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Cape man pleads guilty to felony wire fraud
(Local News ~ 10/24/18)
The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday that George R. Gunn, 44, of Cape Girardeau pleaded guilty to two felony counts of wire fraud. At his plea hearing Tuesday, Gunn admitted he had executed a scheme to defraud his employer, River City Mobile Home Sales, in Benton, Missouri, according to a news release...
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After Dark to offer night of 'tremendous amount of hope'
(Local News ~ 10/24/18)
Hip-hop artist KB, country artist Corey Kent White and guest speaker Joe White are taking the stage as part of After Dark — a free event catered to college students — at 8 p.m. Thursday at Southeast Missouri State University’s Academic Hall. Director of After Dark Geoff Todd said the event is for everybody and described it as a time “where music and message meet.”...
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State Rep. Rick Francis faces election challenge from ailing Democratic candidate
(Local News ~ 10/24/18)
For the second time in two years, Republican state Rep. Rick Francis faces an election challenge from Democrat Ronald Pember of Fredericktown, Missouri. But Pember, who lost in a three-way race with Francis and Constitution Party candidate Victoria “Tori” Proffer two years ago, has been in poor health and has not actively campaigned this fall...
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Scott County judge faces election challenge from assistant prosecutor
(Local News ~ 10/24/18)
Scott County Associate Circuit Judge Scott Horman faces an election challenge from assistant prosecutor Zac Horack who bills himself as the “law and order candidate.” But Horman, who has served as Division 5 associate circuit judge since 2007, said he has far more experience than his opponent...
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World War I to be topic of Historic Tuesday Talk
(Local News ~ 10/24/18)
Southeast Missouri State University’s Historic Tuesday Talk on Oct. 30 will feature World War I, according to a university news release. Gary Tyler, outreach specialist at the university’s Crisp Museum, will give the presentation, which is free and open to the public...
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Hawley, Galloway are best for Missouri
(Column ~ 10/24/18)
United States senate race Josh Hawley, Claire McCaskill. Missouri vote to help decide senate majority. Abortion issues. New York Times. Project Veritas. Nicole Galloway for state auditor. Josh Hawley for senate. Claire McCaskill for senate.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/24/18)
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 24, the 297th day of 2018. There are 68 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 24, 1972, Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson, who'd broken Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947, died in Stamford, Connecticut, at age 53...
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Issue of married Catholic priests gains traction under pope
(International News ~ 10/24/18)
VATICAN CITY -- As the Vatican copes with the growing clergy sex abuse scandal and declining number of priests worldwide, it is laying the groundwork to open formal debate on an issue long taboo: opening up the priesthood to married men in parts of the world where clergy are scarce...
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Clean Missouri creates balance
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/24/18)
I write this letter in response to the guest column concerning Clean Missouri written by Rick Francis. I write because I believe in Missourians and I believe they are entitled to the facts and the truth. Clean Missouri is a proposed amendment with the goals of providing a more partisan balance in Missouri's legislative districts and limiting campaign contributions and lobbyists' gifts. The amendment would prevent lawmakers from becoming lobbyists for two years after their legislative term(s)...
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Candidates want endorsements, not ads
(Column ~ 10/24/18)
It's hard to get an exact number, but Josh Hawley and Claire McCaskill - along with ample "dark money" - will spend upwards of $90 million to entice your vote come Nov. 6. Out of that massive war chest, the 232 newspapers in Missouri will get zip. Politicians - actually their handlers -- have decided that newspapers are media relics...
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Out of the past: Oct. 24
(Out of the Past ~ 10/24/18)
The Rev. Lawrence Eatherton, pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson, is leaving his pastorate there; he has accepted the call to serve at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Fenton, Missouri; he preaches his farewell sermon in all services today. Its cypress wood having survived 24 years of weathering and woodpeckers, the bell tower at Hanover Lutheran Church is getting a makeover; workers are applying a synthetic stucco material to the tower's exterior...
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Susan Suggs
(Obituary ~ 10/24/18)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Susan Diane Suggs, 62, of Charleston died Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. Friends may call from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Mercy Seat Missionary Baptist Church in Charleston. Funeral will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Darren Horrell officiating. Interment will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston, with Williams Funeral Home of Charleston in charge of arrangements...
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Kenneth Shepard
(Obituary ~ 10/24/18)
Kenneth Mark Shepard, 77, of Jackson died Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, at his home. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Graveside service, with full military honors, will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Greenfield Cemetery in Greenfield, Missouri...
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Virginia Mouser
(Obituary ~ 10/24/18)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Virginia Lee Mouser, 81, of Marble Hill passed away Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 10, 1936, in Gipsy, Missouri, daughter of Thelbert and Pauline Bernice Stevenson Steward. She and Elwood Mouser were united in marriage April 17, 1954, at Zalma, Missouri, and he passed away May 6, 2003...
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Fredric McGruder
(Obituary ~ 10/24/18)
PATTON, Mo. -- Fredric Alan McGruder, 68, of Patton passed away Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, at his home, after fighting a courageous battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and pseudobulbar affect (PBA). He was born Nov. 14, 1949, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to Wren and Verneal McGruder of Harviell, Missouri. Fred and Sherry Hill of Vanduser, Missouri, were united in marriage Aug. 21, 1993...
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Lois Leadbetter
(Obituary ~ 10/24/18)
SILEX, Mo. -- Lois J. Leadbetter, 81, of Silex passed away Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, at the Elsberry Health Care Center in Elsberry, Missouri. She was born Jan. 29, 1937, at Advance, Missouri, the daughter of Raymond and Fern Crites Simmers. Lois and Hobert Leadbetter were united in marriage May 17, 1955, at Sardis, Mississippi, and he preceded her in death Aug. 20, 2004...
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Kathy Curtis
(Obituary ~ 10/24/18)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Kathy Joann Curtis, 59, of Tamms passed away Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, at her home. She was born May 20, 1959, at Racine, Wisconsin, to the late Willard and Reba Mae Ralls Beasley. Kathy was of the Baptist faith and was a retired mental health employee with the State of Missouri...
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Grand Canyon chief being investigated, will be reassigned
(Community ~ 10/24/18)
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- The superintendent at the Grand Canyon will be reassigned amid a federal investigation into undisclosed allegations, the National Park Service said Tuesday, marking the latest upheaval at one of the country's most popular national parks...
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Willa roars over Mexican island, heads for resort area
(International News ~ 10/24/18)
MAZATLAN, Mexico -- Hurricane Willa roared over an offshore penal colony and closed in on Mexico's Pacific coast with 120 mph winds Tuesday, threatening a major resort area along with fishing villages and farms. Emergency officials said they evacuated more than 4,250 people in coastal towns and set up 58 shelters ahead of the dangerous Category 3 storm, which was expected to blow ashore in the evening near Mazatlan, a tourist spot of high-rise hotels and about 500,000 people, many of them U.S. ...
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Puerto Ricans still fighting with insurance companies
(International News ~ 10/24/18)
DORADO, Puerto Rico -- Thousands of Puerto Ricans have been forced to drain their savings, close their businesses or resign themselves to living with structural damage as they fight insurance companies over millions of dollars' worth of claims unanswered or unpaid more than a year after Hurricane Maria...
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Turkish president: Saudis must name writer's killers
(International News ~ 10/24/18)
ISTANBUL -- Saudi Arabia must identify those who ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and turn over the suspects for trial, the Turkish president said Tuesday in remarks carefully ratcheting up pressure on a country that is a source of investment for Turkey, but also a rival for influence in the Middle East...
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Indiana AG won't be charged for groping
(National News ~ 10/24/18)
INDIANAPOLIS -- A special prosecutor said Tuesday he will not charge Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill with a crime even though he believes allegations from four women Hill drunkenly groped them at a party in March. Attorneys for the lawmaker and legislative staffers who accuse Hill said the case isn't over because they plan to file a civil lawsuit against him...
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Woman's tip prevents potential school attack in Kentucky
(National News ~ 10/24/18)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A New Jersey woman credited with helping foil a potential school attack in Kentucky said she was "protecting my babies" when she followed her gut and tipped off police about harassing Facebook messages police say are linked to the suspect...
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Julia Roberts, Constance Wu celebrated at InStyle Awards
(Community ~ 10/24/18)
LOS ANGELES -- Julia Roberts was brought to tears by "Notting Hill" writer Richard Curtis, Jeff Goldblum showed off his socks and celebrated his 66th birthday with a cupcake, and Constance Wu spoke to the power of representation Monday night at a glitzy soiree in Los Angeles...
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6 children dead, 12 sick in N.J. viral outbreak
(National News ~ 10/24/18)
A severe viral outbreak at a New Jersey rehabilitation center for "medically fragile children" has left six youngsters dead and 12 others sick, the state Health Department said Tuesday. There have been 18 cases of adenovirus at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Haskell, about 30 miles northwest of New York, the New Jersey Health Department said in a statement...
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Senate seemingly slipping away from Dems
(National News ~ 10/24/18)
NEW YORK -- In the closing stretch of the 2018 campaign, the question is no longer the size of the Democratic wave. It's whether there will be a wave at all. Top operatives in both political parties concede Democrats' narrow path to the Senate majority has essentially disappeared, a casualty of surging Republican enthusiasm across GOP strongholds. At the same time, leading Democrats now fear the battle for the House majority will be decided by just a handful of seats...
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Sandra Day O'Connor announces she likely has Alzheimer's disease
(National News ~ 10/24/18)
WASHINGTON -- Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, announced Tuesday in a frank and personal letter she has been diagnosed with "the beginning stages of dementia, probably Alzheimer's disease." The 88-year-old's letter was addressed to "Friends and fellow Americans." And it was a farewell of sorts from a woman who was not only a trailblazer for women in the law but also for much of her quarter century on the high court a key vote on issues central to American life...
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U.S. to revoke visas of Saudi Arabians implicated in killing WashPo writer
(National News ~ 10/24/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday described the killing of a Saudi journalist as a botched operation and a "bad original concept" as his administration took its first, careful steps toward punishing the Saudis by moving to revoke the visas of the suspects...
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Robert Burnum
(Obituary ~ 10/24/18)
Robert Douglas Burnum, 60, of Scott City died Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, at his home. He was born Sept. 4, 1958, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Robert and Shirley Burnum. He and Darla Marie Lindsey were married July 6, 2012. He was a self-employed truck driver...
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Trump stokes fears in election closing arguments
(National News ~ 10/24/18)
WASHINGTON -- Mob rule. A socialist takeover. Terrorists marching on the U.S. border. President Donald Trump is making closing arguments to midterm voters. The candidate who won the White House in part by harnessing many Americans' anxieties is offering dire warnings about what life would look like if Democrats gain control of Congress...
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Missouri judge clarifies ruling on voter photo ID law
(State News ~ 10/24/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri judge Tuesday made clear local election workers cannot enforce a core requirement in a new voter photo identification law, taking away the teeth of the law in advance of a marquee U.S. Senate election Nov. 6. At issue is a new law that had directed voters to present a valid photo ID or sign a sworn statement and present some other form of identification in order to cast a regular ballot...
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Prayer 10/24/18
(Prayer ~ 10/24/18)
Lord Jesus, may the words we proclaim honor you our Savior and Prince of Peace. Amen.
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Births 10/24/18
(Births ~ 10/24/18)
Son to Tyler Don and Brittney Lynn Stueve of Perryville, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 11:47 a.m. Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. Name, River Don. Weight, 6 pounds, 12 ounces. Third son. Mrs. Stueve is the former Brittney Hahn, daughter of Wayne and Tammy Hahn of Perryville. She is a sandwich artist at Subway. Stueve is the son of Debra Ali of Frohna, Missouri. He is a mate with Ingram Barge Co...
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Bollinger County Route K reduced for culvert replacement
(Local News ~ 10/24/18)
Route K in Bollinger County, at the junction with Highway 72, will be reduced as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a pipe under the roadway. A MoDOT news release said the work will take place from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday...
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