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Power outage closes Sikeston VA clinic
(Local News ~ 07/08/13)
A Veterans Administration clinic in Sikeston, Mo., is closed today due to a power outage, according to a VA news release. Clinic staff notified the VA medical center in Poplar Bluff, Mo., which oversees the Sikeston clinic, of the power outage at about 10 a.m. The clinic was closed at noon, according to the news release...
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Driver pronounced dead after Mo. bus stop accident
(State News ~ 07/08/13)
BRIDGETON, Mo. -- A 79-year-old driver died after crashing into a pedestrian at a St. Louis-area bus stop. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Elizabeth Baylark of St. Louis suffered a "medical condition" Friday before losing control of her car. The vehicle then went off the right side of the road and struck a 21-year-old woman at a bus stop bench...
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Missing man found dead in Clinton County field
(State News ~ 07/08/13)
JAMESTOWN, Ill. -- A missing 86-year-old man was found dead in a flooded Clinton County field with his stalled vehicle nearby. Julius Esmon was reported missing Wednesday from Highland, Ill. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Esmon had last been seen at a bank...
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Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod re-elects leader
(State News ~ 07/08/13)
KIRKWOOD, Mo. -- The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod has re-elected its current leader. The church announced Saturday that the Rev. Matthew Harrison will serve a second three-year term as president. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Harrison is the synod's 13th president since 1847. His re-election was expected. He received 66 percent of the ballots cast...
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New Mo. law aids cellphone tower expansion
(State News ~ 07/08/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Local governments will have less ability to restrict cellphone towers under legislation signed by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon. The bill signed Friday by Nixon includes a list of 18 things that cities, counties and state entities can no longer require or prohibit when regulating cellphone towers...
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Missouri beekeepers swarm to aid hives
(State News ~ 07/08/13)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- More than 150 people made a beeline earlier this year to an Independence, Mo., workshop for beginning beekeepers. So many, in fact, that Cathy Misko tapped Craigslist to buy 71 extra chairs. And driving this heightened interest in the well-being of bees? Misko cited a mystery that has vexed scientists since 2006 -- a worsening crisis called colony collapse disorder, or CCD...
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Schnucks seeks dismissal of security breach suits
(State News ~ 07/08/13)
ST. LOUIS -- The suburban St. Louis-based supermarket chain Schnuck Markets Inc. wants a federal court to dismiss two lawsuits related to a security breach of customer credit and debit cards. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the two lawsuits seek class-action status. Schnucks said in dismissal motions the plaintiffs didn't have standing to sue and couldn't prove they suffered any harm...
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Charleston shooting suspect arrested in North Carolina
(Local News ~ 07/08/13)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- The suspect in a Thursday shooting that injured a father and son in Charleston has been arrested in North Carolina, police reported Sunday. Mark S. Mowery faces charges of first-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon in connection with the shooting, which injured a 39-year-old Charleston man and his 10-year-old son, the Charleston Department of Public Safety reported Sunday...
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Analysis: Budget cuts revive questions about governor's power
(State News ~ 07/08/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri has no budget shortfall and perhaps never will during the 2014 fiscal year that began this month. That hasn't stopped Gov. Jay Nixon from making budget cuts based on concerns that the Legislature might do something that could reduce future state tax revenue...
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Mold found at Bloomfield Police Department; officers move
(Local News ~ 07/08/13)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Bloomfield Police Department moved to a new home last week. When an air conditioner recently failed, Mayor Donna Medlin and Bloomfield police chief Tim Zych assumed they would call in a repairman and go about business as usual. That's not how it worked out in the end...
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Responses adjusted when suicide calls come in
(Local News ~ 07/08/13)
It is a quiet Sunday in Cape Girardeau. Teenagers play basketball in a park; tourists stroll along the floodwall under a dazzling cobalt sky; cascades of vibrant pink and white petunias spill out of baskets hanging from apartment balconies and Victorian verandas. The entire city seems to be in bloom...
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No insiders applied for police chief's job, city manager says
(Local News ~ 07/08/13)
A city leader said the reason no one was tapped internally to be the new police chief in Cape Girardeau was simple: No one wanted the job. Cape Girardeau city manager Scott Meyer said to his knowledge, one internal candidate applied for the position but withdrew that application before a hiring decision was made...
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Cape nuisance ordinances to get overhaul
(Local News ~ 07/08/13)
Ordinances governing what are commonly tagged "nuisances" by the city of Cape Girardeau are being set up for an overhaul during the next few months. Some changes to the rules that cover problems such as graffiti, junk-filled porches and yards, buildings sitting vacant and unlicensed vehicles soon will be proposed to the city council...
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4-H CAMP AT PINECREST CAMPGROUND
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/08/13)
Ninety-seven 4-H campers, 11 teen counselors, and 14 adult chaperones from Cape Girardeau, Bollinger, Madison, St. Francois, and Washington County spent 3 days at Pinecrest Campground near Fredericktown. The 4-H Clover Cruise Line camp theme toke camprs to Ports of Call in Alaska, Hawaii, and Mexico...
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Jackson one win from state tourney
(Community Sports ~ 07/08/13)
After the first day of the Freshmen American Legion District 14 baseball tournament at Capaha Field, Jackson Post 158 finds itself in a good position to claim a berth in next week's state tournament in Branson, Mo. Cape Post 63 has a little bit of work to do. And the Jackson 8th grade Legion team may face the most daunting task of all...
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Raising healthy children
(Submitted Story ~ 07/08/13)
Dr. Matt Uchtman is hosting an open health workshop to reveal the truth about children's health care in this country. This workshop will also outline the steps every parent can take to ensure a lifetime of health for their children. This one-of-a-kind workshop will take place at 1812 N Kingshighway on Monday, July 22nd 6:30 PM...
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The Inside Scoop on Cool Summer Treats
(Submitted Story ~ 07/08/13)
Few foods rival the satisfaction and joy that ice cream brings to our lives. Ice cream is a time-honored summertime tradition that brings back our earliest memories of baseball games, amusement parks and summer vacations. But the simple delights of these simpler times -- hot fudge sundaes and root beer floats -- have given way to a seemingly endless variety of cool summer treats. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/08/13)
Today is Monday, July 8, the 189th day of 2013. There are 176 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 8, 1776, Col. John Nixon gave the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence, outside the State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia...
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Grief and giving
(Editorial ~ 07/08/13)
Dealing with the emotional aftermath from the death of a child or teenager is something that cannot be understood until it faces someone personally. Of course, those who have never had to deal with that on a personal level consider themselves fortunate and pray it never happens. When it does happen, survivors often try to find ways to express their grief by doing something for a good cause in memory of their loved one...
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Speak Out 7/8/13
(Speak Out ~ 07/08/13)
I've been watching the lady representative in Texas complaining how the big, bad, mean Republicans are bullying women. My question is, why would a woman wait 20 weeks or more before having an abortion? That baby is viable, but yet they want to wait until the baby is close to being born before they have an abortion. ...
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Concert for Okla. tornado victims draws big names
(Entertainment ~ 07/08/13)
NORMAN, Okla. -- Some of country music's biggest stars, including Garth Brooks, Toby Keith and many others with ties to Oklahoma, played a sold-out show Saturday at the University of Oklahoma to raise money for the victims of the recent tornadoes that strafed the state...
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Congress to take on farm bill, student loans, immigration
(National News ~ 07/08/13)
WASHINGTON -- Republicans and Democrats will put good will to the test when Congress returns this week to potentially incendiary fights over nominations, unresolved disputes over student loans and the farm bill, and the uncertainty of whether lawmakers have the political will to rewrite the nation's immigration laws...
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Out of the past 7/8/13
(Out of the Past ~ 07/08/13)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Perry County authorities and officers from the Missouri State Highway Patrol's Marijuana Eradication Program are busy cutting and burning approximately 2,500 marijuana plants found growing on Grandma's Island, located on the west side of the Mississippi River, near Menfro, Mo...
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Kenny James Sr.
(Obituary ~ 07/08/13)
STURDIVANT, Mo. -- Kenny O. James Sr., 70, of Sturdivant, beloved husband, daddy, grandpa, brother and uncle, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 7, 2013. He was born April 22, 1943, at Zalma, Mo., the son of Virgil and Flossie Morlan Loughary...
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Patricia Huber
(Obituary ~ 07/08/13)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Patricia M. Huber, 77, of Perryville, died Sunday, July 7, 2013, at Independence Care Center in Perryville. She was born May 18, 1936, in Perry County, Mo. Pat graduated from St. Vincent High School in Perryville, class of 1954. She entered a career in nursing...
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Josephine Holweg
(Obituary ~ 07/08/13)
LEOPOLD, Mo. -- Josephine M. Holweg, 87, of Leopold passed away Saturday, July 6, 2013, at Woodland Hills Nursing Home. She was born April 3, 1926, on the family farm near Leopold, daughter of Henry and Frances Seiler Wubker. She and Henry H. Holweg were married Nov. 7, 1945, in Leopold, and he passed away Aug. 13, 1985...
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Women devote lives to fracking fight
(National News ~ 07/08/13)
VESTAL, N.Y. -- Big energy companies have been trying for five years to tap the riches of the Marcellus Shale in southern New York, promising thousands of new jobs, economic salvation for a depressed region and a cheap, abundant, clean-burning source of fuel close to power-hungry cities. But for all its political clout and financial prowess, the industry hasn't been able to get its foot in the door...
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Temporary jobs become permanent in U.S.
(National News ~ 07/08/13)
WASHINGTON -- Hiring is exploding in the one corner of the U.S. economy where few want to be hired: Temporary work. From Wal-Mart to General Motors to PepsiCo, companies are increasingly turning to temps and to a much larger universe of freelancers, contract workers and consultants. Combined, these workers number nearly 17 million people who have only tenuous ties to the companies that pay them -- about 12 percent of everyone with a job...
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South Korea proposes talks with North Korea
(Business ~ 07/08/13)
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's government said last week it has reached out to North Korea to discuss restarting a jointly run factory park after weeks of testy silence between the two sides. The industrial complex in the North Korean city of Kaesong, just north of the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas, has been shut since a political showdown in April...
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Health law delay's impact on businesses
(Business ~ 07/08/13)
A one-year delay in a central part of the health-care overhaul is likely to have its biggest impact on small and medium-sized businesses, not the number of people who will gain health insurance coverage. The Obama administration on Tuesday said it would postpone until Jan. ...
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Births 7/8/13
(Births ~ 07/08/13)
Daughter to Robert Lee and Nikki Dee Harper of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 4:50 p.m. Friday, June 28, 2013. Name, Hollyn Grace. Weight, 8 pounds, 3 ounces. First child. Mrs. Harper is the former Nikki Floyd, daughter of Doug and Susan Floyd of Millersville. She is a medical assistant at Regional Primary Care. Harper is the son of Leo and Jeanette Harper of Gordonville. He is a personal trainer at Saint Francis...
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Jackson police report 7/8/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/08/13)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 7/8/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/08/13)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Wednesday:...
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40 still missing in deadly rail crash, fire
(International News ~ 07/08/13)
LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec -- About 40 people were still missing a day after a runaway train derailed in Quebec, igniting explosions and fires that destroyed a busy downtown district and killed five people. Police said a higher death toll was inevitable, and authorities feared the number might soar once they're able to reach the hardest-hit areas. Worries remained over the status of two oil-filled train cars...
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Teresa Heinz Kerry hospitalized in Boston
(National News ~ 07/08/13)
BOSTON -- Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and heir to a ketchup company fortune, was hospitalized in critical condition Sunday while on Massachusetts' Nantucket Island. Heinz Kerry was flown to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Sunday night after doctors at Nantucket Cottage Hospital stabilized her, a Kerry spokesman said. ...
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Congress to take on farm bill, student loans, immigration
(National News ~ 07/08/13)
WASHINGTON -- Republicans and Democrats will put good will to the test when Congress returns this week to potentially incendiary fights over nominations, unresolved disputes over student loans and the farm bill, and the uncertainty of whether lawmakers have the political will to rewrite the nation's immigration laws...
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Safety moves up crash survival odds
(National News ~ 07/08/13)
Passengers in plane crashes such as Saturday's in San Francisco are more likely to survive than in the past. There were plenty of injuries -- yet but two deaths among the 307 passengers and crew onboard. The nature of crashes has changed. Improvements in cockpit technology mean planes rarely crash into mountains or each other -- accidents that are much more deadly...
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Official probes if rescuers ran over, killed victim of jet crash
(National News ~ 07/08/13)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Pilots of Asiana Flight 214 were flying too slowly as they approached San Francisco airport, triggering a cockpit warning that the jetliner could stall, and they tried to abort the landing but crashed barely a second later, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Sunday...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 7/8/13
(Local News ~ 07/08/13)
Office Building 1 Barton Square Jackson 9 a.m. today Open session Pertinent address: 1 Barton Square, Jackson, Mo...
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Fallen Arizona firefighters head home
(National News ~ 07/08/13)
PRESCOTT, Ariz. -- Nineteen firefighters killed in a wildfire a week ago went home for the last time on Sunday, their bodies traveling in individual white hearses in a somber caravan for 125 miles through Arizona cities and towns. The nearly five-hour-long procession began near the state Capitol in Phoenix, went through the town where the Granite Mountain Hotshots were killed and ended in the mountain community of Prescott, where they lived and will be laid to rest this week...
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Business Notebook: Culver's launches campaign to benefit, thank farm families
(Business ~ 07/08/13)
Culver's also will introduce nationwide efforts including an online donation campaign on the Culvers.com homepage and a Facebook promotion that will launch July 15. The Facebook promotion will allow fans to write a brief thank-you note to a farmer and each thank-you note will result in a $1 donation made to the National FFA Foundation on behalf of Culver's, up to $50,000...
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Pentagon's MIA work 'dysfunctional', study says
(National News ~ 07/08/13)
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon's effort to account for tens of thousands of Americans missing in action from foreign wars is so inept, mismanaged and wasteful that it risks descending from "dysfunction to total failure," according to an internal study suppressed by military officials...
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Prayer 7/8/13
(Prayer ~ 07/08/13)
O Lord Jesus, may we diligently spend time in your Word and in prayer. Amen.
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Molina says knee injury minor
(Professional Sports ~ 07/08/13)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina believes a little rest is all he needs after an MRI exam on his right knee showed only inflammation. He's hopeful of being back in the lineup on Tuesday...
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NTSB: 10 killed in Alaska plane crash
(National News ~ 07/08/13)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- An air taxi crashed Sunday at a small Alaska airport, killing all 10 people on board and leaving the aircraft fully engulfed in flames before firefighters could get to it, authorities said. The de Havilland DHC3 Otter air taxi crashed just after 11 a.m. at the airport in Soldotna, a community about 75 miles southwest of Anchorage and located on the Kenai Peninsula...
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SC Legion falls
(Community Sports ~ 07/08/13)
CHAFFEE -- Trent Pobst was 3 for 6 with two RBIs, but the Scott County American Legion team dropped a 10-4 decision to Sikeston on Monday. Peyton Maddox was 3 for 5, Logan Henson and Jordan Kinder each had two hits, and Andrew Hovis scored three runs for Scott County (4-14)...
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Cape hosts Freshmen Legion tourney
(Community Sports ~ 07/08/13)
Editor's note: The following story has been edited to correct the name of Dalton Hovis. Three area freshmen American Legion baseball teams will converge on Capaha Field beginning today, each vying for one spot in next week's state tournament in Branson...
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