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Group meets to discuss housing problems, solutions
(Local News ~ 08/29/14)
A volunteer council of Cape Girardeau residents convened Thursday evening at the United Way to identify problems facing the community and discuss solutions. The meeting was the second for the recently formed Authentic Voices group initiated by the United Way of Southeast Missouri, and focused largely on housing issues in low-income areas...
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Andy Juden, advocate for Cape's floodwall, dies at 80
(Local News ~ 08/29/14)
When the Mississippi River rises, downtown Cape Girardeau business owners can thank Andy Juden and his father for their dry floors. "A lot of ... flooding would have occurred without him maintaining the pumps," local Realtor Tom Meyer said in a telephone interview Thursday afternoon...
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Highway 61 Yard Sale continues through Saturday
(Local News ~ 08/29/14)
News of the Highway 61 Yard Sale has been spreading. Participants setting up tables from Jackson to Bloomsdale, Missouri, said Thursday they saw plenty of shoppers on the yard sale's first day, and they weren't all local. Some came from St. Louis to sift through tables of treasures, while others came from as far as Sedalia or Kansas City, Missouri...
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United Way sets campaign goal of $1 million
(Local News ~ 08/29/14)
Testimonials and a video showing how United Way of Southeast Missouri has touched people's lives were part of the 2014 campaign kickoff Thursday at Cape West 14 Cine. About 140 people attended the event, where the goal of $1 million was unveiled. The goal has been inching upward since 2012, when it was $950,000. Last year's goal also was $1 million, of which $970,000 was raised...
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Water main break repaired at Southeast Missouri State
(Local News ~ 08/29/14)
A 14-inch water main that cracked earlier this week under the Southeast Missouri State University campus has been repaired. The job was completed by 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. The break prompted classes to be canceled and university offices to close. The main and River campuses will remain closed until Tuesday...
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Patton Lions Lawn Mower Races
(Submitted Story ~ 08/29/14)
Start your engines!!! Exciting lawn mower racing this Labor Day Weekend at the Patton Saddle Club located on Hwy 51- 1 Mile North of Jct. 51 & 72. Have an exciting evening and help the Patton Lions Club raise some funds for their youth programs, vision services, and community emergency needs. Time trials start at 5pm and races start at 6pm. Only $5 per car admission to watch the races...
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Marble Hill Optimists Rodeo
(Submitted Story ~ 08/29/14)
Are you ready for rodeo excitement? The Marble Hill Optimists rodeo is this Saturday, August 30 at the Marble Hill Optimists Horse Arena located on Highway 34W (behind the Marble Hill fire station on the road between Marble Hill and Glen Allen.) Slak at 10a.m. Performance 7p.m...
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Rockin JK Arena Barrel Race
(Submitted Story ~ 08/29/14)
Rockin JK Arena will have special Labor Day Barrel races on Monday, September 1. Rockin JK Arena is located on CC Hwy North of Marble Hill. Call 573-238-5987 for more information or directions. Trainers will be at 10a.m.The main show is at noon. Trainers - entry fee $5.00...
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Special teams impressive in Southeast Missouri State football's debut
(College Sports ~ 08/29/14)
"I kept on having nightmares about last season's special teams, so I didn't really know what we were going to get," Southeast Missouri State football coach Tom Matukewicz said.
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Southeast football debuts with dominating victory over Missouri Baptist
(College Sports ~ 08/29/14)
The Redhawks rolled to a 77-0 victory over NAIA newcomer Missouri Baptist in coach Tom Matukewicz's first game.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/29/14)
Today is Friday, August 29, the 241st day of 2014. There are 124 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 29, 1944, 15,000 American troops of the 28th Infantry Division marched down the Champs Elysees in Paris as the French capital continued to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis...
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Corvettes made for fun attraction in Cape's downtown
(Editorial ~ 08/29/14)
It was an impressive sight on Tuesday as a large group of Corvettes made its way to downtown Cape Girardeau. Hundreds of the popular sports cars joined the Corvette Caravan, and local enthusiasts filled the downtown area to get a look. The group was traveling to the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky...
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The word is out: Downtown golf is coming back with a big bang
(Column ~ 08/29/14)
Tiger Woods, apparently, will not be in Cape Girardeau on Sept. 28. Sept. 28 is the date of the First-Ever Ninth Annual World-Famous Louis J. Lorimier Downtown Golf Tournament and All-You-Can-Eat Catfish Buffet. Does that seem possible? I mean the fact that this will be the ninth downtown golf tournament. ...
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Speak Out 8/29/14
(Speak Out ~ 08/29/14)
I recently read where a girl was suspended from a high school for saying, "Bless You" to another student after they sneezed. My child recently started classes at SIU and one of their instructors said that "religion is just in your head." Well, sir, I strongly disagree with you! This is a prime example of a university that stands back and does nothing when these ultra-liberal atheist instructors try to use their classes to indoctrinate anti-Christian ways of thinking into their students. ...
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Prayer 8-29
(Prayer ~ 08/29/14)
Lord Jesus Christ, thank you that by your stripes we are healed. Amen.
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Buffett heir buys Parks archive
(National News ~ 08/29/14)
DETROIT -- Hundreds of items that belonged to civil rights icon Rosa Parks and have been sitting unseen for years in a New York warehouse were sold to a foundation run by the son of billionaire investment guru Warren Buffett, the younger Buffett said Thursday...
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Woman unearths past of forgotten Indian cemetery
(National News ~ 08/29/14)
WINSLOW, Ariz. -- A dusty, barren field in the shadow of a busy Arizona interstate was for decades a place where children played freely, teenagers spooked themselves on Halloween and locals dumped trash, seemingly unaware of the history beneath them...
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U.S. economy grew at 4.2 percent rate during second quarter
(National News ~ 08/29/14)
WASHINGTON -- After a bleak start to the year, the U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 4.2 percent in the April-June quarter, the government said Thursday, slightly faster than it had first estimated. The upward revision supported expectations that the second half of 2014 will prove far stronger than the first half...
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Survey: U.S. pessimism on economy has grown
(National News ~ 08/29/14)
WASHINGTON -- Americans are more anxious about the economy than they were right after the recession ended despite stock market gains, falling unemployment and growth moving closer to full health. Seventy-one percent of Americans say they think the recession exerted a permanent drag on the economy, according to a survey being released Thursday by Rutgers University. ...
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John Schott
(Obituary ~ 08/29/14)
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- John Reid Schott, 77, of Ste. Genevieve died Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, at Mercy Hospital Jefferson in Crystal City, Missouri. He was born May 7, 1937, in Cape Girardeau, son of George and Dorothy Oney Schott. John was an engineer on the Frisco Railroad 10 1/2 years, and worked at River Cement 35 years. ...
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Andy Juden Jr.
(Obituary ~ 08/29/14)
Charles Andrew "Andy" Juden Jr., 80, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, at Life Care Center. He was born Jan. 26, 1934, in Cape Girardeau, to Charles Andrew and Cleo Magness Juden Sr. He attended St. Vincent Grade School and Central High School. After graduation from Central he attended the University of Missouri at Columbia...
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Joe Blackwell
(Obituary ~ 08/29/14)
Joe Blackwell, 88, of Cape Girardeau, a jazz musician, newspaper printer and likable grouch, died Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, at the Missouri Veterans Home. He was born Nov. 26, 1925, in Blodgett, Missouri, youngest child of Samuel and Alta Blackwell. He leaves behind his wife, Pat; a daughter, Sally Bethea and husband Doug of Cincinnati; two sons, Scott, Sam and wife Dr. ...
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Lloyd Abbott
(Obituary ~ 08/29/14)
Lloyd C. Abbott, 93, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 31, 1920, in Millersville, son of Charles Wilson and Sally Malinda Phelps Abbott. He and Daisy Lucille Gibbons were married Oct. 18, 1941. She passed away Feb. 7, 1992...
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Master Sgt. Mark Garner
(Obituary ~ 08/29/14)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Master Sgt. Mark K. Garner, 60, of Mounds died Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, at his home. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and 10 a.m. until service time Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Ullin, Illinois. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church. The pastor, Clint Nale, and Dr. Larry L. Potts will officiate. Interment will be in Spencer Heights Cemetery at Mounds...
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Wayne Leible
(Obituary ~ 08/29/14)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Wayne F. Leible, 64, of Perryville died Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, at Perry Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The service will be private. Young and Sons Funeral Home provided the arrangements.
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LaWanda Bartels
(Obituary ~ 08/29/14)
LaWanda Druscilla Bartels, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Tuesday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. at the funeral home, with the Rev. Donny Ford officiating. Burial will be in Lorimier Cemetery...
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Births 8/29/14
(Births ~ 08/29/14)
Son to Christopher Hans and Tosha Ann Erlbacher of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 4:18 a.m. Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Name, Ricky Joseph "Tex." Weight, 3 pounds, 1 ounce. Third child, first son. Mrs. Erlbacher is the former Tosha Fry, daughter of the late Ricky and Sheila Fry. She is employed by the Cape Girardeau School District. Erlbacher is the son of Joe and Lorri Erlbacher of Cape Girardeau. He is an apprentice with Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562...
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Out of the past 8/29/14
(Out of the Past ~ 08/29/14)
Merger talks between Cape Girardeau's two hospitals have been put on hold, says Southeast Missouri Hospital administrator O.D. Niswonger; however, Niswonger stresses Southeast remains committed to reopening talks with Saint Francis Medical Center at some point in the future...
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Cape Girardeau police report 8/29/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/29/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Summons Property damage Thefts Robbery Miscellaneous...
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Drugs, not heart attack, killed inmate in botched execution
(National News ~ 08/29/14)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- An Oklahoma death row inmate who writhed, moaned and clenched his teeth before he was pronounced dead about 43 minutes after his execution began succumbed to the lethal drugs he was administered, not a heart attack, after the state's prisons chief halted efforts to kill him, an autopsy report released Thursday says...
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Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt wed at a France château
(Entertainment ~ 08/29/14)
NEW YORK -- Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were married Saturday in the French hamlet of Correns, a spokesman for the couple says. Jolie and Pitt wed in a small chapel in a private ceremony attended by family and friends at Provence's Chateau Miraval. In advance of the nondenominational civil ceremony, Pitt and Jolie obtained a marriage license from a California judge. The judge also conducted the ceremony in France...
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Ukraine accuses Russia of sending in tanks, armor
(International News ~ 08/29/14)
NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine -- Ukraine accused Russia on Thursday of entering its territory with tanks, artillery and troops, and Western powers said Moscow had "outright lied" about its role and escalated the conflict. Russia dismissed the allegations, describing the fighters there as "Russian volunteers." The Kremlin has repeatedly denied arming and supporting separatists who have been fighting Ukrainian troops for four months in the gravest crisis between Russia and the West since the end of the Cold War.. ...
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Obama cuts chance of Syria strikes
(International News ~ 08/29/14)
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama tamped down the prospect of imminent U.S. military action in Syria on Thursday, saying "we don't have a strategy yet" for degrading the violent militant group seeking to establish a caliphate in the Middle East...
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Attempt to call missing jet may alter search area
(International News ~ 08/29/14)
CANBERRA, Australia -- Shortly after the missing Malaysian airliner disappeared from radar, airline officials on the ground tried repeatedly to call the crew of the Boeing 777 using a satellite phone that might have left clues to the jet's flight path...
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Ebola disease caseload could reach up to 20,000
(International News ~ 08/29/14)
GENEVA -- The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is accelerating and could grow six times larger to infect as many as 20,000 people, the World Health Organization said Thursday. The U.N. health agency unveiled a road map for containing the virus, and scientists are fast-tracking efforts to find a treatment or vaccine...
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Europe wants to enforce cease-fire in Gaza
(International News ~ 08/29/14)
JERUSALEM -- European nations are offering to help enforce the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, a scenario that could provide key international backing for maintaining the peace and step up the pressure on Hamas militants to relinquish power. The European plan remains vague, and it is unclear whether Israel or the Palestinians will agree...
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Leadwood police chief dies
(State News ~ 08/29/14)
LEADWOOD, Mo. -- The police chief in the southeast Missouri town of Leadwood has died. Dale Newman died Wednesday night of an apparent heart attack. He was 47. Mayor Dennis Parks confirmed Newman's death on Thursday. Parks says Newman was not on duty at the time of his death...
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Ozark Fire agency's push for same-sex benefits is stopped
(State News ~ 08/29/14)
OZARK, Mo. -- A southwest Missouri fire department that was considering extending benefits to an employee who is in a same-sex marriage has been told the state constitution won't allow it. Last week, the Ozark Fire Department's board appeared ready to change its policy so it could offer the benefits to Capt. Andi Mooneyham, whose out-of-state marriage to a woman is not recognized in Missouri...
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Dairy farmers urge override of veto
(State News ~ 08/29/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri dairy farmers warned Thursday that consumers could face higher milk prices if lawmakers don't override Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of legislation authorizing financial incentives for their industry. The dairy cattle incentives are included in two broader agriculture bills Nixon vetoed because they would shift regulation of deer farms from the Department of Conservation to the Department of Agriculture...
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Missouri unveils effort to aid Ferguson businesses
(State News ~ 08/29/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Missouri and St. Louis-area economic development groups and lenders are committing $1 million in support to businesses affected by the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, that followed the shooting death of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a white police officer, Gov. Jay Nixon said Thursday...
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Suit claims police brutality at protests
(State News ~ 08/29/14)
ST. LOUIS -- A federal lawsuit filed Thursday alleges police in Ferguson, Missouri, and St. Louis County used excessive force and falsely arrested innocent bystanders amid attempts to quell unrest after the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown...
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Officer resigns over threat to protester
(State News ~ 08/29/14)
ST. ANN, Mo. -- A suburban St. Louis police officer shown on cellphone video pointing his rifle at demonstrators in Ferguson, Missouri, and threatening them is out of a job. St. Ann Police Chief Aaron Jimenez confirmed that police Lt. Ray Albers resigned Thursday...
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Sikeston police investigate apparent beating of man
(Local News ~ 08/29/14)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- The Sikeston Department of Public Safety is investigating what appears to be a severe beating. At 1:23 a.m. Thursday, officers received a report from workers operating a solid waste collection truck about a man found in an alley between Greer and Matthews avenues, said Capt. Jim McMillen, public information officer for the department...
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Artifacts 8/29/14
(Entertainment ~ 08/29/14)
Singers yearning for new challenges may join Southeast Missouri State University's Choral Union, a nonauditioned choral assembly open to community and collegiate singers. Choral Union rehearsals will begin Sept. 8 in the new choral rehearsal room at the River Campus Center. ...
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Big Muddy Dance will perform at Southeast
(Entertainment ~ 08/29/14)
The Big Muddy Dance Co. will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 6 in the Rust Flexible Theatre at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus. Big Muddy is a St. Louis-based contemporary jazz dance group of 11 professional dancers. In its fourth season, the company has attracted fans with an eclectic mix of new and classic dance works, according to a news release from the university,...
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Aaron Tippin is truckin' into Cape
(Entertainment ~ 08/29/14)
Fans should expect to keep on truckin' Sunday night when Aaron Tippin performs at Isle Casino Cape Girardeau. The singer and songwriter is known for hits such as "There Ain't Nothin' Wrong with the Radio," "That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You" and "Kiss This" -- all of which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. He said the shows at 6 and 8 p.m. will feature songs from his most recent CD in 2009...
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Artist to hold solo exhibit
(Entertainment ~ 08/29/14)
"Brent Webb: Solo Exhibition" will be on display beginning Sept. 8 in the River Campus Art Gallery of Southeast Missouri State University. An artist talk will be at 4 p.m. Sept. 5, followed by a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibition will remain on display through Sept. 25...
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2 children injured in school bus accident
(Local News ~ 08/29/14)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Two children were reportedly injured after a truck ran into a Sikeston school bus early Wednesday. About 7:30 a.m., the Sikeston Department of Public Safety received a call that a pickup truck crashed into the bus at the intersection of Greer and Maple streets in Sikeston, said Capt. Jim McMillen, the department's public information officer...
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William Street signal to go online
(Local News ~ 08/29/14)
Cape Girardeau's newest traffic signal, at William Street and Sheridan Drive, will be put into flash mode today. The signal will remain in that mode through the holiday weekend. On Tuesday morning, it will go into full operation, according to a news release from the city of Cape Girardeau...
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Recent drug busts yield 34 arrests
(Local News ~ 08/29/14)
Thirty-four people in Southeast Missouri have been arrested this summer as a result of drug investigations by the Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force, the Cape Girardeau Police Department reported Thursday. Darin Hickey, public information officer for the department, said the task force has spent several weeks investigating drug cases throughout the region...
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Best Bet: Re-enactment at Fort D
(Entertainment ~ 08/29/14)
Among other activities, local re-enactors will demonstrate rifle and cannon fire from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Labor Day, at the Fort D Historic Site. Period hammered dulcimer music will begin at 11 a.m. Admission is free. More information is available by calling 335-1631...
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Local High school football capsules: Week 2
(High School Sports ~ 08/29/14)
Jackson (1-0) at Vianney Last week: Jackson 62, Battle 34; Vianney 42, Francis Howell North 13 Last year: Vianney 52, Jackson 27 (regular season); Jackson 14, Vianney 0 (Class 5 District 1 final) Outlook: A rivalry has been built over the past two seasons with the teams playing four times. ...
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Notre Dame volleyball team falls to Farmington
(High School Sports ~ 08/29/14)
The Knightettes topped Notre Dame in three sets
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Southeast Missouri State cross country team will debut at Early Bird meet
(College Sports ~ 08/29/14)
When the Southeast Missouri State cross country team begins its season Saturday morning at the Gabby Reuveni Early Bird in St. Louis it will take another step toward its ultimate goal of finishing in the top three on both the men's and women's sides of the Ohio Valley Conference Championship meet...
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Southeast Missouri State spikers open season today at Hamilton Classic
(College Sports ~ 08/29/14)
The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team, entering its fourth season under coach Julie Yankus, can breathe a little easier going into the year. The expectations for the Redhawks, which lost key players to graduation, aren't nearly as high from other members of the Ohio Valley Conference, which picked the team to finish seventh in the preseason poll...
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Movin' on down: Lodo sets up shop in former Jeremiah's building
(Entertainment ~ 08/29/14)
It's a warm, quiet weekday night downtown; not too hot to walk. In fact, the muggy river air makes stepping into LoDo's cool, neon ambience especially soothing. The Broncos hold a seven-point lead above the bar as a trio of lightly tattooed girlfriends, sipping cocktails and tipping craft beers, scroll through photos of another friend's pink-faced newborn...
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5 'Gone Girl' actors you may not know
(Entertainment ~ 08/29/14)
The star-studded cast of the upcoming mystery thriller Gone Girl has been well documented, but there are some very intriguing names that may get lost among Affleck, Perry and Patrick-Harris. Here are five performances to watch from actors who are not household names...
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Photographer's work featured on River Campus
(Entertainment ~ 08/29/14)
The following story has been edited to correct Sparky Campanella's name. An exhibit of 14 large-format pieces by Los Angeles fine-art photographer Sparky Campanella will open Sept. 5 in the Crisp Museum at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus...
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High school roundup: Semis set for Woodland volleyball tournament
(High School Sports ~ 08/29/14)
All the events reported to the Southeast Missourian on Thursday night.
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