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Former private probation company employee receives probation for stealing from clients
(Local News ~ 06/12/18)
A former employee of a private probation company in Cape Girardeau County will serve five years probation after circuit Judge Ben Lewis suspended imposition of sentence Monday. Candi Ayers, 45, pleaded guilty last month to felony stealing after police said she stole money from Private Correctional Services’ clients she supervised...
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Longtime downtown Cape bartender Marcellus Jones remembered by friends
(Local News ~ 06/12/18)
“Yeah, I know Marcellus too. ...” Marcellus Jones was popular enough Buckner’s put his name on a T-shirt. That legend is how Josh Lynn first encountered Marcellus Jones, or Cellus, as he was known to many friends. Jones died unexpectedly over the weekend of natural causes. He was 50 years old...
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Singer Neal Boyd dies after struggle with health issues
(Local News ~ 06/12/18)
Neal Boyd, who rose to stardom with his robust, operatic voice, died Sunday night at his mother’s home in Sikeston, Missouri, where he had been struggling with numerous health problems. He was 42. Scott County Coroner Scott Amick said Boyd died at 6:26 p.m. Boyd’s mother found him unresponsive and he was pronounced dead at the scene, Amick said. Amick said Boyd died of natural causes...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/12/18)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, June 12, the 163rd day of 2018. There are 202 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 12, 1963, civil rights leader Medgar Evers, 37, was shot and killed outside his home in Jackson, Mississippi. (In 1994, Byron De La Beckwith was convicted of murdering Evers and sentenced to life in prison; he died in 2001.)...
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Write it down: Leslie to inspire on July 14
(Editorial ~ 06/12/18)
One of our favorite aspects of the Semoball Awards show, now in its fifth year, is connecting a speaker with the audience of local high school athletes. The show is dedicated to the area's best athletes, who all are up for consideration for several different categories, including male and female athletes of the year as well as the best in several different sports...
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Wandering caterpillars make for slippery road in Maine
(National News ~ 06/12/18)
BLUE HILL, Maine — Drivers: Better watch out for caterpillars in one Maine town. The Maine Department of Transportation posted an alert for two days last week the insects were making things slippery along Highway 15, or Mines Road, in Blue Hill. As of Thursday, the department said the incident “has been cleared.” ...
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New Gov. Parson: 'Time for a fresh start' in Missouri
(State News ~ 06/12/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Monday said it's "time for a fresh start" and called for unity as he addressed the Legislature for the first time since he took office after Eric Greitens' resignation amid allegations of personal and political misconduct...
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Butterfly effect at Lake Boutin
(Local News ~ 06/12/18)
Kylondrea Deberry, left, and Kimberly Dozier react to a butterfly Monday at Lake Boutin at Trail of Tears State Park.
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Some push to ban legal brothels in Nevada
(Entertainment ~ 06/12/18)
PAHRUMP, Nev. -- A state marketed as a place where people can indulge in all manner of sins is confronting its status as the only place in America where you can legally pay someone for sex. A coalition of religious groups and anti-sex trafficking activists has launched referendums to ban brothels in two of the seven Nevada counties where they're legally operating. The effort dovetails with a campaign by the state's most famous pimp for a seat in the state Legislature...
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Democrats test liberal messages
(National News ~ 06/12/18)
A single-payer health care advocate in South Texas. A gun restriction supporter in Dallas. Cheerleaders in Arkansas and Iowa for public option health care. Weeks into the primary season, with five more states voting Tuesday, Democrats' midterm class is shaping up to test what liberal messages the party can sell to the moderate and GOP-leaning voters who will help determine control of the House after the November election...
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U.S. hits Russian firms with sanctions for cyberattacks
(National News ~ 06/12/18)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration Monday slapped sanctions on several Russian companies and businessmen for engaging in cyberattacks and assisting Russia's military and intelligence services with other malicious activities. The Treasury Department said it was imposing sanctions on five Russian firms and three executives from one of them under legislation passed last year and an executive order aimed at punishing efforts to hack into U.S. ...
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Judge peppers lawyers on Trump foreign business
(National News ~ 06/12/18)
GREENBELT, Md. -- Lawyers for Maryland and the District of Columbia accused President Donald Trump in federal court Monday of "profiting on an unprecedented scale" from foreign government interests using his Washington, D.C., hotel, but a Justice Department lawyer insisted Trump isn't breaking the law because he provided no favors in return...
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Data obtained by AP shows social media alters gang life, death in Chicago
(National News ~ 06/12/18)
CHICAGO -- Gangs' embrace of social media to goad foes or conceal drug dealing in emoji-laden text is the biggest change in how gangs operate compared with 10 years ago, according to new law enforcement data provided exclusively to The Associated Press ahead of its release Tuesday by the Chicago Crime Commission...
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Out of the past: June 12
(Out of the Past ~ 06/12/18)
The sound of steam escaping from safety valves and steam-powered whistles echo through the hills around Gordonville; the Friends of Steam Railroading and Shelby and Mildred Brown of Jackson are sponsoring a weekend Spring Steam Festival that includes operating steam-power tractors and steam engines; the event is taking place today and tomorrow at Gordonville City Park...
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Cartel leader gets nearly 50 years
(National News ~ 06/12/18)
ATLANTA -- A Texas-born man who prosecutors say rose to the top ranks of a Mexican drug cartel using ruthless violence to defeat rivals and secure control of drug trafficking routes was sentenced Monday by a federal judge in Atlanta to serve nearly five decades in prison...
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U.S. launches bid to find citizenship cheaters, strip them of naturalization
(National News ~ 06/12/18)
LOS ANGELES -- The U.S. government agency overseeing immigration applications is launching an office to focus on identifying Americans who are suspected of cheating to get their citizenship and seek to strip them of it. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director L. ...
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Your internet use could change as 'net neutrality' comes to end
(National News ~ 06/12/18)
NEW YORK -- Your ability to watch and use your favorite apps and services could start to change -- though not right away -- following the official demise Monday of Obama-era internet protections. Any changes are likely to happen slowly, as companies assess how much consumers will tolerate...
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Donald Tripp
(Obituary ~ 06/12/18)
Donald G. Tripp, 83, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, June 9, 2018, at Landmark Hospital. He was born May 30, 1935, in Cape Girardeau County, son of the late Clarence and Opal Ackman Tripp. He and Mary C. Bollinger were married in 1967 in Scott County...
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Jon Steinhoff
(Obituary ~ 06/12/18)
Jon Lynn Steinhoff, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, June 10, 2018, surrounded by family. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral will follow at noon at the funeral home. Burial will be at Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Patricia Spalding
(Obituary ~ 06/12/18)
Patricia Ann "Peggy" Spalding, 83, passed away Saturday, June 9, 2018, at Chateau Girardeau. She was born Nov. 24, 1934, in Cape Girardeau to the late Clarence and LaVada Harvell Gosnell. Patricia married Edward G. "Bud" Spalding on March 24, 1951, in Cape Girardeau. They had been married for 67 years, and they hardly ever left each other's sides...
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Ruth Hailey
(Obituary ~ 06/12/18)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Ruth Ann Hailey, 74, of Chaffee died Saturday, June 9, 2018, at her home. Memorial visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Calvary Baptist Church in Chaffee. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Ken Johnson officiating. Burial will follow at Union Park Cemetery in Chaffee...
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Harold Fritsche
(Obituary ~ 06/12/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Harold L. Fritsche, 74, of Perryville died Tuesday, June 5, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and from 6:30 to 8 a.m. Wednesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville, with the Rev. Matthew Marks officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery, with military graveside service provided by Veterans of Foreign Wars and Delta Team...
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Alice Cox
(Obituary ~ 06/12/18)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Alice Cox, 87, of Sikeston, formerly of Cairo, Illinois, died Saturday, June 9, 2018, at her daughter's home in Sikeston. She was born Jan. 21, 1931, in Chicago, the daughter of James A. and Winnifred Connell Bennett. Alice spent the majority of her life in Pulaski and Alexander counties in Illinois. ...
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Doris Cook-Rhodes
(Obituary ~ 06/12/18)
ZALMA, Mo. -- Doris Jean Cook-Rhodes, 79, of Zalma and formerly of Marble Hill, Missouri, passed away Sunday, June 10, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 14, 1938, in Lutesville, Missouri, daughter of Earnest R. and Robbie S. Hollingsworth Leadbetter. She and Norman Cook were united in marriage Sept. 1, 1956, and he passed away Nov, 4, 2008. She then married Charles Rhodes on Aug. 8, 2015...
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Bertie Camren
(Obituary ~ 06/12/18)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Bertie Lou "Sissy" Harrell Camren, 88, of Advance passed away Sunday, June 10, 2018, at Advance Nursing Center. Sissy was born Feb. 14, 1930, at Brownwood, Missouri, the daughter of Jesse Campbell "J.C." and Cora May Allen Harrell. Sissy and Hubert "Buddy" Camren were united in marriage Oct. 4, 1952, in Sank, Missouri, and he preceded her in death Feb. 27, 1997...
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Speak Out 6/12/18
(Speak Out ~ 06/12/18)
I could dunk a basketball if they lowered the goal to 6 feet. So, come on, Kathy Swan. You know as well as I do the reason you could say the public school foundation formula (provides state tax revenue for public schools) was fully funded is that the amount required to fund the formula was cut...
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Trump, North Korea's Kim come together for momentous summit
(International News ~ 06/12/18)
SINGAPORE -- President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un came together for a momentous summit today that could determine historic peace or raise the specter of a growing nuclear threat, with Trump pledging "working together we will get it taken care of."...
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Prayer 6/12/18
(Prayer ~ 06/12/18)
Father God, the joy of the Lord Jesus Christ is our strength. Amen.
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Missouri museum honoring Churchill gets 1 of his paintings
(State News ~ 06/12/18)
FULTON, Mo. -- The latest addition to the National Churchill Museum in Fulton is a testament to the longtime British prime minister's artistic, rather than political, skills. The former Monsanto Co. on Friday donated a painting by Churchill to the museum at Westminster College, where Churchill delivered his famous "Iron Curtain" speech in 1946...
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Sports and politics need a divorce
(Column ~ 06/12/18)
Sports and politics are a large part of American culture; I understand that, but I'm fed up with the marriage of the two. Wasn't there a time when we tuned into athletics to enjoy healthy competition, cheer for our favorite teams, and get away from the seriousness of life we're forced to confront every day? Not that we don't take our sports seriously. We do. But it's a different kind of serious...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 6/12/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/12/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Sunday n Medical assists were made at 1:46 a.m. on Kingshighway, 3:12 a.m. on Brenda Kay Court, 3:26 a.m. on Maria Louise Lane, 3:49 a.m. on South Hanover Street, 11:18 a.m. ...
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Cape Girardeau police report 6/12/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/12/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Richard Keller II, 41, of Jackson was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant. n Claire Zawlocki, 20, of Foristell, Missouri, was arrested on a St. Charles County (Missouri) warrant...
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A storm is brewing
(Submitted Story ~ 06/12/18)
Taken as the storm came through this afternoon. It was as dark as night in the middle of the afternoon. Street lights on in the middle of the day. Makes for a dramatic photo.
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