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SEMO settles lawsuit for $200,000 state records show
(Local News ~ 11/27/18)
A former Southeast Missouri State University baseball player’s injury lawsuit against the school was settled for $200,000, according to state legal expense records. The settlement was reached earlier this year, but terms of the settlement beyond attorney fees were not disclosed in Cape Girardeau County Circuit Court filings...
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Missouri State Public Defender's office in Jackson may move to larger space
(Local News ~ 11/27/18)
The public defender’s office in Jackson will likely move to a new location soon, according to county officials. At Monday’s regular Cape Girardeau County Commission meeting, Commissioner Charlie Herbst said by Missouri law, the county provides office space and utilities for the public defender’s office...
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Lighting the way at Cape County Park North
(Local News ~ 11/27/18)
A car drives through Cape County Park North while stopping to look at the Christmas displays set up around the park Monday in Cape Girardeau.
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Toybox, Toys for Tots to join forces, distribute based on need
(Local News ~ 11/27/18)
For the 43rd-annual Toybox drive, the Cape Jaycees will partner with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program in an effort to maximize both charities’ holiday efforts...
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City officials mull future of Common Pleas Courthouse, Annex; city will take over maintenance of the grounds in 2019
(Local News ~ 11/27/18)
The future of Cape Girardeau’s iconic Common Pleas Courthouse rests in the hands of city officials, who have yet to determine how to repurpose the historic structure once it ceases to be used for court in 2020. Cape Girardeau County government is building a new justice center in Jackson. Once completed, county officials plan to relocate court offices, leaving the historic Common Pleas Courthouse empty...
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Christmas concert features festive music, benefits good cause
(Editorial ~ 11/27/18)
One of the many joys of the Christmas holiday in Southeast Missouri is the annual "Sounds of the Season" concert featuring local musical and vocal talent. It's presented by the SoutheastHEALTH Foundation, and takes place Sunday at Cape First Church at 254 South Silver Springs Road...
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Prayer 11-27-18
(Prayer ~ 11/27/18)
O Jesus, thank you that in all things we can come to you in prayer. Amen.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 11/27/18)
Today is Tuesday, Nov. 27, the 331st day of 2018. There are 34 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 27, 1924, Macy's first Thanksgiving Day parade -- billed as a "Christmas Parade" -- took place in New York. On this date: In 1901, the U.S. Army War College was established in Washington, D.C...
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Catholic Supply attack suspect makes first court appearance
(State News ~ 11/27/18)
ST. LOUIS -- The man accused of sexually assaulting two women and fatally shooting another at a Catholic store in suburban St. Louis has requested a public defender. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported 53-year-old Thomas Bruce appeared for his first court appearance in shackles Monday and said little while the 17 charges against him were read...
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Group that gave to pro-Greitens PAC faces IRS complaint
(State News ~ 11/27/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A government watchdog group has filed an IRS complaint against a group that donated millions of dollars to a PAC that helped Eric Greitens' Missouri gubernatorial campaign. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed the complaint this past week against Freedom Frontier. The group alleges the not-for-profit violated its tax-exempt status by contributing more than half of its total spending to political organizations...
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Fentanyl involved in majority of St. Louis overdose deaths
(State News ~ 11/27/18)
ST. LOUIS -- The powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl, which has been increasingly turning up in heroin and other street drugs, is behind a surge in St. Louis-area overdose deaths. The highly potent painkiller is involved in nearly all of the opioid overdose deaths in and around St. Louis, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Missouri archaeological survey reveals many artifacts
(State News ~ 11/27/18)
FORSYTH, Mo. -- An archaeological survey at a lake in southern Missouri is revealing a range of artifacts. The survey along Lake Taneycomo covers about 6,000 acres, The Springfield News-Leader reported. The survey is part of Liberty Utilities-Empire District Electric's dam operating license renewal, which must be renewed every 30 years through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, according to plant manager Randy Richardson...
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Slick roads, blowing snow delay air, road travel in Midwest
(State News ~ 11/27/18)
CHICAGO -- A wintry storm brought blizzard-like conditions to parts of the Midwest early Monday, grounding hundreds of flights and causing scores of accidents and at least one death on slick roads crowded with people returning from work after the Thanksgiving weekend...
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Out of the pas: Nov. 27
(Out of the Past ~ 11/27/18)
A bit of Cape Girardeau history went up in flames yesterday as Hobbs Chapel United Methodist Church burned to the ground; the blaze was reported to the East County Fire Department around 9 a.m., but when the volunteer firefighters arrived, the church and adjoining education center were engulfed in smoke and flames; by 2 p.m., the 101-year-old church was a smoldering ruin...
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Greg Sparkman
(Obituary ~ 11/27/18)
Greg "Sparky" Sparkman, 58, of Gordonville died Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018, at his daughter's home. He was born Sept. 21, 1960, in Cape Girardeau to Glenn and Mary Sanders Sparkman. He was past owner and operator of Sparkman Auto & Marine Sales. He loved to coon hunt, ride horses and buy, sell and trade and was very strong in his faith. He attended Cape County Cowboy Church...
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Juanita Masterson
(Obituary ~ 11/27/18)
Juanita Frances Masterson, 97, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, at Lutheran Home. She was born Sept. 22, 1921, in Advance, Missouri, to William Oliver and Dewey Davis LaCroix. She and Delbert G. Masterson were married May 2, 1942, at St. Mary's Church in Cape Girardeau...
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Jason Mason
(Obituary ~ 11/27/18)
Jason Ray Mason, 43, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, at Life Care Center. He was born Feb. 13, 1975, in Brush, Colorado, to Ernest and Barbara Terry Mason. Jason worked as an auto body mechanic for many years in Jackson and Cape Girardeau. He also had worked for Davis Glass Co. and Edgewater Glass Co. He was an avid hunter and fisherman...
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Lois June Jordan
(Obituary ~ 11/27/18)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- The sun was shining gloriously Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018, as Lois June Jordan of Advance stepped gently into the light of the Son. Lois, known as June, was 82 and was at home after having battled metastic colon cancer for nearly three years...
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Melvin Eggimann
(Obituary ~ 11/27/18)
Melvin A. Eggimann, 91, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, at Legends Assisted Living in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with Pastor Dan Maske officiating. Burial, with full military honors, will follow at Cape County Memorial Park...
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White House pastry chefs make National Mall in gingerbread
(Community ~ 11/27/18)
WASHINGTON -- The traditional White House gingerbread house isn't exactly a house this year. It's a massive, sugary replica of the entire National Mall. The pastry creation -- featured at Monday's unveiling of the White House holiday decorations -- required 225 pounds of dough, 25 pounds of chocolate and 20 pounds of white icing. ...
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Stranger returns lost wallet and adds extra cash
(National News ~ 11/27/18)
BRANDON, S.D. — A South Dakota man has his lost wallet back with some extra cash thanks to a stranger. Hunter Shamatt thought he’d never seen the wallet again when he lost it on a flight to Las Vegas for his sister’s wedding. Inside was $60 cash and a check for about $400. ...
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Chinese researcher claims first gene-edited babies
(International News ~ 11/27/18)
HONG KONG -- A Chinese researcher claims he helped make the world's first genetically edited babies -- twin girls born this month whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life. If true, it would be a profound leap of science and ethics...
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Dispute with Russia prompts Ukraine to impose martial law
(International News ~ 11/27/18)
KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukraine's parliament voted Monday to impose martial law in parts of the country to fight what its president called "growing aggression" from Moscow after a weekend naval confrontation off the disputed Crimean Peninsula in which Russia fired on and seized three Ukrainian vessels amid renewed tensions between the neighbors...
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U.K.'s May fights to sell Brexit deal to skeptics
(International News ~ 11/27/18)
LONDON -- Prime Minister Theresa May made a blunt appeal to skeptical lawmakers Monday to back her divorce deal with the European Union: It isn't perfect, but it's all there is, and the alternative is a leap into the unknown. In essence, she urged Parliament: Let's agree and move on, for the sake of the voters...
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'Flawless': NASA craft lands on Mars after perilous journey
(National News ~ 11/27/18)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A NASA spacecraft designed to drill down into Mars' interior landed on the planet Monday after a perilous, supersonic plunge through its red skies, setting off jubilation among scientists who had waited in white-knuckle suspense for confirmation to arrive across 100 million miles of space...
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Mueller: Manafort lied, broke plea agreement
(National News ~ 11/27/18)
WASHINGTON -- Special counsel Robert Mueller is accusing former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort of lying to federal investigators in the Russia probe in breach of his plea agreement, an extraordinary allegation potentially exposing Manafort to a lengthier prison sentence -- and possibly more criminal charges...
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Breast implants reveal problems in tracking safety
(National News ~ 11/27/18)
WASHINGTON -- To all the world, it looked like breast implants were safe. From 2008 to 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration publicly reported 200 or so complaints annually -- a tiny fraction of the hundreds of thousands of implant surgeries performed each year...
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GM announces layoffs, closures
(National News ~ 11/27/18)
DETROIT -- General Motors will cut up to 14,000 workers in North America and put five plants up for possible closure as it abandons many of its car models and restructures to focus more on autonomous and electric vehicles, the automaker announced Monday...
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Trump strongly defends use of tear gas on caravan migrants
(National News ~ 11/27/18)
SAN DIEGO -- President Donald Trump is strongly defending the U.S. use of tear gas at the Mexican border to repel a crowd of migrants including angry rock-throwers but also barefoot, crying children. Critics denounced the border agents' action as overkill, but Trump kept to a hard line...
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Remaining thankful beyond the holiday feast
(Column ~ 11/27/18)
Most find it easy to be thankful on Thanksgiving, and I hope you found that to be so last Thursday. Surrounded by family, friends, and food, we feel the warmth of the day, the kindness of strangers, the joy of the fast-approaching Christmas season. Something about the day puts a smile on our faces and makes it effortless when it's our turn at the table to cite reasons for being thankful...
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Sponsor-Funded Video Display Installed at Scott City High School
(Submitted Story ~ 11/27/18)
Scott City High School is experiencing the ultimate fan experience with a 8-foot indoor video display that was installed in November. The school was able to receive the indoor video display at no cost to the school with the Score Rewards Program. The Bank of Missouri advertised on the panels that surround the video display and has a digital advertisement...
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5 Generations of Women
(Submitted Story ~ 11/27/18)
5 generations of women got together in Scott City on Thanksgiving Day. Sitting is Jean Collier, Standing left to right is Kay Lee Householder, Jaycee Glastetter, Katina Stoops, Karen McClelland.
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