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Clark Parrott, a sergeant with the Missouri State Highway Patrol, discussed church-safety procedures during seminar
(Local News ~ 02/26/18)
Safety and security have been hot topics lately, and a seminar Saturday at First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau helped shed some light on what churches can do to better prepare and how to react. “We want to make sure that our houses of worship and our communities of faith are safe ... so we wanted to have a conversation about that this morning,” Pastor Tyler Tankersley said as he welcomed attendees and the guest speaker, Clark D. Parrottest speaker, Clark D. Parrott, a sergeant with the Missouri State Highway Patrol...
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Housing committee partners with developer on affordable housing project
(Local News ~ 02/26/18)
An area housing committee is partnering with a developer on plans to build a 40-unit, affordable-housing complex in Cape Girardeau. The city council recently endorsed the plan, which depends on securing tax credits from the Missouri Housing Development Commission to make it financially feasible...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/26/18)
Today is Monday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2018. There are 308 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 26, 1993, a truck bomb built by Islamic extremists exploded in the parking garage of the North Tower of New York's World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others. (The bomb failed to topple the North Tower into the South Tower, as the terrorists had hoped; both structures were destroyed in the 9/11 attack eight years later.)...
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Prayer 2-26-18
(Prayer ~ 02/26/18)
O Lord Jesus, may we forgive others as you forgive us. Amen.
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Laura Bush reminds audience education for all is vital
(Editorial ~ 02/26/18)
Former first lady Laura Bush was charming during her visit to Cape Girardeau. Bush addressed more than 1,800 people during her address at the Show Me Center, which is part of Southeast Missouri State University’s Speakers Series. She gave a glimpse into what it was like living at the White House, and talked about her family, including her grandchildren and even the silly bobblehead doll someone found of her likeness and gave to her...
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New CID plan is absurd
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/26/18)
I was shocked to learn the Cape Girardeau City Council is entertaining a proposal to create another CID district. Shocked because a local businessman, who recently purchased property, said he is unable to afford improvements and is asking the council to grant him permissions that will force residents to fund those improvements...
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German police rescue men tangled up with mannequin, toy car
(International News ~ 02/26/18)
BERLIN — Police in western Germany freed two men who became entangled with a mannequin and a large, remote-controlled car. Officers were called after cries were heard from an apartment in the city of Mainz early one morning earlier this month. ...
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Second weekend for 'Black Panther' is one of the best ever
(Entertainment ~ 02/26/18)
NEW YORK -- "Black Panther" scored one of the best second weekends ever with an estimated $108 million in ticket sales, putting it on track to rank among the highest-grossing blockbusters ever. Ryan Coogler's Marvel sensation is on a box-office course few films have managed, according to studio estimates Sunday. ...
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Dems release Russia probe memo defending FBI surveillance
(National News ~ 02/26/18)
WASHINGTON -- Two weeks after President Donald Trump blocked its full release, the House Intelligence Committee published a partially blacked-out version of a classified Democratic memo aiming to counter a GOP narrative the FBI and Justice Department conspired against Trump as they investigated his ties to Russia...
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Critics target partisan gerrymandering with state reforms
(National News ~ 02/26/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Responding to complaints about partisan gerrymandering, several states this year are considering changing the criteria used to draw congressional and state legislative districts or shifting the task from elected officials to citizen commissions...
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China paves way for Xi Jinping to remain leader for years
(International News ~ 02/26/18)
BEIJING -- China's ruling Communist Party has proposed scrapping term limits for the country's president, the official news agency said, appearing to lay the groundwork for party leader Xi Jinping to rule as president beyond 2023. The party's Central Committee proposed to remove from the constitution the expression China's president and vice president "shall serve no more than two consecutive terms," the Xinhua News Agency said Sunday...
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Fla. sheriff says only 1 deputy was on scene during shooting
(National News ~ 02/26/18)
PARKLAND, Fla. -- The Florida sheriff whose department responded to this month's high school massacre defended his leadership Sunday while insisting only one of his deputies was on the scene as the gunman killed 14 students and three staff members. Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel told CNN investigators are looking into claims three other deputies were on the scene but failed to enter the school when the chance to save lives still existed. ...
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Congress has ideas on gun violence, but no consensus
(National News ~ 02/26/18)
WASHINGTON -- After a 10-day break, members of Congress are returning to work under hefty pressure to respond to the outcry over gun violence. But no plan appears ready to take off despite a long list of proposals, including many from President Donald Trump...
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5 dead after tornado, flooding from central U.S. storms
(National News ~ 02/26/18)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The death toll rose to at least five Sunday after severe thunderstorms swept through the central U.S., spawning a tornado that flattened homes, gale force winds and widespread flooding from the Upper Midwest to Appalachia. The system that stretched from Texas to the Canadian Maritime provinces had prompted several emergency declarations even before the dangerous storms arrived...
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NerdWallet: What to take into consideration when buying a house that hasn't been built yet
(Business ~ 02/26/18)
Trisha and Dennis Rawlings, a couple in their early 30s, are moving to suburban Chicago and leaving their over-60-year-old first home in the St. Louis area behind. "We were looking at potentially buying a house," Trisha said. But in the area where they want to live, the options within their budget were limited to purchasing an older home or building a new one...
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Stores make push in scan-and-go tech, hope shoppers adopt it
(Business ~ 02/26/18)
NEW YORK -- Shoppers at self-checkout lanes scanning all their groceries after they're done shopping? Old school. More stores are letting customer tally their choices with a phone app or store device as they roam the aisles. For customers, scanning as they go can be faster and make it simpler to keep track of spending. For stores, the big expansion of this technology coming this year costs less than installing more self-checkouts...
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Out of the past: Feb. 26
(Out of the Past ~ 02/26/18)
Coming on the 14th anniversary of the "Blizzard of '79," the Cape Girardeau area received only 6 inches of snow yesterday, far less than what had been predicted; 11 to 12 inches of snow fell in a heavier band along the Interstate 70 corridor between Kansas City and St. Louis...
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Doris Owens
(Obituary ~ 02/26/18)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Doris Mae Owens, 93, of Chaffee died Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, at Chaffee Nursing Center. Friends may call from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the chapel, with the Rev. Randy Conn officiating. Burial will be at Union Park Cemetery in Chaffee...
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Tina Nations
(Obituary ~ 02/26/18)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Tina Marie Dohogne Nations, 58, of Chaffee died Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018, at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran, Mo.
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Margie Fowler
(Obituary ~ 02/26/18)
Margie Lucille Fowler, 91, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Aug. 7, 1926, in Whitewater to A.A. and Beulah Hosea Williams. She and Thomas W. Fowler were married Oct. 9, 1945 in Jackson. She was a graduate of Delta Public School and worked over 34 years at the Cape Girardeau Surgical Center...
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Steven Dillingham
(Obituary ~ 02/26/18)
Steven Lynn Dillingham, 63, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, at Southeast Hospital. A memorial visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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Mary Christoff
(Obituary ~ 02/26/18)
Mary Claudine Christoff, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, at The Lutheran Home. She was born Feb. 8, 1928, in New Madrid, Missouri, to Claude and Ida Clevenger Cambron. She and Everett Christoff were married Feb. 3, 1951, in New Madrid. He preceded her in death Jan. 30, 1987...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 2/26/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/26/18)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Thursday n Medical assists were made at 7:35 a.m. on South Silver Springs Road; 9:58 a.m. on Westfield Drive; 2:28 p.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 3:16 p.m. on Brunswick Court; 3:52 p.m. on South West End Boulevard; and 5:56 p.m. on North Sprigg Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 2/26/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/26/18)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do no imply guilt. DWI n Leeland Huck, no age given, of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, was issued a summons for driving while intoxicated and violation of a traffic signal at Broadway and Perry Avenue...
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Missouri lawmaker to go unpunished for hanging comment
(State News ~ 02/26/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri lawmaker who called for the vandal of a Confederate monument to be hanged won't be punished, the state House speaker said last week. While calling fellow Republican Rep. Warren Love's comments inappropriate, House Speaker Todd Richardson told reporters he won't take any action against him...
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Missouri State Capitol renovations begin this week
(State News ~ 02/26/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Renovation work on the State Capitol building in Jefferson City begins this week. The Jefferson City News-Tribune reported the nearly $29 million project is expected to start Friday. It will involve restoration of most of the Capitol's exterior stone work...
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Grounds of Gateway Arch get a new name
(State News ~ 02/26/18)
ST. LOUIS — The grounds of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis now will be officially known as The Gateway Arch National Park. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a bill that renamed the former Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. The measure passed the Senate on Dec. 21, and passed the House earlier this month. ...
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Missouri Senate approves drug take-back program
(State News ~ 02/26/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Senate has passed a bill that would create a drug take-back program in the state. The proposal approved Thursday would make it easier for people to get rid of unfinished prescriptions by dropping them off at federally authorized disposal sites. Currently, local pharmacies are barred from taking prescriptions they did not dispense. ...
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Indictment of Missouri governor could have political ripples
(State News ~ 02/26/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- It didn't take long after Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens was indicted for alleged invasion of privacy for Missouri Democrats to tie him to Attorney General Josh Hawley, the presumed GOP front runner in Missouri's hotly contested U.S. Senate race...
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Up to no good Saturday at the Arena Building
(Local News ~ 02/26/18)
D'mone Solavino lifts Kevin Lee Davidson onto his shoulders during a 20-man battle royal during Cape Championship Wrestling's One Night Riot event Saturday at the Arena Building in Cape Girardeau.
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Business Notebook: Troubles behind them, C&B Diesel ramps up for new business
(Business ~ 02/26/18)
Starting a business under any circumstances is risky, but for four young entrepreneurial owners of C&B Diesel, challenge and adversity were no match for their dreams of success. Even a devastating natural disaster only put a ripple in their plans to open what is now a full-service diesel engine repair business...
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People on the Move 2/26/18
(Business ~ 02/26/18)
Ford and Sons Funeral Home, serving Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois for almost 70 years, recently welcomed three new members to its team. Caleb Daniel is working at Ford and Sons as an apprentice to become a licensed funeral director and will spend most of his time at the Jackson location. ...
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Montgomery Bank Donation to the United Way of Southeast Missouri
(Submitted Story ~ 02/26/18)
Montgomery Bank team members are proud to be a Corporate Sponsor of the United Way of Southeast Missouri. The employees gathered to present their check in the amount of $13,994.94 to Kristin Funderburk of the United Way!
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