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High winds, trampoline lead to Jackson power outage
High winds, trampoline lead to Jackson power outage
Southeast Missourian
Strong winds that blew through the area about noon Saturday resulted in a power outage in Jackson.
The winds lifted a trampoline onto power lines in the city, knocking over a power pole and shutting down power for a portion of the city.
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Oak Ridge's Alex Seyer, Reagan Froemsdorf sign to play volleyball at Missouri Baptist
Michael Jeter ~ Southeast Missourian
Oak Ridge student-athletes Alex Seyer and Reagan Froemsdorf have decided to continue their volleyball careers at Missouri Baptist University in St. Louis. Both Seyer and Froemsdorf have always had a deep love for playing volleyball, even though Oak Ridge does not have a boys volleyball team. Both athletes have played club volleyball for multiple...1
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    Southeast Missouri State sets tuition and fees for fall6
    Expect a 4% hike in academic-related costs for undergraduate state residents attending classes in person at Southeast Missouri State University. The credit hour rate for virtual students will...
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    Southeast Missourian's Long receives religious communicators honor4
    Southeast Missourian Business editor Jeff Long received an award of merit from the DeRose-Hinkhouse Annual Awards presented by the Religion Communicators Council. The award was for Long's work...
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    Two arrested on drug charges after search warrants served1
    BENTON, Mo. -- A Chaffee, Missouri, man and Sikeston, Missouri, man face drug possession charges following separate search warrants served Wednesday in Scott County. James Tilley, 67, is charged with...
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    Historian Bob Blythe is set to give a presentation on Shady Grove Cemetery located in southwest Cape Girardeau at 10 a.m. May 28 in Ballroom A of the University Center at Southeast Missouri State...
  • Route N in Scott County closed for drainage work; Route A in Perry County reduced for paving project
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    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Kendall Holweg won three events and finished half of an inch from claiming another Saturday at MSHSAA Class 1 track and field championships at Adkins Stadium. The Delta senior scored 38 points, finishing third in the team standings behind Drexel’s 46 and Valle Catholic’s 41...
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    In 2021, Jackson High School athlete Lillian Gibbs was a backup goaltender for the Indians’ girls soccer team. In 2022, she’s racking up the...
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    The magnificent run by the St. Vincent girl’s soccer program through the second half of this spring, as well as over the past four seasons, came to a...
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    Cape Girardeau Area Magnet leader Thompson retires (5/16/22)
    By Jeff Long ~ Southeast Missourian
    John M. Thompson has retired as interim executive director of Cape Girardeau Area Magnet, effective March 31. "I volunteered for three months, ended...
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