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Washington University to boost aid to low-income students
(State News ~ 01/20/15)
ST. LOUIS -- One of the country's top universities is increasing its annual financial commitment to low-income undergraduate students by $25 million in hopes of eliminating a dubious distinction among its well-off peers. Washington University in St. ...
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Police: Man killed in shooting outside Creve Coeur theater
(State News ~ 01/20/15)
CREVE COEUR, Mo. -- The police chief of a St. Louis suburb where a 28-year-old man was killed Sunday night while leaving a movie theater says the victim was targeted and the shooting wasn't a random act. Creve Coeur police chief Glenn Eidman told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch the shooting, which happened shortly before midnight at the AMC Creve Coeur 12, was the result of a "one-on-one incident [and had] nothing to do with the movie theater."...
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Joplin group disburses $5.5 million raised from donations
(State News ~ 01/20/15)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- A fund made up of donations that poured into Joplin after a devastating May 2011 tornado has disbursed nearly $5.5 million, with a majority of the funds going to organizations that helped people rebuild or repair their homes. Donations came to the Joplin Tornado Fund administered by the Community Foundation of Southwest Missouri from across the world, from sources ranging from children's lemonade stands to $500,000 from celebrity couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. ...
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Report: Military mishandled Fort Leonard Wood complaints
(State News ~ 01/20/15)
FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. -- A newspaper review of military sexual assault programs found that reporting lapses and other mistakes contributed to a climate in which a Fort Leonard Wood drill sergeant preyed on female subordinates. Army Staff Sgt. Angel M. ...
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Springfield bishop objects to hospital's same-sex benefits
(State News ~ 01/20/15)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau has expressed deep concern at the decision of a Catholic-based hospital group to extend benefits to same-sex spouses of employees. The Mercy Health System, which has about 9,000 employees in Springfield, said last week that it plans to offer benefits to legally married same-sex spouses beginning this spring. The benefits will not be extended to domestic partners...
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Kennett fire under investigation
(Local News ~ 01/20/15)
KENNETT, Mo -- A Jan. 11 fire in Kennett remains under investigation on suspicion of foul play. The fire, which happened on Neal Street, claimed the life of 29-year-old Tessie Brown. Authorities are awaiting a final report from the state fire marshal on the cause of the blaze...
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Puxico teen electrocuted after car accident
(Local News ~ 01/20/15)
PUXICO, Mo. -- A Puxico teen died around midnight Friday after he apparently stepped on a live electrical line following a motor-vehicle crash on Highway 51. The teen was identified as Marcus Lauder, 19. He was a 2014 graduate of Puxico High School, where he played varsity basketball...
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Pope's stand on climate deepens distrust
(National News ~ 01/20/15)
NEW YORK -- Conservative distrust of Pope Francis, which has been building in the U.S. throughout his pontificate, is reaching a boiling point over his plan to urge action on climate change -- and to do so through a document traditionally used for the most important papal teachings...
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New Mo. House committee structure aims to strengthen bill-drafting process
(Local News ~ 01/20/15)
Last week's announcement of chairmen and -women for the Missouri House of Representatives committees also came with the unveiling of a new committee structure designed to strengthen the bill-drafting process. Missouri House Speaker John Diehl, R-Town and Country, said the addition of another layer of oversight allows for more thorough analysis of each bill before it reaches the House floor...
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Southeast Missourian boys cross country runner of the year: Jackson's Jack Jeffers
(High School Sports ~ 01/20/15)
Jack Jeffers was only five months removed from the completion of a successful first season of cross country when he encountered perhaps the biggest obstacle of his career.
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'Love is the strongest weapon' speaker tells MLK luncheon crowd
(Local News ~ 01/20/15)
The collection table overflowed Monday morning at the 14th Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Luncheon. Volunteers for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Citywide Celebration Committee said 100 to 140 people attended the event at the Salvation Army...
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9-month-old Missouri boy fatally shot by 5-year-old brother
(State News ~ 01/20/15)
ELMO, Mo. -- A 9-month-old northwest Missouri boy is dead after being accidentally shot in the head by his 5-year-old brother. Nodaway County Sheriff Darren White said the baby was pronounced dead at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City just before noon Monday...
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Police protesters disrupt St. Louis MLK event
(State News ~ 01/20/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Protesters in St. Louis clashed with students at a historically black college Monday during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day interfaith service. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that two dozen protesters interrupted the event at Harris-Stowe State University, leading to angry confrontations with students outside a campus auditorium. Police kept watch on the dispute, but no arrests were immediately reported...
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Free St. Louis computer coding class targets the unemployed
(State News ~ 01/20/15)
ST. LOUIS -- A new training class for would-be computer coders in St. Louis is aimed not at burgeoning techies but instead as a reboot for the jobless. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the program called reBootU is offered by the not-for-profit organization LaunchCode, along with St. Louis Community College and the city of St. Louis' workforce department...
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Cape Girardeau council to consider downtown parking ordinance study
(Local News ~ 01/20/15)
The Cape Girardeau City Council will consider an ordinance tonight that, if approved, would allow a parking study to analyze the biggest issues and needs of the downtown area. Parking in the historical downtown area -- home to retail stores, restaurants and some residential spaces -- has long been an issue for the city, but the issue has fallen under even more scrutiny since the 2012 remodeling of Broadway...
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Jackson School Board meets about superintendent search
(Local News ~ 01/20/15)
The Jackson School Board was scheduled to meet in closed session Monday evening to continue reviewing applications for superintendent of the school district. Ron Anderson, who has served in that capacity since 1999, announced his retirement in early December. He is scheduled to step down June 30...
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Transportation ship in The Mississippi
(Submitted Photo ~ 01/20/15)
Transportation ship on Mississippi river while pass Trail of Tears State Park yesterday, Jan19, 2015
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Pikes from Southeast Missouri State Attend Fraternity Executive Conference
(Submitted Story ~ 01/20/15)
MEMPHIS, TN -- On January 8-11, 2015, members of Epsilon Iota Chapter joined more than 500 Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity undergraduate officers from across the United States and Canada at the annual PIKE University Chapter Executives Conference at the historic Peabody Hotel...
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Notre Dame Tournament-Guardian Angel School
(Submitted Photo ~ 01/20/15)
The Varsity Boys Basketball Team of Guardian Angel School in Oran, MO won 2nd place in the Notre Dame Tournament in Cape Girardeau on January 18. The cheerleader squad won 1st place in the tournament, also. In Addition, Carter Dame & Kameron Dohogne both made the All-Tournament Team. The tournament, which consisted of 16 teams, was held January 10-11 and 17-18 at Notre Dame Regional High School. Great job Redwings!!...
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Rent One donates to United Way
(Submitted Photo ~ 01/20/15)
Employees of Rent One donated $4,335.00 to United Way of Southeast Missouri's 2014 campaign.
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RM COCO donates to United Way
(Submitted Photo ~ 01/20/15)
Employees of RM COCO donated $5,056.00 to United Way of Southeast Missouri's 2014 campaign.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/20/15)
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 20, the 20th day of 2015. There are 345 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 20, 1265, England's first representative Parliament met for the first time; the gathering at Westminster was composed of bishops, abbots, peers, Knights of the Shire and town burgesses...
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A void in leadership
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/20/15)
In the Wednesday edition of the Southeast Missourian, the Sikeston Standard Democrat publisher, Michael Jensen, commented on the lack of our U.S. president's leadership during these terrorist attacks across the world's stage. I don't know where Mr. Jensen has been over the past 10 or so years, but our country has not had any good leadership in a very long time. We have had and always will have terrorists living around and among us, and, unfortunately, many are our own U.S. citizens...
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Barbaric actions and delusion
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/20/15)
The three barbaric terrorists who murdered 12 staff of Charlie Hebdo and four Jews in cold blood deserved to die. People such as these have no place in civilized society. These Islamic radicals live in their own delusional world, and are beyond all reasoning and civility. It is clear that religious fervor has shrunk their brains and narrowed their minds. Unfortunately, the worst is yet to come, as recruiters of radical Islam have mastered the art of brainwashing naive young men and women...
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Kermit Meystedt remembered for generosity, leadership
(Editorial ~ 01/20/15)
Local businessman Kermit Meystedt is remembered for a number of things, including his success in athletics and in sports. But for many, it was his Christian faith and his generosity that will be most remembered. Meystedt, founder of Genesis Transportation, died Jan. 10 at the age of 69...
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Wanted teen agrees to return home to Kentucky
(National News ~ 01/20/15)
PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- The drama surrounding two teenage sweethearts on the run from the law ended quietly and unceremoniously in a Florida beach town. Dalton Hayes, an 18-year-old suspected of committing a string of crimes with his 13-year-old girlfriend, agreed during a quick Monday morning court hearing to return to his home state of Kentucky to face charges...
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Europe's police forces reconsider their arms
(International News ~ 01/20/15)
PARIS -- One was a young policewoman, unarmed on the outskirts of Paris and felled by an assault rifle. Her partner, also without weapons, could do nothing to stop the gunman. Another was a first responder with a side arm, rushing to the Charlie Hebdo offices where a pair of masked men with high-powered weapons had opened fire on an editorial meeting. Among their primary targets: the armed police bodyguard inside the room...
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Leo Berghoff
(Obituary ~ 01/20/15)
KELSO, Mo. -- Leo Joseph Berghoff, 79, of Kelso died peacefully at home Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, surrounded by his family. He was born July 28, 1935, son of Theodore and Lorena Georger Berghoff. He and Hilda Wubker were married July 23, 1960, at St John's Catholic Church in Leopold, Missouri...
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Republicans divided over using budget process on federal health-care law
(National News ~ 01/20/15)
WASHINGTON -- Republicans running Congress have promised to use every weapon in their arsenal to take down President Barack Obama's health-care law. But now some are questioning whether to use the congressional budget process to derail the 2010 law or save the special step for more traditional purposes like cutting spending or overhauling the tax code. A potentially divisive debate between tea party forces and GOP pragmatists looms...
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Marilyn Kiefner
(Obituary ~ 01/20/15)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Marilyn S. Kiefner, 80, of Charlotte, North Carolina, formerly of Perryville, passed away Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, at The Haven in Pineville, North Carolina. She was born Aug. 1, 1934, in Dothan, Alabama, daughter of Earle and Helen Dowling Stapleton. She and retired Lt. Gen. Charles M. Kiefner were married June 26, 1952. He preceded her in death Jan. 27, 2007...
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Robert Wright
(Obituary ~ 01/20/15)
ANNA, Ill. -- Robert Wright, 73, of Anna died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, in Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born Feb. 16, 1941, in Anna, to Curtis and Beatrice Davis Wright. Survivors include a son, John DeValk of Tinley Park, Illinois; two grandchildren; a brother, Dareld (Geraldine) Davis of Jackson; and cousins, friends and other relatives...
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Salamander bill squashed over fear of federal overreach
(National News ~ 01/20/15)
BOISE, Idaho -- Idaho lawmakers worried that special recognition of the Idaho giant salamander could lead to federal protections have rejected a grade school student's request that it be named the state amphibian. The House State Affairs Committee voted 10-6 on Monday against 14-year-old Ilah Hickman's plan. It was her fifth attempt in as many years to persuade lawmakers that students made a good choice for state amphibian...
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Edna Brown
(Obituary ~ 01/20/15)
HERRIN, Ill. -- Edna J. Brown, 85, of Herrin passed away Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, in Shawnee Christian Nursing Care Center of Herrin. She was born Dec. 11, 1929, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, daughter of Ralph Rudolph and Jennie Sivec Choun. She attended school in Bridgeport...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 1/20/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/20/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday: n At 2:17 a.m., a medical assist on Evondale Drive. n At 3:55 a.m., a call on South Plaza Way. n At 7:40 a.m., a medical assist on Broadway. n At 8:23 a.m., a gas leak on Morgan Oak Street...
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Out of the past: Jan. 20
(Out of the Past ~ 01/20/15)
A cleaning day is held at the new building recently obtained for a new Cape Girardeau teen activity center, expected to be open on a limited basis next month; the building is at East Plaza Way and Sheridan Drive and formerly served as the lodge for the Cape Girardeau Eagles Aerie...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 1/20/15
(Local News ~ 01/20/15)
Cape Girardeau City Council City hall 401 Independence St. Study session, 5 p.m. today n No action will be taken during the study session. Items for discussion n Planning and Zoning Commission report n Introduction of the Community Gardens team n Appearances regarding items not on the agenda...
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Cape Girardeau police report 1/20/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/20/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Summonses n Carrie L. Jackson, no age given, of Cape Girardeau was issued a summons for striking a legally stopped vehicle. n Joshua K. Pardue, no age given, of Cape Girardeau was issued summonses for failure to maintain a single lane, leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident and no insurance...
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Obama reached some 2014 State of the Union goals
(National News ~ 01/20/15)
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama used his last State of the Union to declare 2014 a "Year of Action," and he can claim credit for accomplishing several of the goals he laid out -- the smaller ones. That's because while he was able to check off most of what he promised to do through executive action in last year's speech, Obama was unable in the partisan election year to get Congress to go along with the bigger plans he had for the country that required their approval...
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TLC looks to fund final album through Kickstarter campaign
(Entertainment ~ 01/20/15)
ATLANTA -- Grammy-winning R&B group TLC is depending on fans to fund the release of their final album through a Kickstarter campaign. The group, which consists of T-Boz and Chilli, launched the campaign on Monday. It's been nearly 13 years since their last album, "3D," which was released seven months after the death of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes in 2002...
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Yemeni troops battle Shiite rebels in Yemeni capital
(International News ~ 01/20/15)
SANAA, Yemen -- Yemen's U.S.-backed leadership came under serious threat Monday as government troops clashed with Shiite rebels near the presidential palace and a key military base in what one official called "a step toward a coup." The militants seized control of state media in fierce fighting that marked the biggest challenge yet to President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi by the rebels, known as Houthis, who swept down from their northern strongholds last year and captured the capital in September...
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Prayer breakfast an inspiring event
(Column ~ 01/20/15)
The date was Thursday, Jan. 8. The time was 5 a.m. And the outside temperature was 4 degrees with a negative wind chill factor. These were not ideal conditions for even a mayor to want to rise and shine to attend an early morning prayer breakfast. However, I did make the effort to attend the event and arrived a few minutes after 6 a.m. ...
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Alice Johnson
(Obituary ~ 01/20/15)
Alice Marie Johnson, 63, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Parish prayers will be at 7 p.m. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Mary Cathedral, with the Rev. Allan Saunders officiating. Entombment will be in Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum...
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Freida Christian
(Obituary ~ 01/20/15)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Freida Lois Christian, 94, of Metropolis, Illinois, formerly of Mounds, died Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, in Metropolis. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service time Thursday at Crain Funeral Home in Cairo, Illinois. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, with Dr. Larry L. Potts officiating. Burial will be in Beechwood Cemetery in Mounds...
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Randy Fish
(Obituary ~ 01/20/15)
Randy L. Fish, 56, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from noon until service time Saturday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. David Pringle officiating...
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Tiny sodas: Fewer calories, less guilt means more money for sodamakers
(Community ~ 01/20/15)
NEW YORK -- Americans want to cut back on soda, and they're willing to pay more to do it. With people drinking less soda amid health concerns, Coke and Pepsi are pushing smaller cans and bottles that contain fewer calories and, they say, induce less guilt. That all comes at a price: Those cute little cans can cost more than twice as much per ounce...
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Flu vaccine not working well; only 23 percent effective
(Community ~ 01/20/15)
NEW YORK -- This year's flu vaccine is doing a pretty crummy job. It's only 23 percent effective, which is one of the worst performances in the last decade, according to a government study released Thursday. The poor showing is primarily because the vaccine doesn't include the bug that is making most people sick, health officials say. In the last decade, flu vaccines at their best were 50 to 60 percent effective...
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Blues grab win before All-Star break
(Professional Sports ~ 01/20/15)
ST. LOUIS -- It was the perfect way for the St. Louis Blues to glide into an extended All-Star break. Lots of positive energy with nine days between games. "We've been rolling and we wanted to keep it going," forward Alexander Steen said after the Blues dominated at both ends of a 3-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Monday night. "Tonight I think was probably our best game this year, from goalie out."...
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Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team hopes to build on first OVC win
(College Sports ~ 01/20/15)
Midway through the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team's practice Monday at the Show Me Center, coach Ty Margenthaler strongly encouraged his team to "turn the switch on" after being slow to get back on defense in transition and not communicating -- two points of emphasis in their preparation to face SIU Edwardsville tonight.
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Southeast Missourian girls cross country runner of the year: Jackson's Chelsea Drum
(High School Sports ~ 01/20/15)
Chelsea Drum has competed in distance running since seventh grade, but it wasn't always her favorite sport.
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Large bird attacks Oregon jogger
(National News ~ 01/20/15)
SALEM, Ore. -- An Oregon jogger thought someone knocked him in the head or he got hit by lightning or may have suffered a stroke when he felt a blow to the head last week as he was jogging. When the 58-year-old man, Ron Jaecks of Salem, was struck a second time he saw a large winged animal he thought was a massive bat. ...
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High school roundup: Kelly girls basketball team collects 10th win
(High School Sports ~ 01/20/15)
All the local high school events reported Monday to the Southeast Missourian.
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Prayer 1/20/15
(Prayer ~ 01/20/15)
Lord Jesus, may the joy of knowing and loving you fill our hearts. Amen.
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