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New coaches, new heights for Scott City softball team
(High School Sports ~ 05/15/14)
First-year softball coach Kaitlin Zink and long-time Scott City coach in multiple sports Lance Amick have combined to lead the Rams to their first final four.
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Missouri lawmakers endorse early voting measure amendment
(State News ~ 05/15/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- An early voting measure Missouri lawmakers endorsed Wednesday could wind up competing on the ballot with a more expansive version proposed through a petition drive. The constitutional amendment passed by the Legislature would allow ballots to be cast on six business days ending the Wednesday before an election. ...
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Tax-limits champion honored at Mo. Capitol
(State News ~ 05/15/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A southwestern Missouri man who led a petition effort to limit state revenue and local taxes was inducted Wednesday into the state Capitol's Hall of Famous Missourians. Mel Hancock was a businessman when he sought a Missouri constitutional amendment voters passed in 1980. ...
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Nixon dues paid from children's budget
(State News ~ 05/15/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon's administration has been paying its dues to the National Governors Association with money intended for the oversight of the state's foster-care program and other social services. Republican House leaders, who said they only recently discovered the payments, denounced them Wednesday as "disturbing" and "deceptive," especially in light of Nixon's quest to boost funding for the understaffed foster-care program...
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No one hurt when shots fired Tuesday in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 05/15/14)
Police are looking for a suspect after someone discharged a weapon Tuesday on Jefferson Avenue. About 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, the Cape Girardeau Police Department received a call about shots being fired and a suspect running from the scene in the 800 block of Jefferson Avenue, public information officer Darin Hickey said...
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Assisted living facility patient suspected of setting fire
(Local News ~ 05/15/14)
No one was injured and one person was taken to the hospital for psychiatric evaluation after a fire Tuesday on North Frederick Street. The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to a fire at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Frederick Street Manor, which is an assisted-living facility providing mental health services...
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Library offers summer reading choices
(Local News ~ 05/15/14)
The Cape Girardeau Public Library this summer is offering a variety of reading programs for everyone from children to adults June 2 through Aug. 2. Sharon Anderson, teens services coordinator, said she received a $13,218 Library Sciences Technology Act grant, administered through the Missouri State Library, which allows for visitors such as Mother Goose, also known as Chris Everett, and Dr. ...
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University moves to summer hours Monday
(Local News ~ 05/15/14)
Southeast Missouri State University will observe summer office hours beginning Monday. Summer office hours for most offices will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Executive offices will remain open until 5 p.m. throughout the summer. Regular business hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. will resume Aug. 18. Fall 2014 semester classes begin Aug. 25...
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Cape police investigate child molestation claim
(Local News ~ 05/15/14)
Cape Girardeau police are investigating a report of child molestation. Officers responded to a school Monday, where a 14-year-old girl told them a family member had sexually assaulted her, public information officer Darin Hickey said Wednesday. No one was in custody Wednesday, but the case remained under investigation, Hickey said...
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Mo. lawmakers pass 3-day abortion wait period
(State News ~ 05/15/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's Republican-controlled Legislature gave final approval Wednesday to legislation requiring a woman to wait three days after first seeing a doctor before having an abortion. Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon has not said whether he will sign or veto it...
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FunStop event to help finance summer camp tuition for children in need
(Local News ~ 05/15/14)
Three Cape Girardeau siblings -- Lillian, 10, Joshua, 8, and 6-year-old Audrey Niermann -- are planning a fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Club Summer Scholarship Fund to help send other children to camp. The FunStop event is set for 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at Bel Air Grill, 24 S. Spanish St...
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Officers recognized during annual awards ceremony
(Local News ~ 05/15/14)
The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department recognized seven of its employees Wednesday during the annual Timothy J. Ruopp Award and the Copeland Excellence Awards. Cape Girardeau County Sheriff John Jordan presided over the event at the Cape Girardeau County Justice Center in Jackson. The ceremony was held in recognition of National Law Enforcement Week...
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Attorney: Teachers' harassment claims unfounded
(Local News ~ 05/15/14)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Claims by two Sikeston School District teachers they were harassed and discriminated against for their anti-Common Core beliefs were deemed unfounded by a third-party investigator. Findings of the investigation, which was conducted by Michelle Basi, a lawyer at Tueth, Keeney, Cooper, Mohan and Jackstadt of St. Louis, were presented during Tuesday's regular monthly meeting of the Sikeston School Board...
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Sheriff's Department arrests man for allegedly mailing marijuana to a county inmate
(Local News ~ 05/15/14)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- It's a bad idea to mail marijuana to the county jail, but the deputies appreciate it when you provide the evidence needed to arrest you. Lenard La'troy Duncan, 30, of Mound City, Illinois, is charged with distribution of a controlled substance after deputies say he mailed marijuana to the Mississippi County Detention Center...
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Missouri voters to decide transportation sales tax
(State News ~ 05/15/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri voters will decide later this year whether to raise the state sales tax to generate more than $500 million annually for roads and other transportation projects. The House gave final approval Wednesday to a proposed constitutional amendment that would impose a three-quarters-of-a-cent sales tax for transportation. The Senate approved the measure previously. That means it will go before voters in November, unless Gov. Jay Nixon sets an earlier election date...
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Agencies work to reduce Asian carp in rivers
(Local News ~ 05/15/14)
As Asian carp continue to dominate the Mississippi River, wildlife experts say eradicating the invasive species is impossible, but the growing population could be managed with help from the public. Dave Knuth, fisheries management biologist at the Missouri Department of Conservation, said it and other agencies have been tracking fish in the Mississippi for more than 20 years. ...
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Cape Central's Jamal Cox signs letter of intent with Lamar State College
(Submitted Story ~ 05/15/14)
Jamal Cox's basketball skills will pay off next year when he enrolls for classes at Lamar State College on a basketball scholarship! During his time at Cape Central High School, he received over 1,340 career points, 9.1 rebounds per game, and 19.7 points per game...
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DECA Member Attended 68th International Career Development Conference
(Submitted Story ~ 05/15/14)
Cape Career and Technology (CTC) DECA Member Logan Wright attended the 68th Annual International Career Development Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, in May. Logan was one of just 24 delegates chosen from Missouri to join the over 800 members from around the world to participate in the Leadership Development Academy. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/15/14)
Today is Thursday, May 15, the 135th day of 2014. There are 230 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 15, 1972, Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot and left paralyzed by Arthur H. Bremer while campaigning in Laurel, Maryland, for the Democratic presidential nomination. (Bremer served 35 years of a 53-year sentence for attempted murder.)...
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Speak Out 5/15/14
(Speak Out ~ 05/15/14)
We wish to say thanks and God bless to the person who paid for our breakfast at Denny's recently. We are very appreciative and plan to "pass it on" the next opportunity we have. Last days Perversion runs rampant these days. Yes, we are living in the last days, aren't we? Yet another athlete openly admits he is gay. Hoorah, hoorah! Now I know why I don't watch sports...
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Air festival offers fun for all ages
(Editorial ~ 05/15/14)
A fun-filled air show on Saturday and Sunday will highlight a busy weekend locally. Headlining this year's Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival will be the Canadian Snowbirds. This is a nine-aircraft team that compares to acts performed by the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds...
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Woman suffers minor injuries in traffic crash
(Local News ~ 05/15/14)
A 20-year-old Leopold, Missouri, woman sustained minor injuries Wednesday in a traffic crash at the intersection of William and Sprigg streets, police reported. The woman was driving an Oldsmobile west on William Street when she attempted to make a left turn onto Sprigg and collided with an oncoming pickup truck, said Darin Hickey, public information officer for the Cape Girardeau Police Department...
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Conan O'Brien to stay up late at TBS through 2018
(Entertainment ~ 05/15/14)
NEW YORK -- Team Coco will continue to play for TBS for four more years. The network says Conan O'Brien will be sticking around with his late-night hour through 2018. "Conan" premiered on TBS in November 2010. It airs at 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday...
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Attack on Thai protesters kills two, wounds 22
(International News ~ 05/15/14)
BANGKOK -- Explosions and an overnight shooting attack on opposition demonstrators in Thailand's capital killed at least two people Thursday, the latest spasm of violence to hit Bangkok since protesters launched a campaign to oust the government six months ago...
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Factories burned in anti-China protest in Vietnam
(International News ~ 05/15/14)
HANOI, Vietnam -- Mobs burned and looted scores of foreign-owned factories in Vietnam following a large protest by workers against China's recent placement of an oil rig in disputed Southeast Asian waters, officials said Wednesday. The unrest at industrial parks near Ho Chi Minh City is the most serious outbreak of public disorder in the tightly controlled country in years. ...
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Births 5/15/14
(Births ~ 05/15/14)
Daughter to Donald Michael "D.J." and Christina Marie Goodson Jr. of Perryville, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 1:54 a.m. Saturday, May 3, 2014. Name, Jordyn Marie. Weight, 8 pounds, 3 ounces. Third child, second daughter. Mrs. Goodson is the former Christina Lay, daughter of Tina Lay and Greg Lay of St. Louis. She is employed by U.S. Bank. Goodson is the son of April Thompson of Perryville and Donald Goodson of Oakdale, California. He is a teacher at Perryville High School...
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Out of the past 5/15/14
(Out of the Past ~ 05/15/14)
While ratification of a new contract between Operating Engineers Local 513 and more than 200 contractors has technically ended a two-week strike, some union members are still idle; work on the U.S. 61 widening project in Jackson is still on hold. Following through on a pledge made in November to help rebuild the Missouri Democratic Party, U.S. Rep. Richard Gephardt makes one of a series of party rebuilding visits to Cape Girardeau...
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Jackson fire report 5/15/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/15/14)
The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following call Monday:...
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Jackson police report 5/15/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/15/14)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do no imply guilt. Arrest...
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Cape Girardeau police report 5/15/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/15/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests The Southeast Missouri State University Department of Public Safety released the following item. Theft...
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Thelma Sedovic
(Obituary ~ 05/15/14)
Thelma Stovall Sedovic, 95, of Bonne Terre, Missouri, formerly of Jackson, died Monday, May 12, 2014, at St. Joe Manor in Bonne Terre. She was born Nov. 1, 1918, in Flora, Illinois, to Jesse and Blanche Harmon Hayes. She and Edgar Stovall were married in January 1935. He died Sept. 6, 1971. She later married John Sedovic. He preceded her in death Jan. 8, 1994...
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Gilbert Mabrey
(Obituary ~ 05/15/14)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Gilbert Woodrow Mabrey, 92, of Chaffee, formerly of Allenville, passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2014, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 17, 1921, in Cape Girardeau, to George and Hazel Snider Mabrey. He and Ruby A. Eakins were married Jan. 8, 1940. She preceded him in death March 20, 2006...
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Christine Graham
(Obituary ~ 05/15/14)
Christine Graham, 53, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, May 11, 2014, at her home. A memorial service will be at a later date. McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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Paul Kasten
(Obituary ~ 05/15/14)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Paul Walter Kasten, 96, of Perryville died Tuesday, May 13, 2014, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. He was born March 25, 1918, in Uniontown, Missouri, son of Charles Karl and Elsa Bultmann Kasten. He and Betty Lou Hoehn were married June 24, 1951. She preceded him in death June 21, 2002...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 5/15/14
(Local News ~ 05/15/14)
Administrative Office Building 1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today Open session Communications/reports, other elected officials Public comments Routine business Appointments and possible action items Action items Discussion and possible action Discussion and possible action, county advisory boards...
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Hooked on Science: The floating mystery
(Community ~ 05/15/14)
Why wouldn't two same-size cups act the same way in water? Find out with a few materials from around the house. 16 ounce Styrofoam cup 16 ounce clear plastic cup Water Large transparent container STEP 1: Fill the large transparent container three-fourths of the way with water...
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Who's neXt 5/15/14
(Community ~ 05/15/14)
Scholarships Cape Girardeau Emily Young was awarded the University Scholarship. Young is the daughter Patrick and Lynn Young of Cape Girardeau and will be a 2014 graduate of Notre Dame Regional High School. Nathan Lutes has been awarded the Governor's Scholarship. Lutes is the son of Tim and Tara Lutes of Cape Girardeau and will be a 2014 graduate of Central High School...
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State attorneys scrambling after Idaho same-sex marriage ruling
(National News ~ 05/15/14)
BOISE, Idaho -- A federal judge's decision to allow same-sex marriages in Idaho starting Friday has attorneys for the state scrambling to appeal and gay rights advocates planning their next steps. U.S. District Magistrate Judge Candy Dale overturned Idaho's ban on same-sex marriages Tuesday, and Wednesday she refused to put pending marriages on hold while Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden appeal...
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Legal battle between Blue Buffalo, Purina over pet food ingredients escalates
(National News ~ 05/15/14)
ST. LOUIS -- A legal battle over pet food ingredients has escalated with a new federal lawsuit against the United States' largest pet food maker. Blue Buffalo Co. Ltd. sued Nestle Purina PetCare Co. Wednesday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis, where Purina is based. The suit comes barely one week after Nestle Purina lodged its own complaint over ingredients in the same federal court...
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Layoff notice preceded Monday's fatal coal mine accident in West Virginia
(National News ~ 05/15/14)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Weeks before an underground accident killed two workers, employees at a problem-plagued West Virginia mine were notified that they may lose their jobs because the coal was selling for less than the cost of digging it out. St. ...
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NYC mayor: Sept. 11 museum keeps 'spirit of unity' alive
(National News ~ 05/15/14)
NEW YORK -- Leaders of the soon-to-open Sept. 11 museum portrayed it as a monument to unity and resilience ahead of its dedication today, saying that the struggles to build it and conflicts over its content would be trumped by its tribute to both loss and survival...
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School integration slipping since Brown
(National News ~ 05/15/14)
WASHINGTON -- Progress toward integrating America's schools since the landmark Brown v. Topeka Board of Education decision 60 years ago is being chipped away, and it's no longer just a black-and-white issue. Latinos are now the largest minority group in public schools, surpassing blacks. And about 57 percent attend schools that are majority Latino...
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Extremists attack abducted Nigerian schoolgirls' hometown
(International News ~ 05/15/14)
BAUCHI, Nigeria -- Islamic militants again attacked the remote Nigerian town from which nearly 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped, Nigeria's military said Wednesday, resulting in a firefight that killed 12 soldiers and led angry troops to fire on a commanding officer...
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274 dead in worst mine disaster in Turkey history
(International News ~ 05/15/14)
SOMA, Turkey -- In a relentless procession that ignited wails of grief and flashes of anger, rescue workers coated in grime lumbered out of a mine in western Turkey again and again Wednesday, struggling to carry bodies covered in blankets. The corpses' faces were as black as the coal they worked on daily. There were 274 of them -- and the fate of up to 150 other miners remained unclear in Turkey's deadliest mining disaster...
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Ukraine begins talks - without separatists
(International News ~ 05/15/14)
KIEV, Ukraine -- European-backed peace talks on ending Ukraine's crisis began with little promise Wednesday when pro-Russian insurgents -- who weren't even invited to the session -- demanded that the Kiev government recognize their sovereignty...
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Prayer 5/15/14
(Prayer ~ 05/15/14)
Father God, we are forever grateful for your glorious love. Amen.
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Ticket sales start Tuesday for Disney tour
(Local News ~ 05/15/14)
This story was corrected to reflect the date tickets go on sale. Tickets will be available beginning May 27 for a live production based on characters and stories of Disney Junior, the 24-hour cable television channel for children ages 2 to 7. The show, "Disney Junior Live On Tour! Pirates & Princess Adventure," will be performed at 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. ...
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Local student enjoys challenges of classical guitar
(Community ~ 05/15/14)
Ben Jackson is on his way to a serious course of study in classical guitar this fall at The Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. Jackson, 18, began teaching himself to play the instrument at age 6, then started taking lessons at 11 through Southeast Missouri Music Academy, a not-for-profit organization offering comprehensive music instruction to the Cape Girardeau community and surrounding areas...
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Notre Dame's Brady Dixon
(High School Sports ~ 05/15/14)
Dixon apparently is saving his best golf for last, opening the Bulldogs' drive for a state title with his best 18 holes in an accomplished high school career.
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