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Author Rose Marie Kinder to visit Southeast to present second book
(Entertainment ~ 09/01/17)
Author Rose Marie Kinder admits a love for writing, music, family and Southeast Missouri. She has one more admission. "I'm not a quick writer," Kinder said matter-of-factly as she talked by phone from Warrensburg, Missouri, about her newest book, which she will read and discuss as a guest writer next week at Southeast Missouri State University...
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Cape Girardeau Nature Center displays local artists' nature-related pieces
(Entertainment ~ 09/01/17)
Anne Berbling was the ideal volunteer for the Missouri Department of Conservation's Nature Center in Cape Girardeau when she started a year ago. Her youngest of four children, Jon, was attending her alma mater, Southeast Missouri State University, and majoring in wildlife and conservation, hence her interest in becoming a volunteer. She since has helped with special events put on by the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center, but something else sprouted naturally...
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Boil-water order issued for parts of Jackson
(Local News ~ 09/01/17)
The city of Jackson has issued a precautionary boil-water advisory beginning immediately. The order is in effect for the following areas: all of Warren Place Subdivision, including Warren Lake Drive, Easton Drive, Masterson Drive, Mohawk Street, Chamberlain Drive, Chimney Spring Court, Ashley Trace and Meadow Court; all of Kimbeland Drive south of East Jackson Boulevard; and the following addresses on County Club Place: 1902, 1904, 1948, 1950, 1976, 1978, 2004 and 2006, according to a news release from staff engineer Clint Brown. ...
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Swift-water rescue squad from Cape, Jackson deploys to Texas
(Local News ~ 09/01/17)
A 10-member swift-water rescue team of Cape Girardeau and Jackson firefighters has been deployed to flood-ravaged Texas to help with recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. The firefighters — eight from the Cape Girardeau department and two from the Jackson department — left for Texas at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, four hours after being notified they would be deployed, Cape Girardeau fire chief Rick Ennis said...
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Exchanging ideas: Administrator from mission school Respire Haiti trains in Cape Girardeau schools
(Local News ~ 09/01/17)
For one Haitian educator, differences between schools in Cape Girardeau and Haiti provide a great way to explore new methods for each. Ritha Antoine of Respire Haiti visited Cape Girardeau schools for two weeks in August. Respire Haiti, a mission school founded by American native Megan Boudreaux in 2011, is in Gressier, a city of about 25,000 people, but with another 100,000 in the surrounding area...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/01/17)
Today in History Today is Friday, Sept. 1, the 244th day of 2017. There are 121 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On September 1, 1939, World War II began as Nazi Germany invaded Poland. On this date: In 1807, former Vice President Aaron Burr was found not guilty of treason. (Burr was then tried on a misdemeanor charge, but was again acquitted.)...
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SEMO football kicks off its season at Kansas
(Editorial ~ 09/01/17)
Southeast Missouri State University kicks off its college football season Saturday in Lawrence, Kansas, to face the Kansas Jayhawks. Southeast nearly pulled off an upset in this matchup in 2014, falling 34-28, scoring 28 second-half points against the Big 12 Conference school...
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Floral tributes laid at London palace for Diana anniversary
(International News ~ 09/01/17)
LONDON -- Dozens of floral tributes, photos and personal messages were laid at the gates of London's Kensington Palace on Thursday as Britain remembered Princess Diana on the 20th anniversary of her death in a Paris car crash. Royal fans gathered at the palace, Diana's former home, to mark two decades since the princess' death triggered a flood of grief across Britain and beyond. ...
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At least 19 killed, 30 hurt in Mumbai building collapse
(International News ~ 09/01/17)
MUMBAI, India -- Torrential rains caused a five-story apartment building to collapse Thursday in the west Indian financial capital of Mumbai, killing 19 people and possibly burying more than a dozen others, police said. Rescuers, residents and police officers managed to pull 30 injured people from the rubble. More than a dozen others were missing and feared trapped beneath a huge mound of mud, broken concrete slabs and twisted steel girders...
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Iraq says Tal Afar 'fully liberated' from Islamic State
(International News ~ 09/01/17)
BAGHDAD -- The northern town of Tal Afar has been "fully liberated" from the Islamic State group, Iraq's prime minister said Thursday, further shrinking the territory controlled by the extremists who overran nearly a third of the country three years ago...
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Baltimore bar robbery interrupts police party
(National News ~ 09/01/17)
BALTIMORE -- The police response time was quicker than ever. Two men were arrested after police said they robbed a bar outside Baltimore while off-duty officers were there for a police retirement party. Baltimore County police spokesman Cpl. Shawn Vinson said 21-year-old Joseph McInnis III and 22-year-old Tyree McCoy face armed robbery, theft and other charges. Monaghan's Pub's owner said it's odd someone would attempt a robbery, because a precinct station is across the street...
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U.S. Navy leader considers unmanned vehicles to increase power
(National News ~ 09/01/17)
NEWPORT, R.I. -- President Donald Trump and Navy leaders say the nation needs about 350 ships, roughly 75 more than the fleet has today. But there isn't money in the defense budget to buy a lot of new ships at once, and they take years to build. Adm. John Richardson, the chief of naval operations, said they could get closer to the target faster by counting unmanned vessels with capabilities similar to a manned ship -- a new twist on the definition of a ship...
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U.S. orders Russian consulate closed in San Francisco
(National News ~ 09/01/17)
WASHINGTON -- Escalating a diplomatic tit-for-tat, the United States abruptly ordered Russia on Thursday to shutter its San Francisco consulate and close offices in Washington and New York, intensifying tensions between the former Cold War foes. Washington gave Moscow 48 hours to comply...
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Triple-digit heat hampers fight against western wildfires
(National News ~ 09/01/17)
RENO, Nev. -- Triple-digit heat across much of the U.S. West hampered crews battling dozens of wildfires Thursday, including one threatening the main travel route to the Burning Man counterculture festival in the Nevada desert. Thousands of people have been driven from their homes amid hot weather in Oregon, Montana and California, where one blaze burned 10 homes and threatened 500 more near a hard-hit community and another kept a popular road to Yosemite National Park closed...
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Explosions rock chemical plant near Houston
(National News ~ 09/01/17)
HOUSTON -- At least 2 tons of highly volatile chemicals used in such products as plastics and paint exploded and burned early Thursday at a flood-crippled plant near Houston, sending up a plume of acrid black smoke that stung the eyes and lungs. The blaze at the Arkema Inc. chemical plant burned out around midday, but emergency crews continued to hold back because of the danger that eight other trailers containing the same compound could blow, too...
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White House preparing $5.9B request for Harvey recovery aid
(National News ~ 09/01/17)
WASHINGTON -- The White House has prepared a request to Congress for an initial $5.9 billion package in Harvey recovery aid, a first down payment to make sure recovery efforts over the next few weeks are funded adequately. The Trump proposal, which is being finalized pending White House consultations with key Republicans, promises to represent just a fraction of an eventual Harvey recovery package that could rival the more than $100 billion in taxpayer-financed help for victims of 2005's Hurricane Katrina.. ...
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Rescuers seek anyone left in Houston floodwaters
(National News ~ 09/01/17)
HOUSTON -- Rescuers began a block-by-block search of tens of thousands of Houston homes Thursday, pounding on doors and shouting as they looked for anyone -- alive or dead -- who might have been left behind in Harvey's floodwaters, which have damaged more than 87,000 homes and destroyed nearly 7,000 statewide...
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Out of the past: Sept. 1
(Out of the Past ~ 09/01/17)
Less than 48 hours after his selection to run as the Republican candidate for a vacant circuit judgeship, Missouri Gov. John Ashcroft appointed William L. Syler to fill the vacancy. Syler's appointment is effective Oct. 1, and he will serve until the end of the year. If he wins the Nov. 3 general election, Syler will serve the remaining four years of the term of Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr., who has been appointed to the Missouri Supreme Court...
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Marla Shy
(Obituary ~ 09/01/17)
ORAN, Mo. -- Marla Shy, 51, of Oran passed away Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, at the family home. She was born May 2, 1966, in Herrin, Illinois, to Delmar and Margaret McClure Hammonds. Marla was a CNA with Rock Care in Jackson. She is survived by her mother, Margaret Hammonds of Herrin; two sons, Tyler Shy and Troy Shy, both of Oran; a brother, Terry (Susan) Hammonds of Sesser, Illinois; two sisters, Vicki (Leon) Null of Johnston City, Illinois, and Lori Hammonds of Herrin; and two grandchildren, Damion and Lucas Applewhite of Chaffee, Missouri.. ...
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Richard Moss
(Obituary ~ 09/01/17)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Richard D. Moss, 73, of Tamms died at 5:25 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Richard was born Nov. 3, 1943, in Washington, Illinois, the son of Charles T. and Bonetta E. Abercrombie Moss. He married Karen Starheim on Feb. 3, 1968...
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Perry Luttrull
(Obituary ~ 09/01/17)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Perry Richard Luttrull, 79, died Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Lawrence Bradt officiating. Burial will be in Pulliam Cemetery at Patton, Missouri...
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Bonnie Luttrell
(Obituary ~ 09/01/17)
Bonnie Sue Luttrell, 71, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, at the Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson. She was born Dec. 4, 1945, in Belleville, Illinois, to Edward and Edith Louise Alexander Hunt. She and James Luttrell were married Sept. 2, 1961, in Dupo, Illinois. He passed away Dec. 26, 2001...
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Ruby Cook
(Obituary ~ 09/01/17)
Ruby Marie Quade Cook, 88, of Jackson went to be with her Lord Jesus on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, at Jackson Manor. She was born Dec. 10, 1928, in Gordonville to Jess and Ida Gerecke Quade. She accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and was confirmed at age 14 at Zion Lutheran Church in Gordonville. She and Leslie A. Cook were married Jan. 11, 1947, in Gordonville...
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Martha Bollinger
(Obituary ~ 09/01/17)
Martha Evedeen Carter Bollinger, 87, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 22, 1930, in Vandalia, Illinois, to Howard and Viola Baldwin Carter. She and the Rev. Lloyd James Bollinger were married Sept. 26, 1947. He preceded her in death Aug. 21, 2010...
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Emmett Baker Jr.
(Obituary ~ 09/01/17)
Emmett Baker Jr., 77, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, at Siteman Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday at Second Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at noon Saturday at the church, with Minister Mark Day and Pastor Cecil Thomas officiating. Burial will be in New Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Jackson police report 9/1/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/01/17)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Assault n Assault was reported in the 300 block of East Washington Street. Theft n Theft was reported in the 2800 block of Sappington Drive. Miscellaenous n Peace disturbance was reported in the area of Morgan and Oak streets...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 9/1/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/01/17)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Wednesday. n Medical assists were made at 1:50 a.m. on Perry Avenue; 1:49 a.m. on South Pacific Street; 8:23 a.m. on Linden Street; 12:07 p.m., on Linden Street; and 8:59 p.m. on Ottawa Lane...
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Cape Girardeau police report 9/1/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/01/17)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Two suspects were in custody pending formal charges of burglary, theft and receiving stolen property at 1510 Rand St. n Two juveniles were cited on suspicion of property damage in the 1000 block of Independence Street...
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Births 9/1/17
(Births ~ 09/01/17)
Daughter to Jamezze Parrish Roshae Haney Newsom and Whitney Danielle Weissinger of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 10:54 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. Name, Cali Amor. Weight, 7 pounds, 14 ounces. First child. Weissinger is the daughter of Melisa Adams and Cortez Bell of Cape Girardeau. She is a manager at White Castle. Newsom is the son of Chaffonda Newsom and Dewayne Haney of Cape Girardeau. He works in phlebotomy at SoutheastHEALTH...
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#SemoSelfie 9/1/17
(Entertainment ~ 09/01/17)
Had an awesome day with Becky!!!! She's never been down to the river before so we had to do the river walk, get a bridge selfie, and do some climbing. #semoselfie #downtowncapegirardeau #capegirardeauriverfront #sunshineandsummertime
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Construction to begin on new bridge in northeast Missouri
(State News ~ 09/01/17)
LOUISIANA, Mo. -- Construction is about to begin on a new Mississippi River bridge at Louisiana. The Missouri Department of Transportation said Thursday a groundbreaking ceremony will be Sept. 8 in Louisiana, a town of 3,300 residents 100 miles north of St. Louis...
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Report: University of Missouri System outlook optimistic
(State News ~ 09/01/17)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A credit report suggests the University of Missouri System is on track to maintain its good credit rating despite declines in overall state funding and enrollment at its Columbia campus. Christian Basi, spokesman for the Columbia campus, said the research report issued Aug. ...
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Missouri legislator's 'hanging' comment draws condemnation
(State News ~ 09/01/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri lawmaker who posted on Facebook he hoped whoever vandalized a Confederate monument in southwest Missouri would be hanged said Thursday he doesn't plan on resigning, despite criticism from state leaders and some calls for him to step down...
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Best Bet: Benton Neighbor Days Festival this weekend
(Entertainment ~ 09/01/17)
The Benton Neighbor Days annual festival will have a parade, pageants, tournaments, live music, food, fun and more. Today's festivities begin at 5 p.m., and Saturday's will go from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. at Benton City Park in Benton, Missouri. Pertinent address:...
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Artifacts 9/1/17
(Entertainment ~ 09/01/17)
The Yule Log Cabin at 7634 Route N in Scott City will open for the Christmas season today and will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Jan. 1, except for Christmas Day. Transition Spaces in the Crisp Museum is hosting Michael Faris' work in September. ...
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First Friday receptions 9/1/17
(Entertainment ~ 09/01/17)
The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri will host its fifth annual Members Exhibit, with an opening reception from 5 to 9 p.m. The show is a chance to celebrate and showcase the work of members and also gives the staff and exhibit committee an opportunity to identify talent for future exhibits. Awards will be announced at 6 p.m. and will be followed by the annual members' meeting. The Visual Arts Cooperative will be on display...
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Speak Out 9/1/17
(Speak Out ~ 09/01/17)
Today's (8/30) Speak Out comment stated that Trump is wise to not discuss details. Trump does not discuss details because he seems not to know details, shows disinterest in being informed of details and possibly does not possess the capability to comprehend details and their contexts and implications. ...
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When does honor become a symbol of evil?
(Column ~ 09/01/17)
Within hours of the events that transpired in Charlottesville, Virginia -- events that included unconscionable mayhem and death -- another event, promoting unity over discord and love over hate, transpired right here in Cape Girardeau. A group of individuals, still reeling from the images and sounds delivered by media of all sorts, gathered on the lawn of Courthouse Park atop the hill overlooking the city's historic downtown. They stood in solemn solidarity...
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Prayer 9/1/17
(Prayer ~ 09/01/17)
Lord Jesus, thank you that through you we have a hope and a future. Amen.
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