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Missouri out for Amazon headquarters; company releases list of 20 finalists
(Local News ~ 01/18/18)
NEW YORK — Amazon is narrowing the list of cities under consideration for its second headquarters to 20, with the largest concentration in the Northeast. Amazon, based in Seattle, plans to invest $5 billion in the new headquarters and could employ as many as 50,000 people in and around the city it chooses...
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Tractor-trailer cleanup in Oran
(Local News ~ 01/18/18)
Cleanup of an overturned tractor-trailer continues Wednesday at the northeast edge of Oran, Missouri. On Monday night, the truck hauling merchandise for Dollar General slid off the road while turning right onto Route W from Highway 77. ...
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Here's what's being built next to Chick-fil-A in Cape
(Local News ~ 01/18/18)
A dental office is under construction in front of Saint Francis Medical Center and next to Chick-fil-A in Cape Girardeau. Aspen Dental will open a Cape Girardeau location in that building at 3070 William St. on or about the end of April, said Emily Mein, communication specialist with Aspen Dental Management...
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3 mayor candidates in Scott City; former mayor Porch files for council seat
(Local News ~ 01/18/18)
Scott City Mayor Norman Brant will face two challengers in the April election, including the man he replaced, and another former mayor of the Scott County town is running for a council seat. The filing period ended Tuesday. Brant is opposed by Robert Foulk and former mayor Ron Cummins, who was elected mayor in April 2016 and resigned last year amid allegations he abused his position...
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Speaker says education key to helping realize King's dream
(Local News ~ 01/18/18)
Southeast Missouri State University's 13th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Dinner brought hundreds of community members together Wednesday night at the Show Me Center, with the message: "Where do we go from here?" The night's keynote speaker was Freeman A. Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County and a lifelong civil rights activist. He was arrested in 1963 when he was 12, marching with King in the Birmingham Children's Crusade...
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Chronic wasting disease found in 2 Southeast Missouri deer; whether disease transferable to humans unknown
(Local News ~ 01/18/18)
Two deer in southern Ste. Genevieve County recently were discovered to be positive carriers of chronic wasting disease, a neurological disease that causes degeneration of brain tissue. The Missouri Department of Conservation has reported CWD-positive results for 15 free-ranging deer out of nearly 18,400 test results this season...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/18/18)
Today is Thursday, Jan. 18, the 18th day of 2018. There are 347 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On Jan. 18, 1943, during World War II, Jewish insurgents in the Warsaw Ghetto launched their initial armed resistance against Nazi troops, who eventually succeeded in crushing the rebellion. ...
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Congratulations Jackson Chamber award winners
(Editorial ~ 01/18/18)
Sometimes it's what's not said that makes a statement. After a long introduction that described his many contributions to Jackson's community, from volunteering at concession stands to his selfless activity with the Optimist Club, from his work at several Jackson business enterprises to his love for Jackson schools, Billy Joe Thompson stood in front of a packed house at the Jackson Civic Center, having just been named the R.A. ...
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The last horse soldier
(Column ~ 01/18/18)
The January/February issue of the DAV Magazine carried a story about a World War II hero who few have heard about. Ed Ramsey was born in 1917 in Illinois, grew up in Kansas, and attended the Oklahoma Military Academy before beginning his active duty Army service in February 1941 as an officer with the 11th Cavalry Regiment in California. ...
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More actors expressing regret about working with Woody Allen
(Entertainment ~ 01/18/18)
NEW YORK -- A growing number of actors are distancing themselves from Woody Allen and his next film, heightening questions about the future of the prolific 82-year-old filmmaker in a Hollywood newly sensitive to allegations of sexual misconduct. Timothee Chalamet on Tuesday said he will donate his salary for an upcoming Woody Allen film to three charities fighting sexual harassment and abuse: Time's Up, the LGBT Center in New York and RAINN. ...
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2 men hit each other in consecutive accidents in Germany
(International News ~ 01/18/18)
BERLIN — Police in the eastern German city of Dresden say two men suffered minor injuries after backing in to one another in two consecutive accidents. Police said Tuesday a 49-year-old man pulled into a disabled parking place Monday afternoon, then reversed out after noticing his mistake. ...
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Syrian rebel 'capital' mostly abandoned
(International News ~ 01/18/18)
HOMS, Syria -- Sumaya Bairuty walked through abandoned streets pocked with shell craters amid rows of destroyed buildings, at times climbing over giant sand barriers before reaching her parent's apartment in the once rebel-held district of Bab Dreib in this central Syrian city...
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Germany, Austria stress secure border
(International News ~ 01/18/18)
BERLIN -- The chancellors of Germany and Austria glossed over differences on migration Wednesday, seeking instead to focus on the need to secure the European Union's external borders and fight the reasons why people flee their homes. Germany was the largest European destination for refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war and other conflicts in 2015, which has put pressure on German Chancellor Angela Merkel from the right of her conservative Union bloc...
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Pope condemns Chilean violence
(International News ~ 01/18/18)
TEMUCO, Chile -- Pope Francis took the Chilean state and the country's largest indigenous group to task Wednesday over their failure to forge a truly unified nation, saying the government must do more than just negotiate "elegant" agreements and radical Mapuche factions must stop violence...
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Rival Koreas to form unified Olympic team
(International News ~ 01/18/18)
SEOUL, South Korea -- The rival Koreas agreed Wednesday to form their first unified Olympic team and have their athletes parade together for the first time in 11 years during the opening ceremony of next month's Winter Olympics in South Korea, officials said...
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Sources: WH directed Bannon silence in House interview
(National News ~ 01/18/18)
WASHINGTON -- Steve Bannon's attorney relayed questions, in real time, to the White House during a House Intelligence Committee interview of the former Trump chief strategist, people familiar with the closed-door session told The Associated Press. As lawmakers probed Bannon's time working for President Donald Trump, Bannon's attorney Bill Burck was asking the White House counsel's office by phone during the Tuesday session whether his client could answer the questions. ...
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Trump may soon face questions; aide refuses to answer
(National News ~ 01/18/18)
WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump was in a roomful of lawyers, venting about unfair treatment in the media that he said had understated his net worth and damaged his brand. It was December 2007, a decade before Trump would become president and routinely excoriate reporters for "fake news." This time, the businessman was facing a daylong deposition in his lawsuit against a journalist he'd accused of downplaying his wealth...
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Democrats dig in on immigration
(National News ~ 01/18/18)
NEW YORK -- Congressional Democrats on Wednesday dug in on their threats to reject any government funding bill that isn't paired with protection for thousands of young immigrants -- a hard-line stance celebrated by liberal groups who have shrugged off risks of a government shutdown...
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Little progress seen on budget impasse
(National News ~ 01/18/18)
WASHINGTON -- Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said Wednesday there's "very, very strong" sentiment among Democrats in the chamber to oppose GOP-drafted legislation to keep the government's doors open, comments that could indicate the chances are increasing that the government could shut down at midnight Friday night...
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Scientists seek super-shot for flu 100 years after pandemic
(National News ~ 01/18/18)
WASHINGTON -- The descriptions are haunting. Some victims felt fine in the morning and were dead by night. Faces turned blue as patients coughed up blood. Stacked bodies outnumbered coffins. A century after one of history's most catastrophic disease outbreaks, scientists are rethinking how to guard against another super-flu like the 1918 influenza that killed tens of millions as it swept the globe...
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Apple announces expansion plans
(National News ~ 01/18/18)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple is planning to build a new corporate campus and hire 20,000 U.S. workers in an expansion driven in part by a tax cut that will enable the iPhone maker to bring an estimated $245 billion back to its home country. The pledge announced Wednesday comes less than a month after Congress approved a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. tax code that will increase corporate profits...
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In case of attack, forget old shelters
(National News ~ 01/18/18)
NEW YORK -- A generation of Americans knew just what to do in the event of a nuclear attack -- or during a major false alarm, like the one over the weekend in Hawaii -- take cover in a building bearing a yellow fallout shelter symbol. But these days, that might not be the best option or even an option at all...
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Panel urges less alcohol for drivers
(National News ~ 01/18/18)
WASHINGTON -- A prestigious scientific panel is recommending states significantly lower their drunken driving thresholds as part of a blueprint to eliminate the "entirely preventable" 10,000 alcohol-impaired driving deaths in the United States each year...
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Captive siblings likely forced to remain quiet
(National News ~ 01/18/18)
LOS ANGELES -- When a 17-year-old girl jumped out a window from the house where her parents allegedly starved and tortured their 13 children, she broke a silence that had likely lasted for years. It's not clear why the teenager waited so long to act, but psychiatrists say such behavior is not uncommon even in cases of extreme deprivation...
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Out of the past: Jan. 18
(Out of the Past ~ 01/18/18)
Light snow blankets parts of Southeast Missouri, prompting some schools that hadn't closed for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday to dismiss early; while the airport receives 0.4 inches of snow by late in the day, heavier amounts fall to the north of Cape Girardeau...
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Sharon West
(Obituary ~ 01/18/18)
Sharon West, 63, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Parish prayers will be at 7 p.m. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Cathedral. Burial will follow at Fairmount Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Fonnie Welch
(Obituary ~ 01/18/18)
VIDALIA, La. -- Fonnie Mearl Welch, 79, of Vidalia has gone to be with his Lord and Savior. He was born Oct. 17, 1938, in Parma, Missouri, to Resper and Pansy Welch. He departed this world Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. Fonnie was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather...
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Pansy Redman
(Obituary ~ 01/18/18)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Pansy Marie Redman, 85, of Advance passed away Tuesday, Jan 16, 2018, at her home. She was born March 1, 1932, in Stoddard County, Missouri, the daughter of James and Daisy Duffey Carwile. Pansy worked at Nickens Pharmacy in Bloomfield, Missouri. She had been a homemaker...
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Roy McLain
(Obituary ~ 01/18/18)
Roy Eugene "Jack" McLain, 90, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, at Jackson Manor. He was born Feb. 22, 1927, in Cape Girardeau County, son of Roy Wilson and Laura G. Koeppel McLain. He and Celestia "Jewel" Liley were married July 3, 1948...
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Charles Lemons
(Obituary ~ 01/18/18)
SCOPUS, Mo. -- Charles William Lemons, 72, of Scopus died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Missouri. The Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial with military honors will be in Berrong Cemetery near Zalma, Missouri...
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Michael Conway
(Obituary ~ 01/18/18)
Michael Boyd Conway, 58, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born June 27, 1959, in North Little Rock, Arkansas, to Lester Kavanaugh and Ellouise Boyd Conway. Michael graduated from Cape Girardeau Central High School in 1978. He was a purchasing agent for Spartech Plastics in Cape Girardeau...
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Clyde Clippard
(Obituary ~ 01/18/18)
Clyde E. Clippard, 88, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, at the Missouri Veterans Home. He was born March 24, 1929, in Oak Ridge to Seibert "Hartle" and Loretta Maud Delph Clippard. He and Hazel Ruth Thompson were married July 31, 1949, at New Bethel Baptist Church near Neelys Landing. They had been married nearly 61 years when Hazel passed away July 19, 2010...
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Orville Chancellor Jr.
(Obituary ~ 01/18/18)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Orville "Bud" Chancellor Jr., 80, of Marble Hill died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Fred Ritter officiating. Burial will follow in Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery near Marble Hill...
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Bob Bess
(Obituary ~ 01/18/18)
ST. LOUIS -- On Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018, Bob Bess passed away peacefully. Beloved husband of Betty (Nelson) Bess; beloved father of four daughters, Bonnie (Jim) Kimker, Barbara (Brent) Gregston, Becky (Mark) Hogan and Beverly (Steve) Mach; grandfather of 10, Bobby Williams, Bethany (Scott) Liefer, Matthew (Leanne) Gregston, Allison Gregston, Julie (Mitch) Ogles, Christie (Billy) Puckett, Betsy (James) Brake, Meghan Mach, Matt (Katya) Mach and Peyton Mach; great-grandfather of eight, Adam and Adriana Wrzos, Charlie Liefer, Carter and Brooklyn Gregston, Chapman and Caroline Ogles and Hogan Puckett; cousin and special friend to many.. ...
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Janet Beard
(Obituary ~ 01/18/18)
UNION CITY, Tenn. -- Janet Cook Beard, 74, of Union City died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at White-Ranson Funeral Home Chapel in Union City. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with burial to follow in Antioch Cemetery near Hornbeak, Tennessee...
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Cape Girardeau police report 1/18/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/18/18)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia at 1 S. Kingshighway...
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Missouri House approves lobbyist gift ban
(State News ~ 01/18/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri House lawmakers have approved a ban on most lobbyist gifts to themselves and other public officials. The House voted 134-12 to pass the bill Wednesday. It now heads to the Senate, where it's languished in past years. If made law, the bill would still allow some lobbyist giving. ...
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House targets child trafficking with measure
(State News ~ 01/18/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri truck stops, bus stations, some hotels and other businesses would be required to hang posters advertising the national human trafficking hotline under the first bill passed by the state House this year. The House on Wednesday voted 139-5 in favor of the bill, which now heads to the Senate...
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Lawmakers say affair distracts from tax effort
(State News ~ 01/18/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers say Republican Gov. Eric Greitens' admission that he had an extramarital affair is distracting from legislative efforts to change the state's tax laws, one of the key issues outlined by the governor and top GOP lawmakers for this year...
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Missouri lawmaker wants civics test requirement for colleges
(State News ~ 01/18/18)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A Missouri lawmaker is pushing a bill that would require college students to pass a civics test before they're issued a diploma. Republican Rep. Dean Dohrman introduced the bill to ensure Missouri's college graduates understand U.S. civics, citizens' rights and how the federal government functions, the Springfield News-Leader reported...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 1/18/17
(Local News ~ 01/18/18)
Approval of minutes n Minutes of Jan. 11 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on the agenda Routine business...
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Prayer 1/18/18
(Prayer ~ 01/18/18)
O Heavenly Father, may the joy of the Lord fill our heart. Amen.
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Speak Out 1/18/18
(Speak Out ~ 01/18/18)
Yahoo Sports bad-mouthed via Twitter the St. Louis region, but does it matter? Greitens has consistently made his low opinion of the state and the city of St. Louis very plain. The "in" thing politically is to not find one good thing about the regions they represent. Twitter has not helped this country...
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Loran Cartwright
(Obituary ~ 01/18/18)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Loran L. "Bo" Cartwright, son of the late Levi Delias Cartwright and Winnie McCollum Cartwright, was born March 4, 1944, in Toppertown, Missouri, and departed this life Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, in the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter at the age of 73 years...
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Amended lawsuit seeks to overturn firing of state Education Commissioner Vandeven
(State News ~ 01/18/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Citing new testimony from a state school board member, a Springfield teacher is asking a judge to overturn the Missouri Board of Education's controversial removal of former Education Commissioner Margie Vandeven. Teacher Laurie Sullivan filed a lawsuit in November accusing the board of violating the state's open meetings law before firing Vandeven late last year at the urging of Gov. ...
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Cape Girardeau Photographer Earns Master of Photography Degree
(Submitted Story ~ 01/18/18)
Carrie Perez of Photography by Carrie recognized for superior image making and photographic service with a degree from Professional Photographers of America Cape Girardeau, 1-16-18 –Carrie Perez of Photography by Carrie in Cape Girardeau has earned the Master of Photography degree from Professional Photographers of America (PPA). ...
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BioKyowa Raises $9,843 for United Way
(Submitted Story ~ 01/18/18)
What can $9,000 do for your community? Through United Way, a donation this size could: • Fund a bus for Cape Junior High students to utilize if they need to stay after school for activities or tutoring, or; • Cover the expense of the instructor who leads CDA classes through Educare, in turn certifying more childcare providers in our community, or;...
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The City of Jackson Raises $2,631 for United Way
(Submitted Story ~ 01/18/18)
United Way of Southeast Missouri would like to thank employees with The City of Jackson for their continued support of the education, income, and health in our region. Did you know United Way of Southeast Missouri works directly with a variety of partners in Jackson, including Jackson R-2 Schools, the Jackson Senior Center, and the Jackson Ministerial Alliance? Additionally, many of our 24 partner agencies assist families and individuals living in Jackson...
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Broadway Prescription Shop Raises $3,294 for United Way
(Submitted Story ~ 01/18/18)
United Way of Southeast Missouri would like to thank the employees and leadership at Broadway Prescription Shop for their support of the annual campaign efforts. The pharmacy was responsible for bringing in a little over $3,000 for the annual United Way campaign...
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Births 1/18/18
(Births ~ 01/18/18)
Daughter to Alex Joseph and Megan Elizabeth Ressel of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 3:59 p.m. Friday, Nov. 24, 2017. Name, Ella Jo. Weight, 7 pounds, 14 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Ressel is the former Megan Rosenquist, daughter of Chris and Karen Rosenquist of Cape Girardeau. She is employed by Women First of SoutheastHEALTH. Ressel is the son of Mark and Jane Ressel of Kelso, Missouri. He is employed by Kelso Sales and Service...
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