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Jackson resident wins $77,777 in lottery
(Local News ~ 03/26/19)
Jackson resident Kevin Pruitt came home from a family vacation in Cancun, Mexico, to find he’d won $77,777 in the Missouri Lottery. “We got home from Cancun on Thursday, and I bought the ticket on Friday,” Pruitt said in a news release. “My wife works next door to a mini-mart, and I stop in a few times a week to buy a ticket while I’m visiting her.”...
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Second chance at life: Southeast tutor aims to help others learn
(Local News ~ 03/26/19)
As a senior in high school, Southeast Missouri State University sophomore Michael Smith suffered a stroke that nearly ended his life. He blacked-out at school and when he woke up, he could not move the left side of his body and was 90 percent blind...
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Advance School Board candidates voice concerns ranging from school safety to funding
(Local News ~ 03/26/19)
Advance, Missouri, School Board candidates have voiced concerns about school safety, technology and funding. The three candidates — David Kennedy, Adam Cato and Chase Robins — are competing for a one-year term on the board in the April 2 election...
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Filmmaker Steve Turner tapped to lead uptown Jackson organization
(Local News ~ 03/26/19)
Uptown Jackson Revitalization Organization will have its first ever executive director, the organization announced Monday. Local filmmaker Steve Turner will assume the new role April 1, said UJRO board president Tyler Wolfsberger. “We’re excited to have a point person to be the main point of contact for the organization, excited to have an office to use at the [Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce] building, and to be available to merchants, other businesses and organizations in the community,” Wolfsberger said. ...
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Stormwater project to close Hopper intersection at Kingshighway this summer
(Local News ~ 03/26/19)
A project to improve stormwater drainage will force the closure of the Hopper Road and Kingshighway intersection for several months this summer, Cape Girardeau city public works director Stan Polivick said. Construction won’t begin until after school ends, he said, explaining the timetable is designed to avoid the extra traffic on Hopper Road at Clippard Elementary School...
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Jackson teen has donated birthday money to veterans home the last 11 years
(Local News ~ 03/26/19)
At age 6, Caleb Craft, now 17 and a junior at Jackson High School, made his first donation to the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. With his birthday just over a month after the Christmas holiday, Caleb explained his parents sat him down and asked him whether there was something else he could do to give back to the community in honor of his birthday, rather than asking for more gifts...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/26/19)
Today is Tuesday, March 26, the 85th day of 2019. There are 280 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 26, 1979, a peace treaty was signed by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and witnessed by President Jimmy Carter at the White House...
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Sponsored: Monograms add personalization, style to any product
(Insiders Advice ~ 03/26/19)
At Blackbird Monogram & Gift we love to add style and flare to our products with beautiful personalization. But first, let us tell you a little bit about why we love a good monogram. Monogram, by definition, is the artful and intentional placement of letters (initials) to represent and identify yourself. ...
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Thanks for St. Jude support
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/26/19)
This is an open letter to the good folks of the Scott City area who have been so supportive of my last 50 years of St. Jude fundraisers with the Scott City schools and the businesses who have contributed to our efforts for many years also: Amick-Burnett, Interior Plus, Simpson Excavating, Dakota Heating and Plumbing, Medicap Pharmacy, InterRail Services, Monty Keesee Construction, Sally Noon State Farm Insurance, Bohannon Cleaners, Trax Edge Motors, Bank of Missouri in Scott City, Scott City Fitness.. ...
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Congratulations to Jackson educator for state principal award
(Editorial ~ 03/26/19)
We are blessed to have many, many wonderful educators in our region. A few of them stand out among the best here and in the state. Lance McClard, elementary principal at both Millersville Elementary and North Elementary in the Jackson School District, is one such educator...
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Democrats ask for full Mueller files; GOP exclaims 'move on'
(National News ~ 03/26/19)
WASHINGTON -- House Democrats pressed the Justice Department on Monday to provide the full report from special counsel Robert Mueller even as Republicans called for them to "move on" from the Russia investigation. President Donald Trump accused those responsible for launching Mueller's probe of "treasonous things against our country" and said they "certainly will be looked into."...
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Councilman: Subpoena suggests investigation of Stenger
(State News ~ 03/26/19)
CLAYTON, Mo. -- A member of the St. Louis County Council says a federal grand jury has issued a subpoena to the county, suggesting there is an investigation of activities of County Executive Steve Stenger's administration. Council Chairman Sam Page told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Sunday the subpoena orders the county to produce Stenger's call history, texts and emails with current and former county employees. It also seeks the same material for several senior members of Stenger's staff...
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Man sentenced to probation in Jewish cemetery vandalism
(State News ~ 03/26/19)
ST. LOUIS -- A Missouri man who confessed to knocking over about 120 headstones at a Jewish cemetery near St. Louis has been sentenced to three years of probation. Thirty-five-year-old Alzado Harris of Northwoods also was ordered to pay $5,000 in restitution when he was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to felony institutional vandalism...
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Real ID-compliant licenses now available in Missouri
(State News ~ 03/26/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Revenue on Monday began offering Real ID-compliant driver's licenses and non-driver identification, which will be required under federal law to board planes and enter some federally controlled buildings starting next year...
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Utah family suffers stalking through service calls
(National News ~ 03/26/19)
SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah family has become the victim of extreme stalking involving unwanted service providers repeatedly being sent to their home, according to the homeowner and police. Walt Gilmore's family in suburban Salt Lake City has been the target since August of a stalker using phone calls and texts to send a parade of people to the home for legitimate services and illegal activities, the Deseret News reported Friday...
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Chinese leader Xi in France to sign multibillion deals
(International News ~ 03/26/19)
PARIS -- Chinese President Xi Jinping was greeted with full honors Monday during a state visit to France in which he is expected to sign multibillion-dollar deals on energy, the food industry, transport and other sectors as well as a bilateral statement on climate change...
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Norway opens probe into why ship ventured into storm
(International News ~ 03/26/19)
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Norwegian officials have opened an investigation into why a cruise ship carrying more than 1,370 people set sail along the country's often wild western coast despite storm warnings, forcing a major evacuation by helicopter. One person is in critical but stable condition in an intensive care ward, hospital officials said, adding eight others were still hospitalized after the weekend ordeal...
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Israel strikes targets across Gaza Strip
(International News ~ 03/26/19)
JERUSALEM -- Israeli forces Monday struck targets across the Gaza Strip, including the offices of Hamas' supreme leader, in response to a surprise rocket attack from the Palestinian territory, as the military bolstered its troops and rocket-defense systems in anticipation of a new round of heavy fighting with the Islamic militant group...
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Apple announces streaming TV service
(Entertainment ~ 03/26/19)
CUPERTINO, California -- Apple announced a new streaming service, Apple TV Plus, which will house its original shows and movies and could compete with Netflix, Amazon and cable TV itself. Apple made the announcements at its Cupertino, California, headquarters, in a Monday event studded with celebrities including Steven Spielberg, Jennifer Anniston, Reese Witherspoon and Steve Carell. ...
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British lawmakers seize control over stalled Brexit process
(International News ~ 03/26/19)
LONDON -- British lawmakers seized a measure of control over the stalled Brexit process from Prime Minister Theresa May's foundering government Monday, setting up a series of votes potentially dramatically altering the course of the U.K.'s departure from the European Union...
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Trump officially reverses U.S. policy on Golan Heights
(National News ~ 03/26/19)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Monday recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, reversing more than a half-century of U.S. policy in the Middle East. Standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, Trump made formal a move he announced in a surprise tweet last week...
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Duke University pays $112M to settle lawsuit on faked research
(National News ~ 03/26/19)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Duke University will pay $112 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit after federal prosecutors said a research technician's fake data landed millions of dollars in federal grants, the school and the government said Monday. The private university in Durham submitted claims for dozens of research grants containing falsified or fabricated information unjustly draining taxpayer money from the National Institutes of Health, the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies, the U.S. ...
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Avenatti charged with embezzlement, trying to extort millions from Nike
(National News ~ 03/26/19)
NEW YORK -- Michael Avenatti, the pugnacious attorney best known for representing porn actress Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against President Donald Trump, was arrested Monday on charges including trying to shake down Nike for as much as $25 million by threatening the company with bad publicity...
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Road work 3/26/19
(Local News ~ 03/26/19)
Cape County Route F closed for drainage work Route F in Cape Girardeau County will be closed between County Road 340 and Route OO as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a pipe under the road. A MoDOT news release says the work will take place April 3 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m...
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Out of the past: March 26
(Out of the Past ~ 03/26/19)
Former national education secretary and drug czar William Bennett may have missed his true calling; in an hourlong speech at Southeast Missouri State University yesterday, Bennett delivered a pretty fair stand-up comedy act before a packed house of about 550 people...
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David McFarland
(Obituary ~ 03/26/19)
David Milton McFarland, 74, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, March 21, 2019. He was born June 3, 1944, in Detroit. David was an Army veteran. He made his home in Paris and graduated from Paris-Sorbonne University. He worked for Royal Caribbean Lines and also played the piano for 10 years at Hotel de Crillon...
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Betty Jordan
(Obituary ~ 03/26/19)
PATTON, Mo. -- Betty Arlene Shipley Shell Jordan, 88, of Patton went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, March 22, 2019. Born April 16, 1930, in Decatur, Illinois, to Charles and Goldie Haslett Shipley, she was the beloved sister to Donald Dean, Gene, Fred and George...
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Beverly Ervin
(Obituary ~ 03/26/19)
Beverly A. Gerecke Ervin, 68, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, March 24, 2019, at Southeast Hospital. A celebration of her life will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Leslie Dippold
(Obituary ~ 03/26/19)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Leslie L. Dippold, 85, of Perryville died Saturday, March 23, 2019, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the church, with military honors provided by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4282 and Delta Team. Officiating the service will be the Rev. Matthew Mark. Burial will be in the church cemetery...
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Do not embrace the hate
(Column ~ 03/26/19)
"What the heck is wrong with people?" I asked myself aloud after learning of the hateful words spoken to conservative commentator Eric Bolling last week. Just when you think it can't get worse, it does -- something so inhuman, it shakes you to your core as I was shaken when I learned what occurred at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday...
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Prayer 3/26/19
(Prayer ~ 03/26/19)
May we persevere through trials, keeping our focus on you, O Lord God. Amen.
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Cape Girardeau fire report 3/26/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/26/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Sunday n Medical assists were made at 3:28 a.m. on Hawthorne Road, 3:43 a.m. on South Kingshighway, 3:55 a.m. on South Sprigg Street, 5:05 a.m. on Farrar Drive, 5:44 a.m. on Earleen Drive, 5:53 a.m. on South Kingshighway, 2:39 p.m. on Bertling Street, 4:31 p.m. on North Pacific Street, 5:09 p.m. on Aspen Drive, 5:45 p.m. on William Street, 8:22 p.m. on Penny Avenue and 9:51 p.m. on North Fountain Street...
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Mix-up: British Airways plane lands in Scotland, not Germany
(International News ~ 03/26/19)
LONDON — The flight Monday seemed to go perfectly well, until passengers realized the plane had landed in the wrong city and the wrong country. The British Airways flight from London City Airport was supposed to head to Duesseldorf, Germany, but ended up in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. ...
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Births 3/26/19
(Births ~ 03/26/19)
Son to Keith Allen and Kalie Nicole Payne of McGee, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 9:07 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. Name, Liam Henry. Weight, 7 pounds, 14 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Payne is the former Kalie Bennett, daughter of Bobby Bennett of Zalma, Missouri, and Kim Bennett of Arab, Missouri. Payne is the son of George Payne and Beverly Payne of McGee. He is self-employed...
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CAP cadet promoted to officer
(Submitted Story ~ 03/26/19)
In almost every endeavor, there is a desire to move up in the ranks. Workers seek to be administrators, Scouting has its Eagle Scouts and the military has promotions throughout its ranks. Payton Merrick understands the pride of promotion herself, as she became an officer in the Civil Air Patrol Paducah Composite Squadron on Monday, becoming a cadet second lieutenant in a ceremony held at the Armed Forces Readiness Center in West Paducah...
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McDonald's Donates to Poplar Bluff Kindergarten Center
(Submitted Story ~ 03/26/19)
McDonald's recently hosted a McShare night with The Poplar Bluff Kindergarten Center to support St. Judes Children's Hospital. Pictured are Stephanie Ballow, Kindergarten Teacher and St. Judes Coordinator, student Isaiah Reed, and Cheryl Farrow, Director of Operations for McDonald's. McDonald's is proud to partner with The Poplar Bluff Kindergarten Center in the amount of $520...
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McDonald's Donates to The Optimist Club of Jackson
(Submitted Story ~ 03/26/19)
McDonald's recently teamed up with The Optimist Club of Jackson to help sponsor the Youth Boys Basketball program by donating $2500 towards team t-shirts for each player and coach. This program serviced almost 600 youth this year alone and continues to grow. The Optimist Club-Friends of Youth each year raises funds, giving in upwards of $50,000 back to the community in several different ways involving youth in our area...
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