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Heidi Hall, former Southeast Missourian managing editor, dies at 49
(Local News ~ 09/27/19)
Heidi Neiland Hall, who served as managing editor of the Southeast Missourian from 2000 to 2003, died Wednesday from metastatic colorectal cancer, according to The Tennessean in Nashville, Tennessee. A native of Sikeston, Missouri, Hall would go on to serve as an editor in Missouri, Florida and Tennessee. Most recently, she worked in communications for Vanderbilt University in Nashville, according to the Tennessean...
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Cape leaf-pickup schedule map
(Local News ~ 09/27/19)
The City of Cape Girardeau has released this map detailing leaf-pickup routes. ...
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Weekend setlist: Shipyard Music and Culture Festival, 'Three Musketeers' and 150 varieties of craft beer
(Entertainment ~ 09/27/19)
What's the biggest event happening in Cape Girardeau this weekend? Shipyard Music and Culture Festival. After last year's soggy debut, it's grown into a two-day celebration featuring 11 bands on the mainstage at Ivers Square in downtown Cape Girardeau (with several local acts performing acoustic sets), an abundance of tasty cuisine and interactive experiences from local vendors. You'll find a guide. to Shipyard, a production of the Southeast Missourian and rustmedia, in today's TGIF...
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Riverside Library buys formerly leased building
(Local News ~ 09/27/19)
Riverside Regional Library leased space in a commercial building in Jackson for years. Now it owns it. The library bought the 29,000-square-foot building in April for $1.1 million, library director Jeff Trinkle said Thursday. The purchase includes a large parking area...
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Nominating petition process for Cape council candidates starts next week
(Local News ~ 09/27/19)
The next Cape Girardeau City Council election won’t occur until April. But the process leading to candidate filings for the Wards 3, 4 and 5 council seats begins next week. Prospective candidates can pick up nominating petitions starting Monday in the city clerk’s office at city hall, officials said...
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Economists say recession not likely, but uncertainty remains
(Local News ~ 09/27/19)
Predicting the ups and downs of the economy is a lot like precisely forecasting the weather or charting the possible path of a hurricane. Economic conditions can change quickly and are dependent on myriad domestic and global factors. That was one of the main takeaways from a presentation Thursday by economists from the Federal Reserve Bank in St. Louis on the Southeast Missouri State University campus...
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Your guide to Shipyard Music and Culture Festival: 11 bands in 2 days (with food and drinks galore)
(Entertainment ~ 09/27/19)
From what began as a dream for rustmedia creative director Jeff Rawson, Shipyard Music and Culture Festival -- a production of the Southeast Missourian and rustmedia -- has gained momentum since last year's inauguration. Eleven nationally touring bands are set to perform on a 32-foot state-of-the-art stage today and Saturday at Ivers Square in downtown Cape Girardeau. ...
- Cape police investigate shooting (Local News ~ 09/27/19)
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/27/19)
Today is Friday, Sept. 27, the 270th day of 2019. There are 95 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On September 27, 1964, the government publicly released the report of the Warren Commission, which concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone in assassinating President John F. Kennedy...
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Patricia Heaton leaps generation gap in 'Carol's Second Act'
(Entertainment ~ 09/27/19)
LOS ANGELES -- Patricia Heaton is having a recurring dream she describes as "half prosperity, half panic," in which she and her husband are remodeling a massive apartment in New York City with a squad of designers. Then comes the unsettling part, when she wonders why and how they bought the money pit...
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Lloyd Roberts
(Obituary ~ 09/27/19)
Lloyd Arlan "Lefty" Roberts, 84, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 14, 1935, in Cape Girardeau to Ray and Iva Nothdurft Roberts. He and Wanda L. Henson were married July 7, 1956, at the parsonage of Red Star Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau...
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B.J. Langston
(Obituary ~ 09/27/19)
Bobby Jean "B.J." Langston, 33, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, after an automobile accident northwest of Jackson. He was born Jan. 5, 1986, in Clarksville, Tennessee, son of Thomas and Brenda Kluesner Langston. He and Amy Floyd were married Aug. 2, 2008, in Jackson...
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Ida Lange
(Obituary ~ 09/27/19)
Ida K. "Sue" Lange, 80, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 25, 1939, in Cape Girardeau to Leo Pete and Irene Diebold Urhahn. She and Walter Lange were married May 16, 1958, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit. They had been married 61 years when Walter passed away June 25, 2019...
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Lee Kirby
(Obituary ~ 09/27/19)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Lawrence "Lee" Kirby, 78, of Thebes, Illinois, died at 12:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, at his home. He was born May 25, 1941, in Gale, Illinois, son of Robert Ray and Pansy Prater Kirby. He married Nelda Clark on Aug. 4, 1962. For more than 60 years, Lee was co-owner of Kirby and Sons Sawmill. ...
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Heidi Hall
(Obituary ~ 09/27/19)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Heidi Nieland Hall, 49, of Madison, Tennessee, was born Dec. 18, 1969, in Wilmington, Delaware, and died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, in Nashville, due to metastatic colorectal cancer. After an upbringing in Sikeston, Missouri, Hall graduated from Sikeston High School and began her career in the newspaper industry, first with the weekly Democrat Advertiser in Sikeston, then as a reporter at the Standard Democrat. ...
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John Farrar
(Obituary ~ 09/27/19)
WACO, Texas -- John Senter Farrar died peacefully Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, at the home of his daughter, Diane Farrar Boles, in Waco. John was born May 24, 1933, in Itawamba County, Mississippi. Family hardships suffered during the Depression, however, caused John and his siblings, his mother and his maternal grandparents to ultimately settle in Scott County, Missouri...
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Mary Brotherton
(Obituary ~ 09/27/19)
Mary C. Brotherton, 69, died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday and from 9 to 11 a.m. Sunday at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill, Missouri. Funeral will follow at 11 a.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with Brother Kelly Francis officiating. Burial will be in Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery...
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Speak Out 9/27/19
(Speak Out ~ 09/27/19)
I couldn't be more impressed with the work Ben Matthews did at the Old McKendree Chapel event on Sunday. I've worked for dailies myself, and often seen a photographer show up, get a picture, and be gone in minutes. Ben worked extremely hard to capture every aspect of the event in an artistic manner, from the opening comments to the conclusion. ...
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Flight diverted to Denver after passenger stuck in bathroom
(National News ~ 09/27/19)
DENVER — Officials said a United Airlines flight from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco was diverted to Denver after a passenger got stuck inside the jet’s bathroom. KUSA-TV reported Denver International Airport spokeswoman Emily Williams said the door to one of the airplane’s bathrooms would not open, but could not confirm why. ...
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Illnesses send chill through vape market
(Community ~ 09/27/19)
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Vaping products, one of the fastest-growing segments of the legal marijuana industry, have taken a hit from consumers as public health experts scramble to determine what's causing a mysterious and sometimes fatal lung disease among people who use e-cigarettes...
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Georgia's Price seeks Senate appointment
(National News ~ 09/27/19)
ATLANTA -- Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price is seeking a return ticket to Washington nearly two years after being ousted from his Cabinet post for excessive travel spending. Price has submitted an application to Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp seeking appointment to the U.S. Senate, Kemp spokesman Cody Hall confirmed Thursday...
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Johnson's confrontational tone rankles
(International News ~ 09/27/19)
LONDON -- Angry and despairing British lawmakers accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday of whipping up violence and division with his charged language about opponents of Brexit, and the speaker of the House of Commons pleaded for an end to the "toxic" atmosphere...
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Israeli politics remain in chaos after election
(International News ~ 09/27/19)
JERUSALEM -- Benjamin Netanyahu has been tasked by Israel's president to form a new government for the sixth time in his lengthy political career. This time it's no mere formality, but rather a daunting endeavor looking like mission impossible. After an inconclusive national election last week, Netanyahu has no obvious path to the 61-seat parliamentary majority required of a coalition government, enjoying the backing of just 55 of its 120 members. ...
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Vaping illness count jumps to 805; deaths rise to 12
(National News ~ 09/27/19)
NEW YORK -- Hundreds more Americans have been reported to have a vaping-related breathing illness, and the death toll has risen to 12, health officials said Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 805 confirmed and probable cases have been reported, up 52% from the 530 reported a week ago. At this point, illnesses have occurred in almost every state...
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Abbas slams U.S. for 'depriving peace process of credibility'
(International News ~ 09/27/19)
UNITED NATIONS -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took to the world stage Thursday to slam the United States for "depriving the peace process of any credibility" and undermining prospects for a two-state solution to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict...
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Health officials: Time to get flu vaccine
(National News ~ 09/27/19)
WASHINGTON -- The flu forecast is cloudy, and it's too soon to know whether the U.S. is in for a third miserable season in a row, but health officials said Thursday not to delay vaccination. While the vaccine didn't offer much protection the past two years, specialists have fine-tuned the recipe in hopes it will better counter a nasty strain this time around...
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U.S. deploys weapons, troops to Saudi Arabia
(National News ~ 09/27/19)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. is sending one Patriot missile battery and four ground-based radar systems to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon said Thursday, in what officials describe as the first steps to help the kingdom protect itself against Iranian attacks. Two more Patriot batteries and a THAAD missile defense system will be prepared to go later if needed, and the deployment will involve about 200 troops...
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Editorial: Old McKendree celebrates milestone birthday
(Editorial ~ 09/27/19)
America is 243 years old, which means Old McKendree Chapel in Jackson, which recently celebrated its bicentennial, has been around almost as long as these United States. Last weekend a grand celebration was held over two days, marking the importance of the Methodist chapel -- the oldest Protestant church west of the Mississippi River...
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Out of the past: Sept. 27
(Out of the Past ~ 09/27/19)
Jackson city administrator Carl Talley, who has been working for the city since 1956, is set to retire Saturday; it won't be a complete retirement, however, as Talley has agreed to serve as a part-time city consultant for two years. The Cape Girardeau Charter Review Committee has proposed 11 amendments to the city charter, many of them dealing with city finances; it has asked city attorney Warren Wells to review the recommended amendments, research the legal issues and provide proper ballot wording, a process that could take 60 days.. ...
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Prayer 9/27/19
(Prayer ~ 09/27/19)
O Lord Jesus, may our faith in you be evident to the world by our love for others. Amen.
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Ex-French President Jacques Chirac dies at 86
(International News ~ 09/27/19)
PARIS -- Jacques Chirac, a two-term French president who was the first leader to acknowledge France's role in the Holocaust and who defiantly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, died Thursday at 86. As mourners in Paris brought flowers to his Paris residence, world leaders were effusive in their praise for the man who led France for 12 years...
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Union County, Illinois' Colorfest Event: Lincoln, The Great Communicator
(Submitted Story ~ 09/27/19)
Union County, Illinois’ Colorfest Event: Lincoln, The Great Communicator Looking for Lincoln will host a new program featuring Lincoln impersonator, George Buss, and Illinois folk musician and folklorist, Chris Vallillo, in their show, Lincoln, The Great Communicator. ...
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