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'Community Policing' panel, final neighborhood roll call to be held Thursday night
(Local News ~ 09/29/16)
On Thursday night, the Cape Girardeau Public Library is hosting an event about community policing and the Cape Girardeau police will hold its final neighborhood roll call of the year. Cape Girardeau police chief Wes Blair will be part of a panel that includes Southeast Missouri State professors, students and a retired Cape Girardeau police officer for "Community Policing: The Intersection of Black and Blue Lives Matter." The event is from 6 to 7:30 p.m. ...
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LST 325 arrived in Cape
(Submitted Story ~ 09/29/16)
Opening of the LST 325
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House Game Day at Guardian Angel School
(Submitted Story ~ 09/29/16)
The archangel house groups of Guardian Angel School, Oran, MO, had game competitions on Wednesday, September 28. The games were the Bucket Dash; Cheetos Head; Hut, Hut, Hike; & the Marble Race. Points were awarded in each game according to how the team placed. The overall winner was St. Gabriel's house. St. Raphael & St. Michael tied for 2nd and St. Uriel placed third. It was a beautiful day outside to play house games...
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Senior-living campus planned near Dalhousie Golf Club
(Local News ~ 09/29/16)
A new partnership between two longstanding Cape Girardeau businesses is expected to create a variety of new senior-housing options in the region. Chateau Girardeau has announced an agreement with Dalhousie LLC on an option to acquire real estate and develop a new senior living campus. With the proposed name The Chateau Girardeau at Ramsay's Run, the multi-acre site will be on Bloomfield Road, just north of Dalhousie Golf Club...
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Fatal-shooting victim ID'd; uncle said he tried to break up fight
(Local News ~ 09/29/16)
Cape Girardeau/Bollinger County Major Case Squad identified Brent Shonta Johnson, 30, of Cape Girardeau as the victim of a fatal shooting about 2 a.m. in the 1200 block of South Ellis Street. Johnson was found dead at the scene when police arrived, according to a news release...
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Roundabout construction to close Independence Street intersection starting next week
(Local News ~ 09/29/16)
Fronabarger Concreters will close the Independence Street and East Rodney Drive intersection to traffic for the next two months, starting early Tuesday morning, for construction of a roundabout.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/29/16)
Today in History Today is Thursday, Sept. 29, the 273rd day of 2016. There are 93 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 29, 1789, the U.S. War Department established a regular army with the strength of several hundred men. On this date:...
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Thanks for remembering
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/29/16)
Thank you for the article "Former students fondly recall longtime Jackson principal" James R. Nelson. On behalf of the family, we appreciate all of the kind words that were shared in the article. The former students captured his spirit with their loving memories. It was a warming article that related these special messages...
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Muscular dystrophy month hits home for Jackson family
(Editorial ~ 09/29/16)
Like many, Erin Boyer didn't know exactly what muscular dystrophy was. That is, until it affected her family. Two of her three sons, 6-year-old Frankie and 1-year-old Jaxson, received a diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy mere months apart over the summer...
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The President and the military
(Column ~ 09/29/16)
The president is the commander in chief of our military, but the Congress holds the purse used to pay for military operations. If the president starts a military operation that is considered wrong by a majority in Congress, then Congress can cut off funds needed for it to continue. ...
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Stars expose problems, seek solutions on 'America Divided'
(Entertainment ~ 09/29/16)
NEW YORK -- Norman Lear, a show business legend and full-throated humanist, set out last spring to rent a modest apartment in the Bronx. The landlord welcomed this incognito white man with a couple of offers. Not so lucky was an African-American man who had come to him the day before. The landlord, insisting nothing was available, brusquely turned that man away...
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For Idina Menzel, new CD is 'a new beginning' after tumult
(Entertainment ~ 09/29/16)
NEW YORK -- It's only five letters -- just her first name, unadorned. All in lowercase, with a period at the end. "Frozen" and Broadway star Idina Menzel has a new introspective album out this month after a tumultuous few years, and its simple title -- "idina." -- is as stripped-down as it gets...
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'Is he dead?'
(Community ~ 09/29/16)
Uriel Achilleus is a versatile young actor, but he's learned to be even more nuanced as the lead character in Mark Twain's 1898 play "Is He Dead?" "I'm a guy playing a guy playing a girl," said the Cape Girardeau Central High School junior, who will bring French artist Jean-Francois Millet to life tonight during the show's debut performance at 7 p.m. in the Richard D. Kinder Performance Hall...
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New SAT taken by nearly 1.4M students; no scores yet
(Community ~ 09/29/16)
WASHINGTON -- No score results yet, but students didn't seem to be scared off by the new version of the SAT college-entrance exam. The College Board, the not-for-profit organization that owns the SAT, said Tuesday nearly 1.4 million high schoolers took the newly redesigned SAT between March and June of this year...
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Probe says missile launcher from Russia downed Malaysian jet
(International News ~ 09/29/16)
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands -- An international criminal probe concluded that a missile which destroyed a Malaysian passenger jet over Ukraine in 2014 and killed all 298 people aboard was fired from rebel-controlled territory by a mobile launcher trucked in from Russia and hastily returned there...
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Arabs greet Peres death with silence and animosity
(International News ~ 09/29/16)
JERUSALEM -- Israel's Shimon Peres was widely admired around the world as a peacemaker and visionary, but the view in the Arab world was more complex: Memories linger of another Peres, who built Israel's military might, waged war in Lebanon and promoted policies seen as harmful to the Palestinians...
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Syrian government attacks 2 hospitals, bread line in Aleppo
(International News ~ 09/29/16)
BEIRUT -- Government shelling and airstrikes in Syria's Aleppo landed near a bread distribution center and two hospitals Wednesday, killing seven people and putting at least one of the medical facilities out of service, activists and medics said. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon described the conditions in eastern, rebel-held Aleppo as worse than a "slaughterhouse" at a Security Council meeting...
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Man rescued at sea was suspected in grandfather's slaying
(National News ~ 09/29/16)
BOSTON -- A 22-year-old man rescued from a life raft after a fishing trip that left his mother missing and presumed dead had been a suspect in a still-unsolved 2013 slaying of his rich grandfather, adding to the questions swirling around him and what happened at sea...
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California officer guns down refugee in 'shooting stance'
(National News ~ 09/29/16)
EL CAJON, Calif. -- The fatal police shooting of a Ugandan refugee who drew something from his pocket and extended his hands in a "shooting stance" happened about a minute after officers in a San Diego suburb arrived at the scene where a mentally unstable man reportedly was walking in traffic, a police spokesman said Wednesday...
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Authorities: School shooter killed father before rampage
(National News ~ 09/29/16)
TOWNVILLE, S.C. -- A teenager killed his father at their home Wednesday before going to a nearby elementary school and opening fire with a handgun, wounding two students and a teacher, authorities said. The teen was apprehended within minutes of the shooting in this rural town about 110 miles northeast of Atlanta. ...
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Friend: 'No hate' in Charlotte officer who shot black man
(National News ~ 09/29/16)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Before he became known as the police officer who shot a black man fatally, sparking days of protests in North Carolina's largest city, friends knew Brent Vinson as someone who ascended into leadership naturally, a former college football player with a peacemaker's heart...
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Yellen says economy likely ready for rate hike later in 2016
(National News ~ 09/29/16)
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Wednesday the central bank has no "fixed timetable" for raising interest rates but she believes the economy is ready for a rate hike by the end of the year. She said during an appearance before the House Financial Services Committee that when the Fed met last week, a majority of her colleagues believed it would be appropriate to raise rates before the end of this year...
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Tie-up of world's biggest beer makers clears final hurdle
(National News ~ 09/29/16)
LONDON -- A deal worth more than $100 billion to combine the world's two biggest beer companies cleared its last major hurdle Wednesday when the shareholders of SABMiller approved the takeover by Budweiser maker Anheuser-Busch InBev. SABMiller shareholders approved the $103 billion deal -- dubbed Megabrew -- despite opposition from some investors who saw their share of the payout shrink when the pound plunged after Britain's vote to the leave the European Union. ...
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Out of the past: Sept. 29
(Out of the Past ~ 09/29/16)
St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Cape Girardeau celebrates its 155th anniversary with a special liturgy, a pancake and sausage breakfast, and an open house; the celebration accompanies the blessing of the new 7,380-square-foot addition to the parish school...
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Brandon McArthur
(Obituary ~ 09/29/16)
Brandon Levi "Brother" McArthur died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at his home in Jackson. His parents, BJ and Lisa, and sister, Brittany, were by his side. Brandon struggled since birth with A-T, a rare neurodegenerative, recessive genetic disease, causing progressive loss of muscle control, immune system problems and a high rate of cancer, which Brandon was diagnosed with March 20, 2015...
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Robert Francis
(Obituary ~ 09/29/16)
Robert B. Francis, 87, of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born Thursday, Feb. 7, 1929, in Bonne Terre, Missouri, to Harry and Chessie Brenneke Francis. Bob was a 1947 graduate of Bonne Terre High School and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War...
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Raymond Feuerhahn
(Obituary ~ 09/29/16)
Raymond E. Feuerhahn, 94, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, at the Lutheran Home. Ray was born Sept. 22, 1922, in Dutchtown to Alvin and Clara Siemers Feuerhahn. Ray married Norma Scherer on April 28, 1946. Norma preceded him in death in January 1975. Ray married Eva Heuer in February 1979. Eva preceded him in death in 2015...
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Linda Dedeaux
(Obituary ~ 09/29/16)
Linda Faye Dedeaux, 70, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Donny Ford officiating. Entombment will be at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum...
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Nadine Crowden
(Obituary ~ 09/29/16)
Nadine Crowden, 82, of Delta passed away Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 27, 1934, in Leemon, Missouri, to the late Floy Ellis and Zona Agnes Hodge King. She married Carol Leon Crowden on Dec. 3, 1955, and he preceded her in death July 17, 2002...
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Jackson fire report 9/29/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/29/16)
The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls: Tuesday n Motor-vehicle accident with injuries on South Hope Street. n Illegal burn on North Hope Street. n Emergency medical service on East Main Street. n Emergency medical service on Morgan Street...
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Jackson police report 9/28/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/29/16)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Assaults n An assault was reported in the 600 block of North Hope Street. n An assault was reported in the 200 block of North West Lane. Property damage n Property damage was reported in the 900 block of Greensferry Road...
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Cape Girardeau police report 9/29/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/29/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of possession of a controlled substance. n Steven C. Medley, 23, 1023 N. Frederick St., was arrested at 1023 N. Frederick St. on Cape Girardeau County warrants for dangerous drugs, probation violation and failure to appear for traffic offense...
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Births 9/29/16
(Births ~ 09/29/16)
Son to Alex Wiley and Jennifer Lynn Gierse of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 4:26 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. Name, Henry Benjamin. Weight, 7 pounds, 1 ounce. First child. Mrs. Gierse is the former Jennifer Medlin, daughter of Ronald and Brenda Medlin of Cape Girardeau. She is employed by AT&T. Gierse is the son of Robert and Nancy Gierse of Farmington, Missouri. He is employed by J.C. Penney...
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Reports of slurs prompt Missouri fraternity suspension
(State News ~ 09/29/16)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A fraternity at the University of Missouri has been suspended while officials investigate reports of racial and sexist slurs directed at black students. The Delta Upsilon national organization suspended its chapter at the university Wednesday after an incident in which members were accused of shouting slurs at black students late Tuesday, The Columbia Daily Tribune reported...
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Man sues police, Taser over stun gun-induced heart attack
(State News ~ 09/29/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri man is suing an imprisoned police officer convicted of violating his civil rights two years ago, when the officer repeatedly shot him with a stun gun during a traffic stop and gave him a heart attack he says nearly killed him...
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Missouri DNR chief named state's new conservation director
(State News ~ 09/29/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resource's chief has been selected as the first female director of the 79-year history of the state's conservation department. Sara Parker Pauley takes on her new role Nov. 1 with the independent agency that protects and manages the state's fish, forest and wildlife resources...
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AB InBev pays $6M to settle India bribery accusations
(State News ~ 09/29/16)
WASHINGTON -- Anheuser-Busch InBev will pay $6 million to settle charges by U.S. regulators that a joint venture in India paid off government officials to boost sales and production, then tried to quiet an employee who raised the issue. The joint venture in which AB InBev had a 49 percent interest used third-party sales promoters to make payments to Indian officials in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday...
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Discrimination suit against Nixon delayed as more cases surface
(State News ~ 09/29/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A lawsuit accusing Gov. Jay Nixon of age and gender discrimination has been delayed as more cases surface. Jury selection was scheduled to begin Friday in the lawsuit of fired Missouri Department of Labor employee Gracia Backer, The Kansas City Star reported. ...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 9/29/16
(Local News ~ 09/29/16)
Approval of minutes n Minutes of the Sept. 26 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n Approve purchase order for Land Tax Sale over-surplus, treasurer Roger Hudson...
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Saudi Arabia has ways to hit back at 9/11 lawsuit effort
(International News ~ 09/29/16)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Saudi Arabia and its allies are warning U.S. legislation allowing the kingdom to be sued for the 9/11 attacks will have negative repercussions. The kingdom maintains an arsenal of tools to retaliate with, including curtailing official contacts, pulling billions of dollars from the U.S. economy and persuading close allies in the Gulf Cooperation Council to scale back counterterrorism cooperation, investments and U.S. access to important regional air bases...
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Congress rebukes Obama, overrides veto of 9/11 legislation
(National News ~ 09/29/16)
WASHINGTON -- In a rebuke, Democrats joined with Republicans on Wednesday to hand Barack Obama the first veto override of his presidency, voting overwhelmingly to allow families of Sept. 11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia in U.S. courts for its alleged backing of the attackers...
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Disney to make live-action 'Lion King,' Favreau directing
(Entertainment ~ 09/29/16)
NEW YORK -- The animated classic "The Lion King" will be the latest Disney film to receive a live-action remake. Disney announced Wednesday that Jon Favreau, who helmed the box-office hit "Jungle Book" remake, will direct the new "Lion King." He also is working on a "Jungle Book" sequel...
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Congress OKs stopgap spending bill, $1.1 billion to combat Zika
(National News ~ 09/29/16)
WASHINGTON -- Averting an election-year crisis, Congress late Wednesday sent President Barack Obama a bill to keep the government operating through Dec. 9 and provide $1.1 billion in long-delayed funding to battle the Zika virus. The House cleared the measure by a 342-85 vote just hours after a bipartisan Senate tally. ...
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Study: As a species, humans inherit murderous tendencies
(National News ~ 09/29/16)
WASHINGTON -- Evolution and genetics seem to have baked a certain amount of murder into humans as a species, but civilization has tamed some of the savage beast in us, according to a new study. Scientists calculated the rate at which more than 1,000 mammal species kill their own kind, and noticed how closely related species have similar rates of lethal violence. ...
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Nine states to vote soon on expanding legal access to marijuana
(National News ~ 09/29/16)
SAN FRANCISCO -- From California, with its counterculture heritage, to the fishing ports and mill towns of Maine, millions of Americans in nine states have a chance to vote Nov. 8 on expanding legal access to marijuana. Collectively, the ballot measures amount to the closest the U.S. has come to a national referendum on the drug...
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OSHA fines landscaping firm for heat-related death
(Local News ~ 09/29/16)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited an Indiana-based landscaping company for what it called a serious safety violation that contributed to a Dexter, Missouri, man’s July heat-related death near Poplar Bluff...
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Sikeston man charged with fleeing DWI checkpoint
(Local News ~ 09/29/16)
The Cape Girardeau County prosecuting attorney’s office filed an arrest warrant for the man accused of running from police during a driving-while-intoxicated checkpoint Sept. 18. Marko Tyron Sawyer, 31, of Sikeston, Missouri, has been charged with felony resisting lawful detention...
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Hubble Creek Trail extension hits halfway point
(Local News ~ 09/29/16)
Jackson’s endeavor to connect the city park and civic center via the Hubble Creek Recreation Trail has hit the halfway point and is on track for completion. Contractors Lappe Cement Finishing Inc. began work on the 4,600-foot section in August. Jackson Public Works director Rodney Bollinger said via email a grant from the Missouri Department of Transportation is funding 80 percent of the project...
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Cape public works ready to start annual leaf pickup
(Local News ~ 09/29/16)
CThe Cape Girardeau Public Works Department will begin its annual leaf collection program Monday, although the bulk of the work will be done by zones in November and December. During the past fiscal year, the city hauled away 778 tons of leaves piled along the streets, solid-waste supervisor Mike Tripp said."...
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Perryville couple arrested on felony drug charges after sting operation
(Local News ~ 09/29/16)
A Perryville, Missouri, couple was arrested Wednesday by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents when they agreed to buy a kilogram of methamphetamine, Perry County sheriff’s deputies said. Perry County Prosecuting Attorney Thomas Hoeh charged Trevor Scott Park, 41, and Rachel Sarah Record, 41, with first-degree trafficking in drugs, five felony counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia...
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Driver uses cardboard Trump in carpool lane
(National News ~ 09/29/16)
SEATTLE -- A cardboard cutout of a head in a passenger seat caught the attention of a Washington State Patrol trooper Tuesday morning. That's because it was that of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. A trooper stopped the motorist who was driving with the cardboard likeness in a carpool lane south of Seattle. The stunt netted the driver a $136 ticket. Another trooper tweeted a photo of the cardboard Trump head affixed to the passenger-seat headrest...
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Hooked on Science: Pop a balloon with an orange
(Community ~ 09/29/16)
n Balloon n Orange n Flexible measuring tape n STEP 1: Inflate the balloon. Describe the balloon using its observable properties. Using the measuring tape, measure the distance around the fattest part of the balloon. Using this data, identify the balloon based on its properties...
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Learning briefs 9/29/16
(Community ~ 09/29/16)
Raymond J. E. Boos of Notre Dame Regional High School participated in the American Legion Boys State of Missouri from June 18 through 25 on the campus of the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Missouri. Boos was selected based on his leadership, citizenship, academics and character during his junior year at Notre Dame. Boos is the son of John and Cecelia Boos and was sponsored by Cape Girardeau American Legion Post 63...
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Prayer 9/29/16
(Prayer ~ 09/29/16)
Lord God, may we be full of mercy, loving others as you love us. Amen.
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Lisa Green
(Obituary ~ 09/29/16)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Lisa Green, 54, of Marble Hill passed away Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born Aug. 12, 1962, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Gilbert and Barbara Lacey Medley. She and Jerry Green were united in marriage Sept. 21, 1978...
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