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Scott County Central School District hires new superintendent
(Local News ~ 06/25/19)
SIKESTON, Mo. — Scott County Central School District has hired a new superintendent. Brian Hukel will begin the position when the new fiscal year begins July 1. He was officially hired during a June 10 meeting of the Scott Central School Board. Most recently, Hukel has been a principal with the Woodland School District. Prior to establishing the promotional division of BOLD Marketing, he worked in education for 14 years, serving as Oran High School principal from 2008 to 2011...
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Public works director: Storm cleanup in Jackson to 'take weeks'
(Local News ~ 06/25/19)
After spending the weekend in what he called “crisis mode,” Jackson Public Works director Kent Peetz said Monday the city’s primary focus has shifted from power restoration to cleaning up debris from the storm that blew through the community last week...
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Local parks lose many trees, shelter, dugout roofs from storm
(Local News ~ 06/25/19)
Downed trees and limbs littered the region Monday in the aftermath of a severe storm Friday as crews worked to clear and haul away the debris. Among area parks, the hardest hit was Jackson City Park. “The park is a mess. ... We’ve got to get it ready for the Fourth of July,” Jackson Public Works director Kent Peetz said...
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Worst yet to come in Illinois flood fight
(Local News ~ 06/25/19)
Sections of Illinois routes 3 and 146 remain closed today because of flooding along the Mississippi River and, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the worst is yet to come. Meanwhile, McClure and East Cape Girardeau, Illinois, are in danger of being completely cut off by rising backwater...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/25/19)
Today is Tuesday, June 25, the 176th day of 2019. There are 189 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 25, 1950, war broke out in Korea as forces from the communist North invaded the South. On this date: In 1788, Virginia ratified the U.S. Constitution...
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Sponsored: How to update furniture cheaply with chalk paint
(Insiders Advice ~ 06/25/19)
Want to spruce up your home décor while on a tight budget? Buying all new furniture might be out of the question. Save the money, reinvent the furniture you already have in the attic or basement and paint it. One of the best ways to do this is with chalk paint, and personally, I love to use chalk paint by Annie Sloan...
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Thanks to Shaken Fury volunteers
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/25/19)
A great big "Thank You" to volunteers participating in the recent Shaken Fury exercise held in Cape Girardeau. These volunteers gave the professionals actual live victims to simulate real world experience. The search dogs were able to work finding live victims in the building rubble and in the CJH building. ...
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Community responds on Flag Day after Cantrell's motorcycle accident
(Editorial ~ 06/25/19)
You'd be hard-pressed to find a more selfless and patriotic person than David Cantrell. We've written about Cantrell many times in the Southeast Missourian. He is the man responsible for the Avenue of Flags at Cape Girardeau County Park North. He takes care of the flags, and organizes the presentation, intended to bring honor to those who have served the country. The flags come from families who providing the flags used in funerals of their loved ones who have passed on...
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Jackpot: More than 2,000 winners in North Carolina lottery
(National News ~ 06/25/19)
RALEIGH, N.C. — Turns out zero can be a lucky number. North Carolina’s state lottery Saturday said it set a record payout after the winning numbers in a Pick 4 game came back “0-0-0-0.” ...
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Sanders, liberals, out with bill to cancel student debt
(National News ~ 06/25/19)
WASHINGTON -- Days before the first Democratic presidential debates, Sen. Bernie Sanders and House progressives came out with legislation to cancel all student debt, going further than a signature proposal by Sen. Elizabeth Warren as the two jockey for support from the party's liberal base...
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Trump signs order imposing sanctions on Iranian leader
(National News ~ 06/25/19)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday targeting Iran's supreme leader and his associates with financial sanctions, the latest action the U.S. has taken to discourage Tehran from developing nuclear weapons and supporting militant groups...
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Special prosecutor sought in police shooting
(National News ~ 06/25/19)
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A special prosecutor was requested Monday to investigate the fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer in a case inflaming tensions between black residents and law enforcement in the community and roiling the Democratic presidential campaign of Mayor Pete Buttigieg...
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Environmentalists complain of conflict of interest for Trump's UN nominee
(National News ~ 06/25/19)
WASHINGTON -- The email went out from senior Environmental Protection Agency officials to Kelly Craft, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, responding to questions she had about a funding matter. But the acknowledgment email the EPA got back a few hours later wasn't from the ambassador. ...
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Pompeo talks up Iran coalition
(International News ~ 06/25/19)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held talks Monday with leaders in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates about countering the military threat from Iran by building a broad, global coalition including Asian and European countries...
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U.S. pushes plan for Mideast peace
(International News ~ 06/25/19)
MANAMA, Bahrain -- Despite withering criticism, charges of hypocrisy and outright rejection from the intended beneficiaries, the Trump administration is plowing ahead with a $50 billion economic proposal to aid the Palestinians and hopes it will drive a much-anticipated but unseen Mideast peace plan...
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Knitters' network bans Trump support on website
(Community ~ 06/25/19)
NEW YORK -- A free, 8-million strong social network for knitters, crocheters and others in the fiber arts has banned any mention of support for President Donald Trump and his administration. The new policy on Ravelry.com was posted Sunday. The post states the site took the action because it can't provide a space "inclusive of all and also allow support for open white supremacy." The post went on to say support of the Trump administration is "undeniably support for white supremacy."...
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Carole Schremp
(Obituary ~ 06/25/19)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Carole Jo Schremp, 76, of Perryville died Sunday, June 23, 2019, at St. John's Mercy Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Friday at Saline Baptist Church in Minnith, Missouri. Funeral will be at noon Friday at the church, with the Rev. Steve Berry and Deacon Vick Brown officiating. Burial will be at a later date...
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Jessamine Johns
(Obituary ~ 06/25/19)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Jessamine "Tiny" Johns died Sunday, June 23, 2019, at Poplar Bluff (Missouri) Regional Medical Center. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Brown General Baptist Church in Puxico, with the Rev. Ray Placher and the Rev. John Buttry officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery...
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Vera Ditto
(Obituary ~ 06/25/19)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Vera Loretta Ditto, daughter of the late Pearl James and Virnia Holmes James, was born May 28, 1944, in Cape Girardeau and departed this life Friday, June 21, 2019, at St. Clare Hospital in Fenton, Missouri, at the age of 75 years. She was united in marriage to Charles Paul Ditto on Sept. 23, 1966, and he survives of the home in Chaffee...
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Phyllis Chasteen
(Obituary ~ 06/25/19)
Phyllis Ann Anderson Chasteen, 71, died Sunday, June 23, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Donny Ford officiating. Burial will follow at Fairmount Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Roma Cantrell
(Obituary ~ 06/25/19)
Roma Nell Cantrell, 86, of Jackson passed away peacefully Monday, June 24, 2019, at her home. She was born Jan. 29, 1933, in Brookland, Arkansas, daughter of Jim and Dollie Norris Hoskins. She and James David Cantrell were married Feb. 13, 1952. He passed away Oct. 8, 2018, in Jackson...
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Reva Alsup
(Obituary ~ 06/25/19)
Reva Joyce Arnold Alsup of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, May 23, 2019, at Beautiful Savior Home in Belton, Missouri. She was 84 years old. She was born June 27, 1934, in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, daughter of Andrew J. and Marie Seifert Arnold. She was previously married to James J. Alsup on May 26, 1956...
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Area police report 6/25/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/25/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Aubrynna Gorforth, 24, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant. n Travis Cox, 39, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of a drug violation...
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Speak Out 6/25/19
(Speak Out ~ 06/25/19)
Josh Hawley is playing the "Big Tech Hawk" game fairly well. Makes you wonder who is funding him? Someone who wants to take Google and Facebook down? Someone who wants to be the next Big Tech? Dark money and dark deeds. If the future of this country is in the hands of people like A.O.C. and her Democratic Party, we are doomed. There is a cure for ignorance, but none for stupidity...
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Prayer 6/25/19
(Prayer ~ 06/25/19)
O God, we thank you that we can bring our requests before you in prayer. Amen.
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Trump signs order to reveal real health care costs
(National News ~ 06/25/19)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday calling for upfront disclosure by hospitals of actual prices for common tests and procedures to help keep costs down. The idea is to give patients practical information they can use to save money. For example, if a hospital charges your insurer $3,500 for a type of echocardiogram and the same test costs $550 in a doctor's office, you might go for the lower-price procedure to save on copays...
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McConnell to meet 9/11 responders to discuss victims' fund
(National News ~ 06/25/19)
WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is meeting this week with Sept. 11 first-responders following withering criticism from comedian Jon Stewart that Congress had failed to ensure a victims' compensation fund never runs out of money...
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Out of the past: June 25
(Out of the Past ~ 06/25/19)
Tri-Con Industries Ltd. workers have voted to be represented by the Amalgamated Clothing and Textiles Workers Union; the vote yesterday was 156 in favor and 77 against representation by the ACTWU; the vote marked the third attempt in the 11-year history of the plant to install a union at its Cape Girardeau plant, 334 N. Broadview St...
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Driver with record charged with 7 homicides in biker crash
(National News ~ 06/25/19)
CONCORD, N.H. -- The driver of a pickup truck in a fiery collision on a rural New Hampshire highway killing seven motorcyclists was charged Monday with seven counts of negligent homicide, and records show he was stopped on suspicion of drunken driving last month and in 2013...
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Border deaths in Texas could be a preview of the summer
(National News ~ 06/25/19)
Two babies, a toddler and a woman were found dead near the U.S.-Mexican border, overcome by the sweltering heat in a glimpse of what could lie ahead this summer as record numbers of migrant families try to get into the United States. Authorities believe the four may have been dead for days before the bodies were discovered Sunday in the Rio Grande Valley. No details were released on the victims' relationship...
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Harlan Holladay
(Obituary ~ 06/25/19)
Harlan H. Holladay, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, June 23, 2019, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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The law of diminishing intent
(Column ~ 06/25/19)
Have you ever heard of the law of diminishing intent? I asked this question on social media last week, and while I received feedback from a few, I didn't hear back from many -- which tells me what I already knew: most don't know what it is, although most are living it out every day...
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8th Annual NubAbility Summer Camp
(Submitted Story ~ 06/25/19)
The NubAbility Athletics Foundation will host the 8th Annual #DontNeed2 Summer Camp in DuQuoin, IL, from July 17-21. Over 130 limb-different youth, either congenital or traumatic amputees, will be in attendance to learn valuable skills that will allow them to compete with their peers in mainstream sports...
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