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Jackson baseball defeats Perryville 11-4 in final regular-season game for both teams
(High School Sports ~ 05/13/16)
By the time the rain had cleared on Thursday afternoon, the Jackson baseball team was ready to take the field. The Indians combined for 14 hits and received a strong combined effort on the mound, defeating Perryville 11-4 in both teams' regular-season finale at Jackson Stadium...
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Evolving of the butterflies
(Submitted Story ~ 05/13/16)
Our daughter, Debbie Williams, a first-grade teacher at CCS, had a class project of cocoons and watched as they evolved into butterflies. I took a picture of the class and the butterflies being released outside the school. Several children were thrilled as some of the butterflies lit on their hand as Mrs. Williams took one from her hand and passed it from one to another. All the children were excited to watch the beginning of life and how a miracle of life evolves through the hand of God.
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Southeast Missouri State baseball team drops series opener to Stephen F. Austin
(College Sports ~ 05/13/16)
As the regular season winds down the Ohio Valley Conference-leading Southeast Missouri State baseball team finds itself in a slump. If there’s anything good to gleam of the Redhawks’ 3-2 loss on Friday afternoon it’s that they were playing non-conference opponent Stephen F. Austin...
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Local alt-rock band Isabella heading to Pointfest on May 21
(Entertainment ~ 05/13/16)
Over the past eight years, Isabella has established itself as arguably the most popular alt-rock/hardcore outfit in Cape Girardeau, but the members don’t see themselves as a “band on a hill” so much as they see themselves as a band on the cusp. They talk like underdogs. They’re wary of cliché. And they’re charging into summer with a purpose...
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Retro car show at Ratliff Care Center
(Local News ~ 05/13/16)
Jack Lemonds takes a peek under the hood of a 1965 Dodge Coronet during a classic-car show Thursday at Ratliff Care Center as part of National Nursing Home Week. The four cars on display belong to members of the Capaha Antique Car Club.
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Wednesday cable outage during hockey game caused by storms across Midwest
(Local News ~ 05/13/16)
On Wednesday evening, storms throughout the Midwest stifled services provided by Charter Communications. And although the weather in Cape Girardeau was relatively mild, local Charter customers were affected by the technical difficulties. This was particularly untimely for hockey fans who were home watching Game 7 between the St. Louis Blues and the Dallas Stars. ...
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Former Cape County prosecutor speaks at Respect for Law event
(Local News ~ 05/13/16)
Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Chris Limbaugh described his predecessor’s time as a defense lawyer in Colorado as going “undercover.” Although Morley Swingle admitted the role was foreign to him, and less fun than being a prosecutor, he shared a few colorful stories from his time in Colorado at the Respect for Law event Thursday at the VFW...
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Boys & Girls Club to expand into Scott City
(Local News ~ 05/13/16)
The Boys & Girls Club of Cape Girardeau will become more of a regional organization with an impending name change and an expansion into nearby Scott City. Carol Childers, who has been the organization's executive director since March, said she is passionate about making sure area children have a safe, productive place to be when school is not session, whether that means after school hours or during the summer...
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Proposed Scott County hog farm sparks pollution concerns
(Local News ~ 05/13/16)
BENTON, Mo. -- The proposed installation of a hog-farming facility in Scott County has residents concerned. Five people attended the Scott County Commission meeting Tuesday to discuss the possibility of pollution. First District Commissioner Dennis Ziegenhorn said locals who attended the meeting were concerned about waste from hogs contaminating the water supply...
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Local lawmakers successfully push passage of 'joint-custody' bill
(Local News ~ 05/13/16)
Two local Republican lawmakers successfully pushed for passage of a bill aimed at giving divorced parents more equal custody over their children. The Missouri House voted 154-2 earlier this week to prohibit courts from presuming a parent is more qualified to be a guardian based on his or her gender...
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Preparing for Mississippi River bridge work
(Local News ~ 05/13/16)
Thirty truckloads of concrete barriers will be used to barricade the right eastbound lane of Highway 74 across the bridge. The closure will allow contractors through MoDOT to begin building scaffolding on the side of the bridge towers for routine concrete repair on the surface of the towers. Work on the bridge is expected to last most of the year.
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Cape County Commission to spend $1.3M to heat, cool administration building
(Local News ~ 05/13/16)
Cape Girardeau County government can no longer limp along with an aging, deteriorating heating and cooling system in its administration building in Jackson, commissioners say. The county commission plans to spend $1.3 million to install a new heating and cooling system even as it continues to look to future construction of a new county administration building...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/13/16)
Today is Friday, May 13, the 134th day of 2016. There are 232 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 13, 1916, one of Yiddish literature's most famous authors, Sholem Aleichem, died in New York at age 57. On this date: In 1607, English colonists arrived by ship at the site of what became the Jamestown settlement in Virginia (the colonists went ashore the next day)...
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Speak Out 5/13/16
(Speak Out ~ 05/13/16)
I definitely hope that as election time draws near people will closely look at all the things Donald Trump has stated against a disabled American, judging women by their appearance, the immigration of Muslims and illegal immigrants. I have lived in a state where illegals were brought into the state by the truckloads, packed into inadequate housing and put into jobs with inadequate safety regulations and without regard for human rights. ...
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Tunes at Twilight returns to downtown Cape
(Editorial ~ 05/13/16)
Music will be in the air tonight in downtown Cape Girardeau as the Tunes at Twilight concert series returns to the Common Pleas Courthouse gazebo. Tunes at Twilight has two series each year: one in spring and one in late summer. During the hottest part of the year -- the end of June through the beginning of August -- the event takes a break...
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Thanks to Alma Schrader choir
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/13/16)
Seniors And Lawmen Together (SALT) is so appreciative of Rebecca Gentry and her fourth-grade choir from Alma Schrader Elementary School for their presentation at our recent law enforcement memorial. Rebecca and the kids did an outstanding job in helping to make the entire evening a huge success, as we paid proper respect to and honored the 49 police officers from our area that lost their life in the line of duty. "We will never forget."...
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Who created today's values? We did, of course
(Column ~ 05/13/16)
The erosion of values, including our national sense of morality, is all too apparent in our nation's politics. But don't make every American out to be morally depraved. I would suggest that many of us still regard some worthwhile "value system" to be the ideal toward which we strive...
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Underdogs in summer movies include originality, opportunity
(Entertainment ~ 05/13/16)
NEW YORK -- Hollywood's summer, which kicked off with the fittingly combative "Captain America: Civil War," will be a season of struggle: for box office, for originality and for opportunity. More than ever, the big tent of summer moviegoing is held up by a forest of tentpoles stretching from May to August. ...
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Artifacts 5/13/16
(Entertainment ~ 05/13/16)
Jeep Cale Trail, a fundraiser for alopecia areata in honor of 6-year-old Cale Schremp, will begin with registration at 10 a.m. Saturday at The Barrens Winery, 2815 N. Highway 51 in Perryville, Missouri. All Jeeps, street-legal 4x4s and dune buggies will be allowed to ride in the caravan, which will leave from the winery at 11 a.m. ...
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Best Bet: Jenny Johnson Band to kick off Tunes at Twilight spring series
(Entertainment ~ 05/13/16)
The Jenny Johnson Band will begin the Tunes at Twilight spring series starting at 7 p.m. today at the Common Pleas Courthouse Gazebo, 44 N. Lorimier St. in Cape Girardeau. The concert is free for all, and attendees are encouraged to bring their own blanket or chairs. For more information or to stay up to date with event changes because of inclement weather, visit www.oldtowncape.org or www.facebook.com/oldtowncape...
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#SemoSelfie 5/13/16
(Entertainment ~ 05/13/16)
Safe to say, our first visit to the farmers market was a success. #capegirardeau #semoselfie
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Out of the past: May 13
(Out of the Past ~ 05/13/16)
During her first trip home since her April flight aboard the space shuttle Atlantis, astronaut Linda Godwin visits with students at Jackson, Oak Ridge and Southeast Missouri State University; during her visits to area schools, Godwin is talking about more than just the mission, she's also telling students what she did with her education after leaving Cape Girardeau County...
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Carl Stinson
(Obituary ~ 05/13/16)
Carl E. Stinson, 83, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 22, 1932, in Parma, Missouri, to Loren G. and Ethel V. Robertson Stinson. He and Joyce Calvert were married May 21, 1954, in Parma...
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Calvin Hoffman Jr.
(Obituary ~ 05/13/16)
ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- Calvin J. Hoffman Jr., 30, of St. Charles, formerly of Perryville, Missouri, died Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at St. Joseph Hospital. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Whitewater Presbyterian Church. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the church. Burial will be in the church cemetery...
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Ralph Ebersole
(Obituary ~ 05/13/16)
KELSO, Mo. -- Ralph Ebersole, 82, of Kelso died Thursday, May 12, 2016, at his home. He was born Feb. 25, 1934, in Shelby, Ohio, to the late Ralph and Edith Waines Ebersole. He was vice president of operations at Noranda Aluminum in New Madrid, Missouri, until his retirement in 1999. ...
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Jackson police report 5/13/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/13/16)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Summonses n Jerry P. Looney II, 38, of Jackson was issued a summons for failure to register a motor vehicle. n Sarah M. Tuschoff, 32, of Jackson was issued a summons for failure to register a motor vehicle...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 5/13/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/13/16)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Wednesday: n Medical assists were made at 1:58 a.m. on Boxwood Drive; 5:07 a.m. on South Ellis Street; 6:39 a.m. on North Silver Springs Road; 1:08 p.m. on South West End Boulevard; 2:15 p.m. on Linden Street; 3:14 p.m. on North Sprigg Street; 5:58 p.m. on Centennial Drive; and11:40 p.m. on Northchurch Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 5/13/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/13/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Travis M. Davie, 33, 1226 S. Ellis St., was arrested at 33 N. Henderson Ave. on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for probation violation...
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Pakistan sentences militants to death
(International News ~ 05/13/16)
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's military has sentenced five alleged al-Qaida militants to death over an attack on a bus last year that killed about 50 members of the country's Shiite minority. The army said Thursday that Gen, Raheel Sharif, its top commander, has confirmed the death sentences...
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Nearly 100 dead in IS bombings
(International News ~ 05/13/16)
BAGHDAD -- A wave of Islamic State bombings in Baghdad has killed nearly 100 people in two days, exposing lingering gaps in the capital's defenses, which are manned by an array of security agencies and militias that don't always cooperate. Three attacks in Baghdad on Wednesday left more than 90 people dead and 165 wounded. ...
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Al-Qaida, rebels seize Syrian village
(International News ~ 05/13/16)
DAMASCUS, Syria -- Al-Qaida fighters and other ultraconservative Sunni insurgents seized a predominantly Alawite village in central Syria on Thursday, sparking fears of sectarian violence as families from the village were reported missing by activists...
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Foreign climbers scale Everest
(International News ~ 05/13/16)
KATHMANDU, Nepal -- Officials say one Mexican and two British climbers, along with three Nepalese guides, have scaled Mount Everest, the first foreigners to reach the summit in two years. Ang Tshering of the Nepal Mountaineering Association said the six climbers reached the 29,035-foot peak early Thursday and are heading to lower camps...
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Pope willing to study whether women can be deacons
(International News ~ 05/13/16)
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis said Thursday he is willing to create a commission to study whether women can be deacons in the Catholic Church, signaling openness to letting women serve in ordained ministry currently reserved to men. Francis agreed to a proposal to create an official study commission during a closed-door meeting with some 900 superiors of women's religious orders in Rome for their triennial assembly...
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Malaysia: 2 more pieces 'almost certainly' from Flight 370
(International News ~ 05/13/16)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Malaysia's government said Thursday two more pieces of debris, discovered in South Africa and Rodrigues Island off Mauritius, are "almost certainly" from Flight 370, bringing the total number of pieces believed to have come from the missing Malaysian jet to five...
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Brazil's Senate impeaches President Dilma Rousseff
(International News ~ 05/13/16)
BRASILIA, Brazil -- Brazil's Senate voted Thursday to impeach President Dilma Rousseff after a monthslong fight that laid raw the country's fury over corruption and economic decay, hurling Latin America's largest country into political turmoil just months before it hosts the Summer Olympics...
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Nebraska man insists he isn't dead
(State News ~ 05/13/16)
LINCOLN, Neb. -- A Lincoln man said he's not dead, despite what the Social Security Administration has said. Chuck Zellers, 73, learned of his demise after his Social Security deposit was removed from his bank account. He talked to a woman at the Social Security office who checked her computer and told him, "'Oh, by golly, you are dead,'" Zellers said. "She told me it could be a funeral home declared you deceased; or that someone just put in a wrong keystroke or something like that."...
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2nd website posts auction for gun that killed Trayvon Martin
(National News ~ 05/13/16)
MIAMI -- An online gun-auction website yanked George Zimmerman's ad to sell the pistol he used to kill unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, saying it wanted no part in the deal, but a second site offered to post it. A listing for the weapon was removed from the GunBroker.com site Thursday morning, minutes after the auction was to begin, as negative traffic about the sale exploded online. ...
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Clinton sees big win, Sanders an upset in California
(National News ~ 05/13/16)
LOS ANGELES -- With the primary season's biggest prize in play, Hillary Clinton has fashioned a strategy to reprise her 2008 victory in California when she defeated Barack Obama by running up big margins with Hispanics and women. Bernie Sanders is hoping for an upset to sustain his argument to stay in the race...
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Nero wasn't involved in Gray's arrest, defense lawyer says
(National News ~ 05/13/16)
BALTIMORE -- Prosecutors said Edward Nero, whose trial in the arrest and subsequent death of Freddie Gray began Thursday in Baltimore, failed in his duty when he and other officers unlawfully arrested Gray, then neglected to buckle the shackled man's seat belt...
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Video shows police pummeling driver after pursuit
(National News ~ 05/13/16)
NASHUA, N.H. -- Helicopter video of a high-speed police pursuit from Massachusetts to New Hampshire shows a driver stepping slowly out of his truck, kneeling and putting his hands on the ground before several officers rush him and start pummeling him...
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Trump, Ryan, and the search for common ground
(National News ~ 05/13/16)
WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan met face-to-face for the first time Thursday as they sought to repair their breach and unify a party torn over Trump's rise to the cusp of the GOP presidential nomination. The much-anticipated meeting unfolded Thursday morning as polls suggest Republican voters are getting behind Trump, who effectively clinched the nomination last week...
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Hospital that treated man before stabbing bars contractor
(National News ~ 05/13/16)
BOSTON -- A hospital that treated a man before he fatally stabbed two people and wounded several others at a home and mall said Thursday it was barring a state contractor that provides mental-health evaluations. In a letter to state officials, Morton Hospital said the contractor, Norton Emergency Services, was putting patients at risk by not providing "critical and timely services."...
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Judge sides with GOP against health-care law
(National News ~ 05/13/16)
WASHINGTON -- In a setback for the Obama health-care law, a federal judge ruled Thursday the administration is subsidizing medical bills unconstitutionally for millions of people while ignoring congressional power over government spending. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer was a win for House Republicans who brought the politically charged legal challenge in an effort to undermine the law...
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Missouri Senate Republicans blast Planned Parenthood ruling
(State News ~ 05/13/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Senate Republicans on Thursday blasted a court's decision the state had tried improperly to revoke a Planned Parenthood clinic's abortion license, saying lawmakers were concerned a state-funded hospital had provided privileges necessary for the license...
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Man accused in 2-state killing spree to stand trial
(State News ~ 05/13/16)
MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo. -- A Mexican national suspected of killing five men in a two-state crime rampage will stand trial in Missouri, a judge ruled Thursday. Pablo Antonio Serrano-Vitorino, 40, is accused of killing a Kansas City, Kansas, neighbor and three other men at the neighbor's home on March 7, then going about 170 miles into Missouri and killing Randy Nordman in New Florence, about 80 miles west of St. Louis, the following day...
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Blues will be playing in their first conference final since 2001
(Professional Sports ~ 05/13/16)
DALLAS -- Ken Hitchcock used to take it for granted coaching teams in conference finals, and even the Stanley Cup. That was before his time with the St. Louis Blues. Now Hitchcock and his Blues are relishing the opportunity to keep playing this postseason...
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Blues draw on Brouwer's experience in critical games
(Professional Sports ~ 05/13/16)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Blues said goodbye to fan favorite T.J. Oshie last summer and hello to a proven postseason commodity in Troy Brouwer, who has the remarkable distinction of playing in eight consecutive playoff series that ended in Game 7s...
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Holliday homers twice, Cardinals complete sweep of Angels
(Professional Sports ~ 05/13/16)
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The St. Louis Cardinals couldn't touch Jered Weaver and his low-80s fastball the first time through the order Thursday night. The second time was an entirely different story, and he didn't make it a third time through. Matt Holliday homered twice in two innings off Weaver, Matt Carpenter homered as well and the Cardinals held off a late rally to beat the Los Angeles Angels 12-10 to complete a three-game sweep...
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Prayer 5/13/16
(Prayer ~ 05/13/16)
O Lord Jesus, we praise you for your acts of power and surpassing greatness. Amen.
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