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Hummingbird in my backyard
(Submitted Story ~ 07/18/16)
First hummingbird in my backyard for this year, found on July 16.
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18th Annual RSVP/VIC Golf Tournament
(Submitted Story ~ 07/18/16)
The 18th Annual Retired Senior Volunteer Program/Volunteer Intergenerational Center Golf Tournament was held at noon on Friday, July 15, at the Cape Jaycees Golf Course...
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Business notebook: Two tenants move on up with Codefi at Marquette Tower
(Business ~ 07/18/16)
The new offices of Codefi in the Marquette Tower have two new tenants. Integrated Managed Care Systems and Health Check Inc. have signed on to move into Codefi's rapidly- filling fifth-floor space in the Tower. The announcement denotes the success of Integrated Managed Care Systems since Lindy Duncan launched the company and began operating out of Codefi's offices less than a year ago. Duncan, a native of Chaffee, Missouri, has brought over 25 years of experience into his company...
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Council to vote on rental-unit inspection program, puts financial burden on landlords who have substandard housing
(Local News ~ 07/18/16)
The Cape Girardeau City Council will vote today on a measure that would establish a new, rental-housing inspection program that puts the financial burden on landlords who have substandard units. City staff earlier this year proposed a different inspection plan that sparked opposition from local landlords...
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Humane Society ICU nears installation; agency pares back other expansion plans
(Local News ~ 07/18/16)
Slowly but surely, changes are happening at the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri. Charlotte Craig, president of the not-for-profit agency's board of directors and a longtime volunteer, said a new, standalone intensive-care unit is finished being built by construction-management students at Southeast Missouri State University and should be delivered and installed in four to six weeks...
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Get in the ring: Indie-circuit wrestlers find satisfaction playing heroes, villains
(Local News ~ 07/18/16)
The tallest man milling about the Osage Centre 20 minutes before Cape Championship Wrestling's first standalone event Saturday night is Brad Fox. He's well north of 6 feet tall -- 6 feet, 6 inches by his own admission and 6-foot-8 according an online promo, with a fearsome shock of dark beard. Even with his long hair pulled back, Fox, 33, looks like a castaway or a Visigoth. His handshake is surprisingly gentle...
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3 Baton Rouge officers killed in shooting; suspect dead
(National News ~ 07/18/16)
BATON ROUGE, La. — A former Marine dressed in black and carrying extra ammunition shot and killed three Baton Rouge law-enforcement officers Sunday, less than two weeks after a black man was shot fatally by police here in a confrontation that sparked nightly protests that reverberated nationwide.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/18/16)
Today in History Today is Monday, July 18, the 200th day of 2016. There are 166 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 18, 1976, 14-year-old Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci, competing at the Montreal Olympics, received the first-ever perfect score of 10 with her routine on uneven parallel bars. (Comaneci would go on to receive six more 10s in Montreal.)...
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A safety net for farmers: Bob Smith of Progressive Farm Credit Services talks agricultural finance
(Business ~ 07/18/16)
Business Today: First, some background on you: Where did you grow up and go to school? Bob Smith: I was raised "mostly" in Oklahoma, as well as spending a few years in Missouri. While in high school, I spent summers working for my cousins on their grain farm in the Oklahoma panhandle. ...
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Area groups working together to reintroduce elk in Missouri
(Business ~ 07/18/16)
There was a time, over a century ago, when elk roamed freely throughout Missouri. Through a combination of urban progress, over-hunting and market hunting, the elk population in the state dwindled, and eventually died down to zero. In recent years, the Missouri Department of Conservation, with cooperation from the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, have returned elk to the region...
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Auctions, swap meets provide a venue to buy and sell locally-raised animals
(Business ~ 07/18/16)
The business of buying and selling animals is diverse in Southeast Missouri, ranging from livestock auctions to small animal swap meets. The Fruitland Poultry Small Animal Swap Meet is held the second Saturday of each month, according to Crista Meyer, one of the organization's committee members...
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Missouri delegation visits Cuba, hopes to create exchange of students, culture and business
(Business ~ 07/18/16)
Southeast Missouri State University president Carlos Vargas-Aburto says his recent trip to Cuba has left him excited about the possibility of future international cooperation between Cuba and Southeast Missouri. Vargas was part of a delegation that included Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and his wife, Georganne, and several other community leaders from various industries...
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Business briefs
(Business ~ 07/18/16)
NEW THEATER OPENS IN SIKESTON SIKESTON, Mo. -- The Malco Sikeston Cinema & Grill opened June 9 at 1218 Cinema Drive in Sikeston, off Highway 60 and Hennings Road in the Cotton Ridge Development, the Sikeston Standard Democrat reported. The theater has eight stadium-seating auditoriums, state-of-the-art Dolby 7.1 digital surround sound and 3-D projection. ...
- Names in the news (Business ~ 07/18/16)
- Health briefs (Business ~ 07/18/16)
- Business licenses (Business ~ 07/18/16)
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Tax liens
(Business ~ 07/18/16)
Cape Girardeau County Tax liens and lien discharges recorded at the office of Drew Blattner, recorder of deeds, during June are filed by the Missouri Department of Revenue, except as indicated by IRS designation. For more information, contact the recorder's office at (573) 243-8123...
- Bankruptcies (Business ~ 07/18/16)
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Prayer 7-18-16
(Prayer ~ 07/18/16)
O Lord God, may our lives glorify you, our Father in heaven. Amen.
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SB 921 will increase safety and accountability
(Editorial ~ 07/18/16)
Safety is a top priority for law enforcement and major concern for citizens. Sexual misconduct is among those concerns, particularly as it pertains to college campuses. Parents worry about their children, and students worry about being protected from danger and exploitation. A new law, Senate Bill 921, is a step toward greater security for all involved...
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Outsourcing public education
(Column ~ 07/18/16)
We ask a lot of our public schools. We ask that they not only educate children, but also transport them and feed them. Many provide before- or after-school care for students. We expect schools to serve students regardless of their learning needs. They must maintain buildings, parking lots and playing fields. When a teacher is sick, they have to find temporary staff to fill the gap...
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Speak Out 7/18/16
(Speak Out ~ 07/18/16)
If news events didn't move so quickly, David Limbaugh's claim to know more about what rises to the level of prosecutorial misconduct than the FBI and U.S. Justice Department combined would likely provoke a lot of controversy and public discussion over whatever the issue was because of the terrible police and anti-police tragedies...
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'Life of Pets' stays ahead of 'Ghostbusters'
(Entertainment ~ 07/18/16)
NEW YORK -- After months of prerelease debate, Sony Picture's female-led "Ghostbusters" reboot arrived in theaters as neither a massive success nor the bomb some predicted, as the much-scrutinized film opened with an estimated $46 million in North American theaters, second to the holdover hit "The Secret Life of Pets."...
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Out of the past: July 18
(Out of the Past ~ 07/18/16)
Construction workers digging an elevator shaft for L.J. Schultz Middle School hit a natural spring at the site. The incident slowed work for a short time, but installation of the elevator is back underway in the 77-year-old building. Desma Reno, a faculty member in the Department of Nursing at Southeast Missouri State University since 1981, has been appointed the new administrator for the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau...
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Births 7/8/16
(Births ~ 07/18/16)
Daughter to Shane Michael and Susan Marie Moss of Jackson, Southeast Hospital, 7:02 p.m. Friday, July 8, 2016. Name, Asher Shane. Weight, 8 pounds, 4 ounces. Third daughter. Mrs. Moss is the former Susan Friese, daughter of Karla Dolan of Oak Ridge and David Friese of Perryville, Missouri. Moss is the son of Richard and Karen Moss of Tamms, Illinois. He is employed by Mondi Inc...
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Donna Nenninger
(Obituary ~ 07/18/16)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Donna G. Nenninger, 64, of Marble Hill died Thursday, July 14, 2016, at Woodland Hills Nursing Center in Marble Hill. Graveside Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Baker Cemetery near Marble Hill, with the Rev. Aaron Allen officiating...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 7/18/16
(Local News ~ 07/18/16)
Cape Girardeau City Council City hall 401 Independence St. Study session: 5 p.m. today Items for discussion n Planning and Zoning Commission report n Stormwater, parks projects update and review Regular session, 7 p.m. Consent agenda n An ordinance to execute a state block-grant agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission to fund the promotion of scheduled passenger air service at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport...
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Harlem soon could have first Dominican-American in Congress
(National News ~ 07/18/16)
NEW YORK -- In an election year filled with debate over immigration, Adriano Espaillat hopes his personal story makes its own statement. After living at one point in the country without documentation, he could become the first Dominican-American in Congress...
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Community looks for economic boost from gun plant
(State News ~ 07/18/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A quiet Missouri River community steeped in Civil War history and small-town charm hopes a gun-making plant can fill an economic void created by a decade of manufacturing-job losses. Widely embraced in the heavily Republican community of Boonville, which is just off Interstate 70 in central Missouri, CMMG is seeking a $200,000 forgivable loan to move its 50 jobs from Fayette, about 15 miles to the northeast...
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Midwest braces for storms before heat wave
(State News ~ 07/18/16)
CHICAGO -- Weekend thunderstorms and at least two tornadoes that rolled through the Midwest are expected to give way to a blistering hot and sticky week. "It's going to feel the most uncomfortable it's felt all summer," Kevin Donofrio, a National Weather Service meteorologist in suburban Chicago, said of the expected heat wave...
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Chief: Taking steps in Cleveland to thwart terrorist attack
(National News ~ 07/18/16)
CLEVELAND -- Cleveland's chief of police said Sunday barricades have been placed at key streets and intersections in the city's downtown before the start of the Republican National Convention to thwart the type of attack that occurred in France when a man drove a large truck into crowds, killing 84 people...
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Trump ready to complete improbable rise at GOP convention
(National News ~ 07/18/16)
CLEVELAND -- A year ago, few imagined Donald Trump as a headline speaker at the Republican National Convention -- let alone as its star. Back then, maybe the billionaire New Yorker was alone in thinking he would arrive in Cleveland this week as the GOP's presumptive nominee for president. There still are some Republicans trying to stop him, but the party's four-day coronation of its unlikely White House hopeful will complete his rise from real-estate mogul to potential leader of the free world...
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Curing Florida's algae crisis will take time, money, science
(National News ~ 07/18/16)
STUART, Fla. -- The enormous algae outbreak that has coated swaths of Florida's St. Lucie River with guacamole-like sludge is a man-made affliction, arising from political and economic decisions made over the past 140 years. Chasing dollars, Florida land developers and their government allies broke nature's flow that used rivers, Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades to move water south from central Florida to the Florida Bay at the peninsula's tip...
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Crackdown following failed coup in Turkey raises concerns
(International News ~ 07/18/16)
ISTANBUL -- After a failed coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the government moved swiftly Sunday to shore up his power and remove those perceived as enemies, saying it has detained 6,000 people. The crackdown targeted not only generals and soldiers, but a swath of the judiciary that sometimes has blocked Erdogan, raising concerns the effort to oust him will push Turkey further into authoritarian rule...
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2 more arrests in Nice truck attack; 49 dead still not ID'd
(International News ~ 07/18/16)
NICE, France -- French authorities detained two more people Sunday and released the estranged wife of the slain Nice truck attacker from custody as they tried to determine whether he had been an Islamic extremist or just a very angry man. The Bastille Day carnage wrought by Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel on the seafront of this southern Mediterranean city claimed the lives of at least 84 people and wounded 202, including many tourists from other countries...
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Environmentalists, utilities keep close eye on coal-ash trial
(Business ~ 07/18/16)
RICHMOND, Va. -- Potentially dirtier rivers or possible higher electric prices. An upcoming federal court ruling in Virginia could have far-reaching effects on how energy companies dispose of coal-ash waste left over from decades of burning coal. Spurred by high-profile coal-ash spills and new federal regulations, utilities are grappling with the disposal of vast amounts of the heavy-metal-laced waste...
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Pokemon Go digital popularity is also warping real life
(Business ~ 07/18/16)
LOS ANGELES -- The Pokemon Go craze has sent legions of players hiking around cities and battling with "pocket monsters" on their smartphones. It marks a turning point for augmented reality, or technology that superimposes a digital facade on the real world...
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Germany's Bayer increases offer for seed company Monsanto
(Business ~ 07/18/16)
BERLIN -- German drug and chemicals firm Bayer says it has increased its offer for U.S. seed company Monsanto Co. to $125 per share from its initial bid of $122 per share. Bayer AG said last week the revised all-cash offer follows several weeks of talks with Monsanto...
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People on the move 7/18/2016
(Business ~ 07/18/16)
MaryAnn C. Hastings, CMPA, has joined the staff at SoutheastHEALTH as director of revenue cycle. Before joining SoutheastHEALTH, Hastings served as interim director of revenue cycle with JM Ventures in Nashville, Tennessee. She brings experience in revenue-cycle management, physician-practice management, hospital financial services, financial analysis and strategic planning to her new role at SoutheastHEALTH...
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Pieces of history: Cape Gun Show had a few collectors of firearms, war memorabilia
(Local News ~ 07/18/16)
Dozens of the firearms on display at the Arena Building over the weekend during the Cape Girardeau Gun Show were dated to the 1800s -- providing a tactile connection to the past for collectors who maybe valued provenance over firepower. Guns like the six-shooter on display at Jerry Halley's display. Halley, of Doniphan, Missouri, said the Smith & Wesson American pistol was made between 1872 and 1874...
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Community sports briefs
(Community Sports ~ 07/18/16)
Kenny Bramlett of Cape Girardeau carded his first career hole-in-one Friday at Cape Jaycee Municipal Golf Course. Bramlett used a 6-iron to ace No. 8, a par 3 playing 175 yards. Kegan Bramlett, Gabe Kensley and Brian Boyer witnessed the shot. Jeff Dewitt won the point series event at Dalhousie, finishing with a plus-11 using the Stableford system...
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Nation, world briefs 8/17/16
(National News ~ 07/18/16)
BEIJING -- Eight people in an eastern Chinese city died when the construction elevator they were in plummeted from an apartment building, the local government said Sunday. The Longkou city government in Shandong province said on its official microblog page the elevator fell from the 18th story of the building under construction. ...
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Police use Pokemon Go to lure fugitives
(National News ~ 07/18/16)
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Police are trying to lure fugitives with the popular Pokemon Go app. A post on the Manchester Police Department Facebook page announced police recently detected one of the more rare Pokemon characters in the booking area. The post invited those whose names appear on a list linked to the post to be "one of the lucky ones" to capture it. The list included names of more than 500 fugitives. Sgt. Eric Knight said Sunday the post had yet to net an arrest...
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Cape Girardeau police report 7/18/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/18/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest n A suspect was in custody pending charges of tampering with evidence, possession of a controlled substance, possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, driving while suspended and operating a vehicle without headlights...
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Patricia Rushin
(Obituary ~ 07/18/16)
Patricia L. "Pat" Rushin, 71, of Jackson died Sunday, July 17, 2016, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Carole McElmurry
(Obituary ~ 07/18/16)
Carole McElmurry, 77, of Scott City died Sunday, July 17, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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Doris Langston
(Obituary ~ 07/18/16)
Doris Ann Langston, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, July 17, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home...
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Barbara L. Dailey
(Obituary ~ 07/18/16)
ORAN, Mo. -- Barbara L. Dailey, 93, died Sunday at her home in Oran. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church in Oran. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the church. Burial will be at a later date. Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Oran is in charge of arrangements...
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Dallas Strong
(Submitted Story ~ 07/18/16)
During the days following the horrific events that took the lives of five police officers in Dallas, I had the privilege to take my two young children to this amazing city and witness how communities come together. While this tragedy shattered the lives of so many, what I witnessed was a community pulling together and growing stronger in the wake of this event...
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Food plots provide habitats and nutrition to attract wildlife, grow populations
(Business ~ 07/18/16)
In Missouri, a number of farmers have turned to food plots to help create a supplemental food source for wildlife, to help attract animals to their property and to help their populations grow for the purpose of aesthetics, recreational hunting and beyond...
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