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Community Counseling Center holds fundraiser
(Local News ~ 02/21/20)
Community Counseling Center children's services director Shawna LeGrand speaks during the third annual Superheroes Have A Heart for Kids fundraiser Thursday ...
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Dancing the night away ...
(Local News ~ 02/21/20)
Sharon Jackson smiles while spinning across the dance floor with Jerry Schlegel during a community dance Thursday at the Arena Building in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Horn Happy: Two free concerts Saturday
(Local News ~ 02/21/20)
A concert on Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus Saturday afternoon is the grand finale to a daylong celebration of horns, organized by Nick Kenney, professor of applied horn and assistant director of bands at Southeast. Kenney said "Horn Day" will be "a really compact day of a lot of stuff."...
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Jackson's second police chief, Robert Clifton, dies at 90
(Local News ~ 02/21/20)
Robert “Red” Clifton, who served 16 years as Jackson’s chief of police, will be remembered for helping transition the town’s police department from a small, poorly-equipped group of officers into a modern, well-trained law enforcement agency. Clifton died Wednesday in Cape Girardeau. He was 90 years old...
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Cape junior high robotics team makes state in first year
(Local News ~ 02/21/20)
In its inaugural year, the Terry W. Kitchen Central Junior High School robotics team is going to state competition in Linn, Missouri. That’s a pretty major achievement for a group of students who didn’t even start building robots until September, said team coach Julie West...
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Spring flooding likely north of Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 02/21/20)
Melting snow in the upper Mississippi River valley coupled with soil that remains saturated from record flooding last year will likely result in a higher than normal flood risk along the river this year, according to the National Weather Service. ...
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Cape County sheriff candidates discuss careers, qualifications
(Local News ~ 02/21/20)
At Thursday evening’s meeting of the SEMO Pachyderm Club presentations were given by Cape Girardeau County Sheriff Ruth Ann Dickerson and former Missouri Department of Public Safety director Charles A. “Drew” Juden III. Dickerson is a lifelong resident of Cape Girardeau County and has served in the sheriff’s department for more than 34 years. She announced her intent to seek reelection earlier this month...
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Cape Girardeau County Route A closed for pipe replacements
(Local News ~ 02/21/20)
Sections of Route A, between Route 25 and Route U, in Cape Girardeau County will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace several pipes under the roadway. Crews will begin work on Route A near Highway 25 at Dutchtown and will move west, replacing one pipe each day. ...
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TGIF Top Picks 2/21/20
(Local News ~ 02/21/20)
Don't forget Uptown Jackson Revitalization Organization's February Annual event tomorrow, Saturday, on Court Street in uptown Jackson. Mobile glassblowing studio Aunt Gladys II will roll into town, and Nadine Saylor, instructor at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, and her students will provide glassblowing demonstrations from 11 a.m. ...
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Grief
(02/21/20)
George: Will you love me for the rest of my life? Lace: No. I’ll love you for the rest of mine. — “Phenomenon” When my father died, the loss was sudden and disorienting. I couldn’t sleep. My brain felt fuzzy. My husband and dear friends took care of my children — aged 7, 4 and not quite 1 at the time — while my sister, mother and I planned the funeral. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/21/20)
Today is Friday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2020. There are 314 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 21, 1975, former Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman were sentenced to 2 1/2 to 8 years in prison for their roles in the Watergate cover-up (each ended up serving a year and a-half)...
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Speak Out 2/21/20
(Speak Out ~ 02/21/20)
I thought something was going to be done about the illegal parking on Normal Street? I just drove through there and there were 22 cars parked in yellow zones and blocking fire hydrants. "I will stop the separation of adults and children at the borders." So why not also say that they will stop putting adults in jail for crimes like theft, murders and assault. ...
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Great Race returns to favorite stop (Cape Girardeau) this summer
(Editorial ~ 02/21/20)
A popular event drawing an expected 500 visitors will return to Cape Girardeau's downtown this summer. The Hemmings Motor News Great Race, which last came to town in 2013, is a 2,300-mile trek from San Antonio to Greenville, South Carolina featuring 120 antique cars. The group will make 16 stops along the route, with Cape Girardeau being one June 23...
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A diminished Victoria's Secret sold as women look elsewhere
(Community ~ 02/21/20)
NEW YORK -- Victoria's Secret, which once defined sexy with its leggy supermodels prancing around in their bras and oversized angel wings, is being sold, its fortunes diminished as women increasingly look for styles that more realistically fit their body types...
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Trapped paraglider rescued from power lines in California
(National News ~ 02/21/20)
OLIVEHURST, Calif. — A paraglider spent three hours trapped in power lines before being rescued in northern California. The paraglider, who was not immediately identified, was facing the ground with the wires as his only support when first responders arrived Wednesday night, according to officials with the Olivehurst Fire Department. ...
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Trump ally Roger Stone sentenced to over 3 years in prison
(National News ~ 02/21/20)
WASHINGTON -- Roger Stone, a longtime confidant of President Donald Trump, was sentenced to more than three years in prison Thursday for obstructing a congressional investigation in a case that has sparked fears about presidential interference in the justice system...
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German gunman calling for genocide kills 9 people
(International News ~ 02/21/20)
HANAU, Germany -- A German who shot and killed nine people of foreign background in a rampage that began at a hookah bar frequented by immigrants had posted an online rant calling for the "complete extermination" of many "races or cultures in our midst," authorities said Thursday...
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Stress, rumors, even violence: Virus fear goes viral
(International News ~ 02/21/20)
TOKYO -- You might have heard that the fear of a new virus from China is spreading faster than the actual virus. From earnest officials trying to calm a building panic. From your spouse. From the know-it-all who rattles off the many much more likely ways you're going to die: smoking, car accidents, the flu...
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Intelligence officials say Russia boosting Trump candidacy
(National News ~ 02/21/20)
WASHINGTON -- Intelligence officials have warned lawmakers that Russia is interfering in the 2020 election campaign to help President Donald Trump get reelected,three officials familiar with the closed-door briefing said Thursday. The warning raises questions about the integrity of the presidential campaign and whether Trump's administration is taking the proper steps to combat the kind of interference that the U.S. saw in 2016...
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Tom Roberts
(Obituary ~ 02/21/20)
Beryl "Tom" Thomas Roberts, 84, of Jackson died Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Burial will be held at a later date. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Patricia Hodges
(Obituary ~ 02/21/20)
Patricia Maxine Heuschober Hodges passed away suddenly Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, at Delta South Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Sikeston, Missouri. She was 92 years old. Patricia was born May 4, 1927, in Cape Girardeau to William and Celius Marie Brown Heuschober. She was the youngest of eight, including Elton "Bus," Gladys "Sis" and Bill Lehne, Howard, William "Bill" and Maxine Heuschober, Erma and Clarence McLard, Edna Mae and Virgil Cotner, and Virginia "Jen" and Ken Johnson...
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Teresa Hinkebein
(Obituary ~ 02/21/20)
Teresa Eileen Hinkebein, 84, of Jackson died Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at this time at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Robert Clifton
(Obituary ~ 02/21/20)
Robert "Red" Layton Clifton, 90, of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, at Chateau Girardeau. He was born Jan. 18, 1930, in Jackson. On Nov. 4, 1950, he was united in marriage to Joyce Ann Lindsay in Cape Girardeau. He spent most of his adult life in public service. ...
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Disney castle gets makeover
(Entertainment ~ 02/21/20)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Even Cinderella needs an "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." Disney officials said Monday that the iconic Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World in Florida would be renovated over the next several months. The most noticeable changes will be the addition of gold trim to most of the castle and the darkening of the blue hue on the castle's turrets. The castle is in the Magic Kingdom park...
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'Parasite' director happy at success despite disparity it showed
(Entertainment ~ 02/21/20)
SEOUL, South Korea -- Oscar-winning "Parasite" director Bong Joon-ho said Wednesday the film's "biggest pleasure and the most significant meaning" to him is that it succeeded even though the audiences might feel uncomfortable with his explicit description of bitter wealth disparity in modern society...
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New colobus monkey makes debut at St. Louis Zoo
(State News ~ 02/21/20)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Zoo has a new resident, and boy is he cute. The zoo announced Thursday that Teak, a black and white colobus monkey, was born Feb. 3. Colobus monkeys are born white with a pink face. By age 6 months, the little monkey will get his adult coloration -- mostly black hair but with white hair around the face and part of the tail, though adults also have a distinctive mantle of long white hair from their shoulders around the edge of their backs...
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Prayer 2/21/20
(Prayer ~ 02/21/20)
O Heavenly Father, may we be a good witness to others through our actions. Amen.
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Out of the past: Feb. 21
(Out of the Past ~ 02/21/20)
The Cape Girardeau City Council last night agreed to strictly regulate strip-tease businesses, prompting a lawyer's threat of a lawsuit on constitutional grounds; attorney David Rosener, who represents Regina's House of Dolls, blasted the council for considering such a regulation, saying his client would sue the city if the council passes such an ordinance...
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Jackson police report 2/21/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/21/20)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Thefts n Theft was reported in the 2200 block of Bainbridge Road. n Theft was reported in the 200 block of West Mary Street. n Theft was reported in the 400 block of East Jackson Boulevard...
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Cape Central High School All Choirs Reunion and Concert, March 14
(Submitted Story ~ 02/21/20)
Cape Central High School All Choirs will hold a reunion and concert on March 14 at Cape Central High School. This event is open to all former CHS Choir members. Judy Williams Johnson will be directing the group in rehearsals followed by a concert at 7PM. The concert is free and open to the public. Judy was choral director from 1967 until her retirement in 1996. She directed countless groups including musicals, pop concerts, and began the tradition of the Holiday Madrigal Feste in 1978...
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Area Moms Demand Action Groups Attend Advocacy Day
(Submitted Story ~ 02/21/20)
Over 400 volunteers with the Missouri chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America converged on the Capitol in Jefferson City on Tuesday, February 18th for their Advocacy Day. The day was spent talking with legislators about closing loopholes in our state domestic violence laws that make it far too easy for abusers to be armed...
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