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$3.8M CTC facility unveiled; classrooms added
(Local News ~ 05/07/17)
Cape Girardeau School District staff and administrators unveiled the Career and Technology Center's recently-completed facility expansion during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday. The $3.8 million, 25,000 square-foot facility was built behind the main building on the CTC campus at 1080 S. ...
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A dynamic duo: Twins help create skilled technicians at CTC
(Community ~ 05/07/17)
Early on a Tuesday, twins Ron and Don Schaefer walk from the automotive shop to their classroom at the Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center. They're not identical -- Don carries his coffee in a styrofoam cup while Ron's mug says "Grumpy" -- but close enough...
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Leadership Cape groups pitch projects ranging from downtown music festival to Rowdy statues
(Local News ~ 05/07/17)
The Cape Girardeau community could benefit from a Beats on the Bank downtown music festival, a rooftop restaurant and event center with a "skybridge," Southeast Missouri State University Rowdy mascot fundraising statues, a fusion culinary center and a mentoring program...
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Cresting today: River to reach 46 feet, sixth-biggest recorded flood in Cape
(Local News ~ 05/07/17)
The Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau will be above major flood stage for most of next week, but it will crest below earlier predictions. The river is expected to crest at 46 feet today, according to a forecast Saturday by the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/07/17)
Today in History Today is Sunday, May 7, the 127th day of 2017. There are 238 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 7, 1942, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright went on a Manila radio station to announce the Allies' surrender of the Philippines to Japanese forces during World War II...
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Conrad -- Middleton
(Engagement ~ 05/07/17)
Robert and Gayle Conrad of Jackson annouce the engagement of their daughter, Morgan Rachelle Conrad to Tyler Drake Middleton. He is the son of Timothy Middleton and Lorna and Aaron Freed, all of Advance, Missouri. Morgan is a 2013 graduate of Notre Dame Regional High School, She received an associate's degree in nursing in 2016 from Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences. ...
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Schaefer -- Siebert
(Engagement ~ 05/07/17)
Donald and Angela Schaefer of Scott City announce the engagement of their daughter, Sadie Ann Schaefer, to Ryan Mark Siebert. He is the son of Robert and Lori Siebert of Cape Girardeau. Sadie is a 2012 graduate of Notre Dame Regional High School. She graduated with a degree in nursing in 2016 from Southeast Missouri State University. She is a nurse at Southeast Hospital...
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GT - 4x4 5-7-17
(05/07/17)
What hobby would you get into if time and money weren't an issue?
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A pretty pink showoff
(Column ~ 05/07/17)
Some flowering plants close their flowers at night and open them during the day. The flowers shown here are open mostly at night and closed during times of bright sunshine. Because the blooms are mostly open at night, moths are this plant's most common pollinator...
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Senior Center menus 5-7-17
(Community ~ 05/07/17)
Cape Girardeau/Scott City Monday: Sub sandwich or smothered brat, baked beans, vinegar coleslaw, whole-grain bun or sugar-free pudding with fruit or creamy fruit. Tuesday: Scrambled eggs, sausage patty, cherry tomatoes, half English muffin, home fries with gravy, citrus fruit salad with bananas and bran muffin...
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FYI 5-7-17
(Community ~ 05/07/17)
Friends of Boy Scouts Troop 4 will hold an indoor rummage sale from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the Boy Scout Activity Building, 232 Broadway in Cape Girardeau. The Downtown Merchants Group will present its fifth annual Downtown Tailgate Flea Market today in Cape Giarardeau. The event will feature more than 150 vendors, including food vendors...
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GT - piano brief
(Community ~ 05/07/17)
Five students from Keyboards & Kindermusik Conservatory, a piano, keyboard and Kindermusik teaching studio in Cape Girardeau, recently earned Gold Cup awards from the National Federation of Junior Music Clubs. The Junior Music Festival was held Feb. 25. To receive a Gold Cup, students must compete at a minimum of three years earning the top rating. A student can earn up to five Gold Cup awards...
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Too good to throw
(Column ~ 05/07/17)
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the comedienne Mabel Normand threw the first custard pie in a movie in 1913. Her target was Fatty Arbuckle, himself a skilled pie-thrower, who eventually mastered the technique of throwing two pies at once -- in opposite directions...
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Nothing like a good cup of coffee to start the day
(Column ~ 05/07/17)
There are some days when you get up and you just feel kind of blank or tired or don't want to do anything except have a cup of coffee. Some of you don't like coffee so I don't have a clue as to what you do. Maybe you head for a pop or soda. I have these kind of days. ...
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Fresh ideas for strawberry season
(Column ~ 05/07/17)
Here in Southeast Missouri, we are in strawberry season. Although we typically can purchase berries nearly year round, there is nothing like locally grown fresh berries. Get them while they last, as the season is so short. Each year, the season is over well before I get my fill...
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Personal relationship?
(Column ~ 05/07/17)
My dear wife texted me the other day with a link to an article. Her message accompanying the link read, "I think you will agree." Boy, she knows me well. It was a profound piece of writing, so I looked the writer up on the Internet. Chad Bird describes himself as an author and speaker who says, "The Gospel is for broken, messed-up people like myself."...
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Living belief
(Column ~ 05/07/17)
In John 10:10 (NAB), Jesus says, "A thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy; I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly." What are the places in our own lives, our country and our world in which there is absence, death and destruction?...
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Adopt Kitties 5-7-17
(Community ~ 05/07/17)
This is 4-year-old Dolly. She and a 6-year-old white companion cat need a loving home. They are big cats at 16 and 19 pounds. They are available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.
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Club news 5-7-17
(Community News ~ 05/07/17)
Grace United Methodist Women met Tuesday with 11 present. President Alice Niswonger opened the meeting with treasurer Jean Wetzel reporting a balance of $4,551.46. The report was approved by those present. The minutes were read and approved. Church Women United May Fellowship Day was May 5 at St. James AME Church...
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Chihuly glass show features dazzling colors, towering forms
(Community ~ 05/07/17)
NEW YORK -- A major new exhibit at the New York Botanical Garden features enormous glass installations installed across the 250-acre garden and a gallery of early drawings and paintings, all by Dale Chihuly. Taken together, the show, titled simply "Chihuly," reveals the evolution of the glass artist's work from 1980 to the present...
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Cooking on deadline: Spicy Chicken Milanese
(Community ~ 05/07/17)
Though clearly I wear the apron in my family, this is the recipe I would lay on the kitchen counter with a note saying, "PLEASE MAKE THIS FOR ME FOR MOTHER'S DAY." I love the contrast between the hot crispy chicken and the cool cherry tomato and herby salad, but this is also just fantastic at room temperature. ...
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May is chocked full of important occasions, including graduation day
(Column ~ 05/07/17)
Happy birthday to Priscilla Hornbuckle, Dolly Kluesner, Lee McDaniel, Nancy Reece, Malissa Powell, Phyllis Richbough, Carl Christy, Mary Duncan, Brenda Shields, James Blevins, Arlene Harrell, James McDonald, Steve Rose, David Bollinger, Roger Reisenbichler, Nikki Chambers, Margaret E. ...
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Ask a Designer: decorating indoors with plants
(Community ~ 05/07/17)
From kitchen herb gardens to miniature indoor trees, interior designers are increasingly bringing plants into their home design projects. Plants are "the one little piece that people always forget will finish a room," says Massachusetts-based designer Kristina Crestin. They make a space feel complete but not over-accessorized, she says, and can solve a range of design challenges...
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Cities smartly embracing input from residents
(Editorial ~ 05/07/17)
Both the cities of Jackson and Cape Girardeau are actively seeking public input before they move ahead with strategic plans. We understand the pushback from certain corners of society about spending money on surveys. But it's better to take an analytical approach to what residents want rather than take input only from those who are quick to voice their displeasure about any and everything. ...
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Judge blocks parts of new Missouri campaign donation limits
(State News ~ 05/07/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A U.S. district judge Friday ruled to block a new Missouri ban on contributions between political action committees and other limits on political donations voters approved in November. Attorneys for the state had argued donations from PAC to PAC could lead to corruption and enable donors to skirt donation limits set out in the constitutional amendment approved by 70 percent of voters. ...
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Missouri Senate debates political not-for-profit contributions
(State News ~ 05/07/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Some Missouri senators made pitches Friday to eradicate so-called dark money flowing from anonymous donors to campaigning not-for-profits -- measures opponents said would be violations of free-speech rights. The discussion came more than a week after a not-for-profit called A New Missouri Inc. run by the campaign staff of Gov. Eric Greitens launched attack ads on Republican Sen. Rob Schaaf...
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Out of the past: May 7
(Out of the Past ~ 05/07/17)
Residents of Delta, Chaffee, Missouri, and other towns southwest of the Cape Girardeau airport were treated to a preview yesterday of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, scheduled to perform this weekend at Cape Aviation Days; the Navy Flight Demonstration Squad's only two-seat F/A-18 Hornet performed aerial acrobatics over the area, as Lt. Cmdr. Dave Stewart gave rides to three Cape Girardeau media representatives...
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Scott City fire report 5/7/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/07/17)
The Scott City Fire Department responded to the following calls: April 28 n At 2:44 p.m., motor-vehicle crash on Interstate 55, mile marker 82 n At 9:06 p.m., emergency medical service in the 500 block of West Third Street. April 29 n At 3:09 p.m., motor-vehicle crash on East Outer Road...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 5/7/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/07/17)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Thursday n Medical assists were made at 4:36 a.m. on Bloomfield Road; 10:12 a.m. on Marroseann Drive; 12:43 p.m. on William Street; 1:58 p.m. on Southern Expressway; 2:41 p.m. on Bertling Street; 5:32 p.m. on Shirley Drive; and 11:43 p.m. on William Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 5/7/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/07/17)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Montez M. Backer, 39, 234 N. Lorimier St., No. 10, was arrested on suspicion of violation of an ex parte, resisting arrests and trespassing. n Timothy J. Kilhafner, 37, 2635 Whitener St., was arrested on suspicion of domestic assault and property damage...
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Melissa Stortz
(Obituary ~ 05/07/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Melissa Stortz, 47, of Perryville died Saturday, May 6, 2017, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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John Scheible
(Obituary ~ 05/07/17)
John K. Scheible, 48, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, May 5, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Evangelical United Church of Christ in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church, with the Pastor Dan Johnson and the Rev. Nathan Brown officiating. Private burial will be at a later date...
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Blanche Schafer
(Obituary ~ 05/07/17)
FAYETTE, Mo. — Blanche Bertha Sander Schafer, 94, of Fayette passed away Thursday, May 4, 2017, at Glasgow Gardens in Glasgow, Missouri. A private family service and burial will be Monday at St. James United Church of Christ in Tilsit. On May 10, 1922, Blanche Bertha Sander was born in Gordonville to the late Herman William Sander and Bertha Christine Suedekum Sander...
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Bobbye Morrow
(Obituary ~ 05/07/17)
AUSTIN, Texas — Alberta “Bobbye” May Hoffman Morrow, 86, of Austin passed away Friday, April 21, 2017. The daughter of John Albert and Ruth Freeman Hoffman, Bobbye was born Feb. 4, 1931, in Kingman, Kansas. She graduated from Kingman High School and attended Wichita University, now Wichita State University, in Wichita, Kansas...
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Mark Miller
(Obituary ~ 05/07/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Mark W. Miller, 60, of Perryville died Friday, May 5, 2017, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and from 6:30 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. at the funeral home, with the Rev. Rich Wehrmeyer officiating. Burial will be in Home Cemetery...
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Rick Hendrickson
(Obituary ~ 05/07/17)
BETHEL PARK, Pa. — Rick Hendrickson, Ph.D., 61, of Bethel Park passed away Monday, May 1, 2017. He is the beloved husband of 40 years of Carol Schmidt Hendrickson; loving father of Cara (Jon) Deemer and Chelsea (Jonathan) Pittek; loving papa of Kailey and Noah Deemer, Kora and Odin Pittek (arriving August 2017); beloved son of Joan and the late Virgil Hendrickson; son-in-law of Fred and the late Shirley Schmidt; and brother-in-law of Jim (Debbie) Schmidt, Dan (Sue) Schmidt, Connie (Gerald) Flood and Cletus (Pam) Schmidt. ...
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Mary Foulk
(Obituary ~ 05/07/17)
CHAFFEE, Mo. — Mary Alice Foulk, 70, of Chaffee passed away Thursday, May 4, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 18, 1947, in Benton, Missouri, to the late Claude and Rebecca Harp Slayton. She married Dean Lee Foulk on Feb. 15, 1965, and he survives of the home...
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Emelia Eakins
(Obituary ~ 05/07/17)
Emelia Marie Eakins, 9, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, May 5, 2017, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Parish prayers will be at 4 p.m. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Mary’s Cathedral, with the Rev. Allan Saunders and the Rev. David Skillman officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau.
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June Coffey
(Obituary ~ 05/07/17)
DEXTER, Mo. — June M. Coffey, daughter of the late Loyd E. Estes and Etta Humpreys Estes, was born Jan. 13, 1929, in Essex, Missouri, and departed this life Thursday, May 4, 2017, at her home near Dexter at the age of 88. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Dexter for 56 years and was a resident of Dexter. ...
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Yvonne Burlbaugh
(Obituary ~ 05/07/17)
Yvonne Burlbaugh, 63, of Scott City died Saturday, May 6, 2017, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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Ruth Barnes
(Obituary ~ 05/07/17)
Ruth Barnes, 90, of Jackson passed away Thursday, May 5, 2017, at Heartland Healthcare in Cape Girardeau. Ruth was born in the Clear Lake Community to George and Jesse Nelson Ralph. She was a retired union representative and a member of Connection Point Church in Jackson. Ruth loved the Lord, her church and reading her Bible every day. She enjoyed cooking and traveling whenever she could. Ruth loved to spend time with her grandson, Carson, and Nemo, her Jack Russell terrier...
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Jury awards record-setting $110.5M in baby powder lawsuit
(State News ~ 05/07/17)
ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis jury has awarded a Virginia woman a record-setting $110.5 million in the latest lawsuit alleging using Johnson & Johnson's Baby Powder caused cancer. The jury ruling late Thursday night for 62-year-old Lois Slemp of Wise, Virginia, comes after three previous St. Louis juries awarded a total of $197 million to plaintiffs who made similar claims...
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Missouri agency to fund stream gauges that monitor flooding
(State News ~ 05/07/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has pledged to fund nearly 50 stream gauges used to monitor potential flooding along rivers. The Missouri Water Science Center in Rolla manages more than 270 real-time gauges, but 49 of them were scheduled for deactivation in July because of unspecified threats to funding, the Springfield News-Leader reported. Gauges cost $14,600 annually to operate...
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Nigeria says 82 Chibok girls free in Boko Haram exchange
(International News ~ 05/07/17)
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -- Eighty-two Chibok schoolgirls seized three years ago by Boko Haram have been freed in exchange for detained suspects with the extremist group, Nigeria's government announced early today. It was the largest release negotiated yet in the battle to save nearly 300 girls whose mass abduction exposed the mounting threat posed by the Islamic State-linked fighters...
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Experts: Convicting ex-officer in teen's death will be tough
(National News ~ 05/07/17)
HOUSTON -- Authorities who've charged a white suburban Dallas police officer with murder in a black teenager's death face a tough task in getting a conviction, as few of these cases go to trial and when they do, juries remain reluctant to second-guess an officer's decision to use deadly force, legal experts said Saturday...
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Trump order makes some preachers ecstatic, others cringe
(National News ~ 05/07/17)
MINNEAPOLIS -- President Donald Trump's order to ease limits on political activity by religious organizations is being met with enthusiasm and dread from religious leaders. Some rejoice in the freedom to preach their views and endorse candidates; others fear the change will erode the integrity of houses of worship...
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Country legend Loretta Lynn hospitalized after having stroke
(Entertainment ~ 05/07/17)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Country music legend Loretta Lynn has been hospitalized after having a stroke, her publicist said Friday. Maria Malta, a publicist for Sony Music, confirmed the 85-year-old singer and songwriter was admitted into a Nashville hospital Thursday night after suffering the stroke at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee...
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Democrats convinced health bill jeopardizes GOP's monopoly in D.C.
(National News ~ 05/07/17)
ATLANTA -- It's "Trumpcare" now, and Republicans have to answer for it. After dozens of symbolic votes, House Republicans finally pushed through a bill to gut Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, with President Donald Trump hailing the replacement as "a great plan" that has "really brought the Republican Party together."...
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Stolen Ronald McDonald statue recovered undamaged
(National News ~ 05/07/17)
CLINTON, N.J. -- A life-size Ronald McDonald statue stolen from a McDonald's last month has been found. But authorities are mum about where it was found and who took it. Hunterdon County prosecutors said the 250-pound fiberglass statue of the clown character sitting on a bench was taken from the McDonald's in Clinton. They announced Friday it had been found but declined further comment. The couple who own the restaurant said the statue wasn't damaged...
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Afghanistan grinds on to 16-year stalemate
(National News ~ 05/07/17)
WASHINGTON -- As the Trump administration weighs sending more troops to Afghanistan, the 16-year war grinds on in bloody stalemate. Afghan soldiers are suffering what Pentagon auditors call "shockingly high" battlefield casualties, and prospects are narrowing for a negotiated peace settlement with the Taliban. The insurgents may have failed to capture and hold a major city, but they are controlling or influencing ever more territory...
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French cybersecurity agency to probe Macron hacking
(International News ~ 05/07/17)
PARIS -- France's election campaign commission said Saturday "a significant amount of data" -- and some fake information -- has been leaked on social networks after a hacking attack on centrist Emmanuel Macron's presidential campaign. It urged citizens not to relay the data on social media to protect the integrity of the French vote...
- Area highway closings as of 9 a.m. Friday (Local News ~ 05/07/17)
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U.S. Rep. Smith: Levee system works against flooding
(Local News ~ 05/07/17)
Levees along the Mississippi River have kept floodwaters largely at bay, U.S. Rep. Jason Smith said Friday. Smith offered that assessment after meeting with officials from the Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District and Cape Girardeau city and county...
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Up to $20K reward for information leading to arrest/conviction in Bollinger Co. arson case
(Local News ~ 05/07/17)
On April 28, 2016, a large fire caused major damage to the B&B Timber Co. in Glenallen, Missouri. Circumstances of the fire resulted in an investigation by the Missouri State Fire Marshal’s Office, which concluded the fire was arson. An award of $5,000 is available from the Missouri Advisory Committee on Arson Prevention for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of an arsonist...
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Police: Woman set husband's bed on fire with him in it
(Local News ~ 05/07/17)
A Cape Girardeau woman set her husband’s bed on fire with him in it Wednesday night, police said. The Cape Girardeau Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Patricia A. Easton-Biles, 52, with first-degree domestic assault Thursday. Cape Girardeau police officers went to a residence in the 600 block of North Sprigg Street shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a domestic assault, according to a probable-cause statement filed in the case by patrolman Dustin Humphrey...
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Southeast mass-media department receives reaccreditation
(Local News ~ 05/07/17)
Southeast Missouri State University’s mass-media department has been re-accredited for the maximum six years. The Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications recently issued the re-accreditation, which runs through the 2021-2022 academic year, school officials said in a news release...
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Rescheduled Jackson in Bloom draws big crowd
(Local News ~ 05/07/17)
Jackson in Bloom drew a big crowd Saturday to uptown Jackson, celebrating spring with plants, vendors, an antique tractor show and more. Sponsored by Uptown Jackson Revitalization Organization, the fourth annual event aimed to outdo previous years, with uptown merchants organizing Fashion in Bloom Week before the celebration, which was postponed from the original April 29 date, and adding an antique tractor show...
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Prayer 5/7/17
(Prayer ~ 05/07/17)
Lord God, as your children, may we clothe ourselves with compassion and kindness. Amen.
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