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Morning boiler explosion kills three in south St. Louis
(State News ~ 04/04/17)
ST. LOUIS -- An explosion launched a van-sized boiler through the roof OF a St. Louis box company and slammed much of it down onto a laundry business across the street on Monday, killing three people and injuring four others, authorities said. One person died in the blast at about 8 a.m. at the Loy-Lange Box Co. and two others were killed when a large piece of the boiler crashed into the nearby Faultless Healthcare Linen building's office area, Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson said...
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Plan for redevelopment around Hobby Lobby delayed by traffic concerns
(Local News ~ 04/04/17)
Traffic issues must be addressed before the Cape Girardeau City Council votes on developer Scott Rhodes' request to rezone the Hobby Lobby shopping area, city planner Ryan Shrimplin said Monday. Rezoning is required before Rhodes can move ahead with his proposed development, Shrimplin said...
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Scott City mayor addresses abuse of credit cards
(Local News ~ 04/04/17)
Scott City Mayor Ron Cummins outlined a plan to fix the city's credit card protocols and curb improper use of city funds during a city council meeting Monday night. "[Mayor pro-tem] Norman [Brant] and I and the police department has met with the forensic auditors and the other outside auditor. ...
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Jackson board accepts two bids in Uptown project
(Local News ~ 04/04/17)
Two bids were accepted from Nip Kelley Construction Equipment Company of Cape Girardeau, both for work in Uptown Jackson, among other motions passed at the Jackson board of aldermen regular meeting at City Hall Monday. The first bid, totaling $245,346.45, was for the uptown historic lighting project...
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Scott Co. cops misidentified man in high-speed chase, but he now faces drug charges
(Local News ~ 04/04/17)
Police mistakenly identified the driver who led them on a high-speed chase from Cape Girardeau into Scott County on Wednesday, Scott County Sheriff Wes Drury said Monday. Charges stemming from the chase filed against Douglas D. Benton, 45, of Cape Girardeau were dismissed, but only after Benton was arrested Friday morning after a traffic stop led police to find drugs in his possession, according to a probable-cause statement filed in the case by Cape Girardeau patrolman Jason Angle...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/04/17)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, April 4, the 94th day of 2017. There are 271 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot and killed on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee...
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Speak Out 4/4/17
(Speak Out ~ 04/04/17)
Have we really reached the point where a large number of Americans are willing to ignore a blatant assault on our democracy by a Russian dictator? Has partisan hatred reached the point where party comes before patriotism? What fool's we have become. Russian meddling in our election and the willingness of many to ignore it threatens all the founding fathers stood for...
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Group available for men in abusive relationships
(Editorial ~ 04/04/17)
When most of us think of domestic violence, we think of women being abused by men. Men, however, are also victims of abuse. When a man finds himself in that situation, he needs a support system just as much as a woman does. The Safe House for Women in Cape Girardeau now offers a support group...
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Pizzeria owner, pastor faces new sex charges
(State News ~ 04/04/17)
ST. LOUIS -- A former pastor and owner of a St. Louis pizzeria and martial arts studio faces more federal child sex charges. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported a new indictment accuses Dojo Pizza's Loren Copp of two charges of using interstate facilities to persuade a minor to engage in sexual activity. It also added three counts of transmitting information about a minor with the intent to encourage sexual activity...
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House approves prescription drug database for monitoring program
(State News ~ 04/04/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- House members on Monday voted to make Missouri the last state to adopt a prescription drug monitoring program aimed at cutting back at opioid misuse and doctor shopping. Lawmakers voted 102-54 in favor of creating a database that tracks when doctors write scripts and pharmacists provide medications...
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Hawley measure to control human trafficking
(State News ~ 04/04/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley announced several measures on Monday that he says will help combat human trafficking in the state. Hawley's initiatives include issuing new consumer protection rules, creating a new anti-trafficking unit under the attorney general's office and establishing an anti-trafficking task force to combat commercial sex and forced labor, according to a statement from Hawley's office...
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Dems claim votes to block Gorsuch; GOP to override them
(National News ~ 04/04/17)
WASHINGTON -- Democrats claimed the votes they needed Monday to block President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, but the victory was only fleeting, setting up a historic showdown with Republicans who intend to rewrite Senate rules and muscle Neil Gorsuch onto the high court...
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Then and now: How glaciers around the world are melting
(National News ~ 04/04/17)
WASHINGTON -- Over the past decade, scientists and photographers keep returning to the world's glaciers, watching them shrink with each visit. Now they want others to see how a warming planet is melting masses of ice in a series of before-and-after photos...
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O'Reilly, ex-Fox chief hit with more allegations
(Entertainment ~ 04/04/17)
NEW YORK -- A Fox News contributor came forward Monday to level more sexual harassment allegations against deposed chief executive Roger Ailes, two days after it was revealed that the network's most popular on-air personality, Bill O'Reilly, has settled multiple complaints about his own behavior with women...
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Storms sweep through South; 5 killed
(National News ~ 04/04/17)
JACKSON, Miss. -- A Mississippi woman who desperately tried to direct rescuers to her sinking vehicle after it skidded into a rain-swollen creek was among five people killed in storms across the South. Jacqueline Williams, 52, was running a newspaper delivery route when her car slid off a road into a creek in her hometown of Florence before dawn Monday, authorities said. She dialed 911 from the car as it went down, said Rankin County Coroner David Ruth...
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Colorado mine spill losses may be less than feared
(National News ~ 04/04/17)
DENVER -- Economic damage from a Colorado mine waste spill caused by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency might be far less than originally feared after attorneys drastically reduced some of the larger claims, The Associated Press has learned. Farmers, business owners, residents and others initially said they suffered $1.2 billion in lost income, property damage and personal injuries from the 2015 spill at the Gold King Mine, which tainted rivers in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah...
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Flood-hit Colombian city searches for children
(International News ~ 04/04/17)
MOCOA, Colombia -- Jose Albeiro Vargas last saw his grandson the night a fierce rain came and unleashed havoc on this small city surrounded by rivers and mountains in southern Colombia. From what the store owner has been able to gather, the torrents of mud, water and debris unleashed on the city of Mocoa by the rain-swollen river swept away his 18-month-old grandson, Jadir Estiven. ...
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Cyborgs at work: employees getting implanted with microchips
(International News ~ 04/04/17)
STOCKHOLM -- The syringe slides in between the thumb and index finger. Then, with a click, a microchip is injected in the employee's hand. Another "cyborg" is created. What could pass for a dystopian vision of the workplace is almost routine at the Swedish startup hub Epicenter. The company offers to implant its workers and startup members with microchips the size of grains of rice that function as swipe cards: to open doors, operate printers or buy smoothies with a wave of the hand...
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Subway train explosion in Russia leaves 11 dead
(International News ~ 04/04/17)
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- A bomb blast tore through a subway train deep under Russia's second-largest city Monday, killing 11 people and wounding more than 40 in a chaotic scene that left victims sprawled on a smoky platform. Hours later, anguish and fear rose again when police found and defused a shrapnel-packed explosive device at another St. Petersburg station...
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Jackson police report 4/4/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/04/17)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Timmy Lesch, 54, of Jackson was arrested on a Jackson warrant for failure to appear on an affray charge. n Jessica Brown, 30, of Jackson was arrested on an Arnold warrant...
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Cape Girardeau police report 4/4/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/04/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Lora Kinnison of Cape Girardeau was arrested for driving while intoxicated. n Elijah Pratt of Cape Girardeau was arrested for possession of a controlled substance...
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Marilyn Blankenship
(Obituary ~ 04/04/17)
Marilyn Joy Blankenship, 83, of Burfordville gained her angel wings on Saturday, April 1, 2017, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born July 9, 1933, in Cape Girardeau to Robert and Vivian Cole Dockery. She graduated from Cape Girardeau Central High School in 1951...
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Jackson fire report 4/4/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/04/17)
JACKSON The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls: Friday n Emergency medical service on Adams Street. n Emergency medical service on Mary Street. Saturday n Mutual aid on Larch Lane. n Emergency medical service on Birdie Lane. Sunday...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 4/4/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/04/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Saturday n At 12:50 a.m., a medical assist on North Sprigg Street. n At 12:46 p.m., a medical assist on Morgan Oak Street. n At 2:22 p.m., emergency medical service, excluding vehicle accident, on William Street...
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Henry Patterson
(Obituary ~ 04/04/17)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Henry Franklin Patterson, 76, departed this life on April 1, 2017, at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. He was born Feb. 9, 1941, in Blodgett, Missouri, to Cecil Ray Patterson and Novella Gilliland Patterson...
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Marvin Walters
(Obituary ~ 04/04/17)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Marvin C. Walters, 73, of Sikeston passed away Thursday, March 30, 2017, at Hunter Acres Caring Center in Sikeston. He was born May 31, 1943, in Palatine, Illinois, to Roy and Adeline (Fasse) Walters. He was baptized and confirmed at the Immanuel Lutheran Church of Dundee, Illinois. He spent many years working in landscaping at D. Hill Nursery, at a cemetery in Elgin, Illinois, and as a roofer...
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Wilmer Lueders
(Obituary ~ 04/04/17)
FROHNA, Mo. -- Wilmer Arthur Lueders, 99, of Frohna died Sunday, April 2, 2017, at Independence Care Center of Perry County, Missouri. He was born July 15, 1917, in Frohna, son of Arthur and Hulda (Poppitz) Lueders. He and Marie Kranawetter were married on Aug. 4, 1946, for 70 years. She survives in Perryville...
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George Smiley
(Obituary ~ 04/04/17)
George Richard Smiley, 64, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, March 30, 2017, at Southeast Hospital. George was born May 4, 1952, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Richard and Bernice (Marlin) Smiley. He is survived by his sons, Brandon Smiley and Garrett Smiley; a daughter, Samantha Smiley; sister, Vicki Andreae, and a granddaughter, Bailey Smiley...
- MU campuses see drop in international applications (State News ~ 04/04/17)
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Midwest economic index slips but still called healthy
(National News ~ 04/04/17)
OMAHA, Neb. -- Economic conditions in nine Midwest and Plains states remains healthy, despite a slight slip in a monthly survey of business supply managers, an economist said in a report released Monday. The Mid-America Business Conditions Index report said the overall economic index for the region dropped to 60.1 in March from 60.5 in February. It's the first index decline in five months...
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Donald Jones
(Obituary ~ 04/04/17)
Donald Jones, 62, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, April 1, 2017, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. There will be no local services. Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements.
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Jeronda Mallory
(Obituary ~ 04/04/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Jeronda Gail Mallory, 56, of Perryville died Monday, April 3, 2017, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville provided the arrangements...
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Edward Schafer
(Obituary ~ 04/04/17)
Edward Schafer, 71, of Scott City died Sunday, April 2, 2017, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Entertainment briefs 4/4/17
(Entertainment ~ 04/04/17)
CHICAGO -- Chicago blues musician Lonnie Brooks, whose relationship with his adopted hometown was cemented by his hit recording of Robert Johnson's "Sweet Home Chicago," has died at age 83. A prolific musician known for his intense guitar solos and raspy but strong voice, Brooks died Saturday night, his son Ronnie Baker Brooks said Sunday...
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WWI memorial: KC museum features display of 9,000 poppies in tribute
(State News ~ 04/04/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Crossing a glass walkway that spans a field of 9,000 poppies, visitors to the official U.S. memorial to World War I are transported to a time when tanks and air warfare were new and the hopeful flowers sprang up on the barren, trench-dotted battlefields where hundreds of thousands of soldiers died...
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Prayer 4/4/17
(Prayer ~ 04/04/17)
O Lord Jesus, may we follow your example and show kindness to all. Amen.
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Out of the past: April 4
(Out of the Past ~ 04/04/17)
Lt. Gov. Mel Carnahan declared yesterday he has the "vision, commitment and experience" to lead Missouri into the 21st century, as he officially launched his campaign for the Democratic nomination of governor; his kickoff rally at the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport was attended by about 50 supporters...
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David defeats Goliath at the Cinderella Dance
(Column ~ 04/04/17)
It was a wild weekend in sports. But of course. We don't call it March Madness for nothing. For me, the end of March could not have been sweeter, as the Mississippi Bulldogs dethroned the UCONN Lady Huskies women's basketball team. This might be the first time a Final Four matchup, as noteworthy as every one of them is, upstaged the ensuing championship game. ...
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Four Local Girls Come Home With State International Girl Titles
(Submitted Story ~ 04/04/17)
Missouri International Girl 573-475-0153. For Immediate Release: April 2, 2017 Four local girls brought home titles at the 2017 Midwest International Girl Competition in Branson March 24-26. And for De'Laya Banks, 8 of Haywood City, she brought home an award in every category...
- Cape Walmart receives award from Special Olympics (Submitted Story ~ 04/04/17)
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