-
Hawley, McCaskill stick to party lines in debate
(National News ~ 10/19/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Republican candidate Josh Hawley used a Thursday debate to try to paint Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill as too liberal for the increasingly red state of Missouri, while McCaskill continued to hammer her challenger over his positions on health care...
-
Metheny helps kill Afghan assassin
(Local News ~ 10/19/18)
A Southeast Missouri man who is a high-ranking military leader in Afghanistan was involved in killing an assassin Thursday, but not before the assassin killed several Afghan leaders in what is being described as an "inside job." American military officials confirmed three Americans were injured, but neither the head of U.S. ...
-
21 Taps to offer self-serve beer
(Local News ~ 10/19/18)
Southeast Missouri native Timothy Menz and his wife, Bonnie, are readying the building at 36 N. Spanish St. in Cape Girardeau to offer a sports-themed "pub-like atmosphere" by early December. Dart boards, pool tables, 12 televisions and a self-serve beer system are all part of the endgame design for 21 Taps, Timothy Menz said Thursday...
-
Scott City police department warns of fake phone calls
(Local News ~ 10/19/18)
A scam involving the Scott City police department is making the rounds, a post on the department's Facebook page stated Thursday. The post warns that a man with an accent is making phone calls, claiming to be an officer with the department, and the caller ID reads (573) 264-2121, which is the department's phone number...
-
Today in History
(National News ~ 10/19/18)
Today is Friday, Oct. 19, the 292nd day of 2018. There are 73 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 19, 1789, John Jay was sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States. On this date: In 1781, British troops under Gen. Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia, as the American Revolution neared its end...
-
VintageNOW: The right event for the right reasons
(Editorial ~ 10/19/18)
The models walk strong for the women who can't. The VintageNOW fashion show in Cape Girardeau is growing in popularity, and for all the right reasons. This weekend the show will celebrate its ninth year. For the first time, it will be held at the Show Me Center, after outgrowing all its previous venues. In the past, they've had to turn people away at the door...
-
Vote 'no' on Amendment 1
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/19/18)
Missourians will review many measures on the Nov. 6 ballot and one of the easiest decisions is No on Amendment 1. While proponents claim it is a "cure" for what's wrong with politics, it will actually make politics worse by injecting raw partisanship into our non-partisan redistricting process...
-
Sticks and stones hurt, but names can be worse. Really.
(Column ~ 10/19/18)
Nicknames can be amusing. Or not. President Trump, among his many other accomplishments, has established himself as the chief name caller. One of his targets is a U.S. senator from Massachusetts. Elizabeth Warren is no wallflower. The Democrat uses some of the over-the-top techniques favored by our president. The two have clashed on just about every issue imaginable...
-
Something fishy in canned tuna prices
(Community ~ 10/19/18)
SAN FRANCISCO -- StarKist Co. agreed to plead guilty to a felony price-fixing charge as part of a broad collusion investigation of the canned tuna industry, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday. The DOJ said StarKist faces up to a $100 million fine when it is sentenced. Prosecutors allege the industry's top three companies conspired between 2010 and 2013 to keep prices artificially high...
-
Facebook's election 'war room' takes aim at fake information on platform
(National News ~ 10/19/18)
MENLO PARK, Calif. -- In an otherwise innocuous part of Facebook's expansive Silicon Valley campus, a locked door bears a taped-on sign reading "War Room." Behind the door lies a nerve center the social network has set up to combat fake accounts and bogus news stories ahead of upcoming elections...
-
U.S. pulls out of Saudi meeting amid mixed signs on Khashoggi killing
(National News ~ 10/19/18)
WASHINGTON -- Sending mixed signals, the U.S. pulled out of a major Saudi investment conference Thursday amid global pressure over the apparent death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also said the kingdom should be given more time to investigate before the U.S. lays any blame or considers action...
-
Nebraska has new message for tourists: 'Honestly, it's not for everyone.'
(Community ~ 10/19/18)
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska's no longer nice, at least in its next tourism campaign. The new sales pitch has a decidedly self-deprecating bent: "Nebraska. Honestly, it's not for everyone." The slogan, which the Nebraska Tourism Commission unveiled Wednesday at a Nebraska City conference, will replace the current "Through My Eyes" campaign this spring, commission marketing manager Jenn Gjerde said Thursday...
-
Job growth no cure for local poverty
(National News ~ 10/19/18)
BALTIMORE -- A healthy dose of job growth has long been seen as a likely cure for poverty. But new research suggests poor Americans are frequently left behind even when their cities or communities benefit from hiring booms. When such cities as Atlanta and Charlotte enjoyed a job surge in the 20 years after 1990, for example, the job gains mostly bypassed residents -- often African-American -- who had been born into poverty...
-
Ex-FBI agent gets 4 years in prison for leaking documents
(National News ~ 10/19/18)
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A former FBI agent in Minnesota who admitted to leaking classified defense documents to a reporter was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison. Terry James Albury, 39, pleaded guilty in April to one count each of unauthorized disclosure of national defense information and unauthorized retention of national defense information...
-
Warm winter predicted for much of the U.S.
(National News ~ 10/19/18)
WASHINGTON -- Winter looks wet and especially mild for much of the country, thanks to a weak El Nino brewing, U.S. meteorologists said. The National Weather Service on Thursday predicted a warmer than normal winter for the northern and western three-quarters of the nation. The greatest chance for warmer than normal winter weather is in Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, Montana, northern Wyoming and western North Dakota...
-
Democrats: Trump intervened personally to stop FBI move
(National News ~ 10/19/18)
FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- Administration emails show President Donald Trump intervened personally to keep FBI headquarters in downtown Washington rather than relocate it to the suburbs as had long been planned, congressional Democrats said Thursday. The letter from Democratic lawmakers on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform says Trump's direct involvement presents a brazen conflict of interest. ...
-
Paul Weiss
(Obituary ~ 10/19/18)
Paul "Corky" Louis Weiss, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Nov. 15, 1942, in Cape Girardeau to Louis Weiss and Paula Esther Wittrock. He and Marion Burford were married Feb. 4, 1966, in Cape Girardeau...
-
Brenda Elfrink
(Obituary ~ 10/19/18)
Brenda Faye Elfrink, 71, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 22, 1947, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Cletis B. and Celeste Lincoln Mouser. She and Glenn Elfrink were married March 23, 1968, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jackson...
-
Florida residents cope with conditions after Michael
(National News ~ 10/19/18)
MEXICO BEACH, Fla. -- Missing relatives and worries looters are just outside the door. Dirty clothes. Hours-long lines for gasoline, insurance adjusters, food and water. No power, no air conditioning, no schools, no information and little real improvement in sight...
-
Federal prosecutors open probe into child sex abuse by priests in Pennsylvania
(National News ~ 10/19/18)
PHILADELPHIA -- Federal prosecutors have opened an investigation of child sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania, using subpoenas to demand secret files and testimony from high-ranking leaders in what victims' advocates say is the first such probe ever launched by the U.S. Justice Department...
-
Mattis has 'candid' talk with China's military amid dispute in S. China Sea
(International News ~ 10/19/18)
SINGAPORE -- U.S. officials say they sense relations with the Chinese military, after a rocky few months, may be stabilizing, although face-to-face talks between their respective defense chiefs Thursday produced no new agreements. U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis met for nearly 90 minutes, 30 minutes longer than scheduled, on the sidelines of an Asian security conference with his Chinese counterpart, Gen. ...
-
Former Jackson restaurant owner moves holiday meals to Elks Lodge
(Local News ~ 10/19/18)
For the fourth year, Ron Cook will hold Thanksgiving and Christmas meals, but in a new location, he announced Thursday. "We've outgrown having our events at Stooges and now with the help of the Jackson Elks letting us use their basement hall, we can now go from feeding 65 people at each seating up to 250 people at one time," Cook said...
-
Two water park workers aquitted of lying in probe after boy's death
(State News ~ 10/19/18)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Two Kansas water park maintenance workers were acquitted Thursday of impeding an investigation into the death of a 10-year-old boy who was decapitated while riding a waterslide in August 2016. David Hughes and John Zalsman were charged with obstruction of justice in connection to the death of Caleb Schwab, who was killed on the Verruckt slide at the Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City. ...
-
Culture & Entertainment Notebook: Singer Pat Silman 'makes things happen'
(Entertainment ~ 10/19/18)
Singer-songwriter Pat Silman has been writing music since elementary school -- accumulating nearly 1,000 pieces of original compositions. "I love music," Silman said. "I sang in the chorus at school. They called it the Glee Club." She has only performed roughly 25 songs from her repertoire since she began taking part in the weekly songwriter's night at Port Cape Girardeau. Each week, Silman performs alongside local artist Bruce Zimmerman and his guitar...
-
Big Bird puppeteer is leaving the nest at 'Sesame Street'
(Entertainment ~ 10/19/18)
WOODSTOCK, Conn. -- The puppeteer who has played Big Bird on "Sesame Street" is retiring after nearly 50 years on the show. Caroll Spinney told the New York Times that Thursday will be his last day on the program, which he joined from the start in 1969. In addition to Big Bird, the 84-year-old was also Oscar the Grouch...
-
Speak Out 10/19/18
(Speak Out ~ 10/19/18)
I had already decided to do something I have never done before and that is to vote a straight Republican ticket in the upcoming election. I have always voted for the "person" but when you have a party that is filled with so much hate, I have to assume that anyone running as a Democrat shares in their hateful thoughts and actions. ...
-
Briefly 10/19/18
(State News ~ 10/19/18)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A new study says the approximately 250-mile (400 kilometer) trip from Kansas City to St. Louis could be slashed to a half-hour's time, but an ultra-high-speed Hyperloop system across Missouri wouldn't come cheap. KMBC-TV reported Kansas City-based Black and Veatch found in its analysis the Hyperloop could run in the median or along the side of Interstate 70. ...
-
Prayer 10/19/18
(Prayer ~ 10/19/18)
Father God, thank you that we can place our hope in Jesus, our Savior. Amen.
-
Out of the past: Oct. 19
(Out of the Past ~ 10/19/18)
TAMMS, Ill. -- The Alexander County village of Tamms, 18 miles north of Cairo, Illinois, and 20 miles west of Cape Girardeau, has been selected for a $60 million super-maximum prison; the prison site is two miles northeast of Tamms. The Cape Girardeau City council voted unanimously last night to step up the hiring of police officers in the city; Police Chief Howard "Butch" Boyd Jr., had asked the council to hire two "community service officers" in January, and four more patrolmen during the next three years.. ...
-
Musician faces blindness, life with joy "I hope my life is a blessing to people, and that they understand I do have a disability, but I am not disabled."
(Local News ~ 10/19/18)
Randy Joe Davis is a joyful human being. Though he can no longer see it, a twinkle glistens in his striking blue eyes, and his infectious laughter lifts the spirits of anyone within hearing. The seemingly endless repertoire of Three Stooges jokes and one-line anecdotes flow easily into his conversations, as do his affirmations of faith...
-
Weekend Outlook: Up next: Runways, food and laughter
(Entertainment ~ 10/19/18)
We kick off this somewhat chilly weekend at Port Cape Girardeau this evening with humor, made possible by comedians Tina Dybal and Bobby Jaycox. Saturday, be sure to visit the Show Me Center for the ninth annual VintageNOW Fashion Show fundraiser, benefitting the local Safe House for Women. Since the show began, it has raised more than $350,000.
Stories from Friday, October 19, 2018
Browse other days