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Food Bank Recieves Donation
(Submitted Story ~ 09/28/16)
The Southeast Missouri Food Bank received a donation of $1,500 from the Cape Noon Optimist Club. The Cape Noon Optimist Club is an organization that raises money and support for local youth.
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Elections at Guardian Angel School
(Submitted Story ~ 09/28/16)
Since it is a presidential election year, Ms. Ann Whistler decided it would be a good idea to teach her American History students at Guardian Angel School, Oran, all about the election process. Students ran for the offices of House of Representatives, Senate, and President/Vice-President. ...
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Battleship
(Submitted Story ~ 09/28/16)
Picture from the docking of the boat.
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Stoddard County judge denies state's motion to dismiss Common Pleas Courthouse suit
(Local News ~ 09/28/16)
Stoddard County Circuit Judge Stephen Mitchell has denied a motion by the state of Missouri seeking to be dismissed from a personal-injury lawsuit stemming from a fall down stairs at the Common Pleas Courthouse in Cape Girardeau. Mitchell ruled Monday on the motion in a case that was moved from Cape Girardeau County to Stoddard County on a change of venue...
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Perryville High principal on leave; no reason given
(Local News ~ 09/28/16)
The principal of Perryville High School has been on administrative leave since Thursday, but why remains unclear. In a statement, the school district cited personnel matters in its refusal to elaborate, saying only that Rich Thomas would be replaced for an indefinite period by athletic director and assistant principal Jeff Steffens...
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Monia pleads guilty to 9 counts of financial exploitation of elderly; dealings with murderer Joseph clarified
(Local News ~ 09/28/16)
Keith Lars Monia, 55, of Cape Girardeau, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to nine counts of financial exploitation of the elderly and stealing by deceit. There were nine victims represented in those charges who trusted Monia to invest amounts from $10,000 to $120,000 from 2007 through 2013. Monia pleaded guilty to stealing $517,500 total.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/28/16)
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Sept. 28, the 272nd day of 2016. There are 94 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 28, 1066, William the Conqueror invaded England to claim the English throne. On this date: In 1542, Portuguese navigator Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo arrived at present-day San Diego...
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First debate was disappointing and chaotic
(Column ~ 09/28/16)
Monday night's first presidential debate was a production of style over substance. Both disappointing and chaotic, the match-up between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton failed to live up to expectations in many ways. Trump failed time and time again to strike Clinton on her most vulnerable issues -- immigration, her private email server, Benghazi or the Clinton Foundation...
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Reason to cringe: Women react to Trump
(National News ~ 09/28/16)
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. -- When Donald Trump challenged Hillary Clinton's stamina on the debate stage, Pennsylvania voter Patricia Bennett said she heard a "dog whistle" that smacked of sexism. "Why doesn't he just say that she needs more testosterone?" said Bennett, a 69-year-old independent from the Philadelphia suburbs who plans to vote for Clinton in November...
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Ex-ally: Gov. Christie seemed happy about bridge gridlock
(National News ~ 09/28/16)
NEWARK, N.J. -- Gov. Chris Christie was told about the epic 2013 traffic jam at the George Washington Bridge while it was underway, seemed happy about it and joked sarcastically there was nothing political going on, a former loyalist testified Tuesday in the scandal that helped destroy Christie's White House ambitions...
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Donald Trump digs in after debate
(National News ~ 09/28/16)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- A defensive Donald Trump gave Hillary Clinton plenty of fresh material for the next phase of her presidential campaign Tuesday, choosing to reopen and relitigate some her most damaging attacks. The day after his first general-election debate, Trump blamed the moderator, a bad microphone and said he was holding back to avoid embarrassing Clinton. ...
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Debate reaches record 84 million viewers
(National News ~ 09/28/16)
NEW YORK -- The showdown between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was the most-watched presidential debate ever, with 84 million viewers. The Nielsen company said the viewership, over 13 networks, toppled a record that had stood for 36 years. The previous record for presidential debate viewership was the 80.6 million people who saw the only debate in 1980 between incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter and his Republican challenger Ronald Reagan...
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Unhappy Target customers send strong message on pill bottles
(National News ~ 09/28/16)
Longtime customers of Target's pharmacies are finding a change in pill-bottle design hard to swallow. After CVS began operating Target's drugstores earlier this year, distraught customers have been asking -- in some cases begging -- the drugstore chain to bring back the retailer's red prescription bottles, which came with color-coded rings, labeling on the top and prescription information that was easier to read...
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Baby born with DNA from 3 people, first from new technique
(National News ~ 09/28/16)
NEW YORK -- Scientists said the first baby has been born from a controversial new technique that combines DNA from three people -- the mother, the father and an egg donor. The goal was to prevent the child from inheriting a fatal genetic disease from his mother, who had lost two children to the illness...
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Barriers used to protect soldiers now stopping floodwaters
(National News ~ 09/28/16)
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Iowa's second-largest city has managed to keep flooding at bay largely because of barriers widely used to protect soldiers in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. Crews in Cedar Rapids erected Hesco barriers along nearly 10 miles of the Cedar River through neighborhoods and downtown. As of Tuesday, the sand-filled containers had protected thousands of properties, some up to 4 feet beneath the surging waterway...
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Document: Black man killed by cop had threatened wife
(National News ~ 09/28/16)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The black man killed by Charlotte police had a restraining order filed against him a year ago when he threatened to kill his wife and her son with a gun, according to court documents obtained Tuesday. Keith Scott's wife filed the order Oct. 5, saying law-enforcement officers who encounter him should be aware he "carries a 9mm black" gun...
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Battle for besieged Syrian city of Aleppo intensifies
(International News ~ 09/28/16)
BEIRUT -- With international diplomacy in tatters and the U.S. focused on its election, the Syrian government and its Russian allies are seizing the moment to wage an all-out campaign to recapture Aleppo, unleashing the most destructive bombing of the past five years and pushing into the center of the Old City...
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Password breach could have ripple effects well beyond Yahoo
(National News ~ 09/28/16)
LONDON -- As investors and investigators weigh the damage of Yahoo's massive breach to the internet icon, information security experts worry the record-breaking haul of password data could be used to open locks up and down the web. While it's unknown to what extent the stolen data has been or will be circulating -- or how easy it would be to use if it were -- giant breaches can send ripples of insecurity across the internet...
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Out of the past: Sept. 28
(Out of the Past ~ 09/28/16)
First Exchange Bank Corp. of Cape Girardeau and the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors have entered into an agreement designed to prevent financial problems within the bank-holding corporation and its seven subsidiary banks The bubble of Cape Girardeau Central Pool, which was inflated Thursday, likely will last only a year or two longer; the city then will be faced with replacing the bubble, building a permanent structure over the pool or constructing some other type of removable cover...
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Verneda Womack
(Obituary ~ 09/28/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Verneda Womack, 88, of Perryville died Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, at her home in Perry County, Missouri. Visitation will be from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Ray White officiating. Burial will be in Whitewater Christian Cemetery...
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David and Austin Wadley
(Obituary ~ 09/28/16)
Father and son, David and Austin Wadley, both of Jackson, died over the weekend from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. James "David" Wadley, 52, died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, and Austin Kyle Wadley, 23, died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas...
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Rodney Truax
(Obituary ~ 09/28/16)
Rodney Edward Truax, 79, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Rodney was born April 9, 1937, in Egan, Louisiana, the son of the late George E. and Beulah Marie Scanlan Truax. He and Lillie Sue Hancock were married June 6, 1966, in Memphis, Tennessee. She passed away Dec. 8, 2011...
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Richard Spencer
(Obituary ~ 09/28/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Richard J. Spencer, 75, of Perryville died Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 6:30 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Tom Robinson
(Obituary ~ 09/28/16)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- William Thomas "Tom" Robinson III, 74, of Jonesboro died at 2:37 a.m. Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, at his home. He was born Aug. 3, 1942, in Du Quoin, Illinois, the son of William Thomas and Aura Ruth Purkaple Robinson II. He married Kathy Weigand on April 16, 1966, in Galesburg, Illinois...
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Lenda Markowski
(Obituary ~ 09/28/16)
ST. PETERS, Mo. -- Lenda Lee Markowski peacefully entered eternal life Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Peters, after a battle with stage 4 brain and lung cancer. Lenda was born June 18, 1947, in Chester, Illinois, to Leonard and Mary Grah Harris...
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Wanda Ing
(Obituary ~ 09/28/16)
Wanda Bolen Ing, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Sept. 19, 1928, in Cape Girardeau to John G. and Ethel Kitchen Bolen. Wanda was employed at the Florsheim Shoe Co. factory for 42 years, retiring in 1993...
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Raymond Feuerhahn
(Obituary ~ 09/28/16)
Raymond E. Feuerhahn, 94, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, at The Lutheran Home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Hanover Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at noon Saturday at the church. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Dr. Sandra Cassity
(Obituary ~ 09/28/16)
PALMETTO, Fla. -- Dr. Sandra Karraker Cassity, 63, of Palmetto died Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, at her home. Friends may gather from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday at Crain Funeral Home in Anna, Illinois. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home...
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Earl Buerck
(Obituary ~ 09/28/16)
Earl William Buerck, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Saturday, June 23, 1928, in Point Rest, Missouri, to Oscar and Gertrude Hogard Buerck. He and Mary Norma Hoffman were married Nov. 11, 1950, at St. Mary's of the Barrens in Perryville, Missouri...
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Jackson fire report 9/28/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/28/16)
The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls: Tuesday n A hazardous-materials cleanup on Dorothy Drive. n Emergency medical service on East Main Street.
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Jackson police report 9/28/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/28/16)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Summonses n Kiersten R. Hannah-Greable, 18, of Cape Girardeau was issued a summons for failure to yield resulting in a motor-vehicle accident. n John G. Ragsdale, 46, of Albany, Georgia, was issued summonses for operating a motor vehicle while driver's license revoked and failure to maintain insurance...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 9/28/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/28/16)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Sunday n Medical assists were made at 3:57 a.m. on Whitener Street; 4:08 a.m. on Cape May Drive; 1:42 p.m. on Jefferson Avenue; 3:21 p.m. on South Ellis Street; 4:39 p.m. on Themis Street; 6:52 p.m. on North Silver Springs Road; and 11:34 p.m. on North Middle Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 9/28/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/28/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n Sierra R. Flannigan, 22, 1502 Independence St., Apt. A, was arrested on Cape Rock Circle on a Grundy County, Missouri, warrant for larceny...
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Births 9/28/16
(Births ~ 09/28/16)
Daughter to Danny Ray Brown and Jessica Sue Kight of Whitewater, Southeast Hospital, 1:29 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. Name, Alexa Danielle. Weight, 6 pounds, 2 ounces. Fourth child, second daughter. Kight is the former Jessica Haskell, daughter of Susan Huber and Rick Haskell of Cape Girardeau. She is employed in in-home health care. Brown is the son of Marjorie Brown of Whitewater and the late Paul Brown...
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Oil prices drop as Iran dims hopes for deal on output freeze
(International News ~ 09/28/16)
ALGIERS, Algeria -- Iran played down hopes Tuesday a deal to limit oil production will emerge this week in a meeting in Algeria, prompting big falls in oil prices. Speaking in Algiers at a meeting of oil producers from all around the world, Iranian Petroleum Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said an informal gathering of OPEC oil ministers due today is "just a consultation meeting. ... If there is a decision, it should be taken at the next (OPEC) meeting in Vienna in November."...
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Israeli media: Former Israeli president Shimon Peres dies
(International News ~ 09/28/16)
JERUSALEM -- Shimon Peres, a former Israeli president and prime minister whose life story mirrored that of the Jewish state and who was celebrated around the world as a Nobel prize-winning visionary who pushed his country toward peace, has died, the Israeli news website YNet reported early today. He was 93...
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Grant to fund research at Washington U, Penn
(State News ~ 09/28/16)
ST. LOUIS — A grant worth nearly $24 million from the National Science Foundation will fund a collaboration between Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Pennsylvania. The goal of the collaboration announced Monday is to identify and harness the mechanical functions of plants and animals at the cellular level. ...
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St. Charles County joins regional drug monitoring program
(State News ~ 09/28/16)
ST. CHARLES, Mo. — St. Charles County is joining a St. Louis regional drug monitoring program that seeks to reduce abuse of prescription painkillers. The St. Charles County Council voted unanimously Monday to join the program, which will start early next year. ...
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Group apologies over Missouri voter-registration gaffe
(State News ~ 09/28/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A group that presses single women, minorities and millennials to register to vote is apologizing for sending 95,000 mailings listing the wrong Missouri registration deadline. Casting itself as nonpartisan, the Washington-based Voter Participation Center said the registration forms this month listed Missouri’s voter-registration cutoff for the Nov. 8 election as Oct. 17. It’s actually Oct. 12 ...
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Kansas City residents dealing with oak leaf itch mite
(State News ~ 09/28/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Johnson County, Kansas, horticulturist says the number of people dealing with bites from the oak leaf itch mite has picked up this year. Kansas State University horticulturist Dennis Patton told The Kansas City Star the mites have been back in full force and the number of calls from people who've been bitten has picked up in the last several weeks...
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Pastors question delay in St. Louis police shooting charges
(State News ~ 09/28/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Several members of the clergy in the St. Louis area are questioning why it took four years for murder charges to be filed against a former city police officer who fatally shot a suspect. Representatives of the Missionary Baptist State Convention of Missouri, Baptist Ministers Union of St. ...
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Judge's ruling weakens Election Day registration in Illinois
(State News ~ 09/28/16)
CHICAGO -- Voters in highly populated areas of Illinois will have fewer options to register on Election Day this November after a federal judge Tuesday temporarily halted broader registration rules Republicans call unconstitutional. Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan's move means there'll be no same-day registration Nov. 8 at individual polling places in mostly urban areas such as Chicago; voters instead will have to go to major county or election jurisdiction offices...
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Notre Dame's Activity Week nets a record $286,000
(Local News ~ 09/28/16)
Activity Week at Notre Dame Regional High School brought in its largest-ever total, with more than $286,000 raised. The money will be put toward the overall budget, tuition assistance, facility upgrades, the theater program and the grounds.
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Local painter decorates electrical boxes in uptown Jackson
(Local News ~ 09/28/16)
The gazebo outside the Cape Girardeau County courthouse is a bit more photogenic, thanks to the efforts of the Uptown Jackson Revitalization Organization and a local painter. Saundra Flanagan was chosen by the organization several weeks ago to produce the first of what it hopes will be a series of community art pieces where drab electrical boxes stood...
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Local judge: City court meets most minimum standards set out by state
(Local News ~ 09/28/16)
Cape Girardeau’s municipal court meets most minimum standards issued last week for city courts by the Missouri Supreme Court, local judge Teresa Bright-Pearson said Tuesday. Bright-Pearson said the minimum standards follow in the footsteps of two recent state laws...
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Animal-rescue group receives grant from rock star for spay, neuter assistance
(Local News ~ 09/28/16)
A local animal-rescue organization’s efforts to control the pet population can continue with the help of a generous donation from a famous face. The Bollinger County Stray Project (BCSP), a not-for-profit animal rescue near Zalma, Missouri, recently received a $20,000 grant from the Sidewalk Angels Foundation (SWAF) that was founded by Matchbox Twenty lead singer Rob Thomas and his wife, Marisol Thomas, to provide assistance to animal rescue and advocacy organizations...
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Looking for book bargains
(Local News ~ 09/28/16)
Payton Weisbrod, left, and Abby Slattery consider the used books for sale Tuesday at Jackson High School. The school library has collected donated books from the community since May to raise funds for library programming. Remaining books will be offered again from 3:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday...
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Entertainment briefs 9/28/16
(Entertainment ~ 09/28/16)
NEW YORK -- Adele's album "25" has reached diamond status in less than a year. "25" was released in November and features the hits "Hello" and "Send My Love (To My New Lover)." Adele received a plaque for her top-selling achievement at Madison Square Garden in New York on Monday night after performing a whopping six shows at the venue. ...
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Florida dog travels to Boston and back
(National News ~ 09/28/16)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Pyrenees mix named Apollo is back home in Florida after a journey that took him to the Boston area. Cynthia Abercrombie said there were times over the last six weeks she thought she'd never see Apollo again. But nearly two dozen volunteers helped return Apollo to Abercrombie, who couldn't afford a 1,100-mile trip to pick him up. No one knows how Apollo, who escaped from his enclosure Aug. 11, got to Boston. A microchip helped officials locate Abercrombie...
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Snake around armrest halts Japanese 'bullet' train
(International News ~ 09/28/16)
TOKYO -- A passenger spotted a snake curled around the armrest of another passenger's seat on a Japanese Shinkansen "bullet" train Monday, forcing the train to make an unscheduled stop. No one was injured. The train's operator, JR Tokai, or Central Japan Railway Co., said a passenger sitting in the reserved seat was unaware the snake was wrapped around his armrest for about 50 minutes until the person behind him saw it and notified a conductor...
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Prayer 9/28/16
(Prayer ~ 09/28/16)
O Father God, we cast our cares upon you, for you care for us. Amen.
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Lorenz receives University of Missouri Cape Girardeau County Extension Scholarship
(Submitted Story ~ 09/28/16)
The University of Missouri Cape Girardeau County Extension Council is pleased to award Carly Lorenz their annual scholarship. Lorenz is a senior at the University of Missouri-Columbia majoring in agribusiness management with a minor in plant science. ...
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Cape Girardeau man dead in South Ellis shooting; major case squad activated
(Local News ~ 09/28/16)
The Cape Girardeau / Bollinger County Major Case Squad has been activated following a shooting in Cape Girardeau that resulted in the death of one man. According to a news release from the Cape Girardeau Police Department, on Wednesday morning at 1:54 a.m., officers received a report of shot fired and a subject struck at the 1200 block of South Ellis. Upon arrival, police located the victim, an unnamed 30-year-old Cape Girardeau resident...
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Heritage Days lineup offers plenty to do
(Editorial ~ 09/28/16)
Cape Girardeau Mayor Harry Rediger wrote about this weekend's Heritage Days in his Mayor's Comments column in Monday's Southeast Missourian, including the LST Memorial 325 that's docked at the riverfront, the B-17 Flying Fortress at the airport, the kickoff concert that's at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Common Pleas Courthouse Gazebo, and the local attractions that are open for tours...
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