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Local singer-songwriter Holly Benton finds emotional outlet in music
(Entertainment ~ 07/10/15)
Just over three years ago, Holly Benton was an avid soul, blues and country fan, but not necessarily a musician. "I was simply a shower singer," she said. "That was basically it." Aside from the shower, she sang karaoke sometimes and always sang while doing her carpentry work. One day a client at a winery heard her singing while she worked and confronted her...
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Kansas City's minimum wage would rise under draft ordinance
(State News ~ 07/10/15)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City's minimum wage would rise to $13 an hour over eight years under a measure passed Thursday out of a council committee, setting up a possible vote next week. Low-wage workers, with backing from some religious and labor leaders, are demanding more pay, pushing their case with a rolling hunger strike in which participants take turns going 24 hours without eating. ...
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Missouri sued over lethal-injection protocol
(State News ~ 07/10/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A group of Missouri taxpayers and former lawmakers has sued the state Department of Corrections over lethal-injection protocols used for executions. The lawsuit filed Thursday claims the state illegally obtains the drug pentobarbital that is used to put inmates to death. It also alleges the state receives the drug through an illegal prescription...
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Scott City chamber plans public event
(Local News ~ 07/10/15)
In an effort to encourage members to join the Scott City Chamber of Commerce and inform people about what the chamber does for the city, the chamber is hosting a meet-and-greet for interested participants. From 4:30 to 6 p.m. on July 30, everyone is invited to The Bank of Missouri, 315 Crites Ave., for a social hour...
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State investigates crop spraying after illnesses reported
(Local News ~ 07/10/15)
The Missouri Department of Agriculture Bureau of Pesticide Control is investigating after two members of the National Guard and a resident were sickened by spray from a crop duster in northeast Butler County. Because the investigation is ongoing, only limited details on the two separate incidents were available...
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Tech conference to be held for education professionals
(Local News ~ 07/10/15)
The Southeast Regional Professional Development Center will host a daylong technology conference July 21 at the University Center, where area educators and school administrators will learn more about using up-to-date technology in schools. "We had about 120 people who attended last year, so we're hoping this year is even bigger," said Stephanie Kuper, instructional technology specialist for the development center...
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Nixon signs new law addressing concerns after Ferguson shooting
(State News ~ 07/10/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed legislation Thursday limiting cities' ability to profit from traffic tickets and court fines -- the first significant step taken by state lawmakers to address concerns raised after the police shooting of a black, unarmed 18-year-old in Ferguson nearly a year ago...
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More storms blow through Thursday evening
(Local News ~ 07/10/15)
Another round of storms blew through Southeast Missouri on Thursday evening. By 8 p.m., reports still were being collected, but for the most part, the damage seemed minimal. Thomas Beardslee, the director of Scott County's Emergency Management Agency, said the county was reporting some power outages, but he hadn't heard of anything major...
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Police urge precautions to prevent vehicle theft
(Local News ~ 07/10/15)
July is National Vehicle Theft Prevention Month, and area law-enforcement agencies are encouraging people to protect their automobiles. Nearly half of vehicle thefts in the U.S. can be attributed to driver error, according to transportation.gov. "Here in Jackson, a lot of times what we hear is people simply just leaving the keys in the vehicle," Cpl. Rick Whitaker of the Jackson Police Department said. "Somebody comes along, door's open, they get in, and they go."...
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Judges refuse to marry anyone after Supreme Court decision
(State News ~ 07/10/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- At least two judges in southern Missouri have opted not to marry any couples, gay or straight, after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to legalize marriages between same-sex couples, which overturned the state's 2004 voter-approved constitutional ban...
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Route to Paducah may take a different path
(Local News ~ 07/10/15)
The future of a plan to create a more direct route between Cape Girardeau and eastern points such as Paducah, Kentucky, may follow a slightly different path than supporters initially anticipated. The Transamerica Corridor Corp. announced Thursday its support for a decision by the Illinois Department of Transportation to repurpose funds designated for a study to connect Interstate 24 in Paducah with Interstate 55 in Missouri to a new study that will connect Cape Girardeau directly to Interstate 57 in Illinois.. ...
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Rain delays ribbon cutting, but fun goes on at Cape Splash
(Local News ~ 07/10/15)
Wet weather has been a factor at nearly every turn in Cape Splash's latest project, so it was fitting the new slide's opening day began with rain. It caused the Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department to delay a ribbon cutting scheduled Thursday morning, but the public opening continued as planned...
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Local woman writes book celebrating dancing dog
(Entertainment ~ 07/10/15)
There's nothing like the love dog owners have for their four-legged family members, and losing them can be heartbreaking. No one knows that better than Elizabeth "Beth" Franks, whose love for her Rottweilers, Elijah and his son, Dingo, inspired her to write a children's book, "Dingo's Pearl."...
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John Clark winner 2015 Indian Motorcycle Sponsored by My Child's Library
(Submitted Story ~ 07/10/15)
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONGRATULATIONS to our 2015 Indian Scout Motorcycle winner, John Craft of St. Louis, sponsored by My Child's Library. There is still time to enter to win a 2015 Chevrolet Sonic sponsored by My Child's Library and Jim Trenary Chevrolet. Just go to mychildslibrary.org and enter for a chance to be our next grand prize winner...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/10/15)
Today is Friday, July 10, the 191st day of 2015. There are 174 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 10, 1940, during World War II, the Battle of Britain began as the Luftwaffe started attacking southern England. (The Royal Air Force was ultimately victorious.)...
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Celebrating people, accomplishments
(Column ~ 07/10/15)
Congratulations to Jerry Ford, who won this year's Southeast Missourian Spirit of America Award. His remarks were appropriate, charitable and well received. Kudos to the Cape Park and Recreation Department (headed by Julia Thompson), which adapted the best fireworks in years to the Arena, after the river flooding forced the move. Some say 10,000 people viewed the display from the adjacent roads, and park area...
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Thanks to Southeast Missourian
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/10/15)
I was recently informed that the treasurer of Missouri was holding property owed to our organization in an unclaimed account from a local vendor. When the treasurer's office was unable to locate the account without a claim number, I contacted your newspaper, which published that information two weeks ago as a public service. ...
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God created marriage
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/10/15)
Enter through the narrow gate; the gate to destruction is wide. I refuse to believe the majority of Americans are "proud" of the conforming to "fantasies" path the not-so Supreme Court has taken us to. God created in an ordered fashion, all arranged by measure, number and weight. The secular humanist tears down this order and makes disorder out of his own perceived "emotional satisfactions" born in relativism...
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Saint Francis opens new patient tower
(Editorial ~ 07/10/15)
On July 1, the new five-story patient tower at Saint Francis Medical Center opened in Cape Girardeau as part of a sweeping expansion process begun in 2011. At a total cost of $127 million -- $107.5 million for construction, $12 million in capital costs and $7.5 million in financing -- the tower is part of the Building on Excellence campaign that came about as part of the hospital system's most recent strategic plan...
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A dollar an hour here, $15 an hour there, it all adds up fast
(Column ~ 07/10/15)
I'm not sure what to make of the efforts to increase the minimum wage in such large chunks. $15 an hour seems to be the target for most folks. Why? I could make a case that $15 an hour is no better than the dollar an hour I made when I first started working. I lived on a dollar an hour. A lot of folks today say they can't live on $15 an hour...
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U.S.: More than 21 million affected by government data breach
(National News ~ 07/10/15)
WASHINGTON -- Hackers stole Social Security numbers, health histories and other highly sensitive data from more than 21 million people, the Obama administration said Thursday, acknowledging the breach of U.S. government computer systems was far more severe than previously disclosed...
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Pope denounces 'throwaway' culture of consumer society
(International News ~ 07/10/15)
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia -- Pope Francis denounced the "throwaway" culture of today's society that discards anyone who is unproductive as he celebrated his first public Mass in Bolivia on Thursday, one of the key days of his South American pilgrimage. It was to culminate with a summit of farmers, fishermen and indigenous whose causes have long been championed by history's first Latin American pope...
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South Carolina governor: Confederate flag comes down Friday
(National News ~ 07/10/15)
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Saying South Carolina's history has changed forever, Gov. Nikki Haley signed a bill Thursday to relegate the Confederate flag to the state's "relic room," more than 50 years after the rebel banner began flying at the Statehouse to protest the civil-rights movement...
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District Junior Legion tourney postponed, scheduled to begin today
(Community Sports ~ 07/10/15)
Wednesday night's thunderstorms forced the District 14 Junior Legion baseball tournament to be postponed with action scheduled to resume today at Capaha Field. Top-seeded Jackson Post 158 will face fourth-seeded Sikeston Ladies Auxiliary Unit 114 at 2 p.m. today, followed by a matchup between second-seeded Cape Girardeau Plaza Tire Post 63 and third-seeded Advance Armor Seed at 4 p.m. The losers from both games will square off at 6 p.m., and the winners will play at 8 p.m...
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Cardinals' Martinez shuts down Pirates, 4-1
(Professional Sports ~ 07/10/15)
PITTSBURGH -- Carlos Martinez made his case for inclusion on the National League All-Star team Thursday night by pitching 7 1/3 scoreless innings, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 in a matchup between the teams with the best records in the major leagues...
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Greek government offers sweeping proposal to creditors
(International News ~ 07/10/15)
ATHENS, Greece -- Greece finally met a deadline that counted Thursday, delivering a series of sweeping proposals to its creditors before midnight to set off a mad rush toward a weekend deal to stave off a financial collapse of the nation. The package of reforms raised hopes Greece can get a rescue deal that will prevent a catastrophic exit from the euro after key creditors said they were open to discussing how to ease the country's debt load, a longtime sticking point in their talks...
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NYSE: Bad software upgrade reason for outage
(National News ~ 07/10/15)
NEW YORK -- The New York Stock Exchange said an outage of more than three hours was caused by problems associated with a software upgrade on the exchange's computers. The NYSE said in a statement Thursday the upgrade caused communication problems between its trading software and other systems, causing customers' orders to not go through...
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Baltimore's next police chief faces demoralized department
(National News ~ 07/10/15)
BALTIMORE -- Baltimore's next police commissioner will have a daunting to-do list: quell a surge in murders, rebuild trust between officers and the public, win the confidence of a demoralized and alienated department and keep the peace when the explosive Freddie Gray case comes to trial...
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Out of the past: July 10
(Out of the Past ~ 07/10/15)
A portable classroom is being installed at Franklin Elementary School to make room for two special-education programs; the double-wide mobile home is the fifth portable classroom pressed into service by Cape Girardeau Public Schools. The Cape Girardeau area sizzled yesterday under a second consecutive day of 100-degree-plus heat, which set a record high for July 9; the 102 reading at the airport broke the old record of 100 degrees set in 1971 and 1986; in an effort to combat the heat, the Salvation Army is opening its doors to those who lack air conditioning in their homes.. ...
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Speak Out 7/10/15
(Speak Out ~ 07/10/15)
The column by Pastor Jeff Long about the Supreme Court's decision on same-sex marriage was a powerful one. A 5-4 decision reveals how split we are as a nation. The majority decided to rule by fiat. And it chose to base its decision on the argument of "dignity." That is a slippery slope, indeed. ...
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Births 7/10/15
(Births ~ 07/10/15)
Son to Brandon Scott Carroll and Elizabeth Anne Garcia of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 10:06 a.m. Friday, June 26, 2015. Name, Kayden Scott. Weight, 6 pounds, 14 ounces. Ms. Garcia is the daughter of Cyndi Garcia of Hazelwood, Missouri, and Hector Garcia of Cape Girardeau. She is employed by BG's Olde Tyme Deli. Carroll is the son of Dawn Moore of Cape Girardeau and Scott Carroll of Benton, Missouri. He is employed by Kenneth Bland Carpentry...
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Jackson police report 7/10/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/10/15)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Becka Leeann Darby, 17, 382 County Road 324, was arrested on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle without a valid license and resisting arrest by a law enforcement officer...
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Cape Girardeau police report 7/10/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/10/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of stealing. n Megan M. Sisk, 18, 906 S. Benton St., was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for probation violation...
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Truman Sigman
(Obituary ~ 07/10/15)
Truman A. Sigman, 81, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Wayne County, Missouri, died Saturday, July 4, 2015, at the Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born July 11, 1933, in Desloge, Missouri, the son of the late Harold Edgar and Sarah Statler Sigman. On Nov. 12, 1960, he was united in marriage to Freida Rose, and she preceded him in death July 22, 2014...
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Barbara Peetz
(Obituary ~ 07/10/15)
Barbara Jean Peetz, 89, of Jackson died Thursday, July 9, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Margaret Meier
(Obituary ~ 07/10/15)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Margaret Meier, 79, of Advance died Thursday, July 9, 2015, at the family home. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, Missouri.
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General Mason
(Obituary ~ 07/10/15)
ORAN, Mo. -- General Leon Mason, 78, of Oran passed away Thursday, July 9, 2015, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 2, 1937, in Dover, Arkansas, to Mart and Hattie Anderson Mason. He and Shirley Wagoner were married Sept. 14, 1954...
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Virgil LaBrier
(Obituary ~ 07/10/15)
Virgil Nick LaBrier, 75, of Jackson, formerly of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Thursday, July 9, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 16, 1940, in Poplar Bluff to John Joseph and Mable Lee Ward LaBrier. He and Billie Joyce Moore were married Dec. 20, 1961, in Poplar Bluff...
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Reece Brown Jr.
(Obituary ~ 07/10/15)
Reece Brown Jr., 90, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, July 8, 2015, at the Lutheran Home. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Lyman Barks
(Obituary ~ 07/10/15)
LONEDELL, Mo. -- Lyman L. Barks, 79, of Lonedell, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2015, at Crabapple Village Senior Estates in St. Clair, Missouri. He was born Aug. 16, 1935, in Piedmont, Missouri, son of Louis and Lula Crowell Barks. He and Jane Kenter Thoma were married April 24, 1992, in Chesterfield, Missouri...
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Ron Baker
(Obituary ~ 07/10/15)
Ronald Dean Baker, 59, of Scott City died Tuesday, July 7, 2015, in Silverthorne, Colorado. He was born Feb. 16, 1956, in Artesia, California, to Edward David and Sarah Alice Lee Baker. He married Brenda Louvine Davidson on Sept. 20, 1980, in Scott City...
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Area artists critque each other's work, hold exhibit
(Entertainment ~ 07/10/15)
Consensus, an exhibit featuring the work of four artists, is on display in the Dobbins Center Hallway Gallery at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus. Works displayed were created by Emily Booth, Emily Denlinger, Katherine Smith and William Thielen. The four artists participated in peer critiques with one another to form the Peer Crit Club. They have been able to support one another and give feedback, which led them to the opportunity to show their work collectively in the exhibit...
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Best Bet: Sikeston Car Show
(Entertainment ~ 07/10/15)
Historic downtown Sikeston will host a car show from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at American Legion Park and Sikeston Depot Museum parking lot. The event will include door prizes and trophies and is free to the public. Car and truck registration is $15, and motorcycle registration is $10. There will be music, concessions and a farmers market. For more information, visit downtownsikeston.org or call 573-380-3801...
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Country music acts quietly abandon Confederate flag
(Entertainment ~ 07/10/15)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Confederate flag was once a familiar symbol in country music, representing the rural South and the renegade spirit of artists such as David Allan Coe and Hank Williams Jr. But the rebel banner that will be removed today from the grounds of the South Carolina Capitol has faded from stage and song, with many country artists quietly distancing themselves from the emblem that used to feature prominently in merchandise, lyrics and concerts...
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Artifacts 7/10/15
(Entertainment ~ 07/10/15)
The fourth annual chamber music recitals presented by the Southeast Chamber Music Institute at Southeast Missouri State University will be July 17 and 18 at the River Campus. A recital by institute faculty will be presented at 7:30 p.m. July 17 at the Shuck Music Hall and will feature music by Brahms, Mendelssohn, Dvorak and Leoncavallo. ...
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Ink Blotter 7/10/15
(Entertainment ~ 07/10/15)
Adam Smith of Sikeston, Missouri, submitted this photo of his tattoo by Monster Tattoo Studio. "I decided to get a compass, and the compass tattoo's symbolism dates back many years. The compass tattoo represents your direction in life and to always follow your dreams," Smith said. ...
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Burglary suspect chased by bull through pasture
(National News ~ 07/10/15)
ARAB, Ala. -- Sheriff's officials in northern Alabama say a burglary suspect was taken into custody after being chased by a bull through a cow pasture. Marshall County Sheriff Scott Walls tells WHNT-TV 26-year-old Brad Lynn Hemby was being sought in connection with a burglary Wednesday morning in Arab when he tried fleeing deputies by running through a cow pasture. ...
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Prayer 7/10/15
(Prayer ~ 07/10/15)
Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name. Amen.
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Civil War-era soldier buried at San Diego national cemetery
(State News ~ 07/10/15)
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A Civil War-era Medal of Honor recipient forgotten in an unmarked grave for nearly a century finally got a funeral Thursday when he was given full military honors and reburied at a national cemetery. The Army gave Sgt. Charles Schroeter a rifle salute and a bugler played "Taps" on the cloudy morning at Miramar National Cemetery. ...
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