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22nd Wiffle Ball tournament in Cape to benefit St. Jude
(Local News ~ 09/26/18)
From childhood games to playing for a cause, the 22nd annual Wiffle Ball World Series on Saturday at Sherwood Yards in Cape Girardeau will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital — and takes place in Cape Girardeau native Jeff Augustine parents’ backyard...
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David Robinson case documentary to screen Oct. 15 in Cape
(Local News ~ 09/26/18)
Filmmaker Steve Turner’s documentary “The Past is Never Dead,” a chronicle of the David Robinson murder exoneration, will be screened at 6 p.m. Oct. 15 in Rose Theater on Southeast Missouri State University’s campus. Robinson was convicted in 2001 of the Sikeston, Missouri, murder of Sheila Box on the word of two jailhouse informants who later recanted...
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Judge imposes millions against surgeon Fonn in kickback case
(Local News ~ 09/26/18)
A federal judge in St. Louis imposed fines and damages Tuesday totaling $5.49 million against Cape Girardeau neurosurgeon Sonjay Fonn and his fiancée, Deborah Seeger, over a kickback scheme. A federal jury in November 2017 convicted Fonn and Seeger of submitting false and fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid claims...
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Cape city seeks new fire chief; Ennis to retire at year's end
(Local News ~ 09/26/18)
The City of Cape Girardeau is searching for a new fire chief. Chief Rick Ennis has announced he will retire at the end of this year, city manager Scott Meyer said Tuesday. Ennis has served as fire chief for more than 14 years. Meyer said the city wants to hire a fire chief who would also serve as the local government’s emergency management director...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/26/18)
Today is Wednesday, Sept. 26, the 269th day of 2018. There are 96 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 26, 1960, the first-ever debate between presidential nominees took place as Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard M. Nixon faced off before a national TV audience from Chicago...
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Powerful and emotional, 'Superstar' comes to Cape
(Column ~ 09/26/18)
I've been listening to the "Jesus Christ Superstar" soundtrack my whole life. Written originally as a concept album, it is one of the original rock operas, forever changing musicals in America and around the world. It helped propel its creators, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice, to the highest of heights. ...
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Conspiracy afoot to install socialism
(Column ~ 09/26/18)
An alarm is sounding in this country like never before in our history. The alarm is an alert to a sea change of social, political and economic upheaval that is just over the horizon. All is not lost. But all is in danger. We remain a nation of laws and of rules. But increasingly, we are seeing that both the laws and the rules don't apply equally...
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Constance Record
(Obituary ~ 09/26/18)
BENTON, Mo. -- Constance Joyce Record, 81, of rural Benton passed away Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018, at Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born Oct. 13, 1936, in Stockton, Missouri, to the late Milford and Norma Kennedy Hutchins. She and Roger D. Record were married Nov. 7, 1959, in Mount Vernon, Missouri...
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Robert Leadbetter
(Obituary ~ 09/26/18)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Robert Edward Leadbetter, 58, of Chaffee passed away Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, at Heartland Care and Rehab Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 10, 1960, in Cape Girardeau to Raymond Gerald Leadbetter and Helen Marie Scholz. Robert was a retired truck driver for Klug Transport in Farmington, Missouri. He was a Christian...
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Delphin Nance
(Obituary ~ 09/26/18)
Delphin Lee Nance, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born Jan. 3, 1927, in Tupelo, Arkansas, to Leroy and Viola Tucker Gray. She and Billy M. "Bill" Nance were married for 55 years. He preceded her in death July 25, 2010...
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Marian LaFoe
(Obituary ~ 09/26/18)
Marian LaFoe, 94, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, at her home. She was born Sept. 28, 1923, in Conway, Arkansas, to William Harrison and Elizabeth Kuykendal Keller. She and Harry E. LaFoe were married at First Baptist Church in Oak Grove, Louisiana, Sept. 6, 1952...
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Dennis Hente
(Obituary ~ 09/26/18)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Dennis Wayne Hente, son of Lester William and Alice L. Bouge Hente, was born Aug. 23, 1944, in Cape Girardeau and departed this life Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018, in Dexter, with his two sons by his side. He was 74 years of age. He graduated from Cape Girardeau Central High School in 1962. He served in the U.S. Air Force...
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Barbara Hagerling
(Obituary ~ 09/26/18)
Barbara Ann Hagerling, 64, of Jackson died Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, at Woodland Hills in Marble Hill, Missouri. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Baker Cemetery near Marble Hill. Hutchings Funeral Chapel is assisting the family...
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Donna Gilliland
(Obituary ~ 09/26/18)
MORLEY, Mo. -- Donna Jean Gilliland, 71, of Morley passed away Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 22, 1947, in Perkins, Missouri, to Richard and Juanita Elfrank Irwin. She and Hank Gilliland were married April 10, 2010, and he survives of the home...
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Edgar Ford
(Obituary ~ 09/26/18)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Edgar Lewis "Toby" Ford, 74, of Tamms died Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday at Jones Funeral Home in Tamms, where a funeral service will follow at noon Thursday. Interment will follow in Mount Zion Cemetery in Thebes, Illinois...
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Celestine Elder
(Obituary ~ 09/26/18)
ST. MARY, Mo. -- Celestine "Patrick" Elder, 85, of St. Mary died Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, at his son Brian's residence in St. Mary at Lac Difani. Visitation will be from 3:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. Friday, with a rosary recited at 8:30 a.m., at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri...
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Deborah Duncan
(Obituary ~ 09/26/18)
Deborah S. Duncan, 65, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Oct. 7, 1952, in Flint, Michigan, the daughter of William Sr. and Patsy Pixley Sanders. Deborah worked as a nurse for 27 years and loved spending time with her grandchildren and family...
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Gilbert Clements
(Obituary ~ 09/26/18)
Gilbert John Clements, 82, of Jackson died Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson, with parish prayers at 7 p.m. Friday, followed by the rosary. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with Deacon Al Stoverink officiating. Interment will be in Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson, with full military honors...
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Terry Brown
(Obituary ~ 09/26/18)
Terry Dean Brown, 64, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Hobbs Chapel Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Charles Baker III
(Obituary ~ 09/26/18)
ST. MARY, Mo. -- Charles M. Baker III, 65, of St. Mary died Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, at Ste. Genevieve Memorial Hospital in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri, provided the arrangements...
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Trump's boasts draw laughter from leaders
(International News ~ 09/26/18)
UNITED NATIONS -- President Donald Trump got some laughter when he addressed world leaders Tuesday. It wasn't intentional. The president was highlighting U.S. gains under his watch as he opened his address to the U.N. General Assembly. He said the American economy was "booming like never before" and his administration has accomplished more in less than two years than almost any other administration...
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Iran rejects two-way talks with U.S.
(International News ~ 09/26/18)
UNITED NATIONS -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused the United States on Tuesday of trying to overthrow his government, rejecting bilateral talks after President Donald Trump predicted stepped-up U.S. sanctions would get Tehran to negotiate over its nuclear program...
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U.N. ponders globalism, populism's problems
(International News ~ 09/26/18)
UNITED NATIONS -- Warning the world has a bad case of "trust deficit disorder" and risks "runaway climate change," U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged global leaders Tuesday to abandon unilateralism and reinvigorate cooperation as the only way to tackle the challenges and threats of increasingly chaotic times...
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Antibiotics for appendicitis?
(National News ~ 09/26/18)
CHICAGO -- When emergency tests showed the telltale right-sided pain in Heather VanDusen's abdomen was appendicitis, she figured she'd be quickly wheeled into surgery. But doctors offered her the option of antibiotics instead. A new study from Finland shows her choice is a reasonable alternative for most patients with appendicitis. Five years after treatment with antibiotics, almost two-thirds of patients hadn't had another attack...
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Deluge in South Carolina lasts long after Florence
(National News ~ 09/26/18)
GEORGETOWN, S.C. -- Eleven days ago, Lee Gantt was at a Hurricane Florence party in her neighborhood in Georgetown, where the story goes some houses haven't flooded from the Sampit River since they were built before the American Revolution. She will spend Tuesday with sandbags, watching the nearby river rise from Florence's heavy rains and seeing whether the luck finally runs out on her home built on Front Street in 1737...
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Trump says Kavanaugh victim of Dem 'con job'
(National News ~ 09/26/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump denounced Democratic efforts to block Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation as a cynical "con job" Tuesday and launched a dismissive attack on a second woman accusing the nominee of sexual misconduct in the 1980s, asserting she "has nothing."...
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Lawyer: Premature to fire officer after shooting
(National News ~ 09/26/18)
DALLAS -- The firing of a white Dallas police officer charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of her black neighbor inside his own apartment was premature and unfair, an attorney for the officer said. Robert Rogers, who represents former officer Amber Guyger, said Monday night police chief U. Renee Hall "bowed to pressure from anti-police groups and took action before all of the facts had been gathered and due process was afforded."...
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Cosby in cuffs: TV star gets 3 to 10 years for sex assault
(National News ~ 09/26/18)
NORRISTOWN, Pa. -- At an age when other Hollywood stars are settling into retirement and collecting lifetime-achievement awards, an 81-year-old Bill Cosby was led away to prison in handcuffs Tuesday, sentenced to three to 10 years behind bars in what was seen by many of his accusers as a reckoning richly deserved and long overdue...
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Out of the past: Sept. 26
(Out of the Past ~ 09/26/18)
The Rev. Dell J. Crockett, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church at Tilsit, preaches his final sermons at the church; he has accepted a call to become the pastor of First Evangelical Lutheran Church and School in San Fernando, California; Crockett was installed as pastor of Immanuel Church in June 1987...
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Parson calls for change to low-income housing tax credits
(State News ~ 09/26/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said state tax credits for low-income housing won't be issued until lawmakers revamp the program. Parson on Monday said in the meantime, he will still consider voting for federal low-income housing tax credits but won't support state tax credits...
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Missouri border mail issue resolved
(State News ~ 09/26/18)
ST. LOUIS -- A quirk in the mail delivery system forcing some rural Missouri residents living along the Iowa and Arkansas borders to have mailing addresses in neighboring states has been fixed, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill said Tuesday. The idiosyncrasy affected just a few people but created problems and red tape when they voted, paid taxes and even when they died...
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Paper: Screenshots show Greitens staff used app for public business
(State News ~ 09/26/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Screenshots of text messages show former Gov. Eric Greitens' staff used a message-deleting app on their state-issued phones to discuss government business with each other and people outside the governor's office, according to a published report...
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Groups with Obama ties help with black voters in 5 states
(State News ~ 09/26/18)
ST. LOUIS -- Political committees with ties to Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and former President Barack Obama are aiming digital messages to black voters in five states with pivotal U.S. Senate races. The Senate Majority PAC, which is run by a close Schumer ally, and Priorities USA Action, which was founded by former top Obama advisers, plan to spend "seven figures" in Missouri, Florida, Indiana, North Dakota and Arizona, the St. ...
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Road work 9/26/18
(Local News ~ 09/26/18)
Hacker Plumbing, Heating and Cooling, 414 Commercial St. in Cape Girardeau, has announced the 200 block of North Middle Street will be closed to traffic beginning today for an unspecified project. According to a news release, the project will require the street to be closed through Friday...
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Adventurous slide at Levi's Adventure Trail
(Local News ~ 09/26/18)
Noah Shuh, 3, slides down a slide Tuesday at Levi's Adventure Trail at Cape County Park South in Cape Girardeau.
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Prayer 9/26/18
(Prayer ~ 09/26/18)
O Lord Jesus, may we forgive others as you forgive us. Amen.
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Area police report 9/26/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/26/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Kevin Dixon, 36, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for leaving the scene of an accident, driving without a valid license and driving on the wrong side of the roadway...
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Southern Illinois community members donate over $7,000 to the ALS Association St. Louis Regional Chapter
(Submitted Story ~ 09/26/18)
Huckleberry’s Pub owner Andy Clarke and Arnold Burris presented a check for $7,200 to the ALS Association St. Louis Regional Chapter’s care services coordinator Lori Dobbs on Wednesday, September 19. The money was raised from the Golf Tournament for ALS held last month and a Facebook fundraiser accompanying the event...
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Birth 9/26/18
(Births ~ 09/26/18)
Daughter to Josh and Tara Beussink of Jackson, Southeast Hospital, 12:09 a.m. Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. Name, Amzie Josephine. Weight, 6 pounds, 14 ounces. First child. Mrs. Beussink is the daughter of Jeff Messmer of Jackson and Sherry McCall of Sedgewickville, Missouri. Beussink is the son of Tim and Debbie Beussink...
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