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Community members gather to retire American flags
(Local News ~ 10/22/18)
Dozens of community members, veterans and Scouts gathered Sunday afternoon in the parking lot of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3838 in Cape Girardeau to participate in the inaugural flag retirement ceremony. Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary, Girl Scouts of America, Boy Scouts of America, Boy Scouts of America Venturing Crew, Air Force JROTC and the Civil Air Patrol all participated in the ceremonial process of retiring five American flags...
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VintageNOW Fashion Show shines spotlight ‘into the darkness of domestic violence’
(Local News ~ 10/22/18)
Trapeze artists mesmerized, glitz from circus-inspired wardrobes shone bright and bass-heavy music thumped as models showcased their style during the ninth annual VintageNOW Fashion Show on Saturday at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Mining company to locate in county; DRA approves $300K grant for road to proposed facility
(Local News ~ 10/22/18)
A sand-mining company has received a $300,000 grant from the Delta Regional Authority to build a road to its facility, to be constructed in Cape Girardeau County, officials said. A news release from Delta Regional Authority lists the project’s DRA investment as $315,277, with the total investment approximately $623,000...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/22/18)
Today is Monday, Oct. 22, the 295th day of 2018. There are 70 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 22, 1979, the U.S. government allowed the deposed Shah of Iran to travel to New York for medical treatment -- a decision that precipitated the Iran hostage crisis...
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Prayer 10-22-18
(Prayer ~ 10/22/18)
Lord Jesus, thank you for coming to save us. Amen.
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Yes on Prop D: A gas tax increase is smart move for state infrastructure
(Editorial ~ 10/22/18)
It’s time to do something about Missouri’s roads. Anyone who drives on our highways knows this. Many of our highways and bridges are in rough shape. The Missouri Department of Transportation is trying desperately just to maintain what we have. Maintenance slips behind every year our highways are underfunded...
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Trump space force plan is grounded in real needs but hazy
(National News ~ 10/22/18)
WASHINGTON -- With his demand the Pentagon create a new military service -- a Space Force to assure "American dominance in space" -- President Donald Trump has injected urgency into a long-meandering debate over the best way to protect U.S. interests in space, both military and commercial...
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Immunotherapy scores a first win against some breast cancers
(National News ~ 10/22/18)
For the first time, one of the new immunotherapy drugs has shown promise against breast cancer in a large study that combined it with chemotherapy to treat an aggressive form of the disease. But the benefit for most women was small, raising questions about whether the treatment is worth its high cost and side effects...
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Mega Millions players ponder how to spend record $1.6B prize
(National News ~ 10/22/18)
CHICAGO -- With the Mega Millions lottery jackpot at a record $1.6 billion, people are snapping up tickets across the U.S. The Powerball jackpot also has climbed. It's up to an estimated $620 million for Wednesday's drawing. That would make it the fifth-largest jackpot in U.S. history...
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Is there interference in the 2018 US midterm elections?
(National News ~ 10/22/18)
WASHINGTON -- When the Justice Department unsealed criminal charges detailing a yearslong effort by a Russian troll farm to "sow division and discord in the U.S. political system," it was the first federal case alleging continued foreign interference in U.S. elections...
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Democrats look to Latinos to provide midterm support
(National News ~ 10/22/18)
LAS VEGAS -- Patricia Lugo rattled off a string of fierce adjectives describing life under the Trump administration -- "ugly," "bad," "terrible." She joined a cluster of other Latinos in a Las Vegas shopping center in listing grievances against the president including referring to Mexican immigrants as rapists and separating parents from children at the border...
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Turkey to reveal details of probe into Khashoggi's killing
(International News ~ 10/22/18)
ISTANBUL -- In a sign of growing pressure on Saudi Arabia, Turkey said it will announce details of its investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Tuesday and U.S. congressional leaders said the Gulf kingdom -- in particular its crown prince -- should face severe consequences for the death of the writer in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul...
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Bolton faces tense talks with Russia over nuclear treaty
(International News ~ 10/22/18)
MOSCOW -- U.S. national security adviser John Bolton faces two days of high-tension talks in Moscow beginning today after President Donald Trump announced his intention to withdraw from a landmark nuclear weapons treaty. Trump's announcement the United States would leave the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces, or INF, treaty brought sharp criticism Sunday from Russian officials and from former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who signed the treaty in 1987 with President Ronald Reagan...
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Ragged, growing caravan of migrants resumes march toward U.S.
(International News ~ 10/22/18)
TAPACHULA, Mexico -- A growing caravan of Honduran migrants streamed through southern Mexico on Sunday heading toward the United States, after making an end-run around Mexican agents who briefly blocked them at the Guatemalan border. They received help at every turn from sympathetic Mexicans who offered food, water and clothing. Hundreds of locals driving pickups, vans and cargo trucks stopped to let them clamber aboard...
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'Call my lawyer,' says sweater seized with stolen sneakers
(National News ~ 10/22/18)
ROANOKE, Va. — A Virginia store has had 20 right-foot shoes stolen over the course of three break-ins this year. The Roanoke Times reported Roanoke County police arrested 21-year-old Manuel Carlos Ramirez-Godoy in the Oct. 14 burglary of Clean Soles, seizing seven right-foot Nike Air Jordans and a sweatshirt printed with “Call My Lawyer.” ...
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What's new — and what's missing — in your next new car
(Business ~ 10/22/18)
Automakers are continually making changes in vehicles. These can be technological breakthroughs, such as the automatic emergency braking systems that are increasingly becoming standard on new cars. Some are mandated changes, such as a federal requirement all vehicles have backup cameras, which went into effect in May...
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NerdWallet: Single mom masterminds $700K swing from debt to savings
(Business ~ 10/22/18)
When Takiia Anderson graduated from Boston College Law School in 1999, she was a single mom with a 2-year-old child, nearly $100,000 in student loans and a new job as a government attorney that paid $34,102 a year. She didn't like that math. "People are talking about 20 years to pay off a student loan, and my daughter is going to college in 16 years," recalled Anderson, now 47 and based in Atlanta. ...
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Chinese broadens its propaganda drive to heartland America
(Business ~ 10/22/18)
OMAHA, Neb. -- China's propaganda machine has taken aim at American soybean farmers as part of its high-stakes trade war with the Trump administration. The publication last month of a four-page advertising section in the Des Moines Register opened a new battle line in China's effort to break the administration's resolve. ...
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Out of the past: Oct. 22
(Out of the Past ~ 10/22/18)
Southeast Missouri State University's Homecoming parade and the annual Veterans Day parade are being combined this year; the parade will be Nov. 6, beginning at 9 a.m. at Capaha Park; homecoming festivities will begin Nov. 5 and end Nov. 7. Three hundred fifty-one Cape Girardeau County residents have applied for federal flood disaster assistance, ranking the county 20th statewide in the number of applications, according to Federal Emergency Management Agency officials...
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William 'Bill' Walsh
(Obituary ~ 10/22/18)
William P. "Bill" Walsh, 75, of Jackson died peacefully Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018, at his home. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge, Illinois. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with Father Rick Jones officiating. Interment will follow in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Mounds, Illinois...
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Mary Sharp
(Obituary ~ 10/22/18)
Mary Ellen Sharp, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, at Southeast Hospital. She was born May 29, 1943, in Bells, Texas, to Paul H. and Ella Kate Tuttle Wilson. She and Charles Sharp were married Aug. 28, 1965, at Bells. She received a bachelor's degree from Baylor University in 1965 and master's degree from Southeast Missouri State University...
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Juanita Loveless
(Obituary ~ 10/22/18)
Juanita Asher Loveless, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, at her home. She was born Oct. 6, 1925, in Success, Arkansas, to James Jackson and Oda Mae Woolard Asher. She and William Clarence Loveless were married Oct. 28, 1946, at Piggott, Arkansas. He preceded her in death Aug. 12, 2000...
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Lloyd Law
(Obituary ~ 10/22/18)
Lloyd J. Law, 88, of Jackson died Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 27, 1930, in Gideon, Missouri, to Harvey and Alice Struby Law. He and Sellavene Law were married Aug. 12, 1955, at Cedar Falls, Iowa...
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Mike Kilhafner
(Obituary ~ 10/22/18)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- William M. "Mike" Kilhafner, 68, of Marble Hill passed away Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 8, 1950, in Cape Girardeau to William J. "Bill" and Ruth Bruce Kilhafner. He and Michele Seely were married Dec. 30, 1970. Nine children were born to their union...
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Timothy Johnson
(Obituary ~ 10/22/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Timothy F. Johnson, 52, of Perryville died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, at his home. Services will be private. Young and Sons Funeral Home Inc. in Perryville provided the arrangements.
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Cape Girardeau police report 10/22/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/22/18)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest n John Duperier, 54, of Jackson was arrested at 1101 William St. on Cape Girardeau warrants for failure to appear. Charges n A suspect faces charges of driving while revoked/suspended...
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Rural Missouri sees increase in methamphetamine use
(State News ~ 10/22/18)
QULIN, Mo. -- Methamphetamine is on the upswing in Missouri, including rural communities the drug has already ravaged over decades, according to state officials and individuals recovering from addiction. Sgt. Mark McClendon of the Missouri State Highway Patrol told KCUR-TV meth is reaching places and people in the state it never has before...
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Business Notebook: Mill Warehouse Building Supply puts a new name to a familiar company
(Business ~ 10/22/18)
Mill Warehouse Building Supply is a new face of a company founded in Jackson in the 1960s: Kasten Building Supply LLC, owner Phil Leimer said. "We started the expansion about a year ago," he said. "We saw an opportunity to offer a good quality line of building materials to contractors and the general public."...
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'Halloween' scares up $77.5 million in ticket sales
(Entertainment ~ 10/22/18)
LOS ANGELES -- Forty years after he first appeared in theaters, Michael Myers is still drawing huge audiences for a good scare. Universal Pictures said Sunday that "Halloween" took in an estimated $77.5 million in ticket sales from North American theaters...
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