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After tax defeat, what next for Missouri roads?
(State News ~ 08/06/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri voters have said they don't want to hike sales taxes to pay for roads and other transportation projects. But there appears to be no immediate Plan B for plugging a looming gap between the state's available highway funding and its anticipated needs...
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Cape man pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter
(Local News ~ 08/06/14)
A Cape Girardeau man has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in connection with a 2012 shooting at a local nightclub. Alexander Harris, 25, pleaded guilty Tuesday to the Dec. 16, 2012, shooting death of Nicholas Gilbert, 32, of Sikeston, Missouri...
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Rehder retains District 148 seat; Rowland-Hubrecht wins 151st
(Local News ~ 08/06/14)
Incumbent Holly Rehder will keep her state House seat in the 148th District after receiving 64 percent of the vote in Tuesday's primary. Rehder, of Sikeston, faced Illmo Special Road District board member Duston Stone of Scott City on the Republican ballot...
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Kamp narrowly defeats Dix for Division III judge
(Local News ~ 08/06/14)
Judge Gary Kamp narrowly held on to his seat in the Cape Girardeau County Division III court against local lawyer Jeffrey Dix. Kamp won by about 1 percent. The incumbent, who has held the position of associate circuit judge for 20 years, received 6,732 votes, or 50.57 percent. Dix received 6,579 votes which equalled 49.43 percent...
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Transportation tax struck down; voters rally around personal liberties
(Local News ~ 08/06/14)
Missouri voters said yes to three of five statewide ballot measures Tuesday, but a proposed transportation tax was not one of them. The Associated Press reported that voters rejected Amendment 7, which would have prompted a 0.75 percent increase in Missouri's sales and use tax to fund transportation projects such as state and local highways, roads and bridges...
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American Queen/Rock Art/ Bill Emerson Bridge
(Submitted Photo ~ 08/06/14)
A view of the American Queen while visiting Cape Girardeau, that shows local artists' rock art, and in the background, a view of the Bill Emerson bridge
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The State Historical Society of Missouri to roll out Center for Missouri Studies
(Submitted Story ~ 08/06/14)
The State Historical Society of Missouri President Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. announced today that the Society is creating a "Center for Missouri Studies" this fall. The Center, to be administered from the Society's headquarters in Columbia, will extend the Society's mission to promote and disseminate the study of Missouri's history and culture...
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Boy Scout landscapes Scott City Senior Nutrition Center
(Submitted Photo ~ 08/06/14)
Boy Scout Dylan Hackler recently completed his Life Scout Project by landscaping and updating around the sign for the Scott City Senior Center. Hackler has successfully earned the rank of Life Scout with the completion of this project. He also received a donation of a cherub statue from Trees and Trends of Cape Girardeau. Dylan is the grandson of Howard and Debbie Perr of Scott City, MO and is in Boy Scout Troop 5 of Cape Girardeau...
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Fun on the 4th
(Submitted Photo ~ 08/06/14)
Three little girls at the snow cone stand at the VFW Picnic at the VFW Lakes on July 4th.
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Cape County voters give thumbs down to Prop K
(Local News ~ 08/06/14)
Proposition K, the only local issue to appear on Tuesday's ballot, was soundly defeated by Cape Girardeau County voters. The measure proposed that a quarter-of-a-cent tax be levied across the county to fund a gap in children's mental health services. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/06/14)
Today is Wednesday, August 6, the 218th day of 2014. There are 147 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 6, 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war against Russia and Serbia declared war against Germany. On this date:...
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Something is wrong in Washington
(Column ~ 08/06/14)
The Republican weekly radio address this week summed up the prevailing national attitude in one short phrase: Something is wrong in Washington. Now the liberals are anxious to label the problem as a resistant GOP House, unwilling to embrace the Obama agenda...
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Revving up for the Corvette Caravan
(Editorial ~ 08/06/14)
In a couple of weeks we'll be able to see hundreds of Corvettes and hear that special purr of the engine. The Corvette Caravan will make its first visit to Cape Girardeau as the group travels to the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky...
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Spurs make Hammon NBA's 1st full-time female assistant
(Professional Sports ~ 08/06/14)
The San Antonio Spurs hired WNBA star Becky Hammon on Tuesday, making her the first full-time, paid female assistant on an NBA coaching staff. Hammon, who plans to retire from the San Antonio Stars after this season, spent time working with coach Gregg Popovich and the Spurs last season and made a strong impression on an organization with a history of forward-thinking moves...
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Undrafted Chase Reynolds carving out a role with the Rams
(Professional Sports ~ 08/06/14)
ST. LOUIS -- More than half of the roster was involved in the first St. Louis Rams special teams-only practice of training camp. That'll be the case again this week during preparations for the preseason opener against the New Orleans Saints on Friday night...
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RBI single in eighth beats the Red Sox
(Professional Sports ~ 08/06/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Jon Jay hit an RBI single with two outs in the eighth inning to break a tie and lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-2 win over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. The Cardinals won their third in a row and fourth in the last five. Boston has lost three in a row...
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FBI offering reward in 2005 Hillsboro disappearance
(State News ~ 08/06/14)
ST. LOUIS -- The FBI and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office are offering a $20,000 reward for evidence in the continuing search for a Pevely woman who disappeared nearly a decade ago. Federal investigators on Tuesday unveiled a new missing-person poster of Amanda K. Jones, who was almost nine months' pregnant when she disappeared in August 2005 at age 26...
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Scott County School Board meets in special closed session
(Local News ~ 08/06/14)
Members of the Scott County School Board convened Tuesday afternoon for a specially scheduled meeting in which they likely decided whether to suspend one or more students involved in the accidental shooting death of Kaden Robert in June. Although district officials would not confirm what they discussed at the meeting inside Kelly High School, according to the agenda published by the school district, the bulk of the meeting was a private executive session...
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Bertrand woman charged with assault, theft
(Local News ~ 08/06/14)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- A Bertrand, Missouri, woman is in jail after allegedly attempting to steal a car and assaulting its owner. Holly Suzanne Parker, 32, is charged with theft/stealing of property valued at more than $500, second degree domestic assault and first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. All three charges are Class C felonies punishable upon conviction by up to seven years...
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Gunn chosen to fill Ward 3 seat on Cape Girardeau City Council
(Local News ~ 08/06/14)
Victor R. Gunn will be the newest member of the Cape Girardeau City Council. He was elected the Ward 3 representative over challenger Evan Trump Tuesday. Trump is the former Cape Girardeau County Republican chairman and the district manager for Bi-State Southern Convenience Stores...
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'Big races' draw nearly 45 percent turnout in Perry County
(Local News ~ 08/06/14)
A trio of hotly contested races boosted turnout to nearly 45 percent Tuesday in Perry County, Missouri, as voters chose replacements for some longtime public servants who are retiring at the end of their terms. "We had some big races. ... It's been an interesting day, to say the least," said County Clerk Randy Taylor, who is one of the officeholders retiring this year in Perry County, where 44.84 percent of registered voters showed up at the polls Tuesday...
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Report: Russian hackers steal 1.2B passwords
(National News ~ 08/06/14)
NEW YORK -- Russian hackers have stolen 1.2 billion user names and passwords in a series of Internet heists affecting 420,000 websites, according to a report published Tuesday. The thievery was described in a New York Times story based on the findings of Hold Security, a Milwaukee firm that has a history of uncovering online security breaches...
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Housing market luring would-be brokers
(National News ~ 08/06/14)
MIAMI -- To motivate a classroom packed with 87 aspiring real estate agents, instructor Keith Grandy started off his one-week, intensive course with the promise of big money: With hard work, fresh licensees in the Miami metro area could make $100,000 a year if they complete at least two transactions per month, according to current property prices and commissions...
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Slow response in Ebola case acknowledged in Nigeria
(International News ~ 08/06/14)
LAGOS, Nigeria -- Nigerian health authorities acknowledged Tuesday that they did not immediately quarantine a sick airline passenger who later died of Ebola, announcing that eight health workers who had primary contact with him were now in isolation with symptoms of the disease...
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Troops, volunteers dig through China quake debris
(International News ~ 08/06/14)
LUDIAN, China -- About 10,000 troops used pickaxes and backhoes to clear roads and dig residents from collapsed homes Tuesday after an earthquake in southwest China that killed 410 people. Groups of volunteers, meanwhile, used their bare hands...
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Fighting in Ukraine reaches rebel-held Donetsk
(International News ~ 08/06/14)
DONETSK, Ukraine -- Fighting in eastern Ukraine reached the main rebel stronghold of Donetsk on Tuesday as separatists and government troops exchanged rocket fire in neighborhoods on the edge of the city. In a western district of Donetsk, rockets apparently fired from a government position landed in the courtyard of a one-story house, killing an elderly resident...
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Poll: Obama health law a tale of 2 Americas
(National News ~ 08/06/14)
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's health-care law has become a tale of two Americas. States that fully embraced the law's coverage expansion are experiencing a significant drop in the number of uninsured residents, according to a major new survey released Tuesday. States whose leaders still object to "Obamacare" are seeing much less change...
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S&P: Wealth gap is slowing U.S. economic growth
(National News ~ 08/06/14)
WASHINGTON -- Economists have long argued that a rising wealth gap has complicated the U.S. rebound from the recession. Now, an analysis by the rating agency Standard & Poor's lends its weight to the argument: The widening gap between the wealthiest Americans and everyone else has made the economy more prone to boom-bust cycles and slowed the 5-year-old recovery from the recession...
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Births 8/6/14
(Births ~ 08/06/14)
Son to Robin Ashley Stagner and Maria Therese Green of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 7:33 p.m. Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Name, Nicholas Harold. Weight, 7 pounds, 11 ounces. Second child, first son. Ms. Green is the daughter of Mary Green and Harold Green of Cape Girardeau. ...
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Out of the past 8/6/14
(Out of the Past ~ 08/06/14)
Twenty-six young people and five adults from Trinity Lutheran Church left Friday to attend the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod's National Lutheran Youth gathering in Denver; among those attending is Randy Whitticre, who was selected as a member of the National LC-MS Youth Honors Symphony Band and String Orchestra...
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Bollinger County elects new prosecutor
(Local News ~ 08/06/14)
Bollinger County Prosecuting Attorney Steve Gray lost his bid for re-election Tuesday night. Newcomer Heath Robins of Southern Bollinger County unseated Gray by a vote of 1,548 to 883. "I worked hard," Robins said Tuesday night after the ballots were counted. "It's a vast county. There's a lot of area to cover."...
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Enderle to keep treasurer seat in Scott County
(Local News ~ 08/06/14)
Glenda Enderle will hold her seat as the Scott County Treasurer after winning the primary election Tuesday night, according to unofficial election results provided by the Scott County Clerk's office. Enderle, of New Hamburg, received 59 percent of the vote, overtaking Joe Bill Davis of Benton, who received 41 percent...
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Jackson police report 8/6/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/06/14)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Summonses...
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Cape Girardeau police report 8/6/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/06/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
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Ann Yount
(Obituary ~ 08/06/14)
Ann A. Yount, 91, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014, at Monticello House in Jackson. She was born Dec. 25, 1922, in Parma, Missouri, daughter of Charles and Lillie Edwards Alexander. She and Homer Yount were married in 1950. He preceded her in death July 23, 1986...
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John Scholz
(Obituary ~ 08/06/14)
John William Scholz, 87, of Whitewater passed away Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 30, 1927, in Whitewater, son of William "Bill" and Cora Edith Snell Scholz. He and Helen Haehnlein Welch were married July 1, 1978...
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Katherine Markham
(Obituary ~ 08/06/14)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Katherine M. Markham, 81, of Advance passed away Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, at her home. She was born Jan. 13, 1933, at Zalma, Missouri, daughter of Earley Gilbert and Ester Mae Beshears Benfield. She and Jack R. Markham Sr. were married Feb. 13, 1951, in Piggott, Arkansas. He preceded her in death in 1993...
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Walter LeGrand
(Obituary ~ 08/06/14)
BENTON, Mo. -- Walter Leonard LeGrand, 64, of Benton died Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. A memorial service will be at Commerce Baptist Church at a later date. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Patricia Knapp
(Obituary ~ 08/06/14)
THEBES, Ill. -- Patricia Ann Knapp, 67, of Thebes died Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, at her home. She was born Nov. 7, 1946, in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, to Mitchell and Agnes Durham Lanier. She spent her childhood residing in Summertown, Tennessee. Pat loved antiques. She collected, worked on and sold them for many years. She enjoyed spending time with her family and was an avid bird watcher. Her favorite times were spent at the beach and at her home on Wilson Lake in Alabama...
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Cecil Kemp
(Obituary ~ 08/06/14)
Cecil Kemp, 85, of Jackson passed away Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with Dr. Brian Anderson officiating. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery with full military honors...
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Lillian English
(Obituary ~ 08/06/14)
Lillian Rose English, 99, of Gordonville, formerly of Bell City, Missouri, died Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 10, 1914, in Illinois, to Louis and Grace Burris McAtee. She and Morgan English were married Aug. 26, 1933, at Jackson. He preceded her in death July 25, 1992...
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Rory McIlroy wary of all the hype entering
(Professional Sports ~ 08/06/14)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Golf stories about Rory McIlroy are a lot more flattering than those a year ago. And if he reads too much into them, they can be a lot more dangerous. McIlroy went wire to wire at Hoylake to win the British Open. Then, he overpowered Firestone on the weekend to win his first World Golf Championship. Now he is the overwhelming favorite at the PGA Championship. He is looked on in some corners as a sure thing, a label once reserved only for Tiger Woods...
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2nd American aid worker with Ebola arrives in U.S.
(National News ~ 08/06/14)
ATLANTA -- An American aid worker infected with Ebola arrived Tuesday in Atlanta, joining a second patient being given an experimental treatment that has never before been tested on humans. Nancy Writebol, 59, traveled from Monrovia, Liberia, to Emory University Hospital, just downhill from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She arrived two days after Kent Brantly, a doctor with whom she had worked in Liberia and who also contracted Ebola, showed up for treatment...
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Texas eased rules for housing immigrant children
(National News ~ 08/06/14)
McALLEN, Texas -- Overwhelmed by the arrival of thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children, the state of Texas relaxed its standards for the shelters that house them, easing rules governing how much space each child needs and what kind of facilities they should have...
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Gay marriage arguments are flooding federal courts
(National News ~ 08/06/14)
CINCINNATI -- Federal appeals courts soon will hear arguments in gay marriage fights from nine states, part of a slew of cases putting pressure on the U.S. Supreme Court to issue a final verdict. If the appeals judges continue the unbroken eight-month streak of rulings in favor of gay marriage, that could make it easier for the nation's highest court to come down on the side of supporters...
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'Ninja Turtles' redesign may prove divisive to fans
(Entertainment ~ 08/06/14)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Over the past two years, inside the high-tech sanctuary of Industrial Light and Magic, the man who built a virtual virgin jungle for the last "Indiana Jones" movie and conjured 150-foot-tall aliens for "War of the Worlds" has been confronting his most difficult task yet: creating a digital version of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that could interact on screen realistically with Megan Fox...
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U.S. terrorism database doubles in recent years
(National News ~ 08/06/14)
WASHINGTON -- A U.S. government database of known or suspected terrorists doubled in size in recent years, according to newly released government figures. The growth is the result of intelligence agencies submitting names more often after a near-miss attack in 2009...
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Recordings reveal final days of Nixon White House
(National News ~ 08/06/14)
YORBA LINDA, Calif. -- Almost a decade after Richard Nixon resigned, the disgraced former president sat down with his one-time aide and told the tale of his fall from grace in his own words. For three decades, that version of one of the nation's largest and most-dissected political scandals largely gathered dust -- until this week...
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Poll: Americans diverge on how to pay for highways
(National News ~ 08/06/14)
WASHINGTON -- A majority of Americans think the economic benefits of good transportation outweigh the cost to taxpayers, but they can't agree on how to pay for new highways or repairs of old ones, according to a new Associated Press-GfKpoll. Six in 10 people surveyed said the cost of good highways, railroads and airports is justified by their benefits. ...
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Israel, Hamas to negotiate new Gaza deal in Cairo
(National News ~ 08/06/14)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- The outlines of a solution for battered, blockaded Gaza are emerging after Tuesday's tentative Israel-Hamas cease-fire: Norway is organizing a donor conference and Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas aims to oversee rebuilding and reassert his authority in the territory, lost to Hamas in 2007...
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Afghan soldier kills American general
(International News ~ 08/06/14)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- An American major general was shot to death Tuesday in one of the bloodiest insider attacks of the long Afghanistan War when a gunman dressed as an Afghan soldier turned on allied troops, wounding about 15 including a German general and two Afghan generals...
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Clinic owner tied to MLB scandal to plead guilty
(Professional Sports ~ 08/06/14)
MIAMI -- The former clinic owner accused of selling performance-enhancing drugs to Alex Rodriguez has agreed to plead guilty in what prosecutors called a wide-ranging conspiracy to distribute steroids to both major league ballplayers and high school athletes...
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Prayer 8/6/14
(Prayer ~ 08/06/14)
O Lord Jesus, blessed Messiah, thank you for your love and grace. Amen.
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Gardner to take Syler's place as circuit judge
(Local News ~ 08/06/14)
When Judge William Syler retires from his position in Circuit 32, Division I, Michael Gardner will take his place. The circuit covers Cape Girardeau, Bollinger and Perry counties. The local lawyer won the position with 35.33 percent of the vote in one of the area's closest races...
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