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Share Walk Coming Oct. 8
(Submitted Story ~ 09/26/16)
The 12th Annual Share Walk for Remembrance and Hope will be held Saturday, October 8th at Cape County Park South, Pavilion #20. Share supports families who have experienced a pregnancy loss due to miscarriage, stillbirth and newborn loss. This event gives families, friends, healthcare providers and the community the opportunity to honor the memory of these precious babies...
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Warrior Paddlers traveling Mississippi
(Submitted Story ~ 09/26/16)
VFW Post 3838 was host to the Warriors paddling down the Mississippi River second year in row; Nate, Dan and Kevin.
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VFW and Auxiliary participates in Suicide Prevention Walk
(Submitted Story ~ 09/26/16)
At the Out of the Darkness Suicide Prevention walk on Saturday, Sept. 26, VFW and Auxiliary participated with a display of 22 combat boots representing the 22 veterans lost daily to suicide.
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Business notebook: Assisted-living facility being built in Jackson
(Business ~ 09/26/16)
A new long-term care option soon will be available in Southeast Missouri. Villas of Jackson, a 58-bed assisted-living facility, is under construction in Jackson. Janice Unger, spokeswoman and consultant for Villas of Jackson, has been on board with the project for many months and looks forward to seeing the project completed...
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Duffers take a swing at downtown golf to help Red House
(Local News ~ 09/26/16)
Local golfers putted, chipped and shanked their way through downtown Cape Girardeau on Sunday afternoon for the city's annual downtown golf tourney. The event, officially known as the 1st Ever 11th Annual Louis J. Lorimier World Famous Downtown Golf Tournament and hosted by the city's Parks and Recreation department, is a fundraiser for the maintenance of the Red House Interpretive Center, which offers a glimpse into the lives of early Cape Girardeau residents...
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Planning, design puts renovations of H-H building into hotel on hold
(Local News ~ 09/26/16)
It was April when a local investment group announced its plans for a new high-tech hub and downtown hotel. And while the Marquette Tower has been bustling with activity, the H-H building has remained relatively quiet. But that's to be expected, according to Jeffrey Maurer of Mayson Capital Partners of Cape Girardeau...
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Look for themes of trust, poise in tonight's debate
(National News ~ 09/26/16)
WASHINGTON -- The most telling moments in presidential debates often come out of the blue -- an offhand remark or unrehearsed gesture that helps reveal the essence of a candidate who's already been poked, prodded and inspected for years. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have competing missions heading into tonight's leadoff debate of the general-election campaign: Hers to overcome the trust questions that have bedeviled her for decades; his to convince voters he has the good judgment and restraint required of a president.. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/26/16)
Today in History Today is Monday, Sept. 26, the 270th day of 2016. There are 96 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 26, 1789, Thomas Jefferson was confirmed by the Senate to be the first United States secretary of state; John Jay, the first chief justice; Edmund Randolph, the first attorney general...
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Invest in cancer research
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/26/16)
Each of us is only One Degree from someone with cancer. We all know someone who's battled this disease, and many of us have fought cancer ourselves. As a cancer survivor and someone who lost my father and father-in-law to cancer I traveled to Washington, D.C., last week to represent the voice of cancer survivors and patients in my congressional district. ...
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Speak Out 9/26/16
(Speak Out ~ 09/26/16)
I get so tired of people complaining to Speak Out about the building of roundabouts. The city of Carmel, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis, started an aggressive program of replacing all stop lights with roundabouts wherever possible about a decade ago. ...
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B-17, LST Memorial 325 coming to Cape this week
(Editorial ~ 09/26/16)
We love history around here. We recognize the importance of highlighting and celebrating it. And we have another opportunity to do so with the Flying Legends of Victory Tour and the LST Memorial 325. The B-17 Flying Fortress "Sentimental Journey" will be at the Cape Regional Airport, in all its historical glory, for the public to see and tour. ...
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Prayer 9-26-16
(Prayer ~ 09/26/16)
Lord Jesus, may we not conform to the pattern of this world, but seek to serve you. Amen.
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Governor candidates' takes on ethics, elections issues
(State News ~ 09/26/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster and Republican former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens will face off Nov. 8 in Missouri's gubernatorial election. The Associated Press asked the candidates about ethics and election issues. Here's how they responded:...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 9/26/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/26/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Thursday n Medical assists were made at 2:33 a.m. on North Silver Springs Road; 10:34 a.m. on Bertling Street; 11:49 a.m. on South Frederick Street; 11:52 a.m. on Melrose Avenue; 12:34 p.m. ...
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Births 9/26/16
(Births ~ 09/26/16)
Son to Jeff Dewey and Tiffany Lois Brosey of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 9:01 a.m. Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. Name, Kage Louie. Weight, 7 pounds, 3 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Brosey is the former Tiffany VerVynck, daughter of Ron and Dede VerVynck of Cape Girardeau. She is employed by Magna-Tel. Brosey is the son of Bob and Wanda Brosey of Cape Girardeau. He is employed by Do It Best...
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Mary Ellen Windings
(Obituary ~ 09/26/16)
VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Mary Ellen Windings, 74, of Villa Ridge passed away at 3:08 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at her residence. Mary Ellen was born April 14, 1942, at Pulaski, Illinois, daughter of the late Fred Jennings Allen Sr. and Eileen Elice (Leewright) Allen...
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Out of the past: Sept. 26
(Out of the Past ~ 09/26/16)
Presiding Commissioner Gene Huckstep of the Cape Girardeau County Commission hates a transportation plan prepared by a consultant for the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department. The plan suggests turning responsibility for many roads and bridges now in the state system over to county governments...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 9/26/16
(Local News ~ 09/26/16)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today Approval of minutes n Minutes of the Sept. 22 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n Approve purchase order for Land Tax Sale over-surplus, treasurer Roger Hudson...
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'Magnificent Seven' rides Denzel's star power to $35M debut
(Entertainment ~ 09/26/16)
NEW YORK -- Movie stars don't open movies anymore? Tell that to Denzel Washington and Tom Hanks. The pair, once co-stars in "Philadelphia," have together dominated the last three weeks of the box office. After Clint Eastwood's Miracle on the Hudson docudrama "Sully," starring Hanks as Captain Chesley Sullenberger, topped ticket sales of the last two weeks, "The Magnificent Seven" rode Washington's star power to an estimated $35 million debut over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.. ...
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Dorothy Cook
(Obituary ~ 09/26/16)
Dorothy I. Cook, 79, of Burfordville passed away Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 18, 1937, in St. Francois County, Missouri, to George R. and Irene Archambo Grisham. She and Paul L. Cook were married Oct. 31, 1973. They had been married 29 years when he passed away Nov. 22, 2002...
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Poll shows voter distaste for Putin-style leadership
(National News ~ 09/26/16)
WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump has called Russian President Vladimir Putin "a leader -- unlike what we have in this country." But most Americans don't agree with Trump's assessment of Putin's leadership skills, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows. Only 24 percent of registered voters said Putin has leadership qualities that would be good for an American president to share, while 71 percent said he does not...
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Protests remain peaceful outside Charlotte Panthers NFL game
(National News ~ 09/26/16)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Nightly protests have shaken the city of Charlotte since the shooting death of a black man by police last week, but Sunday's NFL game between the Carolina Panthers and the Minnesota Vikings opened without interruption. A group of about 100 demonstrators gathered across the street from Bank of America Stadium to keep up the pressure in the aftermath of the death of Keith Lamont Scott...
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Mother uncovers lasting impact of baby son's organ donation
(National News ~ 09/26/16)
WASHINGTON -- An ultrasound showed one of Sarah Gray's unborn twins was missing part of his brain, a fatal birth defect. His brother was born healthy, but Thomas lived just six days. Latching onto hope for something positive from the heartache, Gray donated some of Thomas' tissue for scientific research -- his eyes, his liver, his umbilical-cord blood...
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Residents evacuate Cedar Rapids homes ahead of flooding
(National News ~ 09/26/16)
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Several thousand residents of Cedar Rapids left their homes Sunday as floodwaters began to spill out of the rising Cedar River, and Iowa's second-largest city worked to apply the lessons officials learned after the record 2008 flood...
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At least 26 killed in Aleppo as U.N. meets over Syria
(International News ~ 09/26/16)
BEIRUT -- At least 26 civilians were killed in fresh government airstrikes on the contested city of Aleppo, Syrian activists said Sunday as the United Nations Security Council convened an emergency meeting on the spiraling violence in Syria. At the start of that meeting, the U.N.'s top envoy to Syria accused the government of unleashing "unprecedented military violence" against civilians in Aleppo...
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North Korean defectors sold as brides in China want children back
(International News ~ 09/26/16)
SEOUL, South Korea -- After fleeing North Korea to avoid extreme poverty and oppression, the young woman allowed a stranger to arrange a marriage for her with a rural Chinese farmer because she had nowhere to go. An even more painful decision came later...
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China begins operating world's largest radio telescope
(International News ~ 09/26/16)
BEIJING -- The world's largest radio telescope began searching for signals from stars and galaxies and, perhaps, extraterrestrial life Sunday in a project demonstrating China's rising ambitions in space and its pursuit of international scientific prestige...
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Mall shooting suspect: 'Creepy' with multiple arrests
(National News ~ 09/26/16)
OAK HARBOR, Wash. -- The 20-year-old man suspected of killing five people with a rifle at a Macy's makeup counter had a string of run-ins with the law in recent years, including charges he assaulted his stepfather, and was described by a neighbor as so "creepy, rude and obnoxious," she kept a Taser by her front door...
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Snapchat changes name, debuts video-recording glasses
(Business ~ 09/26/16)
NEW YORK -- Social-media app Snapchat is introducing video-recording glasses called Spectacles and is changing its company name to incorporate the new product. The glasses can record video 10 seconds at a time by tapping a button on the device. The video isthen is uploaded to the popular image-messaging app via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi...
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Marriott buys Starwood, becoming world's largest hotel chain
(Business ~ 09/26/16)
NEW YORK -- Several of the best-known names in travel now are united in one hotel company. Marriott International closed Friday morning on a $13 billion acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, bringing together its Marriott, Courtyard and Ritz Carlton brands with Starwood's Sheraton, Westin, W and St. Regis properties...
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UPS tests drones for use in its package delivery system
(Business ~ 09/26/16)
MARBLEHEAD, Mass. -- One of the world's largest package-delivery companies is stepping up efforts to integrate drones into its system. UPS has partnered with robot-maker CyPhy Works to test the use of drones to make commercial deliveries to remote or difficult-to-access locations...
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In Yahoo breach, hackers may seek intelligence, not riches
(Business ~ 09/26/16)
SAN FRANCISCO -- If a foreign government is behind the massive computer attack that compromised a half-billion user accounts at Yahoo, as the company says, the breach could be part of a long-term strategy aimed at gathering intelligence rather than getting rich...
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Police search for man who escaped Charleston jail
(Local News ~ 09/26/16)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Police are searching for an inmate who escaped Saturday from the Mississippi County jail. About 6 p.m. Saturday, the Mississippi County Sheriff's Department received information that prisoner Edward Lusk, 49, of Bloomfield, Missouri, had gained access to a utility area within the detention center, according to a news release early Sunday from Marc Tragesser of Mississippi County Sheriff's Department...
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Clinton as communicator, from Wellesley to campaign trail
(National News ~ 09/26/16)
NEW YORK -- Hillary Clinton has said it herself: She's not the most naturally gifted public communicator. "I am not a natural politician, in case you haven't noticed, like my husband or President Obama," she said in March. Yet her first public speech was a star-making one, landing her in a Life magazine write-up at the tender age of 21. She was a senior at Wellesley, the first student chosen to address a commencement there...
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Road to debate: Trump built image as he built business
(National News ~ 09/26/16)
WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump once claimed to be publicity shy. No joke. It's right there in The New York Times of Nov. 1, 1976. In the same article, the 30-year-old real-estate developer talks up his millions, showcases his penthouse apartment and Cadillac, and allows a reporter to tag along as he visits job sites and lunches at the "21" club before hopping an evening flight to California for more deal-making...
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City to vote on cat leash law
(National News ~ 09/26/16)
KENAI, Alaska -- Cats will need leashes like dogs if a proposal before the Kenai council wins approval. Kenai Mayor Pat Porter and council member Tim Navarre proposed a cat leash law after complaints about roaming felines. The current city code does not include cats on its list of animals that need to be restrained. The proposal also cites complaints about the effect of a growing cat population on the Kenai Animal Shelter's resources. A hearing and vote are set for Oct. 5...
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People on the move 9/26/2016
(Business ~ 09/26/16)
Denise Ernst is the new clinical director for medical and critical-care services for Saint Francis Healthcare System. In this role, Ernst will plan and direct the administrative and clinical activities of the intensive-care units: medical, progressive care and wound-care therapy...
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Ellouise Siebert
(Obituary ~ 09/26/16)
Ellouise Mae Gerecke Siebert, 84, of Jackson died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Jimmie Winchester
(Obituary ~ 09/26/16)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Jimmie Lee Winchester, 84, of Advance died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill, Missouri. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Revs. Ronnie and Bob Winchester officiating...
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Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department reports 9/26/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/26/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Jennifer L. Abernathy, 39, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of driving while suspended. n Michael G. Anderson, 40, of Whitewater was arrested on suspicion of driving while revoked...
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Edna Snead
(Obituary ~ 09/26/16)
Edna M. Snead, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Hollis Henderson
(Obituary ~ 09/26/16)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Hollis Dwight Henderson, 68, of Olive Branch died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Illinois.
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William Davenport
(Obituary ~ 09/26/16)
William E. "Gene" Davenport, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center. McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau was in charge of arrangements.
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Cape Girardeau police report 9/26/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/26/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A juvenile was cited on suspicion of assault at 525 E. Ellis St. n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of stealing a vehicle at 517 S. Benton St...
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Risk of deer-related crashes rises
(Local News ~ 09/26/16)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- The population of deer in the local area has increased, which is good for hunters, but could be bad for drivers. Missouri ranks 17th in the country for the most potential deer collisions. From 2013 to 2014, there was a 6 percent increase in deer-related car collisions, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol...
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