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Highway 177 in Cape County reduced for pavement repairs
(Local News ~ 04/08/14)
Highway 177 in Cape Girardeau County, from Route W to Route J, will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews make pavement repairs. The work will begin at today at 9 a.m. and will be completed by Thursday at 9 a.m., according to a news release from MoDOT...
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Bollinger County April 2014 election results
(Local News ~ 04/08/14)
Delta School Board Scott A. Bond Kenneth R. Cook Troy A. Smith Michelle Eby Ikerman Leopold Bryan Stroder Keith Brotherton Chris Horrell Alissa Vandeven Woodland Angie Davis Kenny Rhodes Jeff Scott Douglas Lindley David McCormick Harley Eddleman, Jr...
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Cape Girardeau County April 2014 election results
(Local News ~ 04/08/14)
Use Tax (Cape Girardeau County) Yes X No X Use Tax (Cape Girardeau city) Yes X No X Use Tax (Jackson) Yes X No X Jackson School Board (Vote for three) Terri Tomlin XX Jamie Pfefferkorn Nipper XX Kristi Uhrhan XX Brad Noel XX Will Adams XX Larry L. Koenig XX...
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Cardinals weather rain, Reds to win home opener
(Professional Sports ~ 04/08/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Home opener hoopla was no distraction at all for Michael Wacha. Neither was the 49-degree chill for the first pitch. The 22-year-old rookie was definitely excited about the occasion and the opportunity. Just like last fall when he was the breakout pitching star of the postseason, he fed off the atmosphere...
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Mississippi River high tide
(Local News ~ 04/08/14)
Waves from a passing towboat on the Mississippi River crash along the riverfront in downtown Cape Girardeau on Monday. According to the National Weather Service, the river stage in Cape Girardeau was 30.76 feet Monday afternoon, and is forecast to drop to 24.5 feet by Saturday. On Sunday the river reached 31.88 feet, just shy of flood stage at 32 feet...
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Koster's order halts business for auction house
(State News ~ 04/08/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster said Monday that his office has obtained a temporary restraining order prohibiting a suburban St. Louis auction house from doing business, citing complaints from dozens of customers about missed payments for auctioned items...
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Missouri Senate endorses criminal code overhaul
(State News ~ 04/08/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Senate endorsed legislation Monday to overhaul the state's criminal laws for the first time since 1979 and create new punishment ranges for felony and misdemeanor crimes. The bill would need another affirmative vote in the Senate before it could move to the House. Supporters say it would enact tougher penalties for repeat and persistent offenders, while looking at whether first-time nonviolent criminals should have lengthy stays in prison...
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Mo. Senate panel backs more money for colleges
(State News ~ 04/08/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's public colleges and universities could be assured a 5 percent funding increase under a budget plan embraced Monday by a Senate panel that sets different education priorities than one passed by the House. While allotting a larger increase to higher education institutions, the Senate's proposed spending plan for the 2015 budget year includes a smaller increase in Missouri's main college scholarship program than proposed by the House. ...
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Math Field Day to be held at Show Me Center
(Local News ~ 04/08/14)
The Southeast Missouri State University Department of Mathematics will host the 37th annual Math Field Day today featuring about 693 students from 28 area junior and senior high schools, a university news release said. The event starts at 9 a.m. and conclude with an awards ceremony at 1 p.m. at the Show Me Center. Team events will begin at 9:30 a.m., while individual testing will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m...
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Sikeston man arrested in connection with Scott County thefts
(Local News ~ 04/08/14)
A Sikeston, Mo., man is under arrest after allegedly stealing a firearm, checkbook, money and other items from vehicles across the region Sunday, according to a news release from the Scott County Sheriff's Department. Chadwick Hopgood, 18, is charged with felony stealing of a firearm and misdemeanor stealing after reports were investigated of items stolen from vehicles in Morley, Oran and Chaffee early Sunday, the release said...
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Bone marrow registry drive to be held next week
(Local News ~ 04/08/14)
A bone marrow registry drive is planned for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 16 on the third floor of the Crisp Hall of Nursing at Southeast Missouri State University, a university news release said. The Southeast Student Nurses Association is sponsoring the event. People ages 18 to 44 may donate...
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Arrow receives awards in Missouri College Media Association contest
(Local News ~ 04/08/14)
The Arrow, Southeast Missouri State University's student newspaper, won two first-place awards and 10 others Saturday at the 2013 Missouri College Media Association convention at Truman State University in Kirksville, Mo., a university news release said...
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Memphis man convicted in jewelry store heist
(Local News ~ 04/08/14)
A Memphis, Tenn., man was convicted Monday in federal court of helping rob a Cape Girardeau jewelry store. Online court records show a federal jury found Daryl House, 30, guilty of one count each of aiding and abetting the interference with commerce by threat or violence and aiding and abetting the possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence...
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Cape Council recognizes departing members, discusses filling vacant seat
(Local News ~ 04/08/14)
The Cape Girardeau City Council celebrated the final meeting for two of its members Monday night, while preparing to replace a third. Councilwoman Meg Davis was recognized for her four years of service in Ward 2, while John Voss was recognized for his eight in Ward 1. ...
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NPR host Rehm to visit Southeast Missouri State as last of Speakers Series guests
(Local News ~ 04/08/14)
National Public Radio talk show host Diane Rehm will visit Cape Girardeau for the first time April 16 to close out Southeast Missouri State University's 2013-2014 Speakers Series. Rehm, host of "The Diane Rehm Show," will present "A Conversation With Diane Rehm" at 7:30 p.m. in the Bedell Performance Hall at the River Campus...
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Jackson board presents assessment update
(Local News ~ 04/08/14)
The Jackson Board of Aldermen presented an update on the Cape Girardeau County Needs Assessment Plan and U.S. 61 project during the study session after their meeting Monday night, which included a plan to reconfigure U.S. 61 around the city's courthouse and diagonally through where the Cape Girardeau County Administration building stands today...
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Rep. Hodges facing second DWI charge
(State News ~ 04/08/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri House member is facing two charges of driving while intoxicated stemming from arrests in the capital city. Democratic Rep. Steve Hodges of East Prairie, Mo., was charged Friday for two separate events, one that occurred last week...
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Committee reviews possible hotel, restaurant tax projects
(Local News ~ 04/08/14)
Another step was taken Monday down the path toward determining the next project to be funded by the hotel/motel and restaurant taxes in Cape Girardeau. The City of Cape Girardeau/Midamerica Hotels Corporation Feasibility Study joint committee gathered Monday for its first meeting to review and discuss four possible projects, one of which will be approved by the group and brought before the Cape Girardeau City Council for consideration. ...
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Fall
(Submitted Photo ~ 04/08/14)
I took this photo back in Fall at Mingo.
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Jackson Senior Center
(Submitted Photo ~ 04/08/14)
An exercise class is sponsored by Cape Girardeau County at the Jackson Sr. Center every Monday and Wednesday morning from 9:30 am to 10:30 am. Besides easy exercises to keep their joints flexible, led by Certified PACE Instructor, Mrs. Jeffry Hawk, Seniors have fun using balloons to improve their eye-hand and foot coordination. Weights are also used to rebuild strength. 15 to 20 Seniors participate in each class to laugh and have fun while doing exercises and making new friends...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/08/14)
Today is Tuesday, April 8, the 98th day of 2014. There are 267 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 8, 1864, the United States Senate passed, 38-6, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishing slavery. (The House of Representatives passed it in Jan. 1865; the amendment was ratified and adopted in Dec. 1865.)...
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India starts voting in world's largest election
(International News ~ 04/08/14)
GAUHATI, India -- Voters in India's remote northeast cast ballots on the first day of the world's biggest election Monday, with the opposition heading into the polls with strong momentum on promises of a surge in economic growth. With 814 million eligible voters, India will vote in stages over the next five weeks in a staggered approach made necessary by the country's vast size. Voters will choose representatives for the 543-seat lower house of parliament...
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Births 4/8/14
(Births ~ 04/08/14)
Son to Deanna Marie Mosley and Alexander Dion Horton of Oak Ridge, Southeast Hospital, 1:34 a.m. Friday, March 7, 2014. Name, Levi Ray. Weight, 6 pounds, 6 ounces. First child. Ms. Mosley is the daughter of Lori Mosley of Oak Ridge and Keith Mosley of Chaffee, Mo. Horton is the son of Julie Pickens of Chaffee and Dion Horton. He is employed by Mondi Inc...
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Barbara Walters sets May 16 for exit
(Entertainment ~ 04/08/14)
NEW YORK -- Barbara Walters plans to make her final appearance on "The View" on May 16, part of a daylong retirement celebration that will include ABC News naming its New York headquarters after her. Later that night, ABC will air a two-hour prime-time special on her career. Walters, who is 84, began in television in 1961 and became the medium's best-known interviewer. She announced last year that she will retire from regular TV appearances...
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'Hungry Huskies' track down NCAA title
(College Sports ~ 04/08/14)
ARLINGTON, Texas -- No conference wanted them. Several teammates and their coach left them. The NCAA kept them out for a year. UConn won it all anyway. Shabazz Napier turned in another all-court masterpiece Monday night to lift the Huskies to a 60-54 win over Kentucky's freshmen and a national title hardly anyone saw coming...
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Missouri suspends receiver indefinitely
(College Sports ~ 04/08/14)
Green-Beckham will not participate in spring practices and other team activities
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Students practice what they preach
(Editorial ~ 04/08/14)
In February the students at Notre Dame Regional High School had a chance to gain experience. It wasn't an internship or something to build a resume, but during the Franciscan Service Week 10 students along with two adults helped local organizations help others...
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Speak Out 4/8/14
(Speak Out ~ 04/08/14)
To the Speak Out person who criticized dairy farmers on March 25, you need to know what you're talking about before you condemn the farmer for confining calves. Baby calves are fed with a bottle and bucket in small pens. As they grow, they are moved to larger pens. Then they go to a large pasture. There is ample space to grow. Incidentally, I've been on the farm a long time, and I have taken time off to attend church. I do not believe in abusing animals or humans...
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Right to Work - right for Missouri
(Column ~ 04/08/14)
Missouri has lost tens of thousands of family-supporting jobs over the past several years as business after business moves out of our state (often just across the border) or closes down due to out-of-date economic policies which drown companies under red tape and heavy taxes. ...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 4/8/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/08/14)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 4/8/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/08/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Summonses Thefts Assaults Burglaries Robbery Property damage Miscellaneous SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY The Department of Public Safety released the following item...
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Harold Wooldridge
(Obituary ~ 04/08/14)
Harold S. Wooldridge, 98, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Benton, Mo., died Sunday, April 6, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 31, 1916, in Mayfield, Mo., to Franklin S. and Olga J. Mayfield Wooldridge. He and Verla M. Mayfield were married Sept. 4, 1937, in Cape Girardeau...
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Ray Pettit
(Obituary ~ 04/08/14)
PERKINS, Mo. -- Ray Dean Pettit, 72, of Perkins died Sunday, April 6, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. A graveside memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Williams Cemetery in Perkins, with full military honors. Arrangements by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson...
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Lillian Moore
(Obituary ~ 04/08/14)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Lillian Lucille Moore, 74, of Marble Hill died Monday, April 7, 2014, at Woodland Hills Nursing Home. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until time of service Friday at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Fred Ritter officiating. Burial will be in Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery near Marble Hill...
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Rev. Eric Hodge
(Obituary ~ 04/08/14)
The Rev. Eric Payton Hodge, 50, of Delta passed away Sunday, April 6, 2014, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 12, 1963, in Tullahoma, Tenn., to the late James Payton and Eleanor Anne Jones Hodge. After graduating from Tullahoma High School, Eric obtained a bachelor of science degree from Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. He later received a master of divinity from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky...
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Sue Carter
(Obituary ~ 04/08/14)
ANNA, Ill. -- Susette "Sue" Wilson Carter, 87, of Sacramento, Calif., formerly of Anna, died Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, in Sacramento. The memorial service was March 1 at Fremont Presbyterian Church in Sacramento. Private burial will be in Fasig Mausoleum in Jonesboro Cemetery...
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Children of Fukushima start school after fleeing radiation
(International News ~ 04/08/14)
MATSUMOTO, Japan -- The 12-year-old girl didn't want to leave her younger brother, and her grandparents didn't want her to go away. But a family living near the "no-go zone" surrounding Japan's destroyed nuclear plant has other things to consider...
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'Promising lead' emerges in search for Flight 370
(National News ~ 04/08/14)
PERTH, Australia -- After a month of failed hunting and finding debris that turned out to be ordinary flotsam, an Australian ship detected faint pings deep in the Indian Ocean in what an official called the "most promising lead" yet in the search for Flight 370...
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Rwanda marks 20 years since genocide
(International News ~ 04/08/14)
KIGALI, Rwanda -- Displaying both pride and pain, Rwandans on Monday marked the 20th anniversary of a devastating 100-day genocide that saw packed churches set on fire and machete-wielding attackers chop down whole families from a demonized minority...
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Pro-Russian activists call east Ukraine region independent
(International News ~ 04/08/14)
DONETSK, Ukraine -- Pro-Russian activists barricaded inside a government building in eastern Ukraine proclaimed the region independent Monday and called for a referendum on seceding from Ukraine -- an echo of the events that led to Russia's annexation of Crimea...
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End of Windows XP support spells trouble for some
(National News ~ 04/08/14)
NEW YORK -- Microsoft will end support for the persistently popular Windows XP today, and the move could put everything from the operations of heavy industry to the identities of everyday people in danger. An estimated 30 percent of computers being used by businesses and consumers around the world are still running the 12-year-old operating system...
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U.S. consumer borrowing increased $16.5 billion in February
(National News ~ 04/08/14)
WASHINGTON -- Consumers increased their borrowing in February on autos and student loans by the largest amount in a year. But for a second straight month, they cut back on their credit card use. Consumer borrowing climbed $16.5 billion in February, up from a $13.5 billion gain in January, the Federal Reserve reported Monday...
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Senate OKs jobless bill; House prospects slimmer
(National News ~ 04/08/14)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted 59-38 on Monday to resurrect federal jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed, and a small band of Republican supporters swiftly appealed to a reluctant Speaker John Boehner to permit election-year action in the House as well...
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Army: Fort Hood suspect had asked to take a leave
(National News ~ 04/08/14)
FORT HOOD, Texas -- Army investigators on Monday released a more detailed timeline of last week's fatal shootings at Fort Hood, describing an eight-minute rampage in which the suspect fired 35 shots over an area spanning the equivalent of two city blocks...
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Storms sock the Southeast, kill 2 people, cause flooding
(National News ~ 04/08/14)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Severe thunderstorms dumped heavy rains across the Southeast on Monday and caused flash flooding in central Alabama, where crews in small boats and military trucks had to rescue dozens of people from their homes and cars. In Mississippi, a 9-year-old girl was swept away and killed after the storms dropped nearly 7 inches of rain there over the last two days. ...
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Test accurately rules out heart attacks in ER
(Community ~ 04/08/14)
WASHINGTON -- A simple test appears very good at ruling out heart attacks in people who go to emergency rooms with chest pain, a big public health issue and a huge worry for patients. A large study in Sweden found the blood test plus the usual electrocardiogram of the heartbeat were 99 percent accurate at showing which patients could safely be sent home rather than be admitted for observation and more diagnostics...
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FDA approves easy-to-use heroin overdose antidote
(Community ~ 04/08/14)
WASHINGTON -- Friends and family will be able to take the first step to save a loved one from an overdose of heroin or powerful painkillers called opioids. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved an easy-to-use device that automatically injects the right dose of an overdose antidote named naloxone before an ambulance arrives. Doctors could prescribe it for family members or caregivers to keep on hand, in a pocket or a medicine cabinet...
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Surgery helps obese diabetics
(Community ~ 04/08/14)
WASHINGTON -- New research is boosting hopes that weight-loss surgery can put some patients' diabetes into remission for years and perhaps in some cases, for good. Doctors on March 31 gave longer results from a landmark study showing that stomach-reducing operations are better than medications for treating "diabesity," the deadly duo of obesity and Type 2 diabetes. Millions of Americans have this and can't make enough insulin or use what they do make to process food...
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Route C in Perry County closed for pipe replacement
(Local News ~ 04/08/14)
Route C in Perry County, between county roads 334 and 343, will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a pipe under the road. The work will be performed from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, according to a news release from MoDOT...
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Actor Mickey Rooney dies at 93
(National News ~ 04/08/14)
LOS ANGELES -- Mickey Rooney's approach to life was simple: "Let's put on a show!" He spent nine decades doing it, on the big screen, on television, on stage and in his extravagant personal life. A superstar in his youth, Rooney was Hollywood's top box-office draw in the late 1930s to early 1940s. He epitomized the "show" part of show business, even if the business end sometimes failed him amid money troubles and a seesaw of career tailspins and revivals...
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High school roundup: ND spikers sweep O'Fallon Christian
(High School Sports ~ 04/08/14)
All the local high school events reported Monday to the Southeast Missourian.
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Ballpark Village shines bright on gloomy day
(Community Sports ~ 04/08/14)
The weather was bad for my first tour of the Ballpark Village and the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum. Correction -- the weather was atrocious. Everything else was stunning. From the outside view, to the added feel downtown, Ballpark Village is a fantastic addition to this baseball town...
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Out of the past 4/8/14
(Out of the Past ~ 04/08/14)
A simple offer to help launch a program to train child-care providers has spread across the nation; now, the person who offered that support six years ago, Grace Hoover, has been named the 1989 Friend of Children by the Area Licensed Providers Association...
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Prayer 4/8/14
(Prayer ~ 04/08/14)
O Father God, our Redeemer, thank you that your promises are forever true. Amen.
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