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Woman says she accidentally stabbed ex-boyfriend in self-defense
(Local News ~ 11/04/15)
A Cape Girardeau woman said she accidentally stabbed her ex-boyfriend while trying to defend herself. Cape Girardeau police responded to the 2800 block of Whitener Street to a call about 4 p.m. Friday about blood in the driveway and hallway of the apartment complex, according to a probable-cause statement from Cape Girardeau police officer R. ...
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River City Players close season with variety show
(Local News ~ 11/04/15)
The River City Players' last production of the season opens Thursday. The variety-style show titled "Follies!" will feature 10 acts, each with different entertainment and different players. The show promises to be different, said director Debbie Barnhouse...
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Jury convicts Cape man of molesting toddler
(Local News ~ 11/04/15)
BENTON, Mo. -- After deliberating less than an hour and a half, a Scott County jury on Tuesday found a Cape Girardeau man guilty of felony statutory sodomy. The jury deliberated for one hour and 17 minutes before announcing the verdict against Travis Sintell Turner, 34. Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 10...
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Oak Ridge voters narrowly nix alcohol-sales proposal
(Local News ~ 11/04/15)
By a narrow margin, voters in Oak Ridge apparently have rejected a proposal to allow a local business to sell single-serving alcoholic drinks with its meals. A total of 53 votes were cast, with 25 in favor of the measure and 28 against. Results posted Tuesday evening by the Cape Girardeau County Clerk's Office were unofficial. The verification board meets Friday to certify the official results of the election, which will be posted later that day...
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Rep. Swan to discuss future of federal education law
(Local News ~ 11/04/15)
A small delegation visiting Washington, D.C., this week to discuss the future of a federal education law will include a local legislator. State Rep. Kathy Swan, R-Cape Girardeau, will join the five-member group representing the Southern Legislative Conference...
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Cape company makes shirts for Royals parade
(Local News ~ 11/04/15)
Sunday may have been a long night for Mets fans, but it was even longer for employees of Horizon Screen Printing in Cape Girardeau. The screen printer produced more than 4,000 black "Thanks, Kansas City" women's shirts overnight for the Royals' parade after winning the World Series...
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Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team routs Lindenwood-Belleville in final exhibition
(College Sports ~ 11/04/15)
The Redhawks defeated the Lynx 108-59 in their final exhibition game on Wednesday night at the Show Me Center.
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New Salem United Methodist Womens unit
(Submitted Story ~ 11/04/15)
The New Salem UMW met November 2, 2015 at 6:00pm for their annual Thanksgiving supper with spouses and visitors present. After the meal Joyce Brewer, President, called the meeting to order with 13 members answering roll call with, "What I'm Thankful For"...
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1st Class Travel agents attend The Mark Travel Corporation's 2015 Summit
(Submitted Story ~ 11/04/15)
1st Class Travel, a Cape Girardeau based travel agency, recently attended the The Mark Travel Corporation's 2015 Summit at the Moon Palace resort in Cancun, Mexico from October 24th-Oct 28th. During this summit Jennifer Christensen, Travel agent, and Leigh Segraves, Marketing Manager, connected with fellow agents, suppliers and The Mark Travel Corporation. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 11/04/15)
Today is Wednesday, Nov. 4, the 308th day of 2015. There are 57 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 4, 1955, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young died in Newcomerstown, Ohio, at age 88. On this date: In 1884, Democrat Grover Cleveland was elected to his first term as president, defeating Republican James G. Blaine...
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Kelso and Nell Holcomb: schools in the news
(Editorial ~ 11/04/15)
We love sharing good news that's happening in our area schools. Two schools in particular had news worth sharing last week. Congratulations to the Kelso School District in New Hamburg for receiving a perfect score on its Annual Performance Report from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education...
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Obama not trustworthy on immigration
(Column ~ 11/04/15)
Long before illegal immigration captured the national attention, I voiced strong reservation over the influx of millions of illegals into our country. Back when the focus was on the disaster of Obamacare and the growth of ISIS, the daily avalanche of illegals was garnering much less attention, except in the border states where the impact was immediate...
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GOP wins Kentucky governor's race
(National News ~ 11/04/15)
Kentucky voters on Tuesday elected just the second Republican in four decades to hold the governor's office, in a race that hinged largely on President Barack Obama's signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act. The result was a potentially troubling sign for Democrats ahead of next year's presidential election and represented a big win for the GOP as it continues to consolidate political power across the South...
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Woman faces dilemma in sending terminally ill son to school
(National News ~ 11/04/15)
ATHENS, Ala. -- An Alabama teen with a terminal heart condition has not returned to school after a spate of hospitalizations because of what his mother said is a dispute with school officials about how he might die. Alex Hoover's case presents something of a legal loophole: His mother, Rene, has drawn up legal documents known as an advance directive to ensure the 14-year-old is not revived if he goes into cardiac arrest...
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Policy issues bring new threats of government shutdown
(National News ~ 11/04/15)
WASHINGTON -- Despite a broad budget deal, fights over Planned Parenthood, the environment and other policy issues still threaten a spending bill to keep the government running, reviving the possibility of a holiday season shutdown. The goodwill that emerged from the bipartisan budget-and-debt bill President Barack Obama signed into law Monday could be short-lived. ...
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Cop accused of shooting man in back goes on trial
(National News ~ 11/04/15)
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Video played Tuesday at a police officer's murder trial showed the 15-year veteran shocking a fleeing suspect with a stun gun, then shooting him twice in the back as he lay face-down in the snow and appeared to reach for something with his hands...
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Japanese company fined $70 million over exploding air bags
(National News ~ 11/04/15)
DETROIT -- U.S. auto safety regulators fined Japan's Takata Corp. $70 million Tuesday for concealing evidence for years its air bags are prone to explode with grisly consequences -- a defect linked to eight deaths and more than 100 injuries worldwide...
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TransCanada denies politics behind Keystone delay request
(International News ~ 11/04/15)
TORONTO -- The head of the Canadian company behind the proposed Keystone XL pipeline denied Tuesday political motivation drove its decision to ask the U.S. government to delay consideration of the project. TransCanada's request the State Department suspend its review of the Alberta-to-Texas pipeline could delay any decision until the next U.S. president takes office in 2017, potentially leaving the fate of the controversial project in the hands of a more supportive Republican administration...
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Teens spend an average of 9 hours a day with media
(National News ~ 11/04/15)
NEW YORK -- Teenagers spend nearly nine hours a day absorbing media, and despite all the new options, music and television remain the favorites. Common Sense Media released a survey Tuesday outlining how young people spend screen time. Two-thirds of teenagers said they listen to music daily, and 58 percent said the same about watching television, the study said...
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U.S. detects heat around doomed jet before crash
(International News ~ 11/04/15)
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- U.S. satellite imagery detected heat around a Russian passenger jet just before it went down in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, two U.S. officials said Tuesday. But the discovery doesn't resolve the mystery of why the plane crashed, killing all 224 aboard...
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New emissions problems found with 800,000 VW vehicles
(International News ~ 11/04/15)
BERLIN -- Germany's Volkswagen, already reeling from the fallout of cheating on U.S. emissions tests for nitrogen oxide, said Tuesday an internal investigation has revealed "unexplained inconsistencies" in the carbon-dioxide emissions from 800,000 of its vehicles -- a development it said could cost the company another $2.2 billion...
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HBO signs Jon Stewart to 4-year production pact
(Entertainment ~ 11/04/15)
NEW YORK -- Fresh from "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart has signed on with HBO in an exclusive four-year production pact. HBO said Tuesday the partnership will start with short-form digital content to be showcased on HBO Now, HBO Go and other platforms...
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Perryville voters agree to eliminate city collector position
(Local News ~ 11/04/15)
Thanks to the approval of the city's voters, Perryville, Missouri, will eliminate the position of city collector. It was the only issue on the ballot Tuesday in Perry County and passed with more than 83 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results from the county clerk's office...
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HIV-infected St. Louis man accused in child sex case
(State News ~ 11/04/15)
CLAYTON, Mo. -- A St. Louis man is accused of sexually attacking a girl younger than 12 years old while he was infected with HIV. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported 25-year-old Richard Jones III is charged with statutory sodomy and exposing another to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS...
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Hanaway proposes 20-week abortion ban in Missouri
(State News ~ 11/04/15)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A Republican candidate running for Missouri governor wants to ban abortions that are not medically necessary at or beyond 20 weeks of pregnancy. Former House speaker and U.S. attorney Catherine Hanaway announced the proposal Tuesday while touring the state...
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Missouri execution on hold while court considers appeal
(State News ~ 11/04/15)
ST. LOUIS -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday put on hold the execution of a Missouri man convicted of beating three people to death with a claw hammer while a lower court considers an appeal. Ernest Lee Johnson claims the execution drug could cause painful seizures because he still has part of a benign tumor in his brain, and surgery to remove the rest of the tumor in 2008 forced removal of up to 20 percent of his brain tissue...
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Out of the past: Nov. 4
(Out of the Past ~ 11/04/15)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- The congregation of First Baptist Church of Marble Hill observes its 150th anniversary with a special morning service, conducted by several former pastors; the church began as Crooked Creek Baptist Church in 1840. Voters across Missouri and the nation will go to the polls Tuesday for the 1990 general election; in Missouri, voters will be electing a state auditor, nine members of Congress, 163 members of the Missouri House, 17 state senators and hundreds of county officials; the only statewide ballot issue -- Proposition A, the Natural Streams Act -- has sparked a lot of debate.. ...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 11/4/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/04/15)
* Medical assists at 9:15 a.m. on South Ellis Street; at 9:26 a.m. on Normal Ave.; at 10:13 a.m. North Henderson Ave.; at 4:29 p.m. on North Kingshighway; at 7:28 p.m. on William Street; and at 10:11 on South Silver Springs Road. n At 10:04 a.m., electrical wiring/equipment problem on Saint Francis Drive...
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Cape Girardeau police report 11/4/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/04/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Bobby G. Silas Jr., 43, homeless, was arrested on a Dunklin County, Missouri, warrant for larceny n Nigelle J. Bird, 23, 623 S. Ellis St., was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for failure to appear for driving without a valid license...
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Leon Stevens Jr.
(Obituary ~ 11/04/15)
Leon L. Stevens Jr., 66, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, at home surrounded by his family, after a one-and-a-half-year battle with cancer. He was born March 14, 1949, in Dutchtown to Leon and Hilda Stueve Stevens. He and Mary Ann Glueck were married June 24, 1972, at Cape Girardeau...
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Frank Snead
(Obituary ~ 11/04/15)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Frank Snead, 74, of Mound City died Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until time of service Saturday at Bibleway Church of God in Christ in Pulaski, Illinois...
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Michael Papendick
(Obituary ~ 11/04/15)
Michael David Papendick, 55, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, at his home. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until time of service Saturday at Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Interment will take place at a later date...
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Laverne Keusenkothen
(Obituary ~ 11/04/15)
KELSO, Mo. -- Laverne C. Keusenkothen, 73, of Kelso died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapels in Scott City.
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Bill Hagan Jr.
(Obituary ~ 11/04/15)
SOMERVILLE, Tenn. -- William Leo "Bill" Hagan Jr., 78, of Somerville passed away Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, surrounded by his family. Bill was born April 23, 1937, in New Haven, Kentucky, to William Leo Hagan and Mary Margaret Shean Hagan. He was married Oct. 21, 1961, to Mary Ann Landewee...
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Mary Grindstaff
(Obituary ~ 11/04/15)
SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- Mary Iva Jean Grindstaff, 82, of Sedgewickville passed away Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 14, 1933, in Sedgewickville, the daughter of Erby and Esther Probst Kiefer. She and Loyd Edward Grindstaff were united in marriage April 16, 1945, and he passed away April 11, 1995...
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Jean Eaker
(Obituary ~ 11/04/15)
FARMINGTON, Mo. -- Jean Eaker, 86, of Farmington died Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, at her home. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until time service Thursday at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill, Missouri. The funeral will be at noon at the funeral home. Burial will be in Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery near Marble Hill...
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Shelia Craft-Barks
(Obituary ~ 11/04/15)
Shelia M. Craft-Barks, 47, of White Rock, New Mexico, formerly of Jackson, died Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Dana Correa
(Obituary ~ 11/04/15)
Dana M. Correa, 44, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, at Southeast Hospital. No formal service will be held. McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements.
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Mildred Irene Brase
(Obituary ~ 11/04/15)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Mildred Brase, 93, was born Dec. 18, 1921, at Owensville, Missouri, and died Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, at Springfield. She was the fourth of five children of the Rev. Benjamin and Mollie Wulf. Mildred married Herbert A. Brase on June 28, 1942, and he survives...
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Myrtle Bollinger
(Obituary ~ 11/04/15)
SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- Myrtle Bollinger, 91, of Sedgewickville died Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, at her home. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Bollinger Family Cemetery near Sedgewickville...
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Saxony Lutheran's FFA program thrives in second year
(Local News ~ 11/04/15)
During an agricultural-science class at Saxony Lutheran High School, teacher Mark Berry made a point about farm safety by giving students a new pair of jeans and telling them to rip the material by hand. If they succeeded, he said, he would buy them lunch. But the only meal Berry had to buy that day was his own...
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Automakers post big October sales gains; record year in sight
(National News ~ 11/04/15)
DETROIT -- The U.S. is speeding toward what could be a record year for auto sales. Sales of new cars and trucks rose by double-digit percentages at most major automakers in October, and companies are raising their expectations for the rest of the year. Ford now expects total U.S. sales of 17.4 million this year, just topping the record of 17.35 million from 2001...
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DNA hunt on as Chipotle-linked E. coli outbreak grows to 37
(National News ~ 11/04/15)
SEATTLE -- Chipotle's industry-leading commitment to tracking its ingredients from farm to table is being put to the test by an E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 37 people as of Tuesday, nearly all of whom ate recently at one of the chain's restaurants in Washington state or Oregon...
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Rams rookie sensation Gurley follows path of former Georgia star Herschel Walker
(Professional Sports ~ 11/04/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Herschel Walker says he predicted St. Louis Rams rookie running back Todd Gurley would be a star long before he was tearing up NFL defenses. Watching the Rams practice Tuesday, Walker judged Gurley to be a bit of a throwback in an age of specialization...
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Sizzling Kings bounce back from loss, hand 3-0 loss to Blues
(Professional Sports ~ 11/04/15)
Los Angeles has won eight of its last nine games.
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Royals bring it home to KC
(Professional Sports ~ 11/04/15)
About 500,000 fans turned out for Tuesday's victory parade.
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Region briefs 11/4/15
(Local News ~ 11/04/15)
KENNETT, Mo. -- The state is seeking the death penalty against a Malden, Missouri, man accused of first-degree murder and other felonies. Floyd Mantel Young Jr., 22, was supposed to appear for a preliminary hearing last week, but won't be back in court until Nov. ...
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Company sells Sanders-inspired underwear
(National News ~ 11/04/15)
MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Employees of a company have launched a side business selling underwear featuring a black-and-white drawing of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. The underwear, which features the message "Feel the Bern," is available for men and women and costs $15 plus shipping. The three workers with KSE Partners said they created Bernie's Briefs as a fun side business. A tenth of the proceeds will go toward a fund that supports injured soldiers...
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Lierz earns OVC goalkeeper honor
(College Sports ~ 11/04/15)
Southeast soccer Southeast Missouri State sophomore Kindra Lierz was chosen as the Ohio Valley Conference's goalkeeper of the week following two impressive performances last week. Lierz, who was the conference's freshman of the year and defender of the year last season, made a career-high 16 saves in a scoreless tie in the Redhawks' regular-season finale against UT Martin. The Skyhawks took 42 shots...
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Hillary blames VA's problems on Republicans
(Column ~ 11/04/15)
Three-hundred-thousand American veterans dying while awaiting health care from the VA has "not been as widespread as it has been made out to be," according to Hillary Clinton. She truly believes the secret wait lists and lack of care are part of a Republican plot...
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Prayer 11/4/15
(Prayer ~ 11/04/15)
O God, may couples seek you and strive to have Christ-centered marriages. Amen.
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Five area softball players earn first-team all-state honors
(High School Sports ~ 11/04/15)
Notre Dame's Morgan Duschell and Christina Scherer each earned first-team Missouri High School Fastpitch Coaches Association all-state honors for the fall season in Class 3, while Saxony Lutheran's Grace Mirly (Class 2) and Chaffee freshmen Bridgette Swinford and Sydney Walker (Class 1) also earned first-team honors...
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Elvie Robert
(Obituary ~ 11/04/15)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Elvie Lee Robert, 87, of Marble Hill, formerly of Kelso, Missouri, died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, at her home. She was born Nov. 1, 1928, in Neelys Landing to Robert E. Lee and Zola Mae Penrod Robison. She married Norval Robert on Oct. 7, 1950. He preceded her in death Sept. 21, 2001...
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