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4x4 10-18-15
(Community ~ 10/18/15)
What's your favorite sweet treat? Caramel macchiato. It's sugary and it gives me that boost that I need throughout my day. Oct. 15 is "National Grouch Day." What makes you grouchy? Stupid people, if I can be blunt. Ignorance would be the biggest thing...
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'It's your move': a look at organizing a Homecoming parade
(Community ~ 10/18/15)
Southeast Missouri State University students, faculty, staff and alumni came together yesterday to celebrate homecoming with the theme "It's Your Move." Joanna Shaver, coordinator of campus programming at Southeast, said this year's theme was chosen in the spring at a meeting with the student planning committee. ...
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Notre Dame girls doubles team finishes fourth at state
(High School Sports ~ 10/18/15)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Notre Dame senior Carly Hopkins said she's been asked numerous times on whether or not she'll be sad that her stellar high school tennis career was going to be over this weekend. Now that it's over, Hopkins said it's somewhat bittersweet...
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Southeast Missouri State football team falls to Eastern Kentucky on Homecoming
(College Sports ~ 10/18/15)
The Redhawks were shut out in the second half of their 27-10 loss to nationally-ranked Eastern Kentucky.
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Cape Convention and Visitors Bureau chief taking new job
(Local News ~ 10/18/15)
After 13 years at the helm of the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau, Chuck Martin is stepping down to take a position as executive director of the Missouri Travel Council. The announcement came last week Martin had gotten the job, filling the seat of current executive director Pat Amick, who announced her intention to retire earlier this summer...
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New conference center planned for Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 10/18/15)
Citing boosts to tourism and an opportunity to bring more money to the local economy, the city of Cape Girardeau has announced a partnership with several hotel owners to support a new Drury Southwest Inc. conference center and hotel, pending approval of an agreement by the city council...
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Last 20 years have marked big changes at Southeast
(Local News ~ 10/18/15)
It has been over a decade since Rowdy the Redhawk, Southeast Missouri State University's mascot, made his 2005 debut in a darkened Show Me Center, where he was introduced for the first time, enveloped in a dry-ice mist and spotlight. A roar of approval came from the announced crowd of 6,607 people that January day. After all, it had been 20 years since Southeast had a costumed mascot...
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Bald Eagle comes to visit our farm
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/18/15)
Bald Eagle
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Chaffee HS Class of 1957
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/18/15)
Members of the Class of 1957 from Chaffee High School attended the annual Chaffee High School Alumni Banquet on October 11, 2015. From Right to Left: Sue Gremar Ivie, Mary Ann Duncan Kagle, Joanne Hunsaker Rister, Marie Butler Brantley, Mark Hopkins, Tom Gibbons, Bill Hawkins, and Irma Turner Wertz...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/18/15)
Today is Sunday, October 18, the 291st day of 2015. There are 74 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On October 18, 1962, James D. Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins were honored with the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology for determining the double-helix molecular structure of DNA...
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An attentive mother
(Community ~ 10/18/15)
I often set my camera to "manual" settings when I am out in the field. In this case, I was watching a shaded area for the possibility to photograph a deer or other animal that might walk out. I was surprised when a young northern cardinal landed on a limb in front of me. I paid no mind to it, but when its mother suddenly landed on the limb, I swung my camera its way...
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FYI 10-18
(Community ~ 10/18/15)
St. Paul Lutheran Church, 223 W. Adams St. in Jackson, will host Timothy Olsen in an organ recital at 4 p.m. today. Olsen, who teaches a joint studio of high school, undergraduate and graduate organ majors at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, is associate professor of organ at Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and serves as cantor at Augsburg Lutheran Church in Winston-Salem. More information is available by calling (573) 243-2236...
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Ameren provides light bulbs to food bank
(Community ~ 10/18/15)
Ameren Missouri provided 70,000 ENERGY STAR certified compact fluorescent light bulbs to Southeast Missouri Food Bank. The bulbs use up to 75 percent less energy than typical incandescent bulbs and last up to 10 times longer, according to Ameren Missouri. ...
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Light bulbs donated to Scott County sheriff's office
(Community ~ 10/18/15)
Scott County Farm Bureau and area farmers donated $2,000 to the Scott County Sheriff's Office for investigation of rural crimes. From left are Scott County Detective Barry Morgan, Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter and Patrick Seyer, Scott County Farm Bureau vice president and Rural Crimes Committee chairman.
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Time to fall asleep
(Community ~ 10/18/15)
NEW YORK -- You may have heard of Roger. He's the little rabbit in a new bedtime book who can't go to sleep -- right now. In a month's time, which is lightning speed in publishing, Penguin Random House acquired and released new editions of "The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep," an unusually paced and illustrated read-aloud that a Swedish life and management coach first self-published back home in 2011...
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Winner, winner, what's for dinner?
(Community ~ 10/18/15)
Chicken is the feature ingredient for this week's recipe column. There are so many different options for purchasing chicken, whether whole, already cut into pieces, fresh or frozen, boneless and/or skinless, and the list can go on. I always watch for chicken to go on sale, and purchase what is available. We enjoy boneless, skinless thighs, as they have a nice flavor, but whatever is on sale is what I buy and freeze to use as needed...
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A little kitchen help for fall produce
(Community ~ 10/18/15)
As time goes by, much of the knowledge about cooking has gone to the grave. Many in this new generation have to rely on recipes, but for many foods, especially raw garden produce, there is no recipe. Now and then, everyone needs a little help in the kitchen. Much of what my wife and I fix from our garden goodies is a mix of what we learned as kids in Nebraska and just simple experimentation...
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Alumni banquet includes delicious dining, avid visiting and touching memorials
(Community ~ 10/18/15)
While strolling, I wondered whatever happened to Carl Roberts. Happy birthday to Jeremy Perry, Pete Dooley, Harley Ressel, Caitlin Cannon, John Nation, Erica Powers, Betsy Jester, Nancy Pruett, Gilbert Eichhorn, Chris Cannon, Gail Shy, Jimmie Haney, Joan Seabaugh, Jamie Dumey, Nick Lambrou, Tori Burton, Carolyn Mills, Harvey Wolfe, Katherine Reischman, Genni Ourth, Clara Gramlisch, Wayne McAlister, Gayliene Glency, Blake Senciboy, David Halter, David Schaefer, Jerry Beck, Jane Cook, Billy Phillips and Alex Bader.. ...
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Priest -- Niswonger
(Wedding ~ 10/18/15)
Jeannette Alianna Priest and Colten James Niswonger were united in marriage June 20 at The Heritage Ranch in Sedalia, Missouri. The Rev. Gregory Montague performed the ceremony. Jeannette is the daughter of Robert and Sandra Priest of Overland Park, Kansas. Colten is the son of Jaime and Angel Niswonger of Lee's Summit, Missouri...
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Aslin -- Worrall
(Engagement ~ 10/18/15)
Richard and Judy Aslin of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Casi Jo, to Andrew James Worrall, both of Columbia, Missouri. He is the son of Anne Johnson and Robert Worrall of Roseville, Minnesota. Casi is a 2009 graduate of Jackson High School, a 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri and a 2015 graduate of the University of Missouri School of Law...
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Club news 10-18-15
(Community News ~ 10/18/15)
Town and Country FCE Club The Town and Country FCE Club met Oct. 8 at the home of Donna Woolsey. Woolsey gave the devotion with readings from the Bible in Matthew Chapter 6. Roll call was answered about holistic medicine. Pennies for "Coins for Friendship" were collected. A thank-you note was read from Cottonwood Residential Treatment Center for the beginning of school party the club hosted...
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A simpler approach perhaps might be more innovative
(Community ~ 10/18/15)
Recently I stopped by a fast-food restaurant to have something to eat. I sorted through the menu trying to decipher the difference between artisan sandwich and a regular sandwich and if I wanted a value meal or regular meal. (Which, for the sake of consistency, should be called an unvalued meal, but who wants to order a meal with no value?)...
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What would you do if you weren't afraid?
(Community ~ 10/18/15)
Jim wanted to start a business, but he was afraid. Afraid of what? Well, he might fail. He wasn't an outgoing person, so his personality probably wasn't good enough. What if no one came to his establishment? He had never been in business before as the proprietor, just always an employee. He got cold feet and backed out. All because of fear...
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You can't go home again?
(Community ~ 10/18/15)
Thomas Wolfe wrote a novel titled, "You Can't Go Home Again." Wolfe was a young writer when he left his hometown to seek his future in other places. But the memories of his past became parts of books that he wrote as he became more and more famous. Unfortunately, those in his hometown could see themselves in his books and were unhappy with the way they were portrayed...
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Scott City Elementary School honor roll
(Honor Roll ~ 10/18/15)
Scott City Elementary Principal High Honor Roll 4th grade: Isaac Ervin, Brayden Mashek, Emma Moore, Emilie Rhyne High Honor Roll 3rd Grade: Timora Criddle, Serenity Glasser, Lane Holder, Lilyan Landis, Logan Merrick, Jude Phillips, Evan Simmons, Shayla Sterling, Alyssa Stone, Gabriel Streiler, Savanna Sykes...
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Jackson East Elementary honor roll
(Honor Roll ~ 10/18/15)
Jackosn East Elementary School 5th grade: Dominick Allen, Tyler Amos, Jacob Asendorf, Aden Bailey, Hunter Baker, Kaelin Barger, Quinton Borders, Grant Borgfield, Gabe Brown, Natalee Chimienti, Eli Clubbs, Mariena Collins, Jacob Davis, Micah DeLoach, Isaiah Demyan, Katrina Douglass, Madison Eller, Grace Evans, Haylee Hale, Garrett Hawkins, Aubrey Hepler, Eli Holm, Kasey Honeycutt, Kelsey Honeycutt, Kelton Horrell, Evan Kiefer, Josh Kinder, Anna Lacy, Zach Lane, Samantha Large, Montgomery Lee, Kamryn Link, Dalton Lohman, Tormey McManaman, Gracie Metzger, Mallorie Metzger, Jasmine Myer, Brylea Parks, Willow Peda, Kennedy Rush, Logan Sansoucie, Audry Sauer, Lydia Shinn, Savannah Smith, Abbi St. ...
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Contractor mishap provides teachable moments
(Editorial ~ 10/18/15)
An unfortunate construction mishap last week highlighted the importance of the details that contractors and builders must know. It was also a reminder to all of us that we should know what utilities lie underground before we dig. A subcontractor who was erecting a bridge piling along Old Orchard Road struck a submerged water main, damaging it slightly. ...
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Speak Out 10/18/15
(Speak Out ~ 10/18/15)
For just the third time in 40 years, millions of Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and federal retirees can expect no increase in benefits next year, unwelcome news for more than one fifth of the nation's population. They can blame low gas prices. ...
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Out of the past: Oct. 18
(Out of the Past ~ 10/18/15)
Fire yesterday damaged the Henderson House apartment building, 373 N. Henderson Ave.; authorities say a pan of hot cooking oil overflowed onto the electric stove and ignited, damaging one of the apartments. ST. LOUIS -- An ad hoc group of earthquake experts from around the nation concludes there is no scientific basis for a forecast of a major earthquake along the New Madrid Fault around Dec. ...
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Road work 10/18/15
(Local News ~ 10/18/15)
Highway 177 in Cape Girardeau County between Route J and U.S. 61 will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform pavement repairs. The work will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily Tuesday through Thursday, a MoDOT news release stated...
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Scott City fire report 10/18/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/18/15)
Firefighters responded to the following calls: n Emergency medical service at 4:23 a.m. in the 700 block of East Pine Street and at 3:08 p.m. on Interstate 55 at the 91.4 mile marker. n A motor vehicle accident on County Road 307. n At 1:54 a.m., emergency medical service in the 400 block of North Lincoln Street...
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Jackson police report 10/18/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/18/15)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Zachary A. Payne, 21, 297 County Road 541, was arrested on suspicion of theft, unlawful use of paraphernalia and possession of less than 35 grams of marijuana...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 10/18/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/18/15)
Firefighters responded to the follow calls: n Medical assists on Janet Drive at 7:59 a.m.; Independence Street at 8:57 a.m.; Brenda Kay Court at 9:13 a.m.; North Frederick Street at 9:43 a.m.; Village Drive at 10:36 a.m.; South Spring Avenue at 10:55 a.m.; Lakeshore Drive at 2:59 p.m.; Georgia Street at 4:40 p.m.; South Ellis Street at 5:26 p.m.; North Fountain Street at 5:42 p.m.; South Mount Auburn Road at 6:31 p.m.; North Mount Auburn Road at 8:49 p.m.; North Frederick Street at 9:16 p.m.; North West End Boulevard at 9:40 p.m.; and South Fountain Street at 11:55 p.m.. ...
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Cape Girardeau police report 10/18/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/18/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n A juvenile was cited into juvenile court on suspicion of property damage. n Suspects were in custody pending formal charges of stealing at J.C. Penney, 3049 William St...
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Thousands attend city memorial for 2 fallen firefighters
(State News ~ 10/18/15)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Thousands of people attended a memorial service for two Kansas City firefighters who died early last week when a building collapsed while they were helping to fight a fire. Fire trucks and hundreds of firefighters from across the country lined the street in front of the Sprint Center on Saturday before the service for Larry Leggio and John Mesh. The veteran firefighters died Monday when a three-story building collapsed in northeast Kansas City...
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Mega-donors pick sides in Missouri GOP attorney general race
(State News ~ 10/18/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Some of Missouri's largest political donors are picking sides as the state attorney general's race heats up and two Republican hopefuls prepare for an anticipated primary showdown in 2016. The wealthy Humphreys family is backing newcomer Josh Hawley, a University of Missouri School of Law associate professor and Republican attorney. Mega-donor Rex Sinquefield bolstered state Sen. Kurt Schaefer's war chest yet again this month with his second donation in as many years...
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Israel: 4 Palestinian attackers shot dead in latest violence
(International News ~ 10/18/15)
JERUSALEM -- Palestinian assailants carried out five stabbing attacks in Jerusalem and the West Bank on Saturday, authorities said, as a month-long outburst of violence showed no signs of abating. The unrest came despite new security measures that have placed troops and checkpoints around Palestinian neighborhoods in east Jerusalem...
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Mexican drug lord flown to Sinaloa mountains after escape
(International News ~ 10/18/15)
MEXICO CITY -- Fugitive drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was flown to a mountainous region of his home state of Sinaloa after his daring July 11 escape from prison through a mile-long tunnel, a federal official said Saturday. Based on this information, the search for the world's most-wanted drug boss has focused in recent weeks on a rugged area that stretches from Sinaloa into neighboring Durango state, part of Mexico's infamous Golden Triangle drug-producing region that is considered Guzman's home turf, said the official, who agreed to give details of the operation only if not quoted by name.. ...
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Paul under pressure to focus on Senate seat
(National News ~ 10/18/15)
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A defiant Rand Paul is brushing off weak fundraising and weaker poll numbers as would-be donors and home state Republicans push him to abandon an uphill presidential bid to focus on his Senate re-election. While showing frustration, the first-term Kentucky senator this week claimed his superior political organization would prove wrong those doubting his chances in the White House contest. ...
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Cold war between GOP rivals Bush, Rubio heating up
(National News ~ 10/18/15)
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio are on course for a collision. There once was mutual public deference. But that has eroded as the Florida Republicans battling for the presidential nomination have come to see the other as the main threat to lofty ambitions: Bush claims the party establishment's mantle; Rubio wants to be the party's fresh national face...
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Retired professor honored with 17 mph speed limit
(National News ~ 10/18/15)
AMHERST, Mass. -- A college has changed all the speed limit signs on campus to honor a retired mathematics professor who spent his career fascinated by the number 17. The speed limit change from 15 mph to 17 mph at Hampshire College was made at the request of the professor, David Kelly. He didn't want a retirement party when he stepped down after 45 years on the faculty. Kelly knows countless facts about 17, the seventh prime number...
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Nation, world briefs 10/18/2015
(National News ~ 10/18/15)
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said he'll travel the country in the coming weeks to encourage changes to the nation's criminal justice system that would reduce incarceration rates. Obama said he's encouraged by lawmakers' efforts to reduce the mandatory minimum sentence for nonviolent drug offenders. ...
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Thousands of migrants surge into Slovenia in new route
(International News ~ 10/18/15)
PETISOVCI, Slovenia -- Thousands of migrants surged into tiny Slovenia on Saturday as an alternative route opened in Europe for them after Hungary sealed its border, adding another hurdle in their flight from wars and poverty toward what they hope is a better life in Western Europe...
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High school roundup: Zalma boys, Notre Dame girls cross country teams fare well at Farmington Invitational
(High School Sports ~ 10/18/15)
All scores were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Saturday.
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High school football roundup: Jackson wins third straight, topples Miller Career Academy
(High School Sports ~ 10/18/15)
All scores were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Friday.
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St. Louis Cardinals will try to re-sign Jason Heyward
(Professional Sports ~ 10/18/15)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Cardinals hope to re-sign outfielder Jason Heyward, who is due for free agency. Pitcher John Lackey, maybe not so much. The 26-year-old Heyward batted .293 with 13 homers and 60 RBIs and was a plus defensively in right field...
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Steen leads the way as Blues beat Canucks 4-3
(Professional Sports ~ 10/18/15)
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- By the time Jake Allen showed any cracks, the St. Louis Blues were already cruising to victory. Alexander Steen had a goal and an assist and Allen finished with 31 saves as the Blues held off the Vancouver Canucks 4-3...
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Rams need rookie Todd Gurley to keep carrying load
(Professional Sports ~ 10/18/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Todd Gurley seemed a bit of a draft day luxury for the St. Louis Rams, given they'd gotten a strong rookie year out of Tre Mason. Gurley's first two starts back from knee surgery demonstrate he's a cut above and was well worth expending the 10th overall pick...
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Thomas Moore Jr.
(Obituary ~ 10/18/15)
Thomas Alfred Moore Jr., 52, of Randles passed away Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, at Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. He was born March 24, 1963, in Chaffee, Missouri, to Thomas Alfred and Murline Levon Medford Moore Sr. He married Belinda Hunsaker on Feb. 11, 1999, and she survives...
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Kris MacKinnon
(Obituary ~ 10/18/15)
Priscilla "Kris" Christine MacKinnon, 61, of Scott City died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, at her home. A graveside service will be at 9 a.m. Monday at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, with full military honors. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements...
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Lavonna Lenand
(Obituary ~ 10/18/15)
Lavonna Jean Lenand, 75, of Jackson, formerly of Scott City and Rockview, Missouri, died Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, at her home. She was born Oct. 14, 1940, in Cape Girardeau to James Amphlis and Jeanette Mae Bles Riley Jr. She married Billy Gene Lenand on May 27, 1961. He preceded her in death March 9, 2013...
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Franklin Jones
(Obituary ~ 10/18/15)
Franklin D. Jones, 83, of Jasper, Alabama, passed away Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015, at Harbor Chase Assisted Living. Franklin was born Sept. 1, 1932, in Stoddard County, Missouri, the son of Fred Luke Jones and Vera Stacey Jones. Franklin graduated from Gray Ridge High School in 1950. He served in the U.S. Navy, retiring as a master chief aircraft maintenance (AFCM) from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Three in San Diego. He received the Navy Achievement Medal...
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Frank Humphrey
(Obituary ~ 10/18/15)
Frank Humphrey, 93, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Jan. 14, 1922, in Dumas, Mississippi, to the late Frank and Mattie Cappleman Humphrey and spent his childhood in Ripley, Mississippi. Frank was a World War II veteran, serving in the Army Air Corps...
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Barbara Fornkohl
(Obituary ~ 10/18/15)
Barbara Jeane Fornkohl, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015, at Southeast Hospital. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Barbara Duvall
(Obituary ~ 10/18/15)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Barbara A. Duvall, 79, of Perryville died Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, at her home. She was born March 15, 1936, in Perry County, Missouri, daughter of Charles and Clara Hoffman Huber. She and Francis Ray Duvall were married June 20, 1953. He preceded her in death Nov. 2, 1990...
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Cory Davie
(Obituary ~ 10/18/15)
Cory Franklin Davie, 28, of Jackson died Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements.
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Garland Buck
(Obituary ~ 10/18/15)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Garland Lemuel Buck, 92, of Charleston died Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 25, 1922, in Commerce, Missouri, to John Lemuel and Erma Lillian Young Buck. He first married Lois Faye Smith and she preceded him in death May 17, 1970. He then married Viola Berniece Steinborn on April 28, 1973...
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Doris Blaylock-Jones
(Obituary ~ 10/18/15)
Doris F. Blaylock-Jones, 92, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. She was born Oct. 26, 1922, in Perry County, Missouri. She is survived by two sons, Steve (Martha) Bollinger of Durham, North Carolina, and their children Todd and Matthew, and Sid (Lee) Bollinger of Sedgewickville, Missouri, and their children Ryan, Dan and Cole; and nine great-grandchildren...
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Wilma Bartlett
(Obituary ~ 10/18/15)
Wilma Jean Bartlett, 70, died Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, at her home near Scott City. She was born Feb. 3, 1945, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to the late Bly V. and Penny Boitnott Belk. She graduated from Charleston High School in 1963 and the Office Training School in Cape Girardeau in 1964...
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Fire destroys home near Fruitland
(Local News ~ 10/18/15)
Fire destroyed a home near Fruitland on Saturday afternoon. Fruitland fire chief Rob Francis said no residents or firefighters were injured in the blaze on Cape Girardeau County Road 525. "Nobody was home at the time of the fire," he said. "The neighbors were the ones who called it in."...
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Three Chaffee residents jailed on drug, counterfeiting charges
(Local News ~ 10/18/15)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Three Chaffee residents are in custody on drug and counterfeiting charges. According to a release from the Scott County Sheriff's Department, an undercover deputy went outside Chaffee to meet with Anthony Sagers and Jason Weaver on the premise of selling narcotic prescription pills. Sagers and Weaver discussed the price they wanted to pay for the pills and bought them from the undercover deputy...
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Part of Broadway will be closed Monday
(Local News ~ 10/18/15)
A section of Broadway will be closed Monday for asphalt-patching work. Work will begin about 8 a.m. along the 100 block of Broadway, between Spanish and Main streets. Work is expected to last a day, weather permitting. Detours have been established because the closure affects the truck route along Highway 177 in downtown Cape Girardeau. Traffic will be detoured from the south via Shawnee Parkway along South Sprigg Street to Lexington Avenue, then east to Big Bend Road/Highway 177...
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Dexter woman seriously hurt in crash
(Local News ~ 10/18/15)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- An early morning wreck Thursday left a Dexter, Missouri, woman with serious injuries, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Kathy S. Durbin, 56, was driving south on Highway 25, three miles south of Bloomfield, when her 2007 Mercury Montego ran off the right side of the highway, overturned and struck several small trees, according to a crash report...
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Judge denies bond reduction for man accused of abusing young girl
(Local News ~ 10/18/15)
A Jackson man charged with sexual abuse of a child appeared in court Friday morning to request a reduction in bond and a change of venue for the case. Jeffrey Moffat, 56, requested a reduction in his $50,000 cash-only bond. His attorney, Amanda Altman, argued Moffat should be allowed a surety bond because he had no crimial history, and said the crime he is charged with, first-degree statutory sodomy, is nonviolent...
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Scott County discusses boosting security at buildings
(Local News ~ 10/18/15)
BENTON, Mo. -- Upgrading security at Scott County facilities will be a matter of using modern technology while maintaining historical aesthetics. County officials during Thursday's County Commission meeting met with representatives of the architect, general contractor and security consulting firm to discuss the security-upgrade project for the Scott County Courthouse, Jail, Judicial Building, Sheriff's Office and Public Administrator building in Benton...
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Event to mark 50 years of the Gateway Arch
(State News ~ 10/18/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Music, food, children's activities and fireworks will all be part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the Gateway Arch. CityArchRiver Foundation and Great Rivers Greenway say a full day of events for "Arch 50 Fest" will mark a half-century of St. Louis' monument to westward expansion. Events start at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis. The Arch grounds themselves are closed as part of a multimillion dollar renovation project...
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Prayer 10/18/15
(Prayer ~ 10/18/15)
We praise you, O Lord Jesus, for you can do more than we could ever imagine. Amen.
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Cook -- Blessing
(Engagement ~ 10/18/15)
Jack and Pam Cook of Jackson and Doug and Carole Lemonds of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Danielle Jean, to Tyler Andrew Blessing, both of Jackson. He is the son of David and Laverne Blessing of Perryville, Missouri. Danielle is a graduate of Jackson High School and Trendsetters School of Cosmetology. She is a stylist at Belladona Salon and Spa in Cape Girardeau...
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Duncan -- Schnurbusch
(Engagement ~ 10/18/15)
Lindon and Sharyn Duncan of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Allyson Elaine, to Jacob Charles Schnurbusch. He is the son of Bruce and Debbie Schnurbusch of Jackson. Allyson is a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University and a first grade teacher at Oak Ridge R-6 School District. Jacob is a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University and works at Accretive Health Inc. in Cape Girardeau. An April 2, 2016, wedding is planned at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson.
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Governor picks Dobbins for state board
(Local News ~ 10/18/15)
Among Gov. Jay Nixon's newest appointments to the Mental Health Commission is Kenneth Dobbins. Dobbins recently retired as president of Southeast Missouri State University. He had been with the university since 1991 and served as president from 1999 to 2015...
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