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Cape council to reschedule meeting because of Trump visit
(Local News ~ 10/31/18)
The Cape Girardeau City Council has rescheduled its Monday meeting because of President Donald Trump’s planned rally at the Show Me Center. But the rally won’t change the meeting schedule for the Jackson Board of Aldermen. The aldermen will meet at 6 p.m. Monday for their regular meeting...
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Boil-water order issued in Jackson
(Local News ~ 10/31/18)
A water main break Tuesday in Jackson’s Savannah Ridge subdivision led to a boil-water order for affected households, according to a city news release. Addresses in the 200, 2500 and 2600 blocks of Stotler Way are included in the order, and 2685 Braun Drive, the release stated...
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Spanish Street Farmacy opens Wednesday in downtown Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 10/31/18)
Spanish Street Mercantile at 34 N. Spanish St. in Cape Girardeau is welcoming the addition of an adjoining 1930s-era “farmacy,” specializing in made-from-scratch ice cream, homemade baked goods and sodas. Charles Bertrand has owned both locations for 15 years...
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Area election officials: Senate race, ballot issues may spark higher voter turnout
(Local News ~ 10/31/18)
Area election officials expect higher voter turnout for this midterm election than the one four years ago, spurred in part by a hotly contested U.S. Senate race. A crowded ballot, including seven constitutional amendments and propositions, will greet voters who go to the polls Tuesday...
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Trump's visit offers us all a chance to show hospitality
(Column ~ 10/31/18)
Have you heard about the woman, delayed at the airport, who slipped into a Starbucks for coffee and a package of cookies? Sitting down in a row of seats outside her gate to enjoy her drink and sweets, she pulled a book from her purse and began reading. After a while, a man sitting next to her opened the package of cookies next to her purse and ate one. The woman was astounded. "How dare he?" she thought. She took her own cookie and went back to her book and latte...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/31/18)
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 31, the 304th day of 2018. There are 61 days left in the year. This is Halloween. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 31, 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two Sikh security guards. On this date:...
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Vote 'Yes' on D for safer roads
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/31/18)
On Nov. 6, Missouri voters can make our roads and bridges safer by voting "Yes" on Proposition D. A "Yes" vote allows us to recapture lost purchasing power since the last gas tax increase in 1996. Steel, concrete and asphalt prices have doubled, and in some cases tripled, since 1996. The 17-cent gas tax of 22 years ago has 7 cents of purchasing power today...
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A U.S. Senate campaign nears the finish line
(Column ~ 10/31/18)
In just a week, the critical midterm election will be over and, unfortunately, the campaign will begin anew. If you naively thought that somehow we would get a reprieve from the non-stop political campaigning, think again. Regardless of the election outcome, political turmoil will remain in full swing as hopefuls officially launch their bid for the Presidency...
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Citizen Academy is good program
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/31/18)
Cape Girardeau's inaugural Citizen Academy recently ended, and as a participant, I'd dub it an incredible success. The roughly 20 people who participated attended eight two-hour sessions held on consecutive Wednesday nights. After three initial sessions at city hall, the remaining "classes" were held at featured city departments, such as public works, parks & rec, police department and fire department...
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Out of the past: Oct. 31
(Out of the Past ~ 10/31/18)
The Rev. Alan Berry, who recently accepted the pastorate of Red Star Baptist Church, begins his ministry here; he comes to Cape Girardeau from Fredericktown, Missouri, where he was director of missions for St. Francois Baptist Association for three years...
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Where’s the leadership
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/31/18)
Where's the leadership We have many choices to make on election day, and I think some of them should have been made by our lawmakers. But since they didn't act on certain issues, initiative petitions were used to put them on the ballot, and some are confusing, conflicting, or poorly worded...
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Philadelphia's decadent 'Wing Bowl' ends after 26 years, Eagles' victory
(Entertainment ~ 10/31/18)
PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia's annual decadent display of binge eating and bad behavior known as Wing Bowl is over after 26 years. The event hosted by a sports radio station the Friday before the Super Bowl drew thousands of rowdy fans to the Wells Fargo Center in the early morning hours to kick off Super Bowl weekend...
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Previous flight of crashed Lion Air jet had problems
(International News ~ 10/31/18)
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Relatives numbed by grief provided samples for DNA tests to help identify victims of the Lion Air plane crash killing 189 people in Indonesia, as accounts emerged Tuesday of problems on the jet's previous flight including rapid descents terrifying passengers...
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Philippines typhoon leaves 6 dead, more feared trapped
(International News ~ 10/31/18)
ILAGAN, Philippines -- A strong typhoon blew across the northern Philippines on Tuesday, setting off landslides leaving at least six people dead and forcing thousands to flee from villages that were still recovering from a deadly storm last month, officials said...
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'Rage' against elite: Centrist leaders losing Europe's favor
(International News ~ 10/31/18)
LONDON -- Angela Merkel's decision to step down as party leader even as she tries to keep her position as German chancellor highlights a trend bedeviling Europe's leaders: Centrist parties are fading as fringe parties gather pace. Merkel -- whose familiar face would be on a Mount Rushmore of contemporary European leaders if one were carved -- succumbed to political reality after several poor showings in state elections showing voters moving to alternative parties on either side of her center-right Christian Democrats.. ...
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End of austerity? Britain's poor to see little improvement
(International News ~ 10/31/18)
LONDON -- Much of Britain will continue to feel the effects of eight years of spending cuts, even after the government's Treasury chief heralded the end of austerity by splashing out billions of pounds for health, transportation and small business in his latest budget...
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Brother: Couple died while taking selfie
(Community ~ 10/31/18)
NEW DELHI -- An Indian husband and wife who fell to their deaths from a popular overlook at Yosemite National Park in the western U.S. were apparently taking a selfie, the man's brother said Tuesday. Park rangers recovered the bodies of 29-year-old Vishnu Viswanath and 30-year-old Meenakshi Moorthy on Thursday about 800 feet below Taft Point, where visitors can walk to the edge of a vertigo-inducing granite ledge with no railing...
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U.S. limits tech exports to Chinese firm on grounds of secure military sourcing
(National News ~ 10/31/18)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration has imposed restrictions on technology exports to a state-supported Chinese semiconductor maker, citing national security grounds amid a mounting tariff battle. The controls imposed Monday on Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co. reflect concern Chinese competition could drive American technology suppliers out of business, leaving the military without secure sources of components...
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Saudi ties to U.S. colleges come under mounting scrutiny
(National News ~ 10/31/18)
BOSTON -- U.S. colleges and universities have received more than $350 million from the Saudi government this decade, yet some are rethinking their arrangements in the wake of the killing of a journalist, which has ignited a global uproar against the oil-rich nation...
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Wyoming trespassing laws struck down
(Community ~ 10/31/18)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Two Wyoming laws prohibiting trespassing to collect environmental data violate the U.S. Constitution's free-speech protections, a judge ruled in siding with two environmental groups and a news photographer association. Wyoming officials moreover failed to demonstrate the laws are necessary to discourage environmentalists from documenting damage to streams and grasslands because of livestock grazing, U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl ruled Monday...
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Concerns grow over number of mail-in ballots rejected
(National News ~ 10/31/18)
ATLANTA -- Drawing on her years of military experience, Maureen Heard was careful to follow all the rules when she filled out an absentee ballot for the 2016 election. She read the instructions thoroughly, signed where she was supposed to, put the ballot in its envelope and dropped it off at her county elections office in New Hampshire. She then left town to return to a temporary federal work assignment in Washington, D.C...
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Effort underway to seal old mines, but some want them to stay open
(Community ~ 10/31/18)
EUREKA, Utah -- Underneath the mountains and deserts of the U.S. West lie hundreds of thousands of abandoned mines, an underground world holding serious danger and unexpected wonder. They are a legacy of the region's prospecting past, when almost anyone could dig a mine and then walk away, with little cleanup required, when it stopped producing...
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Progress? Gridlock? How vote could affect U.S. economy
(National News ~ 10/31/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has warned if Democrats regain political power in the midterm elections, the U.S. economy would essentially implode. Democrats, he insists, would push tax hikes and environmental restrictions stifling growth. Undocumented immigrants would steal jobs and unleash a crime wave halting commerce. Health insurance would devolve into a socialist program offering shoddy care at unsustainable cost...
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CNN goes after Trump in wake of explosive devices
(National News ~ 10/31/18)
NEW YORK -- CNN's management has taken an aggressive stance against attacks from President Donald Trump after the network was sent explosive devices from a man who allegedly targeted Trump's perceived enemies. In a statement, CNN chief executive Jeff Zucker was critical of the White House's "complete lack of understanding about the seriousness" of its attacks against the media, and it was followed up by another statement this week calling on press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to understand "words matter.". ...
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Gum, bottled water, pizza bagels want to be called 'healthy'
(Community ~ 10/31/18)
NEW YORK -- Pizza bagels, chewing gum and bottled water want to play a starring new role in our diets: Foods called healthy. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is revamping its definition of healthy to reflect our changing understanding of nutrition science. The push is fueling debate about eating habits and what the new standard should say...
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U.S. troops deployed at the border limited in function
(National News ~ 10/31/18)
PHOENIX -- The more than 5,200 active-duty troops being sent by President Donald Trump to the U.S.-Mexico border will be limited in what they can do under a federal law restricting the military from engaging in law enforcement on American soil. That means the troops will not be allowed to detain immigrants, seize drugs from smugglers or have any direct involvement in stopping a migrant caravan still about 1,000 miles from the nearest border crossing...
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Trumps pay tribute at synagogue where 11 fatally shot
(National News ~ 10/31/18)
PITTSBURGH -- One stone and one white rosebud for each victim. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump paid homage Tuesday to each of the 11 people slain in the worst instance of anti-Semitic violence in American history. As the Trumps placed their tributes outside the Tree of Life synagogue, protesters nearby shouted the president was not welcome...
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Trump targets citizenship, stokes pre-election migrant fears
(National News ~ 10/31/18)
WASHINGTON -- Thousands of U.S. troops to stop an "invasion" of migrants. Tent cities for asylum seekers. An end for the Constitution's guarantee of birthright citizenship. President Donald Trump is rushing out hard-line immigration declarations, promises and actions as he tries to mobilize supporters to retain Republican control of Congress. His own campaign in 2016 concentrated on border fears, and that's his final-week focus in the midterm fight...
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Report: St. Louis has third-highest vacant house share in U.S.
(State News ~ 10/31/18)
ST. LOUIS -- A recent report from a real estate information firm states the St. Louis area has one of the highest shares of vacant houses in the country. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported California-based ATTOM Data Solutions found an estimated 5.9 percent of St. Louis' housing stock was vacant, totaling about 4,730 houses...
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Missouri governor signs bill on high school computer science
(State News ~ 10/31/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gov. Mike Parson has signed a bill to allow high schoolers to apply a computer science credit toward math, science or practical art credits needed for graduation. Parson signed the bill Tuesday. It takes effect Dec. 18. The legislation also calls for the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to roll out an online course intended to boost career awareness for science, technology, engineering and mathematics professions. ...
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Missouri Republicans risk losing legislative super majority
(State News ~ 10/31/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Republicans are not in danger of losing control of the state Legislature in this year's election but said they are concerned about losing about a dozen legislative seats around the state's metropolitan areas. If enough of those districts switch to Democrats, the Republican party could lose its super majority in the Legislature, meaning Republicans would be unable to override gubernatorial vetoes on a party-line vote, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Appeals judges OK lawsuit on Missouri voter photo ID funding
(State News ~ 10/31/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Appeals court judges Tuesday said a lawsuit can move forward that alleges Missouri lawmakers didn't spend enough money on implementation of a new voter photo identification law and it consequently should not be enforced. The decision by the Western District Court of Appeals panel reversed a circuit court judge's January ruling to dismiss the case, meaning the legal challenge can continue...
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Roy Lorenz
(Obituary ~ 10/31/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Roy H.E. Lorenz, 94, of Perryville died Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 6:30 to 8:15 a.m. Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Matthew Marks officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery...
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Johnnie Haupt
(Obituary ~ 10/31/18)
Johnnie V. Haupt, 91, of Jackson passed away Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, at Rocky Mountain Veterans Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado. Johnnie had been living with his daughter in Elizabeth, Colorado, the past few years. He was born Feb. 17, 1927, in Millersville to Robert F. and Maggie Mae Moore Haupt. He and Mary E. Brasher were married June 10, 1950, at the home of the Rev. A. J. Langston in Cape Girardeau. Three children were born to their union...
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James Dinkins
(Obituary ~ 10/31/18)
James A. Dinkins, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. A memorial service will follow at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home...
- Fire at Independence and Ellis (Submitted Story ~ 10/31/18)
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Prayer 10/31/18
(Prayer ~ 10/31/18)
O Lord God, thank you that we can cast our cares upon you. Amen.
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Cape Girardeau fire report 10/31/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/31/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Monday n Medical assists were made at 8:45 a.m. on Percy Drive, 10:36 a.m. on South Pacific Street, 11:38 a.m. on Broadway, 2:22 p.m. on William Street, 3:21 p.m. on Carolewood Drive, 7:09 p.m. on Locust Street, 8:21 p.m. on North Spring Street and 8:49 p.m. on North Spring Street...
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Bulger, Boston gangster, found dead at 89
(National News ~ 10/31/18)
BOSTON -- James "Whitey" Bulger, the murderous Boston gangster who benefited from a corrupt relationship with the FBI before spending 16 years as one of America's most wanted men, died in federal prison. He was 89. Bulger was found unresponsive Tuesday morning at the U.S. ...
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Old Sprigg Street Road to close for drainage work
(Local News ~ 10/31/18)
Cape Special Road District will close Old Sprigg Street Road on the south side of Lexington Avenue beginning Monday for drainage work. A road district news release says the existing box culvert located approximately 100 feet south of the Old Sprigg and Lexington intersection will be replaced. Weather permitting, the work should be completed in November...
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