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Pentagon ends ban on transgender troops in military
(National News ~ 06/30/16)
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon announced Thursday that transgender people will be allowed to serve openly in the U.S. military, ending one of the last bans on service in the armed forces. Saying it's the right thing to do, Defense Secretary Ash Carter laid out a yearlong implementation plan declaring that "Americans who want to serve and can meet our standards should be afforded the opportunity to compete to do so."...
- Old Glory flying (Submitted Story ~ 06/30/16)
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Southeast Missouri State's Bieser hired as Missouri baseball coach
(College Sports ~ 06/30/16)
Steve Bieser is moving on after leading the Southeast Missouri State University baseball team to new heights in his four seasons at the helm. The Redhawks coach was announced as the new head coach of the University of Missouri baseball team Thursday afternoon. Bieser, who in his four seasons at the helm led the Redhawks to three consecutive Ohio Valley Conference regular-season titles for the first time in league history, replaces Tim Jamieson, whose resignation after 22 years was announced June 11...
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Cape murderer still will serve 2 life sentences; appeals court forced reduced charge
(Local News ~ 06/30/16)
Judge Benjamin Lewis on Wednesday sentenced Kenneth Dewayne Bell, 25, of Cape Girardeau to two consecutive life sentences for two counts of second-degree murder and 30 years for armed criminal action, also to be served consecutively. Lewis gave Bell a nearly identical sentence March 9, 2015, but Bell was ineligible for parole on the life sentences when he was convicted of first-degree murder...
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Southeast president to get his U.S. citizenship July 4
(Local News ~ 06/30/16)
Southeast Missouri State University president Carlos Vargas-Aburto has seen his share of Fourth of July celebrations. This one will be special. Thirty-one years after he first began working in higher education in the United States, Vargas will become a U.S. citizen...
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AT&T: High-speed internet ready along I-55
(Local News ~ 06/30/16)
As part of an initiative to increase connectivity throughout the state, AT&T has announced the certification of the Cape Girardeau-Jackson corridor along Interstate 55 as "fiber-ready." State and local officials and representatives from the business community joined together Wednesday morning at the Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center to hear the announcement and to cut the ribbon on the open corridor...
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Delta Queen closer to cruising again after Senate panel's vote
(State News ~ 06/30/16)
ST. LOUIS -- An effort to get the legendary Delta Queen riverboat back afloat on the Mississippi River and its tributaries got a boost Wednesday when the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee agreed to reinstate an exemption for the 89-year-old vessel. The Delta Queen is expected to move to the small St. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/30/16)
Today in History Today is Thursday, June 30, the 182nd day of 2016. There are 184 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 30, 1966, the National Organization for Women (NOW) was founded in Washington, D.C. On this date: In 1859, French acrobat Charles Blondin walked back and forth on a tightrope above the gorge of Niagara Falls as thousands of spectators watched...
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A new American deal for Europe
(Column ~ 06/30/16)
Editor's note: This commentary originally appeared in The Wall Street Journal. Britain's decision to leave the European Union opens an era of political disruption, but along with it comes opportunity. The U.S. can seize this moment of uncertainty to reassert its leadership of a Western alliance of free nations...
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Kudos to city for implementing street-paving standards
(Editorial ~ 06/30/16)
We've all experienced it: a bumpy ride on some Cape Girardeau streets. Why don't they do something to fix it, you might find yourself asking. The reality is that the city does repair potholes, and has for years. But the source of the recurring issue lies below the surface: Many of Cape's streets were built on a dirt, rather than gravel, base, according to a recent story by Southeast Missourian reporter Mark Bliss...
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Are you ready to buy? Five things to discuss with your significant other before purchasing a home
(Community ~ 06/30/16)
In a relationship, you count on your significant other to be there with you through the good and the bad. They are your best friend, your confidant and your closest ally. And you count on being able to have important conversations with them as well...
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Jackson student designs stickers for gamers
(Community ~ 06/30/16)
For 17-year-old Tyler Macke, the summer vacation before his senior year at Jackson High School doesn't actually mean "vacation." It means running his own business designing and selling stickers at stickergrub.com, which he started last year to address a vacuum in the market for online gaming promotional products...
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New laws on abortion set to take effect around the country
(National News ~ 06/30/16)
New laws targeting abortion are set to take effect Friday in about one-fifth of the states, initiating another wave of restrictions days after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Texas measure that led several clinics to close. Some of the laws limit when and how the procedure can be performed. Others restrict what can be done with tissue from aborted fetuses. Still others seek to block abortion providers from getting government funding...
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Texas researchers' findings factor into abortion ruling
(National News ~ 06/30/16)
AUSTIN, Texas -- The biggest court ruling affirming U.S. abortion rights in a generation scolded Texas lawmakers for a lack of facts and vindicated Republicans' wonky pest: a team of university researchers so prolific in their scrutiny of Texas women's-health laws, a state health official lost his job for collaborating with them...
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McConnell tries to shelter GOP senators from Trump upheaval
(National News ~ 06/30/16)
WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is wrestling with an unenviable, arguably impossible task this election year: protecting Senate Republicans from the political upheaval caused by Donald Trump's presidential candidacy. If he fails, it won't be for lack of preparation, hard work and cold-blooded political calculation...
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North America leaders urge against Trump's isolationism
(International News ~ 06/30/16)
OTTAWA, Ontario -- President Barack Obama and the leaders of Mexico and Canada pushed back forcefully Wednesday against the isolationist and anti-immigrant sentiments that have roiled Britain and been championed by GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump...
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Out of the past: June 30
(Out of the Past ~ 06/30/16)
After bottling its first soda nearly a century ago, the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Southeast Missouri, located in Jackson, has changed hands; the company, which had enjoyed local ownership since its beginning in 1894, has been sold to the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Northeast Arkansas Inc...
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Martin Sorenson
(Obituary ~ 06/30/16)
Martin Ray Sorenson, 72, of Jackson peacefully passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at his home, surrounded by members of his family. He was born Nov. 2, 1943, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, son of Harvey John and Barbara Helen Ness Sorenson. Martin was a U.S. Air Force veteran, honorably discharged as captain in 1971 after serving four years...
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Betty Shoulders
(Obituary ~ 06/30/16)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Betty Jo "Jody" Shoulders, 85, of Murray, Kentucky, formerly of Cairo, died Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at Lake Way Nursing Home in Benton, Kentucky. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11 a.m. today at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Cairo...
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Ted Lacey
(Obituary ~ 06/30/16)
Ted Richard Lacey, 71, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, June 27, 2016, at Heartland Care and Rehab. There will be no public services. Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements.
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Leon Kackley
(Obituary ~ 06/30/16)
GRASSY, Mo. -- Leon B. Kackley, 80, of Grassy passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Leon was born March 11, 1936, in Monette, Arkansas, the son of the deceased Lee and Essie Kackley. Leon married Lavern Williams on Oct. 15, 1955, and she remained the love of his life for 60 years...
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Claude Jaco
(Obituary ~ 06/30/16)
Claude "Gene" Jaco, 88, of Jackson passed away Monday, June 27, 2016, at the Monticello House in Jackson, where he resided the past four years. He was born Dec. 5, 1927, in St. Louis to Pearl E. and Gladys Estes Jaco. He and Betty J. Clifton were married June 30, 1951, in Jackson. They had been married 61 years, when Betty passed away July 5, 2012...
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Linda Hurt
(Obituary ~ 06/30/16)
Linda Lou Hurt, 77, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at Landmark Hospital. She was born July 15, 1938, in Dexter, Missouri, to the late Loy and Ollie Oakley Martin. She and Claude E. Hurt were married June 7, 1958, at Bridgeton, Missouri. He preceded her in death May 16, 2016...
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Kim Hemmann
(Obituary ~ 06/30/16)
Kim D. Hemmann, 57, of Jackson died Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at her home in Jackson. She was born Oct. 13, 1958, in Cape Girardeau to Jim M. and Marilyn Mae Tibbs Hency. She and Howard N. Hemmann were married May 10, 1980, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau...
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Mary Eakins
(Obituary ~ 06/30/16)
Mary Lou Stroder Eakins, 86, of Jackson passed away Thursday, June 23, 2016, at her daughter's home in Jackson. She was born Aug. 7, 1929, in Burfordville, daughter of Otis and Aza Helderman Reynolds. She and Richard "Bud" Stroder were married May 26, 1949; he passed away Feb. 6, 1997. She and L.T. Eakins were married Oct. 16, 1998...
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Mary Dohogne
(Obituary ~ 06/30/16)
Mary Belle Dohogne, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at Chateau Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Parish prayers will be at 7 p.m. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Mary Depover
(Obituary ~ 06/30/16)
Mary C. Versluys Depover, 80, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, June 25, 2016, at Chateau Girardeau. She was born Oct. 11, 1935, in Illinois to the late August M. and Dorothy Burke Posateri. Survivors include a son, Eugene R. (Mary Jane) Versluys Jr. of Jackson; three grandchildren, Ashley Sorensen of Carlyle, Illinois, Zachary (Heidi) Schrader of Sparta, Illinois, and Kaylie Versluys of Belleville, Illinois; and six great-grandchildren...
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Wilma Campbell
(Obituary ~ 06/30/16)
Wilma Campbell, 71, of Scott City died Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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Dorothy Boston
(Obituary ~ 06/30/16)
Dorothy Marie Boston, 87, our dear mom, grandma, great-grandma and friend, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2016, surrounded by her loved ones. Dotty was born Feb. 15, 1929, in Modesto, California; she was the oldest of eight children of Floyd and Grace Gardner. ...
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Jackson police report 6/30/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/30/16)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Miscellaneous n A fireworks violation was reported in the area of the city park. n Check the welfare was requested in the 2400 block of East Jackson Boulevard...
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Cape Girardeau police report 6/30/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/30/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Two suspects were in custody pending formal charges of robbery. Summonses n Alexandra E. Ellis, 20, of Cape Girardeau was issued summonses for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia at North Water Street and Broadway...
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Births 6/30/16
(Births ~ 06/30/16)
Daughter to Chad Anthony and Makisha Lynn Ritter of Marble Hill, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 9:40 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, 2016. Name, Kynnedy Lynn. Weight, 8 pounds. Fifth daughter. Mrs. Ritter is the former Makisha Massa, daughter of Terry and Rhonda Massa of Marble Hill. Ritter is the son of Fred and Deloris Ritter of Advance, Missouri. He is a supervisor at Mondi...
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Man who robbed bank for health care gets lenient sentence
(State News ~ 06/30/16)
BRANSON, Mo. — A 77-year-old man who said he robbed a Branson bank to get access to health care has been sentenced to two years in federal prison. Joseph Cyrus of Hollister was sentenced Wednesday for robbing the Central Bank in November. The Springfield News-Leader reported Cyrus will serve his sentence at a medical facility. ...
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Container home in St. Charles gets preliminary approval
(State News ~ 06/30/16)
ST. CHARLES, Mo. — A St. Charles man is a step closer to being able to build a home made out of shipping containers after action by the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission. KTVI-TV reported the commission at a public hearing this week chose not to recommend the city council adopt restrictions on homes made of shipping containers. ...
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Creve Coeur approves outdoor smoking ban
(State News ~ 06/30/16)
CREVE COEUR, Mo. — Many cities and counties have banned smoking indoors, but the St. Louis suburb of Creve Coeur is going a step further. The Creve Coeur City Council earlier this week passed a measure placing limits on where smoking is allowed outdoors. ...
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Ameren investigates transformer explosion in St. Louis
(State News ~ 06/30/16)
ST. LOUIS — The utility company Ameren Missouri is investigating the cause of a small underground explosion in downtown St. Louis. A transformer exploded around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday near the intersection of 10th and Olive streets, causing smoke to fill the street. No one was hurt. The fire was quickly extinguished. Several downtown blocks were closed two weeks ago after an electrical fire began in a manhole in another area of downtown. Hot weather and aging equipment were blamed in that fire. ...
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Missouri GOP governor candidate sells 'ISIS hunting permits'
(State News ~ 06/30/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens is selling so-called “ISIS hunting permits” to raise money. Greitens’ campaign distributed an email Wednesday promoting bumper stickers with the words “ISIS HUNTING PERMIT 2016.” The sticker states it expires when “we defeat this evil.” The campaign is selling the mock hunting tags for a $10 donation. ...
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Supreme Court's impact on Missouri abortion laws unsettled
(State News ~ 06/30/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri attorney general’s office said more must be done to determine how a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on abortion laws affects Missouri regulations. The nation’s highest court this week ruled some Texas regulations are medically unnecessary and unconstitutionally limit women’s abortion rights. ...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 6/30/16
(Local News ~ 06/30/16)
Approval of minutes n Minutes of the June 27 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on agenda Routine business...
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Media use in U.S. up a full hour over just last year
(National News ~ 06/30/16)
NEW YORK -- The typical American adult is using media for a full hour a day more than just last year, with smartphones accounting for most of the increase. People spent an average of 10 hours, 39 minutes each day with smartphones, tablets, TV, radio, computers and video games during the first three months of 2016, according to a Nielsen company study released this week...
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Congress approves Puerto Rico rescue bill
(National News ~ 06/30/16)
WASHINGTON -- Congress delivered relief to debt-stricken Puerto Rico on Wednesday, sending President Barack Obama a last-minute financial rescue package to help the U.S. territory of 3.5 million Americans. The Senate passed the bill on a bipartisan 68-30 vote, three weeks after the House backed the measure...
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Review: City lawyers hid evidence of Chicago police misconduct
(National News ~ 06/30/16)
CHICAGO -- When a federal judge concluded a lawyer employed by the city of Chicago concealed audio evidence in a civil trial, the court issued a rebuke, saying the recordings showed police lied about the events that led officers to shoot and kill a black motorist...
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Aide: Clinton opposed private emails accessible to 'anybody'
(National News ~ 06/30/16)
WASHINGTON -- Longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin said in a legal proceeding Clinton did not want the private emails she mixed in with State Department emails on her private computer server to be accessible to "anybody," according to transcripts released Wednesday...
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EU to Britain: No access to single market without migration
(International News ~ 06/30/16)
BRUSSELS -- European Union leaders spelled out conditions for a new relationship with a departing Britain on Wednesday, warning if British business wants to keep access to Europe's single market, the country must accept European workers, too. Leaders produced no clear rehaul for their shaken union after an unusual and emotionally charged summit but agreed they must make it more relevant to citizens and keep it from disintegrating after Britain's unprecedented vote to leave...
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Istanbul airport attackers seized on chaos to cause carnage
(International News ~ 06/30/16)
ISTANBUL -- It was an attack that echoed the carnage earlier this year at the Brussels airport, down to the taxi that carried the men to their target: Inciting panic and then taking lethal advantage, three suicide attackers unleashed a deadly tide of bullets and bombs at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, leaving 42 dead...
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Speak Out 6/30/2016
(Speak Out ~ 06/30/16)
I was wondering what the pink flags are for on Bloomfield Road. Are they going to resurface the blacktop all the way to Highway 74? Or just keep patching bumpy potholes? If anyone knows, please reply. Thank you, U.S. Supreme Court, for finally making a historic decision protecting women's reproductive health rights...
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Wal-Mart tries to move in on Amazon Prime's turf
(National News ~ 06/30/16)
NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart is trying to get a jump on Amazon's second annual sales bonanza. The world's largest retailer is offering a free 30-day trial on its two-day unlimited shipping service and an extra month free for paying members as it looks to sharpen its attack against the online leader...
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Blues sign Kyle Brodziak to 2-year extension
(Professional Sports ~ 06/30/16)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Blues have signed forward Kyle Brodziak to a two-year contract extension. The 32-year-old Brodziak had two goals in the playoffs after totaling 11 points in 76 regular-season games leading the checking line. The 11-year veteran also has played for Edmonton and Minnesota and has 239 points in 697 career games. He was a seventh-round draft pick by the Oilers in 2003...
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Nixon backs Missouri power line for wind energy
(State News ~ 06/30/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Jay Nixon said Wednesday he backs a proposed power line that would cut through Missouri for a multistate wind energy project, despite objections from landowners and concerns from state regulators. Houston-based Clean Line Energy Partners agreed to what the Democratic governor described as landowner protections if it gets approval for the power line that would make some electricity available for state utility companies, Nixon said...
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Escobar's second go-ahead hit leads Royals over Cards in 12
(Professional Sports ~ 06/30/16)
ST. LOUIS — Alcides Escobar hit a go-ahead RBI double just inside the right-field line in the 12th inning and the Kansas City Royals outlasted the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Wednesday night. Escobar drove in the first run of the game with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the eighth. His fly to shallow right off Seth Maness (0-2) fell just in front of Stephen Piscotty, whose homer leading off the 10th tied it at 2...
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Driver crashes car after slipping on snail slime
(International News ~ 06/30/16)
BERLIN -- Is this the definition of a slow-moving hazard? German police said a driver lost control of his car after slipping on a slimy trail left by a procession of snails making their way across the highway. The car -- an old East German Trabant -- flipped over and was wrecked, but the driver was unhurt. Police said the incident happened early Wednesday near Paderborn, about 220 miles west of Berlin...
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Darrien Boden - Kelly High School valedictorian
(Community ~ 06/30/16)
Parents: Jamie and Becky Boden Hometown: St. Joseph, Missouri Post-graduation plans: I'm pursuing a degree in civil engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. I'd like to form my own company. High-school activities: FFA chapter president, Beta Club president, student body president and other groups...
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Colten Winter - Scott County Central valedictorian
(Community ~ 06/30/16)
Parents: Kevin and Tiffany Winter Hometown: Morley, Missouri (lives in Oran, Missouri) Post-graduation plans: I start Aug. 17 at Coastal Carolina University. They've accepted me into their honors program, majoring in marine biology. High-school activities: I was in just about every club they offered: Future Business Leaders of America; Beta Club; Family, Career and Community Leaders of America; baseball; and more...
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Learning briefs 6/30/16
(Community ~ 06/30/16)
Erinne Michelle Haff, a 2009 graduate of Jackson High School, recently graduated from Atlantic Veterinary College with a doctorate in veterinary medicine. Atlantic Veterinary College is on the campus of University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Erinne is the daughter of Steve and Susan Haff of Jackson. Upon graduation, Erinne began working at Hyde Park Animal Hospital in Tampa, Florida...
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Nation briefs 6/30/16
(National News ~ 06/30/16)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. officials said senior military leaders are expressing concerns the launch of new Pentagon rules allowing transgender service members to serve openly in the military is moving too quickly. The Pentagon plans to unveil the new regulations in the next day or two. ...
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Entertainment briefs 6/30/16
(Entertainment ~ 06/30/16)
NEW YORK -- Jessica Williams is leaving as a correspondent on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" this week after four years. But she's not straying far. The network said Williams will be concentrating on a new scripted show she's developing for Comedy Central. That development deal was announced this spring for a show Williams will write and star in. The Los Angeles-bred comic, now 26, was the youngest on-air person at "The Daily Show" when she joined...
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Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley's first guitarist, dies at 84
(Entertainment ~ 06/30/16)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Scotty Moore, the pioneering rock guitarist whose sharp, graceful style helped Elvis Presley shape his revolutionary sound and inspired a generation of musicians that included Keith Richards, Jimmy Page and Bruce Springsteen, died Tuesday. He was 84...
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Trump's 'America First' echoes isolationist cry
(National News ~ 06/30/16)
WASHINGTON -- Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump boils down his foreign policy agenda to two words: "America First." For students of U.S. history, that slogan harkens back to the tumultuous presidential election of 1940, when hundreds of thousands of Americans joined the anti-war America First Committee...
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Hooked on Science: Notebook spring launcher
(Community ~ 06/30/16)
n Plastic spiral notebook n Dowel rod n Ruler n STEP 1: Remove the paper from the notebook. n STEP 2: Hold the dowel rod by placing your thumb and index finger at one end of the rod. Slide the notebook spring onto the other end of the rod. n STEP 3: Using your hand, barely compress the notebook spring against your thumb and index finger. Release the spring and observe. Using the ruler, determine how far the spring launched...
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Prayer 6/30/16
(Prayer ~ 06/30/16)
O Lord Jesus, in the midst of life's trials, we keep our trust in you. Amen.
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Wounded soldiers evacuated
(Column ~ 06/30/16)
When we are taught about historic events most times we learn the "headlines" about the event and pass over related and interesting facts. One such example involves events of June 25, 1876, and the following few days. The U.S. Army invaded the Black Hills in 1875 after gold was discovered in the Indian Territory. The attempt to force the Indians out of the Black Hills that were given to the Indians by treaty would start a war...
- ‘We cherish every hello’: Being part of a military couple isn’t easy, but love prevails for these local couples (Local News ~ 06/30/16)
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Building a wedding playlist: doable but demanding
(Community ~ 06/30/16)
As she prepared to get married in 2009, Meg Keene considered iPods “a small gift from the wedding gods.” Rather than hiring a band or professional DJ for thousands of dollars, she and her fiancé made their own playlist of Sir Mix-A-Lot, Frank Sinatra and Dolly Parton songs and cranked them on rented speakers.
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Five tips for being a great maid of honor
(Community ~ 06/30/16)
Jennifer Paik has been a maid of honor not once, not twice, but an impressive four times, most recently for her childhood best friend’s Newport Beach, California, yacht wedding three years ago.
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The later-moon: Many couples taking delayed honeymoons
(Community ~ 06/30/16)
NEW YORK — “Where are you going on your honeymoon?” It’s one of the most common questions asked of a couple engaged to marry.
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iDO couple profile: Anthony & Michelle (Thornbrough) Sandusky
(Community ~ 06/30/16)
How they fell in love: Tony and Michelle met in seventh grade after his family moved back to Southeast Missouri. Tony remembers "being sat next to the prettiest girl in class." The two were friends through high school until their senior year, when they were show choir dance partners and started dating. ...
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iDO couple profile: Ryan & Ashley (Diemer) Ladd
(Community ~ 06/30/16)
How they fell in love: We met in fifth grade on the playground. It was Popsicle day and I was sitting on one side of a bench with Ryan on the other. He noticed I had dropped my Popsicle and asked if I wanted his. I followed my mother's advice never to take food from strangers, but we continued talking and became best friends. ...
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iDO couple profile: Thomas & Caroline (Burdin) Foote
(Community ~ 06/30/16)
How they fell in love: Tom and I met at Southeast Missouri State University, but we never crossed paths romantically until after college. There was an immediate spark that we hadn't experienced previously, and had our first date the next weekend. The proposal caught me by surprise. ...
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Petals with personality: Trends in wedding bouquets
(Community ~ 06/30/16)
When it comes to planning a wedding, what do most brides-to-be consider the top priorities? The gown, the location, the reception and, of course, the floral arrangements. Finding the perfect bouquet, floral color scheme and tone for a wedding can make for some difficult decisions, but several local experts are here to help...
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Here comes the dog: Ideas for including a pet in your wedding day
(Community ~ 06/30/16)
When you first bring that new puppy or kitten home, you realize something: He or she will never be just an animal to you. Pets are there to share all the important moments with us. If we are sad, they sit with us through the tears. If we are happy, they celebrate with us. And there are few more important days of celebration in many men and women’s lives than their wedding day. Because of this, including pets in weddings is a growing trend. But what role you give your four-footed friend is up to you.
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'The fashion doctor': Nicole Fouche fills a niche for custom bridal gowns in Cape Girardeau
(Community ~ 06/30/16)
A wedding dress is more than a piece of clothing a bride happens to be wearing when she walks down the aisle. Nicole Fouche knows this, and it's why she's set up shop doing alterations and creating custom wedding gowns in downtown Cape Girardeau. "The dress is so important," she says. "You have an emotional bond with it. Your life is moving from one chapter to the next, and when you remember that moment, you'll remember what you looked like, and your dress symbolizes that."...
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Former Redhawks not surprised Southeast Missouri State baseball coach Bieser moved up a step to Missouri
(College Sports ~ 06/30/16)
Cole Bieser remembers clutching the baseball as tightly as possible while he and his Southeast Missouri State teammates dogpiled on the field at Tennessee Tech after clinching the first of three consecutive Ohio Valley Conference regular-season titles in 2014...
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Police: Cape man kidnapped woman, then raped, assaulted her
(Local News ~ 06/30/16)
A Cape Girardeau man kidnapped a woman at knifepoint outside of a fast-food restaurant in Jackson, took her back to his apartment and physically and sexually assaulted her, police say. Jackson police arrested Michael D. Wolf Pruitt, 18, on Tuesday. The Cape Girardeau County prosecuting attorney’s office charged Pruitt with kidnapping, rape and second-degree domestic assault. His bond was set at $50,000, cash only...
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