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Business Notebook: Rosati’s restaurant set to open this week at Town Plaza in Cape
(Business ~ 04/22/19)
Rosati's, Cape Girardeau's newest eatery, will open this week in Town Plaza in a space formerly occupied by Buffalo Wild Wings. The restaurant will offer dine-in, carryout, delivery and catering services and will feature Chicago style deep-dish pizza (as well as other pizza selections), a variety of pasta dishes, wings, appetizers, sandwiches and desserts...
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Lutheran Family and Children’s Services offers free counseling for abuse, neglect
(Local News ~ 04/22/19)
Lutheran Family and Children’s Services of Southeast Missouri is offering free counseling services to anyone seeking healing and help as it relates to abuse and neglect. “We don’t want [abuse and neglect] to become a pattern, so we really do some intervening with counseling and case-managing with our programs here,” said Morgan Beasley, regional director of LFCS’s southeast region...
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150 years later: Remembering Louis Houck, ‘the Father of Southeast Missouri’
(Local News ~ 04/22/19)
Sunday marked 150 years since Louis Napoleon Houck — lawyer, rebuilder of Academic Hall and architect behind 500 miles of railroad track in Southeast Missouri — first stepped foot in Cape Girardeau. To commemorate, Southeast Missouri State University professor of history Joel Rhodes spoke about Houck’s life to a crowd Saturday at the Cape River Heritage Museum in Cape Girardeau...
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'Out in beautiful creation' at Easter sunrise service
(Local News ~ 04/22/19)
As the sun rose over Cape County Park North, dozens of worshipers gathered to celebrate the Christian holy day of Easter. The sunrise service, hosted by Cape Bible Chapel and City Church, was a way to try to experience what it would have been like for Jesus’ early followers to realize he had risen from the dead, according to City Church pastor Matt McDonald...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/22/19)
Today is Monday, April 22, the 112th day of 2019. There are 253 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 22, 2000, in a dramatic pre-dawn raid, armed immigration agents seized Elian Gonzalez, the Cuban boy at the center of a custody dispute, from his relatives' home in Miami; Elian was reunited with his father at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington...
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Prayer 4-22-19
(Prayer ~ 04/22/19)
May we be found worthy, O God, of the joys of your Son's resurrection. Amen.
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Work requirements for Medicaid make sense
(Column ~ 04/22/19)
I believe it is important maintain a safety net of programs to help the most vulnerable, most impoverished families in Missouri obtain basic needs as they work their way toward independence. However, it is also important these programs remain just that — a safety net — rather than becoming a way of life or they will be unsustainable...
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Polanski asks court to restore his film academy membership
(Entertainment ~ 04/22/19)
LOS ANGELES -- Roman Polanski asked a judge Friday to restore his membership in the organization that bestows the Academy Awards nearly a year after he was expelled from it for sexual misconduct. Lawyers for the 85-year-old fugitive director petitioned Los Angeles Superior Court to compel the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to make him a member in good standing again...
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AP sources: U.S. to sanction nations for importing Iranian oil
(National News ~ 04/22/19)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration is poised to tell five nations, including allies Japan, South Korea and Turkey, they will no longer be exempt from U.S. sanctions if they continue to import oil from Iran, officials said Sunday. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to announce today the administration will not renew sanctions waivers for the five countries when they expire May 2, three U.S. officials said. The others are China and India...
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Frustration grows among migrants in Mexico as support fades
(International News ~ 04/22/19)
MAPASTEPEC, Mexico -- Madison Mendoza, her feet aching and her face burned by the sun, wept as she said she had nothing to feed her 2-year-old son who she'd brought with her on the long trek toward the United States. Mendoza, 22, said an aunt in Honduras had convinced her to join the migrant caravan, which she did two weeks ago in the capital of Tegucigalpa. ...
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Comedian headed for landslide victory in Ukraine
(International News ~ 04/22/19)
KIEV, Ukraine -- A comedian whose only political experience consists of playing a president on TV cruised toward a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election Sunday in what was seen as a reaction against the country's entrenched corruption and low standard of living...
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Giuliani: Nothing wrong with Trump camp taking Russian help
(National News ~ 04/22/19)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani insisted Sunday there was "nothing wrong" with the president's 2016 campaign taking information from the Russians, as House Democrats pledged stepped-up investigations into campaign misconduct and possible crimes of obstruction detailed in special counsel Robert Mueller's report...
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United Methodists edge toward breakup over LGBT policies
(National News ~ 04/22/19)
NEW YORK -- There's at least one area of agreement among conservative, centrist and liberal leaders in the United Methodist Church: America's largest mainline Protestant denomination is on a path toward likely breakup over differences on same-sex marriage and ordination of LGBT pastors...
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Easter Sunday bomb blasts kill more than 200 in Sri Lanka
(International News ~ 04/22/19)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Nine bombings of churches, luxury hotels and other sites on Easter Sunday killed more than 200 people and wounded hundreds more in Sri Lanka's deadliest violence since a devastating civil war in the South Asian island nation ended a decade ago...
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Out of the past: April 22
(Out of the Past ~ 04/22/19)
The National Rifle Association held its first "Friends of NRA" auction and dinner at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Cape Girardeau last night; around 300 persons attended the banquet, including state Sen. Peter Kinder, who was co-chairman of the event, state Rep. Mary Kasten and members of U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson's staff...
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Delores Hahn
(Obituary ~ 04/22/19)
Delores “Sis” Ford Hahn, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, April 20, 2019, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Feb. 11, 1934, in Cape Girardeau to Raymond Eugene and Eva Lodean Hager Revelle. She first married Carl Ford on July 25, 1952. He preceded her in death. She then married Leroy Hahn on April 13, 1974. He also preceded her in death...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 4/22/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/22/19)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Friday n Medical assists were made at 2:21 a.m. on Linden Street, 2:45 a.m. on Linden Street, 5:32 a.m. on Towers Circle, 9:47 a.m. on North Mount Auburn Road, 3:26 p.m. on Hackberry Street, 8:33 p.m. on South Hanover Street and 10:03 p.m. on South West End Boulevard...
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NerdWallet: Liz Weston: Fear of spending money can cause some people to delay gratification too long
(Business ~ 04/22/19)
Some people are much better savers than spenders. That can become a problem. Certified financial planner DeDe Jones recalls clients, retired schoolteachers, who loved to travel but kept putting off the trip to China and Southeast Asia they'd always wanted to take...
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Sears ditches clothing with new smaller format
(Business ~ 04/22/19)
NEW YORK -- After its journey through bankruptcy, Sears is getting ready to open its first batch of smaller stores that won't carry clothing but will instead focus on appliances, mattresses and home services. The move comes after Sears has shuttered hundreds of stores in recent years...
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As cashless stores grow, so does the backlash
(Business ~ 04/22/19)
NEW YORK -- Hembert Figueroa just wanted a taco. So he was surprised to learn the dollar bills in his pocket were no good at Dos Toros Taqueria in Manhattan, one of a small but growing number of establishments across the U.S. where customers can only pay by card or smartphone...
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Census: 52 Missouri counties lost population in 2018
(State News ~ 04/22/19)
ST. LOUIS -- New census data shows that while Missouri's population rose slightly last year compared to 2017, more than 50 counties lost population. Information released Thursday shows estimated county populations as of July 1, 2018, compared to the previous year. Missouri overall saw its population rise 0.3% to an estimated 6,126,452...
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Adult, Teen Challenge opens door to hope vs. addiction
(Editorial ~ 04/22/19)
Focusing on “an open door to hope” the Adult and Teen Challenge Mid-America hosted its spring banquet April 13, setting an all-time high for its banquet attendance. The organization helps teens and men recover from drug addiction. Jake Scott, a 2014 graduate of the program and now staff at ATCMA, told the audience his story is more common than what most are willing to believe. He turned to addictions in order to cope with a broken home...
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Cape Girardeau County agenda 4/22/19
(Local News ~ 04/22/19)
Approval of minutes n Minutes for the April 15 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on the agenda Routine business...
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Grease is the way we are stealing in northern Virginia
(National News ~ 04/22/19)
ANNANDALE, Va. — Police said a central Virginia man made off with a whopper of a haul from Burger King: hundreds of gallons of used cooking grease. But he couldn’t give police the slip and now faces grand larceny charges. News outlets reported Alvaro Mendez Flores of Richmond admitted to the April 4 theft. Court documents state Mendez Flores backed up his box truck to the grease dumpster at the Annandale Shopping Center and used a hose to begin siphoning the used oil into a 1,600-gallon tank. ...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY STUDENT RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIPS TO ATTEND UT MARTIN
(Submitted Story ~ 04/22/19)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 22, 2019 Contact: Nathan Morgan, University Relations, 731-881-7617 CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY STUDENT RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIPS TO ATTEND UT MARTIN MARTIN, Tenn. – A Cape Girardeau County student has been awarded scholarships to attend the University of Tennessee at Martin for the 2019-2020 academic year, according to Dr. James Mantooth, executive director, Office of Enrollment Services and Student Engagement...
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1st Class Travel named among top Apple Vacations sellers in U.S.
(Submitted Story ~ 04/22/19)
1st Class Travel, Cape Girardeau, was awarded the prestigious Golden Apple level Apple Award from tour operator Apple Vacations, the leading name in all-inclusive vacations to beach destinations throughout Mexico, the Caribbean and Golden Apple level Apple travel agencies are among the top sellers of Apple Vacations packages and receive extra benefits with Apple Vacations such as educational site inspections, exclusive promotions, cooperative advertising funding and more...
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Sally Deevers and her Wisteria Tree
(Submitted Story ~ 04/22/19)
Hello, I am sharing a picture of my mother, Sally Deevers, and her Wisteria Tree. The picture was taken on Easter Sunday by her daughter-in-law Christy Deevers on the Deevers farm north of Cape Girardeau. Thank you. Jo Ann Askins
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Robbins Easter
(Submitted Story ~ 04/22/19)
Father and son on Easter. The unbreakable bond. Am a single parent. Really ,i just want are photo in the paper to show my son in the future. That, he was a star in the paper before age 3.
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