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Frozen sunrise: Lake Michigan
(Submitted Story ~ 12/20/16)
Frozen Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Chicago River, greets the winter sun.
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Trump cruises to Electoral College win, despite protests
(National News ~ 12/20/16)
WASHINGTON -- There were many protesters but few faithless electors as Donald Trump won the Electoral College vote Monday, ensuring he will become America's 45th president. An effort by anti-Trump forces to persuade Republican electors to abandon the president-elect came to practically nothing, and the process unfolded largely according to its traditions...
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Incoming governor opposes St. Louis soccer stadium funding
(State News ~ 12/20/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Missouri Gov.-elect Eric Greitens said Monday he opposes taxpayer money to help build a new soccer stadium in St. Louis, calling the project "nothing more than welfare for millionaires." Greitens' comments, in an email, were made a day before the Missouri Development Finance Board is expected to vote on a request to approve $40 million in state tax credits for the stadium...
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Council approves Habitat subdivision plat by a 6-1 vote
(Local News ~ 12/20/16)
The Cape Girardeau City Council approved a revised, preliminary plat for a Habitat for Humanity subdivision Monday night, despite opposition from some neighbors. The vote was 6-1, with only Ward 3 Councilman Victor Gunn dissenting. Gunn said he heard from residents in his ward who opposed the project...
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Council asks staff for further study on chicken-raising issue
(Local News ~ 12/20/16)
Cape Girardeau City Council members want more information from city staff before deciding whether to allow residents to keep chickens on their property. Council members told deputy city manager Molly Hood they were "comfortable" with using a city of Columbia, Missouri, ordinance as a starting point for possibly allowing chickens in Cape Girardeau...
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An ugly trend: Stores get into craze of hideous holiday sweaters
(Local News ~ 12/20/16)
Whether they're colorful, cute, gaudy or ironic, the festive Christmas sweater trend continues in Cape Girardeau. And as "ugly sweater parties" are held by bars, businesses and at homes throughout the region and fill Facebook feeds all December, the demand for such items continues to rise...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/20/16)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, Dec. 20, the 355th day of 2016. There are 11 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 20, 1946, the Frank Capra film "It's A Wonderful Life," starring James Stewart and Donna Reed, had a preview showing for charity at New York's Globe Theatre, a day before its official world premiere...
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Prayer 12/20/16
(Prayer ~ 12/20/16)
O Lord Jesus, may we diligently spend time in your Holy Word. Amen.
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Speak Out 12/20/16
(Speak Out ~ 12/20/16)
There are 15 reasons not to have chickens in city limits of Cape Girardeau. Four human diseases caused by handling chickens: salmonella, urinary tract infection, Histoplasmosis, Campylobacter infection. Here are 11 poultry predators attracted by chickens: red foxes, cats, dogs, coyotes, Bobcats, owls, Hawks, raccoons, snakes, rats and weasels (which kills for the sport of it.) Please speak out on this, chickens do not need to be next door because the lots in Cape are too small and too close together to raise chickens.. ...
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Christmas: Real hope, real change
(Column ~ 12/20/16)
Ideally, every one of us awakes each morning with renewed hope in the possibilities before us. We look at the unfolding day as a new opportunity to accomplish our goals and fulfill our purpose. Okay, truth be told, most of us are just glad we dragged ourselves out of bed so we could get to work on time. ...
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Lela Hutson
(Obituary ~ 12/20/16)
Lela Lorene Hutson, 91, of Burfordville died Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, at Monticello House in Jackson. She was born Aug. 28, 1925, in Millersville to Cornelius and Ellen Welker Hahn. She and Charles Pinkston "Pink" Hutson were married March 1, 1958, at Burfordville Baptist Church. He died Nov. 9, 2010, after 52 years of marriage...
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Lester Barks
(Obituary ~ 12/20/16)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Lester H. Barks, 85, of Marble Hill passed away Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, at the Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 12, 1931, in Lutesville, Missouri, son of Jess H. and Pearl A. Davault Barks. He and Ima Jo Green were united in marriage Nov. 2, 1951...
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Out of the past: Dec. 20
(Out of the Past ~ 12/20/16)
Through the generosity of businesses and civic organizations, the Scott City firefighters have assembled food baskets that will be distributed to 52 needy families in the community. Needy children also will receive new clothes for Christmas, thanks to the Scott City Women's Club...
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Study: U.S. women increasingly use pot during pregnancy
(National News ~ 12/20/16)
CHICAGO -- U.S. women increasingly are using marijuana during pregnancy, sometimes to treat morning sickness, new reports suggest. Though the numbers are small, the trend raises concerns because of evidence linking the drug with low birth weights and other problems...
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A doctor's gender may affect patient's chance of survival
(National News ~ 12/20/16)
CHICAGO -- What if your doctor's gender could influence your chance of surviving a visit to the hospital? A big study of older patients hospitalized for common illnesses raises that provocative possibility -- and lots of questions. Patients who got most of their care from female doctors were more likely to leave the hospital alive than those treated by men...
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Brain changes seen in pregnancy, may help preparing for baby
(National News ~ 12/20/16)
NEW YORK -- Pregnancy not only affects a woman's body; it changes parts of her brain, too, a new study says. When researchers compared brain scans of women before and after pregnancy, they spotted some differences in 11 locations. They also found hints the alterations help women prepare for motherhood...
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Korean War veteran from Missouri to be buried
(State News ~ 12/20/16)
HANNIBAL, Mo. -- The remains of a soldier from Hannibal will be buried 66 years after he went missing during the Korean War. Harold L. Curtis was 17 when he joined the military. He went missing during the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir in late 1950, the Hannibal Courier-Post reported...
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University of Missouri deals with alcohol-related incidents
(State News ~ 12/20/16)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Documents obtained by the Columbia Daily Tribune show 16 students who drank at University of Missouri fraternities have been taken to hospitals for alcohol poisoning since August 2015. Those incidents included cases reported to the university police or the Department of Student Life. Records showed six incidents involving an emergency medical response in which a student didn't have to be transported to a hospital, the Daily Tribune reported...
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Freezing precipitation gone, but Missouri still icy cold
(State News ~ 12/20/16)
ST. LOUIS -- The dangerous wintry mix that settled over Missouri during the weekend is gone, but bitter cold Monday forced dozens of schools to call off classes and made venturing outdoors miserable. Frigid weather that arrived Saturday continued into the work week. Parts of the state awoke to temperatures below zero, and single-digit readings were common...
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U.N. approves Aleppo monitors as evacuations proceed
(International News ~ 12/20/16)
BEIRUT -- The leaders of Russia and Iran, military allies of Syria's president, talked Monday about joining forces to reach a quick political settlement in Syria as the country's largest city, Aleppo, was poised to return to full government control...
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Invoking Syria, cop kills Russian ambassador to Turkey
(International News ~ 12/20/16)
ANKARA, Turkey -- A Turkish policeman fatally shot Russia's ambassador to Turkey on Monday in front of a gathering at a photo exhibit and then, pacing near the body of his victim, appeared to condemn Russia's military role in Syria, shouting: "Don't forget Aleppo! Don't forget Syria!"...
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China disputes U.S. claim it's top source of synthetic opioids
(International News ~ 12/20/16)
BEIJING -- U.S. assertions China is the top source of the synthetic opioids that have killed thousands of drug users in the U.S. and Canada are unsubstantiated, Chinese officials told the Associated Press. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy point to China as the main source of fentanyl, fentanyl analogs and fentanyl precursors that end up in North America...
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3 injured in gunman's attack at Zurich mosque
(International News ~ 12/20/16)
ZURICH -- A gunman dressed in black stormed into the prayer hall of a mosque frequented by Somali immigrants and opened fire, wounding three people before fleeing, a Zurich police spokesman said Monday. Police, who rushed to the scene in a central neighborhood known for trendy cafes and the city's red-light district, were investigating a possible connection to the discovery of a corpse at nearby Gessner bridge over the Sihl River, police spokesman Marco Bisa said...
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Governor-elect: End near for North Carolina's 'bathroom bill'
(National News ~ 12/20/16)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina leaders struck a deal Monday to kill the state law widely derided as the "bathroom bill," after it tarnished the state's reputation, cost it scores of jobs and contributed to the Republican governor's loss. Democratic Gov.-elect Roy Cooper announced legislators will hold a special session to repeal the law known as HB2 that excludes sexual orientation and gender identity from antidiscrimination protections. ...
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Judge orders release of Clinton email search warrant
(National News ~ 12/20/16)
NEW YORK -- A federal judge Monday ordered the public release of the search warrant FBI agents used to reopen their investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server weeks before the presidential election. U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel ruled Monday the public had a right to see the warrant, which he said was filed secretly with the court Oct. 30...
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Truck rams German Christmas market, killing 12 people
(International News ~ 12/20/16)
BERLIN -- A truck rammed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday evening, killing 12 people and injuring nearly 50 as it smashed through tables and wooden stands. Police said a suspect believed to be the driver was arrested nearby and a passenger died as paramedics were treating him...
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Merriam-Webster sums up 2016 with word of the year: surreal
(Community ~ 12/20/16)
NEW YORK -- Was 2016 a dream or a nightmare? Try something between: "surreal," which is Merriam-Webster's word of the year, unveiled Monday. Meaning "marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream," or "unbelievable, fantastic," the word joins Oxford's "post-truth" and Dictionary.com's "xenophobia" as 2016's top choices...
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Jackson looks at final phase of Hubble Creek Trail
(Local News ~ 12/20/16)
With the first two phases of the Hubble Creek Recreation Trail lighted and mostly completed, the city of Jackson now will start its third and final phase to the south. Jackson public works director Rodney Bollinger told the board of aldermen Monday night before phase three can be constructed, the area along Hubble Creek from above West Jackson Boulevard to the Jackson soccer park has to be surveyed...
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Obama shortens sentence of Cape Girardeau inmate
(Local News ~ 12/20/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Six federal inmates serving time in Missouri-related drug cases, including one from Cape Girardeau, are getting their sentences shortened by President Barack Obama, and three others got pardons. The commutations were among 153 announced Monday by the White House, along with 78 pardons...
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Cape County preliminary 2017 budget receives commission approval, projects flat sales-tax revenue
(Local News ~ 12/20/16)
The Cape Girardeau County Commission approved a preliminary 2017 budget Monday that projects flat sales-tax revenue, but boosts pay for employees. County Auditor Pete Frazier told commissioners that the budget includes no increase in sales-tax revenue. In recent years, revenue has grown 1 to 2 percent annually...
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Trooper: Driver admitted consuming alcohol, painkillers before fatal crash
(Local News ~ 12/20/16)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Paul E. Patton, 49, of Patton, Missouri, told a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper he had several alcoholic drinks and 3 1/2 Percoset pills before he took the wheel of his 2004 Dodge Ram pickup truck Sept. 25, according to testimony...
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165 dogs removed from troubled rescue shelter
(State News ~ 12/20/16)
ST. LOUIS -- The Humane Society of Missouri removed about 165 dogs from a dog-rescue operation in southern Missouri after it ran into financial difficulty. The animals were taken Monday from Diana's Grove Dog Rescue near Cabool. They will be evaluated at the Humane Society headquarters in St. Louis...
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State audit: St. Louis suburb fails to fix its court
(State News ~ 12/20/16)
PINE LAWN, Mo. -- A follow-up to last summer's state audit that gave Pine Lawn's municipal court the lowest possible rating said the St. Louis suburb has made little improvement. The latest audit released Monday by Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway shows the city has not paid $400,000 it likely owes the state for exceeding state limits on revenue it kept from traffic-related fines...
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Gun ban weighed for domestic batterers
(State News ~ 12/20/16)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Advocates for domestic violence victims and the National Rifle Association are working with lawmakers to keep firearms out of the hands of batterers. The Columbia Missourian reported the issue is with a new law that allows Missourians to carry a concealed weapon without a permit...
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Governor-elect team agrees to secrecy
(State News ~ 12/20/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A newspaper reports members of Missouri Gov.-elect Eric Greitens' transition team have agreed not to discuss publicly their activities. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported documents obtained through the state's open-records law show members of the transition team are required to pledge in writing they won't discuss the group's inner workings...
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Dreamcatchers used in meth-smuggling bid
(National News ~ 12/20/16)
COLUMBUS, N.M. -- A Mexican woman tried to smuggle liquid methamphetamine into the U.S. by hiding it inside Native American-style dreamcatchers when she crossed the border into New Mexico over the weekend, federal officials said Monday. Officials said the woman was detained Sunday after a drug-sniffing dog alerted customs officers, who found six dreamcatchers in the woman's car with rings made of rubber tubing filled with a liquid that tested positive for methamphetamine...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 12/20/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/20/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday. n Medical assists were made at 12:31 a.m. on North Sprigg Street; 3:26 a.m. on South West End Boulevard; 5:57 a.m. on Brenda Kay Court; 7:33 a.m. on North West End Bouelvard; 7:58 a.m. on North Sprigg Street; 12:08 p.m. on Fitzgerald Street; 12:40 p.m. on Park Place; 12:56 p.m. on Franks Lane; 1:08 p.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; and 1:18 p.m. on Park Place...
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Cape Girardeau police report 12/20/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/20/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Timothy A. Lovewell, 27, 36 N. Pind Wood Lane, Apt. 3S, was arrested at 32 N. Ellis St. on a Scott County warrant for failure to appear for larceny...
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Jackson police report 12/20/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/20/16)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Summonses n Marwan L. Darnell Jr., 25, of Cape Girardeau was issued a summons for failure to register a motor vehicle. n Zackery A. Kuehn, 20, of Jackson was issued a summons for stop-sign violation...
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Mary Etzold
(Obituary ~ 12/20/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Mary Ann Olivia Etzold, 83, of Perryville died Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, at her residence. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. Friday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville. The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Zion Lutheran Church in Longtown, Missouri. Burial will be in the church cemetery...
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Highway 51 in Bollinger County reduced for culvert replacement
(Local News ~ 12/20/16)
Highway 51 in Bollinger County reduced for culvert replacement Highway 51 in Bollinger County, from Highway 72 to Route NN, will be reduced as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a pipe under the roadway. A MoDOT news release indicates the work will take place today and Wednesday, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m...
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Jet-setting Hungarian actress Zsa Zsa Gabor dies at age 99
(Entertainment ~ 12/20/16)
LOS ANGELES -- Zsa Zsa Gabor, the jet-setting Hungarian actress who made a career out of multiple marriages, conspicuous wealth and jaded wisdom about the glamorous life, has died. She was 99. The middle and most famous of the sisters Gabor died Sunday of a heart attack at her Los Angeles home, husband Frederic von Anhalt said...
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Joyce Strauser
(Obituary ~ 12/20/16)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Joyce Levena Burton Strauser, 60, of Advance died Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, at her residence near Advance. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield, Missouri. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Rock Point Cemetery near Bloomfield...
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Heaven's gait; Cape man walks again after medical advancement
(Editorial ~ 12/20/16)
How do we not rejoice when medical advances take someone from wheelchair to walking? Joe Brashears is enjoying a miraculous gift of technology. After falling from a ladder in 1999 and crushing the lower part of his left leg, it didn't look good for him, but thanks to a hydraulic brace from the Hanger Clinic in Cape Girardeau, Brashears is up and moving, doing what he hasn't been able to do in years...
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