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Ranking D-Day survivor recalls day of invasion
(Local News ~ 06/06/14)
The commanders at the Royal Air Force base in Andover, in the south of England, gathered for a briefing on the evening of June 5, 1944. They heard the plan: At first light the next day, troops would land on the beaches at Normandy.
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Cardinals drop four-game interleague series to Royals
(Professional Sports ~ 06/06/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Michael Wacha figured he was walking a tightrope through the first five innings. The Royals finally got to him in the sixth. Kansas City scored three runs against the Cardinals' young starter, and St. Louis was unable to answer the rally over the final three innings...
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'Nunsense' to be performed later this month at the River Campus
(Entertainment ~ 06/06/14)
Rehearsals are in full swing for the musical comedy "Nunsense," which will be performed as part of the inaugural Summer Arts Festival at the River Campus of Southeast Missouri State University. The play -- the second-longest-running off-Broadway play -- will be performed on June 19 through 22 and 26 through 29 in the Rust Flexible Theatre...
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Official: Regular summer meals important for school readiness
(Local News ~ 06/06/14)
When school's out, students across the region and nationwide may not have access to regular meals, so school and community-based programs often fill a much needed void, said Kevin Concannon, undersecretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services in the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
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Living Memories: Veterans remember D-Day invasion
(Local News ~ 06/06/14)
After joining the U.S. Navy in 1943, Tom Elfrink was a radio man on the ship LST 281 when he found himself in the thick of the historic D-Day invasion. His ship towed landing craft to Utah Beach, one of the offensive's major landing places on June 6, 1944...
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Man shot; assailants remain at large
(Local News ~ 06/06/14)
A Cape Girardeau County man was undergoing surgery late Thursday night after two unidentified suspects fired gunshots into his home in the 1300 block of Village Lane, Sheriff John Jordan said. "[It] looks to be like some type of home invasion," Jordan said at the scene...
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Woman accused of deliberately hitting two people with vehicle
(Local News ~ 06/06/14)
A Benton, Missouri, woman faces four felony charges in connection with an altercation in which she is accused of striking two adults and attempting to strike a child with her vehicle. Maci Jo Upchurch, 21, was charged Thursday in Scott County Circuit Court with one count of armed criminal action, two counts of domestic assault and one count of endangering the welfare of a child...
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Local teens elected to Missouri State 4-H Council
(Submitted Story ~ 06/06/14)
Nathan Aufdenberg, Cape Girardeau, Shantaria Bigham, Sikeston, Aaron Birk, Charleston, Jordan Collins, Benton, and Anna Roth, Perryville recently returned from Columbia where they were elected as a Southeast Regional Representatives to the Missouri State 4-H Council...
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Cape County 4-Her's Attend State 4-H Congress
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/06/14)
Youth from every corner of the state gathered on the University of Missouri campus May 28-30 for the 69th annual State 4-H Congress. In all, 294 teens ages 14-18 participated in a variety of hands-on workshops that fit their interests. Choices ranged widely, from leadership development to acting, writing, and meteorology...
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Groundbreaking
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/06/14)
Groundbreaking for new building that will be located at 1516 State Highway W in Oran, Missouri
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/06/14)
By The Associated Press Today is Friday, June 6, the 157th day of 2014. There are 208 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on "D-Day," beginning the liberation of German-occupied western Europe during World War II...
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Get it off your chest? Out of your mind? Keep trying
(Column ~ 06/06/14)
There are two things on my mind today: sobriety and deer. These are probably not the same two things that are on your mind. If they are, then that's quite a coincidence, isn't it? Not to mention the odds of something like that happening. But now that I've told you what's on my mind -- sobriety and deer -- you probably will be thinking about both topics all day. I wish I knew a catchy tune about sobriety and deer, because then it could drive us all crazy for days...
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Remember D-Day
(Editorial ~ 06/06/14)
Today is the 70th anniversary of D-Day in World War II. It was this day in 1944 when Allied forces invaded northern France, and was a turning point toward an Allied victory. D-day is the event that sent 160,000 Allied troops to a French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy. It remains one of the deadliest war conflicts in our nation's history...
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Thank you to local heroes
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/06/14)
In a world where we read of shootings and robbery every day, we need to know there is good and kindness and volunteerism still going on in our very own community. Project Charlie is a drug- and alcohol-prevention program that is taught in second and fourth grades in all Cape Girardeau public schools. It is a volunteer program, generated by a board of directors and funded by the Cape Evening Optimist Club...
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Nixon, Common Core and good books
(Column ~ 06/06/14)
In a Tuesday Southeast Missourian story by Ruth Campbell discussing Common Core, it was reported that many districts around the state have fully implemented Common Core standards for language arts and math. However, as reported, if Gov. Jay Nixon signs HB 1490, it could change things. The bill calls for Common Core to progress while two work groups are created to develop new standards -- one for grades kindergarten through fifth grade and one for sixth- through 12th-grades...
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Lanora Walker
(Obituary ~ 06/06/14)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Lanora Blumer Walker of Cobden passed away Tuesday, June 3, 2014, in Carbondale, Illinois. Survivors include her husband, Willard Walker of Cobden; three sons, Doug (Nancy Irish) of San Francisco, Steve (Donna) of Clearwater, Florida, and Randy (Angela) of Greenville, South Carolina; two sisters, Virginia Clifton of Crosstown, Missouri, and Vickie Lange of Scott City; two brothers, Marion of Cape Girardeau and Bill of Modesto, California; and two grandchildren, Emily and Sam of Greenville.. ...
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Vernetta Chappell
(Obituary ~ 06/06/14)
Vernetta Lois Chappell, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, June 4, 2014, at Ratliff Care Center. She was born Dec. 18, 1923, in Sikeston, Missouri, to Schuyler and Rita P. Lewis Bradley. She and Raymond W. Chappell were married Jan. 30, 1959, in San Jose, California. He preceded her in death in 2011...
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Rev. Watis Harrell
(Obituary ~ 06/06/14)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- The Rev. Watis R. Harrell, 95, of Chaffee passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2014, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 21, 1919, in Brownwood, Missouri, to Jesse Campbell and Mary Crismore Harrell. He and Jean Moore were married July 17, 1952...
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Ronald Williams
(Obituary ~ 06/06/14)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Ronald D. Williams, 75, of McClure died Wednesday, June 4, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 7, 1938, in Mount Vernon, Illinois, to John and Betty Winemiller Williams. He married Wilma Farthing in 1959. She passed away in 2007. In 1991 he married Billie Jean Brown. She preceded him in death April 18, 2011...
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Joe Schoolfield
(Obituary ~ 06/06/14)
Joe Dan Schoolfield, 67, of Burfordville passed away Thursday, June 5, 2014, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 19, 1947, in Cape Girardeau, son of Claude and Algeron Jackson Schoolfield. He and Harriett Ann Weeks were married Aug. 4, 1981, at Bell City, Missouri...
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Lou Hannaford
(Obituary ~ 06/06/14)
Lou Hannaford, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, June 5, 2014. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home.
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Three men sought for Kennett home robbery
(Local News ~ 06/06/14)
KENNETT, Mo. -- The Dunklin County Sheriff's Office is looking for three people after a Kennett woman and her children were tied up and robbed at gunpoint. At 11:48 p.m. Wednesday, Dunklin County Communications received a call about a burglary at 511 Wheeler Drive, said Sheriff Bob Holder. When deputies arrived, they met the caller, who told them his neighbor and her two children were inside his home...
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Cape Girardeau police report 6/6/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/06/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Assaults Thefts Miscellaneous...
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Two area residents work behind scenes of 'Palo Alto'
(Entertainment ~ 06/06/14)
Anyone who watches NBC's "Today Show" may recall seeing a recent clip about a movie titled "Palo Alto," based on a book of short stories written by James Franco and directed by Gia Coppola, granddaughter of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. The movie has seen a limited release and boasts a cast of well-known actors -- including Franco and Emma Roberts. What wasn't mentioned on the clip is two of the behind-the-scenes personnel are from Bollinger County, Missouri...
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Southeast announces arts season
(Entertainment ~ 06/06/14)
Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus recently announced its lineup for visual and performing arts during the 2014-2015 season -- its eighth -- which will offer a breadth of performances by professional touring companies as well as the departments of Music, and Theatre and Dance at the university...
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Senator says veterans should be able to seek other care
(Local News ~ 06/06/14)
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt said Thursday he hopes to receive more detailed information about Missouri veterans whose treatments have been delayed at least 90 days at several Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics statewide. The goal of the VA is to lower wait times to 14 days for each patient. As failure to meet that goal continues, Blunt said offering veterans more health-care options may be the answer...
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Bradford on track after knee surgery
(Professional Sports ~ 06/06/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Typically, a Sam Bradford rehab update in early June is not a major media event. Blame it on the other Sam on the St. Louis Rams roster. Attention was super-sized Thursday because of rookie defensive end Michael Sam. "I figured that's where you guys would be," Bradford joked after a workout...
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Food Bank to launch mobile food pantry
(Local News ~ 06/06/14)
Southeast Food Bank this summer is running the mobile ABC School Pantry to get food to students who receive free and reduced-price meals. This month and July, eight mobile food distributions will take place across Southeast Missouri. They will be in Cape Girardeau, Poplar Bluff, Hayti and Senath, said Missy Rice, agency relations and programs director...
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Medical plane makes emergency stop at Cape airport
(Local News ~ 06/06/14)
A Learjet bound for Louisville, Kentucky, made an unscheduled stop Thursday afternoon at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport after a warning light indicated one of its engines was on fire, an airport official said. The Angel MedFlight plane was transporting a patient from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Louisville shortly before noon Thursday when an indicator light showed it had a fire in its right engine, airport manager Bruce Loy said...
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States may be expanding wealth gap
(State News ~ 06/06/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Lawmakers in many states have been trying to boost post-recession economies by cutting income taxes, curbing aid to the long-term jobless or holding down the minimum wage. Some have pursued all these steps. Whether such policies will spur businesses to expand as hoped isn't clear. But collectively, the actions could ease the financial burden for the states' most-affluent residents while reducing the safety net for those at the bottom...
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$100 million NuvaRing settlement finalized
(State News ~ 06/06/14)
Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A $100 million settlement involving NuvaRing, a birth-control device linked to sometimes-fatal side effects, will stand now that the vast majority of claimants have chosen to opt into the agreement, those involved in the lawsuits said Thursday...
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Ivory tusks are off 'Antiques Roadshow'
(Entertainment ~ 06/06/14)
LOS ANGELES -- PBS says "Antiques Roadshow" is dropping appraisals of ivory tusks. The tusks won't be shown in new episodes or in segments from previously aired shows, PBS said. The popular public TV series features items brought in for professional assessment, including of their market value...
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Man pinned by branch credits 4-year-old for aid
(National News ~ 06/06/14)
BEAR LAKE TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- A man who was pinned under a large tree branch in Michigan's northwestern Lower Peninsula credits his 4-year-old son's quick efforts for helping to get him free. Grant Groenwald told WPBN-WTOM he was cutting wood Friday near his home in Manistee County's Bear Lake Township when a branch rolled on him. His son Quillan said he was able to drag a chain saw to his dad...
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Wearing disguise, Boko Haram raid kills hundreds
(International News ~ 06/06/14)
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -- When men wearing military fatigues and carrying weapons showed up in pickup trucks, villagers thought Nigerian soldiers had come to protect them from Boko Haram. But it was a disguise. The gunmen rounded up everyone in the village center and started shooting...
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Hunt on for Canadian suspected in police killings
(International News ~ 06/06/14)
MONCTON, New Brunswick -- Royal Canadian Mounted Police combed the streets and woods of this normally tranquil city Thursday in search of a man suspected of killing three officers in the deadliest attack on their ranks in nearly a decade. The suspect, armed with high-powered long firearms, was spotted three times while eluding the manhunt that emptied roads and kept families hunkered in their homes in Moncton, an eastern coast city where gun violence is rare...
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Nixon signs bill that requires parental consent for teen tanning
(State News ~ 06/06/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Tanning beds will be off-limits to Missouri adolescents unless their parents first give permission under legislation Gov. Jay Nixon signed into law Thursday. The measure calls for a parent or guardian to visit the tanning facility annually to sign a consent form before those younger than age 17 are allowed to use sunlamps, tanning booths or tanning beds. ...
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Board: Oil drilling risks remain from device woes
(National News ~ 06/06/14)
WASHINGTON -- The key last-ditch safety device that failed to prevent the 2010 BP oil spill remains a potentially catastrophic problem today for some offshore drilling, according to a federal safety board investigation. The report issued Thursday by the U.S. ...
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Road work 6/6/14
(Local News ~ 06/06/14)
I-55 in Pemiscot County reduced for pavement repairs North- and southbound Interstate 55 in Pemiscot County will be reduced as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform pavement repairs. The northbound section of the highway is between the mile marker 9.6 and the 10 mile marker; the southbound is section is between the 0.4 mile marker and the 1.0 mile marker, according to a MoDOT news release. This work will take place from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily Monday through Wednesday...
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Animals at St. Louis-area vet clinic rescued
(State News ~ 06/06/14)
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. -- A cat and a gerbil are recovering after fire broke out in a business next to the veterinary clinic where the animals were being held. The fire was reported around 2:30 a.m. at St. Louis Cigar in Chesterfield, Missouri. Firefighters encountered heavy smoke before putting out the fire...
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Police: Man danced naked in St. Louis traffic
(State News ~ 06/06/14)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A man is in custody in St. Louis amid reports from motorists that he was walking in traffic and dancing on Interstate 44 -- and he was naked. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch says police received reports about 6:15 a.m. Thursday. The man was reportedly walking in rush hour traffic on eastbound I-44 near Jamieson Avenue and Arsenal Street...
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Threat to Bergdahl led to action, officials say
(National News ~ 06/06/14)
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration told senators it didn't notify Congress about the pending swap of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban officials because of intelligence the Taliban might kill him if the deal was made public. That fear -- not just the stated concerns Bergdahl's health might be failing -- drove the administration to quickly make the deal to rescue him, bypassing the law that lawmakers be notified when detainees are released from the U.S. ...
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Student disarmed Seattle gunman
(National News ~ 06/06/14)
SEATTLE -- A lone gunman armed with a shotgun opened fire Thursday in a building at a small Seattle university, killing one person before a student subdued him with pepper spray as he tried to reload, Seattle police said. Police say a student building monitor at Seattle Pacific University disarmed the gunman and several other students jumped on top of him and pinned him down until police arrived at the Otto Miller building...
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GM ousts 15 over ignition scandal
(National News ~ 06/06/14)
WARREN, Mich. -- General Motors said Thursday it has forced out 15 employees for their role in the deadly ignition-switch scandal and will set up a compensation fund for crash victims, as an internal investigation blamed the debacle on engineering ignorance and bureaucratic dithering, not a deliberate cover-up...
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Veterans, visitors flock to Normandy to mark 70th anniversary of D-Day
(International News ~ 06/06/14)
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France -- Ceremonies to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day are drawing thousands of visitors to the cemeteries, beaches and stone-walled villages of Normandy this week, including some of the few remaining survivors of the largest seaborne invasion ever mounted...
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Artifacts 6/6/14
(Entertainment ~ 06/06/14)
Artists of all ages will create an "Avenue of Art" on June 21 at Southeast Missouri State University's first full-day Community Summer Arts Festival on the patio on the east side of Southeast's River Campus overlooking the Mississippi River. Participants will use soft pastel chalk to create artwork in a 6-by-6-foot concrete spaces. ...
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Best Bet 6/6/14: Spring cemetery walk
(Entertainment ~ 06/06/14)
Saturday is National Trails Day, and the Bollinger Mill State Historic Site, 113 Bollinger Mill Road in Burfordville, is offering a guided hike to the Bollinger family cemetery at 2 p.m. Get to know Bollinger family members and learn about 19th-century burial traditions. The event is appropriate for ages 12 and older, and participants are advised to wear comfortable shoes and clothing and insect repellent. Preregistration is required. More information is available by calling 243-4591...
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Out of the past 6/6/14
(Out of the Past ~ 06/06/14)
Cape Girardeau County assistant prosecuting Attorney Kenny Hulshof has accepted a new job as an assistant attorney general for the state of Missouri; he will serve as one of two attorneys in a special prosecution unit that will handle high-profile cases...
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Speak out 6/6/14
(Speak Out ~ 06/06/14)
I live on Hawthorne Street out by Arena Park. First we had to put up with the fair for a week. Now we're going to have to put up with a skateboard park every day. When is this nonsense going to stop? Mosquitoes, bugs I'm just glad to see that the college in Cape Girardeau is going to do some studies on how bugs, mosquitoes and other bugs considered hazardous in wet lands is going to survive out there by Commerce. You know increased mosquitoes have increased diseases too...
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Prayer 6/6/14
(Prayer ~ 06/06/14)
Jesus, thank you for the men and women who serve in the military. Amen.
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SEMO Pirates snare win, stay unbeaten
(Community Sports ~ 06/06/14)
Leopold-based Senior Babe Ruth team outlasts Charleston 9-8 in eight innings
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