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Jackson man among the fallen in 101st Airborne accident
(Local News ~ 05/29/23)
A decorated Army helicopter pilot from Jackson was among nine troops who died in a late March training accident near Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Zachary Esparza, 36, served in the military for more than a dozen years. After attending basic training in South Carolina and Advanced Individual Training in Georgia, his first tour of overseas duty came in 2011-12 in Okinawa Japan. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/29/23)
Today is Monday, May 29, the 149th day of 2023. There are 216 days left in the year. This is Memorial Day. Today's Highlight in History: On May 29, 1988, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev opened their historic summit in Moscow...
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Out of the past: May 29
(Out of the Past ~ 05/29/23)
Cape Girardeau city voters could be asked to approve a bond issue and raise the motel tax to help finance Southeast Missouri State University's development of a River Campus; another possibility is to ask city voters to extend the existing motel and restaurant taxes, which are set to expire in 2004; university officials also have talked to the Cape Girardeau County commissioners about the possibility of putting a county-wide sales tax issue on the ballot; the university wants to spend $35 million to renovate the old brick buildings of St. ...
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Musical SEMO Family to perform at Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC
(Submitted Story ~ 05/29/23)
Musical SEMO Family to perform at Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC For immediate release: The Williams Family, pastors and worship leaders at Emmanuel House of Praise Church in Poplar Bluff, are set to perform at the 57th annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington DC, July 6 through July 9th, 2023. ...
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