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Husband, wife to be tried in fall for slaying of Kansas man near Sikeston
(Local News ~ 05/12/17)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- A fall trial date is set for two people accused in the slaying of a Kansas man. New Madrid County Judge Fred Copeland has set aside three days, starting Oct. 25, for the trial of Ronnie Robinson and Elsie Coleman Robinson, according to New Madrid County Prosecuting Attorney Andrew Lawson...
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Jackson announces Fourth of July plans
(Local News ~ 05/12/17)
The city of Jackson has announced plans for its annual Independence Day celebration, to be held Tuesday, July 4, at Jackson City Park. This year’s celebration will include live music, cars, kiddie rides, a fun run, food vendors and the Little Mr. and Miss Firecracker Pageants before a fireworks display. Mud volleyball also returns this year with a double-elimination co-ed tournament beginning at 8:30 a.m. A complete list of events will be posted at www.jacksonmo.org...
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Lunchtime fishing at Cape County Park
(Local News ~ 05/12/17)
Chase Abbington casts a line Thursday at Cape County Park North. He and Lance Brooks met up for a quiet lunch break, mindful their time was limited. "The fish skunked us at lunch," Brooks quipped, "but we'll be back later."
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Tunes at Twilight summer series to begin tonight
(Entertainment ~ 05/12/17)
Old Town Cape presents Tunes at Twilight, a free concert series on Fridays this summer at the Common Pleas Courthouse gazebo in Cape Girardeau. This year's lineup: n 7 p.m. today, The Gordons n 7 p.m. May 19, Dennis Stroughmatt et l'Espirit Creole n 7 p.m. May 26, Maggie Thorn...
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State AG: Evidence shows use of Taser, pepper spray on inmate before his death
(Local News ~ 05/12/17)
Evidence being collected in the death of a Mississippi County Jail inmate shows he was Tased and pepper-sprayed while in custody, Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley said Thursday. Hawley discussed the ongoing investigation into the death of 28-year-old Tory Sanders of Nashville, Tennessee, during a late-afternoon news conference in Jefferson City, Missouri, that was carried live on a conference call with reporters...
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Southeast regents to discuss tuition increase at Friday meeting
(Local News ~ 05/12/17)
The Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents will discuss a tuition increase at its meeting today. The university is anticipating an 8.5 percent reduction in state funding for fiscal year 2018, according to board documents. The university anticipates a $6.1 million budget for FY18...
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The Scatterguns introduce original songs, 'novel experience' to downtown music scene
(Entertainment ~ 05/12/17)
As the four members of The Scatterguns tried to put on a serious look for a photo shoot, it became increasingly evident they were firing blanks. Barbs about one another messed with straight faces and were revealing. Informative nuggets flung with zest, like the 50-shades-of-black wardrobe owned by lead guitarist Joe Ettling, who found out his T-shirt was harmonizing too much with the dark background...
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Cape police investigating shooting death on North Henderson
(Local News ~ 05/12/17)
A man was shot and killed Thursday on North Henderson Avenue, police said. Cape Girardeau police have not released the identity of the 41-year-old Cape Girardeau resident who was pronounced dead at the scene at 41 N. Henderson Ave., according to a news release issued by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/12/17)
Today in History Today is Friday, May 12, the 132nd day of 2017. There are 233 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On May 12, 1967, "Are You Experienced," the groundbreaking debut album of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, was released in Britain by Track Records (a version with a somewhat different playlist went on sale in the United States the following August on the Reprise label). ...
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Wiles excellent choice for dean
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/12/17)
For 16 years, I had a close association with Southeast Missouri State University. Close enough to be given the Distinguished Service Award. In the mid-1980's, long before I accepted management positions with KFVS12, Dr. Charles Wiles invited me to be a speaker at a Southeast media function. ...
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Southeast confers degrees to more than 1,300
(Editorial ~ 05/12/17)
More than 1,300 students will become graduates tomorrow. If you're in town to celebrate Saturday's graduation, we offer our welcome. If you're one of the graduates, we offer our congratulations. By now, whether you're a graduate or undergraduate, whether you're an English Major or History, today is the end of an educational marathon. You made it. You endured...
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Deer licks barrel of Indiana hunter's shotgun
(National News ~ 05/12/17)
DANVILLE, Ind. -- Some daring deer approached a group of hunters in central Indiana, and one was so unafraid it licked the barrel of a shotgun and allowed one of the men to stroke its neck. Leon Champine said the young animals didn't have their mother with them "to teach them what is dangerous." Champine, of Indianapolis, told WXIN-TV he and his friends encountered the inquisitive animals over the weekend in Hendricks County...
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North Korea says it will seek extradition of plot culprits
(International News ~ 05/12/17)
PYONGYANG, North Korea -- Pyongyang will seek the extradition of anyone involved in what it says was a CIA-backed plot to kill leader Kim Jung Un last month with a biochemical poison, a top North Korean foreign ministry official said Thursday. Han Song Ryol, the vice foreign minister, called a meeting of foreign diplomats in Pyongyang to outline the North's allegation the CIA and South Korea's intelligence agency bribed and coerced a North Korean man into joining in the assassination plot, which the North's Ministry of State Security has suggested was thwarted last month.. ...
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Energy chief says hole has been filled at nuclear-waste site
(National News ~ 05/12/17)
SPOKANE, Wash. -- A hole that was discovered this week on top of a nuclear-waste storage tunnel has been plugged with dirt, ending an emergency situation at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry said Thursday. The hole was discovered Tuesday at the former nuclear-weapons production complex, prompting the evacuation of some workers and forcing thousands of others to shelter in place for a few hours...
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Attorneys say 8-year-old was bullied before killing himself
(National News ~ 05/12/17)
School officials never told the mother of an 8-year-old Ohio boy who killed himself another student had thrown him against the wall two days earlier and knocked him unconscious in an attack recorded by a surveillance video, attorneys for the boy's mother said Thursday...
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First Amendment backers see free speech fading at colleges
(National News ~ 05/12/17)
In campus clashes from California to Vermont, many defenders of the First Amendment say they see signs free speech, once a bedrock value in academia, is losing ground as a priority at U.S. colleges. As protests have derailed speeches by controversial figures, including an event with Ann Coulter last month at the University of California, Berkeley, some fear students have come to see the right to free expression less as an enshrined measure of protection for all voices and more as a political weapon used against them by provocateurs.. ...
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Mormon church pulls older teens out of Boy Scouts
(National News ~ 05/12/17)
SALT LAKE CITY -- The Mormon church, the biggest sponsor of Boy Scout troops in the United States, announced Thursday it is pulling as many as 185,000 older youths from the organization as part of an effort to start its own scouting-like program. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said the move wasn't triggered by the Boy Scouts' decision in 2015 to allow gay troop leaders, since Mormon-sponsored troops have remained free to exclude such adults on religious grounds...
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Trump launches commission to investigate voter fraud
(National News ~ 05/12/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday launching a commission to review alleged voter fraud and voter suppression, building upon his unsubstantiated claims millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 election. The White House said the president's "Advisory Commission on Election Integrity" would examine allegations of improper voting and fraudulent voter registration in states and across the nation...
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Trump: I was going to fire that 'showboat' no matter what
(National News ~ 05/12/17)
WASHINGTON -- Contradicting previous White House explanations, President Donald Trump declared Thursday he had planned to fire FBI director James Comey all along, regardless of whether top Justice Department officials recommended the step. His assertions came as Comey's temporary replacement joined in, contradicting other administration statements on the snowballing controversy...
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Out of the past: May 12
(Out of the Past ~ 05/12/17)
The Cape Girardeau Board of Education yesterday approved a salary increase for teachers and administrators; new board member Kathy Swan abstained from the vote, saying, "I have difficulty with the package because of the financial crisis we've been through."...
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Eula Ward
(Obituary ~ 05/12/17)
OSWEGO, Ill. -- Eula Jane Ward, 88, of Oswego peacefully passed away Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at Alden of Waterford in Aurora, Illinois. She was born Sept. 3, 1928, in Greenbrier, Missouri, the daughter of Jacob and Effie Jane Shrum Welker. Prior to her retirement, Eula worked as an operator for the telephone company and was a longtime employee at First Merchants Bank in Aurora...
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Marilyn Sticht
(Obituary ~ 05/12/17)
Marilyn R. Sticht, 62, of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday, May 9, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center after suffering from Alzheimer's and complications of the disease. She was born Sunday, March 27, 1955, in Cape Girardeau to William Earl and Mary Margaret Pascal Lynn...
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Dean Robison
(Obituary ~ 05/12/17)
Dean Honey Robison died at 5:20 p.m. Wednesday, May 10, 2017. Dean was born Sept. 20, 1929, in Edgar County, Illinois, to Guy and Thelma Bozarth Morris. She married James Lawrence Honey on Jan. 1, 1947, and to that union were born four children, Philip Leon, James Leslie, Laura Lee and Keith Alan. Jim died in 1981, and in 1983, Dean married George Robison. He died in 1999...
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Richard Nenninger
(Obituary ~ 05/12/17)
SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- Richard Nenninger, 63, of Sedgewickville died Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at his daughter's home in Sedgewickville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Immaculate Conception Church in Jackson, with the Rev. John Harth officiating. There will be a private interment at a later date...
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Toby Horman
(Obituary ~ 05/12/17)
Toby Horman, 41, of Jackson died Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at his home. A celebration of his life will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. May 30 in the North Room at the Jackson Civic Center in Jackson. McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson is in charge of arrangements...
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Barbara Calhoun
(Obituary ~ 05/12/17)
Barbara Ann Calhoun, 80, of Scott City died Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 14, 1936, in Lilbourn, Missouri, to Odis and Lola May Bowlin Guiling. She married Donald Lee Calhoun Sr. on Dec. 24, 1957, in Oran, Missouri. He preceded her in death May 1, 2004...
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Births 5/12/17
(Births ~ 05/12/17)
Daughter to Michael Tyrance Anderson and Alendria Brashae Applewhite of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 1:42 a.m. Saturday, April 29, 2016. Name, Mi'Kela TyShauna. Weight, 7 pounds, 4 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Applewhite is the daughter of Angelia Applewhite of Cape Girardeau and the late Javon Buxton of Sikeston, Missouri. Anderson is the son of Michael Jimmy Anderson of Charleston, Missouri, and the late Mary Anderson of Cape Girardeau...
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No dancing this time: Zac Brown returns to country roots
(Entertainment ~ 05/12/17)
NEW YORK -- If there's any doubt about the style of music Zac Brown has made on his band's new album, just look at the title. The burly, bearded country star named the album "Welcome Home," and the 10 tracks on it are as down-home country as a trusty pickup truck, a cold beer and a pair of comfortable jeans...
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Best Bet: Cruisin' Uptown Jackson on Saturday
(Entertainment ~ 05/12/17)
The city of Jackson Community Outreach Board and River City Rodders present Cruisin' Uptown Jackson from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday. Cruisin' Uptown Jackson will be held the second Saturday of every month through September on Barton Street next to the roundabout in Jackson. ...
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#SemoSelfie 5/12/17
(Entertainment ~ 05/12/17)
What Unicorn Frappuccino? The Midnight Mint Mocha is where it's at! #besties #reunitedanditfeelssogood #semoselfie #butfirstcoffee
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Historic outdoor Branson theater closes
(State News ~ 05/12/17)
BRANSON, Mo. — An outdoor theater in Branson that’s hosted a theatrical adaptation of the Ozarks’ Shepherd of the Hills since 1960 is closing. The Joplin Globe reported the Shepherd of the Hills Outdoor Theatre announced Saturday via Facebook it has presented its last performance. ...
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13 students, driver hurt in school bus crash near St. Louis
(State News ~ 05/12/17)
ST. LOUIS -- The principal of a suburban St. Louis grade school expressed "huge relief" Thursday after 13 students escaped serious injury in a harrowing school-bus accident. The children and bus driver were hurt Thursday morning when the bus swerved to avoid an accident on Interstate 44 and drove over a guardrail and down a steep embankment...
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Records: Slain boy told Missouri authorities about abuse
(State News ~ 05/12/17)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- An emaciated boy whose father later killed him and fed his remains to the family's pigs told Missouri authorities two years before his death his dad and stepmother were abusing him, state records show. Adrian Jones was 5 in July 2013 when he told a Missouri Children's Division worker and a police officer his father would kick him so hard on the back of his head that a "little bone come out," according to agency records released this week to media outlets in response to an open-records request. ...
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Missouri lawmakers seek to limit medical costs in lawsuits
(State News ~ 05/12/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers sent Gov. Eric Greitens a measure Thursday that would limit how much money people could receive for medical costs in injury lawsuits, the latest in a series of proposals Republican supporters hope will make the state more business-friendly...
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Missouri House backs proposal to restore in-home care cuts
(State News ~ 05/12/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri House members approved a new solution Thursday to avoid budgeted cuts to in-home care and nursing services that would affect about 8,300 seniors and disabled residents. The measure, which passed with bipartisan support, depends on state revenue exceeding projections during the current fiscal year. If that happens, part of that excess revenue would be used to avoid cuts in next year's budget affecting Medicaid services for those people...
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Artifacts 5/12/17
(Entertainment ~ 05/12/17)
Students from Between the Scenes Studios will perform selections from their rendition of "Hamilton: An American Musical" at 6 and 7:30 p.m. today at Cup 'n' Cork, 11 S. Spanish St. in Cape Girardeau. The performance is free. For more information, visit betweenthescenesstudios.com or call (573) 382-8422...
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Remembering Mother's Day and a cobalt blue teapot
(Column ~ 05/12/17)
In the main living area of our home is a wall lined with bookcases. The shelves are crammed with those special things we couldn't bear to let go when we went through a major downsizing a couple of years ago. If you are a stranger, looking at the bookcases might give you a few clues about more than a half-century of our lives. But you wouldn't know why most of the items on display are of special significance to us...
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Prayer 5/14/17
(Prayer ~ 05/12/17)
O Lord Jesus, may we hunger and thirst for righteousness. Amen.
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Six of Twelve Grandsons
(Submitted Story ~ 05/12/17)
Attending with their parents, Noah, Timmy, Gabe, Caleb Liebherr, Lance Ferrell, and Nate Liebherr, attended Sunday morning Easter service with us. What a treat!1
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Guardian Angel School Spring Program
(Submitted Story ~ 05/12/17)
On Tuesday, April 25, the halls of Guardian Angel were filled with the sound of music. Well, maybe, at least the gym was filled with lots of musical talent in the form of singing, playing instruments, and with some very funny skits. The theme of the Spring program was "The Voice", based on the popular TV show, but with a twist. ...
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All God's creatures need to feel secure
(Submitted Story ~ 05/12/17)
A robin built her nest in our carport on top of our ladder. Then she had three little babies. So neat to watch each day to see her bring her babies food and keep them sheltered.
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Four of 11 brothers
(Submitted Story ~ 05/12/17)
Visiting us from Wisconsin, four of our five visiting grandsons made use of the River Front boat mooring.
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SoutheastHEALTH Celebrates Employee Milestones
(Submitted Story ~ 05/12/17)
SoutheastHEALTH celebrated its 48th annual STAR (Southeast Talent And Recognition) Employee Service Awards Banquet recently at Ray’s Plaza Conference Center in Cape. Southeast honored 323 employees for five-year increments of service ranging from five to 45 years. Combined, these dedicated employees have provided an outstanding 4,405 years of compassionate and skilled service to patients and the organization...
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Marine Corps Officer sword presentation to Jake Castleman
(Submitted Story ~ 05/12/17)
Friday May 5 -- At a ceremony at the University of Missouri, the Commandant of the Cpl. Mason O. Yarbrough detachment of the Marine Corps League, Jim Maevers, presented a Marine Corps Officer sword to Jake Castleman. Jake is the top NROTC graduate to select the Marine Corps as his chosen military service...
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