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Inmate death at Bonne Terre prison
(Local News ~ 01/31/20)
An inmate serving a 10-year sentence for first-degree attempted robbery in Pemiscot County died Wednesday night at a prison in Bonne Terre, Missouri. Terry Thornton, 50, was pronounced dead at 9:28 p.m. at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center, according to a Thursday media advisory from the Missouri Department of Corrections. He was received in the correctional system June 25...
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Cape Commission approves funding for sheriff, jail repairs, equipment
(Local News ~ 01/31/20)
The Cape Girardeau County Commission unanimously approved an ordinance Thursday authorizing the county to enter into a lease-purchase transaction valued at just more than $4 million to fund facility repairs and equipment acquisitions at the sheriff’s department and Cape Girardeau County Jail...
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Charges filed in Stoddard County Major Case Squad investigation
(Local News ~ 01/31/20)
Information released Thursday afternoon by Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner identified the victim in an ongoing death investigation in Advance, Missouri, and listed charges filed against a suspect in custody. The release stated 61-year-old Robert L. Harwood was found dead on the living room floor of 604 W. Duckett St. at 4:27 a.m. Tuesday by members of the Stoddard County Sheriff’s Office responding to a residential alarm...
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Victim identified in South Sprigg homicide, investigation continues
(Local News ~ 01/31/20)
The victim in a Tuesday night homicide in the 1100 block of South Sprigg Street has been positively identified as 19-year-old Marc’Anthony V. Jones of Cape Girardeau, according to a Thursday news release from the Cape Girardeau/Bollinger County Major Case Squad...
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'Shrek: The Musical' heading to Southeast River Campus stage
(Local News ~ 01/31/20)
Southeast Missouri State University students will present a cast of magical fairy-tale creatures for "Shrek: The Musical" on Bedell Performance Hall's stage Feb. 19 through 23. Based on the original DreamWorks franchise, the musical takes center stage, featuring the same beloved characters as the original film, and introduces new music. The musical was inspired by the original film from 2001 and elements of the sequels "Shrek 2" and "Shrek Forever After."...
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Knitting to see here at SEMO's River Campus
(Local News ~ 01/31/20)
Cindi Jordan, left, waits as instructor Ellen Hahs measures a headband Jordan was knitting for her granddaughters during a knitting class Thursday at the Southeast Missouri State University River Campus in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Dueling arts: Southeast students earn scholarship to study stage combat
(Local News ~ 01/31/20)
The 2019 Dueling Arts International Scholarship was recently awarded to Southeast senior Alex Burke and junior Corie Williams, both members of the Bachelor of Fine Arts acting program at Southeast River Campus. Dueling Arts International is a not-for-profit organization that provides classes to train performers, teachers and directors in the art of theater and onstage combat performance...
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24th annual Michael Davis Lecture to feature 'trailblazer' SEMO alumna
(Local News ~ 01/31/20)
Today’s Southeast Missouri State University students didn’t know the late Michael Davis, who was killed in 1994 in an on-campus hazing incident. But through the annual lecture hosted in his honor, they might just catch a glimpse of who Davis could have been...
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Suspect in warrant arrest flees, crashes into Cape Girardeau home
(Local News ~ 01/31/20)
The driver of a gray 2019 Nissan Rogue was arrested Tuesday after leading police on a brief pursuit, which ended when the driver crashed into a home at 413 S. Benton St. A probable-cause statement written by Cape Girardeau officer Jonathan Brotz identified the driver of the vehicle as 23-year-old Colin A. Berry of Cape Girardeau, who had a felony warrant out of Cape Girardeau County for failure to appear on charges of possession of a controlled substance...
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Area facilities caught in middle of Saint Francis, United contract negotiations
(Local News ~ 01/31/20)
Contract negotiations between Saint Francis Healthcare System and UnitedHealthcare have effects that will ripple throughout Southeast Missouri. United customers would see many Saint Francis facilities leave the insurer’s network March 5 unless the two can agree to terms on a new contract that would impact the health care system’s pricing. ...
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Chili's Grill & Bar coming to Cape
(Local News ~ 01/31/20)
After months of rumors and speculation, it has been confirmed a new casual dining restaurant will be built at the intersection of William Street and Mount Auburn Road in Cape Girardeau where another restaurant closed last year. “We can confirm that Chili’s will be coming to Cape Girardeau,” a spokesperson with Brinker International, parent company of the Chili’s Grill & Bar chain, told the Southeast Missourian in an email Thursday...
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TGIF Top Picks 1/31/20
(Local News ~ 01/31/20)
Get to know Cape Girardeau organization PORCH at this community day, set for noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Shawnee Park Center, 835 S. West End Boulevard in Cape Girardeau. Executive director Julian Watkins will be there to answer questions and mingle...
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2020's first First Friday coming up next week
(Local News ~ 01/31/20)
The Children's Art Festival will celebrate its 20th anniversary Friday, Feb. 7, at First Friday, Southeast Missouri Arts Council director Sara Steffens said. "Originally, it was just us partnering with public schools in Cape Girardeau, and it grew throughout our region," Steffens said...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/31/20)
Today is Friday, Jan. 31, the 31st day of 2020. There are 335 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 31, 1958, the United States entered the Space Age with its first successful launch of a satellite, Explorer 1, from Cape Canaveral...
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Enjoy the Super Bowl -- and go Chiefs
(Editorial ~ 01/31/20)
After a 50-year drought, the Kansas City Chiefs return to the Super Bowl on Sunday afternoon to play the San Francisco 49ers. Kansas City lost to Green Bay in what is now considered the first Super Bowl in 1966. In 1969, the Chiefs beat the Minnesota Vikings 23-7 in Super Bowl IV. They haven't returned to the big game ever since. This is the seventh Super Bowl for the 49ers, with their most recent appearance in 2012 being their only loss...
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Review: Messy, crazy, deep Kesha returns
(Entertainment ~ 01/31/20)
Kesha, "High Road" (Kemosabe/RCA Records) Kesha's new album starts out on a portentous and soaring note with the singer on the opening song "Tonight" in full Broadway mode, belting out "Take me out toooonniiiigghht." But 40 seconds in, it dissolves into a messy club banger complete with random expletives, crowd screams, a lost phone and the singer high and drunk as she readies to hit the town...
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A failed Italian job: Driver evades flaming highway robbery
(International News ~ 01/31/20)
MILAN — In a bid to rob an armored vehicle, a gang of thieves set up barriers of burning vehicles and spilled nails on a highway near Milan but were foiled when the driver evaded their traps, according to news reports Wednesday. The assailants, believed to number about a dozen people, fled the scene. ...
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Gulf Arabs back Mideast efforts, but not peace plan
(International News ~ 01/31/20)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A tectonic shift in relations quietly underway for years now was on full display as representatives of Gulf Arab states attended President Donald Trump's unveiling this week of an Israeli-Palestinian plan that heavily sides with Israel and all but crushes Palestinian aspirations...
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UN declares emergency over virus from China
(International News ~ 01/31/20)
GENEVA -- The World Health Organization declared the outbreak sparked by a new virus in China that has spread to more than a dozen countries as a global emergency Thursday after the number of cases spiked more than tenfold in a week. The U.N. health agency defines an international emergency as an "extraordinary event" that constitutes a risk to other countries and requires a coordinated international response...
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Brain injuries in Iraq focus on invisible war wounds
(National News ~ 01/31/20)
WASHINGTON -- The spotlight on brain injuries suffered by American troops in Iraq this month is an example of America's episodic attention to this invisible war wound, which has affected hundreds of thousands over the past two decades but is not yet fully understood...
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Israel PM meets with Putin, returns with freed tourist
(National News ~ 01/31/20)
MOSCOW -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a quick stopover in Moscow on Thursday to brief Russian President Vladimir Putin on the new U.S. proposal for the Middle East and to bring home an Israeli woman who had been jailed on drug charges...
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Brexit finally arrives: Momentous yet quiet
(National News ~ 01/31/20)
BRUSSELS -- Friday will mark a truly historic moment, but almost nothing will happen. A few Union Jack flags will be lowered from European Union buildings in Brussels, more will be waved in jubilation by Brexiteers in London at the moment of Britain's departure -- at 11 p.m. in the U.K., midnight in much of the EU...
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Dating apps face inquiry over users
(National News ~ 01/31/20)
SAN FRANCISCO -- A House subcommittee is investigating popular dating services such as Tinder and Bumble for allegedly allowing minors and sex offenders to use their services. Bumble, Grindr, The Meet Group and the Match Group, which owns such popular services as Tinder, Match.com and OkCupid, are the current targets of the investigation by the U.S. House Oversight and Reform subcommittee on economic and consumer policy...
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Fed proposes loosening rules on bank investments
(National News ~ 01/31/20)
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve approved a proposal Thursday to loosen a financial-crisis era rule that prevents banks from investing in venture capital funds. The proposal would affect the so-called "Volcker Rule," which was created after the 2008 financial meltdown. ...
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Aiming at Trump, Biden says president's character matters
(National News ~ 01/31/20)
WAUKEE, Iowa -- With four days until the Iowa caucuses, Joe Biden is looking beyond his Democratic rivals and taking square aim at President Donald Trump as the two men campaign within miles of each other on the same day. "In November, America will have the chance to answer the question: Does the character of a president matter?" Biden said as he delivered a sweeping address on why Trump must be defeated. ...
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Pat Winter
(Obituary ~ 01/31/20)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Patricia Lyman Winter of Cairo was born Feb. 25, 1927, at Clarksburg, West Virginia, to Richard and Mildred Lyman Parks. Pat transitioned from this world to eternal life Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, at Charleston Manor in Charleston, Missouri, at the age of 92...
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Kay Schaefer
(Obituary ~ 01/31/20)
WOLF LAKE, Ill. -- Ann Katherine "Kay" Schaefer, 73, of Wolf Lake passed away peacefully Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, after a brief battle with cancer. Kay was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the only daughter of the late Harry J. and Ann Katherine Wilson Hall...
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George Pruitt
(Obituary ~ 01/31/20)
George William Pruitt, 70, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Donny Ford officiating. Burial will be at St. Mary Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Midge Miget
(Obituary ~ 01/31/20)
Mildred "Midge" L. Miget, 95, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, at Lutheran Home, where she lived. She was born July 29, 1924, daughter of Harvey and Irene Hill Seabaugh. She and Berton T. Miget were married Jan. 31, 1948, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death June 27, 1993...
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Jerry Lucas
(Obituary ~ 01/31/20)
Gerald Wayne "Jerry" Lucas, 69, of Burfordville passed away Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 28, 1951, in St. Louis to Nicholas and Eva Abercrombie Lucas. He married Jackie "Sue" Aufdenberg, and she preceded him in death in 1991. Jerry married Patsy Locke on Dec. 24, 1998...
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Beverly Gibson
(Obituary ~ 01/31/20)
Beverly C. Gibson, 75, of Jackson died Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Dr. Gary Bridges
(Obituary ~ 01/31/20)
Dr. Gary J. Bridges, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday at McCombs Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Mark Graham officiating. Burial, with full military honors, will follow at Cape County Memorial Park...
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Key Republicans could tip Trump trial vote toward witnesses
(National News ~ 01/31/20)
WASHINGTON -- Key Republican senators who could tip President Donald Trump's impeachment trial toward summoning more witnesses played an over-sized role in the final hours of debate Thursday night with pointed questions ahead of crucial votes. A vote on witnesses, expected today, could lead to an abrupt end of the trial with the expected acquittal. Or it could bring days, if not weeks more argument as Democrats press to hear testimony from former national security adviser John Bolton and others...
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Speak Out 1/31/20
(Speak Out ~ 01/31/20)
Straight from the government (via Sonny Purdue): the Phase One China Trade deal means no need for more farm aid. Since the deal is so wonderful, maybe those big farming operations should give back some of the aid they received the last two years. They didn't really need that $40 billion or so. Makes you wonder if the soybean farmers really think their markets will come back?...
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Prayer 1/31/20
(Prayer ~ 01/31/20)
O God, may we be completely humble, gentle and patient, bearing with one another in love. Amen.
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Out of the past: Jan. 31
(Out of the Past ~ 01/31/20)
Local ice skaters Matt Buttrey and Sarah Booth have qualified for the U.S. Figure Skating National Championships in Rhode Island; they placed fourth in the Midwestern Sectional Championships in Denver in November to advance to the championships. A group plans to protest the opening Friday night of Regina's House of Dolls by carrying signs outside the business reading "no strippers"; the Cape County American Family Association is hoping peaceful protests and new city laws will cut down on the strip club's business.. ...
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