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Mom to many: Jackson woman opens her heart to foster children
(Community ~ 05/14/17)
Julie Tillman did not attend a banquet in Washington, D.C., last fall after being selected for the Angels in Adoption Award by Missouri U.S. Senator Roy Blunt. Part of the reason Tillman and her husband, Darrell, who have adopted two children, passed on the special invitation was because they had visited the nation's capitol on two other occasions and saw better use of the funds being offered to them. ...
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A blessing of the tractors
(Local News ~ 05/14/17)
The Rev. Michael Casteel blesses Larry Hamm's tractor after afternoon Mass on Saturday at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in New Hamburg. The priest blessed about six tractors.
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Pastor likely contracted hepatitis B from sexual-misconduct victim
(Local News ~ 05/14/17)
A Cape Girardeau pastor who claimed he lied to a judge when he pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct likely contracted hepatitis B from his victim, according to a police report obtained by the Southeast Missourian. Frank Burgess, now 58, Hurley Dixon and Bruce Johnson were accused in 2002 of sexually assaulting a 23-year-old woman with the mental capacity of a 5-year-old who was a member of Marble Hill Bible Chapel in Marble Hill, Missouri, where Burgess was a part-time preacher, Dixon a songleader and Johnson a Sunday-school teacher.. ...
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Oran police officer resigns amid accusations of timecard fraud
(Local News ~ 05/14/17)
ORAN, Mo. -- The son of the Oran police chief has resigned his position as a part-time police officer for the city amid accusations of timecard fraud. The accusations were raised by two women with current or past ties to Oran city government: former city clerk Debra Phillips and Cindy Seyer, wife of Alderman Neal Seyer...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/14/17)
Today in History Today is Sunday, May 14, the 134th day of 2017. There are 231 days left in the year. This is Mother's Day. Today's Highlight in History: On May 14, 1787, delegates began gathering at the State House in Philadelphia to draw up the United States Constitution. However, only delegates from Virginia and Pennsylvania had arrived by this time, and the convention did not achieve a quorum of seven states until May 25...
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Robinson -- Harrington
(Engagement ~ 05/14/17)
Kevin and Sue Robinson of Perryville, Missouri, announce the engagement of their daughter, Chelsea, to Richard Harrington, both of Cape Girardeau. He is the son of Rick and Tracy Harrington of Ellis Grove, Illinois, and Rick and Sally Palen of Cape Girardeau...
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4x4 - 5-14-17
(05/14/17)
Today is Mother's Day. What female figure has had the largest effect on your life?
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FYI 5-14-17
(Community ~ 05/14/17)
The South Cape Community Tent Revival will be held Monday through Saturday at 805 Hackberry in Cape Girardeau. The event, which will run from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, will incluce speakers, free food, games and special music each day...
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A beautiful flower for Mother's Day
(Column ~ 05/14/17)
This nice-looking flower is the copper iris. It is a perennial plant that can grow from 2 to 3 feet tall. It prefers a lot of sunshine but can do well in shaded areas with limited competitive vegetation. The copper iris is native to North America, most commonly found in swampy low lying areas along the southern Mississippi River basin. In Missouri, it is rather uncommon, generally found in the wild swamps of Southeast Missouri...
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Senior Center menus 5-14-17
(Community ~ 05/14/17)
Monday: Barbecue chicken or chili dog, potato salad, marinated veggies, whole-grain bread/roll and sugar-free fruited gelatin or cook's choice dessert. Tuesday: Meatloaf or chicken and dumplings, parsley potatoes, roasted asparagus, spinach salad, whole-grain hot roll and sugar-free pear crisp or blueberry pie...
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Banana bread: It's heavenly made with vegetable oil
(Community ~ 05/14/17)
Everyone makes banana bread. And most people love it. A good friend of mine always makes it with chocolate chips because her family will eat anything with chocolate in it. I grew up with my mother making banana bread with butter and pecans, and I thought it was very good until I accidentally created the world's best banana bread a few years ago...
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Camp Lee was not paradise, but I sure would go back
(Column ~ 05/14/17)
We grew up in the Sandhills of Nebraska so we weren't far from the Black Hills of South Dakota. So for a kind of mini-vacation, Mom and Dad would put the camp stove and the picnic box in the car, fill the cooler with food and load it and we'd head for the Black Hills. Most of the time we'd get a cabin or something to sleep in. One time we rented a tent that was set up on a kind of platform. Both were fun...
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A salute to some of the world's best chefs: Moms
(Column ~ 05/14/17)
Happy Mother's Day to all women today. Not all women may be biological mothers, but all women have helped nurture children and family members through life. For Mother's Day, I will share a few recipes from my own mother, Marilyn Kinsey. Mom raised the six of us children on a shoestring budget, as most farmers' wives did. She could stretch ingredients and always make them taste good...
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A celebration of all women
(Column ~ 05/14/17)
I began writing with one notion: I will create a tribute to the women in my life. The trouble is when I began to list the women in my life, I quickly realized there were more women to be thankful for than time and space allowed. By God's favor, we each have a variety of people our lives are intertwined with. Every relationship is a tremendous blessing...
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Happiness is built on the little things
(Column ~ 05/14/17)
I flung open my bedroom curtains to see if it was sunny or rainy outside. We had received much rain recently. Immediately the warmth and beauty of the sun warmed my skin, as my eyes feasted on the bright horizon. "We have had enough rain for a while," I thought...
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Honor thy father and mother
(Column ~ 05/14/17)
The relationship we have with our parents can be complicated. Some people are raised in wonderful homes with loving parents, others were born into situations in which their parents are not sources of comfort, and some people have never even met their parents...
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Adopt Humane Society 5-14-17
(Community ~ 05/14/17)
Submitted by the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri Hermes and Jack are 3 years old. They are neutered and housebroken. Hermes and Jack are available for adoption at the Humane Society; call (573) 334-5837.
- Adopt Safe Harbor 5-14-17 (Community ~ 05/14/17)
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Book spills origin tidbits, recipes from land of Shake Shack
(Community ~ 05/14/17)
NEW YORK -- Harken back to when Shake Shack was not a burger-flipping force in more than 130 locations around the globe. Then, in 2001, it was a hot dog cart in Madison Square Park, where it opened as part of an art installation. It operated for three summers, losing money each year...
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Club news 5-14-17
(Community News ~ 05/14/17)
The Southeast Missouri District FCE spring meeting was held May 2 at the University of Missouri Extension Center in Jackson. The theme of the meeting was Together We Build. The hostesses were the Cape Girardeau County FCE Clubs, and all members attending received a bookmark...
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Make it a memorable Mother's Day by cleaning up your room
(Column ~ 05/14/17)
Happy birthday to Jessica Holland, Carol Galloway, Emma Dalton, Eddie Lair, Gail Dumey, Debra Bader, Jimmy Roberts, Rick Duncan, Larry Glueck, David Moore, Jessie Brown, Wanda Hahn, Chris Montgomery, Shirley Jones, Leslie Herbst, Richard Sanders, Sherry Dirnberger, Rachel Daniel, Shirley Barber, Troy Wilburn, Madison Cannon, Candi Bowman, Mary Rose, Dayneen Glastetter, Anna Kinder, Samantha Kluesner, Darlene Seyer, Tull Garner, Kathy Reisenbichler and Delbert Horman...
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Small and cute: why crafters love 'little thingies'
(Community ~ 05/14/17)
When my daughter Grace was little, she collected tiny objects, sometimes pilfered from her sister and squirreled away in her bedroom. Among the 4-year-old's prized collection of teeny-tiny items were a Barbie suitcase, Hello Kitty erasers, a 1-inch plastic baby and animal figurines...
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SB 190 the safe choice
(Column ~ 05/14/17)
My parents live in Sikeston. My great aunt lives in Kennett. My cousins, meanwhile, live in Salem and Monett and a host of aunts, uncles and family members live throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area. What happens in Missouri affects them, and as we all know, what affects family affects you...
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Prayer 5-12-17
(Prayer ~ 05/14/17)
Lord Jesus, thank you for mothers and the blessing they are to their children and others. Amen.
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Mother's Day laughs
(Editorial ~ 05/14/17)
Editor's note: The following is our annual editorial for Mother's Day. Every year, we dutifully and thankfully acknowledge our mothers. We buy gifts. We select greeting cards that say the nicest things. We become part of the crowd at our favorite restaurant...
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Appeal in boy's burp arrest case relies on Gorsuch dissent
(National News ~ 05/14/17)
WASHINGTON -- One of Neil Gorsuch's sharpest dissents as an appeals court judge came six months before he was nominated for the Supreme Court. That's when he sided with a New Mexico seventh-grader who was handcuffed and arrested after his teacher said the student had disrupted gym class with fake burps...
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Nations grapple with huge cyberattack, but more's coming
(National News ~ 05/14/17)
LONDON -- A global cyberattack, unprecedented in scale, had technicians scrambling to restore Britain's crippled hospital network Saturday and secure computers that run factories, banks, government agencies and transport systems in many other nations...
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Trump: 'Fast decision' possible on new FBI director
(National News ~ 05/14/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said Saturday "we can make a fast decision" on a new FBI director, possibly by late this week, before he leaves on his first foreign trip since taking office. "Even that is possible," Trump said when asked whether he could announce his nominee by Friday, when he is scheduled to leave for the Mideast and Europe...
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Comey may get chance to publicly defend name against Trump
(National News ~ 05/14/17)
WASHINGTON -- James Comey cut an unorthodox path as FBI director, time and again compelled by what he described as strongly held convictions to speak with candor and eloquence about the bureau's work. It's a combination of qualities that may come back to haunt the president who fired him...
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Lawyer says sheriff ID'd wrong man as would-be assassin
(National News ~ 05/14/17)
LONG BEACH, Wash. -- A man convicted of shooting a Washington state trooper in 2010 is seeking a new trial, saying another man confessed and the trooper deliberately misidentified him -- something the wounded trooper, now a sheriff, adamantly denies...
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Records show violent history for Ohio nursing home gunman
(National News ~ 05/14/17)
KIRKERSVILLE, Ohio -- Court records show the man authorities say gunned down an Ohio village police chief and two nursing-home employees had a history of violence, including against the nurse who was among the slain. The suspect, Thomas Hartless, 43, was found dead inside Pine Kirk Care Center...
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Trump to Liberty U grads: Relish being an 'outsider'
(National News ~ 05/14/17)
LYNCHBURG, Va. -- Donald Trump, the real-estate mogul-turned-president, offered simple words of advice to university graduates Saturday as he urged them to follow their convictions, prepare to face criticism and relish the opportunity to be an "outsider."...
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Stolen trailer full of snacks found in Arkansas
(National News ~ 05/14/17)
JONESBORO, Ark. -- Police in Arkansas arrested two people accused of stealing a 16-foot trailer containing $5,000 worth of Little Debbie snack cakes. Police said the trailer was discovered missing Wednesday from outside a storage unit in Jonesboro. According to a police report, the trailer belonged to a Little Debbie salesman. ...
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Pope makes 2 Fatima children saints on centenary of visions
(International News ~ 05/14/17)
FATIMA, Portugal -- Pope Francis added two Portuguese shepherd children to the roster of Catholic saints Saturday, honoring young siblings whose reported visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago turned the Portuguese farm town of Fatima into one of the world's most important Catholic shrines...
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South Korea says North Korea launched ballistic missile
(International News ~ 05/14/17)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea today test-launched a ballistic missile that flew about 435 miles, South Korea's military said -- a possible response to the election four days ago of a new South Korean president and as U.S., Japanese and European militaries gather for war games in the Pacific...
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Katz's Deli to offer a taste of its famous menu — by mail
(National News ~ 05/14/17)
NEW YORK -- Katz's Delicatessen has been urging customers to "Send a salami to your boy in the Army" for generations. Now, the New York City restaurant, where everyone's favorite scene from "When Harry Met Sally" was shot, is expanding its shipping capacity so it can send perishable delicacies such as pastrami and corned beef around the globe...
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Out of the past: May 14
(Out of the Past ~ 05/14/17)
Southeast Missouri State University's administration is in a state of transition, with the university looking to fill three administrative posts: provost, vice president of student affairs and assistant to the president. Although short of its initial goal, a committee established to preserve Old Lorimier Cemetery has raised enough money to erect a security fence around the Cape Girardeau landmark; the group has raised about $19,000 for the fence and is awaiting cost estimates for its chain-link portion; the committee already has quotes for the cost of the western board of the cemetery, which will be a six-foot, ornamental-iron fence.. ...
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Michael Reynolds
(Obituary ~ 05/14/17)
Michael Ellis Reynolds, 66, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, May 11, 2017. He was born Nov. 15, 1950, in Cape Girardeau to the late Ellis and Philo Ludwig Reynolds. Michael proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was an active member of the Elks Lodge No. 639, VFW Post No. 3838 and the Eagles Aerie No. 3775. He worked for the General Sign Co. and enjoyed hunting and fishing...
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Richard Nenninger
(Obituary ~ 05/14/17)
Richard Nenninger, 63, of Burfordville passed away Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at his daughter's home in Sedgewickville, Missouri, surrounded by his family and friends. He was born Sept. 6, 1953, in Cape Girardeau to Marvin and Opal Dawson Nenninger. He and Judi Kintner were married Aug. 4, 1990, at Cape Girardeau...
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Jon Lufcy
(Obituary ~ 05/14/17)
Jon Charles Lufcy, 80, of Scott City passed away Friday, May 12, 2017, at Jackson Manor in Jackson. He was born July 3, 1936, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Norman and Farrel Lufcy. Jon had been a salesman for Jim Wilson Co. for many years. He later owned and operated Sportsman Shop in Scott City. He was a member of Ducks Unlimited and the National Rifle Association. He also worked with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. He attended Unity Baptist Church in Benton, Missouri...
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Lois Burchyett
(Obituary ~ 05/14/17)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Lois E. Burchyett, 89, of McClure died Saturday, May 13, 2017, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral home.
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Scott City fire report 5/14/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/14/17)
The Scott City Fire Department responded to the following calls: May 5 n At 1:26 p.m., a tree in a power line at 618 E. Chestnut St. n At 2:11 p.m., motor-vehicle crash mutual aid on Interstate 55, mile marker 90.4. n At 3:29 p.m., emergency medical service in the 1200 block of West Third Street...
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Jackson police report 5/14/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/14/17)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Theft n Theft was reported in the 2700 block of Brittany Drive. n Theft was reported in the 100 block of Hillside Drive. Miscellaneous n Peace disturbance was reported in the 700 block of Oak Street...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 5/14/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/14/17)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Tuesday n Medical assists were made at 12:01 a.m. on Jefferson Avenue; 12:42 a.m. on Water Street; 3:03 a.m. on Walden Boulevard; 4 p.m. on Broadway; and 6:50 p.m. on North Kingshighway...
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Cape Girardeau police report 5/14/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/14/17)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWIs n Gerardo Carmona-Salinas, 30, of Cape Girardeau was issued summonses for no operator's license, driving while intoxicated and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle at Boxwood Drive and Silver Springs Road...
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Births 5/14/17
(Births ~ 05/14/17)
Daughter to Shane Boyd and Jeanette Marie Voshage of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 9:59 a.m. Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Name, Remi Marie. Weight, 5 pounds, 3 ounces. First child. Mrs. Voshage is the former Jeanette Mouser, daughter of Coleen Hemby and Bruce Mouser of Jackson. She is a medical assistant at Saint Francis Medical Center and a CPA. Voshage is the son of Joe and Ruby Voshage of Fruitland. He is employed by Nip Kelley Concrete...
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Business owner charged with dumping grease into river
(State News ~ 05/14/17)
CABOOL, Mo. — A Missouri business owner is accused in a federal indictment of dumping grease his recycling company collected into the Big Piney River. The U.S. attorney’s office said 50-year-old Brian Dale Fleming of Cabool and BF Byproducts LLC were charged in an indictment returned Thursday in Springfield. ...
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Woman accused of impersonating a nurse in St. Louis
(State News ~ 05/14/17)
ST. LOUIS — A federal grand jury in St. Louis has accused a woman of impersonating a nurse and spending three months at a hospital’s intensive-care unit and with elderly psychiatric patients. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported 35-year-old Samantha Rivera is charged with health-care fraud and identity theft. ...
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Missouri State Highway Patrol gives records to attorney general
(State News ~ 05/14/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri State Highway Patrol is turning over information to the state attorney general for a review of its involvement with a trucking technology company. The highway patrol on Thursday announced it’s cooperating with Attorney General Josh Hawley. ...
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Too late: Lottery ticket worth $3.5 million goes unclaimed
(State News ~ 05/14/17)
ST. LOUIS — A $3.5 million Lotto prize sold in eastern Missouri in November has expired, and two other unclaimed prizes purchased in Missouri are set to expire soon, too. The Missouri Lottery said someone purchased the winning $3.5 million Lotto ticket Nov. 12 ...
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Missouri lawmakers back disabled aid, nullify St. Louis wage
(State News ~ 05/14/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Thousands of low-income seniors and disabled residents could be spared from cuts to their in-home care and nursing services as a result of legislation passed in the final minutes of Missouri's annual legislative session Friday...
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Despite warnings, drivers continue to die on flooded roads
(State News ~ 05/14/17)
ST. LOUIS -- Christina Thompson was joking when she texted her dad last month after days of unrelenting thunderstorms near his rural southern Missouri home: "Are you getting washed away?" She didn't realize that hours earlier, the 69-year-old retiree had been swept to his death as he tried to cross a flooded patch of road to get home. William Floyd's body was found five days later, still in his 2009 Kia Spectra, which was wedged onto a log with only its bumper and rear tires visible...
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More than 1,300 receive Southeast degrees during two commencement ceremonies
(Local News ~ 05/14/17)
Southeast Missouri State University awarded 1,370 degrees to graduates during two commencement ceremonies Saturday at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau. It was first year in which Southeast held two commencement ceremonies. The first commencement ceremony in the morning awarded degrees the colleges of liberal arts and health and human services. The second in the afternoon recognized students in the colleges of business, science, technology, agriculture and education...
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City resumes management of Sikeston Municipal Airport
(Local News ~ 05/14/17)
SIKESTON, Mo. — Sikeston’s Municipal Airport is under new management and is getting a face-lift. After years of private operation, the city of Sikeston has resumed the day-to-day management of the airport. Area native Lee Dunn was hired as manager of the airport in September, when the city resumed management of the facility and grounds...
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Cape homicide victim identified
(Local News ~ 05/14/17)
Police have identified the victim of a homicide that occurred Thursday as Demetric L. Atchison, 41, of Cape Girardeau. Police went to a report of a shooting at 12:22 p.m. Thursday at 41 N. Henderson Ave. in Cape Girardeau to find Atchison shot, according to a news release from the Cape Girardeau/Bollinger County Major Case Squad...
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Southeast regents approve tuition increase
(Local News ~ 05/14/17)
The Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents at its meeting Friday approved a 2.8 percent tuition increase, effective fall semester 2017. The regents approved an increase of $6.50 per credit hour for resident undergraduate students. Total per credit hour tuition and general fees charged to undergraduate students beginning in fall 2017 will be $239.50. Most courses at Southeast are three credit hours...
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Local students chosen to attend the GFWC sophomore pilgrimage
(Submitted Story ~ 05/14/17)
GFWC of MO has provided hundreds of students the opportunity to attend the sophomore pilgrimage over the past 50 plus years. Local students selected to attend for 2017 are featured below.
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