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Cape, Jackson look to volunteers for cleanup day this weekend
(Local News ~ 04/26/19)
Two small armies of volunteers -- consisting of families, groups and individuals -- will converge on city parks in Cape Girardeau and Jackson Saturday morning. Their objective will be to clean, paint, plant and, in general, spruce up park facilities in both communities...
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Culture & Entertainment Notebook: Ken Murphy, the comic man who wears many capes
(Entertainment ~ 04/26/19)
Ken Murphy is no superhero, though he wears many capes. Only the supernatural would empower someone to own and operate a comic book store, promote Cape Championship Wrestling, manage a local Starbucks and devote time to family -- all while being frontman for Cape Comic Con, one of the largest three-day events annually in Cape Girardeau...
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First stop for Missouri Bicentennial Paint-for-a-Cause set for Sunday
(Local News ~ 04/26/19)
The first of numerous stops on a two-year Missouri Bicentennial Paint-for-a-Cause tour featuring Missouri symbols is set for 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at River Ridge Winery in Commerce, Missouri. The 15-panel, 30-foot mural will feature symbols represented by objects identified by individuals or organizations within Southeast Missouri...
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Houck Stadium eyed for major upgrades
(Local News ~ 04/26/19)
Southeast Missouri State University plans to hire an architectural/engineering firm to draw up conceptual designs for renovating aging Houck Stadium. Athletics director Brady Barke said Thursday the university is eyeing a capital improvements campaign to raise an estimated $20 million to fund the renovations...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/26/19)
Today in History Today is Friday, April 26, the 116th day of 2019. There are 249 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 26, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, was surrounded by federal troops near Port Royal, Virginia, and killed...
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Abortion excuses
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/26/19)
ABORTION in America has recently taken on an even more menacing tone with several states adopting "Late Term Abortions." Whether a human life begins at conception, at its first heartbeat or at any stage of a pregnancy the bottom line is it is a child, not garbage to be taken out...
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GUEST COMMENTARY: A rebuttal to Wallingford on Medicaid and employment
(Column ~ 04/26/19)
On April 22, Sen. Wayne Wallingford (District 27-Cape Girardeau) shared in this space his reasons for supporting work-hour-tracking requirements for some recipients of Medicaid. Yet similar proposals have been challenged in federal court. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg recently ruled that Kentucky could not implement a similar program, and that one in Arkansas could not continue. ...
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LFCS offers free counseling for abuse, neglect victims
(Editorial ~ 04/26/19)
Those who struggle with a past of abuse and neglect have a free resource for help. Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Southeast Missouri is offering free counseling services for those seeking healing and help. The idea, according to reporting by Kassi Jackson, is to not just help the victim but help prevent the abuse cycle from continuing...
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Out of the past: April 26
(Out of the Past ~ 04/26/19)
The late Sue Lusk is honored for her service to Cape Girardeau and Mid America Teen Challenge, exactly one year after her death; she is one of four winners of the 1994 United Way Cybertel Volunteer award; the others are Nicole Wadlington, Dorothy Ressel and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10495 at Jackson...
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Powwow to focus on missing, murdered Native Americans
(Community ~ 04/26/19)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- One of the largest annual gatherings of indigenous people in the United States begins today in New Mexico, where organizers of the two-day powwow say they want to build awareness around the deaths and disappearances of Native American women...
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Walmart monitors stores with AI
(Community ~ 04/26/19)
LEVITTOWN, N.Y. -- Who's minding the store? In the not-too-distant future it could be cameras and sensors telling almost instantly when bruised bananas need to be swapped for fresh ones and more cash registers need to open before lines get too long...
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Newest royal baby could be an American
(Community ~ 04/26/19)
LONDON -- What would the founding fathers think? Almost 250 years after the United States launched a revolution to rid itself of the British royal family, the next royal baby could be an American. The idea a scion of the former colonies would be seventh in line to succeed Queen Elizabeth II to the throne could change the royal family from within -- and help extend a surge in popularity for the monarchy...
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Putin says he'll brief U.S. on summit with Kim
(International News ~ 04/26/19)
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia -- President Vladimir Putin said he's willing to share details with the United States about his summit Thursday with Kim Jong Un, potentially raising Russia's influence in the stalemated issue of North Korean denuclearization. The two leaders' first one-on-one did not indicate major changes in North Korea's position: Putin said Kim is willing to give up nuclear weapons, but only if he gets ironclad security guarantees...
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Nissan ex-chair Ghosn released
(International News ~ 04/26/19)
TOKYO -- Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn walked out of a Japanese detention center Thursday evening, his head held high, after paying $4.5 million in bail and winning a court rejection of an appeal from prosecutors. Ghosn walked solemnly out of the Tokyo Detention House with one of his lawyers by his side. They got into a dark van without speaking and drove off, watched by dozens of journalists who had been waiting for his release for hours...
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Migrants forced to dangerous routes
(International News ~ 04/26/19)
ARRIAGA, Mexico -- Jose Vallecillo, a 41-year-old metalworker from Las Manos, Honduras, has a good-paying job welding steel freight containers waiting for him in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, at a factory where he's worked before and the owner invited him to return...
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Bombers remain at large
(International News ~ 04/26/19)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka's prime minister said Thursday suspects linked to the coordinated Easter Sunday bomb attacks remain at large and could have access to explosives. Some of the suspects "may go out for a suicide attack," Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said...
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Report: Food poisoning remains persistent problem
(Community ~ 04/26/19)
NEW YORK -- As recent illnesses tied to raw turkey, ground beef, cut melon and romaine lettuce suggest, U.S. food poisoning cases don't appear to be going away anytime soon. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report Thursday the frequency of several types of food poisoning infections climbed last year, but the increases could be the result of new diagnostic tools identifying more cases...
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Hicks: Trump Tower meeting emails 'really bad'
(National News ~ 04/26/19)
(Editor's note: Another in a series of stories focusing on events detailed in the report of special counsel Robert Mueller, drawing from the document's trove.) WASHINGTON -- The president's communications director didn't sugarcoat it: The emails, Hope Hicks told Donald Trump, were "really bad."...
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Biden launches bid warning 'soul' of America at stake
(National News ~ 04/26/19)
WASHINGTON -- Declaring the "soul of this nation" at stake, former Vice President Joe Biden pushed into the crowded 2020 presidential contest Thursday and quickly sparked a fierce debate over the direction of the modern-day Democratic Party. Ignoring the political noise in his own party, Biden aimed directly at Donald Trump in an announcement video seizing on the Republican president's response to the deadly clash between white supremacists and counter protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, two years ago. ...
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Governor says state's Medicaid rolls pared by 70,000 this year Advocates for poor contend state makes renewal more difficult than should be
(State News ~ 04/26/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- While Gov. Mike Parson's administration points to Missouri's improving economy as a reason up to 70,000 people dropped off the state's Medicaid rolls last year, advocates for recipients say problems with the new renewal system for applicants is causing part of the decline...
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'Bond 25' launches in Jamaica, Rami Malek to play villain
(Entertainment ~ 04/26/19)
NEW YORK -- The 25th James Bond movie and Daniel Craig's fifth and final installment as 007 is heading home to Jamaica. Craig, Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, and director Cary Fukunaga on Thursday launched the film from the Caribbean island nation where Ian Fleming wrote all of his Bond novels. The still untitled movie will be partly set in Jamaica, which was also a setting in "Dr. No" and "Live and Let Die."...
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Mo. wolf pups born in captivity join wild dens
(State News ~ 04/26/19)
ST. LOUIS -- Missouri wildlife officials have placed six Mexican wolf pups born in captivity near St. Louis with two packs in the wild, in a new effort to repopulate the critically endangered species. Three members of the Endangered Wolf Center in Eureka, Missouri, flew with the 11-day-old pups to Phoenix on April 18. From there, the pups were taken to packs in Arizona and New Mexico. Center officials say the placement increases the wild population and adds needed genetic diversity...
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Iraq veteran jailed after car plows into pedestrians
(National News ~ 04/26/19)
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- A former Army sharpshooter with a history of post-traumatic stress disorder plowed his car at high speed into a group of pedestrians in a Silicon Valley suburb, injuring eight people, then told authorities he intentionally hit them, police said...
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Bill Wooten
(Obituary ~ 04/26/19)
C. William "Bill" Wooten, 71, of Jackson died unexpectedly Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 4, 1947, in Florence, Alabama, son of Glenn Virgil and LaVon Tessie Linville Wooten. He and Linda Kieninger were married June 23, 1990, in Scott City...
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Rodney Stoehr
(Obituary ~ 04/26/19)
Rodney Gene Stoehr, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at Lutheran Home. Inurnment, with military rites, will be at 11 a.m. May 3 at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Bill Springer
(Obituary ~ 04/26/19)
Willis A. Springer, Jr., died Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at the age of 74. He was also known as Bill, Dad, Grandpa, Mr. Springer or Mr. Foot. He was born on July 20, 1944, in Meridian, Mississippi, to Willis A. "Bill" Sr. and Betty Springer. He and his wife, Mark, were married after falling in love while teaching at Cape Junior High on Aug. ...
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Charles Patterson Jr.
(Obituary ~ 04/26/19)
Charles Avant Patterson Jr., 85, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, April 23, 2019, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday at St. James A.M.E. Church. Funeral will follow at noon Tuesday at the church, with Pastor Renita Marie Green officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park, with full military honors...
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Elizabeth Messmer
(Obituary ~ 04/26/19)
Elizabeth Ann Messmer, 86 of Scott City died Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 25, 1932, in Arnaudville, Louisiana, to Maurice Joseph and Gertrude Amy Lecompte Colomb. She married James John Messmer on Feb. 5, 1955, in Houma, Louisiana. He preceded her in death Aug. 28, 2007...
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Patricia McCoy
(Obituary ~ 04/26/19)
Patricia McCoy, 54 of Jackson, formerly of Sikeston, Missouri, died Wednesday, April 24, 2019, in Jackson. She was born Dec. 25, 1964, in Sikeston to Kenneth Joe and Mella Parker Sr. She and Jeffrey McCoy were united in marriage May 8, 1998. He preceded her in death Feb. 23, 2016...
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Betty Brase
(Obituary ~ 04/26/19)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Betty Jean Brase, 92, of Sikeston died Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Nov. 7, 1926, in Cape Girardeau to Martin Louis and Edna Keeton Brase. She loved bingo, card games and marbles. She was a 50-year member of First Church of God on Emerald Street in Cape Girardeau, where she was a greeter, member of the ladies group and choir, helped with church dinners and opened her home for Bible study groups. ...
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Speak Out 4/26/19
(Speak Out ~ 04/26/19)
Come one, come all! Bring your shovels to south Cape and let's dig this pool ourselves. No reason to wait on the blank check to be signed because I've got a pocket full of Monopoly money to bankroll our school district's foray into community redevelopment...
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Area police report 4/26/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/26/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Thefts n Stealing of a motor vehicle was reported in the 800 block of North Sprigg Street. n Stealing was reported at 3439 William St. Miscellaneous n Domestic assault was reported in the 400 block of Bellevue Street. Suspect was in custody pending formal charges...
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Prayer 4/26/19
(Prayer ~ 04/26/19)
O Lord, you are our refuge, a stronghold in times of trouble. Amen.
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Small plane crash lands on top of Idaho tree, pilot rescued
(Community ~ 04/26/19)
MCCALL, Idaho -- A pilot who was trying to crash-land this week in an Idaho field instead brought his small plane to rest at the top of a 60-foot tree, officials said. Pilot John Gregory was not hurt in the Monday night crash, which happened when his single-engine Piper Cub PA-18 lost power and a wing strut became entangled in the tree, said the fire department in the resort town of McCall. ...
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Go, go, Cape Girardeau: Get ready for a super three days
(Entertainment ~ 04/26/19)
Regular readers already know I’m basically a 5-year-old in a 30-year-old body. Pop culture — especially from my childhood — always brings a smile to my face. So I’m pumped about this weekend’s TGIF, which features the 14th annual Cape Comic Con at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau...
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SoutheastHEALTH Foundation receives grant from CFO and Commerce Trust
(Submitted Story ~ 04/26/19)
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks, in partnership with Commerce Trust Company, awarded a $10,000 grant to SoutheastHEALTH Foundation for the Reach Out and Read Project. The grant was presented as part of the 2019 Coover Regional Grant program on April 18 at Commerce Trust in Springfield...
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Superheroes and the local economy
(B Magazine ~ 04/26/19)
When I was seven years old, my mom took my comic books away. The last straw was my friend John Lohr and I putting on capes and jumping from the top of the refrigerator across the room to the kitchen sink. Lord knows how neither of us broke a leg. The shenanigans weren't done, however. We had a hallway in the house that was just narrow enough for my younger brother and I to climb to the top of the 10-foot ceiling, wedged between the two walls,...
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