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Gideon boys basketball team ends Hornets' season in Class 1 sectional
(High School Sports ~ 03/02/16)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- At the end, Advance boys basketball coach Bubba Wheetley could barely speak. His voice scratched and cracked and, much like his team's performance on this night, fell short. The Hornets got popped in a way they hadn't all year, falling into a 22-point hole by halftime and never able to muster a full response as they couldn't keep up with a quick, experienced Gideon side that ended their season 90-71 in a Class 1 sectional on Tuesday night at Bloomfield High School...
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Youthful Oran girls basketball team falls short against Naylor in Class 1 sectional
(High School Sports ~ 03/02/16)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Oran girls basketball team has had a tremendous season, but it looked in over its head in a Class 1 sectional Tuesday night at Bloomfield High School. Naylor jumped out to a 10-2 lead early on, and outscored Oran 19-7 in the first quarter and 15-5 in the third to control the contest from start to finish in a 61-42 victory...
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Cape Central boys basketball team survives district thriller
(High School Sports ~ 03/02/16)
The Tigers advanced to the Class 4 District 1 championship game with a 56-52 win over Kennett.
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Mental Health Awareness...my personal story
(Submitted Story ~ 03/02/16)
Sharing my personal story about my struggle with mental health...hope to help at least ONE! https://youtu.be/7wRHrdE0zIg
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Dr. Ruth Ann Orr named 2016 American Legion Teacher of the Year
(Submitted Story ~ 03/02/16)
Dr. Ruth Ann Orr, principal of Alma Schrader Elementary School, was named the American Legion Teacher of the Year for 2016. Orr, who has taught for 34 years, started an annual Constitution and Heroes Day Assembly in 2002 when she came to Alma Schrader. ...
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Saxony Lutheran girls basketball team avenges loss to Twin Rivers, advances to quarterfinals
(High School Sports ~ 03/02/16)
The Crusaders, whose last loss came on Dec. 14 to Twin Rivers, defeated the Royals 63-32 in a Class 3 sectional on Wednesday night.
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More confident King helps Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team reach conference tournament
(College Sports ~ 03/02/16)
The Jackson native and the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team faces SIU Edwardsville in the first round of the OVC tournament today.
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Missouri House approves prescription monitoring program
(State News ~ 03/02/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — State House members gave initial approval Tuesday to legislation that would make Missouri the final state to adopt a prescription-drug monitoring program. The legislation, approved by a 91-68 vote, would require pharmacies to report to the state health department details about medications dispensed to people. That information would go into a database accessible to doctors, pharmacists and law enforcement...
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Judge: Cape Girardeau can't enforce noise ordinance
(Local News ~ 03/02/16)
A federal judge issued a permanent injunction Monday prohibiting the city of Cape Girardeau from enforcing its noise ordinance after a motorist in 2013 filed suit for being ticketed for yelling at a police officer. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on the motorist's behalf in September 2014 challenging the constitutionality of the noise ordinance...
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Southeast Missouri State baseball team falls to SIU in walk-off fashion
(College Sports ~ 03/02/16)
The Salukis snapped the Redhawks' four-game winning streak with a 6-5 win on Wednesday night.
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College students, campuses cope with mental illness
(Local News ~ 03/02/16)
Michelle Davis spent two weeks in college before dropping out, discarding her prized volleyball scholarship. "I let it go," she said. She worked full time on a night shift at a Cape Girardeau factory and attended cosmetology school before abandoning her job and a possible career as a beautician...
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Depression common among teens; some turn to cutting or attempt suicide
(Local News ~ 03/02/16)
Nearly everyone remembers being moody as a teenager, but for some, it can be dangerous. In Jamie Smith's case, she was 17 when the depression she'd been battling took a turn for the worse. It wasn't until a friend accidentally caught Smith attempting suicide in her bedroom it became clear the young woman was having a problem...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/02/16)
Today is Wednesday, March 2, the 62nd day of 2016. There are 304 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 2, 1836, the Republic of Texas formally declared its independence from Mexico. On this date: In 1793, the first president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, was born near Lexington, Virginia...
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Old Town Cape presents annual awards
(Editorial ~ 03/02/16)
The early part of the year is considered "awards season" because of the number of awards shows that take place: the Academy Awards, the Grammys and others. Locally, we have an awards season of sorts around this time of year, as well, as many organizations recognize those who have contributed to their mission...
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Demons and victims
(Column ~ 03/02/16)
As this muddled presidential campaign continues to unfold, the Democrats seem to always return to the recurring theme of income inequality and their obsession with wealth redistribution. All this great nation needs to do -- according to the progressive line -- is to tax the wealthy a little more and move those funds for services to the low and middle income...
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Exit poll: Clinton expands base, Trump sells outsider image
(National News ~ 03/02/16)
WASHINGTON -- Hillary Clinton held on to older people and ate into Bernie Sanders' support among the 30-to-44 crowd on Super Tuesday as her rival claimed a clear advantage with only one age group: his devoted younger-than-30 followers. On the Republican side, Donald Trump and his mad-as-hell message pulled in nearly two-thirds of voters looking to install an outsider in the White House. ...
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Out of the past: March 2
(Out of the Past ~ 03/02/16)
The last of 25,000 boxes of Cracker Jack sells out in the evening, bringing the promotion to a close one day earlier than planned; the event generates about $21,700 for the Area Wide United Way; while benefiting the United Way, the promotion also celebrated West Park Mall's 10th anniversary...
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Jean Warnecke
(Obituary ~ 03/02/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Jean M. Warnecke, 89, of Perryville died Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016, at Independence Care Center in Perryville. Visitation will be from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Miller Family Funeral Home in Perryville. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville. Burial will be in St. Boniface Cemetery...
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Barbara Stucker
(Obituary ~ 03/02/16)
Barbara J. Stucker, 68, of Jackson died Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until time of service Friday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home...
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Merlin 'Pete' Statler
(Obituary ~ 03/02/16)
Merlin 'Pete' Statler Merlin "Pete" Statler, 86, of Jackson died Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at the Monticello House. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Janet Hopkins officiating. Burial will be in Russell Heights with military honors...
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Sgt. William Ritch
(Obituary ~ 03/02/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Sgt. William R. "Bill" Ritch, 59, of Perryville died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016. Friends may call from 8 a.m. until time of service Friday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Home Cemetery with military graveside rites provided by the U.S. Marine Corps...
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Todd Metje
(Obituary ~ 03/02/16)
Todd Michael Metje, 52, of Jackson died Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 13, 1963, in Cape Girardeau to Gary and Clodine Wachter Metje. Todd was a 1982 graduate of Central High School. He served in the Navy from 1985 to 1989...
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Kenny Lincoln
(Obituary ~ 03/02/16)
Kenneth Ray Lincoln, 58, of Jackson passed away Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, at his home. He was born July 15, 1957, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Linus J. and Genevieve Phelps Lincoln. He and Jeanie Smith Walker were married Sept. 19, 1992. Kenny was a 1975 graduate of Woodland High School. He worked for Twin City Service Station and Shell Feed and Supply in Marble Hill, Missouri, and was a forklift driver at Rubbermaid in Jackson. Kenny enjoyed playing cards...
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Leonard LaCroix Jr.
(Obituary ~ 03/02/16)
Leonard A. LaCroix Jr., 84, of Jackson died Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016, at Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau. A memorial Mass will be conducted at 1 p.m. March 19 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jackson. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Dorothy Ingvalson
(Obituary ~ 03/02/16)
Dorothy L. Ingvalson, 73, of Scott City died Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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Margaret Grant
(Obituary ~ 03/02/16)
Margaret Agnes Grant, 79, of Jackson died Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jim Matthews officiating...
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Lois Emerine
(Obituary ~ 03/02/16)
BENTON, Mo. -- Lois Christine Emerine, 84, of Benton died Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, at her home. Born Oct. 5, 1931, in Sikeston, Missouri, to the late Raymond L. and Nellie Bishop Ford. On April 1, 1962, in Charleston, Missouri, she married Mark V. Emerine, who preceded her in death on July 26, 2004...
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Mary Lou Anthony
(Obituary ~ 03/02/16)
BROWNWOOD, Mo. -- Mary Lou Anthony, 89, of Brownwood passed away Thursday, Feb. 21, 2016, at her home. She was born Sept. 6, 1926, the daughter of John and Meryl Caldwell Musgraves. Mary Lou and Virgil "Shanks" Anthony were united in marriage in 1968 in Advance, Missouri, and he preceded her in death...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 3/2/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/02/16)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Monday: n Medical assists were made at 1:32 a.m. on South Sprigg Street; 2:19 a.m. on Themis Street; 4:45 a.m., on North Kingshighway; 9:47 a.m. on North Sprigg Street; 2:38 p.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 4:42 p.m. on Whitener Street; 5:34 p.m. on North Water Street; 5:54 p.m. on Fitzgerald Street; and 9:29 p.m. on North Fountain Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 3/2/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/02/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Gary L. Harris, 56, 1021 S. Ellis St., was arrested at Morgan Oak and South Sprigg streets on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for probation violation for assault...
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Births 3/2/16
(Births ~ 03/02/16)
Son to Adam Wayne and Cheyanna Dawn Sitze of Glenallen, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 3:35 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016. Name, Isaiah Wayne. Weight, 8 pounds, 13 ounces. First child. Mrs. Sitze is the former Cheyanna Bass, daughter of Ronnie Bass and Tamrah Bass of Marble Hill, Missouri. She is employed by Diana's Boarding Home. Sitze is the son of Tim Sitze and Marcia Sitze of Glenallen. He is employed by Diana's Boarding Home...
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Will TV bills rise with channel choice? Canada to find out
(Entertainment ~ 03/02/16)
LOS ANGELES -- Can you save money if you pay only for the TV channels you watch? The question is being put to a real-world test in Canada. TV executives in the U.S. and Canada have long argued the best value for your money comes through packages of hundreds of channels. ...
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Homecoming for 2 spacemen after year aloft: 'We did it!'
(National News ~ 03/02/16)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronaut Scott Kelly closed the door Tuesday to an unprecedented year in space for NASA, flying back to the planet and loved ones he left behind last March. Kelly and his roommate for the past 340 days, Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, were to check out of the International Space Station on Tuesday night, U.S. time...
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Police: Up to 50 teens caused damage, stole tip jar
(State News ~ 03/02/16)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis police are investigating reports as many as 50 teenagers converged downtown to vandalize cars and outdoor furniture, and even stole from a restaurant's tip jar. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the crimes happened Saturday night. Police said they received several calls for assistance related to the large group of teens...
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St. Louis among 3 cities added to anti-violence program
(State News ~ 03/02/16)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis is one of three cities added to a federal program aimed at fighting violent crime. The U.S. Attorney's office in St. Louis on Tuesday announced St. Louis, New Orleans and Milwaukee have joined the U.S. Department of Justice Violence Reduction Network. Members of the network have greater access to programs within the Justice Department to try and stem violent crime...
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Missouri chancellor condemns pro-Hitler flier found in dorm
(State News ~ 03/02/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Top administrators at the University of Missouri's Columbia campus on Tuesday condemned at least the fourth case of anti-Semitic graffiti in a dormitory in less than a year as the school grapples with racial unease that toppled two executives in November...
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Work group proposes St. Louis-area municipal court reforms
(State News ~ 03/02/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Despite calls for a consolidation of the myriad municipal courts in St. Louis County, the Missouri Supreme Court lacks the authority to order such a sweeping change, a work group concluded in a report issued Tuesday that recommends several reforms...
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Girl Scouts raise record funds despite archdiocese criticism
(State News ~ 03/02/16)
ST. LOUIS -- The Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri has raised a record amount of money at its annual fundraiser, a week after the Archdiocese of St. Louis suggested local troops shouldn't be a part of its parishes. Spokeswoman Aurrice Duke-Rollings said the organization's event Thursday in St. Louis netted more than $350,000 from 500 guests as they enjoyed a variety of desserts inspired by Girl Scouts cookies...
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Missouri lawmakers consider police bias, body camera bills
(State News ~ 03/02/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers still are grappling with how to address questions about police body-camera footage and racial profiling that were raised after the 2014 protests in Ferguson. A Senate panel heard two bills Tuesday that would establish more rigorous training and reporting requirements for police encounters, including more details on what happened during a vehicle or pedestrian stop and justification for why it occurred. ...
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Clinton, Trump claim big wins on Super Tuesday
(National News ~ 03/02/16)
WASHINGTON -- Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton swept through the South on Super Tuesday -- front-runners claiming victory in their parties' primaries in delegate-rich Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama and Virginia. The two appeared ever more likely to end up in a general election showdown...
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GOP senators don't budge on Supreme Court vacancy
(National News ~ 03/02/16)
WASHINGTON -- After an Oval Office sit-down Tuesday did nothing to move Republican Senate leaders off their hard line against a Supreme Court nomination, Democrats pulled out another weapon in the heated election-year fight: Donald Trump. In a White House meeting that lasted less than an hour, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, told President Barack Obama any confirmation process during a presidential campaign would politicize the court. ...
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Homicides rise in Chicago; illegal gun seizures fall
(National News ~ 03/02/16)
CHICAGO -- Homicides and shootings have doubled in Chicago so far this year compared with the same period in 2015, and police have seized fewer illegal guns -- more possible signals officers have become less aggressive in the aftermath of a shooting video released last fall...
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Bin Laden worried wife had tracking device in filling
(National News ~ 03/02/16)
WASHINGTON -- Hidden in his Pakistan hideout, an increasingly paranoid Osama bin Laden suspected Iran of implanting a tracking device in his wife's mouth and drafted a will directing much of his $29 million fortune to be spent on jihad after his death...
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Grand jury: 2 bishops hid sex abuse of hundreds of children
(National News ~ 03/02/16)
ALTOONA, Pa. -- Two Catholic bishops who led a small Pennsylvania diocese helped cover up the sexual abuse of hundreds of children by more than 50 priests and other religious leaders over a 40-year period, according to a grand-jury report. The 147-page report issued Tuesday on sexual abuse in the Altoona- Johnstown Diocese, home to nearly 100,000 Roman Catholics, was based partly on evidence from a secret diocesan archive opened through a search warrant over the summer...
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Young suspect in Ohio school shooting denies charges
(National News ~ 03/02/16)
HAMILTON, Ohio -- A 14-year-old boy accused of shooting students in a school cafeteria denied charges including attempted murder Tuesday, while the sheriff in the southwest Ohio county urged he be prosecuted as an adult and all schools step up security...
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FBI, Apple clash before Congress as encryption fight simmers
(National News ~ 03/02/16)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government calls it a "vicious guard dog" that hurts national security. Apple says it's critical to protecting consumer privacy against increasingly sophisticated hackers. As the debate over built-in iPhone encryption has deadlocked in the courts, law enforcement and the world's second-largest cellphone maker agreed on one point Tuesday: It's up to Congress to set boundaries in a long-simmering fight over who can access your digital life legally...
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Rolling Stones to play March 25 show in Havana
(Entertainment ~ 03/02/16)
HAVANA -- The Rolling Stones announced Tuesday the group will play a free concert in Havana on March 25, becoming the most famous act to play Cuba since its 1959 revolution. The Stones will play in Havana's Ciudad Deportiva three days after President Barack Obama visits Havana. The concert is expected to draw a massive audience in a country where the government once persecuted young people for listening to rock music...
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Out in the cold: Refugees get no good news at Greek border
(International News ~ 03/02/16)
IDOMENI, Greece -- Hassan Rasheed's papers have been cleared, but the Iraqi refugee has spent days freezing in a tent with no tarp on the ground and flaps that don't close -- one of 10,000 migrants stuck at a camp on the border of Greece and Macedonia...
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Search begins for Sikeston economic development leader
(Local News ~ 03/02/16)
SIKESTON, Mo. — The Sikeston Regional Chamber and Sikeston Department of Economic Development soon will be merged under one chief executive — once the right person is found. The merger and search for a CEO to lead regional economic development efforts was announced last week after the plan’s approval by the board of directors for the chamber and department, according to Larry Eby, president of the regional chamber’s board of directors...
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Cape man gets seven-year sentence on gun violation
(Local News ~ 03/02/16)
Brandon Lamont King, 29, of Cape Girardeau pleaded guilty to a class D felony of unlawful use of a firearm and was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in the Missouri Department of Corrections by Judge Benjamin Lewis. Cape Girardeau assistant prosecuting attorney Angel Woodruff said the charge in the case was modified to exhibiting a firearm in a threatening manner from unlawful use of a weapon shooting at a motor vehicle, a class B felony. ...
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Cardinals' Wong looks to alleviate his pressure
(Professional Sports ~ 03/02/16)
JUPITER, Fla. -- St. Louis second baseman Kolten Wong reached an important realization during the offseason. Known for being his own harshest critic -- a trait that often prolonged slumps -- Wong said he spent some time doing some serious introspection...
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Blues defeat Senators 4-3 in dramatic 11-round shootout
(Professional Sports ~ 03/02/16)
OTTAWA, Ontario -- Patrik Berglund scored the shootout winner in the 11th round and the St. Louis Blues beat the Senators 4-3 on Tuesday night. Trailing 3-0, the Senators scored three unanswered goals to force overtime, including a goal by Jean-Gabriel Pageau with less than a second left in the third period...
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Banquet signals beginning of OVC tournament for Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team
(College Sports ~ 03/02/16)
If Southeast Missouri State freshman guard Corneisha Henderson was exhausted when she arrived at the Show Me Center for a 6 a.m. practice Monday, she didn't show it. Henderson came in clapping her hands and told her teammates she hadn't been able to sleep the night before because of her excitement that the team was going to the Ohio Valley Conference tournament, according to senior forward Connor King...
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LSU's Simmons enjoys big game in 80-71 win vs. Mizzou
(Professional Sports ~ 03/02/16)
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Ben Simmons had 22 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists, and LSU held off struggling Missouri 80-71 on Tuesday night to stay alive for at least a share of the Southeastern Conference regular season title. Antonio Blakeney scored 18 points, hitting a late 3-pointer and mid-range jumper to help LSU (18-12, 11-6) secure what initially looked to be an easy victory before Missouri (10-20, 3-14), which trailed by 22 at halftime, put together a 19-6 run to get as close as three points with less than five minutes to go.. ...
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Jackson boys basketball team rallies late, beats Seckman in OT to reach district final
(High School Sports ~ 03/02/16)
The Jackson boys basketball team overcame a six-point deficit in the fourth quarter to force overtime and went on defeat Seckman 68-62 in the semifinals of the Class 5 District 1 tournament Thursday in Cedar Hill, Missouri. The second-seeded Indians improved to 15-13 and will face top-seeded Poplar Bluff (17-9) in Thursday's 7:30 p.m. final...
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Prayer 3/2/16
(Prayer ~ 03/02/16)
O Lord Jesus, bless and comfort those affected by the storms. Amen.
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Chad Beard
(Obituary ~ 03/02/16)
CHAFFEE, Mo. — Chad Allen Beard, 31, of Chaffee passed away Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 15, 1984, in Portland, Oregon, to Bill and Micia Bratten Beard. He was a Mason with Chaffee Masonic Lodge 615. Chad enjoyed hunting, fishing and flying with his family, with his dad as the pilot...
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Billie Smith
(Obituary ~ 03/02/16)
Billie Marie Smith, 97, of Delta passed away Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. Billie was born Jan. 27, 1919, to the late William and Ida Smith Birkman near Whitewater. She married Willard Wayne Smith on March 21, 1936, and he preceded her in death Sept. 11, 1992...
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