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Survey: States spent heavily to clear winter snow and ice
(State News ~ 05/04/15)
BOSTON -- Winter's full fury arrived late in much of the country, but once it did it was relentless, quickly exhausting snow removal budgets and pushing the resources of state transportation agencies to their limit as they fought to keep highways safe and passable, according to a first-of-its-kind survey...
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Region soon may see rise in gas prices
(Local News ~ 05/04/15)
Gasoline prices in Missouri could see a serious spike in the next few weeks if they follow a national trend. In a statement released by AAA on Thursday, spokesman Avery Ash said: "Gas prices have climbed to the highest levels of the year due largely to rising crude oil costs. As prices keep climbing, it's getting more difficult to believe that gas was below $2 per gallon at the majority of stations earlier this year."...
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Trash talk: Cape seeks to stamp out litterbugs
(Local News ~ 05/04/15)
Many Cape Girardeau residents and city leaders pride themselves on the beauty of their city, but it's becoming harder to ignore one issue: litter. From tossed cigarettes to discarded fast-food bags, trash seems to be a chronic issue. But plenty of people are interested in finding a solution. Through volunteering with committees or random acts of kindness, these people have been working to reverse the trend...
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Transportation fund renewal, building codes top Cape council agenda
(Local News ~ 05/04/15)
Two of the top items to be discussed by the Cape Girardeau City Council on Monday night are building codes and the fifth renewal of the Transportation Trust Fund. The council voted at its last meeting to place the TTF renewal question on the Aug. 4 ballot...
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Southeast Missouri State baseball team loses first OVC series of season
(College Sports ~ 05/04/15)
The Tennessee Tech baseball team didn't want to relive the moment from last season when the Southeast Missouri State squad dogpiled in celebration of clinching the Ohio Valley Conference championship over them.
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Keeping the Republic
(Submitted Story ~ 05/04/15)
The Cape County Tea Party holds meetings at the Cape Girardeau Library for your benefit to keep up with the candidates, current issues and training to Keep The Republic. The media depicts the conservative and supporters of the Constitution/Bill of Rights as extreme. They are far from it. To be a conservative, you could be a Democrat, Republican or Independent. We really have a lot of ideals and values in common...
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4-year-old boy treated for gunshot wound
(Local News ~ 05/04/15)
KENNETT, Mo. -- The Dunklin County Sheriff's Department is investigating a shooting of a 4-year-old boy that occurred Saturday afternoon. According to Sheriff Bob Holder, it happened at a residence on Highway C in the south part of Dunklin County. Earlier reports said the shooting occurred in Senath, Missouri...
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Central baseball team downs New Madrid County Central to finish 5th in conference tourney
(High School Sports ~ 05/04/15)
The Central baseball team broke a 6-all tie with two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to come away with an 8-6 victory over New Madrid County Central in the fifth-place game of the SEMO Conference tournament Monday at Capaha Field. Nick Wiggs earned the win on the mound for Central (11-11). He pitched 3 1/3 innings of relief, gave up three hits and one earned run and had five strikeouts and no walks...
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Sikeston baseball team takes third place at SEMO Conference tourney with win over Jackson
(High School Sports ~ 05/04/15)
The Sikeston baseball team scored five runs in the top of the sixth inning and hung on to defeat Jackson 10-9 in the third-place game of the SEMO Conference tournament Monday at Capaha Field. Sam Cox finished 2 for 5 with two RBI to lead Sikeston (12-9) at the plate. The Bulldogs combined for 11 hits in the game...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/04/15)
Today is Monday, May 4, the 124th day of 2015. There are 241 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 4, 1925, an international conference opened in Geneva to forge an agreement against the use of chemical and biological weapons in war; the Geneva Protocol was signed on June 17, 1925 and went into force in 1928...
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Swing along: Annual Western Swing Music Showcase set for May 14, 15 and 16
(05/04/15)
Ready to jam? The ever-popular Western Swing Music Showcase will return to Cape Girardeau this month, drawing singers, dancers and music lovers from far beyond Southeast Missouri. The 11th annual showcase will be held May 14, 15 and 16 at the VFW on North Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau. Showcase hours are 2 to 11 p.m. Thursday and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday...
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Float on: Natchez, beloved jazz steamboat of New Orleans, turns 40
(05/04/15)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Clarke C. "Doc" Hawley was there as the captain barking out orders on a megaphone 40 years ago when the Natchez steamboat launched its maiden voyage on April 13, 1975. "I thought, hell, this would be the first boat I'd work on with primer and one coat of paint," the 79-year-old river captain says. "Now the Natchez has 40 coats of paint!"...
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Serve salad ... in a Mason jar?
(05/04/15)
Too often, a salad is served out of obligation. We feel it is something we have to do to make the meal complete, but really don't want to. And too often that's why the salads we serve aren't all that great. We don't really care about them. Thing is, I love a well-made salad, and for me it is no obligation to either serve or eat one. This salad, for example, a seven-layer creation built in a canning jar. I love how they look. I love how they taste. I even like the process of assembling them...
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Gerald Blattel
(Obituary ~ 05/04/15)
Gerald "Jerry" Blattel, 71, of Gordonville died Friday, May 1, 2015, at his home. He was born Dec. 4, 1943, in Cape Girardeau to Earl William and Linda Green Blattel. He and Joyce Petitt were married June 15, 1963, in Scott City. Jerry was a 1961 graduate of Central High School. Immediately after high school, he began a career as a longtime employee of R.B. Potashnick, where he worked as a heavy-equipment mechanic. He was a member of Operating Engineers Union...
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Charles Thurman Sr.
(Obituary ~ 05/04/15)
Charles "Chuck" Thurman Sr., 78, passed away Saturday, May 2, 2015, at his home in Jackson, surrounded by his family. He was born Aug. 31, 1936, in Ridgley, Tennessee, to Edgar William and Lelia Zora Payton Thurman. He and Doris Ann Graham were married July 3, 1960, in Summersville, West Virginia...
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Rosetta Rhymer
(Obituary ~ 05/04/15)
ANNA, Ill. -- Mrs. Rosetta A. Rhymer, 90, of Anna died at 10 a.m. Friday, May 1, 2015, at her daughter's home in Anna. She was born Nov. 11, 1924, in Elco, Illinois, the daughter of George Sr. and Myrtle Dickerson Carter. Rosetta is survived by her six children, Mary (Lacie) Betts of Tamms, Illinois, Peggy (Paul) Roberts of Wood River, Illinois, Barbara Rhymer of Anna, Terry (Meiko) Rhymer of Okinawa, Japan, Jimmie Rhymer Jr. ...
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Patricia Babers
(Obituary ~ 05/04/15)
Patricia Gail Babers, 70, of Benton, Missouri, died Saturday, May 2, 2015, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Tuesday, Oct. 24, 1944, in Richmond, California, to Tilford and Louise McGuire Klinefelter. She attended Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, California, graduating in 1964...
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Henry Shipp
(Obituary ~ 05/04/15)
Henry L. Shipp, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, May 3, 2015, at the Missouri Veterans Home. He was born March 23, 1926, in Belgrade, Missouri, to John Henry and Bessie Henderson Shipp. Henry graduated from Belgrade High School on May 19, 1943. He entered the United States Navy on March 16, 1944. He served as machinist's mate in World War II, stationed on the island of Okinawa. He was honorably discharged on June 11, 1946...
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James McFatridge III
(Obituary ~ 05/04/15)
James L. "Mack" McFatridge III, 45, of Jackson passed away Friday, May 1, 2015, at his home. He was born May 11, 1969, in West Memphis, Arkansas, son of James L. and Betty Felts McFatridge II. He and Heidi Reed were married Oct. 27, 2010, in Cape Girardeau. Mack was a 1987 graduate of Osceola High School in Osceola, Arkansas, where he was a member of the football team...
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Out of the past: May 4
(Out of the Past ~ 05/04/15)
Charles Haubold, chairman of a newly formed publicity committee for the Cape Girardeau-Bollinger counties recreational lake, is guest speaker at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Coffee; Haubold predicts that once the facts about the lake are out, voters will support the project because of massive economic benefits it will bring to the region...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 5/4/15
(Local News ~ 05/04/15)
Cape Girardeau City Council City hall 401 Independence St. Study session, 5 p.m. today n No action will be taken during the study session. Items for discussion n Building code update discussion n TTF 5 discussion n On-street parking, 1700 block of David Street...
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Congressional votes for May 1
(Local News ~ 05/04/15)
There were two key votes and three roll call votes in the Senate in the week ending Thursday, and nine key votes in the House, which held 34 roll call votes. The most important Senate vote was to reject an amendment that sought to classify the nuclear development agreement with Iran as a treaty requiring Senate approval. The most important House vote was to approve the conference report with the Senate for the 2016 federal government budget...
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Rival schools unite for a great cause
(Editorial ~ 05/04/15)
Typically, when two schools face each other on the playing field, only one team wins. Someone has to win, and someone has to lose, right? Not so, not on April 23. On that date, in that game, both the Kelly and Scott City baseball teams emerged victorious...
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Speak Out 5/4/15
(Speak Out ~ 05/04/15)
** Bombing complexities; ** More to story?; ** Protection; ** Bush, Obama; ** Still waiting
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Southeast baseball coach Bieser leads team by example
(Business ~ 05/04/15)
Steve Bieser is in his third year as the coach of the Southeast Missouri State baseball team that is on pace to win a second straight regular-season Ohio Valley Conference championship. Bieser was named the OVC Coach of the Year last season when the team tied the program record for wins with 37 and went 23-7 in conference play. Southeast is in first place in the OVC with a 20-7 conference record and is 39-17 overall...
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Business notebook: Scott City restaurant to hold grand opening
(Business ~ 05/04/15)
Wild Hogs Smoke House, a new barbecue restaurant and meat shop, plans to hold a grand opening May 10. The restaurant at 116 E. Hickory St. in Scott City is owned by Tony Bure and Paul Schock, who also owns the adjacent Schock's Pub. Wild Hogs will specialize in smoked foods, Bure said, including pulled pork, ribs, brisket and wings, with smoked specialty sides and smoked desserts, such as pies...
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Nepal closes airport to big jets; more bodies found
(International News ~ 05/04/15)
KATHMANDU, Nepal -- Runway damage forced Nepalese authorities to close the main airport Sunday to large aircraft delivering aid to millions of people after the massive earthquake, but U.N. officials said the overall logistics situation was improving...
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Boko Haram stoned girls to death
(International News ~ 05/04/15)
YOLA, Nigeria -- Even with the crackle of gunfire signaling rescuers were near, the horrors did not end: Boko Haram fighters stoned captives to death, some girls and women were crushed by an armored car, and three died when a land mine exploded as they walked to freedom...
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Missouri building repair plan advances as deadline nears
(State News ~ 05/04/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Plans to use bonds to pay for repairs to the Missouri Capitol, public universities and other state-owned buildings are moving forward in the House, but possible cuts to park spending threaten to derail the proposals as lawmakers near their budgetary deadline...
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Baltimore mayor lifts curfew
(National News ~ 05/04/15)
BALTIMORE -- Six days after riots sparked by Freddie Gray's death, Baltimore's mayor lifted a citywide curfew Sunday, and faith leaders called for continued activism until justice is achieved. A jubilant crowd of several hundred prayed and sang civil-rights anthems at a city hall rally. Sunday's peaceful gathering came two days after the city's top prosecutor announced criminal charges against six officers involved in Gray's arrest...
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NYPD officer 'fighting for his life' after shooting
(National News ~ 05/04/15)
NEW YORK -- A man who officials say boasted of being a street "hellraiser" and who served prison time for attempted murder was arraigned on charges he shot a New York City police officer in the head. Officer Brian Moore "is fighting for his life," Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said after spending many hours with the comatose 25-year-old officer...
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Rural hospitals struggle to stay open, adapt to changes
(State News ~ 05/04/15)
OSCEOLA, Mo. -- After 45 years of providing health care in rural western Missouri, Sac-Osage Hospital is being sold piece by piece. Ceiling tiles are going for 25 cents, the room doors for an average of less than $4 each, the patient beds for $250 apiece...
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1 in 4 renters must use half their pay for housing costs
(Business ~ 05/04/15)
WASHINGTON -- More than one in four U.S. renters have to use at least half their family income to pay for housing and utilities. That's the finding of an analysis of Census data by Enterprise Community Partners, a not-for-profit group that helps finance affordable housing. The number of such households has jumped 26 percent to 11.25 million since 2007...
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Tesla CEO plugs into new market with home battery system
(Business ~ 05/04/15)
FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- Never lacking daring ideas, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is determined to jolt the electricity market. The CEO of electric car maker Tesla Motors hopes to park hundreds of millions of large, solar-panel-connected batteries in homes and businesses so the world can disconnect from power plants -- and he can profit. On Thursday night, before an adoring crowd and a party-like atmosphere, Musk unveiled how he intends to do it...
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Southeast Missouri State softball team closes regular season with sweep of Austin Peay
(College Sports ~ 05/04/15)
The Southeast Missouri State softball team closed its regular season Sunday by climbing to .500 in conference play, completing a weekend road sweep of Austin Peay with an 11-10 victory. The win came a day after a doubleheader sweep of the Govs that secured a spot for the Redhawks in this week's Ohio Valley Conference tournament...
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Cardinals' Wong sticks Pirates with third straight extra-inning loss
(Professional Sports ~ 05/04/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Kolten Wong went up there hacking. Starting a rally wouldn't satisfy.
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Porter helps Wizards improve to 5-0 in playoffs
(Professional Sports ~ 05/04/15)
ATLANTA -- After resting up for the past week, the Washington Wizards merely had to withstand Atlanta's early pace. Once the Hawks ran out of gas, Bradley Beal and the Wizards took control. Just call them the road warriors. Beal shook off a sprained ankle to score 28 points and streaking Washington remained unbeaten in the postseason, knocking off top-seeded Atlanta 104-98 Sunday in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals...
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2 sisters found shot to death in St. Louis
(State News ~ 05/04/15)
2 sisters found shot to death in St. Louis ST. LOUIS -- Police say two sisters were found shot to death in a vacant lot in south St. Louis. The two victims found early Sunday were identified as Antquonette Hale, 20, and Tahnaizja Smith, 15. Police say Hale was shot in the back, and Smith was shot in the face, arm and chest...
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Bag full of moldy money found in park
(National News ~ 05/04/15)
Bag full of moldy money found in park HOWARD, Pa. -- A plastic bag containing $63,000 in moldy bills has been found at a Pennsylvania state park. Police say the discovery was made Saturday by a park visitor in Bald Eagle State Park. That's about 90 miles northwest of the capital, Harrisburg. ...
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Merkel joins survivors, U.S. vets to mark Dachau liberation
(International News ~ 05/04/15)
DACHAU, Germany -- It was a shocking, horrifying "beautiful day." Survivors and liberators alike recalled Sunday the horror of the Dachau concentration camp and the relief of its liberation 70 years ago. German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged to keep alive the memory of Nazi crimes and give no quarter to current discrimination or anti-Semitism...
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Ronald Roberts
(Obituary ~ 05/04/15)
Ronald Leon Roberts, 58, of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, died Saturday, May 2, 2015, at the Mercy Jefferson Hospital in Festus, Missouri. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Wilson Funeral Home in Fredericktown, Missouri. Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m., Tuesday at the funeral home...
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Prayer 5/4/15
(Prayer ~ 05/04/15)
O Heavenly Father, hear our cry and protect those facing flooding. Amen.
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Gifts for grads: Ideas and etiquette for graduation season
(05/04/15)
With spring comes the busiest time of year for graduation ceremonies and parties. If you have a graduate (or two or three) in your midst, you may be wondering what's standard these days when it comes to graduation gifts. "Cash is very appropriate, and these days, the preferred gift of choice among many high school graduates," says Charlotte Matthews, a financial adviser at Edward Jones in Cape Girardeau...
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Walking among the stars: Southern Illinois resident and opera singer joins St. Louis Walk of Fame
(05/04/15)
Grammy Award-winning soprano Christine Brewer is already a star in the opera world, but recently became a star on the Delmar Loop as well. Brewer joined the ranks of famous locals as the newest star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame April 29, and she says it's a special honor...
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People on the Move 5/4/14
(Business ~ 05/04/15)
Blake Essner has joined the team of dentists at Bennett Family Dentistry in Cape Girardeau. Essner practiced dentistry in Sikeston, Missouri, according to a release, and is a graduate of Notre Dame Regional High School and Southeast Missouri State University. He received his dentristry degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2014...
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Digging in for fun: Flowers, trees and butterflies abound for Chateau Girardeau Garden Club
(05/04/15)
Chateau Girardeau residents with a green thumb and an interest in flower gardening get together monthly in the Chateau Girardeau Garden Club. "We meet on the third Friday of the month at 10 a.m.," says Sina Kaiser, a resident of the Cape Girardeau retirement community who coordinates the programs for the club. "We meet here at The Chateau and we like to have the meetings outside when we can. Then, sometimes we'll go to places like the Conservation Center for meetings."...
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