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Morehouse woman sentenced to life in prison for grandmother's death
(Local News ~ 09/08/23)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- A Morehouse, Missouri, woman who was found guilty of murdering her grandmother will spend the rest of her life in prison. On Wednesday, Sept. 6, Ashley M. Riggins, 37, was sentenced to life without parole for a first-degree murder charge; 30 years for armed criminal action; 10 years each for two counts of abuse or neglect of a child -- with all of those sentences to run consecutively -- and seven years each for abandonment of a corpse and tampering with physical evidence, which are to run concurrently, according to online court records.. ...
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Inaugural 'farm to table' event a hit
(Local News ~ 09/08/23)
Patrons partake in Uptown Jackson Revitalization Organization's inaugural "Farm to Table" event Thursday, Sept. 7...
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College, mining company partner for job retention training
(Local News ~ 09/08/23)
A regional college and one of Missouri's largest mining operations have teamed up to improve employee skills and promote job retention. The St. Louis-based Doe Run Co. received a $1.2 million grant from Missouri One Start Job Retention Training Program. In late August, the company utilized the grant in part to partner with Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Missouri. The college will provide various kinds of training to employees...
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SEMO Greek organizations win national honors
(Local News ~ 09/08/23)
Four of Southeast Missouri State University's Greek chapters -- Delta Epsilon, Phi Mu, Mu Kappa and Missouri Zeta -- were awarded the highest honors by their national organizations this summer, three of them for the second consecutive year. According to a release from the university, this is the first time in 20 years that four chapters on SEMO's campus earned their highest honor from their national organizations...
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New book celebrates early Mississippi Delta music scene
(Local News ~ 09/08/23)
A Southeast Missouri native recently published a book following the early days of jazz, ragtime and blues music in the Mississippi River Delta. The book -- "River Shows, Blues, Ragtime, Jazz and Country Music: It All Equals Rockabilly, Part One" -- is the first part of author Matt Chaney's exhaustive history of the Delta music scene from the early 1800s to just before World War II...
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Army's Golden Knights parachute team to perform in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 09/08/23)
It's often said sports are games of inches. Demonstrations Friday, Sept. 8, and Saturday, Sept. 9, in advance of the home-opening football game of the Southeast Missouri State University Redhawks will truly be inch-specific, as the Black Team of the U.S. Army's Golden Knights parachute unit will be showcasing its skills at Houck Field by landing on its targets -- each about the size of a dinner plate...
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St. James AME Church to celebrate 160th anniversary
(Local News ~ 09/08/23)
St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church in Cape Girardeau will celebrate its 160th anniversary Sunday, Sept. 10. The anniversary worship service will be held at 3 p.m. at the church, located at 516 North St. Pastor Ben Porter of Gateway Church will serve as the messenger of the service. Dinner will be served after the service...
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10 area counties among Gov. Parson's request for federal disaster declaration
(Local News ~ 09/08/23)
Ten counties in Southeast Missouri are among the 33 counties covered in Gov. Mike Parson's request this week for a federal disaster declaration due to storm activity in the state from July 29 to Aug. 14. "For the past several weeks, state Emergency Management Agency has been working tirelessly and in close coordination with our federal and local partners to document widespread damage as a result of the severe weather that repeatedly struck Missouri late this summer," Parson said in a Wednesday, Sept. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/08/23)
Today is Friday, Sept. 8, the 251st day of 2023. There are 114 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 8, 1974, President Gerald R. Ford granted a "full, free, and absolute pardon" to former President Richard Nixon covering his entire term in office...
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Prayer 9-8-23
(Prayer ~ 09/08/23)
O Lord Jesus, we praise you, for you are our salvation and Prince of Peace. Amen.
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SEMO District Fair returns for annual good time
(Editorial ~ 09/08/23)
There may be no bigger, better slice of Americana in Southeast Missouri than the annual SEMO District Fair. With something for youngsters, the young at heart and all ages in between, the weeklong event beckons everyone. Midway rides and games and food galore! Exhibits ranging from agricultural products to home goods. ...
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Farm Tour is an August tradition in Southeast Missouri
(Column ~ 09/08/23)
Every August, I visit farms, ranches and agriculture businesses across Missouri's 8th Congressional District as part of my Farm Tour. The annual tradition is an opportunity to not only showcase these families, farms and small businesses, but also to learn more about the challenges they face with the federal government, whether it's trade, federal regulations or the sky-high costs of everything from feed and fertilizer to energy and farm equipment...
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Joe Biden's age poses a big issue he can't get around
(Column ~ 09/08/23)
In December 1998, Rep. Bob Livingston, Republican of Louisiana, was set to succeed Rep. Newt Gingrich as speaker of the House. Gingrich had announced his resignation from Congress and the speakership in the wake of a disastrous midterm election for Republicans as well as revelations that he'd been having an affair with a House staffer who was more than two decades younger...
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Fire report 9-8-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/08/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Sept. 6 n Medical assists were made at 8:22 a.m. on East Cape Rock Drive; 8:40 a.m. on South Benton Street; 9:44 a.m. on Southern Expressway; 10:39 a.m. on Cheney Drive; 12:22 p.m. on South Silver Springs Road; 4:38 p.m. on Mason Street; 5:17 p.m. on South Sprigg Street; 1115 p.m. on Independence Street; and 11:29 p.m. on South Hanover Street...
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Police report 9-8-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/08/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported on Themis Street...
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Janet McCain
(Obituary ~ 09/08/23)
Janet Lee McCain, 56, died Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, at her home in Cape Girardeau. There will be a celebration of life from noon to 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8, at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, Missouri.
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David Johnson
(Obituary ~ 09/08/23)
David S. Johnson, 58, of Jackson died Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, at Mercy Jefferson in Festus, Missouri. A graveside service will be held at a later date. Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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Delma Hahs
(Obituary ~ 09/08/23)
Delma Lorraine Hahs, 90, of Jackson died Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson has been entrusted with her final arrangements. There will be no services at this time. The inurnment will be held privately at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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Earl Cotner
(Obituary ~ 09/08/23)
Earl Gene Cotner, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Dec. 20, 1934, in Cape Girardeau to James Edward and Prudence McClard Cotner. He retired as head buyer from Wetterau/Super Value, where he was employed for more than 30 years...
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Russian missile turns Ukrainian market into fiery, blackened ruin
(International News ~ 09/08/23)
KOSTIANTYNIVKA, Ukraine -- The Russian missile that struck Wednesday in eastern Ukraine turned an outdoor market into a fiery, blackened ruin where weeping civilians looked for loved ones among the mangled, burned bodies scattered across the ground...
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Mexican Supreme Court's abortion decision expands access to millions
(International News ~ 09/08/23)
MEXICO CITY -- The decision by Mexico's Supreme Court to invalidate all federal criminal penalties for abortion opened access for millions of people in the sprawling public health system a year after the court's U.S. counterpart went in the opposite direction...
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Hurricane Lee charges through open Atlantic waters as it approaches northeast Caribbean
(International News ~ 09/08/23)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Hurricane Lee whirled through open waters Thursday as forecasters warned it could become the first Category 5 storm of the Atlantic season. Lee was not expected to make landfall while on a projected path that will take it near the northeast Caribbean, although forecasters said tropical storm conditions are possible on some islands. Meteorologists said it was too early to provide details on potential rainfall and wind gusts...
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Military: Al-Qaida-linked insurgents in Mali kill 49 civilians, 15 soldiers in attacks
(International News ~ 09/08/23)
BAMAKO, Mali -- Two attacks by Islamic insurgents in the restive north of Mali on Thursday killed 49 civilians and 15 government soldiers, according to a provisional death toll given by the country's military junta. A passenger boat near the city of Timbuktu on the Niger River and a Malian military position in Bamba farther downstream in the Gao region were targeted, according to a statement from the military junta read on state television. ...
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Fugitive killer eludes police for eighth day
(National News ~ 09/08/23)
WEST CHESTER, Pa. -- An escaped murderer on the run in southeast Pennsylvania has so far eluded hundreds of law officers -- including tactical teams in full combat gear, tracking dogs, cops on horseback and aircraft -- as the search entered its second week Thursday and nervous residents stayed alert for any sign of the fugitive...
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'That '70s Show' actor Danny Masterson gets 30 years to life in prison for rapes of 2 women
(National News ~ 09/08/23)
LOS ANGELES -- A judge sentenced "That '70s Show" show star Danny Masterson to 30 years to life in prison Thursday for raping two women, giving them some relief after they spoke in court about the decades of damage he inflicted. "When you raped me, you stole from me," said one woman who Masterson was convicted of raping in 2003. "That's what rape is, a theft of the spirit."...
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Trump White House official Navarro convicted of contempt after defying House Jan. 6 subpoena
(National News ~ 09/08/23)
WASHINGTON -- Trump White House official Peter Navarro was found guilty Thursday of contempt of Congress charges for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The verdict came after a short trial for Navarro, who served as a White House trade adviser under President Donald Trump and later promoted the Republican's baseless claims of mass voter fraud in the 2020 election he lost...
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Biden to use G20 summit, Vietnam visit to highlight US
(National News ~ 09/08/23)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden wants to demonstrate to the world at the Group of 20 summit in India and during a stop in Vietnam that the United States and its like-minded allies are better economic and security partners than China. White House officials said Biden, who departed Thursday evening for New Delhi, will use the annual G20 gathering as an opportunity for the United States to highlight a proposition for developing and middle-income countries that would increase the lending power of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund by some $200 billion.. ...
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Three 15-year-olds die when car crashes into vacant home in suburban St. Louis
(State News ~ 09/08/23)
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. -- Three 15-year-olds died when the car one of them was driving slammed into a vacant brick home near St. Louis. Police said the 2016 Hyundai Accent involved in the accident Wednesday morning was owned by the driver's mother, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The state Highway Patrol report said the car was "traveling too fast for conditions" when it failed to make a curve and crashed into the home in University City. The crash was reported around 6:30 a.m...
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Willis accuses Rep. Jordan of 'partisan misrepresentations'
(National News ~ 09/08/23)
ATLANTA -- The district attorney who brought charges against former President Donald Trump and others over their efforts to overturn the results of Georgia's 2020 election sent a scathing letter to U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan on Thursday, accusing him of interfering in a state case and pushing "outrageous partisan misrepresentations."...
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Out of the past: Sept. 8
(Out of the Past ~ 09/08/23)
Tammy Javier, previously of St. Louis, has purchased the Cape Gymnastics Center, 45 N. Main St., renaming it the Elite Express Gymnastics Center; the business was purchased from Bill and Sue Hopkins, who operated the downtown facility a number of years...
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Archangel House Games
(Submitted Story ~ 09/08/23)
With a new year and new members, house color day and house games are happening at Guardian Angel School in Oran. The first house color day at Guardian Angel school was Tuesday, September 5. The first Tuesday of each month is dedicated to house color day. ...
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