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Cape council votes to increase funding for animal shelter
(Local News ~ 06/19/18)
The Cape Girardeau City Council voted Monday to increase city funding for the local animal shelter. Council members without comment unanimously approved a 3 percent increase in funding to the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri for animal boarding, care and disposal...
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Southeast to spend $150,000 to refresh brand with Ohio firm
(Local News ~ 06/19/18)
Southeast Missouri State University plans to spend $150,000 with an Ohio company to “refresh” its brand without seeking proposals from other firms. School officials said Monday the move is both legal and prudent even though the university has had to cut spending in other areas...
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Splash down: People struggle with heat while waiting to enter water park
(Local News ~ 06/19/18)
Several people became overheated while enduring a lengthy wait to enter the Cape Splash water park Saturday, Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation director Julia Jones said. Temperatures reached the mid-90s over the weekend. On Saturday, the thermometer hit 95 degrees, and with high humidity, the heat index or feel-like temperature topped out at 101 degrees, according to the National Weather Service...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/19/18)
Today is Tuesday, June 19, the 170th day of 2018. There are 195 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 19, 1953, Julius Rosenberg, 35, and his wife, Ethel, 37, convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, were executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York...
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Mourning the loss social media wrought
(Column ~ 06/19/18)
I have always been an old-school kind of a girl. I've been called an old soul even when I was a young 'un. And, lately, I think the evidence is piling up. I miss the days when people spoke in complete sentences, said, "Good morning" and asked, "How are you?" Now, I know it's been years -- if it ever happened -- since people who asked how someone is doing actually waited for a reply. ...
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Neal Boyd blessed us all with his God-given talent
(Editorial ~ 06/19/18)
Neal Boyd lived an amazing life, an amazing life filled with challenges and obstacles. We will remember him for many moments, the biggest of which is winning the "America's Got Talent" competition in 2008. But we will remember him for many smaller moments as well...
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Compulsive game playing could be mental health issue
(International News ~ 06/19/18)
GENEVA -- The World Health Organization says some obsessive video gamers may really have an addiction. In its latest revision to a disease classification manual, the U.N. health agency said Monday compulsively playing video games now qualifies as a mental health condition. The statement confirmed the fears of some parents but led critics to warn it may risk stigmatizing too many young video players...
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Strong quake in Japan kills 4
(International News ~ 06/19/18)
TOKYO -- Residents in western Japan were cleaning up debris Monday evening after a powerful earthquake hit the area around Osaka, the country's second-largest city, killing four people and injuring hundreds while knocking over walls and setting off fires...
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Kate Spade's funeral to be held in birthplace of Kansas City, father says
(Entertainment ~ 06/19/18)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A funeral will be held for fashion designer Kate Spade this week in Kansas City, where she was born. The Kansas City Star reported services for Spade are planned for 3 p.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Redemptorist Church. Her father, Frank Brosnahan, said it's the same church where Spade's grandparents wed...
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Baby born on Paris suburban train gets free rides until 25
(International News ~ 06/19/18)
PARIS — The Paris public transport company RATP said a baby boy born in a suburban train will get free rides in the French capital until he is 25. Live-tweeting the event Monday, the RATP said the baby was born in a train in the center of Paris, disrupting traffic on the RER A line. Rescue workers took care of the mother and child and took them to the nearest hospital. ...
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Unapologetic Trump digs in on immigration despite outrage
(National News ~ 06/19/18)
WASHINGTON -- An unapologetic President Donald Trump defended his administration's border-protection policies Monday in the face of rising national outrage over the forced separation of migrant children from their parents. Calling for tough action against illegal immigration, Trump declared the U.S. "will not be a migrant camp" on his watch...
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Apple sets up iPhones to relay location for 911
(National News ~ 06/19/18)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple is trying to drag the U.S.'s antiquated system for handling 911 calls into the 21st century. If it lives up to Apple's promise, the iPhone's next operating system will automatically deliver quicker and more reliable information pinpointing the location of 911 calls to about 6,300 emergency response centers in the U.S...
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Thirty years of data show global warming's effects
(National News ~ 06/19/18)
SALIDA, Colo. -- We were warned. June 23, 1988, a sultry day in Washington, James Hansen told Congress and the world global warming wasn't approaching -- it had already arrived. The testimony of the top NASA scientist, said Rice University historian Douglas Brinkley, was "the opening salvo of the age of climate change."...
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Experts say auto tariffs would raise prices, cost jobs
(National News ~ 06/19/18)
DETROIT -- Every workday, about 7,400 trucks mostly loaded with automotive parts rumble across the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit and Canada, at times snarling traffic along the busy corridor. But if President Donald Trump delivers on threats to slap 25 percent tariffs on imported vehicles and components, there will be far fewer big rigs heading to factories now humming close to capacity on both sides of the border...
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Trump announces plans for Pentagon to create 'Space Force'
(National News ~ 06/19/18)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Vowing to reclaim U.S. leadership in space, President Donald Trump announced Monday he is directing the Pentagon to create a new "Space Force" as an independent service branch aimed at ensuring American supremacy in space. Trump envisioned a bright future for the U.S. ...
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Out of the past: June 19
(Out of the Past ~ 06/19/18)
A Cape Girardeau man walking along the 400 block of South Sprigg Street escapes serious injury in the morning, when he is struck in the back by a loose boom from a logging truck; injured in the freak accident is Roy Donaldson, 32. "Bear" is the center of attention wherever he roams; adorned in one of his finest "Klingon" outfits, Bear, alias William Reed of St. ...
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GOP state senator appointed Missouri lieutenant governor
(State News ~ 06/19/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Mike Parson appointed state Senate Majority Floor Leader Mike Kehoe to be the new lieutenant governor Monday, despite some legal uncertainty about whether he has the authority to fill the position. Missouri's constitution isn't clear on whether a governor has the authority to appoint a lieutenant governor, which is the state's second-ranking executive position. ...
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Eric Sterling
(Obituary ~ 06/19/18)
Eric L. Sterling, 66, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 16, 2018, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 3075 Cape LaCroix Road, in Cape Girardeau. Burial will follow at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery...
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Leta Smith
(Obituary ~ 06/19/18)
Leta Lynette Smith, 57, of Scott City died Friday, June 15, 2018, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. A memorial service will be held at 6 p.m. today at Scott City Community Center, 404 N. Lincoln St., in Scott City. Memorial donations may be made to Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel to assist with funeral expenses...
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Steven Ogden
(Obituary ~ 06/19/18)
Retired judge of the Los Angeles County Northern District Superior Court (California) Steven Ogden, 74, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, June 14, 2018, at his home. Steven was born Nov. 4, 1943, in Los Angeles to Dale and Wilma Ogden. He was a 1965 graduate of Occidental College and of the University of California-Los Angeles School of Law in 1969, being admitted to the state bar that same year...
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Melissa Konopka
(Obituary ~ 06/19/18)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Melissa Konopka, 31, of Chaffee passed from this life Sunday, June 17, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 3, 1986, at Charleston, South Carolina, the daughter of John Jr. and Margaret Kauffelt Konopka. Melissa leaves behind the loves of her life, her sons, Caden Wade and Dax Copeland, both of the home. ...
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Larry Hanning
(Obituary ~ 06/19/18)
Larry R. Hanning, 78, of Burfordville died Sunday, June 17, 2018, at Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 13, 1939, in Cape Girardeau to Ruel L. and Martha E. Hitt Hanning. He and Sharon Cobb were married Sept. 10, 1967, at Vandalia, Missouri...
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Ida Edmond
(Obituary ~ 06/19/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Ida Mae Behrle Edmond, 82, of Fredericktown, Missouri, formerly of Perryville, died Saturday, June 16, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Friday at Young and Sons Funeral Home...
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Speak Out 6/19/18
(Speak Out ~ 06/19/18)
It is not comforting to know that the Jackson Board of Aldermen thinks it knows better than the police department, public school, fire department and thousands of residents that live and drive through the dangerous curve on West Route D, where the board is allowing the largest apartment complex to be jammed into the curve which makes it a dangerous public safety hazard by the middle school plus two nearby grade schools...
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Prayer 6/19/18
(Prayer ~ 06/19/18)
Lord Jesus, may we proclaim your love and grace to the world. Amen.
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Births 6/19/18
(Births ~ 06/19/18)
Daughter to Karl Martin and Natalie Renee Kasten of Frohna, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 11:48 a.m. Tuesday, June 12, 2018. Name, Clara May. Weight, 6 pounds, 7 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Kasten is the former Natalie Fritsche, daughter of Eugene and Vera Fritsche of Perryville, Missouri. She is a teacher with the Perry County School District. Kasten is the son of Willie and Shirley Kasten of Uniontown, Missouri. He is a concrete laborer with Busch Lane Enterprise in Jackson...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 6/19/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/19/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Sunday n Medical assists were made at 9:27 a.m. on Cape LaCroix Trail, 10:07 a.m. on North Henderson Avenue and 6:42 p.m. on South Pacific Street. n At 12:18 p.m., carbon monoxide detector activation was reported on North Hanover Street...
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Softball Field #3 dedicated to Lilly Berry
(Submitted Story ~ 06/19/18)
On Thursday, June 14th, Field #3 in the Jackson City Park was dedicated to Lilly Berry. Her uniform will be found on the outfield fence on field #3 along with new benches at the field in memory of her. Lilly Berry passed away on June 7, 2017 after an extended stay in the Pediatric ICU at Cardinal Glennon Hospital in St. ...
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