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Events planned to celebrate MLK
(Local News ~ 01/15/15)
A series of events celebrating the life of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will begin this evening. The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Citywide Celebration Committee will host a birthday celebration in honor of the late civil-rights activist at 7 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School auditorium...
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Local lawmakers tapped for Missouri House committees
(Local News ~ 01/15/15)
Local representatives have been selected to lead committees on education and labor in the Missouri House of Representatives for the next two years. Missouri House Speaker John Diehl, R-Town and Country, announced recently the 55 chairmen who will lead their respective committees. He also expressed his faith in the group "to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing our state this year and next."...
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Man accused of plotting to attack U.S. Capitol
(National News ~ 01/15/15)
CINCINNATI -- A man who plotted to attack the U.S. Capitol and kill government officials inside it and spoke of his desire to support the Islamic State militant group was arrested Wednesday, the FBI said. A criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Ohio charges Christopher Lee Cornell with attempting to kill officers and employees of the United States. Just a day earlier, authorities revealed another Ohio man had been charged with threatening to kill House Speaker John Boehner...
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Frohna residents also oppose town's name change
(Local News ~ 01/15/15)
FROHNA, Mo. -- Frohna residents want one thing: to remain residents of Frohna. "Not Frohna-Altenburg, Altenburg-Frohna or Timbuktu," said former Frohna mayor Marvin Scholl. "Not Saxony-this or Saxony-that. We want to remain Frohna." Scholl was among the handful of residents who presented a petition at Wednesday's board of aldermen meeting voicing residents' opposition to the -- technically -- ongoing consolidation of their city with sister city Altenburg, Missouri...
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MoDOT plans to maintain only one-fourth of state highways
(State News ~ 01/15/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Only one-quarter of Missouri's highways would be fully maintained under a Missouri Department of Transportation proposal outlined Wednesday as a way to deal with an impending budget shortfall. By 2017, the department expects to have $325 million available annually for construction and maintenance, which is short of the $485 million needed to fully maintain Missouri's 34,000 miles of roads, transportation director Dave Nichols said...
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Jackson sets aside injuries to thump Central
(High School Sports ~ 01/15/15)
With five of its top seven players out due to injury, the Jackson girls basketball team had no choice but to look to its remaining players against Central on Thursday night.
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Former CHS Student Publishes Contemporary Romance Novels
(Submitted Story ~ 01/15/15)
Lyssa Layne, formerly Alyssa Holyfield, will be at Hastings in Cape Girardeau on Saturday, January 17 from 2-4PM autographing books. Layne is a 2001 Cape Central graduate and now resides in St. Peters, MO. She has self-published four contemporary novels...
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Discovery Playhouse receives $1,000 donation
(Submitted Photo ~ 01/15/15)
Discovery Playhouse received $500 from Ford and Sons Funeral Home and a matching $500 from the Funeral Directors Life Insurance Company. This donation will be dedicated to a new exhibit at Discovery Playhouse as part of their 2nd floor expansion. Pictured from left: Kevin Ford and Pam Pfanstiel, Ford & Sons Funeral Home; and Pansy Glenn, executive director Discovery Playhouse. ...
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Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team returns to winning ways vs. JSU
(College Sports ~ 01/15/15)
The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team's long bus ride back from Jacksonville, Alabama, was a little sweeter Wednesday night. The Redhawks returned home with a 69-52 win against Jacksonville State at the Pete Mathews Coliseum to improve to 8-10 overall and 2-3 in the Ohio Valley Conference...
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Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team off to worst start in OVC history
(College Sports ~ 01/15/15)
The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team's Ohio Valley Conference woes continued Wednesday night. Southeast cemented its worst start to conference play since joining Division I and the OVC in 1991. The Redhawks fell to 0-5 in conference play with a 70-34 loss to Jacksonville State at the Pete Mathews Coliseum in Jacksonville, Alabama...
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Marquette foreclosure auction still set for Friday
(Local News ~ 01/15/15)
The Marquette properties in downtown Cape Girardeau remain scheduled to be sold in a public foreclosure auction Friday. Nancy Browne, an attorney at The Limbaugh Firm that is representing Great Southern Bank in foreclosure proceedings on the Marquette Tower and Centre buildings, said late Wednesday she hadn't been instructed to call off the sale after it was postponed for one week last Friday...
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High school roundup: Jackson wrestling team dominates at home meet
(High School Sports ~ 01/15/15)
All scores were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Wednesday.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/15/15)
Today is Thursday, Jan. 15, the 15th day of 2015. There are 350 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 15, 1865, during the closing months of the Civil War, the Second Battle of Fort Fisher near Wilmington, North Carolina, ended as Union forces captured the "Gibraltar of the South," depriving the Confederates of their last major seaport...
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Lawsuit for failed Missouri sweetener plant settled
(State News ~ 01/15/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Attorneys have announced a settlement in a class-action lawsuit against an investment banking firm for its role in a failed attempt to construct an artificial sweetener plant in central Missouri. U.S. District Judge Nanette Laughrey said details of the settlement reached Wednesday with investment banking firm Morgan Keegan are confidential...
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Family feared exposure after CIA details leaked
(State News ~ 01/15/15)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The wife of a top CIA asset testified Wednesday that she feared her family would be discovered by Russian intelligence agencies after details of a covert operation leaked into print. The Russian emigre took the stand at the leak trial of ex-CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling, 47, who was raised in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Study: $18 billion required to divert Missouri River to irrigate farms
(State News ~ 01/15/15)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Building a 360-mile aqueduct to reroute water from the Missouri River to irrigate crops in western Kansas where underwater stores are being exhausted would cost $18 billion and require an additional $1 billion each year to operate, a new draft report shows...
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News groups join Flynt's push for execution info
(State News ~ 01/15/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Fourteen news organizations have asked a federal appeals court to allow pornographer Larry Flynt to join a lawsuit seeking to force Missouri to disclose details of its execution methods. A lawyer for the news outlets argued Wednesday before a federal appeals court panel in St. Louis that the Hustler magazine publisher should be allowed to join the pending lawsuit on First Amendment grounds...
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Police killings prompt bills in state legislatures
(National News ~ 01/15/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- With legislatures convening across the country, lawmakers are moving quickly to respond to one of the biggest stories of the past year, the police killings of unarmed residents in Missouri, New York and elsewhere. Scores of bills have been filed that would place more scrutiny on interactions between law officers and the public, and that would aim to address concerns about perceived racial injustice, police tactics and civil unrest...
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Murder suspects still at large
(Local News ~ 01/15/15)
Police continue to search for two suspects in the shooting death of a man in Sikeston, Missouri. Gailon Lamarous Applewhite, 29, and William Henry Applewhite III, 27, both of Sikeston, are wanted on murder and armed criminal action charges in connection with the shooting death of Christopher Qurvon West, 31...
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Record crowd expected for annual Jackson chamber banquet
(Local News ~ 01/15/15)
The Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce is expecting to see its largest crowd at the annual banquet Friday at the Bavarian Halle. Nearly 500 reservations had been made as of Wednesday afternoon, said Brian Gerau, the chamber's director. "This is our marquee event of the year," Gerau said, "and we are really excited that this looks like it will be the biggest one we've had."...
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Teamsters Union announces agreement to end U.S. oversight
(National News ~ 01/15/15)
WASHINGTON -- The Teamsters Union and the Justice Department announced Wednesday they have reached an agreement to end the government's 25-year anti-corruption oversight of the 1.4-million member union. Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, joined with the Teamsters in asking a federal judge to terminate the consent order that had been in place since March 1989...
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New book to feature unpublished Hemingway conversations
(Entertainment ~ 01/15/15)
NEW YORK -- Previously unpublished conversations with Ernest Hemingway will be featured in a new book this fall. St. Martin's Press announced Wednesday it had acquired A.E. Hotchner's "Hemingway in Love." Hotchner, 94, befriended Hemingway in the 1940s and would later write a controversial biography, "Papa Hemingway," that came out in 1966. ...
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France cracks down on hate speech, sends carrier to Mideast
(International News ~ 01/15/15)
PARIS -- France ordered prosecutors around the country to crack down on hate speech, anti-Semitism and those glorifying terrorism and announced Wednesday it was sending an aircraft carrier to the Mideast to work more closely with the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants...
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Charlie Hebdo goes global, dismays Muslims
(International News ~ 01/15/15)
LONDON -- A week ago, Charlie Hebdo was a niche publication little known outside France, with a circulation of 60,000. On Wednesday, the satirical newspaper's first issue since last week's deadly attack on its staff went on sale with an initial print run of 3 million copies and front-page coverage around the world...
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Out of the past: Jan. 15
(Out of the Past ~ 01/15/15)
Johnny James is the featured speaker at a breakfast honoring the birthday of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., held at the Southeast Missouri State University Center. The city council clears the way for a recycling venture after first reassuring a concerned neighbor, John Boos, that adequate controls are in place to address any pollution problem; Roger Friedrich will operate his recycling business in a former railroad yard southeast of the Independence and Frederick streets intersection.. ...
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'Paw-paparazzi' take note: World Dog Awards honor star pets
(Community ~ 01/15/15)
LOS ANGELES -- Awards season is underway in Hollywood, but one show will roll out green turf instead of red carpet and celebrate achievements like best mutt instead of best actor. At the inaugural World Dog Awards hosted by comedian George Lopez, dogs will walk in on artificial grass and wag out with golden fire hydrant statuettes honoring the best in entertainment and social media...
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Speak Out 1/15/15
(Speak Out ~ 01/15/15)
** TracFone recycle; ** Thanks; ** Congratulations Chris; ** Common Core; ** Terrorism; ** Headline disrespect; ** Sharpton; ** History lesson
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Cardinals caravan comes to SEMO basketball game
(Editorial ~ 01/15/15)
This is a big weekend for St. Louis Cardinals fans. The organization will hold its annual Winter Warmup Saturday through Monday at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch. Players will be on hand to sign autographs and participate in festivities. The 57th annual dinner hosted by the St. Louis Baseball Writers Association is set for 6 p.m. Sunday in St. Louis...
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Hooked on Science: Disappearing money
(Community ~ 01/15/15)
Spending money isn't the only way to make it disappear. n Penny n Clear plastic cup n Water STEP 1: Place the penny on a flat surface. STEP 2: Place the bottom of the clear plastic cup over the penny. STEP 3: Observe the penny through the side of the cup. Fill the cup with water and observe the penny through the side of the cup...
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Chaffee High School robotics team draws together students with variety of interests
(Community ~ 01/15/15)
Since 2009, the robotics program at Chaffee High School has continued to grow under Jaron McMurry's leadership. McMurry has worked at the school since 2004, teaching industrial arts. His classes vary from woodworking to graphic design to robotics. After getting a grant from Southeast Missouri State University in 2009 to build its first team, the program, Chaffee Industrial Arts Robotics, has expanded to encompass four different teams...
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Obama pitching more access to fast Internet
(National News ~ 01/15/15)
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is once again challenging major cable and telephone companies by encouraging the Federal Communications Commission to pre-empt state laws that stifle competition for high-speed Internet service. Obama wants to expand access to broadband communications services, siding with local communities that want either to expand competition or provide municipal services themselves. ...
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Astronauts flee U.S. side of space station but no sign of leak
(National News ~ 01/15/15)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In a rare scare, astronauts fled the American side of the International Space Station on Wednesday after an alarm indicated a possible toxic leak. NASA later said there was no leak of ammonia coolant and a computer problem likely set off the false alarm...
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Fed survey finds moderate economic growth
(National News ~ 01/15/15)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy was growing at a moderate pace in December and early January, helped by gains in sales of autos and other consumer products, but a big drop in oil prices was starting to have an effect in Texas and other energy regions, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday...
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Oil cheap despite rising global consumption
(National News ~ 01/15/15)
NEW YORK -- The world burns enough oil-derived fuels to drain an Olympic-sized swimming pool four times every minute. Global consumption has never been higher -- and is rising. Yet the price of a barrel of oil has fallen by more than half over the past six months because the globe, experts say, is awash in oil...
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Jackson police report 1/15/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/15/15)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Richard D. Mallory, 29, of Bloomfield, Missouri, was arrested on suspicion of fraudulent use of a credit device and receiving stolen property. n Rajeana J. Warner, 36, of Jackson was issued summonses for failure to register a motor vehicle and displaying plates of another vehicle...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 1/15/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/15/15)
* At 3:26 a.m., medical assist on Hackberry Street. n At 7:08 a.m., medical assist on Sailer Circle. n At 8:04 a.m., emergency medical service call on Kiwanis Drive. n At 10:40 a.m., medical assist on William Street. n At 12:12 p.m., call about steam, vapor, fog or dust on Delwin Street...
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St. Louis stadium plan likely requires public approval
(Professional Sports ~ 01/15/15)
ST. LOUIS -- A proposed open-air football stadium that backers hope will persuade St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke to keep the team from returning to Los Angeles will likely require voter approval of its public financing component. A St. Louis municipal ordinance and a St. Louis County charter amendment each prohibit the use of taxpayer dollars on pro sports stadiums without the consent of voters, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Steve Williams
(Obituary ~ 01/15/15)
Steve Michael "Tree Top" Williams, 51, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, at Baptist Health Paducah in Paducah, Kentucky. He was born Feb. 6, 1963, in Harbor City, California, to Danny Carrol and Judith Carolyn Rybolt Williams. He and Kathy Scherffius were married July 24, 1989, in Cape Girardeau...
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Mary Warren
(Obituary ~ 01/15/15)
Mary Nellrea Warren, 62, of Scott City died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, at her home. McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements.
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Thomas Sawyer
(Obituary ~ 01/15/15)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Thomas L. Sawyer, 48, of Marble Hill passed away Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, at Saint Louis University Hospital. He was born July 21, 1966, in Cape Girardeau, son of Robert Jr. and Saundra Felty Sawyer. He married Kimberly Bollinger on Dec. 14, 1991...
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Victoria Lowes
(Obituary ~ 01/15/15)
Victoria Lowes, 23, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, at her home. She had many long, hard struggles in her life and is now resting peacefully with her dad. She was born Feb. 16, 1991, in Cape Girardeau, to David and Edith Blocker Lowes...
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Patricia Burchett
(Obituary ~ 01/15/15)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Patricia Ann Burchett, 66, of Marble Hill passed away Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, at her home. She was born June 11, 1948, in Puxico, Missouri, daughter of Cletus Odell and Margaret Letha Gould Burchett. Patricia retired from International Hat factory as a seamstress. She was a member of Point Pleasant General Baptist Church...
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Kris Brammer
(Obituary ~ 01/15/15)
Kris Brammer, 42, of Jackson died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Dismal report on U.S. retail spending hits the stock market
(National News ~ 01/15/15)
NEW YORK -- A dismal report on retail spending in the U.S. and signs of slowing global growth drove stocks lower and sent yields on government bonds plunging as investors sought safety. U.S. stocks fell from the start of trading on a report that consumers pulled back on spending last month and on a slump in European markets. At one point, the Dow Jones industrial average shed nearly 350 points...
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No one hurt in standoff Tuesday night
(Local News ~ 01/15/15)
No one was hurt, but a standoff just off Highway 77 between Chaffee, Missouri, and Oran, Missouri, prompted authorities to shut down the highway and a nearby railroad Tuesday night until a suspect was taken into custody, Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter said.
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Cape Girardeau County Commision agenda 1/15/15
(Local News ~ 01/15/15)
1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today n None at this time n Items listed on the agenda n Purchase orders n Payroll change forms n USBank cancelled checks report n Gazebo agreement with Tunes at Twilight n 2014 biudget adjustments presented by the county auditor...
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National briefs
(National News ~ 01/15/15)
ODESSA, Texas -- Eight inmates and two corrections officers died Wednesday when a prison bus skidded off an icy West Texas highway, slid down an embankment and collided with a passing freight train, authorities said. The overpass on Interstate 20 was slick with ice Wednesday morning when the Texas Department of Criminal Justice bus left the roadway in Penwell, Texas, according to Ector County Sheriff Mark Donaldson. ...
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Philadelphia cabbie gets a $1,000 tip
(National News ~ 01/15/15)
PHILADELPHIA -- An anonymous passenger brightened a cab driver's night with a tip of nearly $1,000 on a $4.31 fare. Oumar Maiga's bosses revealed the gratuity Wednesday after making sure the credit card cleared. The West African immigrant received the $989.98 tip Dec. 13. Maiga told his client his shift had been a bit hectic. The passenger said he'd make it a great night and punched in the tip. Maiga asked whether he'd made a mistake. The passenger replied, "I know what I did."...
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Prayer 1/15/15
(Prayer ~ 01/15/15)
Lord God, we are grateful for your love and eternal life through Jesus. Amen.
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Pet pampering
(Local News ~ 01/15/15)
Ron Unterreiner holds his dog Charlie after a play date Wednesday at the dog park at Kiwanis Park in Cape Girardeau. Snow is forecast until about noon, so frolicking at the dog park might be messier today.
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Southeast Missourian Athlete of the Week: Chaffee's Julia Sutterfield
(High School Sports ~ 01/15/15)
Junior Julia Sutterfield recorded a double-double with a game-high 29 points and 12 steals and also grabbed seven rebounds to lead the Chaffee Red Devils girls basketball team to a 60-40 victory over the host South Pemiscot Bulldogs on Thursday. Chaffee improved to 9-2 with the victory and outscored South Pemiscot 34-22 in the second half...
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Freedom of speech does matter
(Column ~ 01/15/15)
Our military, our elected officials and members of federal law enforcement agencies swear to "protect and defend the constitution." The words of our constitution define our nation and the rights of its citizens, and it is so important that we will risk all to protect it...
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