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Jackson senior Caitlyn Palmer returns to defend her crown at girls swimming state meet
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/16)
Palmer will be joined by eight other swimmers from around the area at the Missouri State Girls Swimming and Diving Championships, which begin with preliminaries today and wrap up with finals Saturday at the City of St. Peters Rec-Plex in St. Peters, Missouri.
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Southeast Missouri State baseball breakdown
(College Sports ~ 02/19/16)
Clayton Evans missed the final 10 games of the regular season as a junior due to injury, and shortly after his clearance the center fielder tore his ACL, which will keep him out this year. With a redshirt still available, Evans will be able to play his senior season in 2017, but it leaves the Redhawks with another outfield spot to fill in 2016...
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Baseball is back as Southeast Missouri State opens the season tonight searching for more success
(College Sports ~ 02/19/16)
The two-time defending Ohio Valley Conference regular-season champions open the season at Lamar University.
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Three Jackson wrestlers advance to state championship's final day
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/16)
Class 4 Championship Bracket Quarterfinals 120 — Klayton Anderson (Batt) dec. Gus Guilliams (J) 6-0 126 — Mike Brown (HO) pin Jake Byrd (J) :19 170 — Montario Whiles (STAL) dec. Carson McCord (J) 5-4 Consolation Bracket Second Round 120 — G. Guilliams (J) dec. Will Edgar (CBC) 2-1...
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Jackson boys basketball seniors shine in final home game
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/16)
Seniors Jacob Smith, Garrett Walker and Stephen Irons each finished in double figures, as Jackson wrapped up regular-season SEMO Conference action with a 71-52 win over Kennett.
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3 sought after squad car rammed
(State News ~ 02/19/16)
FERGUSON, Mo. -- Authorities are searching for three suspects after a police car was rammed in Ferguson, prompting a chase into St. Louis. KMOV-TV reported officers spotted a stolen Chevrolet on Wednesday night on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson. As officers approached, the car sped off, ramming the squad car on the way out...
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Crews battle large grass fire
(State News ~ 02/19/16)
WESTON, Mo. -- Fire crews have been fighting a large, wind-whipped grass fire in rural northwest Missouri near the Missouri River. The Southern Platte Fire Department and the Kansas City Fire Department units were called to the grass fire early Thursday in Platte County. No injuries have been reported...
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Woman accused of threatening agents
(State News ~ 02/19/16)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A southwest Missouri woman is charged with communicating threats of violence over the Internet after prosecutors say she sent pro-Islamic State group messages over social media. Safya Roe Yassin is a U.S. citizen charged in a federal complaint Wednesday alleging she posted a threat last August on Twitter against two FBI agents...
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Part of old Boone Bridge in St. Louis County brought down
(State News ~ 02/19/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A portion of the westbound span of a 1930s-era St. Louis County bridge was taken down with one of two explosions that will remove the structure on Interstate 64. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the interstate was closed for about an hour Thursday morning as the Missouri Department of Transportation removed the old Boone Bridge...
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Missouri cop put on leave for role in racially charged video
(State News ~ 02/19/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A white Missouri police officer has been placed on unpaid leave after he appeared in a racially charged music video wearing his uniform and carrying a sign reading "cops lives matter." St. Joseph patrolman Zackary Craft also is seen reaching for his gun in the video for "Before This Bomb Blows Up (Racism Goes Both Ways)" by Josh Smith, a white rapper from the Kansas City suburb of Independence, Missouri, who performs as J.Smitty...
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Missouri House passes limits on union fees in paychecks
(State News ~ 02/19/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri House passed legislation Thursday requiring public employees to give annual, written permission for union dues to be withheld from their paychecks, though the measure would exempt first responders such as police and firefighters...
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Official: Mizzou lost $2M in donations after unrest
(State News ~ 02/19/16)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- About $2 million in donations to the University of Missouri have been lost in fallout from the unrest at the campus in Columbia, a top university official said Thursday. Vice chancellor for advancement Tom Hiles said several donors who had pledged money to the university have pulled back their pledges, although the vast majority of lost money was from seven to 10 big donors...
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St. Louis County police carrying heroin antidote Narcan
(State News ~ 02/19/16)
BALLWIN, Mo. -- St. Louis County police began carrying the heroin antidote Narcan on Thursday in hopes of saving some of the victims of a drug that has become a scourge in the region. All commissioned personnel in the St. Louis County Police Department are being trained in the use of Narcan, an antidote for those who overdose on heroin or prescription opioids such as morphine, codeine or oxycodone. ...
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Wiffle-ball tournament set for April
(Local News ~ 02/19/16)
Arena Park will be the site of this year's wiffle ball Summer Classic to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Cape Girardeau. The event is set for April 29 and 30, and registration is $80 per team. In addition to the competitive Summer Classic City Championship, a team-building division will be open to interested participants. Other attractions will include live music, batting cages, wiffle golf, a home-run derby and food and drinks...
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CID board wants cops walking beats downtown on weekends
(Local News ~ 02/19/16)
The Downtown Community Improvement District and Cape Girardeau Police Department want the same thing: officers to walk a beat downtown during peak weekend hours. The CID board met with chief Wes Blair on Thursday in an attempt to iron out lingering issues in the contract...
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Wallingford opposes lobbyist ban, calls it 'job obstruction'
(Local News ~ 02/19/16)
Missouri senators removed a one-year ban on lobbying from a bill Thursday that is part of a legislative effort to repair public trust in government. The vote was 18 to 14 to remove the prohibition from a House-approved plan to impose a one-year waiting period for members of the House and Senate to become lobbyists...
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Uptown Jackson to display artist's work
(Local News ~ 02/19/16)
Uptown Jackson will celebrate the artwork of Missouri painter Gary Lucy on Saturday. The artist will be on hand for the exhibition’s opening, and his works will be on display at the Cape Girardeau County History Center and in the businesses that line South High Street...
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Artist addresses race at Red Light Night lecture
(Local News ~ 02/19/16)
Local artist Tyler Harris tackled race in art and society in the first of this year’s Arts Council of Southeast Missouri Red Light Night lectures. A senior art-education major at Southeast Missouri State University, Harris uses his own art as a means to address the social ills he sees in contemporary culture...
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Students play 'stump the artist' with Gary Lucy
(Local News ~ 02/19/16)
Artist Gary Lucy draws as part of a game Friday called Stump the Artist at the Cape Girardeau County History Center with a fifth-grade class from Immaculate Conception School in Jackson.
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SoutheastHEALTH to expand heart program, move psychiatric unit
(Local News ~ 02/19/16)
Pending final approval, SoutheastHEALTH will expand its cardiovascular program in Cape Girardeau and relocate its psychiatric unit to the SoutheastHEALTH Hospital in Stoddard County, Missouri, as part of a significant emergency department expansion there...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/19/16)
Today in History Today is Friday, Feb. 19, the 50th day of 2016. There are 316 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 19, 1986, the U.S. Senate approved, 83-11, the Genocide Convention, an international treaty outlawing "acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group," nearly 37 years after the pact had first been submitted for ratification...
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2016 state girls swimming qualifiers
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/16)
2016 state girls swimming qualifiers
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Class 3 District 2 tournaments highlight first week of postseason prep basketball
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/16)
Classes 1-3 officially start postseason play this weekend, and the Rams are scheduled to host the Class 3 District 2 boys and girls tournaments for the second year in a row.
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Taxes a burden on the economy
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/19/16)
The citizens of Missouri and Cape Girardeau are overtaxed and mismanaged! A comparative analysis of Missouri and Tennessee reveals: Missourians are overtaxed by $1.339 billion. Missouri taxes are 9.38 percent higher than Tennessee's. Missouri local taxes are 16.6 percent higher than Tennessee's...
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University inducts six to Hall of Fame
(Editorial ~ 02/19/16)
The Southeast Missouri State University athletics department and others will gather tonight at the Show Me Center to induct the 2015 Hall of Fame class. The individuals will be added to the 86 athletes and 17 teams have already received the honor. This year’s inductees represent several dimensions of university athletics, according to the biographies at gosoutheast.com:
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When the going gets rough, stand your ground
(Column ~ 02/19/16)
We Americans are getting soft. The nation of doers, achievers, strivers and explorers has become, like the funny TV commercial for whatever it is advertising, a bunch of settlers. I first noticed our flabby fiber -- something we used to call backbone -- in one of the first seasons of the TV show called "Survivor." I watched one episode and saw how truly mushy the participants and producers and crew really were. I have not watched a single episode since then...
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Out of the past: Feb. 19
(Out of the Past ~ 02/19/16)
Cape Girardeau Board of Education president Carolyn Kelley and member Johnnie James vote against rehiring school administrators for 1991-1992 because of concerns they have about one of them. SAN DIEGO -- When the nation's sixth-largest city recently honored 17 San Diego area residents as "Headliners of the Year," two of the honorees turned out to be Southeast Missouri State University graduates; Bill Stacy was honored for his contributions to education, and Dr. ...
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Jackson police report 2/19/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/19/16)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest n William G. Driskell, 20, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana under 35 grams, possession of drug paraphernalia and a Cape Girardeau warrant...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 2/19/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/19/16)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Tuesday n Medical assists were made at 4:10 a.m. on Washington Avenue; 5:33 a.m. on Lakeshore Drive; 7:28 a.m. on Sheridan Drive; 1:55 p.m. on South Silver Springs Road; 3:06 p.m. at Doctors' Park; 7:05 p.m. on North Spring Avenue; 7:41 p.m. on South Silver Springs Road; and 10:10 p.m. on North Henderson Avenue...
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Cape Girardeau police report 2/19/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/19/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of driving while intoxicated, failure to drive on the right half of the roadway and failure to signal at North Mount Auburn Road and Kage Road...
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Anna Simpson
(Obituary ~ 02/19/16)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Anna Spies Simpson, 97, of Cairo died Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, at her home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Crain Funeral Home in Cairo. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Interment will be at Green Lawn Memorial Gardens in Villa Ridge, Illinois...
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Shirley Schmidt
(Obituary ~ 02/19/16)
Shirley Ann Schmidt, nee Bertrand, 86, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, at her home with her husband at her bedside. She came into this world Sept. 27, 1929. Shirley was a lifelong resident of Cape Girardeau County, one of 10 children of Frank C. and Zetta Essner Bertrand...
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Calvin Sailer
(Obituary ~ 02/19/16)
Calvin Victor Sailer, 87, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Aug. 26, 1928, in Gordonville, the son of Henry M. and Bertha Sebastian Sailer. He and Verla M. Voges were married Dec. 21, 1952, at Emanuel United Church of Christ in Jackson...
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Marie Mize
(Obituary ~ 02/19/16)
Marie Richardson Mize, 62, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 16, 1953, in Cape Girardeau to Monroe and Leola Abernathy Richardson. Marie was a graduate of the former University High School in Cape Girardeau. She had worked for Ceramo Co. and Quality Packaging Co. in Jackson. She really enjoyed crocheting...
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Christopher Gerding
(Obituary ~ 02/19/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Christopher A. Gerding, 58, of Perryville died Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, at Estates of Perryville. He was born March 12, 1957, in St. Louis, the son of Albert L. and Ralphena V. Doyle Gerding. He was a member of the Lutheran faith. He had lived at Terrace Gardens for over 20 years, then "My Camp." He worked for over 20 years at Perry County Sheltered Workshop, now known as United Enterprises Inc. in Perryville...
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Births 2/19/16
(Births ~ 02/19/16)
Son to Mitchell Dane and Gretchen Leigh Harpster of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 1:26 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016. Name, Henry Thomas. Weight, 6 pounds, 14 ounces. Third son. Mrs. Harpster is the former Gretchen Spitzmiller, daughter of Tom and Patty Spitzmiller of Gordonville. She is a teacher with the Leopold School District. Harpster is the son of Natalie Stein of Cape Girardeau and Dane and Belinda Harpster of St. Peter, Illinois. He is a sales representative for Dubois Chemicals...
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ABC programming head exits; successor is a network TV first
(Entertainment ~ 02/19/16)
LOS ANGELES -- The president of the ABC Entertainment Group is departing amid low ratings, to be replaced by the first African-American to head a broadcast TV network. Paul Lee's successor is Channing Dungey, who has been ABC's executive vice president for drama development, movies and miniseries, the Walt Disney Co.-owned network said Wednesday. Dungey shepherded ABC hits including "Scandal," "How to Get Away with Murder" and "Quantico."...
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TV producers may start making you wait for new shows online
(Entertainment ~ 02/19/16)
NEW YORK -- The Golden Age of Online Television may be in peril. Streaming TV has gotten popular as several online services such as Netflix make past seasons of TV shows available for binge-watching, while Hulu offers episodes from the current season...
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Artifacts 2/19/16
(Entertainment ~ 02/19/16)
The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, 32 N. Main St. in Cape Girardeau, has issued a call for artists to submit their work for a new, national juried exhibition titled "Subliminal: Hidden Messages," to be shown at the council's gallery in June and July. ...
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Southeast Missouri State aims to snap three-game skid against Eastern Illinois on Saturday
(College Sports ~ 02/19/16)
The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team will try to snap its three-game losing on Saturday against the team that started their winless stretch. The Redhawks return home after a three-game road trip and a week off from action to face Eastern Illinois at 2 p.m. at the Show Me Center...
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#SemoSelfie 2/19/16
(Entertainment ~ 02/19/16)
Enjoying the men’s basketball game! GO REDHAWKS! #semoselfie
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'On the Town': Southeast's spring musical is a triple-threat of song, dance and acting
(Entertainment ~ 02/19/16)
The first time Judith Farris saw "On the Town," it was summertime in Central Park. As it grew darker and the lights of the city came on, the show began. There was no need for a backdrop. New York City shined right before them. Farris went to the show with Betty Comden and Adolph Green, the show's original authors and lyricists...
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Seoul's spy service says North Korea is preparing attacks
(International News ~ 02/19/16)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently ordered preparations for launching "terror" attacks on South Koreans, a top Seoul official said Thursday, as worries about the North grow after its recent nuclear test and rocket launch...
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Turkey blames Kurdish militants for Ankara car bombing
(International News ~ 02/19/16)
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey on Thursday blamed Kurdish militants at home and in neighboring Syria for a deadly bombing in Ankara and stepped up pressure on the U.S. to sever ties with the Syrian Kurdish militia that has been a key force against the Islamic State group in the complex Syrian conflict...
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Critics challenge Baylor claim of no sex offenses in 4 years
(National News ~ 02/19/16)
DALLAS -- Baylor University did not report a single instance of sexual assault in a four-year span, according to federal statistics, a finding that stands in sharp contrast to the many other private and public schools that made multiple reports over the same period...
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Skeptics doubt new Chicago video policy will rebuild trust
(National News ~ 02/19/16)
CHICAGO -- Mayor Rahm Emanuel's promise to release videos of police shootings in no more than three months was touted as a way to bring more transparency to Chicago after the city took more than a year to make public the footage of a teenager's death...
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Study: Right gut bacteria may protect against malnutrition
(National News ~ 02/19/16)
WASHINGTON -- Manipulating what kinds of bacteria live in the gut might lead to a new way to treat millions of children suffering chronic malnutrition, says new research that suggests the right microbes can help get the most out of a poor diet. Researchers culled intestinal bacteria from babies and toddlers in Malawi, where malnutrition is a serious problem, and transferred them into mice for study. ...
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Obama to raise human rights during historic trip to Cuba
(National News ~ 02/19/16)
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said Thursday he'll raise human rights issues and other U.S. concerns with Cuban President Raul Castro during a history-making visit to the communist island nation. The brief visit in mid-March will mark a watershed moment in relations between the U.S. and Cuba, making Obama the first sitting U.S. president to set foot on the island in nearly seven decades...
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Some want to limit justices to 18 years on Supreme Court
(National News ~ 02/19/16)
WASHINGTON -- Justice Antonin Scalia's sudden death a month before his 80th birthday and the potential impasse over replacing him is giving new impetus to an old idea: limiting the service of Supreme Court justices. Scalia had been on the court nearly 30 years, longer than any of the current justices and all but 14 of the 112 men and women who have served on the court...
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Pope: Only building border walls 'not Christian'
(National News ~ 02/19/16)
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE -- Thrusting himself into the heated American presidential campaign, Pope Francis declared Thursday that Donald Trump is "not Christian" if he wants to address illegal immigration only by building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border...
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Pope suggests contraception can be condoned in Zika crisis
(National News ~ 02/19/16)
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE -- Pope Francis has suggested women threatened with the Zika virus could use artificial contraception, saying there's a clear moral difference between aborting a fetus and preventing a pregnancy. Francis was asked Wednesday en route home from Mexico whether abortion or birth control could be considered a "lesser evil" when confronting the Zika crisis in Brazil, where some babies with abnormally small heads have been born to Zika-infected mothers...
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Clumsy burglar crashes through ceiling
(National News ~ 02/19/16)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Investigators in the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office in north Florida are searching for a clumsy burglary suspect who was caught on surveillance video falling through the ceiling of a Popeye's fried-chicken restaurant. First Coast News reported the video shows the man crashing to the floor in a heap early Monday. He's then seen struggling to pry open a safe under a counter, using a variety of items that were on hand...
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Jackson advances three wrestlers to Class 4 state quarterfinals
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/16)
Jackson advanced three wrestlers of its eight wrestlers into the quarterfinal round of the Class 4 competition at the Missouri Wrestling Championships on Thursday at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Mo. Advancing were Gus Gulliams at 120 pounds with a 9-0 major decision over Austin Kolvek of Park Hill...
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High school roundup: Hillsboro boys top Perryville for title
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/16)
All the local high school events reported Thursday to the Southeast Missourian.
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Best Bet: WWE Wrestlemania rumbles back to Cape
(Entertainment ~ 02/19/16)
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. will return to Cape Girardeau for the first time in more than two years next week for WWE Live Road to Wrestlemania! The event will begin at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Show Me Center, 1333 N. Sprigg St. in Cape Girardeau. Some favorite WWE superstars will be in tow, including Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, Sheamus, Kevin Owens, The Divas and more. Tickets start at $18 and may be purchased at the Show Me Center box office or online at showmecenter.biz...
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Prayer 2/19/16
(Prayer ~ 02/19/16)
In word and song we rejoice before you, O Lord Jesus. Amen.
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Arlene Davidson
(Obituary ~ 02/19/16)
PATTON, Mo. -- Arlene Hope Davidson, 96, of Patton died Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, at Madison County Hospital in Fredericktown, Missouri. Visitation will be from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Missouri. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Mount Lebanon Cemetery in St. Ann, Missouri...
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