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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Oran baseball team defeats Bell City in possible district preview
(High School Sports ~ 05/10/16)
Drew Reischman had a home run, a double and drove in three runs as the Oran baseball team upended state-ranked and defending Class 1 state champion and district nemesis Bell City 5-3 on Monday in Oran, Missouri. Preston Hahn picked up the win on the mound for the Eagles, who improved to 12-8 with the win. He pitched four innings, during which he allowed three runs (one earned) on six hits. He tallied four strikeouts and one walk...
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Whitson leads Advance back to golf state tournament
(High School Sports ~ 05/10/16)
Advance senior Brian Whitson continued his hot run with a 5-over-par 75 to earn the medalist honor, leading the Hornets to the team title at the Class 1 sectional tournament Monday at The Oaks at Tan-Tar-A in Osage Beach, Missouri, and a spot in next week's state tournament...
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Greenville gets timing right to slip past district foe Chaffee in state-ranked baseball battle
(High School Sports ~ 05/10/16)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Talk about timing. Moments before the skies opened up for good, the Greenville baseball team found its timing at the plate, scoring two times on three hits in the top of the fifth inning to break a 2-2 tie and pull out a 4-2 win over Chaffee in a rain-shortened, five-inning contest at Harmon Field...
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Guardian Angel Eighth-Grade Graduation
(Submitted Story ~ 05/10/16)
Guardian Angel 8th grade graduation took place on Saturday, May 7 in Oran, MO. The evening started with a banquet hosted by the 7th graders and their parents in the school gym. The students then graduated during the 6 pm Mass at Guardian Angel Church...
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Element 74 works with Habitat for Humanity
(Submitted Story ~ 05/10/16)
Element 74, a digital production company in Cape Girardeau, is taking its pro bono work to heart. Early this month, Austin Bollinger, a project manager at Element 74, joined Habitat for Humanity’s board of directors in its Resource Development Committee. ...
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Second-half rally, Helms brace sees Sikeston girls soccer past Cape Central
(High School Sports ~ 05/10/16)
Torrie Helms made it much easier for the Sikeston girls soccer team to forget about a grim first half and move ahead. The senior forward provided two second-half goals as the Bulldogs rallied past Cape Girardeau Central 2-1 in regular-season SEMO Conference action Tuesday at Central High School...
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U.S. sues North Carolina over transgender bathroom law
(National News ~ 05/10/16)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- A clash over transgender rights took shape Monday when the U.S. Justice Department sued North Carolina over the state's bathroom law after the governor refused to back down. In unusually forceful language, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said North Carolina's law requiring transgender people to use public restrooms and showers corresponding to the gender on their birth certificate amounts to "state-sponsored discrimination" and is aimed at "a problem that doesn't exist."...
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Summer struggle: Parents sometimes have trouble paying for child care when kids are out of school
(Local News ~ 05/10/16)
The school year is drawing to a close, which means working parents of school-age children are finalizing child-care plans for the summer. What was once a steady schedule of school -- perhaps followed by after-school care -- becomes for some a hodgepodge of summer camps and baby sitters. While finding consistent care can be an issue, some area parents have a bigger struggle: paying for it...
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Jackson businesses worry about effect of roundabout project
(Local News ~ 05/10/16)
With construction beginning Tuesday on an uptown roundabout, Jackson businesses are getting proactive to ensure residents continue shopping uptown. "We are kind of nervous about it slowing our business down," said Lisa Walker, co-owner of High Street Station uptown...
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Cape business owner pleads guilty to importing steroids
(Local News ~ 05/10/16)
A Cape Girardeau business owner has pleaded guilty to federal charges of importing illegal steroids. Matthew S. Short, 29, of Marion, Illinois, pleaded guilty to bringing anabolic steroids into the U.S. in United States District Court in the Southern District of Illinois. Short owns Stack'D supplements, 3047 William St...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/10/16)
Today is Tuesday, May 10, the 131st day of 2016. There are 235 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 10, 1941, Adolf Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, parachuted into Scotland on what he claimed was a peace mission. (Hess ended up serving a life sentence at Spandau Prison until 1987, when he apparently committed suicide at age 93.)...
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Cape Air Show will be high-flying fun this week
(Editorial ~ 05/10/16)
Have you made plans to attend Wednesday's Cape Girardeau Air Show? It's an event the whole family can enjoy. Furthermore, it's free -- and you can't beat that! The Cape Girardeau Regional Airport is the place to be to see the skies lit up with performances that are sure to entertain and amaze. The opening ceremonies begin at 5:30 p.m...
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Out of the past: May 10
(Out of the Past ~ 05/10/16)
Cape Girardeau County officials are breathing a little easier after receiving their fifth sales tax check of 1991 yesterday. The checks for the first three months each amounted to less than for the comparable period last year, but the checks from April and May have shown increases over the previous year...
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Mildred Victoria Clay
(Obituary ~ 05/10/16)
Vicki Clay, 85, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, May 7, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 11, 1930, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Robert W. and Christine Glueck Allison. She and James Edward Jenkins were married for 35 years. Vicki later married Jack Lester Clay, who passed away in 2003...
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John Pullen
(Obituary ~ 05/10/16)
John A. Pullen, 64, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Bell City, Missouri, died Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at his home. He was born July 4, 1951, in Advance, Missouri, to the late Norris T. and Marie Bryant Pullen. He was a graduate of Bell City High School, class of 1968, and attended Southeast Missouri State College in Cape Girardeau...
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Frank Primo
(Obituary ~ 05/10/16)
DESLOGE, Mo. -- Frank "F.C." Primo, 92, of Desloge passed away Saturday, May 7, 2016, at his home. He was born Jan. 16, 1924, in Kinsey, Missouri, the son of the late Hattie May (nee Scoble) and Arthur Francis "Bud" Primo. He is survived by his wife of 72 years, M. ...
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Trump foes plan to push conservative views at GOP convention
(National News ~ 05/10/16)
WASHINGTON -- A top adviser from Sen. Ted Cruz's defunct presidential campaign wants supporters to push a conservative agenda, including limits on the bathrooms transgender people can use. It's a fresh example of the headaches Donald Trump could face at this summer's Republican National Convention...
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Man accused of spree ordered held without bond
(National News ~ 05/10/16)
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- A federal security officer charged with killing three people, including his estranged wife, in a shooting rampage in a Maryland suburb of the nation's capital was ordered held without bond on Monday. Eulalio Tordil of Adelphi, an employee of the Federal Protective Service, appeared in court by video Monday afternoon in Rockville, Maryland. He faces charges including first-degree murder...
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Mosquito season brings no urgency for funds to fight Zika
(National News ~ 05/10/16)
WASHINGTON -- The White House and Democrats are pressuring congressional Republicans to act on President Barack Obama's demands for money to combat Zika, but even the onset of mosquito season that likely will spread the virus has failed to create a sense of urgency...
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Options dwindling, Sanders says race isn't over
(National News ~ 05/10/16)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- For Bernie and Jane Sanders, the revolution continues, despite the odds. The Vermont senator's insurgent campaign seems on its last legs. With a clear delegate lead, Hillary Clinton has turned her focus to the general election and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump...
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Study: Sanders' economic plan adds $18T to federal debt
(National News ~ 05/10/16)
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bernie Sanders' tax and spending proposals would provide new levels of health and education benefits for American families, but they'd blow an $18 trillion hole in federal deficits, piling on so much debt, they would damage the economy...
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Little Mercury a black dot as it crosses vast face of sun
(National News ~ 05/10/16)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- For the first time in 10 years, Mercury passed directly between the Earth and sun Monday, resembling a black dot against the vast, glowing face of our star. Many stargazers turned to the Internet as NASA provided close-to-real-time images of the 7 1/2-hour trek, courtesy of the Solar Dynamics Observatory...
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2 confirmed dead in Oklahoma as tornadoes hit Plains
(National News ~ 05/10/16)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Tornadoes swept across portions of the Plains on Monday, killing two people in Oklahoma including an elderly man who was inside a home torn apart by one of the violent storms. An emergency management director said a man believed to be in his upper 70s died when a tornado hit a home near Wynnewood, south of Oklahoma City...
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Panama Papers database of offshore companies goes live
(International News ~ 05/10/16)
FRANKFURT, Germany -- A group of investigative journalists on Monday published the names of thousands of offshore companies at the heart of a massive trove of data on the finances of the rich and powerful that has become known as the Panama Papers. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists made data on 200,000 entities available on its website 1 p.m. Monday...
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Kansas City, Kansas, detective fatally shot; man in custody
(State News ~ 05/10/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Kansas City, Kansas, police detective helping respond to a report of a suspicious person near a racetrack was shot fatally Monday, and a parolee sought for questioning in that and an ensuing string of reported carjackings was wounded after a shootout with police in neighboring Missouri...
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Official: Fort McMurray saved from worst of wildfire
(International News ~ 05/10/16)
FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta -- At least two neighborhoods in this oil-sands city were scenes of devastation, with incinerated homes leveled to the ground from a wildfire Fort McMurray's fire chief called a "beast ... a fire like I've never seen in my life."...
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New police chief says he felt called to help Ferguson
(State News ~ 05/10/16)
FERGUSON, Mo. -- Ferguson's new police chief was ready to wrap a long career with retirement and life as a "beach bum." Instead, he felt called to help turn around a department that has come under scrutiny since the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in 2014...
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Mother of Michael Brown recalls his death, life in book
(State News ~ 05/10/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Lezley McSpadden was taking a cigarette break from her grocery-store job when a friend called to say someone had been shot in the street near Canfield Apartments in Ferguson. Within minutes, her cellphone rang again. It was a family member saying the victim was McSpadden's 18-year-old son, Michael Brown. The shooter was a police officer...
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Underwood, Stapleton, Cam vie for CMT Music Awards
(Entertainment ~ 05/10/16)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Carrie Underwood, Chris Stapleton and Cam are tied with three nominations each for the 2016 CMT Music Awards. CMT announced the nominees Monday. Underwood, Stapleton and Cam are nominated for video of the year. Underwood has won the award a record six times, including the last four years...
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Stars rock Blues from start, force Game 7
(Professional Sports ~ 05/10/16)
ST. LOUIS -- This time it was Dallas goalie Kari Lehtonen's turn to shine. Lehtonen made 35 saves to bring the series home to Dallas for Game 7 with a 3-2 victory over St. Louis on Monday night. Brian Elliott, a standout throughout the postseason, was pulled in the first period...
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Speak Out 5/10/16
(Speak Out ~ 05/10/16)
Thanks to Southeast Missourian reporter Lindsay Jones for your accurate and informative article about the controversy surrounding having a community named after Andrew Jackson. The fact that your piece provoked a lot a angry responses serves to prove how spot-on it was...
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State briefs 5/10/16
(State News ~ 05/10/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- St. Louis NAACP officials are questioning the accuracy of Missouri data on racial disparity in police stops. St. Louis chapter president Adolphus Pruitt said during a Monday legislative hearing biased policing could be underreported. ...
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Missouri monument at Vicksburg to be fixed with federal cash
(State News ~ 05/10/16)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The federal government is picking up the tab to repair a monument to Missouri's Civil War troops at the Vicksburg National Military Park. The Mississippi military park where it's located commemorates the 47-day Siege of Vicksburg in 1863, a decisive victory for Union Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, the Columbia Daily Tribune reported...
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National WWI Museum's exhibit focuses on bloody battles
(State News ~ 05/10/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A new exhibit at the National World War I Museum and Memorial focuses on two pivotal battles and features more graphic material than other temporary displays mounted by the facility. The centennial exhibit, "They Shall Not Pass 1916," covers the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Verdun, The Kansas City Star reported...
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William Schallert, actor and union activist, dies at 93
(Entertainment ~ 05/10/16)
William Schallert, a veteran TV performer and Hollywood union leader who played Patty Duke's father -- and uncle -- on television and led a long, contentious strike for actors, has died. Schallert died Sunday at his home in Pacific Palisades, California, said his son, Edwin. He was 93...
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Jackson police report 5/10/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/10/16)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Amy R. Ortiz, 30, of Farmington, Missouri, was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana under 35 grams, unlawful use of drug paraphernalia and distribution of a controlled substance...
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Cape Girardeau police report 5/10/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/10/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Paul Douglas Lafontaine, 60, of Fulton, Missouri, was arrested at 3265 William St. on a Scott County warrant for property damage, a parole-violation warrant, a Cole County, Missouri, warrant for fraud and an Obion County, Tennessee, warrant for property damage...
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Raymond McCrite
(Obituary ~ 05/10/16)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Raymond "Pedro" McCrite, 81, of Tamms, died Monday, May 9, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms.
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Cops stop speeding car, find mom in labor
(National News ~ 05/10/16)
LOS ANGELES -- Two police officers pulled over a speeding car on Mother's Day to find a woman about to give birth and a frantic man behind the wheel. Police said officers Maraea Toomalatai and Brian Armendariz escorted the couple to a hospital Sunday. Before doctors could get to the mother-to-be inside the car, she gave birth to a healthy boy with the assistance of the other officer. Police later issued a photo of the newborn inside the hospital with his beaming parents...
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Back to the basics
(Column ~ 05/10/16)
I was honored to speak at the Cape County Republican Women's Club's Lincoln Day Celebration and Dinner on Saturday. The keynote speaker was former Attorney General John Ashcroft. My role was to offer a few minutes of inspiration and prayer. If ever there was a time that begs for inspiration, it's now. ...
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Prayer 5/10/16
(Prayer ~ 05/10/16)
Thank you, O God, that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
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One year
(Column ~ 05/10/16)
This month marks the one-year anniversary of my taking office as mayor. I am often asked how I am finding the experience of being mayor. My response consistently is that I am enjoying the opportunity to serve Jackson and its citizens. I believe the key to any job is that you feel you are making a positive contribution and you enjoy those with whom you work...
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