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To save money, states give up on repairing some rural roads
(National News ~ 10/27/15)
MILO, Iowa -- When it comes to road building, Iowa has big ambitions. The state's largest city, Des Moines, is spending millions to repair or replace four downtown bridges. Planners also want to broaden the last section of U.S. 20 into four lanes spanning the entire state...
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State's proposed K-12 learning standards draw criticism
(State News ~ 10/27/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Proposed changes to standards used to guide K-12 Missouri student learning drew broad criticism Monday, ranging from claims the recommendations are too similar to what's in place to concerns about whether changes are needed. Missouri lawmakers who oppose the national Common Core standards the state now uses passed legislation in 2014 to require a review of the benchmarks, with the goal of ultimately ditching them...
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Child-assault suspect given change of trial venue
(Local News ~ 10/27/15)
A child sexual-assault suspect from Jackson known for his portrayal of Santa Claus was granted a change of venue for his trial. Jeffrey Moffat, 56, is charged with statutory sodomy of a child younger than 14. The venue has been changed to New Madrid County, but Moffat will continue to be housed at Cape Girardeau County Jail...
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U.S. airstrike of Afghan hospital may have violated law
(National News ~ 10/27/15)
WASHINGTON -- The Army Green Berets who requested the Oct. 3 airstrike on the Doctors without Borders trauma center in Afghanistan were aware it was a functioning hospital but believed it was under Taliban control, The Associated Press has learned. The new information adds to a body of evidence the internationally run medical facility site was familiar to the U.S. military, raising questions about whether the decision to attack it violated international law...
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State engineers inspect I-55 overpass struck by truck
(Local News ~ 10/27/15)
The Missouri Department of Transportation evaluated the safety of an Interstate 55 overpass Monday after a tanker truck on Saturday struck the bridge's underside, damaging it. MoDOT assistant district maintenance engineer Stan Johnson said a preliminary inspection Saturday immediately after the accident determined the bridge was damaged and will need fixing...
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Perryville boys soccer team topples Hancock, advances to state quarterfinals
(High School Sports ~ 10/27/15)
The defending state champion Pirates won their Class 2 sectional game over Hancock 4-1 on Tuesday.
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Pink Up game hits close to home for Southeast Missouri State football team
(College Sports ~ 10/27/15)
The Southeast Missouri State football team will be raising awareness for breast cancer when it takes on Ohio Valley Conference opponent Tennessee Tech on Saturday in a Pink Up game at Houck Stadium, and one Redhawk will specifically be playing with his mother in mind...
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Full Moon
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/27/15)
Full Moon from Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo. Mexico.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/27/15)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, Oct. 27, the 300th day of 2015. There are 65 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 27, 1787, the first of the Federalist Papers, a series of essays calling for ratification of the United States Constitution, was published...
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Spilled nails back up traffic on I-70
(Local News ~ 10/27/15)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Spilled nails led to backed up traffic on Interstate 70 in central Missouri. KOMU-TV reported traffic was snarled Monday morning on westbound I-70 after thousands of nails spilled along the highway in Columbia, creating a possible hazard...
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Driver in parade crash went around barricade
(National News ~ 10/27/15)
STILLWATER, Okla. -- A woman accused of driving her car into a crowd of people at Oklahoma State University's homecoming parade "purposely" went around a barricade, ran a red light and drove over a police motorcycle before crashing into the spectators, a prosecutor said Monday...
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Speaker Boehner's last deal: 2-year budget, debt ceiling
(National News ~ 10/27/15)
WASHINGTON -- Speaker John Boehner is pressing ahead with one last deal as he heads for the exits, pushing to finalize a far-reaching, two-year budget agreement with President Barack Obama before handing Congress' top job over to Rep. Paul Ryan this week, congressional officials said Monday...
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Ole Miss removes Mississippi flag with Confederate emblem
(National News ~ 10/27/15)
OXFORD, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi quietly removed the state flag from its place of honor Monday, heeding the calls of those who say the banner's Confederate battle emblem is harming the school's future. Interim chancellor Morris Stocks waited until the flag was gone before announcing he had ordered it taken down and sent to the university's archives. ...
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Broadway sewer work delayed to Wednesday
(Local News ~ 10/27/15)
Storm drain pipe liner installation planned for today on Broadway in Cape Girardeau has been rescheduled to begin Wednesday. The city announced the date change Monday morning, citing a concern about rainy weather. The work will close a portion of the street just east of Main Street and will affect traffic access to Water Street as well. ...
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263 dead as earthquake jolts Afghanistan, Pakistan
(International News ~ 10/27/15)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A massive earthquake struck remote and impoverished regions of northern Afghanistan and Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 263 people as it shook buildings across South Asia and knocked out power and communications to already-isolated areas...
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Twice-deported Honduran man charged with rape, kidnapping
(State News ~ 10/27/15)
CAMDEN, N.J. -- A Honduran man who has entered the United States illegally three times kidnapped his estranged girlfriend and repeatedly raped her at knifepoint on a drive from Missouri to New Jersey, federal prosecutors said. Jose Amaya-Vasquez was arrested in May at a motel in Bellmawr, near Philadelphia, after law-enforcement officers tracked the woman's cellphone. He was charged by federal prosecutors Oct. 14 with kidnapping and illegally re-entering the country...
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Suspect tattooed himself after mother's killing
(State News ~ 10/27/15)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A man who is accused of killing his mother by shooting her and attacking her with a bat and butcher knife was tattooing the word "Mom" on his leg when he was arrested, according to court records. Shane Harrelson, 23, of Independence, was charged Monday with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death Saturday of Michelle R. Harrelson, 47, of Independence...
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EPA: Remedy to landfill fire will be before 2016
(State News ~ 10/27/15)
ST. LOUIS -- A plan to ensure an underground St. Louis-area landfill fire doesn't reach a cache of Cold War-era nuclear waste buried nearby will come before the end of 2015, an Environmental Protection Agency administrator said Monday, despite the state attorney general's calls for swifter action...
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Actress Charlotte Rae tells 'The Facts of My Life' in memoir
(Entertainment ~ 10/27/15)
LOS ANGELES -- In "The Facts of Life," Charlotte Rae played the unflappable Mrs. Garrett, a girls' school housemother who guided her charges through crises and comedy. Rae said she implored the show's producers to let her character "lose her temper, yell at the kids. Let her be a human being."...
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Missing man found dead in Breckenridge Hills basement
(State News ~ 10/27/15)
BRECKENRIDGE HILLS, Mo. (AP) -- A missing Ellisville, Missouri, man has been found dead in the basement of a Breckenridge Hills home. According to Ellisville Police Cpl. Joe Nickles, the body of 34-year-old Jeffrey Frost was discovered Saturday. Nickles says someone spotted a van parked outside the home that appeared to match a description of Frost's missing vehicle. Frost was reported missing Oct. 5 after he was last seen leaving for a contracting job in Overland, Missouri...
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Kansas City street where fatal fire occurred reopened
(State News ~ 10/27/15)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Authorities have reopened a Kansas City street where two firefighters died during a building fire and collapse earlier this month. The two veteran firefighters died while crews were fighting the Oct. 12 building fire in Kansas City...
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Bird hits hospital helicopter window; no injuries
(State News ~ 10/27/15)
ST. LOUIS -- A helicopter has been repaired after a bird struck and cracked its windshield while the chopper was transporting a child to St. Louis Children's Hospital. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the helicopter landed safely about 12:30 a.m. Sunday. No one was hurt...
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Man shot in restaurant's drive-through line
(State News ~ 10/27/15)
JENNINGS, Mo. -- Police are investigating after a man was shot at the drive-through window of a St. Louis-area fast-food restaurant. The shooting happened Sunday night at a Rally's restaurant in Jennings. Police say the victim drove away at a high speed before pulling over in St. Louis. He was taken to a hospital but his condition was not available...
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Man accused of dragging St. Charles police officer with car
(State News ~ 10/27/15)
ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- A 26-year-old man accused of dragging a St. Charles County police officer with his car has been charged. Devin McNeal-Smith was charged Saturday with first-degree assault on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest. According to authorities, the police officer reached into McNeal-Smith's vehicle to arrest him Wednesday when the suspect grabbed the officer's arm and backed the car up...
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Cletis Shirrell
(Obituary ~ 10/27/15)
Cletis H. Shirrell, 83, of Jackson died Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 29, 1932, in Cape Girardeau to Clarence H. and Gertie A. (Smith) Shirrell. Cletis served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He worked for the family business, Cape Ready Mix, and construction for 40-plus years. Cletis loved the outdoors and spending time with his family...
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Elmer Perr
(Obituary ~ 10/27/15)
Elmer M. Perr, 94, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015, at the Chateau Girardeau Health Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 5, 1921, in New Wells to Martin and Louise (Borchelt) Perr. Elmer and Velma Hellwege were married Feb. 10, 1946. She preceded him in death May 11, 2004...
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Loretta Atkins
(Obituary ~ 10/27/15)
COPLEY, Ohio. -- Loretta J. (Pisanello) Atkins, 94, of Copley passed away Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, at 9:18 p.m. at Arden Courts of Bath in Akron, Ohio. She was born July 11, 1921, in Alliance, Ohio, to Michele and Antonietta (Romano) Pisanello. Loretta was a 1941 graduate of Alliance High School. ...
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Marjorie Green
(Obituary ~ 10/27/15)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Marjorie Bessine Green, 92, of Marble Hill passed away Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, at the Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 3, 1923, in Ottumwa, Iowa, the daughter of William Earnest and May Shrum Farnsworth. She moved with her family to Missouri...
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Betty Waddle
(Obituary ~ 10/27/15)
WHITEWATER -- Betty Lou Schlosser Waddle, 87, of Whitewater passed away at her home Monday morning, Oct. 26, 2015. She was born July 21, 1928, in Perkins, Missouri, to the late George Marion Hunt and Clara Ellen Phegly. She married Truman W. Waddle on Oct. 17, 1947, at Piggott, Arkansas...
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U.N. agency links hot dogs, processed meat to cancer
(International News ~ 10/27/15)
PARIS -- Bacon, hot dogs and cold cuts are under fire: The World Health Organization threw its global weight behind years of doctors' warnings and declared Monday processed meats raise the risk of colon and stomach cancer, and red meat is probably dangerous, too...
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Prosecutor to Internet providers: Prove speed claims
(National News ~ 10/27/15)
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York's attorney general suspects there's little difference between broadband's fast lanes and the slower freight of ordinary Internet access. In letters to the state's three major Internet providers, the attorney general has asked them to validate claims their customers are getting the access speeds promised...
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Roy Abernathy
(Obituary ~ 10/27/15)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Roy Hershel Abernathy, 80, of Marble Hill passed away Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 15, 1935, in Stoddard County, Missouri, the son of Clarence Harley and Mary M. Lawson Abernathy. He and Oneta Lucille Buchholtz were united in marriage in August 1966, and she passed away July 8, 2013...
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Births 10/27/2015
(Births ~ 10/27/15)
Daughter to Kevin Boyd and Alexis Danielle Hess of Jackson, Southeast Hospital, 2:32 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. Name, Scarlett Ryan. Weight, 7 pounds, 4 ounces. First child. Mrs. Hess is the former Alexis Rhodes, daughter of Ryan and Pam Rhodes of Jackson. She is a cosmetologist with Super Styles. Hess is the son of Bobby and Misty Hess of Jackson and Sarah and Billy Grebing of Altenburg, Missouri. He is employed by Select Plastics...
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Out of the past: Oct. 27
(Out of the Past ~ 10/27/15)
Voters in Cape Girardeau County by a wide margin say they would re-elect U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson and state Auditor Margaret Kelly, according to a poll taken last week. Sixty-nine percent of voters surveyed said they would vote for Emerson, while 31 percent favored his Democratic opponent, Russ Carnahan; 83 percent of those polled favored Republican Kelly, and 17 percent supported her Democratic rival, Connie Hendren...
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Cape man gets six months for resisting arrest
(Local News ~ 10/27/15)
Brandon King, 28, of Cape Girardeau pleaded guilty to misdemeanor resisting arrest and was sentenced Monday to six months in Cape Girardeau County Jail. King was charged with resisting arrest after running from officers April 2 when they tried to pick him up on a Cape Girardeau warrant for domestic assault...
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Repairs on the riverfront
(Local News ~ 10/27/15)
Cape Girardeau sewer and stormwater department workers spread concrete to repair two large holes on the wharf Monday at Riverfront Park. Flooding of the Mississippi River earlier this year carried away some of the cobblestones. The river level Monday was 11.25 feet. Flood stage is 32 feet...
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Blues press on despite mounting injuries to forwards
(Professional Sports ~ 10/27/15)
St. Louis is without Schwartz and Stastny.
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Rams among growing number of teams having success on the ground
(Professional Sports ~ 10/27/15)
Eleven teams had 100-yard rushers in Week 7.
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Noranda sells 67 acres to New Madrid County Port Authority
(Local News ~ 10/27/15)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Noranda Aluminum has sold nearly 67 acres within St. Jude's Industrial Park to the New Madrid County Port Authority. The site is in the farthest northeast section of the industrial park along the Mississippi River and adjacent to the Port Authority...
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Recognizing teachers who love their jobs, students
(Editorial ~ 10/27/15)
People talk often about the demands of the teaching profession, demands that grow almost daily, it seems. Educators are expected to do much, do it well and do it with few resources. They fill the role of teacher, counselor, motivational speaker, nurse, parent and more...
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Visitor thankful for help
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/27/15)
I am writing to thank two of your visitors bureau ladies for work above and beyond the call of welcoming guests to your city. My sister and I stopped along the riverfront on a boat cruise down the river. My personal luggage had been "misplaced" on the boat, and I badly needed some items to replace lost ones. Ms. Mary Sheehan and Ms. Reida Baker went right to work and, by the kindness of these two ladies, our trip turned out quite nicer than it was...
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Putin collecting chips with weak hand
(Column ~ 10/27/15)
To paraphrase C.S. Lewis, who wrote of other fiends, there are two errors one can commit when considering Vladimir Putin: ignoring the essential nefariousness of his endeavors, or ascribing to him a strategic brilliance that has not been manifest in his foreign policy. The Obama administration believes the president of Russia wants what Westerners want: democracy, human rights, prosperity for his people and a respected place in the international community...
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Gateway Arch poised for 50th birthday
(State News ~ 10/27/15)
ST. LOUIS -- A half century ago, workers hoisted into place the final of 142 stainless steel sections of the 630-foot-tall Gateway Arch -- the shimmering tribute to President Thomas Jefferson and pioneers for whom St. Louis served as a gateway to the West...
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Nation, world briefs 10/27/15
(National News ~ 10/27/15)
NEWARK, N.J. -- Republican front-runner Donald Trump is widely unpopular among the nation's Hispanics, a new AP-GfK poll finds, challenging the billionaire's assertion he will win the Hispanic vote if he becomes his party's nominee. The survey finds many of the Republican candidates running for president probably would struggle to win support among Hispanics in a general election. ...
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Dog named Trigger accidentally shoots owner
(National News ~ 10/27/15)
NORTH WEBSTER, Ind. -- Authorities say a woman is recovering after being shot in the foot by her dog, Trigger. Indiana Conservation officer Jonathon Boyd said Allie Carter, 25, of Avilla, Indiana, laid her 12-gauge shotgun on the ground without the safety on during a waterfowl hunt Saturday at Tri-County Fish and Wildlife Area. Boyd said Carter's chocolate Labrador retriever, Trigger, stepped on the shotgun and depressed the trigger, shooting Carter in the left foot...
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Jackson boys soccer team reaches district championship game
(High School Sports ~ 10/27/15)
Forward Josh Scholl netted two goals in the first half, and the third-seeded Jackson boys soccer team upended host Seckman to advance to the Class 4 District 1 Tournament championship game with a 2-1 victory Monday night in Imperial, Missouri. Scholl tipped in a shot from Justice Crosnoe about 10 minutes into the game. Scholl cut in diagonally and got a toe on the ball just as the Seckman goalkeeper was about to make a save...
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Ruby Richardson
(Obituary ~ 10/27/15)
PULASKI, Ill. -- Ruby R. Adams Richardson, 81, of Pulaski died Monday, Oct. 26, 2015, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Massie Funeral Home in Mounds, Illinois. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Fisher Funeral Home in Redford, Michigan...
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Cape Girardeau police report 10/27/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/27/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of stealing clothing from Wal-Mart, 3439 William St. n Ebonne L. Richardson, 30, 803 Themis St. Apt. 2, was arrested on suspicion of stealing miscellaneous items from Wal-Mart, 3439 William St...
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Prayer 10-27-15
(Prayer ~ 10/27/15)
O Heavenly Father, we give thanks to you for everything you have blessed us with. Amen.
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Citizen academy gives residents a chance to step into firefighter's boots
(Local News ~ 10/27/15)
For those with unfulfilled dreams of being a firefighter, the Cape Girardeau Fire Department is offering an opportunity to step into their boots for a day. The department's second Citizen Fire Academy will be Nov. 7. Applications are being accepted. Battalion Chief Mike Ramsey said the department typically accepts up to 15 people, and nine have applied so far...
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