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Congress approves bill to end airport delays
(National News ~ 04/26/13)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress easily approved legislation Friday ending furloughs of air traffic controllers that have delayed hundreds of flights daily, infuriating travelers and causing political headaches for lawmakers. The House approved the measure on a 361-41 vote, a day after the Senate swiftly agreed to the bill. ...
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Prescription take-back event set for Saturday in Scott County
(Local News ~ 04/26/13)
BENTON, Mo.--Scott County residents will be able to leave unwanted prescription drugs at the sheriff's office on Saturday. According to Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter, the sheriff's office and the Drug Enforcement Administration are giving the public the opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of unwanted prescription drugs as part of the "Take Back" program. ...
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Mo. Senate seeks testimony from federal agent
(State News ~ 04/26/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri senator says a subpoena has been issued to a federal investigator who sought a list of Missouri concealed gun permit holders. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Kurt Schaefer said the Senate issued a subpoena Friday to Special Agent Keith Schilb of the Office of Inspector General in the federal Social Security Administration. Schaefer scheduled a committee meeting next Wednesday to hear from Schilb...
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2 House Republicans removed from panel; Swan appointed
(State News ~ 04/26/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones removed two Republicans from a committee Thursday after they joined with Democrats to block one of his education priorities. Reps. Denny Hoskins and Jeff Messenger were dismissed from the Fiscal Review Committee after a vote to advance the bill failed 4-4. The measure would require school districts to develop teacher evaluation systems that focus on student achievement and performance...
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Police: Boston suspects planned to attack New York
(National News ~ 04/26/13)
NEW YORK -- The Boston Marathon bombers were headed for New York's Times Square to blow up the rest of their explosives, authorities said Thursday in what they portrayed as a chilling, spur-of-the-moment scheme that fell apart when the brothers realized they were low on gas. "New York City was next on their list of targets," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
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More Cape Girardeau roads flooded as crest approaches
(Local News ~ 04/26/13)
As the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau continues its rise toward an expected crest this morning, floodwaters have closed more roads in Cape Girardeau. Barricades already were in place Wednesday at North End Boulevard and Big Bend Road; North Water and Third street; La Cruz and South Third streets; and Cooper ...
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Fruitland residents given more time to decide next move on incorporation
(Local News ~ 04/26/13)
Residents of Fruitland returned to the Cape Girardeau County Commission meeting chambers Thursday with a plea for more time to decide whether to withdraw a petition that asks for their community to become an incorporated city....
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Boyd's Mo. anthem might need more cowbell, er, fiddle
(Local News ~ 04/26/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A proposal to designate an operatic song by a homegrown talent show winner as Missouri's official anthem drew mixed reviews Thursday, with one lawmaker questioning whether anyone with a "normal voice" could sing it and another suggesting it needed some fiddle music...
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Limited government at heart of 8th District forum
(Local News ~ 04/26/13)
Six candidates seeking to represent Missouri's 8th Congressional District used an hour Thursday night in Cape Girardeau to answer voters' questions about federal government spending, the Second Amendment, job growth, poverty and services for veterans during a forum sponsored by local public radio station KRCU and the League of Women Voters...
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Missing Cairo woman's body found in Ohio River in Kentucky
(Local News ~ 04/26/13)
CAIRO, Ill. -- The body of a missing Cairo woman was found early Wednesday morning in the Ohio River. Sandra Farris, 55, was reported missing after she failed to return from a walk March 28. Employees from Ingram Barge Co. spotted Farris' body floating near Owens Island Wednesday, the McCracken County, Ky., Sheriff's Department reported...
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SEMO Conference baseball tournament postponed
(High School Sports ~ 04/26/13)
Southeast Missourian The SEMO Conference baseball tournament, slated to begin Friday, has been postponed until Monday due to rain. First-round tournament games, which include Central at Jackson and New Madrid County Central at Notre Dame, will be played at 4 p.m. Monday...
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Leopold's Stroder is the Southeast Missourian player of the year for boys basketball
(High School Sports ~ 04/26/13)
The Leopold High School gym would be Kyle Stroder's sanctuary, if Kyle Stroder were the kind of person who needed a sanctuary. But he is not, and so the Leopold High School gym instead is simply Kyle Stroder's second home.
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"Walk As One at 1" on World Labyrinth Day, May 4
(Submitted Story ~ 04/26/13)
World Labyrinth Day is a day where we can all join in a global community of people all over the world walking labyrinths with the intention of helping our planet and all living creatures. In a world where we are constantly bombarded with reports of negative and terrible events, it can be frustrating to know what we can do to help on a global level. ...
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2013 Annual RSVP/VIC Recognition
(Submitted Story ~ 04/26/13)
The Retired Senior Volunteer Program/Volunteer Intergenerational Center held its Annual Recognition on Tuesday, April 23 at the Eagles Aeries #3775 in Cape Girardeau. Celebrating 40 years of service in Scott and Cape Girardeau Counties, the first fifteen volunteers enrolled in the program in 1973 were honored with a memorial candlelight service. ...
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Documentary about last WWI Veteran Frank Buckles a
(Submitted Story ~ 04/26/13)
Documentary about last WWI Veteran Frank Buckles and Memorial Effort to be in test screened in Missouri and Arkansas after landslide reaction in Iowa Contact: David DeJonge Voice/ Text 202-417-6084 Email: david@dejongestudio.com Grand Rapids, Michigan,--April 26, 2013-- A wave of screenings for the film on Frank Buckles the last World War One veteran has been announced for Missouri and Arkansas after an explosive week. ...
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Putting Kids First report shows mental-health gaps
(Local News ~ 04/26/13)
A multiagency initiative has determined available mental-health services for children are not enough to meet current needs in Cape Girardeau County.. Putting Kids First is the work of 11 service providers which have issued a report identifying funding gaps in mental-health services such as outpatient psychiatric and substance-abuse treatment and temporary shelters for abused or runaway children...
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Rose Breasted Grosbeaks, Photo #3
(Submitted Photo ~ 04/26/13)
These two male Rose Breasted Grosbeaks were squabbling over who got to the feeder next, unfortunately the photo is slightly out of focus, but you can see the handsome underwing feathers on one of the birds.
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Two Red Breasted Grosbeaks
(Submitted Photo ~ 04/26/13)
Two-Male Red Breasted Grosbeaks...
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Rose Breasted Grosbeaks
(Submitted Photo ~ 04/26/13)
I have 4 male Rose Breasted Grosbeaks coming to my feeder. They can't resist the black oil sunflower seeds. These birds are migrating thru to nest further north. Very handsome birds. Another grosbeak that everybody is familiar with is our Cardinal...cousins to the Rose Breasted Grosbeak. For some reason, I have not seen any females, maybe they are already up north waiting for the "boys" to show up!...
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Terrific Tigers recognized at April board meeting
(Submitted Story ~ 04/26/13)
The Cape Girardeau Public Schools Board of Education, during its April board meeting, recognized several outstanding students for their leadership, scholarship and service to others. Recipients of the Terrific Tiger Award are pictured above with School Board President Tony Smee, left, and Superintendent of Schools Dr. ...
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MOTORCYCLE AWARENESS AND YOU
(Submitted Story ~ 04/26/13)
For a number of years the motorcycle rights organizations around the State of Missouri have held rides in an effort to promote May as Motorcycle Awareness Month. With pending legislation in Jefferson City the need for annual Proclamation runs may become a thing of the past...
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Dutchtown fighting flood while seeking buyout
(Local News ~ 04/26/13)
ST. LOUIS -- For 40 years, Shirley Moss has lived in the same home in a tiny Southeast Missouri town, but as the sandbags piled up yet again, she didn't hesitate when asked if she would take a government buyout. "In a New York minute," Moss said from her double-wide mobile home in Dutchtown, which sits in a Mississippi River bottom. "I'm 75 years old -- I can't fight this."...
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Flooding suspends Cape yard waste collection
(Local News ~ 04/26/13)
The collection of compost bags, bundled limbs and brush in Cape Girardeau has been suspended until further notice, the Cape Girardeau Public Works Department announced Thursday. Service to the compost drop-off containers at the Recycling Center Facility, 2007 Southern Expressway, also is suspended....
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Local Personal Trainers Offer Phone Coaching
(Submitted Story ~ 04/26/13)
T-N-T Fitness's personal trainers are offering fitness and nutrition coaching over the phone to its clients. When our clients have questions about what to do on fitness and nutrition they have the luxury of calling T-N-T Fitness. Also we contact our clients to make them accountable for what they are doing for their fitness and nutrition. The over the phone coaching is our way to help our clients reach their health and fitness goals...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/26/13)
Today is Friday, April 26, the 116th day of 2013. There are 249 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 26, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, was surrounded by federal troops near Port Royal, Va., and killed. (Just before dying, Booth looked at his hands and gasped, "Useless, useless.")...
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Moonbuggy race
(Editorial ~ 04/26/13)
Cape Girardeau Central High School students will participate in NASA's Great Moonbuggy Race for the third year this year; the race is Saturday and Sunday in Huntsville, Ala. Central, the only team from Missouri, is one of more than 100 teams that will participate. The race is designed to emulate driving on the rocky terrain of the moon's surface. The teams will race their buggies along a gravel track over steep hills as part of the contest...
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Some tidbits from that stack of notes to myself
(Column ~ 04/26/13)
Fruitcakes, downtown golf and urban hunting of squirrels, raccoons and deer all are noble causes, but when the azaleas and dogwoods bloom, it is Charleston, the Prettiest Small Town in America, that deserves all the attention. It's hard to time an event like Charleston's azalea and dogwood festival months in advance, because of Southeast Missouri's fickle weather. But the festival, held this past weekend, enjoyed gorgeous weather on Saturday...
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Applications for unemployment aid fall
(National News ~ 04/26/13)
WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to a seasonally adjusted 339,000, the second-fewest in more than five years. The drop suggests that layoffs have declined and that job growth may pick up from last month's sluggish pace...
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Senate passes bill to ease FAA furloughs
(National News ~ 04/26/13)
WASHINGTON -- With flight delays mounting, the Senate approved hurry-up legislation Thursday night to end air traffic controller furloughs blamed for inconveniencing large numbers of travelers. A House vote on the measure was expected as early as today, with lawmakers embarking on a weeklong vacation...
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Betty Palmer
(Obituary ~ 04/26/13)
Betty J. Palmer, 76, of Jackson passed away Thursday, April 25, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 11, 1936, in Jackson, daughter of Walter Leo and Jewel D Clifton Hoffmeister. She and James A. Palmer were married Sept. 22, 1952...
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Jackie Joyce
(Obituary ~ 04/26/13)
Jackie Ray Joyce, 52, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Charlotte Jaco
(Obituary ~ 04/26/13)
Charlotte Jaco, 68, of Sikeston, Mo., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, April 25, 2013, at her home. Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Helen Foster
(Obituary ~ 04/26/13)
CARLINVILLE, Ill. -- Helen Fay Foster, 81, of Carlinville passed away peacefully Monday, April 22, 2013, at Carlinville Rehab and Nursing Care. She entered into eternal rest after an extended illness with her family surrounding her. She was born July 1, 1931, in Fidelity, Ill., in Jersey County. She was the daughter of Freab Matthew and Martha Pearl Greenstreet Wise...
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Sandra Farris
(Obituary ~ 04/26/13)
CAIRO, Ill. -- The body of Sandra Kay Farris, 55, of Cairo was recovered Wednesday, April 24, 2013, from the Ohio River in McCracken County, Ky. She had been missing since March 28, 2013. Jones Funeral Home in Tamms, Ill., is in charge of arrangements...
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Crew team finds giant floating head in Hudson
(National News ~ 04/26/13)
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Anyone lose a giant head made of Styrofoam and fiberglass? That's what officials at an upstate New York college are asking after the men's crew team found an unusual object floating in the Hudson River. Officials at Marist College in Poughkeepsie say the team was practicing earlier this week when the coach spotted a large object floating near the river's west bank. He hooked a rope to it and towed it to the team's dock on the east bank...
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Nixon remains opposed to tax legislation
(State News ~ 04/26/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon reaffirmed his opposition Thursday to a Republican-backed plan that would cut income taxes for individuals and businesses while raising the state sales tax for the benefit of schools, roads and a mental hospital...
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Man, like brother, gets life in prison
(State News ~ 04/26/13)
CLAYTON, Mo. -- An Illinois man will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole -- just like his brother -- for killing two workers at a suburban St. Louis Steak `n Shake restaurant. Anthony Akins pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree murder in the killings of waitress Tammy Cantrell and cook Mark Gerstner during a 2008 robbery. ...
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EPIC begins with parents to encourage healthy lifestyles
(Local News ~ 04/26/13)
A local coalition is working with Cape Girardeau County residents to encourage healthier lifestyle decisions. Early Prevention Impacts Communities [EPIC] was created in 2000 after a community needs assessment determined substance abuse among youth ages 12 to 20 was a growing problem within the community...
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Best Bet: Symphonic Spectacular
(Entertainment ~ 04/26/13)
The Southeast Missouri Symphony Orchestra will take the stage for the last time before its summer break with its Symphonic Spectacular concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Bedell Performance Hall at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus. The orchestra will premiere "Two Brothers," a composition based on the Civil War and narrated by Dr. ...
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Beloved Russian ballet returns to River Campus for a one-night-only performance
(Entertainment ~ 04/26/13)
One of the most magical and familiar works from the classical ballet repertoire, "Swan Lake," will be performed tonight by the Russian National Ballet Theatre at the River Campus of Southeast Missouri State University. "Beauty, grace and elegance are the things that make up great ballet," said Bob Cerchio, assistant director of the Earl and Margie Holland School of Visual and Performing Arts. "With the Russian National's performance of ‘Swan Lake,' we have it in spades."...
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Speak Out 4/26/13
(Speak Out ~ 04/26/13)
Republicans say we have had more terrorist activity since Obama has been President and hardly any when Bush was President. The simplest reason is Bush had gone to war with Iraq and that has caused more hatred against America. He started that war on a bunch of lies that he and Cheney made up. There were no weapons of mass destruction as they claimed. Also all the attacks that have happened are from within American and not from outside as the Republicans claimed...
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ARTifacts 4/26/13
(Entertainment ~ 04/26/13)
Johann Sebastian Bach's "Coffee Cantata" will be performed at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Shuck Music Recital Hall at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus. The cantata is the comical tale of a father who is trying to convince his daughter to give up drinking coffee. ...
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Out of the past 4/26/13
(Out of the Past ~ 04/26/13)
The city of Cape Girardeau opens bids for razing three vacant, one-story frame houses which were condemned by the city in 1985; Leon Cherry of C.D.L., an excavating company in Cape Girardeau, submits the low bid on all three demolition projects. CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Construction of the 50,000-square-foot Columbia Sportswear manufacturing plant in Chaffee's industrial park is well underway; most of the steel work has been erected, and workers are putting on the roof and walls...
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High school roundup: Leopold baseball team wins in nine innings
(High School Sports ~ 04/26/13)
All the local high school events reported Thursday to the Southeast Missourian.
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Southeast Missouri State softball team ends Salukis' reign at 14 games
(College Sports ~ 04/26/13)
The Southeast Missouri State softball team scored a season-high run total Thursday and gave coach Lana Richmond her 600th Division I victory. Southeast banged out 14 hits, including three home runs, and beat visiting SIU Carbondale 14-7 as the Redhawks notched their first win over the Salukis since 2001...
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Rams trade up to select receiver Austin eighth overall in NFL draft
(Professional Sports ~ 04/26/13)
St. Louis also took Georgia linebacker Alec Ogletree in the first round
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Poison letters suspect apparently in hiding
(National News ~ 04/26/13)
SALTILLO, Miss. -- A Mississippi man whose home was searched in the investigation of poisoned letters sent to the president and others apparently has gone into hiding, but his attorney said he is cooperating and the FBI knows how to get in touch with him...
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Presidents help dedicate Bush library
(National News ~ 04/26/13)
DALLAS -- George W. Bush shed a sentimental tear. Barack Obama mused about the burdens of the office. Bill Clinton dished out wisecracks. Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush chimed in, too, on a rare day of harmony at the dedication of the younger Bush's presidential library that glossed over the hard edges and partisan divides of five presidencies spanning more than three tumultuous decades...
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Obama consoles families, survivors of blast in Texas
(National News ~ 04/26/13)
WACO, Texas -- President Barack Obama on Thursday consoled a rural Texas community rocked by a deadly fertilizer plant explosion, telling mourners they are not alone in their grief and they will have the nation's support to rebuild from the devastation...
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Crossing a 'red line'? U.S. says Syria used poison
(National News ~ 04/26/13)
WASHINGTON -- The White House declared Thursday that U.S. intelligence indicates Syrian President Bashar Assad has twice used deadly chemical weapons in his country's fierce civil war, a provocative action that would cross President Barack Obama's "red line" for a significant military response. But the administration said the revelation won't immediately change its stance on intervening...
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Saturday's memorial
(Local News ~ 04/26/13)
A memorial service in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Cape Girardeau will be hosted by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War on Saturday. The memorial begins at 3 p.m. in Capaha Park and will feature speeches from members about the significance of the battle, prayers and a flag salute...
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Prayer 4/26/13
(Prayer ~ 04/26/13)
O Lord Jesus, give us wisdom as we face the issues of the day. Amen.
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Southeast Missouri State football team will hold final spring scrimmage Saturday
(College Sports ~ 04/26/13)
Southeast Missouri State football coach Tony Samuel likes what the Redhawks have accomplished during spring practice. Samuel is looking for the Redhawks to finish strong in Saturday's noon intrasquad game at Houck Stadium that concludes spring drills. There is no admission charge...
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Southeast Missouri State baseball team to host perennial power Jacksonville State
(College Sports ~ 04/26/13)
One of the Ohio Valley Conference's hottest and most tradition-rich baseball teams that has surged into a first-place OVC tie will pay a visit to Capaha Field this weekend...
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Hollywood yielding to China's growing film clout
(Entertainment ~ 04/26/13)
Coming soon to a theater near you: China's Communist Party. From demanding changes in plot lines that denigrate the Chinese leadership, to dampening lurid depictions of sex and violence, Beijing is having increasing success in pressuring Hollywood into deleting movie content Beijing finds objectionable...
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Events today mark historic Cape battle 150 years ago
(Local News ~ 04/26/13)
Geography and topography might have made Cape Girardeau an attractive target for a Confederate general hoping to further his career in the spring of 1863, a local historian said. The Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors' Bureau will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the April 26, 1863, Battle of Cape Girardeau today at Grace United Methodist Church, 521 Caruthers St., situated at the site of the battle...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 4/26/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/26/13)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Wednesday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 4/26/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/26/13)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI...
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Mississippi River Valley Scenic Drive shows off area culture
(Entertainment ~ 04/26/13)
With warmer weather and foliage in full bloom, spring is a favorite time for many to drive. The 23rd annual Mississippi River Valley Scenic Drive, to take place today and Saturday, highlights several historic, notable and favorite places in Southeast Missouri...
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