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Large tornadoes, damage reported in Dallas area
(National News ~ 04/03/12)
DALLAS (AP) -- Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area on Tuesday, tearing roofs off homes, tossing trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots. The National Weather Service reported at least two separate "large and extremely dangerous" tornadoes south of Dallas and Fort Worth. ...
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Voter turnout low in Cape council race; better in Jackson
(Local News ~ 04/03/12)
Votes were dribbling in Tuesday in the Cape Girardeau City Council race, with elections officials predicting a turnout of about 8 percent of the central-city ward's 5,000 or so registered voters. Those who did make the effort, though, will be deciding whether Ellen Dillon or Trent Summers will be replacing outgoing councilwoman Debra Tracy...
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Missouri senators step back from eliminating tenure
(State News ~ 04/03/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri senators have stepped back for now from an effort to abolish tenure for public school teachers. Senate debate on phasing out tenure ended Tuesday with a 17-15 vote to keep tenure in place while creating a task force to examine teacher pay and effectiveness...
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Cape County Commission discusses bid process at Monday meeting
(Local News ~ 04/03/12)
Associate Commissioner Jay Purcell initiated a discussion with the rest of the Cape Girardeau County Commission Monday about county purchasing requirements that he feels can prohibit buying steeply discounted items. The county has an internal policy to obtain at least three quotes for any purchase over $500. ...
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Farmington state senator, city councilman vie for Tilley's House seat
(Local News ~ 04/03/12)
FARMINGTON, Mo. -- Sen. Kevin Engler has served in the Missouri House before. Now, faced with term limits that are pushing him out, the two-term senator wants to go back and he says he has the best resume and institutional knowledge for the job...
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SEMO picks director of alumni relations
(Local News ~ 04/03/12)
A national search for a director of alumni relations and annual giving at Southeast Missouri State University has turned out a local choice. Jay Wolz of Cape Girardeau will begin in the position April 9. Wolz goes to the university with 25 years of experience in marketing and communications and is known locally for involvement with the United Way and other civic organizations...
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Jackson aldermen discuss subdivision's rusty water
(Local News ~ 04/03/12)
Jackson's city administrator said he hopes the city can resolve by the end of the summer rusty water issues that residents say have ruined their clothes and appliances. In the study session following the board of aldermen meeting Monday night, city officials discussed the results of an investigation by the public works department into reports of rusty water in the Forest Acres subdivision. ...
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Chaffee residents ask council why net gun, dart gun aren't being used on animal calls
(Local News ~ 04/03/12)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Chaffee's city council is still dealing with dog problems as a deadline approaches to have its animal pound meet requirements for licensure through the Missouri Department of Agriculture. Discussion of handling animals was not on the agenda of Monday night's meeting, but city council members addressed some residents' questions over why a net gun to capture animals is not in use, why a dart gun is not in use and what progress the city is making toward its license application...
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Woman stabbed in altercation in Cape
(Local News ~ 04/03/12)
A woman told Cape Girardeau police she was stabbed following an altercation Monday afternoon in the 300 block of South Middle Street. The woman gave police the name of another woman who she claimed stabbed her in the chest while the two fought, chief Carl Kinnison said. After police responded to the 1:30 p.m. call, the victim was taken to an area hospital to be treated for her injuries. No details were available on her condition...
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Despite high bid, Cape Girardeau City Council moves ahead on Broadway project
(Local News ~ 04/03/12)
Sending a message that the project is simply too important to endure another setback, the Cape Girardeau City Council voted unanimously Monday night to push forward with the Broadway corridor despite a low bid that came in at more than $863,000 than originally estimated...
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Notre Dame baseball team silences Central 4-0
(High School Sports ~ 04/03/12)
Cody Heisserer didn't need much help to beat Central. Heisserer pitched a three-hit shutout and provided the big offensive blow with a two-run homer as Notre Dame eased past the host Tigers 4-0 Monday afternoon. The Bulldogs improved to 6-0 while dropping the Tigers to 2-4...
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JAG's April Plans
(Submitted Story ~ 04/03/12)
Jackson Art Group Plans Another Workshop! Jackson Art Group's second Saturday Gallery opening at the Steck House features a hands on opportunity for novice through experienced artists to discover and explore their creativity. The gallery is open in conjunction with the workshops--from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 7. Art group members will facilitate the workshops and a small fee is charged for supplies. You do not have to be a JAG member to participate...
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First Day at The Park
(Submitted Photo ~ 04/03/12)
My sister came to visit and we took my niece to the park for the first time. She had a GREAT TIME!!!!!!
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Bee's take up residence @ my home
(Submitted Photo ~ 04/03/12)
Bee's arrived in cypress tree on 4/2!
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Charleston Society for the Arts hosts art show
(Submitted Story ~ 04/03/12)
The dogwoods and azaleas aren't the only thing blooming in Charleston! The town's art scene is also growing with the help of the Charleston Society for the Arts, founded in 2010 by a group of young people who wanted to expand the town's cultural offerings...
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Good Samaritan: Elizabeth Miller
(Submitted Story ~ 04/03/12)
Elizabeth Miller recently had a birthday party for her twin boys. In lieu of presents they asked for PJs & Books. Elizabeth has kindly donated the PJs & Books to United Way. United Way will donate them to much needed families. What a great idea and what a great samaritan. Thank you Elizabeth!...
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Mother and Son
(Submitted Photo ~ 04/03/12)
My grandson Ethan seeing his mommy after 8 months. Ethans Mommy Ashley Moore and his Daddy David Little are both stationed in Afhanistan.
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Cape's early spring: March sets record for warmest average temperature
(Local News ~ 04/03/12)
Stretched out on beach towels and clad in bright bikinis, Tricia Smith and Monica Morris were soaking up some sun in Capaha Park Monday as the temperature hit a record 86 degrees. "This is definitely a first," said Morris about sunbathing in April. "I've never wanted to be in a pool so bad."...
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Good Samaritan: Trend Setters School of Cosmetology
(Submitted Story ~ 04/03/12)
Trend Setters School of Cosmetology students collected personal hygiene products. They donated the items to United Way which will help those in need. Thank you Trend Setters for being a 'Good Samaritan' and helping the less fortunate in our community...
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Good Samaritan: Joe Moss
(Submitted Story ~ 04/03/12)
Mr Moss is the Shop teacher at Jackson Junior high school. When our teacher for the visually impaired had an idea regarding a project she wanted to do that would benefit some of our students with visual impairments, Mr Moss went above and beyond in enlisting the help of his shop students to make this project a reality. ...
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Annual Sophomore Pilgrimage to Jefferson City, Mo.
(Submitted Story ~ 04/03/12)
Annual Sophomore Pilgrimage to Jefferson City, MO. The GFWC Scope Club of Cape Girardeau will again sponsor students to the annual Sophomore Pilgrimage on April 9-10 These students are selected by the High School teachers and counselors and must be in the upper fourth of their class scholastically and display leadership and citizenship qualities...
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Hobby Lobby Celebrates Grand Opening
(Submitted Story ~ 04/03/12)
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK -- Hobby Lobby Stores, a privately held national retail chain of arts and crafts stores, welcomes Las Vegas, NV as its home to Hobby Lobby's 500th store with its official grand opening on Monday, April 16, 2012. "Our unique store provides the inspiration that keeps Hobby Lobby moving forward as a leader in the crafts industry. ...
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Cape Storytelling Festival coming up this month
(Local News ~ 04/03/12)
The 5th annual Cape Girardeau Storytelling Festival will kick off April 13, featuring the talents of nationally-known and local performers...
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Routine jailhouse strip searches OK'd by Supreme Court
(National News ~ 04/03/12)
WASHINGTON -- Jailers may perform invasive strip searches on people arrested even for minor offenses, an ideologically divided Supreme Court ruled Monday, the conservative majority declaring that security trumps privacy in an often dangerous environment...
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Couric, Palin to face off again today on morning shows
(Entertainment ~ 04/03/12)
NEW YORK -- Nearly four years after they clashed in a memorable TV interview, Sarah Palin and Katie Couric face off again -- this time in a morning-show battle royale. Viewers will cast their votes with their clickers today. If you're a Couric fan who misses those bygone mornings on the "Today" show, then click to "Good Morning America," where Couric, now an ABC star, is subbing all week for co-host Robin Roberts...
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EPA moves closer to approval of 15 percent ethanol gas
(State News ~ 04/03/12)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The federal government has taken another step toward wide distribution of gasoline mixed with 15 percent ethanol by allowing manufacturers to register as suppliers. While the EPA is moving the process forward by allowing the registration, E15 still has to clear another set of federal tests and become a registered fuel in individual states. Ethanol makers then must convince petroleum marketers to sell it at gas stations...
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Missourians don't hit jackpot, but some win consolation prizes in Mega Millions
(State News ~ 04/03/12)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Missouri players are not among the big winners in last week's record Mega Millions drawing, but some received nice consolation prizes. Three players shared the record $656 million jackpot, including people from two neighboring states, Illinois and Kansas. The third winner is from Maryland...
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Ticks, mosquitoes already showing up in Missouri
(State News ~ 04/03/12)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The mild winter and warm early spring isn't all good news for Missourians. Experts say ticks and mosquitoes are already becoming a problem. Health officials told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/GYgldO) that people should be protecting themselves...
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Rising fuel prices haven't slowed Midwest economy
(Local News ~ 04/03/12)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A survey suggests that rising fuel prices haven't slowed the economy in a nine-state region in the Midwest and Plains. The overall Mid-America index rose to 58.6 in March from 58.4 in February. The index has risen for five months in a row...
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Food bank receives extension on using tax credits
(Local News ~ 04/03/12)
The Southeast Missouri Food Bank, which was searching for donors interested in its state tax credits before they expired at the end of March, has received an extension. The Missouri Department of Economic Development granted the food bank a 12-month extension to use its Neighborhood Assistance Program tax credits. Through the program, eligible donors to the food bank can receive Missouri income tax reductions equal to 50 percent of the value of their donation...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/03/12)
Today is Tuesday, April 3, the 94th day of 2012. There are 272 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 3, 1942, during World War II, Japanese forces began their final assault on Bataan against American and Filipino troops who surrendered six days later; the capitulation was followed by the notorious Bataan Death March...
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Blacks have trouble clearing cervical cancer virus HPV
(Community ~ 04/03/12)
CHICAGO -- Provocative new research might help explain why black women are so much more likely than whites to develop and die from cervical cancer: They seem to have more trouble clearing HPV, the virus that causes the disease. Doctors have long thought that less access to screening and follow-up health care were the reasons black women are 40 percent more likely to develop cervical cancer and twice as likely to die from it. ...
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Municipal elections
(Editorial ~ 04/03/12)
Elections for city governing boards and school boards top the list for this municipal election day. And in Jackson and Oak Ridge, two ballot issues will also be decided by voters. Oak Ridge voters are being asked whether to approve funds for facility improvements at the elementary main building and library wing. ...
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Speak Out 4/3/12
(Speak Out ~ 04/03/12)
PRESIDENT Obama came to Cape Girardeau to visit one of the factories. After he was elected the factory closed; he promised more employment. Now in the last two weeks, major businesses have started closing, losing jobs -- more than 500 in Southeast Missouri. Is this really the man we want to lead us again? President Obama, you have not kept your promise...
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Losing the rule of law
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/03/12)
Have we, as a country, gone back to the days of lynch-mob justice? With what is going on in Florida (Black Panthers, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson) and in our nation's capital (congressional members), it certainly seems so. These people do not have all the facts and really should keep their mouths shut. ...
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Prayer 4/3/12
(Prayer ~ 04/03/12)
O Lord, we praise you for you are the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. Amen.
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Health Beat: Differences in exercises
(Community ~ 04/03/12)
How do you know if you're doing light, moderate or vigorous intensity aerobic activities? For most people, light daily activities such as shopping, cooking or doing the laundry don't count toward the guidelines. Why? Your body isn't working hard enough to get your heart rate up...
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Jackson band shell to get speakers
(Local News ~ 04/03/12)
Matt Schwartz holds the structure that will hold QSC Wideline-8 Touring Line Array speakers as Everett Hinze welds the structure into place atop the Jackson band shell Monday morning in Jackson City Park. A crane lifted the 500-pound structure to the top of the band shell. ...
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Births 4/3/12
(Births ~ 04/03/12)
Daughter to Ronald James and Meghan Kathleen Mattingly of Perryville, Mo., Southeast Hospital, 7:24 a.m. Friday, March 9, 2012. Name, Aubrey Kathleen. Weight, 8 pounds, 12 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Mattingly is the former Meghan Phillips, daughter of William and Susan Phillips Jr. of Perryville. She is employed at Bank of Missouri. Mattingly is the son of Delano and Shirley Mattingly of Perryville. He is employed by Schumer Brothers...
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Out of the past 4/3/12
(Out of the Past ~ 04/03/12)
The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce will spearhead a campaign to promote passage of a proposed half-cent city transportation sales tax slated to be on the August election ballot. The Cape Girardeau School Board has asked for more information concerning the possibility of eliminating one administrative position at Central High School; the suggestion is one on a long list of possible budget cuts the board is considering in efforts to trim its deficit spending...
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Jackson police and fire report 4/3/12
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/03/12)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday:...
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Harold Siebert
(Obituary ~ 04/03/12)
Harold W. Siebert, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, April 2, 2012, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Dorothy Link
(Obituary ~ 04/03/12)
Dorothy J. Link, 87, of Jackson passed away Saturday, March 31, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 27, 1924, in Fruitland, to Price Samuel and Nancy Hargraves Sides. She was raised in the Jackson area. In 1943, she was married to Earl T. Blackwell. They had a daughter, Frances Kay...
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Barbara Hamilton
(Obituary ~ 04/03/12)
Barbara J. Hohler Hamilton, fortified with the sacraments of Holy Mother Church, Sunday, April 1, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Richard M. Hamilton; dearest mother of Terri (Tim) Sutton, Sharon (Terry) Darwin, Rich Hamilton and Jennifer Swatek; dear grandmother of Timothy, Daniel (Valerie), Jeffrey and Rachel Sutton and Jacob, Jack and Jordyn Swatek; dear great-grandmother of Abigail Sutton; dear sister of Joseph Hohler, Ann Moyers, Dolores Dowling, Becky Rushin and the late Gene Hohler, Judy Miller, Rosemary Allgood and John Hohler; daughter of the late Henry and Gladys Hohler.. ...
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Wendell Farley
(Obituary ~ 04/03/12)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Oliver Wendell Farley, 81, of Sikeston died Saturday, March 31, 2012, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born March 1, 1931, in Charleston, Mo., to Oliver and Edith Cruson Farley. Farley was a self-employed sign painter and electrical technician and had owned and operated Farley Sign Shop...
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Ralph Dumey
(Obituary ~ 04/03/12)
Ralph L. Dumey, 84, of Jackson passed away Sunday, April 1, 2012, at his home. He was born Oct. 10, 1927, in Rockview, Mo., son of Linus Matthew and Fern Williams Dumey. He and Winifred "Winnie" Summers were married July 3, 1953, in Chaffee, Mo. Ralph graduated from Chaffee High School in 1945 where he was active in football and basketball...
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Terry Craft
(Obituary ~ 04/03/12)
Terry Martin Craft, 28, of Randles died Thursday, March 29, 2012, in Moberly, Mo. He was born Jan. 24, 1984, in Cape Girardeau, to Bryan and Donna Jean Hendrickson Craft. Survivors include his father and stepmother, Bryan and Martha Craft of Crump; his mother and stepfather who raised him, Donna and Sherman Vessells of Randles; grandmother, Doris Fulton of Jackson; grandfather, Obie Hendrickson of Morley, Mo.; grandmother, Opal Vessells of Randles; great-grandmother, Gladys Stoval of Crump; two brothers, Bryan Craft of Cape Girardeau, George Craft of Crump; a sister, Alysha Vessells of Randles; and a nephew, Evin Craft of Cape Girardeau.. ...
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Doctors grappling with how to use electronic device while staying connected to patients
(Community ~ 04/03/12)
WASHINGTON -- Medical student Gregory Shumer studied the electronic health record and scooted his laptop closer to the diabetic grandfather sitting on his exam table. "You can see," he pointed at the screen -- weight, blood sugar and cholesterol are too high and rising...
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HIgh school roundup: Notre Dame girls soccer team defeats Jackson in penalty kicks
(High School Sports ~ 04/03/12)
All the local high school events reported Monday to the Southeast Missourian.
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Southeast Missouri State baseball team will host another NAIA foe
(College Sports ~ 04/03/12)
The Southeast Missouri State baseball team is sputtering along at 8-21, but the Redhawks are 3-0 against NAIA squads. Southeast will try to finish off a four-game season sweep of NAIA opponents when Mid-Continent University visits Capaha Field at 4 p.m. today...
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Jackson completes Children in Nature Challenge
(Column ~ 04/03/12)
The Jackson Community Outreach Board recently received the news that it has completed another project, the Children in Nature Challenge. When presented with some alarming facts, such as that today's children only spend four to seven minutes outdoors each day while they spend seven to eight hours a day on electronic media outside of school, Gov. ...
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Kentucky wins NCAA tournament
(College Sports ~ 04/03/12)
NEW ORLEANS -- No matter where Anthony Davis and his buddies go to make their millions, their ol' Kentucky home will long remember this championship season. The Wildcats hit the jackpot with their lottery picks Monday night, ignoring Davis' bad shooting night and parlaying a roster full of NBA talent into a 67-59 victory over Kansas for the team's eighth national title -- and its first since 1998...
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Mo. Gov. Nixon heading to Brazil on trade trip
(State News ~ 04/03/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon will be heading to Brazil on a trade mission later this month. Nixon planned to announce more details of the trip during news conferences Tuesday in Springfield and Independence. Last year, Missouri businesses sold $323 million worth of products to Brazil, which ranked as the state's 10th largest export market...
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