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Bollinger County Museum of Natural History will reopen in spring
(Local News ~ 02/03/18)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Despite hearsay, the Bollinger County Museum of Natural History is scheduled to reopen in the spring. "The museum is not dead," declared Eva Dunn, museum board member. "We're in the process of re-visioning the museum's direction."...
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Jefferson Elementary principal moves into new curriculum role; Franklin principal to join Jefferson
(Local News ~ 02/03/18)
Jefferson Elementary School in Cape Girardeau soon will have a change in leadership as part of its transition to a STREAM school to anchor a "Purpose-Built" community in Cape Girardeau. The Purpose Built Community model aims to change high-crime, low-income areas by focusing on three key points: mixed-income housing, cradle-to-career education and community wellness...
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Lawmakers voice concern over Greitens' plan to cut higher education funding
(Local News ~ 02/03/18)
Gov. Eric Greitens' plan for major state spending cuts to Missouri's public colleges and universities has drawn concern from Cape Girardeau County's two state representatives, who question how the schools can operate without significant tuition hikes...
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Judge: David Robinson is innocent; prosecutor and police violated due process; recommendation to go before Mo. Supreme Court
(Local News ~ 02/03/18)
A judge appointed by the Missouri Supreme Court issued a report Friday saying a Sikeston, Missouri, man convicted of murder is innocent. The judge recommended the justices exonerate David Robinson for Sheila Box’s murder and proclaim his innocence. Furthermore, the judge, a “special master” in this court arrangement, said police and the former assistant attorney general who tried the case “knowingly presented false testimony about the setting” of key testimony and “failed to take any steps to correct that false testimony.” ...
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Super Bowl Sunday Super Busy for Local Pizza Joints
(Community ~ 02/03/18)
For Super Bowl Sunday, winning counts in the wide world of sports, but in the local food industry, speed and happy customers is what will score the most points this weekend. When demand rises, speed matters. So how fast can pizza guys assemble pies? Much faster than it will take Pink to sing the national anthem...
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Winter's most visible four-legged animal
(Column ~ 02/03/18)
During winter the gray squirrel may well be the most seen four-legged animal in Southeast Missouri. This little animal may stay home in his tree-hole den all day during extremely cold, windy winter days, but he won't stay inside for long. He doesn't hibernate...
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The 2018 Backyard Bird Count is coming to your backyard
(Community ~ 02/03/18)
Fill those bird feeders! Grab the binoculars! Get your paper and pencil ready. The 2018 Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is Feb. 16 to 19 in your neighborhood and all over the United States and Canada. This is a fun and educational project to assist the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society in mapping bird populations throughout North America...
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Adopt Armoni 2-4-18
(Community ~ 02/03/18)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary Armoni is a pretty 8-year-old male cat. He is available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.
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Senior Center menus for Feb. 5 through 9
(Community ~ 02/03/18)
Monday: Oven-fried chicken or polish sausage and sauerkraut, mashed potatoes, California-blend veggies, whole-grain hot roll and mixed fruit dessert or cinnamon streusel cake. Tuesday: Beefy soft tacos or vegetable beef soup, seasoned black beans, lettuce, cheese and tomatoes, tortilla chips and citrus fruit salad or banana pudding...
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Memorial scholarship established at Southeast
(Community ~ 02/03/18)
The Gary L. Miller Memorial Scholarship has been established through the Southeast Missouri University Foundation to honor the late Gary Miller, formerly a member of the music faculty at the university. Friends and family members of the late Gary Miller made memorial gifts to create the scholarship and honor his legacy...
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Learning briefs 2-4-18
(Community ~ 02/03/18)
The following students were named to the dean's list for the fall 2017 semester at the University of Missouri at Columbia, Missouri. n Maria Louise Calvert of Leopold, Missouri n Joshua D. Koenig and Teagan Rae Schnurbusch of Burfordville n Andrew E. ...
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Illers -- Moll
(Wedding ~ 02/03/18)
Claire Elizabeth Illers and Lucas David Moll were married Aug. 26 at Old St. Vincent's Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. Scott Sunnenberg performed the ceremony. Alan Bruns was soloist, Laura Hutson was organist, and Roger Bierschwal was pianist...
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Natural exercise
(Column ~ 02/03/18)
Growing up in the country in Nebraska was quite an experience. Mom and Dad owned some land and raised Herford cattle as well as milked a good number of Jersey Brown Swiss cross milk cows. It seemed like growing up there were always things to do. Some of it was definitely work, but most of it was enjoyable work -- almost fun enough to not even call it work...
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Witnessing the winter migration, wildlife in the area
(Column ~ 02/03/18)
Happy birthday to Richard Nation, Justin Wilson, Kathy Enderle, Robert Hudson Lincoln, Kevin Ancell, Don Hester, CB Stidham, Keith Ancell, Darren McIntosh, Derrick Uhrhan, Tom Leible, Correy Chapman, Danny Walter, James Tollison, Brenda Bryant, Chris Siebert, Wade Cannon, Butch Baker, Rocky Rainey, Jr., Missy Ikerman, Trevor Duncan, Ruth Ann Hailey, Shirley Hefner, Becky Glastetter, Mike Dragoni, Eddie Wagoner and Becky Heisserer...
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State of the union
(Column ~ 02/03/18)
Here we are in 2018, a full year after Donald Trump became our president, and the world hasn't come to an end, yet. Those who predicted gloom and doom have been proven to be half right. We have had plenty of gloom. The doom, well, as Mark Twain predicted, "The reports of my (our) demise were greatly exaggerated."...
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'Purple rain:' Prince is gone, but his spirit lives at Minnesota Super Bowl
(Community ~ 02/03/18)
MINNEAPOLIS -- Picture this: Prince taking the stage at U.S. Bank Stadium in his hometown of Minneapolis for the 2018 Super Bowl to a dazzling display of purple lights, wowing the crowd at halftime with his frenzied guitar work, soulful singing and slick dance moves...
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Kissing booth, king and queen event at nutrition center on Valentine's Day
(Community ~ 02/03/18)
Pucker up all you hot lips! The Tri-City Senior Citizen's Nutrition Center will be crowning a King and Queen of Valentines this Valentine's Day. Plus, rumor has it -- there will be a kissing booth on site that day. "I have two people picked out for the kissing booth, a man and a woman," said April Johnson, volunteer contributions coordinator. "They don't know about it yet," Johnson said with a mischievous chuckle...
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Keeping the love alive
(Column ~ 02/03/18)
The month of February means three things: soon there will be warmer days than cold, spring training begins. and Valentine's Day will be celebrated. While the Bible does not speak to Valentine's Day, it has much to say about love, marriage and cultivating our most important relationships. Between work schedules, the kids' sports and activities, and other commitments, time-starved people could really use some encouraging and simple ways to cultivate their relationships. Allow me to offer four...
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Being the person God intended you to be
(Column ~ 02/03/18)
We can have numerous selves. Yes, selves. "How can that be?" you might ask. From infancy into adulthood, we try to find out who we are and how we should be. Depending on confidence and love of self, we present ourselves in various ways. Most people put together what is called "the ideal self." We decide how we want to appear to other people, and then act in a way that will, hopefully, get the desired results. ...
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No greater love
(Column ~ 02/03/18)
As I write this column, I am sitting on a CRJ700 jet flying to Baltimore to be present at John Hopkins Hospital. The reason for the trip is that my best friend since middle school, Phillip, is donating a third of his liver to a cousin in need of a life-saving transplant...
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FYI
(Community ~ 02/03/18)
Scopus United Methodist Church at highways UU and B has new merchandise in its thrift shop. New men's, women's and children's clothing mean it will be open on a special day, today, from 9 a.m. to noon. VFW Post 3838 and Auxiliary will have a Craft and Vendor show today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1049 N. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau. Free admission...
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Recipes to extricate from the rut of routine suppers
(Column ~ 02/03/18)
I was visiting with a friend last week and she said she was "burned out" on what to cook her family for supper. You might say they were in a supper-routine rut and she was looking for help to get out of it. I decided to look for recipes that I could pass along to her in hopes of helping her with some new and different entree options...
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Judging maple syrup: It's a sweet and serious gig in Vermont, the top producer of syrup in the U.S.
(Community ~ 02/03/18)
ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. -- In the country's top maple producing state, Vermonters take their maple syrup seriously. But perhaps none take it as seriously as the judges at the annual Vermont Farm Show maple contest. On Monday, a panel of three judges tasted teaspoon after teaspoon of syrup, critiquing entries for density, clarity and color before picking the top in each class of syrup and an overall best in show...
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Several reasons not to watch the Super Bowl
(Editorial ~ 02/03/18)
If the Super Bowl is your thing, we get it. Sports are your go-to escape, your release, your passion, and the Super Bowl is the pinnacle of sports entertainment. Not only does the Big Game pit the best two teams of the professional football world, it brings out the best in advertisements, and the half-time show is always either insanely eye-popping theatrics or a big head-scratcher. There are many reasons to watch...
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Violet Lambert
(Obituary ~ 02/03/18)
Violet Virginia Lambert, 90, of Scott City died Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 13, 1927, to Thomas and Pauline Simpson Nemmo. She married Alfred A. Lambert Jr. on April 6, 1946. Violet was a homemaker, seamstress, fisher-woman and cook, especially known for her divinity, fried fish and hushpuppies...
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Elnora Heise
(Obituary ~ 02/03/18)
Elnora Francis Heise, 81, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, at the Monticello House. She was born Aug. 26, 1936, in Cape Girardeau County, daughter of Elmer and Margie Bryant Borchelt. She and Harold Dean Heise were married Aug. 8, 1953. He passed away May 28, 1994...
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Jerrold Huckstep
(Obituary ~ 02/03/18)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Jerrold Keith Huckstep, 63, of Bloomfield passed away Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, in Cape Coral, Florida, while visiting his sons. Jerrold was born Oct. 14, 1953, in Cape Girardeau to Roscoe and Georgia Davis Huckstep of Gordonville...
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Woman gets life in killing of pregnant neighbor
(National News ~ 02/03/18)
FARGO, N.D. -- A North Dakota woman who admitted killing a pregnant neighbor and cutting the baby from the womb while the mother was still alive was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Brooke Crews, 38, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit kidnapping and murder and lying to law officers in the August death of Savanna Greywind, 22, of Fargo. ...
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Shanghai crash injures 18
(International News ~ 02/03/18)
SHANGHAI -- The driver of a minivan hauling gas canisters in Shanghai set fire to his vehicle while smoking a cigarette and plowed into pedestrians Friday, leaving 18 people injured in the heart of the Chinese financial hub, police said. Police ruled out the possibility of a deliberate attack and described the crash as an accident. ...
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Charge filed in Las Vegas shooting case
(National News ~ 02/03/18)
CHANDLER, Ariz. -- An Arizona man who sold ammunition to the gunman who carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history was charged Friday with manufacturing armor-piercing bullets, according to court documents. Unfired armor-piercing bullets found inside the Las Vegas hotel room where Stephen Paddock launched the attack Oct. ...
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Militant hideout found in Afghan capital shows security woes
(International News ~ 02/03/18)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The discovery of an Islamic State hideout filled with explosives and suicide vests in a poor Kabul neighborhood reflects the failure of Afghanistan's corruption-wracked government to protect the capital, analysts and residents said Friday...
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Child abuse deaths rise, notably in Texas, Indiana
(National News ~ 02/03/18)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Newly released federal figures show a sharp rise in child abuse fatalities in the U.S., with the bulk of the increase occurring in two states -- Indiana and Texas -- where child-welfare agencies have been in disarray. According to a report released this week by the Department of Health and Human Services, there were 1,700 fatalities resulting from child maltreatment reported in fiscal year 2016, compared to 1,589 the previous year -- a 7-percent increase. ...
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Nuclear doctrine eyes Russia
(National News ~ 02/03/18)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration on Friday announced it will continue much of the Obama administration's nuclear weapons policy, but take a more aggressive stance toward Russia. It said Russia must be convinced it would face "unacceptably dire costs" if it were to threaten even a limited nuclear attack in Europe...
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U.S. wages up by most in 8 years
(National News ~ 02/03/18)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. employers added a robust 200,000 jobs in January, and wages rose at the fastest pace in more than eight years, encouraging trends suggesting the economy may accelerate this year. The unemployment rate remained 4.1 percent, the lowest level since 2000, the Labor Department said in its monthly jobs report Friday...
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Trump says Russia-probe memo proves bias; Dems say no
(National News ~ 02/03/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump declassified a top-secret congressional memo Friday and suggested it proved the investigation of his presidential campaign and Russia was fatally flawed from the start. Democrats said the document did nothing to clear him or his campaign, and the FBI called the memo inaccurate and incomplete...
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Out of the past: Feb. 3
(Out of the Past ~ 02/03/18)
Veteran U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson says he plans to seriously consider running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by John Danforth next year; like everyone else, Emerson was surprised by Danforth's announcement he wouldn't seek a fourth term. Steven Wayne Wright filed yesterday for a seat on the Cape Girardeau Board of Education, becoming the fourth candidate to seek one of three seats on the board; Wright is vice president of Mercantile Bank...
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Births 2/3/18
(Births ~ 02/03/18)
Son to Nathan Ryan and Shevelle Antwnett Lewer Sr. of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. Name, Nigel Romeo. Weight, 7 pounds, 1 ounce. Third son. Mrs. Lewer is the former Shevelle Cavanaugh, daughter of Stephanie Cavanaugh and Richard Cavanaugh of Marion, Illinois. She works at Mercato di Rodi. Lewer is the son of Dorothy Lewer of Sikeston, Missouri. He is employed by Midwest Lawn...
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Lawsuits over herbicide dicamba to be heard in St. Louis
(State News ~ 02/03/18)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A special panel of judges said 11 lawsuits filed in four states against the makers of the herbicide dicamba will be centralized in federal court in St. Louis. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation made the determination Thursday regarding farmers' lawsuits filed in Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas and Illinois. The lawsuits argue the makers of dicamba are responsible for damage caused by the herbicide to their crops, especially soybeans...
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Missouri bill addresses shackles on pregnant inmates
(State News ~ 02/03/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri lawmaker has introduced a bill that would ban pregnant inmates from being shackled and chained during labor. The bill would ban a state correctional center or a city or county jail from using restraints on a woman in the third trimester of her pregnancy during medical care. ...
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Judge declines to issue order barring Greitens' texting app
(State News ~ 02/03/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A judge has refused to issue a temporary restraining order that would have prohibited Republican Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens and his staff from using a texting app that erases messages after they are read. The Kansas City Star reported Cole County Judge Jon Beetem issued the ruling Friday in a lawsuit that accuses Greitens and his staff of engaging in a conspiracy to violate Missouri's open records law by using the Confide app...
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Hawley: Greitens' social media records can remain private
(State News ~ 02/03/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens does not have to provide the state attorney general with records related to his social media accounts such as private messages and names of blocked users. The Kansas City Star reported the office of Attorney General Josh Hawley said in a letter this week the governor's Twitter and Facebook accounts are not public records. Greitens and Hawley are Republicans...
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Sponsored: Take Heart ... you can improve your cardiac health
(Local News ~ 02/03/18)
Part of the intake paperwork at any medical office includes questions about family history. As you check those boxes and list the causes of death of your close relatives, you might feel doomed by a legacy of heart disease. However, Debbie Leoni, MSA, RN and director of Cardiovascular Outreach Services for SoutheastHEALTH, would advise you to consider whether this is genetics or history. ...
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Prayer 2/4/18
(Prayer ~ 02/03/18)
O Lord God, we praise you for you are our Eternal Father. Amen.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/03/18)
Today in History Today is Saturday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2018. There are 331 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 3, 1943, during World War II, the U.S. transport ship SS Dorchester, which was carrying troops to Greenland, sank after being hit by a German torpedo in the Labrador Sea; of the more than 900 men aboard, only some 230 survived. (Four Army chaplains on board gave away their life jackets to save others and went down with the ship.)...
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