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Greg Vaughn Joins Cape Cars
(Submitted Story ~ 05/18/16)
Jackson, MO – Cape Cars Auto Group LLC is excited to announce Greg Vaughn will be available full time as an automotive sales and technology consultant for their facility located at 2856 Sappington Drive in Jackson. He will specialize in helping clients find the right pre-owned automobile for their personal or business needs, as well as performing technical help and photography for the group. ...
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New Salem United Methodist Women
(Submitted Story ~ 05/18/16)
New Salem United Methodist Women met May 2 at the church with 10 members present. Joyce Brewer, president, call the meeting to order with all repeating the UMW Purpose. There were six sick and shut-in calls made for the month of April. We hosted the District Meeting April 9, with 55 UMW members from the district present...
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Jackson baseball team claims second straight district title with win vs. Cape Central
(High School Sports ~ 05/18/16)
The third-seeded Indians defended their Class 5 District 1 title with a 9-2 victory over the Tigers
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Saxony Lutheran girls soccer prevails past St. Vincent, wins district in PKs
(High School Sports ~ 05/18/16)
It was, by the team's own admission, it's most frustrating game of the season, but when it was over, Saxony Lutheran girls soccer coach Garrett Fritsche checked his pulse and summed things up with four words. "We pulled it off." In a fitting ending to an epic clash, Crusader senior captain Maddie Brune -- who missed out on her team's 2015 state championship campaign because of a torn ACL -- stepped to the penalty spot and smacked the ball to the right side of goal and past diving St. ...
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Students honored following recital
(Submitted Story ~ 05/18/16)
Following a recital of original compositions, winners of the 2016 Young Composer's Project were honored on Friday, May 13, in Shuck Recital Hall at the River Campus. The winners are students in Musicianship Classes in Southeast Missouri Music Academy taught by Sherrie Troxel and Pam Dumey...
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STATE GOLF: Notre Dame's Litzelfelner finishes co-medalist at Class 3 tourney
(High School Sports ~ 05/18/16)
Notre Dame senior Jack Litzelfelner and Advance senior Brian Whitson, a pair of SEMO Conference champions, stood tall in the face of inclement weather at the boys golf state championships. Litzelfelner carded a 2-under-par 70 at the Class 3 tournament and was named co-medalist after Tuesday's second round was washed out, while Whitson's 4-over 75 was good enough for second place at the Class 1 tournament...
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Report: Genetically altered food safe but not curing hunger
(National News ~ 05/18/16)
WASHINGTON -- Genetically manipulated food remains generally safe for humans and the environment, a high-powered science advisory board declared in a report Tuesday. The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine concluded tinkering with the genetics of what we eat doesn't produce the "Frankenfood" monster some opponents claim, but it isn't feeding the world with substantially increased yields, as proponents promised...
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KFVS news director moving to South Carolina sister station
(Local News ~ 05/18/16)
A change is coming to KFVS12, though its viewers may not notice right away. After 19 years at the Cape Girardeau television station, news director Mark Little is moving to sister station WIS-TV in Columbia, South Carolina. Little, a lifelong Missourian, moved to Cape Girardeau from St. Louis, and joined KFVS12 as an assignment editor in 1999...
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Vandals ravage historic Shivelbine house before demolition
(Local News ~ 05/18/16)
Laura Williams cried Tuesday as she surveyed the destruction inside the former Ochs-Shivelbine house on the Southeast Missouri State University campus. Williams, a graduate student in historic preservation, was hired by the university to document the once-stately home before it is torn down to make room for new fraternity houses...
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New program aims to help older children in foster care
(Local News ~ 05/18/16)
Voices for Children/CASA is recruiting volunteers for a new program that focuses on foster children age 14 and older. Fostering Futures is intended to reverse the poverty, homelessness, criminal activity and low educational attainment that older children can get caught up in as they age out of the foster-care system...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/18/16)
Today is Wednesday, May 18, the 139th day of 2016. There are 227 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 18, 1926, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished while visiting a beach in Venice, California. (McPherson reappeared more than a month later, saying she'd escaped after being kidnapped and held for ransom, an account that was received with skepticism.)...
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The race and gender cards
(Column ~ 05/18/16)
Once again this past week, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus played the race card against opponents of the president's latest progressive scheme. The argument was -- as it has been for the past eight years -- that the president's opponents were racists and prone to oppose the president's policies only because of his skin color...
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Prayer 5-18-16
(Prayer ~ 05/18/16)
O Lord, give us wisdom, that we may be the leaders you would have us to be. Amen.
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The race and gender cards
(Column ~ 05/18/16)
Once again this past week, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus played the race card against opponents of the president's latest progressive scheme. The argument was -- as it has been for the past eight years -- that the president's opponents were racists and prone to oppose the president's policies only because of his skin color...
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Marble Hill student heads to Carnegie Hall performance
(Editorial ~ 05/18/16)
For many students, music class or choir is a fun break in the day, an elective to fill their fine arts requirement. But for others, it is much, much more. Such is the case with Brookelynn Shell of Woodland Middle School. The 12-year-old has been singing since she was a toddler, and next month will make a trip to New York City to perform onstage at Carnegie Hall...
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N'Style with Pamela Garner
(Community ~ 05/18/16)
I have been writing my Buy the River column for more than three years and have been blessed to meet incredible people and business owners in Southeast Missouri. Recently I met Pamela Garner, owner of N'Style Galleria, 102 E. Stoddard St. in Dexter, Missouri, and she reminded me of one of the reasons I love doing what I do. Pamela's story is a compelling one with themes of perseverance, pain, restoration and triumph. "Divine order" is what she would call it. I would agree...
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Bucking tradition
(Community ~ 05/18/16)
Associated Press NEW YORK -- Andie Potamkin Blackmore's approach to life is creative and nontraditional, so why should her wedding "gown" have been any different? The 27-year-old gallery space co-owner, art dealer and fashion lover married hairstylist Jordan Blackmore last November in an outdoor ceremony at the Utah desert resort Amangiri. The Williamsburg, Brooklyn, couple loved the location, and the bride wanted her outfit to reflect the sandy, arid landscape as well as her personality...
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Tailoring can bring out the best in clothes
(Community ~ 05/18/16)
PASADENA, Calif. -- "It's all about the fit." That unspoken motto has been passed down in my family for generations, from my late grandfather, a tailor, to me. So through weight gain, weight loss and style changes, I've gone to tailors to make sure my clothes fit and flatter my body. Velvet formal gowns and discounted jeans have all been cinched in and hemmed...
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Jackson Police Department reports 5/18/2016
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/18/16)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Stephen T. Bollinger, 33, 1210 North St., was arrested on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and failure to maintain a single lane...
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Cape Girardeau Police Department reports 5/18/2016
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/18/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Lisa M. Blair, 27, of LIlbourn, Missouri, was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for stealing. n Andrew T. Robinett, 29, of Sikeston, Missouri, was arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia...
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Diane Callin
(Obituary ~ 05/18/16)
Diane Marie Callin passed away on Saturday, May 14, 2016, at Summa, Akron City, Ohio. She was born in Berea, Ohio, on Nov. 30, 1957. She graduated from Titusville High School in Florida in 1976 and Southeast Missouri State University in 1981 with a degree in early childhood and elementary education...
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Joan Vicory
(Obituary ~ 05/18/16)
ANNA, Ill. -- Joan Ann Vicory, 74, of Anna died Sunday, May 15, 2016, at her son's home in Jackson. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Crain Funeral Home in Anna. A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Billy Carter officiating...
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Nelda Boren
(Obituary ~ 05/18/16)
Nelda Boren, 94, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 16, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born on July 24, 1921, in Frohna, Missouri, to Anton and Esther (Mueller) Petzoldt. She married Ervin Boren on May 22, 1948. He preceded her in death Feb. 12, 1963...
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William Hodges
(Obituary ~ 05/18/16)
** William Hodges ELCO, Ill. -- William Clay Hodges, 58, of Elco died Monday, May 16, 2016, at his residence. Arrangements for William Clay Hodges are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Illinois.
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Loretta Kuntze
(Obituary ~ 05/18/16)
Loretta V. Kuntze, 72, of Gordonville passed away Monday, May 16, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 27, 1943, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Clarence and Aline Evans Lange. She and Larry Kuntze were married April 21, 1963, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit...
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Mary Kennedy
(Obituary ~ 05/18/16)
Mary Lou Kennedy of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, May 17, 2016, in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday at Wilson Funeral Home in Fredericktown, Missouri. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Marcus Memorial Cemetery in Fredericktown...
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Marion Edwards
(Obituary ~ 05/18/16)
Marion Miles Edwards died peacefully at the age of 98 on May 15, 2016, at The Lutheran Home. Mrs. Miles Edwards was born in Johnston City, Illinois, on Feb. 1, 1918, the daughter of Arthur and Laura Kelly Bell. She was a graduate of Brown's Business College and attended Illinois College in Jacksonville. It was there she met her future husband, Dr. H. T. Miles. They were married June 17, 1939...
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Richard Taul
(Obituary ~ 05/18/16)
PATTON, Mo. -- Richard O. "Dick" Taul, 83, of Jackson, formerly of Patton, passed away Monday, May 16, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 19, 1933, at Canalou, Missouri, son of Ernest and Edna Beahringer Taul. He and Barbara F. Newman were united in marriage Jan. 1, 1954, at Sikeston, Missouri...
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Startup wants to put self-driving big rigs on U.S. highways
(National News ~ 05/18/16)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Picture an 18-wheel truck barreling down the highway with 80,000 pounds of cargo and no one but a robot at the wheel. To many, that might seem a frightening idea, even at a time when a few dozen of Google's driverless cars are cruising city streets in California, Texas, Washington and Arizona...
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Out of the past: May 18
(Out of the Past ~ 05/18/16)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Despite a recent upswing in patient admissions, years of financial struggle have forced the North Scott Medical Center in Chaffee to close its doors. The center's five-member board of directors announced yesterday the center no longer will treat people on an in-patient basis. An outpatient clinic, MedNow, opened last month and will continue to operate in one wing of the hospital...
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U.S. builders increase home construction in April
(National News ~ 05/18/16)
WASHINGTON -- Builders ramped up construction of new homes in April, suggesting the market remains solid despite sluggish economic growth at the beginning of the year. Housing starts climbed 6.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.17 million units, the Commerce Department said Tuesday...
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University of Missouri reviews rule for campout protests
(State News ~ 05/18/16)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A recent review of how the University of Missouri regulates free speech and the use of public grounds states the campus is considering enforcing a 67-year-old rule that prohibits overnight camping. A committee that formed in January conducted the review after the Concerned Student 1950 group spent a week in tents on the university's Columbia campus in November, The Kansas City Star reported...
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Missouri's Koster says Obama acted too quickly on bathrooms
(State News ~ 05/18/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's top Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Attorney General Chris Koster, said Tuesday the Obama administration moved "too quickly and too unilaterally" in issuing guidance on transgender students' access to public school bathrooms...
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Modest goals set in bid to save Syria truce, peace talks
(International News ~ 05/18/16)
VIENNA -- Seeking to salvage and reinforce a shaky truce, world and regional powers agreed Tuesday to try to turn the faltering pause in Syria's fighting into a comprehensive cease-fire and boost humanitarian-aid deliveries with the hope of restarting peace talks...
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Wave of bombings in Baghdad kill 69
(International News ~ 05/18/16)
BAGHDAD -- A wave of bombings struck outdoor markets and a restaurant in Shiite-dominated neighborhoods of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 69 people, officials said. It was the latest in a string of attacks in and around the Iraqi capital that have left more than 200 people dead in the past week...
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Bergdahl to be court-martialed in February
(National News ~ 05/18/16)
FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- A new commander-in-chief will be in charge when Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is court-martialed for desertion in February. The trial date set by a military judge Tuesday could give the proceedings a higher profile, weeks after the new president -- Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump -- is sworn into office...
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GOP blocks provision to require women to register for draft
(National News ~ 05/18/16)
WASHINGTON -- Buckling under conservative pressure, House Republicans pulled a legislative sleight of hand Tuesday and stripped a provision from the annual defense policy bill that would have required young women to sign up for a military draft. The decision triggered an outcry from Democrats, who cast the move as a GOP attempt to avoid a contentious vote on equality for women...
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Senate easily advances $1.1 billion in Zika funding
(National News ~ 05/18/16)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted decisively on Tuesday in favor of a bipartisan $1.1 billion measure to combat the Zika virus this year and next, cutting President Barack Obama's request but offering more money to fight Zika than would House GOP conservatives...
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Judge halts enforcement of a portion of D.C.'s strict gun law
(National News ~ 05/18/16)
WASHINGTON -- A federal judge in Washington halted enforcement of a portion of the city's strict gun law Tuesday in a ruling that conflicts with another judge's assessment of the law earlier this year and sets up two competing views for a higher court...
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Entertainment briefs 5/18/2016
(Entertainment ~ 05/18/16)
SAN ANTONIO -- Grammy-winning Tejano star Emilio Navaira has died in South Texas. He was 53. Police in New Braunfels, Texas, said in a statement Tuesday preliminary results indicate the entertainer died of natural causes. Officers were dispatched to a home in the city Monday night after relatives reported finding Navaira not breathing. ...
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Violinist Itzhak Perlman cancels North Carolina performance
(Entertainment ~ 05/18/16)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Another renowned musician has canceled a North Carolina performance in protest of the state's new law limiting antidiscrimination policies for LGBT people. In a Facebook post Tuesday, Violinist Itzhak Perlman canceled his May 18 performance in Raleigh...
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Guy Clark, Grammy-winning musician, dead at 74
(Entertainment ~ 05/18/16)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Texas singer-songwriter Guy Clark, who helped mentor a generation of songwriters and wrote hits such as "L.A. Freeway" and "Desperados Waiting for a Train," has died. He was 74. Clark died Tuesday at his home in Nashville, Tennessee, according to his manager, Keith Case. He'd been in poor health, although Case didn't give an official cause of death...
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Almost half of heart attacks are silent; they're still risky
(National News ~ 05/18/16)
CHICAGO -- Almost half of all heart attacks cause no obvious symptoms, yet they still can be life-threatening, according to research on more than 9,000 middle-aged men and women. It's one of the biggest studies to examine so-called silent heart attacks and to explore them across racial and gender groups...
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South Carolina passes bill banning abortion after 19 weeks
(National News ~ 05/18/16)
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The South Carolina Legislature passed a bill Tuesday prohibiting abortion after 19 weeks, becoming the 17th state to pass the restrictive ban. The legislation will head to Gov. Nikki Haley's desk. The Republican said in March she almost certainly will sign it but wants to look at the details once it reaches her...
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Nation briefs 5/18/2016
(National News ~ 05/18/16)
NEW YORK -- Donald Trump and Megyn Kelly appear to have called a truce. The two sat down for a much-ballyhooed interview that was the culmination -- at least for now -- of the frequent sparring between the now-presumptive Republican presidential nominee and one of the biggest stars on the conservative-leaning Fox News Channel. ...
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Clinton, Sanders locked in tight contest in Kentucky primary
(National News ~ 05/18/16)
WASHINGTON -- Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were neck-and-neck in Kentucky's presidential primary Tuesday, as Clinton sought to blunt the momentum of her Democratic rival ahead of a likely general election matchup against Republican Donald Trump...
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Distracted engineer blamed in deadly Amtrak wreck
(National News ~ 05/18/16)
WASHINGTON -- The Amtrak engineer whose speeding train ran off the rails in Philadelphia last year apparently was distracted by word a train nearby had been hit by a rock, federal investigators concluded Tuesday, pinning most of the blame on him for the wreck that killed eight people...
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Police: Firefighters called in false alarms
(National News ~ 05/18/16)
ALTOONA, Pa. -- Police say four volunteer firefighters called in five false alarms earlier this year because they enjoyed the thrill of riding in firetrucks. The Logan Township Volunteer Fire Department has suspended the men, and police have charged them with making the false alarms. Police believe the men are responsible only for the five alarms, but they say even one is too many. The suspects were all probationary members with fewer than 90 days of service with the fire department...
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Poplar Bluff couple accused of abuse, neglect of their son
(State News ~ 05/18/16)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- The parents of a 12-year-old Southeast Missouri boy are facing charges after the child was found with injuries and living in what police describe as "deplorable conditions."...
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Jackson roundabout work begins
(Local News ~ 05/18/16)
An excavator moves dirt Tuesday at the corner of East Main Street and U.S. 61 to make way for a roundabout in uptown Jackson. The opening date is set for Oct. 31.
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Shigella outbreak under investigation in Missouri
(State News ~ 05/18/16)
CALIFORNIA, Mo.-- Health officials say an intestinal infection caused by the shigella bacteria has sickened more than 70 people in central Missouri. The Columbia Daily Tribune reported the outbreak is under investigation in Moniteau County. Symptoms include fever, abdominal pain and diarrhea...
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Suit: Teacher dismissed after reporting sexual assault
(State News ~ 05/18/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A former teacher at a St. Louis school has filed a lawsuit, alleging she was dismissed in retaliation for reporting another employee was sexually assaulting her teenage daughter. The suit filed last week in St. Louis County Circuit Court seeks lost wages and other damages for the former Principia Upper School employee, the St. ...
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Soggy Soccer spectators
(Local News ~ 05/18/16)
Fans shield themselves from the falling rain as they watch the action at the district semifinal girls soccer game Tuesday between St. Vincent and Kelly at Cape Girardeau Central High School. St. Vincent won 1-0.
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Man accused of spat with neighbors gets 45 days in jail
(Local News ~ 05/18/16)
A Cape Girardeau County man accused of intimidating and being at odds with his neighbors pleaded guilty to misdemeanor peace disturbance and resisting arrest from April 2. Larry Gene Hottel, 44, was sentenced to 45 days in the Cape Girardeau County jail on each count by Judge Gary Kamp. ...
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Salvation Army honors its army of volunteers
(Local News ~ 05/18/16)
The Salvation Army of Cape Girardeau honored several figures in the volunteering community during its annual awards banquet Tuesday evening. Darold Dunning of Tamms, Illinois, was awarded the Volunteer Star Award for his service during the annual red-kettle collections...
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Witnesses testify about man's threats, beatings against woman
(Local News ~ 05/18/16)
A judge found probable cause Tuesday for multiple charges to go forward against a Cape Girardeau man accused of hitting his girlfriend, firing a gun into the air and threatening to kill her and dump her body into the Mississippi River. At a preliminary hearing Tuesday, Latrice Johnson testified Ivory Alexander fired one shot in the air and looked her in the face. ...
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Plato's Closet clothing store to hold grand opening Thursday
(Local News ~ 05/18/16)
Over the past several weeks, buyers at Plato's Closet in Cape Girardeau have bought gently used clothes and accessories from local sellers. Those items soon will be available to shoppers throughout the region: Plato's Closet is preparing for its grand opening at 10 a.m. Thursday...
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Area farmer pleads guilty to fraud
(Local News ~ 05/18/16)
A New Madrid County farmer pleaded guilty to two counts of federal crop-insurance fraud, one count of theft of government property and one count of wire fraud Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau. Bobby David Lowrey, 48, of Parma, Missouri, placed farms in other people's names to obtain federal crop-insurance payments...
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Perryville man accused of grabbing woman around throat, pulling out her hair
(Local News ~ 05/18/16)
A domestic fight began at a local dollar store began when the suspect threw landscaping rocks at the victim. It ended at the woman's house with the man grabbing her throat, throwing her to the ground and pulling out a large amount of hair, according to a police statement...
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