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Transit chief unsure about permanent post
(Local News ~ 04/07/07)
The Cape County Transit Authority is like most businesses -- follow sound practices and keep people with specialized knowledge close and things should run smoothly, interim director Tom Mogelnicki said Friday. After a week on the job, Mogelnicki said he's unsure whether he will seek a permanent appointment to replace outgoing executive director Jeff Brune. But he said he's not going to sit back and be a caretaker, either...
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A cold Easter on the way
(Local News ~ 04/07/07)
For the second consecutive day Friday, much of Southeast Missouri endured temperatures near freezing. Flurries were spotted in Cape Girardeau in the afternoon, and temperatures dipped down to 33 degrees during the day. Overnight lows were predicted to plummet into the low 20s...
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Caruthersville still seeking school funds
(Local News ~ 04/07/07)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- The superintendent of Caruthersville schools won't take no for an answer when it comes to replacing the district's tornado-damaged high school. Voters on Tuesday rejected a $4.5 million bond issue proposal that would have helped finance construction of a new high school. Nearly 1,300 votes were cast. More than 56 percent of the voters said no to the measure. The measure needed a supermajority of just over 57 percent to pass...
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Crowell votes to restore cuts in Medicaid
(Local News ~ 04/07/07)
During debate this week on legislation overhauling the state's Medicaid system, state Sen. Jason Crowell broke ranks with his fellow Republicans to support an attempt to reverse all the cuts since 2002 in the taxpayer-supported health-care program...
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Celeb chef serves up prom for students at high school destroyed by tornado
(Entertainment ~ 04/07/07)
ENTERPRISE, Ala. -- Rachael Ray made sure the students who lost eight classmates and their school in a tornado got a senior prom. The celebrity chef planned the menu and helped prepare dinner at Enterprise High School's prom, according to a statement Thursday from publicist Georgianna Dente. The star of the syndicated "Rachael Ray" coordinated donations for the dance, which was shot for an episode to air April 30...
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Police report 4/7/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/07/07)
Cape Girardeau: Arrests; Assaults; Summonses; DWIs; Thefts; Property damage; Arrests; Summons; DWIs
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Fire report 4/7/07
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/07/07)
n At 11:14 p.m., emergency medical service in the 1700 block of Crestwood Drive. n At 11:21 p.m., emergency medical service in the 300 block of Dearmore Street. n At 11:36 p.m., emergency medical service in the 2000 block of Big Bend Road. n At 12:42 a.m., emergency medical service in the 300 block of West Lorimier Street...
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Cleo Gould
(Obituary ~ 04/07/07)
Jewel Cleo Gould, 94, died Thursday, April 5, 2007, at Lakeland Nursing and Rehab Center in Jackson, Miss. Visitation will be 1 to 2:45 p.m. today at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, Miss., with a 3 p.m. chapel service. Burial will follow in Line Creek Cemetery in Rankin County...
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Scott City will try to limit tanker truck traffic on Main Street
(Local News ~ 04/07/07)
The Scott City government is set to talk with the TEPPCO petroleum pipeline facility just outside the city limits in an attempt to limit tanker truck traffic through town. At Monday's regular city council meeting, a group of firefighters and Scott City fire chief Jay Cassout discussed the issue with the city council, spurred by the recent crash of a tanker truck carrying diesel fuel on Interstate 55 in Cape Girardeau...
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Robert Francis
(Obituary ~ 04/07/07)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Robert William "Bob" Francis, 88, of Marble Hill died Monday, April 2, 2007, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 14, 1918, in Lutesville, Mo., son of Isaac David and Della Iretha Biffle Pulliam Francis...
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Eska Hancock
(Obituary ~ 04/07/07)
Eska Hancock, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, April 4, 2007, at the Lutheran Home. She was born June 24, 1919, at Dixon, Mo., daughter of Fred Guy and Nellie Mae Conner Decker. She and Rhea A. Hancock were married March 10, 1943, in Hot Springs, Ark. He died Dec. 19, 1988...
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Doris Smith
(Obituary ~ 04/07/07)
KELSO, Mo. -- Doris Marie Welter Smith, 86, of Kelso died Thursday, April 5, 2007, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Her final years were spent at Auburn Creek Residential Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 15, 1920, in Kelso, to Edward and Ella Pfefferkorn Welter. She married Jack Smith Jr. of Fornfelt Aug. 27, 1942. He preceded her in death March 28, 1981...
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Anna Allen
(Obituary ~ 04/07/07)
BUNCOMBE, Ill. -- Anna Elizabeth Allen, 95, of Buncombe died Thursday, April 5, 2007, at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion, Ill. She was born Jan. 29, 1912, in Goreville, Ill., daughter of Basil and Rhoda Stanley Billingsley. She and Charles Allen were married April 30, 1936. He died June 11, 1980...
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Edna Ryan
(Obituary ~ 04/07/07)
Edna Mae Ryan, 82, of Granite City, Ill., died Thursday, April 5, 2007, at Stearns Nursing Home in Granite City. She was born Aug. 23, 1924, in Campbell, Mo., daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Linda Mae Blevins Sanders. She and Jack James were married Oct. 12, 1946. He preceded her in death. She and Harold Ryan were married Nov. 29, 1975, in Chicago. He also preceded her in death...
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Pearl Pair
(Obituary ~ 04/07/07)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Pearl Pair, 92, of Marble Hill died Thursday, April 5, 2007, at Elder Care of Marble Hill. She was born Oct. 19, 1914, at Buchanan, Mo., daughter of Robert H. and Florence Estes Looney. She and Merrill Pair were married July 24, 1952. He died Aug. 15, 2006...
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Juanita Isaacs
(Obituary ~ 04/07/07)
MORLEY, Mo. -- Juanita Isaacs, 81, of Morley died Thursday, April 5, 2007, at her home. She was born Dec. 29, 1925, in Riverside, Calif., daughter of Raymond and Florence Barker Emerson Sr. She and Fearl Isaacs were married Oct. 26, 1942. He died April 3, 1997...
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Ronald Schrum Jr.
(Obituary ~ 04/07/07)
Ronald Lee Schrum Sr., 54, of Delta died Thursday, April 5, 2007, at his home. He was born July 14, 1952, in St. Louis, son of Ollie Earl and Stella Irene Sadler Schrum. He and Kathleen Curneal were married Jan. 4, 2007. Schrum retired as a truck driver with Obie and Pete's Solid Waste...
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William Lincoln
(Obituary ~ 04/07/07)
William Ray Lincoln, 65, of Whitewater died Thursday, April 5, 2007, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 9, 1941, in Cape Girardeau, son of William E. Ray and Dorris S. Neilson Lincoln. He and Shelba Grindstaff were married June 18, 1960, in Jackson...
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Alvin Griswell
(Obituary ~ 04/07/07)
Alvin Griswell, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, April 6, 2007, at Ratliff Care Center. He was born Sept. 16, 1914, in Dyersburg, Tenn., son of Archie and Sarah Patterson Griswell. He and Ocie Loraine Smith were married Dec. 5, 1932. She died Nov. 26, 1998...
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Briefly
(Local News ~ 04/07/07)
Faberge eggs on display in Paducah today PADUCAH, Ky. -- Russian jewelry designer Ilya Abelsky will be in Paducah today with his handcrafted miniature Faberge eggs at Michelson Jewelers. The eggs are crafted in the tradition of Carl Faberge, the 19th-century jeweler to the Russian imperial family. ...
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Keeping lead contained
(Local News ~ 04/07/07)
A company at the Southeast Missouri Port Authority is sinking big money into a project to reduce the amount of lead concentrate that can make its way into the environment. Workers with Girardeau Stevedores and Contractors Inc. are in the early stages of constructing a $4 million facility at the port to handle shipments of lead concentrate from the Doe Run Co...
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Suicide truck bomber explodes chlorine in Iraqi city of Ramadi
(International News ~ 04/07/07)
BAGHDAD -- A suspected al-Qaida in Iraq suicide bomber smashed a truck loaded with TNT and toxic chlorine gas into a police checkpoint in Ramadi on Friday, killing at least 27 people -- the ninth such attack since the group's first known use of a chemical weapon in January...
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Around Southeast Missouri
(Local News ~ 04/07/07)
Dexter school bond issue passes DEXTER, Mo. -- In Dexter, polling data to the contrary, the school bond issue passed convincingly by a vote of 959-643. An online poll conducted by the Daily Statesman ending Feb. 27 indicated a dead heat, with 47.5 percent of respondents in favor and 47.5 percent opposed. ...
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Gonzales aide resigns 2 weeks after refusing to testify on firings
(National News ~ 04/07/07)
WASHINGTON -- A top aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales abruptly quit Friday, almost two weeks after telling Congress she would not testify about her role in the firings of federal prosecutors. There was no immediate reason given, but Monica M. Goodling's refusal to face Congress had intensified a controversy that threatens Gonzales' job...
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Bleakest report ever on global warming approved in Brussels
(International News ~ 04/07/07)
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- As the world gets hotter by degrees, millions of poor people will suffer from hunger, thirst, floods and disease unless drastic action is taken, scientists and diplomats warned Friday in their bleakest report ever on global warming...
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U.S. military changes how it brings soldiers' bodies home
(National News ~ 04/07/07)
In an about-face by the U.S. government four years into the war in Iraq, America's fallen troops are being brought back to their families aboard charter jets instead of ordinary commercial flights, and the caskets are being met by honor guards in white gloves instead of baggage handlers with forklifts...
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Three killed in I-24 crash near Metropolis
(State News ~ 04/07/07)
METROPOLIS, Ill. -- A vehicle crossed the median on a busy stretch of Interstate 24 near the Illinois-Kentucky border Friday, killing three people and critically injuring two others, Illinois State Police said. The accident snarled Easter weekend traffic for hours, police said...
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Freed British sailors and marines say Iranians coerced statements
(International News ~ 04/07/07)
ROYAL MARINE BASE CHIVENOR, England -- British sailors and marines freed by Iran said Friday they were blindfolded, isolated in cold stone cells and tricked into fearing execution while being coerced into falsely saying they had entered Iranian waters...
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History-making sextuplets celebrate their 10th birthdays
(National News ~ 04/07/07)
STONY BROOK, N.Y. -- Back in 1997, the six Boniello babies set a U.S. record for the longest sextuplet pregnancy -- 29 weeks and one day. Each weighed barely 2 pounds. A lot has changed in 10 years. The four sisters and two brothers are now healthy, thriving fourth-graders with their own unique personalities, from the soccer player to the knitter to the tomboy who loves to climb trees...
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3 lawyers with U.S. attorney's office in Minneapolis resign their posts
(National News ~ 04/07/07)
MINNEAPOLIS -- Three lawyers in the U.S. Attorney's office in Minneapolis resigned their management posts and will return to prosecuting case. U.S. Attorney Rachel Paulose confirmed Friday that John Marti, a first assistant U.S. attorney, Erika Mozangue, head of the office's civil division, and James Lackner, who heads the office's criminal division, have "decided to go back to being prosecutors," spokeswoman Jeanne Cooney said...
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Five sex offenders in Miami allowed to live under a bridge
(National News ~ 04/07/07)
MIAMI -- Five convicted sex offenders are living under a noisy highway bridge with the state's grudging approval because an ordinance intended to keep predators away from children made it nearly impossible for them to find housing. Some of them sleep on cardboard raised slightly off the ground to avoid the rats. One of the men beds down on a pallet with a blanket and pillow. Some have been there for several weeks...
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Speak Out 4/7/07
(Speak Out ~ 04/07/07)
King of the world; Fishbowl nonsense; Patched and plugged; Boxed-wine mentality; Where's the money?; Altenburg's got money; Use the ashtray; I'll second that; Jail money; Like a dictator; Plenty of pork; Widespread impact; Redraw the lines; Fleeced again; Fighting crime; Replacement taxes
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Top educators
(Editorial ~ 04/07/07)
Every year, the Cape Girardeau and Jackson chambers of commerce honor public, private and parochial school teachers who excel in the classroom or as administrators. The educators of the year are chosen by business leaders and recognized for the important role teachers play in the health of the community...
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Mark Hogan
(Editorial ~ 04/07/07)
If a teacher is good enough he someday will be surpassed by his pupils. That happened Sunday when Mark Hogan became the winningest baseball coach in the history of Southeast Missouri State University history. Hogan's mentor, the late Joe Uhls, compiled a 373-257-5 record in 25 seasons from 1960 to 1984. Before Friday's games against Jacksonville State, Hogan had a 374-308-1 record in 13 seasons at Southeast...
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A firm and unshakable faith
(Column ~ 04/07/07)
"I believe we have two lives: The life we learn with... and the life we live with after that." (from "The Natural," a 1984 motion picture). I knew a delightful woman in south St. Louis who has gone on to her reward. Katie played the ukulele; she talked so loud during worship (because of poor hearing) that sometimes the volume of her voice competed with mine during sermons. She was firmly on O.J. Simpson's side during his infamous double murder trial more than a decade ago...
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98 percent of illegal border-crossers never prosecuted
(National News ~ 04/07/07)
EL PASO, Texas -- For all the tough talk out of Washington on immigration, illegal immigrants caught along the Mexican border have almost no reason to fear they will be prosecuted. Ninety-eight percent of those arrested between Oct. 1, 2000, and Sept. ...
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Church briefs 4/7
(Community ~ 04/07/07)
Briefly Mending Hearts conference scheduled Women are invited to the "Mending Hearts" Women's Conference Aug. 24 and 25 at the Kentucky Dam Village State Park in Gilbertsville, Ky. Escape for a time of teaching, workshops, testimonies, share groups and ministering to personal needs. For information on registration and reservations, call Foundational Truths Ministries at (618) 378-9100, or e-mail cccole@hamiltoncom.net...
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Gift to the community
(Community ~ 04/07/07)
Family tradition at Easter might mean new spring clothes to wear to church, a chocolate rabbit and colored eggs hidden in the grass. It often means family and friends gathered around the table for Easter dinner. For members of Jackson's First Baptist Church, family extends beyond genetics to include church family, community family and, ultimately, God's family in a lavish Easter pageant the church performs as a gift to the community...
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Southeast honors Hogan's win record before games
(College Sports ~ 04/07/07)
Southeast Missouri State played its first home baseball game since coach Mark Hogan claimed the all-time win record Friday, and Hogan was honored with a ceremony before the opener of a doubleheader against Jacksonville State at Capaha Field. The son of legendary Southeast coach Joe Uhls, who previously held the record, threw out the first pitch of the game. ...
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Central baseball splits pair in tournament
(High School Sports ~ 04/07/07)
The Central baseball team bounced back to earn a split in its second game at the McCracken County tournament in Kentucky. Brad Labruyere pitched six innings, allowing three runs on seven hits and striking out four, in the first game against Lexington, Ky. Lexington squeaked out the 3-2 victory. Central managed four hits, all singles...
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Redhawks halt four-game skid in OVC split
(College Sports ~ 04/07/07)
Southeast Missouri State was staring down a doubleheader sweep at the hands of Ohio Valley Conference-leading Jacksonville State, down 2-1 in the bottom of the sixth of a seven-inning game. The Redhawks rallied with four runs in the sixth and survived a scare in the seventh to pull out a 5-3 win and a split Friday at Capaha Field. ...
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Redhawks softball drops pair to Jacksonville State
(High School Sports ~ 04/07/07)
The Southeast Missouri State softball team dropped both games of a doubleheader at Jacksonville State on Friday. The Redhawks dropped the first game 6-3 and the second game 9-4. They have lost five of their last six. Southeast jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second inning of game one, but surrendered five runs in the fourth and couldn't recover...
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Out of the past 4/7/07
(Out of the Past ~ 04/07/07)
Mayor Howard C. Tooke, a member of the Cape Girardeau City Council since 1968, and mayor of the community for most of those years, says he will retire from city government at the end of his present term on the council; Tooke was re-elected mayor Tuesday...
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