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New Year's Eve promises fun for a cause
(Entertainment ~ 12/29/17)
For many, the end of the calendar year marks the beginning of a new chapter, a fresh start, a clean slate. It's the time for resolutions to finally go back to the gym or start (and actually stick to) a new diet. But while Jan. 1 symbolizes that fresh start for so many, the real celebration happens the night before: New Year's Eve...
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Lawmaker: Missouri agency fails to report welfare-cut effects
(State News ~ 12/29/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The effect of Republican-backed welfare benefit cuts can't be analyzed because an annual report on the changes has not been produced as required, a Democratic lawmaker has said. Sen. Jake Hummel of St. Louis said it was "unacceptable" the state Department of Social Services hadn't produced a report as of Wednesday, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ...
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Cape school employees can enroll in EBO MD as health-care option
(Local News ~ 12/29/17)
Cape Girardeau Public Schools' employees soon will have access to EBO MD's services, a move superintendent Neil Glass said will be an extra benefit to employees. Glass said the administration started looking at EBO's services in fall 2017 as a way to supplement the district's existing insurance package...
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Cape furniture store owner buys former NARS building
(Local News ~ 12/29/17)
Cape Girardeau businessman Jack Ford has purchased the former NARS building and plans to relocate his Slumberland Furniture store to that Town Plaza site -- the latest chapter in the ongoing revitalization of the longtime shopping center. Ford said Thursday he purchased the 64,000-square-foot building Nov. 15 from St. Charles, Missouri-based Greater Missouri Builders, which owns the shopping center...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/29/17)
Today is Friday, Dec. 29, the 363rd day of 2017. There are two days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 29, 1170, Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was slain in Canterbury Cathedral by knights loyal to King Henry II. On this date:...
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Resolutions? I'm only making one for 2018
(Column ~ 12/29/17)
This, as you well know, is when a good many scribes turn their attention to the new year by making resolutions. I don't know what the official dictionary definition of "resolution" is, but we all know what it boils down to: something we say we are going to do because our lives will be better for it, but in fact we seldom accomplish...
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Humane Society hits milestone anniversary with good news
(Editorial ~ 12/29/17)
The Humane Society of Southeast Missouri has been around for 40 years. The organization recently celebrated its anniversary with some cake, cookies, hot chocolate and adoption discounts. The organization began in 1976 when Gynel Nickell was director and sheltered animals in her own home. That was two years before the facility was built near Route W in 1978...
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30-year veteran of St. Louis department named police chief
(State News ~ 12/29/17)
ST. LOUIS -- The new police chief in St. Louis is a 30-year veteran of the department described by community activists as a "fair and decent" man who will reach out to residents, including those with a strong distrust of police. Mayor Lyda Krewson on Thursday announced the hiring of John Hayden, who most recently has been a major in charge of the patrol division on the crime-riddled north side of St. Louis...
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Hollywood accusers named AP Entertainers of the Year
(Entertainment ~ 12/29/17)
NEW YORK -- Arguably the biggest thing that came from Hollywood this year wasn't a movie or a TV show. It had heroines and villains, but no script. And it went viral despite having no big publicity machinery behind it. The women who initially spoke out against sexual misconduct in Hollywood this fall -- inspiring millions of other women to tell their own stories of harassment and illegality on social media -- have been named The Associated Press Entertainers of the Year, voted by members of the news cooperative and AP entertainment reporters.. ...
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PMac Music's top-selling albums from Dec. 18 to Dec. 24
(Entertainment ~ 12/29/17)
NO. 1 Chris Stapleton, "From a Room, Vol. 1" NO. 2 Kid Rock, "Sweet Southern Sugar" NO. 3 David Gilmour, "Live at Pompeii" NO. 4 Walter Trout, "We're All In This Together" NO. 5 U2, "Songs of Experience"
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Ex-Miss Americas to help find new leaders
(Entertainment ~ 12/29/17)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Trashed by emails sent by pageant officials, former Miss Americas will help choose the new leaders of the Miss America Organization. The group told The Associated Press on Wednesday night it is enlisting the help of former Miss Americas and state directors to recommend the next generation of leaders for the pageant...
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Democrat Jones officially declared winner over Roy Moore
(National News ~ 12/29/17)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Democrat Doug Jones' historic victory over Republican Roy Moore was declared official Thursday as Alabama election officials certified him the winner of the special Senate election, despite Moore's last-minute lawsuit claiming voter fraud...
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Trump attacks China after report of North Korea oil transfer
(National News ~ 12/29/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump attacked China on Thursday following reports Chinese ships transferred oil to North Korean vessels at sea in violation of U.N. sanctions over the North's nuclear weapons program. Trump said on Twitter China had been "Caught RED HANDED," adding he was "very disappointed that China is allowing oil to go into North Korea."...
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Charity donations likely to drop next year due to tax law
(National News ~ 12/29/17)
WASHINGTON -- In this season of giving, charity seems to be getting an extra jolt because next year the popular tax deduction for donations will lose a lot of its punch. Traditionally generous Americans may have less incentive to give to charitable causes next year because of the newly minted tax law...
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Putin says St. Petersburg explosion was terror attack
(International News ~ 12/29/17)
MOSCOW -- The explosion at a supermarket in Russia's second-largest city was a terror attack, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, adding he has ordered security agencies to kill terror suspects on the spot if they resist arrest. Officials said 13 people were injured Wednesday when an improvised explosive device went off at a storage area for customers' bags at the supermarket in St. ...
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Definition mission: A rhyming limerick for each English word
(Community ~ 12/29/17)
One man's joke has become his mission: to give each word a rhyming definition. Chris Strolin was teasing English buffs in an online forum years ago when he said the dictionary should be rewritten in the singsong rhyme scheme of limericks. He ended up embracing the absurd bravado of his own wisecrack and decided to try it for real...
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Islamic State kills 41 in attack on Afghan cultural center
(International News ~ 12/29/17)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- An Islamic State suicide bomber struck a Shiite cultural center in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 41 people and underscoring the extremist group's growing reach in Afghanistan even as its self-styled caliphate in Iraq and Syria has been dismantled...
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James Lambert
(Obituary ~ 12/29/17)
James Howard Lambert, 56, of Fruitland passed away Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 4, 1961, in Carbondale, Illinois, son of Howard and Dena LaDonne Lane Lambert. He and Sudena Carriger were married Sept. 26, 1987, in Carbondale...
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Mary Ann Birk
(Obituary ~ 12/29/17)
Mary Ann Birk, 78, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 27, 1939, in Cape Girardeau to William Henry Edward and Helen Clara Wendel Hennecke. She was confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Gordonville, which was also the church where she and Orville Otto Birk were married on July 6, 1958. Their marriage was blessed with two children, and they had been married 54 years when Orville passed away Sept. 23, 2012...
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Harold Green Jr.
(Obituary ~ 12/29/17)
Harold George Green Jr., 71, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Dec. 25, 2017, at Southeast Hospital. He was born June 28, 1946, in Cape Girardeau to Harold G. and Gertrude Swan Green Sr. He married Mary Louise Grass on Aug. 8, 1970, in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri...
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William Voerg
(Obituary ~ 12/29/17)
William "Bill" Voerg, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Aug. 10, 1929, in St. Louis to Clarence and Lillian Juarez Voerg. He and Shirlene Rhyne were married Jan. 9, 1958, in New Albany, Mississippi...
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Effie Watkins
(Obituary ~ 12/29/17)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Effie Lee Merick Watkins was born in Sikeston, on Aug. 26, 1950, to the late Lloyd C. Merick and Helen Wilson Merick. She passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, at the age of 67. On Dec. 23, 1970, she married Jimmy D. Watkins in Bell City, Missouri. He preceded her in death May 16, 1975...
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Claudis Hency Jr.
(Obituary ~ 12/29/17)
LAKE WALES, Fla. -- Claudis W. Hency Jr., 90, of Lake Wales died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017, at Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center. He was born June 6, 1927, in Morley, Missouri, to Claudis W. and Lula Mae Estes Hency. He and Helen Louise Seabaugh were married Oct. 17, 1949, at Cape Girardeau. He served in the U.S. Army...
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Fred Kraft
(Obituary ~ 12/29/17)
Fred R. Kraft, 95, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Jan. 23, 1922, in Cape Girardeau to Bernhardt and Varina Schatte Kraft. Fred and Pauline Pobst were married Feb. 6, 1953, in Jackson. Pauline preceded Fred in death in 2010...
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Jackson police report: 12/29/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/29/17)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Tuesday n Peace disturbance was reported in the 2000 block of East Jackson Boulevard. n A domestic disturbance was reported in the 2500 block of Mansfield Place.
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Cape Girardeau police report: 12/29/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/29/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Two juveniles were arrested on suspicion of shoplifting at Kohls. n Two juveniles were taken into custody for assault. Assault n An assault was reported at 1701 Lacey St...
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Eric Langston
(Obituary ~ 12/29/17)
Eric Lynn Langston, 40, of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Sept. 29, 1977, in Cape Girardeau to Charles Lynn and Patsy Rumfelt Langston. He and Nikia Perdue were married Aug. 17, 2001, at Cape Girardeau...
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Cape Girardeau fire report: 12/29/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/29/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Wednesday n Medical assists were made at 2:10 a.m. on Broadway; at 7:35 a.m. on Independence Street; at 1:19 p.m. on North Frederick Street; at 3:22 p.m. on Themis Street; at 4 p.m. on Doctor's Park Drive; at 5:41 on Interstate 55;...
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Out of the past: Dec. 29
(Out of the Past ~ 12/29/17)
Missouri health officials are watching with concern the spread of hepatitis A in the St. Louis area, and a smaller outbreak of the disease in the Joplin area; in the past few months, 503 cases have been reported in St. Louis and an additional 276 cases in St. Louis County...
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Births 12/29/17
(Births ~ 12/29/17)
Daughter to Michael Thomas Crouch and Andrea Lynn Burton of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 11:27 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017. Name, Harper Elaine. Weight, 8 pounds, 9 ounces. Fifth child, fourth daughter. Burton is the former Andrea Portell, daughter of Chuck and Debbie Boyer of Festus, Missouri, and Kerry and Anna Portell of Festus. Crouch is the son of Tom and Chris Crouch of Fenton, Missouri...
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At least 12 dead in Bronx building fire, New York mayor says
(National News ~ 12/29/17)
NEW YORK -- Twelve people were dead and four more were fighting for their lives late Thursday after a fire swept through a Bronx apartment building, city officials said. The victims included a child about 1 year old, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said during a briefing outside the building...
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Eagle Scout donates bat boxes for installation near trails
(Local News ~ 12/29/17)
Bats local to Cape Girardeau may find new homes this spring in the city's parks, thanks to the efforts of 14-year-old Nick Hodges. And runners and walkers may have fewer mosquitoes to deal with because of them. Hodges constructed six cedar boxes to serve as shelter for the flying insectivores and donated them to fulfill a final requirement on his way to becoming an Eagle Scout...
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Model train exhibit at Cape Girardeau library
(Local News ~ 12/29/17)
From left, Asher Smith-Fulia, 6, Nathan Young, 2, Stacy Smith-Fulia, Alex Shrimplin, 8, and Alise Shrimplin, 6, watch as model trains ride along the tracks of Henry Graham's train exhibit Thursday at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. Alex Shrimplin's father has a passion for trains, and when Alex saw the exhibit, his eyes lit up as he watched...
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Freeda Smothers
(Obituary ~ 12/29/17)
Freeda Smothers, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017, at Monticello House in Jackson. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel, with the Rev. Mark Anderson officiating...
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Prayer 12/29/17
(Prayer ~ 12/29/17)
Thank you, Lord Jesus, that by grace we are saved through faith in you. Amen.
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State briefs 12/29/17
(State News ~ 12/29/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Lottery is looking for the winner of a $7.3 million Lotto jackpot. The lottery announced Thursday the winning ticket was purchased from the Brooklyn Mart in Kansas City. It contains the number combination of 5, 11, 14, 30, 33 and 34. The jackpot number was drawn Wednesday. The winner has until June 25 to claim the prize...
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Best Bet: Words on Fire poetry slam set
(Entertainment ~ 12/29/17)
The last Words on Fire Poetry Slam of 2017 will be just for fun. No judging this time. Just show up to listen, or read some of your favorite slam poems. As always at the slams, differing views will be expressed and are not necessarily those of hosts and sponsors. Some topics may not be appropriate for young children. The reading begins at 6 p.m. Saturday at Cup 'n' Cork, 11 S. Spanish St. in Cape Girardeau...
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Artifacts 12/29/17
(Entertainment ~ 12/29/17)
January exhibit at the Nature Center is "Cape Girardeau County Park Wildlife," by local photographer David Hopper. Each image displayed was captured at Cape County Park, which proves David's point it's not necessary to travel long distances to enjoy a variety of amazing wildlife. The viewing is free and open to the public. More information is at mdc.mo.gov/capenaturecenter...
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Suspect wearing 'Trust Me' T-shirt steals car
(National News ~ 12/29/17)
FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- A suspect wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with "Trust Me" is accused of stealing a car with an accomplice in Fairfax County, Virginia. The two suspects from Falls Church were arrested by police in the stolen car not long after the unlocked Honda Civic was taken as it warmed up. Wilmer Lara Garcia was charged with auto theft and two counts of forgery. Police said he was wearing the shirt that read "Trust Me." His accomplice was charged with auto theft...
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Actress Rose Marie of 'Dick Van Dyke Show' fame dies at 94
(Entertainment ~ 12/29/17)
LOS ANGELES -- Rose Marie, the wisecracking Sally Rogers of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and a show business lifer who began as a bobbed-hair child star in vaudeville and worked for nearly a century in theater, radio, TV and movies, died Thursday. She was 94...
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Wilma Summers
(Obituary ~ 12/29/17)
Wilma E. Summers, 93, of Jackson died Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m Tuesday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Revs. Jimmie Corbin and David Israel officiating...
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Paula Tripp
(Obituary ~ 12/29/17)
Paula Lynn Tripp, 66, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, at her home. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel.
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A Hallmark Movie Moment
(Submitted Story ~ 12/29/17)
As this year comes to an end, the memories of December 13th will remain in my heart. This is the third year that the Alpha Psi Chaper Of Gamma Gamma Sigma have helped make Caramels For A Cause a success! Each week, between October and the first week in December, four to six girls come to help cut and wrap thousands of homemade buttery caramels...
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