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Southeast Missouri State football's Knight embracing lessons on and off field
(College Sports ~ 08/30/16)
The words never really sank in for Alex Knight. The Southeast Missouri State punter had heard coach Tom Matukewicz offer daily reminders that the players should live every day like it's their last. It wasn't until tragedy struck his family in the midst of last season -- a plane crash that killed his cousin, whom he had a brotherly relationship with -- that he grasped the concept...
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Audit: Missouri Senate should do more to stop sex harassment, keep better records
(State News ~ 08/30/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway's office on Monday said the state Senate should increase sexual harassment training after scandals last year. More frequent education for senators and staff, who now generally undergo training only when they start work, was one of several recommendations for improvement the Democratic auditor suggested for the Republican-led Senate in the audit covering June 2013 through June 2015. Her office also reviewed the GOP-led House...
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Transgender inmate latest to push for hormone treatment
(State News ~ 08/30/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A transgender inmate is suing the Missouri prison system for refusing to provide hormone therapy as she transitions to a woman, adding her voice to those of prisoners in other states who argue that denying such treatment amounts to cruel and unusual punishment...
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Missouri's composite ACT score dips amid its expanded testing
(Local News ~ 08/30/16)
Now that Missouri has a baseline for its expanded ACT testing that began in 2015, local school districts are beginning to see how they compare and where they can improve. Last week, the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced Missouri's composite ACT score is 20.2, or in the mid- to higher range of scores among states where 100 percent of high school juniors were tested...
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Blunt: America would be better off with Trump
(Local News ~ 08/30/16)
America would be better off with Donald Trump as president because he would help roll back federal regulations, U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said during a campaign stop Monday in Jackson. Blunt told a crowd of more than 40 supporters at the Byron L. Lang Trucking firm at 815 S. Hope St. that government regulations are hurting the economy...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/30/16)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, Aug. 30, the 243rd day of 2016. There are 123 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 30, 1861, Union Gen. John C. Fremont instituted martial law in Missouri and declared slaves there to be free. (However, Fremont's emancipation order was countermanded by President Abraham Lincoln)...
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Help needed for animal shelter
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/30/16)
I am writing on behalf of Safe Harbor, the only no-kill animal shelter in the Southeast Missouri area.
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Catalyst Commercial and our retail initiative
(Column ~ 08/30/16)
This summer the City of Jackson, the City of Cape Girardeau, and the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cape Girardeau and Jackson Area contracted with Catalyst Commercial. Through this agreement Catalyst will provide each city with a specific merchandising plan to be used by Catalyst, the cities, and Chamber of Commerce to promote our area to retailers. The final goal is to recruit new retail business to the area...
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Do Black Lives Matter? Ask Trump and Clinton
(Column ~ 08/30/16)
The phrase "Black Lives Matter" has become part of our discourse recently.
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Girls raise funds in honor of beloved dog
(Editorial ~ 08/30/16)
Anyone who has ever owned pets knows the love they bring to our lives. They're not just animals; they're family, and loyal, protective, even vulnerable. Just like family, when they hurt, we hurt. And one of the hardest things we face is when we have to let them go. Eleven-year-old Maddie Dean and her 8-year-old sister, Emma, of Cape Girardeau County, know this firsthand, but they also know how to best honor that special family member...
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Our nation's greatest threat
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/30/16)
Our national debt is our greatest threat, greater than ISIS, global warming, Russia, China, etc, not just because of the cancerous financial burden it poses, but also because of what it represents. The runaway spending is evidence of a broadening entitlement mentality. ...
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Stephen Russo
(Obituary ~ 08/30/16)
Stephen A. Russo, 63, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 3, 1953, in Los Angeles to Thomas J. and Josephine Pungi Russo. Stephen was a graduate of Grossmont High School in El Cajon, California...
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Lori Steffens
(Obituary ~ 08/30/16)
FROHNA -- Lori L. Steffens, 54, of Frohna died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. She was born May 23, 1962, in St. Louis, daughter of Eugene and Gladys (Meinz) Engert-Weber. She and Daniel Steffens were married June 21, 1980. He survives in Frohna. She was employed as a housekeeper. ...
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Wilma Tesson
(Obituary ~ 08/30/16)
Wilma Ruth Tesson, 89, of Jackson, passed away Monday, August 29, 2016, at her home. She was born Aug. 17, 1927, in Bismarck, Missouri, daughter of Clyde and Lorene Meadows Peterman. She and Lowell Miinch were married, and they had five children. Later in life, she married Frank Tesson. He passed away Aug. 23, 2009...
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James Lee Bower
(Obituary ~ 08/30/16)
James Lee Bower, 71, of Friedheim passed away at his home Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. He was born Sept. 18, 1944, at Poplar Bluff, Missouri, the son of Oscar Lee and Roberta Bower. He married Debra Jean Oliver on Jan. 18, 1969, and she survives. James was a lifelong farmer and a bricklayer...
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Lorene Christian
(Obituary ~ 08/30/16)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Lorene Christian, 90, of Poplar Bluff passed away Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016, at Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. Lorene, the daughter of the late William Henry and Josie Wheeler Hubbard, was born Dec. 25, 1925, in Briar, Missouri...
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Out of the past: Aug. 30
(Out of the Past ~ 08/30/16)
Jerry Berger, 14, of Cape Girardeau is in stable condition at a local hospital after falling about 30 feet in an open elevator shaft under construction at L.J. Schultz School yesterday. Curiosity prompted him and a playmate to explore the construction site...
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Fitbit makes exercise even more of a game
(Community ~ 08/30/16)
NEW YORK -- Fitbit wants to help you exercise more by making you think you're hiking famous trails instead of strolling around your neighborhood. The new motivational feature, called Adventures, was available to all Fitbit users through a free app update Monday...
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Transgender inmate latest to push for hormone treatment
(State News ~ 08/30/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A transgender inmate is suing the Missouri prison system for refusing to provide hormone therapy as she transitions to a woman, adding her voice to those of prisoners in other states who argue that denying such treatment amounts to cruel and unusual punishment...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison named top party school in U.S.
(National News ~ 08/30/16)
MADISON, Wis. -- University of Wisconsin-Madison leaders are chafing under a state-imposed tuition freeze, and the football team didn't crack the Top 25 preseason rankings. But no school in the country throws a better party, according to the Princeton Review's 2017 edition of "The Best 381 Colleges."...
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VA: Ex-Marine who killed 3 in Baton Rouge did not have PTSD
(National News ~ 08/30/16)
WICHITA, Kan. -- A former Marine who ambushed and killed three Baton Rouge law-enforcement officers last month never saw combat in Iraq but told doctors he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder because a buddy showed him videos of maimed and decapitated bodies, according to newly released Veterans Health Administration medical records...
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Justice Department focuses on police treatment of mentally ill
(National News ~ 08/30/16)
WASHINGTON -- Justice Department lawyers investigating police agencies for claims of racial discrimination and excessive force increasingly are turning up a different problem: officers' interactions with the mentally ill. The latest example came in Baltimore, where a critical report on that department's policies found officers end up in unnecessarily violent confrontations with mentally disabled people who in many instances haven't committed crimes...
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Airport scares hard to avoid with cascade of false reports
(National News ~ 08/30/16)
LOS ANGELES -- In the moments before reports of gunshots spread panic at Los Angeles International Airport, police with weapons drawn had confronted a masked man outside a terminal who was carrying a plastic sword and dressed like Zorro. Authorities have determined there were no gunshots...
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Suddenly unsure on immigration, Trump trying to clear it up
(National News ~ 08/30/16)
JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- It's been the driving issue of Donald Trump's campaign. Build a wall along the southern border. Make Mexico pay for it. And expel everyone living in the U.S. illegally with the help of a "deportation force." Ten weeks before the election, however, buffeted by conflicting advice from aides and advisers, Trump has seemed to be in full indecision mode...
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Mylan launches cheaper, generic version of EpiPen
(National News ~ 08/30/16)
The maker of EpiPens will begin selling a cheaper, generic version of the emergency allergy shots as the furor over repeated U.S. price hikes continues -- and looming competition threatens its near-monopoly. Despite its second move in five days to make EpiPens more affordable for consumers, maker Mylan N.V. faces condemnation from critics who accused it of price-gouging...
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Weiner's wife leaves him amid a new sexting scandal
(National News ~ 08/30/16)
NEW YORK -- Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin said Monday she is leaving her husband, Anthony Weiner, after the former New York congressman was accused in yet another sexting scandal. "After long and painful consideration and work on my marriage, I have made the decision to separate from my husband," Abedin, vice chairwoman of Clinton's presidential campaign, said in a statement issued by the campaign. "Anthony and I remain devoted to doing what is best for our son, who is the light of our life."...
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Permanent cease-fire takes effect in Colombia under accord
(International News ~ 08/30/16)
BOGOTA, Colombia -- A permanent cease-fire took effect Monday in Colombia, a major step in bringing an end to 52 years of bloody combat between the government and the country's biggest rebel group. The commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia announced Sunday his fighters would cease hostilities beginning at 12:01 a.m. ...
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Cape police: Sikeston man pointed gun at man in argument over wife
(Local News ~ 08/30/16)
Cape Girardeau police arrested a Sikeston, Missouri, man after he pointed a pistol at another man during an argument, according to a probable-cause statement. The Cape Girardeau County's prosecuting attorney's office charged Stephen B. Caldwell, 36, with unlawful possession of a firearm. Cape Girardeau police arrested Caldwell on Friday...
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Birth 8/30/16
(Births ~ 08/30/16)
Daughter to Martin and Clemencia Francisca Rodriguez of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 6:49 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. Name, Esmeralda Guadalupe. Weight, 3 pounds, 14 ounces. Sixth child, fifth daughter. Rodriguez is the son of Jose Rodriguez and Maria Rodriguez of Mexico...
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Nation, world briefs 8/30/16
(National News ~ 08/30/16)
WASHINGTON -- Government officials said traffic fatalities rose 7.2 percent in 2015 compared to the previous year. That's the largest single-year increase in a half-century. The final tally of 35,092 deaths released Monday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is 0.5 percent lower than the 7.7 percent estimated increase released in July. ...
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Goat aids Clydesdale in 5-day escape
(National News ~ 08/30/16)
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- A dwarf billy goat gave new meaning to the word "scapegoat" when he sprang a Clydesdale that went on the lam for several days. Owner Tamara Schmitz said the nearly 1-ton horse named Budweiser was back in his pen Sunday. A goat named Lancelot knows how to butt open the stable gate and did that Wednesday. Buddy eluded volunteers from the Santa Cruz area for five days, ranging across 3 miles. A pair of searchers on horseback found him Sunday...
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Actor Gene Wilder, star of Mel Brooks movies, dies at 83
(Entertainment ~ 08/30/16)
LOS ANGELES -- Gene Wilder, the frizzy-haired actor who brought his deft comedic touch to such roles as the neurotic accountant in "The Producers" and the mad scientist of "Young Frankenstein," has died. He was 83. Wilder's nephew said Monday the actor and writer died late Sunday at his home in Stamford, Connecticut, of complications from Alzheimer's disease...
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Jackson police report 8/30/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/30/16)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Assault n Assault was reported in the 200 block of North West Lane. Theft n Theft was reported in the 400 block of East Jackson Boulevard. Miscellaneous n Check the welfare was requested in the 1500 block of Boxwood Drive...
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Cape Girardeau police report 8/30/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/30/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Pablo D. Bartolini, 34, of Marble Hill, Missouri, was issued a summons for driving while intoxicated at North Main Street and Park Avenue...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 8/30/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/30/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday. n Medical assists were made at 3:58 a.m. on Bertling Street; 8:53 a.m. on Bertling Street; 9:24 a.m. on Ritter Drive; 1 p.m. on Brenda Kay Court; 2:47 p.m. on South Plaza Way; 4:10 p.m. on Delwin Street; 5:37 p.m. on North Spanish Street; 8:29 p.m. on North Pind Wood Lane; and 10:16 p.m. on North Fountain Street...
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Scott County Route DD closed for pipe replacement
(Local News ~ 08/30/16)
Scott County Route DD closed for pipe replacement Route DD in Scott County, between county roads 461 and 465, will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a culvert pipe beneath the roadway. According to a MoDOT news release, the work will be done Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m...
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Prayer 8/30/16
(Prayer ~ 08/30/16)
O Lord God, may we first seek your kingdom and your righteousness. Amen.
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Cape County property tax rate to see little change
(Local News ~ 08/30/16)
The Cape Girardeau County Commission approved property tax rates Monday that will change only slightly from a year ago. The county government's general-fund tax rate will rise to 5.06 cents per $100 assessed valuation, a 1.57-cent increase. But the tax rate for the Senate Bill 40 board, which oversees tax funding for a sheltered workshop for people with developmental disabilities, decreased by 2.19 cents to a levy of 5.53 cents, county officials said...
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Air Tanker
(Submitted Story ~ 08/30/16)
It's no V-22 Osprey, but it can fly forward, hover, or fly backwards...AND take fuel on the wing!
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Gale Gaither
(Obituary ~ 08/30/16)
ADVANCE, MO. — Gale J. Gaither, 79, of Advance passed away Aug. 28, 2016, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Feb. 22, 1937, at Zalma, Missouri, the son of Alva and Lela Barks Gaither. Gale had been a member of Advance First Church. He was a retired truck driver for Aluminum Industries in Manchester, Missouri...
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Pamela Tope
(Obituary ~ 08/30/16)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Pamela Tope, 69, of Portageville died Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Crain Funeral Home of Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements.
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