- Cape Caution Soccer team (Submitted Story ~ 11/17/16)
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Old Town Cape in Cape Girardeau Awarded $500 Grant from U.S. Bank
(Submitted Story ~ 11/17/16)
Cape Girardeau, MO November 17, 2016 – U.S. Bank, through the U.S. Bank Foundation, has awarded a $500.00 grant to Old Town Cape, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserve, promote, revitalize and enrich the historic, cultural and economic landscapes of downtown Cape Girardeau, MO...
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Cape Girardeau County, city issue no-burn advisories
(Local News ~ 11/17/16)
Cape Girardeau County Commission and the city of Cape Girardeau issued no-burn advisories for today because of windy and dry conditions. The commission said in an emailed statement that it issued a no-burn advisory "due to the combination of high temperatures, low humidity, dry ground covering and the possibility of increasing winds."...
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Trump meeting with Japan's PM, possible Cabinet choices
(National News ~ 11/17/16)
NEW YORK (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump, a foreign policy novice, deepened his focus on national security Thursday, preparing to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after talks with Henry Kissinger and a possible contender to be his top diplomat...
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Voice of Democracy essay winners announced
(Submitted Story ~ 11/17/16)
The VFW and Auxiliary 6407 of Scott City sponsored the patriotic speech contest Voice of Democracy in the high school with this year’s topic being “My Responsibility to America.” The winners were presented awards at the Veterans Day assembly at the school for the whole school and veteran guests. First place has gone on to district judging. Pictured: first place, Faith Grant; second place, Nicole Graviett; and third place, Jamie Glastetter...
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Three big holiday craft fairs on tap for this weekend
(Local News ~ 11/17/16)
'Tis the season for holiday wreaths, handmade crafts and home-baked pies. This weekend, shoppers will have ample opportunity to get all three and much more, as vendors from near and far converge on Cape Girardeau for a variety of craft fairs. Three events will take place at five area locations. Each event has been part of the local holiday shopping tradition for decades, each will feature local and out-of-state vendors, and each have something different to offer, , organizers say...
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Cape mayor: Purpose Built revitalization plan would take years
(Local News ~ 11/17/16)
Revitalizing Cape Girardeau's south-side neighborhoods through a redevelopment model that originated in Atlanta will take years, Mayor Harry Rediger said Wednesday. The mayor discussed the project at a public meeting at the Shawnee Park Center. Rediger led the meeting that drew about 100 bankers, educators, pastors, real-estate agents, developers, representatives of social service agencies and charity groups, residents and city officials...
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Century-old Last Supper statue donated to Southeast's Baptist Student Center
(Local News ~ 11/17/16)
An Italian sculpture from 1916 has found a new home on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University in its Baptist Student Center. The alabaster sculpture, depicting Jesus Christ's Last Supper, will be installed in the main classroom of the Baptist Student Center after renovations are complete...
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Dollars shave club: Beard lopped off for charities
(Local News ~ 11/17/16)
It took Dave Hutson a year to grow a beard 7 1/4 inches long, but it took about a half hour to have it shaved all off Wednesday in front of a crowd of 50 people at Port Cape Girardeau in downtown Cape Girardeau. Gary Rust Sr., chairman of the board of Rust Communications which owns the Southeast Missourian, won the auction Sept. 10 to shave Hutson. Rust paid $1,500 at the Charles L. Huston Auction that benefited Old Town Cape. Rex Rust, co-president of Rust Communications, did the shaving honors...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 11/17/16)
Today in History Today is Thursday, Nov. 17, the 322nd day of 2016. There are 44 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 17, 1800, Congress held its first session in the partially completed U.S. Capitol building. On this date: In 1558, Elizabeth I acceded to the English throne upon the death of her half-sister, Queen Mary, beginning a 44-year reign...
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Trio of local schools earn perfect state scores
(Editorial ~ 11/17/16)
Last week the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released its Annual Performance Report for all districts in the state. Three area schools received 100 percent of their total possible points this year: Kelso, Oran and Oak Ridge. It was the second year with a perfect score for Kelso while Oran and Oak Ridge have seen steady improvement over the last two years...
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A courageous rescue
(Column ~ 11/17/16)
While researching topics for this column I came upon a World War I story of bravery by British pilot Richard Bell Davies on Nov. 19, 1915. If you saw Davies' actions recreated in a Hollywood film you would probably say it was unbelievable and unrealistic. It is one of the many war stories that are about personal events rather than the relating of major events in a war...
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Prayer 11/17/16
(Prayer ~ 11/17/16)
O Lord Jesus, thank you for your unfailing love and grace. Amen.
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Speak Out 11/17/16
(Speak Out ~ 11/17/16)
Some of our family picked up my dad, who lives at the Veteran’s Home, and went out to eat at a local restaurant Friday, Veteran’s Day. As always, he wears his Air Force Veteran’s hat which made him stand out a little more on Veteran’s Day. We were so surprised when we finished eating and our waitress told us our bill had been taken care of. ...
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Political pupils: Civics gets renewed attention in schools
(Community ~ 11/17/16)
HARTFORD, Conn. -- The incumbent governor ran on a kindness platform and is finishing up a year of public appearances and speeches. The candidates vying to succeed her are focusing their campaigns on issues including homelessness, recycling and bullying prevention...
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Reel 'em in: Outdoor lessons learned in Jackson Middle School Fishing Club
(Community ~ 11/17/16)
For the second day of November, conditions couldn't have been much better for the 31 members of the Jackson Middle School Fishing Club. The sun was out, and the unseasonably 80-degree temperature for this weekly after-school outing was accompanied by a steady breeze...
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Out of the past: Nov. 17
(Out of the Past ~ 11/17/16)
The Hanover Lutheran Church Family and Education Center is dedicated in the afternoon; guest preacher at the service is the Rev. James Kalthoff, president of the Missouri District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod; the 6,600-square-foot addition includes Sunday-school classrooms, a conference room, refreshment center and an enlarged foyer...
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John H. Spear
(Obituary ~ 11/17/16)
COTTAGEVILLE, S.C. -- John H. "Ace" Spear, 51, of Cottageville passed away Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. John was born April 2, 1965, in Rome, New York, son of Angela Marie Cote Spear and the late John Allen Spear. He was a retired veteran of the U.S. Air Force, where he served for 23 years. Post military, John became an accomplished artistic metal fabricator...
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Helen Schroeter
(Obituary ~ 11/17/16)
FROHNA, Mo. -- Helen Ida Schroeter, 94, of Frohna died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, at Independence Care Center in Perryville, Missouri. She was born March 25, 1922, in Altenburg, Missouri, daughter of Hieronymus and Hilda Junglaus Schade. She and Harold Schroeter were married April 15, 1951. He preceded her in death July 22, 1984...
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Rebecca Schreckenberg
(Obituary ~ 11/17/16)
LEOPOLD, Mo. -- Rebecca S. Schreckenberg, 62, of Leopold died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Missouri. Parish prayers will be at 7:30 p.m. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery at Leopold...
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Paul Robert
(Obituary ~ 11/17/16)
KELSO, Mo. — Paul Leo Robert, 85, of Kelso passed away Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 9, 1931, in Scott County, the son of Elva Paul and Anna Rosalia Heuring Robert. He married Laura Jean “Lolly” Welter on May 30, 1956...
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Vernell Markovich
(Obituary ~ 11/17/16)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Vernell Markovich, 92, of Cairo died Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, at Daystar Nursing and Rehab in Cairo. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Cairo.
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Ty Brown
(Obituary ~ 11/17/16)
BELL CITY, Mo. -- Ty Anthony Brown, 31, of Bell City passed away Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, at his home. He was born June 16, 1985, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Fred and Barbara Abner Brown. Ty worked as a water-well driller for his family's business, Brown's Well Drilling. He was a 2003 graduate of Bell City High School. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time with his family. Ty was a very generous and giving person...
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Former Archer Daniels Midland CEO Dwayne Andreas dead at 98
(National News ~ 11/17/16)
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Dwayne Andreas, the farmer's son and college dropout who turned the grain-processing company Archer Daniels Midland into "the supermarket to the world," then saw it rocked by a price-fixing scandal, has died. He was 98. Archer Daniels Midland spokeswoman Jackie Anderson on Wednesday confirmed Andreas' death. The company did not immediately provide additional details, including a cause of death or where he died...
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Pluto's frozen heart may hide underground ocean
(National News ~ 11/17/16)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Evidence is mounting for an ocean at Pluto, buried beneath its frozen heart. Scientists said Wednesday that Pluto may have rolled over on its axis eons ago, the result of tidal forces with jumbo moon Charon. The extra weight of an underground sea is the most likely explanation, they said...
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Vast shale oil field in Texas could yield 20 billion barrels
(National News ~ 11/17/16)
DALLAS -- A vast field of shale rock in West Texas could yield 20 billion barrels of oil, making it the largest source of shale oil the U.S. Geological Survey ever has assessed, agency officials said. The Wolfcamp Shale geologic formation in the Midland area also contains an estimated 16 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 1.6 billion barrels of natural gas liquids, the agency said in a release...
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St. Louis County may seek tax hike to aid police agencies
(State News ~ 11/17/16)
CLAYTON, Mo. — St. Louis County residents may be asked to approve a half-cent sales tax to hire more police officers, add body cameras and make other law-enforcement improvements. County Executive Steve Stenger announced the proposal Tuesday. The county council must still approve, and if members do, it would be placed on the April 4 ballot. ...
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Missouri's US senators named to leadership positions
(State News ~ 11/17/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s two U.S. senators have been named to top positions in Republican leadership and legislative committees. Republican Sen. Roy Blunt on Wednesday announced he was re-elected vice chairman of the Senate’s GOP caucus. He said Republicans want to work with GOP President-elect Donald Trump on issues such as Democratic President Barack Obama’s federal health-care law, regulations and vacancies on the U.S. Supreme Court. ...
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Ladue students stage walkout over racial incidents
(State News ~ 11/17/16)
LADUE, Mo. — An estimated 150 students at a suburban St. Louis high school have walked out of class to protest recent race-related incidents. The walkout happened Wednesday at Ladue Horton Watkins High School in Ladue. Some of the students expressed concern school officials are not taking the concerns seriously. ...
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Missouri employment reaches all-time high
(State News ~ 11/17/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s employment has reached an all-time high. The state Department of Economic Development on Wednesday said nonfarm payroll employment grew by 9,300 jobs in October. That’s a record high at more than 2.8 million jobs. The state gained close to 51,000 jobs in the past year. ...
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Missouri appeals court: Frozen embryos property, not people
(State News ~ 11/17/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A divorced man and woman must mutually consent to using embryos that were frozen and stored while married, a Missouri appellate court has ruled in declaring the embryos marital property, not humans with constitutional rights. The Missouri Court of Appeals' 2-1 ruling Tuesday upheld a St. ...
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Missouri court weighs cap on fees begun after Ferguson
(State News ~ 11/17/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Supreme Court judges heard arguments Wednesday over the constitutionality of a law passed in the wake of unrest in Ferguson that would cap traffic fines and court fees. Legislators passed the law in an attempt to address concerns raised about law enforcement and court tactics after the fatal 2014 police shooting of Michael Brown in the St. ...
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Missouri Supreme Court debates sex-offender confinement
(State News ~ 11/17/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The attorney for a man convicted of sodomy told Missouri Supreme Court judges Wednesday her client should not have been committed to a state sex-offender treatment program after serving prison time -- a case that could change how such commitments are handled...
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Nearly 100K deer killed during start of firearms season
(State News ~ 11/17/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri game officials said 96,131 deer were killed during the opening weekend of firearms deer season, which is slightly more than last year's opening weekend. The Springfield News- Leader reported more than 55,000 of deer killed by hunters Nov. 12 and 13 were antlered bucks. More than 31,500 of the deer were does...
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Boeing to cut some jobs, move others, in efficiency effort
(State News ~ 11/17/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Boeing Co. plans to move about 2,500 positions to other sites, cut 500 jobs and close two facilities by the end of 2020 in an effort to make its Defense, Space & Security business more efficient, the company said Tuesday. About 1,600 positions currently in Huntington Beach, California, will move to plants in three other Southern California locations -- El Segundo, Long Beach and Seal Beach. About 500 positions will move to St. Louis County and 400 will shift to Huntsville, Alabama...
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Kroenke, partner back out of suburban St. Louis development
(State News ~ 11/17/16)
ST. LOUIS -- The man who took the NFL out of St. Louis won't be pursuing a mega-development in the St. Louis suburbs after all. Billionaire real-estate developer Stan Kroenke and St. Louis attorney Alan Bornstein have ended their plans to develop 1,800 acres near the Missouri River, officials in Maryland Heights said Wednesday. They gave no official reason, but city officials laid the blame in the struggling retail economy...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 11/17/16
(Local News ~ 11/17/16)
Approval of minutes n Minutes of the Nov. 14 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on agenda Routine business...
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Jackson police accepting toys, donations for annual drive
(Local News ~ 11/17/16)
The Jackson Police Department has begun accepting toys and monetary donations as part of its annual Jackson Community Christmas Drive. They are seeking new, unopened toys for children younger than 12 that can be deposited at the Jackson Police Department, city hall, Immaculate Conception School, Country Mart, all local banks, Casey’s General Store on West Jackson Boulevard, HealthPoint Fitness and Crossroads Church...
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Drug prices don't budge even after pressure from Congress
(National News ~ 11/17/16)
WASHINGTON -- Congress's routine of publicly shaming drug company executives over high prices works no better than a placebo: It may make some people feel better, but it doesn't treat the problem. In the last two years, House and Senate committees issued more than a dozen subpoenas to price-hiking drugmakers, collecting hundreds of thousands of documents and berating executives for more than 16 hours of public hearings...
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Officer charged in shooting that was streamed on Facebook
(National News ~ 11/17/16)
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- When Philando Castile was pulled over in July, he calmly told the officer he had a gun and was licensed to carry it, according to prosecutors. Moments later, the officer fired on the motorist, and a bleeding Castile uttered his last words: "I wasn't reaching for it."...
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Trump: No transition turmoil, efforts going 'so smoothly'
(National News ~ 11/17/16)
NEW YORK -- President-elect Donald Trump and his team Wednesday rejected charges of turmoil and infighting roiling efforts to set up his White House, national security and economic teams. A week after his upset victory, Trump said the enormous endeavor was proceeding "so smoothly."...
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Restaurant owner opposed in bid to lower Confederate flag
(National News ~ 11/17/16)
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Tommy Daras had planned on a ceremony Wednesday to remove the Confederate flag flying from the edge of the parking lot at his South Carolina restaurant. Then he encountered a hitch. Two members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans showed at the flagpole and told Daras the group owns a small tract of land where the flag flies, deeded to them in 2005 by a former restaurant operator who kept literature supporting slavery in his barbecue joints...
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Twitter suspends several alt-right accounts
(National News ~ 11/17/16)
NEW YORK -- Twitter suspended the accounts of several prominent members of the so-called "alt-right" in an apparent crackdown on accounts tied to hate speech or threats of violence. Twitter declined comment but noted its policies forbid violent threats, hate speech or harassment and promise to take action against violators...
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McConnell to lead Senate GOP, Schumer new Democratic leader
(National News ~ 11/17/16)
WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans re-elected Mitch McConnell on Wednesday to be majority leader next year, while Democrats picked Chuck Schumer to lead them, setting the chief actors as the chamber prepares for an agenda that will be dominated by Donald Trump and the GOP...
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Kerry: Obama's climate change targets won't be reversed
(International News ~ 11/17/16)
MARRAKECH, Morocco -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made an appeal Wednesday to all countries -- including his -- to press ahead with the fight against climate change, saying a failure to do so would be a "betrayal of devastating consequences."...
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Dylan not coming to Stockholm to get Nobel Prize
(Entertainment ~ 11/17/16)
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Bob Dylan won't be coming to Stockholm to pick up his 2016 Nobel Prize for literature at the Dec. 10 ceremony. The Swedish Academy said Wednesday that Dylan told them "he wishes he could receive the prize personally, but other commitments make it unfortunately impossible."...
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Police: Airport shooting likely case of workplace revenge
(National News ~ 11/17/16)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A man who gunned down a Southwest Airlines employee outside Oklahoma City's airport likely did it in retaliation for having lost his job with the airline last year, police said Wednesday. Lloyd Dean Buie, 45, killed 52-year-old Michael Winchester on Tuesday as Winchester was leaving work and walking to an employee parking lot, police Capt. Paco Balderrama said at a news conference...
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Extensive cultural damage found in historic Iraqi city
(International News ~ 11/17/16)
NIMRUD, Iraq -- Nearly a month into the fight to retake Mosul, government forces pushed Islamic State militants out of nearby Nimrud, home to some of Iraq's richest archaeological treasures. And when soldiers finally surveyed the extremists' destruction of the ancient sites, one said those who carried it out "don't have a place in humanity."...
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Pig parts get scattered on highway
(National News ~ 11/17/16)
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Police said the carcasses of what appeared to be several dead hogs tumbled off a truck, snarling two lanes of a busy interstate during the morning rush hour until the mess could be cleaned up. Authorities said traffic backed up six miles on a stretch of Interstate 75 in Sarasota after the stinking animal remains scattered over two of three northbound lanes. Lt. Gregory Bueno of the Florida Highway Patrol said the two affected lanes were closed nearly two hours...
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Hooked on Science: Thanksgiving egg drop
(Community ~ 11/17/16)
n Tall, transparent glass n Water n Eggs n Pie pan n Toilet paper tube n STEP 1: Fill the drinking glass three-fourths of the way with water. n STEP 2: Place the pie pan on top of the glass. Make sure the pan is in the center of the glass. n STEP 3: Stand the toilet paper tube in the center of the pan...
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Local students get 4-H scholarships
(Community ~ 11/17/16)
Five Cape Girardeau County 4-H youth received scholarships worth $1,000 each Oct. 7 at the Missouri 4-H Foundation's annual scholarship and awards banquet in Columbia, Missouri. Paige Birk of Gordonville was awarded the B.W. Harrison Memorial 4-H Scholarship. Birk is studying pharmacy at the University of Missouri-Columbia...
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Cape Girardeau police report 11/17/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/17/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Christina L. Duncan, 29, of Cape Girardeau was issued a summons for driving while intoxicated at 1925 Broadway. Arrests n Shawn D. Hall, 28, of Anna, Illinois, was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for speeding in a construction zone...
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