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Salvation Army's Amicks being reassigned to Nebraska
(Local News ~ 05/09/17)
Salvation Army Capts. Ronnie and Bridgette Amick will be reassigned to Omaha, Nebraska, in June after having served in Cape Girardeau since July 2013. Ronnie Amick said they quickly grew to love Cape Girardeau, despite not knowing the area before their arrival...
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Flooding adds to Bloomfield Road headaches
(Local News ~ 05/09/17)
Motorists pass ongoing construction as they go east Monday on Bloomfield Road near the entrance to Dalhousie Golf Club in Cape Girardeau. In addition to widening a part of Bloomfield Road, the project includes installation of storm sewers and two small prefabricated bridges and construction of an 8-foot-wide walking trail. With flooding causing Highway 74 to be closed from the Dutchtown exit to Highway 25, there are no alternate routes to get to the south end of Bloomfield Road...
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Several local high schools to hold graduations in coming days
(Local News ~ 05/09/17)
Across the region, high-school students are preparing for the end of the school year, and with it, commencement. Cape Girardeau Central High School will graduate 240 students, including Missouri Options and Alternative School students, at 4 p.m. May 14 at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau...
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Federal suit: Lack of medical care by jailers led to woman's death
(Local News ~ 05/09/17)
A wrongful-death lawsuit has been filed against the Mississippi County Detention Center in Charleston, Missouri, claiming jailers did not offer proper medical care for a 21-year-old woman during an overdose and let her die in her cell. The lawsuit claims a video shows a jailer laughing at the woman at different points in the night and demonstrates she cried out for medical help an hour before she was found dead...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/09/17)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, May 9, the 129th day of 2017. There are 236 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 9, 1754, a political cartoon in Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette depicted a snake cut into eight pieces, each section representing a part of the American colonies; the caption read, "JOIN, or DIE."...
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Congrats to Egypt Mills church for 150 years of history
(Editorial ~ 05/09/17)
A small Lutheran church in Egypt Mills just observed its 150-year anniversary. The congregants did so with a worship service on April 30 that included music, a meal, reminiscing and an "Our Help, Our Hope" theme. About 160 people filled the sanctuary for worship, and 206 enjoyed a dinner of "chicken and dumplings, ham, green beans, corn, German potato salad, desserts and drinks," as the Southeast Missourian's Marybeth Niederkorn reported the next day...
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Ain't go'n be good if you drop the Mother's Day Ball
(Column ~ 05/09/17)
Mother's Day is Sunday, so I am likely among the first to wish moms a happy day. This is a holiday that gets quite a bit of attention -- more than Father's Day for sure. In fact, Sunday in church, our pastors reminded the husbands and children to do what they have to do this week in preparation to treat their mothers and wives well. "You've got a week" was the message. In other words, "It ain't go'n be good if you drop the ball on this one!"...
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2 local heroes save man, 83
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/09/17)
As a retired Air Force Officer who served in Vietnam and Desert Shield/Storm, I have fought through my fair share of tough conditions. But 83-year-old Leroy Jackson's survival story from last weekend's flood is nothing short of a miracle. Jackson, the father of Wayne County Prosecutor Mike Jackson, was on his way home from his high school reunion when his truck was swept off the road into the rushing waters of Clark Creek near Piedmont, Missouri...
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Medicare for all; cut MILL complex
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/09/17)
Dear Jason Smith and Dear Roy Blunt, Stop playing games with the lives of your constituents in regard to health care. When recent, independent studies show that the overall, annual cost of healthcare in the USA is approaching $4 trillion, yet we leave millions with no access to preventive health care, high deductibles and co-pays to pay themselves, and obscene drug costs...
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Paul Stock
(Obituary ~ 05/09/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Paul J. Stock, 84, of Perryville died Saturday, May 6, 2017, at Independence Care Center of Perry County in Perryville. He was born Oct. 31, 1932, in Cape Girardeau, son of Alphonse and Bernice (Hauptmann) Stock. He and Dorothy A. Schwach were married June 18, 1955. She survives in Perryville...
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Emelia Eakins
(Obituary ~ 05/09/17)
Emelia Marie Eakins of Cape Girardeau died Friday, May 5, 2017, at her home. She was born Jan. 3, 2008, in Cape Girardeau to Eric E. Eakins and Tanure M. Wagner. Survivors include her mother, Tanure M. Wagner of Cape Girardeau; father, Eric E. Eakins of Cape Girardeau; two brothers, Tristan S. ...
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Carol Harrington
(Obituary ~ 05/09/17)
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Carol Jeanne (Bollinger) Harrington went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, May 5, 2017, in Fort Myers. She was born May 31, 1946, to Charles Hobart and Beverly Carroll Bollinger in North Kansas City, Missouri. She married the love of her life, 1st Lt. Thomas C. Harrington, who survives of the home...
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Grover Kirsch
(Obituary ~ 05/09/17)
Grover Leroy Kirsch, 92, left this earthly world for his new home in heaven on May 7, 2017. Grover was born on the family farm near Lilbourn, Missouri, on Feb. 20, 1925. His parents were Arthur Kirsch and Luella Bischoff Kirsch. His mother died when he was 3 years old, so he grew up in a motherless household. Two older sisters, Eulalia and Audrey, helped raise him...
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Birth 5/9/17
(Births ~ 05/09/17)
Daughter to DeAndre Marquis Mason and Shanice La'Shawn Riley of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 12:07 p.m. Sunday, April 16, 2017. Name, Royaltee De'Niece. Weight, 5 pounds, 1 ounce. First child. Riley is the daughter of Leuraletha Coleman of Forrest City, Arkansas, and Christain Riley of Terre Haute, Indiana. Mason is the son of Kieth Mason and Candice Alillups of St. Louis. He works for Gilster-Mary Lee...
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Out of the past: May 9
(Out of the Past ~ 05/09/17)
An artist whose works were withdrawn from an exhibit at Gallery 100 calls it censorship, while gallery officials say they simply removed pieces patrons would find offensive. Two drawings submitted by T.M. Hughes were removed from the exhibit by members of the Arts Council executive committee...
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Missouri lawmakers OK ban on sex offenders by kids' museums
(State News ~ 05/09/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers passed legislation to ban people convicted of sex offenses against children from coming within 500 feet of children's museums. Senators voted 31-1 on Monday to send the bill to Republican Gov. Eric Greitens. The measure passed the House 136-2 earlier this month...
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Motorcycle helmet exemptions stall in Missouri Legislature
(State News ~ 05/09/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Motorcyclists in Missouri will have to keep wearing their helmets for another year. Lawmakers on Monday removed a provision from a bill that would've allowed people older than 21 who have had their motorcycle license for more than two years to leave the helmet at home...
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Roads gradually reopen as floodwaters recede in many areas
(State News ~ 05/09/17)
Roads are reopening gradually across the state as floodwaters recede in many areas. The Missouri Department of Transportation said 126 roads are closed Monday, down from a high of 384 at the peak of the flooding...
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Missouri flooding task force returns from deployment
(State News ~ 05/09/17)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A Missouri task force returned to Columbia after spending over a week aiding local agencies with flood response efforts in the southwest part of the state. The Columbia Daily Tribune reported the State Emergency Management Agency deployed the 25-member Missouri Task Force 1 for a search-and-rescue operation to West Plains on April 28...
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Grandfather's ashes among items stolen
(State News ~ 05/09/17)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A man allegedly stole several items from a Springfield home, including a box containing the ashes of the victim's grandfather. The Springfield News-Leader reported 32-year-old Carl Jackson was charged last week with first-degree burglary after police said he stole from a Springfield family last month and sold their belongings...
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Underground explosion causes outage in downtown St. Louis
(State News ~ 05/09/17)
ST. LOUIS -- An underground explosion is blamed on a power outage in downtown St. Louis. KMOV-TV reported the outage Monday knocked out electricity to several buildings, including parts of Washington Avenue. About 12 traffic lights stopped working as a result of the outage...
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Huge sinkholes now are appearing in the wrong places
(National News ~ 05/09/17)
FRASER, Mich. -- Dora Linda Nishihara, 68, was driving in San Antonio one dark evening in early December when she suddenly disappeared from sight. Later, her car, with her body inside, was found at the bottom of a 12-foot-deep, water-filled sinkhole that had swallowed the road ahead of her...
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Kansas bail bondsman gets life for killing son fed to pigs
(National News ~ 05/09/17)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- A former Kansas bail bondsman was sentenced to life in prison Monday for killing his 7-year-old son, who authorities said endured abuse and starvation before his remains were fed to pigs on the family's rental property. Under the sentence, Michael Jones, 46, won't be eligible for parole for at least 25 years. He pleaded guilty in March to first-degree murder in the 2015 death of Adrian Jones...
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Yates: Alarm about Russian blackmail led to warning on Flynn
(National News ~ 05/09/17)
WASHINGTON -- Former acting attorney general Sally Yates told Congress Monday she warned the Trump White House in January new national security adviser Michael Flynn "essentially could be blackmailed" by the Russians because he apparently had lied to his bosses about his contacts with Moscow's ambassador in Washington...
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Travel ban arguments focus on Trump's comments about Muslims
(National News ~ 05/09/17)
RICHMOND, Va. -- A challenge to President Donald Trump's revised travel ban appears to hinge on whether a federal appeals court agrees his past anti-Muslim statements can be used against him. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrestled Monday with whether the court should look beyond the text of the executive order to comments made by Trump and his aides on the campaign trail and after his election to determine whether the policy illegally targets Muslims...
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Health-care fight shifts to Senate, where GOP wants a reboot
(National News ~ 05/09/17)
WASHINGTON -- It took blood, sweat and tears for Republican leaders to push their health-care bill through the House last week. Don't expect the process to be less arduous in the Senate, though more of the angst in that more decorous chamber likely will be behind closed doors...
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South Koreans vote for new president to succeed ousted Park
(International News ~ 05/09/17)
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Koreans voted today for a new president, with victory widely predicted for a liberal candidate who has pledged to improve ties with North Korea, re-examine a contentious U.S. missile defense shield and push sweeping economic changes...
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Act II for France's Macron: getting the majority to govern
(International News ~ 05/09/17)
PARIS -- Freshly elected to the French presidency, Emmanuel Macron faces an equally difficult Act II: securing the parliamentary majority he needs to make good on his campaign promises to lift France out of economic gloom. With legislative elections five weeks away, the start-up political movement the 39-year-old former investment banker launched one year ago on his meteoric ride to become France's youngest president lost no time Monday in girding for the crucial mid-June election battle...
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Nicki Minaj pays college costs for Twitter fans
(Entertainment ~ 05/09/17)
Nicki Minaj is putting some fans on scholarship. After a fan asked the hip-hop star Saturday night whether she would pay his college tuition on Twitter, Minaj agreed to pay fans' school costs -- on the condition they show her perfect marks. She wrote, "Show me straight A's that I can verify w/ur school and I'll pay it."...
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Trump in-laws promote thorny visa-for-sale program in China
(International News ~ 05/09/17)
WASHINGTON -- Plenty can go wrong when foreign money mixes with immigration green cards, real-estate deals and political connections. Revelations the sister of Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser, promoted a program offering a path to U.S. citizenship to Chinese backers in a Kushner family project bring new scrutiny to a foreign-investor visa program...
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Novel to ask: What if Hillary Clinton hadn't married Bill?
(Entertainment ~ 05/09/17)
NEW YORK -- A best-selling novelist is imagining how Hillary Clinton's life might have turned out had she never married Bill Clinton. Random House announced Monday that Curtis Sittenfeld will tell the story from the point of view of Hillary Rodham. ...
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Ukraine bans American actor Steven Seagal for 5 years
(Entertainment ~ 05/09/17)
MINSK, Belarus -- Ukraine has banned action film actor Steven Seagal from entering the country for five years. Seagal, an American, was given Russian citizenship by President Vladimir Putin last year in a ceremony shown on state television. He has vocally defended the Russian leader's policies and criticized the U.S. government...
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Domestic violence hotline: Immigration-linked calls increase
(National News ~ 05/09/17)
NEW YORK -- The nation's most prominent domestic-violence hotline reports a sharp increase in calls from abuse victims struggling with issues related to their immigration status. The National Domestic Violence Hotline, established by Congress in 1996 and partly reliant on federal funding, said in its newly released annual report it responded to 323,660 phone calls, texts and online contacts in 2016...
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Sinclair to buy Tribune Media, expanding its local TV reach
(National News ~ 05/09/17)
NEW YORK -- Sinclair Broadcast Group, the nation's largest local TV station operator, wants to be even bigger. The company announced Monday it will pay about $3.9 billion for Tribune Media and its 42 stations, which includes KTLA in Los Angeles, WGN in Chicago and WPIX in New York...
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Mexico, police chief slam Texas' new 'sanctuary city' ban
(National News ~ 05/09/17)
AUSTIN, Texas -- The Mexican government, San Antonio's police chief and others slammed Texas' new "sanctuary cities" law on Monday, saying requiring local law enforcement to help enforce U.S. immigration law could lead to racial profiling and will fan distrust of the police by the state's many Hispanics...
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Jackson altering trash pickup for Memorial Day
(Local News ~ 05/09/17)
Jackson's trash pickup schedule will change in observance of Memorial Day, May 29. Garbage collection, normally held Monday, instead will be Tuesday, May 30. Tuesday's route is unchanged. The Recycling Center at 508 Sawyer Lane in Jackson also will be closed Memorial Day...
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Butler County updates emergency plans amid 15th disaster in 35 years
(Local News ~ 05/09/17)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- As Butler County awaits what would be its 15th federal disaster declaration in the last 35 years, area officials have begun updating emergency-response plans. More than a dozen officials met the week before the region was hit with historic flooding to make changes to the plan...
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Intensive English program at Southeast accredited
(Local News ~ 05/09/17)
Southeast Missouri State University's intensive English program has received continued initial accreditation. Last year, the program was granted one-year initial accreditation, according to a news release from the university. This accreditation is for four years...
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Impromptu witness to a wedding
(Local News ~ 05/09/17)
Bryan Turney signs as a witness to the marriage Monday of Shana and Adam Crigger, left, outside the Common Pleas Courthouse in Cape Girardeau. Turney, a Southeast Missouri State University student who did not know the Criggers before the service, was taking photos nearby when he was asked to be a second witness...
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Charges dismissed in stolen-stew case
(National News ~ 05/09/17)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A man accused of breaking into his mom's house to steal her traditional New Mexican stew won't face charges after all. Last week, a state district judge dismissed charges against Jonathan Carlos Ray, who was charged in 2015 for the theft of his mother's posole. The judge said the only witnesses to the alleged crime were Ray and his mother. Police said Ray was arrested after he ignored his mother's orders to stay away from her posole and ran off with the holiday dish...
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Jackson police report 5/9/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/09/17)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Glenn Plank, 23, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana 10 grams or less and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia. n Bradly Pate, 27, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana 10 grams or less and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia...
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Cape Girardeau police report 5/9/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/09/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Jordan P. Masters, 40, of Cape Girardeau was issued a summons for driving while intoxicated at Themis and North Main streets. Arrests...
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Douglas Johnson
(Obituary ~ 05/09/17)
Douglas K. Johnson, 69, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, May 7, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Joseph Kelly officiating. Entombment will follow with full military rites at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 5/9/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/09/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday. n Medical assists were made at 12:36 a.m. on Towers Circle; 7:59 a.m. on Forest Avenue; 9:04 a.m. on South Middle Street; 11:10 a.m. on Caruthers Avenue; 2:02 p.m. on Broadway; and 7:26 p.m. on Brenda Kay Court...
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Ruston Stakes
(Obituary ~ 05/09/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Ruston James Stakes, 63, of Perryville died Saturday, May 6, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home.
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Prayer 5/9/17
(Prayer ~ 05/09/17)
Father God, may we encourage one another in love, building each other up. Amen.
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Social Security Column: Adding Additional Security To Protect What's Important To You
(Submitted Story ~ 05/09/17)
Social Security continues to evaluate and improve how we protect what’s important to you. We take this responsibility seriously, and we have a robust cybersecurity program in place to help protect the personal information you entrust to us. Adding additional security measures to safeguard your personal information — but making them easy to use — is a vital part of keeping you safe and secure...
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