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Sikeston man found guilty in fatal shooting
(Local News ~ 06/02/17)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — A 19-year-old man was found guilty on five criminal charges in connection with a fatal Sikeston, Missouri, shooting after a jury deliberated for 59 minutes. Tiarrius Gant was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, two counts of armed criminal action and two counts of unlawful use of a weapon Thursday afternoon for the Dec. 29, 2015, shooting death of Devin Alexander...
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Exterminator charged with stealing from Cape homes
(Local News ~ 06/02/17)
A local exterminator stole cash from two homes he had been hired to spray for pest control, police said. The Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Kenneth W. Propst, 51, with second-degree forgery and stealing, both felonies, and misdemeanor stealing...
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Wisconsin man bikes through Cape as tribute to daughter, organ donation
(Local News ~ 06/02/17)
On his journey to honor his daughter’s memory and bring attention to the need for organ donation, Bill Conner is biking more than 2,600 miles from Madison, Wisconsin, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he hopes to land in mid-July. “Obviously, it’s a tragedy,” Conner said. “This isn’t about me. It’s about honoring Abbey and organ donation. I’m carrying a torch for her because she can’t.” ...
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Cape County assessment notices being sent
(Local News ~ 06/02/17)
Beginning the first week in June, the Cape Girardeau County Assessor’s Office will mail notices of a property-value increase to property owners. No notices will be mailed for a decrease in value or unchanged value. Every odd-numbered year, the county assessor is required by the state of Missouri to reassess property values, and in 2017, the assessor anticipates a property-value increase. ...
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Committee to hold tax-reform hearing Friday in Cape
(Local News ~ 06/02/17)
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ Committee for Simple, Fair and Low Taxes will hold a hearing today in Cape Girardeau. The meeting will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Osage Centre. Greitens created the committee to study Missouri’s tax rates and tax credits and to recommend proposed reforms...
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Winning Lotto ticket sold in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 06/02/17)
The Missouri Lottery is looking for a Lotto player who won the $2.9 million jackpot after purchasing the winning ticket at a Cape Girardeau convenience store Wednesday night. The winning ticket — bearing the numbers 4, 5, 6, 8, 27 and 43 — was sold at Bi-State Southern Convenience Store, 920 N. Kingshighway, the Missouri Lottery said in a news release...
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Kerry Davis and area locals come together to produce variety show filled with talent, laughs
(Entertainment ~ 06/02/17)
If life is a cabaret, Kerry Davis and crew are living life to the fullest with their new ensemble cabaret-style show, titled "Kerry Davis and Company: Laughter is the Magic," with performances at 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the Yacht Club at Port Cape Girardeau...
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Street construction to close Caruthers Avenue to traffic starting Monday
(Local News ~ 06/02/17)
The northbound lane of Caruthers Avenue in Cape Girardeau, from Independence Street to Broadway, will be closed to traffic for up to three weeks for street construction, city officials said. The lane will be closed starting Monday, said Andrew Stone, traffic-operations manager for the public-works department...
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Jackson chamber recognizes volunteers
(Local News ~ 06/02/17)
Jackson’s Civic Center was transformed into a beach party luau for the annual volunteer appreciation luncheon Wednesday, with leis for the honorees and a buffet-style meal. Jackson Alderman Dave Reiminger said he had barbecued four pork butts and 120 pounds of other pork meat in preparation, adding the process had taken him two days...
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Downtown bar's liquor license revoked after assault not reported to police
(Local News ~ 06/02/17)
Cape Girardeau city officials revoked the liquor license for downtown bar Willie T’s, citing several infractions including failure to report a fight, according to a notice from the office of city manager Scott Meyer. The city suspended the bar’s license in April after noise violations and complaints from some of its neighbors on Spanish Street...
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Rep. Jason Smith expects federal disaster declaration
(Local News ~ 06/02/17)
Missouri officials said more than 1,200 primary homes were badly damaged or destroyed in the spring flood, and total damage reached nearly $90 million. State Emergency Management Agency Recovery Division manager Ron Broxton said during a conference call with reporters Thursday home damage in 37 counties cost $28 million, The Associated Press reported. Public facilities in 46 counties suffered damage estimated at $58 million...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/02/17)
Today in History Today is Friday, June 2, the 153rd day of 2017. There are 212 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 2, 1897, Mark Twain was quoted by the New York Journal as saying from London that "the report of my death was an exaggeration." (Twain, in London to cover Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee for the Journal, was responding to a report in the New York Herald that he was "grievously ill" and "possibly dying.")...
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Seeking nominations for Spirit of America Award
(Editorial ~ 06/02/17)
This summer will mark the 15th year for the Southeast Missourian Spirit of America Award, an honor that celebrates someone who goes above and beyond to help others, give back to the community and uphold the American spirit. We hope that you might know someone worthy of the honor and nominate that special person...
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Defending Wallingford
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/02/17)
A recent letter chastised Senator Wayne Wallingford for not towing the conservative line, and "proposing two new taxes", one on cellphones for 911 service, and another on internet purchases. It is debatable whether these can really be considered new taxes since they replace tax revenue lost due to changing technology in the 21st century, and I'll wager most Missourians would applaud the Senator for preserving 911 and other vital services...
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Corporate welfare
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/02/17)
In a recent special session the Missouri Legislature passed a bill which allows the Public Service Commission to approve special low rates for the electrical power that Ameren Missouri would sell to two potential industrial customers in New Madrid County. This is corporate welfare pure and simple...
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Pig money, and the season for student loans
(Column ~ 06/02/17)
Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Scott City and other nearby communities have plenty of banking establishments. You could throw a quarter in almost any direction, and it would land on the roof of a bank. Some intersections have a bank on almost every corner. And sometimes it seems we've almost run out of names for all the new banks. They start sounding a lot alike...
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Trump typo 'covfefe' becomes license plate
(National News ~ 06/02/17)
AUGUSTA, Maine -- President Donald Trump's mysterious tweeted typo "covfefe" is coming soon to a license plate near you. The Maine Department of Motor Vehicles confirms someone claimed COVFEFE for a personalized license plate. Local media report it's happening in other states. The word took social media by storm after the president tweeted about "constant negative press covfefe." Trump later poked fun at it, saying, "Who can figure out the true meaning of 'covfefe' ??? Enjoy!"...
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Trump declines to move U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem
(National News ~ 06/02/17)
WASHINGTON -- Stepping back from a campaign promise and incurring Israeli ire, President Donald Trump acted Thursday to keep the U.S. Embassy in Israel in Tel Aviv for now instead of moving it to Jerusalem, a cautious move aimed at bolstering prospects for an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord...
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Senate to hear from Comey; Dems raise new Sessions questions
(National News ~ 06/02/17)
WASHINGTON -- James Comey, fired last month as FBI director amid a federal investigation into connections between Russia and the Trump campaign, is set to testify Thursday at a highly anticipated congressional hearing that could shed light on his private conversations with the president in the weeks before his dismissal...
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1 dead, 2 missing after explosion at Wisconsin mill
(National News ~ 06/02/17)
MADISON, Wis. -- Recovery crews searched a mountain of debris for two workers Thursday after an explosion at a corn-mill plant that killed at least one employee, injured about a dozen others and leveled parts of the sprawling facility in southern Wisconsin, authorities said...
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Trump tilts 'America First' toward 'America Alone'
(National News ~ 06/02/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the landmark Paris climate accord sends an unmistakable message to the world: America First can mean America Alone. Trump's move, announced with great fanfare Thursday in the White House Rose Garden, immediately leaves the United States isolated on a paramount global concern...
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Jerry Garcia's guitar fetches $1.9M at New York auction
(Entertainment ~ 06/02/17)
NEW YORK -- A guitar Jerry Garcia played everywhere from San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom to Egypt's Great Pyramids fetched more than $1.9 million at an auction Wednesday night. The Grateful Dead frontman's guitar -- named Wolf -- was sold at the Brooklyn Bowl, a bowling alley, restaurant and music venue. The sale price includes the buyer's premium. The proceeds are earmarked for the Montgomery, Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center...
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Out of the past: June 2
(Out of the Past ~ 06/02/17)
With state and federal approval secured, the Cape Girardeau County Commission is seeking bids for the replacement of a 200-foot bridge across the Diversion Channel. The bridge will be the largest one ever replaced by the county. The bridge, located on County Road 253 between Whitewater and Delta, will replace a span that has been in need of replacement for several years...
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Dr. Michael Wulfers
(Obituary ~ 06/02/17)
Dr. Michael Carl Wulfers, 64, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, June 1, 2017, at his home, surrounded by family. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau. Parish prayers will be at 7:30 p.m. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church, with the Rev. David Hulshof officiating. Burial will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Wm. 'Bill' Sullivan
(Obituary ~ 06/02/17)
Wm. E. "Bill" Sullivan, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 29, 2017, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born March 23, 1938, in Doniphan, Missouri, to Samuel P. and Ruth Bacon Sullivan. He and Peggy Halter Ferrell were married June 29, 1991, at Chaffee, Missouri...
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Alana Shy
(Obituary ~ 06/02/17)
Alana Rose Shy was stillborn Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She is survived by her parents, Danny Ray and Kristin Elaine Johnson Shy of Scott City; four brothers and sisters, Emalee, Colby, Danny IV and Bentley; maternal grandparents, Loraine Canoy of Sturdivant, Missouri, Brian and Gail Johnson of Steedman, Missouri, and Joe and Pam Copen and Patsy Toombes of Cape Girardeau; paternal grandparents, William and Becky Tiquila of Scott City and Marla Shy of Oran, Missouri; and paternal great-grandparents, Rosy Tiquila of Guatemala and Danny and Kitty Shy of Oran.. ...
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Hazel Reams
(Obituary ~ 06/02/17)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Hazel M. Reams, 84, of Chaffee died Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee. A graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Morgan Memorial Park in Advance, Missouri, with the Rev. Don Leggett officiating. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements...
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Shirley McDaniel
(Obituary ~ 06/02/17)
Shirley M. McDaniel, 81, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, May 28, 2017, at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital in St. Charles, Missouri. She was born May 29, 1935, in Indian Mound, Tennessee, to Hubert and Maggie Keel Tippit. She and Gary Allen McDaniel were married Oct. 14, 1967, at St. Charles. He preceded her in death May 13, 2013...
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Melody Goode
(Obituary ~ 06/02/17)
Melody Anne Goode, 55, of Jackson died Monday, May 29, 2017, at her home. She was born May 17, 1962, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She was a member of the Salvation Army. Melody owned and operated taxidermy shops in Texas, Arkansas and Missouri. She was an excellent taxidermist...
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Lawrence Eeftink
(Obituary ~ 06/02/17)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Lawrence George Eeftink, 96, of Marble Hill passed away Thursday, June 1, 2017, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 27, 1921, in Drum, Missouri, son of John Henry and Barbara Rose Horrell Eeftink. He and Celestine Marie Stoverink were married Sept. 13, 1947, at St. John's Catholic Church in Leopold, Missouri, and she passed away June 19, 2006...
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Harry Craft
(Obituary ~ 06/02/17)
Harry Leroy Craft, 69, of St. Louis passed away Tuesday, May 30, 2017. He was born in 1947 in Cape Girardeau to the late Roy and Adeline Venita Schivitz Craft. Survivors include daughters, Audra (Eugene) Miller and Rachel Craft of St. Louis; brother, Tom Craft of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; sister, Margaret Brown of St. Mary, Missouri; and nieces and nephews...
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Geraldine Buchheit
(Obituary ~ 06/02/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Geraldine "Geri" Buchheit, 72, of Perryville died Thursday, June 1, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Sept. 20, 1944, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of David and Laverne Schremp Marr. She and Clyde Charles Buchheit were married April 4, 1964. He survives in Perryville...
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Missouri official: IDs available for voters who need them
(State News ~ 06/02/17)
ST. LOUIS — A spokeswoman for Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said voters who need free identification cards required by a new state law can get them beginning Thursday. A constitutional amendment approved by voters in November requires photo IDs for voting, with some exceptions. ...
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Missouri health chief pledges crackdown on abortion law
(State News ~ 06/02/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's only licensed abortion provider said Thursday it was unaware until recently it had to report any complications from the procedures under a 38-year-old state law Missouri's new health chief is pledging to enforce more rigorously...
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Missouri report: Black drivers more likely to be pulled over
(State News ~ 06/02/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- New data released Wednesday show black drivers in Missouri were 75 percent more likely than whites to be pulled over last year, the highest level since the state began compiling data on traffic stops 17 years ago. The annual report by the state attorney general's office shows an uptick compared to last year -- when black drivers were 69 percent more likely than whites to be stopped by police -- and a historical upward trend since lawmakers first called for annual reports in 2000.. ...
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Jackson fire report 6/2/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/02/17)
The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls: Tuesday n A motor-vehicle crash cleanup on Highland Drive. n Emergency medical service on Morgan Street. n Emergency medical service on Spring Lake Trail. n Emergency medical service on Grandview Drive...
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Jackson police report 6/2/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/02/17)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n Zachary Carpentier, 24, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of burglary, property damage, tampering and stealing from a motor vehicle...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 6/2/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/02/17)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Wednesday. n Medical assists were made at 3:26 p.m. on Northwoods Court; 6:07 p.m. on Whitener Street; 6:11 p.m. on South Pacific Street; 6:28 p.m. on South Pacific Street; and 6:55 p.m. on South West End Boulevard...
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Cape Girardeau police report 6/2/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/02/17)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Nickolas D. Geiser, 20, 622 Rear N. Sprigg St., was arrested at 214 N. Lorimier St. on suspicion of affray/fighting in public. n Austen L. McCaig, 18, 234 N. Lorimier St., was arrested at 214 N. Lorimier St. on suspicion of affray/fighting in public...
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36 die from smoke in Philippine casino after gunman set fire
(International News ~ 06/02/17)
MANILA, Philippines — A gunman stormed a casino in the Philippine capital and torched gambling tables in the crowded space, creating a choking level of smoke that killed at least 36 people, authorities said. The gunman stuffed a backpack with casino chips before he fled but was found dead in an adjacent hotel early today of an apparent suicide...
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Trump pulls U.S. from global warming accord
(National News ~ 06/02/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump declared Thursday he was pulling the U.S. from the landmark Paris climate agreement, striking a major blow to worldwide efforts to combat global warming and distancing the country from its closest allies abroad. Framing his decision as "a reassertion of America's sovereignty," Trump said he was "elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris."...
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Best Bet: 'Godspell' production set for this weekend
(Entertainment ~ 06/02/17)
entenary United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau will host Acts 4 Him’s production of “Godspell,” directed by Mike Dumey. The cast of many talented performers include Brodrick Twiggs and Isaiah Sterling. Tickets are $10 at the door and includes a dessert. Shows are at 7 p.m. today and Saturday at the Family Life Center, 300 N. Ellis St. in Cape Girardeau.
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Artifacts 6/2/17
(Entertainment ~ 06/02/17)
Bollinger Mill State Historic Site at 113 Bollinger Mill Road in Burfordville will host a morning of historic games from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday. Games played will be graces, checkers, corn hole and many more. Event is free and open to the public. For more information, call (573) 243-4591...
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First Friday Receptions 6/2/17
(Entertainment ~ 06/02/17)
The Flights of Fantasy National Juried Exhibit will be featured. The Visual Arts Cooperative will display new works, along with new miniature works. The window exhibitors for June are Marilyn Schwaninger and Brenda Seyer. The Humane Society of Southeast Missouri will be set up in the Arts Council workshop room for a mobile pet adoption. Any donations to the Humane Society will go 100 percent to the organization...
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Summer concerts in Jackson City Park 6/2/17
(Entertainment ~ 06/02/17)
This summer, the Jackson Municipal Band will play at the Jackson City Park Bandshell, each concert beginning at 7 p.m. and featuring a special guest.
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Prayer 6/2/17
(Prayer ~ 06/02/17)
O Heavenly Father, may those who mourn experience your comfort. Amen.
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FCC Behavioral Health 5K run/walk
(Submitted Story ~ 06/02/17)
The 1st annual 5K sponsored by FCC Behavioral Health was held on May 13, 2017. Over 100 individuals participated in the event. Proceeds from the event will help to build a new playground for the children of the women being treated at the facility. FCC Behavioral Health is a person-centered recovery and wellness center...
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Births 6/2/17
(Births ~ 06/02/17)
Daughter to Lance Weldon and Lindsey Jo Limbaugh of Jackson, Southeast Hospital, 10:09 a.m. Monday, May 22, 2017. Name, Clara Jo. Weight, 6 pounds, 13 ounces. Third child, second daughter. Mrs. Limbaugh is the former Lindsey Grissom, daughter of Ellen and Alan Holford of Cape Girardeau and Randon Grissom of Jackson. ...
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