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Cape police step up patrols in response to series of shootings
(Local News ~ 06/20/19)
More information about the banquet hall shooting can be found at semissourian.com. Find this story and follow the links. https://www.semissourian.com/story/2605126.html https://www.semissourian.com/story/2605834.html Cape Girardeau police are stepping up patrols in response to a series of shootings that have occurred over the past several days...
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Road weary: Highways still underwater; officials expect reopenings soon
(Local News ~ 06/20/19)
Although the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau has dropped more than 2 feet over the past week, seepage on the Illinois side of the river continues to cause significant flooding in Alexander County. Meanwhile, the Missouri Department of Transporation says the Mississippi River Bridge at Chester, Illinois, could reopen as early as this weekend...
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Center Junction interchange project delayed after high bids
(Local News ~ 06/20/19)
Want to read more about the interchange project? Find this story on semissourian.com and follow the links. https://www.semissourian.com/story/2491324.html https://www.semissourian.com/story/2539576.html State highway officials have decided to revise construction staging and rebid the diverging diamond interchange project at Interstate 55's center junction...
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Wreck kills one, injures four in Scott County
(Local News ~ 06/20/19)
A Mounds, Illinois, man was killed Tuesday afternoon when the vehicle he was driving in the northbound lanes of Interstate 55 crossed the median and collided with two southbound vehicles. The crash happened shortly before 4 p.m. south of the Benton exit in northern Scott County...
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Ask a foodie: Something old, something new, something fresh, and something for you at Don Carlos
(Community ~ 06/20/19)
Don Carlos Authentic Mexican Restaurant & Taqueria is nestled just inside the front entrance of West Park Mall. I will admit, I have walked by it many times, but I was never curious enough to stop and eat. Recently, when I read Don Carlos was opening a restaurant in Jackson at the old site of a barbecuse joint in front of the Riverside Regional Library, which is just a little closer to home to me than Cape, well, you can color me curious. ...
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Cape Be You Urban Festival set for June 29
(Local News ~ 06/20/19)
Fingerprint Urban Dance Studio owner Micheal Curry is set to mix culture and hip-hop through the inaugural Cape Be You Urban Festival on June 29 in Cape Girardeau. The celebration -- at 707 Broadway -- will incorporate the third installment of Battlez of Originality, urban dance showcases, skate competition, a hip-hop concert, water games and concessions. Admission is free...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/20/19)
Today is Thursday, June 20, the 171st day of 2019. There are 194 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 20, 1921, U.S. Rep. Alice Mary Robertson, R-Okla., became the first woman to preside over a session of the House of Representatives...
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Spring, top award finalists announced for Semoball Awards
(Editorial ~ 06/20/19)
We are less than one month away from the sixth annual Semoball Awards show, and now all of the finalists have been selected. Spring sport finalists were announced Wednesday on Facebook live. The awards show and red-carpet event will be held at 7 p.m. ...
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Man featured in video demands Phoenix police officers be fired
(National News ~ 06/20/19)
PHOENIX -- The young black man featured in a videotaped encounter showing Phoenix police pointing guns and yelling obscenities at him and his pregnant fiancee told the City Council on Wednesday he wants the officers to be fired. Dravon Ames, 22, told councilmembers he and his family "could have lost their lives over something senseless ... over a 4-year-old taking a doll."...
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Majority worry about 2020 foreign meddling
(National News ~ 06/20/19)
WASHINGTON -- A majority of Americans are concerned a foreign government might interfere in some way in the 2020 presidential election, whether by tampering with election results, stealing information or by influencing candidates or voter opinion, a new poll shows...
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EPA gives coal plants rule reprieve
(National News ~ 06/20/19)
WASHINGTON -- Despite scientists' increasingly urgent warnings, the Trump administration ordered a sweeping about-face Wednesday on Obama-era efforts to fight climate change, easing restrictions on coal-fired power plants in a move it predicted would revitalize America's sagging coal industry...
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Hicks rebuffs questions about time with Trump White House
(National News ~ 06/20/19)
WASHINGTON -- Former top White House adviser Hope Hicks on Wednesday refused to answer questions related to her time in the White House in an interview with the House Judiciary Committee, dimming Democrats' chances of obtaining new or substantive information about President Donald Trump as part of their investigation into obstruction of justice...
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Fed leaves rate unchanged, hints of future cuts
(National News ~ 06/20/19)
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday but signaled it's prepared to start cutting rates if needed to protect the U.S. economy from trade conflicts and other threats. The Fed kept its benchmark rate -- which influences many consumer and business loans -- in a range of 2.25% to 2.5%, where it's been since December...
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'Joints will be separated': Khashoggi's murder retold
(International News ~ 06/20/19)
GENEVA -- The gathering on the second floor of the Saudi consulate featured an unlikely collection: a forensic doctor, intelligence and security officers, agents of the crown prince's office. As they waited for their target to arrive, one asked how they would carry out the body...
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Oklahoman Joy Harjo first Native American to be named poet laureate for the U.S.
(Community ~ 06/20/19)
NEW YORK -- Joy Harjo, the first Native American to be named U.S. poet laureate, has been ready for a long time. "I've been an unofficial poetry ambassador -- on the road for poetry for years," the 68-year-old Harjo wrote in a recent email to The Associated Press. "I've often been the only poet or Native poet-person that many have seen/met/heard. I've introduced many poetry audiences to Native poetry and audiences not expecting poetry to be poetry."...
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Prosecutor adds 22 St. Louis officers to exclusion list
(State News ~ 06/20/19)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis' top prosecutor has added 22 names to a list of city police officers who are not allowed to bring cases to her office, after a national group accused the officers of posting racist and anti-Muslim comments on social media. The 22 new names brings to 59 the total number of officers on Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner's "exclusion list" she first announced in August. Gardner has said the original list included officers with credibility concerns, but declined to elaborate...
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Venezuelans file 1 in 5 asylum claims
(International News ~ 06/20/19)
LIMA, Peru -- When Johan Alvarez was unable to provide more than one meal a day for his young family he knew it was time to leave Venezuela. With his wife and infant son, the 25-year-old embarked on a lengthy journey by bus through three nations to reach Peru earlier this year...
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Jackson announces holiday trash pick-ups
(Local News ~ 06/20/19)
In observance of Independence Day, Jackson's Sanitation Department will not operate July 4. Residential trash that would normally be collected on Thursday will be picked up July 5 along with other trash scheduled for collection that day. Jackson's Recycling Center will be closed July 4...
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Cape Girardeau County agenda 6/20/19
(Local News ~ 06/20/19)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. today 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Minutes for June 13 and 17 meetings Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on the agenda Routine business...
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U.S. Navy: Mine bears Iran hallmarks
(International News ~ 06/20/19)
U.S. NAVY 5TH FLEET BASE NEAR FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates -- The limpet mines used to attack a Japanese-owned oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz last week bore "a striking resemblance" to similar mines seen in Iran, a U.S. Navy explosives expert said Wednesday, stopping short of directly blaming Tehran for the assault...
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Four charged in downing of Malaysian airliner over Ukraine
(International News ~ 06/20/19)
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands -- International prosecutors announced murder charges Wednesday against four men -- three of them Russians with military or intelligence backgrounds -- in the missile attack blowing a Malaysia Airlines jet out of the sky over Ukraine five years ago, killing all 298 people aboard...
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Irene Stoverink
(Obituary ~ 06/20/19)
Irene Anne Stoverink, 97, of Jackson passed away Monday, June 17, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 21, 1922, in Leopold, Missouri, to Frederick and Helena Elfrink Thiele. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Leopold, also the church where she and Alphonse H. Stoverink were married March 18, 1943. Eleven children were born to their union. They had been married 55 years, when Alphonse passed away Aug. 27, 1998...
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NFL's Vikings unveil community food truck to serve hungry youth in area
(Community ~ 06/20/19)
EAGAN, Minn. -- Dalvin Cook's rookie year was dominated by his rehabilitation from reconstructive knee surgery, and his second season included recuperation from a significant hamstring strain. The arduous process of recovery from injuries quickly made the Minnesota Vikings running back realize the necessity of eating right...
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Prayer 6/20/19
(Prayer ~ 06/20/19)
O Lord, we praise you for you are the Great Physician. Amen.
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Speak Out 6/20/19
(Speak Out ~ 06/20/19)
A recent LA Times headline read: "$339,000 for a restroom? L.A.. politicians balk at the cost of toilets." But the Jackson city leaders who supported our $300,000 city park bathroom didn't balk at anything because they like spending other people's money...
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Police: Woman was drunk, but no DUI for toy truck joy ride
(National News ~ 06/20/19)
WALHALLA, S.C. -- A South Carolina woman who police said was driving drunk will not be cited with a DUI because her vehicle of choice was a toy truck. News outlets quote police as saying instead they charged 25-year-old Megan Holman with public intoxication. They say they spotted her cruising down the road in a Power Wheels electric toy truck after a caller reported a suspicious person on the street. Officers say she was driving about a mile from her home in Walhalla when they stopped her...
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Bridge work reduces Route AA in Scott, New Madrid counties
(Local News ~ 06/20/19)
Bridge work reduces Route AA in Scott, New Madrid counties Route AA in Scott and New Madrid Counties will be reduced with a 9-foot width restriction as contractor crews make repairs to the bridge over U.S. 60 in Sikeston, Missouri. A Missouri Department of Transportation news release says the work will take place June 27 through July 20 from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily...
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Out of the past: June 20
(Out of the Past ~ 06/20/19)
A new committee called the Cape Girardeau Regional Unmet Needs Committee has formed to help families struggling to get back on solid ground months after last summer's flooding is over and long after federal and state disaster offices closed up shop locally...
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Recipes with lemon as the key ingredient
(Community ~ 06/20/19)
Warm weather and cool, refreshing citrus seem to be a natural go-together. I love lemon-flavored anything; from pasta or chicken to iced tea and desserts; if it has lemon in it, I'm sure to enjoy it. When a recipe calls for lemons in the ingredients I am drawn to make it and enjoy the party in my mouth...
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Cape fire report 6/20/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/20/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Tuesday n Medical assists were made at 9:35 a.m. on Corporate Circle, 9:42 a.m. on South Sprigg Street, 10:07 a.m. on South West End Boulevard, 10:35 a.m. on William Street, 5:15 p.m. on North Frederick Street and 5:23 p.m. on Linden Street...
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Doris Lincoln
(Obituary ~ 06/20/19)
SCOPUS, Mo. -- Doris Elaine Lincoln, 84, of Scopus died Tuesday, June 18, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation and memorial service will be held today at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Missouri. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. and continue until service time at 7 p.m. Kelly Francis will officiate. Inurnment will follow at a later date in Cook Cemetery at Scopus...
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Sponsored: Do you know a baby or infant with colic, reflux, earaches or ear infections?
(Insiders Advice ~ 06/20/19)
Colic is when an infant is crying relentlessly for no apparent reason. This crying is hard on everyone in the family and can occur at any hour of the day. A commonly overlooked reason is the baby has some muscle or joint pain causing the restlessness...
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Girl Scouts Recongized for Earning Girl Scout Gold Award
(Submitted Story ~ 06/20/19)
Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland congratulates Taylor Klipfel and Madelyn Sparks for earning the Girl Scout Gold Award. They were acknowledged with Girl Scouts’ highest honor at Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland’s Girl Scout Gold Award Celebration on June 1, 2019. In total, 14 Girl Scouts from across Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland earned the Girl Scout Gold Award this year...
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