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Jackson Board discusses revised agreement with Immaculate Conception to abandon E. Jefferson
(Local News ~ 11/20/18)
An agreement previously struck down is moving ahead with some modifications after Monday's Jackson Board of Aldermen meeting. The agreement, struck down Nov. 5, would have approved Immaculate Conception Catholic Church's request for the city to abandon a segment of East Jefferson Street...
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Cape Council rezones land, clears way for development of townhouses
(Local News ~ 11/20/18)
The Cape Girardeau City Council rezoned property Monday along Old Hopper Road, clearing the way for construction of townhouses despite concerns of neighbors. Council members approved the rezoning more than four months after turning down the same request amid fierce opposition from area residents...
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Study recommends new Cape City Hall on existing site
(Local News ~ 11/20/18)
Cape Girardeau should construct a new city hall on the grounds of the existing facility, an architectural firm advised the city council Monday. The city hired St. Louis-based Chiodini Architects to study possible sites for a new city hall. The firm looked at the existing property at 401 Independence St. as well as the historic Common Pleas Courthouse and Annex site, and the site of the former police station on Sprigg Street...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 11/20/18)
Today is Tuesday, Nov. 20, the 324th day of 2018. There are 41 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 20, 1945, 22 former Nazi officials went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. (Almost a year later, the International Military Tribune sentenced 12 of the defendants to death; seven received prison sentences ranging from 10 years to life; three were acquitted.)...
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Speak Out 11-20-18
(Speak Out ~ 11/20/18)
Cape Girardeau has an excellent leaf pickup program. Why is burning still allowed in the city limits? You can't go out in the crisp autumn air without choking on the fumes in some neighborhoods. We should utilize our leaf program and terminate this absurd policy of burning in the city...
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Prayer 11-20-18
(Prayer ~ 11/20/18)
Lord Jesus, thank you for grace and the forgiveness of sins. Amen.
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Thanks to election officials
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/20/18)
How great it was! More than 32,000 votes successfully cast and properly recorded! No hanging chads were discovered, no uncounted votes found in a storage closet, no boxes of provisional votes discovered, no reported problems of any kind, anywhere! Kara Summers, her staff, and some 300 volunteers worked tirelessly to bring to our voters an election that maintains a foundation of integrity, trust and dependability. ...
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Several women honored by Cape's Zonta Club
(Editorial ~ 11/20/18)
The Cape Girardeau Zonta Club presented awards last week to several women who have made a difference in our community. About 500 people attended the luncheon banquet at Ray's to recognize the Women of Achievement. Dr. Karen Hendrickson received the lifetime achievement award; Dr. ...
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Stranded camel entertains motorists along snowy roadway
(National News ~ 11/20/18)
PHILADELPHIA — The surprisingly powerful winter storm that swept across Pennsylvania brought some surprising sights with it, including a camel stranded along a snowy roadway. Motorists traveling about 40 miles north of Philadelphia started tweeting about the camel and posted video on social media. ...
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Yemeni rebels say they will halt rocket fire at Saudi Arabia
(International News ~ 11/20/18)
SANAA, Yemen -- Yemen's Shiite rebels said Monday they will halt rocket fire into Saudi Arabia for the sake of peace efforts, answering a key Saudi demand in the latest push to stop the civil war in the Arab world's poorest country. But the rebels also said they had fired a ballistic missile into Saudi Arabia overnight in response to an attempted border incursion and a Saudi airstrike, and they reserved the right to respond to attacks...
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Migrants fearful, anxious after Tijuana protests
(International News ~ 11/20/18)
TIJUANA, Mexico -- Many Central American migrants camped in Tijuana after crossing Mexico in a caravan said Monday a protest over the weekend by residents demanding they leave frightened them and left them even more anxious while they try to get into the United States...
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Acrimonious Pacific summit underscores trade tensions
(International News ~ 11/20/18)
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea -- Pacific Rim leaders at a key Asian summit failed to reach agreement on a joint declaration on world trade for the first time in nearly three decades, highlighting the growing tensions between China and the U.S. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit's acrimony also underscored the rivalry between China and the West for influence in the South Pacific, where Beijing has been wooing impoverished island states with aid and loans...
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'Little clear progress' made in ongoing Afghani war
(National News ~ 11/20/18)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. and Afghan governments have made "little clear progress" recently in compelling the Taliban to negotiate a peace deal, according to a new U.S. assessment Monday suggesting military and political signs point toward continued stalemate...
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Trump's comments on McRaven prompt stern rebukes from critics
(National News ~ 11/20/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has ignited a firestorm of criticism and charges he is politicizing the military by faulting a war hero for not capturing al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden sooner. Trump took shots at retired Adm. William McRaven in a Fox News interview Sunday in which he also asserted the former Navy SEAL and former commander of U.S. Special Operations Command was a "backer" of Trump's 2016 rival, Hillary Clinton, and supporter of President Barack Obama...
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Gunman opens fire at Chicago hospital, killing at least three
(National News ~ 11/20/18)
CHICAGO -- A gunman opened fire Monday at a Chicago hospital, killing a police officer and two hospital employees after a domestic dispute exploded into a firefight with SWAT team members inside the medical center. The suspect was also dead, authorities said...
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Frantic search goes on for missing after Calif. wildfire
(National News ~ 11/20/18)
CHICO, Calif. -- Desperate families posted photos and messages on social media and at shelters in hopes of finding missing loved ones, many of them elderly, nearly two weeks after the deadliest, most destructive wildfire in California history. The death toll stood at 77 Monday, with about 1,000 people unaccounted for...
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Study predicts monkey population boom in Florida park
(Community ~ 11/20/18)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A troop of roaming primates in north-central Florida will nearly double in size if state wildlife managers don't step in and stop the monkey business, according to new research released Monday. In a study published in The Journal of Wildlife Management, researchers found the number of rhesus macaques at Silver Springs State Park will grow to 350 animals or more by 2022. ...
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The scoop on how your cat's sandpapery tongue deep cleans
(Community ~ 11/20/18)
WASHINGTON -- Cat lovers know when kitties groom, their tongues are pretty scratchy. Using high-tech scans and some other tricks, scientists are learning how those sandpapery tongues help cats get clean and stay cool. The secret: Tiny hooks on the tongue with scoops built in to carry saliva deep into all that fur...
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Limiting screen time for your child? It's harder than it looks
(Community ~ 11/20/18)
CHICAGO -- It is Saturday morning, and 10-year-old Henry Hailey is up at the crack of dawn. Still in PJs, his microphone-equipped headphones glowing blue in the dim basement, he fixates on the popular online game "Fortnite" on a large screen. "What?! Right as I was about to finish it, I died," he calls out disappointedly to his friend Gus, a fellow fifth-grader playing the game from his home just a few blocks away. "Dude, I should not have died."...
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Out of the past: Nov. 20
(Out of the Past ~ 11/20/18)
Christmas parades in Cape Girardeau, Jackson and Chaffee, Missouri, will help kick off the Yuletide season; this year, for the first time since the mid-1950s, Cape Girardeau will have a Christmas parade; it will be held Nov. 28, starting at dusk, and is sponsored by the Downtown Merchants Association and KBSI Television...
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Charles Ezzell
(Obituary ~ 11/20/18)
Charles M. "Red" Ezzell, 91, of the Whitewater community passed away Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018. Charles was a businessman, farmer, World War II U.S. Navy veteran, Baptist deacon and life member and past master of Grahamville F. & A.M. Lodge. He is survived by his wife, Jean; children, Barbara, John (Donna), Charles Thomas and David (Lori); grandchildren, Mark, Julie, Matthew and Libby; and brother, Jack (Jean)...
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Mary Dodd
(Obituary ~ 11/20/18)
Mary Charlene Dodd, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Nov. 16, 2018, at Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will follow at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church, with Bishop William Shipley officiating. Burial will be at a later date at Plainfield Cemetery in Plainfield, Illinois...
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Henry Denton
(Obituary ~ 11/20/18)
THEBES, Ill. -- Henry Lee Denton, 85, of Thebes died Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, at Metropolis Nursing and Rehab Center in Metropolis, Illinois. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with a Masonic service at 12:30 p.m., Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau...
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Kansas City Zoo mourns death of 55-year-old chimp
(State News ~ 11/20/18)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Zoo has euthanized a 55-year-old chimpanzee because her health was failing. The zoo announced Monday in a Facebook post the chimp, named Blackie, died Friday. Born in Africa, she came to the Kansas City Zoo in 1966. She has eight offspring and is a grandmother...
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Board set to pick next top Missouri K-12 education official
(State News ~ 11/20/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The State Board of Education is set to pick Missouri's next top K-12 education official. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the board interviewed the top four candidates for education commissioner Monday. Board president Charlie Shields told the newspaper an announcement of the board's pick might not come until later this week...
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Jury: Man guilty in killing of abusive Missouri mother
(State News ~ 11/20/18)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A Wisconsin man was convicted Friday in the stabbing death of a Missouri woman who forced her daughter for years to pretend to be disabled as part of a fraud scheme. Nicholas Godejohn, 29, of Big Bend, Wisconsin, faces life in prison without the possibility of parole after being found guilty of first-degree murder. He will be sentenced in February...
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Professor accused of making students watch dogs, be waiters
(State News ~ 11/20/18)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The University of Missouri-Kansas City is expanding its investigation of a professor after a Kansas City Star story revealed allegations he coerced students to perform personal favors, including watching his dog and acting as waiters and busboys...
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Springfield yoga community responds to pastor's sermon
(State News ~ 11/20/18)
OZARK, Mo. -- Springfield's yoga community is speaking out after a pastor at an Assemblies of God megachurch warned Christians to avoid the popular activity because he claims it has "demonic roots." Pastor John Lindell told worshippers last month at James River Church in Ozark that yoga positions were "created with demonic intent" and called Hinduism demonic, the Springfield News-Leader reported. The church is known to have a congregation of more than 10,000, according to a 2016 report...
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Bill Hartle
(Obituary ~ 11/20/18)
Bill G. Hartle, 93, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018, at Missouri Veterans Home. He was born May 1, 1925, in Cape Girardeau to Grover and Alice Hagerty Hartle. He and Shirley Hartle were married Dec. 25, 1946, in Mississippi. Bill served in the U.S. Army from 1943 until 1946. He was a longtime member of Red Star Baptist Church. Bill was owner and operator of H&M Sales and had worked for Harris Truck and Trailer...
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Is a president 'owed' respect?
(Column ~ 11/20/18)
President Trump has been calling out the media for most of his presidency, but things escalated last week when he and CNN reporter Jim Acosta had a heated exchange that resulted in the revocation of Acosta's White House press pass. Since then, a judge ordered Acosta's credentials returned, but let me ask a question that really is the foundation of this whole thing: Is the president of the United States owed respect simply because of the office he holds?...
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First Deer
(Submitted Story ~ 11/20/18)
Grant Skelton, age 11, killed his first deer, a six pointer in Bell City, Missouri. He was hunting with his dad, Mike Skelton.
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