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Cape Boys and Girls Club closed today; night activities called off (02/13/12)
The Cape Girardeau Boys and Girls Club will be closed today due to winter weather. The club sent out the message using the Southeast Missourian text alerts service this morning. Southeast Missouri is under a winter weather advisory until 6 a.m. Tuesday. The National Weather Service expects snow to fall over the Southeast Missouri area starting this afternoon, turning into sleet or freezing rain tonight, with a low of 31 degrees...
Students work to preserve, document local buildings (02/13/12)
Several hours into a blustery, ice-cold February afternoon of tearing shingles and carrying heavy, rotted-out pieces of a decades-old porch, Chris Kinder took a short break and explained a few things he's learned during many weekends since September...
Fruitland's future lies with Cape Girardeau County Commission (02/13/12)
With Jackson residents voting down the annexation of a Fruitland quarry last week, Fruitland's quest to become a village lies in the hands of the Cape Girardeau County Commission. The annexation's rejection is a step in the process, said Tim Sutterer, speaking for an ad hoc group of Fruitland residents seeking incorporation...
Area students exhibit artwork at annual show (02/13/12)
Artwork from 16 area schools was on display Sunday at the 34th annual High School Art Exhibition in the Crisp Museum at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus. The exhibit showcases art by junior and senior high school students created during the academic school year...
Re-enactor portrays Lincoln conspirator at Cape library (02/13/12)
About 50 people came out to the Cape Girardeau Public Library on Sunday afternoon, the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, to see Dianne Moran in "The Unquiet Death of Mary Surratt." Moran performed the story, about the first woman executed by the federal government for her supposed involvement in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, in costume and spent 45 minutes in character telling about the events surrounding Surratt's trial. ...
Snow, sleet possible tonight in Southeast Missouri (02/13/12)
Up to an inch of wintry precipitation is expected to blanket Southeast Missouri tonight, but it will not be around long thanks to upcoming higher temperatures, the National Weather Service says. Either rain and snow or sleet and snow are expected to fall between 6 p.m. and midnight, meteorologist Jayson Wilson said. Due to conflicting precipitation models, Wilson said he is unsure what exactly the mix will be...
Poplar Bluff vs. semo.net trial scheduled for April (02/13/12)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A jury trial is scheduled to begin April 4 in Butler County Circuit Court for the counterclaim filed by the city of Poplar Bluff against semo.net for failure to pay its bills. Carter County Judge Michael J. Ligons set the trial date after he sustained a motion by city attorney Wally Duncan that semo.net owner Brian Becker's defenses are legally insufficient...
2 arrested in Dexter for allegedly making meth (02/13/12)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Two Dexter residents remain behind bars following a drug bust Wednesday that netted local police two methamphetamine labs, along with several ingredients associated with the manufacture of the drug. On Wednesday, police attempted to serve an arrest warrant at a residence at 220 A. E. St. Francis St. where Jeffery Dean Ray, 23, told them the subject of the warrant did not live there...
Sikeston woman charged with child endangerment (02/13/12)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- A Sikeston woman is charged with felony child endangerment after officers found her 15-year-old child living in what they describe as unsanitary conditions. Sherrie Campbell, 38, was arrested Thursday after officers from the Sikeston Department of Public Safety followed up with the Missouri Children's Division on a hot line investigation involving Campbell and her daughter at a home on West Center Street, according to Lt. Jim McMillen...
Former Caruthersville city marshal pleads not guilty (02/13/12)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- Former Caruthersville city marshal Chris Riggs has pleaded not guilty to charges of forgery and stealing thousands of dollars from the city's Criminal Investigation Fund. The case will continue in Dunklin County Circuit Court following a change of venue request that was approved in late January...
Investigators seek answers to Whitney Houston's death (02/13/12)
LOS ANGELES -- Investigators worked Sunday to piece together what killed Whitney Houston as the music industry's biggest names prepared for a Grammy Awards show that will undoubtedly feel as much like a memorial as a celebration. Houston's body arrived at the morgue early Sunday, and an autopsy could shed some light on how Houston died while in a room at the Beverly Hills Hilton on Saturday afternoon. ...
Man charged in plot to assassinate Utah governor (02/13/12)
SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah man who police say threatened to assassinate Gov. Gary Herbert is now facing felony charges. Brian Biff Baker was charged Friday in Salt Lake City's 3rd District Court with felony counts of drug and weapons possession, along with a misdemeanor count of threatening elected officials...
Induced labor allows dying Texas man to see daughter (02/13/12)
DALLAS -- Diane Aulger was about two weeks from her delivery date when she and her husband decided there was no time to wait: Mark Aulger had only days to live, and he wanted to see his child. Diane Aulger had her labor induced and gave birth to their daughter Jan. 18. When tiny Savannah was placed in his arms, Mark Aulger "cried, and he just looked very sad," his wife said. He died five days later from complications related to his cancer treatment...
Trial opens 2 years after feds break up Midwest militia group (02/13/12)
DETROIT -- Seven members of a Midwest militia accused of plotting to overthrow the government are set to stand trial, where jurors will decide whether federal authorities prevented an attack by homegrown extremists or simply made too much of the boasts by weekend warriors who had pledged to "take our nation back."...
Administration officials defend Obama's budget (02/13/12)
WASHINGTON -- The new budget that President Barack Obama is sending to Congress aims to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade by restraining government spending and raising taxes on the wealthy. To help a weak economy, Obama's proposal today requests increases in transportation, education and other areas...
Greece passes new deal amid rioting (02/13/12)
ATHENS, Greece -- Greek lawmakers on Monday approved new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors to save the debt-crippled nation from bankruptcy, after riots in Athens and other cities left stores looted and burned and more than 120 people hurt...
U.S. government seeks to mine social media to help predict future (02/13/12)
SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. government is seeking software that can mine social media to predict everything from future terrorist attacks to foreign uprisings, according to requests posted online by federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies...
Santorum promises aggressive strategy (02/13/12)
PORTLAND, Maine -- A day after Mitt Romney regained some momentum in the Republican presidential contest, his rival Rick Santorum went on the attack, calling the front-runner "desperate" while promising to compete aggressively to win the state where Romney grew up...
Today in History (02/13/12)
Today is Monday, Feb. 13, the 44th day of 2012. There are 322 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 13, 1861, Abraham Lincoln was officially declared winner of the 1860 presidential election as electors cast their ballots...
Al-Qaida supports Syrian uprising (02/13/12)
BEIRUT -- Al-Qaida's leader has called for the ouster of Syria's "pernicious, cancerous regime," raising fears that Islamic extremists will try to exploit an uprising against President Bashar Assad that began with peaceful calls for democratic change but is morphing into a bloody, armed insurgency...
Vatican besieged by document leaks, reports of mismanagement, gossip about successor (02/13/12)
VATICAN CITY -- Money laundering at the Vatican bank. Corruption in the awarding of Vatican contracts. Even a purported plot to kill Pope Benedict XVI. The Vatican is being besieged by near-daily leaks of confidential documents and tabloid-style reports of alleged financial mismanagement, political infighting and gossip about who might be the next pope -- all coming out at a delicate time for the Holy See and Benedict himself...
Venezuelan governor to be Chavez's challenger (02/13/12)
CARACAS, Venezuela -- State governor Henrique Capriles handily won a primary vote Sunday to become the single candidate who will challenge Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, launching a race to try to dislodge a leader who after 13 years in power still has a loyal following...
Southeast Missouri State baseball team looks to answer questions with new faces (02/13/12)
Mark Hogan has had success fielding teams filled with experience as well as reloading squads filled with plenty of question marks. Hogan's 2012 club fits into the second category, but Southeast Missouri State's all-time winningest baseball coach likes the talent he has assembled entering his 18th season at his alma mater...
Southeast Missouri State softball team captures title at Mardi Gras Classic (02/13/12)
The Southeast Missouri State softball team beat Northwestern State 3-1 on Sunday to win the Mardi Gras Classic in Monroe, La. Southeast went 4-1 in the three-day event and improved to 4-2 on the season. Alora Marble pitched all seven innings against Northwestern State. She allowed five hits, while striking out one and walking four...
OVC adopts three nine-inning games in conference series (02/13/12)
Southeast Missouri State baseball coach Mark Hogan had been hoping for some time that the Ohio Valley Conference would change its format for conference series. Hogan finally got his wish. OVC teams will join most of the nation by playing conference series featuring no scheduled seven-inning games and no scheduled doubleheaders this season. League series will consist of three nine-inning games, generally on Friday, Saturday and Sunday...
Blues, Halak post another shutout at home (02/13/12)
Andy McDonald returned to the lineup in St. Louis’ 3-0 win against San Jose
Ranked Racers visit Show Me Center this week (02/13/12)
It's hard to believe, but both Southeast Missouri State basketball teams play their final home games of the season this week. Southeast's men square off against seventh-ranked Murray State on Wednesday night in front of what will be the Redhawks' biggest home crowd of the year. Less than 1,000 tickets remained for sale at last report...
Adele, Foo Fighters win big at Grammys (02/13/12)
LOS ANGELES -- Adele, who captured the world's heart with an album about a broken romance, emerged as the top winner at Sunday's Grammy Awards, winning six trophies including the prestigious trifecta of record, song and album of the year. The singer, who also made a triumphant comeback from vocal cord surgery on the Grammy stage, sobbed as she won the night's final award, album of the year, for "21." It was last year's top-selling album with more than six million copies sold and remains lodged at the No. ...
Grammy Awards struggle with honoring Houston (02/13/12)
LOS ANGELES -- Adele emerged as the top winner at Sunday's Grammy Awards, winning six trophies, including the trifecta of record, song and album of the year. The singer, who also made a comeback from vocal cord surgery on the Grammy stage, sobbed as she won the night's final award, album of the year, for "21." It was last year's top-selling album with more than 6 million copies sold and remains at the No. 1 spot on this year's charts...
Loving their jobs ... and each other (02/13/12)
These sweethearts are building their relationships at the same time they're building their businesses. According to the National Federation of Independent Business, there are currently more than 1 million husband-wife partnerships that co-own businesses. Here's a look at some local valentines who are making working together work for them...
People on the move 2/13/12 (02/13/12)
Kristen Martin has joined the staff of designers at the Wright Group, a brand development and advertising agency. Before joining the Wright Group in Perryville, Mo., she completed two internships, one with RSVP Marketing of Farmington, Mo., and the second with Cheree Berry Paper in St. ...
Downtown women's boutique to open in April (02/13/12)
Two Ravens Boutique, a women's store, will open at 407 Broadway at the end of April in downtown Cape Girardeau. Owner Bridgett Kielhofner described the store's mission as introducing the concept of stylish giving to customers. The business will offer trendy women's fashion clothing, unique accessories and home decor. Two Ravens will donate at least 10 percent of all profits to support local and global not-for-profit organizations, helping its customers give back with every purchase...
Cathy Klasner (02/13/12)
ANNA, Ill. -- Cathy "Dabbs" Klasner, 50, of Anna died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, at Union County Hospital. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Crain Funeral Home in Anna. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Green Lawn Memorial Gardens...
Sandra Ehlers (02/13/12)
BIEHLE, Mo. -- Sandra K. Ehlers, 59, of Biehle died Feb. 11, 2012, at her home. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The funeral will be held on Wednesday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville, Mo. with Rev. Matthew Marks officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery...
Joe Biri (02/13/12)
Joe "J.W." Biri, 68, of Jackson died Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
Bernice Danz (02/13/12)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Bernice A. Danz, 93, of Perryville died Feb. 11, 2012, at Independence Care Center. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at Miller Family Funeral Home, continuing Tuesday from 6:30 to 9:50 a.m. Funeral Mass at will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery...
Cape Central High School (02/13/12)
Cape Central High School First semester A Honor Roll 12th grade: Lydia Alford, Kristen Begley, Elliott Berry, Bryan Blaylock, Allison Boyland, Neilan Bradley, Whitney Bramlett, Amie Condie, Thomas Crocetti, Megan Daly, Halie Deimund, Ashley Diemer, Mary Dodd, Lauren Dumey, Alexander Dunn, Veronica Ely, Amy Ennis, Brooke Evans, Samuel Gerlach, Kassidy Grissom, Alyssa Gutwein, Tanner Hankins, Allison Hardesty, Susanna Hayward, Ricky Hendershott, Kaci Howard, Laurel Kasten, Ellie Kidd, Ryan Ladd, Lauren Lamb, Christopher Marsyla, Taylor Marsyla, Kelsey Martin, Casey Mehner, Steven Meyer, Sarah Nussbaum, Dustin Peetz, Colten Peterson, Geoffrey Pettet, Maria Popp, Amy Raddle, Branton Reeves, Faith Reynolds, Kristyn Sanders, Makaila Sanders, Sierra Sides, Lexi Smith, Sushil Sobti, Sukhyn Song, Hayley Staggs, Samuel Stahly, Danielle Swoboda, Vance Toole, Jennifer VanGilder, Marinda Wallman, Chelsea Willett.. ...
Trinity Lutheran School (02/13/12)
Trinity Lutheran School A Honor Roll 5th grade: Matthew Babcock, Macie Brinkopf, Maggie Grimm, Irie Hart, Luke Richmond, Taylor Roth, Etienne Soto, Austin Widner, Cassidee Wunderlich. 6th grade: Anna Al-Sayed, Sam Hahs, Amanda Mabry, Luke Mayes, Nathan Ruark, Jade Samanta, Ireland Smith, Sofia Voss...
Jackson police and fire report 2/13/12 (02/13/12)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday:...
Cape Girardeau police report 2/13/12 (02/13/12)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI...
Cape Girardeau fire report 2/13/12 (02/13/12)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday:...
Out of the past 2/13/12 (02/13/12)
Planning for a veterans nursing home in Cape Girardeau County continues, with an announcement coming from Gov. John Ashcroft that the design of the $8.5 million facility is underway; those plans should be finished in November. PUXICO, Mo. -- Puxico farmer Wayne Cryts, who came within 8,000 votes of unseating Republican Rep. Bill Emerson last November, has formed a "Cryts for ‘88 Club" and has plans to challenge Emerson again next year...
Taking the Plunge (02/13/12)
If there is a more photogenic fundraising event in the Cape Girardeau area, we don't know what it is. Every year for the past six, a giddy gaggle of goofballs have gathered in February to jump in the lake. What possesses individuals and groups of people to go jump in frigid water every year is not something that can be easily explained...
Clean up after dogs (02/13/12)
My parents, who live in a small subdivision in Jackson, are unable to care for their yard. They have a wonderful neighbor who mows and rakes, etc. Now, the point is that just because they can't do it does not give the people in the neighborhood the freedom to allow their dogs to do their duty in the yard and not clean it up. My parents love their area and their neighbors, so why are you taking advantage of the elderly?...
Result of annexation vote (02/13/12)
Congratulations to the Jackson attorney and his lovely wife, our state representative, the members of the St. Paul Church and the others for your work to win the election and defeat Jackson's will to expand to the north and add to its tax base. This vote will stop zoning of the quarry by Jackson. As you know we do not like zoning in the county and Fruitland...
Speak Out 2/13/12 (02/13/12)
I enjoyed the exciting boys and girls basketball games recently between Notre Dame and Central High School. However, the seemingly summary and arbitrary decision to move the games to the cavernous Show Me Center, a decision made more than a decade ago, was woefully wrong and destroyed a decades-long tradition that was an integral part of Cape Girardeau's community history. ...
Prayer 2/13/12 (02/13/12)
O God, may we always seek to honor you and obey your Word. Amen.
DECA students amass awards at District Conference (02/13/12)
With membership at an all-time high of 141 students, Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center DECA students were big winners at District Competition earlier this month at Southeast Missouri State University. Nineteen students walked away with awards. ...
Central High School senior earns scholarship (02/13/12)
Cape Central High School's Meshach Little will be heading to Jefferson City, Mo, later this year, having earned a football scholarship to Lincoln University. Pictured above at the signing of Little's letter of intent are, front row, Kenneth Thomas, Jr., Little's father; sister Shahde Thomas; and mother, Lisa Thomas. Standing: CHS Athletic Director Lance Tollison, CHS Football Coach Nathan Norman and CHS Guidance Counselor Nita DuBose...
McDonalds Donates To Prodigy Leadership Academy (02/13/12)
The Prodigy Leadership Academy has received a grant for $3497.98 from the Ronald McDonald House Charities to update technology at the school. The students will use the MacBooks and cameras to further their knowledge of communicating in today's world...
Jamie Jones is KFVS-12's Heartland Hero! (02/13/12)
Jefferson Elementary Parent Liaison Jamie Jones will be featured tonight at 6 p.m. on KFVS-12's "Heartland Heroes" program. Jones said a KFVS film crew arrived at Jefferson Thursday morning and Principal Mark Cook called a school assembly. "I assumed they were here to interview Mark about his retirement. To my absolute surprise, they were here to award me the Heartland Hero Award! I was truly surprised and honored." Several staff members at Jefferson nominated Jones for the award...
Eighth grade enrollment under way at PHS (02/13/12)
Parents of students who will be freshmen next year at Perryville High School should keep an eye out for some important homework this week. Eighth graders have begun enrolling in classes at PHS this week with help from the PHS guidance counselors, Barb Kutz, Debra Cobb and Tammie Kluender...
PHS Library open Feb. 16 for credit recovery (02/13/12)
Schools at Perry County School District 32 will dismiss early Feb. 16 for parent-teacher conferences, but the Perryville High School Library will remain open. "We'll be open during parent-teacher conference time, from noon to 7:30 pm on Thursday, Feb. 16 for students who are working on credit recovery," said librarian Candyce Giesler...
Windsor Lady Owls reach out to Perryville girl (02/13/12)
The competition between the Perryville Lady Pirates and the Windsor Lady Owls was fierce on the court. But at halftime, everyone was on the same team, supporting a Perryville girl who is battling leukemia. Windsor Coach Andrea Haegele and her women's basketball team held a Pink Out Night on Feb. 9 to raise money for cancer research. That was the night that the Lady Owls would host the Perryville Lady Pirates...
Perryville FFA to host breakfast (02/13/12)
The Perryville chapter of Future Farmers of America (FFA) will host its annual pancake breakfast later this month and proceeds will benefit two students facing medical challenges. The FFA Pancake Breakfast will be held from 6-11 am Saturday, Feb. 25 in the Ag Building at the Perryville Area Career and Technology Center on the campus of Perry County School District 32. All community members are invited to attend...
PBS winners for February (02/13/12)
Two students and a staff member at Perryville High School were recently honored as part of the school-wide Positive Behavior Support (PBS) program. They are (from left) juniors Cody Hogan and Seth Noland, and PHS custodian Tina Berkbuegler. They each received a $10 gift certificate from Hoeckele Bakery in Perryville...
McDonalds Donates to Oak Ridge Elementary (02/13/12)
Oak Ridge Elementary has recieved a grant for $3000 from the Ronald McDonald House Charities to purchase books to increase socail studies literacy among its students. Balanced level reader books allow for varying reading levels among students and help develop higher critical thinking skills...
McDonalds Donates To St. Paul Lutheran School (02/13/12)
St. Paul Lutheran School has received a grant for $2984 from the Ronald McDonald House Charities to purchase two iMAC computers. This is part of an upgrade to the school's computer lab to give the students newer technology to utilize current educational trends...
Oak Ridge FBLA Advances to State Competiion (02/13/12)
Congratulations to Shelby Mangels and Jordyn Aden for placing 1st at FBLA Districts in Business Presentation. Their task was to create a presentation over the dangers of texting and driving to a prom or graduation audience. Dustin Oehl placed 1st in Personal Finance and Accounting. They will be advancing to state competition in April...
Oak Ridge FBLA Districts (02/13/12)
Shelby Mangels and Jordyn Aden 1st Business Presentation, Dustin Oehl, 1st Accounting and Personal Finance, Audrey Hunt 3rd and Taylor Bock 5th in Accounting. Oak Ridge had 3 of the top 5 in this event!! Hunter Seyer received 5th in Business Communication, Kyle Rohde 6th in Computer Problem Solving, Austin Wunderlich 6th in Cyber Security, Amanda Lappe and Chelsea Kirn 5th in DTP, Jake LeGrand 7th in Intro to Business, Jacob Light 4th and Lance Rohde 6th in Sports Management, Corvin Schoen 7th Job Interview, A-Rae McClellan, Tyler Maintz, and Nicole Newsom 5th Business Ethics, and Ben Stewart 8th Hospitality Management.. ...
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