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New refugee center to open in St. Louis
(State News ~ 12/18/15)
ST. LOUIS -- A center to welcome refugees from Syria and elsewhere was set to open in St. Louis. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the refugee center was scheduled to open Thursday. Muslim police chaplains Adil Imdad and Dzemal Bijedic said they began to look for a warehouse to open a no-pay thrift shop to provide goods and services to an expected influx of Syrian refugees to the area...
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Group calls for sensitivity training at University of Missouri
(State News ~ 12/18/15)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The St. Louis chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has called on the University of Missouri to implement sensitivity training after a Muslim student filed a lawsuit alleging a biology professor directed a slew of sexually suggestive and religiously offensive remarks at her...
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Ferguson protesters arrested in 2014 challenge ordinance
(State News ~ 12/18/15)
CLAYTON, Mo. -- Two protesters arrested in Ferguson during protests last year are challenging the St. Louis County ordinance cited in their arrest, calling it too vague. The Rev. Melissa Bennett and KB Frazier filed suit against the county, county counselor Peter Krane and Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster, claiming the ordinance violates their 14th Amendment rights and should be tossed out...
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Poplar Bluff police investigate truck possibly involved in hit and run
(Local News ~ 12/18/15)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Investigators are processing a black Ford pickup truck for evidence possibly linking it to a hit-and-run accident last week that killed a Poplar Bluff teenager. Based on a witness' description, authorities had been searching for a late model Ford F-150 pickup, described as a 4X4 crew cab, with four doors, a short bed and "bright white headlights."...
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Sikeston resident wins lottery jackpot
(Local News ~ 12/18/15)
A Sikeston, Missouri, resident has a little extra spending cash for Christmas. Billie Heaton, 54, won a $126,000 Show Me Cash jackpot after correctly matching all five numbers drawn Dec. 3. The ticket was purchased at VFW 3416 in Wappapello, Missouri. The VFW will receive a $500 bonus check for selling the winning ticket...
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Ameren warns of phone scam
(Local News ~ 12/18/15)
Ameren Missouri has warned customers to be on alert for phone calls from scam artists posing as utility representatives. The scammers have been making calls, threatening to disconnect utility service unless a payment is made immediately. "This month we are seeing an uptick in the number of reported scams, particularly those targeting businesses," Tim Reagan, director of corporate security at Ameren, said in a news release...
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Toybox makes deliveries Thursday night (Local News ~ 12/18/15)
Santa Claus, better known as Justin Lieser during the offseason, poses for a photo with a load of toys to be delivered to one of 357 families Thursday evening during the Cape Jaycees' Toybox delivery in Cape Girardeau. -
Cape County Commission approves 2016 budget (Local News ~ 12/18/15)
Cape Girardeau County government remains financially sound, with $5 million in reserve for any emergencies, Presiding Commissioner Clint Tracy said Thursday. "We are solid," Tracy said after the county commission approved a nearly $17 million budget for county operations in 2016. "We have more than a balanced budget."... -
Threat prompts lockdown at all Bollinger County schools (Local News ~ 12/18/15)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- All Bollinger County, Missouri, schools were locked down starting at 12:50 p.m. Thursday because of a shooting threat. The threat was called into the Bollinger County Library in Marble Hill. The male adult said someone was going to come and shoot up a school but was not specific about which school, said chief deputy Darren Bullard of the Bollinger County Sheriff's Department... -
The Force is strong enough to pack Cape West 14 Cine as 'Star Wars' film opens (Local News ~ 12/18/15)
Finally arrived, it had. What filled the lobby of Cape West 14 Cine before the first screenings of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" was more than the excitement, nostalgia or anticipation. It was Nerd-vana. Professional cosplayers posed for photos with fans. In the crowd, Imperial-theme ringtones went off intermittently. Most people wore Star Wars T-shirts, a few wore R2-D2 dresses, and at least one sported a Rebel Alliance tattoo... -
Growing interest in traveling to Cuba (Local News ~ 12/18/15)
A new aviation deal between the United States and Cuba could spark more Americans to travel to the island nation, local travel agents said. But while they welcome the news of the deal announced Thursday, they said they have clients who already have traveled to Cuba on charter flights out of Miami, Florida... -
Bloomfield boys basketball downs Advance in battle of Stoddard County undefeateds (High School Sports ~ 12/18/15)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- An undefeated team was going to lose no matter what, and on Friday night that turned out to be Advance. The Hornets simply got out-played by a sharp Bloomfield squad as the Wildcats took the battle between the previously undefeated Stoddard County rivals, 59-42, at Advance High School in a game that was much closer than the final score might indicate... -
Saxony Lutheran boys basketball team remains unbeaten with win at Perryville (High School Sports ~ 12/18/15)
The Crusaders improved to 7-0 as they handed the Pirates their first loss of the season on Friday night. -
Real Life Elf on the Shelf (Submitted Story ~ 12/18/15)
Hi! My name is Miranda Schlosser and I am a kindergarten teacher at Immaculate Conception School in Jackson, MO. My coworker (kindergarten teacher) Emily Thomas and I have a story idea for you. This past Thursday, December 17,2015, was Christmas spirit day at school. ... -
Elvis tribute show coming to Isle Casino on Jan. 9 (Entertainment ~ 12/18/15)
Two of the country's top Elvis tribute artists will be coming to Isle Casino Cape Girardeau next month. Robert Washington and David Allen will appear Jan. 9 in two shows, one at 6 p.m. and the other at 8 p.m. Ronny Craig, CEO of Ronny Craig Entertainment and Productions, said the act copies Elvis Presley in every way, from the music to the costumes... -
House OKs tax-cut package, first leg of year-end budget deal (National News ~ 12/18/15)
WASHINGTON -- Republicans overwhelmed divided Democrats to whisk tax breaks for businesses, families and special interests through the House on Thursday as Congress sped toward final votes on a year-crowning budget accord that also will bankroll the government in 2016... -
Notre Dame girls basketball team deploys new offensive look in win over Chaffee (High School Sports ~ 12/18/15)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- At 1-3 entering the night, the Notre Dame girls basketball team was searching for a way to build something positive early in its campaign. On Thursday night, it may have found that something. Utilizing a newly-installed offense for the first time in a live game and putting an emphasis on forcing turnovers, the Bulldogs swung past Chaffee with a 69-42 win at Chaffee High School... -
Today in History
(National News ~ 12/18/15)
Today in History Today is Friday, Dec. 18, the 352nd day of 2015. There are 13 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 18, 1915, President Woodrow Wilson, whose first wife, Ellen, had died the year before, married Edith Bolling Galt, a widow, at her Washington home...
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Fear out of proportion
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/18/15)
Fear of terrorism has been dominating the national news. However, I suggest we consider a few facts. From Jan. 1 to Dec. 7, 2015, there were 10,471 homicides by firearms. Of these 19 were committed by Muslim terrorists. In other words, 99.82 percent of the shooting deaths in this country were the result of old-fashioned murder rather than terrorism. I think the country's level of expressed fear is utterly and completely out of proportion to the present danger...
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Special weekend ahead for 800 Southeast Missouri students
(Editorial ~ 12/18/15)
Almost 800 students will receive their degrees Saturday afternoon at Southeast Missouri State University's winter commencement ceremony. The auspicious event will be at 2 p.m. at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, preceded by an honors convocation at 10:30 a.m. for 185 undergraduates...
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Missy Kitty gives thumbs up to animal shelter expansion
(Column ~ 12/18/15)
When Charlotte Craig called more than a week ago, I could tell right away she had something important on her mind. Charlotte was calling on behalf of the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri, of which she is the current board president. The humane society operates Cape Girardeau's animal shelter. It also places hundreds of pets in adoptive homes where cats and dogs find years and years of love and companionship...
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Speak Out 12/18/15
(Speak Out ~ 12/18/15)
They're doing it elsewhere, and I strongly encourage all area businesses to join in and put up "Hate Has No Business Here" signs to indicate that this area does not put up with any forms of ethnic, racial or religious discrimination. A financial adviser says the interest rate increase simply means we are living in a better economy. ...
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Exec who raised drug price arrested
(National News ~ 12/18/15)
NEW YORK -- A boyish-looking entrepreneur who became the new face of corporate greed when he jacked up the price of a lifesaving drug fiftyfold was led away in handcuffs by the FBI on unrelated fraud charges Thursday in a scene that left more than a few Americans gleeful...
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Putin praises Donald Trump
(International News ~ 12/18/15)
MOSCOW -- In Vladimir Putin's view, Donald Trump is "bright and talented." But as much as those words sound like praise, there are some murky nuances. The most unequivocally favorable part of the comments the Russian leader made Thursday to a scrum of reporters after his annual year-end news conference was about the Republican presidential aspirant's claims he wants to improve relations with Russia...
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Buyer of guns used in massacre faces terrorism charge
(National News ~ 12/18/15)
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- The man who bought the assault rifles his friend used in the San Bernardino massacre was charged Thursday with a terrorism-related count alleging he plotted earlier attacks at a college they attended and on a congested freeway. The duo, who had become adherents to radicalized Islamic ideology as neighbors in Riverside, plotted in 2011 and 2012 to use pipe bombs and guns to kill people at a campus cafeteria and those stuck in rush-hour traffic, court documents said. ...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 12/18/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/18/15)
* Medical assists at 3:46 a.m. on Cheetah Lane; 7:26 a.m. on Sheridan Drive; 8:36 a.m. on North Pacific Street; 10:17 a.m. on Independence Street; 11:58 a.m. on Brenda Kay Court; 12:38 p.m. on William Street; 2 p.m. on North West End Boulevard; 2:31 p.m. on South Silver Springs Road; 3:12 p.m. on Independence Street; 7:06 p.m. on North Frederick Street; and 8:06 p.m. on South Spring Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 12/18/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/18/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of theft of medical merchandise at 211 Saint Francis Drive. n Laren M. Jost, 18, of Jackson was issued a summons for property damage...
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Juanita Thompson (Obituary ~ 12/18/15)
Juanita F. Thompson, 95, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born July 24, 1920, in Beaver Creek, Illinois, to Russell and Golda Norman Lawrence. She and Raymond Thompson were married July 8, 1936, at East St. Louis, Illinois. He preceded her in death in June 1983... -
Melody Morton
(Obituary ~ 12/18/15)
Melody Morton, 55, of Jackson died Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Gerald Dame (Obituary ~ 12/18/15)
WOLF LAKE, Ill. -- Gerald B. Dame, 76, of Wolf Lake died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, at his home. He was born Oct. 10, 1939, in Sikeston, Missouri, to Raymond Paul and Marjory Boardman Dame. He and Teresa Welch were married July 1, 1995, at Wolf Lake. Gerald served his country proudly in the National Guard. He was a Mason in Chaffee Lodge 615 AF&AM... -
August Allers
(Obituary ~ 12/18/15)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- August H.J. "Bud" Allers, 87, of Perryville and formerly of Jackson passed away Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 24, 1928, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Henry T. and Amanda Frank Allers. He married Evelyn E. Wachter on Nov. 29, 1969, at Shawneetown. She preceded him in death July 23, 2006...
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N.W.A. joins quartet of 1970s hit-makers in rock hall (Entertainment ~ 12/18/15)
NEW YORK -- The groundbreaking Los Angeles rap act N.W.A. will join a quartet of 1970s-era FM radio rockers -- Chicago, Cheap Trick, Deep Purple and Steve Miller -- as 2016 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. N.W.A., led by Dr. Dre and Ice Cube, was elected after three unsuccessful nominations in a year when a movie about the group's career, "Straight Outta Compton," was a box-office hit... -
Funny robots, crazy hair: Pop culture appeal of 'Star Wars' (Entertainment ~ 12/18/15)
OK, so maybe he was mixing his Star Wars and Star Trek references. But when President Barack Obama spoke of getting congressional leaders into a "Jedi mind meld" back in 2013, eight years after the last "Star Wars" movie had come out, he was displaying in one small way just how firmly the franchise had rooted itself in our popular culture... -
#SemoSelfie 12/18/15 (Entertainment ~ 12/18/15)
Finally getting some winter-like temps! I couldn't find the hat I was looking for, but I like this one too! #hatweather #baldgirlshavemorefun #semoselfie (Submitted by Tamara Zellars Buck) Going out this weekend? Be sure to tag your selfies on the scene with #semoselfie on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter -- you could see yourself in an upcoming SE Live!... -
Best Bet: Christmas concert
(Entertainment ~ 12/18/15)
The Choral Society of historic Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, Missouri, will present its annual Christmas concert at 7 p.m. Sunday. Guest performers will be the Knabach String Quartet of St. Louis. After the free concert, a reception will be held in the adjacent Lutheran Heritage Center and Museum. More information is available by calling (573) 824-6070...
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New Madrid woman pens romance novel (Entertainment ~ 12/18/15)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Had someone told Christy M. Jones this time last year she'd have written and published a romance novel, the New Madrid resident said she wouldn't have believed it. Yet, Jones has done just that. Her novel, "The Stranger in the Rain," was published in October by CreateSpace Publishing... -
Deputy jumps into moving semi
(National News ~ 12/18/15)
NORFOLK, Neb. -- A Nebraska sheriff's deputy jumped into the cab of a runaway semitrailer after the driver apparently passed out at the wheel, keeping the vehicle from crashing off a busy viaduct bridge. Deputies responding to a 911 call about a reckless semi on U.S. 81 caught up with the truck, which slowed as it neared Norfolk, allowing deputy Todd Volk to jump from a cruiser onto the highway, then into the truck's cab, where he was able to stop the big rig on the bridge...
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Donald has been even better in second season with Rams
(Professional Sports ~ 12/18/15)
ST. LOUIS -- After playing against Jameis Winston in college, Aaron Donald came away feeling like he should have had three sacks but ended up with just one. "That was his first college start, a redshirt freshman," Donald recalls about the Pittsburgh-Florida State matchup. "But he had a good game, he beat us. I owe him one."...
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Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team looks to pick up first win of season vs. Northern Kentucky
(College Sports ~ 12/18/15)
Following his team's home loss to Ole Miss on Saturday, Southeast Missouri State men's basketball coach Rick Ray mentioned three tasks he'd given to his players -- fight, compete and play within themselves. Although that game was the Redhawks' ninth straight loss to start the season, Ray was proud that they were able to check those three things off the list, and they'll remain the items in his message prior to the team's game against Northern Kentucky on Saturday...
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High school roundup: Cauble has career night in Oran girls basketball team's road win
(High School Sports ~ 12/18/15)
All scores were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Thursday.
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Tarasenko breaks tie, Blues beat Predators 2-1 (Professional Sports ~ 12/18/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Vladimir Tarasenko scored a power-play goal with 5:20 left, Jake Allen made 27 saves and the St. Louis Blues rallied to beat the Nashville Predators 2-1 Thursday night. The Blues came back from a goal down in the third period for the second straight game and have won three of four. It's their first winning streak since getting three straight victories in early November... -
Austin, Gurley lead Rams past Buccaneers, 31-23 (Professional Sports ~ 12/18/15)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Rams saved some of their best for last. Tavon Austin scored twice, Todd Gurley topped 1,000 yards rushing and the Rams beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-23 on Thursday night in what could be the franchise's final game in St. Louis... -
Out of the past: Dec. 18
(Out of the Past ~ 12/18/15)
Buildings constructed or renovated after January 1991 in Scott City will be required to be in compliance with seismic building codes; the Scott City City Council voted unanimously last night to approve a city ordinance that would enforce the state-mandated requirements...
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Carter: Using personal email was mistake
(National News ~ 12/18/15)
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Ash Carter acknowledged Thursday he used a personal email account to conduct some government business during his first months on the job. In an interview with CBS during a trip to the Middle East, Carter called it "a mistake, and it's entirely my own." The same practice by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, now the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, has drawn intense criticism and led to an FBI investigation into two emails that now are considered top secret.. ...
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Artifacts 12/18/15
(Entertainment ~ 12/18/15)
The movie "The Black Panthers: Vanguards of the Revolution" will be shown at 6 p.m. Jan. 21 at the Cape Girardeau Public Library, 711 N. Clark Ave. A panel discussion will follow. Refreshments will be provided. The event is in collaboration with KBSI and KRCU...
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Prayer 12/18/15
(Prayer ~ 12/18/15)
Blessed is your name, O Lord Jesus, in all the earth. Amen.
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Charles Hensley (Obituary ~ 12/18/15)
IRONTON, Mo. -- Charles "Charley" J. Hensley of Ironton, formerly of Scott City, returned to his heavenly home Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, at the Missouri Baptist Home in Ironton. He was born Dec. 5, 1927, in Blodgett, Missouri, to Ollie and Mabel Jobe Hensley. He had just celebrated his 88th birthday...
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