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Judge sentences Sikeston man to 50 years in prison in murder case
(Local News ~ 09/06/19)
A Sikeston, Missouri, man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for the murder of a man outside a liquor store in 2015 in a case that involved once-missing video evidence. A Scott County Circuit Court jury in July convicted 37-year-old Antoine Harris, also know as Harris-Applewhite, of second-degree murder, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm as a previously convicted felon...
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Bartels named Alliance Bank president of Cape operation
(Local News ~ 09/06/19)
The president of Alliance Bank in Jackson has been named to serve as president of the bank's operations in Cape Girardeau as well. The additional role for Wade "Pee Wee" Bartels is "effective immediately," according to Alliance Bank president and CEO Cord Polen...
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Old Town Cape turns 20: Charles L. Hutson Auction set for Saturday
(Local News ~ 09/06/19)
In celebration of Old Town Cape's 20th anniversary, the event center at Isle Casino Cape Girardeau will be donned in emerald Saturday for the 32nd annual Charles L. Hutson Auction. The annual auction serves as the major and only annual fundraiser for Old Town Cape. The event begins at 6:30 p.m...
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Your guide to the SEMO District Fair: Fried goodness, carnival rides, concerts and more
(Entertainment ~ 09/06/19)
For 164 years the annual SEMO District Fair has attracted thousands to Arena Park in Cape Girardeau with the promise of deep fried and delicious food, beer, carnival rides and live music. This year's theme is "Feathers, Flowers and Ferris Wheels," signifying the end of summertime...
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It's a one-of-a-kind weekend: SEMO District Fair, First Friday and pop up art
(Entertainment ~ 09/06/19)
Pools are closed, but I'm not crying because the SEMO District Fair kicks off at 9:30 a.m. Saturday with the annual SEMO District Fair Parade in Capaha Park! I plan on attending the fair every day, so I can consume gluttonous amounts of root beer and pork burgers. ...
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Beyond the Stage: Building a community
(B Magazine ~ 09/06/19)
It goes back to the ancient Greeks at Delphi in the 6th Century B.C.: they held multiple-day events that included music and athletic competitions. Throughout the Middle Ages, Celtic and Gaelic cultural fairs promoted music, with a dance competition as the main event. In Europe, large gatherings of the upper class listened to classical music. Throughout the 1960s, music festivals were a way to express counter-cultural views, meeting grounds for political activism and change...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/06/19)
Today is Friday, Sept. 6, the 249th day of 2019. There are 116 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 6, 2006, President George W. Bush acknowledged for the first time that the CIA was running secret prisons overseas and said tough interrogation had forced terrorist leaders to reveal plots to attack the United States and its allies...
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Vape users falling ill across the nation
(Editorial ~ 09/06/19)
The leisure activity known as vaping has been in the news a lot lately, for all the wrong reasons. Severe, acute, lung illnesses have been reported all over the country, two of them resulting in deaths. One adult has died in Illinois, and a second death was reported in Oregon this week...
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Slowdown in business formation poses economic risk
(National News ~ 09/06/19)
WASHINGTON -- Despite a decade-plus of economic growth, Americans have slowed the pace at which they're forming new companies, a trend risking further widening the gap between the most affluent and everyone else. The longest expansion on record, which began in mid-2009, has failed to restore entrepreneurship to its pre-recession levels, according to a Census Bureau report based on tax filings...
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Sun Belt or Rust Belt? Democrats search for path to power
(National News ~ 09/06/19)
DENVER -- As Democrats try to win control of the White House and the Senate in 2020, they face a geographical puzzle -- the path to the presidency may conflict with the one to a Senate majority. Democrats' best shot at the White House is to win back their old turf -- the Rust Belt states heavy with working-class white voters who have become increasingly difficult to hold in the party's tent...
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Britain PM seeks election bid as political foes push back, brother quits
(International News ~ 09/06/19)
LONDON -- Boxed in by opponents and abandoned politically even by his own brother, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson struggled Thursday to keep his Brexit plans on track, and he accused lawmakers of thwarting democracy by blocking his call for a new election...
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Trump Mideast envoy to leave job before peace plan released
(National News ~ 09/06/19)
WASHINGTON -- The architect of the Trump administration's delayed Mideast peace plan is leaving the White House in the face of widespread skepticism about the viability of the as-yet unseen proposal and questions about whether the vision for a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will ever be released...
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Official: Trump will challenge Calif. mileage authority
(National News ~ 09/06/19)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration is moving forward with a proposal to revoke part of California's authority to set its own automobile gas mileage standards, a government official said Thursday, confronting a state that has repeatedly challenged the administration's environmental rollbacks...
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Two-headed rattlesnake looks like something from a science fiction movie
(National News ~ 09/06/19)
PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- It looks like something from a science fiction movie. A newborn two-headed timber rattlesnake has been found in New Jersey's Pine Barrens. Herpetological Associates of Burlington County CEO Bob Zappalorti said the snake has two brains and each head acts independently of the other. ...
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Dorian rakes Carolinas as it moves up East coast
(Community ~ 09/06/19)
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Hurricane Dorian raked the Carolina coast with howling, window-rattling winds and sideways rain Thursday, spinning off tornadoes and knocking out power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses as it pushed northward toward the dangerously exposed Outer Banks...
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Friends with benefits: Facebook tackles your love life?
(Community ~ 09/06/19)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook is tackling a new frontier: love. Facebook Dating, a matchmaking service the company already offers in Brazil, Canada and 17 other countries, arrives in the U.S. today. But after years of privacy missteps by the social network, will people trust it with their love lives?...
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Gov., St. Louis leaders meet on gun violence concerns
(State News ~ 09/06/19)
ST. LOUIS -- Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday pledged more resources and help from the Highway Patrol to counteract a rash of gun violence and child killings that have shaken St. Louis, but he remained noncommittal on whether cities should be able to enact their own gun control laws...
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Letitia Blumenberg
(Obituary ~ 09/06/19)
Letitia "Treasa" Kay Blumenberg of Jackson passed away Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, at the age of 63, with family at her side. She was born Oct. 29, 1955, in East Prairie, Missouri, to Wesley and Eloise Blumenberg, who preceded her in death. She was a licensed beautician and loved to grow flowers, and her greatest desire was to witness to others about Christ...
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Shirlene Voerg
(Obituary ~ 09/06/19)
Shirlene Voerg gained her angel wings Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, after spending her final days surrounded by family and friends in Cape Girardeau. It brings her family great comfort to know she was reunited with the love of her life, Bill, and the sisters and grandson she missed so much...
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Paul McAnelly
(Obituary ~ 09/06/19)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Paul McAnelly, son of the Fred and Ella Lowery McAnelly, was born Feb. 28, 1923, in Cape Girardeau and departed this life Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 96. On Dec. 2, 1948, he was united in marriage to Betty Jewel Lockhart. She preceded him in death Nov. 19, 2008...
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Bobby Windeknecht
(Obituary ~ 09/06/19)
Bobby Gene Windeknecht, 86, of Scott City died Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 13, 1933, in Cape Girardeau to Wilson Arno and Lorene Elizabeth Sides Windeknecht. He and Mildred Lorene Bogenpohl were married Nov. 19, 1955, at Egypt Mills. She preceded him in death May 21, 2010...
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Dorothy Luttman
(Obituary ~ 09/06/19)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Dorothy May Luttman, 78, of Perryville died Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born in St. Louis on July 21, 1941, she was the daughter of John Arthur and Oleta Pearl Ham Lemons. She married Eugene Porter, the father of her children. Following his death, she married Edward Luttman, who preceded her in death...
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Fall brings new shows, chance of bigger TV tabs
(Entertainment ~ 09/06/19)
LOS ANGELES -- Intrigued by a drama set behind the scenes of a morning TV show, with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon in the cast? How about a supernatural series topped by Lin-Manuel Miranda or a comedy with Paul Rudd as a man overshadowed by his clone, or the chance to see Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker as a real-life gangster circa 1960?...
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Speak Out 9/6/19
(Speak Out ~ 09/06/19)
There is simply no atmosphere like Friday night at The Pit in Jackson. And they pack the stands without giving away t-shirts, without letting students in for free, without a marketing department, without begging alumni, and without gimmicks. Winning and winning the right way puts people in the stands...
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Prayer 9/6/19
(Prayer ~ 09/06/19)
O God, thank you for the blessing of work, and we pray for those seeking employment. Amen.
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Out of the past: Sept. 6
(Out of the Past ~ 09/06/19)
Final preparations are being made before the start of the 139th annual SEMO District Fair Saturday at Arena Park; kicking off the fair this year will be the 4-H and Youth Horse Show at noon Saturday at the grandstand; the carnival midway will also open Saturday afternoon...
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John Melton
(Obituary ~ 09/06/19)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- John Theodore Melton, 77, of Perryville died Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and from 6:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with Charlie Mangels officiating. Burial will be at Whitewater Presbyterian Cemetery in Sedgewickville, Missouri...
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Birth 9/6/19
(Births ~ 09/06/19)
Twins to Christopher Edward and Kayla Heaven Michelle Jones of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. Daughter Aria Sage was born at 9:01 p.m. and weighed 2 pounds, 14 ounces. Son Silas Wayne was born at 9:03 p.m. and weighed 3 pounds, 12 ounces. ...
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Election of Officers
(Submitted Story ~ 09/06/19)
The Junior Beta Club of Guardian Angel School in Oran conducted the first meeting of the 2019-2020 school year on Wednesday, September 4. The election of officers was on the agenda along with a discussion of upcoming events. The elected officers are: President-Owen Forehand; Vice/President-Parker Bryant; Secretary-Altyn Timlin; Treasurer-Nolan Loper; Chaplain-Cooper Senciboy; and Seargeant at Arms-Gabe Dirnberger...
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