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Preschooler left on bus; driver, attendant placed on leave
(Local News ~ 04/20/16)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — A Poplar Bluff school bus driver and attendant were placed on unpaid leave Monday after failing to drop-off a preschooler, which was discovered later that afternoon at the bus garage. The 4-year-old child was upset but not physically harmed during the incident and was taken home by an assistant superintendent, according to a statement issued Monday by the school district’s communications office...
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Bell City baseball tops Bloomfield in SCAA tourney semifinal
(High School Sports ~ 04/20/16)
Bobby Wright went 2-for-4 and drove in four runs to lead second-seeded Bell City to victory over third-seeded Bloomfield, 9-0, in a semifinal of the Stoddard County Activities Association (SCAA) Conference Tournament on Monday, earning a berth in the title tilt...
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Prodigy 2.0 selected for final round of XQ Super School Project
(Submitted Story ~ 04/20/16)
The Prodigy 2.0 High School team was selected to participate in the 3rd and and final round of the XQ Super School Project competition. The XQ Super School Project (www.xqsuperschool.org) is an open call to America’s students, parents, educators, civic leaders, businesses, inventors, entrepreneurs, artists and designers to meet the challenge of preparing our students for the future by designing the next American high school. ...
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Eagle Ridge Christian School helps Cape County Highway Department
(Submitted Story ~ 04/20/16)
The high school students at Eagle Ridge Christian School helped the Cape County Highway Department on Tuesday, April 19, do some work. Students at Eagle Ridge are required to do a service outreach once a semester and this time they were helping the Highway Department with painting and guard rails. ...
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Squirrel and cardinal on bird feeder
(Submitted Story ~ 04/20/16)
This photo [of a Cardinal eying a squirrel eating from the bird feeder] was taken from the rear window of my garage using my Canon Power Shot telescopally. It developed not so sharp as desired.
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Donation Benefits SoutheastHEALTH Programs
(Submitted Story ~ 04/20/16)
The C.W. Rushing Charitable Trust has presented $1,000 to the SoutheastHEALTH Foundation to benefit Southeast’s Reach Out & Read program and its Share program. “The Rushing family have supported the SoutheastHEALTH Foundation since the Foundation’s inception in 1977,” said Patti Ranzini, executive director of the Foundation. “They are valued members of the SoutheastHEALTH family. It is only with the support of donors like the Rushing family that we can continue these important programs.”...
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Missouri Legislature passes bill to cap school funding goal
(State News ~ 04/20/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill redefining adequate K-12 school funding so the state can spend hundreds of millions of dollars less but still meet the target for fully funding schools. The House voted 116-38 Tuesday to send the bill to Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon, who has said he opposes the move and appears ready to veto it...
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Local senator's bill would prohibit shackling of pregnant inmates
(Local News ~ 04/20/16)
The Missouri Senate has approved unanimously legislation that would prohibit the shackling of pregnant inmates in many cases. The bill would ban shackling of prisoners in their second and third trimesters and for 48 hours after delivery, unless approved by a doctor...
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Ray's of Kelso, Plaza by Ray's to change ownership; Fonn to buy enterprise
(Local News ~ 04/20/16)
When Ray Ressel suffered a stroke last year, his doctor told him to avoid another, he had to remove stress from his life. Ressel's method of following doctor's orders was to put his house and his successful businesses on the market and leave town. Ressel is the owner of Ray's of Kelso, a fine dining restaurant in Kelso, Missouri. Ray's also caters events on- and off-site and provides banquet accommodations through Plaza by Ray's in Cape Girardeau...
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Perryville man accused of kidnapping 2-year-old remains at large
(Local News ~ 04/20/16)
A Perryville, Missouri, man is accused of barging into an apartment Sunday in the 700 block of Winkler Drive, taking his 2-year-old granddaughter out of her mother's arms and driving off, saying he was going to California and telling the mother she never would see her daughter again...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/20/16)
Today is Wednesday, April 20, the 111th day of 2016. There are 255 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 20, 1916, the Chicago Cubs played their first game at Wrigley Field (then known as Weeghman Park); the Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds 7-6...
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Slow progress being made on violent crime in Cape
(Editorial ~ 04/20/16)
Each year the Cape Girardeau Police Department releases an annual report to outline the amount and types of crimes happening in the city, as well as how things are going at the department. This year's report reflected mixed news for the city. First, the bad news: The number of thefts and vehicle thefts, rapes, detective cases and total calls for service increased from 2014 to 2015. ...
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The problem of silence
(Column ~ 04/20/16)
The headlines in our area should be cause for concern or alarm. Higher than average crimes involving handguns in far too many towns within our region. Sadly, most of the crimes have far too much in common -- young men with illegal guns, too many drugs, too many family disputes and too many gangs...
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Luxury fashion world upending tradition to join digital age
(Community ~ 04/20/16)
LONDON -- Buying luxury clothes online right off the runway. Trying them on virtually. Not having to wait months for the new collection to ship. Luxury designers are shaking up the traditional fashion show and rethinking the way they reach customers to adapt to the age of social media and e-commerce...
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Bargains abound
(Community ~ 04/20/16)
PALM BEACH, Fla. -- On the sunny island of Palm Beach, black-tie galas are common, Sunday brunch is $100, and a beachside hotel room can cost more than $2,000 a night in high season. But there are bargains to be found. The snowbird's paradise has a thriving high-end consignment market for designer and often barely worn castoffs...
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Wayfair teams with Porch.com to offer home-improvement help
(National News ~ 04/20/16)
NEW YORK -- Bought a ceiling fan but just don't know how to install it? Wayfair, one of the largest online destinations for all things home, has teamed up with Porch.com to connect shoppers with professionals offering a variety of services, from installing a light fixture to assembling a bookcase...
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School's transgender bathroom rule overturned
(National News ~ 04/20/16)
RICHMOND, Va. -- A Virginia high school discriminated against a transgender teen by forbidding him from using the boys' restroom, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a case that could have implications for a North Carolina law critics say discriminates against LGBT people...
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No prison time for officer in stairwell-shooting case
(National News ~ 04/20/16)
NEW YORK -- A former police officer who shot an unarmed man to death in a darkened stairwell was spared prison time Tuesday, and a judge reduced his manslaughter conviction to a lesser charge in a case that became a flashpoint for police accountability...
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Pulled from rubble, Ecuadorean won't need coffin wife bought
(International News ~ 04/20/16)
PORTOVIEJO, Ecuador -- Despite the grief roiling this earthquake-stricken town, Pablo Cordova has something to be thankful for: He can return the coffin his wife had obtained for his funeral. The 51-year-old hotel administrator was one of a trickle of survivors pulled from the rubble after Ecuador's strongest earthquake in decades flattened towns along the coast and killed at least 480 people...
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South Korea covered up mass abuse, killing of 'vagrants'
(International News ~ 04/20/16)
BUSAN, South Korea -- Three decades ago, a policeman tortured Choi Seung-woo over a piece of bread he found in the boy's schoolbag. After being stripped and having a cigarette lighter repeatedly sparked near his genitals, the 14-year-old falsely confessed to stealing the bread. Two men with clubs came and dragged him to the Brothers Home, a mountainside institution where some of the worst human-rights atrocities in modern South Korean history took place...
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Houston recovering from yet another deadly flood
(National News ~ 04/20/16)
HOUSTON -- As more than a foot of rain deluged the nation's fourth-largest city, inundating homes, shutting down major highways and leaving at least six people dead, Houston's mayor said there was no immediate solution. Heavy flooding has become nearly an annual rite of passage in the practically sea-level city, where experts long have warned of the potential for catastrophe and have criticized city leaders for not doing more to address the problem...
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Exit poll: Trump's outsider appeal propels his victory
(National News ~ 04/20/16)
WASHINGTON -- Voters who said they want to see an outsider inhabit the White House propelled Donald Trump to victory in the Republican primary in his home state of New York on Tuesday night. On the Democratic side, voters are more likely to see Hillary Clinton than Bernie Sanders as the candidate who can beat Trump. But most said they would vote for Sanders or Clinton in the general election...
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Fidel Castro gives rare speech saying he will soon die
(International News ~ 04/20/16)
HAVANA -- Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro delivered a valedictory speech Tuesday to the Communist Party he put in power a half-century ago, telling party members he soon would die and exhorting them to help his ideas survive. "I'll be 90 years old soon," Castro said in his most extensive public appearance in years. ...
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Trump, Clinton triumph on home turf in New York primaries
(National News ~ 04/20/16)
NEW YORK -- Front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton swept to victory with ease in Tuesday's New York primary, with Trump bouncing back from a difficult stretch in the Republican contest and Clinton pushing closer to locking up the Democratic nomination...
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Amazon's stand-alone streaming targets Netflix
(Entertainment ~ 04/20/16)
NEW YORK -- Amazon.com Inc. is taking on Netflix and Hulu with its own standalone video streaming service just weeks before Netflix raises prices for longtime subscribers. New customers can pay $8.99 a month to watch Amazon's Prime video streaming service. Previously, the only way to watch Amazon's videos was to pay $99 a year for Prime membership, which includes free two-day shipping on items sold by the site and other perks...
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Deadly attacks in Afghan capital show Taliban's strength
(International News ~ 04/20/16)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A week after proclaiming their spring offensive, Taliban militants stormed an Afghan government security agency with a suicide car bomb and gunfire Tuesday, killing 28 people and wounding hundreds in a sign of the insurgency's strength -- even in the capital...
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Netflix beating HBO in exclusive shows
(Entertainment ~ 04/20/16)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Look out, HBO. Netflix produced more original programming than cable's premium-network leader last year, according to numbers provided by the two rivals. The Internet video service isn't slowing down, either, even if it risks losing subscribers to price increases that will help pay for more exclusive shows...
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Out of the past: April 20
(Out of the Past ~ 04/20/16)
Between 400 and 500 people turn out for the sixth annual Friends of the Park Day, despite the chilly, cloudy weather; the project, however, does prompt a protest from a Cape Girardeau veteran who is unhappy a "Friends of the Park" banner, bearing advertising, is strung between two brick pillars that make up part of the Freedom Corner veterans memorial; as a result of the complaint, the banner is removed in the morning...
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Kelly Smith
(Obituary ~ 04/20/16)
Kelly Gene Smith, 47, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Hodges Park, Illinois, died Wednesday, April 13, 2016, from an automobile accident in Ullin, Illinois. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Friday at Massie Funeral Home in Mounds, Illinois. The funeral will be at noon Friday at the funeral home. Per the wishes of his family, his remains will be cremated following the funeral ceremony...
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Vernon Schlichting
(Obituary ~ 04/20/16)
FROHNA, Mo. -- Vernon G. Schlichting, 89, of Frohna (Wittenberg) died Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 28, 1926, in Wittenberg, Missouri, son of Martin and Laura Fiehler Schlichting. He and Lucille Schuessler were married Oct. 8, 1950. She survives in Frohna...
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Saundra Laminack
(Obituary ~ 04/20/16)
MOREHOUSE, Mo. -- Saundra Laminack, 58, of Morehouse died Sunday, April 17, 2016, at her home. Born June 5, 1957, in Sikeston, Missouri, to the late Robert and Jo Ann Hogan Barber, she had been employed by the Sikeston Auction Co. Survivors include one daughter, Elizabeth Adams of Morehouse; and two grandchildren, Brianna Adams of Morehouse and Gaige Adams of Sikeston...
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Oma Kelley
(Obituary ~ 04/20/16)
Oma Jean Kelley, 69, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, April 17, 2016, at her home. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Cape County Park South. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Randy Jones
(Obituary ~ 04/20/16)
SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- Randy Keith Jones, 56, of Sedgewickville passed away Monday, April 18, 2016, surrounded by his loved ones at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 14, 1960, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Kelly Paul and Melba Patterson Jones. He and Janice Cook were married July 21, 1979...
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Lester Jones
(Obituary ~ 04/20/16)
Lester Clyde Jones, 76, of Gordonville, formerly of Houston, died Monday, April 18, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Inurnment will be in Shiloh Cemetery in Perry County...
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Frieda Howard
(Obituary ~ 04/20/16)
Frieda Abigail Howard, 95, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, April 15, 2016, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Dec. 29, 1920, in Des Arc, Missouri, to the late Fred and Ethel Lewis. She was a 1939 graduate of Des Arc High School and attended Southeast Missouri State University...
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Lucille Grojean
(Obituary ~ 04/20/16)
Lucille Grojean, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Parish prayers and rosary will be at 7:30 p.m. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau, with the Rev. David Hulshof officiating. Burial will be at St. Mary Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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James Baker
(Obituary ~ 04/20/16)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- James Wilford Baker, 64, of Chaffee died Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. Friends may call after 11 a.m. Thursday at the Victory Life Center in Oran, Missouri. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the church, with the Rev. Brian Flannigan officiating. Burial will be at Union Park Cemetery in Chaffee...
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Cape Girardeau police report 4/20/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/20/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Dannielle J. Harwell, 25, of Sikeston, Missouri, was arrested at Wal-Mart, 3439 William St., on two Stoddard County, Missouri, warrants for burglary and child neglect...
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Road work 4/20/16
(Local News ~ 04/20/16)
U.S. 61 in Cape Girardeau County will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews make signal repairs at the intersection of U.S. 61 and Southern Expressway in Cape Girardeau. The work will take place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, according to a MoDOT news release...
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States move toward making endangered landlines extinct
(National News ~ 04/20/16)
WHITEFIELD, Maine -- Peter Froehlich lives at the end of a mile-long dirt road in a part of Maine where pickup trucks share the right of way with wandering dairy cows. The local cable company won't run a line down the road, and his cellphone is useless because he lives in a wireless dead zone...
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Senate passes bill that would boost airport security
(National News ~ 04/20/16)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate approved a bipartisan aviation policy bill Tuesday that would boost airport security, extend new protections to airline passengers and help speed the introduction of package-delivery drones. The bill, passed on a vote of 95-3, also would extend the Federal Aviation Administration's programs and powers through Oct. 1, 2017. That authority is due to expire July 15...
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Officials: 3 to be charged in Flint water crisis
(National News ~ 04/20/16)
LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan's attorney general will announce criminal charges today against two state regulators and a Flint employee, alleging wrongdoing related to the city's lead-tainted water crisis, according to government officials familiar with the investigation...
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Planned Parenthood asks to subpoena ex-Missouri Senate head
(State News ~ 04/20/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Planned Parenthood regional official who faces a hearing next week in the Missouri Senate wants to call witnesses in her defense, including former president pro tem Tom Dempsey. A Senate hearing is scheduled for Monday to consider whether Mary Kogut, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, should be held in contempt for defying a subpoena seeking documents about how Planned Parenthood handles fetal remains...
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St. Louis chief: Black male shot, killed by white officer
(State News ~ 04/20/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A black male was shot and killed Tuesday by a white officer on the city's north side during a chase involving a car that had been stolen at gunpoint the previous night, St. Louis police said. Two officers were following the suspected stolen car with three people inside Tuesday morning, police chief Sam Dotson said. The car then pulled into an alley, with two passengers getting out and the driver speeding away...
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Judge approves deal between Ferguson, Justice Department
(State News ~ 04/20/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A federal judge approved an agreement Tuesday between Ferguson and the U.S. Justice Department that calls for sweeping changes in the Missouri city where 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot by a police officer. U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry issued her ruling after a public hearing of several hours in St. ...
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Cruz won't seek recount of Missouri primary loss to Trump
(State News ~ 04/20/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Republican businessman Donald Trump finally has locked up his narrow victory in Missouri's presidential primary -- five weeks after the votes were cast. Trump's win was solidified Tuesday as Texas Sen. Ted Cruz decided not to seek a recount of the March 15 primary...
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Missouri House advances medical-marijuana bill
(State News ~ 04/20/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Legislation that would legalize medical marijuana cultivation with tight restrictions on who could use the drug has won initial approval in the Missouri House. The House adopted the bill Tuesday by 91-59 vote after limiting marijuana to terminal cancer patients in hospice...
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Missouri education officials approve new English, math goals
(State News ~ 04/20/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri became the latest state to adopt a new set of education benchmarks to replace the national Common Core standards, ditching the benchmarks Tuesday after conservative backlash. The State Board of Education approved new goals for what children from kindergarten to 12th grade should learn not only in math and English, which the Common Core covers, but also social studies and science. ...
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Ferry linking Missouri, Kentucky reopens after repairs
(State News ~ 04/20/16)
HICKMAN, Ky. -- Motorists traveling between western Kentucky and Missouri once again can use a ferry service that's been closed for an extended period. The Dorena-Hickman Ferry was closed because of damage to the rudders and propeller drive system. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet said the ferryboat had to be taken to Memphis, Tennessee, and put in dry dock for repairs...
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Two beating victims said they didn't know attacker
(Local News ~ 04/20/16)
Neither victim of beatings in Cape Girardeau said they knew his attacker until they woke up with injuries. Leonard McAdory, 31, and Ethan Flood, 26, both of Cape Girardeau, testified against Ryan Perry Harkey, 27, of Cape Girardeau in a preliminary hearing Tuesday. Harkey is charged with two counts of felony first-degree assault...
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Cape woman stabbed during a fight
(Local News ~ 04/20/16)
A Cape Girardeau woman was hospitalized after being stabbed in the back and hand during a fight Friday. Cape Girardeau police talked to a woman at the Southeast Hospital emergency room, where she was being treated for a deep cut on her left hand and a wound to her lower back that required stitches, according to a probable-cause statement filed by detective Joe Thomas...
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Perryville man detained in Tennessee on suspicion of kidnapping
(Local News ~ 04/20/16)
The Scott County Sheriff’s Department announced Tuesday a Perryville, Missouri, man was arrested April 7 in Medina, Tennessee, for a kidnapping that happened in Morley, Missouri, the same day. Morley police contacted Scott County deputies to assist with a missing-person report April 7. The victim’s residence had been left unlocked, and her purse was found inside, according to a Scott County sheriff’s news release. Police could not reach the victim on her cellphone...
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Wreck closes Emerson Bridge; one person arrested
(Local News ~ 04/20/16)
One person was taken to a Cape Girardeau hospital and later arrested after a rollover crash Tuesday in the westbound lane of the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge, according to Cape Girardeau police.
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Wasted chances, pitcher's RBI hit haunt Cardinals
(Professional Sports ~ 04/20/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Jason Hammel has three RBIs compared to two runs allowed through three starts. And even though Jason Heyward isn’t getting hits, he’s impacting the game on defense.
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Blues take 3-1 series lead on Blackhawks
(Professional Sports ~ 04/20/16)
CHICAGO -- Vladimir Tarasenko scored on a pair of impressive wrist shots, Brian Elliott made 39 saves and the St. Louis Blues beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Tuesday night to open a commanding 3-1 lead in their first-round playoff series. Jaden Schwartz scored a tiebreaking power-play goal in the third period for the second straight game as St. ...
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Redhawks beat Billikens, keep momentum for big OVC series
(College Sports ~ 04/20/16)
The Southeast Missouri State baseball team used four innings of stellar relief from sophomore Adam Pennington and a five-run ninth inning to finish off Saint Louis University and extend its winning streak to six games with a 10-3 victory Tuesday night in St. Louis...
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Praise pours in for 'Everybody Loves Raymond' star Roberts
(Entertainment ~ 04/20/16)
LOS ANGELES -- Everybody loved Doris Roberts. The spunky actress who played the sharp-tongued, meddling mother on CBS' "Everybody Loves Raymond" received an outpouring of praise Monday after news of her death. Phil Rosenthal, the sitcom's creator, called her "a wonderful, funny, indelible actress and friend" on Twitter...
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Donkeys to descend on Philadelphia
(National News ~ 04/20/16)
PHILADELPHIA -- Donkeys will be dispatched around Philadelphia this summer before the Democratic National Convention, set for July 25 to 28 at the city's sports complex. Fifty-seven fiberglass donkeys will be displayed at various sites and attractions starting July 1. The symbol of the Democratic Party will represent each U.S. state, territory, Washington, D.C., and Democrats abroad. They will be painted with iconic images from each location...
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Buy the River: Mother's Day and more at Annie-Em's
(Community ~ 04/20/16)
Emilie Stephens, owner of Annie-Em's at Home, has achieved success with her fine gifts and home decor shop in downtown Cape Girardeau. Carrying on her mother's legacy, Emilie fine tunes the store with her intuitive insight to what her customers want, coupled with her keen sense of style...
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Prayer 4/20/16
(Prayer ~ 04/20/16)
Lord Jesus, may we be filled with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Amen.
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Bonnie Rister
(Obituary ~ 04/20/16)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Bonnie Sue Rister, 80, of Chaffee passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 3, 1936, at Chaffee to the late Charles C.W. and Novella McClure Mantel. She married Arlie Rister Jr. on Oct. 14, 1957, and he preceded her in death Dec. 15, 2004...
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