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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Parkway South girls soccer snaps Jackson's winning streak
(High School Sports ~ 04/26/16)
Cassidi Tomsu and Grace Pehle each scored a goal as the Jackson girls soccer team's eight-game winning streak came to an end with a 3-2 loss against Parkway South on Monday in Jackson. Lauren Welker provided one assist for Jackson (13-2). Goalkeeper Sam Schnicker had seven saves...
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Letter People Week at Guardian Angel School, Oran
(Submitted Story ~ 04/26/16)
The kindergarten class of Guardian Angel School in Oran, MO celebrated Letter People Week from April 25 to 29. On Monday, each student came to school dressed as one of the letter people. Pictured (from left): Kasyn Seabaugh as Mr. N; Dane Loper as Miss S; Colton Uhrhan as Miss K; Adisyn Seabaugh as Miss A; Rylie Priggel as Mr. Z; and Alliston Estep as Mr. I...
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Blessing of the bikes
(Submitted Story ~ 04/26/16)
This is a photo from the Blessing of the Bikes, you can see two prayer circles going on in this photo.
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Criminal and Family Drug Court Programs attend 18th annual conference
(Submitted Story ~ 04/26/16)
The Criminal Drug Court Program received a recognition award for serving the 32nd Judicial Circuit for the past 15 years and the Family Drug Court Program also received a recognition award for serving the 32nd Judicial Circuit for the past 10 years. ...
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Brouwer puts Blues over top, Blackhawks eliminated from NHL playoffs
(Professional Sports ~ 04/26/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Troy Brouwer tapped in his own rebound to snap a third-period tie and the St. Louis Blues advanced to the second round of the playoffs for the first time in four seasons, eliminating the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 in Game 7 of their Western Conference quarterfinals series Monday night...
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Bob Evans restaurant in Cape Girardeau among chain's 21 closings
(Local News ~ 04/26/16)
After more than 15 years in Cape Girardeau, Bob Evans has closed. Over the weekend, boards were hung over the windows, and a sign was placed on the door thanking local patrons for their loyalty. The Vantage Drive location is one of 21 Bob Evans restaurants that closed April 23 or 24. ...
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Local lawmakers split over failed medical marijuana bill; voters may have a say
(Local News ~ 04/26/16)
Two days after approving a medical-marijuana bill, the Missouri House reversed its stand, rejecting final passage of the legislation on a vote of 66 for to 87 against. The rejection came as a surprise to state Rep. Donna Lichtenegger, R-Jackson. A co-sponsor of the bill, Lichtenegger thought the measure would pass. She said the measure had been amended to allow the use of marijuana only for hospice patients who are dying from cancer...
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Rapist, kidnapper of Southeast student gets life in prison
(Local News ~ 04/26/16)
Jeffrey M. Lazier, 44, of Yorkville, Illinois, most likely will spend the rest of his life in a Missouri prison. Lazier pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree sodomy in Cape Girardeau County Circuit Court. He then was sentenced to life in prison without parole by Judge Benjamin Lewis...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/26/16)
Today is Tuesday, April 26, the 117th day of 2016. There are 249 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 26, 1986, a major accident occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union) as an explosion and fire caused radioactive fallout to begin spewing into the atmosphere over much of Europe, forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes in the most heavily hit areas...
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Scouting award winner serves many organizations
(Editorial ~ 04/26/16)
Congratulations to John M. Thompson, recipient of the Dr. James A. Kinder Good Scout Award. At the community dinner attended by about 110 people Thursday, Thompson was honored for his many years of service. Thompson's record speaks for itself. Not only did he earn his Eagle Scout Award almost 50 years ago, after starting out as a Cub Scout, but he was also awarded the Silver Beaver Award for distinguished service to youth just four years ago. ...
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My two cents on Harriet Tubman's $20 bill
(Column ~ 04/26/16)
The U.S. Treasury made the announcement last week: The $20 bill will feature a new face. Former slave and Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman will grace the front of the bill, replacing Andrew Jackson, our nation's seventh president, after whom Jackson, Missouri, is named, and pushing him to the back of the bus, um, bill...
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Speak Out 4/26/2016
(Speak Out ~ 04/26/16)
The messy presidential primaries have exposed that often party rules trump (no pun intended) the will of the voters. This has the potential to lead to a national primary Election Day when the nominees of the two major parties will be determined by a direct popular vote of eligible voters. ...
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Out of the past: April 26
(Out of the Past ~ 04/26/16)
During an informal discussion last night about providing an on-campus day-care service for students at Southeast Missouri State University, dean of students Tom Lovett said the university most likely would act as a mediator between private businesses and students in an attempt to provide the service, rather than establishing a university-owned facility...
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Scott Wheeler
(Obituary ~ 04/26/16)
Scott A. Wheeler, 63, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, April 21, 2016. Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Lightner Cemetery in Scott City. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel of Scott City is in charge of arrangements.
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Melvin Pardieck Jr.
(Obituary ~ 04/26/16)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Melvin Rodger Pardieck Jr., 52, of Olive Branch, formerly of Belleville, Illinois, died Saturday, April 2, 2016, at home. Friends may join the family at a celebration of his life at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Olive Branch Community Building...
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Clara Morrison
(Obituary ~ 04/26/16)
SPRINGDALE, Ark. -- Clara M. Morrison, 79, of Springdale, formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Monday morning, April 25, 2016, at The Maples at Har-Ber Meadows in Springdale. She was born April 30, 1936, near Huntingdon, Tennessee, the daughter of Roy and Mary Sue Pinkston...
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Berneice Davis
(Obituary ~ 04/26/16)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Venta Berneice Davis, 80, of Chaffee passed away Sunday, April 24, 2016, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 6, 1935, in Conran, Missouri, to the late Robert E. and Alice Garrison Curtis Sr. Berneice married Harley Eugene "Pete" Davis on Nov. 7, 1952, and he preceded her in death Nov. 20, 2001...
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Cape Girardeau police report 4/26/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/26/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Hubert Bell, 39, no address given, was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for false declaration. n Juveniles were taken into custody on suspicion of stealing at Kohl's, 315 Shirley Drive...
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Teacher residency program comes to Kansas City area schools
(State News ~ 04/26/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A group of nearly 40 men and women will join Kansas City-area students in the classroom this fall as part of a new program designed to prepare aspiring teachers to be effective urban educators. The Kansas City Star reported the 39 students will be a part of the Kansas City Teacher Residency, which was launched this year with a $1.2 million federal grant. The program is modeled after medical residencies...
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Billy Busch offers $1 more than siblings for Grant's Farm
(State News ~ 04/26/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Kraftig Brewing Co. founder William K. "Billy" Busch now is offering $1 more than his siblings in his effort to buy Grant's Farm in south St. Louis County. Busch on Monday increased his offer for the attraction to $26,000,001. He is offering an additional $8 million to buy the family mansion and 22 acres that adjoin the popular attraction that includes 900 animals and is home to some of the Budweiser Clydesdales. It opened in 1954...
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Missouri producers reject creating state beef checkoff
(State News ~ 04/26/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A proposal to establish a $1 state fee per head of cattle was soundly rejected by Missouri beef producers, the Missouri Department of Agriculture announced Monday. The proposal lost with nearly 75 percent of the beef producers who voted opposed and just more than 25 percent in favor, according to the department, which also said ballots were mailed to 8,480 Missouri beef producers who registered to vote and 6,568 valid ballots were returned...
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After firing, popular Wal-Mart checker becomes star
(State News ~ 04/26/16)
WEST PLAINS, Mo. -- A month ago, Frank Swanson was a checker, pretty much a lifer, at Wal-Mart in West Plains. He's 52, disabled and long known for smiles and hugs. Shoppers loved him. They would purposely get in his line because they wanted to visit with Frank...
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Illinois impasse sparks fears of the unthinkable: No school
(State News ~ 04/26/16)
HARRISBURG, Ill. -- The economic hard times that have hit this Illinois coal town are particularly visible inside its 113-year-old high school, where cracks in the walls and holes in the ceiling go unfixed and paint is peeling off the purple lockers lining the hallways...
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Backlash greets plans for Muslim cemeteries across U.S.
(National News ~ 04/26/16)
DUDLEY, Mass. -- On the site of a long-idle dairy farm, leaders of a local mosque hope to build a final resting place for about 500 Muslim families -- to the dismay of many residents of this town in central Massachusetts. In arguments cemetery developers and activists decry as thinly veiled bigotry, neighbors say they fear burial practices could contaminate groundwater because Muslims traditionally do not embalm bodies and bury their dead without coffins...
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Focus shifts to bullying after Wisconsin prom shooting
(National News ~ 04/26/16)
ANTIGO, Wis. -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Monday called for a discussion on how to deal with bullying in schools after friends of a gunman who wounded two people outside a high school prom said the 18-year-old had been bullied. Authorities have not revealed a motive for the shooting outside Antigo High School in northern Wisconsin and declined to comment Monday on whether bullying may have been a factor...
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Prosecutor: Hundreds of pot plants grown where 8 were killed
(National News ~ 04/26/16)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Four days after the calculated killings of eight people in rural Ohio, a prosecutor revealed Monday marijuana was found at some of the crime scenes, including a grow-house sheltering hundreds of plants. "It wasn't just somebody sitting pots in the window," Pike County Prosecutor Rob Junk told The Columbus Dispatch...
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Bernie Sanders looks to press on to the convention
(National News ~ 04/26/16)
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Bernie Sanders' campaign chief is vowing his candidate will stay in the Democratic race until the summer convention, even as Hillary Clinton looks to lock down her commanding position for the party's nomination with a strong performance in a five-state round of contests today...
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Cape school board selects firm to guide planning process
(Local News ~ 04/26/16)
The Cape Girardeau School Board has chosen a local firm to lead a new strategic-planning process for the school district. Hendrickson Business Advisors will be paid $21,965 to help constituents identify things they would like to see accomplished in the next five years...
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Anti-Trump pact unites rivals on eve of 5 primaries
(National News ~ 04/26/16)
BORDEN, Ind. -- Declaring the Republican presidential contest at "a fork in the road," Ted Cruz and John Kasich defended their new alliance Monday as the party's last, best chance to stop Donald Trump, even as the New York billionaire surged toward another big delegate haul...
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Feds issue new standards for Medicaid insurance plans
(National News ~ 04/26/16)
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Monday set new standards for Medicaid private insurance plans, which in recent years have become the main source of coverage for low-income people. The rules apply to insurers operating as Medicaid middlemen in 39 states and Washington, D.C. Each state runs its own program, although the federal government pays most of the cost...
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Feds urge states to make it easier for ex-prisoners to obtain IDs
(National News ~ 04/26/16)
WASHINGTON -- States should make it easier for convicted felons to obtain state-issued identification after they get out of prison, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Monday in announcing a set of measures aimed at helping smooth the return to society for the hundreds of thousands of inmates released each year...
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Church shooting suspect's friend to plead guilty
(National News ~ 04/26/16)
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A friend of the white man accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners in Charleston last year is set to plead guilty to two federal charges, according to an agreement signed by federal prosecutors and filed online Monday. The plea would mark the first conviction in a mass killing that reignited discussions about race relations and led to the removal of a Confederate battle flag from the South Carolina Statehouse...
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'Individual A' sues Hastert for money over unpaid hush money
(National News ~ 04/26/16)
CHICAGO -- A man who alleges he was sexually abused by former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and later promised $3.5 million to stay quiet filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit Monday, saying he's owed more than half of the money Hastert promised. The man, identified in court documents as "Individual A, filed the lawsuit in Yorkville, the Illinois city where Hastert was a high-school teacher and wrestling coach when, prosecutors believe, he molested at least four boys decades ago...
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Cleveland settles lawsuit over Tamir Rice shooting for $6M
(National News ~ 04/26/16)
CLEVELAND -- The city on Monday reached a $6 million settlement in a lawsuit over the death of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black boy shot by a white police officer while playing with a pellet gun outside a recreation center. An order filed in U.S. District Court in Cleveland said the city will pay out $3 million this year and $3 million the next...
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Obama boosts Islamic State fight, asks Europe to do the same
(International News ~ 04/26/16)
HANNOVER, Germany -- Evoking history and appealing for solidarity, President Barack Obama on Monday cast his decision to send 250 more troops to Syria as a bid to keep up "momentum" in the campaign to dislodge Islamic State extremists. He pressed European allies to match the U.S. with contributions of their own...
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Sales of Prince songs, albums spike after superstar's death
(Entertainment ~ 04/26/16)
Sales of Prince's music have skyrocketed since the artist's death last week. According to Nielsen Music, in the three days after his death there were 2.3 million Prince song sales, including nearly 1 million Thursday. Song sales were led by "Purple Rain," followed by "When Doves Cry," "Little Red Corvette" and "Let's Go Crazy."...
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Gone fishing
(Local News ~ 04/26/16)
Brittany Joyner casts her fishing line into the Mississippi River from Red Star Access in Cape Girardeau during a sunny, 82-degree day Monday afternoon. "I'm just fishing to be fishing," Joyner said.
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Test finds Chernobyl residue in Belarus milk
(International News ~ 04/26/16)
GUBAREVICHI, Belarus -- On the edge of Belarus' Chernobyl exclusion zone, down the road from the signs warning "Stop! Radiation," a dairy farmer offers his visitors a glass of freshly drawn milk. Associated Press reporters politely decline the drink but pass on a bottled sample to a laboratory, which confirms it contains levels of a radioactive isotope at levels 10 times higher than the nation's food-safety limits...
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Southeast Missouri State volleyball team adds middle blocker to 2016 signing class
(College Sports ~ 04/26/16)
The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team added a middle blocker to its 2016 signing class with the addition of Krista Berns. Berns, a native of Rockford, Illinois, was announced as the program's newest member on Monday. "Krista embodies all of the values of the Redhawks volleyball program and I know that she will make an immediate impact," Redhawks coach Julie Yankus said in a press release. ...
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Man accused of pointing BB gun at Chaffee resident
(Local News ~ 04/26/16)
Six witnesses said Freddy Joe Johnson, 30, of Delta showed up in the 300 block of North Fifth Street in Chaffee, Missouri, shouting out his car window. A physical struggle ensued, and Johnson ended up pointing a BB gun that resembled a real firearm at a man...
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Cape police still analyzing spike in car thefts; carelessness may be a factor
(Local News ~ 04/26/16)
Cape Girardeau police still are analyzing the reasons for the spike in motor-vehicle theft reports in 2015. The department had 102 vehicle-theft reports in 2015, the most in about 10 years. There were 68 vehicle theft reports in 2014. The next-highest number of reports was 2012, with 76. The average number of vehicle theft reports since 2006 is about 54 per year...
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Couple weds at marathon starting line
(National News ~ 04/26/16)
CANTON, Ohio -- This year's Pro Football Hall of Fame Marathon will be a race to remember for one couple who married at the starting line before running its half-marathon. Lynnette Beedle, 50, and Stephen Klejka, 49, wed early Sunday in Canton. The Hudson couple married in their running attire, with Beedle donning a short white veil in her hair and Klejka strapping on a bow tie. After expressing their love for one another, they high-fived, kissed and set off for their 13.1-mile jog...
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W.D. 'Dub' Welker Jr.
(Obituary ~ 04/26/16)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- W.D. "Dub" Welker Jr., 88 of Chaffee died Sunday, April 24, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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