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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/01/18)
Today is Thursday, Feb. 1, the 32nd day of 2018. There are 333 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 1, 1943, during World War II, one of America's most highly decorated military units, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, made up almost exclusively of Japanese-Americans, was authorized...
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Freedom of speech
(Column ~ 02/01/18)
"Trying to erase, hide, discredit, degrade, and suppress a writer's work, merit, voice, and influence is unconstitutional. Censorship only exists to protect corruption." -- Suzy Kassem Use any search engine to find quotes about freedom of speech, and you will be busy for hours reading them all. ...
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Retiring Rich Payne contributed important role for education
(Editorial ~ 02/01/18)
Rich Payne, director of the Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center, recently announced his retirement at the end of this school year. Payne has been an educator for 28 years in the Cape Girardeau School District, including 18 years as the CTC director. He also has coached football...
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Births 2/1/18
(Births ~ 02/01/18)
Daughter to Albert Jay Lewis Jr. and Ashleigh Paige Smithey, Saint Francis Medical Center, 11:09 a.m. Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. Name, Kashton Jaye. Weight, 8 pounds. First child. Smithey is the daughter of Marcey Smithey and Rob Smithey of Jonesboro, Illinois. Lewis is the son of Marva Adkinson of Mounds, Illinois, and Dorris Currie of Cape Girardeau...
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U.N. reviews companies' links to Israeli settlements
(International News ~ 02/01/18)
GENEVA -- The U.N. human rights office said Wednesday 206 companies -- mostly Israeli and American -- are facing a review of their business practices involving Israeli settlements, which are considered illegal under international law. In a long-awaited report, the office said more resources were needed to handle the complex and unprecedented task of compiling what some critics call an unfair "blacklist" and a sign of alleged anti-Israel bias at the U.N...
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Analysts say Trump comments bad news for North Korea
(International News ~ 02/01/18)
SEOUL, South Korea -- President Donald Trump's fiery comments on North Korea reflected confidence his campaign of pressure and sanctions on the country is working, South Korean analysts said Wednesday. The experts said it also means Washington will continue to deny Pyongyang meaningful dialogue unless it's willing to discuss serious changes to its nuclear weapons program and human rights conditions...
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Syria's Kurds push U.S. to stop Turkish assault on key enclave
(International News ~ 02/01/18)
BEIRUT -- Syria's Kurdish militia is growing frustrated with its patron, the United States, and is pressing it to do more to stop Turkey's assault on a key stronghold in Syria. The issue reflects a deeper concern among the Kurds over their alliance with the Americans, which proved vital to defeating the Islamic State group in Syria. ...
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Gowdy, Benghazi prober, won't seek re-election
(National News ~ 02/01/18)
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Trey Gowdy, a powerful GOP watchdog who built his name leading the investigation into the 2012 attacks against Americans in Benghazi, Libya, has become the latest prominent Republican to head for the exits rather than run for another term...
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FBI clashes with Trump, 'grave concerns' on memo
(National News ~ 02/01/18)
WASHINGTON -- In a remarkably public clash of wills with the White House, the FBI declared Wednesday it has "grave concerns" about the accuracy of a classified memo on the Russia election investigation President Donald Trump wants released. The FBI's short and sharp statement, its first on the issue, laid bare a Trump administration conflict previously playing out mostly behind closed doors in meetings between top Justice Department and White House officials...
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No immigration deal near as Trump speech, offer panned
(National News ~ 02/01/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's State of the Union offer of a "down-the-middle compromise" on immigration did nothing to move Republicans and Democrats closer to a deal Wednesday, as Democrats accused the president of lacing his speech with racially charged remarks and Republicans dug in on their demands...
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Iowa county pays $285,000 to man jailed on faulty ID
(National News ~ 02/01/18)
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- An Iowa county agreed Wednesday to pay $285,000 to an Arizona man who was arrested, transported across the country and jailed for 68 days for a crime he did not commit. The payment will resolve a federal lawsuit 23-year-old Joseph McBride filed in early January against Linn County and its longtime top prosecutor, County Attorney Jerry Vander Sanden...
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Train carrying lawmakers hits truck
(National News ~ 02/01/18)
CROZET, Va. -- A train carrying dozens of Republican members of Congress to a strategy retreat in the countryside slammed into a garbage truck in rural Virginia on Wednesday, killing one person in the vehicle and sending several lawmaker-doctors rushing to help the injured...
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Ammo dealer saw nothing suspicious in Vegas gunman
(National News ~ 02/01/18)
LAS VEGAS -- An Arizona man who sold ammunition to the gunman in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history was disturbed he didn't spot any suspicious signs about his one-time customer, the man's lawyer said Wednesday. Douglas Haig had no reason to believe Stephen Paddock would launch the Oct. 1 shooting in Las Vegas killing 58 people, attorney Marc Victor said...
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McGowan to Weinstein: No consent
(Entertainment ~ 02/01/18)
NEW YORK -- Rose McGowan says it's time for Harvey Weinstein to drop his story about a "consensual" relationship. "He can fall off the planet," the actress said during an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday. "My statement is truth. My statement is reality. Stop saying it's consensual, you pig! You know it's not true."...
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Out of the past: Feb. 1
(Out of the Past ~ 02/01/18)
The Cape Girardeau Jaycees, in cooperation with the Cape Girardeau Regional Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 33, are seeking donations to purchase bulletproof vests for officers of the Cape Girardeau Police Department and other FOP members. Sister Jeanne Goessling, a member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame and principal of St. ...
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Georgia Wessel
(Obituary ~ 02/01/18)
Georgia Dean Wessel, 68, of Gordonville passed away Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, at her home. She was born Nov. 21, 1949, in Chaffee, Missouri, daughter of William and Joetta Proctor Myers. She and John William Wessel were married Oct. 24, 1987. Georgia was a 1967 graduate of Elcliminte High School in Elcliminte, California. She was employed several years in the financial industry in California, Missouri and Illinois, retiring in 2000...
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Russell Shelton
(Obituary ~ 02/01/18)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Russell Shelton, son of the late John Shelton and Ola Rutz Shelton, was born on April 15, 1930, in Dunklin County, Missouri. He departed this life Monday, Jan. 29, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau at the age of 87 years. He was a member of the U.S. Marine Corps, owner and operator of Shelton Construction in Dexter for many years and a resident of Cape Girardeau, formally of Dexter...
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Kathy Smith-Nations
(Obituary ~ 02/01/18)
Kathryn Leola "Kathy" Nations, 80, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, at her home. She was born July 31, 1937, in East Prairie, Missouri, daughter of Otto J. "Guy" and Birdie Woods Sterling. She and Melvin L. Smith were married Jan. 14, 1959, in Jackson. Melvin passed away June 7, 1983. She and Kermit Nations Sr., were married July 1, 1989. He passed away Nov. 21, 1998...
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Dallas Miller
(Obituary ~ 02/01/18)
Dallas Otto Miller, 103, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Jan. 26, 2018, at the Lutheran Home. He was born July 25, 1914, in Beulah, Arkansas, to Thomas and Florence Wills Miller. He and Mae A. Hanebrink were married Sept. 16, 1937, at Benton, Missouri. She passed Jan. 14, 2004...
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Cheryl Maynard
(Obituary ~ 02/01/18)
MARION, Ill. -- Cheryl Ann Maynard, 60, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, at Herrin Hospital. Cheryl was born May 1, 1957, in Carbondale, Illinois, to Nolan Owen and Doris Mae (Cole) England. She married Wayne Maynard on June 25, 1977, in Marion...
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Brandon Thomas Klinkhardt
(Obituary ~ 02/01/18)
Brandon Thomas Klinkhardt, 22, of Jackson passed away Monday, Jan. 29, 2018, at his home. He was born Feb. 2, 1995, to Gary Thomas and Laura Marie Laurentius Klinkhardt. Brandon was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson and was a graduate of St. ...
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Rev. John Cutrell
(Obituary ~ 02/01/18)
PATTON, Mo. -- The Rev. John E. Cutrell, 72, of Patton died Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Oct. 15, 1945, in St. Louis to William Alexander and Lily Geraldine DeMichel Cutrell. He and Lori Morehouse were married March 9, 1983, in Torrance, California...
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Trump promotes tax cuts during workers' event
(National News ~ 02/01/18)
WASHINGTON -- Pushing the Republican tax package through Congress was only half the battle for President Donald Trump. Convincing Americans it was a good idea is not just a political imperative but an economic one, too. To boost GOP prospects in the midterm elections, Trump needs to show Republicans are delivering on long-promised tax relief. ...
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Can 3 business titans cure the U.S. health care system?
(National News ~ 02/01/18)
NEW YORK -- Can a legendary investor, the king of on-line retail and a Wall Street financier find a cure for what ails America's health care system? The trio of Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos and Jamie Dimon have had enough success in their respective industries they are at least being given the benefit of the doubt...
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Colyer assumes office as Kansas governor
(National News ~ 02/01/18)
TOPEKA, Kan. -- Republican Jeff Colyer promised a "new day" of openness Wednesday shortly after taking the oath as Kansas' governor, then made overtures to a skeptical GOP-controlled Legislature on the divisive issue of public school spending. Colyer, the state's longest-serving lieutenant governor, replaced former GOP Gov. ...
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St. Joseph woman sentenced for tax fraud
(State News ~ 02/01/18)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A 60-year-old St. Joseph woman has been sentenced to 1.5 years in federal prison without parole for her role in a $1.5 million tax fraud scheme and for individual tax fraud. Prosecutors said Dawn Langlais was sentenced Tuesday. Her daughter, her sister, and her sister's husband have all pleaded guilty to participating in the scheme...
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Independence officers shoot, wound two
(State News ~ 02/01/18)
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- Authorities say police have shot and wounded two people in Independence. The Kansas City Star reported the shooting happened Tuesday after officers responded to reports of an armed suspect near a Dollar General store. Officer John Syme, a police spokesperson, said one of the wounded people has been released from a hospital while the other remains hospitalized in stable condition...
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Greitens' tax cuts will shift burden
(State News ~ 02/01/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Data from Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens' administration show businesses would shoulder most of the cost of income tax cuts the Republican is proposing, even factoring in a corporate tax cut he wants. Greitens is asking lawmakers to cut individual income taxes from 5.9 percent to 5.3 percent for most Missourians, slightly lower than the 5.5 percent that's already set to be phased in over time. ...
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Trump's plan counts on states to pay for most of infrastructure
(State News ~ 02/01/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- When President Donald Trump called for a $1.5 trillion infrastructure investment in his State of the Union address, he didn't pledge the federal government would provide that much money for roads, bridges, rail and waterways. To the contrary, Trump's plan counts on state and local governments working with private investors to come up with much of the cash...
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Missouri schools discouraged from making tuition-hike waivers
(State News ~ 02/01/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri state colleges and universities are being warned not to consider tuition increases greater than the inflation rate despite Gov. Eric Greitens' proposals to cut appropriations by 10 percent in the coming fiscal year. State law limits tuition increases to the general increase in consumer prices unless the Department of Higher Education grants a waiver. The limit would be 2.1 percent this year, the Columbia Daily Tribune reported...
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Parents sue Missouri carnival operator after death of toddler
(State News ~ 02/01/18)
WICHITA, Kan. -- The parents of a toddler fatally injured at a traveling carnival in Kansas have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the carnival's Missouri-based operator. The Wichita Eagle reported Shaun Bartonek and Rheannon Babcock sued Evans United Shows last year in Clinton County Circuit Court in Missouri. Their 15-month-old daughter, Pressley Bartonek, touched an electrically charged fence in May in Wichita and died five days later...
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Prayer 2/1/18
(Prayer ~ 02/01/18)
O Lord Jesus, may all come to know you as Lord and Savior. Amen.
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Cape Girardeau fire report 2/1/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/01/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Tuesday n Medical assists were made at 9:32 a.m. on Morgan Oak Street; 10:52 a.m. on Woodland Drive; 3:07 p.m. on North Silver Springs Road; 3:09 p.m. on North Ellis Street; 4:20 p.m. on Bellevue Street; 4:53 p.m. on Jefferson Avenue; 8:16 p.m. on South Hanover Street; and 10;05 p.m. on Themis Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 1/31/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/01/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Jacob Jungers, 26, of Cape Girardeau arrested on Cape Girardeau warrants for improper registration and failure to wear seat belt. n Alisha Snider, 40, of Cape Girardeau arrested on Cape Girardeau warrant for failure to appear on charge of possession of a controlled substance...
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Grenade launcher left at Goodwill store
(National News ~ 02/01/18)
BRADENTON, Fla. -- Authorities say a grenade launcher, loaded with a live grenade, was left with other donated items at a Florida Goodwill store. The Bradenton Herald reported store employees near Tampa reported the weapon Sunday. The Manatee County Sheriff's Office said the manager told deputies the launcher had come in a shipment from another store. ...
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SEMO Elite FC Avengers Finish Season 15 – 2
(Submitted Story ~ 02/01/18)
The Cape Girardeau SEMO Elite FC Avengers finished their fall SLYSA season with an outstanding 15 – 2 record in the U10 Boys Division. SLYSA is the St. Louis Youth Soccer Association and operates competitive soccer leagues for boys and girls, ages 6 to 19. The major objective of the organization is to develop, promote, and provide top level competition for youth soccer in the greater St. Louis area...
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Jazz festival will draw international talent to Cape
(Local News ~ 02/01/18)
Student musicians and artists from around the world will be coming together and taking the stage this weekend at Bedell Performance Hall on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University for the annual Clark Terry Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Festival. Andre Hayward -- known for his professional jazz trombone playing abilities and for performing with the Duke/Mercer Ellington Orchestra, Illinois Jacquet Big Band, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the San Francisco Jazz Collective -- will be featured this weekend.. ...
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Older adults, love, and compassion
(Submitted Story ~ 02/01/18)
Hello, My name is Dana Branson and I am a professor at Southeast Missouri State University in the Department of Social Work. Our department will be hosting a free community screening of the documentary Age of Love, on 03/20/2018 at the River Campus at 4pm. Here are links to a short video concerning the documentary:...
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