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Leadership Cape project ideas for fun, profit
(Local News ~ 05/05/18)
What’s fun to do in Cape Girardeau? Plenty, but that didn’t stop participants in the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Cape program from coming up with some innovative, challenging — and hypothetical — projects that would create destinations in the city...
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Cape to celebrate Cinco de Mayo on Saturday
(Local News ~ 05/05/18)
Cinco de Mayo is Saturday and there are three restaurants in Cape Girardeau devoting most — if not all — of their resources to making sure you have a good time with friends, family and coworkers this weekend. Seis Amigos, 1832 N. Kingshighway — formerly known as Casa Mexicana — will feature live music along with specials all day Saturday, owner Mario Mendoza said....
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Josh Hawley bashes Sen. McCaskill during campaign stop in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 05/05/18)
Attorney General Josh Hawley bashed U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill during a campaign visit Friday to Cape Girardeau, portraying her as a Washington, D.C., liberal who is out of touch with the values of Missouri residents. Hawley, a Republican, is seeking to unseat the Democratic incumbent in the U.S. Senate race...
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B&B slated to open on S. West End in Cape
(Local News ~ 05/05/18)
The house at 135 S. West End Blvd. has a pair of concrete lions at the door, brick-lined gardens, plenty of history — and its resident hopes its charm will appeal to overnight guests looking for a convenient place to enjoy Cape Girardeau. Robin Keesee is opening a bed and breakfast at the home. She’s busy fixing the place up, sanding and re-sealing floors, painting and pulling up carpet...
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Cape Catfish chosen as name of new baseball team
(Local News ~ 05/05/18)
The fans have spoken. In January, the announcement came a Prospect League baseball team would be taking up residence in Cape Girardeau and April 24 voting opened to allow the public to choose the name of the team. Friday, the results of that voting were announced and the team formerly known as Cape Prospect League LLC now has an identity: the Cape Catfish...
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Missouri Attorney General's Office: No evidence of timecard fraud in Oran
(Local News ~ 05/05/18)
The Missouri Attorney General’s Office has declined to file charges over allegations of timecard fraud involving the Oran, Missouri, Police Department. “After a thorough investigation by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, we do not have evidence, at this time, to support a criminal charge,” attorney general’s office spokeswoman Mary Compton said...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/05/18)
Today is Saturday, May 5, the 125th day of 2018. There are 240 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 5, 1862, Mexican troops defeated French occupying forces in the Battle of Puebla. On this date: In 1494, during his second voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus landed in Jamaica...
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It's not just soap -- it's hope
(Community ~ 05/05/18)
Someday Soap LLC owner and maker Breanna Stone stands in her kitchen on a sunny Tuesday morning, infrared thermometer in one hand, her countertops shrink-wrapped, piping bag upright in a glass jar, soap molds already full and waiting for the foamy topping she's preparing. Stone is chatting as she checks the soap topping's temperature, her manner relaxed but her movements precise...
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The gobbling gobbler
(Column ~ 05/05/18)
Missouri spring firearms turkey season ends May 6. The best way to locate a wild tom turkey in the spring woods is to listen for him to gobble. Missouri's wild turkey hens normally make their nests and lay their eggs during April and early May. Wild turkey males are called toms and they always roost in trees at night. ...
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Senior Center Menus for May 7 through 11
(Community ~ 05/05/18)
Monday: Barbecue riblet or Reuben casserole, baked potato, seasoned broccoli, whole-grain bread or bun and pineapple tidbits or German chocolate cake. Tuesday: Hot chicken salad or beef patty melt, Harvard beets, green pea salad, whole-grain bread and sugar-free gelatin with pears or southern ambrosia...
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The fish are biting
(Column ~ 05/05/18)
As we look across the valley we can see the plum trees are blooming. Back of our house the Autumn Olive trees are blooming. And then back in the woods there are some dogwoods blooming. Usually when these trees or bushes are blooming the crappie are biting. ...
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Adopt kittens 5-6-18
(Community ~ 05/05/18)
Four male tabby kittens and one black female will be available for adoption in about two weeks at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.
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FYI
(Community ~ 05/05/18)
One hundred percent of the proceeds of the sale t-shirts by Banterra Bank will be donated to This Able Veteran, which offers aid to veterans suffering from psychological and physical injuries as a result of their military service. According to a news release, the t-shirts will be sold at all 38 Banterra branch locations from May 1 throuigh June 30 at a cost of $15. ...
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Swinger - Delles
(Engagement ~ 05/05/18)
Randy and Connie Swinger of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, announce the engagement of their daughter, Jessica Swinger to Andrew Delles, both of Jackson. He is the son of Harry and Susan Delles of Jackson. Jessica received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Central Methodist University. She is an accountant at Biokyowa...
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Blue - Lee
(Engagement ~ 05/05/18)
Kenneth and Sharon Blue of Chaffee, Missouri, announce the engagement of their daughter, Kelsey Renee Blue to Robert Ethan Lee of Blodgett, Missouri. He is the son of Mark Lee of Blodgett and Retha Dalton of Sikeston, Missouri. Kelsey is a 2010 graduate of Thomas W. Kelly High School. She received a Master of Arts degree in communications disorders in 2016 from Southeast Missouri State University. She is a speech language pathologist at Cape Girardeau Public Schools...
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Landewee - Bohnsack
(Engagement ~ 05/05/18)
Brad and Rene Landewee of Leopold, Missouri, announce the engagement of their daughter, Abby Landewee to John Bohnsack. He is the son of Joe and Patty Bohnsack of Leopold. Abby is a 2011 graduate of Leopold High School. She will receive her Doctorate of Pharmacy from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy. She works as a pharmacy student intern at Walgreens Pharmacy in Alton, Illinois and part-time as a pharmacy student intern at Medicenter Pharmacy in Cape Girardeau...
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Kielhofner - 70 years
(Anniversary ~ 05/05/18)
Harold and Luella Kielhofner of Oran, Missouri, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on April 14 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Oran. The couple's daughters and daughter-in-law hosted the event: Andrea Sachse of Cape Girardeau, Connie Newton of St. Joseph, Missouri, Marcia Kielhofner of Sugar Land, Texas, Gail Smith of Hillsboro, Missouri, and Renee Taylor of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. A son, Gary Kielhofner, is deceased...
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Rejoice and be glad
(Column ~ 05/05/18)
The first time my friend Claire and I returned to Father Bill's grave in Kirksville, we danced. The whip and nae nae, right there in the cemetery, by the road where people driving by could see us. It was the only response we could find, the only way we could express our gratitude, joy, grief, need, and deep, deep love for this man who had been a father, deepest friend and God to us...
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Birds are back, street repairs, scholarships and one hot sauce
(Column ~ 05/05/18)
Happy birthday to Al Friga, Kristin Bailey, Priscilla Hornbuckle, Dolly Kluesner, Phyllis Richbourg, Lee McDaniel, Nancy Reece, Mary Duncan, Brenda Shields, James Blevins, Arlene Harrell, James McDonaldd, Steve Rose, David Bollinger, Roger Reisenbichler, Nikki Chambers, Margaret E. ...
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Americanized Cinco de Mayo recipes
(Column ~ 05/05/18)
Cinco de Mayo and the Kentucky Derby are on the same day this year, so I did a recipe column featuring Kentucky Derby recipes a couple of weeks ago, so today is all about Mexican style recipes. Most recipes that we make are pretty Americanized Mexican style, but you certainly get the idea...
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Hummus history: Middle East restaurants claim they have the best
(Column ~ 05/05/18)
As famed Israeli chef Yotam Ottolenghi tells it, Abu Shukri has always been considered one of the best hummus restaurants in Israel. One day another place, run by the son-in-law of the original owner, opened across the street sporting a sign that read, "We moved here. This is the real Abu Shukri."...
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Prayer 5-6-18
(Prayer ~ 05/05/18)
O Lord Jesus, we praise you for you are the Son of the living God. Amen.
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Speak Out 5-6-18
(Speak Out ~ 05/05/18)
What would you expect? As an alarming increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders is reported, the Missouri General Assembly seems poised to cut funding for autism services. The collective mindset of our state legislators seems to be that the best way to deal with a growing problem is to be more aggressive in pretending it doesn't exist...
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Justice for David Robinson
(Editorial ~ 05/05/18)
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the release of David Robinson from prison. The State of Missouri has 30 days to decide whether to retry Robinson for the 2000 murder of Sheila Box. The High Court ruled that Robinson's constitutional rights had been violated when police and the state prosecution, led at the time by the Missouri Attorney General's Office, unfairly procured and presented testimony they knew to be false...
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China wants premier's trip to return Japan ties to normal
(International News ~ 05/05/18)
BEIJING -- China said Friday it hopes a visit by Premier Li Keqiang to Japan next week will help get ties back to normal following years of tensions over territorial claims and other sensitive issues. Li will travel Tuesday to Japan for a four-day visit, including a meeting with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in in Tokyo, Vice Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou told reporters...
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In Nicaragua, deadly protest crackdown spurs Ortega critics
(International News ~ 05/05/18)
MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- President Daniel Ortega looked out over a sea of waving flags and clapped to the same songs first accompanying him to power nearly 40 years ago. To his left stood his first lady and vice president, Rosario Murillo, and to the right, Victor Tirado, another aging former guerrilla commander...
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One meal a day: Yemeni mothers try to feed their families
(International News ~ 05/05/18)
ADEN, Yemen -- The young mother stepped onto the scale for the doctor. Even with all her black robes on, she weighed only 84 pounds. Umm Mizrah is pregnant, but starving herself to feed her children. And her sacrifice may not be enough to save them...
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Tunisia to hold first local election since 2011 Arab Spring
(International News ~ 05/05/18)
TUNIS, Tunisia -- Tunisia is hoping to break through barriers with its first local election since its 2011 Arab Spring revolution -- a vote potentially producing the first female mayor of the capital, the first Jewish official with an Islamist party and new flock of mayors with greater powers...
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Mounting economic chaos leaves Venezuelans in the dark
(International News ~ 05/05/18)
MARACAIBO, Venezuela -- A monthlong blackout in Jennifer Naranjo's neighborhood in the Venezuelan port city of Maracaibo leaves her anxious. She's eight months pregnant and passes hot, sleepless nights with no air conditioning, swatting away mosquitoes, worried about her unborn daughter's future...
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Markle's parents to visit queen
(Community ~ 05/05/18)
LONDON -- Meghan Markle's divorced parents will meet with Queen Elizabeth II and other royals before her May 19 wedding to Prince Harry and will have special roles in their daughter's wedding, a palace spokesman said Friday. At the wedding, the royal couple also plan to honor the memory of the late Princess Diana, Harry's mother, who died in a Paris car crash in 1997...
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Dozens of Palestinians wounded in weekly Gaza protest
(National News ~ 05/05/18)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Black smoke from burning tires mixed with streaks of tear gas fired by Israeli forces Friday as several thousand Palestinians staged a sixth weekly protest on the Gaza-Israel border. At least 70 Palestinians were wounded by Israeli fire, the lowest casualty toll since the protests began...
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New trial ordered for Kennedy cousin
(National News ~ 05/05/18)
HARTFORD, Conn. -- In a stunning reversal, the Connecticut Supreme Court on Friday vacated Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel's murder conviction and ordered a new trial in connection with a 1975 killing in wealthy Greenwich. The court issued a 4-3 ruling Skakel's trial attorney, Michael Sherman, failed to present evidence of an alibi. ...
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Iowa governor signs strictest abortion regulation in U.S.
(National News ~ 05/05/18)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Friday signed a law banning most abortions if a fetal heartbeat can be detected, or at around six weeks of pregnancy, marking the strictest abortion regulation in the nation -- but setting the state up for a lengthy court fight...
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Franklin Graham book shares lessons from 'America's Pastor'
(National News ~ 05/05/18)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Before the 2016 elections, Billy Graham's son went to the evangelist's mountain home, seeking advice before a 50-state tour to pray with Christian voters. In his new book, "Through My Father's Eyes," Franklin Graham recounts his father had concerns...
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Coroner to poor: Pay $1,000 or county keeps remains
(National News ~ 05/05/18)
A coroner in western Illinois is facing sharp criticism for how he handles poor people who can't afford to bury their loved ones: He has them sign over their rights to the deceased, leaving them without the death certificate, then cremates the body and keeps the ashes until the family pays $1,000...
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Hawaii residents flee volcanic threats
(National News ~ 05/05/18)
PAHOA, Hawaii -- Many rural residents living on an erupting volcano in Hawaii fled the threat of lava spewing into the air in bursts of fire and pushed up steam from cracks in roadways Friday, while others tried to get back to their homes. Officials ordered more than 1,700 people out of neighborhoods near Kilauea volcano's newest lava flow, warning of the dangers of spattering hot rock and high levels of sulfuric gas potentially threatening the elderly and people with breathing problems. ...
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Trump: N. Korea summit plans set; U.S. troop drawdown not on table
(National News ~ 05/05/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump offered his latest teaser Friday for a historic U.S. summit with North Korea: The time and place have been set but he's not saying when and where. Trump also pushed back on a report he's considering the withdrawal of U.S. forces from South Korea...
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Judge questions Manafort charges
(National News ~ 05/05/18)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A federal judge Friday asked pointed questions about special counsel Robert Mueller's authority to bring charges against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and suggested prosecutors' true motive is getting Manafort to "sing" against the president...
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Trump salutes 2nd Amendment, urges GOP votes
(National News ~ 05/05/18)
DALLAS -- President Donald Trump on Friday linked the sanctity of the Second Amendment to his party's prospects in the 2018 midterm elections, telling supporters at the National Rifle Association's annual convention "we've got to get Republicans elected."...
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Trump says Giuliani needs to 'get facts straight' on Stormy
(National News ~ 05/05/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump insisted Friday "we're not changing any stories" about the 2016 hush payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels, even as he further muddied the explanations by suggesting the new face of his legal team needed to "get his facts straight."...
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Out of the past: May 5
(Out of the Past ~ 05/05/18)
A Missouri appeals court ruling has removed a legal roadblock that had dammed up Cape Girardeau's effort to move forward with a portion of the Cape LaCroix-Walker creeks flood-control project; the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District concluded that the city of Cape Girardeau does have authority to condemn land outside its city limits; the ruling clears the way for the city to acquire the acreage needed for construction of a dry detention reservoir...
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Steven Whitney
(Obituary ~ 05/05/18)
Steven Alexander "Whit" Whitney, 71, of Jackson passed away Thursday, April 26, 2018, at his home with his Bible by his side. He was born Aug. 28, 1946, in New York City, son of Tony and Bonzella Skinner Whitney. Steven was a veteran having been inducted into the U.S. Army on July 14, 1964, and honorably discharged June 29, 1967. He also was employed a number of years at Procter & Gamble...
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Rodney Poston
(Obituary ~ 05/05/18)
Rodney L. Poston, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, May 1, 2018, at Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 11, 1932, in Advance, Missouri, to William "Bill" and Mildred Sitze Poston. He and Virginia M. Smith were married June 25, 1952, at Cape Girardeau. She preceded him in death May 26, 2007. He and Helen McCormack were married May 16, 2009, at Cape Girardeau...
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Area fire report 5/6/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/05/18)
SCOTT CITY The Scott City Fire Department responded to the following calls: April 26 to May 4 n Medical assists were made April 26 in the 1200 block of West Third Street; April 28 in the 1300 block of Main Street; April 29 in the 100 block of Burger Street and 100 block of East Hickory Street; April 30 in the 200 block of Jetta Mae Drive; May 1 in the 1000 block of East First Street, 500 block of Amber Drive, 400 block of Main Street, 100 block of Lakeshore Drive and 200 block of West Cherry Street; and May 4 in the 400 block of North Lincoln Street.. ...
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Area police report 5/6/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/05/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assault n Assaut was reported at 51 Hazel St. n Assault was reported on Big Bend Road. n Assault was reported at 1428 N. Kingshighway. A suspect is in custody pending charges...
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University of Missouri sees climb in freshman enrollment
(State News ~ 05/05/18)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- University of Missouri enrollment for the incoming freshman class is up more than 14 percent from this time last year, according to the university. Nearly 4,550 students already have paid deposits for enrollment, which will remain open over the summer, the Columbia Missourian reported...
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Medical Marijuana groups submit signatures for November vote
(State News ~ 05/05/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Supporters of legalizing medical marijuana in Missouri turned in signatures Friday for two ballot initiatives that would let voters decide the issue in November. A third group has until Sunday to submit its own signatures. Each initiative would allow patients with cancer, HIV, epilepsy and a variety of other conditions to access medical marijuana. ...
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Greitens' office posted document with unauthorized signature
(State News ~ 05/05/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Eric Greitens' administration posted a document bearing an unauthorized signature of another elected official to Greitens' website shortly after he took office, according to records obtained Friday by The Associated Press...
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Considering Cosby
(Column ~ 05/05/18)
A generation ago, well before the events of 9/11, my wife and I happened to stay at a rustic motel in southern Maine. It was early summer; the weather was beautiful. We sat our luggage down, got oriented to our room, and turned on the television for a time of rest before dinner. ...
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