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Representative Kathy Swan is Awarded Legislator of the Year by the Missouri School Counselor Association
(Submitted Story ~ 10/10/16)
The Missouri School Counselor Association honors Representative Kathryn Swan as Legislator of the Year for 2016. This award recognizes the work of a legislator who focuses on students and supports the work of school counselors in the State of Missouri...
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Burrito-Ville hosts #GiveBacktoCape event for The Safe House for Women
(Submitted Story ~ 10/10/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU— Local restaurant, Burrito-Ville, will hold a #GiveBacktoCape fundraising event on October 14 from 5-10 p.m. in support of The Safe House for Women. During Burrito-Ville’s #GiveBacktoCape event, 10 percent of all sales will be donated from 5-10 p.m., including food, gift certificates, t-shirts, beverages and alcohol. The money raised will go towards The Safe House for Women’s capital campaign fund to build a larger and more accessible shelter...
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Veteran's Day Extravaganza
(Submitted Story ~ 10/10/16)
A Veteran's Day Extravaganza will be held over Veteran's Day weekend (Nov. 11, 12, 13, 2016). We will have support booths for veterans such as someone to help them find a job or a place to live or to go back to school along with health services. We also will have vendors, bands, food and a silent auction to name a few other things...
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Trump highlights Bill Clinton accusers before debate
(National News ~ 10/10/16)
ST. LOUIS -- In a brazen move, Donald Trump met publicly Sunday night with several women who have accused Bill Clinton of unwanted sexual advances and even rape shortly before the Republican presidential nominee stepped on the debate stage with the former president's wife, Hillary Clinton...
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Clinton, Trump jab each other during tense debate
(National News ~ 10/10/16)
ST. LOUIS -- In a debate brimming with tension, Hillary Clinton declared Donald Trump's aggressively vulgar comments about women revealed "exactly who he is" and clearly demonstrated his unsuitability to be president. Firing back, Trump accused Clinton of attacking women involved in her husband's extramarital affairs and declared she would "be in jail" if he were president...
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Business notebook: Part of media center reflects its patriarch
(Business ~ 10/10/16)
Students are hard at work inside the Rust Center for Media, which began operating at the beginning of the fall semester. A dedication ceremony and open house took place Friday, showing the public the variety of activities going on inside. But one space remains relatively undiscussed, though it arguably is the most prominent feature of the building...
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Gala raises $150,000 for American Cancer Society
(Local News ~ 10/10/16)
The American Cancer Society's Gala on Saturday raised about $150,000, American Cancer Society development manager Cheryl Ellis said. About 550 people attended the event in the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport hangar, Ellis said. The theme of the gala was "Destination Cure," and private jets and luxury cars were featured around the main room...
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Students eligible for free, lower-priced lunches inch higher in region
(Local News ~ 10/10/16)
The percentage of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunches in local school districts has inched upward the past five years, indicating poverty has risen as well. In Cape Girardeau public schools, students with free-and-reduced eligibility ratcheted upward to well over 60 percent between 2012 and 2016, according to a district report card from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/10/16)
Today in History Today is Monday, Oct. 10, the 284th day of 2016. There are 82 days left in the year. This is Columbus Day in the United States, as well as Thanksgiving Day in Canada. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 10, 1966, the Beach Boys' single "Good Vibrations" by Brian Wilson and Mike Love was released by Capitol Records...
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Vital role of newspapers goes beyond print
(Column ~ 10/10/16)
Imagine waking up in a world without newspapers. "Ha!" You say, "I haven't gotten a newspaper in years." But I'm not talking about just the paper delivered by carriers or the postal service. I'm talking about the news online, the links on social media, the email newsletter, the source cited in the television broadcast and the push notification on your phone. The word newspaper no longer reflects the media industry encompassed by the word...
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Congrats to Mo. 4-H Hall of Fame inductee Mary Lou Kurtz
(Editorial ~ 10/10/16)
Almost 55 years after winning her first 4-H trophy, Mary Lou Kurtz of Cape Girardeau was inducted into the Missouri 4-H Hall of Fame at State Fair Community College in Sedalia. Her longtime involvement began at a young age, and she credits it with having a positive role in her life...
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Out of the past: Oct. 10
(Out of the Past ~ 10/10/16)
The Whitewater post office is among 20 small post offices in Missouri being relocated to new modular units. The specially constructed trailers are part of a pilot project to determine whether modular units are more cost-efficient than traditionally constructed buildings...
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Poll: Half of black youth face job discrimination
(National News ~ 10/10/16)
WASHINGTON -- Qymana Botts saw white colleagues with the same amount of experience getting promoted to cashier ahead of her at the Indiana discount store where she worked. When she asked her supervisors why, they told her she didn't project the image they wanted from their cashiers: straight hair -- not her natural Afro -- and more makeup...
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Martha Kamp
(Obituary ~ 10/10/16)
Martha L. Kamp, 87, of Jackson passed away Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 5, 1929, in Oak Ridge to John W. and Meta Engelmann Daume Sr. She and Elmer E. Kamp were married July 7, 1951, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit...
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Bail practices in Texas' biggest county under scrutiny
(National News ~ 10/10/16)
HOUSTON -- For university student Bryan Sweeney, the three days he spent at the Harris County Jail in Houston before he could pay his $10,000 bail for two misdemeanor charges, including for driving with a suspended license, cost him a chance to register for classes and graduate this summer...
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Pope names 17 cardinals: 3 of them U.S. moderates
(National News ~ 10/10/16)
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis named 17 new cardinals Sunday -- three of them American moderates, including Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich and Indianapolis Archbishop Joseph Tobin -- in a clear signal to the conservative U.S. church hierarchy he values pastors focused more on mercy than morals...
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Aid convoys arrive as Haiti gauges full extent of disaster
(International News ~ 10/10/16)
JEREMIE, Haiti -- A small airstrip at the edge of town hums with activity. Aid convoys are arriving from the capital, now that some roads washed out by Hurricane Matthew have been cleared. A barge carrying food and water is moored offshore. An international response is finally getting underway as Haitian authorities try to gauge the full extent of the staggering blow delivered by Hurricane Matthew, including hundreds dead and tens of thousands of homes obliterated...
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U.S. forces increasing Iraq footprint before Mosul operation
(International News ~ 10/10/16)
CAMP SWIFT, Iraq -- Thirteen years ago, Chase Snow's father was among the American troops who moved into the Iraqi city of Mosul during the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. Now Snow, a U.S. Army specialist, is deployed in Iraq to help in the fight to retake the city from the Islamic State group...
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Thousands march in Yemen after over 140 killed in airstrike
(International News ~ 10/10/16)
SANAA, Yemen -- Thousands of Yemenis marched in the capital Sanaa on Sunday to protest an airstrike a day earlier by the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite Houthi rebels, one of the deadliest attacks in the impoverished Arab country's civil war...
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Manhunt for German bomb plot suspect; 1 man in custody
(International News ~ 10/10/16)
BERLIN -- German police searched nationwide Sunday for a 22-year-old Syrian man believed to have been preparing a bombing attack who slipped through their fingers as they were closing in on him. They were questioning a second Syrian man on suspicion he was involved in the plot...
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Father: Suspect in officers' slaying wanted to shoot police
(National News ~ 10/10/16)
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- In the minutes before three Palm Springs officers were shot, two fatally, the suspected gunman's father told a neighbor his son was armed, "acting crazy" and wanted to shoot police. John Felix, 26, was arrested early Sunday after a lengthy standoff and faces charges, including two counts of murder on a peace officer...
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Rescues needed after Matthew inundates North Carolina
(National News ~ 10/10/16)
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- When Hurricane Matthew dumped torrential rains on North Carolina, thousands of people found themselves suddenly trapped in homes and cars. Rescuers in Coast Guard helicopters plucked some of them from rooftops and used military vehicles to reach others, including a woman who held onto a tree for three hours after her car was overrun by flood waters...
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Missouri gubernatorial candidates on workforce issues
(State News ~ 10/10/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster and Republican former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens will face off Nov. 8 in Missouri's gubernatorial election. The Associated Press asked the candidates by phone about several workforce issues...
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Columbia police union sues city over public records requests
(State News ~ 10/10/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A union representing Columbia police officers is suing the city after it refused to release some public records and asked for what the union called "exorbitant" fees to fulfill the request. The Columbia Police Officers Association filed the lawsuit Thursday. ...
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Neil Young rocks for 2 hours to open day 2 of Desert Trip
(Entertainment ~ 10/10/16)
INDIO, Calif. -- Neil Young performed for nearly two hours to open the second night of the Desert Trip music festival, matching the energy of band members half his age. Young started his set alone behind the piano, opening with "After the Gold Rush," accompanying himself on harmonica...
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Campaign to give workers paid sick leave gains momentum
(Business ~ 10/10/16)
NEW YORK -- The campaign to give workers paid time off when they're sick is picking up momentum. A bill that would give workers for the Illinois county that includes Chicago one hour of paid sick time for each 40 hours they work was up for a vote Wednesday...
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Agreement moves Missouri utility closer to merger
(Business ~ 10/10/16)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- A Joplin-based utility announced an agreement with Kansas regulators that could remove a final hurdle to the utility's $2.4 billion merger with a Canadian company. Empire District Electric Co. announced last week it had reached an agreement with the staff of the Kansas Corporation Commission...
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As U.S. adds 156,000 jobs, more are seeking employment
(Business ~ 10/10/16)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. employers added a decent 156,000 jobs in September, even while an influx of job-seekers lifted the unemployment rate slightly to 5 percent. The rise in people seeking work is an encouraging sign Americans are more optimistic about their prospects...
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World finance officials reject anti-trade attacks
(Business ~ 10/10/16)
WASHINGTON -- World finance officials said the answer to growing attacks on globalization is not to erect new trade barriers but do a better job of protecting workers who are harmed by free trade. The finance officials concluded three days of talks Saturday with sessions of the policy-making bodies of the 189-nation International Monetary Fund and its sister lending organization, the World Bank...
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People on the move 10/10/2016
(Business ~ 10/10/16)
Rodney Bridges, owner of Garber's Men's Wear in Cape Girardeau, was elected Sept. 1 to a one-year term as vice president of the board of directors of North West Buyers. With a membership of over 300 independent men's clothing stores, North West Buyers is the oldest and largest menswear buying group in the United States. The corporate offices are in Plymouth, Minnesota...
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78-point win means big dining discount
(National News ~ 10/10/16)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- A steakhouse got more sizzle than it bargained for out of a college football promotion. Ruth's Chris Steak House in Ann Arbor announced on its Facebook page Friday, customers would receive a percentage off their total food bill equal to the final winning point differential in the latest University of Michigan football game. Then came Michigan's 78-0 drubbing of Rutgers on Saturday. The Facebook posting capped the discount at 50 percent...
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Display of rare items marks 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor
(National News ~ 10/10/16)
NATICK, Mass. -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared it a "date which will live in infamy" -- and three-quarters of a century later, relics from that audacious attack still conjure strong emotions. A new exhibition commemorating the 75th anniversary of the audacious Pearl Harbor attack that drew the United States into World War II is opening at a private museum west of Boston. ...
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Dixie Rowe
(Obituary ~ 10/10/16)
Dixie Rowe, 85, of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, at Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Cape Girardeau fire report 10/10/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/10/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Friday n Medical assists were made at 1:33 a.m. on William Street; 1:55 a.m. on Albert Street; 9:47 a.m. on Westwood Drive; 12:39 p.m. on Independence Street; 12:44 p.m. on Ritter Drive; 1:43 p.m. on Kingsway Drive; 11:23 p.m. on North West End Boulevard; and 11:38 p.m. on South West End Boulevard...
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Jackson police report 10/10/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/10/16)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Summonses n Adam W. Holloway, 37, of Jackson was issued a summons for failure to register a motor vehicle. n Fenix M. Vandeveer, 18, of Jackson was issued summonses for failure to register a motor vehicle and failure to maintain insurance...
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Cape Girardeau police report 10/10/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/10/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Alec M. Sebastian, 22, no address given, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident at North Water Street and Broadway...
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Prayer 10/10/16
(Prayer ~ 10/10/16)
Lord God, protect us in our travels, keeping us in the palm of your hand. Amen.
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Delores Riney
(Obituary ~ 10/10/16)
Helen Delores Riney, 91, passed away Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, at her home in Jackson. She was born June 19, 1925, in St. Louis County, daughter of Roy and Elizabeth Upshaw Ritchey. She and Melvin J. Riney Sr. were married July 22, 1944, in St. Louis, Missouri...
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