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Boil water advisory lifted in Jackson
(Local News ~ 10/14/15)
The boil-water advisory that affected about half of Jackson for the past few days has been lifted. Water samples taken after a water main was damaged Monday revealed no contamination, according to a news release from Erica Bogenpohl, one of the city's engineers. That means residents can use water freely now...
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County use-tax collection rises in second month
(Local News ~ 10/14/15)
As officials had hoped, Cape Girardeau County's second monthly use-tax collection was significantly higher than its first. This month's report recently was issued by the Cape Girardeau County Treasurer's Office and showed a collection of more than $49,300...
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School-lunch workers try to balance nutrition, taste
(Local News ~ 10/14/15)
In celebration of National School Lunch Week on Tuesday, Riley Adams, a third-grader at East Elementary in Jackson, was all smiles as she gave a handmade card to food-service workers during her lunch. "You guys rock," Adams wrote. "Every time I eat here, I do a happy dance. All of my taste buds cheer. Hurray!"...
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Jackson restaurants scramble to accommodate water advisory
(Local News ~ 10/14/15)
A boil water advisory issued Monday afternoon for a large swath of Jackson remains in effect, and area restaurants have been responding accordingly to the inconvenience. The advisory encompasses most of the east side of Jackson, including a bustling commercial area along East Jackson Boulevard. While people are recommended to boil their water for drinking, restaurants were scrambling to adjust to the advisory, as fountain drinks require tap water...
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Clinton, Sanders trade jabs at Democratic debate
(National News ~ 10/14/15)
LAS VEGAS -- Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders clashed over U.S. involvement in the Middle East, gun control and economic policy in the first Democratic presidential debate Tuesday night, vigorously outlining competing visions for a party seeking to keep the White House for a third straight term...
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Young Cubs violate the Cardinals' rule
(Professional Sports ~ 10/14/15)
CHICAGO -- Joe Maddon posed for a selfie on the field with his wife. wJon Lester sprayed champagne with his young son. Rocker Eddie Vedder partied on the mound. For the Chicago Cubs and their ever-hopeful fans, this bash was a long time in the making...
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Notre Dame Sophmores place top 10 in State
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/14/15)
Sara Bell 5th place; Allison Bray 6th place Missouri Class 1A Golf
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Chaffee softball team upends Norwood, moves on to Class 1 quarterfinals
(High School Sports ~ 10/14/15)
Pitchers Carleigh Burnett and Hannah Seyer combined for a one-hit shutout to help the Red Devils edge the Norwood 2-0 in a Class 1 sectional and advance to the state quarterfinals for the first time in school history.
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Notre Dame softball team downs De Soto, advances to state quarterfinals
(High School Sports ~ 10/14/15)
Notre Dame's Ellie Retz struck out De Soto's Emily Brewer with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh to secure the Bulldogs' 8-4 win over the defending Class 3 state champion.
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Advance volleyball team topples Woodland in three sets
(High School Sports ~ 10/14/15)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Advance coach Erin Hoffman knows her team has struggled to find consistency this season, so with the regular season winding down, she challenged her team to play every point to the end. The Hornets answered the call in three sets, defeating Woodland 25-20, 18-25, 25-13 in a Stoddard County Athletics Association Conference showdown Tuesday at Woodland High School...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/14/15)
Today is Wednesday, October 14, the 287th day of 2015. There are 78 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On October 14, 1890, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States, was born in Denison, Texas. On this date: In 1066, Normans under William the Conqueror defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings...
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Celebrating Blanchard, Cape's Blue Ribbon elementary
(Editorial ~ 10/14/15)
From Cape Girardeau to Washington, D.C. -- that's the route Blanchard Elementary School is taking as it celebrates being designated a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education, an honor given to schools exemplifying academic excellence...
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Obama's delusions of grandeur
(Column ~ 10/14/15)
While the national media was focused on President Obama's Oregon visit with families of school-shooting victims, a more important story developed when the President later that day traveled to California for a fundraiser. In remarks that can only be described as delusional, the president told the wealthy gathering: "There's almost no measure by which we're not better off now than we were when I came into office."...
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2 firefighters die after 2 rescued from Kansas City blaze
(State News ~ 10/14/15)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Two firefighters involved in rescuing two residents from a burning Kansas City building died after a wall collapsed on them, authorities said. Fire chief Paul Berardi said two other firefighters were injured Monday night as the massive fire engulfed the building comprising businesses and apartments on the city's northeast side...
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Births 10/14/15
(Births ~ 10/14/15)
Son to Christopher and Elaine Pobst of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 7:26 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. Name, William Christopher. Weight, 8 pounds, 3 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Pobst is the former Elaine Rohde, daughter of Edward and Susan Rohde of St. Louis. She is the self-employed owner of Elaine Rohde Photography. Pobst is the son of Mark and Becky Pobst of Cape Girardeau. He is a field engineering specialist with Roche Diagnostics...
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Out of the past: Oct. 14
(Out of the Past ~ 10/14/15)
The monthlong centennial celebration at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) continues; at morning worship services, the book "First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ): A Centennial History 1890-1990" is dedicated; Hazel Sanders and Larry Easley compiled the book...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 10/14/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/14/15)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday: n Medical assists at 6:39 a.m. on North Frederick Street; 1:07 p.m. on Hemlock Court; and 6:12 p.m. on Longview Drive. n At 10:41 a.m., an alarm sounding on South Mount Auburn Road. n At 10:49 a.m., an alarm system activation, no fire, on Jefferson Avenue...
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Cape Girardeau police report 10/14/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/14/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Carla G. Moit, 25, 911 S. Ranney Ave., was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for stealing and false declaration. n Abdulrahman F. Alshammari, 21, 547 Olive St., was arrested on an Illinois State Police warrant for failure to appear...
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Dorothy Sanders
(Obituary ~ 10/14/15)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Dorothy Jo Sanders, 68 of Marble Hill died Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 29, 1947, in Illmo to Leroy and Irene Dodson Foulk. She married Jerry Houston Sanders on July 3, 1966. He preceded her in death Aug. 22, 2013...
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Johnny Newell Jr.
(Obituary ~ 10/14/15)
Johnny Wayne Newell Jr., 48, of Oak Ridge passed away Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 2, 1967, in Cape Girardeau, son of Johnny W. and Christine Edwards Newell Sr. Johnny attended Jackson High School. ...
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Myrtle Lindsey
(Obituary ~ 10/14/15)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Myrtle D. Lindsey, 92, of Cairo died Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Cairo.
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Miriam Kies
(Obituary ~ 10/14/15)
Miriam Jane Kies, 94, formerly of Jackson, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, at Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. One of five children, she was born Jan. 21, 1921, in Jackson, to Adolph and Grace Vinyard Kies. She was a 1939 graduate of Jackson High School, where she was active in concert band, marching band, chorus, drama and was voted Miss Jackson. ...
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Lulla May Eggimann
(Obituary ~ 10/14/15)
Lulla May Allen Eggimann, 83, of Marine, Illinois, formerly of Jackson, died Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015, at Cedar Ridge Healthcare Center in Lebanon, Illinois. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday at the Spengel-Boulanger Funeral Home in Marine. Graveside rites will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...
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Cletus Bollinger
(Obituary ~ 10/14/15)
Cletus P. Bollinger, 93, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 18, 1922, in Sedgewickville, Missouri, the son of Floyd and Laura Kizer Bollinger. He and Mary M. Myer were married Nov. 23, 1946, in Jackson; she passed away Aug. 26, 1991. Cletus then married Violet Barks Johnson on Aug. 17, 1992, in Jackson; she preceded him in death Jan. 18, 2011...
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Connie Bell
(Obituary ~ 10/14/15)
Connie Sue Bell, 66, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Donny Ford officiating...
- Pedal for Life stops at Scott City High School (Local News ~ 10/14/15)
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Union: Chronic shortage of air traffic controllers a crisis
(National News ~ 10/14/15)
WASHINGTON -- A chronic shortage of controllers has reached a crisis that will lead to widespread flight delays if left unchecked, officials for the union that represents air traffic controllers said Tuesday. The Federal Aviation Administration has failed to meet its hiring goals for controllers for five consecutive years, leaving the number of air traffic controllers at its lowest level in 27 years at a time when air traffic is increasing, National Air Traffic Controllers Association officials said at a news conference.. ...
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Twitter purging up to 336 workers as new CEO slashes costs
(National News ~ 10/14/15)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Twitter is laying off up to 336 employees, signaling CEO Jack Dorsey's resolve to slash costs while the company struggles to make money. The cutbacks announced Tuesday could equate to about 8 percent of Twitter's workforce of 4,100 people...
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Top beer makers to join forces to face industry challenges
(National News ~ 10/14/15)
BRUSSELS -- The world's biggest beer maker clinched a deal Tuesday to take over its nearest rival in a bid to stave off the megabrewers' most serious problems: the surge in popularity of craft brews and weakening sales in the rich markets of the U.S. and Europe...
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Justices hear arguments over life sentences for teens
(National News ~ 10/14/15)
WASHINGTON -- People serving life terms for murders they committed as teenagers were looking to the Supreme Court Tuesday for signals about whether they will have a chance to seek their freedom. But the 75-minute high court argument in the case of a Louisiana man who has been imprisoned since 1963 ended with a possibility the justices could dismiss the case on technical grounds and perhaps take up another inmate's plea in the spring...
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800-pound man says he's determined to slim down
(National News ~ 10/14/15)
WARWICK, R.I. -- A Rhode Island man who weighs nearly 800 pounds said he's determined to slim down, and he dreams of becoming an actor one day. Steven Assanti of Cranston refers to himself as a monster. He eventually wants to inspire others who struggle with their weight...
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Planned Parenthood changes fetal-tissue reimbursement policy
(National News ~ 10/14/15)
NEW YORK -- Responding to a furor over undercover videos, Planned Parenthood said it will maintain programs at some of its clinics that make fetal tissue available for research but will cover the costs itself rather than accepting any reimbursement...
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Playboy to stop running pictures of nude women
(Entertainment ~ 10/14/15)
LOS ANGELES -- Playboy is about to find out how many people really do read it for the articles. The magazine that helped usher in the sexual revolution in the 1950s and '60s by bringing nudity into America's living rooms -- or at least its sock drawers -- announced this week it no longer will run photos of naked women...
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Palestinian assailants often leave behind ordinary lives
(International News ~ 10/14/15)
JERUSALEM -- They lived ordinary lives with ordinary ambitions -- an electrician saving up to get married, a fitness buff, a worker in a butcher shop, a teen with plans for study in Europe after high school. But then these young Palestinians seemingly snapped...
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Probe: Missile downed jet in Ukraine
(International News ~ 10/14/15)
GILZE-RIJEN AIR BASE, Netherlands -- The missile shot skyward from war-ravaged eastern Ukraine. With deadly accuracy more than six miles up, it detonated just in front of the Malaysia Airlines jetliner, sending hundreds of jagged steel shards ripping through its aluminum skin at up to 5,600 mph and shearing the cockpit from the plane...
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Federal agents to speak at Pachyderm Club meeting
(Local News ~ 10/14/15)
The Southeast Missouri Pachyderm Club will host local federal agents at its meeting Thursday at Dexter Bar-B-Que, 236 S. Broadview St. in Cape Girardeau. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives special agent Dave Diveley, Drug Enforcement Administration special agent Matt Schietlen and FBI special agent Brian Ritter will form a panel offering a presentation in a public forum...
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Cape winners split $1 million lottery ticket
(Local News ~ 10/14/15)
Two Cape Girardeau winners are sharing a $1 million lottery prize. Farah and Justin Shaddix of Cape Girardeau and Erik Kneebone of St. Peters, Missouri, will share a $1 million lottery payout, according to a news release from Missouri Lottery. The trio purchased the winning ticket from Jackson Mart at 1402 Old Cape Road in Jackson, which received a $1,000 bonus for selling the winning Powerball ticket...
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Man dies in Pemiscot County crash
(Local News ~ 10/14/15)
GIDEON, Mo. -- A Gideon man was fatally injured during a head-on collision Monday afternoon in Pemiscot County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported Clemis S. Musgrave, 21, was traveling north on Route B, one-half mile north of U.S. 412, when his vehicle crossed the center line and struck a southbound tractor-trailer driven by Cleo Brown, 53, of Hayti, Missouri...
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Catapult Creative House to be dedicated Friday
(Local News ~ 10/14/15)
Catapult Creative House at 612 Broadway officially will be dedicated during a program Friday afternoon. Catapult, Southeast Missouri State University's creative arts and industries incubator, will be dedicated at 1 p.m. during Homecoming festivities, according to a news release from the university...
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Copper thief gets three-year sentence
(Local News ~ 10/14/15)
A Desloge, Missouri, man charged with stealing copper has been sentenced to prison for his role in the crime. James E. Mahurin, 43, pleaded guilty Sept. 18 in Perry County Court to second-degree burglary and theft of wire/electrical transformer or other device/pipe. He was sentenced to three years in the Missouri Department of Corrections on each count, to run concurrently...
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Marble Hill may find use for closed pool
(Local News ~ 10/14/15)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Marble Hill Mayor Nick Hendricks told the board of aldermen Monday night he hopes to see a roomful of people Oct. 19 when the city holds a public hearing regarding the use of the Larma Wiseley pool property. The pool and the building next to it have sat unused for the past three years. At its last meeting, the park board voted to turn the property over to the city...
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Medicare open enrollment begins Thursday
(Local News ~ 10/14/15)
Thursday will mark the first day of the Medicare open enrollment period, which allows qualified beneficiaries to change their Part D prescription drug plans as well as Medicare Advantage plans. The enrollment period, which runs through Dec. 7, also presents an opportunity to enroll in a plan for the first time...
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Southeast Missouri State football team's Ryan McCrum trying to kick inconsistency
(College Sports ~ 10/14/15)
Southeast Missouri State kicker Ryan McCrum knew coming into his junior season expectations were high. The first-team All-Ohio Valley Conference and third-team Sports Network All-American kicker, who made what is probably the biggest turnaround of any Redhawk last season in coach Tom Matukewicz's first season, placed his own expectations for himself higher than anyone else's...
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Notre Dame girls golfers Bell, Bray nab all-state honors again
(High School Sports ~ 10/14/15)
Notre Dame sophomores Sarah Bell and Allison Bray are 2 for 2 when it comes to all-state seasons in golf. Bell shot a 76 and Bray carded a 79 on Tuesday to nab the honors for a second time at the Class 1 state tournament Tuesday at Twin Hills Country Club in Joplin Missouri...
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Bye week gives O-line chance to regroup
(Professional Sports ~ 10/14/15)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Rams lost plenty of experience on the offensive line when guard Rodger Saffold injured his shoulder in the first half of Sunday's loss in Green Bay. They're using the bye week to help figure out what to do. Left tackle Greg Robinson, in his second year and now a veteran in this group, said part of Tuesday's workout was devoted to dealing with stunts and twists that teams have been throwing at the Rams (2-3). ...
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Cardinals' 100-win season ends at Wrigley
(Professional Sports ~ 10/14/15)
CHICAGO -- All those injuries finally caught up to the St. Louis Cardinals. It's going to be one long winter for Yadier Molina and the team that led the majors with 100 wins. Stephen Piscotty hit a two-run homer for the second straight day, but John Lackey lasted just three innings and St. Louis was eliminated with a 6-4 loss to the Chicago Cubs in Game 4 of the NL Division Series on Tuesday...
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Woman, 53, accused of trying to abduct 3 girls
(State News ~ 10/14/15)
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- A Southeast Missouri woman is charged with three counts of attempted kidnapping and assault after allegedly trying to abduct three girls. Police say 53-year-old Cynthia Wofford of Perryville drove a pickup onto grass Sunday afternoon in Ste. ...
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$5 million gift starts effort to preserve black history
(State News ~ 10/14/15)
ST. LOUIS -- A $5 million corporate gift is helping to launch a new effort to preserve African-American history in the St. Louis area. The Ferguson-based technology company Emerson announced the donation Monday to the Missouri Historical Society, which operates the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park and the museum's library and research center...
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National briefs 10/14/15
(National News ~ 10/14/15)
BALTIMORE -- A Baltimore police veteran's police powers were suspended Tuesday, and criminal and internal investigations are underway after a video may have shown the officer spitting on a man he arrested. The police powers of Sgt. Robert Mesner, a 34-year veteran, were suspended after a video surfaced of an arrest Monday night in northeast Baltimore in which an onlooker said the officer spat on the man. ...
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Woman sues nephew over exuberant greeting
(National News ~ 10/14/15)
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A woman is suing her 12-year-old nephew for $127,000 for injuries she says she suffered from his exuberant greeting at his birthday party four years ago. Jennifer Connell says the boy acted unreasonably when he leaped into her arms at his eighth-birthday party. She said he caused her to fall to the ground and break her wrist. She is asking a Superior Court jury to find the boy liable. Connell, 54, testified she loves her nephew but thinks he should be held accountable...
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Jerusalem attacks kill 3
(International News ~ 10/14/15)
JERUSALEM -- Two Palestinian men boarded a bus in Jerusalem and began shooting and stabbing passengers, and another assailant rammed a car into a bus station before stabbing bystanders, in near-simultaneous attacks Tuesday that escalated a monthlong wave of violence...
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Prayer 10/14/15
(Prayer ~ 10/14/15)
O Lord Jesus, we are eternally grateful for your gift of salvation. Amen.
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Phoebe Brooks
(Obituary ~ 10/14/15)
Phoebe Michelle Brooks, 6, of Cape Girardeau entered eternal rest Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. She was born Oct. 26, 2008, in Cincinnati, to Clifton R. and Kristen Koch Brooks III. Phoebe was small, but mighty, and loved her family and friends deeply. She was a spunky first-grader at St. Vincent de Paul School, who loved animals, art and chocolate milk. She touched many lives in her short time with us, and those who knew her will never forget her. She will be missed by so many...
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High school roundup: Notre Dame earns top seed in SEMO Conference tourney
(High School Sports ~ 10/14/15)
All scores were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Tuesday.
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Appeals court rejects attorney fees in Saxony Lutheran case
(Local News ~ 10/14/15)
A Missouri appeals court has decided Saxony Lutheran High School is not entitled to attorney's fees and expenses after a judgment in favor of the school in a case involving a mining permit requested in the area. The school and Save Our Children's Health Inc. had been awarded the fees in its case before the Missouri Department of Natural Resources Land Reclamation Commission...
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