ~ 11/09/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department's next Coffee With Cops event will be Tuesday at the Cape Girardeau Public Library, 711 N. Clark St. Officers will be at the library from 1 to 3 p.m. Members of the public are encouraged to stop by and talk to officers or voice concerns...
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Nature Center to discuss state's elk program
(Local News ~ 11/09/15)
Elk will be the focus of this month's "Nature Center at Night" event from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center. Naturalist-led programs will begin at 5:30 and 7 p.m., according to the Missouri Department of Conservation, and youth and adult groups are welcome to attend the free event...
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Fugitive eludes Cape police after chase
(Local News ~ 11/09/15)
A fugitive remains at large after leading Cape Girardeau police on a chase Saturday afternoon. Police Sgt. Joey Hann said the incident began at 3:40 p.m., when police stopped Jason Michael Jungers, 31, for having expired license plates. The plates, from 2004, were found to belong to another vehicle, not the black 1996 Chevrolet Blazer Jungers was driving...
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Vikings beat Rams with field goal in OT
(Professional Sports ~ 11/09/15)
St. Louis fell to 4-4 with a 21-18 loss to Minnesota.
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Authorities capture 4 emus on the lam
(National News ~ 11/09/15)
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Pima County, Arizona, authorities said four emus that got loose in a neighborhood on Tucson's southwest side were captured. The four large birds were contained Thursday. County sheriff's officials said two of the emus had been returned to their owner and were back in their pen. They said the other two emus were taken back to their owner in a horse trailer. The emu is the largest bird native to Australia and the second-largest bird in the world, behind the ostrich...
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Barbara Ruth Connell
(Obituary ~ 11/09/15)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Barbara Ruth Connell, 82, of Mounds died Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015, at her home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later. Jones Funeral Home Villa Ridge is in charge of arrangements.
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People on the move 11/9/2015
(Business ~ 11/09/15)
The governing board of directors for the Community Counseling Center has elected David W. Ramsey of Perryville, Missouri, as a board member representing Perry County. He will serve on the board's policy committee. Before retiring this year, Ramsey was a high-school teacher in the Perry County School District from 1977 to 2004 and a college instructor at Mineral Area College from 1995 to 2015. He and his wife became co-owners of Ponderosa Steakhouse in Perryville in 1999...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 11/9/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/09/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Saturday: n Medical assist calls were made at 5:32 a.m. on South Henderson Street, 3:51 p.m. on South Pacific Street and 8:02 p.m. on Hazel Street. n at 1:01 a.m., an alarm system activation with no fire at Towers Circle...
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Jackson fire report 11/9/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/09/15)
JACKSON The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls: Friday n an EMS call on Highland Drive. Saturday n A mutual aid call on Sprigg Street. n An EMS call on South Hope Street. Sunday n An EMS call on Hope Street. n An EMS call on South Hope Street...
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Prayer 11/9/15
(Prayer ~ 11/09/15)
O Lord Jesus, may we not be anxious about anything but trust in you always. Amen.
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Southeast Missouri State soccer team's season ends with OT loss to Murray State
(College Sports ~ 11/09/15)
The Racers won 1-0 in the championship game of the OVC tournament.
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