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Sikeston man charged in shooting death of Cape man
(Local News ~ 04/23/17)
A Sikeston, Missouri, man has been charged in connection with a shooting that left one man dead and one woman wounded last week in Cape Girardeau. The Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney's Office on Friday charged Tiwan T. Paige, 29, with first-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action, first-degree assault and unlawful possession of a firearm...
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Cape Girardeau officials look to revamp parks/stormwater tax
(Local News ~ 04/23/17)
Cape Girardeau city officials propose to offer voters a revamped parks/stormwater sales tax next year that would put more money into operations and maintenance without increasing the total tax. City manager Scott Meyer outlined the plan at the City Council retreat Friday at the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce office...
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Fighting back: Boxing group offers strength training, camaraderie for those with Parkinson's
(Community ~ 04/23/17)
Red-faced and sweaty, Jim Lurk strains to sit up and pass off the medicine ball. "Forty-five seconds!" instructor Katie Yamnitz barks. "Come on!" Over and over Lurk and the five other men continue their reps. Each sit-up shows the block letters on the back of Lurk's T-shirt. They say "FIGHT BACK."...
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Event includes the first public tour of 200-year-old Elmwood Manor
(Local News ~ 04/23/17)
The first public tour of Elmwood Manor allowed 35 people to appreciate the historic home's architecture and its collections Saturday, as part of a tour with five total stops in and west of Cape Girardeau Saturday. The History Mystery Tour offered through Continuing Education at Southeast Missouri State University made five stops in Cape Girardeau Saturday...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/23/17)
Today in History Today is Sunday, April 23, the 113th day of 2017. There are 252 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 23, 1789, President-elect George Washington and his wife, Martha, moved into the first executive mansion, the Franklin House, in New York...
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Parenteau -- Niederkorn
(Wedding ~ 04/23/17)
Tara Anne Parenteau and Brandon Micheal Niederkorn, both of Cape Girardeau, were married Feb. 25 at St.Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. David Hulshof performed the ceremony. Lenny Kuper of Cape Girardeau was pianist, and Kaitlyn Robinson of Cape Girardeau was vocalist...
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4x4 - 4/23/17
(04/23/17)
What do you think is the most difficult job in the world?
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A dangerous native animal
(Column ~ 04/23/17)
Snakes are not all dangerous, but this one is. It is a venomous viper called a cottonmouth. This snake gets its name from the white inside of its mouth. When confronted it usually will coil its body, look in the direction of its antagonizer and open its mouth...
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Senior Center Menus 4-23-17
(Community ~ 04/23/17)
Monday: Barbecued pork steak or country steak, mashed potatoes, red cabbage and apple salad, whole-grain hot roll and chilled plums or chocolate pudding. Tuesday: Chicken, pasta and veggie salad or ham and cheese croissant, carrot-raisin salad, kidney bean salad, whole-grain bread and mixed fresh fruit or blonde brownie...
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FYI 4-23-17
(Community ~ 04/23/17)
Janet Bass Smith, a concert pianist from Bowling Green, Kentucky, will premiere a piano piece composed by her grandson and dedicated to her at 2 p.m. today at St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 804 N. Cape Rock Drive in Cape Girardeau. Smith formerly was the organist at the church and taught piano at Southeast Missouri State for several years before moving to Kentucky...
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An ongoing invasion
(Column ~ 04/23/17)
I try to listen to gardeners in the area about the time to write when it's my next column. Their concerns are the subjects I think I should write about. With that said, Japanese beetles and their control seem to be on the mind of several gardeners that I have talked with over the last few weeks...
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With the weather warming up, it's time to plant tomatoes
(Column ~ 04/23/17)
On Tuesday, I checked the 10-day forecast, and the weather is looking good. It showed the low temperatures were to stay in the mid 40's or higher, so it looks like we have had our last frost here in Scott City. I have been hesitant about putting out our big bunch of tomatoes, but I believe we will go ahead and plant tomatoes and peppers and cucumbers...
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Kabobs: Tasty, nutritious meals on a skewer
(Column ~ 04/23/17)
Food on a stick is always fun, but protein on a skewer is fantastic. I don't know anyone who does not enjoy a good kabob occasionally. Taking good cuts of meat, marinating them and threading them onto skewers can make a party or gathering feel very special...
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Relationships
(Column ~ 04/23/17)
Never dismiss the importance of a relationship. A word of clarification here. There are two basic kinds of leaders in the world today: transactional leaders and relational leaders. Those who follow the first model can find early success but tend to burn their bridges quickly because in the end, they don't care about people...
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Jesus is alive
(Column ~ 04/23/17)
The Road to Emmaus is one of my favorite Gospel stories because it's so human. Two disciples think it's over. It's the third day and it seems unlikely Jesus has risen like he said he would. They hardly dare to hope what they've heard is true, that Jesus' body is gone from the tomb...
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Club News 4-23-17
(Community News ~ 04/23/17)
The Town and Country FCE Club met April 11 at the Say Grace Restaurant in Altenburg, Missouri. Lois Seabaugh was the hostess. After enjoying dinner, the business meeting was presided over by Mary Klaproth in the absence of the president, Sue Jones. The devotion was given by Seabaugh from Ideals entitled, "It's Easter." Roll call was answered by members stating something they do to help their memory. ...
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Scott City Elementary School third quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 04/23/17)
Principal's Honor Roll 3rd grade: Jackson Burger. 4th grade: Lane Holder, Lilyan Landis. High Honor Roll 3rd grade: Camden Jackson, Ryken Seyer, Bryce Wood. 4th grade: Makenna Gentry, Arwen Laubach, Miranda Schusler, Evan Simmons, Jada Simmons, Ramsey Spinks, Shayla Sterling, Alyssa Stone...
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For blues fans, Mississippi Delta has many stories to tell
(Community ~ 04/23/17)
CLARKSDALE, Miss. -- The Mississippi Delta has no shortage of museums, historic attractions and clubs devoted to the blues. But visitors will find the region has many other stories to tell, from the cotton plantations where African-American families worked and lived in desperate poverty to culinary traditions that reflect a surprising ethnic diversity...
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Adopt safe harbor 4-23-17
(Community ~ 04/23/17)
This is Christine. She is a petite, loving and has a beautiful tortoiseshell coat! She is is available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.
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Venus, hummingbirds are coming into view
(Column ~ 04/23/17)
Happy birthday to Linda Lindy, Jenny Miller, Mike Mirly, Richie Rister, Jimmy Chambers, Bud Schilling, Garrett Senciboy, Charlie Dumey, Stanley Latko, Robin Gardner, Steven Dooley, Jimmie Banks, Larry Rogers, Sheila Eby, Mable Flanigan, MaKinsey Uhrhan, Mick Wessel, Dusti Garner, Lauren Anderson, Danny Penrose, Bob Owen, Ruth Glastetter, Michelle Daniel, Lindsey Miller, Jeannie Smith and Shelly Schrum...
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Roasted Asparagus Toasts make an elegant spring brunch
(Community ~ 04/23/17)
Here's a special dish tailor-made for an elegant spring brunch. It requires slightly more than the usual amount of work, but it's so worth it. Most of the recipe's several components can be prepared ahead of time, then reheated and assembled at the last minute...
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Feeding the hungry shows the love of Christ
(Editorial ~ 04/23/17)
Hundreds of people packed the Jackson Civic Center on April 8 to fill "MannaPack" boxes in a Feed My Starving Children event. Feed My Starving Children is a not-for-profit Christian organization where children and adults hand-pack meals to be delivered to malnourished children. Over the United States, hundreds of thousands of volunteers have packed tens of millions of meals...
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On repealing the prevailing wage
(Column ~ 04/23/17)
I’ve been asked by several people about the county’s stance on prevailing wage, especially after passing a resolution in support of repealing it. I wanted to give some amplifying information. First, prevailing wage is not minimum wage. From the Missouri DOL, webpage labor.mo.gov/DLS/PrevailingWage:...
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Erin Moran, Joanie Cunningham in 'Happy Days,' dies at 56
(Entertainment ~ 04/23/17)
NEW YORK -- Erin Moran, the former child star who played Joanie Cunningham in the sitcoms "Happy Days" and "Joanie Loves Chachi," has died. Police in Harrison County, Indiana, said she had been found unresponsive Saturday after authorities received a 911 call...
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Advocates fan out across globe to show of support for science
(National News ~ 04/23/17)
WASHINGTON -- The world saw brain power take a different form Saturday. From the Washington Monument to Germany's Brandenburg Gate and even to Greenland, scientists, students and research advocates rallied on Earth Day, conveying a global message about scientific freedom without political interference, the need for adequate spending for future breakthroughs and just the general value of scientific pursuits...
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Officials: 100 casualties in Afghanistan attack
(International News ~ 04/23/17)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Authorities on Saturday raised the casualty toll to 100 in an attack on a military compound in northern Afghanistan a day earlier by gunmen and suicide bombers wearing army uniforms. Gen. Daulat Waziri, spokesman for the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense, said the attack Friday on a compound of the 209th Corps of the Afghan National Army left dozens of soldiers and other personnel dead or wounded...
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France kicks off presidential vote overseas; security tight
(International News ~ 04/23/17)
PARIS -- Early voting began overseas Saturday in France's most nail-biting election in generations, and the 11 candidates seeking to become the country's next president silenced their campaigns as required to give voters a period of reflection. Opinion polls showed a tight race among the four top contenders vying to get into the May 7 presidential runoff that will decide who becomes France's next head of state...
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10 pounds of pot wrongly sent to pastor
(National News ~ 04/23/17)
YEADON, Pa. -- Police are trying to determine who shipped 10 pounds of marijuana from California to a pastor in the Philadelphia suburbs. Yeadon police said the drugs arrived Thursday in bundles stuffed into a plastic bucket inside a cardboard box that was delivered by United Parcel Service. But the woman who received it is a pastor who told authorities it wasn't meant for her. Police believe someone else might have been instructed to watch for the package but failed to pick it up...
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Trump tells 'dreamers' to rest easy, targets criminals
(National News ~ 04/23/17)
WASHINGTON -- Young immigrants brought to the U.S. as children and now in the country illegally can "rest easy," President Donald Trump said, telling the "dreamers" they will not be targets for deportation under his immigration policies. Trump, in an interview Friday with The Associated Press, said his administration is "not after the dreamers; we are after the criminals."...
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Prosthetic arm designed by undergrads lets girl play violin
(National News ~ 04/23/17)
FAIRFAX, Va. -- The pressure was on for Abdul Gouda and his classmates at George Mason University: Not only did their graduation depend on the success of their project, but so did the hopes of a 10-year-old girl. Fifth-grader Isabella Nicola wanted to play the violin, but she was born with no left hand and a severely abbreviated forearm...
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Possible shutdown, health-care quagmire awaiting Congress
(National News ~ 04/23/17)
WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers returning to Washington this week will find a familiar quagmire on health-care legislation and a budget deadline dramatized by the prospect of a battle between President Donald Trump and Democrats over his border wall. Trump's GOP allies control Congress, but they've been unable to send him a single major bill as his presidency faces the symbolic 100-day mark April 29 -- the very day when the government, in a worst-case scenario, could shut down...
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Out of the past: April 23
(Out of the Past ~ 04/23/17)
Southeast Missouri State University's athletic budget for the 1992-1993 fiscal year still may be cut, although not by the magnitude originally recommended; provost Leslie Cochran told the Faculty Senate yesterday some recommendations for cutting the athletic budget could be made to the regents...
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Beverly Winans
(Obituary ~ 04/23/17)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Beverly June Winans, 76, of McClure died Friday, April 21, 2017, at her home. She was born June 11, 1940, in Cape Girardeau to Lawrence and Elsie Woodard Baugher. Beverly retired after 20 years with Parkwood Manor in Cape Girardeau as assistant administrator...
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Kathleen Wilkerson
(Obituary ~ 04/23/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Kathleen L. Wilkerson, 73, of Perryville died Wednesday, April 19, 2017, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. There will be no service. A celebration of life dinner will be from 1 to 5 p.m. today at the American Legion Walnut Room in Perryville...
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Cheri Trickey
(Obituary ~ 04/23/17)
Cheri Elizabeth Trickey, 50, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, April 21, 2017, at Southeast Hospital. She was born Dec. 28, 1966, in Cape Girardeau to George Paul and Georgia Ann Schaefer Leible. She married Dennis Lee Trickey on April 24, 1993, in Kelso, Missouri...
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Tommy Shrum Sr.
(Obituary ~ 04/23/17)
Tommy Wayne Shrum Sr., 78, of Jackson passed away Thursday, April 20, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Tommy honorably served in the U.S. Navy during the post-Korean War era. Loving survivors include his wife, Bernita Arnzen Shrum of Jackson; and a daughter, Leslie (Jared) Caldwell, and her children, Kameron and Kaitlyn, of Hillsboro, Missouri...
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Darryl Pecaut
(Obituary ~ 04/23/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Darryl Louis Pecaut, 75, of Perryville died Thursday, April 20, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. Monday, with a rosary at 8:30 a.m., at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville...
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Lucille Klipfel
(Obituary ~ 04/23/17)
Lucille M. Klipfel, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, April 22, 2017, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Chris Hudson
(Obituary ~ 04/23/17)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Charles Christopher "Chris" Hudson, 59, of Mound City passed away at 12:21 p.m. Friday, April 21, 2017, at Daystar Nursing and Rehab Center in Cairo, Illinois. Chris was born May 3, 1957, in Cairo, son of Robert "Bob" Hudson and Patricia "Pat" Schlem Hudson...
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Helen Hilderbrand
(Obituary ~ 04/23/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Helen Bernice Hilderbrand, 87, of Perryville died Friday, April 21, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Monday at St. Boniface Cemetery in Perryville, with the Rev. Milton Ryan CM officiating...
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Robert 'Bob' Hente Sr.
(Obituary ~ 04/23/17)
Robert L. "Bob" Hente Sr., 84, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, April 21, 2017, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Dec. 9, 1932, in Cape Girardeau to the late Walter F. and Veneda Fitzgerald Hente. Bob was a graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School. ...
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Dale Hecht
(Obituary ~ 04/23/17)
Dale A. Hecht, 73, of Jackson passed away Thursday, April 20, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 16, 1943, in Altenburg, Missouri, son of Benjamin and Olga Pilz Hecht. He and Sharon Tripp were married March 3, 2001...
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Alberta Groff
(Obituary ~ 04/23/17)
ST. LOUIS — Alberta Jane Groff, 68, of St. Louis died Wednesday, April 19, 2017, at her home. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Thursday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran, Missouri. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the chapel. Burial will be at Forest Hills Memorial Gardens in Morley, Missouri...
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Gail Greer
(Obituary ~ 04/23/17)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Gail Aileen Greer, 92, of Marble Hill passed away Friday, April 21, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, surrounded by her daughters. She was born Nov. 16, 1924, in Zalma, Missouri, daughter of Hobart Randolph and Opha Ethel Dunn James. She and Howard Greer were united in marriage March 16, 1941, and he passed away Sept. 28, 2002...
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Maxine Friedrich
(Obituary ~ 04/23/17)
W. Maxine Friedrich, 87, of Jackson passed away Friday, April 21, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 12, 1929, to Ralph and Beulah "Babe" Austin Webb. She and Paul Ray Friedrich were married March 25, 1950, at the parsonage of St. John's United Church of Christ near Jackson. Six children were born to their union...
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Aleen Behrle
(Obituary ~ 04/23/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Aleen A. Behrle, 91, of Perryville died Thursday, April 20, 2017, at St. Anthony’s Medical Center in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 9 to 11:30 a.m. today at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville. The funeral will be at 11:30 a.m. today at the funeral home. Stephen L. Zahner Jr. will officiate. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery in Highland, Missouri...
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Fay Amelunke
(Obituary ~ 04/23/17)
Fay A. Amelunke, 89, of Jackson died Saturday, April 22, 2017, at the Monticello House. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Jackson fire report 4/23/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/23/17)
The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls: Wednesday n Emergency medical service on Elmwood Boulevard. Thursday n Alarm sounding on Broadridge Drive. n Emergency medical service on Broadridge Drive. n Emergency medical service on East Main Street...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 4/23/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/23/17)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Thursday n At 3:21 a.m., medical assist on Cape West Parkway. n At 5:19 a.m., alarm system activation, no fire, on Amblewood Drive. n At 1:44 p.m., a call on South Mount Auburn Road...
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Cape Girardeau police report 4/23/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/23/17)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Steven A. Minner, 23, of Morley, Missouri, was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for following too close. n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of domestic assault and resisting arrest...
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Births 4/23/17
(Births ~ 04/23/17)
Daughter to Anthony W. and Chelsea A. Riley of Chaffee, Missouri, at home with a midwife, midnight Saturday, April 8, 2017. Name, Agatha Marianne Riley. Weight, 8 pounds. Third child, first daughter. Mrs. Riley is the former Chelsea Criddle. She is the daughter of Brian and Laura Criddle of Cape Girardeau. She is a bookkeeper for K&F Insulation. Riley is the son of Don and Marty Riley of Cape Girardeau. He is an electrician with Francis Ivanovich Electric...
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Coin toss decides winner of small Illinois village election
(State News ~ 04/23/17)
MARION, Ill. -- The flip of a coin Thursday decided the next leader of a tiny town in Southern Illinois after an election earlier this month ended in a tie. Williamson County Clerk Amanda Barnes said Bryan Riekena let fellow candidate Tammy O'Daniell-Howell choose heads or tails before the coin toss. She picked heads...
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Gov. Greitens' not-for-profit attacks fellow Republican lawmaker
(State News ~ 04/23/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Eric Greitens' not-for-profit is running digital ads attacking a fellow Republican who has slammed the governor's use of campaign donations that are routed through not-for-profits to conceal their source. The ads from A New Missouri Inc., a not-for-profit founded in February by some of the governor's campaign staff, urge people to call Sen. ...
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Gunman in Missouri utility worker deaths had criminal record
(State News ~ 04/23/17)
ST. LOUIS -- A gunman who killed two utility workers in St. Louis before killing himself had a long criminal history, including drug and assault convictions, along with financial troubles leading to bankruptcy, court records show. Police on Friday identified the gunman as 51-year-old Clinton Willis, who lived about a mile from where the Laclede Gas employees were shot Thursday. Police identified the slain workers as Alex Boschert, 27, and William Froelich, 52...
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Friends of the Park Day rescheduled
(Local News ~ 04/23/17)
Cape Girardeau’s Friends of the Park Day has been rescheduled to April 29 because of rainy weather Saturday, city officials said. Registration at Capaha Park shelter 3 will begin at 8:30 a.m. The annual park cleanup is scheduled to start at 9 a.m., officials said.
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Pilot House goes smoke-free
(Local News ~ 04/23/17)
The Pilot House has gone nonsmoking. The popular Cape Girardeau restaurant announced the policy change Friday on social media. “Jim Byrd, the owner, he’s been thinking about it for a while and finally did it,” server Ashley Svenkerud said Friday, “to bring in more clientele and that sort of thing.” ...
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Scott County prosecutor to be deployed a second time
(Local News ~ 04/23/17)
BENTON, Mo. — Three years after returning from a deployment to Afghanistan, Scott County’s prosecuting attorney will leave for another tour of duty overseas at the end of this month. Paul R. Boyd, who has been the county’s prosecutor since 2003 and before was an assistant prosecutor since 1996, begins active duty in the U.S. Army on Friday...
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Mississippi County sheriff arraigned; preliminary hearing set for June
(Local News ~ 04/23/17)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Embattled Mississippi County Sheriff Cory Hutcheson was arraigned Thursday in Charleston. Hutcheson, appearing before Cape Girardeau County Associate Circuit Judge Gary Kamp with his lawyer, N. Scott Rosenblum, entered pleas of not guilty to 18 charges that include second-degree assault, first-degree robbery, making a false declaration, forgery, tampering with computer data and misconduct by notary...
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Main Street work to close Broadway intersection to traffic
(Local News ~ 04/23/17)
The Broadway and Main Street intersection will be closed to traffic for about a week, beginning Wednesday, city officials said. The closing will allow crews to construct crosswalks as part of the Main Street sidewalks and lighting project, officials said...
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Supply ship named for John Glenn arrives at space station
(National News ~ 04/23/17)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A supply ship bearing John Glenn's name arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday. Astronauts used the station's big robot arm to grab the capsule, as the craft flew 250 miles above Germany. NASA's commercial shipper, Orbital ATK, named the spacecraft the S.S. John Glenn in honor of the first American to orbit Earth. It rocketed from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday with nearly 7,700 pounds of food, experiments and other goods...
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Prayer 4/23/17
(Prayer ~ 04/23/17)
O Lord Jesus, each day may our love for one another grow. Amen.
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