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Cape school board backs repeal of prevailing-wage law
(Local News ~ 04/25/17)
The Cape Girardeau School Board approved a resolution supporting the repeal of state prevailing wage laws during its Monday night meeting. The resolution concerns Missouri Senate Bill 20. If passed, it would eliminate current pay requirements that public entities must follow to pay workers on construction projects...
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New ride-hailing law draws praise from carGo official
(Local News ~ 04/25/17)
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens signed a ride-hailing bill into law Monday that had the backing of carGO, a Cape Girardeau-based transportation-network company. "We appreciate the governor's support," said carGo co-manager Gunnar Knudtson. The law imposes new statewide regulations on such app-based, transportation-network companies...
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Few Southeast students face suspension, expulsion for sexual assaults, campus paper finds
(Local News ~ 04/25/17)
Southeast Missouri State University suspended few students found to have committed sexual assault in the past five academic years, a six-month investigation by the Arrow campus newspaper found. There also were no expulsions of any of the 16 students found to have committed sexual assault by the campus judicial system during those five years, according to school records obtained by the newspaper in early December through a Freedom of Information Act request.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/25/17)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, April 25, the 115th day of 2017. There are 250 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 25, 1507, a world map produced by German cartographer Martin Waldseemueller contained the first recorded use of the term "America," in honor of Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci...
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Speak Out April 23, 2017
(Speak Out ~ 04/25/17)
I was the regular Speak Out commenter that went by the name Data48. I regularly chastised a certain group of other commenters for hijacking every thread, no matter what the subject of the original comment, and turning it into a partisan bickering contest. ...
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Prescription takeback program offered in Jackson, Cape
(Editorial ~ 04/25/17)
Prescription drugs need to be disposed of in a proper way. Just throwing them in the garbage or flushing them down the toilet is not the way. Jackson and Cape Girardeau are making it easy by providing depositories into which these drugs may be deposited...
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Announcing my two new books
(Column ~ 04/25/17)
I am excited to announce the publication of my two new books! A week ago, I launched "Push Your Way to Purpose: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You're Meant to Be" and "#AuntAlma Unleashed: Old, Bold, and Out of Control." "Push" is a powerful, inspirational book that will speak to everyone wherever they are in life. Already, I have received feedback about its positive effect on readers. I want this book in every person's hands. The back cover book description states:...
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Road work 4/25/17
(Local News ~ 04/25/17)
I-55 in Cape County reduced for bridge repairs Northbound Interstate 55 in Cape Girardeau County will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews make repairs to the bridge located between Route AB and Highway 74. A MoDOT news release says the work will take place Sunday, starting at 6:30 a.m., and ending Monday at 5:30 a.m...
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Bill Waymire
(Obituary ~ 04/25/17)
MULVANE, Kan. -- Leslie Vernon "Bill" Waymire, 83, of Mulvane and formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Saturday, April 22, 2017, at home. A joint visitation will take place with his wife from 6 to 8 p.m. today, and a joint funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, all at Headley Funeral Chapel in Augusta, Kansas...
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Doris Waymire
(Obituary ~ 04/25/17)
MULVANE, Kansas -- Doris Elaine Waymire, 83, of Mulvane and formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Saturday, April 22, 2017, at home. A joint visitation will take place with her husband from 6 to 8 p.m. today, and a joint funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Headley Funeral Chapel in Augusta, Kansas. Burial will follow at Elmwood Cemetery in Augusta...
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Norman Frenzel
(Obituary ~ 04/25/17)
Norman J. Frenzel, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, April 22, 2017, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Tuesday, June 19, 1928, in Cape Girardeau to Fred and Daisy (Belle) Frenzel. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War...
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Sheryl Sandberg's new book a tale of grief, resilience
(Community ~ 04/25/17)
NEW YORK -- Though perhaps best known as Facebook's No. 2 executive, Sheryl Sandberg also is a mentor, a mother, a billionaire and an author. When her husband Dave Goldberg died suddenly in 2015 while they vacationed in Mexico, she added "widow" to the list...
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Out of the past: April 25
(Out of the Past ~ 04/25/17)
More than 20 artists and crafters demonstrate their skills at Black Forest Village, north of Cape Girardeau, as part of the second annual Mississippi River Valley Scenic Drive. Sizable crowds are reported at a number of sites along the 131-mile tour despite mostly cloudy skies and drizzle...
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Global warming may get Americans off the couch more
(National News ~ 04/25/17)
WASHINGTON -- Global warming's milder winters likely will nudge Americans off the couch more in the future -- a rare, small benefit of climate change, a new study finds. With less chilly winters, Americans will be more likely to get outdoors, increasing their physical activity by as much as 2.5 percent by the end of the century, according to a new study in Monday's edition of the journal Nature Human Behaviour...
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Trump calls U.S. astronaut who broke record for time in space
(National News ~ 04/25/17)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- President Donald Trump made a very long-distance phone call to the International Space Station to congratulate its commander on breaking the record for the most time spent in space of any American astronaut. The president spoke Monday with Peggy Whitson, commander of the International Space Station, and fellow astronaut Jack Fischer...
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Caitlyn Jenner writes frankly in new memoir
(Entertainment ~ 04/25/17)
NEW YORK -- Caitlyn Jenner opened up Monday about her frank new memoir detailing her now 2-year-old transition and the bumps along the way, including her three failed marriages, thoughts of suicide while she was pursued by paparazzi and, finally, freedom to be her true self...
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Fearing a worker shortage, farmers push back on immigration
(National News ~ 04/25/17)
JUNCTION CITY, Ore. -- The head of Bethel Heights Vineyard looked out over the 100 acres of vines her crew of 20 Mexicans had just finished pruning, worried about what will happen if the Trump administration presses ahead with its crackdown on immigrants...
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Missouri senator moving out of room he rented from lobbyist
(State News ~ 04/25/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri senator said Monday he's moving out of a room in Jefferson City he rents from a lobbyist after questions from a co-worker about the ethics of doing so. After telling colleagues on the Senate floor he's staying at a hotel as he searches for a new place in the city, Republican Sen. Rob Schaaf criticized GOP Gov. Eric Greitens' ethics...
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New Orleans takes down white supremacist monument
(National News ~ 04/25/17)
NEW ORLEANS -- A monument to a deadly white-supremacist uprising in 1874 was removed under cover of darkness by workers in masks and bulletproof vests Monday as New Orleans joined the movement to take down symbols of the Confederacy and the Jim Crow South...
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Trump administration sanctions 271 in Syrian chemical attack
(National News ~ 04/25/17)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration issued sanctions Monday on 271 people linked to the Syrian agency responsible for producing non-conventional weapons, part of an ongoing U.S. crackdown on Syrian President Bashar Assad's alleged use of chemical weapons...
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Lesbian Methodist bishop faces challenge to her election
(National News ~ 04/25/17)
NEW YORK -- Karen Oliveto clutched a friend's hand, closed her eyes and wept when she learned last year she had been elected a bishop of the United Methodist Church. Oliveto, who is married to another woman, had become the denomination's first openly gay bishop...
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North Carolina civil rights center faces conservative ire
(National News ~ 04/25/17)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- A center founded at the University of North Carolina by a civil-rights attorney to help the poor and disenfranchised is the latest institution to come under fire from conservatives as they work to leave their mark on the state's higher education system...
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U.S. general in Afghanistan suggests Russia arming the Taliban
(International News ~ 04/25/17)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The United States must confront Russia for providing weapons to the Taliban for use against American-backed forces in Afghanistan, top U.S. military officials said Monday. At a news conference with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis at his side, Gen. John Nicholson, the American commander in Afghanistan, wouldn't provide specifics about Russia's role in Afghanistan...
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Trump appears to back away from demand for border wall money
(National News ~ 04/25/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump appears to be stepping back from demanding a down payment for his border wall, which could remove a major obstacle to a bipartisan deal on must-pass spending legislation just days ahead of a government shutdown deadline...
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Senate confirms Sonny Perdue as agriculture secretary
(National News ~ 04/25/17)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Monday confirmed former Georgia governor Sonny Perdue to be agriculture secretary in President Donald Trump's administration as the farming industry looks to Washington for help amid a downturn in the market. Perdue won confirmation on a bipartisan vote of 87-11, as several Democrats backed a Trump nominee after razor-thin outcomes for his choices earlier this year. ...
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Missouri to launch new disability savings accounts program
(State News ~ 04/25/17)
ST. LOUIS -- Missouri is launching a new program for tax-free savings accounts to help families financially support people with disabilities. Treasurer Eric Schmitt announced the program's start Monday in St. Louis. It will allow people with disabilities or their families to open tax-exempt savings accounts to pay for related expenses. The savings wouldn't count toward total assets when determining a person's eligibility for Medicaid or other benefits...
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Wolf pup born in Missouri offers hope for endangered breed
(State News ~ 04/25/17)
EUREKA, Mo. -- A Mexican wolf born this month at a wildlife center in suburban St. Louis is offering new hope for repopulating the endangered species through artificial insemination using frozen sperm. The Mexican wolf population once roamed Mexico and the western U.S. in the thousands but was nearly wiped out by the 1970s, largely from decades of hunting, trapping and poisoning...
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Officials: 'Happy Days' star Moran likely died from cancer
(Entertainment ~ 04/25/17)
CORYDON, Ind. -- Authorities said former "Happy Days" star Erin Moran likely died from cancer at her southern Indiana home. A statement released Monday by the Harrison County Sheriff's Department said an autopsy revealed the 56-year-old actress had stage-four cancer but doesn't specify what type...
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Old guard rallies around newcomer Macron for French runoff
(International News ~ 04/25/17)
PARIS -- France's established parties are rallying around the man who helped shut them out of the presidential runoff, maverick centrist Emmanuel Macron -- an alliance of convenience aimed at keeping far-right Marine Le Pen out of the Elysee Palace...
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Arkansas executes 2 inmates on the same gurney, hours apart
(National News ~ 04/25/17)
VARNER, Ark. -- Two inmates received lethal injections on the same gurney Monday night about three hours apart as Arkansas completed the nation's first double execution since 2000, days after the state ended a nearly 12-year hiatus on administering capital punishment...
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Building a new street
(Local News ~ 04/25/17)
Concrete is poured Monday onto Main Street between Broadway and Themis Street in downtown Cape Girardeau. The work is part of an ongoing street and sidewalks reconstruction project.
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Dexter man killed in crash involving Stoddard County deputy
(Local News ~ 04/25/17)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Officials are investigating a fatal crash involving a motorized bicycle and a Stoddard County Sheriff's Office vehicle, said Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Clark Parrott...
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Woman battered after smashing boyfriend's meth pipe against wall, police say
(Local News ~ 04/25/17)
An Old Appleton man assaulted his girlfriend after she found a pipe and methamphetamine in his vehicle last week, police said. The Perry County Prosecuting Attorney's Office on Friday charged Jacob M. Wipfler, 25, with second-degree domestic assault...
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In call to Trump, Chinese leader urges restraint over North Korea
(National News ~ 04/25/17)
WASHINGTON -- As the world braces for a possible North Korean nuclear test, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday urged restraint in a call to President Donald Trump. America's U.N. envoy warned of a strike if Pyongyang attacks a U.S. military base or tests an intercontinental ballistic missile...
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Civil War cannonballs found on work site
(National News ~ 04/25/17)
PITTSBURGH -- Dozens of Civil War-era cannonballs unearthed at a Pittsburgh construction site will be removed by a Maryland firm. Ordnance Holdings Inc. of Reisterstown, Maryland, has been hired to remove the cannonballs found near the former site of the Allegheny Arsenal. The arsenal supplied the Union Army, and an explosion there in September 1862 killed 78 people. Franjo Constructions unearthed the cannonballs during excavation for a planned apartment complex...
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Cape Girardeau police report 4/25/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/25/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of possession of a controlled substance at North Fountain and Pearl streets. Summons...
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Jackson police report 4/25/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/25/17)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n Kelly Blankenship, 28, of Jackson was arrested on a probation and parole warrant for parole violation. Assault n Assault was reported in the 300 block of South Missouri Street...
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Kathryn Kaufmann
(Obituary ~ 04/25/17)
Kathryn Kaufmann, 85, of Jackson passed away Saturday, April 22, 2017, at Jackson Manor in Jackson. She was born April 16, 1932, in Cape Girardeau County, the daughter of Arthur Otto and Ida Sedekum Keller. She and Paul C. Kaufmann were married Feb. 18, 1956, in Cape Girardeau, and he passed away March 5, 1989...
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Prayer 4/25/17
(Prayer ~ 04/25/17)
O Lord Jesus, we praise you, for by your stripes we are healed. Amen.
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Brice Jansen is Selected as a FTC Dean's List Award Finalist
(Submitted Story ~ 04/25/17)
Congratulations to Brice Jansen of the Leopold Robotics Team, the Leopold GearHeads, for her selection as a FIRST Tech Challenge Dean's List Award Finalist. The FTC Dean’s List Award is an award designed to recognize the leadership and dedication of FIRST’s most outstanding FIRST Tech Challenge students across North America. ...
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