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Jackson residents explore reviving Jaycees group
(Local News ~ 06/23/15)
Plans are being laid to bring a Jaycees chapter back to Jackson. Jaycees Region 8 district director Les Vannasdall is organizing an informational meeting for anyone interested in being a member at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Jackson Pizza Hut. "There already was a Jaycees chapter in Jackson some years ago, but it kind of faded out," Vannasdall said. "And we're trying to bring it back."...
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Chaffee native's discovery could help save transplant patients' lives
(Community ~ 06/23/15)
In 1973, Chaffee, Missouri, native Charlie Mantel earned a first-place ribbon at the Southeast Missouri Regional Science Fair for his research into the biochemical functions of the rosy gene in fruit flies. Now, more than 40 years later, a study conducted by Mantel and others at Indiana University has led to a discovery that could help save the lives of transplant patients...
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Man injured in motorcycle crash was fleeing police
(Local News ~ 06/23/15)
One man was injured when his motorcycle crashed near the 300 block of North Lorimier Street after fleeing a police officer Monday afternoon. Cape Girardeau Police Sgt. Adam Glueck said before the crash, an officer tried to stop the motorcyclist for excessive speed at 2:48 p.m.. When the man fled, the officer pursued him about two blocks before discontinuing the pursuit because of safety concerns, Glueck said...
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Cape school board relaxes student dress code
(Local News ~ 06/23/15)
The Cape Girardeau School Board on Monday relaxed the district's dress code and approved its budget for the 2015-2016 school year. The board discussed dress code changes recommended by district officials during a study session, then approved the changes with a 5-1 vote at its regular meeting...
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Former Southeast Missouri State player Gibson heats up with Class A Palm Beach Cardinals
(College Sports ~ 06/23/15)
Former Redhawk Derek Gibson was batting .352 entering Monday night's action.
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High water causes more problems, including port operations
(Local News ~ 06/23/15)
Floodwaters continued to rise in parts of Southeast Missouri on Monday as the Mississippi River neared a 43-foot crest forecast for late Tuesday afternoon. The river level at Cape Girardeau today could be the 10th-highest on record and will likely affect land in and around Cape Girardeau, Scott City, Chaffee and Commerce, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District, which initiated Phase II floodfighting activities Monday morning...
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Cape asking for projects for possible TIF district
(Local News ~ 06/23/15)
Before the city of Cape Girardeau can determine whether it should proceed with forming a tax-increment financing district, it is reaching out to developers possibly interested in downtown redevelopment projects through a request for proposals. The solicitation for requests comes almost three weeks after action by the city council authorized its distribution. ...
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Hybrid Daylily
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/23/15)
Fragrant Re-blooming Daylily. Blooms Summer-Autumn.
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Albino deer
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/23/15)
Another recent photo of the new Albino Deer caught on camera along County Road 620 in Cape Girardeau County.
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Spitfire and Mustang Stop for Fuel at Cape's Airport
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/23/15)
Got a call from a friend yesterday, tipping me off that these two WWII era fighters had taken a weather diversion/fuel stop at our airport. This Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVIIIe and it's companion, a North American P-51D Mustang were at KCGI just long enough for their pilots to have lunch and fuel their aircraft...
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Hwy 74 in Dutchtown
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/23/15)
This was Hwy 74 in Dutchtown at 5:30 on 6/22/15. Had I not been able to see the yellow lines, I would not have continued. Just within an 8hr period,the water had completely covered the road.
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Cremepuff's Day at the Park
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/23/15)
Whether it's playing in the park or snuggling with her favorite stuffed animal in my bed, she is my one-of-a-kind superhero!
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Always Smiling
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/23/15)
This is Cremepuff, my six-month old rabbit at the park. The picture explains it all, she had a blast!
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Nine Boys against the Mississippi River Wall
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/23/15)
Our daughter Karla and her husband David came to visit from Wi and brought six of their eleven sons. One of their two daughter's, Ellen, and her husband Randy came and brought their three sons. It was fun to have our grandsons and great-grandsons along with their parents visit...
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Governor: Removing Confederate flag will defy race hatred
(National News ~ 06/23/15)
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- South Carolina's governor declared Monday the Confederate flag should be removed from the Statehouse grounds, reflecting what she described as a new consensus the slaying of nine black churchgoers has changed what the banner stands for...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/23/15)
Today is Tuesday, June 23, the 174th day of 2015. There are 191 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On June 23, 1972, President Richard Nixon and White House chief of staff H.R. Haldeman discussed using the CIA to obstruct the FBI's Watergate investigation. ...
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Doniphan woman injured in Cape-area wreck
(Local News ~ 06/23/15)
A Doniphan, Missouri, woman was seriously injured in an accident Sunday evening outside Cape Girardeau. Just before 6:30 p.m. Sunday, a 2012 Dodge Caravan driven by Debra Lindsey, 54, of Doniphan was traveling north on Highway 25 near Route K. A 1999 Dodge Ram driven by Elijah King, 16, of Jackson turned into the path of the Caravan, causing the accident...
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How the U.S. can return to 4% growth
(Column ~ 06/23/15)
Editor's note: The following column originally appeared in Monday's Wall Street Journal. Economic growth in real terms is averaging a meager 2.2 percent annual rate in the 23 quarters since the recession's trough in June 2009. The consensus forecast of about 1 percent growth for the first half of this year offers little solace...
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Women's exercise group eliminates excuses
(Editorial ~ 06/23/15)
Who hasn't offered a million excuses for not adopting an exercise regime? We all have -- and most of them are good excuses, too: "I'm too busy." "I can't afford it." "What am I going to do with the kids?" Mothers, in particular, have a plethora of responsibilities, as they often fulfill the role of nurturer in the home, as well as working outside the home. ...
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Speak Out 6/23/15
(Speak Out ~ 06/23/15)
** Don't blame parents
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Lasers, magnetism allow glimpses of the human brain at work
(Community ~ 06/23/15)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut -- To the untrained eye, the graph looked like a volatile day on Wall Street -- jagged peaks and valleys in red, blue and green, displayed on a wall. But the story it told was not about economics. It was a glimpse into the brains of Shaul Yahil and Shaw Bronner, two researchers at a Yale lab, as they had a little chat...
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Doctors propose tool to help gauge the value of cancer drugs
(Community ~ 06/23/15)
The pushback against soaring cancer drug prices is gaining steam. A leading doctors' group on Monday proposed a formula to help patients decide whether a medicine is worth it -- what it will cost them and how much good it is likely to do. The move by the American Society of Clinical Oncology is the third recent effort to focus on value in cancer care...
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What are trans fats, and why are they unhealthy?
(Community ~ 06/23/15)
WASHINGTON -- You may not even know you are eating them, but trans fats will soon be mostly gone from your food. The Food and Drug Administration said it will require food companies to phase them out over the next three years because the agency says they are a threat to public health...
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Three from area to graduate from Highway Patrol class Friday
(Local News ~ 06/23/15)
On Friday, the Missouri State Highway Patrol Law Enforcement Academy will commission its 100th recruitment class. Thirty-two troopers will graduate on the south lawn of the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City, Missouri, before reporting for duty to their assigned troops July 13...
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Anthem reaffirms commitment to its $47 billion bid for Cigna
(National News ~ 06/23/15)
Anthem sees its more than $47 billion bid to buy rival Cigna as a way to muscle up on technology that helps consumers and to strengthen its rapidly growing Medicare Advantage business. Leaders of the Blue Cross-Blue Shield insurer reaffirmed Monday their commitment to getting a deal done a day after Cigna shot down the idea in a letter to Anthem's board...
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Out of the past: June 23
(Out of the Past ~ 06/23/15)
Randy Corse, park archaeologist, teaches fire-starting and other outdoor skills as part of a wilderness survival course at Trail of Tears State Park. Those skills, according to Corse, were used by prehistoric people. The commemorative plaques in Freedom Corner at Broadway and West End Boulevard have been removed for cleaning. ...
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Governors' trade missions have uneven record of success
(State News ~ 06/23/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Governors across the country have been packing their bags for all-expenses-paid trade missions abroad, spending taxpayer dollars on costly trips that have an uneven track record of yielding any tangible benefits for their states...
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For Missouri firm, trade trip brings sales but no big deals
(State News ~ 06/23/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Jesse Stricker was wowed from the moment he stepped off an airplane in Milan, Italy. A limousine was waiting to carry him to a luxury hotel. Then it was on to a formal restaurant, where Stricker found himself seated at a table with Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, sipping fine wine and sampling fabulous food...
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Martha Stewart Living acquired for $353 million
(National News ~ 06/23/15)
NEW YORK -- Martha Stewart single-handedly changed the game for home decorating and cooking in the late 1990s, becoming the "it" designer for all things domestic. But the announcement Monday of an acquisition of her media and merchandising empire in a deal that values the company at far less than it was worth in its glory days shows how much her brand has eroded over the years...
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Apple changes tune on royalties after Swift complains
(Entertainment ~ 06/23/15)
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Taylor Swift has Apple changing its tune. Hours after the pop superstar criticized the tech company in an open letter posted online, Apple announced Sunday it will pay royalties to artists and record labels for music played during a free, three-month trial of its new streaming music service...
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Bill Cosby's lawyers ask judge to toss out defamation suit
(Entertainment ~ 06/23/15)
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- A federal judge should throw out a defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby filed by three women accusing him of decades-old sex crimes because the remarks were personal opinions protected under the U.S. Constitution, his lawyers said Monday...
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Items are recovered from cabin in hunt for escaped murderers
(National News ~ 06/23/15)
BELLMONT, N.Y. -- Items recovered from a remote hunting cabin might be linked to a pair of convicted killers who escaped from a nearby prison more than two weeks ago, authorities said Monday as searchers swarmed rugged woods in the hamlet in far northern New York...
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Births 6/23/15
(Births ~ 06/23/15)
Daughter to Nicholas Marion and Emily Ann Steimle of New Hamburg, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 10:12 p.m. Monday, May 25, 2015. Name, Lucy Evelyn. Weight, 6 pounds 12 ounces. First child. Mrs. Steimle is the former Emily Roach, daughter of David Roach of Morehouse, Missouri, and Joe and Teri Yant of Morehouse. ...
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Billy Tate
(Obituary ~ 06/23/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Billy Martin Tate, 94, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, June 19, 2015, at the Missouri Veterans Home in St. Louis. He was born Nov. 9, 1920, in Campbell, Missouri, to John M. and Mamie Ezell Tate. He was a 1938 graduate of Campbell High School...
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Myrtle Hood
(Obituary ~ 06/23/15)
Myrtle E. Hood, 94, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, June 21, 2015, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Thursday, July 29, 1920, in Stoddard County, Missouri, to Simeon V. and Hattie Dixon Lewis. She and Raymond Clois Hood were married Saturday, March 16, 1940, at Bloomfield, Missouri...
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Norma Mahannah
(Obituary ~ 06/23/15)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Norma E. Mahannah, 97, of Chaffee, formerly of Pocahontas, passed away Sunday, June 21, 2015, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born Jan. 29, 1918, in Jackson, daughter of Arthur and Emma Kasten Kieninger. She was married to Orval Beck and later to Ray Mahannah. They both preceded her in death...
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Cape Girardeau police report 6/22/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/23/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Two 16-year-old boys were arrested on suspicion of shoplifting at Wal-Mart, 3439 William St. n Mattie Rider, 30, 536 S. Middle St., was arrested on suspicicion of stealing at Wal-Mart, 3439 William St...
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Republicans return donations from white supremacist
(National News ~ 06/23/15)
WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidates, GOP lawmakers and the lone black Republican in the House are returning donations from the leader of a white supremacist group cited by Charleston church murder suspect Dylann Roof or giving the money to charity...
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Obama says racism 'not cured,' makes point with epithet
(National News ~ 06/23/15)
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says the history of slavery is "still part of our DNA" in the United States, even if racial epithets no longer show up in polite conversation. He uttered the N-word in making his point. In an interview, Obama talked about debates over race and guns after the arrest of a white man in the racially motivated shootings of nine black church members in Charleston, South Carolina...
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Case continued in Gordonville slaying
(Local News ~ 06/23/15)
A man accused of shooting his stepdaughter appeared in Cape Girardeau County court Monday before Judge Benjamin Lewis. Ricky Schweain, 54, had his case continued after his attorney, Jennifer Slone, cited "a significant amount of discovery" in the case...
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Free cooking classes using seasonal produce offered
(Local News ~ 06/23/15)
The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department, in collaboration with the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center and the Healthy Communities Coalition, will offer free cooking classes later this summer. Participants will learn how to prepare healthy meals using seasonal produce from the garden or local farmers market...
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Three are seriously hurt in ATV crash
(Local News ~ 06/23/15)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- A driver and two children were thrown from an ATV during a weekend accident. Sarah E. Keene, 30, Brooklyn R. Linville, 6, and Carson J. Linville, 4, of Portageville, seriously injured during an accident at 6:45 p.m. Saturday on Highway TT at County Road 417, four miles southeast of Portageville...
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Man accused of shooting at vehicle appears in court
(Local News ~ 06/23/15)
A Cape Girardeau man facing charges after allegedly firing a weapon at a vehicle appeared in court Monday. Brandon King, 28, who had been scheduled to enter a plea, online court records show, had his case continued, but only after addressing the court...
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More rain for Missouri remains a concern
(State News ~ 06/23/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Rain-swollen rivers were cresting or starting to fall Monday across much of Missouri, but a National Weather Service flood expert warned more rain is on the way over the next several days, and the water could rise again. The Mississippi River south of St. Louis was expected to reach its high point today...
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Floodwaters cover Highway 74 at Dutchtown
(Local News ~ 06/23/15)
Rising floodwaters from the Diversion Channel of the Mississippi River have spilled over Highway 74 near the eastern city limits of Dutchtown. As of noon Monday, traffic was still moving through the water. In Dutchtown, a sign alerted eastbound motorists of water of the road...
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Suspect posts comment on police Facebook page before his arrest
(Local News ~ 06/23/15)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Despite a brag he "never ran from a gun" on a Poplar Bluff Police Facebook post seeking his whereabouts, Randy A. Wynn was apprehended without incident Monday. Authorities arrested Wynn, 31, of Poplar Bluff at 9:40 a.m. in front of the Black River Coliseum on suspicion of felonious restraint, armed criminal action, second-degree assault, unlawful possession of a firearm and a parole absconder warrant. Police had searched for Wynn since Saturday afternoon...
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Flooded highway
(Local News ~ 06/23/15)
Austin Decker, left, and John Taylor of SEMO Services cruise in a boat Monday along a flooded Highway C in Menfro, Missouri. Decker and Taylor, BNSF Railway workers, took an airboat along Bois Brule Creek to measure the depth of floodwater on the railroad tracks. The depth was five feet. Flooding from the Mississippi River caused problems all over Southeast Missouri. See story on 3A...
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Nation briefs 6/23/15
(National News ~ 06/23/15)
WASHINGTON -- Former U.S. representative Jesse Jackson Jr. returned to his family's Washington, D.C., home on Monday after leaving a halfway house where he had lived for several months after serving 2*½ years in prison for spending $750,000 in campaign money on personal items. ...
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Community sports briefs 6/23
(Community Sports ~ 06/23/15)
Karen Heisel recorded her third career hole-in-one Sunday at Kimbeland Country Club. Heisel used a pitching wedge to ace No. 12, a par 3 playing 72 yards. Witnesses were Nancy Kohl and Harriet Drusch. Chuck Wilson of Cape Girardeau carded his second career hole-in-one last week at Kimbeland Country Club...
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Wanda King
(Obituary ~ 06/23/15)
Wanda J. King, 70, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, June 18, 2015, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. John Dehne officiating...
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Mary Steinhoff
(Obituary ~ 06/23/15)
Mary L. Steinhoff, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, June 22, 2015, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home.
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Hemingway's Havana home to get $900,000 in improvements
(Entertainment ~ 06/23/15)
HAVANA -- A U.S. foundation will ship nearly $900,000 in supplies to build a state-of-the-art facility to preserve Ernest Hemingway's books, letters and photos -- the first major export of construction materials to Cuba since President Barack Obama loosened the trade embargo on the island...
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