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Marble Hill drowning in water problems
(Local News ~ 05/09/14)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- For the Marble Hill Board of Aldermen, water is everywhere -- backing up in people's basements, flooding businesses and other property, and running through shut-off water meters. Some water falls freely. Some is considered too costly. And it remains to be seen whether any of it will flow into the municipal swimming pool this year...
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Light pole damaged in traffic accident
(Local News ~ 05/09/14)
A crash Thursday afternoon damaged a traffic signal at Mount Auburn Road and William Street in Cape Girardeau. A dump truck hit a light pole at the intersection about 3:30 p.m. Thursday, a police spokesman said. Darin Hickey, public information officer for the Cape Girardeau Police Department, said the lights at the intersection had been switched to four-way flashing, and the Missouri Department of Transportation had been notified of the problem...
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Southeast gets state funding increase
(Local News ~ 05/09/14)
Anticipating a 4 percent increase in state funding -- equating to about $1.7 million for fiscal year 2015 -- Southeast Missouri State University is looking to add a few positions and expand supplemental instruction and its information technology help desk...
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Endangered Buildings List grows
(Local News ~ 05/09/14)
More than a dozen buildings are featured on this year's Endangered Buildings List, released by the Cape Girardeau Historic Preservation Commission. This is up from last year's list, when 11 structures were considered endangered. The commission accepts nominations for the list and evaluates each suggestion based on historical or architectural significance, whether the structure is neglected or abandoned and whether anything can be done to save the building...
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Jo Ann Bock recalls details about life in Cape Girardeau back to the Great Depression in her book
(Entertainment ~ 05/09/14)
You learn a lot from living a long life in a small city, and former Cape Girardeau Central High School teacher Jo Ann Bock's book, "Around the Town of Cape Girardeau in 80 Years," is proof. Published last year by the Center for Regional History at Southeast Missouri State University, the 203-page work melds Bock's recollections with details about life in Cape Girardeau back to the Great Depression...
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Consumer confidence appears higher in time for Mother's Day
(Local News ~ 05/09/14)
May is a good month for people in the jewelry business. Shiny, sparkly adornments are often given for springtime graduations, engagements, weddings, anniversaries, Easter and Mother's Day. Shoppers also seem more enthusiastic this spring, said Kendra Harris, manager of Jayson Jewelers in Cape Girardeau...
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Maxwell a.k.a. "Max"
(Submitted Photo ~ 05/09/14)
This is Max. Hes an 11 month old Pitbull/Lab mix.
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Old Bi-Planes and Windy Days
(Submitted Photo ~ 05/09/14)
This Stearman Bi-Plane stopped at Cape's Airport earlier this week for fuel and a rest for it's pilot before continuing on it's journey. A favorite among airshow performers, the WWII Boeing Trainer was decked out with some cool logos and nose art...along with mounts for what appeared to be some 8-9 Go-Pro Cameras...
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Southeast Missouri State baseball team beats defending champs to claim OVC title
(College Sports ~ 05/09/14)
"We went toe-to-toe with a heavyweight offense, and we came out ahead," said Southeast coach Steve Bieser following his team's 12-8 win over Tennesse Tech on Friday.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/09/14)
Today is Friday, May 9, the 129th day of 2014. There are 236 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson, acting on a joint congressional resolution, signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day...
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SEMO District Fair changes are a positive
(Editorial ~ 05/09/14)
We have not arrived at summer yet, but plans for this area's big fall attraction, the SEMO District Fair, are underway. The 159th SEMO District Fair will be held Sept. 6 to 13. There are a few new attractions this year along with the favorites. Here's a list of a few:...
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Where there's a will ... any mother knows that
(Column ~ 05/09/14)
Before my mother died a few years ago, I would ask her about growing up during the Great Depression in the Ozark hills over yonder. It wasn't until I was an adult that I realized, while my wife and I raised our own family, how difficult it must have been in the 1930s...
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Speak Out 5/9/14
(Speak Out ~ 05/09/14)
"Brighton Beach Memoirs" at the River Campus was truly the best play I have ever seen. Wow! I saw it earlier tonight, and I can't stop thinking about it. Congrats to everyone involved. Reusable diapers I read the article about poor people not receiving enough throwaway diapers from the government for their kids. ...
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Health insurers just say no to pot
(National News ~ 05/09/14)
Patients who use medical marijuana for pain and other chronic symptoms can take an unwanted hit: Insurers don't cover the treatment, which costs as much as $1,000 a month. Once the drug of choice for hippies and rebellious teens, marijuana in recent years has gained more mainstream acceptance for its ability to boost appetite, dull pain and reduce seizures in everyone from epilepsy to cancer patients...
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Oklahoma court agrees to 6-month stay of execution
(National News ~ 05/09/14)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals agreed Thursday to a six-month stay of execution for a death row inmate while an investigation is conducted into last week's botched lethal injection. The court reset the execution date of inmate Charles Warner to Nov. 13. Warner's attorneys requested the 180-day delay, and state attorney general Scott Pruitt said Thursday in a court filing he wouldn't object to the stay...
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New Anne Frank play opening in Amsterdam
(Entertainment ~ 05/09/14)
AMSTERDAM -- Anne Frank's tragic story is returning to the stage in Amsterdam, hoping to engage a whole new generation with the Jewish teenager whose diary is the most famous chronicle of life under Nazi occupation. The opening Thursday was the first time a theatrical production has been forged directly from Frank's writings since an award-winning 1950s play that escalated her tale -- then little-known -- to the world's attention...
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Burns' ‘Roosevelts' opens PBS season
(Entertainment ~ 05/09/14)
LOS ANGELES -- PBS said Thursday its fall season will open with a binge-viewing opportunity: a seven-part Ken Burns documentary on the Roosevelt political dynasty. "The Roosevelts: An Intimate History," will air as two-hour episodes over seven nights, beginning Sept. 14. Each episode will be repeated nightly, and the show will be widely available for post-air online viewing, said Beth Hoppe, PBS chief programming executive...
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Pro-Russia insurgents to hold vote in east Ukraine
(International News ~ 05/09/14)
DONETSK, Ukraine -- The photocopy machines churning out the ballots for eastern Ukraine's sovereignty referendum have been clattering around the clock for days. Even the powerful Vladimir Putin can't stop them. Despite the Kremlin leader's plea to postpone Sunday's vote, the pro-Russia rebels in Ukraine who call themselves the Donetsk People's Republic said they'll go ahead with the referendum...
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Most MU weekend nurses sign incentive pay changes
(State News ~ 05/09/14)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Nearly all the weekend nurses working for University of Missouri Health Care have agreed to sharp reductions in incentive pay. The hospital had announced in late March that it would reduce incentive pay for weekend nurses to 24 percent. Some nurses had been receiving up to 54 percent above their regular wage as incentive pay, with others getting 30 percent. The agreement also reduces the number of weekends the nurses can take off...
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EPA to test soil at baseball complex near landfill
(State News ~ 05/09/14)
ST. LOUIS -- The Environmental Protection Agency will conduct radiation testing at a baseball complex near a suburban St. Louis landfill where nuclear waste is buried, after private testing raised concerns. Testing at the Bridgeton Municipal Athletic Complex will begin the week of May 19, the EPA said Wednesday. It is not known when results will be available...
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Mo. budget restores Medicaid benefits
(State News ~ 05/09/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Hundreds of thousands of lower-income adults could regain Medicaid benefits cut a decade ago under a Missouri budget plan passed Friday that also boosts spending for public education. The $26.4 billion budget includes numerous spending increases under the assumption that Missouri tax revenue will continue rebounding from the recession, although they have been falling below expectations in recent month...
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Two federal inmates found guilty in Missouri prisoner's death
(State News ~ 05/09/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Two federal inmates with a history of prison violence and suicide attempts are awaiting word on whether they will be sentenced to death for killing a fellow inmate at a Missouri medical center. A Springfield, Missouri, jury on Wednesday took only an hour to find Wesley Paul Coonce Jr., 34, and Charles Michael Hall, 43, guilty of murder in the Jan. 26, 2010, slaying of Victor Castro-Rodriguez in his cell at the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield...
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Gallery owner aims to help local aspiring artists
(Entertainment ~ 05/09/14)
After graduating from Southeast Missouri State University in 1985, Craig Thomas knew his career as an artist was in Cape Girardeau. His work ranges from murals to fine art to street painting. Thomas was a part of the group that painted the Mississippi River Tales mural along the floodwall downtown...
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Landscape painting contest set for Saturday
(Entertainment ~ 05/09/14)
MoZaic Art Studio and Gallery of Inspiration on Saturday are hosting Paint Cape Girardeau, a daylong regional plein-air painting competition. Registration is at 7 a.m. at Bilderbach Art Plaza, 5 N. Main St. in Cape Girardeau. Competitors will paint landscapes within Cape Girardeau city limits, and first through fifth places will be awarded...
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Births 5/9/14
(Births ~ 05/09/14)
Son to Angelique Smith of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 6:10 a.m. Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Name, Deon Donavin. Weight, 7 pounds, 5 ounces. First child. Ms. Smith is the daughter of Stephanie Smith of Cape Girardeau. Son to Andrew Dillon and Amanda Noelle Lawson of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 10:14 a.m. ...
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Out of the past 5/9/14
(Out of the Past ~ 05/09/14)
Cape Girardeau veterinarian Dr. Gwen Freitag, of the Cape Small Animal Clinic, is warning that 1989 is expected to be the peak of a three-year rabies cycle; she urges pet owners to have their dogs and cats vaccinated. C-4 Corp., with headquarters in Chesterfield, Missouri, has closed its office at 1707 Mount Auburn Road; Ivan Irvin, local representative of the firm, which is developing the Cape Centre shopping area here, has resigned as vice president of the company...
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Getting ready for the art show
(Local News ~ 05/09/14)
ADAM VOGLER ~ avogler@semissourian.com Central High School seniors Sydney Messerli, left, and Catherine Crites hang artwork in the lobby of the Kinder Performance Hall as they prepare for the Senior Art Exhibition at the high school. The opening reception will be from 5 to 9 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday....
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Wind downs tree on Fifth Street
(Local News ~ 05/09/14)
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Wind apparently caused a tree to fall onto Fifth Street near Spanish St. Thursday night, May 8, 2014 in Cape Girardeau...
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Law enforcement officials honored
(Local News ~ 05/09/14)
ADAM VOGLER ~ avogler@semissourian.com Capt. Ruth Ann DikersonCQ of the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Office, Special Agent Dave DiveleyCQ of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Cpl. ...
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Agriculture is a job creator for our region, nation
(Column ~ 05/09/14)
Southeastern Missouri is a vast agriculture region with fertile soils, a nearly inexhaustible shallow aquifer system to support sustainable irrigation, highly knowledgeable producers, available investment capital, a supportive agribusiness infrastructure and a transportation system that links directly to domestic and international markets...
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Jackson police report 5/9/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/09/14)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Summonses...
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Cape Girardeau police report 5/9/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/09/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI The Department of Public Safety released the following items...
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Clint VanMatre
(Obituary ~ 05/09/14)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Clint Delain VanMatre, 76, of Marble Hill died Wednesday, May 7, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the chapel. Burial will be at 3 p.m. in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield...
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Kirk Stevens
(Obituary ~ 05/09/14)
Kirk Ryan Stevens, 26, of Williamsville, Missouri, passed away Monday, May 5, 2014, at his home. He was born Dec. 6, 1987, in Cape Girardeau, son of Steve Stevens and LaDonna Devenport Glenn. He and Shelby Jean Scott were married April 11, 2014, in Butler County...
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Helen Runnels
(Obituary ~ 05/09/14)
Helen Runnels, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 5, 2014, at Ratliff Care Center. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Second Missionary Baptist Church, 835 Beaudean Lane, Cape Girardeau. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Mildred Hoernig
(Obituary ~ 05/09/14)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Mildred M. Hoernig, 94, of Perryville died Wednesday, May 7, 2014, at Independence Care Center. She was born May 7, 1920, in Perryville, to Bernard and Caroline Dondlinger Unterreiner. She and Francis Hoernig were married Jan. 19, 1952, in Biehle, Missouri...
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Roy Darter
(Obituary ~ 05/09/14)
Roy W. Darter, 98, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, May 8, 2014, at his home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Charlotte Coplin
(Obituary ~ 05/09/14)
MORLEY, Mo. -- Charlotte Sue Lutes Coplin, 48, of Morley died Wednesday, May 7, 2014, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call from 10 a.m. until time of service Monday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran, Missouri. The funeral will be at noon Monday at the chapel, with the Rev. Rick McNeely officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories in Sikeston, Missouri...
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Lawanda Burden
(Obituary ~ 05/09/14)
Lawanda Burden, 85, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, May 8, 2014, at the family home. She was born July 10, 1928, in Harrisburg, Arkansas, to Milton and Bessie Kilgo Aaron. She and Robert Donald Burden were married June 4, 1949, in Hernando, Mississippi. He preceded her in death Dec. 24, 1991...
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Pauline Bullinger
(Obituary ~ 05/09/14)
Pauline L. Bullinger, 90, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, May 7, 2014, at the Lutheran Home. She was born May 23, 1923, at Arbor, Missouri, daughter of Lloyd and Myrtle Cox. She and the Rev. Andrew Bullinger were married Sept. 14, 1940, in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death Dec. 22, 1995...
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Notre Dame girls soccer team remains unbeaten
(High School Sports ~ 05/09/14)
The Cape squad prevailed 5-0 to remain unbeaten
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Rams opt for linemen in first round of draft
(Professional Sports ~ 05/09/14)
St. Louis chose OT Robinson with the second overall pick and Pittsburgh DT Donald at No. 13
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Southeast Missouri State baseball team faces Tennessee Tech in OVC showdown
(High School Sports ~ 05/09/14)
Just one year ago, the Tennessee Tech baseball team traveled to Cape Girardeau as the top team in the Ohio Valley Conference. Now the first-place Southeast Missouri State baseball team gets the chance to clinch the OVC regular-season championship against the defending champs and second-place Golden Eagles...
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Man on probation after pleading guilty to child endangerment
(Local News ~ 05/09/14)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A Poplar Bluff man was placed on probation Tuesday morning after pleading guilty to endangering the welfare of a 5-year-old boy by biting and spanking him. William E. Storey, 47, pleaded guilty before Circuit Judge Michael Pritchett to a misdemeanor charge of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child...
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2014 Endangered Buildings
(Local News ~ 05/09/14)
* Broadway Theater, 805 Broadway...
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Fireman in custody after allegedly setting house on fire
(Local News ~ 05/09/14)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A Butler County volunteer firefighter was arrested this week after he allegedly set fire to his home with his son inside. The Poplar Bluff Fire Department responded at 6:38 a.m. Tuesday to a structure fire at the 2018 Hillsdale home occupied by Dallas Lee Tanner...
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Charleston couple killed in 2-car accident
(Local News ~ 05/09/14)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- A Charleston, Missouri, couple was killed in a two-vehicle accident Wednesday in Mississippi County. The accident occurred at 3:57 p.m. on Highway 105, one mile north of East Prairie, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Traveling north, Charles M. Ross, 17, swerved to avoid a vehicle that was attempting to make a left turn and pulled into the path of Nina M. Marshall, 84, of Charleston...
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Rebels level historic Aleppo hotel in Syria
(International News ~ 05/09/14)
HOMS, Syria -- With a gigantic explosion, Syrian rebels Thursday leveled a historic hotel being used as an army base in the northern city of Aleppo by detonating bomb-packed tunnels beneath it, activists and militants said. The blast near Aleppo's medieval citadel, a city landmark once swarming with tourists, killed an unknown number of soldiers. It turned the Carlton Hotel, known for its architecture and proximity to the citadel, into a pile of rubble...
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High school roundup: Mayo leads Advance baseball to 1-0 victory
(High School Sports ~ 05/09/14)
All the local high school events reported Thursday to the Southeast Missourian.
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Best Bet: Southern Raised Bluegrass Band
(Entertainment ~ 05/09/14)
Southern Raised Bluegrass Band will play a free concert at 7 p.m. Sunday at Zion United Methodist Church west of Gordonville. From the Branson, Missouri, area, the up-and-coming gospel bluegrass band is made up of siblings Lindsay, Emily Grace, Matthew and Sarah Reith. An offering will be collected to support the Zion Youth Mission Trip. The church is at 3652 Route Z. More information and the band's music may be found at southernraisedbluegrass.com....
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Bat Bennett kicks off Tunes at Twilight
(Entertainment ~ 05/09/14)
The spring series of Old Town Cape's Tunes at Twilight starts at 7 p.m. May 16 with Bat Bennett and continues on Friday nights through mid-September except July and early August, according to an Old Town Cape news release. Bennett is a singer-songwriter who has been playing guitar since age 9 and has toured all over the Southwest with various bands. Today, he performs at American Legion posts throughout the country as well as Elks Clubs, hotels and nightclubs...
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Opener picked for Chris Tomlin show
(Entertainment ~ 05/09/14)
Brandon Health has been added as the opener for the Chris Tomlin concert July 18 at the Show Me Center. A Christian music artist and songwriter, Heath is a two-time Gospel Music Association male vocalist and five-time Grammy nominee, according to a Show Me Center news release. He won the 2009 GMA Dove Award song of the year with "Give Me Your Eyes," and his "Your Love" topped the charts for eight weeks. Heath gained a national audience with his debut album in 2006...
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Prayer 5/9/14
(Prayer ~ 05/09/14)
Lord Jesus, Blessed Redeemer, we lift our hands in praise to you our King. Amen.
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