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Buffalo Wild Wings moving to new location in March
(Local News ~ 12/02/17)
Buffalo Wild Wings is moving to a new location in Cape Girardeau in March, and franchise owner Bill Zellmer said customers will see an improvement in the experience. The new location will be "smaller but more efficient," Zellmer said. The layout will be different from the current Town Plaza location's long, narrow floor plan, but the space will be better, he said...
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Thousands of volunteers descend on Osage Centre for food-packing event
(Local News ~ 12/02/17)
This weekend, nearly 5,000 volunteers will fill more than 750,000 meal packs for Feed My Starving Children, an international organization devoted to bringing meals to children who would otherwise go without. Local organizers Linda Tenkhoff and Linda Watts said this packing event is clearly God’s work...
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Flynn pleads guilty, is cooperating in Trump-Russia probe
(National News ~ 12/02/17)
WASHINGTON -- Michael Flynn, the retired general who vigorously campaigned at Donald Trump's side, then served as his first national security adviser, pleaded guilty Friday to lying to the FBI about reaching out to the Russians on Trump's behalf and said members of the president's inner circle were intimately involved with -- and at times directing -- his contacts...
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GOP pushes through Senate approval of massive tax bill
(National News ~ 12/02/17)
WASHINGTON — Republicans pushed a nearly $1.5 trillion tax bill through the Senate early Saturday after burst of eleventh-hour horse trading, as a party starved all year for a major legislative triumph took a giant step toward giving President Donald Trump one of his top priorities by Christmas.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/02/17)
Today in History Today is Saturday, Dec. 2, the 336th day of 2017. There are 29 days left in the year. On Dec. 2, 1942, an artificially created, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated for the first time at the University of Chicago...
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Out of the past: Dec. 2
(Out of the Past ~ 12/02/17)
Six months after the old bridge was closed, officials say only bad weather can delay the opening of a new Bloomfield Road bridge over Cape LaCroix Creek; the bridge was shut down June 2 for construction of the new, 36-foot-wide span that will include a 5-foot-wide pedestrian crossing on the north side...
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Adopt Rhinehart 12-3-17
(Community ~ 12/02/17)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary Rhinehart is a 6-month-old smaller coon-hound mix. He is a very sweet and playful pup. He is available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.
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Senior Center menus for 12-4 through 12-8
(Community ~ 12/02/17)
Monday: Hamburger stroganoff or sweet-and-sour chicken, hot-buttered noodles, seasoned green beans, whole-kernel corn, whole-grain bread slice and chilled apricots or red-velvet cake. Tuesday: Ham and beans or chili with 1/2 peanut-butter sandwich, stewed tomatoes, seasoned spinach, cornbread or whole-grain crackers and tropical fruit dessert or rhubarb crisp...
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To my single moms and dads
(Community ~ 12/02/17)
I was raised by a single mom. My mom worked long, sometimes late hours and gave all she had to raise my brother, sister and me. She taught me that you don't have to have much to be happy, just be happy with what you have. She always found a way to provide. She is an absolutely wonderful mom...
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Cooking up Christmas spirit
(Community ~ 12/02/17)
Ron Cook has found unorthodox approaches can be effective. Anyone who faced Cook in men's slow-pitch softball will remember a pitcher with a mechanical, herky-jerky motion with hesitations throughout. It played with the minds of batters used to a fluid, swinging motion...
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A little pink beauty for winter
(Column ~ 12/02/17)
During summer, the coralberry is an inconspicuous little bush with drooping limbs. Opposing oval-shaped leaves cascade down the limbs, and clusters of small flowers bloom on the undersides of the limbs out of sight of the casual passerby. Autumn finds the coralberry dropping its leaves and revealing its small, pinkish-colored berries. Songbirds such as robins and catbirds enjoy the berries as welcome wintertime food...
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Colorful skies introduce, conclude these beautiful fall days
(Column ~ 12/02/17)
Happy birthday to Jim Emerson, Yolanda Schlosser, Travis Dumey, Lawrence Seyer, Virginia Bohnsack, Lauren Bader, Jeanette Wachter, George Burton, Larry Hendrickson, Betty Nordin, Monica Senciboy, Joyce McCullough, Jim Hodge, Mary Craft, Brenda Swain, Allen Cox, Julie Prindle, Christa Beck, Jodi Pfefferkorn, Tony Swain, Kelly Burnett, Diane Eftink, Mike Eichhorn and Shirley Moberly...
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FYI 12-2-17
(Community ~ 12/02/17)
The beginning of the Advent season will be celebrated at the 9 a.m. service Sunday at 521 Caruthers in Cape Girardeau. The familiar Christian advent symbols will be present by children and adults. Everyone is welcome to attend this meaningful and beautiful service...
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Giving despite meager resources
(Column ~ 12/02/17)
I admire people who are all in no matter if they're winning or losing, whether they're brilliant or awful at what they're doing. It's an admirable quality because it shows security in abandonment. It takes trust and faith that there is something or someone bigger that makes our own efforts and judgments less important. This larger security net gives us permission to stop playing it cool, and instead be passionate...
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The business of helping others
(Column ~ 12/02/17)
There is no catch, says Jerry Kraynick. I suppose I've lived too long and therefore become deeply suspicious of any absolutist, open-ended, no terms-and-conditions statement. As may be the case with you, too many people have blown smoke in my face in my lifetime. I recognize the smell from a ways off now. Life also teaches there are rare individuals who actually mean what they say. Kraynick seems to be one of those people...
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Club news 12-3-17
(Community News ~ 12/02/17)
The FCE Lamplighter Club met Nov. 16 with Margaret Friese as hostess. Judy Strickland, president, called the meeting to order. Friese gave the devotion taken from "Our God of Comfort and Hope" by Billy Graham. Afterward Roberta Allen led the group in songs...
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Edwards -- LaFoe
(Wedding ~ 12/02/17)
Katherine Rebecca Edwards and William Keller LaFoe II were married July 14 at The Bell Tower in Nashville, Tennessee. Nick Mayberry performed the ceremony. Music was provided by String Trio of Nashville. The bride is the daughter of Dr. Dean and Lorrie Edwards of Cape Girardeau. The groom is the son of Dr. William and Tricia LaFoe of Cape Girardeau...
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Your health matters
(Column ~ 12/02/17)
For some time I knew I needed to go to the doctor, not because of a problem but just to make sure everything was doing OK. I've been putting it off and off for some reason. I don't like going to the doctor for one thing, but we have been super busy this summer, so that figures in as well. But there comes a time when it's time...
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A green Christmas
(Column ~ 12/02/17)
People seem to be focused on decorating their homes at this time of the year to celebrate Christmas. One category of items they are using is natural Christmas greens in the form of swags, wreaths, garlands and real trees. I can remember when I was a kid, my parents would always go to the local Christmas-tree lot right after Thanksgiving, pick out a tree, and take it home. ...
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Consider adding new sides for Christmas dinner
(Column ~ 12/02/17)
We are looking at just a few side dishes today to accompany your Christmas dinner. Every family has their own traditions, mine included. But sometimes it is fun to add a new recipe here and there. Maybe in place of a traditional green-bean casserole, try a new version of green beans. Maybe a new twist on cranberries. These recipes are just to get you thinking about your plan for your Christmas dinner...
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Speak Out 12-3-17
(Speak Out ~ 12/02/17)
Missouri spent $336,297 to get 48 positive drug tests in 39,000 applications for TANF. That's about 0.6 percent. So they flushed hundreds of thousands down the drain in order to stop a few dozen people from receiving benefits. Missouri lost money in the process, and spent well over $1 million with its ill-advised drug testing program. Thank your legislators...
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Prayer 12-3-17
(Prayer ~ 12/02/17)
O Lord God, we lift our eyes to you, our loving Father. Amen.
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Lawmakers must reform Low Income Housing Tax Credit program
(Column ~ 12/02/17)
Would you pay $1 for only 42 cents worth of bread? Or milk? No, of course not. However, that is exactly what was occurring with your state tax dollars authorized for low income and senior housing. I say "was" because on Nov. 17, Gov. Eric Greitens put an end to this insanely "bad deal" for Missouri taxpayers. ...
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Churches, volunteers to be commended for helping starving children
(Editorial ~ 12/02/17)
Volunteers aim to pack 750,000 meals this weekend for starving children across the world. The program is special in a number of different ways. Primarily, because the simplicity of the mission. It is obvious that the mission of providing food for starving children is a benevolent and Christ-like endeavor...
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Delma Stroder
(Obituary ~ 12/02/17)
Delma Louise Stroder, 90, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, (her birthday) at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. On Nov. 29, 1927, Delma was born, the daughter of Sylvanus and Hester Proffer Eakins. She was raised in Crump. She and Carl Wesley Stroder married Feb. 14, 1947. He preceded her in death July 15, 2016...
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Vivian O'Connor
(Obituary ~ 12/02/17)
HIGH RIDGE, Mo. -- Vivian E. Huffman O'Connor of High Ridge was born July 15, 1926, and entered into rest Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, at the age of 91 years, 4 months and 13 days. She was preceded in death by her parents, Otto W. and Lillie Bollinger Huffman; her husband of 64 years, James L. O'Connor; and her siblings, Loeta (Huffman) Eaker, Bonnie Huffman and Bobby Thiele...
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Raymond Nunnery
(Obituary ~ 12/02/17)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Raymond E. Nunnery, 83, of McClure died Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. A memorial visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Dec. 9 at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home. Private family services will be held at a later date...
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William Kaufman
(Obituary ~ 12/02/17)
McCLURE, Ill. -- William Eugene Kaufman, 82, of McClure died Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Revs. Greg Morrison and Aaron Boyd officiating. Burial will be at Lindsey Cemetery in McClure, with full military honors...
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Cape Girardeau police report 12/3/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/02/17)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of possession of a controlled substance and failure to maintain equipment (two tail lamps) at Lacey Street and Clark Avenue...
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Births 12/3/17
(Births ~ 12/02/17)
Twin sons to Devon Joshua and Jodi Lynn James of Marble Hill, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. Jett William was born at 8:29 a.m. and Baker Edwin was born at 8:31 a.m. Second and third sons, third and fourth children. Mrs. James is former Jodi Baker, daughter of Rodney and Gail Baker of Marble Hill. James is the son of Josh and Lottie James of Marble Hill. He is a fire-service technician for Cintas Fire Protection...
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'CBS Evening News' getting a new anchor, extra airtime
(National News ~ 12/02/17)
NEW YORK -- The "CBS Evening News" gets a new face and an additional run time starting Monday. Jeff Glor takes over as the broadcast's anchor replacing Scott Pelley, who was shown the door -- or, rather, sent back across the street to "60 Minutes" -- after six years this past spring. The network also announced Friday the evening news will be replayed each night at 10 p.m. on the CBSN streaming service, an additional viewing opportunity for people who aren't around a television set at dinnertime...
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NBC source: No payout for Lauer on rest of his contract
(Entertainment ~ 12/02/17)
LOS ANGELES -- NBC is standing firm against giving fired "Today" host Matt Lauer a payout on the multimillion-dollar salary he's leaving behind, according to a person at the network. Lauer, said to have earned around $25 million a year, reportedly is negotiating to receive the remainder of his salary for the current contract that runs through 2018 and made him one of TV's highest-paid journalists...
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Man charged in shooting of teacher near Missouri high school
(State News ~ 12/02/17)
WELDON SPRING, Mo. -- Police charged a Missouri man Friday with randomly shooting a teacher who was jogging on a trail near his school, calling it a "random act of violence with no motive." Joshua Curtis, 35, of Winfield in eastern Missouri, faces first-degree assault and armed criminal action charges. He was jailed on $500,000 bond and did not have an attorney...
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Missouri dog chews jury letter, receives note from clerk
(State News ~ 12/02/17)
OZARK, Mo. -- A circuit clerk's office in southern Missouri has found dogs don't only eat homework, they eat jury questionnaires, too. The Springfield News- Leader reported the Christian County Circuit Court received a chewed-up jury questionnaire several weeks ago, with a note that read: "Sorry for the damage, the dog thought it was his."...
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Regulators move to let stamp prices jump higher
(National News ~ 12/02/17)
WASHINGTON -- Seeking to bolster the ailing U.S. Postal Service, federal regulators moved Friday to allow bigger jumps to stamp prices beyond the rate of inflation, a move that could add millions more dollars to companies' shipping rates and consumer costs...
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Trump denies Tillerson out as secretary of state
(National News ~ 12/02/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Friday denied he wants to oust Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, calling reports to that effect "fake news," as his top diplomat brushed off speculation he has lost the confidence of the White House. As Tillerson went about his normal schedule of diplomatic activities, including two meetings with Trump, the president said his secretary of state is "not leaving."...
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First baby from a uterus transplant in the U.S. born in Dallas
(National News ~ 12/02/17)
The first birth as a result of a womb transplant in the United States has occurred in Texas, a milestone for the U.S. but one achieved several years ago in Sweden. A woman who had been born without a uterus gave birth to the baby at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas...
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Verdict makes San Francisco focus of immigration ire
(National News ~ 12/02/17)
SAN FRANCISCO -- The attacks on San Francisco and other cities with similar immigration policies began moments after a jury acquitted the man charged with killing Kate Steinle of murder and manslaughter. President Donald Trump called the verdict a "complete travesty of justice," and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions demanded cities like San Francisco scrap immigration policies that bar local officials from cooperating with federa; deportation efforts...
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Opponents in LGBT case agree: It's not about wedding cake
(National News ~ 12/02/17)
In a legal case with profound implications for LGBT rights and religion's place in public life, the opposing sides agree on this: It's not about the cake. At its core, the case that goes before the U.S. Supreme Court for oral arguments Tuesday is a showdown between a gay couple from Colorado and a Denver-area baker who in 2012 cited his Christian faith in refusing to make a cake for their wedding celebration...
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FDA approves test for cancer-gene profiling
(National News ~ 12/02/17)
U.S. regulators have approved a first-of-a-kind test that looks for mutations in hundreds of cancer genes at once, giving a more complete picture of what's driving a patient's tumor and aiding efforts to match treatments to those flaws. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Foundation Medicine's test for patients with advanced or widely spread cancers, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed covering it...
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Attack siren blares in Hawaii for first time since Cold War
(National News ~ 12/02/17)
HONOLULU -- A siren blared across Hawaii on Friday for the first time since the end of the Cold War in an effort to prepare tourists and residents for a possible nuclear attack from North Korea. The state is the first to bring back the Cold War-era warning system, Hawaii emergency management officials said. The wailing siren sounded for a minute after the usual testing of the steady alert for tsunamis and other natural disasters Hawaii residents are used to hearing...
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Missouri's only unaccredited school district gets upgraded
(State News ~ 12/02/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's only unaccredited public school district won an upgrade Friday following improvement in student achievement and graduation rates. The State Board of Education decided to grant provisional accreditation to the Normandy school system in suburban St. Louis, effective Jan. 2. The school district has been unaccredited since September 2012 and has been run by a state-appointed board for the past several years...
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Missouri education leader ousted by gubernatorial appointees
(State News ~ 12/02/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens' effort to oust the state's education commissioner finally succeeded Friday, after a state Board of Education member appointed by the Republican a day earlier cast the deciding vote. The board voted 5-3 to remove Margie Vandeven as education commissioner...
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Pope says 'Rohingya' in emotional encounter with refugees
(International News ~ 12/02/17)
DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Pope Francis asked for forgiveness Friday from refugees in Bangladesh for all the hurt and persecution they have endured, demanded their rights be recognized and pronounced the word he had so assiduously avoided only days earlier in Myanmar: "Rohingya."...
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Seoul: North Korea's new missile could reach Washington
(International News ~ 12/02/17)
SEOUL, South Korea -- Two days after North Korea test-launched its most powerful missile to date, a clearer picture is emerging of Pyongyang's technological achievement and what still remains before it can legitimately threaten the continental United States...
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On The Record: Mike Renick plays some original tunes in mini-concert
(Local News ~ 12/02/17)
Local musician and River Radio on-air personality Mike Renick stopped by the Southeast Missourian newsroom on Tuesday, Nov. 28 for the fourth installment of our On the Record mini-concert series. Accompanied by only his acoustic guitar, Renick shared three original songs: "Better Man Than Me", "Never Never Land" and "Stuck on You"...
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Executives: Some collaboration happening between Cape's two hospitals
(Local News ~ 12/02/17)
Bringing down health-care costs must be a collaborative process, said leaders of both Cape Girardeau hospitals at the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce’s First Friday Coffee gathering. Jon K. Rust, publisher of the Southeast Missourian and co-president of Rust Communications, moderated a discussion between Saint Francis Medical Center president and CEO Maryann Reese and SoutheastHEALTH president and CEO Ken Bateman...
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Four area towns offer Christmas events Saturday
(Local News ~ 12/02/17)
Jackson, Scott City and Chaffee will host parades to usher in Santa Claus on Saturday, offering up a large helping of floats and carols and a side of hot chocolate and cookies for good measure. There will be time to make two parades, if a person is so inclined. The Chaffee parade begins at 1 p.m., while Jackson’s and Scott City’s start at 5 p.m...
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HDSA Holds 10th Annual Christmas Party
(Submitted Story ~ 12/02/17)
On Saturday, December 2nd, Heartland Down Syndrome Association hosted its 10th Annual Christmas Party in Cape Girardeau. Nearly 70 people, representing 13 families, were in attendance. Santa flew in for a visit from the North Pole to distribute gifts to the children...
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