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Totality
(Local News ~ 08/21/17)
Here is an image of Monday's eclipse at totality, taken by photographer Andrew Whitaker at the Perryville airport. Check back later for a gallery of images from Cape Girardeau and Perryville.
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Business notebook: Trend Setters School in Cape earns accreditation
(Business ~ 08/21/17)
The National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts & Sciences recently granted accreditation to Trend Setters School, making Trend Setters the only accredited cosmetology school in Cape Girardeau. Nick Ryan, administrator at Trend Setters, said it took about a year and a half for the accreditation process to play out, as NACCAS conducted audits, reviewed programs and examined graduate outcomes...
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Grant sought to expand scope of Levi's Adventure Trail
(Local News ~ 08/21/17)
Levi's Adventure Trail is on track for completion in October, charity president Viney Mosley said, and the organization is seeking a grant from the Delta Regional Authority. The Delta Creative Placemaking Initiative allows local government entities to partner with a not-for-profit organization to submit an application for a seed investment up to $30,000 of nearly $460,000 available in the nine-state region...
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County's presiding commissioner attains master's degree from Army War College
(Local News ~ 08/21/17)
Cape Girardeau County Presiding Commissioner Clint Tracy said he looks forward to new understanding and new opportunities after his recent graduation from the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, with a master's degree in strategic studies...
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Jumbo size: Rhodes 101 sets a world record with 15-foot, 4,700 gallon drinking cup
(Local News ~ 08/21/17)
Fountain soda always has been big at Rhodes 101 Convenience Stores, but at Sunday's summer customer appreciation event, their usual 32-ounce and 44-ounce cups were overshadowed by the gas station's newest -- a 15-foot-tall cup with the company's new logo...
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Eclipse eve: Millions converge across U.S. to see sun go dark
(National News ~ 08/21/17)
Millions of Americans have converged on a narrow corridor stretching from Oregon to South Carolina to watch the moon blot out the midday sun today for a couple of minutes in the first total solar eclipse to sweep coast to coast in 99 years. Veteran eclipse watchers warned the uninitiated to get ready to be blown away...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/21/17)
Today in History Today is Monday, Aug. 21, the 233rd day of 2017. There are 132 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 21, 1858, the first of seven debates between Illinois senatorial contenders Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas took place...
- Business calendar (Business ~ 08/21/17)
- Business licenses (Business ~ 08/21/17)
- Area bankruptcies and tax liens 8/21/17 (Business Records ~ 08/21/17)
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Newsmakers 2017: Felice Roberson
(Business ~ 08/21/17)
The silence was too much for Felice Roberson. Her son, Quinton David Combs, was killed in 2015 and she couldn't understand why nobody was talking. "I believe the silence was the betrayal. ... There were 60 people there that night," she says, describing the party where her son was shot...
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Newsmakers 2017: Justin Denton
(Business ~ 08/21/17)
About a week before Burrito-Ville's 17th anniversary, the restaurant's founder Justin Denton called his success "somewhat surreal." "It has become more than I could have ever imagined when I originally opened on Broadway just down the street," he says...
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Newsmakers 2017: Sara Nenninger
(Business ~ 08/21/17)
Whether they are aware of it or not, many people in the Cape Girardeau area know Sara Nenninger, at least online. She manages social media for the Cape Girardeau Police Department (CGPD) and makes all the posts on the department's Facebook page, as well as on Twitter and Instagram...
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Newsmakers 2017: Brad Arnold
(Business ~ 08/21/17)
Brad Arnold thinks big, and he does it with the people of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, in mind. Arnold is executive director of the Ste. Genevieve Community Center, where he has worked since he graduated from college. In fact, completing a 12-week internship at the center was the final component of his college degree. Afterward, he worked for a year as the facilities specialist, when the executive director's position became available. It was an opportunity he couldn't pass up...
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Newsmakers 2017: Brandy Balsman
(Business ~ 08/21/17)
The real-estate business is practically in Brandy Balsman's blood. Her mother, Denise Ulrich, is a realtor who has worked in the industry all her life, and eventually came to co-own ReMax Realty Experts. Balsman started in the office in 2002. Since then, she has learned the business inside and out, and became an owner in 2006. Balsman has been local director on the board of directors for the Southeast Missouri Realtors for the past three years...
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Newsmakers 2017: Drs. Paul and Dawn Caruso
(Business ~ 08/21/17)
Paul and Dawn Caruso are doctors. He's the medical director of SoutheastHEALTH's neonatal intensive care unit. She's a psychiatrist. Their shared vocations -- helping and healing -- are also what spurred them to revitalize foster care in Cape Girardeau and the surrounding counties...
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Newsmakers 2017: Sven Svenson
(Business ~ 08/21/17)
If living 500 or 1,000 years from now, Sven Svenson might be helping colonize another planet. In that situation, the Southeast Missouri State University horticulture professor says he would be probing for answers to the question, "How do we bring life to this rock?"...
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Newsmakers 2017 - Kevin Greaser
(Business ~ 08/21/17)
Kevin Greaser is a busy man. As community bank president of Alliance Bank in Cape Girardeau, Greaser works with people throughout the area to improve the lives of others and make the community a better place. "Part of our job with being an executive in a bank is to be very engaged in the community, so a great many of the activities that I'm involved in are probably primarily because of my association with the bank," he says...
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Newsmakers 2017: Jeff Rawson
(Business ~ 08/21/17)
It's not uncommon to find Jeff Rawson with his hands full, whether it be ink, paper, laptop or coffee. Sometimes it's with awards, which has been the case the last two years, when the creative director and manager for rustmedia walked away from the American Advertising Awards, which recognizes the region's best in advertising...
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Newsmakers 2017: Viney Mosley
(Business ~ 08/21/17)
Viney Mosley is testament to the ability to channel heartache. Not one to wallow, she determinedly mines with a bubbly demeanor, sifting for positives and silver linings that might evoke change or lift spirits. Through personality, friendships, connections and persistence, she's adept at raising funds, health awareness to prevent disease and hope for cures...
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Newsmakers 2017: Dr. Seth Hudson
(Business ~ 08/21/17)
Chiropractic physician Dr. Seth Hudson has a long list of organizations he's involved with: the American Red Cross board of directors, the SoutheastHEALTH foundation board, the City of Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department's golf course advisory board, Lions Club, Knights of Columbus, Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce and chiropractic associations, in addition to his work at Hudson Chiropractic at The Pillar Chiropractic Physicians Centre in Cape Girardeau...
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Newsmakers 2017: Dr. Alan Barnette
(Business ~ 08/21/17)
Dr. Alan Barnette is trying to eliminate infant death due to unsafe sleep conditions, through a project called Bootheel Babies and Families. Barnette, a neonatologist in Saint Francis Medical Center's Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, or NICU, says the project aims to educate parents in the Missouri Bootheel's six counties on how to safely co-sleep with their children, and provides a "boxinette," a box designed to aid safe co-sleeping...
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Newsmakers 2017: Whitney Vandeven
(Business ~ 08/21/17)
The adult services program at the Cape Girardeau Public Library has some new and different offerings these days, thanks largely to the efforts of Whitney Vandeven, adult services director. "I've just been doing my best to look at the community and their needs and wants," Vandeven says, "and try to bring free or at least affordable options that give people the opportunity to learn and develop new skills."...
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Newsmakers 2017: Lynne DeWitt and Brent Mullin
(Business ~ 08/21/17)
When Brent Mullin, a Field Training Officer with the Sikeston Police Department, saw something online about a school district that had a place that allowed students and families in need access to food, clothing, school supplies and hygiene items at no cost to them, a light bulb went on in his head...
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Newsmakers 2017: Jared Ritter
(Business ~ 08/21/17)
At only 25 years of age, Jared Ritter, who is a broker, realtor and landlord at Ritter Real Estate and Ritter Rental Property LLC, is already an avid community volunteer. Ritter volunteers between 15 and 20 hours a week at La Croix United Methodist Church...
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Creating a better tomorrow
(Business ~ 08/21/17)
The 18 individuals named Newsmakers in the September issue of Business Today have different backgrounds. They live in different places and work in different industries. But they were all chosen for the attribute they share: agency. Plenty of people aspire to making a difference, but these 18 are doers. They had good ideas and good intentions and set about actualizing them...
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Conceal carry reciprocity
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/21/17)
Senate Bill 446, the "Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017" was recently introduced in Congress. This chaotic and dangerous bill does not create consistent concealed carry requirements across the country. Instead, it would gut existing gun laws, override state laws and make the weakest link the law of the land. Unlike drivers license laws, concealed carry laws vary drastically by state...
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Bipartisan support for anti-sex trafficking bill is encouraging
(Editorial ~ 08/21/17)
In an age of partisan politics, it's good to know politicians can stand united on at least one front. A bi-partisan group of senators, including both Missouri Senators Claire McCaskill (Democrat) and Roy Blunt (Republican), are confronting the sex trafficking of women and children by introducing legislation to remove the "immunity" an online site has used to hinder investigations...
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Births 8/21/17
(Births ~ 08/21/17)
Daughter to Cherokee Cheyenne Kingery of Marble Hill, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 12:14 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. Name, Arabella Elaine. Weight, 7 pounds, 14 ounces. First child. Kingery is the daughter of Susan Mitchell and William Hutchinson of Perryville, Missouri. She is employed by Marble Hill City Hall...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 8/21/17
(Local News ~ 08/21/17)
Cape Girardeau City Council City hall 401 Independence St. Study session, 5 p.m. today Items for discussion n Planning and Zoning Commission report n Ward 6 appointment discussion n Appearances regarding items not on the agenda n Agenda review Regular session, 7 p.m...
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Cape County Commission agenda 8/21/17
(Local News ~ 08/21/17)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today Approval of minutes n Minutes of the Aug. 17 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on agenda Routine business...
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Sex offenders can live next door to victims in many states
(National News ~ 08/21/17)
EDMOND, Okla. -- A convicted sex offender who molested his niece when she was 7 years old moved in next door to his victim nearly a dozen years after he was sent to prison for the crime. Outraged, the Oklahoma woman, now 21, called lawmakers, the police and advocacy groups to plead with them to take action...
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Prosecutors: Professor killed boyfriend as part of sexual fantasy
(National News ~ 08/21/17)
CHICAGO -- The fatal stabbing of a hairstylist in Chicago was part of a sexual fantasy hatched in an online chatroom between a Northwestern University professor and an Oxford University employee, whose plan included killing someone and then themselves, prosecutors told a Cook County judge Sunday at a bond hearing for the men...
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Fallen forensics: Judges routinely allow disavowed science
(National News ~ 08/21/17)
BOSTON -- Two hairs that looked like the victim's; some dirt on a truck like that taken from the crime scene; a pattern on the bumper that resembled a design on the victim's popular brand of jeans. The case against Steven Barnes in the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl seemed circumstantial, at best...
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Out of the past: Aug. 21
(Out of the Past ~ 08/21/17)
An agreement paving the way for student and faculty exchanges between Southeast Missouri State University and Kunsan National University in South Korea was signed during a luncheon Thursday. After losing a close bid for re-election in the Republican primary two weeks ago, Cape Girardeau County Associate Commissioner Leonard Sander says he plans to focus his effort the next four months on trying to finish projects he has started...
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Klan-Nazi attack survivor hopes for a 'justice river'
(National News ~ 08/21/17)
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The Rev. Nelson Johnson needs no reminders of the massacre of five of his labor-activist friends almost 40 years ago -- he still has the faded scar on his left arm, left by a Nazi who stabbed him as white supremacists descended on a march for workers through black neighborhoods in Greensboro...
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Trump to address nation today on Afghanistan strategy
(National News ~ 08/21/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump plans to address the nation tonight on his strategy for the war in Afghanistan. The White House said Trump will speak to the country at 8 p.m. today from Fort Myer in Arlington, Virginia. Trump and his national-security team met Friday at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland to reach agreement on a strategy...
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Kasich urges Trump to end staff chaos and 'settle it down'
(National News ~ 08/21/17)
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. -- Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich urged President Donald Trump on Sunday to stop the staff chaos at the White House and "settle it down." Strategist Steve Bannon last week became the latest top White House official to follow Trump's national-security adviser, a chief of staff, two communications directors, a press secretary, and others out the door...
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Iraq launches operation to take back IS-held town near Mosul
(International News ~ 08/21/17)
ABU GHADDUR, Iraq -- U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Sunday launched a multi-pronged assault to retake the town of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, marking the next phase in the country's war on the Islamic State group. Tal Afar and the surrounding area are among the last pockets of IS-held territory in Iraq after victory was declared in July in Mosul, the country's second-largest city...
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Missouri child abuse hotline now accepts out-of-state calls
(State News ~ 08/21/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- For years, callers with out-of-state area codes couldn't connect with Missouri's toll-free hotline to report cases of potential child abuse and neglect, an issue advocates worried could discourage good Samaritans and mean some children might not get the help they need...
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'The Hitman's Bodyguard' outdoes 'Logan Lucky' at box office
(Entertainment ~ 08/21/17)
LOS ANGELES -- Critics loved "Logan Lucky" and gave a big collective shrug to "The Hitman's Bodyguard." But when it came to the test of the marketplace, audiences went their own way. The two action flicks faced off this weekend, and "The Hitman's Bodyguard" emerged the victor with a chart-topping $21.6 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, while "Logan Lucky" sputtered on arrival with $8.1 million...
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St. Louis pastor works outside for prayer requests
(State News ~ 08/21/17)
ST. LOUIS -- Pastor Henry Price of St. Louis is ready to take your prayer request, and you don't have to step foot inside a church to do it. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Price, 79, stands on the corner outside his church in a crime-ridden neighborhood of north St. Louis each morning from 8 to 10 a.m. He uses a hand-held microphone and a tambourine to reach out to passers-by...
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U.S. warship collides with tanker near Singapore; 10 missing
(International News ~ 08/21/17)
SINGAPORE -- A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer collided with a tanker early today in waters east of Singapore and the Straits of Malacca, and at least 10 sailors are missing. The Navy said five others were hurt. The USS John S. McCain sustained damage on its port side aft, or left rear, from the collision with the Alnic MC that happened at 5:24 a.m., the Navy's 7th Fleet said...
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Attempted police chief ouster sets off firestorm in small Missouri town
(State News ~ 08/21/17)
FERRELVIEW, Mo. -- A member of a small western Missouri town's governing board is leading an effort to oust the police chief who investigated statutory-rape allegations against her son. Theresa Wilson, chairwoman of the Ferrelview Board of Trustees, said she's not claiming her son, Jeffrey Gabbard, is innocent. She said there are other reasons, including budget problems, to oust police chief Daniel Clayton, The Kansas City Star reported...
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California tightens rules on popular pesticide for farmers
(Business ~ 08/21/17)
SAN FRANCISCO -- California is tightening the strictest rules in the nation on a pesticide that is popular with farmers over new health concerns, officials said Friday. Farmers use chlorpyrifos to kill pests that attack a wide variety of crops such as grapes, almonds and cotton grown in California, the nation's agricultural leader, as well as across the country...
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Report: Higher premiums if Trump halts 'Obamacare' subsidies
(Business ~ 08/21/17)
WASHINGTON -- Premiums for a popular type of individual health plan would rise sharply, and more people would be left with no insurance options if President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to stop "Obamacare" payments to insurers, the Congressional Budget Office said last week...
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Walmart's online sales soar as it seeks to catch Amazon
(Business ~ 08/21/17)
NEW YORK -- Walmart's recent spending spree to try to catch up to Amazon seems to be paying off. The world's largest retailer said Thursday its online sales soared 60 percent in the past three months as people shopped more at Walmart.com, Jet.com and its other websites...
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A sports rout on Wall Street
(Business ~ 08/21/17)
NEW YORK -- Sporting-goods retailers can't shake their losing streak. Shares of stores that mostly sell sneakers and sporting gear plummeted Friday after Foot Locker and smaller rival Hibbett Sports reported a drop in sales in the latest quarter. Both also offered gloomy outlooks for the rest of the year...
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SBA head sees businesses held back by lack of loans, workers
(Business ~ 08/21/17)
NEW YORK -- Six months into her tenure as head of the Small Business Administration, Linda McMahon sees a split among small business owners -- they are increasingly optimistic, she said, but many are held back by their inability to get loans or find the right workers for jobs that are staying open...
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Spanish town struggles to reconcile locals being part of extremist cell
(International News ~ 08/21/17)
RIPOLL, Spain -- They were brothers and boyhood friends from a town with no unfamiliar faces. They were linked by Moroccan roots and equally tied by their upbringings in Ripoll, an ancient hub in the Catalan foothills known for its monastery and passageways dotted with cafes and kebab shops...
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People on the move 8/20/17
(Business ~ 08/21/17)
Cape Girardeau AAA sales agent Greg Farrow has been named one of AAA's President's Elite Sales Agents. The recognition is for Farrow's "superior standards of performance in membership and service," according to a news release. Only 5 percent of AAA sales agents earn the distinction...
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Jerry Lewis, comedian, telethon host, dies at 91
(Entertainment ~ 08/21/17)
LOS ANGELES -- Jerry Lewis, the manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative partnership with Dean Martin, settled down to become a self-conscious screen auteur and found an even greater following as the tireless, teary host of the annual muscular-dystrophy telethons, has died. He was 91...
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Woman stuck in pool turns to Facebook for help
(National News ~ 08/21/17)
EPPING, N.H. -- A woman who became stuck in a swimming pool after the ladder broke turned to Facebook to ask for help getting out. Leslie Kahn, 61, was swimming in her pool alone when the ladder broke, leaving her stranded. She said she didn't have the strength to pull herself. She used a pool pole to drag the chair her iPad was on and posted in a community Facebook page, asking for help. A woman who lived nearby showed up, followed by police and a neighbor...
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Prayer 8/21/17
(Prayer ~ 08/21/17)
Lord Jesus, thank you for giving us peace even in the most troubling times. Amen.
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Speak Out 8/21/17
(Speak Out ~ 08/21/17)
My husband and I just returned from a short vacation with our 8-year-old grandson. We went to an aquarium and a zoo. Both were very nice. They lacked one thing, however. Benches to sit and rest on. Do you know the number of grandparents raising grandchildren? If you have no idea, go to a "Grandparents Raising Grandchildren" meeting at St. ...
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Solar Eclipse 2017
(Submitted Story ~ 08/21/17)
Kennedy Marquart (right) and Piper (left) safely enjoying the solar eclipse in the Heartland! Photo taken near Cape Rock in Cape Girardeau precisely 5 minutes before totality!
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Solar Eclicpse 2017
(Submitted Story ~ 08/21/17)
Photos taken during the Solar Eclipse 2017 from Cape Girardeau, MO
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Totality at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport
(Submitted Story ~ 08/21/17)
Just wanted to submit this picture of the ramp as taken from the control tower catwalk at totality.
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Historic event in Downtown Cape
(Submitted Story ~ 08/21/17)
2017 Eclipse Fun
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Newsmakers 2017: Joel Kidwell
(Business ~ 08/21/17)
Rev. Joel Kidwell has been the pastor for Zion United Methodist Church and an active member of the community since 2010. A former lawyer in private practice and for the State of Missouri, Kidwell felt his call to the church about 20 years ago. While practicing law in Columbia, Missouri, Kidwell gradually moved into larger leadership roles with his local church and eventually became the pastor of Ashland United Fellowship in 1997. ...
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