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To everything there is a season
(Submitted Story ~ 09/11/16)
I took a picture of this old barn driving back from Pocahontas, Missouri.
- We remember (Submitted Story ~ 09/11/16)
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State audit shines light on rising costs at Southeast, other public universities
(Local News ~ 09/11/16)
Net tuition and fees per full-time-equivalent student at Southeast Missouri State University increased 24 percent from fiscal 2009 to 2015, despite a statewide tuition cap, a state audit shows. According to Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway, net tuition and fees per full-time student climbed from $6,466 to $8,009 at Southeast Missouri State University over the seven-year period...
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Missouri soon may allow hunting of black bears
(Local News ~ 09/11/16)
Missouri has deer season, quail season and turkey season, among others. Soon, hunters may find themselves with the chance to participate in black-bear season.
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New mass media center at Southeast Missouri State receives new name
(Local News ~ 09/11/16)
The Rust Center for Media, which is located at 325 Broadway, is named in honor of Gary W. Rust.
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Kander hears about classroom issues at roundtable with area educators
(Local News ~ 09/11/16)
Discussion centered around standardized testing and government overreach during a meeting Saturday between local educators in Cape Girardeau and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jason Kander. Kander, who is running to unseat U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt and has been holding similar roundtables elsewhere in the state, asked the teachers what their feelings were about education, specifically in Southeast Missouri...
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Volunteers fan out for local projects during United Days of Caring
(Local News ~ 09/11/16)
Volunteer work organized by the United Way of Southeast Missouri took several forms over the weekend, from smoke-detector checking to demolition. United Way’s annual United Days of Caring volunteer drive, which began Friday and runs through today, included nearly 20 scheduled projects in Cape Girardeau and the surrounding area...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/11/16)
Today in History Today is Sunday, Sept. 11, the 255th day of 2016. There are 111 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people were killed on an unprecedented day of terror as 19 members of al-Qaida hijacked four passenger jetliners, sending two of the planes smashing into New York's World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon and the fourth into a field in western Pennsylvania...
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Bentley -- Tew
(Engagement ~ 09/11/16)
Gary and Theresa Bentley of Blytheville, Arkansas, announce the engagement of their daughter, Courtney Nichole Bentley of Scott City, to Jordan Thomas Tew. He is the son of Brian Tew of Thebes, Illinois, and Stephenie Tew of St. Charles, Missouri. Courtney received a Bachelor of Science in nursing from Southeast Missouri State University. She is a registered nurse at SoutheastHEALTH in Cape Girardeau...
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Hoeflinger -- Young
(Engagement ~ 09/11/16)
Paul and Erica Hoeflinger of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda Renee Hoeflinger, to James Richard Young Jr., both of Springfield, Missouri. He is the son of James Richard Young of Branson, Missouri, and the late Delle Young...
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Compas -- 50 years
(Anniversary ~ 09/11/16)
Bob and Pat Compas of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Sept. 3, 2016, with a party for family and friends hosted by their daughters in the Huels Room at St. Mary Cathedral. Compas and the former Patricia Bohnert were married Sept. ...
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The '50s feel
(Community ~ 09/11/16)
There were doubts surrounding the first PinUp Girl Contest during a 2014 Cruise In event on the square in Perryville, Missouri. Not everyone necessarily knew what "pinup" meant or what the contest would entail. The contestants have proved happy to educate them since then. Pinup costuming, they've shown, isn't about pulp sexuality; it's about a feminine elan and good-girl empowerment, more Marilyn than Miley...
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Jelly feast for snails
(Community ~ 09/11/16)
I found this scene on Aug. 15 after several days of wet weather. The snails are tiny land snails of the discidae family. They have congregated on a slimy, unappealing fungus called "jelly fungi." Jelly fungi will dry up and be almost unnoticeable on dead wood during dry weather...
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FYI - 9-11-16
(Community ~ 09/11/16)
A benefit supper for Saxony Lutheran High School, UCLS elementary school, Immanuel Lutheran elementary school and the Altenburg and Cape Zone LLL Scholarship Fund will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Trinity Lutheran Church, 57 Church St. in Altenburg, Missouri. Admission will consist of a freewill offering...
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Feeding the birds
(Community ~ 09/11/16)
Last weekend my wife and I were sitting outside on our new patio enjoying the cool weather we were having. While we ate our late breakfast, we saw a squirrel checking us out as it sat on a limb of an oak tree. We then heard an owl hoot at us. I was not sure what he or she was saying. I tried to hoot back, but that seemed to end the conversation...
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A 'hodge-podge' of recipes to try
(Community ~ 09/11/16)
This week there is no particular theme to the recipes I am sharing with you. All of these recipes are ones that I have just happened upon and they sound like recipes I want to try for my family. I am so bad about saving recipes and then before long I have a stack of recipes to try or go through and discard. Even though it seems like very few ever get discarded!...
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Starting the day with coffee
(Community ~ 09/11/16)
As a boy growing up on a ranch in Nebraska, coffee was something we drank pretty much all day long. Mom and Dad had coffee for breakfast, dinner and supper. But there was a coffee break midmorning and there also was coffee in the middle of the afternoon. I can't remember if they had coffee in the evening. Dad doctored up his coffee with cream and sugar and it seems like Mom drank hers black. Dad fixed his coffee so it was almost like creamed sugary soup. It sure was good to dip cookies in...
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Fifteen years
(Community ~ 09/11/16)
It is surprising that this day is not an official day of national observance. It is vital to be called to collective remembrance, no matter how much it hurts. Fifteen years ago. Today's high-school students either were not alive yet or were too young to remember. Nineteen men. Four planes. America was changed irrevocably...
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Going to God to find rest
(Community ~ 09/11/16)
I love to take naps, the 20- to 30-minute power kind, as a reprieve from the busy-ness of the day. My family and friends enjoy poking fun at me for this, and because of their loving teasing, I admit that I do have a bit of personal interest in defending napping...
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Adopt Pumpkin
(Community ~ 09/11/16)
Pumpkin is 6 years old. She is spayed and ready for a new home. Pumpkin is available for adoption at the Humane Society; call (573) 334-5837.
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Adopt -- Cooper
(Community ~ 09/11/16)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary Cooper is a young yellow lab mix and a happy-go-lucky boy who loves to play! Cooper is available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.
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The new downtown: Lower Manhattan reborn 15 years after 9/11
(Community ~ 09/11/16)
NEW YORK -- Fifteen years after the Sept. 11 attacks, Lower Manhattan has been reborn. The revitalization of the city's downtown, powered by $30 billion in government and private investment, includes not just the reconstruction of the World Trade Center site, but also two new malls filled with upscale retailers, thousands of new hotel rooms and dozens of eateries ranging from a new Eataly to a French food hall, Le District...
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4x4 9-11-16
(09/11/16)
Mike Edenfield
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Senior center menus 9-11-16
(Community ~ 09/11/16)
Monday: Salisbury steak or Polish sausage and sauerkraut, mashed potatoes, zucchini and tomatoes, whole-grain hot roll and sugar-free berry crisp or warm cherry pie. Tuesday: Scrambled eggs, sausage patty, potatoes with onion, citrus fruit salad, biscuit and gravy and bran muffin...
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Club news 9-11-16
(Community News ~ 09/11/16)
Oak Ridge FCE Homemakers Club met on Aug. 16 at the Elks Club in Jackson. The meeting was called to order by Jean Rehak, president. The devotion, "Sewing Seeds," was given by Marilyn Retherford. Roll call was answered by 14 members who responded to the question of, "What's your way of saving money?" Two new members, Vickie Scherer and Susie Green, were welcomed to the club...
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Senior manicures, historic home update and an upcoming horseshoe tournament
(Community ~ 09/11/16)
Happy birthday to Lacey Rister, Misty Hibdon, Mildred Moudy, Doris White, Stephen Schrum, Lindsay Cook, Greg Glastetter, Jeanette Beck, Henrietta Foster, Sue Tyler, Olivia Coomer, Karen Brown, Kathi Stone, Verla Naeve, Barbara Arnold, Hubert McDonald, Marcus Seyer, Brian Little, Jessica Swinford, Ron Dirnberger, Peter Dohan, W. ...
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'Don't lick the dog!' and other parenting woes
(Community ~ 09/11/16)
Before you become a parent, you have this idealized view of what parenthood will entail. You see clean, well-dressed, mini-versions of yourself with shiny halos instead of the dirt-covered minions you inevitably will get. I've been a mom for almost six years now and have had this pretend version of parenthood crushed at least 1,374 times...
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The words from Sept. 12; relevant 15 years later
(Editorial ~ 09/11/16)
As we approached the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, we went back through our archives and pulled up the editorial we published on Sept. 12, the day after the attacks. The words written not only take us back to the shock and grief and the uncertainty and fear, but we found some of the themes are relevant today...
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Phyllis Schlafly set an example for us all
(Column ~ 09/11/16)
It was hard to decipher the shaky handwritten note from Phyllis Schlafly, dated August 19, 2016, "Thank you Gary for your generous gift." I didn't know that she was dying of cancer and would pass away Labor Day, Sept. 5. I first met Phyllis over 55 years ago when I was a Missouri State Jaycee Vice President. I was publicly speaking about "Americanism and the Communist Threat."...
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Pence releases tax returns; Trump's remain a secret
(National News ~ 09/11/16)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Donald Trump hasn't publicity released his tax returns. The same can no longer be said of his running mate, Mike Pence. The Republican vice presidential nominee and Indiana governor on Friday released a decade of returns, roughly a month after promising to do so...
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Federal government halts work on part of pipeline project
(National News ~ 09/11/16)
NEAR THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, N.D. -- The federal government stepped into the fight over the Dakota Access oil pipeline, ordering work to stop on one segment of the project in North Dakota and asking the Texas-based company building it to "voluntarily pause" action on a wider span an American Indian tribe says holds sacred artifacts...
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At least 45 killed in Syria after U.S.-Russia cease-fire
(International News ~ 09/11/16)
BEIRUT -- A day of airstrikes Saturday on and around the northern city of Aleppo killed at least 45 people, according to opposition activists. The Aleppo Media Center, an activist collective, said 45 people were killed Saturday, just hours after a new U.S.-Russian agreement was reached to try and end the violence in Syria...
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Arkansas ballot offers a new test for medical marijuana
(National News ~ 09/11/16)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Republicans control all of Arkansas' statewide offices, hold a majority in both chambers of the Legislature and nearly are assured of winning the state's six electoral votes in the presidential election. But this red state could be on the verge of an unusually liberal move: legalizing marijuana for people who suffer from a host of medical ailments...
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John Hinckley Jr. leaves D.C. mental hospital for Virginia
(National News ~ 09/11/16)
WASHINGTON -- The man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan has been released from a Washington mental hospital for good, more than 35 years after the shooting. A spokeswoman for the District of Columbia's Department of Mental Health said early Saturday all patients scheduled to leave St. Elizabeths Hospital had been discharged. John Hinckley Jr. was among those scheduled for discharge...
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Some police departments shelve body cameras, cite data costs
(National News ~ 09/11/16)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Police departments in at least two states that outfitted officers with body cameras have shelved them, blaming new laws requiring videos to be stored longer, which they say would increase the cost significantly. About a third of the nation's 18,000 police agencies are testing body cameras or have embraced them to record their officers' interactions with the public...
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Study: 5-second rule too high for fallen food
(National News ~ 09/11/16)
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- It may be time to reconsider the five-second rule when thinking about eating food that has fallen on the floor. Researchers at Rutgers University said in a new study bacteria can instantly contaminate food that falls on the floor. Researcher Donald Schaffner said the research found longer contact time means more bacterial transfer, but the type of food and surface is just as or more important...
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Samsung tells consumers to stop using Galaxy Note 7
(International News ~ 09/11/16)
SEOUL, South Korea -- Samsung Electronics on Saturday urged consumers to stop using Galaxy Note 7 smartphones immediately and exchange them as soon as possible, as more reports of the phones catching fire emerged after the company's global recall. The call from the South Korean company, the world's largest smartphone maker, comes after U.S. authorities urged consumers to switch the Galaxy Note 7 off and not to use or charge it during a flight...
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Out of the past: Sept. 11
(Out of the Past ~ 09/11/16)
The Missouri Department of Conservation recently purchased about eight acres that will connect Cape Girardeau's Twin Trees Park to Southeast Missouri State University's Kelso Wildlife Sanctuary; the purchase of the Juden Creek Natural History Area now links the three nature areas, making a continuous wildlife preservation site within Cape Girardeau's city limits...
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Nadine Welker
(Obituary ~ 09/11/16)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Nadine Welker, 89, of Marble Hill passed away Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, at her home, surrounded by her family and friends. She was born Nov. 29, 1926, in Marble Hill, daughter of Ransom J. and Effie Limbaugh Garland. She and Virgil Welker were united in marriage Sept. 18, 1943, and he passed away July 19, 2014...
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Linda Walker
(Obituary ~ 09/11/16)
OLMSTED, Ill. -- Linda Rose Walker, 51, of Olmsted, formerly of Mounds, Illinois, died Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, at her home. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge, Illinois. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Buddy Walls officiating. Interment will be in Spencer Heights Cemetery in Mounds...
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J.D. Treadwell Jr.
(Obituary ~ 09/11/16)
J.D. Treadwell Jr., 82, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016, at his home, with his family by his side. He was born Thursday, Feb. 15, 1934, in Purcell, Oklahoma, to James D. and Margaret Alma Ford Treadwell Sr. He and Joyce Mae Brown were married Feb.15, 1955, at Bakersfield, California...
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George Seabaugh
(Obituary ~ 09/11/16)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- George Beren Seabaugh, 79, of Advance passed away Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, at his home. He was born Feb. 22, 1937, at Scopus, Missouri, the son of Pyrtle and Ruth Masters Seabaugh. George had been self-employed as a farmer, truck driver and also ran his own electronics business. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He was a member of ARRL and his call sign was KEOR. He enjoyed fishing with his wife, Edith. He loved to joke and tease people...
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Victor Kerns
(Obituary ~ 09/11/16)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Victor L. Kerns of Annapolis passed away Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, in his home surrounded by his family and friends. Victor was born Nov. 20, 1954, in Spokane, Washington. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Rolla School of Mines in 1978 with a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering...
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Kyna Kennedy
(Obituary ~ 09/11/16)
Kyna A. Kennedy, 11 months and 8 days, of Cape Girardeau passed away at 2:27 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Kyna was born Sept. 29, 2015, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of John Kennedy Jr. and Edelmira "Mia" Osorio Kennedy...
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Linda Heck
(Obituary ~ 09/11/16)
Linda Heck, 63, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center. There will be a private graveside service at a later date at Lorimier Cemetery. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Helen Heath
(Obituary ~ 09/11/16)
Helen Bernice Heath, 82, of Friedheim passed away Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016, at Estates of Perryville in Perryville, Missouri. She was born Sept. 7, 1934, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Fred and Edith Rigger Brunke. She and Robert E. “Bob” Heath were married Feb. 3, 1955, at Larson Air Force Base in Topeka, Kansas. He passed away Nov. 1, 2012...
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Brian Griffin
(Obituary ~ 09/11/16)
Brian Thomas Griffin, 36, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Randolph, Massachusetts, died Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born June 27, 1980, in Boston to Thomas P. and Paula J. O'Hearn Griffin. Brian worked as a manager in automotive sales in Cape Girardeau...
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Mary Fox
(Obituary ~ 09/11/16)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. — Mary Gertrude Fox was born Sept. 11, 1942, and left this world to be with her Lord on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016. Mary was a lifelong Christian and enjoyed doing the Lord’s work. She worked for 24 years at the Brown Shoe Factory from which she retired in 2007. After retirement, Mary enjoyed spending even more time with her husband, Alvin; granddaughter, Tina; and great-granddaughter, Sydney...
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Virginia Felty
(Obituary ~ 09/11/16)
Virginia Felty, 96, of Millersville passed away Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home. She was born Nov. 23, 1919, near Millersville to Boyd and Bertha Sander Summers. She married Quentin Felty on Dec. 21, 1938, at Marble Hill, Missouri...
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Eula Brown
(Obituary ~ 09/11/16)
Eula Naomi Brown, 86, of Millersville passed away Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, at the Monticello House in Jackson. She was born May 31, 1930, in Greenbrier, Missouri, to Audie and Pearl Borders Camren. She and Russell D. "Dean" Brown were married Sept, 7, 1947, in Painton, Missouri. They had been married nearly 57 years when Dean passed away Sept. 1, 2004...
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Phyllis Adams
(Obituary ~ 09/11/16)
Phyllis E. Adams, 62, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Cape Girardeau police report 9/11/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/11/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of possession of dangerous drugs. Summonses n Bruce K. Huffman, 56, 27 S. Benton St., was issued a summons for excessive weed growth...
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Births 9/11/16
(Births ~ 09/11/16)
Son to Eric Scott Mayberry and Sharon Amber Brashear of Benton, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 6:34 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. Name, Holland Maynard. Weight, 9 pounds, 8 ounces. Second child, first son. Brashear is the daughter of Vickie Pyles of Lebanon, Missouri, and Timothy Brashear of Sikeston, Missouri. Mayberry is the son of Tammy Mayberry and Rick Mayberry of Jonesboro, Illinois. He is a carpenter with Drury Southwest...
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Biden cites need for technical training in St. Louis visit
(State News ~ 09/11/16)
ST. LOUIS — Vice President Joe Biden said there is strong demand for technical training and job creation, including many jobs that won’t require a college degree. The Democrat spoke Friday during a visit at LaunchCode in St. Louis. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Biden touted the Obama administration’s TechHire initiative as a way to get people with non-traditional work and educational backgrounds trained and employed in tech jobs. ...
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Carriage company ordered to end rides in St. Louis, county
(State News ~ 09/11/16)
ST. LOUIS — A carriage company has been ordered to stop giving rides in St. Louis and St. Louis County after allegations it used unlicensed drivers and worked horses on extremely hot days. The St. Louis Metropolitan Taxicab Commission, which governs vehicles for hire, ordered Brookdale Farms to end the rides after a hearing last week. ...
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Tie broken: Incumbent wins special election after tie vote
(State News ~ 09/11/16)
FARMINGTON, Mo. — An incumbent county commissioner in eastern Missouri apparently is staying in office after a special election necessitated by a tie vote. The Daily Journal newspaper in Park Hills, Missouri, reported incumbent St. Francois County District 1 Commissioner Gary Wilkinson defeated challenger Linda Black 1,561 to 1,280 in a special election Thursday. ...
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Sister: Woman accused of killing autistic son innocent
(State News ~ 09/11/16)
BOLIVAR, Mo. -- The sister of a southwestern Missouri woman who authorities allege confessed to killing her 19-year-old blind and autistic son said three other people are the real culprits. Kimberly Lightwine is charged in Polk County with second-degree murder and elder abuse in connection with the death last month of Austin Anderson. ...
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Man found slain outside his Malden home
(Local News ~ 09/11/16)
MALDEN, Mo. — The Dunklin County Major Case Squad was activated Thursday night to investigate an apparent homicide in Malden. Authorities said a man was found dead outside a Malden residence in the 700 block of North Kimball Street. According to Malden police chief Jarrett Bullock, officers were sent at 9:37 p.m. Thursday in response to a 911 call about a possible shooting victim...
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Police speak to person of interest in Cape homicide
(Local News ~ 09/11/16)
The Cape Girardeau/Bollinger County Major Case Squad identified a person of interest in the Willie Brown Jr. homicide investigation who is cooperating.
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Man starts fire for revenge, Cape police say
(Local News ~ 09/11/16)
Police said a Cape Girardeau man admitted to lighting a fire in an apartment building to get revenge, although police do not know the specifics of the target of the man’s vengeance. Cape Girardeau police arrested Sean Louis Baker, 22, on Wednesday. The Cape Girardeau County prosecuting attorney’s office charged him with first-degree arson. First-degree arson is a Class B felony; if convicted, Baker would face a minimum prison sentence of five years. Baker’s bond was set at $50,000, cash or surety...
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Jackson man charged with stealing hotel computer, growing pot in basement
(Local News ~ 09/11/16)
A Jackson man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly stole a computer from a local hotel. He was charged with growing marijuana a day later. The Cape Girardeau County prosecuting attorney charged Evan John McManaman, 36, with theft of more than $500 and manufacturing a controlled substance. McManaman’s bonds were set at $15,000 and $5,000 respectively...
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Independent governor candidate Turilli makes stop in Cape
(Local News ~ 09/11/16)
Independent gubernatorial candidate Lester Turilli of Stanton, Missouri, made an informal stop Friday in Cape Girardeau as part of a statewide tour. Turilli, a political newcomer, cites his 25 years of executive management experience as his top gubernatorial quality...
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Clinton: 'Deplorables' comment was 'grossly generalistic'
(National News ~ 09/11/16)
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Hillary Clinton said Saturday she was wrong to put half of Donald Trump's supporters in a "basket of deplorables" but didn't back down from a description of his campaign the Republican nominee said smeared many Americans and would take a political toll...
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Prayer 9/11/16
(Prayer ~ 09/11/16)
Lord Jesus, thank you for the freedom we enjoy and those who fight to preserve it. Amen.
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After 15 years, last artifacts of 9/11 have been given away
(National News ~ 09/11/16)
NEW YORK -- Behind the barbed wire, the minivan's busted windows and crumpled roof hint at its story. But forklifted to this windblown spot on the John F. Kennedy International Airport tarmac between a decommissioned 727 and an aircraft hangar, it's doubtful passing drivers notice it...
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