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Delta High School Wins Team Fundraising Award for Polar Bear Plunge
(Submitted Story ~ 02/07/17)
On Saturday, February 4, 2017 the Delta Bobcats participated in the Polar Bear Plunge to benefit Missouri Special Olympics for the 9th year in a row. We were represented by 33 plungers and thanks to the amazing work by those plungers and an incredibly supportive community we were able to set a Delta record and with the award for being the top fundraising group with a grand total of $5239. ...
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State lawmaker proposes end to professor tenure
(State News ~ 02/07/17)
A Missouri lawmaker who is proposing eliminating tenure for professors at all of the state's two- and four-year public colleges and universities said tenure is an outdated system that is no longer needed to protect teachers from being unjustly fired...
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Cape Junior High gym project is back on schedule
(Local News ~ 02/07/17)
The project to replace what was Central Junior High School's old gymnasium began a year ago next week, and foreman Randy Hedger said Monday the project is back on schedule after seeing setbacks last year. "We got set back last summer because of the rain and the weather we were having," he said. "But we're making up that ground now over the winter."...
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Gold-medal gymnast speaks candidly about struggles during Southeast speech
(Local News ~ 02/07/17)
When Shawn Johnson walked onto the stage at the Show Me Center on Monday night dressed in black boots, black leggings and a black leather jacket, she looked like the definition of "cool." That's if the audience wasn't already sold on the room full of medals and trophies -- both from the Olympics and "Dancing With the Stars" -- that reside at her parents' house and which the family refers to as "The Shawn Museum."...
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Governor signs bill making Missouri 28th right-to-work state
(State News ~ 02/07/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Republican Gov. Eric Greitens on Monday made Missouri the 28th state to ban mandatory union fees and dues, delivering a big win for primarily GOP supporters who worked for years to pass the so-called right-to-work measure. The move comes amid a national push to implement such policies. Republicans in Congress have introduced a version of right-to-work legislation that would, for the first time, allow millions of workers to opt out of union membership...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/07/17)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, Feb. 7, the 38th day of 2017. There are 327 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 7, 1817, America's first public gas street lamp was lighted in Baltimore at the corner of Market and Lemon streets (now East Baltimore and Holliday streets)...
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Number of area kids in foster care climbs
(Editorial ~ 02/07/17)
This will break your heart. The number of children in foster care in Missouri has climbed in Cape Girardeau, Bollinger and Perry counties in the last three years. Currently, 420 children are in foster care in the region, and the Missouri Department of Social Services Children's Division is not equipped to deal with the increase...
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Happy Birthday Jackson Civic Center
(Column ~ 02/07/17)
A couple of weeks ago, the Jackson Civic Center turned 1 year old. It does not seem like it has been a year since the grand opening and ribbon cutting on Jan. 24, 2016. On that day we had an overflowing crowd participate in the ribbon cutting and a performance by the St. Paul Lutheran School fourth and fifth grade choir...
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City strategic plan public meetings
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/07/17)
Our city staff and council will be soliciting citizen input during a series of public meetings as we seek to update our current strategic plan. A public meeting will be held in each of the six council wards during February and early March. I strongly encourage citizens to attend at least one of these meetings to give input and better understand the future direction of our city...
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Prayer 2/7/17
(Prayer ~ 02/07/17)
Lord Jesus, may we guard the words we say and honor you in all things. Amen.
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We picked this POTUS for our SCOTUS
(Column ~ 02/07/17)
The historic election of President Donald Trump is credited, in part, to the dissatisfaction of the American people with the status quo. While critics decried the unconventional candidate's lack of experience in government, the masses flocked to him for that very reason. ...
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Stephanie Jackson
(Obituary ~ 02/07/17)
SODDY DAISY, Tenn. -- Stephanie Katrina Jackson, 52, of Soddy Daisy passed away Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, in Soddy Daisy. A funeral service will be conducted at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Hamilton Funeral Home in Hixson, Tennessee. The family will receive friends for visitation one hour prior to the service...
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Glenn Oldham
(Obituary ~ 02/07/17)
Glenn Oldham, 79, of Jackson passed away Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, at his home. He was born April 25, 1937, in Cape Girardeau to Charlie Mason and Pamela Anna Belle Adams Oldham. He and Mary Sue Green were married Sept. 1, 1957, at Burfordville Baptist Church in Burfordville...
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Births 2/7/17
(Births ~ 02/07/17)
Daughter to Steven L. and Rebecca J. Hardwick of Scott City, Southeast Hospital, 7:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Name, Ava Laine. Weight, 8 pounds, 2 ounces. Third child, second daughter. Mrs. Hardwick is the former Rebecca Ramage, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ...
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Chicago aquarium euthanizes lungfish
(National News ~ 02/07/17)
CHICAGO -- An Australian lungfish that entranced visitors to Chicago's Shedd Aquarium for more than 80 years has been euthanized due to old age, the popular tourist attraction announced Monday. Granddad, who was 4 feet long and weighed 25 pounds, had stopped eating and started showing signs of organ failure. He was euthanized Sunday. A necropsy -- or animal autopsy -- found conditions consistent with old age, aquarium officials said...
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Out of the past: Feb. 7
(Out of the Past ~ 02/07/17)
A navigational project is underway in the Mississippi River near Cape Girardeau that will reduce the need for frequent dredging in the area and allow for safer passage of barge tows around Cape Rock; the project includes construction of eight underwater weirs extending out into the river at a downstream angle from the Missouri and Illinois banks...
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Being a White House kid comes with pluses and minuses
(National News ~ 02/07/17)
WASHINGTON -- If it's tough being a kid, try being a "first kid" -- the child of an American president. Just ask President Bill Clinton's daughter, Chelsea. Or President George W. Bush's twins, Jenna and Barbara. And now, President Donald Trump's youngest child, Barron, is finding out...
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Israel passes law legalizing thousands of settlement homes
(International News ~ 02/07/17)
JERUSALEM -- Israel's parliament on Monday passed a contentious law meant to legalize thousands of West Bank settlement homes built unlawfully on private Palestinian land, a step expected to trigger international outrage and a flurry of lawsuits against the measure...
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Right to work not the end of Missouri labor bills
(State News ~ 02/07/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Republican lawmakers plan to pursue other labor-related bills during the final three months of the legislative session, even after passing a bill banning mandatory union fees. When Republican Gov. Eric Greitens was inaugurated in January, it opened the floodgates for GOP-backed bills dealing with unions that faced vetoes under his Democratic predecessor, Jay Nixon...
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Trump ban hits appeals court as travelers arrive to tears
(National News ~ 02/07/17)
WASHINGTON -- The fierce battle over President Donald Trump's travel and refugee ban edged up the judicial escalator Monday, headed for a possible final face-off at the Supreme Court. Travelers, temporarily unbound, tearfully reunited with loved ones at U.S. airports...
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Anti-Trump protests complicate start of his presidency
(National News ~ 02/07/17)
WASHINGTON -- Scrappy as ever, Donald Trump on Monday dismissed polls showing low approval ratings as "fake news." But whatever his opinion, active opposition to his go-it-alone presidency appears to be widening. From corporate boardrooms to the halls of Congress, Trump is facing an unprecedented effort to disrupt even the most basic of his presidential functions...
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Rare white lion cubs on the prowl at Germany zoo
(Community ~ 02/07/17)
BERLIN -- Four rare white lion cubs are intriguing visitors at Magdeburg Zoo in eastern Germany. The cubs were born Dec. 25 but mostly have remained in their birth box since then. Keepers allowed the female and three males to explore the lion enclosure Monday...
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Meteor over Lake Michigan lights up sky in several states
(National News ~ 02/07/17)
GREEN BAY, Wis.-- A meteor over Lake Michigan lit up the sky Monday morning across several states in the Midwest. Dashcam video from police cruisers in Wisconsin and Illinois captured the fireball streaking through the dark sky about 1:30 a.m. In addition to Illinois and Wisconsin, the American Meteor Society lists sightings in Indiana, Michigan and other states as well...
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Washington University lifts suspension of men's soccer team
(State News ~ 02/07/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Washington University in St. Louis lifted its suspension of the men's soccer team Monday after an internal investigation found the squad didn't violate the school's sexual-harassment policy. The men's team was suspended in December for what the private university called complaints of "degrading and sexually explicit" comments and other inappropriate behavior toward the women's team...
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Watchdog group that fought Catholic Church faces upheaval
(State News ~ 02/07/17)
ST. LOUIS -- A victims' support group that helped force the Roman Catholic Church to confront the problem of child-molesting priests is going through its own upheaval, including resignations of two top leaders and a potentially reputation-damaging lawsuit...
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Trump: Allow those into U.S. who 'want to love our country'
(National News ~ 02/07/17)
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- President Donald Trump vowed Monday to allow only people who "want to love our country" into the United States, defending his immigration and refugee restrictions as he made his first visit to the headquarters for U.S. Central Command...
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Tech firms take stand against travel ban
(National News ~ 02/07/17)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Through a Super Bowl ad, public statements and court filings, Silicon Valley's biggest companies are taking a stand against President Donald Trump's travel ban, saying high tech needs immigrants' creativity and energy to stay competitive...
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Cleveland settles woman's excessive force lawsuit for $2.25M
(National News ~ 02/07/17)
CLEVELAND -- The mother of a mentally ill woman who suffocated while handcuffed by Cleveland police said she wants the officers prosecuted after settling a lawsuit Monday for $2.25 million, the latest large settlement with the city over allegations of police misconduct...
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Council OKs permit for treatment center, approves chicken ordinance
(Local News ~ 02/07/17)
The Cape Girardeau City Council gave initial approval Monday to a measure granting a special use permit for a residential treatment center and outpatient development center for adolescents. The council also gave final approval to an ordinance that will allow chickens to be kept on any property in the city, beginning April 1...
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Woman slips hand out of cuffs, escapes police car
(Local News ~ 02/07/17)
A 20-year-old woman slipped her left hand through handcuffs and fled in an unknown direction after being secured in the front passenger seat of the Cape Girardeau officer's patrol car, police said. The woman later was apprehended in a bedroom closet...
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Two drivers extricated from crashes on Sprigg Street
(Local News ~ 02/07/17)
Cape Girardeau firefighters extricated a woman from rollover crash at about 8:30 a.m. Monday near the intersection of Sprigg and Olive streets. The woman's Dodge Avenger was overturned on its driver side off the left side of the roadway near the Southeast Missouri State Campus. Cape Girardeau's technical rescue team stabilized the vehicle using ropes connected to telephone poles to extricate the woman safely...
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Jackson OKs engineering pact on study for park's pedestrian bridge
(Local News ~ 02/07/17)
The Jackson Board of Alderman on Monday night approved a contract to an engineering firm on whether to repair or replace the Hubble Creek pedestrian bridge in Jackson City Park. Aldermen approved an allotment of $10,800 to Koehler Engineering & Land Surveying of Cape Girardeau for the bridge project...
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Police search for convenience-store robbers
(Local News ~ 02/07/17)
Cape Girardeau police are searching for two men who robbed the AM/PM Convenience store at about 10 p.m. Sunday at the corner of William and Hanover streets, police said. The men wore ski and skeleton masks and entered the store and demanded money, according to public information officer Sgt. Adam Glueck. One of the two men was armed with a gun, Glueck wrote in an email. They left the store after stealing cash, Glueck wrote...
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Report: Suspect flees police, breaks into home, scares children
(Local News ~ 02/07/17)
A Cape Girardeau man ran away from police and broke into a house on Jefferson Street on Thursday after he gave them the wrong name during a domestic incident, police said. Cape Girardeau police arrested Ce'One K. Tidwell, 18, on Thursday. The Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney's Office charged Tidwell with first-degree burglary, resisting arrest and misdemeanor domestic assault. His bond was set at $25,000 cash or surety...
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Car loathed by visitors vandalized
(International News ~ 02/07/17)
LONDON -- Vandals struck a banana-yellow car blamed for ruining visitors' photos of a famous English village. "Move," someone scratched into the hood of Peter Maddox's car in January in the Cotswolds village of Bibury, causing about $8,000 in damage. The 84-year-old widower has parked his Vauxhall Corsa outside his retirement cottage in Bibury. The 14th-century homes are among the oldest in Britain. With locals' backing, Maddox said he won't have his style dictated by tourists...
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Margot Westrich
(Obituary ~ 02/07/17)
ORAN, Mo. -- Margot Crystal Westrich, 81, of Oran died Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Guardian Angel Catholic Church in Oran, with the Rev. Randy Tochtrop officiating. Burial will be at Guardian Angel Catholic Cemetery...
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Michelle Rhodes
(Obituary ~ 02/07/17)
Michelle Newton Rhodes, 47, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Donny Ford officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau...
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Ray Scholl
(Obituary ~ 02/07/17)
Ray N. Scholl, 79, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Jackson, died Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, at the Missouri State Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in New Wells, with military honors...
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Willie Abernathy
(Obituary ~ 02/07/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Wilfred L. "Willie" Abernathy, 81, of Perryville died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, at Independence Care Center of Perry County in Perryville. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville. Funeral service will be at noon Saturday at the funeral home...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 2/7/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/07/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday. n Medical assists were made at 2:33 a.m. on South West End Boulevard; 12:44 p.m. on Mahy Drive; 4:11 p.m. on Themis Street; 5:45 p.m. on William Street; and 7:06 p.m. on Linden Street...
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Jackson poloice report 2/7/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/07/17)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n David Greene, 41, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Jackson warrant for failure to appear, a Cape Girardeau warrant and a Cape Girardeau County warrant...
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Cape Girardeau police report 2/7/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/07/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Sharon F. Lester, 42, 422 S. Benton St., was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated at 236 S. West End Blvd. Arrests n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of distributing drugs, distributing a controlled substance, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, resisting arrest, fleeing custody and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia...
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Doyle Mahnken
(Obituary ~ 02/07/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Doyle L. "Ollie" Mahnken, 66, of Perryville died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau,. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and 6:30 to 10 a.m. Friday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville. Memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home...
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