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Nathan Stearns basks in cheers from the crowd between rounds Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, at the A.C. Brase Arena in Cape Girardeau. "I'm here to win," he said before the fight. "But I'm also, I don't know, I'm a showman too."
(Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Eva Wilson-Mullins and her new husband, Jim, read wedding cards during a reception following the couple's marriage ceremony Nov. 10, 2018, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.
(Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Kathy McCune of Perryville, Missouri, loads a display case of doughnuts Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, at Hoeckele's Bakery & Deli in Perryville. McCune is approaching 19 years as a Hoeckele's employee.
(Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Samuel Tyler, 14, warms up before a lesson March 6, 2019, at the Southeast Missouri State University River Campus in Cape Girardeau.
(Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Emily Medlock receives a kiss from her son, Phoenix Young, 2, at the conclusion of the Cape Central High School Class of 2019 Commencement on Sunday, May 12, 2019, at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau.
(Kassi Jackson ~ Southeast Missourian)
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The Scott County All-Stars put their hands together before the start of the championship game of the 2019 Kelso 11U Showdown on Sunday, June 2, 2019, in Kelso, Missouri. The team defeated the SEMO Cardinals 5-2.
(Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Divers are seen during a scuba diving class Saturday, July 13, 2019, at Southeast Missouri State University's Student Aquatic Center in Cape Girardeau.
(Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Derrick Clark, 12, sets a line while fishing Thursday, June 27, 2019, near the Castor River in Bollinger County. The Honorable Young Men Club partnered with the Missouri Department of Conservation for a camping trip near the Castor River in Bollinger County, full of fishing, archery, canoeing and other activities.
(Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Jimini Smoot, center, laughs while fishing with Jeremiah Twiggs, left, Malachi Smoot, background, and Warren Eanes, right, Thursday, June 27, 2019, near the Castor River in Bollinger County. The Honorable Young Men Club partnered with the Missouri Department of Conservation for a camping trip near the Castor River in Bollinger County, full of fishing, archery, canoeing and other activities.
(Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Karter Casasola, 5, left, tries to fish from a rock while Ian Smollen, 9, kisses his bicep while playing with family on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at Amidon Memorial Conservation Area near Fredericktown.
(Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)
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From right, South Florida resident Dermot Bowden looks toward Lloyd Heilbrunn of Jupiter, Florida, and Joseph Schumacher of Carbondale, Illinois, while photographing a rough green snake Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019, on Snake Road in Wolf Lake, Illinois.
(Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Local rock radio DJ Kirby Ray performs with his metal band, Emaciation, during band practice Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019, at a shed owned by Ray's friend, Kev Steger in Cape Girardeau.
(Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Ashley Monroe gets her son Rocky, 2, dressed as a peanut, ready for Halloween next her children (left to right from Rocky): Lewie, 5, dressed as The Flash; Jackie, 14, dressed as a 1980s hip-hop dancer; and Levi, dressed as an army man, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, at the Monroe home north of Cape Girardeau.
(Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Nathan Stearns delivers a kick to the body of Brian Brooks during a fight Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, at the A.C. Brase Arena in Cape Girardeau.
(Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Nathan Stearns laughs as family members hug him after winning his first professional fight Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, at the A.C. Brase Arena in Cape Girardeau.
(Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Jefferson Elementary School principal Leigh Ragsdale laughs with kindergartener Lyla Lowe while wearing sunglasses Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, at the school in Cape Girardeau.
(Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Leap day birthday celebrants (top row from left) Jerry McClanahan, Logan Hennecke, Payton Foltz (pictured with the dog Ellie May) and Jay Lukefahr; and (bottom row from left) twin sisters Susan Abney and Angie Burnett, Aisha Jones, Cameron Moore and Kim Hodo are pictured in instant-film portraits.
(Photos By Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Air Force veteran Bill Coomer, aka "Wild Bill," of Cape Girardeau looks out of a blind during a snow goose hunt March 14 in Ware, Illinois. For Coomer, AM Vets Outdoors is about getting veterans together. Coomer is the founder of the organization, which takes veterans on hunting and fishing trips. "The whole premise of this is for vets to be introduced to other vets that way they can become friends with at least one of them," Coomer said. "That way where later on, if they have depression or thoughts of suicide or whatever, at least they have somebody to talk to."
(Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Gail Lowrance of Cape Girardeau waves to a passerby while taking a portrait Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at her apartment in Cape Girardeau. Lowrance started staying at home March 16. She's taken drives, but said she hasn't been around others or gone out shopping. "It's been difficult, you know, not being around friends," Lowrance said. "Family adjustments, that's hard." She said she was originally supposed to fly to California to see her grandson, but the trip got canceled. Her daughter is expecting twins in Tennessee, and she said she'll likely miss the delivery. "It's our obligation, and it's the least we can do," Lowrance said about staying at home. "I think it's the right thing to do, and I rely on the experts to tell me because that's not my decision to make."
(Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Trevor Kroenung and Jenni (Heisserer) Kroenung share a kiss while celebrating indoors shortly after being married Saturday, April 25, 2020, in Scott County, Missouri. The couple didn't let the COVID-19 pandemic change the date they had set for their wedding. They simply downsized. With only their parents and a few select others in physical attendance, the couple exchanged rings and entered their union April 25 at the Scott County home of bridesmaid Brittany Felter, who also officiated the service. "It's just the day that we picked, and we wanted one thing to stay the same really," Jenni (Heisserer) Kroenung said. After the service, more celebrating took place indoors followed by the taking of pictures outside by the hillside and nearby pond. "It was so perfect to me," Jenni said after the wedding. "Obviously I got a little emotional. ... At the end of the day, I got to marry the man of my dreams."
(Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)