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Supreme Court extends same-sex marriage nationwide
(National News ~ 06/26/15)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court declared Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States. Gay and lesbian couples already can marry in 36 states and the District of Columbia. The court's 5-4 ruling means the remaining 14 states, in the South and Midwest, will have to stop enforcing their bans on same-sex marriage...
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One of two escaped prisoners shot and killed
(Local News ~ 06/26/15)
MALONE, N.Y. (AP) -- One of two convicted killers who staged a brazen escape from an upstate New York maximum-security prison and had been hunted for three weeks has been shot and killed. An official with knowledge of the manhunt says Richard Matt was killed and David Sweat is still on the run. The official wasn't authorized to talk about the development publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on Friday on the condition of anonymity...
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New bridge to open in suburban St. Louis
(State News ~ 06/26/15)
WELDON SPRING, Mo. -- A new bridge in suburban St. Louis will open in time for the morning commute Monday. The new span of the Daniel Boone Bridge will carry eastbound traffic over the Missouri River from St. Charles County into St. Louis County on Interstate 64...
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Homeowner stabs ax-wielding intruder
(State News ~ 06/26/15)
UNION, Mo. -- Police are investigating after they say a Franklin County, Missouri, homeowner stabbed and killed someone he said broke into his home, four months after killing another intruder. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports a man says he woke up and found Eric M. Frazer holding an ax early Tuesday. Authorities say the homeowner told officers Frazer broke into his home using his ax and threatened him, and they had an argument...
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Low-level radioactive contamination found along creek
(State News ~ 06/26/15)
HAZELWOOD, Mo. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said low-level radiological contamination has been found at three sites along Coldwater Creek in St. Louis County, including two municipal parks and Archdiocese of St. Louis property. The Corps hopes to clean up the parks over the next four months and stresses the waste doesn't present an immediate threat to public health because it's buried under several inches of soil, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Nixon to veto student-transfer bill
(State News ~ 06/26/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon will veto a bill to revamp the state's system allowing students to transfer from failing schools, two Missouri lawmakers who took a lead in crafting the legislation said Thursday. Republican bill sponsor Rep. David Wood and Senate handler Republican Sen. David Pearce said Nixon's legislative affairs director told them of the governor's plans to ax the proposal...
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Ferguson police chief tries to create more diverse force
(State News ~ 06/26/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Ferguson's mostly white police force, widely maligned after the fatal shooting of a black man by a white officer last summer, is trying to become more diverse despite the St. Louis suburb's battered image and regional competition from better-paying police agencies, the interim police chief said...
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Governors urge EPA to keep renewable fuel standards intact
(State News ~ 06/26/15)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- A plan to reduce the amount of renewable fuels required in the U.S. gasoline supply drew heated condemnation of the petroleum industry Thursday from two governors who said health of the ethanol industry is vital to their states' economy...
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Sikeston man identified in accidental shooting
(Local News ~ 06/26/15)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Authorities have released the name of the Sikeston man who accidentally shot himself Wednesday. Michael Evans Boyd III, 18, died after a single gunshot wound to the abdomen, according to the Scott County coroner's office. "Police were told that somehow the man accidentally shot himself while handling a firearm," Capt. ...
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Sikeston man accused of sex crimes against child
(Local News ~ 06/26/15)
BENTON, Mo. -- A Sikeston, Missouri, man faces charges of sex-related crimes involving a child. Terry Allen Lewis, 35, is charged with two counts of statutory sodomy, child molestation in the first degree and two counts of sexual misconduct. Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter said investigators began working with the Scott County Children's Division after receiving information Lewis had sex-related contact with a female relative. ...
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Local man being sought on sodomy charge
(Local News ~ 06/26/15)
A warrant has been issued for a Cape Girardeau man charged with statutory sodomy. Stanley T. Oakley, 30, is being sought after an incident reported by a juvenile victim and her mother in April, according to an email from Sgt. Adam Glueck of the Cape Girardeau Police Department...
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Murder suspect indicted on additional charges
(Local News ~ 06/26/15)
BENTON, Mo. -- A Sikeston, Missouri, man facing murder charges also has been indicted on charges of assault on a law-enforcement officer and armed criminal action. William Henry Applewhite III, 28, allegedly assaulted three officers at the Scott County Jail in May...
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Missouri advocates praise ruling for health-care subsidies
(State News ~ 06/26/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri health-care advocates praised a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Thursday that backs nationwide subsidies under President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul, while Republican leaders called the law flawed and renewed calls to ax it...
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SEMO musicians team up to create heavy metal harmonies with Eurydice
(Entertainment ~ 06/26/15)
By the time they're finished with their new song, "The Reaper's Monologue," pictures have been knocked flat on the mantle from the sound. Eurydice's band practice is a lot of metal for the little basement in Jackson where they rehearse. "Yeah, we've all got some nice tinnitus going," guitarist J.R. Davis jokes. But that comes with the territory when you're in a metal band...
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Preregistration deadline approaching for MDC catfishing clinic
(Local News ~ 06/26/15)
The Missouri Department of Conservation in August will host a catfishing clinic in Cape Girardeau, where anglers will learn how to navigate the Mississippi River safely while also learning trotline safety and setting techniques. Scheduled for Aug. 13 to 15, the free course is part of the department's angler recruitment initiative, which is designed to provide local anglers with educational information and safety skills...
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Poplar Bluff gets order of protection against sheriff's department
(Local News ~ 06/26/15)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- The city of Poplar Bluff has been granted an order of protection against the Butler County Sheriff's Department in an investigation related to illegal bidding and purchasing practices by the city manager's office. City attorney Robert Smith filed the request, which was granted last week...
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Supreme Court upholds nationwide health care law subsidies
(Local News ~ 06/26/15)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court sent a clear message Thursday that President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is here to stay, rejecting a major challenge that would have imperiled the landmark law and health insurance for millions of Americans. Whether you call it the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare or in the words of a dissenting justice, SCOTUScare, Obama's signature domestic achievement is, as the president himself put it, "reality."...
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Dorena-Hickman Ferry closed for high water
(Local News ~ 06/26/15)
The Dorena-Hickman Ferry, which connec ts Missouri with Kentucky, has suspended operation because of high water, according to a news release from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Floodwater is preventing vehicles from reaching the Kentucky landing and has made it impossible for vehicles to use the ramp onto the ferry, the release stated. Kentucky Highway 1354 near the landing also is closed due to high water...
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Ex-legislator seeks to clarify intent of tax-exemption law
(Local News ~ 06/26/15)
A former Missouri legislator is reaching out to current lawmakers as he attempts to clarify the intent of a law he helped write more than 15 years ago. Patrick Naeger of Perryville served in the Missouri House of Representatives from 1995 to 2002 and now is the executive vice president for Healthcare Healthmart Pharmacy and Healthcare Equipment and Supply Co...
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SoutheastHEALTH Receives Society Award for Support of Relay for Life
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/26/15)
SoutheastHEALTH has received The Society Award for its support of Relay for Life, which annually raises funds for the American Cancer Society and the fight against cancer. SoutheastHEALTH representatives, who are actively involved in the fundraiser, presented Southeast's check for $10,000 to the Cancer Society...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/26/15)
Today is Friday, June 26, the 177th day of 2015. There are 188 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 26, 1945, the charter of the United Nations was signed by 50 countries in San Francisco. On this date: In 1483, Richard III began his reign as King of England (he was crowned the following month at Westminster Abbey)...
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It's nearing July; time for heat check
(Editorial ~ 06/26/15)
For the past several days, our region not only has watched river levels rise to inconvenient and sometimes dangerous heights, but the mercury has been spiking as well, with temperatures ranging from the upper 80s to the mid-90s and the heat index hitting triple digits...
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On being an American -- and finding a way to prove it
(Column ~ 06/26/15)
As we approach the 239th anniversary of our nation's founding, a recent story from the island of Hispaniola caught my attention. Haiti and the Dominican Republic occupy opposite ends of the island. Thousands of Haitians have gone to the Dominican Republic in search of jobs. Relations between the two countries are tenuous...
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Arrested prison guard denies knowing of inmates' escape plot
(National News ~ 06/26/15)
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. -- A prison guard charged in connection with the escape of two killers admitted providing them with tools, paint, frozen hamburger and access to a catwalk electrical box but claims he never knew they planned to break out, authorities say...
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GOP skeptical of explanation for lost tea party emails
(National News ~ 06/26/15)
WASHINGTON -- The head of the House Oversight Committee said Thursday it "defies any sense of logic" that IRS employees mistakenly erased computer backup tapes containing thousands of emails related to the tax agency's tea-party scandal. The IRS inspector general told the committee IRS workers erased hundreds of computer backup tapes that "most likely" contained as many as 24,000 emails to and from former IRS official Lois Lerner...
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Christie to announce presidential run Tuesday
(National News ~ 06/26/15)
NEWARK, N.J. -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is joining the 2016 presidential race and will make an official announcement Tuesday at his old high school, two people familiar with his plans said. The Republican leader of a Democratic stronghold has been laying the groundwork for a White House run for months...
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Hundreds attend 1st funerals for church shooting victims
(National News ~ 06/26/15)
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. -- A choir and band launched into one of Ethel Lance's favorite gospel tunes and roused hundreds of mourners from their seats Thursday in a crescendo of music at the first funeral for victims of the massacre at a historic black church...
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Islamic State militants attack 2 cities in northern Syria
(International News ~ 06/26/15)
BEIRUT -- After weeks of setbacks, militants from the Islamic State group launched swift counteroffensives Thursday on predominantly Kurdish areas of northern Syria, killing and wounding dozens and setting off car bombs, activists and officials said...
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Irate French taxi drivers smash cars in strike against Uber
(International News ~ 06/26/15)
PARIS -- French taxi drivers pulled out the throttle in an all-out confrontation with the ultra-cheap Uber car service Thursday, smashing livery cars, setting tires ablaze and blocking traffic during a nationwide strike that caught tourists and celebrities alike in the mayhem...
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Psychiatrist: Colorado theater shooter didn't know right from wrong
(National News ~ 06/26/15)
CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- Attorneys for Colorado theater shooter James Holmes began presenting their case Thursday by calling a psychiatrist who said Holmes was so psychotic he could not tell right from wrong when he killed 12 people during a packed movie premiere...
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State Department: 15 emails missing from Clinton cache
(National News ~ 06/26/15)
WASHINGTON -- The State Department cannot find in its records all or part of 15 work-related emails from Hillary Rodham Clinton's private server that were released this week by a House panel investigating the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, officials said Thursday...
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Judge blocks Kansas' ban on 2nd-trimester abortion procedure
(National News ~ 06/26/15)
TOPEKA, Kan. -- A judge on Thursday blocked Kansas' first-in-the-nation ban on an abortion procedure opponents describe as dismembering a fetus, concluding the law likely would present too big an obstacle for women seeking to end their pregnancies. Shawnee County District Court Judge Larry Hendricks sided with New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights, agreeing to put the law on hold while he considers a lawsuit filed on behalf of two Kansas abortion providers...
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Out of the past: June 26
(Out of the Past ~ 06/26/15)
With balloons, national dignitaries and "bombs" bursting, Jackson's Lee-Rowan Co. yesterday announced its eighth expansion in 25 years; U.S. Sen. Kit Bond, Missouri Treasurer Wendell Bailey and several local officials spoke to about 500 guests and Lee-Rowen employees gathered to dedicate a new 100,000-square-foot warehouse...
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Births 6/26/15
(Births ~ 06/26/15)
Son to James Clayton and Elaine Nicole Wright Jr. of Franklin, Tennessee, Williamson County Medical Center, 7:53 p.m. Friday, March 20, 2015. Name, Declan Mason. Weight, 6 pounds, 13 ounces. First child. Mrs. Wright is the former Elaine Henderson, daughter of Tom and Carol Henderson of Delta. She is a freelance graphic designer. Wright is the son of Jim and Karen Wright of Louisville, Kentucky. He is a senior analyst with Community Health Systems...
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Jackson fire report 6/26/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/26/15)
JACKSON The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls Thursday: * Emergency medical service on West Independence Street. * Emergency medical service on East Main Street. * Emergency medical service on Broadridge Drive.
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Cape Girardeau fire report 6/26/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/26/15)
* Medical assist calls were made at 8:16 a.m. on North Main Street, 9:03 a.m. on William Street, 12:40 p.m. on Siemers Drive, 3:14 p.m. on Sturdivant Street, 4:16 p.m. on Dunklin Street, 8:16 p.m. on Wisteria Drive and 11:07 p.m. on William Street. n At 1:54 a.m., no incident found on arrival on William Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 6/26/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/26/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. n Jason M. Kirby, 22, of Jackson was issued summonses for driving while intoxicated and exhibition driving. n Justin R. Depauw, 38, 101 S. Pacific St., was arrested on a Miner, Missouri, warrant for failure to appear...
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Harry Poe
(Obituary ~ 06/26/15)
Harry Eugene Poe, 84, of Dallas, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, June 23, 2015, at Walnut Place in Dallas. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Joseph Eldridge
(Obituary ~ 06/26/15)
GLENALLEN, Mo. -- Joseph Gary Eldridge, 56, of Glenallen died Monday, June 22, 2015, at his home. A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. today at Grassy Friendship Cemetery at Grassy, Missouri. The Rev. Bobby Robbins will officiate. Hutchings Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements...
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Univision dropping Miss USA pageant over Trump comments
(Entertainment ~ 06/26/15)
NEW YORK -- Univision is dropping the Miss USA pageant and says it will cut all business ties with Donald Trump in a spiraling controversy over comments the Republican presidential candidate made recently about Mexican immigrants. The network said Thursday it would pull the plug on the July 12 Miss USA telecast and has severed its business relationship with the Miss Universe Organization, which produces the Miss USA pageant, because of what it called "insulting remarks about Mexican immigrants" by Trump, a part owner of Miss Universe.. ...
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Best Bet: Biehle Picnic
(Entertainment ~ 06/26/15)
St. Maurus Catholic Church will host the annual Biehle Picnic from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Saturday at the church, 10198 Route B in Biehle, Missouri, about 25 miles north of Cape Girardeau. A buffet-style all-you-can-eat meal, served from 3 to 7 p.m., will include fried chicken, dressing, kettle-cooked beef and more. ...
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Artifacts 6/26/15
(Entertainment ~ 06/26/15)
The Cape Girardeau Nature Center will host "Nature Art: Playing A 'round' with Nature" from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday. Participants will explore nature using the ancient form of paper quilling, which uses strips of paper to recreate nature's forms. The event is suitable for ages 16 and older. To register, call 290-5218...
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Ink Blotter 6/26/15
(Entertainment ~ 06/26/15)
Stephanie Blissett of Cape Girardeau submitted this photo of her tattoo by artist Johnny Hitt of Hardcore Tattoo in Jackson. "My three blessings, my children, Dashaun, 17, Trai, 16, and Dream, 13," she said about the meaning of her tattoo. (Stephanie Blissett)...
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Comedian Gallagher to perform Saturday
(Entertainment ~ 06/26/15)
Some might say comedian Leo Gallagher's performance Saturday will be simply smashing. Performing under the stage name Gallagher, he is a prop comedian, meaning he brings a number of objects on stage with him during the performance. Not all of them, however, make it off the stage -- at least, not in their original condition. That's because Gallagher uses a Sledge-O-Matic, the name he's given the giant mallet he wields during the act, to pulverize objects throughout the show...
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Ohio theatre switches horror movie for Disney film
(National News ~ 06/26/15)
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- Parents and children settling into their seats for a new animated Disney film got a quick jolt when a horror movie came on the southwest Ohio screen instead. The Hamilton-Middletown Journal-News reports a projectionist accidentally played "Insidious: Chapter 3" instead of "Inside Out." A manager who declined to be identified said the parents got an apology and an upgrade pass to see the Disney Pixar movie in 3-D...
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Suit: Family flees home after getting letters from 'Watcher'
(National News ~ 06/26/15)
ELIZABETH, N.J. -- A couple who says they were scared away from their new $1.4 million home because of creepy letters from a stalker has sued the sellers for not telling them about a person with a "mentally disturbed fixation" on the house. Derek and Maria Broaddus said the former owners of the home in Westfield, 25 miles west of New York City, should have warned them of the person who signs the letters as "The Watcher."...
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Giebler wins first-round match at Missouri Amateur
(Community Sports ~ 06/26/15)
Brevin Giebler of Cape Girardeau, who tied for stroke-play medalist in securing the No. 1 seed, won his first-round match Thursday as the match-play portion of the Men's Missouri Amateur Championship began at Buffalo Ridge Golf Course in Hollister, Missouri...
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Cardinals complete sweep of Marlins
(Professional Sports ~ 06/26/15)
St. Louis won 5-1 to move a season-high 24 games over .500.
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Before more troops, a plan
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/26/15)
President Obama recently assigned an additional 450 troops to Iraq. In one of its recent issues, The Economist magazine opined that the United States should continue to be involved in the Middle East to counter the presence of the Islamic State, provide stability in the oil market and counter nuclear proliferation. In one of his most recent op-ed pieces, Charles Krauthammer said that we should begin providing large amounts of military supplies to the Iraqi Kurds...
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Prayer 6/26/15
(Prayer ~ 06/26/15)
O Heavenly Father, we stand in awe of you and praise your name. Amen.
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U.S. Capitol's Confederate statues prompt renewed debate
(National News ~ 06/26/15)
WASHINGTON -- Alexander H. Stephens, onetime vice president of the Confederacy, sits memorialized in stone, right leg crossed over left, staring sternly into the distance as summer-clad tourists mill about him in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall. Solemn and cold, he looks as if he could sit there for eternity...
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