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Cape Mega Millions lottery winner claims $3M prize
(Local News ~ 10/23/19)
With a $3 million ticket in hand, Cathy Blackwell of Cape Girardeau claimed the largest non-jackpot Mega Millions prize ever won in Missouri. By matching all five white-ball numbers drawn Oct. 8, Blackwell won a base prize of $1 million, according to a news release from the Missouri Lottery. Because she added Megaplier to her play for another dollar, her prize was multiplied by the Megaplier number drawn, which was 3...
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The leaves, they are a-blowin'
(Local News ~ 10/23/19)
NormaJean Lauck of Apple Creek, Missouri, clears leaves Tuesday at a home on Brookwood Drive in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Millersville Rural Fire Protection District backs bond issue for fire station
(Local News ~ 10/23/19)
Millersville Rural Fire Protection District officials want voters to approve a $900,000 general obligation bond issue to finance construction and equipping of a new fire station. The bond issue is on the Nov. 5 ballot. Under the state constitution, a two-thirds majority vote is needed for passage...
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Jackson considering charter government
(Local News ~ 10/23/19)
If you ask Jackson Mayor Dwain Hahs and members of the city’s Board of Aldermen, they’ll tell you Jackson’s municipal government is functioning properly and serving local citizens well. But they also believe there’s room for improvement, which is why they’re looking into the charter form of government. ...
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Missouri Legislature black caucus to visit with Honorable Young Men Club
(Local News ~ 10/23/19)
Local youth mentorship program the Honorable Young Men Club will host members of the Missouri state legislature this Friday in part to see how the successes of the program might be replicated elsewhere. As of Tuesday, seven members of the state legislature’s black caucus were slated to tour Cape Girardeau Central High School, Central Junior High School and Central Middle School to learn more about how the mentorship program has positively impacted grades, graduation rates and attendance for at-risk students. ...
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Text about friend's death brings raw memories, inspiration
(Column ~ 10/23/19)
Last week an acquaintance sent me a text with the photo of a column I wrote more than 25 years ago, February 1993. Among his comments: "Jon, you wrote this special article quite some time ago. It reached my heart. I'm thankful you wrote it. I've lost a number of friends and students along the way to drugs and poor life choices. I thank God for rescuing me. I was headed that same way."...
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Repair to partially close North Sprigg Street
(Local News ~ 10/23/19)
The southbound lane of the 1500 block of North Sprigg Street in Cape Girardeau will be closed for repairs starting Thursday, according to the Cape Girardeau Public Works Department. The northbound lane will remain open during the street work. However, southbound traffic will be detoured west on Bertling Street to Henderson Avenue, south on Henderson to New Madrid Street and east on New Madrid back to North Sprigg...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/23/19)
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 23, the 296th day of 2019. There are 69 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 23, 1973, President Richard Nixon agreed to turn over White House tape recordings subpoenaed by the Watergate special prosecutor to Judge John J. Sirica...
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Judge allows Chicago suit against Jussie Smollett to proceed
(Entertainment ~ 10/23/19)
CHICAGO -- A federal judge Tuesday refused to dismiss Chicago's lawsuit against former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett. U.S. District Virginia Kendall's ruling means Chicago's suit seeking to recoup $130,000 city officials say the police department spent investigating Smollett's claim he was a victim of a racist and homophobic attack in January can proceed...
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Brexit due Oct. 31, likely to be delayed
(National News ~ 10/23/19)
LONDON -- Boris Johnson won Parliament's backing for the substance of his Brexit deal but lost a key vote on its timing, a result that inches him closer to his goal of leading his country out of the European Union -- but effectively guarantees it won't happen on the scheduled date of Oct. 31...
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Canada's Trudeau wins reelection but faces a divided nation
(International News ~ 10/23/19)
TORONTO -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau begins his second term facing an increasingly divided Parliament and country, with his rock-star appeal from four years ago diminished by scandal and unmet expectations. Trudeau was re-elected in a stronger-than-expected showing in Monday's national elections. But while his Liberal Party took the most seats in Parliament, it lost its majority and will have to rely on an opposition party to get anything passed...
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Russia, Turkey seal power in northeast Syria with new accord
(International News ~ 10/23/19)
ANKARA, Turkey -- Russia and Turkey reached an agreement Tuesday cementing their power in Syria, deploying their forces across nearly its entire northeastern border to fill the void left by President Donald Trump's abrupt withdrawal of U.S. forces. The accord caps a dramatic and swift transformation of the Syrian map unleashed by Trump's decision two weeks ago to remove the American soldiers...
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Secret criteria for U.S. no-fly list upheld by appeals court
(National News ~ 10/23/19)
SAN FRANCISCO -- The largely secret criteria for the government's no-fly list have been upheld by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a case involving four people who sued over being barred from flying. A three-judge panel ruled unanimously Monday the government has gone as far as the law requires in explaining the listing of each plaintiff without breaching national security, the San Francisco Chronicle reported...
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Autoworkers from closed plants fight new GM contract
(National News ~ 10/23/19)
DETROIT -- If they can close our plant, they can close yours, too. That's the message from workers at three shuttered General Motors factories that didn't get new products under the tentative contract agreement reached last week between GM and the United Auto Workers, who have been on strike against the company across the U.S. for over six weeks...
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Biogen reanalyzes studies, presses ahead on Alzheimer's drug
(National News ~ 10/23/19)
Biogen Inc. said Tuesday it will seek federal approval for a medicine to treat early Alzheimer's disease, a landmark step toward finding a treatment that can alter the course of the most common form of dementia. The announcement was a surprise because the drug company earlier this year stopped two studies of the drug when partial results suggested it was not likely to be successful. ...
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National poll shows some workers changing actions amid #MeToo
(National News ~ 10/23/19)
WASHINGTON -- Barbara Myers started work as an apprentice electrician in 1995, and over the years, she learned to shoot back sexual banter on the job site as much as she had to take it from some of her coworkers. Those days, she says, are starting to change...
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Dems' 2020 race has a new shadow: Hillary
(National News ~ 10/23/19)
Some Democrats are putting up caution signs for Hillary Clinton as she wades back into presidential politics by casting 2020 candidate Tulsi Gabbard as a "Russian asset," mocking President Donald Trump's dealings with a foreign leader and drawing counterattacks from both...
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Trump likens impeachment inquiry to 'a lynching'
(National News ~ 10/23/19)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump enraged Democrats on Tuesday by comparing their impeachment inquiry to a lynching, assigning the horrors of a deadly and racist chapter in U.S. history to a process laid out in the Constitution. "That is one word no president ought to apply to himself," said Democratic Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina, the highest-ranking African American in Congress. "That is a word that we ought to be very, very careful about using" he said...
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Diplomat: Trump linked Ukraine aid to demand for probe
(National News ~ 10/23/19)
WASHINGTON -- Former U.S. Ambassador William Taylor provided lawmakers Tuesday with a vivid, detailed and what some called a "disturbing" account of the way President Donald Trump wanted to put the new Ukraine president "in a public box" by demanding the quid pro quo at the center of the impeachment probe...
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Wayne Schmitt
(Obituary ~ 10/23/19)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Wayne Francis Schmitt, 71, of Marble Hill passed away Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born to Edward E. and Earlene V. Crows Schmitt on Oct. 4, 1948. He and Betty J. Garland were united in marriage Nov. 2, 1985, and she passed away Feb. 18, 1994...
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Ruth Nischwitz
(Obituary ~ 10/23/19)
Ruth Clara Nischwitz, 94, of Gordonville passed away Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019, at her home. She was born Aug. 13, 1925, near Gordonville to Herman W. and Bertha Suedekum Sander. She was baptized Sept. 20, 1925, in the home by the Rev. Vieh of St. James United Church of Christ in Tilsit and confirmed April 17, 1940...
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Tiffany Kyle
(Obituary ~ 10/23/19)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Tiffany Marie Kyle, daughter of Judy Aldrich Hodits of Osage Beach, Missouri, and the late Kenneth Fleitz, was born Jan. 20, 1980, in Alpena, Michigan, and departed this life Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019, at her home in Dexter at the age of 39 years...
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Christophor Fuller
(Obituary ~ 10/23/19)
Christophor Lee Fuller, 19, of Jackson passed away Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Dec. 12, 1999, in Jerseyville, Illinois, to Ricky Weller and Wendy Fuller. Christopher enjoyed fishing, camping and playing video games...
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3rd child dies following apartment fire in St. Louis
(State News ~ 10/23/19)
ST. LOUIS -- A fire that ravaged a St. Louis apartment where three small children were left alone has now claimed the lives of all three children, police said Tuesday. Police said they were informed Tuesday that 4-year-old Heaven Coleman died. Six-month-old Damarion Eiland was found dead by firefighters who responded to the blaze Sunday at the Clinton-Peabody public housing complex. Five-year-old Dream Coleman died at a hospital Monday...
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Missouri man grows 2 record-setting pumpkins
(State News ~ 10/23/19)
REPUBLIC, Mo. -- A Missouri man has busted the state records for the heaviest and second-heaviest pumpkins. KMBC-TV reported the 1,798-pound and 1,677-pound giants Richard Bottorf entered into the Republic Pumpkin Daze weigh more combined than a compact car. Bottorf carved the smaller pumpkin after it was weighed earlier this month. The larger one will be on display today at an elementary school in Harrisonville...
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Prayer 10/23/19
(Prayer ~ 10/23/19)
We praise you, O God, for the joy of the Lord is our strength. Amen.
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Out of the past: Oct. 23
(Out of the Past ~ 10/23/19)
State highway officials are planning to interview four consulting firms as a step to decide where to upgrade highways 25, 34 and 72 in the Cape Girardeau and Jackson areas; major improvements in the three highways are included in the state's 15-year road plan; District 10 highway engineer Freeman McCullah says the department is taking a unique approach to the projects by studying them together, rather than individually...
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Jackson police report 10/23/19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/23/19)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Richard Deimund, 49, of Jackson was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant. n Christopher Klughart, 41, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle on a suspended license...
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Births 10/23/19
(Births ~ 10/23/19)
Son to Nicholas and Alisha Gray of Advance, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 4:56 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. Name, Easton Weslee. Weight, 6 pounds, 12 ounces. First child. Mrs. Gray is the daughter of Phillip and Sheilia Haman of Cape Girardeau. She works for MFA Oil and Propane. Gray is the son of Gary and Janie Gray of Advance. He is employed by Marmic Fire and Safety...
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50th Anniversary of the Draft Horse and Mule Show at SEMO District Fair
(Submitted Story ~ 10/23/19)
This year marked the 50th anniversary of the draft horse and mule show being re-introduced to the SEMO District Fair. Charles Mangels and the late Payton Miller were recognized for their role in getting the show running again, back in 1969. Present day draft horse and mule exhibitors enjoyed a meal and viewed pictures from the past. Plaques were given to Mr. Mangels and the family of the late Mr. Miller...
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