- Born 68 years apart (Submitted Story ~ 10/13/16)
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Layton Hahn's steer
(Submitted Story ~ 10/13/16)
Layton Hahn of Millersville is shown with his FFA steer at the 2016 SEMO District Fair. His steer was the ADG champion at 4.2 pounds. Layton is the grandson of Larry and Faye Hahn.
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Balloon Rosary Liftoff at Guardian Angel School in Oran
(Submitted Story ~ 10/13/16)
In honor of the feast day on Oct. 7, Our Lady of the Rosary, Guardian Angel School in Oran had a rosary balloon liftoff. Helium balloons were tied together into the shape of rosary beads. The balloons were carried outside to the school playground by teachers and students, and after everyone said a Hail Mary, the balloons were gently coaxed up to the sky. ...
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Exotic Visitors at Guardian Angel School in Oran
(Submitted Story ~ 10/13/16)
Guardian Angel School in Oran had some exotic visitors on Tuesday, October 11. Zoodles, a traveling zoo from Tennessee, provides a free educational program to teach students about wildlife and exotic animals. As the Zoodle worker held each animal ambassador, he gave information regarding the animal. ...
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Recycling, swimming pool pop up as issues at Jackson retreat
(Local News ~ 10/13/16)
While most of the discussion during the Mayor's Retreat centered on well-known Jackson topics such as upgrades to police and fire departments and encouraging area retail, several smaller items gleaned from residents' input made their way onto the city's radar...
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Cape officials break ground for police station
(Local News ~ 10/13/16)
Cape Girardeau city officials broke ground Wednesday on an $11 million police station that will look out on Arena Park. The 35,500-square-foot facility will be about double the size of the existing police station, officials said. A 3,300-square-foot, metal storage building also will be erected on the new police-station property at 2530 Maria Louise Lane...
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Democratic governor: Health law 'no longer affordable'
(National News ~ 10/13/16)
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota's Democratic governor said Wednesday the Affordable Care Act is "no longer affordable," a stinging critique from a state leader who embraced the law and proudly proclaimed health reform was working in Minnesota just a few years ago...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/13/16)
Today in History Today is Thursday, Oct. 13, the 287th day of 2016. There are 79 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 13, 1792, the cornerstone of the executive mansion, later known as the White House, was laid during a ceremony in the District of Columbia...
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Animal rescue group awarded deserving grant
(Editorial ~ 10/13/16)
Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas likely gained a few more fans in Southeast Missouri recently, and it wasn't because of any local performance. The Sidewalk Angels Foundation, which was founded by Thomas and his wife, Marisol Thomas, recently awarded the Bollinger County Stray Project with a $20,000 grant. ...
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Russia and national security
(Column ~ 10/13/16)
Wikileaks is familiar to Americans due to its releasing of stolen classified documents from the U.S. government. Former U.S. soldier Chelsea Manning and former NSA intelligence analyst Edward Snowden both stole documents and gave them to Wikileaks to publish. Wikileaks was founded in Iceland in 2006 by Australian intelligence Julian Assange, an Australian Internet activist...
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With White House push, the diaper gap comes into view
(Community ~ 10/13/16)
Christine Shotts, in Springfield, Missouri, has eight kids under age 9. She works two part-time jobs and her husband works as a car mechanic, but their incomes don't stretch nearly far enough. Jilcana Montoya has the same problem. She's on government assistance in Washington, D.C., living in transitional housing while earning her GED and caring for her 2-year-old son and 7-month-old daughter...
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Manufacturing Day gives students a look at possible careers
(Community ~ 10/13/16)
For some students who attended Cape Girardeau's first Manufacturing Day on Tuesday, the short trip to the Career and Technology Center off Silver Springs Road was a chance to get out of class for a while. For others, it served as an early glimpse of what their professional lives might hold...
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Mary Lair
(Obituary ~ 10/13/16)
DES PERES, Mo. -- Mary Lucille Lair passed away peacefully Friday, Oct. 7, 2016, at the age of 90 years. She is remembered with love by her five children: Jane Starkey Warneke and her husband, Duane, of Washington, Missouri; Kay Bova of Chesterfield, Missouri; Wiliferd Lair Jr. and his wife, Charlotte, of Springfield, Missouri; Steve Lair and his wife, Brenda, of Corinth, Mississippi; and Wayne Lair and his wife, Brenda, of Stilwell, Kansas...
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Out of the past: Oct. 13
(Out of the Past ~ 10/13/16)
Wayne Harding of Cape Girardeau has assumed the duties of interim youth and activity minister at First Baptist Church. A conceptual design for a proposed College of Business building at Southeast Missouri State University has been given approval by the university's board of regents. ...
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Study questions value of mammograms, breast-cancer screening
(National News ~ 10/13/16)
A new study questions the value of mammograms for breast-cancer screening. It concludes a woman is more likely to be diagnosed with a small tumor that is not destined to grow than she is to have a true problem spotted early. The work could shift the balance of whether screening's harms outweigh its benefits...
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TripAdvisor says it's taking a stand on animal exploitation
(National News ~ 10/13/16)
BOSTON -- Travel website TripAdvisor said it's taking a stand against animal exploitation by no longer selling bookings to attractions where travelers can make physical contact with captive wild animals or endangered species. The policy, six months in the making, was formed with input from tourism, animal welfare and conservation groups including the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, but many of the millions of travelers who post reviews to the company's website have been concerned about animal welfare for years, company spokesman Brian Hoyt said.. ...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 10/6/16
(Local News ~ 10/13/16)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today Approval of minutes n Minutes of the Oct. 6 meeting Communications/ reports -- other elected officials n Purchase order for Series 2011 bond principal and interest -- Roger Hudson...
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Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf steps down amid sales scandal
(National News ~ 10/13/16)
NEW YORK -- Wells Fargo's embattled CEO John Stumpf is stepping down as the nation's second-largest bank is roiled by a scandal over its sales practices. The San Francisco bank said Wednesday that Stumpf is retiring effective immediately and relinquishing his title as chairman. It had earlier announced Stumpf, the bank's CEO since 2007, will forfeit $41 million in stock awards...
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Nearly six months later, Prince superfans still mourning
(Entertainment ~ 10/13/16)
NEW YORK -- Have you ever missed someone so much, even the thought of him made you burst into tears? Imagine that feeling drenched in purple rain. Nearly six months after the death of Prince, some superfans still are grieving hard, creating tearful memes, snapping up "I Still Miss Prince" T-shirts featuring a despondent Charlie Brown, sharing photos and seeking solace in fresh concert videos and unreleased music on YouTube...
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Pro-democracy Hong Kong lawmakers defy China in oath taking
(International News ~ 10/13/16)
HONG KONG -- A swearing-in ceremony to kick off Hong Kong's legislative session descended into farce Wednesday as newly elected pro-democracy lawmakers intentionally mangled their oaths in a show of defiance against Beijing. They displayed flags declaring Hong Kong is not a part of China and called out for "democratic self-determination" for the semiautonomous Chinese city the oath taking session...
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Lawsuit challenges British premier on Brexit
(International News ~ 10/13/16)
LONDON -- The case is considered the most important constitutional matter in a generation: can Prime Minister Theresa May start negotiating Britain's exit from the European Union without an act of Parliament? Financial entrepreneur Gina Miller's lawsuit against the government seeks to answer this as well as much bigger questions about where power lies in this nation's democracy and whether rights can be revoked without a vote of lawmakers...
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Airstrike hits market in Syria's Aleppo, killing 15
(International News ~ 10/13/16)
BEIRUT -- An airstrike hit the biggest market on the rebel-held side of Syria's Aleppo on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people and leveling buildings as rescuers were still sifting through the rubble from air raids that killed dozens the day before...
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Cholera rises in southern Haiti in wake of Hurricane Matthew
(International News ~ 10/13/16)
LES CAYES, Haiti -- Hurricane Matthew first took the home of Sonette Crownal in a town on Haiti's southern coast. Then cholera came for her baby. The 25-year-old market vendor and her family still were taking stock of their losses after the storm when she noticed Peter James, just 10 months old, was showing symptoms of a disease health authorities say is surging in the wake of the storm...
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River that gave life to North Carolina town now tears it apart
(National News ~ 10/13/16)
LUMBERTON, N.C. -- A day after fleeing from the swollen Lumber River, the residents of this down-but-not-quite-out former mill town waded Wednesday into the swirling, tea-colored waters and filled jugs for something most of us take for granted: flushing their toilets...
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Gays and Catholicism: Pope's words open door to confusion
(National News ~ 10/13/16)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An ideological tug of war over the firing of a Rhode Island church music director for marrying his same-sex partner illustrates the confusion that permeates some U.S. Roman Catholic parishes over Pope Francis' words on homosexuality...
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Drone attack on Kurdish, French forces reveals new threats
(National News ~ 10/13/16)
WASHINGTON -- French and Kurdish forces in northern Iraq were attacked by an exploding drone, the Pentagon said Wednesday, adding a new worry to the wars in Iraq and Syria as militant groups learn to weaponize their store-bought drones. Air Force Col. John Dorrian, the spokesman for the U.S.-led military coalition in Iraq, said an improvised device on a drone exploded after it was taken back to a camp near the Iraqi city of Irbil...
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Residents of 5 states risk penalties over 9/11 Real ID law
(National News ~ 10/13/16)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Residents of five states may be barred from boarding a commercial flight using a driver's license beginning in 2018 because of their states' refusal to comply with national proof-of-identity requirements. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed Wednesday it rejected requests from Oklahoma, Kentucky, Maine, Pennsylvania and South Carolina for an extension to comply with the federal Real ID Act. ...
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Official: Plane crash appeared to be suicide try
(National News ~ 10/13/16)
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. -- A flight instructor and a student pilot had an altercation inside the cockpit of a small plane, and the instructor was unable to regain control from the trainee before it crashed near the Connecticut headquarters of a military jet-engine manufacturer, killing the student, a U.S. official familiar with the investigation said Wednesday...
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Clinton taunts Republicans: Are you with Trump or not?
(National News ~ 10/13/16)
PUEBLO, Colo. -- Brimming with confidence, Hillary Clinton turned up the heat Wednesday on Republican candidates who are facing tight election races and tough decisions on what to do about Donald Trump. She now is seeking to spread her new momentum to fellow Democrats on November ballots...
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Donations top $100,000 after death of St. Louis-area officer
(State News ~ 10/13/16)
ST. LOUIS -- An organization that provides financial assistance to families of fallen St. Louis-area police officers has received more than $100,000 in donations since the death of St. Louis County officer Blake Snyder. Snyder died in the line of duty Oct. 6. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the money raised so far by BackStoppers Inc. is the most it ever has raised in such a short time...
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Missouri sets execution date for man convicted of killing 3
(State News ~ 10/13/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's Supreme Court on Wednesday set a Jan. 31 execution date for a man convicted of the 1998 killings of a woman and her two children even as five legal groups press a federal appeals court to spare him. Mark Christeson's lethal injection is the only one docketed among 25 condemned inmates in Missouri, where the last execution was in May...
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Some truth, some hyperbole in Missouri governor race claims
(State News ~ 10/13/16)
ST. LOUIS -- The general election campaign for Missouri governor has featured attack ads and face-to-face accusations at a debate in Branson. It turns out in most of the claims, there's some truth and some hyperbole. Republican Eric Greitens, a former Navy SEAL officer, and two-term Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster are engaged in a campaign to replace Democrat Jay Nixon, who is prohibited by term limits from seeking a third term...
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St. Louis ex-principal charged in pregnant partner's death
(State News ~ 10/13/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A former St. Louis middle school principal accused of paying a friend to kill his pregnant girlfriend has been charged in her death. Cornelius Green was charged Thursday with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action in the March 24 killing of Jocelyn Peters, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch...
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Authorities investigate man's shooting death of son
(State News ~ 10/13/16)
BATTLEFIELD, Mo. -- Greene County authorities say a southwest Missouri man was released from custody after being held in the death of his 30-year-old son. The Greene County Sheriff's office said the son, Craig Viles, was found Tuesday afternoon suffering from a gunshot wound when deputies went to a home in Battlefield to investigate a domestic-disturbance report...
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Construction worker rescued after chimney collapse in Ladue
(State News ~ 10/13/16)
LADUE, Mo. -- A construction worker is recovering after being trapped following a chimney collapse in suburban St. Louis. The man had serious injuries but was able to talk after the accident Wednesday in Ladue...
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Kander raises $3M for bid for U.S. Senate
(State News ~ 10/13/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Democratic Secretary of State Jason Kander has raised more money recently for his bid for U.S. Senate but incumbent GOP Sen. Roy Blunt has more cash on hand. Kander's campaign on Wednesday announced he raised more than $3 million between July and the end of September...
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Amazon launches for-pay streaming music service
(Entertainment ~ 10/13/16)
NEW YORK -- Amazon is launching a paid streaming music service, the latest entry in a crowded field. Amazon Music Unlimited is being positioned to compete against services such as Spotify and Apple Music. It will cost $8 per month, or $80 a year, for members of Amazon's $99-a-year Prime loyalty program. Non-Prime members will pay $10 a month, the same fee charged by Spotify and Apple Music...
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Three women tell papers Trump touched them inappropriately
(National News ~ 10/13/16)
WASHINGTON -- Two women told The New York Times that Donald Trump touched them inappropriately -- groping a woman in one instance and kissing a woman in another -- during separate encounters that took place as long as three decades ago, the newspaper reported Wednesday...
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Man gets 7 years for beating victim during robbery
(Local News ~ 10/13/16)
A Cape Girardeau man charged with beating a man during a robbery has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Jesse Boyer, 36, originally was charged with armed criminal action and robbery after police said he stole a bag of prescription pills from a man at gunpoint in 2015...
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Sikeston man gets 55 years for murder of wife
(Local News ~ 10/13/16)
A Sikeston, Missouri, man was sentenced to 55 years in prison in connection with the killing of his wife. Stevie Cordale Lott, 44, was sentenced Tuesday in Cape Girardeau County Circuit Court in Jackson, where his case was heard on a change of venue for the 2013 murder of Nyketia Lott at their Sikeston home...
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Southeast Missourian earns 30 awards in state contest
(Local News ~ 10/13/16)
The Southeast Missourian recently was honored with 30 awards in the Missouri Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest. The awards cover a broad range of categories, including news and feature stories, photography, design, sports coverage and general excellence. Among the more than two dozen honors, the Southeast Missourian, its journalists, photojournalists and designers received seven first-place and 12 second-place awards...
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Scores reveal math, science weakness in Perry County district
(Local News ~ 10/13/16)
Although Perry County students didn't surpass any state averages in the most recent round of Missouri Assessment Program testing, they continued making gains. Linda Buerck, the district's director of curriculum and instruction, said although English performance is just under the state average in District 32, mathematics remains an area for improvement...
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80,000 trout set free by accident
(International News ~ 10/13/16)
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Danish anglers are rushing to a fjord to catch some of up to 80,000 farmed rainbow trout that accidentally were released into Danish waters, hoping to keep them from upsetting the area's ecological balance. A cargo ship Monday accidentally tore apart a fish farm net off Assens in the western Baltic Sea. Authorities fear the farmed trout will eat eggs of other trout species...
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Clayton Rhodes
(Obituary ~ 10/13/16)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Clayton C. Rhodes, 91, of Marble Hill died Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 10/13/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/13/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Monday n Medical assists were made at 4:32 a.m. on Bloomfield Street; 8:17 a.m. on Westfield Drive; 10:23 a.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 11:47 a.m. on South Kingshighway; 11:59 a.m. on Minnesota Avenue; 3:23 p.m. on Franklin Street; 4:51 p.m. on Linden Street; and 9:17 p.m. on Lorimier Street...
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Jackson police report 10/13/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/13/16)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Miscellaneous n An assist was requested in the 700 block of Oak Street. n Found property was reported in the area of Court and West Main streets. n Keep the peace was requested in the 500 block of Maryland Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 10/13/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/13/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of domestic assault. n Jeremy A. King, 35, of Jackson was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for improper registration...
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David Philipps
(Obituary ~ 10/13/16)
David Edward Philipps, 84, of Jackson died Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, at his home. The visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home...
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Akiva Bradley
(Obituary ~ 10/13/16)
Akiva Shanel Bradley, 3, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Oct. 7, 2016, at her home. Visitation will be from 1:30 to 2 p.m. Friday at House of Prayer World Outreach Center in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the church. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery...
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Jimmy Randle
(Obituary ~ 10/13/16)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Jimmy Randle, 68, of Charleston, died Friday, Oct. 7, 2016, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at La Croix Church in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church...
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Students honored at Southeast
(Community ~ 10/13/16)
Several students have been named presidential ambassadors at Southeast Missouri State University, including the following: Joanne Amarasekera of Cape Girardeau, a junior pursuing a degree in technology management with an option in telecommunications and computer networking. Amarasekera is the daughter of Maj. Gen. Ubaya Anil Bandara and Mahesha Shreeni De Medawela of New York City and is a 2007 graduate of Holy Family Convent...
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Prayer 10/13/16
(Prayer ~ 10/13/16)
Lord Jesus, you have made known to us the path of life and fill us with joy. Amen.
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