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City of Cape comparing workers' compensation to other cities
(Local News ~ 02/26/14)
The city of Cape Girardeau is requesting proposals for a compensation market study to determine whether its compensation package for employees is competitive with similar cities. According to the request for proposals issued by the city, "the intent ... is to solicit responses from qualified organizations to conduct a comparative study of total compensation packages offered by employers similar to the city of Cape Girardeau." The city then will review the data provided...
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State awards Dutchtown grant for buyout
(Local News ~ 02/26/14)
With the state's approval of a community development block grant, the flood-prone village of Dutchtown is one step closer to a long-awaited federal buyout. The Missouri Department of Economic Development on Monday announced it had awarded $208,663 in community development block grant funds to help the village buy properties damaged by heavy flooding in 2011...
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New index confirms it: This winter is miserable
(National News ~ 02/26/14)
DETROIT -- A new winter misery index confirms what many Americans in the Midwest and East know in their all-too-chilled bones: This has been one of the harshest winters of our lifetimes. And nowhere has been hit harder, relatively, than Detroit...
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Missouri executes man in '89 rape, killing of teen
(State News ~ 02/26/14)
BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri inmate was executed early Wednesday for abducting, raping and killing a Kansas City teenager as she waited for her school bus in 1989, marking the state's fourth lethal injection in as many months. Michael Taylor, 47, was pronounced dead at 12:10 a.m. ...
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Advance ends Chaffee boys' basketball season with 77-67 win
(High School Sports ~ 02/26/14)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- After facing each other three times already this season, the Chaffee Red Devils and Advance Hornets knew what to expect when they met in a Class 2 District 3 semifinal on Tuesday night at Chaffee High School. "I knew we couldn't run with them and getting the game in the 70s and 80s, we didn't stand a chance," Chaffee coach Josh Govreau said. "After the first quarter, when it was 15-11, I was comfortable with the pace."...
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Early to rise, early to file for incumbents
(Local News ~ 02/26/14)
Of the nine incumbents to file for Cape Girardeau County offices Tuesday, only two have a declared opponent so far. Drew Blattner, assistant director for the Cape Girardeau County Archive Center, was the first nonincumbent to file Tuesday morning. He will run against Scott R. Clark, who seeks a second term as recorder of deeds. Both men filed as Republicans for the primary election, which will be Aug. 5...
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MISSOURI 4-H LEGISLATIVE ACADEMY
(Submitted Photo ~ 02/26/14)
Morgan Bangert, a member of the Tilsit 4-H Club recently returned from the Missouri 4-H Legislative Academy held on February 17-19 in Jefferson City. Morgan, one of eleven 4-H youth was chosen to spend time with legislators and members of the Missouri Agribusiness Association. They visited the Missouri Supreme Court and spent an afternoon shadowing their State Senators and Representatives...
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MISSOURI 4-H LEGISLATIVE ACADEMY
(Submitted Photo ~ 02/26/14)
Bridget Schumer, a member of the Arnsberg 4-H Club recently returned from the Missouri 4-H Legislative Academy held on February 17-19 in Jefferson City. Morgan, one of eleven 4-H youth was chosen to spend time with legislators and members of the Missouri Agribusiness Association. They visited the Missouri Supreme Court and spent an afternoon shadowing their State Senators and Representatives...
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Blue Chip Midwest Receives Department of Defense Above and Beyond Award
(Submitted Story ~ 02/26/14)
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) has honored Mr. Luis Goez of Blue Chip Midwest with the Department of Defense Above and Beyond Award, in recognition of his extraordinary support of employees who serve in the National Guard and Reserve...
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Morley man arrested on charges of child molestation
(Local News ~ 02/26/14)
BENTON, Mo. -- A Morley, Mo., man was arrested after a sexual assault investigation. Eddie S. Hamblin, 39, of Morley is charged with the two counts of first-degree child molestation and one count of first-degree statutory sodomy. According to Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter, the Missouri Children's Division contacted his office Jan. 29 after the victim disclosed alleged abuse to a forensic interviewer at the Beacon Health Center...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/26/14)
Today is Wednesday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2014. There are 308 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 26, 1904, the United States and Panama proclaimed a treaty under which the U.S. agreed to undertake efforts to build a ship canal across the Panama isthmus...
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Speak Out 2/26/14
(Speak Out ~ 02/26/14)
I'd like to thank the Southeast Missourian for Today's Prayer. It always gives me a good lift. Missouri flag Please, people, rise up and stop whoever wants to change our state flag. We have a beautiful state flag. We celebrated its 100th anniversary last year. Do not change this beautiful flag...
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Lines in the sand
(Column ~ 02/26/14)
The problem with drawing a line in the sand is that sometimes, the other guy ignores your line. So then what do you do? This administration is increasingly tumbling in international standing and has become a toothless tiger with ample roar and limited punch...
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Former police chief remembered fondly
(Editorial ~ 02/26/14)
Howard "Butch" Boyd, the former police chief in Cape Girardeau, died Feb. 18 at the age of 73. Boyd was a member of the U.S. Naval Reserve. He spent six years in active duty with another 26 in the reserves. His 26-year career with the Cape Girardeau Police Department included positions of training officer, administrative assistant, SWAT team commander, internal affairs officer and director of field operations. ...
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Mo. House endorses voter photo ID requirement
(State News ~ 02/26/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri House Republicans are trying again to enact legislation that would require voters to show photo identification before casting ballots, and they're hoping the courts or the Democratic governor don't stand in the way this time...
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Former Mo. senator Kit Bond makes case for Medicaid expansion
(State News ~ 02/26/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Former Republican U.S. Sen. Kit Bond is taking a novel approach while lobbying skeptical GOP lawmakers to expand Medicaid coverage for the working poor. His message: The federal health-care law enacted by President Barack Obama is so "devastating" that -- instead of rejecting it -- Missouri should embrace one of its key provisions...
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St. Louis County prosecutor resigns over texts with paralegal
(State News ~ 02/26/14)
CLAYTON, Mo. -- A top St. Louis County prosecutor has resigned after his messages to a private paralegal surfaced in a federal bribery investigation. John Quarenghi, 48, left his job as a team leader in the office of Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCullough in December after learning federal investigators were reviewing his electronic communications with the paralegal. ...
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Missouri lawmakers divided on how to update ethics law
(State News ~ 02/26/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri House panel members from both parties agreed Tuesday that the state needs to update its ethics laws, but were divided on how to do it and how far an overhaul should go. The House General Laws Committee considered several proposals, including ones that would impose a cooling-off period between when lawmakers leave office and when they can become lobbyists, require limits on campaign contributions and lobbyist gifts, and call for legislators to disclose additional financial information on business partnerships and holdings.. ...
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K.C. pushes aggressively for Republican convention
(National News ~ 02/26/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Nearly 40 years have passed since the national political spotlight last shone on this city, when Ronald Reagan tried unsuccessfully to oust President Gerald Ford at a contested Republican National Convention. Yet Kansas City now is making an aggressive push to host the Olympics of politics -- the 2016 Republican National Convention -- against a field of competitors that includes the tourist destinations of Las Vegas and New Orleans, the southern hot spots of Dallas and Phoenix and other cities such as Denver with more recent political conventions on their resumes.. ...
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Willard Kelley
(Obituary ~ 02/26/14)
Willard Woodrow Kelley, 70, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, at Landmark Hospital. He was born Dec. 22, 1943, in Cape Girardeau, to Early Lee and Muriel Southard Kelley. Willard moved to Florida in the mid-1970s where he worked as a maintenance technician for a retirement community. He returned to Cape Girardeau in 2004...
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Dominic Hooper
(Obituary ~ 02/26/14)
Dominic Michael Hooper, 17, of Scott City passed away due to injuries sustained in an ATV accident Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, surrounded by family and friends. He was born June 28, 1996, in Cape Girardeau, son of Sara Hooper and Lee Eads...
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Donald Graham
(Obituary ~ 02/26/14)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Donald K. Graham, 58, of Cairo died Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until time of service Friday at St. John Free Will Baptist Church in Olmsted, Ill. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the church, with Percy Flowers and Tyronzo Graham officiating. Burial will be in Green Lawn Memorial Garden at Villa Ridge, Ill...
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Evelyn Lange
(Obituary ~ 02/26/14)
Evelyn L. Lange, 91, of Jackson died Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church of Egypt Mills. Burial will be in Trinity Church Cemetery...
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Donald Wild
(Obituary ~ 02/26/14)
Donald Joseph Wild, 67, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, at Southeast Hospital. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. A graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, with full military honors...
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Henry Johnson
(Obituary ~ 02/26/14)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Henry G. Johnson Sr., 48, of Cairo died Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. until time of service Saturday at Massie Funeral Home in Mounds, Ill. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with Enloe Clemons officiating. Burial will be in Spencer Heights Memorial Park in Mounds...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 2/26/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/26/14)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Monday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 2/26/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/26/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI Arrests Summonses Thefts Robbery Miscellaneous...
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Prayer 2/26/14
(Prayer ~ 02/26/14)
O Lord Jesus, may we forgive others as you forgive us. Amen.
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Polio-like illness appears in California children
(National News ~ 02/26/14)
STANFORD, Calif. -- An rare, polio-like disease has appeared in more than a dozen California children within the past year, and each of them suffered paralysis to one or more arms or legs, Stanford University researchers say. But public health officials haven't identified any common causes connecting the cases...
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Pro-Russian rally decries Kiev ‘bandits'
(International News ~ 02/26/14)
SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine -- Dozens of pro-Russian protesters rallied Tuesday in the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea against "the bandits" in Kiev who are trying to form a new government -- with some even speaking of secession. A lawmaker from Russia stoked passions further by promising them Russia will protect them...
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Smithsonian eyes influence of Indian-Americans
(Community ~ 02/26/14)
WASHINGTON -- Indian-Americans are doctors, engineers, motel owners and spelling bee champs, based on a few takeaways from a new exhibition at the Smithsonian. Looking closer, curators are examining the history behind cultural stereotypes of this population of 3.3 million Americans. "Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation" is the Smithsonian's first major exhibit to examine the history of Indian immigrants to the United States...
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Congress signals fight for defense slimdown
(National News ~ 02/26/14)
WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers signaled a difficult battle ahead for the Obama administration's plan to dramatically overhaul the nation's military, voicing opposition Tuesday to proposed cuts in benefit packages, long-standing weapons programs and bases that mean money and jobs across America...
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Few women want combat jobs
(National News ~ 02/26/14)
FORT EUSTIS, Va. -- Only a small fraction of Army women say they'd like to move into one of the new combat jobs, but those few who do say they want a job that takes them right into the heart of battle, according to preliminary results from a survey of the service's nearly 170,000 women...
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Obama tells Pentagon to plan Afghan pullout
(National News ~ 02/26/14)
WASHINGTON -- In a warning to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, President Barack Obama threatened Tuesday to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of this year if a crucial security pact isn't signed -- and he ordered the Pentagon to accelerate planning for just that scenario...
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Regional Planning board discusses possible transportation projects
(Local News ~ 02/26/14)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- The Southeast Missouri Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission, representing seven counties, met Tuesday and reviewed the possibility of receiving additional revenue for transportation projects. Commissioners discussed a proposed one-cent sales-tax increase for transportation needs, which is moving through the Missouri Legislature. ...
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Southeast's online MBA program ranked No. 1 for affordability
(Local News ~ 02/26/14)
Southeast Missouri State University's online MBA program has been ranked No. 1 in affordability among Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business online MBA programs in the country by GetEducated.com, a consumer group that reviews and ranks online universities for cost, quality and credibility, a university news release said...
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High court rejects petition for special election move
(Local News ~ 02/26/14)
The Missouri Supreme Court denied a petition that sought to move the special election to fill the 120th Legislative District's empty House seat from August to April. Pamela Grow, lead plaintiff and chairwoman of the 120th Legislative District Republican Committee, said she received the news of the decision late Monday afternoon but heard "nothing with respect to the vote particulars and judicial reasoning."...
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MoDOT presents I-55 interchange plan to Scott City
(Local News ~ 02/26/14)
Missouri Department of Transportation officials discussed a proposed interchange at Interstate 55 that would provide access to south Scott City during a public hearing Tuesday evening at Scott City City Hall. The interchange, budgeted at $14 million, is part of a three-phase process to ease traffic congestion at Scott City. MoDOT chose a preferred route for the interchange after examining two options in 2013...
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Ressel's steady diet of points leads Eagles to 95-63 win over Ellington
(High School Sports ~ 02/26/14)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Oran senior Seth Ressel wanted to silence his naysayers Tuesday night. After a 26-point first half and a 33-point performance in his team's 95-63 thumping of Ellington in a Class 2 District 3 semifinal at Chaffee High School, Ressel was satisfied that he had quieted those who doubted him...
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Garcia to seek second opinion on shoulder
(Professional Sports ~ 02/26/14)
Cards GM Mozeliak terms intitial exam as "encouraging"
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Southeast Missouri State's four-game winning streak ends vs. Arkansas St.
(College Sports ~ 02/26/14)
Southeast baseball's four-game run ended with an 8-3 loss at Arkansas State
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Collapse of exchange spells trouble for bitcoin
(National News ~ 02/26/14)
TOKYO -- The sudden disappearance of one of the largest bitcoin exchanges only adds to the mystery and mistrust surrounding the virtual currency, which was just beginning to gain legitimacy beyond the technology enthusiasts and adventurous investors who created it...
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Ugandan newspaper prints list of '200 top' gays
(International News ~ 02/26/14)
KAMPALA, Uganda -- A Ugandan newspaper published a list Tuesday of what it called the country's "200 top" gays, outing some Ugandans and raising fears of violence against those named just a day after the president enacted a strict anti-gay law...
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Judge sets Mexican trial for 'El Chapo' in motion
(International News ~ 02/26/14)
MEXICO CITY -- A federal judge ruled Tuesday that drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman must stand trial on drug-trafficking charges and remain for the immediate future in Mexico, where authorities say there is no chance of escaping his cell in the nation's highest-security prison...
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Dozens die in Nigeria school attack
(International News ~ 02/26/14)
DAMATURU, Nigeria -- Islamic militants set fire to a locked dormitory at a school in northern Nigeria, then shot and slit the throats of students who tried to escape through windows during a pre-dawn attack Tuesday. At least 58 students were killed, including many who were burned alive...
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High school roundup: Jackson boys end regular season with win
(High School Sports ~ 02/26/14)
All the local high school events reported Tuesday to the Southeast Missourian.
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Southeast Missouri State's Mack earns OVC women's basketball honor
(College Sports ~ 02/26/14)
Southeast Missouri State senior Patricia Mack has been named the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week for the first time in her career. Mack has averaged 16.7 rebounds and 11.7 points over the last three games. She grabbed a career-high 21 rebounds and scored 12 points in the Redhawks' 59-48 win against Jacksonville State on Saturday...
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Georgia compounds Missouri's problems in SEC
(College Sports ~ 02/26/14)
~The Bulldogs posted a 71-56 win to drop Mizzou to 7-8 in conference play ATHENS, Ga. -- Charles Mann scored 19 points, Marcus Thornton added 15 and Georgia won its second straight game with a 71-56 victory over Missouri on Tuesday night...
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Ozzie Smith leads drive to make MLB's opening day a national holiday
(Professional Sports ~ 02/26/14)
NEW YORK -- Ozzie Smith wants the federal government to make opening day of the Major League Baseball season a national holiday. The Hall of Fame shortstop is leading a campaign to collect 100,000 signatures within 30 days under the We the People petitioning program, which would trigger a review by the Obama administration. The effort is being backed by Anheuser-Busch InBev's Budweiser brand...
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Out of the past 2/26/14
(Out of the Past ~ 02/26/14)
The Rev. Thomas C. Shoger is ordained and installed as the organizing pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in a service held in the evening in the auditorium of St. Vincent's College; Shoger was called as an evangelist by his denomination, the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, and began his duties here Jan. 8...
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Parts of the Sprague might be sold
(State News ~ 02/26/14)
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) -- The fate of the remaining metal pieces taken from the steamboat Sprague, which was destroyed by fire in 1974, is in the hands of Vicksburg officials. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen is considering whether to display them or declare some of items surplus and sell them as scrap...
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Scott City schools, community mourn student's death
(Local News ~ 02/26/14)
Scott City High School -- and the community -- are dealing with the death of senior Dominic Hooper, who died Sunday from injuries sustained in an all-terrain vehicle accident. High school principal Mike Johnson said extra counselors were brought in for the students Monday to help them cope. He declined to comment further on how the students and the school were handling the student's death...
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