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Cape chief Blair 'humbled' to lead state association of police officials
(Local News ~ 12/27/18)
Cape Girardeau police chief Wes Blair will take charge of the Missouri Police Chiefs Association (MPCA), starting Tuesday. Blair, who has held several leadership positions in the association, said he is "pretty humbled" to be heading up the association...
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'You Cannot pour from an empty cup'
(Local News ~ 12/27/18)
Elysia King is a nurse, an artist and a person who saw a need: nurses in personal or professional crisis who were desperate for help but still expected to deal with a regular workload. "There are not resources," King said, noting in the profession, nurses are asked to give and give and give to help heal patients...
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Winks: The fill 'er up go-to
(Community ~ 12/27/18)
Maybe it's just me, but I believe most of us have been there -- the infamous grub & go? Years ago it was the occasional necessity to balancing work, home and the soccer mom life while maintaining my sanity. Quick options included burgers, tacos, or some type of sandwich and chips. That's what I had in mind recently when I faced a time crunch and decided to use my lunch break to run some errands...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/27/18)
Today is Thursday, Dec. 27, the 361st day of 2018. There are four days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 27, 1979, Soviet forces seized control of Afghanistan. President Hafizullah Amin, who was overthrown and executed, was replaced by Babrak Karmal...
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Developer's investment says a lot about this community
(Editorial ~ 12/27/18)
Those who live in Cape Girardeau and the surrounding communities can take it for granted the values and benefits of living here. It's easy to forget or overlook the many reasons why Cape Girardeau can be a wonderful place to live. Developer Andy Patel saw this up close several years ago, and decided to make Cape Girardeau his home...
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Wall is symbol, not solution
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/27/18)
Hadrian's wall, the great wall, the Berlin wall, and the Maginot Line all had something in common. They failed. We are told a wall on our southern border would stop drug trafficking, reduce crime, and a host of other falsehoods. Near Tucson, Arizona airport is what appears to be an air museum. ...
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Thousands were victims of fraud scheme
(State News ~ 12/27/18)
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Prosecutors say thousands of individuals and businesses were victims of a large-scale scheme in which ordinary corn and soybeans were fraudulently marketed nationwide as "certified organic." The U.S. Attorney's Office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, said in a filing Wednesday potentially "tens of thousands" were defrauded by Randy Constant and his associates into paying a premium for products they didn't want...
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Missourians want action over too-high Illinois river levee
(State News ~ 12/27/18)
ST. LOUIS -- Missouri landowners and environmentalists are urging a federal agency to sanction a levee district on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River, arguing the earthen barrier has been built above its authorized height, worsening flooding for its neighbors...
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Panhandling suit proceeds even after city ditches ordinance
(State News ~ 12/27/18)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- A federal judge has rejected a southwestern Missouri city's request to dismiss a lawsuit challenging panhandling restrictions that the city has since scrapped. Joplin argued the suit no longer applied because the city did away with the ordinance barring panhandling within 150 feet of intersections on busy streets, the Joplin Globe reported...
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Queen Elizabeth II riffs on wisdom, family's busy year in annual message
(Entertainment ~ 12/27/18)
SANDRINGHAM, England -- Queen Elizabeth II wove personal reflections into the latest edition of her annual Christmas message, saying she hoped her long life brought a measure of wisdom and noting her grandchildren's contributions to Britain's royal family...
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Trump visits U.S. troops in Iraq
(International News ~ 12/27/18)
AL-ASAD AIRBASE, Iraq -- In a surprise trip to Iraq, President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria where they have been helping battle Islamic State militants. "We're no longer the suckers, folks," Trump told American servicemen and women at a base in western Iraq. "We're respected again as a nation."...
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Out of the past: Dec. 27
(Out of the Past ~ 12/27/18)
Because of Senate Bill 530, Missourians can no longer drag unwanted Christmas trees to the city dump; however, Girardeans can haul their trees to a special site in Arena Park, where they will be "recycled," used for fish habitat in area ponds and lakes, or ground into landscaping mulch that will be made available to residents...
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Indonesia says avoid coast near volcano, fearing new tsunami
(International News ~ 12/27/18)
CARITA BEACH, Indonesia -- Indonesian authorities urged people to avoid the coast in areas where a tsunami killed at least 430 people over the weekend in a fresh warning issued on the anniversary of the catastrophic 2004 Asian earthquake and tsunami...
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Russia: Israeli strike on Syria threatened civilian flights
(International News ~ 12/27/18)
BEIRUT -- The Russian military on Wednesday criticized an alleged Israeli airstrike near the Syrian capital, saying it has endangered civilian flights. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said that six Israeli F-16 jets launched the "provocative" raid at the moment when two civilian airliners were preparing to land in Damascus and Beirut, creating a "direct threat" to the aircraft...
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Japan to resume commercial whaling, but not in Antarctic
(International News ~ 12/27/18)
TOKYO -- Japan announced Wednesday that it is leaving the International Whaling Commission to resume commercial hunts for the animals for the first time in 30 years, but said it would no longer go to the Antarctic for its much-criticized annual killings...
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New Orleans seeks more of tourist tax
(Community ~ 12/27/18)
NEW ORLEANS -- A night's stay at a New Orleans hotel can take as much as a 15 percent bite in taxes and fees. Yet barely more than 1 in 10 of those tax and fee dollars -- out of an estimated $166 million collected annually -- finds its way into city coffers in this leading Southern tourist destination...
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A strong economy translates into big sales this holiday
(National News ~ 12/27/18)
NEW YORK -- Americans buoyed by a strong economy pushed holiday sales growth to a six-year high. Retail sales rose 5.1 percent between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24 from a year ago, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, which tracked spending online and in stores across all payment types, including those who paid by cash or check. Total sales topped $850 billion this year, Mastercard said...
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Wall Street notches best day in 10 years in holiday rebound
(National News ~ 12/27/18)
Stocks rocketed Wednesday in Wall Street's best day in 10 years, snapping a stomach-churning, four-day losing streak and giving some post-Christmas hope to a market that has been battered this December. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shot up more than 1,000 points -- its biggest single-day point gain ever -- rising nearly 5 percent as investors returned from a one-day Christmas break...
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FBI concerned by money mules roped into fraud schemes
(National News ~ 12/27/18)
WASHINGTON -- The email caught the executive at a small company by surprise one morning in 2016. The company's owner, or so he thought, was requesting a money transfer to pay for supplies from a new vendor. It wasn't until that night when the executive, hours after the money had been transferred and still puzzled by the out-of-the-blue demand, texted the owner to make sure he'd heard the request correctly...
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As ball drops, minimum-wage workers in NYC will see pay rise
(National News ~ 12/27/18)
NEW YORK -- The lowest-paid workers in New York state will have something to look forward to in the new year: a higher minimum wage, with the biggest boost coming to employees in New York City, who will make at least $15 per hour. For workers struggling in this expensive city, it's a cause for celebration, an extra bit of cash to help with the daily fight to make ends meet, even as rents and other costs continue to rise. ...
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PAC backing Missouri Gov. Parson gets $1M from mega-donor
(National News ~ 12/27/18)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri mega-donor has given $1 million to a political action committee supporting Republican Gov. Mike Parson running to keep his seat. Prolific political donor Rex Sinquefield donated $850,000 to Uniting Missouri PAC this past week and another $150,000 to the PAC earlier this month...
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Trump: 'You have to have a wall,' signals no end to shutdown
(National News ~ 12/27/18)
WASHINGTON -- A shutdown affecting parts of the federal government appeared no closer to resolution Wednesday, with President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats locked in a hardening standoff over border wall money that threatens to carry over into January...
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St. Louis parks accepting Christmas trees for recycling as new habitat for fish
(State News ~ 12/27/18)
ST. LOUIS -- Several St. Louis-area parks are accepting used natural Christmas trees to be recycled and used as fish habitat. Trees can be dropped off at Spanish Lake Park, August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area in St. Charles and Cuivre River State Park...
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Syrian TV chef known as the 'queen of cooking' opens restaurant in Berlin
(Community ~ 12/27/18)
BERLIN -- Tucked away in a former fast-food kiosk in the German capital lies a new restaurant whose owner hopes will provide a taste of home for the thousands of new arrivals who have fled Syria's brutal civil war. After fleeing her homeland, Malakeh Jazmati reinvented herself in Jordan as a TV chef and became known as the "queen of cooking" to fellow Syrian refugees. ...
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Deaths of two children raise doubts about U.S. border agency
(National News ~ 12/27/18)
HOUSTON -- The deaths of two migrant children in just over two weeks raised strong new doubts Wednesday about the ability of U.S. border authorities to care for the thousands of minors arriving as part of a surge of families trying to enter the country...
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George Thurm
(Obituary ~ 12/27/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- George G. Thurm, 88, of Perryville died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018, at Independence Care Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Jan. 3 and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Jan. 4 at Concordia Lutheran Church. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Jan. 4 at the church, with the Rev. Steven Theiss officiating. Burial will be in St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery in Wittenberg, Missouri...
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Audrey Seabaugh
(Obituary ~ 12/27/18)
Audrey J. "Jean" Seabaugh, 82, of Jackson died Monday, December 24, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday and from noon to 2 p.m. Monday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson...
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Bob Matthews
(Obituary ~ 12/27/18)
Bob L. Matthews, 89, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, at Chateau Girardeau Healthcare Center. Bob was born Oct. 4, 1929, in Bloomfield, Missouri, the third son of Joness Newton and Freda Pauline Matthews. He married Alene Shipman on March 27, 1948...
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Dennis Marchi
(Obituary ~ 12/27/18)
Dennis P. Marchi, 68, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Dec. 24, 2018, at Ratliff Care Center. He was born Oct. 5, 1950, to Paul E. and Albertha Eckstein Marchi. He and Kathy Barnes were married May 18, 1973, at St. Louis. He was the manager at Schnucks in Cape Girardeau for 30 years...
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David Griffin
(Obituary ~ 12/27/18)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- David Webster Griffin, 71, of Advance passed away Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, at his home. He was born June 27, 1947, in Chaffee, Missouri, to the late John Webster and Betty Elizabeth Russell Griffin. He married Patricia Ann Turner on April 1, 2014, and she survives of the home...
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Willadene Fulkerson
(Obituary ~ 12/27/18)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Willadene Fulkerson of Bloomfield, daughter of the late George and Beryl Asbell Cook, was born near Bloomfield on Nov. 3, 1917. She passed away at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau on Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, at the age of 101 years, 1 month and 18 days...
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Betty Fann
(Obituary ~ 12/27/18)
Betty Karland Fann, 66, of Scott City died Monday, Dec. 24, 2018, at Jackson Manor in Jackson,. She was born March 23, 1952, in Dorena, Missouri, to Miller and Grace Smith Upchurch. She married Paul Dean Fann in May 1993. He preceded her in death Sept. 12, 2017...
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Howard Crook
(Obituary ~ 12/27/18)
BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- Howard Crook, 91, of Belleville passed away Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, at Manor Court of Maryville, Illinois. He was born July 23, 1927, in Doniphan, Missouri. Howard was a U.S. Navy veteran and retired from Carter Carburetor in St. Louis...
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Mike Avery
(Obituary ~ 12/27/18)
George David "Mike" Avery, 66, of Scott City died Monday, Dec. 24, 2018, at his home. He was born June 21, 1952, in Ancell to Harry E. and Ellodee Winemiller Avery. He was a retired trucker. He is survived by a daughter, Jodi (Daniel) Ferrell of Benton, Missouri; three brothers, Jeff Avery of Benton, Randy Avery of Farmington, Missouri, and Jimmy Avery of Cape Girardeau; a sister, Sherri Sturm of Scott City; and a grandchild, Evangeline Ellodee Ferrell...
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Prayer 12/27/18
(Prayer ~ 12/27/18)
O Father God, thank you for sending Jesus so we may have eternal life through Him. Amen.
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Speak Out 12/27/18
(Speak Out ~ 12/27/18)
I wonder if it's just one person registering all the complaints about roundabouts in the paper or if the general public of Southeast Missouri is really this ignorant and backwards? Roundabouts have been proven to reduce accidents, travel times and maintenance costs. ...
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Dorothy Dees
(Obituary ~ 12/27/18)
Dorothy Ann Dees, 85, of Scott City passed away Monday, Dec. 24, 2018, at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born May 26, 1933, in Chaffee, Missouri, to John Anthony and Bertha Lorene Lauck Halter. She married Harvey Claude "Avery" Dees on June 17, 1950, in Chaffee. He preceded her in death April 21, 1996...
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Kith and Kin: A 'rebel with a cause'
(Local News ~ 12/27/18)
Kith and Kin is the newest independent shop on Independence Street in Cape Girardeau, offering only "ethically produced" items. Leslie Phillips and husband, Bradley, officially opened their new boutique at 208 Independence during Small Business Saturday in November...
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