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Survivors recall attack on mosque in Egypt's Sinai, 305 dead
(International News ~ 11/26/17)
ISMAILIA, Egypt -- They arrived in five SUVs, took positions across from the mosque's door and windows, and just as the imam was about to deliver his Friday sermon from atop the pulpit, they opened fire and tossed grenades at the estimated 500 worshippers inside...
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Building's roof partly collapses at Memorial Park Cemetery
(Local News ~ 11/26/17)
Emergency personnel responded to a reported collapse of a main building Saturday near the entrance of Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. The report initially indicated the collapse in the cemetery's mausoleum. But after investigating, firefighters said the partially collapsed structure was a different building near the cemetery entrance...
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Cape Girardeau enters jet age; jet service to Chicago begins Friday
(Local News ~ 11/26/17)
Cape Girardeau will enter the jet age Friday with commercial passenger service to Chicago. Utah-based SkyWest Airlines, operating as United Express, will begin round-trip passenger service from the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport to Chicago's O'Hare Airport with an afternoon flight, local airport manager Bruce Loy said...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 11/26/17)
Today is Sunday, Nov. 26, the 330th day of 2017. There are 35 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 26, 1917, the National Hockey League was founded in Montreal, succeeding the National Hockey Association. On this date: In 1789, Americans observed a day of thanksgiving set aside by President George Washington to mark the adoption of the Constitution of the United States...
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Financial foundations: Junior Achievement program brings opportunity, fun for local students
(Community ~ 11/26/17)
Financial literacy might not sound like the most exciting subject, but for Becki Arends with Junior Achievement, it's a mission to improve the lives of thousands of children who might not otherwise learn to be financially savvy. Arends, who serves as the district manager for Southeast Missouri in the greater St. Louis region, said there's a wide range of programs and skills taught by volunteers at no cost to the schools...
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Christmas through the ages
(Column ~ 11/26/17)
Christmastime is a time that brings us all together. The sights, the smells, the joy is celebrated by people of all ages. Parents with newborns, infants and babies hurriedly and excitedly prepare for "Baby's First Christmas." Pictures, outfits, ornaments and toys fill the space in our homes, but it's the memories that fill the space in our hearts...
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FYI 11-26-17
(Community ~ 11/26/17)
The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring a trip to a Memphis Grizzlies game against the Oklahoma Thunder on Dec. 9. Cost of the trip is $70, which includes a game ticket and a round-trip charter bus ride to Memphis. The bus will leave the Osage Centre at 3:30 p.m. for the 8 p.m. contest. Limited number of tickets available. For more information, call (573) 339-6340 or email hdavis@cityofcape.org...
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Right at home: Sweet gifts for the home baker
(Community ~ 11/26/17)
If you've got home bakers on your holiday gift list, there are plenty of attractive and functional items on the market to help them whip up delectable goodies. Canadian artisan Brenda Watts of Hermitage, Prince Edward Island, makes French rolling pins out of flame birch in her Cattails Woodwork studio. They look like freshly baked baguettes, as decorative as they are useful...
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A scary-looking insect
(Column ~ 11/26/17)
I found this long-legged, scary-looking insect Nov. 19 while picking up wild pecans. The pecans were about 1 1/2-inches long. The body of this bug from head to end of abdomen is comparable to the length of the wild pecan. The photo shows that the bug has long legs and antennae that make the bug appear much bigger and scarier...
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Senior Center Menus for 11-28 through Dec. 1
(Community ~ 11/26/17)
Monday: Beefy soft tacos or chicken southwest soup, seasoned black beans, lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, tortilla chips and citrus fruit salad or cinnamon streusel cake. Tuesday: Oven-fried chicken or polish sausage and sauerkraut, mashed potatoes, California-blend vegetables, whole-grain hot roll and mixed fruit dessert or coconut cream pie...
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The best time of year
(Column ~ 11/26/17)
The weeks that stretch from Thanksgiving to Christmas and into the New Year are some of the best of the year. Yes, one can make an argument the new life of spring, the warmth of summer, or even the hibernation of fall could surpass the happy holidays of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's, but the next six weeks seem to rise above them all...
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Being thankful leads to joy
(Column ~ 11/26/17)
Do we desire to be joyful? It's a dumb question. Right? Everybody wants to be happy and joyful. Thanksgiving has passed and the holidays are fast approaching. For many, sizzling, beautifully browned turkeys and other delicacies lined kitchen tables, the aroma filling the air soon after entering the door. The dishes of meat, vegetables and home-baked bread, produced a smorgasbord of beauty and elegance. And delicious caked, pies, puddings and fruit were plentiful...
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A new hope
(Column ~ 11/26/17)
Today is the first Sunday of the season of Advent. In a world that is obsessed with immediate gratification, Advent invites us to enter into a time of waiting. We join with the ancient Israelites in waiting for the coming Messiah, and we continue to wait for the Second Coming of Christ. During Advent, we focus on four virtues: hope, peace, joy and love. Today's focus is on hope...
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Adopt Candy 11-26-17
(Community ~ 11/26/17)
This sweet baby is Candy. She is 8 months old and ready for a forever home. She is available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.
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Lighten up Shepherd's Pie with beef and cauliflower
(Community ~ 11/26/17)
The weather is getting colder and we're tucking into comfort food over in our home. Doing a recipe makeover on a tasty-but-less-than-healthy dish is one of my favorite challenges. Today, I'm taking on a wintertime classic with my Lightened Shepherd's Pie. ...
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Volunteering makes us all better
(Column ~ 11/26/17)
Ever since I was little, neighbor helped neighbor. One year, it seemed like either Grandpa Piihl was sick or Dad was sick because the neighbors all came in and put up Dad's hay. It seems like it was Grandpa Piihl that was sick, and Dad had to take him to Scottsbluff, Nebraska. I don't remember who, but they just came and helped...
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Embracing nature and the official launch of the holiday season
(Column ~ 11/26/17)
Happy birthday to John Siebert, Lisa Crippen, Ami Crouse, Dr. Thyimous Lambrou, Mary Ann Tierney, Helen Bickings, Marilyn Cook, Beverly Rice, John Walker, Ron Wooldridge, Wilma Metz, Dorothy Noble, Ralph Enderle, Justin Wilson, Kathy Kirn, Alison Ressel, Alberta Masterson, Crystal Pobst, Stella Tweedy, Amy Burnett, Darren Lincoln, Jonell Overfield, Alan Seabaugh, Kenny Lee, Teresa Tipler, Bill Rauch, Ryan Glastetter, Joseph Campbell, Autumn Gilmer, Loraine Reischman, Deborah Sadler, Lisa Parker, Kathy Moyers, Shelly Burnett, Jim Bollinger, Christina Smith, Billy Newton and Jerry Horman.. ...
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The Salvation Army kicks off kettle campaign
(Editorial ~ 11/26/17)
The Salvation Army is most visible (and most audible) during the Christmas season. The red kettle campaign and the corresponding bell ringing is a reminder of the service organization. But do you know what the Salvation Army does? As Marybeth Niederkorn reported in the Southeast Missourian several months ago, the Salvation Army offers youth programs, a food pantry, Meals with Friends, operates a thrift store and supports victims of natural disasters and other emergencies...
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Luxury converted nuclear missile silo lists on Airbnb
(National News ~ 11/26/17)
ESKRIDGE, Kan. -- A Cold War-era missile silo in rural northeast Kansas that housed a nuclear warhead 65 years ago and was later converted into an underground mansion is finding a new lease on life as an Airbnb location. The Subterra Castle Airbnb opened for business about six months ago. It's located in rural Wabaunsee County, about 15 miles southwest of Topeka, Kansas, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported...
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In Indian Country, honoring flag might mean different anthem
(National News ~ 11/26/17)
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- As debate rages about "taking a knee" during the national anthem to protest social injustice, Native Americans have a unique take on the issue as the ethnic group with the highest military-service rate and an enduring regard for warriors...
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Funeral held for U.S. border agent whose death not explained
(National News ~ 11/26/17)
EL PASO, Texas -- Family, friends and law-enforcement officers converged on West Texas on Saturday to mourn a Border Patrol agent whose death last weekend in a rugged, remote area has not been explained. Bagpipes played as pallbearers carried the U.S. flag-draped coffin of Rogelio Martinez into a Catholic church in El Paso for a private funeral. He died last weekend of head and other injuries...
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Percy Davis
(Obituary ~ 11/26/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Percy Eugene Davis, 94, of Perryville, died Nov. 25, 2017, at Independence Care Center in Perryville. Visitation will be 7:30 a.m. Monday until time of service at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville. The funeral service will be at 1 p.m., with Chaplain Elijah Allen officiating. Burial will be at Cape Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau, with military graveside honors provided by the VFW and U.S. Air Force...
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Robert Kutz
(Obituary ~ 11/26/17)
BIEHLE, Mo. -- Robert J. "Bob" Kutz, 70, of Biehle, died Nov. 24, 2017, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville, Missouri. He was born July 27, 1947, in Biehle, son of Jesse S. and Mary L. (Pingel) Kutz. He and Patricia M. Moll were married June 20, 1970. She survives in Biehle...
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Washington state experiments with providing schooling for adults
(National News ~ 11/26/17)
WASHINGTON -- A high-school dropout, Nicole Dickey adds fractions in math class at a charter school for adults, hoping to earn her high-school credentials and find a good-paying office job. "My life has changed; I am here to make it better," said Dickey, 39, who left high school after she became pregnant and spent the next two decades working low-paying jobs, raising five children, living on government assistance and struggling with alcoholism...
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Who's the boss come Monday at consumer agency?
(National News ~ 11/26/17)
Who's the boss? That's the awkward question after the departing head of a government agency charged with looking after consumers' rights appointed a deputy to temporarily fill his spot. The White House then named its own interim leader. So come Monday, who will be leading what Congressional Republicans had called a "rogue agency"?...
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Zimbabwean minister describes raid during military takeover
(International News ~ 11/26/17)
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwe's former finance minister testified Saturday that armed, masked men in uniform abducted him from his home during the military operation leading to the ouster of longtime leader Robert Mugabe and held him for a week in an unidentified location, fueling debate about the legality of the popular, mostly peaceful takeover by the armed forces...
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Zimbabwe judge says military action against Mugabe was legal
(International News ~ 11/26/17)
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwe's military action leading to Robert Mugabe's resignation was legal, a High Court judge has ruled in a key decision as the military seeks to show its moves were not a coup. Experts said it sets a dangerous precedent for the military to step in again...
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Does cellphone-sweeping 'StingRay' technology go too far?
(National News ~ 11/26/17)
NEW YORK -- New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Las Vegas are among scores of police departments across the country quietly using a highly secretive technology developed for the military that can track the whereabouts of suspects by using the signals constantly emitted by their cellphones...
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That's amore: Italian bridal serenades alive in Philadelphia
(Community ~ 11/26/17)
PHILADELPHIA -- Young couples in south Philadelphia are transforming something old into something new with their take on the Italian wedding serenade. The serenade has been a tradition for hundreds of years, particularly in southern Italian regions such as Naples, Puglia and Calabria. ...
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Lester McDaniel
(Obituary ~ 11/26/17)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Lester C. McDaniel, 81, of Phoenix, formerly of Sikeston, died Nov. 19, 2017, at the Care Center of Arrowhead in Phoenix. Services were held Friday in Phoenix. Final resting place for ashes will be in March 2018 at the Fairview Christian Church Cemetery in Murphysboro, Illinois...
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Alan Westrich
(Obituary ~ 11/26/17)
Alan Ray Westrich, 56, of Oak Ridge, died Friday, Nov. 24, 2017, at his home. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is in charge of arrangements.
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Cape Girardeau police report 11/26/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/26/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do no imply guilt. Arrests n Kaitlyn Dodd, 18, of Cape Girardeau was arrested at 209 Marlin Drive on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for failure to obey judge...
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Out of the past: Nov. 26
(Out of the Past ~ 11/26/17)
Thanksgiving Day. Conveying the spirit of the holiday, the Salvation Army hosts its 10th annual community Thanksgiving dinner; about 220 people are served a holiday meal at the Army center at 701 Good Hope St.; another 160 meals are delivered to homes of people who can't make it to the center...
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7 arrested during mall protest in suburban St. Louis
(State News ~ 11/26/17)
ST. LOUIS -- A protest forced a large suburban St. Louis shopping mall to close for an hour on the day after Thanksgiving, one of the year's busiest shopping days, and renewed concerns by protest leaders about how police handle demonstrations. Protesters marched Friday at the St. Louis Galleria mall. Richmond Heights, Missouri, police said in a statement seven people were arrested for failure to disperse. One of the seven also was cited for assaulting an officer...
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Rape-kit audit set to be done in early 2018
(State News ~ 11/26/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Attorney General's Office said it hopes to determine by early next year how many untested rape kits are on shelves in Missouri -- a first step in an effort to improve the state's response to sexual assault. Attorney General Josh Hawley's deputy chief of staff, Loree Anne Paradise, said the office is working with advocacy groups and others to determine the best way to find out how many kits have not been tested and what factors led to the backlog...
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Gus Preusser
(Obituary ~ 11/26/17)
Gustav Benjamin "Gus" Preusser, 95, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 20, 1922, in Shawneetown to Otto Reinhold and Hattie Eva Hemmann Preusser. He and Virgie E. Steinborn Villhard were married Aug. 10, 1974, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. They had been married 38 years when Virgie passed away April 4, 2013...
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Viola Trankler
(Obituary ~ 11/26/17)
Viola Trankler NEW HAMBURG -- Viola Mary Trankler, 95, of New Hamburg peacefully went to meet our heavenly father on her 95th birthday, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 22, 1922, to the late Frank and Agnes Wiedefeld Glueck of Kelso, Missouri. Viola first married Marcus Blattel on June 5, 1947. He preceded her in death in March 1971. She later married Bill Trankler. He also preceded her in death, Feb. 17, 1992...
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Cletus Reutzel
(Obituary ~ 11/26/17)
Cletus Reutzel, 88, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 5, 1929, in his family's house in Marble Hill, Missouri, son of Otto and Dora Reutzel. Cletus and Louella Stephens were married Dec. 25, 1953, in Lutesville, Missouri, and she passed away Oct. 15, 2014...
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Mildred Beasley
(Obituary ~ 11/26/17)
Mildred Beasley Mildred Eileen Beasley, 89, of Tamms, Illinois, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Lindsey Cemetery in McClure, Illinois, with Rev. Jay Franklin officiating. Interment will follow. Friends are asked to meet at the cemetery prior to service time...
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Anna Graham
(Obituary ~ 11/26/17)
Anna Faye Graham, 79, of Scott City died Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017, at her home. Services were held Saturday at the Amick-Burnett Chapel in Scott City.
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Sadie Mosley
(Obituary ~ 11/26/17)
Sadie Mosley, 88, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017, at her home. She was born on Sept. 9, 1929, in Scooba, Mississippi, to Ples and Mary Nicholson. She married Edgar Mosley on Dec. 10, 1945. He survives. Sadie was a devout believer in Jesus Christ and accepted him as her Lord and Savior in 1941. She was a member of Second Missionary Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau, where she served as treasurer of the mission and usher...
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Construction worker charged in shooting
(Local News ~ 11/26/17)
A Cape Girardeau construction worker has been charged with assault and armed criminal action in connection with a shooting incident Wednesday, police said. Rohan G. Francis, 43, who was arrested at the scene, was charged with two counts of assault in the first degree and two counts of armed criminal action, said Sgt. Rick Schmidt, public information officer for the Cape Girardeau Police Department...
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Small Business Saturday clients: The personal touch sells
(Local News ~ 11/26/17)
While some prefer the convenience of online shopping, many Cape Girardeau and Jackson residents took preference to purchasing personal, custom gifts from locally owned retailers during this year's Small Business Saturday sales. The nationwide sales holiday began as a marketing campaign by American Express in 2010 dedicated to helping small businesses gain exposure...
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Prayer 11/26/17
(Prayer ~ 11/26/17)
Father God, thank you that we can freely read your Holy Word and worship you. Amen.
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Petzoldt -- Schlegel
(Wedding ~ 11/26/17)
Adelyn Renee Petzoldt and Seth Michael Schlegel were married Sept. 16 in an outdoor wedding at Deerfield Lodge in Cape Girardeau. Justin Pobst performed the ceremony. Music was provided by Michael Creech with Diamond Sound. The bride is the daughter of Roger Petzoldt and Dena Stoelb, both of Jackson. The groom is the son of Matt and Kristen Schlegel of Jackson...
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Nolan Turner Harvests First Deer
(Submitted Story ~ 11/26/17)
Nolan Turner harvested his first deer on Friday, November 24 in Wayne County. Nolan is an eight year old from Jackson.
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