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Payne to retire from CTC in June; new director named
(Local News ~ 01/24/18)
After 28 years with the Cape Girardeau public school system, Career and Technology Center director Rich Payne will retire at the end of June. Payne, who has been the CTC’s director for 18 years, said what he’s most proud of is the center’s continued efforts to upgrade and create innovative programming for the region...
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Renovate, Common Pleas or something new? Council gets 'ball rolling' on city hall solution
(Local News ~ 01/24/18)
Cape Girardeau city officials plan to pursue a needs study to explore the feasibility of renovating city hall, relocating to the Common Pleas Courthouse or building a new city hall. Mayor Harry Rediger said a needs study is warranted to look at all three options...
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City, school district unveil ambitious vision for Jefferson Elementary, community
(Local News ~ 01/24/18)
Cape Girardeau city and school officials are building a vision for a development that combines an aquatic center with a learning initiative at Jefferson Elementary School. The plan includes a preschool, medical clinic and a potential extension to Minnesota Avenue to meet Highway 74, superintendent Neil Glass said...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/24/18)
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 24, the 24th day of 2018. There are 341 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill in northern California, a discovery that led to the gold rush of '49...
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National media continue groupthink liberalism
(Column ~ 01/24/18)
It's universally accepted that the major media giants -- with the exception of Fox News -- are blatantly liberal, anti-Trumpers. Even Fox has a handful of liberal-leaning anchors who loudly question the President. But my question is why these mainstream media moguls remain in lockstep with the socialist left...
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What kind of a man is our governor?
(Column ~ 01/24/18)
Do you want to know what happens when a person starts to write a regular newspaper column? Others start emailing and contacting the columnist with ideas. This week's main topic: Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens and his admitted affair. I have little to add, other than sadness and disappointment about what is bubbling up all around the country: men behaving badly, despicably, potentially criminally. ...
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Location saves county funds
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/24/18)
One year ago, the Cape Girardeau County Commission relocated the State of Missouri 32nd Judicial Circuit Juvenile Division staff to the new juvenile center at 2137 Rust Avenue. After one year situated at the new site and no longer maintaining two outdated facilities, we were able to return 19 percent of our allowable funds to the county general revenue budget because of better efficiencies in work processes and lowered costs to operate...
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Apple to expand into speaker market with HomePod
(Community ~ 01/24/18)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple is finally ready to launch its attempt to compete with the internet-connected speakers made by Amazon and Google with the release of its long-awaited HomePod. Pre-orders for the HomePod will begin Friday in the U.S, U.K. and Australia, two weeks before the speaker goes on sale in stores for $349...
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'Shape of Water,' 'Three Billboards' lead Oscar nominations
(Entertainment ~ 01/24/18)
NEW YORK -- Guillermo del Toro's lavish monster romance "The Shape of Water" fished out a leading 13 nominations, Greta Gerwig became just the fifth woman nominated for best director and "Mudbound" director of photography Rachel Morrison made history as the first woman nominated for best cinematography in nominations announced Tuesday for the 90th annual Academy Awards...
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India, Canada defend trade as U.S. imposes tariffs
(International News ~ 01/24/18)
DAVOS, Switzerland -- Just hours after President Donald Trump approved new tariffs on imports, the leaders of Canada and India came out forcefully Tuesday against a drift toward protectionism in the global economy. While Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said new barriers to trade could pose a danger on a par with climate change and extremist attacks, his Canadian peer, Justin Trudeau, revealed his country and the 10 remaining members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership have revised their trade deal in the wake of the U.S. ...
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Pence visits Wall amid tensions tensions with Palestinians
(International News ~ 01/24/18)
JERUSALEM -- Vice President Mike Pence placed his hand on the hallowed Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on Tuesday as he wrapped up a four-day trip to the Mideast, ending with Palestinians still fuming over the Trump administration's decision to recognize the city as Israel's capital...
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Car bombs kill dozens in Benghazi
(International News ~ 01/24/18)
BENGHAZI, Libya -- Twin car bombs exploded as people left a mosque in a residential area of the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Tuesday night, killing 27 and wounding over 30 in an attack timed to cause mass casualties among first responders, officials said...
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U.S. pulled multiple ways in Syria as IS recedes
(National News ~ 01/24/18)
WASHINGTON -- For the last years, the United States could neatly sum its objective in Syria in a single, uncontroversial bullet point: fighting the Islamic State group. Now that the extremists have been squeezed from all but the last bits of their former territory, the Trump administration is struggling to define the boundaries of its mission, and how and when America's lengthy engagement will end...
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Thousands flee advancing Turks
(International News ~ 01/24/18)
BEIRUT -- France's top diplomat and the U.S. defense secretary Tuesday urged Turkey to exercise restraint in its offensive against an enclave controlled by a Kurdish militia in northern Syria, where civilians are reportedly on the run or hunkered down in basements and caves in fear of the advancing Turkish military and allied troops...
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Quake sends Alaskans fleeing feared tsunami
(National News ~ 01/24/18)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A powerful undersea earthquake sent Alaskans fumbling for suitcases and racing to evacuation centers in the middle of the night after a cellphone alert warned a tsunami could hit communities along the state's southern coast and parts of British Columbia...
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Mueller interviews Sessions on Russia
(National News ~ 01/24/18)
WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Jeff Sessions was interviewed for hours last week in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, the Justice Department confirmed Tuesday. He's the highest-ranking Trump administration official and first Cabinet member known to have submitted to questioning...
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Schumer: No wall funds
(National News ~ 01/24/18)
WASHINGTON -- Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Tuesday pulled back an offer of $25 billion for President Donald Trump's long-promised southern border wall, as lawmakers scrambled to figure out how to push a deal to protect 700,000 or more so-called Dreamer immigrants from deportation...
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Trump's move may nudge holdout GOP states to expand Medicaid
(National News ~ 01/24/18)
WASHINGTON -- In an ironic twist, the Trump administration's embrace of work requirements for low-income people on Medicaid is prompting lawmakers in some conservative states to resurrect plans to expand health care for the poor. President Donald Trump's move has been widely criticized as threatening the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion. But if states follow through, more Americans could get coverage...
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2 dead, 17 injured in Kentucky school shooting; suspect held
(National News ~ 01/24/18)
BENTON, Ky. -- A 15-year-old student killed two classmates and hit a dozen others with gunfire Tuesday, methodically firing a handgun inside a crowded atrium at his rural Kentucky high school. "He was determined. He knew what he was doing," said Alexandria Caporali, who grabbed her stunned friend and ran into a classroom as their classmates hit the floor...
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Out of the past: Jan. 24
(Out of the Past ~ 01/24/18)
The Board of Social Ministry of Hanover Lutheran Church has invited the Rev. Dennis Conrad to preach at this morning's worship service; his theme is "Social Ministry: Reaching Out to People in Need"; Conrad has served as executive director of the Council of Lutheran Churches in St. Louis since 1986...
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Scott Wright
(Obituary ~ 01/24/18)
Scott McDaniel Wright of Cape Girardeau departed this life Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, at the age of 38. Born Nov. 12, 1979, he was the son of Kathryn Oldsen Wright and the late Steven Wayne Wright. He was a graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School, and an active athlete with Special Olympics of Missouri. ...
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Bill Thompson
(Obituary ~ 01/24/18)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- W.R. "Bill" Thompson, 81, died Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, at his home in Charleston. He was born Sept. 17, 1936, in Charleston to William Hazzard and Edna Mae McElmurry Thompson. A resident of Mississippi County, Missouri, his entire life, he was a graduate of Charleston High School and then studied agriculture at the University of Missouri in Columbia. ...
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Ruby Mueller
(Obituary ~ 01/24/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Ruby Frieda Mueller, 87, of Perryville died Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, at the Ste. Genevieve Care Center in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. Friday at Young and Sons Funeral Home...
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James 'Jay' McDowell
(Obituary ~ 01/24/18)
LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. — James “Jay” McDowell, 64, of Lee’s Summit passed away Monday, Jan. 8, 2018. Jay was born May 17, 1953, in Madisonville, Kentucky, to James Curtis Sr. and Jessie Wright McDowell. After high school, he attended Southeast Missouri State University, where he met the love of his life, Ellen Gunter. They were married Dec. 29, 1973...
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Dorothy Mayberry
(Obituary ~ 01/24/18)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Dorothy Jean Franklin Mayberry, 80, of Cairo passed away at midnight Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, at Charleston Manor in Charleston, Missouri. She was born Sept. 3, 1937, in Cairo, daughter of the late Clurie Cullum Franklin and Florence Lucille Kennedy Franklin...
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Joseph Halter
(Obituary ~ 01/24/18)
Joseph J. Halter, 87, died Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 20, 1930, in Uniontown, Missouri, to Benjamin and Clara Meyer Halter. He was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral. He was also a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3838 and the American Legion Post 63 in Cape Girardeau...
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Joseph Culver Sr.
(Obituary ~ 01/24/18)
Joseph R. "Joe" Culver Sr., 63, of Jackson passed away Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 16, 1954, in Marion, Indiana, to Louis Harrison and Lois Harriet Chockley Culver. He and Diana Hale were married Jan. 1, 1975, at First Baptist Church in Jackson...
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Cletus Crites
(Obituary ~ 01/24/18)
Cletus Elmer Crites, 73, of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, at Heartland Care and Rehab Center. He was born May 14, 1944, in Warrensburg, Missouri, son of Elmer R. and O. Lorene Rion Crites. Cletus was a member of First Baptist Church in Jackson. He worked as a farmhand and later worked for VIP Industries from 1980 to 1999...
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Clifford Braden
(Obituary ~ 01/24/18)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Clifford E. "Bud" Braden, 97, of Cobden died Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Anna, Illinois.
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Jodie Blandford
(Obituary ~ 01/24/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Jodie Blandford, 24, of Perryville died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, in Johnson County, Illinois. She was born Sept. 9, 1993, in Perryville, daughter of Larry and Julia Hotop Blandford of Perryville. Jodie graduated from Perryville High School in 2012. She volunteered with the Special Olympics. She attended Southeast Missouri State University...
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Runaway llama captured in eastern Missouri's Franklin County
(State News ~ 01/24/18)
LUEBBERING, Mo. — A llama has been captured after spending months on the lam in eastern Missouri. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the llama was spotted eating grass along roads and jumping into animal enclosures in the Luebbering area of Franklin County, about 40 miles southwest of St. Louis. ...
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Missouri lawmakers raise concerns about school busing cuts
(State News ~ 01/24/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Some Missouri lawmakers are raising concerns about Gov. Eric Greitens’ plan to continue cuts to school transportation funding. Public schools originally were budgeted to receive $105 million in state transportation aid in the 2018 fiscal year. ...
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Missouri bill pushes expungement for trafficking victims
(State News ~ 01/24/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri bill would allow sex-trafficking victims who have pleaded guilty or been convicted of prostitution to apply to have the conviction removed from their record. The bill was heard Monday by the Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, the Columbia Missourian reported...
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Satanic Temple member fights Missouri abortion restrictions
(State News ~ 01/24/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether some of the state's abortion restrictions violate the religious beliefs of a woman who is part of the Satanic Temple. An attorney for the woman made the unusual argument Tuesday as he asked Missouri's highest court to block the state's mandatory three-day waiting period for abortions and requirements doctors providing abortions give women a booklet that states "the life of each human being begins at conception," offer them an ultrasound and give them an opportunity to hear the fetal heartbeat.. ...
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Prayer 1/24/18
(Prayer ~ 01/24/18)
O Lord God, may we forgive others as you forgive us. Amen.
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Births 1/24/18
(Births ~ 01/24/18)
Daughter to Kody Nelson and Jessie Lea Thompson of Millersville, Southeast Hospital, 6:43 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. Name, Gemma Faye. Weight 6 pounds, 14 ounces. First child. Mrs. Thompson is the former Jessie Sexton, daughter of Mike Sexton and Connie Sexton of West Plains, Missouri. She is a dental hygienist at Jackson Dental. Thompson is the son of John Thompson and Teresa Thompson of Jackson. He is an insurance agent with American Life...
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I-55 in Scott, New Madrid counties reduced for pavement repairs
(Local News ~ 01/24/18)
Northbound Interstate 55 between mile markers 49 and 66 in Scott and New Madrid counties will be reduced with a 14-foot width restriction as contractor crews make concrete repairs. The work will take place from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily Tuesday through Feb. 10, according to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release...
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91st Birthday!!
(Submitted Story ~ 01/24/18)
Maggie Lancaster of Chaffee, Mo turned 91 today Jan. 24th, 2018. She received these BEAUTIFUL roses from her grandson and granddaughter Danny and Tammy Rains from Chaffee, Mo. Last year she told my father after she received 90 roses for her 90th, next year I expect 91 😊. ...
- Cold winter morning on Kentucky lake (Submitted Story ~ 01/24/18)
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