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Willie Nelson to play the Show Me Center in April, tickets on sale Friday
(Local News ~ 02/06/18)
Willie Nelson & Family Live in Concert will return to the Show Me Center at 6:20 p.m. April 15, according to a news release. Over Nelson’s six-decade career, he has recorded more than 200 albums and earned many awards. In 1985, he co-founded the Farm Aid event and has headlined it. ...
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Jackson moves forward with new restroom facility at park
(Local News ~ 02/06/18)
Jackson City Park is one step closer to adding a new restroom facility, at a cost of close to $300,000. Brockmiller Construction Inc. of Farmington, Missouri, put in a bid of just under $300,000, and the board of aldermen unanimously approved that bid Monday night...
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Capaha Park playtime Monday
(Local News ~ 02/06/18)
Kaden Klipfel, 4, and his mom, Amanda Klipfel, play Monday at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau. Planning to go to the Discovery Playhouse before realizing it's closed Mondays, Amanda said, "It's gonna be cold, but we can go to the park."
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Missouri NAACP president wants travel advisory lifted, says conditions in state must change
(Local News ~ 02/06/18)
The NAACP recommends against traveling to Missouri, and the man at the helm of the NAACP’s Missouri State Conference wants to see that recommendation lifted, but underscores the need for change in Missouri first. Nimrod “Rod” Chapel Jr., president of the NAACP’s Missouri State Conference, spoke Monday at the Rotary Club of Cape Girardeau’s regular meeting...
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Cape council votes to brighten Broadway; supports two development projects
(Local News ~ 02/06/18)
The Cape Girardeau City Council voted Monday to brighten Broadway. The council awarded a contract to Cotner Electric Co. Inc. to replace the Broadway streetlights with new LED lights and fixtures designed to better illuminate the area. Cotner submitted the low bid of just over $94,000, city engineer Casey Brunke said in an agenda report to the council...
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Robinson's news met with tears, shouts in phone calls after judge's statement of innocence
(Local News ~ 02/06/18)
David Robinson has been on the phone a lot lately, talking with family and friends about the report by Judge Darrell Missey, who is recommending to the Missouri Supreme Court that Robinson’s murder conviction be vacated. “I talked to my youngest daughter, and she cried for about 15 minutes, and I had to call her back,” Robinson said during a phone call from prison to the Southeast Missourian on Monday. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/06/18)
Today is Tuesday, Feb. 6, the 37th day of 2018. There are 328 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 6, 1778, during the American Revolutionary War, the United States won official recognition and military support from France with the signing of a Treaty of Alliance in Paris...
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Shame on Congressional Black Caucus
(Column ~ 02/06/18)
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) should be ashamed of themselves. They showed up at Tuesday's State of the Union address, donned in kente cloth to protest President Trump's alleged "s-hole" comment about African countries and Haiti. That part is fine, I suppose, if they think that helps. ...
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Frigid fundraiser benefits Special Olympics Missouri
(Editorial ~ 02/06/18)
Many of us just don't understand the crazy souls who come out once a year to splash into the frigid waters of Lake Boutin, but Penny Williams, development coordinator for Special Olympics Missouri, summed it up pretty well: "We ask, as a fundraiser, to come out of your comfort zone," she said. "Come and do something good for somebody else, donate some money, and jump in a lake. So that's why we're here today."...
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Lululemon's CEO resigns over conduct
(Community ~ 02/06/18)
NEW YORK -- Lululemon Athletica Inc. announced Monday that Laurent Potdevin has resigned as CEO effective immediately, saying he fell short of the company's standards of conduct. The Vancouver-based maker of yoga pants and other athletic-inspired clothing didn't offer specifics but said it expects all employees to "exemplify the highest level of integrity and respect for one another."...
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Cyprus president re-elected
(International News ~ 02/06/18)
NICOSIA, Cyprus -- Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades vowed to push on with attempts to reunify the ethnically divided island nation and to improve the economic fortunes of its people after he was re-elected by a wide margin Sunday. Anastasiades defeated left-leaning independent challenger Stavros Malas in a runoff election. Anastasiades received 56 percent of the vote, compared to 44 percent for Malas, in the final returns...
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Bloody 24 hours as Syria, Russia escalate punishing attacks
(International News ~ 02/06/18)
BEIRUT -- Syrian opposition rescue teams pulled babies from incubators in a hospital under attack, rushing them to safety in a pick-up truck. Elderly patients lay motionless on the ground and rescue workers searched for survivors in the rubble of a destroyed apartment building as stepped-up airstrikes by Syrian government forces and their Russian allies on the country's last remaining rebel strongholds killed at least 28 civilians on Monday...
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Out of the past: Feb. 6
(Out of the Past ~ 02/06/18)
Charles L. Hutson, president of Hutson Furniture Co. in Cape Girardeau, was honored last night by the Chamber of Commerce for his tireless service to the community; Hutson received the Rush H. Limbaugh Sr. Award, which is presented each year to a person with a record of longtime community achievement...
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'This is really going to sound strange' — Texas house stolen
(National News ~ 02/06/18)
MADISONVILLE, Texas — A Houston couple has reported a house heist — as in, their vacation home was stolen. KTRK-TV reported Jo and Lonnie Harrison say their one-bedroom, one-bathroom cabin is missing from their property in Madisonville, about 90 miles northwest of Houston. ...
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Russia questions whether U.S. complies on nukes
(International News ~ 02/06/18)
MOSCOW -- Russia challenged U.S. compliance with a key nuclear arms control treaty on Monday and warned the Trump administration's new nuclear strategy lowers the threshold for using atomic weapons. The dire assessment came as Moscow said it has met its own requirements under the New START agreement signed in 2010 and entered into force a year later. ...
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U.S. conservationist killed at his home in Kenya
(International News ~ 02/06/18)
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Esmond Bradley Martin, a Kenya-based American conservationist whose dogged investigations of the elephant ivory and rhino horn trades over decades were seen as critical in efforts to protect the threatened species, was found stabbed to death in his Nairobi home, Kenyan authorities said Monday...
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U.S. begins reducing troops in Iraq after victory over IS
(International News ~ 02/06/18)
AL-ASAD AIRBASE, Iraq -- The U.S. has started to reduce the number of its troops in Iraq following Baghdad's declaration of victory over the Islamic State group last year, an Iraqi government spokesman and Western contractors said Monday. The move marks a shift in priorities for the U.S. ...
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After record school closures, new Chicago plan draws fury
(National News ~ 02/06/18)
CHICAGO -- Five years after the largest mass closure of public schools in an American city, Chicago is forging ahead with a plan to shutter four more in one of the city's highest-crime and most impoverished areas. School officials are pitching the new closures around Englewood, a neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, to make way for a new $85 million school they insist will better serve students and reverse low enrollment. ...
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As stocks plunge, Trump hits Dems for non-support on economy
(National News ~ 02/06/18)
BLUE ASH, Ohio -- President Donald Trump accused congressional Democrats on Monday of being "un-American" and perhaps even treasonous for refusing to cheer positive economic news during his State of the Union address. As he spoke, the stock market was plunging toward its largest single-day point drop ever, erasing its gains for the year...
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Dow plunges 1,175 points, worst markets day since 2011
(National News ~ 02/06/18)
NEW YORK -- The Dow Jones industrial average plunged more than 1,100 points Monday as stocks took their worst loss in six and a half years. Two days of steep losses have erased the market's gains from the start of this year and ended a period of record-setting calm for stocks...
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Will intelligence agencies stop confiding to Congress?
(National News ~ 02/06/18)
WASHINGTON -- Top intelligence and law enforcement officials warn last week's release of a congressional memo alleging FBI surveillance abuse could have wide-ranging repercussions: Spy agencies could start sharing less information with Congress, weakening oversight. Lawmakers will try to declassify more intelligence for political gain. Confidential informants will worry about being outed on Capitol Hill...
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House Republicans working on averting another shutdown
(National News ~ 02/06/18)
WASHINGTON -- House Republican leaders are grappling for a strategy to avert another government shutdown at midnight Thursday. They scheduled a closed-door session Monday evening to brief House GOP lawmakers on a way to pass a stopgap funding bill lasting through March 23 to buy time for progress in implementing any follow-up budget pact and, perhaps, pass immigration legislation...
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House panel forwards Dem memo to Trump
(National News ~ 02/06/18)
WASHINGTON -- The House intelligence committee voted unanimously Monday night to release a Democratic rebuttal to the GOP's memo on the Russia investigation that President Donald Trump declassified last week. The document now goes to Trump, who has five days to decide whether to declassify it...
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Nathan Surface
(Obituary ~ 02/06/18)
Nathan Lynn Surface, 36, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Nathan was born March 9, 1981, in Chaffee, Missouri, the son of Ricky Lynn and Betty Coleman Surface. He was a 1999 graduate of Bell City (Missouri) High School...
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Frank Smith
(Obituary ~ 02/06/18)
Frank Delmar Smith, 76, of Scott City died Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, at the Charleston Manor in Charleston, Missouri. He was born June 23, 1941, in Jackson to John Henry and Mary Elizabeth Lynn Smith. Frank was custodian for the Scott City School District for 38 years. He was a member of Scott City First-Family and Youth Worship Center in Scott City...
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Larry Popp
(Obituary ~ 02/06/18)
Larry Popp, 68, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018, at his home. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Ford & Sons Mount Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with David Giles officiating...
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Steve Oldham
(Obituary ~ 02/06/18)
Steven Glenn "Steve" Oldham, 58, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 13, 1960, in Cape Girardeau to Glenn and Mary Sue Green Oldham. Steve was a 1978 graduate of Jackson High School and a lifelong resident of Jackson...
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Donna Hosack
(Obituary ~ 02/06/18)
Donna Sue Lowes Hosack, 43, of Jackson, Mo. died Friday, Feb. 2, 2018 at St Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas. She was born Jan. 31, 1975, in Caruthersville, Missouri, to Richard Leonard and Earleen Gail Nothdurft Lowes. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, Missouri...
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Ed Evans
(Obituary ~ 02/06/18)
ORAN, Mo. -- Edward "Ed" Evans, 61, of Oran passed away Sunday, Feb 4, 2018, at his home. He was born March 13, 1956, in Chaffee, Missouri, to the late Ralph and Geraldine Fowler Evans. Ed was a truck driver for his brother Ben until 1993. He loved those big trucks. He went to work for the Scott County Highway Department in Benton, Missouri, Oct. 1, 1994, until he retired May 31, 2016...
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Doris Criddle
(Obituary ~ 02/06/18)
Doris Marie Criddle, 91, of Whitewater died Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, at her home, surrounded by family. She was born Jan. 29, 1927, in Cape Girardeau to Steve and Martha Kay Schaefer Owens. She and James William Criddle were married June 17, 1948, at Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death July 18, 2016...
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Man facing deportation takes refuge in Missouri church
(State News ~ 02/06/18)
MAPLEWOOD, Mo. -- A man from Central America who is facing deportation has been taking refuge in a suburban St. Louis church for the past four months. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Alex Garcia came to the United States from Honduras 13 years ago. The 36-year-old worked construction and began a family...
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Attorney: Grand jury investigating Missouri governor affair
(State News ~ 02/06/18)
ST. LOUIS -- The man whose then-wife had an affair with Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has been subpoenaed to testify before a St. Louis grand jury, the man's attorney said Monday. "It's been stepped up a notch," attorney Al Watkins said. "It means a grand jury is seated and is hearing evidence about the investigation against Gov. Greitens."...
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Missouri lawmaker wants House intern program suspended
(State News ~ 02/06/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri lawmaker wants the state House to suspend its intern program and further strengthen its policies on sexual harassment, citing an increase in formal complaints about inappropriate conduct over the past couple years. Rep. Courtney Allen Curtis, a Ferguson Democrat, said Monday the environment in the House hasn't improved enough since former Speaker John Diehl Jr. resigned in May 2015 while admitting to sending sexually suggestive text messages to an intern...
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Harassment claims target 4 Missouri lawmakers
(State News ~ 02/06/18)
The Missouri House has dealt with six formal sexual harassment complaints over the past two years, including four involving lawmakers and cost more than $22,000 in external legal fees to investigate, according to records obtained by The Associated Press...
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Report: Lawsuits cost Missouri taxpayers $23 million
(State News ~ 02/06/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Lawsuits against the state of Missouri cost taxpayers at least $23 million last year, according to a new report from Attorney General Josh Hawley. A year-end report from Hawley, a Republican, showed 16 of the 45 major payouts were related to employee discrimination, including six from cases involving workers at the Missouri Department of Corrections, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Missouri lawmakers try to regulate petition process
(State News ~ 02/06/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill that places restrictions on the initiative petition process, but federal courts are questioning whether the regulations are constitutional. The bill heard last week includes four new regulations. ...
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Jackson police report 2/6/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/06/18)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Cianna Kerr, 18, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, possession of marijuana under 10 grams, possession of liquor by a minor, failure to drive in single lane, operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, possession of drug paraphernalia, failure to comply with provisions of intermediate driver's license and a seat-belt violation...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 2/6/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/06/18)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Friday n Medical assists were made at 6:46 a.m. on William Street; 8:58 a.m. on North Sprigg Street; 2:42 p.m. on North Main Street; and 5:33 p.m. on William Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 2/6/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/06/18)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Saimi Sabayiding, 22 of Cape Girardeau was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated at Broadway and Ellis Street. Arrest n Taylor Jones, 27, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on an Alexander County, Illinois, warrant...
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Government seeks delay of rule to target race issues in special ed
(National News ~ 02/06/18)
WASHINGTON -- The Education Department is seeking to delay an Obama-era rule meant to counter racial disparities in special education, an official said Monday. In December 2016, the Obama administration said "students of color remain more likely to be identified as having a disability and face harsher discipline than their white classmates" and issued a rule requiring states to intervene if there were strong racial disparities in their districts. The rule was to take effect in July...
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Prayer 2/6/18
(Prayer ~ 02/06/18)
O Father God, thank you that through your son Jesus we can have eternal life. Amen.
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Speak Out 2/6/18
(Speak Out ~ 02/06/18)
Reading the article about the new baseball team that's coming to Cape reminds me of the very strong rumors that were circulated last summer that outfield bleachers will be added. According to sources close to those now announced as being involved in the new team, bleachers will cut off the view from Cherry Hill. ...
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Births 2/6/18
(Births ~ 02/06/18)
Son to April Meyer of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 8:37 a.m. Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. Name, Rowan Wayne. Weight, 6 pounds, 4 ounces. Second child, first son. Meyer is the former April Matlock, daughter of Gary and Patty Matlock of Pocahontas...
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Wendy Eachus
(Obituary ~ 02/06/18)
Wendy Louise Eachus, 60, of Scott City died Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018, at her home. There will be no services. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City was in charge of arrangements. ...
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Perry County Route NN reduced for bridge work
(Local News ~ 02/06/18)
Route NN in Perry County will be reduced as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform maintenance to the bridge between Peaceful Valley Drive and County Road 840. The work will take place Tuesday through Feb. 22, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily, according to a MoDOT news release...
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1st Class Travel named among top Apple Vacations sellers in U.S.
(Submitted Story ~ 02/06/18)
1st Class Travel, Cape Girardeau, was awarded the prestigious Golden Apple level Apple Award from tour operator Apple Vacations, the leading name in all-inclusive vacations to beach destinations throughout Mexico, the Caribbean and Golden Apple level Apple travel agencies are among the top sellers of Apple Vacations packages and receive extra benefits with Apple Vacations such as educational site inspections, exclusive promotions, cooperative advertising funding and more...
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