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Dump truck driver who crashed died of cardiac arrest, police say
(Local News ~ 10/10/17)
A dump truck overturned in Cape Girardeau County Tuesday morning when the driver suffered a cardiac episode behind the wheel, deputies said. The driver was hauling a load of gravel near the intersection of county roads 337 and 340 when the crash occurred some time before noon, said Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop E spokesperson Sgt. Clark Parrott Tuesday...
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No trick-or-treating at West Park Mall this year
(Local News ~ 10/10/17)
The West Park Mall will not host its annual trick-or-treat event this year, according to multiple signs posted on mall entrances. West Park Mall has welcomed trick-or-treaters since at least 1987, according to newspaper archives. Mall staff declined to comment, referring questions to the corporate office of CBL Properties, which owns West Park Mall. Attempts to reach a mall spokesperson by email and telephone were unsuccessful Monday.
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Ships to stay docked in Cape a week longer
(Local News ~ 10/10/17)
The replica versions of Christopher Columbus’ Nina and Pinta will stay in Cape Girardeau for several extra days. The ships were scheduled to stay only until Sunday, Oct. 8, but now will remain on exhibit through Oct. 15. A combination of factors caused the extension, said Collin Foster, a deckhand on the Pinta...
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Bloomfield veterans cemetery director retires
(Local News ~ 10/10/17)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — The Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield has had only one director since construction began on the cemetery in 2002 — but that will change soon as Ken Swearengin recently chose to retire. Swearengin told a crowd of state officials, veterans, employees and friends during a reception Sept. 28 his decision to retire was a difficult one, but in the end, he decided he needed to spend more time with his family...
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Jackson seeking public input on shipping-container homes
(Local News ~ 10/10/17)
The city of Jackson is looking for public input on shipping containers as building materials, after Cape Girardeau debated for months on the issue. Jackson’s planning and zoning commission will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Jackson City Hall, 101 Court St...
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Cape Chinese restaurant purchases old Ponderosa property in Perryville
(Local News ~ 10/10/17)
A Cape Girardeau restaurant seeking to expand has purchased the building that previously housed a Ponderosa Steakhouse franchise in Perryville, Missouri, Lorimont Place Ltd. commercial broker Tom Kelsey said Monday in a news release. Xiu Kai Zhang and his wife, Huli Hua Lin, of Kaizhi Enterprises LLC, purchased the 7,900-square-foot building at 1301 S. Perryville Blvd., near Interstate 55 exit 129...
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College algebra to be removed from Southeast required curriculum
(Local News ~ 10/10/17)
College algebra is leaving the curriculum as of Fall 2018, according to Southeast Missouri State University Math Department officials, and will be replaced by one of several courses better adapted to a student’s degree path. Tamela Randolph, mathematics department chairwoman, said the process started in 2014, when the Missouri Department of Higher Education, or DHE, created a task force to review mathematics requirements at the university level...
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Scott City council passes measures to block treatment plant project
(Local News ~ 10/10/17)
The Scott City council unanimously passed six measures Monday that could effectively prevent a proposed railroad-tie treatment plant from being established in the community. A crowd of more than 30 residents applauded after the council passed the ordinances at a special session at city hall...
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More meetings planned for Mayfield Center, dinosaur museum
(Local News ~ 10/10/17)
Following the first public meeting to discuss the future of the Bollinger County Museum of Natural History and the Mayfield Cultural Center, the two boards of directors have announced they plan to meet Thursday, and then will hold subsequent open meetings...
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One of Cape's oldest mom-and-pop restaurants opens in new location
(Local News ~ 10/10/17)
In 1972, landing a day-a-week serving shift at Sands Pancake House was a godsend for Betty Collins. "I didn't have a job," she explained. "So I was thrilled to death." As it happened, she got a full-time job the following week at a different business, but kept the day-a-week shift just in case...
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Condemning a lack of condemnation; resident pushes city to do more on South Ellis
(Local News ~ 10/10/17)
Cape Girardeau resident Debra Hamilton saw the rundown, vacant houses in the 800 block of South Ellis Street, a neighborhood where her uncle lives and her late grandmother called home. Squatters lived in some of them. Drug addicts frequented them, said Hamilton, who grew up in the south part of the city...
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Park maintenance, aquatic center among tax topics proposal meeting
(Local News ~ 10/10/17)
More money for park maintenance and construction of an indoor aquatic center are two of the items mentioned by Cape Girardeau residents who turned out for a public meeting Tuesday regarding the proposed renewal of a parks and stormwater sales tax. More than 30 people, including city staff and four council members, attended the meeting, held at the 4-H Exhibit Hall at Arena Park. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/10/17)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, Oct. 10, the 283rd day of 2017. There are 82 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 10, 1967, the Outer Space Treaty, prohibiting the placing of weapons of mass destruction on the moon or elsewhere in space, entered into force...
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Why evil will never win
(Column ~ 10/10/17)
It will never work. Not in America. Evil will never win because Americans are … well, Americans. Let me explain. We hear it repeatedly. Whether we’re talking about terrorism in the sense of an organized group perpetrating horrific acts or the looser definition of terrorism that involves a lone individual targeting people at a theater or church or concert, we hear that the goal is to incite fear, the result of which is a complete change in our way of life. ...
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Southeast Missourian wins 47 awards in state contest
(Editorial ~ 10/10/17)
"I would feel as if I got my money's (and) brain's worth each day with this daily," the judge wrote. "It is diverse, well-written and reported (with a) clean, organized layout which really helps break up the gray inside. Nice, engaging photos. ..." Those words came from the 2017 Missouri Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest, specifically in the category of general excellence, of which the Southeast Missourian took home first place. ...
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Hollywood condemnation of Weinstein grows louder
(Entertainment ~ 10/10/17)
LOS ANGELES -- The Hollywood establishment, slow to react to the initial sexual-harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein, began speaking out against him more forcefully Monday after the powerful studio boss was fired by his own company. Among the A-listers weighing in were his longtime allies and beneficiaries Meryl Streep, Judi Dench and director Kevin Smith. ...
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Shark suit runs afoul of 'burqa ban' law in Austria
(International News ~ 10/10/17)
VIENNA -- An Austrian law that forbids any kind of full-face covering including Islamic veils has claimed an unusual victim -- a man wearing a shark suit. Police say they issued a citation Monday after the man -- part of a street advertising campaign for the McShark computer chain stores -- refused several requests to take off his shark head. ...
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Another official facing manslaughter charge in Flint water
(National News ~ 10/10/17)
FLINT, Mich. -- A special prosecutor said Monday he will add a charge of involuntary manslaughter against Michigan's chief medical executive in a criminal investigation of the tainted water crisis in Flint and an extraordinary outbreak of Legionnaires' disease...
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Fake news is still here, despite efforts by Google, Facebook
(National News ~ 10/10/17)
Nearly a year after Facebook and Google launched offensives against fake news, they're still inadvertently promoting it -- often at the worst possible times. Online services designed to engross users aren't so easily retooled to promote greater accuracy, it turns out. Especially with online trolls, pranksters and more malicious types scheming to evade new controls as they're rolled out...
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Engineers: Lives lost in Mexico quake could have been saved
(International News ~ 10/10/17)
MEXICO CITY -- Nearly two-thirds of the buildings that collapsed in Mexico City's monstrous earthquake last month were built using a construction method that is now forbidden in seismic hotspots in the United States, Chile and New Zealand, according to new data compiled by a team of structural engineers at Stanford University...
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Environmental groups denounce Trump override of climate plan
(National News ~ 10/10/17)
HAZARD, Ky. -- A coalition of left-leaning states and environmental groups is vowing to fight the Trump administration's move to kill an Obama-era effort to limit carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants. Speaking on Monday in the coal-mining state of Kentucky, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt said he would be issuing a new set of rules overriding the Clean Power Plan, the centerpiece of President Barack Obama's drive to curb global climate change...
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Nate remnants drench Northeast; most power back on in South
(National News ~ 10/10/17)
BILOXI, Miss. -- Remnants of Hurricane Nate buffeted the U.S. Northeast with wind and rain Monday while power crews restored most electrical service on the Gulf Coast and an overdue cruise ship delayed by the storm finally headed into port. With the center of the tropical depression located near the eastern shore of Lake Erie, forecasters said parts of Pennsylvania and New York could receive 2 inches of rain or more. Police in Amherst, New York, shared photos of water covering some roads...
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Richard Thaler wins Nobel for behavioral economics
(International News ~ 10/10/17)
STOCKHOLM -- The Nobel prize in economics was awarded Monday to Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago for research showing how people's choices on economic matters -- whether on savings or game shows like "Deal or No Deal" -- are not always rational...
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FDA considers gene therapy for blindness
(National News ~ 10/10/17)
A girl saw her mother's face for the first time. A boy tore through the aisles of Target, marveling at toys he never knew existed. A teen walked onto a stage and watched the stunned expressions of celebrity judges as he wowed "America's Got Talent."...
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Deadly wildfires engulf California
(National News ~ 10/10/17)
SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- Wildfires whipped by powerful winds swept through California wine country Monday, killing at least 10 people, destroying 1,500 homes and businesses and sending thousands fleeing as flames raged unchecked through high-end resorts, grocery stores and tree-lined neighborhoods...
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Out of the past: Oct. 10
(Out of the Past ~ 10/10/17)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Medical care in Cairo has taken a step forward with the relocation and expansion of Community Health Services Inc.; a 20,000-square-foot mega-clinic opened this week on a five-acre tract near the Interstate 57 and Highway 3 intersection north of Cairo; prior to moving to its new location, Community Health was housed on the top four floors of the post office building in Cairo...
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Leo Niemczyk
(Obituary ~ 10/10/17)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- After having received the last rites of the Holy Roman Catholic Church and with his family at his bedside, Leo "Pat" Niemczyk, 86, formerly of Bell City, Missouri, died Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. Leo was born June 28, 1931, in St. Louis, the youngest son of August and Frances Malon Niemczyk...
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Martha Martin
(Obituary ~ 10/10/17)
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Martha Esther Martin, 92, passed away Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, from a stroke at Peachtree Assisted Living Facility in Surprise. She was born April 18, 1925, at Advance, Missouri, daughter of Anna Schonhoff Martin and Albert Martin, who are deceased...
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Alida Goodpasture
(Obituary ~ 10/10/17)
Alida W. Goodpasture, 95, of Jackson died Monday, Oct. 9, 2017, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau and from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Hanover Lutheran Church...
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Frank Dybel
(Obituary ~ 10/10/17)
Frank Dybel, 89, of Jackson went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017. He was born Oct. 4, 1928, in Whiting, Indiana, to John and Katherine Popek Dybel. Frank was a veteran of the U.S. Army, honorably serving during the Korean War. He was the beloved uncle of numerous nieces and nephews...
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Billy Drury
(Obituary ~ 10/10/17)
Billy Joe Drury, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, at Hermitage Gardens of Oxford in Oxford, Mississippi. He was born April 2, 1928, in Cape Girardeau to William and Daisy McKee Drury. He was a member of Maple United Methodist Church...
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Hayden Carrington
(Obituary ~ 10/10/17)
Hayden Ford Carrington, 16, of Jackson died Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Notre Dame Regional High School in Cape Girardeau, with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau...
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Cape Girardeau police report 10/10/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/10/17)
DWIS n Michael L. Hatcher, 38, of Sikeston, Missouri, was arrested at South Kingshighway and Shawnee Parkway on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of driving while intoxicated at William and Christine streets...
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Woman jailed on murder charge found dead in cell
(State News ~ 10/10/17)
HILLSBORO, Mo. — The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department in suburban St. Louis is investigating the death of a female murder suspect, though indications are she killed herself. Sheriff Dave Marshak said 48-year-old Laurel Leeker had been jailed since Aug. 22 ...
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Missouri man who used Medicaid funds on strippers sentenced
(State News ~ 10/10/17)
ST. LOUIS — The owner of a Festus, Missouri, nursing home who used Medicaid funds for strippers, gambling and other personal expenses while the facilities were falling apart has been sentenced to nearly 3 1/2 years in prison. ...
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Elaborate marriage proposal takes over St. Louis' Arch
(State News ~ 10/10/17)
ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis couple is celebrating their engagement after an elaborate proposal took over the Arch grounds. KSDK-TV reported Matthew Nichols asked his girlfriend of five years, Nitya, to look out onto the grounds from inside the Gateway Arch on Saturday. ...
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Judge rules Missouri owes $26.3 million to blind residents
(State News ~ 10/10/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A judge has ruled the state of Missouri owes $26.3 million to more than 3,000 blind people who were underpaid by the Department of Social Services' blind pension fund. The fund was established in the 1920s to provide a social safety net for the blind. ...
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Complaints over dicamba chemical continue in Missouri
(State News ~ 10/10/17)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Agriculture is continuing to receive complaints from farmers about the chemical dicamba drifting onto their fields and damaging their crops, especially soybeans. More than 310 complaints have come into the agency so far this year, the highest number in years, with most of the complaints coming from Southeast Missouri, The Columbia Missourian reported. An estimated 325,000 acres of farmland in Missouri were damaged this summer...
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Missouri abortion lawsuit heading to state Supreme Court
(State News ~ 10/10/17)
ST. LOUIS -- One of the nation's longest waiting periods for an abortion will face the scrutiny of the Missouri Supreme Court after a state appeals court ruled in favor of an adherent of the Satanic Temple who challenged the law on religious grounds...
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Speak Out 10/10/17
(Speak Out ~ 10/10/17)
Troll alert! Posting links to misinformation and/or propaganda on Facebook and other social media sites is slowly but surely decreasing as society is starting to get ever more sick and tired of this disruptive deterrence to getting the straight story...
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Prayer 10/10/17
(Prayer ~ 10/10/17)
O Lord God, we praise you, our Everlasting Father and magnificent Creator. Amen.
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Mary Inez Knott
(Obituary ~ 10/10/17)
Mary Inez Knott, 86, of Jackson passed away Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 28, 1930, in Jackson to Martin H. and Mary Louise Steimel Sievers. She and Alphonse Knott were married Oct. 20, 1950, in Jackson. They had been married 49 years when Alphonse passed away Feb. 2, 2000...
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Ralph Mayfield
(Obituary ~ 10/10/17)
Ralph Eugene Mayfield, 86, of Jackson passed away Monday, Oct. 9, 2017, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was the first born son to Dale and Alpha Allen Mayfield on Aug. 26, 1931, in Mayfield, Missouri. Ralph and Vera Dean Rhodes were married July 1, 1956, in Sedgewickville, Missouri, by the Rev. Harley Statler...
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B Team Volleyball Tournament
(Submitted Story ~ 10/10/17)
The B Volleyball Tournament was hosted by Guardian Angel School, Oran, MO at Oran High School on October 5-7. With a record of 13 wins and 3 losses, the Guardian Angel Redwings received 2nd in the Christian League and also won 2nd in the tournament. The team is coached by Robin Watkins, Denise Dirnberger, and Toni Hency. Congratulations to the Guardian Angel Redwings B Volleyball teams...
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A Team Volleyball Tournament
(Submitted Story ~ 10/10/17)
The A Volleyball Tournament was hosted by Kelso C-7 at the St. Lawrence Parish Center in New Hamburg, MO on October 8-9. With a record of 11 wins and 1 loss, the Guardian Angel Redwings of Oran, MO received 1st in the Christian League and also won 1st place in the tournament. The team is coached by Robin Watkins, Denise Dirnberger, and Toni Hency. Congratulations to the Guardian Angel Redwings A Volleyball team...
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Halloween House Games
(Submitted Story ~ 10/10/17)
Friday, October 6, was time for fun with house games again at Guardian Angel School in Oran, MO. The theme for the games was Halloween. Game one was Spider Races. The members had to blow a spider ring across a table. The fastest team to achieve all 4 members doing this first was the winner. ...
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Could Vegas police have taken down the gunman sooner?
(National News ~ 10/10/17)
The revised timeline given by investigators for the Las Vegas massacre raises questions about whether better communication might have allowed police to respond more quickly and take out the gunman before he could kill and wound so many people. On Monday, Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Stephen Paddock shot and wounded a Mandalay Bay hotel security guard outside his door and sprayed 200 bullets down the hall six minutes before he opened fire Oct. ...
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