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4x4 11-8-15
(Community ~ 11/08/15)
If you could have one superpower, what would it be and why? There are so many out there. Probably, I would really like to fly. Probably flying. It would save on gas money and I could freak people out by grabbing them and flying off with them. Do you name any of your prized possessions, like your car?...
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Cape Central boys swimming team finishes third place at state for first time in school history
(High School Sports ~ 11/08/15)
ST. PETERS, Mo. -- After posing for a picture they had only dreamed they would get to take, the Central boys swimming team kept uttering the same phrase as they went to pick up their gear. "Wow." The Tigers had just posed with the third-place trophy they earned with a brilliant two-day performance at the state championships at the Rec-Plex. ...
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Perryville boys soccer team falls to O'Hara in Class 2 state championship
(High School Sports ~ 11/08/15)
FENTON, Mo. -- Perryville already was losing Saturday's Class 2 state championship game against O'Hara at World Wide Technology Soccer Park. When the Pirates lost one of their best players, coming back and winning a second straight title was all the more difficult...
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'Thank you for your service'
(Community ~ 11/08/15)
Every November, the country takes a day to formally recognize the commitment, courage and sacrifice of its military veterans -- but while veterans are often too humble to say so, they're just as deserving of thanks any other day of the year. Some people take the time to make sure veterans feel appreciated year-round...
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Suspect in Cape man's slaying pleads not guilty
(Local News ~ 11/08/15)
Melvin Scherrer was formally arraigned Friday and pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. Scherrer, 51, of Bonne Terre, Missouri, is charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, felonious restraint, abandonment of a corpse and tampering with physical evidence, all felonies...
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Jackson focuses on offerings of soon-to-open civic center
(Local News ~ 11/08/15)
As the Jackson Civic Center's construction edges to within a month of completion, the focus turns toward figuring out what will be the facility's offerings of programs and services. Certain aspects of the building are scheduled to be finished as early as Friday, and staff members are receiving training in facility operations and FEMA safe-room protocols...
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Chaffee Cheerleaders State Champs
(Submitted Photo ~ 11/08/15)
The Chaffee High School Varsity Cheerleading Squad competed Sunday in the 2015 MCCA State Championship and was awarded First Place in the Class 1 Small Division. Chaffee competed against 16 squads using a variety of tumbling, stunts, cheer and dance. ...
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St. Vincent boys cross country team places second at Class 1 state meet
(High School Sports ~ 11/08/15)
Senior Levi Krauss finished third and was one of three St. Vincent boys cross country runners who earned all-state honors, helping lead the Indians to a second-place finish in the team standings at Saturday's Class 1 state meet in Jefferson City, Missouri...
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Jackson girls cross country team places fourth at Class 4 state meet
(High School Sports ~ 11/08/15)
Seniors Carli Knott and Chelsea Drum each earned all-state finishes to lead the Jackson girls cross country team to a fourth-place finish at the Class 4 state meet Saturday in Jefferson City, Missouri. Knott placed eighth in 19 minutes, 2.89 seconds while Drum took 15th in 19:21.00...
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Southeast Missouri State football team gets expected road win against winless Austin Peay
(College Sports ~ 11/08/15)
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- The Southeast Missouri State football team didn't have to do anything special. The Redhawks just had to do what was expected. What was expected was a defeat of the winless Austin Peay Governors, and the Redhawks lived up to that expectation with a 44-15 victory Saturday at Governors Stadium...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 11/08/15)
Today is Sunday, Nov. 8, the 312th day of 2015. There are 53 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On Nov. 8, 1965, newspaper columnist Dorothy Kilgallen was found dead in her Manhattan home the morning after appearing as a regular panelist on the CBS game show "What's My Line?" The TV soap opera "Days of Our Lives" premiered on NBC...
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Popp -- Maklary
(Wedding ~ 11/08/15)
Jamie Lynn Popp and Timothy George Maklary, both of Cape Girardeau, were married June 27, 2015, at Dennis Scivally Park in Cape Girardeau. Truevon Alford performed the ceremony. Jamie is the daughter of Larry and Tammy Popp of Cape Girardeau. Timothy is the son of Timothy Maklary of Watertown, Tennessee, and Alisa Cottrell of Lebanon, Tennessee...
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Cannon -- 51 years
(Anniversary ~ 11/08/15)
Ray and Emma Mae Cannon of Cape Girardeau celebrate their 51st anniversary today. Cannon and the former Emma Barks were married Nov. 8, 1964, in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. Bill Dickey performed the ceremony. The couple has two children, Mike (Jan) Cannon and Debbie (Bryan) Dunham, all of Cape Girardeau, and two grandchildren...
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Sexton -- Thompson
(Wedding ~ 11/08/15)
Jessie Lea Sexton of West Plains, Missouri, and Kody Nelson Thompson of Jackson were married May 30, 2015, at City Church in Cape Girardeau. Matt McDonald performed the ceremony. Jessie is the daughter of Mike and Connie Sexton of West Plains, and Kody is the son of John and Teresa Thompson of Jackson...
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King of Missouri frogs
(Community ~ 11/08/15)
The American bullfrog is a common sight during summer in Southeast Missouri. It often is seen leaping into the water along streams, ponds and lakes. This frog can grow to about 8 inches in length, measuring from tip of nose to vent at rear of its main body -- not including the length of outstretched legs. It is our largest frog...
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Nature's gift
(Community ~ 11/08/15)
As I drove to work the other morning, I saw leaves piled up along the street in residential neighborhoods. The fall leaf-raking season has begun. I have been overhearing conversations between gardeners and homeowners discussing the annual leaf fall and what it means for them. Many complain about the time needed to rake the leaves, pile them up and then have to figure out how to get rid of them...
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If deer hunting, read the regulations and keep safety first
(Community ~ 11/08/15)
Many hunters have been pursuing deer with their bows or crossbows for a good while now. Bow season for deer opened Sept. 15, and many have taken their deer, while others still are looking and hunting. In a little over a week, deer hunting will begin in earnest as firearms deer season officially begins and runs from Nov. ...
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Time to think Thanksgiving
(Community ~ 11/08/15)
It isn't too early to start thinking about Thanksgiving and the side dishes you might serve alongside your main entree. Every family has its favorite and traditional side dishes, but once in a while it is nice to try something new or different. I love trying new recipes, and when a big group is gathering, that is the perfect time to put something different on the table...
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We may not have control, but we do have choices about what to believe
(Community ~ 11/08/15)
"When you are going through your life, it's all anarchy and chaos, random and unrelated events crashing into each other. But when you look back on your life, it comes together like a finely crafted novel." Joe Walsh, at age 67, perhaps has earned the right to say the words above. Walsh, a mainstay of the legendary band The Eagles, has attained full Social Security retirement age...
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The meaning is in existing
(Community ~ 11/08/15)
I don't always really know what to say, I don't always understand things. Sometimes I see pieces and not the whole, sometimes I am lost in the middle of parts of something that don't yet make sense. Sometimes I am in the middle of experiencing, and there isn't yet resolution...
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FYI 11-8-15
(Community ~ 11/08/15)
VFW Post 3838 is hosting its annual antiques and collectibles show from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. today at the VFW, 1049 N Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau. Admission is $1; earlier-bird admission, from 8 to 9 a.m., is $3. Breakfast and lunch are available for purchase. Proceeds will help local veterans. More information is available by calling (573) 587-2424...
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Club News 11-8-15
(Community News ~ 11/08/15)
The fall 2015 meeting of the Southeast District of Family, Community and Education was held Oct. 13 at the Brazeau Hall in Brazeau, Missouri. It was hosted by Perry County FCE. The theme of the meeting was "Growing and blooming at 79." The meeting was called to order by JoAnn Hahs, director of the Southeast District. ...
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Readers 'wondered about' Darla, Thanksgiving dinner redux, class of '64 reunion meet and eat
(Community ~ 11/08/15)
While strolling, I wondered whatever happened to Chase Daniel. Happy birthday to Wayne Chapman, Judy Pobst, Craig Ressel, Garner Horman, Derek Gaines, Cindy Burnett, Jack Burnett, John Chambers, Mike Razer, Bud Diggs, Linda Kennedy, Brenda Tank, Judy Marshall, Margaret Obermann, Robert Stokes, Laura Estes, Mary Jo Pfefferkorn, Jennifer Teegarden, Charlotte Dirnberger, Shawn Powderly, Jeff Daugherty, Kathy Bishop, Gene Cummins, Mary Chambers, Fred Bollinger, Justin Anderson, Brandy Seabaugh, JoNell Schaefer, Jessica Grojean, Georgia Cox, Rodger Seyer, Hank Golightly, Linda Yarbro, Karin Dumond, Lana Rister, Jim Miller, Sharon Crowden, Armella Glastetter, Carolyn Munyon, Randall Hibdon, Don Reischman, Steve Wall, Reta Mantel, Blake Perry and Jason Harrell.. ...
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Stop the political theater
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/08/15)
Political debates have traditionally featured two candidates in front of a diverse audience conducted by a neutral moderator. The Hollywood style productions of today have more in common with a WWE or roller derby event than they do dignified political debate. ...
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The hotel that built me
(Column ~ 11/08/15)
When I go home, I do not drive my rental car to my parents' house or my grandparents' house. Those places no longer, and in some cases never did, exist. For three decades this Missouri girl has been going home from Arizona and Minnesota and Washington and Iowa and California, and I drive straight from the airport to 104 South Vantage Drive. To the one place I've learned I can count on. To my home on the hill, to the one place that's always had a room for me. I go home to the Drury Lodge...
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Prayer 11-8-15
(Prayer ~ 11/08/15)
You, O Lord Jesus, are our strength in times of trouble. Amen.
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Our love of deer and our need for safety
(Editorial ~ 11/08/15)
Outdoors enthusiasts enjoyed a special glimpse of nature recently, after local photographer Jennifer Davis happened on a herd of deer getting ready to take a dip in the Mississippi River. On Saturday, Oct. 31, Davis was out early in the morning attempting to capture some shots of steam rising off the water when the group of about 12 animals approached the bank and, one by one, gracefully launched themselves into the current. ...
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Speak Out 11/8/15
(Speak Out ~ 11/08/15)
Enough of the scare tactics! Regardless of the deluge of Rich Lowry columns and Wall Street Journal reprints in the Southeast Missourian, Obamacare is far from death's door. Admittedly, it is going through some growing pains but is certainly not going over the cliff...
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FYI 11/8/15
(Community ~ 11/08/15)
VFW Post 3838 is hosting its annual antiques and collectibles show from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. today at the VFW, 1049 N Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau. Admission is $1; earlier-bird admission, from 8 to 9 a.m., is $3. Breakfast and lunch are available for purchase. Proceeds will help local veterans. More information is available by calling (573) 587-2424...
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Missouri prosecutor scolds community for supporting molester
(State News ~ 11/08/15)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri prosecutor has called out members of a small community for shunning a sexual-abuse victim while publicly supporting a community leader who confessed to molesting her for more than a decade. In a scathing news release last week, Platte County prosecuting attorney Eric Zahnd listed 16 Dearborn residents who had either written letters or testified in court in support of Darren Paden after he admitted the girl's claims were true...
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Out of the past: Nov. 8
(Out of the Past ~ 11/08/15)
After recommending months ago the city build a new $1.3 million terminal building at the municipal airport in lieu of plans to renovate the existing building, Cape Girardeau's Airport Advisory Board wants to reconsider the proposal; Truman Cole, a board member, believes the planned site for the new terminal, just north of the existing facility, is ill-conceived...
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Births 11/8/15
(Births ~ 11/08/15)
Daughter to Aaron Joseph and Tracey Jean Graviett of Oran, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 12:04 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, 2015. Name, AnnaLynn Grace. Weight, 6 pounds, 11 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Graviett is the former Tracey Floyd, daughter of William Floyd and Caroline Floyd, both of Marble Hill, Missouri. She is a registered nurse with SoutheastHEALTH. Graviett is the son of Dickie Graviett and Debra Graviett, both of Oran. He is an engineer with BNSF Railroad...
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Jackson police report 11/8/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/08/15)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. n Patrick D. McGill, 34, of Cape Girardeau was issued a summons for failure to register a motor vehicle. n Jessica L. Natvig, 25, of Jackson was issued a summons for misuse of 911. n Theft reported in the 1400 block of Old Cape Road...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 11/8/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/08/15)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: n At 2:10 a.m., building fire on Themis Street. n At 11:24 a.m., rescue or emergency medical service standby on Mississippi Street. n At 2:47 p.m., false alarm or false call on Independence Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 11/8/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/08/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Garrhett D.L. Bays, 21, 2006 Pamela Drive, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. n Anthony M. Bure, 39, 2843 Whitener St., was arrested on a Scott County, Missouri, warrant for larceny...
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Region briefs 11/8/15
(Local News ~ 11/08/15)
HAYTI, Mo. -- A fifth person was arrested late Friday and faces murder charges in connection with the September murder of a Hayti man. Heather Cummings, 26, of Boonville, Missouri, was arrested Friday night on a warrant from Pemiscot County charging her with the first-degree murder of David L. ...
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Death toll rises to 41 in Romanian nightclub fire
(International News ~ 11/08/15)
BUCHAREST, Romania -- Nine more people died with burn-related injuries Saturday, just over a week after a fire broke out in a Bucharest nightclub, authorities said, bringing the death toll to 41. Many in Romania have blamed lax government safety standards for the blaze. Prime Minister Victor Ponta and his Cabinet resigned Wednesday after mass protests...
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Activists: Islamic State released 37 Syrian Christian captives
(International News ~ 11/08/15)
DAMASCUS, Syria -- Islamic State militants on Saturday released 37 Syrian Christians, mostly women, who were among more than 200 people from the Assyrian minority group abducted in February, activists said. Also Saturday, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the death toll from an airstrike on an IS-controlled eastern city near the border with Iraq rose to 71. The group initially reported the Thursday attack killed 25 people...
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Presidents of China, Taiwan meet for first time, shake hands
(International News ~ 11/08/15)
SINGAPORE -- The leaders of China and Taiwan met Saturday for the first time since the formerly bitter Cold War foes split amid civil war 66 years ago. Although no concrete agreement resulted, both hailed the meeting as a sign of a new stability in relations...
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Mary Vowels
(Obituary ~ 11/08/15)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Mary Faith Vowels, 83, of Dexter peacefully passed on to meet the Lord on Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, at Auburn Creek in Cape Girardeau surrounded by loving family and close friends. Mary was born May 9, 1932, in Wycliffe, Kentucky, to Irene and Gene Estes. She married Marshall Lee Vowels of Charleston, Missouri, on Dec. 3, 1950, in Fornfelt. He preceded her in death May 29, 2003...
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Curtis Sparks
(Obituary ~ 11/08/15)
Curtis Denford Sparks, 58, of Oak Ridge died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 28, 1957, in Cape Girardeau to Louis Denford and Wanda Lee Stone Sparks. He and Sherri Lynn Fowler were married Oct. 6, 1990, at First General Baptist Church in Jackson...
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Gladys Siebert
(Obituary ~ 11/08/15)
Gladys M. Siebert, 87, of Jackson died Saturday, Nov. 7, 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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Floetta Satterfield
(Obituary ~ 11/08/15)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Floetta J. Satterfield, 82, of Perryville died Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, with a Catholic wake at 7:15 p.m., and from 6:30 to 11:10 a.m. Thursday, with a rosary at 10 a.m., at Young and Sons Funeral Home...
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Pentagon plan to close Guantanamo expected this week
(National News ~ 11/08/15)
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon's plan outlining the long-stalled effort to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center, expected this week, includes details suggesting the Centennial Correctional Facility in Colorado is one suitable site to send detainees whom officials believe should never be released, administration officials said...
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Now a front-runner, Carson faces scrutiny that comes with it
(National News ~ 11/08/15)
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- Ben Carson rose to top the Republican ranks of White House hopefuls as the wise outsider -- a candidate without experience in office, but one who offers a compelling personal narrative, speaks openly of his Christian faith and issues calm-but-tough indictments of the nation's leaders...
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Attorney: Man who took boy from mom knew he'd be caught
(National News ~ 11/08/15)
CLEVELAND -- The man accused of taking his 5-year-old son from the Alabama home of the boy's mother in 2002 and creating new identities for both of them knew he'd be caught someday, the man's attorney said Friday. Bobby Hernandez, 53, came to Cleveland and built a new life for himself and his son and began calling himself Jonathan Mangina. His son, now 18, was known as Jay or J.J., a neighbor in Cleveland said...
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Kateri Ruch
(Obituary ~ 11/08/15)
Kateri Ruch, 54, of Daisy died Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Frances Nolan
(Obituary ~ 11/08/15)
THEBES, Ill. -- Frances Irene Nolan, 78, of Thebes died Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 7, 1937, in French Lick, Indiana, to Ernest H. and Clarice Milburn Dotson. She married Thomas Nolan in 1957 at Cane Creek Christian Church...
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Ruby Hitt
(Obituary ~ 11/08/15)
Ruby Jewel Hitt, 94, of Oak Ridge died Friday, Nov. 6, 2015. She was born July 11, 1921, in McClure, Illinois, to William Channing and Nellie Pray Pattengill. Ruby was married to John Van Hitt on Oct. 11, 1941, in Benton, Missouri. He died Jan. 9, 2008...
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Shelia Craft-Barks
(Obituary ~ 11/08/15)
Shelia M. Craft-Barks, 47, of White Rock, New Mexico, formerly of Jackson, passed away Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, at her home after a valiant battle with pulmonary fibrosis. She was born Nov. 5, 1967, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Junior and Laura Medlock Craft. She and Steven Barks were married June 2, 1994, in Oahu, Hawaii...
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George 'G.W.' Burgett
(Obituary ~ 11/08/15)
George William "G.W." Burgett, 81, of Dayton, Ohio, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, at Hospice of Dayton in Dayton after chronic health issues. He was born Oct. 6, 1934, in Doniphan, Missouri, to Ralph DeLano Burgett and Osa Ethel Walpole Burgett...
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William Boyd Jr.
(Obituary ~ 11/08/15)
VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- William Herbert Boyd Jr., 77, of Villa Ridge, formerly of Olmsted, Illinois, died Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Marion, Illinois. Friends may call from 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Monday at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge...
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William Arnold
(Obituary ~ 11/08/15)
William Ray Arnold, 45, of Delta died Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015. He was born June 5, 1970, in Chaffee, Missouri, to Robert and Betty Hoover Arnold. Survivors include his parents, Robert and Betty Arnold; two daughters, Stephanie and Anita Freeman; three sons, Robert, Steven and Chalon Arnold; a sister, Bobbi Howard; two brothers, Athel John Arnold and Joseph Arnold; five grandchildren; other relatives; and many friends...
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Egyptian airport officials reveal porous security
(International News ~ 11/08/15)
CAIRO -- The airport at Egypt's resort of Sharm el-Sheikh has long seen gaps in security, including a key baggage scanning device that often is not functioning and lax searches at an entry gate for food and fuel for the planes, security officials at the airport said...
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Rape victim has 18-year wait for justice
(National News ~ 11/08/15)
NEW ORLEANS -- Marie picked up the phone and dialed the number the detective gave her 10 days before, on the night she was raped at knifepoint outside a friend's house in New Orleans. It was the first of many calls Marie would make in an 18-year ordeal of shoddy police work and slow prosecution to track down and convict her attacker...
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In Keystone rejection, Obama tries to lock down his climate legacy
(National News ~ 11/08/15)
WASHINGTON -- For years, President Barack Obama chided Republicans and Democrats alike for treating the Keystone XL pipeline as a signal of whether the U.S. would seriously fight global warming. Now that he's killed the project, Obama is holding it up as Exhibit A as he works to lock in his environmental legacy with a powerful international climate accord...
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Two officers arrested in autistic boy's death
(National News ~ 11/08/15)
NEW ORLEANS -- Louisiana investigators are combing through evidence in the shooting death last week of a 6-year-old autistic boy after authorities charged two law-enforcement officers in the shooting. Col. Mike Edmonson, in a late-night news conference Friday, said the two officers were being booked on charges of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder in the Tuesday shooting death of Jeremy Mardis and the wounding of his father, Chris Few, in the central Louisiana town of Marksville.. ...
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Service dog Honor aids family afer vet torn by PTSD
(National News ~ 11/08/15)
CLYDE, N.C. -- Part of the Labrador retriever's training was to sense when the demons of war had invaded Wade Baker's dreams. "I woke up with Honor standing on my chest, licking my face," the Gulf War veteran once said. He tried to push his service dog away, but Honor persisted...
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Legally blind barber awarded $100,000 for wrongful termination
(National News ~ 11/08/15)
BOSTON -- A legally blind barber was awarded $100,000 by a Massachusetts commission against discrimination after it says he was wrongly fired. Joel Nixon, 29, had been working for Tony's Barber Shop in Norton for a year before his boss discovered his condition...
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Court addresses senility among federal judges
(National News ~ 11/08/15)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Now 84, federal appellate court Judge William Canby made the difficult decision a few years ago to mostly stop hearing cases after a 30-year career. He was sharp and healthy, but didn't want to risk mental decline that would lead him to make mistakes, he said...
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Truck spills cranberries during accident
(National News ~ 11/08/15)
SAGAMORE, Mass. -- A truck carrying cranberries crashed head-on into another vehicle on a bridge into Cape Cod, spilling berries onto the roadway and snarling morning rush-hour traffic. State police said Friday the Sagamore Bridge was closed in both directions for about 90 minutes because of the crash. Police said one person was taken to a hospital with serious injuries. There is no word on what caused the crash...
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Noise heard in last second of Russian plane's cockpit recording
(International News ~ 11/08/15)
CAIRO -- A noise was heard in the last second of the cockpit voice recording from the Russian plane that crashed Oct. 31 in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, the head of the joint investigation team said Saturday, bolstering U.S. and British suspicions the plane was brought down by a bomb...
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Pedestrian killed in accident near Delta
(Local News ~ 11/08/15)
An Advance, Missouri, man was killed in a fatal car accident Thursday while attempting to cross Route N, half a mile north of Delta. William R. Arnold, 45, was walking in the roadway a little after 8 p.m. and was struck by a Chevrolet Silverado driven by Dustin R. Campbell, 29, of Chaffee, Missouri, according to a traffic crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Arnold was pronounced dead by Cape Girardeau County Coroner John Clifton at the scene, the crash report states...
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Cape to hold Nov. 19 meeting on downtown sidewalk plan
(Local News ~ 11/08/15)
In September, Cape Girardeau residents heard about a downtown sidewalk and place-making plan and offered input based on information shared by city staff and project consultants. Residents soon will be able to see the latest details of the plan, shaped by that input...
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Smith teaches students lesson about paying attention to politics
(Local News ~ 11/08/15)
U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Salem, visited with sixth-graders Friday at Scott City Middle School, where he stressed the importance of staying up-to-date on decisions made by legislators and answered questions from students. At the beginning of his visit, Smith asked the students whether they followed decisions he made during the previous week, and many responded, "No."...
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Southeast Missouri State soccer team advances to OVC final
(College Sports ~ 11/08/15)
The Southeast Missouri State soccer team will play for its first Ohio Valley Conference tournament title since 2007 after defeating Tennessee Tech in a semifinal on Friday in Murray, Kentucky. The sixth-seeded Redhawks advanced to the championship game with a 2-0 win vs. No. 2 Tennessee Tech...
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Woodland boys cross country team ends season with 12th-place finish at Class 2 state meet
(High School Sports ~ 11/08/15)
The Woodland boys cross country team wrapped up its season with a 12th-place finish at the Class 2 state meet Saturday in Jefferson City, Missouri. Thomas Grindstaff led the way for the Cardinals, placing 38th in 18 minutes, 2.26 seconds. Springfield Catholic won the boys state title with 67 points, followed by Herculaneum (81) in second and Strafford (88) in third...
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Baumgart powers Notre Dame girls cross country team to third-place finish at state
(High School Sports ~ 11/08/15)
Notre Dame sophomore Alaina Baumgart placed third with a time of 19 minutes, 17.72 seconds, and the Bulldogs girls cross country team finished third in the team standings at Saturday's Class 3 state meet in Jefferson City, Missouri. Ste. Genevieve won the girls' title with 52 points while MICDS took second with 91 points...
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Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team uses big second half to topple Missouri S&T in exhibition
(College Sports ~ 11/08/15)
The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team was able to shake off a turnover-filled start and defeated Missouri S&T 93-64 on Saturday in an exhibition game at the Show Me Center. The Redhawks turned the ball over 15 times in the first half, allowing 21 points off those turnovers...
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WR Paul McRoberts relishes breaking Southeast Missouri State football record
(College Sports ~ 11/08/15)
Senior Paul McRoberts leapt up behind an Austin Peay defender and snagged a pass from Dante Vandeven with 7 minutes, 34 seconds remaining in the third quarter of the Southeast Missouri State football team's win over Austin Peay. McRoberts' feet stayed just in bounds as he tumbled out the back of the end zone and extended the Redhawks' lead. The 2-yard touchdown also broke the school's all-time record for career receiving touchdowns...
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Rams-Vikings game features Gurley-Peterson duel
(Professional Sports ~ 11/08/15)
MINNEAPOLIS -- Comparison games are the low-hanging fruit of NFL analysis and storytelling. Parallels between players can easily be forced. The similarities between Todd Gurley and Adrian Peterson, though, are too striking to ignore. The rookie sensation with St. Louis and the ninth-year star for Minnesota will square off today...
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Allen makes 45 saves, Blues beat Predators 4-0
(Professional Sports ~ 11/08/15)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Jake Allen made 45 saves and the St. Louis Blues scored three times in the third period to beat the Nashville Predators 4-0 Saturday night for their fifth win in six games. Colton Parayko, Alex Pietrangelo, Scottie Upshall and Alexander Steen scored...
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Battery explosion causes fire at Cape business
(Local News ~ 11/08/15)
An electric-car battery explosion caused a fire Saturday evening in Cape Girardeau. The fire started about 7 p.m. in the garage of EVTV Motor Verks, 601 Morgan Oak St., which installs lithium batteries and electric motors into motor vehicles. Jack Rickard, owner of EVTV Motor Verks, said the fire department quickly put out the fire...
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