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Today in History
(National News ~ 11/10/18)
Today is Saturday, Nov. 10, the 314th day of 2018. There are 51 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On Nov. 10, 1775, the U.S. Marines were organized under authority of the Continental Congress. On this date: In 1871, journalist-explorer Henry M. Stanley found Scottish missionary David Livingstone, who had not been heard from for years, near Lake Tanganyika in central Africa...
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Out of the past: Nov. 10
(Out of the Past ~ 11/10/18)
The first public wrangling over how to pick a riverboat gambling vendor occurred last night during a joint meeting of the Cape Girardeau City Council and the Airport Advisory Board; Mayor Gene Rhodes recommended appointing a seven-person commission to establish a format for companies wanting to make a bid to the city; but his suggestions to fill that committee met with resistance from the council...
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Medlin - Pratt
(Wedding ~ 11/10/18)
Erika Medlin and Cody Pratt were married Oct. 6 at Eisleben Lutheran Church in Scott City. The Rev. Marty Hasz performed the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Michael Medlin of Paducah, Kentucky, and Karen Roth of Scott City. The groom is the son of Mark Pratt and Lisa Head, both of Sikeston...
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Bunch - Ruesler
(Engagement ~ 11/10/18)
Clara (Tillie) Bunch and the late Charles Bunch of Downing, Missouri, announces the engagement of her daughter, Janice Bunch, to Samuel Ruesler, both of Cape Girardeau. He is the son of Wayne and Julia Ruesler of Sikeston, Missouri. Janice is a 2005 graduate of Truman State University and received a master's degree in counseling in 2008 from Southeast Missouri State University. She is Director of Outpatient Services at Gibson Recovery Center...
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Atchley - Williams
(Engagement ~ 11/10/18)
Dale and Darla Atchley of Whitewater announce the engagement of their daughter, Allyson Kay, to Gavin D. Williams, both of Puryear, Tennessee. He is the son of Brenda Milliken of Paris, Tennessee. Allyson is a 2008 graduate of Scott City High School. She received a Bachelor of Science in nursing in 2016 from Central Methodist University. She is a critical care nurse at Murray Calloway County Hospital in Murray, Kentucky...
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Daniel -- Sprandel
(Wedding ~ 11/10/18)
Maci Daniel and Logan Sprandel were married Sept. 15 at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. John Dehne performed the ceremony. Vocalists were Kim Daniel of Cape Girardeau and Kristin Schweain of Cape Girardeau. Matt Palisch of Jackson was pianist...
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Senior Center menus for 11-12 through 11-16
(Community ~ 11/10/18)
Monday: Closed for Veterans Day. Tuesday: Beef stew or chicken fettuccine, seasoned cauliflower, garden salad, whole-grain crackers and blushing pears or blackberry cobbler. Wednesday: Chicken pot pie or BBQ pulled pork, steamed broccoli, crunchy coleslaw, whole-grain bread or bun, pineapple tidbits or cookies...
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Adopt Rosie
(Community ~ 11/10/18)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Rosie is a female boxer-pit bull mix. She's about one year old and seems to get along with people and other pets! She is available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.
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A star came out of the ground
(Column ~ 11/10/18)
I took this photo a few weeks ago during wet weather. It shows a land snail crawling across a mushroom called an Earth Star. The Earth Star is similar to a puff ball mushroom in many ways. The biggest visible difference is the flower petal like rays folding outwardly. These rays are tough like leather...
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5-year-old places flag at Veterans Cemetery
(Community ~ 11/10/18)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Dan Slavings and his 5-year-old grandson Logan share a special job together, to honor some special people. They place flags at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield, Missouri the week before Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Nine years ago, when Slavings was involved with Boy Scout Troop 72 in Bloomfield, he received a call from then-Missouri Veterans Cemetery Director Ken Swearington...
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FYI 11-11-18
(Community ~ 11/10/18)
In observance of the upcoming Veterans Day holiday, Jackson's Sanitation Department will not be operating Monday. Garbage normally collected Monday will instead be picked up Tuesday. Tuesday's route remains the same. In addition, the Recycling Center will be closed Monday...
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Forks In The Road
(Column ~ 11/10/18)
Couple weeks ago Marge and I were invited to a bonfire and chili night out. We got there before dark and had a really good time. Ate some chili and meatballs and a bunch of other stuff. We had sold them a black steer, so we had to look at Angus and how he had grown. ...
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Recognizing veterans' sacrifice
(Column ~ 11/10/18)
Today, Nov. 11, is Veterans Day. Officially Veterans Day began as Armistice Day. A proclamation under President Woodrow Wilson marking the end of World War I at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918. However, President Eisenhower signed a bill on June 1, 1954, changing Armistice Day to Veterans Day which included all U.S. ...
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The kingdom question
(Column ~ 11/10/18)
I hope everyone else spent part of Tuesday doing their version of what I did: standing in line at my voting location (La Croix Church) and casting a ballot for candidates and issues that I care about. As I write this column, I have just finished this all-important civic duty...
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Ask a designer: Interior doors can add light, personality
(Community ~ 11/10/18)
Clients are sometimes surprised when home builder and designer Marnie Oursler starts talking about bedroom doors. They expect to discuss things like windows, wall colors and where a built-in bookcase might fit best. But many of Oursler's clients hadn't considered that creatively designed interior doors can add personality, improve the flow of natural light, and also serve as flexible partitions to break up an open floor plan or connect two rooms...
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Prayer 11-11-18
(Prayer ~ 11/10/18)
Lord Jesus, thank you for our veterans. Bless each one and their families. Amen.
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1 death linked to ongoing turkey salmonella outbreak
(National News ~ 11/10/18)
NEW YORK -- Federal health officials Thursday reported the first death in an ongoing salmonella outbreak linked to raw turkey. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the death was in California but didn't have any immediate details. Since last November, the agency said 164 people have fallen ill in 35 states, with the most recent case being reported Oct. 20...
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Letter shows a fearful Einstein long before Nazis' rise
(International News ~ 11/10/18)
JERUSALEM -- More than a decade before the Nazis seized power in Germany, Albert Einstein was on the run and already fearful for his country's future, according to a newly revealed handwritten letter. His longtime friend and fellow Jew, German Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau, had just been assassinated by right-wing extremists and police had warned the noted physicist his life could be in danger, too...
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Trump moves to limit asylum; new rules challenged in court
(National News ~ 11/10/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump issued a proclamation Friday to deny asylum to migrants who enter the country illegally, tightening the border as caravans of Central Americans slowly approach the United States. The plan was immediately challenged in court...
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Hundreds of migrants leave Mexico City headed for border
(International News ~ 11/10/18)
MEXICO CITY -- About 500 Central American migrants headed out of Mexico City on Friday to embark on the longest and most dangerous leg of their journey to the U.S. border, while thousands more were waiting one day more at a massive improvised shelter...
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Florida finds itself again at center of election controversy
(National News ~ 11/10/18)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Florida is once again at the center of election controversy, but this year there are no hanging chads or butterfly ballots, like in 2000. And no angry mobs in suits -- at least not yet. The deeply purple state will learn Saturday whether recounts will be held in the bitter, tight U.S. ...
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Volunteers track down Georgia voters by phone and on foot
(National News ~ 11/10/18)
ATLANTA -- Volunteers spread out Friday trying to find any ballots that could help Democrat Stacey Abrams close the gap against Republican Brian Kemp in their unsettled, too-close-to-call race for Georgia governor. Unofficial returns show Kemp with an advantage, and he's already resigned as secretary of state to start a transition with the blessing of the outgoing GOP governor, Nathan Deal. ...
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Democrats eye Trump's tax returns but expect a long fight
(National News ~ 11/10/18)
WASHINGTON -- Getting President Donald Trump's tax returns is high on the list of Democratic priorities now that they have won the House. By law, the leaders of tax-writing committees in the House and Senate can obtain tax returns and related information from the Internal Revenue Service. Democrats will control the House panel next year...
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Trump's advisers worried about Mueller's next steps
(National News ~ 11/10/18)
WASHINGTON -- The White House is bracing for the probe of Donald Trump's presidential campaign to fire up again. Trump's advisers are privately expressing worries the special counsel, who's been out of the news for the past month, has been stealthily compiling information and could soon issue new indictments or a damning final report...
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Thin ice for new acting AG? Trump says 'I don't know' him
(National News ~ 11/10/18)
WASHINGTON -- Matthew Whitaker's future at the helm of the Justice Department appeared uncertain at best Friday as President Donald Trump denied even knowing the man he had named acting attorney general just two days earlier. The Senate's top Republican predicted a permanent replacement could be named soon for Whitaker, who is now overseeing the Trump-Russia probe...
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Trump insults reporters, claims Acosta video wasn't altered
(National News ~ 11/10/18)
NEW YORK -- Before hopping on a plane to Paris on Friday, President Trump insulted some more reporters, threatened that others may have their White House credentials pulled like CNN's Jim Acosta and disputed reports his press secretary spread a doctored video of Acosta's encounter with a White House intern...
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Trump opens armistice visit to France with jab at Macron
(International News ~ 11/10/18)
PARIS -- President Donald Trump wasted no time taking a poke at his French host Friday as he arrived in Paris for events marking the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I, tweeting as he landed that President Emmanuel Macron had made an "insulting" proposal to build up Europe's military to counter the U.S., China and Russia...
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Official: Shooter debated sanity online during bar massacre
(National News ~ 11/10/18)
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- The gunman who killed 12 people at a country music bar in Southern California went on social media during the attack and posted about his mental state and whether people would believe he was sane, a law enforcement official said Friday...
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Another Keystone XL setback: environmental review ordered
(National News ~ 11/10/18)
WASHINGTON -- In a setback for the Trump administration, a federal judge has blocked a permit for construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada and ordered officials to conduct a new environmental review. Environmentalists and tribal groups cheered the ruling by a U.S. district judge in Montana, while President Donald Trump called it "a political decision" and "a disgrace."...
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Wildfire destroys town in Calif., at least 6 dead
(National News ~ 11/10/18)
PARADISE, Calif. -- A powerful wildfire in Northern California incinerated most of a town of about 30,000 people with flames that moved so fast there was nothing firefighters could do, authorities said Friday. Six people died, including five who were found in their burned-out vehicles...
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William Walker, captain USMC, retired
(Obituary ~ 11/10/18)
Services for William Harold Walker, 76, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Wortham, Texas, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida. Burial will follow at Barrancas National Cemetery in Pensacola. A memorial service in Wortham will be held at a later date...
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Jean Seabaugh
(Obituary ~ 11/10/18)
Jean Seabaugh, 96, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, at Monticello House. She was born Aug. 6, 1922, in Cape Girardeau to the late Webster Clyde and Ada Belle Robinson Smith. She and Woodrow "Woody" Seabaugh were married Aug. 20, 1942. He preceded her in death...
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Robert Luther
(Obituary ~ 11/10/18)
BENTON, Mo. -- Robert Glenn Luther, 54, of Benton died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, in Benton. There will be no public services. Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements.
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Michael Lix
(Obituary ~ 11/10/18)
Michael Geroid Lix, 59, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, of natural causes. Mike was an Air Force veteran, avid hunter, crappie fisherman, and loved to watch movies. Mike was born Feb. 13, 1959, in Chaffee, Missouri, the son of Geroid and Ella Goetz Lix. He and Debbie Eldridge were united in marriage June 2, 1995, in Cape Girardeau...
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Ted Lanpher
(Obituary ~ 11/10/18)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Ted J. Lanpher, 82, of Advance died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 24 at Fairview General Baptist Church in Advance. A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Nov. 24 at the church. Burial will immediately follow with full military honors at Fairview Cemetery in Advance...
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Verna Hoehn
(Obituary ~ 11/10/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Verna Ruth Hoehn, 94, of Perryville died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, at Independence Care Center. Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Matthew Marks officiating. Burial will be in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery...
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Dorothy Haselbauer
(Obituary ~ 11/10/18)
Dorothy Haselbauer, 91, of Jackson died Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Nov. 19 at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 20 at the funeral home, with the Rev. William Minor officiating. Interment will follow at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau...
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Edith Habbersett
(Obituary ~ 11/10/18)
Edith Wren Habbersett, 96, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, at Ratliff Care Center. She was born Aug. 26, 1922, in Tyler, Texas, the daughter of Henry C. and Georgie Hemby Trimble. Edith married H.S. Wren in June of 1940. They made their first home in Palestine, Texas, and then moved to St. Louis in 1959. Upon retirement, they moved to Vero Beach, Florida. H.S. went to his heavenly home in 1990...
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Neal E. Boyd
(Obituary ~ 11/10/18)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Neal Evans Boyd died Sunday, June 10, 2018, at his home in Sikeston. He was 42 years old and was a nationally-known entertainer and public speaker. He was born Nov. 18, 1975, in Sikeston to Michael Boyd Sr. of Sun Valley, California, and Esther Rogers Boyd of Sikeston...
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Scott City fire report 11/11/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/10/18)
The Scott City Fire Department responded to the following calls: Nov. 2 n At 6:55 a.m., citizen assist in the 2300 block of James Street. n At 7:45 p.m., citizen assist in the 900 block of Nellie Avenue. Nov. 3 n At 6:05 p.m., citizen assist in the 900 block of Nellie Avenue...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 11/11/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/10/18)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Thursday n Medical assists were made at 1:20 a.m. on Mill St., 10:51 a.m. on St. Francis Drive, 12:27 p.m. on North Sprigg Street, 1:31 p.m. on North Mount Auburn Road, 2:29 p.m. on South West End Boulevard, 6:47 p.m. on Broadway, 8:31 p.m. on North Frederick Street and 8:39 p.m. on Broadway...
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Jackson police report 11/11/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/10/18)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n Ruthoni Cornelius, 34, of Belleville, Illinois, was arrested on a Arnold, Missouri, warrant and was issued a citation for speeding. Miscellaneous...
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Cape Girardeau police report 11/11/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/10/18)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A juvenile was cited into juvenile court for assault at 330 N. Sprigg St. n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of trespassing at 45 S. West End Blvd...
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Uber guideline now prohibits broadcasting passenger images
(State News ~ 11/10/18)
ST. LOUIS -- The ride-hailing company Uber instituted a new guideline prohibiting drivers from broadcasting passengers' images amid privacy concerns after a St. Louis-area driver posted hundreds of videos. The new guideline was put in place at the end of September, an Uber spokesman said Thursday. It allows drivers to use video cameras, dash cameras and other recording devices for security purposes -- but not to broadcast them...
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Charges deferred in Dexter teacher sex case
(Local News ~ 11/10/18)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- A former Dexter High School industrial arts teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with one of her students will not be prosecuted at this time after the state agreed to defer pursuing the charge against her. "Pursuant to the wishes of the victim ... we entered a deferred prosecution agreement" with Marti L. Pulliam, "and she has surrendered her teaching license" as part of that agreement, explained Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Russ Oliver...
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Cape Skate Park 'perfectly usable,' to be finished by spring
(Local News ~ 11/10/18)
Cape Girardeau's new skate park near East Rodney Drive and Hawthorne Road is expected to be completed by spring of 2019, according to City of Cape Girardeau's Parks and Recreation director Julia Jones. "The project crew that was from out of town completed their portion of the work," Jones said Friday. "Unfortunately, the weather hasn't been super cooperative for us to be able to get out there."...
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Cape leaf collection runs through December
(Local News ~ 11/10/18)
Leaf pickup schedule for the City of Cape Girardeau will maintain the same routes and zones as last year with an expected collection amount around 800 tons, according to city of public works director Stan Polivick. "In November, we begin working the specific zones, and we'll work those through December, and in January and February we're back to making our rounds," Polivick said...
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A second Main roundabout is in the works for Jackson
(Local News ~ 11/10/18)
The City of Jackson is preparing to build the intersection at Shawnee Boulevard and East Main Street into a roundabout, city engineer Clint Brown confirmed Friday. The city's board of aldermen approved a $76,000 engineering services proposal at the regular board meeting Monday, according to city documents...
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A photo, memorial and honoring veterans
(Column ~ 11/10/18)
It’s been a patriotic whirlwind this week with a presidential visit to Cape Girardeau, the midterm elections Tuesday, and, this weekend, special events in honor of Veterans Day. The line of people at the Show Me Center on Monday to see President Donald Trump was not unexpected, but still incredible. ...
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Congrats to Cape on Ivers Square
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/10/18)
I write to congratulate Cape Girardeau’s reimagining of Common Pleas Courthouse Square as Ivers Square, through the leadership of Dr. Steven Hoffman. As a faculty member at Southeast Missouri State University and a nationally recognized authority on African-American history, historic preservation, and downtown revitalization, Hoffman is uniquely qualified as this project’s champion...
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Caden Chenoweth kills 10 point buck
(Submitted Story ~ 11/10/18)
My grandson killed a 10 point buck while hunting with me and his mother, Laura Morrow
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'Living history' on display: Lorimier family legacy, memories return to Missouri
(Community ~ 11/10/18)
When Grace Jueneman and her daughter, Rodney Jueneman Arbeiter, walked into the Cape Girardeau County History Center on the evening of Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, living history arrived. In 1965, Grace married her husband, Donald Frederick Jueneman, who was a direct descendant of Cape Girardeau founder Louis Lorimier...
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Births 11/11/18
(Births ~ 11/10/18)
Son to Larry Dale Chadd and LaToya LaShawn Blanks of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 7:59 a.m. Monday, Sept. 24, 2018. Name, Kaicee Dalshawn. Weight, 5 pounds, 11 ounces. Fifth child, second son. Blanks is the daughter of Dawn and Rodney Ray of Bartlett, Tennessee, and Jerome Hood of Milwaukee. She is employed by the U.S. Postal Service. Chadd is the son of Glenda Chadd of Cape Girardeau. He works for Cape Cleaning...
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One of the first urban legends about Cape Girardeau
(Column ~ 11/10/18)
It was quite an incentive package that Spanish authorities offered to settlers willing to move to the Cape Girardeau District: free land and no taxes. The settlers just had to pay a small fee to have their chosen land surveyed. When the Americans took control following the Louisiana Purchase, the luxury of tax-free living quickly disappeared. Even worse, the United States government was reluctant at best to confirm the land grants that the Spanish had promised...
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Ag in the region: Dealing with tariffs, feral hogs, poisonous weeds and attacking vultures
(Local News ~ 11/10/18)
Agriculture in Cape Girardeau County is facing some challenges now, experts said, but overall, it's business as usual for producers in the county. Anthony Ohmes, agronomy specialist with the University of Missouri Extension in Cape Girardeau County, and livestock specialist Erin Larimore spoke at Thursday's regular County Commission meeting...
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