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Best Western Plus to open in 2020 at Old Orchard/U.S. 61 in Jackson
(Local News ~ 05/18/19)
Site preparations are underway along U.S. 61 in Jackson west of Interstate 55 for a new four-story hotel developers say should open around the middle of next year. A groundbreaking ceremony for the 80-room Best Western Plus hotel is set for 9:30 a.m. Monday at the site, which is immediately east of Kohlfeld Distributing on the southwest corner of South Old Orchard Road and U.S. 61...
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An example for Phoenix: Teen mom celebrates Mother's Day with graduation ceremony, finishes in top 10% of class
(Community ~ 05/18/19)
In a room tucked into a corner of the house, Emily Medlock stands in front of a mirror while she puts on her makeup. Her mother, Missy Medlock, is ironing Emily's gown and family is beginning to arrive. It's Cape Girardeau Central High School's graduation day -- it's also Mother's Day, Sunday May 12, 2019 -- and Emily is getting ready to walk across the stage to become a high school graduate on a day that symbolizes so much...
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United Way hosts first Over the Edge event, funds still needed
(Local News ~ 05/18/19)
They all had different reasons for jumping off the building. But the 40 or so people who rappelled 147 feet down Southeast Missouri State University’s Towers South dormitory Friday did it to help the United Way. United Way of Southeast Missouri executive director Elizabeth Shelton considers the organization to be underfunded, even after Friday’s fundraiser. United Way set a goal of $50,000 for Friday’s event; it was not known as of press time how much was raised...
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State Rep. Hovis says he misspoke about 'consensual rapes' during abortion debate; words capture national attention
(Local News ~ 05/18/19)
A Cape Girardeau County lawmaker and former police officer said he erred in referring to “consensual rapes” during debate in the Missouri House on a strong anti-abortion bill. During debate on the House floor on the final day of the 2019 legislative session, state Rep. Barry Hovis, R-Gordonville, voiced support for the measure, which bans abortions after eight weeks and doesn’t allow exceptions for rape or incest...
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Missouri's GOP-led Legislature passes 8-week abortion ban
(State News ~ 05/18/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's Republican-led House on Friday passed sweeping legislation designed to survive court challenges, which would ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy. If enacted, the ban would be among the most restrictive in the U.S. It includes exceptions for medical emergencies, but not for pregnancies caused by rape or incest. Doctors would face five to 15 years in prison for violating the eight-week cutoff. Women who receive abortions wouldn't be prosecuted...
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Sponsored: Progress 2019: Advanced Pest Control Offers Discount Program
(B Magazine ~ 05/18/19)
The best defense is a good offense; the best way to keep bugs away is prevention. Advanced Pest Control, established in 1980, can offer protection for your home with a quarterly treatment that takes care of all general bugs. They also offer effective treatments for mosquitoes, flies, bed bugs, brown recluse spiders and termites -- treatments that are bad for bugs and safe for humans and pets. ...
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Today in History 5-18-19
(National News ~ 05/18/19)
Today in History Today is Saturday, May 18, the 138th day of 2019. There are 227 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 18, 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Plessy v. Ferguson, endorsed "separate but equal" racial segregation, a concept renounced 58 years later by Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka...
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Out of the past: May 18
(Out of the Past ~ 05/18/19)
Renovation of the heavily-silted, algae-covered Jackson Rotary Lake begins, when Jackson Park Department employees open a valve to draw down its water level; the lake, which was built in the mid-1970s, is in the main city park west of the swimming pool...
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Bullinger - Lifter
(Engagement ~ 05/18/19)
Joe and Darlene Bullinger of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Regina Louise Bullinger, to Jason D. Lifter, both of Jackson. He is the son of Rose Marie Lifter of Jackson, Mickey Mabon of Decatur, Illinois, and the late Robert Edwards of Memphis, Tennessee...
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Sprout of the Missouri state nut
(Column ~ 05/18/19)
This spring has been cooler and wetter than usual in Southeast Missouri. This has produced a perfect scenario for nuts planted by squirrels to sprout and quickly put down a healthy taproot. Conversely, this super-saturated soil makes it a good time to pull up weeds and tree sprouts...
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Senior Center menus for May 20-24
(Community ~ 05/18/19)
Monday: Sloppy Joe with oven-fried potatoes or chicken tot bake, green beans, fruited gelatin and chilled peaches or cookies. Tuesday: Brunch menu: Sausage patties, scrambled eggs, baked hash browns with onions, biscuit with gravy and fruit salad. Wednesday: Chicken salad sandwich or sub sandwich, three-bean salad, garden salad, whole-grain bread or crackers and fresh orange wedges or iced orange cake...
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Having a dialogue with people who believe differently
(Column ~ 05/18/19)
I recently heard someone mention that Catholics believe only Catholics will be in Heaven. This is not true. If it were, it would be a pretty sad and self-congratulatory religion to follow. Nope. Instead, what the Catholic Church teaches is so incredibly exciting: the Church teaches salvation is found through Jesus Christ -- which means Heaven is also for other Christian denominations -- and also that there are elements of truth found in all religions...
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'Carry your home inside you'
(Column ~ 05/18/19)
"I'm going home. Home sweet home," and "There's no place like home" are all phrases we hear, regarding home and our attachment or distaste for it. Recently, I had the pleasure to read a retirement letter written by a friend and former co-worker. In the letter Debbie thanked everyone for their love and friendship throughout her term of employment at the institution. ...
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Award 5-19-19
(Community ~ 05/18/19)
Cape Girardeau County Sheriff Ruth Ann Dickerson presented the 2018 Timothy J. Ruopp Award Tuesday to Cpl. Heather Vangennip, the school resource officer for the Nell Holcomb School District. The Ruopp Award is presented to an outstanding law enforcement officer, who is nominated from the ranks of the sheriff’s office, according to a sheriff’s office news release. The award memorializes Ruopp, a former officer with the sheriff’s department who was killed in the line of duty while serving as a law enforcement officer in California. Vangennip began her career with the sheriff’s office in 2003, serving in the jail and patrol divisions before assuming her current position last year. In addition to the Ruopp Award, Dickerson and the family of the late Sheriff Norman Copeland presented three Copeland Excellence Awards, one for each division of the sheriff’s office. Honored were Todd Stevens, field operations; Suzanne Fluegge, business operations; and Lauren Whitmore, jail operations. Shown from left, Deputy Todd Stevens, Suzanne Fluegge, Sheriff Ruth Ann Dickerson, Lauren Whitmore and Corporal Heather Vangennip.
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The power of remembering
(Column ~ 05/18/19)
The other day, I had a chance to walk through a vacant building on South Main Street in Cape -- a building that is on the National Register of Historic Places. It used to house the former B'Nai Israel synagogue. Remnants of the former congregation remain even though the worshipping community ceased operations more than a quarter-century ago. ...
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In honor of military service
(Column ~ 05/18/19)
The role and contribution of African-Americans in our community have a long, but largely unwritten history. James and Harriet's triumph is etched firmly upon the cityscape of old town Cape Girardeau, making the history of freedom over slavery a tangible experience today...
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Should we complain?
(Column ~ 05/18/19)
It's been several months ago that Marge and I went out to eat with a group of friends. We ordered our meals as we arrived, so some ordered their meals a good 20 to 30 minutes later than we did. We were almost the first to order. As the meals were delivered to our friends, we noticed that some who arrived last were getting their meals first. ...
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Club news 5-19-19
(Community News ~ 05/18/19)
The Town and Country FCE Club met May 9 with Brenda Pender as hostess. The devotion was given by Brenda Pender titled "Mother." Brenda Pender gave the treasurer's report with a balance of $269.06 in the treasury. Pennies were collected for Coins for Friendship...
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Adopt Will 5-19-19
(Community ~ 05/18/19)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary This little cutie is Will. He is 10 weeks old and looking for a loving, forever home. He is available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.
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Gardening tips for soil when it rains too much
(Column ~ 05/18/19)
I don't know about you, but I am tired of rain. (Don't tell anybody that, because it may haunt me in the near future). Let me rephrase that. A lot of landscape plants are tired of the rain. Too much rain causes plants to suffer, unless of course we are talking about swamp and water plants. The swamp plants and water plants are loving it...
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Prayer 5-19-19
(Prayer ~ 05/18/19)
O God, may we be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. Amen.
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Iran's top diplomat presses efforts to save nuclear deal
(International News ~ 05/18/19)
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's foreign minister traveled Friday to China on his Asian tour aimed at keeping world markets open to Tehran amid an intense sanctions campaign from the U.S. as tensions across the Persian Gulf remain high. Concerns about a possible conflict have flared since the White House ordered warships and bombers to the region to counter an alleged, unexplained threat from Iran and ordered nonessential diplomatic staff out of Iraq...
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Democrats grapple with Medicare for All
(National News ~ 05/18/19)
MASON CITY, Iowa -- A half-dozen presidential candidates back "Medicare for All," a proposal to put the government in charge of most health benefits. But some of the Democrats they're courting aren't sure the nation's health care system should be overhauled so dramatically...
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Prosecutor: Mom plotted to kill pregnant woman, steal unborn baby
(National News ~ 05/18/19)
CHICAGO -- A mother plotted for months to acquire a newborn before she and her daughter strangled a pregnant Chicago woman and cut her baby from her womb using a butcher's knife, prosecutors said Friday as they revealed gruesome new details about the case...
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Step by step: Congressional Dems play the long game against Trump
(National News ~ 05/18/19)
WASHINGTON -- First came the sternly worded letters. Then the subpoenas. Now the votes to hold Trump administration officials in contempt of Congress. As House Democrats plod ahead investigating President Donald Trump, against unprecedented stonewalling by the White House, they are pursuing a long-game strategy playing out in the committee rooms, the courthouse and in the court of public opinion. And it's going to take time...
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Mnuchin rejects tax returns subpoena
(National News ~ 05/18/19)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration Friday missed another deadline to produce President Donald Trump's tax returns. A top House Democrat said he expects to take the administration to court as early as next week over the matter. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a letter he will not comply with a subpoena from House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal for six years of Trump's tax returns because the request "lacks a legitimate legislative purpose."...
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Tariffs lifted on Mexico, Canada
(National News ~ 05/18/19)
WASHINGTON -- Bogged down in a sprawling trade dispute with U.S. rival China, President Donald Trump took steps Friday to ease tensions with America's allies -- lifting import taxes on Canadian and Mexican steel and aluminum and delaying auto tariffs that would have hurt Japan and Europe...
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Flynn described efforts to interfere with cooperation
(National News ~ 05/18/19)
WASHINGTON -- Former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn told the special counsel's office people connected to the Trump administration and Congress sought to influence his cooperation with the Russia investigation, and he provided a voicemail recording of one such communication, prosecutors said in a court filing made public Thursday...
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Out of the past: May 19
(Out of the Past ~ 05/18/19)
Citing concerns with the timing of payments and overall safety standards, the City of Cape Girardeau has elected to send Cape Central Airways Inc. an eviction notice; the city is seeking to end a 12-year lease with the company, which is the fixed-base operator for Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport...
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Fire report 5-19-19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/18/19)
SCOTT CITY The Scott City Fire Department responded to the following calls: May 3 n Medical assists were made at 10:12 a.m. in the 3000 block of Nash Road and 11:33 a.m. in the 28 block of Nash Road. n At 8:26 p.m., a motor vehicle collision was reported at West Third Street and Keeley Avenue...
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Police report 5-19-19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/18/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Malik J. Armstrong, 26, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Jefferson County, Missouri, warrant for traffic offense...
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Taiwan's allowing same-sex marriage
(International News ~ 05/18/19)
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan's legislature has passed a law allowing same-sex marriage in a first for Asia. The vote Friday allows same-sex couples full legal marriage rights, including in areas such as taxes, insurance and child custody. Taiwan's Constitutional Court in May 2017 said the constitution allows same-sex marriages and gave parliament two years to adjust laws accordingly...
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Fred Stone
(Obituary ~ 05/18/19)
Fred R. Stone, 86, of Cape Girardeau and formerly of Sikeston, Missouri, passed away Sunday, May 5, 2019, at Missouri Veterans Home. He was born to Camille Hill Stone on April 14, 1933, who preceded him in death Jan. 8, 2010. He is survived by his wife, Brenda Stone. They were married April 16, 1955. They have four children, Julie Pastrick, Michael (Janine) Stone, Eric Stone and David Stone, and his children, Camille and Noah Stone...
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Vi Ruch
(Obituary ~ 05/18/19)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Via "Vi" Ruch, 66, of Perryville died Wednesday, May 15, 2019, at SSM St. Clare Health Center. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until the time of the memorial service at 1 p.m. Sunday at Ford and Young Funeral Home, with the Rev. Gerold McBride officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery...
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Pastor Bob Price
(Obituary ~ 05/18/19)
FARMINGTON, Mo. -- Pastor Bob Price, 69, of Farmington passed away Thursday, May 16, 2019, at Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis. He was born March 21, 1950, in Bonne Terre, Missouri, to the late Delno George and Frances Ellen Snead Price...
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Mary Mouser
(Obituary ~ 05/18/19)
Mary Evelyn Mouser, 84, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, May 15, 2019, at Southeast Hospital, with her loving children at her bedside. She was born May 29, 1934, in White Hall, Illinois, the daughter of Harry D. and Marie Campbell Steelman. She married Louis Zarantonello, and he preceded her in death in 1966. Mary married Doyle Mouser on Nov. 3, 1984...
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Donna Livingston
(Obituary ~ 05/18/19)
Donna M. Livingston, 90, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, May 16, 2019, at her home. She was born Oct. 3, 1928, in Perryville, Missouri, to Jesse D. and Etta M. Stovall Phelps. She and Calvin C. Livingston were married Aug. 4, 1951, in Piggott, Arkansas. They had been married nearly 56 years, when Calvin passed away March 9, 2007...
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Donald Hicks
(Obituary ~ 05/18/19)
Donald Ralph Hicks, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, May 15, 2019, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Jan. 14, 1946, in Caruthersville, Missouri, to Frank and Eva Wood Hicks. He was first married to Tomi Sample. He then married Brenda Todt-LaRose on Jan. 3, 2005, in Cape Girardeau...
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Bill delaying school start date passes Missouri Legislature
(State News ~ 05/18/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri school children could get an additional August weekend at home under legislation given final approval. A bill passed Friday would push back the start date for public schools by an extra four days. State law currently states schools can start no sooner than 10 days before the first Monday in September. The bill would change that to 14 days...
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Missouri voters to decide on term limits for state officials
(State News ~ 05/18/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri voters will get a chance to decide whether to impose term limits on all of the state's top executive officials. Lawmakers gave final approval Friday to a proposed constitutional amendment limiting the lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor and attorney general to being elected to two, four-year terms...
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Missouri lawmakers OK $301M in bonds for bridge repairs
(State News ~ 05/18/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers approved a measure Friday that could authorize $301 million in bonds to repair 215 bridges across the state, allowing Gov. Mike Parson to make good on one of his top priorities just hours before wrapping up their annual session...
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Chick-Fil-A operator talks customer service, with a side of 'My pleasure'
(Column ~ 05/18/19)
Mid-day Tuesday Chick-fil-A owner and operator Brian House gets everyone's attention at his Cape Girardeau store. "Today we want to recognize our officers who put their lives on the line for us," House said. On this day law enforcement officers get a free meal and a portion of sales to benefit Curt Fox, a local highway patrol officer battling cancer...
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