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Cape Central's Sports Hall of Fame recent inductees
(Submitted Story ~ 10/04/16)
At a ceremony on September 9, 2016, the Cape Central High School inducted the following three former athletes into its Hall of Fame. Jill Chong (1985-1988) became the highest finisher from any Central girls tennis team. Jill was successful from her Freshman year on. Her Senior year, Jill defended her District title in singles, went undefeated during the regular season in singles, with a 10-0 record while setting a record of 7-1 in doubles...
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Groups seek to install free smoke detectors in Cape homes Oct. 15
(Local News ~ 10/04/16)
Two minutes. That's how long a family has to escape a burning house before it's too late, according to Red Cross executive director Sara Gerau. It also is one of the reasons the Southeast Missouri chapter of the Red Cross, along with the Cape Girardeau Fire Department and Charter Communications, will spend Saturday morning, Oct. 15, installing free smoke alarms in Cape Girardeau homes as part of the organization's Home Fire Preparedness Campaign...
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Cape council rezones land for upscale apartment complex for college students
(Local News ~ 10/04/16)
The Cape Girardeau City Council rezoned a 17-acre tract at the southeast corner of Lexington Avenue and North Sprigg Street on Monday night, clearing the way for development of an upscale apartment complex that will cater mainly to college students...
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Many mums at Southeast
(Local News ~ 10/04/16)
Daniel Bollinger removes an aqua turret used as part of the irrigation system to keep chrysanthemums hydrated Monday at Southeast Missouri State University's Charles Hutson Horticulture Greenhouse. The student-run greenhouse has 186 varieties of mums for sale to the public and 105 varieties the students are growing in trial runs. Mums are blooming late this year to to unseasonably hot temperatures...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/04/16)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, Oct. 4, the 278th day of 2016. There are 88 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 4, 1976, Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz resigned in the wake of a controversy over an obscene joke he'd made that was derogatory to blacks...
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Non-lethal protection in schools
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/04/16)
There appears to be a great deal of controversy regarding allowing teachers to arm themselves within public schools for the protection of their students. Obviously, protection of our most precious resources, our children and grandchildren, during "extreme circumstances" should be first priority...
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Help others instead of judging
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/04/16)
I am getting so tired of listening to people talking behind other people's back. If you have an issue with another person then go talk to them. Have enough respect to not spread lies, or misinformation, on anyone. I know it has happened to everyone, and myself. Instead of hurting and degrading, help to stop the wrongs of a lot of people...
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Plenty of flu shot options available locally
(Editorial ~ 10/04/16)
It's flu season again and time for the flu vaccine for those who choose to receive one. The Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center offers the shot every year. This year it will hold five clinics in Cape Girardeau, Jackson and Delta. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the flu kills about 24,000 Americans annually, and the elderly are among the most susceptible. ...
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Freedom Fest: Honoring Those Who Serve
(Column ~ 10/04/16)
To protect and to serve is the motto police officers espouse. It's what I think of when I think of law enforcement, for I have not bought into the notion that officers arise each morning with the intent to do harm, nor will I. When I see officers, I feel safer. ...
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Judge tosses suit over police tactics in Ferguson protests
(State News ~ 10/04/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A federal judge has tossed out a $40 million civil-rights lawsuit that alleged police used excessive force against protesters in Ferguson after the 2014 police shooting death of Michael Brown. U.S. District Judge Henry Autrey, in a 74-page ruling Friday in St. ...
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Tests underway on creek in Hazelwood area that turned white
(State News ~ 10/04/16)
HAZELWOOD, Mo. -- Water samples from an eastern Missouri creek that turned white over the weekend still are being tested, and it's too early to conclude what caused the problem, the state Department of Resources said Monday. Coldwater Creek, which runs through the Hazelwood area of St. Louis, has been a source of concern for area residents for years after radioactive contamination was confirmed in several yards that back up to the waterway...
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Japanese scientist wins Nobel for study of cell recycling
(National News ~ 10/04/16)
NEW YORK -- Like a busy city, a cell works better if it can dispose of and recycle its garbage. Now a Japanese scientist has won the Nobel Prize in medicine for showing how that happens. The research may pay off in treatments for diseases such as cancer, Parkinson's and Type 2 diabetes...
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Edward Downs
(Obituary ~ 10/04/16)
Edward L. Downs, 95, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. He was born Nov. 30, 1920, in Charleston, Missouri, to the late Jessie Edward and Betty (Rogers) Downs. Edward was a 1938 graduate of Charleston High School and a 1942 graduate of Westminster College at Fulton, Missouri...
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Outdoor giant Bass Pro to acquire rival Cabela's for $4.5 billion
(National News ~ 10/04/16)
OMAHA, Neb. -- Missouri- based outdoor-gear giant Bass Pro is snapping up rival Cabela's in a $4.5 billion deal announced Monday. Bass Pro is paying Cabela's shareholders $65.50 cash per share, a 19 percent premium to Friday's closing price. The companies valued the deal at $5.5 billion, which includes debt. The deal combines two companies known for their giant destination superstores...
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Survey: Doctors' political views may affect patient care
(National News ~ 10/04/16)
WASHINGTON -- Politics in the exam room? A new study suggests patient care may vary depending on whether the doctor is a Democrat or a Republican -- at least when it comes to some hot-button health issues such as firearm safety. Health care long has drawn partisan political fights, such as state laws surrounding abortion or Florida's law restricting doctors from discussing guns with patients. But there's been little research on the doctor-patient side of those controversies...
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Crowdsourcing effort takes aim at deadliest breast cancers
(National News ~ 10/04/16)
CHICAGO -- Forget the pink ribbons. Spitting in a tube for science is what unites a growing group of breast-cancer patients taking part in a unique project to advance treatment for the deadliest form of the disease. For many of the 150,000-plus patients nationwide whose tumors have spread to bones, brains, lungs or other distant organs, the hue heralding breast-cancer awareness and survival each October is a little too rosy. ...
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Out of the past: Oct. 4
(Out of the Past ~ 10/04/16)
Organizers of the Friends of Old Lorimier Cemetery fundraising campaign are hoping to have enough money by the end of the month to erect a security fence around the vandalism-plagued site. Sumio Kurihara, president of Biokyowa, accepted the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's Commitment to Excellence Award at last night's Industrial Appreciation Dinner at the Show Me Center. The Industry of the Year started operating here in 1982...
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Vermont governor uses 1960 plane, but predecessors wouldn't
(National News ~ 10/04/16)
BERLIN, Vt. -- Gov. Peter Shumlin doesn't mind flying in the state's half-century-old single-engine-plane, even though two of his predecessors declined to use it. "I was born without a fear gene," the Democrat, who is finishing up his third and final two-year term, boasted in an interview...
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Official: Prince probe focuses on doctors, black market
(Entertainment ~ 10/04/16)
MINNEAPOLIS -- More than five months after Prince's fatal drug overdose, investigators have narrowed their focus to two main questions: whether doctors illegally prescribed opioids meant for the pop star and whether the fentanyl that killed him came from a black-market source, a law-enforcement official said...
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Candidate accused of rape says relationship was consensual
(State News ~ 10/04/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A Missouri House candidate accused of rape by a Democratic contender from another district denied the allegation Monday, saying he and the woman have been "intimate," but their interactions were consensual. Steven Roberts Jr. said Monday the sex-assault allegations leveled by Cora Faith Walker last week are "unequivocally false."...
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Armed jewelry thieves target Kardashian West in Paris
(Entertainment ~ 10/04/16)
PARIS -- Armed robbers forced their way into a private Paris residence where Kim Kardashian West was staying, tied her up and locked her in a bathroom before making off with more than $10 million worth of jewelry, police officials said Monday. A spokeswoman for Kardashian West said the reality-TV star, who was in Paris attending fashion-week shows, was shaken but physically unharmed. Police said she left Paris on Monday morning a few hours after the robbery...
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Trump suggests vets with PTSD are weak; he reportedly was sexist, lewd on 'Apprentice'
(National News ~ 10/04/16)
HERNDON, Virginia -- Donald Trump drew scorn from veterans' groups after he suggested soldiers who suffer from mental-health issues might not be as strong as those who don't. In other troubles for the Trump campaign, a new report said he demeaned women as a reality-TV boss on "The Apprentice," and the New York attorney general ordered him to stop taking money for the Trump Foundation because it's not registered...
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U.S.-Russia relations plummet further over Syria, Ukraine
(National News ~ 10/04/16)
WASHINGTON -- Already testy, relations between the United States and Russia plummeted Monday as Washington suspended diplomatic contacts with Moscow over failed efforts to end the war in Syria, and President Vladimir Putin put on hold a deal with the U.S. on disposing weapons-grade plutonium...
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Family of black man shot 14 times by police wants charges
(National News ~ 10/04/16)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The family of a man killed in July by Sacramento police after 911 callers reported he was waving a knife and acting erratically demanded Monday two officers face murder charges after dash-cam video revealed they talked inside their police cruiser about running him down...
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University of Missouri fraternity temporarily suspended
(State News ~ 10/04/16)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The University of Missouri-Columbia said it has temporarily suspended a fraternity after a hazing incident. The university on Monday announced the action against the Kappa Alpha fraternity but provided no details about the alleged hazing that occurred last week...
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5 hurt in St. Louis school bus accident
(State News ~ 10/04/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Three high-school students and two adults were treated for minor injuries after an accident involving a school bus in St. Louis. Police said the bus and a sport-utility vehicle collided about 6:30 a.m. Monday near Tucker Boulevard and Cass Avenue. No other details were released...
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Missouri death row inmate Ernest Johnson loses appeal
(State News ~ 10/04/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A man on Missouri death row for killing three convenience store workers in 1994 lost an appeal that claimed a medical condition would make lethal injection too painful. U.S. District Chief Judge Greg Kays found Friday that Ernest Johnson hadn't successfully argued that Missouri's lethal injection drug, pentobarbital, could trigger seizures due to a brain condition. ...
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Missouri gubernatorial candidates talk education funding
(State News ~ 10/04/16)
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 funding for education in a phone interview...
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Oran to retire deceased firefighter's number; 1,000 expected to attend funeral
(Local News ~ 10/04/16)
Scott County Sheriff's Office employees are expecting more than 1,000 people to attend the funeral Wednesday for dispatcher Debbie Madigan, according to office manager Shawn Wood. Madigan's funeral will be at 10 a.m. at Miner Baptist Church in Sikeston, Missouri, and will include a ceremony by Oran, Missouri, firefighters to retire Madigan's firefighter number...
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Annual event to aid homeless slated for Friday at Osage Centre
(Local News ~ 10/04/16)
Project Homeless Connect is heading once again to the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau. The annual event will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at 1625 N. Kingshighway. In its fifth year, Project Homeless Connect provides a host of free services for people who need them -- from legal assistance and dental care to medical screenings...
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Salvation Army looking for bell ringers
(Local News ~ 10/04/16)
The Cape Girardeau Salvation Army is seeking applicants to serve as paid bell ringers during the upcoming holiday season. The organization plans to hire 30 to 40 people to man Red Kettle stations around Cape Girardeau and Jackson. Applications will be available at the Salvation Army on Good Hope Street in Cape Girardeau. Applicants will need two forms of identification to complete the application process...
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Person of interest in custody over recent fatal shooting
(Local News ~ 10/04/16)
The Cape Girardeau County/Bollinger County Major Case Squad identified a person of interest in the Brent Shonta Johnson homicide investigation, according to a news release. The identified person of interest was in custody Friday on unrelated charges outside of Cape Girardeau, according to a news release...
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Jackson closes in on plan for new restroom at city park
(Local News ~ 10/04/16)
After hitting a snag early in the planning, the city of Jackson is closing in on a plan to install a new restroom in the main city park near the girls' softball complex. Staff engineer Erica Bogenpohl said during Monday night's Jackson Board of Aldermen meeting the initial design for the restroom was to cost $330,000. "The city was not interested in spending that much," she said. "So we went back and asked, 'What can we do with $175,000?'"...
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Jack Butcher Sr.
(Obituary ~ 10/04/16)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Jack L. "Bullet" Butcher Sr., 66, of Olive Branch went to be with the Lord at 7:35 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016, surrounded by his family. He was born April 20, 1950, in Cairo, Illinois, son of the late Johnny Butcher Sr. and Elsie Tapley McKee...
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Nation, world briefs 10/4/16
(National News ~ 10/04/16)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Heavy rains from the outer bands of Hurricane Matthew drenched Haiti and Jamaica on Monday, flooding streets and sending many people to emergency shelters as the sprawling Category 4 storm steamed toward the two Caribbean countries. ...
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Stores lure scarce holiday workers with perks
(National News ~ 10/04/16)
NEW YORK -- Retailers are dangling perks such as higher pay, extra discounts and more flexible schedules to lure temporary holiday workers in a tighter labor market. They're also more determined to lock in their workers earlier. Macy's and Target are holding their first nationwide recruitment fairs, and others, such as consumer electronics chain Hhgregg Inc., are making it easier to apply for temporary holiday jobs via mobile devices...
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Police investigate porn on electronic billboard
(International News ~ 10/04/16)
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Police are investigating the operator of a public video screen that displayed a pornographic movie instead of advertising to passing traffic. Ten people, including employees of the company operating the electronic billboard, have been questioned, Jakarta police spokesman Awi Setiyono said Monday. Twitter was abuzz with news of the incident, which occurred not long after Friday prayers last week in the Muslim-majority country...
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Kenneth Poinsett
(Obituary ~ 10/04/16)
Kenneth Michael Poinsett, 66, of Jackson died Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, at his home. There will be no service. Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements.
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Births for 10/4/16
(Births ~ 10/04/16)
Son to Lance Jacquese Mullins and Alexandria Denise Peet of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 7:08 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016. Name, MarQuis Jacob. Weight, 7 pounds, 1 ounce. Fifth child, fourth son. Peet is the daughter of Melissa Ransom of Sikeston, Missouri, and Greg Peet of Grand Island, Nebraska. Mullins is the son of Annette Moore and Moses Mullins III of Blytheville, Arkansas. He is employed by IHOP restaurant...
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Jackson police report 10/4/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/04/16)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n Dennis R. Thomas, 26, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of second-degree assault. Summonses n Sarah A. Montgomery, 29, of Chaffee, Missouri, was issued a summons for failure to register a motor vehicle...
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Cape Girardeau police report 10/4/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/04/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of possession of marijuana and driving while intoxicated. Arrests n Elizabeth M. Orr, 18, 946 Karau Lane, was arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia at 1000 S. Silver Springs Road...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 10/4/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/04/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Saturday n Medical assists were made at 9:07 a.m. on Anthony Drive; 9:22 a.m. on North Fountain Street; 10:19 a.m. on Whitener Street; 2:47 p.m. on North Pacific Street; 6:20 p.m. on North Park Avenue; 9:06 p.m. on Grandview Drive; 9:20 p.m. at Houck Stadium; and 11:17 p.m. on Penrod Place...
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Prayer 10/4/16
(Prayer ~ 10/04/16)
Lord Jesus, grant us a discerning mind that we may glorify you in all we do. Amen.
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