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Four by Four 6/8/14
(Community ~ 06/08/14)
Robyn Scherr Alexandria, Virginia Retired If you were adrift on the ocean, what two people would you like to have with you? Who would I like to have with me when I was adrift on an ocean? I'd need someone who knows what they're doing on the ocean. Jamie Weeden -- he's sailed around the world, and you [Sherr's friend, Dan]...
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Bollinger County residents demand better roads
(Local News ~ 06/08/14)
A quick look through minutes of the Bollinger County Commission shows the body discusses roads, and little else. After they meet with road-crew supervisors, commissioners meet with disgruntled residents over complaints such as backed-up ditches, roads not built correctly, roads not maintained, bridges in disrepair, roads that need gravel, roads that had chat (rock fragments) but the road graders graded them off -- the list of complaints seems endless...
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City worker found not guilty in scrap-metal case
(Local News ~ 06/08/14)
A Cape Girardeau County jury took less than 15 minutes Friday to find Cape Girardeau city employee Travis Friga not guilty of receiving stolen property. Friga, 32, was one of four members of the city's traffic operations crew accused in January of taking scrap metal and batteries from the public works department, selling them to recycling businesses and splitting the proceeds...
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Suspected Olive Street shooter to be arraigned Monday
(Local News ~ 06/08/14)
The man believed responsible for a shooting on Olive Street earlier this week is scheduled to appear in court Monday. Tommy Joe Davis III, 29, of Cape Girardeau will appear before Judge Gary Kamp for initial arraignment in Jackson at 11 a.m. Davis was taken into custody in Illinois Wednesday afternoon. ...
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Inmate's challenge to execution secrecy rejected
(State News ~ 06/08/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Cole County judge has rejected a Missouri death row inmate's request to force the state to disclose the identity of its drug supplier for lethal injections before his upcoming execution. Condemned inmate John Winfield sought a preliminary injunction for the information...
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Reasons to take advantage of National Candy Month
(Community ~ 06/08/14)
June is National Candy Month, so here are five reasons to take advantage: 1 Chocolate: Who doesn't like chocolate and what doesn't chocolate -- in all its varieties -- make better? 2 Having a month for candy is like having permission to eat all the candy you try to stay away from during the other 11 months of the year...
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Just breathe: Jackson family adjusts to child's dwarfism
(Local News ~ 06/08/14)
Brimming with cheeky swagger, Izaac Pursley sits atop the little red scooter trike he's dubbed Porcupine. "Race you to Mom," he dares in his husky little-boy voice and zips toward his mother, big sister Evee-Kay jogging gamely beside him. "I win!" he declares, scooting past his parents, Sheree and Dr. Greg Pursley of Jackson. Sheree shakes her head as Izaac sticks out his tongue, cranks out a textbook three-point turn, and motors off toward the jungle gym, shouting, "It's easy for me!"...
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Mau's Summer Treat
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/08/14)
Mau loves his ice cream.
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Nap Time
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/08/14)
Mau covering his eyes because the light was in his eyes.
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Posing for the Camera
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/08/14)
Mau posing pretty for the camera.
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Enjoying the Sun
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/08/14)
Mau enjoying the sunny weather outside.
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Mau Napping
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/08/14)
Mau snoozing on the arm of the couch.
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Spencer Snoozing
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/08/14)
Spencer taking a nap.
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Cloudy Day
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/08/14)
Cloudy day in Cape Girardeau.
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Unique opportunity for local moms
(Submitted Story ~ 06/08/14)
Women from Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Perryville and Marble Hill offered a free unique adventure. The Beef Check off, in conjunction with the American National CattleWomen, the Missouri CattleWomen and Besher Farms in Patton are offering a unique opportunity for a limited number of women in the area on Wednesday, June 18. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/08/14)
Today is Sunday, June 8, the 159th day of 2014. There are 206 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 8, 1864, Abraham Lincoln was nominated for another term as president during the National Union (Republican) Party's convention in Baltimore...
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Stanley - Phillips
(Wedding ~ 06/08/14)
ORAN, Mo. -- Amy Sue Stanley and Kelly Nathaniel Phillips were married May 24, 2014, at Morley Baptist Church in Morley, Missouri. Patton David Thompson performed the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Jackie and Billie Gladwell of Sikeston, Missouri, and the late Gary Lorin Senciboy Sr. The groom is the son of Rick and Tammy Phillips of Benton, Missouri, and Bennie and Carla Ray of Oran...
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Howell - Schuenemeyer
(Engagement ~ 06/08/14)
Donald and Pam Howell of Scott City announce the engagement of their daughter, Donielle Howell, to Daniel Schuenemeyer. He is the son of Brian and Jeannine Schuenemeyer of Cape Girardeau. Donielle is a 2008 graduate of Scott City High School. She graduated with honors from Southeast Missouri State University with bachelor of science and master of arts degrees in communication disorders. She will begin employment this fall with Fulton School District...
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Froemsdorf - 60 Years
(Anniversary ~ 06/08/14)
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Froemsdorf of Knoxville, Tennessee, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary by hosting a family dinner May 29 at Riverside Restaurant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Donald and Joy Kasten were married May 29, 1954, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau, by the Rev. Wilbert Koenig...
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Beauty and benefits of Japanese breadcrumbs
(Column ~ 06/08/14)
Hansel and Gretel never heard of them and, in their case, they wouldn't have made much difference anyway. But modern cooks who want the crispiest coatings, the lightest stuffings, and the crunchiest toppings for their dishes would be just as lost as the famous duo of the Grimm fairy tale without their panko breadcrumbs...
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Make a mix: Ranch, dry onion soup and taco seasoning
(Column ~ 06/08/14)
I have been in the mood to try some new recipe the past few days. When that mood hits me, I usually go looking at cooking magazines I have stored away, in cookbooks, in my recipe files and on the Internet. But once in awhile I come across recipes on social media that also jump out at me, mostly because of the beautiful photography of the food featured. So, again this week, I will pass along to you some of the interesting recipes I found with my friends on social media last week...
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Odd name for a beautiful wildflower
(Column ~ 06/08/14)
The Ohio spiderwort is a native perennial wildflower that grows in well drained areas of the eastern half of the United States. It blooms from mid-May through July, and you may be able to encourage a secondary blooming. Cutting back this plant after blooms have gone to seed can result in new plant growth and subsequent flowering in autumn. The Ohio spiderwort can grow well over 2 feet tall in rich, well-drained soil...
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FYI 6-8-14
(Community ~ 06/08/14)
Jackson Ministerial Alliance Food Pantry will accept donations at three locations Saturday. Trucks will be at Country Mart, Save-A-Lot and Wal-Mart from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Each month the pantry serves 160 to 180 families in Jackson and Cape Girardeau. Situated in the basement of the First Baptist Church in Jackson, the pantry is open from 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. Mondays and 1 to 3 p.m. Thursdays...
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Generosity - DuBray scholarship established at Southeast
(Community ~ 06/08/14)
The Dr. Bernard J. DuBray Scholarship has been established through the Southeast Missouri University Foundation. Dr. and Mrs. Bernard DuBray of St. Peters, Mo., made a $5,000 gift to establish the award. Their gift will be matched with an additional $5,000 through a university program, Honoring Tradition -- Inspiring Success Comprehensive Campaign. ...
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Generosity - Van de Ven accounting scholarship established
(Community ~ 06/08/14)
The Melvin J. Van de Ven, CPA, CVA Endowed Scholarship has been established through the Southeast Missouri University Foundation. Melvin Van de Ven of Cape Girardeau and Mike Van de Ven of Plano, Texas, have given $10,000 to establish the scholarship. Their gifts will be matched with an additional $10,000 through a university program, Honoring Tradition -- Inspiring Success Comprehensive Campaign...
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Accomplishments - Community Counseling Center
(Community ~ 06/08/14)
At its recent 40th anniversary celebration, the Community Counseling Center presented Lifetime Achievement Awards to Dale Rauh, the center's board president, Mary Jane Otto and Dr. John Hinni for service to the center and the community. Judy Johnson received recognition for professional counseling and administrative duties at the center. From left are Rauh, Johnson, Otto and Hinni...
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Accomplishments - Community Counseling Center 2
(Community ~ 06/08/14)
State Reps. Kathy Swan and Donna Lichtenegger presented the Community Counseling Center with State of Missouri House and Senate resolutions at the center's recent 40th anniversary celebration. From left are Gene Speight, governing board president; Swan; Dale Rauh, foundation board president; Lichtenegger; and John Hudak, the center's chief executive officer...
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A genius is at work in the scriptures
(Community ~ 06/08/14)
"Some of the happiest people in the world go to bed at night stinking to high heaven." -- Bruce Almighty, 2003 What you've just read were lines from a popular motion picture. The character reading them was played by Morgan Freeman, whose role in the film was that of God. There's nothing from Scripture in that quote, but it's not a stretch to imagine the Bible might carry that exact language...
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God's deep and complete love for us
(Community ~ 06/08/14)
Of all the humanly written words I have read in my life, the ones that get it the most right, that speak to me most completely of God and love are the words of Sonnet XVII, by Pablo Neruda. This poem speaks straight to the deepest places inside me, speaks of love in the truest sense, feels like breathing, leaves me saying "yes." It gives the truest picture of what love purely is, allows me to feel my longing for love that brings me face-to-face with the fact that I am a created human, that my incompleteness is beauty because it is space that allows me to relate to my Creator God, who is also known as Love. ...
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Sorghum seeing success as Southern foods get hot
(Community ~ 06/08/14)
When chef Josh Feathers was growing up in Tennessee, his grandmother always had a jar of sorghum syrup in the cupboard. But he never gave much thought to it, or its significance to Southern culture. That didn't happen until he'd grown up, moved away, then returned home to work at Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tennessee. ...
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Summer school menus
(Menus ~ 06/08/14)
MONDAY--Corn dog, mac & cheese, lima beans, pears. TUESDAY--Barbecued chicken on bun, baked beans, fruit salad. WEDNESDAY--Salisbury steak & gravy, whipped potatoes, green beans, biscuit, dried fruit. THURSDAY--Pizza, corn, applesauce...
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Club news 6-8-14
(Community News ~ 06/08/14)
St. Mary Council of Catholic Women met May 15 in the Huels Room. The meeting opened with May devotions and crowning of the statue of Mary by Ashley Eftink, a second grade first communicant, and then praying of the rosary. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved...
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Adopt five puppies
(Community ~ 06/08/14)
These Australian Shepherd mix puppies are 10 weeks old. They are available for adoption at the Humane Society, 334-5837.
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Pet of the week
(Community ~ 06/08/14)
Pet Name: Lola, the diva Owner: Ceaira Handley Favorite activity: Always in the mirror. I finally was able to grab my phone and take a picture.
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Adopt Marion
(Community ~ 06/08/14)
Marion is a 2-year-old dilute calico. She may be a bit shy, but one-on-one she loves petting and thinks humans are pretty cool. For more information, contact Safe Harbor at 243-9823.
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Riverfront fireworks should be fun
(Editorial ~ 06/08/14)
The City of Cape Girardeau announced plans last week to return the Fourth of July fireworks display to the downtown riverfront. In 2009, the city decided a fireworks display was too costly, so it discontinued the event. The fireworks displays were then picked up and organized by a local veterans group, which for several years also organized other Independence Day events. Those events were held at Arena Park...
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Service honored veterans
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/08/14)
Thank you to everyone who assisted and attended our successful Memorial Day service in Jackson. On behalf of the American Legion Post 158 and the Ladies Auxiliary, we appreciate the community efforts and participation in this event. The Memorial Day service is a very special event in our community to honor veterans who gave their lives for our great country...
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Speak Out 6/8/14
(Speak Out ~ 06/08/14)
People around here might pooh-pooh it, but Perryville Public School's decision to lengthen the school day is one of the most progressive and positive changes made in a long time, one that couldn't be made without an enthusiastic buy-in by the staff. Congratulations!...
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Out of the past 6/8/14
(Out of the Past ~ 06/08/14)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Ron Mix has been named publisher of the North Scott County News newspaper and has also acquired an interest in North Scott Publishing, Inc.. GALE, Ill. -- Removal of more than one million gallons of contaminated oil and water at the old Ilada energy reclamation site near here is expected to begin next month; a plan has been formulated to remove and dispose of the tainted oil and water, which is stored in several World War II-era tanks...
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Prayer 6-8
(Prayer ~ 06/08/14)
O Lord Jesus, our hope is built on you for in you we have life. Amen.
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What to do if the engine shuts off
(National News ~ 06/08/14)
WASHINGTON -- The faulty General Motors ignition switches blamed for dozens of crashes, some fatal, aren't the only reason a moving car can suddenly stall. It happened to Bill Van Tassel a couple of weeks ago as he was steering his Mazda Miata around a turn on an interstate onramp...
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'Switch from hell' began GM recall woes
(National News ~ 06/08/14)
DETROIT -- Inside General Motors, they called it "the switch from hell." The ignition switch on the steering column of the Chevrolet Cobalt and other small cars was so poorly designed, it easily slipped out of the run position, causing engines to stall. Engineers knew it; as early as 2004, a Cobalt stalled on a GM test track when the driver's knee grazed the key fob. By GM's admission, the defective switches caused over 50 crashes and at least 13 deaths...
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Florida GOP leaders balk at climate change as seas rise
(National News ~ 06/08/14)
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- On a recent afternoon, Scott McKenzie watched torrential rains and a murky tide swallow the street outside his dog-grooming salon. Within minutes, much of this stretch of chic South Beach was flooded ankle-deep in a fetid mix of rain and sea...
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Arizona rushes supplies to site holding migrant children
(National News ~ 06/08/14)
PHOENIX -- Arizona officials say they are rushing federal supplies to a makeshift holding center in the southern part of the state that's housing hundreds of migrant children and is running low on the basics. Gov. Jan Brewer's spokesman, Andrew Wilder, said Friday that conditions at the holding center are so dire, federal officials have asked the state to ship medical supplies to the center in Nogales...
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Hundreds of couples rush to exchange vows in Wisconsin
(National News ~ 06/08/14)
MILWAUKEE -- Dozens of gay couples married Saturday at courthouses in Milwaukee and Madison, taking advantage of what most believed would be a small window to get hitched before a judge's decision overturning the state's same-sex marriage ban was put on hold...
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Vodafone report sparks global surveillance debate
(National News ~ 06/08/14)
NEW YORK -- Telecommunications company Vodafone's report on government surveillance of its customers in 29 countries reveals more than meets the eye -- and is raising questions from Dublin to Delhi about how much spying on email and telephone chats happens in secret...
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Poroshenko sworn in to lead Ukraine
(International News ~ 06/08/14)
KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukraine's new president on Saturday called for pro-Russian rebels in the country's east to lay down their arms and welcomed dialogue with the insurgents but said he wouldn't negotiate with those he called "gangsters and killers" and struck a defiant tone on the Russian-annexed Crimean Peninsula...
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Man charged in shooting of Mounties obsessed with guns
(International News ~ 06/08/14)
MONCTON, New Brunswick -- A chilling portrait of a man obsessed with guns and anti-government rhetoric began to emerge as people in this eastern Canadian city struggled to reconcile the knowledge the person charged with murdering three Mounties was the same one who seemingly had lived quietly among them...
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Car bombs kill 52 as gunmen storm university in Iraq
(International News ~ 06/08/14)
BAGHDAD -- A series of car bombs exploded across Iraq's capital Saturday night, killing at least 52 people in a day of violence that saw militants storm a university in the country's restive Anbar province and take dozens hostage, authorities said...
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Official says attack in east Congo leaves 34 dead
(International News ~ 06/08/14)
KINSHASA, Congo -- Armed fighters attacked a town in eastern Congo late at night, massacring at least 34 people, including women and children who were at a local church, officials said Saturday. Provincial interior minister Jean Julien Miruho said the violence in Mutarule late Friday also left at least 27 others wounded...
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Saving Sgt. Bergdahl: What's known, what's not
(National News ~ 06/08/14)
WASHINGTON -- That feel-good moment in the Rose Garden seems like a long time ago. Just a week after the president announced Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl had been freed in Afghanistan, details emerging about the soldier, the deal and how the rescue came together are adding to the list of questions...
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Verla M. Wooldridge
(Obituary ~ 06/08/14)
Verla M. Wooldridge, 94, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Benton, Missouri, died June 6, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 27, 1919, in Benton to John E. and Iva Lincoln Mayfield. She married Harold S. Wooldridge on Sept. 4, 1937, in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death on April 6, 2014...
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Roswitha Storm
(Obituary ~ 06/08/14)
Roswitha Marie (Knott) Storm, age 82, of Thebes, Illinois, passed away at 10:05 a.m. Wednesday, June 4, 2014, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Mrs. Storm was born Feb. 18, 1932 in Straubing, Germany, daughter of the late Wilhelm and Justina (Retzer) Knott...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda
(Local News ~ 06/08/14)
Cape Girardeau County Commission Administrative Office Building 1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. Monday Communications/reports, other elected officials...
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James W. Green
(Obituary ~ 06/08/14)
James W. "Jay" Green, 91, of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, June 6, 2014, at the Lutheran Home Assisted Living West in Cape Girardeau. He was born Friday, Nov. 17, 1922, in Cape Girardeau to the late James L. and Gertrude Pearl (Borneman) Green. James and Mabel M. Maevers were married Oct. 10, 1941, in Egypt Mills, Missouri...
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Veronica Doris Mouser
(Obituary ~ 06/08/14)
Veronica Doris Mouser, 64, of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, June 6, 2014, at Woodland Hills Nursing Home in Marble Hill, Missouri. Memorial services will be at a later date. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Gwendolyn Walker
(Obituary ~ 06/08/14)
CHAFFEE, Mo. — Gwendolyn Sue Walker, 72, of Chaffee, Missouri, died June 7, 2014, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapels of Chaffee.
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Keith E. Haynes
(Obituary ~ 06/08/14)
Keith E. Haynes, 83, of Jackson, died Saturday, June 7, 2014, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. There will be an American Legion service at 7 p.m...
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Births 6/8/14
(Births ~ 06/08/14)
Daughter to Michael J. Armitage and April R. Whitworth of Chaffee, Missouri, 9:45 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Name, Mylah Hope. Weight, 8 pounds, 2 ounces. Ms. Whitworth is the daughter of Rick and Charlotte Whitworth of Chaffee. She is a clinical assistant at HealthPoint Rehab...
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Lou Nathaniel Hannaford
(Obituary ~ 06/08/14)
Lou Nathaniel Hannaford, 90, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, June 5, 2014, in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 4, 1924, in Roodhouse, Illinois, to Oscar Minor and Blanche Mae Rudd Hannaford. He and Kathryn Ann Fisher were married on May 30, 1957, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Slater, Missouri...
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Betty Joann Clough
(Obituary ~ 06/08/14)
Betty Joann Clough, 86, of Jackson, died June 6, 2014, of pancreatic cancer at the Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born on May 19, 1928, in Flint Township, Illinois, a daughter of the late Milton Garland and Lucille Gertrude Roberts Blevins...
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Florence Bowen
(Obituary ~ 06/08/14)
Florence M. Bowen, 93, of Marston, Missouri, passed away Saturday, June 7, 2014, at Heartland Care and Rehab in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 15, 1921, in Ellsinore, Missouri, to James Z. and Emma Louisa "Lula" Hamm Boyer. She and Alvin Gooch were married in 1936. He passed away May 31, 1982. She and Thomas Bowen were married in 2006...
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Emil Lohmann
(Obituary ~ 06/08/14)
ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Emil E. Lohmann, 82, of Altenburg died Thursday, June 5, 2014, at Independence Care Center in Perryville, Missouri. He was born June 17, 1931, at Farrar, Missouri, son of Edwin and Lydia Hadler Lohmann. He and Caroline A. Lichtenegger were married July 26, 1953. She preceded him in death Dec. 28, 2002...
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Aloysuis Renner
(Obituary ~ 06/08/14)
Aloysuis J. "Buddy" Renner, 79, of Perryville died June 6, 2014, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville, Missouri. He was born May 17, 1935, in Biehle, Missouri, son of August and Mary Caroline (Bohnert) Renner. He and Mildred B. Fellows were married July 12, 1958. She survives in Perryville...
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Martha Cairns
(Obituary ~ 06/08/14)
Martha Wilson Cairns, 97, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, June 5, 2014, at Southeast Hospital. She was born July 15, 1916, in Sparta, Illinois, to John T. and Amy Morrow Wilson. She and Austin R. Cairns were married Sept. 8, 1936, in Sparta. He preceded her in death May 12, 1998...
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Fred Weaver
(Obituary ~ 06/08/14)
Fred Joe Weaver, 79, of Senoia, Georgia, formerly of Scott City, passed away Tuesday, June 3, 2014, at Brightmoor Hospice. He was born Aug. 31, 1934, to Fred P. and Marguerite Haman Weaver. Fred served in the United States Army. His favorite pastimes included baseball and discovering buried treasure with his metal detector. ...
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Ruth Pope
(Obituary ~ 06/08/14)
Elma Ruth Pope, 93, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2014, at Four Seasons Care Center in Plano, Texas. She was born July 7, 1920, in Mine La Motte, Missouri, a daughter of Felix Wesley and Alma Virqua Denison Shelton. In 1943, Ruth was united in marriage to Don Wilkinson. He died March 27, 1945, while serving his country during World War II. In 1947, she married George Pope in Piggott, Arkansas. He preceded her in death Nov. 11, 1965...
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California Chrome's quest for the Triple Crown collapses
(Professional Sports ~ 06/08/14)
NEW YORK -- California Chrome failed in his bid to win the first Triple Crown in 36 years on Saturday, losing the Belmont Stakes to 9-1 long shot Tonalist. The Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner finished in a dead-heat for fourth with Wicked Strong. California Chrome's loss extended the longest drought without a Triple Crown champion...
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Sharapova unlikely clay-court force
(Professional Sports ~ 06/08/14)
Maria Sharapova defeated Simona Halep for her second title at Roland Garros
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LA Kings outlast Rangers in double OT in Stanley Cup finals
(Professional Sports ~ 06/08/14)
LOS ANGELES -- Captain Dustin Brown redirected Willie Mitchell's shot 10:26 into the second overtime, and the Los Angeles Kings outlasted the New York Rangers 5-4 Saturday night to take a 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup finals. Marian Gaborik tied it with 12:24 left in regulation for the Kings, who rallied from another two-goal deficit in their latest exhibition of clutch comeback hockey...
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Cardinals offense struggles against Blue Jays
(Professional Sports ~ 06/08/14)
St. Louis turned a triple play for the first times sine 2005 but lost 3-1 on Friday
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Miller deals shutout in Cards win over Blue Jays
(Professional Sports ~ 06/08/14)
St. Louis defeated Toronto 5-0 behind Shelby Miller’s three-hit gem
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Victim of Thursday night shooting stable
(Local News ~ 06/08/14)
The victim of a shooting Thursday night in the 1300 block of Village Lane in Cape Girardeau remained in stable condition Saturday, according to Capt. David James of the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department. Witnesses at the scene Thursday reported hearing several gunshots...
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Hearings set for Lafferty's alleged accomplices
(Local News ~ 06/08/14)
A couple accused of accepting money from Donald Lafferty in exchange for attempting to burn his home and kill his wife, Mildred, appeared in court Thursday. It was the second court appearance for Christopher and Brandi Hicks, who knew Lafferty through a rural Bloomfield, Missouri, church where he was pastor at the time of the January 2013 fire...
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Legislator educates chamber crowd about recent session
(Local News ~ 06/08/14)
State Rep. Kathy Swan offered highlights from the recently concluded legislative session during the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Coffee event. Between the Missouri House and Senate, nearly 2,000 bills were filed and 190 were passed, said the Cape Girardeau Republican. Many of those bills focused on taxes, health and education...
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Joe Schoolfield
(Obituary ~ 06/08/14)
Joe Dan Schoolfield, 66, of Burfordville passed away Thursday, June 5, 2014, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 19, 1947, in Cape Girardeau, son of Claude and Algeron Jackson Schoolfield. He and Harriett Ann Weeks were married Aug. 4, 1981, at Bell City, Missouri...
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Comedian Tracy Morgan critically hurt in car crash
(Entertainment ~ 06/08/14)
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan was critically injured Saturday after a tractor-trailer rammed into his chauffeured limousine bus, setting off a chain-reaction crash that left a fellow comedian dead and two others seriously hurt, authorities said...
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Predictions who will and should win at the Tonys
(Entertainment ~ 06/08/14)
NEW YORK -- It's been a year on Broadway so unpredictable, the only thing for certain at the Tony Awards tonight is Hugh Jackman will be the host. There have been no clear juggernauts -- although some wonderful performances -- and critics largely have bemoaned the lack of strong new musicals and plays. In fact, the best revival categories this year easily overshadow anything new...
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Jimmie Johnson hopes to extend return to winnings ways
(Professional Sports ~ 06/08/14)
LONG POND, Pa. -- Matt Kenseth furrowed his brow at the mere suggestion Jimmie Johnson had spiraled toward a slump. Only a chump would count out the champ after an 0 for 11 start. "I don't think anybody else was really being like, 'Oh man, Jimmie's finally not winning. This is our shot, he's done,"' Kenseth said. "It doesn't surprise me at all that he won those two races and it wouldn't surprise me at all if he wins this weekend."...
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World honors D-Day's fallen
(International News ~ 06/08/14)
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France -- It was a day of pride, remembrance and honors for those who waded through blood-tinged waves, climbed razor-sharp cliffs or fell from the skies, staring down death or dying in an invasion that portended the fall of the Third Reich and the end of World War II...
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Poet Maya Angelou remembered at memorial service
(National News ~ 06/08/14)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Maya Angelou liked to say that people will forget what you said or did in your life, but they will never forget how you made them feel. Former President Bill Clinton, first lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey said Saturday they were among the millions touched by Angelou's wisdom when they needed help to rise...
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Victim's family helped jail O.J., but not for murder
(National News ~ 06/08/14)
LOS ANGELES -- For years, Fred Goldman was adamant he would never rest until he had held O.J. Simpson accountable for the killings of his son and Simpson's ex-wife 20 years ago -- even if a jury had acquitted the former football star. After the trial, Goldman joined with the family of Simpson's ex-wife in winning a $33.5 million wrongful death judgment in civil court. ...
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Simpson case at 20: Views in black and white
(National News ~ 06/08/14)
The O.J. Simpson murder trial exposed many painful truths. None hit harder than the idea that white and black people often look at the same facts and see different realities. Today, 20 years after the case divided the nation, few opinions have changed. Despite two decades' worth of increasing racial acceptance, the saga still reflects deep-rooted obstacles to a truly united America...
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Timely transition: Vicar steps in as St. Andrew's Rev. Short retires
(Community ~ 06/08/14)
St. Andrew Lutheran Church was founded in 1957 "to be open to the promises of God and trust those promises," says outgoing pastor Paul Short, who will preach his farewell sermons and be honored at a 12:30 p.m. reception next Sunday...
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