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Rollover accident on Kingshighway
(Local News ~ 04/15/10)
The driver of a Toyota Corolla was treated at the scene of a rollover accident with a Ford pickup Thursday morning in the 1700 block of North Kingshighway. The driver of the pickup, who was not hurt, was southbound from Jackson when the collision occurred. Both men refused medical transport.
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Couple claiming to be health workers steal cash from elderly woman's home
(Local News ~ 04/15/10)
DEXTER, Mo. -- A large sum of cash was stolen from an elderly woman's home by two people reporting to be health care workers, the Dexter Daily Statesman reported. Dexter Police report that on Monday evening, a local woman was approached by two individuals, a man and a woman, in an "older model vehicle" as she was doing yard work at her home. The female of the two reportedly exited the vehicle and engaged the woman in conversation, identifying herself as an employee of Home Health...
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SEMO foundation gets $4 million gift
(Local News ~ 04/15/10)
Two Southeast Missouri natives and education supporters have given one of the biggest gifts in Southeast Missouri State University history.
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Charges filed against two brothers after Tuesday police chase
(Local News ~ 04/15/10)
Girardeau man Wednesday who led police officers on a car chase Tuesday through the city, while his brother was charged with drug possession in connection to the incident. Officers began pursuing Jimmy A. Maglone around 9:30 a.m. after they thought he was in possession of methamphetamine at Capaha Park.
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Convenience store mail center will stay open late today
(Local News ~ 04/15/10)
The post office contract unit inside Southern Convenience Store at 920 N. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau will remain open until 10 p.m. today. The site is operated by Bi-State Oil on contract with the U.S. Postal Service. It normally closes at 7 p.m. but will offer extended hours to acc
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PHS Elks SOM for March
(Submitted Story ~ 04/15/10)
The Perryville High School Elks Student of the Month for March is Chelsey Mattingly, daughter of Robin Pfeiffer. While in high school, Chelsey has been involved in the following organizations and clubs: Soccer (Gr. 9); Softball (Gr. 9,10,11); Choir (Gr. 9, 11); FBLA (Gr. 11,12); Skills USA Vice-President (Gr. 12); DECA Vice-President (Gr. 11); Foreign Language Club (Gr. 10); Drama (Gr. 11); Friends of Education (Gr. 10, 11, 12); and National Honor Society (Gr. 11,12)...
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Perryville Area Career and Technology Center Students Attend Skills USA Competition
(Submitted Story ~ 04/15/10)
Perryville Area Career and Technology Center student, Landon Koetting, recently earned first place in the TV & Video technical written competition at the 44th Annual Missouri Leadership and Skills Conference (SkillsUSA) held at Linn State Technical College. Heather Adams, also a PACTC student, ran and was elected as a State Officer...
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Funeral services for Cape County Commission assistant scheduled for Friday
(Local News ~ 04/15/10)
After the death of Cape Girardeau County Commission assistant Robb McClary, co-workers are coping as well as can be expected, Presiding Commissioner Gerald Jones said Wednesday. "There's a great deal of sadness in losing a person like Robb," said Jones, who coached McClary when the former commission assistant was a student in high school. ath of Cape Girardeau County Commission assistant Robb McClary, co-workers are coping as well as can be expected, Presiding Commissioner Gerald Jones said. "There's a great deal of sadness in losing a person like Robb," said Jones, who coached McClary when the former commission assistant was a student in high school. "During a visit to his home recently he said 'coach, if anything happens to me will you say something nice at my funeral?'...
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Mayor Harry Rediger walks with Alma Schraders Walking School Bus
(Submitted Photo ~ 04/15/10)
Mayor Harry Rediger walks with Alma Schrader's Walking School Bus on Wednesday. He walked with about 60 students to school.
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Locks of Love Donation
(Submitted Photo ~ 04/15/10)
Kassy Henson of Patton donated another 10 inches of hair to Locks of Love. This is the third time in four years Kassy has donated her hair to help other kids for a total of 29 inches. Kassy is the daughter of Gator and Mary Henson. Kelli Williams of Patton is the stylist...
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Saxony question sends area student to national geography bee
(Local News ~ 04/15/10)
Even Joshua Vogel will admit he lucked out on the question that sent him to a national geography bee competition. "It was kind of a gimme question because we're Lutheran," said Vogel, a seventh-grade student at Trinity Lutheran School. Vogel, 13, competed against more than 100 students Friday at Moberly Community College in a statewide competition to determine Missouri's representative to the 22nd annual National Geographic Bee. The final question: The state of Saxony is in what country?...
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Immacuate Conception Church Music Ministry to Hold Concert
(Submitted Story ~ 04/15/10)
The music department at Immaculate Conception Church in Jackson will hold its annual spring concert Sunday, May 2 at 2:15P.M. in the church. Featured will be the adult choir and choristers, the adult and junior Bells of Joy Ringers, the Praise Team, and church and local musicians. ...
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"Iron Jawed Angels" an HBO film will kick off the Cape River Heritage Museum's 2010 Season
(Submitted Story ~ 04/15/10)
The film stars Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, Frances O'Connor, Anjelica Huston, and Julia Ormond. It recounts the struggle of Alice Paul (Swank) and Lucy Burns (O'Connor), two suffragettes who fought for the passage of the 19th Amendment. April 21, 2010 6:30 p.m.Cape River Heritage Museum 538 Independence Street 573 334 0405...
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Spring sales booming at area lawn and garden centers
(Local News ~ 04/15/10)
Area lawn and garden centers are seeing exceptional spring sales as people start to spruce up their homes for the season. Warm and dry weather in Southeast Missouri along with increased consumer confidence can be credited for the sales spike, according to local lawn and garden center operators. Lowe's Home Improvement Center is seeing a dramatic increase in sales this spring compared to last year at this time, according to store manager Butch Rabbass...
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Cape Central Middle School fifth grade students of the month
(Submitted Photo ~ 04/15/10)
Cape Central Middle School fifth grade Students of the Month, from left: first row, Jonathan Bohnert, Ben Strong and Teaira Williams; second row, Sabrina Sander, Madilyn Dunn and Andrea Guebert; third row, Alexis Patterson, Terron Flores and Strider Van Meter; fourth row, Takymbra Williams and Jasonee Hughes. Southeast Missouri Hospital recognizes these Students of the Month in its role as Central Middle School's Partner in Education...
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Cobb provides senior leadership for Scott City
(High School Sports ~ 04/15/10)
Scott City senior Skylar Cobb is not one for individual accomplishments, so it came as a surprise to his coach when his small-framed outfielder offered his goals for the 2010 high school baseball season. "You know coach, I want to hit a home run. I never hit one in my whole career. Little League, all the way up, over the fence, I never hit one," Scott City coach Lance Amick said as recalled the conversation with a smile...
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Central High School academic team gearing up for big competitions
(Community ~ 04/15/10)
For Cape Girardeau Central High School's academic team, internal competition is the key to their success. "I think it's better for the team," said team captain Josh Wen, even though he is often the target for his other teammates. "He's the best," junior Owen Hill said. "So if you beat him, you get to brag."...
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neXt up 4/15/10
(Community ~ 04/15/10)
Events happening this weekend
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W.Va. gov. orders inspections for 200 coal mines
(National News ~ 04/15/10)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Gov. Joe Manchin on Wednesday ordered the immediate inspection of all underground coal mines in West Virginia after an explosion last week killed 29 miners and injured two. Manchin also asked for the state's more than 200 underground coal mines to cease production Friday to mourn the victims of the nation's worst coal mining disaster in 40 years...
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Speak Out 4/15/10
(Speak Out ~ 04/15/10)
IF you don't think there are economic laws, look at science. Are there things we don't understand? Yes. Does that mean there aren't laws that govern those things? Absolutely not. If you think supply-and-demand laws don't exist, look at the natural world. ...
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Benefits for Missourians
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/15/10)
Health care reform will benefit Missourians. For 961,000 senior citizens, the doughnut hole will close in the future. Small Missouri businesses will receive tax credits. There will be help for the uninsured and those with pre-existing conditions. There will be tax credits for individuals. young adults can stay on parents' insurance policies longer. And there will be creation of jobs...
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Cape's air show
(Editorial ~ 04/15/10)
The Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival is returning to the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport June 19 and 20, and tickets are available online at www.capeairfestival.com. This year's event is one of the biggest ever, featuring the Navy Blue Angels, the Army Golden Knights parachute team and the Air Force A-10 Warthog East Demonstration Team...
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Prayer 4/15/10
(Prayer ~ 04/15/10)
Give wisdom and justice, O God, to those in government who spend our money. Amen.
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Classroom volunteers
(Column ~ 04/15/10)
I was talking with a friend's daughter the other day. She teaches in the Denver area public schools. Being a retired teacher, I'm still interested in what's going on in all public schools. She told me that for the last several years, including this one, the maximum enrollment in a K-3 classroom has been 25. However, for next year the maximum enrollment for students in the first four years will be 40...
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Obama space plan angers old hands
(National News ~ 04/15/10)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Call it NASA: The Next Generation. The president is pointing America toward a new direction in space, and some heroes from NASA's long-ago glory days don't like it. New rockets to the moon have been canceled. And the space shuttles are about to be mothballed. Instead, the Obama administration wants to rely more on private companies to fly into space over the next few years, while also working to develop a big, new government rocket ship...
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Quake in western China kills 589, buries more
(International News ~ 04/15/10)
XINING, China -- Rescuers combed through the rubble of collapsed buildings for survivors early today, after strong earthquakes shook a mountainous Tibetan region of China on Wednesday, killing nearly 600 people and injuring thousands. The series of quakes flattened buildings across remote western Yushu county and sent survivors, many bleeding from their wounds, flooding into the streets of Jiegu township. ...
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Cyclone kills 89 in eastern India
(International News ~ 04/15/10)
CALCUTTA, India -- A cyclone packing winds of more than 100 mph demolished tens of thousands of mud huts in northeastern India, killing at least 89 villagers, officials said Wednesday. The cyclone struck close to midnight Tuesday in northeastern parts of West Bengal and Bihar states, uprooting trees and snapping telephone and electricity lines, West Bengal Civil Defense Minister Srikumar Mukherjee said. Hundreds of people were injured and many thousands left homeless...
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Forecasters: Cold winter cuts tornado chances
(State News ~ 04/15/10)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- The coldest winter in 30 years has cooled the rate of tornado activity so far this spring. The Joplin Globe reported the number of severe storms capable of producing tornadoes to date has been far below the normal rate. Greg Carbin of the national Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., said there are usually 180 such storms nationwide by this time of year. But the number so far is about 100 below that mark...
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Police report 4/15/10
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/15/10)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI...
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Edna Buchheit
(Obituary ~ 04/15/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Edna L. Buchheit, 98, of Perryville died Sunday, April 11, 2010, at Independence Care Center. She was born Feb. 22, 1912, in Perry County, daughter of Louis and Anna Meyer Meyer. She and Theodore "Ted" Buchheit were married in 1933 at Apple Creek, Mo. He preceded her in death in 1993...
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Rodney Jueneman
(Obituary ~ 04/15/10)
Rodney Whitelaw Jueneman, 97, of Fairfield, Calif., died Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010, in Fairfield. She was born Feb. 13, 1912, in St. Louis, daughter of John and Iska Whitelaw Carmack. She lived in Cape Girardeau during her youth. Through the Whitelaw family, she was a direct descendant of Louis Lorimier, founder of Cape Girardeau...
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David Lowes
(Obituary ~ 04/15/10)
David Kent Lowes, 48, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, April 12, 2010, at his home. He was born March 7, 1962, in Cape Girardeau, to Leonard and Helen "Jackie" Alexander Lowes. He and Edith Blocker were married Dec. 27, 1986. David was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral. He worked as a truck driver...
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Lester Lukow
(Obituary ~ 04/15/10)
Lester Lukow, 87, of Gordonville died Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at his home. He was born Sept. 14, 1922, in Jackson, to John Henry and Grace Mungle Lukow. He and Althea Kruegger were married Oct. 10, 1942, at Jackson. She preceded him in death June 5, 2000...
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Robert McClary
(Obituary ~ 04/15/10)
Robert Starr McClary, 61, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, April 13, 2010, surrounded by his loving family. Complications of an illness discovered just weeks ago stilled the voice of a veteran public official who dedicated a life of integrity to giving assistance to the aspirations of area citizens...
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Darlene Cathey
(Obituary ~ 04/15/10)
Darlene Cathey, 50, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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Births 4/15/10
(Births ~ 04/15/10)
Son to Kendra Leigh Medlin and Lance Michael Dohogne of Kelso, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:06 a.m. Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Name, Peyton Lee. Weight, 8 pounds. First child. Ms. Medlin is the daughter of Leeman Medlin Jr. of Kelso and Sherry Nolan of Scott City. ...
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Larry Thompson
(Obituary ~ 04/15/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Larry E. Thompson, 68, of Perryville died Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday and 6:30 to 8 a.m. Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Cape County Cowboy Church in Jackson, with the Rev. Jim Matthews officiating. Burial will be in Home Cemetery...
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Yvonne Papendick
(Obituary ~ 04/15/10)
Yvonne Nadine Papendick, 76, of Bridgeton, Mo., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, April 13, 2010, at DePaul Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to service time Saturday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Dan Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park...
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Out of the past 4/15/10
(Out of the Past ~ 04/15/10)
B.W. Birk & Associates Inc. of Jackson is awarded the contract to build a new wastewater treatment system in Scott City by the board of aldermen; work should begin soon. City attorney Fred Boeckmann tells the Cape Girardeau City Council a proposed ordinance to regulate the use of portable advertising signs in town could pose not only an enforcement problem but a legal one as well, since "you're dealing with free speech."...
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Federal tax bills lower for many this year
(National News ~ 04/15/10)
WASHINGTON -- You wouldn't know it by the Tax Day rhetoric, but Americans are paying lower taxes this year, even with increases passed by many states to balance their budgets. Don't expect it to last. Congress cut individuals' federal taxes for this year by about $173 billion shortly after President Barack Obama took office, dwarfing the $28.6 billion in increases by states...
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Reports show more Americans feel economic recovery
(National News ~ 04/15/10)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A flurry of reports out Wednesday suggested that many Americans are feeling better about the economic rebound. Retail spending rose sharply and more than expected. Consumer inflation remains all but invisible. Businesses are boosting their stockpiles in anticipation of higher shopper demand...
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who's neXt 4/15/10
(Community ~ 04/15/10)
Honors, achievements -- From staff reports ...
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Lucky Cape
(Column ~ 04/15/10)
April 15, 2010 Dear Patty, When my seventh-grade Missouri history teacher divided the class into teams to debate issues, Hollis Headrick and I took the pro side of whether the state should legalize casinos. Our research turned up photographs of next-to-naked Las Vegas showgirls who represented the best argument our testosterone-pickled 13-year-old brains could think of. Of course our teacher, Ms. Wilferth, wouldn't allow us to show the pictures to the class, and we lost the debate...
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Missouri Senate reverses course, restores education spending cuts
(State News ~ 04/15/10)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri senators reversed course Wednesday and decided to preserve a deal freezing college tuition and to fund a program that gives teachers a salary boost for extra work, such as after-school tutoring. The education issues were among the first topics debated as senators began work on the operating budget for the 2011 fiscal year that starts July 1...
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Ishee adds 5-9 guard
(College Sports ~ 04/15/10)
With only one senior on this past season's 13-player roster, Southeast Missouri State women's basketball coach John Ishee didn't have to look for many additions. But Ishee believes he bolstered the Redhawks by signing two players to national letters of intent, including one during Wednesday's opening of the NCAA's spring signing period...
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Blues remove interim tag from Payne
(Professional Sports ~ 04/15/10)
ST. LOUIS -- Davis Payne is now the coach of the St. Louis Blues. Payne had been the Blues' interim coach since Jan. 2, when he replaced Andy Murray. The team announced his hiring Wednesday. The 39-year-old Payne becomes the NHL's youngest coach. He led the Blues to a 23-15-4 record after taking over for Murray, including a 12-5-2 home record after the team had the league's worst home mark for much of the season...
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Cardinals dump winless Astros
(Professional Sports ~ 04/15/10)
ST. LOUIS -- Another offensive failure left the Houston Astros one loss shy of the worst start in franchise history. Houston dropped to 0-8 on Wednesday night, limited to four hits by Brad Penny and the St. Louis Cardinals' bullpen in a 2-1 loss...
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Southeast roundup: Eastern Illinois completes softball sweep
(College Sports ~ 04/15/10)
A recap of Southeast Missouri State athletics news
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Shaky defense proves costly for Redhawks baseball team
(College Sports ~ 04/15/10)
The Southeast Missouri State baseball team outhit host Arkansas State but a bit of shaky defense by the Redhawks helped contribute to Wednesday night's 9-6 loss in Jonesboro, Ark. Southeast fell to 20-12 with its second straight setback, which came after the Redhawks had won 14 of their previous 16 games...
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Part of Highway 34 to be one lane today
(Local News ~ 04/15/10)
Highway 34 in Bollinger County will be reduced to one lane while Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform drainage repairs. This section of road is between Highway 51 and Route ZZ. Weather permitting, the work will take place from 8: 30 a.m. to 4 p.m. today...
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Part of I-55 reduced for repairs this week
(Local News ~ 04/15/10)
Interstate 55 in Cape Girardeau County will be reduced to one lane with an 11-foot width restriction while contractor crews begin preparation for the new concrete and asphalt paving. The contractor will begin April 20 undersealing and paving in the northbound lanes from 6 a.m. ...
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Point guard, 7-footer highlight Nutt's recruiting class
(College Sports ~ 04/15/10)
Southeast Missouri State men's basketball coach Dickey Nutt knows his rebuilding program still has a long way to go. But Nutt believes the Redhawks took a major step in the right direction Wednesday as the NCAA's spring signing period got under way...
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Mo. House candidates file campaign finance disclosures
(Local News ~ 04/15/10)
State Rep. Billy Pat Wright is relying on his fellow Republican lawmakers to build his campaign treasury as he seeks to fend off the second consecutive challenge from former U.S. representative Bill Burlison. Meanwhile Burlison, a Democrat from Advance, Mo., who represented Southeast Missouri in Congress from 1969 to 1981, is digging into his own pocket for the second time in an attempt to unseat Wright...
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High school roundup: Notre Dame blanks Central 8-0 in girls soccer
(High School Sports ~ 04/15/10)
Notre Dame junior Anne Himmelberg recorded 10 saves to shut out visiting Central in girls soccer action Wednesday. Brianne Sanders recorded a hat trick and added an assist to lead the Bulldogs to the 8-0 win. Ashten Hesselrode scored once and posted a pair of helpers, while Allyson Bradshaw finished with a goal and an assist. Olivia Roth assisted on two goals...
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Businesses asked to consider needs of working parents
(Local News ~ 04/15/10)
A seminar Friday will examine why local businesses need to be thinking not just of their employees, but their employees' children. Jim Caccamo, director of the Department of Early Learning at the Mid-America Regional Council in Kansas City, a not-for-profit association of city and county governments, will talk to business leaders at 7:30 a.m. ...
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Area panel discusses effect of domestic violence on children
(Local News ~ 04/15/10)
Leaders in law enforcement, education and domestic violence research gathered Wednesday at VFW Post 3838 in Cape Girardeau where they focused on how violence affects children and developing strategies in prevention. The leaders, part of a Domestic Violence Community Response Task Force, meet quarterly for a panel discussion, sponsored by Safe House for Women...
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Trial date set for man accused of trying to cut off girlfriend's finger
(Local News ~ 04/15/10)
A Cape Girardeau man accused of assaulting his fiancee in January by attempting to sever her ring finger will appear in court again in July when his case is heard before a jury. Jason J. Robert, who is charged with second-degree domestic assault, will hear evidence against him at a jury trial starting July 26. New Madrid County Circuit Judge Fred W. Copeland scheduled the trial Tuesday, when he also decided Robert must appear with his attorney, Gordon Glaus, on July 13 for a case review and confirm the trial setting.
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Woman accused of hotel robbery gets preliminary hearing set
(Local News ~ 04/15/10)
A woman accused of robbing Comfort Suites in Jackson last month waived her arraignment Monday before Associate Circuit Court Judge Gary A. Kamp, who also set the defendant's preliminary hearing. Julie S. Burns, charged with two counts of felony first-degree robbery, is accused of assaulting a front-desk employee, stealing cash and a set of master keys belonging to the hotel at 2904 Old Orchard Road. She allegedly threatened to shoot the employee, but didn't display a firearm...
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Hooked on Science: Water drops on a penny
(Community ~ 04/15/10)
How many drops of water can you put on a penny? How many drops of water were you able to place on the penny? There are about 839 quintillion molecules in a drop of water. The molecules stick together, creating surface tension. You can break this surface tension by adding a drop of soap to the water on the penny...
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Jackson police/fire report 4/15/2010
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/15/10)
POLICE The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Thefts Assaults Property damage Miscellaneous Firefighters responded to the following call Wednesday:...
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Lexus GX 460 rated 'do not buy'; Toyota halts sale
(National News ~ 04/15/10)
WASHINGTON -- Toyota Motor Corp. has suspended sales of the 2010 Lexus GX 460 after Consumer Reports warned car shoppers not to buy the sport utility vehicle because handling problems could cause them to roll over on sharp turns. Government safety officials and Toyota engineers in Japan are testing the SUV to try to replicate the magazine's findings...
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Iceland evacuates hundreds as volcano erupts for second time in a month
(International News ~ 04/15/10)
REYKJAVIK, Iceland -- A volcano under a glacier in Iceland erupted Wednesday for the second time in less than a month, melting ice, spewing smoke and steam, closing a major road and forcing hundreds of people to flee rising floodwaters. Authorities evacuated 800 residents from around the Eyjafjallajokull glacier as water gushed down the mountainside and rivers rose by up to 10 feet...
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Poland's post-crash unity starts to fray
(International News ~ 04/15/10)
WARSAW, Poland -- The sense of unity spawned by the plane crash that killed Poland's president and dozens of other leaders has begun to fray, with controversy flaring over the choice of a burial site and suspicion spreading about the cause of the accident...
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Area calendar 4/15/10
(Community Sports ~ 04/15/10)
Baseball Golf Miscellaneous Running Softball Tennis Triathlon...
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Jackson P&Z commission takes action at Whitey Herzog Stadium
(Local News ~ 04/15/10)
Baseball was a main topic of conversation at the Jackson Planning and Zoning Commission meeting Wednesday night. During its meeting, the commission approved recommendations to modify a special-use permit at the newly opened Whitey Herzog Stadium, 25 E. ...
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KC district requires all principals to reapply
(State News ~ 04/15/10)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Kansas City School District is requiring every principal and vice principal to reapply for their jobs. Assistant of Human Resources Steve Harris says many of the principals will likely return to their schools. But he says with the district closing 26 schools, some principals will not be leading buildings...
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Saint Louis U. students warned after attack
(State News ~ 04/15/10)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- An e-mail has been sent to Saint Louis University students warning them about an attack inside an on-campus bathroom. KMOX Radio reports the attack happened Monday. A female student told police she was washing her hands when a man grabbed her from behind inside a bathroom in Xavier Hall...
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St. Louis district to announce budget-cutting plan
(State News ~ 04/15/10)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The St. Louis school superintendent is preparing a plan to address a deficit of nearly $58 million. Superintendent Kelvin Adams was scheduled to outline the plan Thursday evening at a meeting of the district's administrative board...
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Reagan's son at Jefferson City rally: Liberals eating away at foundation of America
(State News ~ 04/15/10)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Conservative commentator Michael Reagan compared liberals to termites undermining America's foundation as he rallied Tuesday with about 400 people at the Missouri Capitol. Reagan said his late father, former president Ronald Reagan, would have identified with many in the tea party movement, which he described as a grassroots effort against the growth of government control and spending...
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Palin rallies tea party with anti-tax message in Boston
(National News ~ 04/15/10)
BOSTON -- Sarah Palin rallied the conservative tea party movement near the scene of its historical inspiration Wednesday, telling Washington politicians that government should be working for the people, not the other way around. Addressing roughly 5,000 people, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee accused President Barack Obama of overreaching with his $787 billion stimulus program. ...
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Mo. suggests insurance tax to freeze tuition
(State News ~ 04/15/10)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Managed-care health insurers could face a tax increase as part of a plan to preserve an agreement that freezes tuition at public colleges and universities. The tax plan could net about $20 million for the state, which legislators used as a justification this week for lessening a proposed funding cut to higher education institutions...
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Mo. Senate committee OKs single board of education
(State News ~ 04/15/10)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri lawmakers have taken the first step toward creating a single agency overseeing kindergarten through postdoctoral education. A proposed constitutional amendment approved Tuesday by a Senate committee would abolish the existing State Board of Education and the Coordinating Board of Higher Education...
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Faculty at Missouri State discussing unionizing
(Local News ~ 04/15/10)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- Some faculty members at Missouri State University are considering forming a union or staging some other type of protest in a disagreement with administrators. Faculty members are upset with a Board of Governor's decision last Friday to give the administration the power to reassign faculty without their consent...
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St. Louis to close 6 schools, eliminate 490 jobs
(State News ~ 04/15/10)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The St. Louis school district plans to shut down six schools and eliminate nearly 500 jobs to reduce a $58 million budget deficit. Superintendent Kelvin Adams announced the proposed cuts Thursday night at a meeting of the Special Administrative Board. The three-member panel has overseen city schools since a 2007 state takeover and must still approve the plan...
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Cape Central Middle School sixth grade students of the month
(Submitted Photo ~ 04/15/10)
Cape Central Middle School sixth grade Students of the Month, from left: first row, Garrett Jackson, Josey Powell and Jacob Jackson; second row, Jackry Egson, Sonja Coomer, Candice Pearson and Jamie Wachter; third row, Olivia Bess, Kylee Stevenson, Hannah Braswell and Alexus Walker. Southeast Missouri Hospital recognizes these Students of the Month in its role as Central Middle School's Partner in Education...
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