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This afternoon on seMissourian.com (03/06/09)
Love him or hate him, chances are that if you live in Southeast Missouri (or just about anywhere in the U.S.), you probably have an opinion on Rush Limbaugh. Why not go to seMissourian.com to share that opinion with others?Check Matt Sanders' Extra Edition blog later this afternoon for a link to our new Rush Limbaugh forum — a place for seMissourian.com users to come together and discuss the radio giant and Cape Girardeau native.. ...
Two from Marble Hill sustain moderate injuries in early morning crash (03/06/09)
BOLLINGER COUNTY, Mo. - A Marble Hill man and woman were injured in a single-car accident on Route B early this morning. The accident occurred five miles east of Marble Hill at around 1 a.m. as a 1999 Ford driven by Derek A. Hulvey, 19, of Marble Hill lost control in a curve, traveled off the right side of the roadway and overturned, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash reports website. The Ford was totaled...
More charges filed against Dexter teen in rape case (03/06/09)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — A Dexter teenager was charged Thursday with six sexual-related felonies, including a child pornography charge for allegedly recording sexually explicit conduct involving a 13-year-old girl on his cellular telephone. The new charges, along with others previously filed, mean he now is facing 14 felonies...
Mississippi County government to sue Alexander County for juvenile housing costs (03/06/09)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Mississippi County will need to file a small claims suit against Alexander County in Illinois to collect a debt. During the regular County Commission meeting Thursday, Presiding Commissioner Jim Blumenberg said he recently discussed with Kevin Hess, superintendent of the county's juvenile facility, $8,500 owed to Mississippi County for boarding Alexander County juvenile offenders...
Blodgett woman killed in Thursday night interstate crash (03/06/09)
SCOTT COUNTY - A Blodgett, Mo., woman was fatally struck by a car on Interstate 55 Thursday evening. The crash occurred at mile marker 74 six miles south of Benton, Mo. Melissa L. Loughary, 35, reportedly ran into the path of a 2004 Freightliner driven by Christopher G. ...
Community leaders at First Friday Coffee talk benefits of hiring ex-offenders (03/06/09)
Schnucks manager Dennis Marchi understands the contribution ex-offenders can make to a business. Since the grocery store in Cape Girardeau began hiring ex-offenders in the 1980s Marchi has seen the positive effect the Missouri Reentry program has on the employees...
Bollinger County soccer league's concession stand burglarized (03/06/09)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Members of the Bollinger County Soccer League are offering a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people who broke into the concession stand in Twin Cities Park in Marble Hill. Jennifer Steinberg and Stephanie Watkins, members of the board, said the soccer league board had recently restocked the concession stand in anticipation of the league's first games. ...
Fire victim's apartment had smoke detector (03/06/09)
Jackson firefighters have one final question in the death of a Jackson woman, and it may never be answered. The body of Iva L. Bangert, 82, was found Monday at her apartment, where she apparently died from a small fire caused by a cigarette. Bangert's apartment had a smoke detector, according to Jackson fire chief Jason Mouser...
Rep. Jo Ann Emerson renews push to reimport prescription drugs (03/06/09)
The day before U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson took part in the White House conference on health-care reform, she again filed a bill that has been one of her main legislative objectives -- reimporting prescription drugs from Canada and other nations where they are cheaper...
School candidate forum set for Monday (03/06/09)
Candidates for the Cape Girardeau School Board will take part in a candidate forum at 7 p.m. Monday. The forum, sponsored by the League of Women Voters, will be held at the Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center, 1080 S. Silver Springs Road, and will last one hour. ...
Federal spending bill includes $2.6 million for Cape floodwall (03/06/09)
The Cape Girardeau floodwall rehabilitation project is in line for almost $2.6 million from the $401 billion spending bill that should go before President Obama this week. The appropriation, one of 43 earmarks in the legislation for which U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson takes complete or partial credit, will keep the floodwall project going for another year. ...
Marble Hill mayor promises results on dog pound issue (03/06/09)
Marble Hill Mayor Russell Masterson promised the Board of Aldermen at a special meeting Friday evening that the issue of the dog pound will be settled by the next regular board meeting March 9. Earlier the aldermen considered a contract with the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau to take stray dogs at a cost to the city of $1,200, plus transportation and possible overtime costs. ...
Memorial highway receives Senate approval (03/06/09)
A proposal to name interstate interchanges in the state after local soldiers killed in action in Afghanistan and Iraq has received Senate approval. Originally proposed by state Sen. Jason Crowell, R-Cape Girardeau, Senate Bill 84 would establish the "Heroes Way Interstate Interchange Designation Program. Each specific interchange would be determined based on the hero's hometown...
Mo. considers dropping age for concealed weapons (03/06/09)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have proposed lowering the nation's oldest minimum age requirement for carrying concealed weapons, so that those allowed to drink alcohol can carry a gun. Currently to qualify for a Missouri concealed weapon permit, applicants must be at least 23 years old, live in the state, have no felony convictions and pass a firearms training course and background check...
Mo. revenue down by 10 percent in February (03/06/09)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri tax revenue plunged by more than 10 percent in February compared to the same month last year. State figures show sales taxes fell by more than 16 percent and individual income taxes dropped by greater than 3 percent in February...
NASA's Kepler telescope to hunt galaxy for Earthlike planets (03/06/09)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will soon be on the lookout for possible Earths in one faraway corner of the galaxy. A planet-hunting spacecraft, named Kepler after the German 17th-century astrophysicist, is scheduled to rocket away from Cape Canaveral late tonight. Excellent launch weather is forecast...
New species of coral identified (03/06/09)
HONOLULU -- Scientists have identified seven new species of bamboo coral discovered thousands of feet below the ocean's surface, officials said Thursday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the six of the seven species found off Hawaii may represent entirely new genera, calling it a "remarkable feat" given the broad classification a genus represents...
Former pro wrestler accused in nursing home death (03/06/09)
MINNEAPOLIS -- During his glory days as a pro wrestler, Verne Gagne shared the spotlight with other burly men in trunks, guys with names like Killer Kowalski, Mad Dog Vachon, The Crusher and Baron Von Rasch­ke. But all of that seemed well in the past until just weeks ago, when authorities say Gagne, 82 and suffering from Alzheimer's disease, apparently body-slammed a 97-year-old fellow patient at the suburban nursing home where they both lived, causing the man's death...
Mortgage woes break records in fourth quarter (03/06/09)
NEW YORK -- Foreclosures are spreading by epidemic proportions, expanding beyond a handful of problem states and now affecting almost 1 in every 8 American homeowners. It's an economic role reversal: The economy, driven down by the collapse of the housing bubble, is causing the housing crisis to spread...
Darfur residents fear crisis if aid agencies leave (03/06/09)
KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Even before Sudan's president expelled aid groups from Darfur following an international warrant seeking his arrest, diarrhea was spreading among newcomers at one of its largest refugee camps and people waited hours in line for water...
Canadian judge rules man not responsible for beheading (03/06/09)
WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- A Canadian judge ruled Thursday that a man accused of beheading and cannibalizing a fellow Greyhound bus passenger is not criminally responsible due to mental illness. The decision means Chinese immigrant Vince Li will be treated in a mental institution instead of going to prison. The family of victim Tim McLean said Li got away with murder...
Scott City's season ends vs. Charleston (03/06/09)
CHARLESTON -- Scott City withered under the perimeter attack of top-seeded Charleston in their Class 3 District 1 boys basketball semifinal Thursday. The fifth-seeded Rams were able to keep the game close early on, but they could not keep up as Charleston emerged with the 83-49 win. The Bluejays will face New Madrid for the district title. The Eagles beat Kennett 60-54 in the other semifinal...
Hornets left feeling the sting (03/06/09)
CHAFFEE -- Advance opened the Class 2 District 3 championship with a hot-shooting first half. But the Hornets went cold in crunch time and dropped a 72-65 decision to Bernie in Thursday night's boys basketball championship game. Advance (22-7) had one field goal in the final 3 minutes and was outscored 8-2, with Bernie's final six points coming at the free-throw line. ...
Slow start hampers Woodland girls (03/06/09)
BLOOMFIELD -- The Woodland Cardinals got the early game jitters out of their system in the second quarter of their Class 3 District 2 girls basketball final Thursday night against the top-seeded Greenville Bears. By the time the Cardinals got things together in their first district final, they trailed 15-4 after the first quarter and the Bears went on to a 51-41 win...
Panthers' girls basketball program claims its first district title (03/06/09)
CHAFFEE -- Seniors Chelsey Kight and Ashley Doublin know the history of the Meadow Heights girls basketball program because they've been part of it since its inception four years ago. Kight and Doublin started on the inaugural team that collected two wins, so Thursday's Class 2 District 3 girls basketball championship was all the sweeter...
Braves add to district collection (03/06/09)
BELL CITY -- Scott County Central's Bobby Hatchett forced a steal against Bell City near midcourt, dribbled to the basket and dunked for an easy two points in the first quarter. That play best sums up how the Class 1 District 3 boys basketball championship game unfolded as the Braves' pressure defense was too much for the Cubs to handle...
UNI team faces Redhawks, extinction (03/06/09)
A baseball team in limbo visits Capaha Field for a four-game weekend series. Northern Iowa (4-4) and Southeast Missouri State (5-3) will play a 2 p.m. contest today, followed by a noon doubleheader Saturday and a 1 p.m. first pitch Sunday. UNI director of athletics Troy Dannen announced Feb. 23 that the baseball program will be eliminated following this season because of university budget problems...
Hudson, Hayes repeat as OVC Player of the Year (03/06/09)
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- Tennessee-Martin senior guard Lester Hudson repeated as the Ohio Valley Conference men's Player of the Year, the conference announced Thursday. Joining Hudson among the 2008-09 OVC award winners (voted by the League's head coaches and sports information directors) was his coach, Bret Campbell, who was named Coach of the Year after leading the Skyhawks to the regular-season title. ...
Hot and cold balloons (03/06/09)
What happens when you heat the air inside a balloon? What about cooling the air inside a balloon? It's another experiment that might get you and the entire family "Hooked on Science." Materials n 2 balloons n Box n Freezer n Hair dryer Instructions...
Who's next 3/6/09 (03/06/09)
Scholarships n Jonathan T. Siemers of Cape Girardeau received a President's Plus Scholarship, a Missouri Leadership Award and MAP Achievement Scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University for the 2009-2010 academic year...
Teen makes time to make a difference with Youth United Way (03/06/09)
Quitman McBride III knows the meaning of hard work, and it's got nothing to do with the school work assigned by his teachers at Cape Girardeau Central High School. McBride volunteers with Youth United Way, the teen division of United Way, doing everything from kitchen work to stable chores. McBride schedules the community service between school assignments, speech and debate and Red Dagger performances like the upcoming "12 Angry Jurors" in late March...
neXt up 3/6/09 (03/06/09)
Friday n New movie "Watchmen" Rated R @ Cape West 14 Cine n Poetry at the Mud House -- The Journey Reading Series @ Mississippi Mud House, 4 p.m. n Open Mic @Broadway Books & Roasting Co., 7:30 p.m. Saturday n Artifakt, Legends Never Die, What We Call Sanity and Corvidae @ Mississippi Mud House, 7 p.m...
Iowans say pig-odor study passes the smell test (03/06/09)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- On Capitol Hill, a $1.7 million earmark for pig odor research in Iowa has become a big, fat joke among Republicans, a Grade A example of pork. But the people who live cheek by jowl with hog farms in the No. 1 pig-producing state aren't laughing...
Obama welcomes allies, skeptics to health summit (03/06/09)
WASHINGTON -- President Obama pumped health-care allies and skeptics alike for ways to overhaul the nation's costly system Thursday and heard only applause and agreement when he told them there's "a clear consensus that the need for health-care reform is here and now."...
Senate preparing $410 billion spending bill for Obama (03/06/09)
WASHINGTON -- Senate leaders hoped Thursday to clear for President Obama a huge spending bill that awards big increases to domestic programs and is stuffed with pet projects sought by lawmakers in both parties. The $410 billion spending bill, spanning 1,122 pages, wraps nine spending bills together to fund the annual operating budgets of every Cabinet department except for Defense, Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs...
Mary Otto (03/06/09)
Mary Otto Mary Louise Otto, who had a courageous battle with breast cancer, died peacefully Thursday, March 5, 2009. Loving daughter of Dorothy Otto and the late Thomas G. Otto; dear sister of David (Jackie), Graham (Cynthia), and Thomas (Elizabeth); dear aunt and grandaunt to many...
Clyde Broeker (03/06/09)
Clyde Broeker PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Clyde J. Broeker, 62, of Perryville died Wednesday, March 4, 2009, at his home. He was born June 22, 1946, in Perry County, Mo., son of Joseph and Virginia Ruch Broeker. Broeker formerly owned Broeker's Auto Body Shop...
Mary Mitchell (03/06/09)
Mary Mitchell MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Mary Ann Mitchell, 77, of Mound City died Wednesday, March 4, 2009, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 3, 1932, in Perks, Ill., daughter of Walter and Aileen Chesney Foster. She married Robert Mitchell, who preceded her in death...
Frank Burkman Sr. (03/06/09)
Frank Burkman Sr. ZALMA, Mo. -- Glen "Frank" Burkman Sr., 58, of Zalma died Wednesday, March 4, 2009, at his home. He was born Sept. 9, 1950, at Gipsy, Mo., son of James and Bertha Wallace Burkman. Burkman was a sawmill worker and member of the Church of Christ in Advance, Mo...
Aline Hecht (03/06/09)
Aline Hecht ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Aline M. Hecht, 83, of Altenburg died Thursday, March 5, 2009, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. She was born Oct. 24, 1925, in Perry County, daughter of Martin J. and Leah Bachmann Schmidt. She and Milton B. Hecht were married Oct. 24, 1948...
Glen Thiele (03/06/09)
Glen Thiele LEOPOLD, Mo. -- Glen Anthony Thiele, 78, of Leopold passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2009, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau while surrounded by family after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born Jan. 19, 1931, at Leopold, son of the late Fred and Helena Elfrink Thiele. He and Ethel Ann Seiler were married April 16, 1952...
Shirley Causey (03/06/09)
Shirley Causey Shirley Sue Causey, 59, of Oak Ridge died Wednesday, March 4, 2009, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 28, 1949, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Raymond and Opal Forn­kohl Golden. She and Ottis Causey were married Sept. 2, 1967, in Cape Girardeau...
Fire report 3/6/09 (03/06/09)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Wednesday: n At 10:56 p.m., citizen assist in the 1400 block of South West End Boulevard. n At 12:30 a.m., alarm at 1000 Towers Circle. n At 10:15 a.m., emergency medical service in the 1300 block of Broadway...
Police report 3/6/09 (03/06/09)
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Timothy G. Meyer, 25, of Ste. Genevieve, Mo., was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene...
Out of the past 3/6/09 (03/06/09)
25 years ago: March 6, 1984 Douglas Wayne Thompson's third jury trial stemming from the shooting death of a Cape Girardeau auxiliary police officer 23 years ago has been reset for April 2 in Scott County Circuit Court at Benton, Mo. Voters in the Oak Ridge School District turn out in near record numbers to approve a $350,000 general obligation bond issue to finance construction of a high school addition...
The Rush Limbaugh forum (03/06/09)
Cape Girardeau native Rush Limbaugh has been in the nation's political spotlight for years, but his prominence has only grown recently, boosted by his address at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Discuss the influential conservative radio talk show host with other seMissourian.com readers here. You can also read the latest news on Limbaugh from the Associated Press by clicking on the headlines below...
Signs of spring, and the Q-tip test (03/06/09)
This is a good time of the year, when spring tentatively pokes green fingers into the late-winter air. Thanks to the few warm days of sunshine we've had, along with a batch of rain, there are signs of spring everywhere. Two of our neighbors have these magic trees that put out yellow buds long before the forsythia blooms. The trees are bright gold against the gray of early March. My, but they are a welcome sight...
Drug busts send clear message that we don't tolerate criminals (03/06/09)
The Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force made 26 arrests in one day last month, based on an extensive investigation Late last month the Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force concluded a lengthy investigation by making 26 arrests in one day. Those arrested are accused of illegally manufacturing, possessing or dealing in methamphetamine, marijuana and cocaine...
'Sweet Charity' cast sparkled (03/06/09)
Professional from start to finish -- that's the best way I know to describe "Sweet Charity," the latest production from the Department of Theatre and Dance at Southeast Missouri State University. The talent displayed in this show could just as easily been one of the many professional touring productions presented this season at the River Campus. ...
Paradox: Courthouse and CCC (03/06/09)
The Civilian Conservation Corps and the federal courthouse shared the front page of the March 1 Southeast Missourian. Quite a paradox. The CCC helped rescue us from the last depression. The courthouse is the best local example of why we are headed to the second great depression after three-quarters of a century: the waste of $70 million on a new courthouse so the old one can be used as a homeless shelter...
Prayer 3/6/09 (03/06/09)
Help us, O God, to find ways to show your greatness to others. Amen.
Janet is named Outstanding Science Teacher (03/06/09)
Jill Janet, kindergarten teacher at Clippard elementary school, was named Outstanding Science Educator by the Hooked on Science organization for the month of March. In the photo above, Jason Lindsey, Outreach Science Educator, presents the award and said, "Mrs. ...
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