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In Illinois, a teacher shortage 'crisis' emerges with no quick solutions in sight
(Local News ~ 05/14/19)
Public school districts in Illinois are in the midst of a teacher shortage. Nowhere is the problem more serious than in some of the state’s southernmost districts where several school administrators say a dwindling pool of job applicants, along with other factors, will force them to hire more substitutes and noncertified teachers when the 2019-2020 school year starts in August...
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Farmers face frustration over wet weather during planting season
(Local News ~ 05/14/19)
Wet weather this spring has left farmers drowning in frustration over their inability to plant crops. “We haven’t planted anything at all,” Cape Girardeau-area farmer Jerry Siemers said. The clay soil has been too wet for planting corn and soybeans...
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Sponsored: Progress 2019: Notre Dame Regional High School Provides Real-World Experiences to Students
(B Magazine ~ 05/14/19)
Notre Dame Regional High School provides numerous ways for students to be formed by the school's motto: "Enter to Learn, Leave to Serve." The high school is proud to be a STREAM school -- as identified by the National Catholic Education Association -- providing a challenging science, technology, math and arts curriculum through the lens of faith. This designation exemplifies a commitment to teaching both Catholic Church doctrine and living a life representative of Church values...
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Today in History 5-14-19
(National News ~ 05/14/19)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, May 14, the 134th day of 2019. There are 231 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 14, 1955, representatives from eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, signed the Warsaw Pact in Poland. (The Pact was dissolved in 1991.)...
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Unpalatable business handouts
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/14/19)
I like Kathryn Swan and plan to vote for her for state senator; however, I don't agree with her when it comes to giving tax breaks to wealthy movie companies. I know she is looking at the big picture of creating jobs and stimulating the economy by attracting movie companies to Missouri, but subsidizing big, rich corporations just rubs me the wrong way...
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GOP should wake up
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/14/19)
Benjamin Franklin, one of the fathers of American democracy, once wrote, "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." This wisdom is eminently applicable to what is happening in America today...
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Glenn House: Worth a visit, one of downtown's jewels
(Editorial ~ 05/14/19)
Six members of the Glenn family were on hand earlier this month for special tours of the historic Glenn House. It was a special day, and also a reminder of this special jewel in Cape Girardeau's downtown landscape. The Glenn House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, built in 1883 for David A. Glenn, an influential figure in the city's history. It was renovated in 1900, and preserved by the Historical Association of Greater Cape Girardeau...
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Sponsored: What hearing tests will an audiologist perform?
(Insiders Advice ~ 05/14/19)
Almost 15% of Americans suffer from hearing loss. The only way you can be diagnosed with hearing loss — temporary or permanent — is to seek hearing tests with an audiologist. The diagnosis of hearing loss takes a couple of hours in an appointment, and can include a variety of test...
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You ain't black enough,' says the 'black police'
(Column ~ 05/14/19)
What do you do when the Black Police come knocking? No, not black police -- the Black Police, the self-appointed officers patrolling the streets, airwaves and Internet for Black Code violators. With the goal "to serve and protect," -- Who? -- they make their presence and authority known...
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Out of the past: May 14
(Out of the Past ~ 05/14/19)
JEFFERSON CITY -- Gov. Mel Carnahan and Democratic leaders in the Missouri House and Senate praise the accomplishments of the 1994 legislative session that adjourned last night, even though a health-care reform bill that was a focal point of their agenda failed to win approval; Carnahan blasts insurance lobbyists for "distorting facts," which killed the reform bill...
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Sanders, AOC boost Green New Deal
(National News ~ 05/14/19)
WASHINGTON -- The Green New Deal has been blocked in the Senate, and Democratic House leaders refuse to take it up, but activists and politicians who back the sweeping plan to address climate change are pushing to make it a top issue in the 2020 campaign...
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Huffman pleads guilty in admissions scheme
(National News ~ 05/14/19)
BOSTON -- "Desperate Housewives" star Felicity Huffman pleaded guilty Monday in the college admissions bribery scheme, the biggest name to do so in a scandal exposing the lengths to which some wealthy parents will go to get their children into top universities...
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Tankers reported damaged off UAE
(International News ~ 05/14/19)
FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates -- Two Saudi oil tankers and a Norwegian-flagged vessel were damaged in what Gulf officials described Monday as a "sabotage" attack off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. While details of the incident remain unclear, it raised risks for shippers in a region vital to global energy supplies at a time of increasing tensions between the U.S. and Iran over its unraveling nuclear deal with world powers...
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Antitrust lawsuit adds to Apple's woes
(National News ~ 05/14/19)
WASHINGTON -- Consumers can pursue a lawsuit complaining iPhone apps cost too much, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, adding to Apple's woes including falling iPhone sales and a European investigation. The lawsuit could have major implications for the tech giant's handling of the more than 2 million apps in Apple's App Store, where users get much of the software for their smartphones. ...
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GOP seeks women, fresh faces for 2020
(National News ~ 05/14/19)
WASHINGTON -- Top Republicans are searching district-by-district for just the right candidates -- women and political newcomers in many cases -- to help them recapture the House, six months after a political tidal wave swept Democrats into control with the most diverse majority in history...
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Monsanto to pay $2B in Roundup cancer case
(National News ~ 05/14/19)
SAN FRANCISCO -- A jury Monday ordered agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. to pay a combined $2.055 billion to a couple claiming the company's popular weed killer Roundup Ready caused their cancers. The jury's verdict is the third such courtroom loss for Monsanto in California since August, but a San Francisco law professor said it's likely a trial judge or appellate court will significantly reduce the punitive damage award...
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Billy Young
(Obituary ~ 05/14/19)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Billy Joe Young, 83, of Marble Hill died Sunday, May 12, 2019, at his home. Graveside funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Mount Zion Cemetery near Scopus, Missouri. Hutchings Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements...
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David Tranum
(Obituary ~ 05/14/19)
Charles "David" Tranum, 66, of Scott City died Monday, May 6, 2019, at Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Oct. 20, 1952, in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of Lem Orgill Jr. and Frances McElroy Tranum. David was a graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on Feb. 2, 1972, and was honorably discharged from active duty March 15, 1976...
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Hannah Todt
(Obituary ~ 05/14/19)
Hannah Elizabeth Geringer Todt, 96, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, May 12, 2019, at Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 26, 1922, in Illmo to Jerry Cullum and Ada Lucinda Baker Farmer. She and Sylvester A. Geringer were married Feb. 5, 1943, in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death Feb. 27, 1978. She later married Cletus Todt on Dec. 27, 1985, in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her Aug. 28, 2015...
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Vera Moore
(Obituary ~ 05/14/19)
MANTENO, Ill. -- Vera G. Moore, 93, of Manteno, formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Saturday, May 11, 2019, at her daughter's home in Manteno. She was born March 28, 1926, in Fredericktown, Missouri, to David N. and Flora V. Jones Simmons. Vera and Joseph Moore were married Feb. 4, 1947, in Mayfield, Kentucky. He preceded her in death Dec. 7, 1997...
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Delphia Froemsdorf
(Obituary ~ 05/14/19)
Delphia A. "Dee" Froemsdorf, 74, of Jackson died Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 9, 1944, in Cape Girardeau to Rudolph and Marie A. Mammon Froemsdorf. She received a bachelor's degree and a Master of Arts in education from Southeast Missouri State University. She also received a Master of Science in forestry from Southern Illinois University...
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China retaliates on tariffs, stock markets go into a slide
(National News ~ 05/14/19)
BEIJING -- Sending Wall Street into a slide, China announced higher tariffs Monday on $60 billion worth of American goods in retaliation for President Donald Trump's latest penalties on Chinese products. Duties of 5% to 25% will take effect June 1 on about 5,200 American products, including batteries, spinach and coffee, China's Finance Ministry said...
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Dog runs away from home to be with day care buddies
(State News ~ 05/14/19)
ST. ANN, Mo. — Sometimes, a guy just wants to hang out with his buddies. Such was apparently the case with Hugo, a dog who ran away from home recently in north St. Louis County and went straight to his doggy day care. ...
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Missouri House tries again at $50M GM tax incentive
(State News ~ 05/14/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers are taking another shot at an incentives package offering General Motors up to $50 million to expand an eastern Missouri plant that makes trucks and vans. The Republican-led House on Monday passed a new tax credit plan as Republicans in the Senate railed against the earlier proposal...
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Missouri lawmakers vote to ease prison and jail sentences
(State News ~ 05/14/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers have passed a measure that could ease the number of people in local jails and state prisons. The bill given final approval Monday would eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for some nonviolent offenses. It also would bar people from being put back in jail for not paying the costs of their previous incarceration...
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Missouri passes parental rights in do-not-resuscitate cases
(State News ~ 05/14/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers have passed a bill that could give parents and guardians greater rights in end-of-life decisions involving children. The House gave final approval Monday to "Simon's Law" -- named for a St. Louis boy with a rare genetic disorder who died at 3 months old in 2010. His parents said they discovered later hospital employees did not try to save their son's life because a doctor had issued a do-not-resuscitate order without their knowledge...
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Missouri among states suing over generic drug prices
(State News ~ 05/14/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri is among more than 40 states joining a lawsuit alleging drug manufacturers conspired to artificially inflate and manipulate prices for more than 100 generic drugs, including treatments for diabetes, cancer and other conditions...
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Company says it was told duck boats were OK before sinking
(State News ~ 05/14/19)
BRANSON, Mo. -- An entertainment company that owned a duck boat involved in a fatal sinking on a Missouri lake last summer disputes that an independent investigator told it its vehicles did not comply with a government standard. Ripley Entertainment hired Steve Paul in 2017 before it bought the boats from Missouri company Ride the Ducks International to determine whether they met the Department of Transportation's regulations, Paul said...
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Freshman Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley taking on Candy Crush
(State News ~ 05/14/19)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Missouri U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley is taking on the tech industry, including apps and tools aimed at children. Hawley last week introduced legislation to ban "pay-to-win" apps such as Candy Crush he said are targeted at children. The Kansas City Star reported the games are often free, but users can buy upgrades and bonus features...
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Farmers who sell to China feel pain of Beijing's tariffs
(National News ~ 05/14/19)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- China's announcement Monday of higher tariffs on $60 billion of American exports -- retaliation for President Donald Trump's latest penalties on Chinese goods -- hit particularly hard in the farm belt. China's vast consumer market has been a vital source of revenue for American farmers...
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Area police reports 5/14/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/14/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Cassandra D. Davis, 20, of Scott City was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance. n Buyron Wright, 28, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on suspicion of trespassing...
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Speak Out 5/14/19
(Speak Out ~ 05/14/19)
On May 2, the California Department of Water Resources published a monthly report of its water reservoirs. The department found that the snow packs surrounding the basins were on average 31 inches of snow water equivalent thick. This is 144% greater than the average depth and the fifth highest ever recorded. This means the global warming scientists have found a new phenomenon, snow forms and falls at temperatures above 32 degrees Fahrenheit...
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Prayer 5/14/19
(Prayer ~ 05/14/19)
O Heavenly Father, may we always remember that victory comes from you. Amen.
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Doris Day, actress who honed wholesome image, dies at 97
(Entertainment ~ 05/14/19)
Doris Day, the sunny blond actress and singer whose frothy comedic roles opposite the likes of Rock Hudson and Cary Grant made her one of Hollywood's biggest stars in the 1950s and '60s and a symbol of wholesome American womanhood, died Monday. She was 97...
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Initial U.S. assessment blames Iran for ship attacks
(National News ~ 05/14/19)
WASHINGTON -- An American military team's initial assessment is Iranian or Iranian-backed proxies used explosives Sunday to blow large holes in four ships anchored off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, a U.S. official said Monday. The official said each ship has a 5- to 10-foot hole in it, near or just below the water line, and the team's early belief is the holes were caused by explosive charges. ...
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Births 5/14/19
(Births ~ 05/14/19)
Son to Caleb and Courtney Koehler of Marble Hill, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 3:45 a.m. Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Name, Camden Michael. Weight, 7 pounds, 4 ounces. Fourth child, second son. Mrs. Koehler is the daughter of Genni Ourth of Delta and the late Brian Ourth. She is a teacher with the Woodland School District. Koehler is the son of Amanda Koehler of Millersville and the late Wyatt Koehler. He owns Koehler Professional Painting...
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