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Federal judge sentences Cape Girardeau man to prison on gun charge
(Local News ~ 07/31/18)
A federal judge has sentenced a Cape Girardeau man to 210 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. sentenced James W. Mathena, 51, at the federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau on Monday, federal prosecutors said in a news release...
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Race for associate circuit judge focuses on trial, court experience
(Local News ~ 07/31/18)
The Cape Girardeau County Division 3 associate circuit judge race pits assistant prosecutor Frank Miller against Cape Girardeau lawyer Brandon Cooper in a contest that has focused on trial experience. Miller has talked of the trials he has handled as a prosecutor while Cooper has argued legal experience involves more than trials...
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Missouri spending millions on election security
(Local News ~ 07/31/18)
Missouri is spending more than $7.2 million in federal grant money to improve election security, although some upgrades won’t be implemented in time for the 2018 elections, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said Monday. Still, he assured voters their votes will count and they should not be overly concerned about hacking by Russia or other entities...
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Make-A-Wish Foundation fulfills young boy's request for new pet
(Local News ~ 07/31/18)
Nate Prichard, 5, had a very special wish granted Monday afternoon: his own horse, given to him by the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Nate’s parents, Curtis and Michelle Prichard, adopted him as an infant, and have held his hand through his many surgeries to help ease his congenital heart condition...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/31/18)
Today is Tuesday, July 31, the 212th day of 2018. There are 153 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 31, 1991, President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in Moscow...
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Prop. A bad for workers
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/31/18)
One way Missourians can make a good living is through the construction industry. My father raised our family through working construction in the Southeast Missouri area and now I'm doing the same for my family. We support other industries, too. We build the structure other businesses use to operate and we try to support local small business...
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Plenty of local success by Southeast Missouri baseball teams
(Editorial ~ 07/31/18)
While much of the baseball fandom in Southeast Missouri is watching the St. Louis Cardinals tread water near the .500 mark, and obsessed with roster moves, potential trades and Matt Carpenter's salsa, a couple of local summer teams in the area are proving to be serious contenders...
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Climb into his skin and walk around in it
(Column ~ 07/31/18)
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view -- until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." This is one of my favorite lines from "To Kill a Mockingbird." And everyone knows how much I Iove that book...
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Upstate N.Y. couple married 78 years die 2 days apart
(National News ~ 07/31/18)
DELMAR, N.Y. — An upstate New York couple born two years and two days apart and married 78 years died within two days of each other. According to their family, 98-year-old Evelyn Bennett Drake died July 20 and 100-year-old Gilbert Orzell Drake passed away two days later. ...
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Lost Boy Scout survived on bugs, bark for 37 hours in Wyoming mountains
(Community ~ 07/31/18)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- A 13-year-old boy who became separated from his Boy Scout group during a hiking trip in the Wyoming wilderness survived partly on bugs and tree bark for the nearly 37 hours he was alone. Searchers found Garrett Hunter of Draper, Utah, in good health about 10:15 p.m. Sunday after happening to camp near him for the night and calling out his name, according to Sublette County sheriff's Sgt. Travis Bingham...
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Former FEMA head of personnel accused of sexual misconduct
(National News ~ 07/31/18)
WASHINGTON -- The former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's personnel office had improper sexual relationships with subordinates and created a "toxic" work environment, including giving preferential treatment to his fraternity brothers, according to a summary of an internal investigation obtained Monday by The Associated Press...
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Manafort trial to focus on lavish lifestyle, not collusion
(National News ~ 07/31/18)
WASHINGTON -- The trial of President Donald Trump's onetime campaign chairman will open this week with tales of lavish spending, secret shell companies and millions of dollars of Ukrainian money flowing through offshore bank accounts and into the political consultant's pocket...
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MGM, Caesars racing to cash in on sports betting market
(National News ~ 07/31/18)
LAS VEGAS -- Two titans of the casino industry are racing to cash in on the newly created U.S. sports betting market, taking steps to expand their footprint and strengthen their positions as more states approve necessary regulations and people become more interested in legally gambling on pro and college sports...
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Poll: Young people looking to elect younger leaders
(National News ~ 07/31/18)
WASHINGTON -- Young people are looking for a change this election season -- a generational change. A poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and MTV found most Americans ages 15 to 34 think voting in the midterm elections gives their generation some say about how the government is run, and 79 percent of this group say leaders from their generation would do a better job running the country...
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Number of people ordered to flee wildfires hits 15K
(National News ~ 07/31/18)
REDDING, Calif. -- The number of people ordered to flee from two Northern California wildfires has swelled to 15,000, authorities said Monday as flames rolled toward several small towns in a rural area of lakes, forests and mountains. Elsewhere in the same region, firefighters were hopeful the state's largest and deadliest blaze of the year was slowing down after days of explosive growth...
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Trump: 'Certainly meet' with Iran's Rouhani
(National News ~ 07/31/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said Monday he'd "certainly meet" with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and without preconditions, if the Iranian leader were willing. Speaking during a joint news conference with Italy's premier, Trump said he would meet with the Iranians "anytime they want to."...
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Trump says 'no problem' shutting down government
(National News ~ 07/31/18)
WASHINGTON -- Unnerving fellow Republicans, President Donald Trump declared Monday he would have "no problem" shutting down the federal government this fall if Congress won't come up with more money for border security. Trump's threat, his second in two days, put him further at odds with his own party in Congress, where many Republicans are facing tough re-election fights this November. ...
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Out of the past: July 31
(Out of the Past ~ 07/31/18)
Yesterday, the National Weather Service revised the Cape Girardeau Mississippi River flood crest up one-half foot, to 49 feet; the river is still forecast to crest Thursday, barring any significant and prolonged rain to the north; the river at Cape Girardeau is at 46 feet...
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Attorney general sues after Missouri quarry drowning deaths
(State News ~ 07/31/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is suing the owners of an eastern Missouri quarry after two men died there this year. Hawley on Monday announced the lawsuit against The Offsets in the Mine La Motte area north of Fredericktown. He's asking a judge to close the site until the owners address safety concerns...
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Candidate with anti-gay views running for Missouri House
(State News ~ 07/31/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A candidate with anti-gay views is running for the Missouri House of Representatives. Hardy Billington, 65, is the only Republican candidate campaigning to represent Poplar Bluff, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Billington called legalizing same-sex marriage an "outrage" in a comment promoting his 2006 book. He also bought a newspaper ad in 2012 in support of an effort to ban the mention of homosexuality in public schools...
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Lawsuit filed in fatal duck boat sinking seeks $100 million
(State News ~ 07/31/18)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The owners and operators of a tourist boat that sank this month near Branson, Missouri, killing 17 people, put profits over people’s safety when they decided to put the Ride the Ducks boat on a lake despite design problems and warnings of severe weather, a lawsuit alleges...
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Road work 7/31/18
(Local News ~ 07/31/18)
Harmony lane to close for three weeks Harmony Lane in Jackson will be closed temporarily as part of a water distribution line replacement project, according to a news release from the city. City engineer Clint Brown said work will take approximately three weeks, weather and work permitting...
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'Shipwrecked' at Eisleben Lutheran Church
(Local News ~ 07/31/18)
Whitney Lee, 4, far right, holds a fish made from a popsicle stick and an outline of her hand Monday during crafts class at Eisleben Lutheran Church's vacation Bible school in Scott City.
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Elvira Lorenz
(Obituary ~ 07/31/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Elvira M. Lorenz, 85, of Farrar, Missouri, died Monday, July 30, 2018, at her home. She was born Nov. 20, 1932, in Perryville, daughter of Theodore and Ella Sticht Oehlert. She and Leonard J. Lorenz were married Feb. 27, 1954. He preceded her in death Sept. 2, 1980...
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Barbara DeLay
(Obituary ~ 07/31/18)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Barbara Jean DeLay, did Saturday, July 28, 2018, at her home in Glenallen, Missouri. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Grace Fellowship Church in Marble Hill. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the church, with the Rev. Monnie Jones officiating. Burial will be in the Baker Cemetery, near Marble Hill...
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Chalmer Blandford
(Obituary ~ 07/31/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Chalmer D. Blandford, 87, of Perryville died Sunday, July 29, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 11, 1931, in Highland, Missouri, son of John V. and Lydia Fassold Blandford. He and Norma J. Esselman were married May 26, 1953. She preceded him in death May 14, 2000...
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Speak Out 7/31/18
(Speak Out ~ 07/31/18)
Where are the sidewalks? On the corner across from Jackson Middle School a builder with permission of the city/aldermen is building a large apartment complex with no sidewalks on Route D (Independence) side nor the Broadridge side. Sidewalks extend a mile and more along these two routes to the swimming pool and Jackson Boulevard but are not being built along the two sides of this new construction. ...
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Prayer 7/31/18
(Prayer ~ 07/31/18)
O Heavenly Father, we praise you for you are the author of our faith. Amen.
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Cape Girardeau police report 7/31/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/31/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Assault n First-degree assault was reported at the 94 mile marker of Interstate 55. Theft n Robbery was reported in the 400 block of Bellevue Street...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 7/31/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/31/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Sunday n Medical assists were made at 7:26 a.m. on Good Hope Street, 9:50 a.m. on William Street, 11:59 a.m. on North Silver Springs Road, 12:04 p.m. on Noth Middle Street, 12:43 p.m. on South Park Avenue, 6:59 p.m. on Bloomfield Road and 8:08 p.m. on North Main Street...
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50 years on, McDonald's and fast-food evolve around Big Mac
(Community ~ 07/31/18)
NEW YORK -- McDonald's is fighting to hold onto customers as the Big Mac turns 50, but it isn't changing the makings of its most famous burger. The company is celebrating the 1968 national launch of the double-decker sandwich whose ingredients of "two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions and a sesame seed bun" were seared into American memories by a TV jingle. ...
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Old McKendree Chapel
(Column ~ 07/31/18)
In June, the City of Jackson Board of Aldermen designated Jackson's first local historic landmark. McKendree Chapel Memorial Foundation applied to have Old McKendree Chapel and Cemetery designated as the first landmark under the city's Historic Preservation Ordinance. The application was reviewed and recommended by the Historic Preservation Commission, a five-member citizen board established in 2017...
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The biggest watermelon from my grandpas garden
(Submitted Story ~ 07/31/18)
This is the biggest watermelon grown from my grandpas garden. It weighed 32lbs.
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Local student wins scholarship from Great Clips
(Submitted Story ~ 07/31/18)
Sikeston, Mo July 20, 2018- The General Manager and a Design Team presenter of the area Great Clips salons, recently awarded a $500 scholarship to Sydney Davis, a student at J. Larae' Cosmetology school. Sydney Davis of Gosnell, Arkansas and thousands of other cosmetology students across North America applied for the 2018 Great Scholarship. ...
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