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Illinois governor's veto could jeopardize school funding
(National News ~ 08/02/17)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner used his veto power Tuesday to strip millions of dollars for Chicago Public Schools from a school-funding overhaul, a move that could mean no districts get state money before classes begin. The Republican removed help for Chicago Public Schools' pensions along with money the district formerly received in the form of a block grant, along with other rewrites...
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Suit: Fox News worked with White House on false story
(National News ~ 08/02/17)
NEW YORK -- An investigator who worked on the Seth Rich case claims Fox News fabricated quotes implicating the murdered Democratic National Committee staffer in the WikiLeaks scandal and coordinated with the Trump administration as it worked on the story...
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Delta school district launches pre-kindergarten program
(Local News ~ 08/02/17)
A new pre-kindergarten program at Delta R-V Elementary School aims to get children ready to learn, according to school officials. Delta elementary-school principal Kenyon Wright said last year was his first year at Delta, and he and the superintendent sent out surveys to see where the community and the teachers felt the district should focus...
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Senators target sites that boost sex trafficking
(Local News ~ 08/02/17)
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation to remove the "immunity" an online site has used to hinder investigations into sex trafficking of women and children, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill said Tuesday. The legislation was prompted by a two-year inquiry led by McCaskill, D-Missouri, and U.S. Rob Portman, R-0hio, into the operations of Backpage.com, a website some have called the Walmart of child sex trafficking...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/02/17)
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Aug. 2, the 214th day of 2017. There are 151 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 2, 1776, members of the Second Continental Congress began attaching their signatures to the Declaration of Independence...
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Trump should tone down words
(Column ~ 08/02/17)
The GOP is facing a dilemma unlike any in history. With each passing day, it becomes harder to defend President Trump's actions and words, though his policies still remain highly popular with the majority of Americans. The closest comparison is with Richard Nixon, who enjoyed strong support for withdrawing troops from Vietnam and opening long-closed doors with China. But on a personal level, Nixon's quirks and odd personality made him a standing joke for many including some within his own party...
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Fighting Squirrels look to finish season with championship
(Editorial ~ 08/02/17)
As a team name, Fighting Squirrels may not strike fear into the heart of man. However, teams at next week's Senior Babe Ruth World Series in Ephrata, Washington, might be well advised to sit up and pay attention to the all-star collection of baseball players assembled from Southeast Missouri that uses Charleston, Missouri, as its home base...
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Out of the past: Aug. 2
(Out of the Past ~ 08/02/17)
The Rev. Clifford Mitchell Sr. is installed as pastor of Second Missionary Baptist Church in the afternoon. The message is given by the Rev. S.W. Oliver, pastor of First Baptist Church in Cairo, Illinois. Construction is underway for Bent Creek on the Green, a condominium development by Bent Creek Developers; the development is situated on 4.5 acres between the 10th and 18th fairways of Bent Creek Golf Club...
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Kevin McGuire
(Obituary ~ 08/02/17)
WESTERVILLE, Ohio -- Kevin W. McGuire of Westerville passed away Saturday, July 29, 2017. Kevin was born in Chaffee, Missouri. He was a 1978 graduate of Chaffee High School and a 1982 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, where he earned a degree in aerospace engineering. He also earned a master's degree in Engineering Management from the Catholic University of America...
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Ray Dowd
(Obituary ~ 08/02/17)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Ray Dowd, 85, of Chaffee passed away Monday, July 31, 2017, at Monticello House in Jackson. He was born March 18, 1932, in Hayti, Missouri, to the late Sidney Lee Sr. and Sarah Beatrice Rafferty Dowd. Ray married Linda Rose Jones on Oct. 29, 1960, and she preceded him in death July 25, 2015...
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James Buttry
(Obituary ~ 08/02/17)
James Blois Buttry, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, July 31, 2017, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. He was born July 12, 1933, in Sturdivant, Missouri, to Arnold "Pete" and Ivy Vernice Cooper Buttry. He and Virginia Lee Cobb were married Aug. 31, 1957, in Hernando, Mississippi...
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Jackson fire report 8/2/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/02/17)
The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls: Monday n Emergency medical service on West Main Street. n Emergency medical service on North Hope Street.
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Jackson police report 8/2/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/02/17)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Property damage n Property damage was reported in the 800 block of Amanda Street. Miscellaneous n Fraud was reported in the 300 block of East Jackson Boulevard.
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Cape Girardeau fire report 8/2/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/02/17)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Monday n Medical assists were made at 10:32 a.m. on Doctors' Park; 1:16 p.m. on South Sprigg Street; 1:34 p.m. on North Pacific Street; 5:06 p.m. on Franks Lane; and 9:16 p.m. on Boutin Drive...
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Cape Girardeau police report 8/2/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/02/17)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of possession of a controlled substance, marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia at 612 Sycamore Circle...
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Ruling means Rams may owe $352,000 to state of Missouri
(State News ~ 08/02/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Rams are long gone from St. Louis, but they still may owe more than $350,000 in taxes to the state of Missouri. The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed a ruling from an administrative hearing that determined the NFL team did not have to pay state sales tax on a special city entertainment fee added to tickets from 2007 to 2013. The state said during oral arguments in March the Rams owe up to $352,000...
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As homicides increase, Kansas City grasps for answers, help
(State News ~ 08/02/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City already was marching toward its worst homicide year in decades when three men were slain in separate shootings over four hours one day last month. One was gunned down on a porch, another in a vehicle. The third man was shot in a front yard...
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Prosecutor: St. Louis officer 'executed' suspect
(State News ~ 08/02/17)
ST. LOUIS -- A white former St. Louis police officer charged with killing a black man "executed" him after a car chase, then planted a gun in the slain drug suspect's vehicle as an excuse for opening fire, a prosecutor told a court Tuesday. But an attorney for the officer denied the prosecutor's allegations during opening statements in the first-degree murder trial for Jason Stockley, saying the officer was protecting himself against an armed and dangerous felon...
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Road work 8/2/17
(Local News ~ 08/02/17)
The U.S. 61 southbound ramp to Interstate 55 south at mile marker 93 in Cape Girardeau County will be reduced with a 14-foot width restriction as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform bridge maintenance. The work will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, according to a MoDOT news release...
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Texas calf looks like rocker Gene Simmons
(Entertainment ~ 08/02/17)
KERRVILLE, Texas -- A newborn calf in Texas has strikingly similar black-and-white facial markings to KISS frontman Gene Simmons, and the rock star likes their shared look. Simmons' onstage persona includes face paint, black leather clothing and wild hair...
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Saudi Arabia says there's no proof it backed Sept. 11 attack
(National News ~ 08/02/17)
NEW YORK -- Saudi Arabia on Tuesday asked to be dropped from a Sept. 11 lawsuit victims' families filed, saying no evidence links it to the deadly terrorist act. Lawyers for Saudi Arabia made the request in papers filed in Manhattan federal court, saying lawyers for Sept. ...
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Tillerson concedes Russia ties are sour, holds out hope
(National News ~ 08/02/17)
WASHINGTON -- The top American diplomat put the onus on Russia Tuesday to take steps to repair flagging relations with the United States, even as he conceded congressional sanctions would pose a new obstacle. Holding out hope for warmer ties, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he'd meet with his Russian counterpart within days...
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Kushner says Trump campaign was too dysfunctional to collude
(National News ~ 08/02/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's son-in-law told a group of congressional interns the Trump campaign couldn't have colluded with Russia because the team was too dysfunctional and disorganized to coordinate with a foreign government. The remarks on Monday by Jared Kushner, a senior adviser to the president, came in response to a question about special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election and whether the Trump campaign worked with Moscow...
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After life without parole: 2 held for decades savor freedom
(National News ~ 08/02/17)
WILMINGTON, Del. -- It's just blocks from the house Earl Rice Jr. left behind as a teenager to the places he remembers. But after more than four decades in prison, he has ground to cover. He headed to the park where he and his brothers used to go sledding...
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Senate confirms Christopher Wray, Trump's choice for FBI
(National News ~ 08/02/17)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly confirmed Christopher Wray to lead the FBI, replacing James Comey, who was fired abruptly by President Donald Trump amid the investigation into Russian meddling in last year's presidential election...
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GOP shows signs of reaching out to Democrats on health care
(National News ~ 08/02/17)
WASHINGTON -- Republicans showed signs Tuesday of reaching out to Democrats for a joint if modest effort to buttress health-insurance markets, four days after the GOP effort to unilaterally uproot and reshape the Obama health-care law crumpled in the Senate...
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With baby steps, Senate Republicans abandoning the president
(National News ~ 08/02/17)
WASHINGTON -- There wasn't a dramatic public break or an exact moment it happened. But step by step, Senate Republicans are turning their backs on President Donald Trump. They defeated an Obamacare repeal bill despite Trump's pleas. They're ignoring his Twitter demands that they get back to work on it...
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2 Venezuelan opposition leaders jailed; crisis escalates
(International News ~ 08/02/17)
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Teams of armed security agents seized two of Venezuela's top opposition leaders from their homes in the middle of the night Tuesday, dragging one into the street in his pajamas as President Nicolas Maduro's government defied U.S. sanctions and international condemnation of a plan to assume nearly unlimited powers...
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Jordan activists celebrate repeal of 'marry the rapist' law
(International News ~ 08/02/17)
AMMAN, Jordan -- The repeal of a Jordanian law that allowed a rapist to escape prison by marrying his victim was bittersweet news for a Jordanian woman whose daughter was assaulted when she was 13 years old. Tuesday's vote by parliament's lower house came too late for the hairdresser's daughter who was coerced into an abusive marriage to her attacker as a condition of getting out of "protective" state custody...
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One of five applicants for Cape Council seat withdraws
(Local News ~ 08/02/17)
One of five applicants to fill an unexpired term on the Cape Girardeau City Council has withdrawn his name from consideration. Gayle Conrad, director of citizen services and city clerk, said Doug Spooler dropped out. Spooler, who owns an insurance agency, serves on the city’s planning and zoning commission. Spooler said he withdrew his application because he wants to participate in the development of the city’s comprehensive plan as a member of the planning commission...
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Man accused of raping woman at gunpoint
(Local News ~ 08/02/17)
A Cape Girardeau man threatened a woman with a handgun before raping her, police said. The Cape Girardeau Prosecuting Attorney’s Office on Friday charged Bojan Saksida, 40, with second-degree rape, third-degree domestic assault and unlawful use of a weapon...
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Nation briefs 8/2/17
(National News ~ 08/02/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump may be trying for a reset in the West Wing, but he is making clear he is not changing his Twitter habit. On Twitter on Tuesday, Trump said: "Only the Fake News Media and Trump enemies want me to stop using Social Media (110 million people). ...
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Workers recover wedding ring in sewer
(National News ~ 08/02/17)
NEW YORK -- A commuter thanked two utility workers for finding her wedding ring after it plunged into a sewer. Sarah Sommer, who is eight months pregnant, was traveling through Grand Central Terminal when she took off her ring to relax. Sommer said the ring slipped from her grasp, bounced along a sidewalk and dropped through a grate into the sewer. Con Ed workers Jason Wertheimer and Kenyatta Charles opened the grate, drained the sewer and found Sommer's ring...
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Prayer 8/2/17
(Prayer ~ 08/02/17)
Father God, may we be quick to forgive others as you have forgiven us. Amen.
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Imo's Pizza at Rhodes Raises $684 for the AED's for Students Fund
(Submitted Story ~ 08/02/17)
Imo’s Pizza at Rhodes on Nash Road in Scott City, Mo. recently presented a $684 check to support the AED’s for Students Fund. The money was raised during an Imo’s Pizza at Rhodes fundraising day hosted July 27. Imo’s Pizza at Rhodes Manager Jeni Powers presented the donation to Mike Rhymer who is raising money to purchase eight AED’s (automated external defibrillators), which will be provided to local Scott City schools...
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