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Flourish Ladies Night features lineup of fun, shopping and entertainment
(Local News ~ 05/08/18)
Shopping, tastings, demonstrations, classes and DIY workshops are just some of the fun in store for women who attend the Flourish Ladies Night Out from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau. Hosted by Flourish Women’s Magazine, this one-night-only event will feature an evening-long vendor market full of local artisans, retailers, small businesses and organizations; main stage demonstrations and entertainment; and scheduled workshops and classes...
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New grocery store opening soon in Oran
(Local News ~ 05/08/18)
Where longtime Oran, Missouri, staple David’s Food Mart closed, Oran Food Mart will open soon, at 115 N. Railroad St. Owner Alyson Roper said David’s Food Mart closed Dec. 1 after almost 20 years in business, and she and her husband officially bought the store in March...
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Lessons with Lucy at Cape Central High School
(Local News ~ 05/08/18)
Mark Allen, a math teacher at Cape Girardeau Central High School, prepares his Algebra II class for a presentation with his 2-year-old red British Labrador retriever Lucy on Monday outside of the high school.
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Cape Council chooses Ryan Essex to fill Ward 5 vacancy
(Local News ~ 05/08/18)
Ryan Essex, who voiced concern about drug crimes in the city, was named the temporary Ward 5 Cape Girardeau City Council member Monday. The council made the decision on a 5-1 vote at the close of Monday’s regular meeting. Ward 1 Councilman Daniel Presson cast the dissenting vote. Essex was immediately sworn into office, filling the vacancy created by the election of Bob Fox as mayor last month...
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St. Louis firm to study space needs for Cape City Hall
(Local News ~ 05/08/18)
A St. Louis architectural firm will conduct a space needs study regarding Cape Girardeau’s aging city hall and whether it makes sense to relocate city operations to another building or construct a new city hall. The Cape Girardeau City Council unanimously approved a “general services” agreement Monday with Chiodini Architects without a specific price tag. The firm previously worked with the city as part of the design-build team for Cape Girardeau’s new police station...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/08/18)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, May 8, the 128th day of 2018. There are 237 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 8, 1978, David R. Berkowitz pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn courtroom to murder, attempted murder and assault in connection with the "Son of Sam" shootings that claimed six lives and terrified New Yorkers. (Berkowitz was sentenced to six consecutive life prison terms.)...
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Flourish Ladies Night Out provides fun for women of all ages
(Editorial ~ 05/08/18)
Flourish Magazine has a fun night planned for women on Thursday at the Osage Centre. "Ladies Night Out" is an event planned to let women take a break and have some fun. The event will include: n A vendor market, where women can shop and explore booths from area businesses and vendors...
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Twins born on Star Wars day named after movie characters
(National News ~ 05/08/18)
OGDEN, Utah — The force is with them. A Utah couple became parents of a boy and a girl on Star Wars day, Friday, May 4. The day is celebrated by Star Wars fans because it sounds like the movie’s line, “May the force be with you.” Kendall and Ross Robbins said Monday they named the children Rowan Luke and Kai Leia and decorated their nursery in a Star Wars theme. ...
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Nestle takes over sales of Starbucks in the grocery aisle for $7 billion
(National News ~ 05/08/18)
SEATTLE -- Nestle is paying more than $7 billion to buy the rights to sell Starbucks coffee and tea in supermarkets and other stores outside its coffee shops. The deal comes with a huge price tag for Nestle, but it could pay off big for the Swiss company. Its Nescafe and Nespresso don't carry anywhere near the heft in America the Starbucks brand does, with its $2 billion in annual sales. Nestle will also put Starbucks in grocery stores outside the U.S. and Canada...
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Buffett says stocks remain best investment option
(National News ~ 05/08/18)
OMAHA, Neb. -- Billionaire Warren Buffett recommended investors stick with simple stock index funds -- not bonds and especially not bitcoins. Buffett discussed a variety of topics during an interview Monday on CNBC after he spent Saturday answering questions before thousands of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders...
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Iran-Contra figure Oliver North named president of the NRA
(National News ~ 05/08/18)
ATLANTA -- Retired Lt. Col. Oliver North, the gung-ho Marine at the center of the Iran-Contra affair three decades ago, was named president Monday of the National Rifle Association, giving it star power as it faces a powerful backlash over the massacres in Florida and Las Vegas...
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New York attorney general resigns amid abuse allegations
(National News ~ 05/08/18)
NEW YORK -- New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who had taken on high-profile roles as an advocate for women's issues and an antagonist to the policies of President Donald Trump, announced late Monday he would be resigning from office hours after four women he was romantically involved with or had romantic interactions with accused him of physical violence in accounts published by The New Yorker...
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Putin vows to boost economy as he begins fourth term
(International News ~ 05/08/18)
MOSCOW -- Vladimir Putin launched his fourth term as president Monday with an ambitious call to vault Russia into the top five global economies by developing its technological products and agricultural exports. Putin, who has sought to restore Russia's military and diplomatic prominence on the world stage, focused almost entirely on domestic issues in his speech after taking the oath of office in a vast, vaulted Kremlin hall glittering with gold leaf...
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Sessions: Zero-tolerance may split families at border
(National News ~ 05/08/18)
SAN DIEGO -- A "zero-tolerance" policy toward people who enter the United States illegally may cause families to be separated while parents are prosecuted, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it would refer all arrests for illegal entry to federal prosecutors, throwing its weight behind Sessions' policy announced last month to vastly expand criminal prosecutions of people with few or no previous offenses. ...
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Trump grows frustrated with Giuliani's interviews
(National News ~ 05/08/18)
NEW YORK -- President Donald Trump is growing increasingly irritated with lawyer Rudy Giuliani's frequently off-message media blitz, in which he has muddied the waters on hush money paid to porn actress Stormy Daniels and made claims complicating the president's standing in the special counsel's Russia probe...
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Slopes of volcano offer lush, affordable piece of paradise
(National News ~ 05/08/18)
PAHOA, Hawaii -- As lava crawled down Leilani Road in a hissing, popping mass, Cheryl Griffith stood in its path and placed a plant in a crack in the ground as an offering to the Native Hawaiian volcano goddess, Pele. Griffith lives in Leilani Estates, a subdivision on the Big Island where molten rock from the Kilauea volcano has burst through the ground, destroying more than two dozen homes and resulting in evacuation orders for nearly 2,000 people. But the 61-year-old did not leave...
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State Dept.: Giuliani doesn't speak for U.S. on foreign policy
(National News ~ 05/08/18)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration sought to distance itself Monday from Rudy Giuliani's public statements about Iran and North Korea, saying President Donald Trump's new lawyer does not speak for the president on matters of foreign policy. Since joining Trump's legal team last month and becoming its public face, Giuliani has raised eyebrows for a series of assertions not only about his legal strategy and the special counsel investigation, but also about global affairs and Trump's policies. ...
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Trump: '13 angry Democrats' on Mueller team should be wary
(National News ~ 05/08/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said Monday he was "Fighting Back" against the Russia probe and warned the "13 Angry Democrats" on the special counsel's team to "just wait 'till the Courts get to see your unrevealed Conflicts of Interest!" Trump also suggested special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into possible collusion between his campaign and Russia was politically motivated...
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Trump defends CIA nominee, says she is 'tough on terror'
(National News ~ 05/08/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump defended Gina Haspel, his nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency, Monday, dismissing criticism of her involvement in a harsh interrogation program and arguing Democrats want her out because she "is too tough on terror."...
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Trump: Iran nuclear decision today
(National News ~ 05/08/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is set to reveal his decision on whether to keep the U.S. in the Iran deal today, a move potentially determining the fate of 2015 agreement freezing Iran's nuclear program. The announcement is set to cap more than a year of deliberation and negotiation at times pitting Trump against some of his closest aides and key American allies. ...
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State election systems still waiting for security checkups
(National News ~ 05/08/18)
With the midterm congressional primaries about to go into full swing, the Department of Homeland Security is playing catch-up in helping to ensure state election systems are secure against cybertampering by the Russians or others bent on mischief. The department said it has completed on-site risk assessments of election systems in just nine of 17 states that have formally requested them so far. It has pledged to do so by November for every state that asks...
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Out of the past: May 8
(Out of the Past ~ 05/08/18)
Speaking at spring commencement exercises at the Show Me Center, U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Sr. advised Southeast Missouri State University graduates not to cheat in their future endeavors; "When you cheat, somebody else suffers," says Limbaugh...
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Mildred Schreiner
(Obituary ~ 05/08/18)
Mildred V. Schreiner, 98, of Jackson died Saturday, May 5, 2018, at Luther Manor in Hannibal, Missouri. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to service time Saturday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jimmie Corbin officiating. Burial will follow at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...
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Jerry Schlegel
(Obituary ~ 05/08/18)
Jerry Schlegel, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, May 6, 2018, at the Lutheran Home. Visitation will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church. Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Douglas C. Breite officiating. Burial with military honors will follow at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery...
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Mark Parker
(Obituary ~ 05/08/18)
ORAN, Mo. -- Mark Dewayne Parker, 60, of Oran passed away Monday, May 7, 2018, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born June 27, 1957, to Jimmy (Zelda) Parker and Barbara (Thomas) Cooper. He and Robin Scheible married June 23, 1990, and she survives of the home...
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Arleen Kneezle
(Obituary ~ 05/08/18)
Arleen Kneezle, 68, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, May 6, 2018, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Unity Baptist Church in Benton, Missouri. Funeral will follow at 11 a.m. Thursday at the church, with the Rev. Dennis Lowe officiating. Burial will be at Unity Baptist Church Cemetery in Benton...
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Karen Flowers
(Obituary ~ 05/08/18)
LAWRENCEBURG, Tenn. -- Karen Flowers, 82, of Lawrenceburg, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, May 4, 2018, at Maury Regional Hospital in Columbia, Tennessee. Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 5/8/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/08/18)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Sunday n Medical assists were made at 12:48 a.m. on North Kingshighway; 6:44 a.m. on Broadway; 7 a.m. on Butler Street; and 7:38 p.m. on Towers Circle. n At 6:32 a.m. alarm system activation was reported on Bloomfield Road...
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Cape Girardeau police report 5/8/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/08/18)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Assault n Assault was reported in the 1800 block of Ferndale Drive. Theft n Motor vehicle theft was reported at 2000 Independence St. Miscellaneous...
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Missouri Legislature votes for radioactive waste inquiries
(State News ~ 05/08/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Legislature has voted to create a new fund to help investigate areas of the state exposed to radioactive waste. The bill, approved Monday by the Senate in 24-8 vote, would prioritize sites such as the West Lake Landfill, in suburban St. Louis, where radioactive material was illegally dumped more than four decades ago...
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Missouri budget leaders agree on higher K-12 school funding
(State News ~ 05/08/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri House and Senate budget leaders Monday said they've reached an agreement that would mean K-12 public schools receive a close to $99 million funding increase next fiscal year. While House lawmakers included the hike in their earlier proposal, senators later passed a budget plan with only a roughly $48 million increase. Restoring the $99 million would mean lawmakers meet core K-12 funding goals outlined in state law...
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Minimum wage, medical pot among Missouri ballot proposals
(State News ~ 05/08/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Several groups have submitted signatures for proposed ballot measures on a minimum wage hike, limits on lobbyist gifts to lawmakers and medical marijuana in time for the Sunday deadline to get initiative petitions on the Nov. 6 ballot...
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Down by the creek at Scivally Park
(Local News ~ 05/08/18)
Charles Jay, 11, left, and his brother, Malachi, 8, toss rocks Monday in the creek at Dennis Scivally Park in Cape Girardeau.
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Prayer 5/8/18
(Prayer ~ 05/08/18)
O Lord Jesus, we believe you are the Son of God and worship you. Amen.
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Speak Out 5/8/18
(Speak Out ~ 05/08/18)
The overall message of French President Macron's eloquent oration to a joint session of the U. S. Congress was overwhelmingly convincing. Reject Trumpism. And I thought I had trouble letting things go. A special Speak Out award for holding grudges goes to a recent contributor and Cape Central baseball player for never forgetting the fact that in 1968 his coach would not call off practice so he could go to the town plaza and hear RFK speak...
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Dinosaur tracks at Utah park dislodged, thrown into lake by unknowing visitors
(Community ~ 05/08/18)
SALT LAKE CITY -- Visitors at a Utah state park have been dislodging dinosaur tracks imprinted in sandstone and throwing the pieces into a nearby lake, officials said. The site lined with hundreds of the prehistoric raptor tracks has been heavily damaged in the past six months, Red Fleet State Park manager Josh Hansen said...
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Iranians say uncertainty over nuclear deal is bringing fear
(International News ~ 05/08/18)
TEHRAN, Iran -- On the streets of Tehran, every day seems to bring more worry and fear ahead of President Donald Trump's decision on whether to pull America out of the nuclear deal with Iran. Exchange shop windows once showing rates for Iranian rial to U.S. dollar transactions have gone blank, as black-market rates have skyrocketed to 70,000 rials to the dollar, far higher than the newly government-imposed rate of 42,000 for $1...
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Boy Scouts: What's in a name?
(Column ~ 05/08/18)
Some things guys need other guys for -- without girls. It's why a father occasionally plans a guys' day with his son. They need that time--just the boys. Can't they have that? Apparently, not in the Boy Scouts. In fact, some Boy Scouts can't even just be Boy Scouts anymore. A name change is forthcoming to demonstrate that "let boys be boys" is now passe...
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