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Public invited to explore Common Core
(Local News ~ 04/22/13)
In response to questions and requests for more information about the Common Core State Standards in education, a public meeting has been scheduled for May 2 at the Career and Technology Center in Cape Girardeau. Sponsored by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the meeting will allow parents and anyone with concerns about Common Core to be heard and have their questions answered...
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Southeast Missouri State's Anderson continues feast at the plate
(College Sports ~ 04/22/13)
Southeast Missouri State's softball season largely has been disappointing so far -- but don't blame Alexis Anderson. Anderson, one of the Ohio Valley Conference's top newcomers, has been a virtual hitting machine for the Redhawks. She continued her torrid pace Sunday as Southeast split an Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader against visiting Morehead State...
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130 years and counting for a Cape Girardeau landmark
(Local News ~ 04/22/13)
A Cape Girardeau landmark will turn 130 on Saturday, and thanks to the support of the community, it isn't showing its age. A celebration will take place at the Glenn House to mark the milestone and to make sure the house stays open for another 130 years, said Tom Grantham, Historical Association of Greater Cape Girardeau president...
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People in Dutchtown race against the river
(Local News ~ 04/22/13)
Volunteers were racing the clock -- and the river -- Sunday afternoon in Dutchtown as they filled sandbags to hold back an impending flood. On Sunday morning, the National Weather Service predicted the Mississippi River would crest Thursday at 42 feet at Cape Girardeau.
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1st Place in Silver Division
(Submitted Photo ~ 04/22/13)
Southeast Stingers 13U took 1st place in Silver Division in Southhaven MS this weekend, we are so proud of our team. Way to go!!!
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Rankings show concern for well-being of children
(Local News ~ 04/22/13)
Cape Girardeau County improved in five indicators of child well-being but declined in another five areas, according to the 2012 Missouri Kids Count report, released this month by the Partnership for Children. The county fell from 38th to 39th in the Kids Count rankings of all 114 Missouri counties and the city of St. Louis. Scott County ranked 80th compared to 81st in 2011, and Perry County received a ranking of 18th above its 2011 showing of 28th...
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SoutheastHEALTH Volunteers Enjoy Labor of Love
(Submitted Story ~ 04/22/13)
Peck Robert volunteers his time as a lobby greeter at Southeast Hospital. His wife Germaine helps man the front desk in the Hospital lobby. For the Kelso, Mo., couple, it's a labor of love. Peck says there's a lot of satisfaction in volunteering to help others. Germaine agrees. "It just gives you a good feeling," she says, dressed in the pink smock that denotes her as one of SoutheastHEALTH's female volunteers. Male volunteers wear tan vests...
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Despite Kentucky law, some families lack autism coverage
(State News ~ 04/22/13)
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- When Kentucky passed a law in 2010 to require insurers to cover autism treatment, Heather Dales felt as if a weight had lifted from her family. Until she billed the insurance company. Since the law took effect in early 2011, Dales said the plan failed to reimburse her and her husband for tens of thousands of dollars' worth of care. ...
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Off-duty officer shot in St. Louis
(State News ~ 04/22/13)
ST. LOUIS -- An off-duty St. Louis police officer is recovering after being shot. Police say the 25-year-old officer was with another off-duty officer and a third man when the shooting happened at 3:50 a.m. Sunday. The officer was shot in the calf and was treated at a hospital and released. The other two men were not hurt...
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114 barges break free near St. Louis
(State News ~ 04/22/13)
ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis County bridge over the flooded Mississippi River is apparently undamaged after being struck by runaway barges. The U.S. Coast Guard said 114 barges broke free Saturday night from where they were docked in south St. Louis County. Four struck the Jefferson Barracks Bridge...
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Lawmaker seeks penalty for smoking bans
(State News ~ 04/22/13)
ST. LOUIS -- The growing number of Missouri communities banning smoking in public places could face stiff financial penalties under a proposal from a state lawmaker. The measure sponsored by Republican Rep. Kathie Conway of St. Charles County would require cities and counties to turn over to local school districts the property and sales tax revenue they receive from businesses affected by tobacco restrictions...
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Analysis: Mo. Medicaid expansion unlikely in 2013
(State News ~ 04/22/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Addressing a revved-up audience at the Missouri Capitol, Gov. Jay Nixon last week passionately implored the masses to make their desires for Medicaid expansion known to reluctant state lawmakers. The crowd, which Nixon estimated between 1,000 and 2,000, enthusiastically applauded...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/22/13)
Today is Monday, April 22, the 112th day of 2013. There are 253 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 22, 1993, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was dedicated in Washington, D.C. to honor victims of Nazi extermination...
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Small-business rule-breakers gain edge with foreign workers
(Business ~ 04/22/13)
NEW YORK -- She could save money, and there's a good chance she wouldn't get caught, but Consuelo Gomez says she won't hire people who aren't authorized to work in the U.S. to work for Marty K, her cleaning and landscaping business. Gomez says she believes she's being undercut by competitors that hire workers who are in the U.S. without permission from the government. When potential clients tell her competitors can do the same work for a lot less, it makes her suspicious...
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Kerry seeks Turkey-Israel rapprochement
(International News ~ 04/22/13)
ISTANBUL -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday urged Turkey to speed up and cement an American-brokered rapprochement with Israel, and he explored with Palestinian officials new ways to relaunch Mideast peace efforts. Kerry tried to advance those second-term foreign policy priorities for President Barack Obama in meetings with Turkey's foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, and the Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas...
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Officials: At least 185 dead in Nigeria attack
(International News ~ 04/22/13)
BAGA, Nigeria -- Fighting between Nigeria's military and Islamic extremists killed at least 185 people in a fishing community in the nation's far northeast, officials said Sunday. The attack that saw insurgents fire rocket-propelled grenades and soldiers spray machine-gun fire into neighborhoods filled with civilians...
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Skier, snowboarders killed in avalanche ID'd
(National News ~ 04/22/13)
DENVER -- Authorities have released the names of four Colorado snowboarders and one skier killed over the weekend in the state's deadliest avalanche in more than 50 years. Clear Creek County Sheriff Don Krueger said search and rescue crews recovered the men's bodies from a backcountry area on Loveland Pass several hours after Saturday afternoon's slide, which was estimated to be about 600 feet wide and eight feet deep. All of the men were equipped with avalanche beacons...
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Prayer, waiting in Texas town rocked by blast
(National News ~ 04/22/13)
WEST, Texas -- The First Baptist Church in the tiny Texas town where a fertilizer plant exploded still is off-limits, so the Rev. John Crowder put folding chairs in a hay pasture and improvised a pulpit on a truck flatbed. At the elementary school, an official carted extra desks and chairs into the only public school campus that's left...
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FAA furloughs kick in; some delays
(National News ~ 04/22/13)
NEW YORK -- Commercial airline flights moved smoothly throughout most of the country Sunday, the first day air traffic controllers were subject to furloughs resulting from government spending cuts, though some delays appeared in the late evening in and around New York...
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Bryant Norman
(Obituary ~ 04/22/13)
ADVANCE, Ill. -- Bryant R. Norman, 84, of Advance passed away Friday, April 19, 2013, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 3, 1928, in Weaver County, Iowa, son of Orie and Hattie Ferrel Norman. Bryant retired from Inland Shoe Factory after working 18 years as a maintenance foreman. He believed in the Baptist faith...
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Steve Niswonger
(Obituary ~ 04/22/13)
Steve O. Niswonger, 58, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, April 21, 2013, at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Jo Ellen Montgomery
(Obituary ~ 04/22/13)
Jo Ellen Garavaglia Montgomery of Chesterfield, Mo., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, April 19, 2013. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Kriegshauser West Mortuary, 9450 Olive Blvd., St. Louis. The funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Anselm Catholic Church, 530 S. Mason Roa, Chesterfield. Burial will be in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery...
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Neal Edwards
(Obituary ~ 04/22/13)
Neal Clifton Edwards, 90, died Saturday, April 20, 2013, at his home in Cape Girardeau after a prolonged illness. Neal was born June 13, 1922, in Delta, son of Samuel C. and Menda Edwards. Samuel passed away in 1923. Neal was raised and attended school in Benton and served in the U.S. ...
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Troy Cureton
(Obituary ~ 04/22/13)
MARBLE HILL, MO. -- Troy Lee Cureton, 66, of Marble Hill died Saturday, April 20, 2013, at his home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Old Union Methodist Church Cemetery near Bessville, Mo...
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Mary Browning
(Obituary ~ 04/22/13)
Mary Kathleen "Kathy" Malley Browning, 59, of Russellville, Ky., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, April 18, 2013, at the Medical Center of Bowling Green, Ky. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today at the Young Funeral Home Russellville Chapel in Russellville...
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Lawrence Benefield
(Obituary ~ 04/22/13)
THEBES, Ill. -- Lawrence Benefield, 80, of Thebes died Saturday, April 20, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 25, 1932, in McClure, Ill., son of Clarence and Bertha Phillips Benefield. He was married Dec. 9, 1957, to Jennis Hueter...
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Redhawks remain on course for spot in OVC tourney
(Sports Column ~ 04/22/13)
The Southeast Missouri State baseball team, despite losing two of three games over the weekend at Eastern Illinois, continues to rank among the Ohio Valley Conference's biggest surprise squads this year. Southeast, after losing most of its top players from 2012 and suffering some key pitching injuries before the campaign even started, was picked eighth in the OVC preseason poll. Only the top six finishers qualify for the conference tournament...
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Southeast Missouri State baseball team drops series to Panthers
(College Sports ~ 04/22/13)
The Southeast baseball team lost 13-3 the day after scoring 25 runs against the same Eastern Illinois squad
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Boggs continues to struggle in Cardinals' loss to Phils
(Professional Sports ~ 04/22/13)
PHILADELPHIA -- Erik Kratz sprinted like mad from first to home to score the tying run in the seventh inning. Pretty good legs for a catcher. Kratz enjoyed his next trip around the bases so much more -- this time, with a leisurely jog. He hit a three-run home run to break the game open in the eighth inning and lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 7-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday night...
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People on the move 4/22/2013
(Business ~ 04/22/13)
Timothy Woodard of Cape Girardeau was named president and market manager of the Southeast Missouri region for Commerce Bank. Woodard has 25 years of banking experience and has been with Commerce Bank since 2010. Woodard earned his MBA from Bradley University and his bachelor's in finance from Illinois State University and is a graduate of Illinois Bankers Association Agricultural Lending School. ...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 4/22/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/22/13)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Friday:...
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Births 4/22/13
(Births ~ 04/22/13)
Son to Chris and Lisa Huckstep of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 8:52 p.m. Monday, April 8, 2013. Name, Trey Oliver. Weight, 7 pounds, 14 ounces. Fourth son. Huckstep is the son of the late Gene and Betty Huckstep of Cape Girardeau. He is a CRNA at Southeast...
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Out of the past 4/22/13
(Out of the Past ~ 04/22/13)
Details were released yesterday for the 18-hole golf course planned for construction by the Litz Brothers real estate development corporation at Jackson; Hale Irwin, a professional golfer from St. Louis, whose golf design firm is connected with the project, walked the property planned for the course with developers Rob and Jack Litzelfelner...
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Avs keep Blues from clinching playoff spot
(Professional Sports ~ 04/22/13)
DENVER -- The Avalanche are embracing their role as spoilers. Well back and way out of the playoff race, Colorado is making things difficult for teams in or contending for a playoff spot...
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Fans sink into Cruise's ‘Oblivion' in $38.2M debut
(Entertainment ~ 04/22/13)
LOS ANGELES -- Movie fans slipped into "Oblivion" as the Tom Cruise sci-fi thriller led Hollywood with a $38.2 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday. That domestic haul comes on top of $33.7 million "Oblivion" added in overseas markets, where the film began rolling out a week earlier. "Oblivion" raised its overseas total to $112 million and its worldwide receipts to $150.2 million...
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Sudanese man in Kansas City hopes he can visit his mother in Africa
(State News ~ 04/22/13)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A man who left Africa as a child nearly 30 years ago with other Lost Boys of Sudan recently learned his mother still is alive, and he wants to return to Sudan to see her. Joseph Taban Rufino, who lives in Kansas City, was 11 years old when he and a neighbor fled as fighting erupted in his hometown between northern Islamic forces and southern Christian rebel fighters...
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Would-be criminals on notice in K.C.
(State News ~ 04/22/13)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City leaders and crime victims want potential criminals to understand that they are being watched and are on their way to life in prison or an early grave -- unless they change their lives. They delivered that message to 38 people -- mostly men -- who were chosen by law enforcement and invited to meet with speakers to discuss the city's renewed effort to fight violence, mixed with a message about social services available to help them...
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Boy Scout honors
(Editorial ~ 04/22/13)
The Shawneee District of the Boy Scouts of America will hold a new event tonight called the "Good Scout Recognition Dinner." The dinner, which is planned to become an annual affair, aims to increase community awareness and involvement, raise funds and honor significant community leaders. The first-ever recipient of this new award will be the late Dr. James A Kinder, Jr. and his family...
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No common sense in D.C.
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/22/13)
So much to say -- so little space. First: After the defeat of the latest gun grab, our president's anger was evident. I wonder if he now realizes how most of the country felt when he and the democrats forced through Obamacare? Which we cannot afford and is not providing better and cheaper health care. Let me go on record thanking the senators for standing up for the Second Amendment...
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Speak Out 4/22/13
(Speak Out ~ 04/22/13)
I am calling about the poll results about the terms for the city council. I agree wholeheartedly, they should not be allowed to serve more than two terms. That's what's wrong with the federal government. Congress should have term limits. People get in there and stay until they're carried out seat first. They get the big bucks from the lobbyists. I'm thankful the president only gets two terms...
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SE Missourian awards
(Business ~ 04/22/13)
The Southeast Missourian received eight awards in the annual competition sponsored by Local Media Association. The Southeast Missourian received the seventh most awards of any daily newspaper in the 2012 competition, which recognizes editorial excellence in six circulation classes. The Local Media Association serves more than 2,000 member news organizations...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission Agenda 4/22/13
(Local News ~ 04/22/13)
1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today Open Session Communications/reports Public comments Routine business Action items Discussion and possible action items Discussion and possible action items...
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General Assembly should pass right-to-work legislation
(Column ~ 04/22/13)
The Missouri Legislature is considering SB29, which would give public employees a right to choose whether labor unions can withhold dues or use fees for political purposes. The CWA Union response email: " ... it is a direct attack on all of us that work every day and believe in the protections of a union. ...
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Prayer 4/22/13
(Prayer ~ 04/22/13)
Lord Jesus, thank you that in all things we may come before you in prayer. Amen.
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Police: Bombing suspects planned more attacks
(National News ~ 04/22/13)
BOSTON -- As churches paused Sunday to mourn the dead and console the survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing, the city's police commissioner said the two suspects had such a large cache of weapons that they probably were planning other attacks. The surviving suspect remained hospitalized and unable to speak with a gunshot wound to the throat...
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Cape Girardeau police report 4/22/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/22/13)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWIs The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI...
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Training classes help prepare future entrepreneurs
(Business ~ 04/22/13)
Business training A class, "The Basics of Writing a Business Plan," will be offered at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Cape Girardeau County University of Missouri Extension Center at 684 W. Jackson Trail in Jackson. The workshop costs $40 and is sponsored by the Small Business Administration and University of Missouri Extension. Space is limited. For information, contact Richard Proffer at 243-3581 or profferrd@missouri.edu...
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