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River expected to reach 39.5 feet; officials 'closely monitoring' snow melt, rain forecasts
(Local News ~ 03/15/19)
Officials are monitoring Mississippi River levels closely in anticipation of flooding later this month, while Cape Girardeau prepares for elevated weekend river levels. Cape Girardeau city engineer Stan Polovick wrote in an email Thursday the current stage is 34.3 feet and rising quickly...
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Missouri ponders more punitive poaching penalties; Cape County lawmaker objects
(Local News ~ 03/15/19)
Lawmakers are considering a bill that would stiffen penalties for poaching, a measure strongly supported by the Missouri Department of Conservation. State Rep. Barry Hovis' vote stood out as one of the few opponents of the measure. He was one of 10 Missouri House members who voted against a bill that allows judges to order poachers to pay restitution fees ranging from $500 to $15,000...
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Abundant food, tunes and suds for all
(Entertainment ~ 03/15/19)
Thanks to the beginning of Lent and the start of St. Patrick's Day celebrations, we have a buffet of activities to keep you from sitting at home staring at Netflix for hours upon hours this weekend. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but take the next few days as an incentive to "mix it up" a bit, as the kids say...
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Culture & Entertainment Notebook: Rhonda Weller-Stilson: Talking, teaching design for 18 years
(Entertainment ~ 03/15/19)
Art and theatre have been part of Rhonda Weller-Stilson's "natural career flow" for nearly two decades. An Ohio native and Southeast Missouri State University graduate, she is now dean of the College of Arts and Media at Southeast, overseeing what she loves...
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Rotary celebrates 100 years April 5 at Isle Casino
(Local News ~ 03/15/19)
It's been 100 years since the Cape Girardeau Rotary Club was structured in Southeast Missouri, and on April 5 at Isle Casino Cape Girardeau, the president elect of Rotary International Mark Daniel Maloney will meet with the community during the Gala Celebration of Rotary to commemorate the organization's tenure...
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United Way grant applications sought
(Local News ~ 03/15/19)
United Way of Southeast Missouri is inviting local nonprofits to apply for grant funding, starting today. Any nonprofit organization interested in applying must request a unique link to the online application by calling the United Way office at (573) 334-9634, or emailing admin@unitedwayofsemo.org...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/15/19)
Today is Friday, March 15, the 74th day of 2019. There are 291 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 15, 44 B.C., Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of nobles that included Brutus and Cassius. On this date:...
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Smollett pleads not guilty to lying about attack
(Entertainment ~ 03/15/19)
CHICAGO -- "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges accusing him of lying to the police about being the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in downtown Chicago a few weeks ago. Lawyer Tina Glandian entered the plea on behalf of the 36-year-old actor during a hearing in Cook County Circuit Court after Judge Steven Watkins was assigned to oversee the case, including the trial...
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Court: 'Apprentice' contestant's suit against Trump can proceed for now
(Entertainment ~ 03/15/19)
NEW YORK -- A former contestant on "The Apprentice" who accused President Donald Trump of unwanted kissing and groping can move forward with her defamation lawsuit against him, a state appeals court ruled Thursday, raising the prospect a sitting president could be called for sworn questioning...
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Toyota investing $750M at 5 U.S. plants; 600 jobs
(National News ~ 03/15/19)
BUFFALO, W.Va. -- Toyota Motor Corp. on Thursday announced it is investing an additional $750 million at five U.S. plants, bringing nearly 600 new jobs, including the production of two hybrid vehicles for the first time at its Kentucky facility. It marks yet another expansion of the Japanese automaker's U.S. presence, bringing to nearly $13 billion the amount it will spend by 2021...
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Brazil begins saying goodbye to victims of mass shooting
(International News ~ 03/15/19)
SUZANO, Brazil -- Classmates, friends and families of the victims of a mass shooting at a Brazil school began saying goodbye Thursday, with thousands attending a wake in this devastated Sao Paulo suburb while authorities worked to understand what drove two former students to attack with a gun, crossbows and small axes...
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Anguished families of crash victims find nothing to bury
(International News ~ 03/15/19)
HEJERE, Ethiopia -- It was too much to bear. She feared she would have nothing of her loved one, no body, no remains to bury. She took handfuls of dirt and flung it in her own face, overcome. More families arrived Thursday at the site of the Ethiopian Airlines crash, which killed 157 people. They came with the hope they could bring some trace of their loved ones home...
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U.K. lawmakers vote to seek Brexit delay
(International News ~ 03/15/19)
LONDON -- In a stalemate over Brexit, British politicians have chosen to delay it. After weeks of political gridlock, Parliament voted Thursday to seek to postpone the country's departure from the European Union, a move likely averting a chaotic withdrawal on the scheduled exit date of March 29...
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Students sue colleges in bribery scandal
(National News ~ 03/15/19)
SAN FRANCISCO -- In the first lawsuit to come out of the college bribery scandal, several students are suing Yale, Georgetown, Stanford and other schools involved in the case, saying they and others were denied a fair shot at admission. The plaintiffs brought the class-action complaint Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco on behalf of themselves and other applicants and asked for unspecified damages...
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O'Rourke begins 2020 bid with Iowa push
(National News ~ 03/15/19)
BURLINGTON, Iowa -- Democrat Beto O'Rourke jumped into the 2020 presidential race Thursday, shaking up the already packed field and pledging to win over voters from across the political spectrum as he tries to translate his sudden celebrity into a formidable White House bid...
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GOP 12 go against Trump on border
(National News ~ 03/15/19)
WASHINGTON -- In a stunning rebuke, a dozen defecting Republicans joined Senate Democrats Thursday to block the national emergency President Donald Trump declared so he could build a border wall with Mexico. The rejection capped a week of confrontation with the White House as both parties in Congress strained to exert their power in new ways...
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Court rules gun maker can be sued
(National News ~ 03/15/19)
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Gun-maker Remington can be sued over how it marketed the rifle used to kill 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, a divided Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Gun control advocates touted the ruling as providing a possible roadmap for victims of other mass shootings to circumvent a long-criticized federal law shielding gun manufacturers from liability in most cases when their products are used in crimes. ...
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Nuclear industry pushing for fewer inspections at plants
(National News ~ 03/15/19)
WASHINGTON -- The nuclear power industry is pushing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to cut back on inspections at nuclear power plants and throttle back what it tells the public about plant problems. The agency, whose board is dominated by Trump appointees, is listening...
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Missouri considers trimming impeachment after Greitens' case
(State News ~ 03/15/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Senate is backing an effort to make it harder to impeach and oust top officials, less than a year after the state's governor resigned while facing potential impeachment. Senators behind the proposal say it isn't motivated by the case against former Republican Gov. Eric Greitens. But had the measure been in place last year, House members likely would have been unable to pursue impeachment of Greitens...
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Out of the past: March 15
(Out of the Past ~ 03/15/19)
Boyd Gaming Corp., which last week won the city's endorsement for a riverboat casino in Cape Girardeau, is seeking a third local vote on riverboat gambling; the company's action was prompted by differing legal opinions as to whether the April 5 statewide referendum on riverboat casino "games of chance" also will require local approval...
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Joe Williams
(Obituary ~ 03/15/19)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Donnie Joe Williams, better known as Joe Williams, 73, of Chaffee and formally of Morley, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at Chaffee Nursing Center, surrounded by his loving family. He was born Jan. 17, 1946, in Bee Branch, Arkansas, to the late Dee Elgee and Dovie Rice Williams. He married Jennie "Penny" Boeker on May 7, 1969, and she survives of the home...
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Mike Stafford
(Obituary ~ 03/15/19)
Thomas G. "Mike" Stafford, 103, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, March 12, 2019, at Missouri Veterans Home. He was born June 28, 1915, in Zadock, Missouri, to Thomas Allen and Minnie Bell Allen Stafford. He and Ruth Berneice Johnson were married March 9, 1935, at Vanduser, Missouri. She preceded him in death Nov. 6, 2004...
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Beulah Lape
(Obituary ~ 03/15/19)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Beulah Edwards Lape, at the age of 93, reunited with her husband, parents, sisters and brothers Wednesday, March 13, 2019, when she passed away at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Beulah was born at the family home Nov. ...
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James Alsup
(Obituary ~ 03/15/19)
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- James J. Alsup, 82, of Ste. Genevieve died on March 13, 2019, at his home, surrounded by loved ones. He was born Sept. 19, 1936, in St. Louis son of James A. and Pauline B. DeGerlia Alsup. He and Reva Joyce Arnold Alsup were married May 26, 1956. She survives in Belton, Missouri. He and Anita M. Hager Elder were married July 7, 1990. She survives in Ste. Genevieve...
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For Jackson student, winning science fair had personal connection
(Editorial ~ 03/15/19)
Grant Roseman, a 15-year-old from Jackson, won the regional science fair by turning misery into motivation. As reported by Jacob Wiegand, Roseman developed a meat allergy after a rare reaction following a tick bite when he was 8 years old. Seven years later, the teenager decided to study ticks. He wanted to see how different kinds of ticks reacted or were attracted to carbon dioxide...
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Prayer 3/15/19
(Prayer ~ 03/15/19)
Father God, thank you for sending Jesus that through him we have eternal life. Amen.
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Speak Out 3/15/19
(Speak Out ~ 03/15/19)
Biden and Bernie are starting to stump but no one should worry, neither one can beat Trump. I think the Republicans should investigate Adam Schiff for impersonating Edwin E. Newman of Mad Magazine; Maxine Waters for impersonating Aunt Esther of the Redd Foxx Show; and Dick Durbin for impersonating Mr. Roper on Three's Company. These investigations would be more fruitful than the Mueller probe...
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Bayh, dies at 91, was author of Title IX law
(National News ~ 03/15/19)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Former U.S. Sen. Birch Bayh, who championed the Title IX federal law banning discrimination against women in college admissions and sports, died at his home Thursday at age 91. Bayh was surrounded by family at his home in Easton, Maryland, when he died shortly after midnight from pneumonia, his family said in a statement. His son, Evan, followed him into politics and became Indiana's governor and a senator...
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Bear family closes highway
(State News ~ 03/15/19)
TEMPLETON, Mass. -- A portion of a Massachusetts highway was shut down while state wildlife officials moved a family of bears that had set up a den in the median. State police shut down a stretch of Route 2 in Templeton on Thursday morning while state environmental police tranquilized the mother bear and relocated her and her cubs to a safer location in a nearby state forest...
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Rachel Farris
(Obituary ~ 03/15/19)
Rachel L. Farris, 83 of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at Chateau Girardeau. Final arrangements will be announced by Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service.
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Aurilla Lawrence
(Obituary ~ 03/15/19)
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Aurilla I. Lawrence, 25, of Brooklyn, formerly of Paducah, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, in Brooklyn. She was born Sept. 5, 1993, in Carbondale, Illinois, to Kenneth Lawrence and Sharon Prater Lawrence. Aurilla was a graduate of Lone Oak High School in Paducah...
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Marty Sticht
(Obituary ~ 03/15/19)
ADVANCE, Mo. — Marty Lee Sticht, 70, of Advance passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at his home. He was born Jan. 7, 1949, the son of Leo Paul and Jerry Mae Dickman Sticht. Marty was drafted into the U.S. Army in August 1968. He did basic training in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, from August through October and then was sent to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. ...
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Jr. Beta Week Celebrated at Guardian Angel School
(Submitted Story ~ 03/15/19)
National Beta Club Week was March 11-15. Students in Jr. Beta at Guardian Angel School in Oran had planned a fun filled and full week of activities. Monday was "Multiply Your Reach Day" and was a day for dressing as twins &/or having a crazy hair day, or just dressing down. ...
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Pi Day
(Submitted Story ~ 03/15/19)
Pi (pie) Day was celebrated at Guardian Angel School on Thursday, March 14 (3.14). This annual event is put together by Ms. Ann Whistler and her Algebra class. If you walk into her classroom, you will see the number 3.14159 etc. etc. wrapping around the room. ...
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