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Capaha Park to host walk 'to abolish slavery'
(Local News ~ 10/20/18)
Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau is set to host one of more than 400 walks in 50 countries during a worldwide initiative Saturday — set forth by not-for-profit organization A21 — aiming to bring awareness to the prevalence of human trafficking. The walk begins at 10 a.m., with registration at 9 a.m...
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Input on aquatic center requested by City of Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 10/20/18)
The City of Cape Girardeau is requesting input on the proposed indoor aquatic facility coming to the city, according to a news release. A survey is available at www.cityofcape.org/aquaticscommittee through Nov. 1. Information provided by the community through the survey will be used to help the aquatic facility consultants develop a draft plan for the city’s consideration, the release stated...
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Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe to speak at 'Get Out the Vote' rally Satuarday
(Local News ~ 10/20/18)
Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe will speak at a Republican “Get Out the Vote” picnic and rally Saturday in Cape Girardeau. The event, hosted by the Cape Girardeau County Republican Central Committee, will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Cape County Park South, Pavilion 20, according to a news release...
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Businesses owned by Sonjay Fonn close in downtown Cape
(Local News ~ 10/20/18)
Downtown businesses owned by Dr. Sonjay Fonn, a local neurosurgeon, are marked “closed,” as of late Thursday. Fonn’s Fonn Enterprises LLC owns several properties in Cape Girardeau, including Stevie’s Steakburgers at 600 Broadway, Buckner Ragsdale at 132 N. Main St. and The Bar at 117 Themis St., all of which were marked “closed.”...
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Golden Age games on Friday at Osage Centre
(Local News ~ 10/20/18)
Michael Barnhill, left, spins Robbie Henley, right, and Barbara Evans across the dance floor Friday during the Golden Age Games at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau.
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Multiple marijuana issues make for confusing ballot
(Local News ~ 10/20/18)
Missouri voters will have three opportunities to approve medical marijuana on the Nov. 6 ballot. Voters can choose from two constitutional amendments and a statutory measure seeking to make Missouri the 31st state to allow medical marijuana. Adding to the ballot confusion, proponents predict all three measures will pass, possibly putting the outcome in the hands of the Missouri Supreme Court...
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Sponsored: In it to win it
(Local News ~ 10/20/18)
The first thing that happens when Larry Taylor opens the door of his Scott City home to visitors is an extended hand with the genial directive, "Call me Larry." You also can call Larry a hard worker, an adventurer, a talented master woodworker, a man of faith and family and a man who wouldn't let cancer stand in the way of his life...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/20/18)
Today is Saturday, Oct. 20, the 293rd day of 2018. There are 72 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 20, 1973, in the so-called "Saturday Night Massacre," special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox was dismissed and Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William B. Ruckelshaus resigned...
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Out of the past: Oct. 20
(Out of the Past ~ 10/20/18)
Trail of Tears State Park officials say it probably will be next year before the park's flood-damaged electric campsite and day-use picnic area along the Mississippi River can be repaired and reopened; the area was extensively damaged by this year's prolonged flood...
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Walther - 40 years
(Anniversary ~ 10/20/18)
Ralph and Mary Walther of Gordonville, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary July 29 with an evening dinner at Christ Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall in Gordonville. It was hosted by their children, Ryan and Tina Walther, Jana Walther, Shannon and Leann Stinson, and their grandson, Jakoata Walther, all of Jackson...
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Fantastic fall flavors
(Column ~ 10/20/18)
The flavors of fall have to be the most popular of the entire year. There is so much happening with apples, spices and pumpkin, and so many recipes to try there just isn't enough time to try them all. So I've chosen a few to share with you that are on my to-do list this fall. Maybe one or more of these will end up on your family table as well...
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FYI 10-21-18
(Community ~ 10/20/18)
St. Vincent de Paul will hold a Christmas Bazaar from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, at the St. Vincent DePaul Center, 1912 Ritter Drive in Cape Girardeau. Admission is free, and lunch is served. The Drug Enforcement Administration will partner with local law enforcement agencies to give the public a chance to prevent pill abuse and theft by turning in potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27...
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Club news 10-21-18
(Community News ~ 10/20/18)
The Town and Country FCE Club met Oct. 11 at the home of Linda Thompson. The meeting was called to order by president Linda Thompson. The club collect was read by all members. Thompson, hostess, read the devotional, "My Thanks." Roll call was completed by naming a favorite vegetable. ...
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Generosity - Care to Learn 10-21-18
(Community ~ 10/20/18)
Submitted by Carly Schulman The Cape Girardeau chapter of Care to Learn, a not-for-profit organization committed to providing funding to meet emergent needs of health, hunger and hygiene so every student can be successful in school, received a $5,000 donation from W.E. Walker-Lakenan recently. Shown is the entire W.E. Walker-Lakenan agency supported Care to Learn through a peanut butter drive. The drive collected enough jars to provide an entire week’s worth of peanut butter for the backpack program.
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Gardens are ending
(Column ~ 10/20/18)
It's almost the end of October, so frost is almost here where we live in southeast Missouri. The weather gal the other morning was saying we could get frost in the next week or so. Not likely but there is a chance. If frost is likely there are some things we need to take care of. ...
- Adopt Bonnie (Community ~ 10/20/18)
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Senior Center Menus for Oct. 22-26
(Community ~ 10/20/18)
Monday: Pepper steak or chicken cordon bleu, Chantilly potatoes, roasted Brussels sprouts, whole-grain hot roll and sugar-free apple crisp or mixed berry crisp. Tuesday: Spaghetti with meatballs or ranch chicken, buttered corn, garden salad, whole-grain garlic bread and chilled pears or tapioca pudding with vanilla wafers...
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A trickster of autumn
(Column ~ 10/20/18)
It may not be Halloween just yet, but there is a little trickster out and about. It is the Yellowjacket Mimic Fly. It is the size of the yellowjacket paper wasp that can sting you and make you cry. The Yellowjacket Mimic is a good pollinator of late summer and autumn flowers...
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Moments
(Column ~ 10/20/18)
"Gloom, despair, and agony on me. Deep dark depression, excessive misery. If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all. Gloom, despair, and agony on me." Written by late country singers Roy Clark and Buck Owens, the above lyrics were featured on the 1969-1997 long running TV show "Hee Haw." In my mind's eye, I still see four men in overalls holding moonshine jugs and singing that ditty -- all the while lamenting the cruel vicissitudes of life...
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Reclaim the unity
(Column ~ 10/20/18)
When my friends and I are visiting each other's towns, we like to worship together at one another's churches. Some of us are Catholic and some of us are Protestant, and we go together to the church of the person whose town we're in, regardless of denomination...
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Looking for true freedom
(Community ~ 10/20/18)
I was sitting inside a local restaurant enjoying a salad, wonderful tasting bread and delicious black coffee with just a touch of skim milk, when my ears caught sounds from a loud conversation taking place at the next table. I tried to refrain from eavesdropping but a lady made a comment that caused me to reflect on what she said...
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Prayer 10-21-18
(Prayer ~ 10/20/18)
Lord God, we look to you for you are our provider and Everlasting Father. Amen.
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Train mows down crowd at India festival; at least 58 dead, officials say
(International News ~ 10/20/18)
NEW DELHI -- A speeding train ran over a crowd watching fireworks during a religious festival in northern India on Friday, killing at least 58 people and injuring dozens more, police said. The train failed to stop after the accident on the outskirts of Amritsar, a city in Punjab state, said the state governing Congress party politician, Pratap Singh Bajwa...
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Migrants defy threats, try to enter Mexico
(International News ~ 10/20/18)
TECUN UMAN, Guatemala -- Waving Honduran flags and carrying umbrellas to protect against the sun, thousands of migrants massed along Guatemala's muddy Suchiate River crossing into Mexico on Friday, demanding to be let in despite U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of retaliation...
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Afghanistan postpones election in Kandahar after deadly attack
(International News ~ 10/20/18)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's election commission Friday postponed elections in Kandahar for a week, following a brazen attack on a high-profile security meeting there with a U.S. delegation in which at least two senior provincial officials, including the province's police chief, died...
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Saudis: Khashoggi killed in consulate
(International News ~ 10/20/18)
ISTANBUL (AP) -- Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in a "fistfight" in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, the kingdom said early Saturday, acknowledging the writer's death for the first time. Authorities said 18 Saudi suspects were in custody for his slaying and intelligence officials had been fired...
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Hackers breach HealthCare.gov system, get data on 75,000 users, officials say
(National News ~ 10/20/18)
WASHINGTON -- A government computer system interacting with HealthCare.gov was hacked earlier this month, compromising the sensitive personal data of some 75,000 people, officials said Friday. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services made the announcement late in the afternoon ahead of a weekend, a time slot agencies often use to release unfavorable developments...
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U.S. home sales fell in September
(National News ~ 10/20/18)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. home sales fell for the sixth straight month in September, a sign housing has increasingly become a weak spot for the economy. The National Association of Realtors said Friday sales declined 3.4 percent last month, the biggest drop in 2 1/2 years, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.15 million. That's the lowest sales pace since November 2015...
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Idaho settles mine pollution lawsuit
(Community ~ 10/20/18)
BOISE, Idaho -- An environmental group and Idaho officials have reached a tentative settlement over toxic discharge from an abandoned silver and lead mine in central Idaho near one of the world's top ski destinations. The Idaho Conservation League in federal court documents made public Thursday agreed to have its lawsuit dismissed as long as state officials get a federal permit involving discharge from the Triumph Mine. ...
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Candid candidate voluntarily airs dirty laundry
(National News ~ 10/20/18)
FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- Virginia Del. Lee Carter wants you to know he is in the midst of his third divorce, can't hold a job, lobbed homophobic insults when he was young, and may even have explicit photos of himself floating around on the internet. It's not the incumbent Democrat wants to lose the election next year; he just wants to get all of the potentially damning information out there before any of his opponents can...
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Missing woman's body found amid rubble
(National News ~ 10/20/18)
PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- A family can begin to grieve after officials confirmed Friday the death of a 79-year-old Florida woman who had been missing since Hurricane Michael left her Mexico Beach home in rubble. Joanne Garone Behnke said it's been an agonizing wait to find out what happen to her aunt, Aggie Vicari...
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Panhandle medical care on life support after Michael
(National News ~ 10/20/18)
PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- Already sick with strep throat and asthma, Aleeah Racette got sicker when she cleaned out a soggy, moldy home after Hurricane Michael, so she sought help at the hospital where she began life. She was stunned by what she saw there...
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Answers sought in deaths of couple
(Community ~ 10/20/18)
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. -- Authorities are trying to figure out what led to the deaths of a young couple in the Grand Canyon. National Park Service investigators said Friday 25-year-old Garret Bonkowski and 22-year-old Jessica Bartz were found dead earlier this month in an area overlooking a popular trail on the South Rim. Their vehicle was nearby...
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Trump praises congressman who body-slammed reporter
(National News ~ 10/20/18)
MISSOULA, Mont. -- President Donald Trump praised a Republican congressman for body-slamming a reporter last year, calling him a "tough cookie" and saying he thinks it might have helped him win election in Montana. At a campaign rally in Missoula on Thursday, Trump lauded Rep. ...
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Trump revives immigration talk for 'caravan' election
(National News ~ 10/20/18)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Donald Trump fueled his 2016 campaign with fiery immigration rhetoric, visions of hordes flowing across the border to assault Americans and steal their jobs. Now, in the final weeks before midterm elections, he's back at it as he looks to stave off Democratic gains in Congress...
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Russian woman charged in 2018 election meddling case
(National News ~ 10/20/18)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. accused a Russian woman Friday of helping oversee the finances of a sweeping, secretive effort to sway American public opinion through social media in the first federal case alleging foreign interference in the 2018 midterm elections...
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Scott City fire report 10-21-18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/20/18)
SCOTT CITY The Scott City Fire Department responded to the following calls: Oct. 12 to 19 n Medical assists were made Oct. 13 in the 600 block of Main Street, 400 block of Crites Street and at Ellis and Elm streets; Oct. 14 in the 1400 block of Main Street; Oct. ...
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Area police report 10-21-18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/20/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Michael Nelson, 22, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Arrests n April Bone, 30, of Sikeston, Missouri, was arrested on a Scott County warrant...
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Births 10/21/18
(Births ~ 10/20/18)
Son to Justin and Ashley Koerber of Gordonville, Southeast Hospital, 9:31 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. Name, Layton Paul. Weight, 8 pounds, 10 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Koerber is the daughter of Steve Brune of Sedgewickville, Missouri, and Angie Brune of Jackson. She works for Arnsberg Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. Koerber is the son of Herb Koerber and Bernice Koerber of Gordonville. He is employed by JK Fabrication & Welding...
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St. Louis restored prairie in bloom but faces threats
(State News ~ 10/20/18)
ST. LOUIS -- A restored St. Louis prairie of native grasses and flowers is in bloom, but the nature reserve's conservation is threatened by inaction and invasive plants. Biologists discovered the 25-acre hidden prairie in the 1990s at Calvary Cemetery, where it was protected from agricultural development, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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AP FACT CHECK: Missouri debate claims cite Trump, wages
(State News ~ 10/20/18)
Party control of the U.S. Senate could hinge on Missouri in the midterm elections, where incumbent Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is locked in a tight race with first-time challenger Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley. McCaskill is a longtime Missouri politician who's seeking her third Senate term. Hawley is a rising star in the Republican Party who's running for his first national office. The two met for their first one-on-one debate Thursday in St. Louis...
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Road work 10/21/18
(Local News ~ 10/20/18)
A temporary road closure has been issued for East Madison Street and East Monroe Street between South High Street and South Hope Street in Jackson. Starting at 7 a.m. Monday, this section of roadway will be closed to traffic. This is expected to last for three weeks, weather pending, or until all construction work in this area has been completed...
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Mary Sharp
(Obituary ~ 10/20/18)
Mary Ellen Sharp, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Memorial service will follow at noon Wednesday at the funeral home...
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Harvey Meyer
(Obituary ~ 10/20/18)
Harvey Lee Meyer, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, at Lutheran Home. Harvey was born April 14, 1939, in St. Louis to Ralph H. "Bud" and Norma Lee Simpson. Norma later married Edwin Theodore "Ted" Meyer. Ted formally adopted Harvey on Aug. 17, 1959. He married Ruth Ann Bingenheimer on July 2, 1960. They shared 58 wonderful years together...
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Lloyd Law
(Obituary ~ 10/20/18)
Lloyd J. Law, 88, of Jackson died Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Monday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at noon Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Brian Law officiating. Entombment will be at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum in Cape Girardeau...
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Desmond Irvin
(Obituary ~ 10/20/18)
** Desmond Irvin Desmond Alexander Irvin, 34, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, at Southeast Hospital. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is in charge of arrangements.
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Family of Fear
(Community ~ 10/20/18)
For 19-year-old Tyler Macke, the Black Forest Haunted Ghost Town is home. As a child, Tyler led guests through the annual, haunted Halloween attraction as one of the Forest's silent grim reaper guides, alongside his father and head reaper, Greg Macke. In the years since, Tyler has grown to take charge of designing the Haunted Ghost and ensuring the continued operation of the haunt throughout each scare season...
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Josh Hawley is the right choice for Missouri Senate
(Column ~ 10/20/18)
Missouri Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Josh Hawley may be the strongest defender of conservatism to appear on the statewide ballot. The 38-year-old Constitutional lawyer represented Hobby Lobby at the Supreme Court when the Christian, family owned company objected to Obamacare's mandate that health insurance plans cover abortifacients...
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Having a ball with Cracker Jack
(Column ~ 10/20/18)
This week the 114th World Series will begin. The team I routinely root for isn't in it this year. (Actually, I usually root for two teams: the Cardinals and whoever is playing the Cubs.) Nonetheless, I'll keep an occasional eye on the action and follow the progress of the Series until it's over. ...
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Veterans Day Celebration
(Submitted Story ~ 10/20/18)
Rededication of the Avenue of Flags and the dedication of the new Veterans Memorial Plaza will be held at North County Park on Veterans Day (11/11) at 1pm. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend. Here's the flyer for the event.
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Monuments to African-American history
(Column ~ 10/20/18)
Contributions of the region's African-American community are memorialized in military grave-markers. Fifteen veterans of United States Colored Troops are buried at Fairmount Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. Though born into slavery, when the opportunity opened, these men courageously volunteered to fight for the Union cause, proactive to pursue and achieve freedom for all. These men survived the war, made Cape Girardeau their home in their freedom, and deserve remembrance...
- Captured on Film (Community ~ 10/20/18)
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