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Strickland will plan lights for Jackson soccer park
(Local News ~ 01/25/19)
A plan to install lighting in Jackson's soccer park is moving ahead, after action by the Board of Aldermen at Wednesday's meeting. Parks and recreation director Shane Anderson told the board at the Jan. 7 meeting donations were coming in for the project, $105,000 from Jackson Area Organized Soccer Association (JAOSA) for the lights themselves and another $8,000 from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) for equipment and labor to install them, but that doesn't cover the entire scope of the project.. ...
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Cape seeks nominations for endangered buildings
(Local News ~ 01/25/19)
The city of Cape Girardeau is accepting nominations for its 2019 endangered-buildings list as city officials contemplate the future of three historic, governmental buildings. City planner Ryan Shrimplin said the Cape Girardeau City Council ultimately will decide the future of three historic structures -- the Common Pleas Courthouse, the Courthouse Annex and city hall, Shrimplin said...
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Back to the Basics: Concept Agri-Tek uses bugs to renew soil and increase crop yield
(Local News ~ 01/25/19)
(Editor's note: This story first appeared in B Magazine) It's true: for thousands of years, trees have grown naturally. Without synthetic fertilizer. Without the meddling of people. Without chemicals. Instead, this is how we've gotten forests: leaves fall off trees. ...
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Few contested races in Scott, Perry counties
(Local News ~ 01/25/19)
Few contested races are on city and school-board election ballots this April in Scott and Perry counties. The major exceptions include school-board races in the Scott City and Kelly school districts, according to the Scott County Clerk's Office. Five people are running for two seats on the Scott City school board, including incumbent Gary Miller...
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Culture & Entertainment Notebook: Mimicking reality through oil painting
(Entertainment ~ 01/25/19)
Justin Henry Miller has dabbled in lots of different types of art the last 20 years, he said, but the one thing he keeps going back to is oil painting. "I find it to be so seductive," said Miller, Southeast Missouri State University associate professor and exhibitions coordinator, explaining that he still feels like he is learning about oil paint...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/25/19)
Today in History Today is Friday, Jan. 25, the 25th day of 2019. There are 340 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 25, 1971, Charles Manson and three women followers were convicted in Los Angeles of murder and conspiracy in the 1969 slayings of seven people, including actress Sharon Tate...
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Prayer 1-25-19
(Prayer ~ 01/25/19)
Heavenly Father, we look to you for you are our healer and deliverer. Amen.
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Speak Out 1-25-19
(Speak Out ~ 01/25/19)
The democrats have Trump and Obama mixed up. Obama was the hostage taker, Trump set the economy free with deregulation and tax cuts. The new "aquatic center" will NOT be a world class facility since it will NOT be Olympic-sized. We will lose our status as a swim hub between St Louis and Memphis. Please don't build half-court sized pool...
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Congress must fund the wall
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/25/19)
Governments are instituted by and derive their powers from the citizens within a geopolitical area. The people sanction these institutions to provide for the protection of life, liberty and property. It is the sworn duty of elected officials to provide this protection without hesitation...
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Southeast Hall of Fame; and how about that punt?
(Editorial ~ 01/25/19)
Several former Southeast Missouri State University athletes and coaches will be honored tonight at the annual hall of fame dinner and reception. This year's class honors former two-sport athlete Tom Brennecke posthumously, who competed in football and was a sprinter, at Southeast from 1954-57. ...
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'The milkman model': Big brand names try reusable containers
(Entertainment ~ 01/25/19)
A new shopping platform announced Thursday at the World Economic Forum aims to change the way we buy many brand-name products. "Loop" would do away with disposable containers for things like food, shampoo, laundry detergent and diapers from some of the world's biggest manufacturers...
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Sweethearts candies won't be on store shelves this Valentine's
(Community ~ 01/25/19)
DETROIT -- Sweethearts -- those chalky little candies with messages on them -- won't be on store shelves this Valentine's Day. The New England Confectionary Co. -- or Necco -- had been making the popular candies since 1886. But the company filed for bankruptcy protection last spring...
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Senate subpoena for ex-Trump lawyer Cohen; will he comply?
(National News ~ 01/25/19)
WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee on Thursday subpoenaed President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen, according to his defense team, in a Russia investigation development that comes one day after Cohen postponed his public testimony to a House committee...
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High heat but no record: 2018 was fourth-warmest year on Earth
(National News ~ 01/25/19)
WASHINGTON -- While Earth was a tad cooler last year than the last couple of years, it still was the fourth-warmest on record, a new analysis shows. With the partial U.S. government shutdown, federal agency calculations for last year's temperatures are delayed. But independent scientists at Berkeley Earth calculate that last year's average temperature was 58.93 degrees...
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Trump makes rare cave on State of the Union speech
(National News ~ 01/25/19)
WASHINGTON -- The counter-puncher caved. President Donald Trump's decision to postpone his State of the Union address under pressure from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi surprised allies, contradicted top aides who had been working on an alternative speech plan and left all of Washington trying to determine whether it signaled new willingness by Trump to make a deal to reopen the government...
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U.S. faces tough choices as it weighs next moves on Venezuela
(National News ~ 01/25/19)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump says "all options are on the table" as the U.S. seeks to push Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to give up power. But the reality is much more complicated. The U.S. still has tools to apply pressure on Maduro, even after years of tough rhetoric and increasing sanctions. ...
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Will robots take your job? Quarter of U.S. workers at risk
(National News ~ 01/25/19)
Robots aren't replacing everyone, but a quarter of U.S. jobs will be severely disrupted as artificial intelligence accelerates the automation of existing work, according to a new Brookings Institution report. Thursday's report from the Washington think tank says roughly 36 million Americans hold jobs with "high exposure" to automation -- meaning at least 70 percent of their tasks could soon be performed by machines using current technology. ...
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Divided Senate rejects competing plans for ending partial shutdown
(National News ~ 01/25/19)
WASHINGTON -- A splintered Senate swatted down competing Democratic and Republican plans for ending the 34-day partial government shutdown Thursday, leaving President Donald Trump and Congress with no obvious formula for halting the longest-ever closure of federal agencies and the damage it is inflicting around the country...
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Commerce chief asks why furloughed workers using food banks
(National News ~ 01/25/19)
NEW YORK -- Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, one of the richest people in President Donald Trump's Cabinet, questioned Thursday why furloughed federal workers were using food banks instead of taking out loans to get through the monthlong partial government shutdown...
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Asylum seekers to wait in Mexico as soon as Today
(National News ~ 01/25/19)
SAN DIEGO -- The Trump administration expects to launch a policy as early as today that forces people seeking asylum to wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. courts, an official said, marking one of the most significant changes to the immigration system of Donald Trump's presidency...
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Out of the past: Jan. 25
(Out of the Past ~ 01/25/19)
Carl Ritter, Southeast Missouri State University's all-time leading scorer in men's basketball, had his jersey number retired during half-time of Monday night's game against Tennessee-Martin at the Show Me Center; his number, 32, is worn this season by Keith Brooks; therefore, the actual retirement will be at the end of this season...
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Birth 1/25/19
(Births ~ 01/25/19)
Son to Devon Martin and Sarah George of Sikeston, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 4:26 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. Name, Connor Lee Ross. Weight, 8 pounds, 3.5 ounces. Second son. George is the daughter of Debra Berry of Delta. Martin is the son of Donna Martin and Darren Martin of Sikeston. He works at Break Time No. 3133...
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Weekend Outlook: Winter blues? Cure it with food and music
(Entertainment ~ 01/25/19)
It looks to be very cold (and possibly snowy) this weekend, which means there's no better time to stay indoors, be warm while enjoying a handful of the various events happening throughout Southeast Missouri. Today and Saturday is the annual Bootheel Bluegrass Festival, with nine bands from all over the United States...
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At the Movies: And the nominees are ...
(Entertainment ~ 01/25/19)
The 91st Oscars will be held on Feb. 24 at the Dolby TheatreĀ® at Hollywood & Highland CenterĀ® in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide...
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Missouri county sees many prosecutors stop paying union dues
(State News ~ 01/25/19)
AP-MO--Union Dues-Prosecutors,134 Missouri county sees many prosecutors stop paying union dues More than half of Jackson County's assistant prosecutors have stopped paying union dues following U.S. Supreme Court decision KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- More than half of the assistant prosecutors in the county home to Kansas City have stopped paying union dues after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Missouri and other states couldn't force government workers to contribute to unions representing them...
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Kansas City ends lengthy debate, renames Paseo in honor of MLK
(State News ~ 01/25/19)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Leaders in Kansas City, Missouri, one of the nation's largest cities without a public memorial to Martin Luther King Jr., settled a yearlong debate Thursday by voting to rename a 10-mile stretch of roadway after the civil rights leader...
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Police: St. Louis officer dies in accidental shooting by fellow officer
(State News ~ 01/25/19)
ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis police officer "mishandled" a gun and accidentally shot and killed a colleague early Thursday, authorities said. The shooting happened around 1 a.m. at an officer's home, police Chief John Hayden told reporters during a news conference shortly after the shooting. Two on-duty male officers were at one of their apartments when Katlyn Alix, who was off duty, stopped by, according to police...
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Kathryn Riddle
(Obituary ~ 01/25/19)
** Kathryn Riddle Kathryn R. "Jakie" Riddle, 97, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, at Ratliff Care Center. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Jerry Munson
(Obituary ~ 01/25/19)
Jerry Wayne Munson, 74, of Metamora, Illinois, passed away at 1:52 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, at Unity Point Health-Methodist in Peoria, Illinois. He was born Dec. 10, 1944, in Peoria, to Chancie and Ella Harding Munson. He married Bonnie Winkler on Feb. 5, 1966. He later married Hazel Virginia Harris on Dec. 28, 2001, in Metamora...
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Joseph Layton Jr.
(Obituary ~ 01/25/19)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Joseph W. Layton Jr., 67, of Charleston died Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, in Virginia. He had been in failing health. He was born Nov. 17, 1951, in Cairo, Illinois, the son of Joseph W. and Patricia Howlett Layton. He graduated from Sikeston (Missouri) High School in 1971 and briefly attended Memphis State University. He also attended Southeast Missouri State University...
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Doris Christy
(Obituary ~ 01/25/19)
** Doris Christy Doris Christy, 85, formerly of Scott City died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, at Lucy Corr Village in Chesterfield, Virginia. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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Betty Bucher
(Obituary ~ 01/25/19)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Betty Gray Bucher, 95 of Cairo died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 19, 1923, in Cairo, the daughter of Brantley and Bessie Mae Gray Kerley. She married Joseph C. "Jay" Bucher on Jan. 28, 1946, and he preceded her in death Aug. 17, 1992...
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Steven Baine
(Obituary ~ 01/25/19)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Steven Russell Baine, 58, of Tamms died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms and 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Sandy Creek Baptist Church in Tamms...
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