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TJ's Burgers, Wings & Pizza expands with dining area in Fruitland
(Local News ~ 02/16/18)
TJ's Burgers, Wings & Pizza in Fruitland has grown from a carryout and delivery-only restaurant to a full-service dining experience, all within a few months. On Wednesday, the restaurant marked the official opening of its dining area to meet the demands of a burgeoning clientele...
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Former first lady Laura Bush to speak at Show Me Center
(Local News ~ 02/16/18)
Former first lady Laura Bush, an advocate for literacy, education and women's rights, will speak Wednesday at the Show Me Center. The event, slated for 7:30 p.m., is part of Southeast Missouri State University's annual speaker series. Tickets for "An Evening with Laura Bush" are $10 each and are available at the Show Me Center box office or online at showmecenter.biz...
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Cape County Commission approves website upgrade
(Local News ~ 02/16/18)
Cape Girardeau County's website will be upgraded to make it easier for the public to access election results and other election information, officials said Thursday. The Cape Girardeau County Commission voted to spend $4,500 to "build out" the site...
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Jackson officials tout public safety tax
(Local News ~ 02/16/18)
A proposed half-cent sales tax would allow the city of Jackson to hire more police officers to combat crime, which police chief James Humphreys said is desperately needed. Humphreys, Jackson city administrator Jim Roach and fire chief Jason Mouser discussed the tax proposal Thursday at a meeting of the Southeast Missouri Pachyderm Club at Dexter Bar-B-Que in Cape Girardeau...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/16/18)
Today is Friday, Feb. 16, the 47th day of 2018. There are 318 days left in the year. This is the Chinese New Year of the Dog. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 16, 1968, the nation's first 911 emergency telephone system was inaugurated in Haleyville, Alabama, as the speaker of the Alabama House, Rankin Fite, placed a call from the mayor's office in City Hall to a red telephone at the police station (also located in City Hall) that was answered by U.S. Rep. Tom Bevill...
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Mike Pence, my mother had a word for you
(Column ~ 02/16/18)
Mike Pence is the vice president of the United States of America. My mother, Edna, is dead -- has been for nearly 10 years. What, you might be asking yourself, do these thoughts have in common? That's what I'm about to tell you. My mother was a lifelong Republican, but she would have voted for Mike Pence anyway, because his last name isn't Clinton. ...
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Newspaper's entertainment section full of fun events
(Editorial ~ 02/16/18)
Happy Friday everyone! We hope you noticed our revamped entertainment/event section in today's paper. We're recommitting our focus and resources to bringing you more information about our local culture, entertainment, food and events in the Southeast Missourian. ...
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Denver moves closer to sparking up at legal marijuana clubs in city
(Community ~ 02/16/18)
DENVER -- A Colorado business is closer to becoming one of the nation's first legal marijuana clubs. Owners of the Coffee Joint plan to charge an entry fee to the bring-your-own marijuana space, where customers can vape or eat products. A Denver attorney recommended on Wednesday the city approve the proposal following a public hearing last week. The city of Denver's top licensing regulator has the final say on issuing the permit. It's not clear when it might happen...
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NTSB: Human error likely main cause of South Carolina Amtrack crash
(Community ~ 02/16/18)
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Human error is likely the cause of a collision between an Amtrak train and a freight train in South Carolina killing two people and injuring dozens of others earlier this month, according to a preliminary report by federal investigators...
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Dog food is withdrawn over poison concerns
(Community ~ 02/16/18)
SAN FRANCISCO -- The J.M. Smucker Co. is withdrawing some shipments of dog food amid reports it could be tainted with traces of a drug used to euthanize animals. The company said Thursday it is pulling back shipments of several varieties of wet canned Gravy Train, Kibble 'N Bits , Skippy and Ol' Roy brands. It said it is investigating how the euthanasia drug pentobarbital got into its supply chain and is focusing on a single supplier of a minor ingredient used at one manufacturing facility...
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Mattis: U.S., Turkey finding 'common ground' on Syria
(International News ~ 02/16/18)
BRUSSELS -- U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday the United States and Turkey are having an open dialogue about their growing differences over the fight in Syria, and are "finding common ground." Speaking at the close of a NATO defense ministers meeting, Mattis presented a more calm and understated view of the escalating rhetoric over America's continued aid to the U.S.-backed Kurdish rebels in Syria. Ankara considers those fighters a terrorist group...
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German officials decry nationalist's anti-Turk speech
(International News ~ 02/16/18)
BERLIN -- Top German officials and the head of a Turkish immigrant group on Thursday sharply condemned a speech by a prominent member of Germany's nationalist party who insulted Turks as "camel drivers" and immigrants with dual passports as a "homeless mob we no longer want to have."...
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Court received 1 million claims of war crimes
(International News ~ 02/16/18)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Since the International Criminal Court began collecting material three months ago for a possible war crimes case involving Afghanistan, it has gotten a staggering 1.17 million statements from Afghans who say they were victims. The statements include accounts of alleged atrocities not only by groups such as the Taliban and the Islamic State but also involving Afghan Security Forces and government-affiliated warlords, the U.S.-led coalition and foreign and domestic spy agencies, said Abdul Wadood Pedram of the Human Rights and Eradication of Violence Organization.. ...
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Tillerson wades into Lebanon-Israel dispute
(International News ~ 02/16/18)
BEIRUT -- U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday said he had positive discussions in Lebanon on how to break a "stalemate" with Israel over gas drilling rights along the countries' disputed maritime border and maintain calm along the volatile frontier...
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U.S. says detainee studied in Louisiana, joined IS
(National News ~ 02/16/18)
WASHINGTON -- He was an unruly college student in Louisiana where he mixed booze and gambling with classes on electrical engineering. A decade later, he was guarding an Islamic State oil field in Syria and storing bomb-making files and military handbooks on thumb drives...
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Trump cites mental health in speech on shooting
(National News ~ 02/16/18)
WASHINGTON -- Declaring the nation united and grieving with "one heavy heart," President Donald Trump promised Thursday to tackle school safety and "the difficult issue of mental health" in response to the deadly shooting in Florida. He made no mention of the scourge of gun violence...
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Bannon squares off with House panel
(National News ~ 02/16/18)
WASHINGTON -- Under threat of subpoena, former White House adviser Steve Bannon arrived on Capitol Hill on Thursday to take questions from the House intelligence committee behind closed doors. But it was unclear whether his answers to the panel's questions about Russian election meddling would satisfy lawmakers...
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'Dreamers' left in limbo as immigration bills rejected
(National News ~ 02/16/18)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate left hundreds of thousands of "Dreamer" immigrants in limbo Thursday, rejecting rival plans to spare them from deportation and strengthen the nation's border security. Senators dealt President Donald Trump an especially galling defeat as more than a quarter of fellow Republicans abandoned him on an issue helping propel him to the White House...
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Abortion-rights supporters regrouping
(National News ~ 02/16/18)
Foes of abortion have pushed through several hundred state laws restricting access to the procedure over the past decade. This year, as never before, abortion-rights supporters are fighting back nationwide with proposals to protect and expand access to abortion and contraception...
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Out of the past: Feb. 16
(Out of the Past ~ 02/16/18)
For the third time this winter, city crews Monday were called upon to make streets passable in the wake of winter snow and ice; and like the previous two times, Dec. 25 and Jan. 18, Monday's 12.2 inches of snow came on a holiday, Presidents Day; that means thousands of dollars in overtime pay for city crews called in to battle nature's torment...
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Weekend Outlook: Stand-up comedy, food and rock music on deck
(Entertainment ~ 02/16/18)
This weekend's lineup includes plenty of tasty seafood (if fried fish qualifies as sea food) rockin' downtown live performances and comedy. You'll want to start by reeling in one of the many local Lenten Friday evening dinners, and then make your way to the CGMO Rock show at the Hangout, "3 of a Perfect Pair" at the Library and "The Paducah Invasion" at Cup n' Cork. So go ahead, get that group text ready to send!...
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Donna Ringwald
(Obituary ~ 02/16/18)
Donna Mae Ringwald, 69, of Jackson passed way Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Donna and David Ringwald married Nov. 26, 1983. She attended College High and graduated from Cape Girardeau Central High School in Cape Girardeau. She later graduated from Cape Cosmetology School...
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Lora Kinnison
(Obituary ~ 02/16/18)
Lora Rachelle Kinnison, 43, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She was born Aug. 3, 1974, in Cape Girardeau to Larry Wayne and Janet Elaine Bain Null. She and Dale Gerard Kinnison were married Sept. 9, 2008...
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Melvin Hancock
(Obituary ~ 02/16/18)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Melvin J. Hancock, 90, of Advance passed away Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 24, 1927, at Hiram, Missouri, the son of Jasper and Ella Cook Hancock. Melvin and Deloris Meador were united in marriage Dec. 29, 1945, at Hiram, and she preceded him in death on May 3, 2012. Melvin missed Deloris so much. He had been her caregiver for the last two years of her life...
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Ruby Cook
(Obituary ~ 02/16/18)
Ruby B. Cook, 91, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, at her home. She was born Sept. 7, 1926, in Neely's Landing to the late Dale and Maude Medlock Gohn. Ruby and Lindell Cook were married Aug. 15, 1942, in Perryville, Missouri. He preceded her in death...
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Jane Basinger
(Obituary ~ 02/16/18)
Jane Basinger, 88, of Jackson died Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, at the home of her daughter in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. The funeral will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday at the church, with the Rev. Eric Longman officiating...
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Condolences to demands for action, reactions to shooting reach far, wide
(National News ~ 02/16/18)
Victims' relatives and student survivors called for action while the president and congressional leaders offered condolences and condemnation of the crime. Americans with close ties to past school shootings expressed distress at how little has changed. And world leaders, Olympic athletes and TV talk show hosts reacted with horror to the slaying of 17 by a lone gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida...
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County election filing period begins Feb. 27
(Local News ~ 02/16/18)
Beginning Feb. 27 at 8 a.m., candidates may file to run for office in Cape Girardeau County's Aug. 7 primary election, according to a news release from the county clerk's office. The clerk's office in the County Administration Building at 1 Barton Square, Suite 301, in Jackson, will accept filings for Presiding Commissioner, Circuit Clerk, County Clerk, Recorder of Deeds, Prosecuting Attorney, County Auditor, Collector of Revenue, Associate Circuit Judge Division 3 and Associate Circuit Judge Division 4.. ...
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The scoop
(Local News ~ 02/16/18)
Subcontractors of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers work Thursday during the final phase to extend a discharge pipe from the pump station so the riprap at the riverfront can be completed. The rehab effort has been in the works since 2006. according to Cape Girardeau assistant public works director Stan Polivick...
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Speak Out 2/16/18
(Speak Out ~ 02/16/18)
This in no way condones any type of sexual harassment ... none, but when I see how many of these Hollywood women dress, I have to wonder what they are advertising? A little more coverage, leaving a little more to the imagination might serve all of us well. Even when I go out locally, I have to wonder, why would a person dress this way? If what you are wearing would embarrass your grandmother if she saw you, then think twice about wearing it...
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Prayer 2/16/18
(Prayer ~ 02/16/18)
O Heavenly Father, we praise you for you generously give grace and mercy. Amen.
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NYC woman stood up by mystery man
(National News ~ 02/16/18)
NEW YORK -- It wasn't meant to be for a New York City woman seeking a mystery missed connection via a 20-foot mural asking him to meet her on Valentine's Day. Devin Custalow, 25, waited for nearly 30 minutes at the billboard that asked the man with yellow shoes she met on a subway train in October to meet with her at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Friends, family and cameras were on hand for the meeting that never came to pass -- but her loved ones gave her a bouquet of flowers...
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Births 2/16/18
(Births ~ 02/16/18)
Son to Chris Daniel and Alex Brooke Beck of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 12:24 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. Name, Bryson Carter. Weight, 9 pounds. Second child, first son. Mrs. Beck is the former Alex Voerg, daughter of August and Laura Ritter of Cape Girardeau and Derrick and Sherri Voerg of Summerville, South Carolina. ...
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Cape Girardeau/Jackson fire report 2/16/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/16/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Wednesday n Medical assist calls were made at 9:27 a.m. on Nash Road; 11:31 a.m. on Westfield Drive; 7:22 p.m. on North Lorimier Street; and 9:19 p.m. on South Fountain Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 2/16/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/16/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Thefts n Theft was reported at 945 Rodney Vista Blvd. n Theft was reported at 1126 N. Sprigg St.
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Neal Boyd's road to recovery is inspiring lyrics, new music
(Entertainment ~ 02/16/18)
Sikeston native and 2008 "America's Got Talent" winner Neal Boyd's singing career has been on momentary pause since a car accident last year left him seriously injured, but his condition is improving, and he's been using his recovery time to write and work on his next album...
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Franz Meier
(Obituary ~ 02/16/18)
Franz A. Meier Jr., 81, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. Arrangements are pending at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home.
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