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Arrest warrants provide updated charges in banquet hall shooting
(Local News ~ 02/12/20)
Warrants dated Feb. 7 and signed by Judge Frank E. Miller listed 12 charges filed by Cape Girardeau Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Angel Woodruff against each of the three men suspected to be involved in a Jan. 26 shooting inside a Cape Girardeau business...
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University can do better with MLK speaker next year
(Column ~ 02/12/20)
Some quick thoughts about Angela Davis' speech at Southeast Missouri State University along with a review of national politics, including: The person I hope surprises in New Hampshire -- and hangs on longer as an alternative who might rise from the current Democratic mess -- is Sen. Amy Klobuchar.
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Mike Dumey brings down curtain on musical showcase with four upcoming shows
(Local News ~ 02/12/20)
“HITS!!” will be longtime entertainer Mike Dumey’s final musical variety dinner showcase, set for this weekend and next. Fittingly, he’ll perform with two longtime collaborators and former students: Mary Niswonger and Brodrick Twiggs. When Dumey looks back on his career, his words range over a lot of territory — how much fun it’s been, the interaction with the audience, the recognitions he’s earned, the music itself — but he centers on one point...
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Health officials monitor coronavirus outbreak
(Local News ~ 02/12/20)
Although no cases of the 2019 novel coronavirus have been reported in Missouri, the state’s Department of Health & Senior Services says it is prepared to respond if necessary. Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center director Jane Wernsman said her office and other county health agencies in Missouri are in regular contact with state health officials as the number of coronavirus cases grows worldwide...
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Legion completes repairs to storm-damaged building
(Local News ~ 02/12/20)
Nearly eight months after an isolated storm ripped the roof off their building, members of American Legion Post 158 in Jackson have reoccupied the structure, which they say is in better shape now than when it was built almost 85 years ago. A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place in front of the legion building Tuesday morning followed by a gathering of Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce members there later in the day. A public open house is set for 2 until 4 p.m. Sunday...
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Humane Society to offer free vouchers to have animals spayed
(Local News ~ 02/12/20)
Looking for the purr-fect Valentine? The Humane Society of Southeast Missouri will offer free adoption for cats and a discounted adoption price for dogs through Friday, and on Saturday, will give away free vouchers for pet owners to have female cats or dogs spayed...
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Walking the walk in downtown Cape
(Local News ~ 02/12/20)
Austin Holmes of Jackson, a letter carrier with the United States Postal Service, walks along a mail route Tuesday outside eDen Spa & Salon on South Spanish Street in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/12/20)
Today is Wednesday, Feb. 12, the 43rd day of 2020. There are 323 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born in a log cabin in Hardin (now LaRue) County, Kentucky...
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French wine industry puts itself on show
(Community ~ 02/12/20)
PARIS -- France's big wine industry, shaken by U.S. President Trump's painful tariff hikes and the threat of climate change, is hoping to re-energize global interest in its products with a big trade fair in Paris. Two thousand winemakers -- including giant Moet-Hennessy -- are wooing some 30,000 French and international visitors at the Vinexpo fair through Wednesday with a renewed focus on ecology and sustainability as well as tech innovation like robots...
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Sudan to hand over al-Bashir for genocide trial
(International News ~ 02/12/20)
CAIRO -- Sudan's transitional authorities have agreed to hand over ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face trial on charges of war crimes and genocide, a top Sudanese official said Tuesday, in a deal with rebels to surrender all those wanted in connection with the Darfur conflict...
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Rebels shoot down Syrian helicopter as fighting intensifies
(International News ~ 02/12/20)
BEIRUT -- Rebels shot down a Syrian military helicopter in northern Syria on Tuesday, killing its crew members in a fiery crash, while the government kept up its relentless bombing campaign on the opposition-held region, with an airstrike in which seven civilians died, activists and news reports said...
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Judge clears path to T-Mobile's Sprint bid
(National News ~ 02/12/20)
NEW YORK -- A federal judge has cleared a major path to T-Mobile's $26.5 billion takeover of Sprint, as he rejected claims by more than a dozen states the deal would mean less competition and higher phone bills. Though the deal still needs a few more approvals, T-Mobile expects to close it as early as April 1...
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Oil from federal lands tops 1B barrels
(National News ~ 02/12/20)
BILLINGS, Mont. -- Oil production from U.S.-managed lands and waters topped a record 1 billion barrels last year, federal officials said Tuesday, as technological advances helped drive development in new areas and the Trump administration eases rules on the industry...
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Powell: Economy looks resilient
(National News ~ 02/12/20)
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday the U.S. economy appears durable with steady growth and unemployment near a half-century low but faces some risk from the broadening viral outbreak that began in China. Giving the Fed's semiannual monetary report to Congress, Powell said the Fed is content with where interest rates are, suggesting no further rate cuts are being contemplated unless economic conditions were to change significantly...
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DOJ decision on Stone prison time prompts prosecutors to quit case
(National News ~ 02/12/20)
WASHINGTON -- Four of the lawyers who prosecuted Roger Stone quit the case Tuesday after the Justice Department said it would take the extraordinary step of lowering the amount of prison time it would seek for President Donald Trump's longtime ally and confident...
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More firms boost support for employees' faith needs
(National News ~ 02/12/20)
NEW YORK -- It has become standard practice for U.S. corporations to assure employees of support regardless of their race, gender or sexual orientation. There's now an intensifying push to ensure that companies are similarly supportive and inclusive when it comes to employees' religious beliefs...
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Epilepsy treatment side effect: New insights about the brain
(National News ~ 02/12/20)
SEATTLE -- Though Genette Hofmann is still using her brain, last month she donated a bit of it -- to science. Hofmann needed the surgery -- her Seattle surgeon was looking deep into her brain, where he found the trigger for the epileptic seizures that had disrupted her life for 30 years. But to get there, he teased out a bit of healthy tissue the size of a lima bean, and with her blessing quickly sent it to some researchers, who were eager to study brain cells while they were still alive...
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China still mostly closed as virus deaths pass 1,000
(National News ~ 02/12/20)
BEIJING -- The daily death toll in China from a new virus topped 100 for the first time, pushing the total fatalities above 1,000 Tuesday as the World Health Organization announced a new name for the disease caused by the virus. Despite the official end of the extended Lunar New Year holiday, China remained mostly closed for business as many remained at home, with some 60 million people under virtual quarantine...
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Guy Zavadil
(Obituary ~ 02/12/20)
Guy Joe Zavadil, 57, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, at his home, surrounded by his wife, Donna, and daughter, Monica. Guy had a deep love for his cats, Charcoal and Tigger, as well as his grandchildren. Services are pending. Liley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Bobbie Wilfawn Jr.
(Obituary ~ 02/12/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Bobbie Gene Wilfawn Jr., 67, of Jefferson City passed away Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, at The Bluffs in Columbia, Missouri. He was born March 3, 1952, in Cape Girardeau, son of the late Bobbie Gene and Betty Elders Wilfawn. Bobbie served his country during Vietnam with the Army National Guard...
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Mary Ellen Welch
(Obituary ~ 02/12/20)
Mary Ellen Welch of Cape Girardeau died peacefully Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, surrounded by her family at Ratliff Nursing Care, where she had resided for several years. She was born March 19, 1939, in Cape Girardeau to William and Geneva Goodwin. She was raised by her uncle, Al Halter, from the time she was 2 years old...
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Tamara Tarrillion
(Obituary ~ 02/12/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Tamara R. "Tami" Tarrillion, 61, of Perryville died Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. Friends may call from 9 a.m. until time of the funeral Mass at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. Officiating will be the Rev. Rich Wehrmeyer. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery...
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Elizabeth Stricker
(Obituary ~ 02/12/20)
Elizabeth "Betty" Greig Stricker, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, at Chateau Girardeau. Visitation will be from 2 to 3 p.m. Feb. 20 at Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 829 N. West End Blvd., in Cape Girardeau. A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Feb. 20 at the funeral home. Private inurnment will be in Missouri Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield...
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Dorothy Reinwald
(Obituary ~ 02/12/20)
Dorothy E. Reinwald, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m., with parish prayers at 7 p.m., Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau, with the Rev. Brian Straus officiating. Burial will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Big Prairie Cemetery in Carmi, Illinois...
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Roy Halbert
(Obituary ~ 02/12/20)
Roy Halbert, 86, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Feb 6, 2020, at Chateau Girardeau. He was born Jan. 8, 1934, in Cherryville, Missouri, son of the late William Everett and Cora Lee Britton Halbert. He and Gail Hahn of Lutesville, Missouri, were married July 15, 1961, in Eureka, Missouri. They raised two children, Terri Cagle of Cape Girardeau and Gregory Halbert of St. Louis...
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Charles Daniels
(Obituary ~ 02/12/20)
ST. PETERS, Mo. -- Charles E. Daniels, 89, of St. Peters died Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Peters. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jerry Dudley officiating. Entombment, with full military honors, will be at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum in Cape Girardeau...
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Dr. Ada Cruce
(Obituary ~ 02/12/20)
Dr. Ada L. "Dottie" Cruce, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born Nov. 8, 1927, in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, to J.D. and Elsie Tillman Cruce. She was a professor at Southeast Missouri State University and retired emeritus...
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Ralph Clinton
(Obituary ~ 02/12/20)
BENTON, Mo. -- Ralph Hilton "Buddy" Clinton, 66, of Benton died Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, at his home. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton. Memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home...
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Bill would protect Missouri from financial court penalties
(State News ~ 02/12/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The State of Missouri no longer would face financial punishment for wrongdoing in some civil lawsuits under legislation debated Tuesday in the state Senate. The proposal would give the state what's called "sovereign immunity," the legal concept that protects government agencies from lawsuits in many cases...
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Sanders holds narrow lead over Buttigieg in New Hampshire
(National News ~ 02/12/20)
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Bernie Sanders held a narrow lead over Pete Buttigieg in the New Hampshire Democratic primary Tuesday night as the two men from different generations and wings of their party battled for front-runner status in the chaotic nomination fight to take on President Donald Trump...
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Prayer 2/12/20
(Prayer ~ 02/12/20)
O Lord Jesus, thank you for the awesome privilege of worshiping you. Amen.
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Out of the past: Feb. 12
(Out of the Past ~ 02/12/20)
Hundreds of Missouri and Illinois communities will share in the federal "Cops Fast" program, created in last year's federal crime bill to put more police officers on the nation's streets immediately; more than $5.4 million will be used in Southern Illinois; in Southeast Missouri, 27 departments will add another officer to their rosters; they include Jackson, Scott City, Perry County, Sikeston, Miner, Morehouse, Farmington, Ste. Genevieve, Stoddard County and Van Buren...
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Robert George
(Obituary ~ 02/12/20)
Robert Wilburn George, M.D., 86, of Cape Girardeau, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle and friend, was welcomed into the arms of his Savior, Jesus Christ, on Feb. 11, 2020. Bob was born Jan. 29, 1934, to William Joseph and Mary Magdalyn Sloan George in Jackson, Tennessee, He was baptized Feb. 18, 1934, in St. Mary's Church there...
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Let's Put Children's Health First: Support Republican Sponsored Primary Caregiver Bill
(Submitted Story ~ 02/12/20)
Co-authored by Haley Thomas and Rachel Clark To a child, a parent is everything. A parent is a child’s financial and emotional support, and most importantly, the person who makes a child feel safe, valued, and wanted. And although parents may make mistakes, in their child’s eyes, a parent is a hero...
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