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Blanchard Elementary Students Experience World Cultures
(Submitted Story ~ 11/11/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO – Cultural Exchange Network (CENET) recently took its popular local program, Culture in the Community (CITC), to Blanchard Elementary for a 2-week international education program. CITC aims to provide authentic international education for area schools and groups...
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Tickets on Sale Nov. 14 for Santa Express Christmas Train
(Submitted Story ~ 11/11/16)
COMMrades and Lambda Pi Eta at Southeast Missouri State University will host a Santa Express Christmas Train on the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway in Jackson, Missouri, on Wednesday, Dec. 14. The train will board at 6 p.m. and return at 8:30 p.m. ...
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Trump shakes up transition team, elevates Pence’s role
(National News ~ 11/11/16)
WASHINGTON (AP) – President-elect Donald Trump is shaking up his transition team as he plunges into the work of setting up his administration, elevating Vice President-elect Mike Pence to head the operations. It amounts to a demotion for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who had been running Trump’s transition planning for months.
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Gov.-elect Greitens to announce transition team next week
(State News ~ 11/11/16)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri Gov.-elect Eric Greitens plans to have a team assembled by the end of next week to help with his transition to power, an adviser said Friday. Voters in Tuesday's election chose the Republican former Navy SEAL to succeed Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon, who was barred by term limits from seeking re-election...
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Chaffee man charged after two-county chase
(Local News ~ 11/11/16)
The Perry County, Missouri, Prosecuting Attorney's Office charged a Chaffee, Missouri, man with second-degree burglary, resisting arrest and misdemeanor theft Thursday after he led Perry County and Cape Girardeau County sheriff's deputies and Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers on a chase into Cape Girardeau County on Tuesday, deputies said...
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Brosely teen who killed man while defending mom will not be charged
(Local News ~ 11/11/16)
Charges will not be filed against a Broseley, Missouri, teenager who shot and killed his mother’s live-in boyfriend as the man allegedly was holding a knife to her throat and threatening to kill her. Authorities said Brody Carter’s actions in killing Thomas Sherrion were “third-party self-defense.” ...
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Salvation Army Kettle Kickoff set for Nov. 17
(Local News ~ 11/11/16)
The Salvation Army will hold a Kettle Kickoff at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at West Park Mall. A Salvation Army officer will give a short presentation, and Cape Girardeau and Jackson mayors Harry Rediger and Dwain Hahs will ring the first bell and announce a kettle goal for donations, Salvation Army Capt. Ronnie Amick said...
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Clothing items collected to help area veterans
(Local News ~ 11/11/16)
Agents and staff members from Farmer’s Insurance carted armfuls of suits, sport coats, dress pants and ties up two flights of stairs Tuesday to the Office of Military and Veterans Services in the University Center at Southeast Missouri State University...
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Latest phase of Veterans Memorial Drive project nears conclusion
(Local News ~ 11/11/16)
Phase Five of the Veterans Memorial Drive project is underway, and the end, it seems, is near. While the six-phase project ultimately will create an outer road for Interstate 55 connecting Lasalle Road and Route K, this particular phase essentially will create a new road along the highway, extending Veterans Memorial Drive south of the Missouri Veterans Home...
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Area GOP lawmakers push for right-to-work law in Missouri
(Local News ~ 11/11/16)
Area Republican lawmakers are ready to push again for a right-to-work law in Missouri, and this time, they believe they will be successful. The election Tuesday of Republican and right-to-work proponent Eric Greitens as Missouri’s new governor has made the issue a top priority in the GOP-dominated Legislature for the 2017 session...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 11/11/16)
Today in History Today is Friday, Nov. 11, the 316th day of 2016. There are 50 days left in the year. This is Veterans Day in the U.S., Remembrance Day in Canada. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 11, 1918, fighting in World War I ended as the Allies and Germany signed an armistice in the Forest of Compiegne...
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Thank you hometown heroes
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/11/16)
I wanted to share some positive news, our own hometown heroes at work every single year at Christmas time. LaCroix church with the help of businesses, put on a Christmas party for the 185 men at Mid America Teen Challenge each year. They have been doing this for many years. ...
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Thank you to all who have served
(Editorial ~ 11/11/16)
Today we honor each and every veteran who made sacrifices for us and our freedom. Thank you to every man and woman who has fought to protect us. Veterans Day and the events in conjunction with it offer us each a chance to reflect and show our gratitude for their service...
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Even with inflation, it's still a stretch to eat out
(Column ~ 11/11/16)
My wife and I were eating out one night this week at one of our favorite restaurants, one that is part of a national chain. It isn't a ritzy place to eat, but it's far more expensive than a fast-food place. My wife and I were struck, as we have been many times in recent years, by the number of young families with children eating at the same restaurant. We figured a family of four would spend a minimum of $50 at this restaurant...
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Little People, Dungeons & Dragons top Toy Hall of Fame class
(Entertainment ~ 11/11/16)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- At long last, a big honor for the Little People. After seven times as finalists for the National Toy Hall of Fame, the tiny tenants of Fisher-Price's house, barn and school bus were enshrined Thursday. They were joined by the swing and Dungeons & Dragons in the hall's class of 2016...
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Crisp Museum to host comic-book art exhibition
(Entertainment ~ 11/11/16)
A comic-book art exhibition, "Heroes, Villains, Monsters," will open today at Southeast Missouri State University's Crisp Museum at the River Campus. Terese Nielsen, Rick Burchett, William Stout and Paul Gulacy will be the featured artists representing different genres in the comic-book industry during the exhibition...
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#SemoSelfie 11/11/16
(Entertainment ~ 11/11/16)
My semo homecoming buddy. #Semo #semoSelfie #WhatsUpSemo #hoco #hoco2k16 #homecoming #goRedhawks #AlwaysARedhawk #GrandFinale #selfie #bff #loveyou #cuties #parade #adorable #TeamNoSleep
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Florida man's death sentences upheld by court
(National News ~ 11/11/16)
MIAMI -- The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death sentences imposed on a man convicted of five murders in two separate 2007 robberies, including one in which two women were set on fire. The justices upheld the convictions and sentences imposed on 38-year-old Leon Davis Jr., who committed the killings just days apart in December 2007. ...
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How the light gets in: Poet, songwriter Leonard Cohen dead at 82
(Entertainment ~ 11/11/16)
LOS ANGELES -- Leonard Cohen, the baritone-voiced Canadian singer-songwriter who seamlessly blended spirituality and sexuality in songs such as "Hallelujah," "Suzanne" and "Bird on a Wire," has died at age 82. Cohen passed away, and a memorial will take place in Los Angeles at a later date, Catherine McNelly, a representative from his record label, said Thursday. No further details on his death were given...
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'Fall for Dance' next week at the River Campus
(Entertainment ~ 11/11/16)
The Conservatory of Theatre and Dance will host its seventh annual "Fall for Dance" next week. Shows begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Nov. 20 in the Bedell Performance Hall at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus. "Fall for Dance is our annual fall dance concert, and every year is different," said Hilary Peterson, assistant professor and coordinator of dance at the River Campus. ...
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Author hopes otherworldly novel, 'Night Meets Moon,' can help young people deal with change
(Entertainment ~ 11/11/16)
It was Linden Mize's reflection about mortality that inspired her novel "Night Meets Moon." "I was thinking about when I get older," she said. "Maybe I won't be around to tell my grandchildren a story or give them some advice that I grew up with, and I know when you get older, you tend to start forgetting things."...
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Out of the past: Nov. 11
(Out of the Past ~ 11/11/16)
Pearl Harbor veterans were honored Sunday during a Veterans Day ceremony at Freedom Corner in Capaha Park after a parade; Dec. 7 marks the 50th anniversary of Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor; an estimated 300 people attended the observance. METROPOLIS, Ill. ...
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Vera Vogel
(Obituary ~ 11/11/16)
FROHNA, Mo. -- Vera E. Vogel, 88, of Frohna died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 15, 1928, in Frohna, daughter of Anton and Esther Mueller Petzoldt. She and Edwin "Ebs" Vogel were married Aug. 27, 1949. He preceded her in death June 23, 1993...
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Billie Sweet
(Obituary ~ 11/11/16)
ORAN, Mo. -- Billie Sweet, 52, of Oran died Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran.
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Milton Pecord
(Obituary ~ 11/11/16)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Milton A. Pecord, 96, of Olive Branch died Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Illinois. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Interment will be at Olive Branch Cemetery...
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Patricia Meyer
(Obituary ~ 11/11/16)
BIEHLE, Mo. -- Patricia "Pat" Ann Meyer, 76, of Biehle died Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, at her home. She was born March 22, 1940, in Biehle, daughter of Julius and Violet Snyder Hotop. She and John Richard Meyer were married Oct. 7, 1961. He preceded her in death May 30, 2009...
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Karen McCain
(Obituary ~ 11/11/16)
Karen McCain, 55, of Delta passed away Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, at the family home. She was born Sept. 6, 1961, in Cape Girardeau to Charles and Barbara Hurst Drew. She married Howard McCain on Nov. 26, 2003, and he survives of the home. Karen was a graduate of Delta High School and Metro Business College and attended Southeast Missouri State University. She was a member of Trinity Pentecostal Church of Randles...
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Ruth Ann Mann
(Obituary ~ 11/11/16)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Ruth Ann Mann, 69, of McClure died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, at her home. She was born Feb. 18, 1947, in Dexter, Missouri, to Loyd and Opal Cornelison Edwards. She and Jerry Charles Mann were married June 28, 1963, in Dexter. She had worked in housekeeping at Southeast Hospital for 11 years. Ruth loved spending time with her granddaughter and enjoyed going to car shows...
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Betty Koechig
(Obituary ~ 11/11/16)
Betty Lou Buckner Koechig, 75, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 18, 1941, in Cape Girardeau to Henry Russell and Audrey E. Kern Buckner. Betty married Ronald L. Moss on May 6, 1961, Ivan Farrow in May 1978 and, later, Lloyd Koechig on Dec. 3, 1993. Lloyd preceded her in death Feb. 23, 2005...
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Carolyn Blankenship
(Obituary ~ 11/11/16)
BENTON, Mo. -- Carolyn Grace Blankenship, 77, of Benton died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, at her home. She was born Dec. 15, 1938, in Waltham, Massachusetts, to Roy A. and Edith M. Kasper Peterson. She married Orville Lee Blankenship on Dec. 31, 1980. Carolyn worked on the assembly line at Superior Electric. She was member of Christian Mission Church in Benton...
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Jackson police report 11/11/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/11/16)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Summons n Duwain M. Harris, 18, of Cape Girardeau was issued a summons for operating a motor vehicle without a valid operator's license. Theft n Theft was reported in the 900 block of Old Cape Road...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 11/11/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/11/16)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Wednesday: n Medical assists were made at 5:21 a.m. on Good Hope Street; 7:34 a.m. on South Ellis Street; 3:59 p.m. on Stonebridge Drive; 6 p.m. on South Sprigg Street; 6:30 p.m. on Brenda Kay Court; 7:05 p.m. on Mason Street; and 7:36 p.m. on North Fountain Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 11/11/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/11/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Summonses n Jon P. Kitchen, 57, of Cape Girardeau was issued summonses for display of certain items prohibited and nuisance declared. Assault n Assault was reported. Thefts...
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Speedy gravediggers compete in Slovakia
(International News ~ 11/11/16)
TRENCIN, Slovakia -- Ten teams from Slovakia, Poland and Hungary on Thursday turned mounds of ground in a competition to crown the fastest gravediggers in central Europe. The Grave Digging Championships held in the Slovakian city of Trencin was meant to promote the funeral industry and bring some levity to a serious profession. A team representing Peter Pastorok's funeral services from the Slovakian village of Kalna nad Hronom emerged as the winner...
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Iraq troops pause in advance on Mosul to drive out IS
(International News ~ 11/11/16)
BAGHDAD -- Iraqi troops consolidated gains in their advance on the northern city of Mosul on Thursday, regrouping as they clear neighborhoods and houses once occupied by the Islamic State group. In Mosul proper, where troops have a foothold in a sliver of territory in the city's east, the special forces control the Zahra neighborhood, once named after former dictator Saddam Hussein, and have taken at least half of the Aden neighborhood, military officials said...
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Thousands of officers line streets for slain NYC sergeant
(National News ~ 11/11/16)
MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. -- Thousands of police officers from across the nation paid tribute Thursday to a New York City police sergeant who was killed during a gunfight last week. Throngs of officers stood shoulder-to-shoulder for nearly a mile as a hearse carrying the body of Sgt. Paul Tuozzolo arrived for his Long Island funeral. The 19-year veteran officer was killed last Nov. 4 in the Bronx...
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Gunman kills officer, self; woman found dead after fight
(National News ~ 11/11/16)
CANONSBURG, Pa. -- A gunman with a history of domestic abuse fatally shot a police officer and wounded another Thursday before he and a woman were found dead after a fight at their apartment, authorities said. Officer Scott Bashioum and the other officer were responding separately to an emergency call from neighbors at around 3:15 a.m. ...
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Judge denies bid to bar evidence at Trump University trial
(National News ~ 11/11/16)
SAN DIEGO -- A federal judge on Thursday tentatively denied a request to ban statements made by and about President-elect Donald Trump during his campaign from being used at the San Diego trial of a lawsuit involving him and his now-defunct Trump University...
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Anti-Trump protests continue
(National News ~ 11/11/16)
NEW YORK -- Demonstrators took to the streets in San Francisco and gathered in a New York City park Thursday to express their outrage over Donald Trump's unexpected presidential win while Trump supporters took to social media and denounced demonstrators as hypocrites or worse for not accepting defeat in a democratic process...
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Trump tours D.C., meets with Obama
(National News ~ 11/11/16)
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Donald Trump took a triumphant tour of the nation's capital Thursday, holding a cordial White House meeting with President Barack Obama, sketching out priorities with Republican congressional leaders and taking in the view from where he'll be sworn into office...
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Lion sires eight cubs after two vasectomies
(State News ~ 11/11/16)
SADDLEBROOKE, Mo. -- A Missouri tiger sanctuary is raising eight lion cubs that unexpectedly joined the family after a lion that had undergone two vasectomies sired them. Leo the lion received his first vasectomy in 2015. Late last year, National Tiger Sanctuary in Saddlebrooke staff was surprised to discover he had fathered two cubs...
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Voter ouster of Missouri judge a rarity
(State News ~ 11/11/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis County judge's ouster by voters this week marks just the third time a jurist has been removed since the state created its judicial-selection system nearly eight decades ago. Associate Circuit Judge Dale Hood lost his retention bid Tuesday after failing to get the required majority of votes, with nearly 60 percent of voters deciding against keeping Hood on the bench, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Dozens overdose on synthetic drug in St. Louis
(State News ~ 11/11/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Authorities said dozens of people have been treated in downtown St. Louis over the past several days after apparently overdosing on a synthetic cannabis-like drug. St. Louis fire chief Dennis Jenkerson said most of the people appeared to be homeless...
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Parents settle wrongful-death suit with St. Louis archdiocese
(State News ~ 11/11/16)
ST. LOUIS -- The parents of a man who killed himself years after alleged sexual abuse by a St. Louis-area priest said Thursday they're hopeful settlement of their lawsuit against the Archdiocese of St. Louis will raise awareness and help other victims come forward...
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Best Bet: Mini-Comic Con to be held at River Campus
(Entertainment ~ 11/11/16)
In partnership with Cape Comic Con and coinciding with the art exhibition "Heroes, Villains, Monsters," the Cape Mini-Comic Con will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the Crisp Museum at the River Campus, 518 S. Fountain St. in Cape Girardeau. Admission is free, and the event will include an artist talk, panel discussions, a music performance, vendors, artists, displays, a comic-art drawing contest and display. ...
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Artifacts 11/11/16
(Entertainment ~ 11/11/16)
The inaugural I Love the '90s Tour invites attendees to reminisce about the trendsetting decade with some of the most iconic, indelible names in rap, hip-hop and R&B. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Show Me Center, 1333 N. Sprigg St. ...
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Prayer 11/11/16
(Prayer ~ 11/11/16)
O Lord Jesus, thank you for those who serve in the military, defending liberty. Amen.
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