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Boy Scout panel OKs end to blanket ban on gay adults
(National News ~ 07/28/15)
NEW YORK -- The Boy Scouts of America on Monday ended its blanket ban on gay adult leaders while allowing church-sponsored Scout units to maintain the exclusion for religious reasons. The new policy, aimed at easing a controversy that has embroiled the Boy Scouts for years, takes effect immediately. It was approved by the BSA's National Executive Board on a 45-12 vote during a closed-to-the-media teleconference...
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Child hit in neck by stray bullet along Interstate 55
(Local News ~ 07/28/15)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- A child was wounded Saturday when her family's vehicle apparently was accidentally shot while traveling along Interstate 55. About 6:30 p.m., personnel from a hospital in Blytheville, Arkansas, contacted the Pemiscot County Sheriff's Department, advising officers an 11-year-old girl was being treated in their emergency room for a gunshot wound to the neck. The family reported to authorities the shooting had occurred on Interstate 55 near the 2-mile marker in Missouri...
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Local chapter of NAACP is reactivated
(Local News ~ 07/28/15)
Cape Girardeau's chapter of the NAACP is returning from a second period of inactivity, and its supporters are hopeful outreach through churches and other means can revive the community's interest in the organization. The NAACP Chapter 4058 in Cape Girardeau recently became led by Bill Colon, who serves as the chapter's president and presides over monthly meetings at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. ...
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Capahas stay alive at NBC World Series with win over Wichita Alumni
(Community Sports ~ 07/28/15)
The Cape Girardeau team won 13-5 via the eight-run rule a day after a humiliating 21-run loss.
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Cape's band shell to be named after longtime musician
(Local News ~ 07/28/15)
The Cape Girardeau Municipal Band Shell is set to be named after its most tenured member and beloved trombone player. Dr. Dan Cotner, known as Cape Girardeau's own River City Music Man, will be honored in a special ceremony Wednesday, just before the weekly concert...
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Central graduate Cavaness to sign with Minnesota Twins organization
(Community Sports ~ 07/28/15)
The outfielder had been playing for an amateur team in Oregon this summer.
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Hoodoos
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/28/15)
Bryce Canyon National Park and the famous hoodoos.
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Americans with Disabilities Act marks first quarter-century
(Community ~ 07/28/15)
It has been 25 years since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and while advancements have been made over the years, some say there still is room for improvement moving forward. Miki Gudermuth, founder and executive director of SEMO Alliance for Disability Independence in Cape Girardeau, said the ADA has increased accessibility to places such as grocery stores, schools and restaurants...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/28/15)
Today is Tuesday, July 28, the 209th day of 2015. There are 156 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On July 28, 1945, a U.S. Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York's Empire State Building, killing 14 people. The U.S. Senate ratified the United Nations Charter by a vote of 89-2...
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Study: Women with mild memory problem worsen faster than men
(Community ~ 07/28/15)
WASHINGTON -- Older women with mild memory impairment worsened about twice as fast as men, researchers reported Tuesday as part of an effort to unravel why women are especially hard-hit by Alzheimer's. Nearly two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer's are women...
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Jackie Hengst
(Obituary ~ 07/28/15)
Jackie Hengst, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, July 26, 2015, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Dec. 8, 1941, in Cape Girardeau to Lester and Ethel Maevers Hengst. He and Mary Evelyn Adams were married Aug. 5, 1967, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau...
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Evelyn English
(Obituary ~ 07/28/15)
Evelyn Lonelle English, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, July 26, 2015, at her home. She was born May 15, 1922, in Ridgley, Tennessee, to Harry Marberry and Clemmie Dennison Holmes. She and William Rudolph English were married Dec. 24, 1944. He died July 27, 2004...
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Louise Glueck
(Obituary ~ 07/28/15)
Louise A. Glueck, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, July 27, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Dec. 5, 1921, in Cape Girardeau to Joseph W. and Ida Gross Fischer. She and Virgil William Glueck were married April 13, 1939, in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death in 1983...
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Doris Grebe
(Obituary ~ 07/28/15)
Doris Marie Grebe, 87, of Jackson passed away peacefully into Jesus' loving arms Monday, July 27, 2015, at Monticello House in Jackson. She was born April 19, 1928, in Oak Ridge, daughter of Walter H. and Freda Barks Martin. She first married Freeman Henson, who passed away in September 1953. From this union, two daughters were born. She later married Louis Grebe, who preceded her in death in June 1988...
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Leonard Holman Jr.
(Obituary ~ 07/28/15)
Leonard W. Holman Jr., 59, of Columbia, Illinois, passed away Saturday, July 25, 2015, at Memorial Hospital in Belleville, Illinois. He was born June 27, 1956, in Fairfax, Missouri. He married Judy Brock. Leonard was a real estate agent/broker with Coldwell Banker Nester Realty in Columbia and had been employed with Luhr Bros. Construction Co. in Columbia...
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Worldwide strengthening El Nino giveth and taketh away
(National News ~ 07/28/15)
WASHINGTON -- In California, they're counting on it to end an historic drought; in Peru, they've already declared a pre-emptive emergency to prepare for devastating flooding. It's both an economic stimulus and a recession-maker. And it's likely to increase the price of coffee, chocolate and sugar...
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Joseph Heskett
(Obituary ~ 07/28/15)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Joseph Harding "Joe" Heskett, 91, of Advance passed away Sunday, July 26, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 13, 1923, in Horn Beak, Tennessee, to William Harold and Anna Farris. He and Rose Annetta Best were married Dec. 6, 1947, in St. Louis. She preceded him in death Sept. 13, 2014...
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Hettie Welker
(Obituary ~ 07/28/15)
Hettie Delyle Brown Welker, 94, of Estero, Florida, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, July 25, 2015, in Estero. She was born in 1921 in Hollywood, Dunklin County, Missouri, daughter of William Clarence and Maude Branum Brown. Called Delyle, she was a dearly loved daughter, sister, wife, mother and friend. She spent her working life as a hairdresser in Cape Girardeau and Poplar Bluff, Missouri...
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Out of the past: July 28
(Out of the Past ~ 07/28/15)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Eldon Ziegenhorn, who served as a Scott County commissioner for 18 years before retiring due to ill health in 1989, dies at a Cape Girardeau hospital at age 67. A stroke in October 1988, a month before he was elected without opposition to a new commission term, made Ziegenhorn unable to perform his official duties...
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Joseph Sullivan
(Obituary ~ 07/28/15)
Joseph Thomas Sullivan, 84, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, July 26, 2015, at Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 26, 1930, in Cape Girardeau, son of Richard A. and Ida Agusta Wendell Sullivan. He married the love of his life, Marcella "Marcie" Scharenborg, on Feb. 15, 1958, at St. John's Catholic Church in Leopold, Missouri...
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Jeffrey Keim
(Obituary ~ 07/28/15)
Jeffrey Lynn Keim, 45, of Whitewater passed away Friday, July 24, 2015, at his home. He was born Sept. 5, 1969, at Hannibal, Missouri, son of Edward Henry and Helen Callaghan Keim. He and Robin Lynn Knutson were married March 16, 2007, at Zion Methodist Church near Gordonville...
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Illinoisans feel pain as budget impasse drags on
(State News ~ 07/28/15)
CHICAGO -- As she drops off her 4-year-old son at a Chicago day care to head for a job she loves, Stacy Rutledge wonders how she'll keep doing it once she loses her state-subsidized child care. A few miles away, 80-year-old Helen King worries what she'll do if another heat wave hits, and her electricity has been shut off because she no longer gets help paying the bill...
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch movie critic dies in one-car accident
(State News ~ 07/28/15)
ST. LOUIS -- The longtime movie critic for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has died in a one-car accident. Joe Williams died Sunday night in Jefferson County, south of St. Louis. Williams, 56, was a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. He had been at the Post-Dispatch since 1997 and had been film critic since 2000...
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NSA will stop looking at old U.S. phone records
(National News ~ 07/28/15)
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has decided the National Security Agency soon will stop examining -- and ultimately will destroy -- millions of American calling records it collected under a program leaked by former agency contractor Edward Snowden...
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Some immigrant students face doubt over state college aid
(State News ~ 07/28/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- With the fall semester set to begin in weeks for many Missouri colleges and universities, students whose parents brought them illegally to the U.S. still face uncertainty regarding financial aid. At issue are two pieces of legislation passed by the state's Republican-led Legislature this session: one blocking the A+ Scholarship from going to those immigrants and another that sought to require schools to charge those students their international rate of tuition...
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Judge says she did not involuntarily commit theater gunman
(National News ~ 07/28/15)
CARROLLTON, Ga. -- The gunman responsible for last week's deadly attack in a Louisiana movie theater was delivered by deputies to a hospital for a mental evaluation in 2008 after his family said he was a danger to himself and others. But the judge who ordered John Russell Houser detained said Monday she did not have him involuntarily committed, which may explain why he legally was able to buy the gun he used to kill two people and wound nine others before killing himself...
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March, civil disobedience planned in Ferguson next month
(State News ~ 07/28/15)
FERGUSON, Mo. -- A silent march and a day of civil disobedience are among the events being planned for next month in Ferguson to mark the first anniversary of the fatal shooting of a black 18-year-old by a white police officer, an event that galvanized the "Black Lives Matter" movement...
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Experts: Time is an enemy in solving Bobbi Kristina's death
(Entertainment ~ 07/28/15)
In the months since Bobbi Kristina Brown was found face-down in a bathtub at her home in suburban Atlanta until her death in hospice care Sunday, time has worked against forensic pathologists and police investigators tasked with solving how and why she died...
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Obama calls GOP criticism of Iran deal 'ridiculous'
(National News ~ 07/28/15)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- President Barack Obama rebuked Republican White House hopefuls Monday, calling their attack on his nuclear deal with Iran "ridiculous if it weren't so sad." Standing before television cameras during a trip to Africa, Obama suggested the rhetoric from some candidates was an attempt to divert attention from Donald Trump, the wealthy businessman turned presidential contender whose popularity is confounding the GOP field...
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Woman's body found in Pemiscot County floodwaters
(Local News ~ 07/28/15)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- A body was found floating in floodwaters Sunday night in Pemiscot County. Police received call at 7 p.m. Sunday of a van stuck in a bean field and a body floating in floodwaters off County Road 553, southeast of Caruthersville, according to a news release from the Pemiscot County Sheriff's Office...
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Acting lessons for children
(Local News ~ 07/28/15)
Hevan Leon, left, instructs Theo Osborn to "freeze" while playing a creative game during the Acting 101 summer workshop for children Monday at On Cue Performing Arts Studio in Cape Girardeau.
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Squirrels' season ends in regional semifinals
(Community Sports ~ 07/28/15)
The Charleston Fighting Squirrels put up a late fight but came up short in their quest to advance to the Senior Babe Ruth World Series for a third straight season Monday. Hopkins, Minnesota, rallied from a 2-1 deficit with three runs in the top of the fifth inning and hung on for 4-2 win against the Squirrels in a semifinal of the Midwest Plains Regional at Battershell Field in Lyons, Kansas...
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Wong powers Cardinals with grand slam
(Professional Sports ~ 07/28/15)
The second baseman accounted for all of St. Louis' runs in a 4-1 victory over the Reds.
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Realtors support water issue
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/28/15)
On Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at our monthly meeting, members of the Cape Girardeau County Board of REALTORS unanimously voted to support the 2015 Water Bond Issue that will be on the City of Jackson August ballot. REALTORS are here to protect and serve property owners. ...
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Road work 7/28/15
(Local News ~ 07/28/15)
U.S. 62 in Scott County reduced for traffic signal work U.S. 62 in Scott County, at its junction with Pine Street, will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform traffic signal work. According to a MoDOT news release, the work will be performed today through Thursday, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily...
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New interpretive plaques at the floodwall murals
(Local News ~ 07/28/15)
Chuck Martin, left, executive director of the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Kevin Taylor, development and resources coordinator with Old Town Cape, install a newly designed interpretation board Monday at the Mississippi River Tales mural on Water Street in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Woman admits making up story about shooting
(State News ~ 07/28/15)
Woman admits making up story about shooting ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis police say a woman who claimed she and a 3-year-old girl were injured in a drive-by shooting is admitting she lied about the details of what happened. The woman first told police she and the girl were on the front porch of a home when someone in a black Pontiac Grand Prix shot at them early Monday...
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Man shot after driving at police gets 5 years in prison
(State News ~ 07/28/15)
Man shot after driving at police gets 5 years in prison CLAYTON, Mo. -- A shoplifting suspect who was shot and wounded by a suburban St. Louis police officer earlier this year has been sentenced to five years in prison. The St. Louis County prosecutor's office says 42-year-old Darnell Wilson pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree assault on a law enforcement officer, felony stealing and resisting arrest...
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Columbia tests bench that charges electronic devices
(State News ~ 07/28/15)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Columbia is offering the public an unusual way to charge their electronic devices. A wood and metal bench in front of City Hall, called a Soofa, has an attachment that will charge electronic devices...
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2 dead in St. Louis drive-by shooting
(State News ~ 07/28/15)
ST. LOUIS -- The homicide total in St. Louis for 2015 has reached 111 after two men in their 20s were killed in a drive-by shooting. The shooting happened Sunday night in north St. Louis. Police Maj. Ronnie Robinson said authorities believe a lone gunman opened fire from a vehicle, killing the two men...
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Nation briefs 7/28/2015
(National News ~ 07/28/15)
URBANA, Md. -- An apparently homeless Virginia man fatally stabbed a South Korean missionary and seriously wounded his wife at a Maryland church retreat center, authorities said Monday. Song Su Kim, 30, of Falls Church, Virginia, was charged in Frederick County, Maryland, with first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree attempted murder and two counts of assault. ...
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Former 41-pound fat cat in slims down
(National News ~ 07/28/15)
DALLAS -- A former 41-pound cat dubbed "Skinny" has lost more than half of his weight to become the darling of a veterinary clinic. Dr. Brittney Barton said the orange tabby she adopted in 2013 has slimmed to 19 pounds with exercise and a special diet. Barton calls Skinny the "resident cat" at her practice, HEAL Veterinary Hospital. The vet said Skinny, found abandoned near Dallas in 2012 and ending up at a shelter, just had his annual checkup, and he's healthy...
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Mayor's corner: Transportation Trust Fund
(Column ~ 07/28/15)
Our citizens will be asked Aug. 4 to cast votes on extending the existing half-cent sales tax for street improvements for an additional five years (2016-2020). This issue deserves a YES vote. The Transportation Trust Fund was originally established and approved by voters in 1995. ...
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Lellia Farris
(Obituary ~ 07/28/15)
ULLIN, Ill. -- Lellia Christine Dailey Farris, 74, of Ullin, formerly of Tamms, Illinois, died Monday, July 27, 2015, at the home of a daughter and son-in-law. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Jones Funeral Home in Tamms. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Clint Nale officiating. Burial will be in Provo Cemetery near Tamms...
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Jackson police report 7/28/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/28/15)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Theft n Theft was reported in the 700 block of Broadridge Drive. Burglary n Burglary was reported in the 800 block of East Washington Street. Miscellaneous...
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Cape Girardeau police report 7/28/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/28/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Kenneth D. Wren, 39, 1204 S. Ellis St., was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for felony domestic. n Deshawn M. Smith, 20, 36 N. Pindwood Lane, was arrested on a Cape Girardeau city warrant for failure to appear for trespassing (x2)...
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Scott City fire report 7/28/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/28/15)
Scott City The Scott City Fire Department responded to the following calls. July 17 n At 3:50 p.m., medical assist on Bill Bess Road. n At 5:05 p.m., a natural cover fire on County Highway 205 and Route M. July 18 n At 3:15 p.m., medical assist on East Mar Elm Street...
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Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's report 7/27/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/28/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Jarred M. Graves, 34, of Chaffee, Missouri, was arrested on suspicion of domestic assault. n Anthony P. Hill, 41, of Monroe, Louisiana, was arrested on suspicion of driving while revoked...
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Jackson fire report 7/27/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/28/15)
Jackson The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls: Saturday n An EMS call at Bristol Drive. Sunday n An EMS call at Ridge Road.
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Prayer 7/28/15
(Prayer ~ 07/28/15)
O Lord, may we hasten and not delay to obey your commands. Amen.
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Achieving citizenship requires much preparation, support
(Editorial ~ 07/28/15)
Becoming an official United States citizen is the dream of many an immigrant, but it's no small task. It requires demonstrating an understanding of the English language, knowledge of U.S. government and an interview with a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officer. Cape Girardeau Adult Education and Literacy program provides classes to help make the citizenship dream a reality for aspiring Americans...
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'A Plan of Action' to build an Iranian bomb
(Column ~ 07/28/15)
The "Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action" between the U.S., European Union, France, Germany, UK, Russia, China and the Islamic Republic of Iran, with a stated purpose to "ensure that Iran's nuclear programme will be exclusively peaceful" will provide Iran with the tools to enable it to transition rapidly to a nuclear weapons program at a time of its choosing...
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