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Youth Writing Contest Deadline Extended
(Submitted Story ~ 02/21/17)
The deadline for submissions to the Ozark Writers League Youth Writing Contest for ages 12 – 18 has been extended to March 10, 2017. There is no entry fee...
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Consultant seeks 20 retailers to Cape, Jackson area
(Local News ~ 02/21/17)
A Dallas-based retail consultant hopes to help attract new retailers to the Cape Girardeau and Jackson market. Jason Claunch, president of Catalyst Commercial Inc., told the Cape Girardeau City Council on Monday his firm has identified 20 retail companies it is attempting to recruit to the area. Claunch did not identify the retailers during the study session...
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Apparent punch at girls basketball game propels lawmaker into action
(Local News ~ 02/21/17)
An apparent sucker punch thrown by a Van Buren, Missouri, girls basketball player during a game has gained the attention of a local lawmaker who says legislation is needed to make state athletic officials report the scope of such incidents to the joint committee on education...
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Not spring yet: Forecasters don't count out late-winter snowstorm despite mild temperatures now
(Local News ~ 02/21/17)
Though much of the Midwest has seen unseasonably warm and dry weather so far this winter, frozen precipitation can't be ruled out for the rest of this season, said Kevin Smith, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky. "Right now, through March 5, we're still looking at above-normal temperatures," Smith said, although this weekend, Saturday's low is predicted to approach 31 degrees Fahrenheit. But by Monday, temperatures are expected to climb back into the 60s...
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Drugs vanish at some VA hospitals
(National News ~ 02/21/17)
WASHINGTON -- Federal authorities are stepping up investigations at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers because of a sharp increase in opioid theft, missing prescriptions or unauthorized drug use by VA employees since 2009, according to government data obtained by The Associated Press...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/21/17)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2017. There are 313 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 21, 1947, inventor Edwin H. Land publicly demonstrated his Polaroid Land camera, which used self-developing film to produce a black & white photograph in 60 seconds...
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Congrats to UCONN on 100th consecutive win
(Column ~ 02/21/17)
I cannot believe I'm writing this. Praise of basketball from me is no surprise. Praise of women's basketball is expected. But praise of the UCONN women's basketball program? Unheard of! But here I am -- because what the team accomplished last week merits acknowledgment, even from this former player and coach, even if I have to grit my teeth while acknowledging it. This team just celebrated its 100th consecutive win!...
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Prayer 2/21/17
(Prayer ~ 02/21/17)
Father God, we praise you, for you are our Creator, the potter who molds the clay. Amen.
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Questions about shooting
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/21/17)
I am Andrew McLendons' mother-in-law. "The shots entered McLendon's body at a DOWNWARD ANGLE on his FRONT SIDE." Front side...I think we deserve a little bit more detail than this. DOWNWARD ANGLE...now I'm really confused. It is your job and responsibility to investigate, inform, and question even if it is out of the norm to do so. ...
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'Big River' returns to River Campus for anniversary
(Editorial ~ 02/21/17)
Ten years later, "Big River" returns to Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus. This anniversary special will be performed in the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall, on the stage where it was performed in 2007 in what was the hall's first-ever show. Beginning Wednesday and continuing through Sunday, the production based on Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" classic will wow audiences and take us back in time...
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Joan Jones
(Obituary ~ 02/21/17)
Betty Joan Chapman Jones, 76, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, on June 14, 1940, to Besse D. and Frank Chapman. On July 15, 1978, she married the love of her life, Gerald L. Jones, in Memphis, Tennessee...
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Jack DeVore
(Obituary ~ 02/21/17)
Jackie Lee "Jack" DeVore, 75, of Jackson, formerly of Whitewater, passed away Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, at his home. He was born Nov. 24, 1941, in Cape Girardeau, son of Ira Lee and Glenda "Azalea" Slinkard DeVore. He and Janice Ann Copman were married Feb. 19, 1960...
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Lillie May
(Obituary ~ 02/21/17)
FARMINGTON, Mo. -- Lillie Virginia May of Farmington was born Sept. 11, 1953, in St. Louis, to the late James H. And Kathleen (Locke) May and passed away Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, at the age of 63. Lillie grew up in Bonne Terre, Missouri, and graduated from North County High School in 1971. She received an associate's degree from Mineral Area College and went on to Southeast Missouri State University to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in 1977...
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Atlanta, other cities eye test tracks for self-driving cars
(National News ~ 02/21/17)
ATLANTA -- Self-driving vehicles could begin tooling down a bustling Atlanta street full of cars, buses, bicyclists and college students, as the city vies with other communities nationwide to test the emerging technology. Atlanta would become one of the largest urban areas for testing self-driving vehicles if plans come together for a demonstration as early as September...
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AP, other media ask judge to order release of iPhone records
(National News ~ 02/21/17)
WASHINGTON -- The Associated Press and two other news organizations asked a judge Monday to force the federal government to reveal how much it paid for a tool to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California, shooters. The news organizations said in a court filing there was "no adequate justification" for the FBI to continue to withhold information on the cost of the tool or the identity of the vendor that sold it...
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Teen suicide attempts fell as same-sex marriage became legal
(National News ~ 02/21/17)
CHICAGO -- Teen-suicide attempts in the U.S. declined after same-sex marriage became legal, and the biggest effect was among gay, lesbian and bisexual teens, a study found. The research found declines in states that passed laws allowing gays to marry before the Supreme Court made it legal nationwide...
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Out of the past: Feb. 21
(Out of the Past ~ 02/21/17)
PATTON, Mo. -- The Meadow Heights School District is asking voters to approve a tax hike or face budget cuts, including school programs and athletic teams; on April 7, voters will be asked to raise the tax rate 98 cents. If the measure fails, school programs totaling $113,000 will be cut...
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Utah's anesthesia abortion law unenforced
(National News ~ 02/21/17)
SALT LAKE CITY -- Last year, Utah enacted a first-in-the-nation law requiring that fetuses receive anesthesia or painkillers before elective abortions starting at 20 weeks gestation. Nine months later, the only licensed clinic providing those abortions in the state said no changes have been made in how doctors perform the procedures...
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Russia's ambassador to United Nations falls ill, dies at 64
(National News ~ 02/21/17)
NEW YORK -- Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, a veteran diplomat known as a potent, savvy, yet personable voice for his country's interests who could both spar and get along with his Western counterparts, fell ill and died suddenly Monday in his office at Russia's U.N. mission...
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Trump tries to move past controversies, toward legislating
(National News ~ 02/21/17)
WASHINGTON -- As President Donald Trump begins his second month in office, his team is trying to move past the crush of controversies that overtook his first month and make progress on health-care and tax overhauls long sought by Republicans. Both issues thrust Trump, a real-estate executive who never has held elected office, into the unfamiliar world of legislating...
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Conservative group cancels speech by Yiannopoulos
(National News ~ 02/21/17)
LOS ANGELES -- Right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos was disinvited to this year's Conservative Political Action Conference after his attempt to clarify past comments on relationships between boys and older men fell flat with organizers. Hours later, his publisher cancelled his book "Dangerous," which had been scheduled to come out in June...
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Special delivery: U.S.-born panda cub Bao Bao bound for China
(National News ~ 02/21/17)
WASHINGTON -- The National Zoo is packing up its American-born panda cub Bao Bao for a one-way flight to China, where the 3-year-old eventually will join a panda-breeding program. The cub won't have to worry about finding overhead bin space or dealing with a talkative seatmate on the 16-hour, nonstop flight this afternoon into Wednesday. She'll be the only panda on the plane, traveling with a keeper and a veterinarian...
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Trump taps military strategist as national security adviser
(National News ~ 02/21/17)
PALM BEACH, Fla. --President Donald Trump tapped Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, a prominent military strategist known as a creative thinker, as his new national-security adviser, replacing the ousted Michael Flynn. Trump announced the pick Monday at his Palm Beach club and said McMaster is "a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience."...
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Supreme Court weighs case of Mexican boy slain across border
(National News ~ 02/21/17)
WASHINGTON -- Sixty feet and the U.S-Mexico border separated the unarmed, 15-year-old Mexican boy and the U.S. Border Patrol agent who killed him with a gunshot to the head early on a June evening in 2010. U.S. officials chose not to prosecute Agent Jesus Mesa Jr., and the Obama administration refused a request to extradite him so he could face criminal charges in Mexico...
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Pence tries to reassure European leaders shaken by Trump
(International News ~ 02/21/17)
BRUSSELS -- U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Monday vowed to stand with the European Union and the NATO military alliance but was met with skepticism from leaders shaken by President Donald Trump's more critical comments. European Union Council president Donald Tusk said he had "open and frank talks" with Pence, and the bloc would watch closely to ensure the U.S. acts on its words of support...
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Famine declared in part of South Sudan by government, U.N.
(International News ~ 02/21/17)
KAMPALA, Uganda -- Famine has been declared in two counties of South Sudan, according to an announcement by the South Sudan government and three U.N. agencies, which said the calamity is the result of a prolonged civil war and an entrenched economic crisis that has devastated the war-torn East African nation...
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North Korean envoy blasts Malaysia, calls for joint probe
(International News ~ 02/21/17)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- North Korea's ambassador to Malaysia on Monday denounced the country's investigation into the death of the exiled half brother of North Korea's ruler, calling it politically motivated and demanding a joint probe amid increasingly bitter exchanges between the once-friendly nations...
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Mattis: U.S. will stay in Iraq a while
(International News ~ 02/21/17)
BAGHDAD -- U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Monday he believes U.S. forces will be in Iraq and in the fight against Islamic State militants for a while, despite some rocky times between the two nations. Speaking at the end of a day of meetings in Baghdad with military commanders and Iraqi political leaders, Mattis said he is open to any request from his military commanders to aid the battle to retake Mosul and launch a major battle to oust IS from the base of its so-called caliphate in Raqqa, Syria. ...
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UK lawmakers debate downgrading Trump invite for state visit
(International News ~ 02/21/17)
LONDON -- U.S. President Donald Trump should not be afforded the "rare privilege" of a state visit, a British opposition lawmaker said Monday as Parliament debated a call for Trump's invitation to be stripped of its royal seal of approval. The nonbinding debate was called in response to an online petition with more than 1.8 million signatures saying a formal state visit "would cause embarrassment to Her Majesty the Queen."...
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Congressman intends to sue over removal of painting
(State News ~ 02/21/17)
WASHINGTON -- The office of a Missouri congressman said he intends to file a federal lawsuit over the removal of a constituent's painting from its display on Capitol Hill. The painting, which shows a pig in a police uniform, divided members of Congress for its depiction of Ferguson, Missouri, where weeks of protests occurred after the police shooting of an unarmed black man...
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Koster gets new job at Centene Corp.
(State News ~ 02/21/17)
ST. LOUIS -- Former Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has a new job at Centene Corp. The Clayton, Missouri-based company announced in a statement Koster has been hired to be the managed-care company's senior vice president of corporate services...
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Ex-senator Kit Bond selling his longtime home in Missouri
(State News ~ 02/21/17)
MEXICO, Mo. -- Former U.S. senator Kit Bond of is selling the six-bedroom, six-bath brick Colonial mansion in central Missouri that was his base during his long political career. Bond said he wanted to return to Mexico when he retired from the Senate after a 24-year career there, but it made more sense to move to St. Louis after he began working as a partner in the Thompson Coburn law firm, The Columbia Daily Tribune reported...
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Trump wigs in big demand during Carnival season in Austria
(Entertainment ~ 02/21/17)
PFAFSTAETTEN, Austria -- So many people want to be Donald Trump this Carnival season in Austria, some costume shops have run out of wigs mimicking the U.S. president's memorable hairstyle. Shop owner Manuela Plank, recognizing a business opportunity, went to work making her own toupees a la Trump...
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Training time: Officers take to the water to practice rescue skills
(Local News ~ 02/21/17)
It was training that not only could save someone's life, but save their own. The Homeland Security Response Team, which includes members of the Sikeston Department of Public Safety, Jackson Fire and Rescue and the Cape Girardeau Fire Department, took to the water at the YMCA of Southeast Missouri to hone their water-rescue skills...
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Southeast alum wants monument to veterans on campus
(Local News ~ 02/21/17)
A Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents member is working on a plan to build a monument to honor veterans on the Cape Girardeau campus with private donations. Between Memorial Hall and Academic Hall, a triangle of land near the main sidewalk is where Tom Meyer wants to build a 3 1/2-foot-tall and 8-foot-wide granite monument. The university has approved the area for this use, Meyer said...
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Pete Elledge
(Obituary ~ 02/21/17)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Paul "Pete" Elledge, 81, of Chaffee passed away Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 19, 1935, in Lutesville, Missouri, to the late Sherman and Alma Baker Elledge. He married Marcella Wicker on April 13, 1969, and she preceded him in death Dec. 1, 2002...
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Nikki Biler
(Obituary ~ 02/21/17)
Nikki Jo Biler, 60, of Whitewater died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, at her residence. A celebration of her life will be from 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday at the Chaffee VFW in Chaffee, Missouri. McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements...
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Jeep stuck in sand for 40 years to be removed
(National News ~ 02/21/17)
TRURO, Mass. -- A Jeep stuck inside a sand dune for 40 years is set to be removed. The Jeep Wagoneer is entombed in a garage in Truro that became overtaken by the dune decades ago. Basil Musnuff's mother owns the property. He said he began visiting in the 1970s and never has seen the Jeep driven. The removal is scheduled for Friday...
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Cape Girardeau police report 2/21/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/21/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Summons n Warrick Moberly, no age given, of Richmond, Kentucky, was issued a summons for minor in possession of alcohol. Thefts n A purse and contents were reported stolen at 250 S. Silver Springs Road...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 2/21/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/21/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday. n Medical assists were made at 4:01 a.m. on Washington Avenue; 4:12 a.m. on Perryville Road; 9:19 a.m. on Koch Avenue; 11:39 a.m. on North Main Street; 2:33 p.m. on Cape Meadows Circle; 6:23 p.m. on South West End Boulevard; and 6:40 p.m. on William Street...
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Michael Davis
(Obituary ~ 02/21/17)
Michael David Davis, 55, of Jackson died Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, at his home. Memorial service will be at a later date. Amick-Burnett is in charge of arrangements.
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Bobby Griffith
(Obituary ~ 02/21/17)
Bobby Gene Griffith, 56, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, at his home. Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Sylvester Hahn
(Obituary ~ 02/21/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Sylvester E. Hahn, 66, of Perryville died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, at Marion Cliff Manor in St. Mary, Missouri. Visitation will be from 3 to 6:30 p.m. Friday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. Funeral service will be at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. A private burial for the family will be conducted at a later date...
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Pearlie Mae Curry
(Obituary ~ 02/21/17)
ST. LOUIS -- Pearlie Mae Curry, 87, of St. Louis, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, at her daughter's home. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Greater Dimension Ministries. A home-going celebration will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church. Burial will follow at Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Lewis Hardy
(Obituary ~ 02/21/17)
Lewis Harvey Hardy, 97, of Jackson died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Neill Taylor
(Obituary ~ 02/21/17)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Leslie "Neill" Taylor, 89, of Mounds died Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, at his home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church in Mounds. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the church. Interment with military honors will follow at Spencer Heights Cemetery in Mounds...
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Catherine Hahs
(Obituary ~ 02/21/17)
Catherine Hahs, 94, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, at the Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the church. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Marvin Mueller
(Obituary ~ 02/21/17)
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- Marvin A. Mueller, 87, of Ste. Genevieve died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, at the Ste. Genevieve Care Center in Ste. Genevieve. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 6:30 to 8 a.m. Thursday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri...
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