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Advance man faces domestic-assault charges
(Local News ~ 06/09/17)
An Advance, Missouri, man faces domestic-assault charges after choking and punching a woman Sunday, deputies said. The Bollinger County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Jose H. Loza, 37, with second-degree domestic assault, a felony. Bollinger County sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence on Route C in Advance for reports of a domestic assault shortly before midnight Sunday, according to a probable-cause statement filed in the case by Cpl. William Forkum. ...
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Man gets 90-day jail sentence in plea deal; assault victim says she's 'scared'
(Local News ~ 06/09/17)
A Cape Girardeau man pleaded guilty Thursday to domestic-assault charges stemming from an incident in May in which he beat his girlfriend, police said. David S. Rollins, 45, was sentenced to 90 days in jail as part of a plea deal, but his victim, Amanda McCarter, said the sentence leaves her fearful. She was scheduled to testify in Rollins’ trial, but she said the plea deal circumvented the opportunity...
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Aaron Palmer whips up sparks with flaming whisk to create steel-wool photography
(Entertainment ~ 06/09/17)
Aaron Palmer's favorite photos to take are of wildlife. So when the sun went down on a recent day, it wasn't surprising to find Palmer along the banks of the Mississippi River with his camera. The lens of his Canon 70D, however, was focused on him for a self-portrait of sorts, but ready to capture something not entirely tame...
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Area reps: Special session on abortion a 'woodshed' moment for senators, represents 'new way of doing things'
(Local News ~ 06/09/17)
Missouri taxpayers will be footing the bill for a second legislative special session because the Senate failed to do its job, state Rep. Rick Francis said Thursday. “We should have got the work done in the regular session,” the Perryville Republican said...
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Three comedy shows to provide run-up to River Campus Summer Arts Festival
(Entertainment ~ 06/09/17)
Three comedy shows will lead up to the annual Summer Arts Festival on June 17 at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus: "Dear Edwina Jr.," "Greater Tuna" and "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee." This is an ambitious lineup, but, said Rhonda Weller-Stilson, it's also a formula that's been successful for the department in the past...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/09/17)
Today in History Today is Friday, June 9, the 160th day of 2017. There are 205 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 9, 1954, during the Senate Army-McCarthy hearings, Army special counsel Joseph N. Welch berated Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., for publicly attacking a member of Welch's law firm, Fred Fisher, asking McCarthy: "Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"...
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Gov. Greitens' tax commission should preserve historic tax credits
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/09/17)
Cape Girardeau's downtown area is experiencing a new era of revitalization that is attracting new jobs and businesses while maintaining the historic character of our city. This economic revitalization is no accident. It's a combination of our community's leadership and vision combined with a key economic tool in the form of historic tax credits...
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What's a couple of million dollars here and there?
(Column ~ 06/09/17)
You probably saw the same story I read a few days ago, the one about the techie guru billionaire who bought a guitar once belonging to the late Grateful Dead great, Jerry Garcia. Brian Halligan paid nearly $2 million for the iconic instrument. Wait a minute. It's a guitar...
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Michigan city rejects pennies for $270 fine
(National News ~ 06/09/17)
JACKSON, Mich. -- A man who owes $270 for trash in his yard wants to pay with lots of pennies, but a Michigan city isn't taking the change. Brian McGonegal has tried to pay off his debt by making a series of $27 payments with 2,700 pennies. The city treasurer has rejected the coins. "It's not practical," Randy Wrozek said Tuesday. "This guy would come in every time at five minutes to five -- we close at five -- with a big sack full of change. We're not authorized for overtime down here."...
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Myanmar navy ship, fishermen find bodies in search for plane
(International News ~ 06/09/17)
SAN HLAN, Myanmar -- Fishermen joined navy and air force personnel Thursday in recovering bodies and aircraft parts from the sea off Myanmar, where a military plane carrying 122 people, including 15 children, crashed a day earlier, officials said. The four-engine Chinese-made Y-8 turboprop aircraft had left Myeik, also known as Mergui, heading for Yangon on a route over the Andaman Sea. ...
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Iran says 5 Tehran attackers had fought for Islamic State
(International News ~ 06/09/17)
TEHRAN, Iran -- Five of the men who launched an attack in the heart of Iran's capital previously fought for the Islamic State group, the country's Intelligence Ministry said Thursday, acknowledging the first such assault by the extremists in the Shiite power...
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Supermarket employee kills self, 3 colleagues
(National News ~ 06/09/17)
TUNKHANNOCK, Pa. -- A supermarket employee brought two guns to work overnight Wednesday, blocked the store's entrances and exits so no one could flee and fatally shot three fellow employees before turning the weapon on himself early Thursday morning, Pennsylvania state police said...
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Cosby's decade-old testimony is read to the jury
(National News ~ 06/09/17)
NORRISTOWN, Pa. -- The jury at Bill Cosby's sexual-assault trial heard from the comedian without him actually taking the stand Thursday as prosecutors read into the record his lurid, decade-old testimony about giving pills to Andrea Constand and then reaching into her pants...
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Comey's release of Trump memo to newspaper draws criticism
(National News ~ 06/09/17)
WASHINGTON -- When former FBI director James Comey revealed Thursday he orchestrated a disclosure of damaging details about his conversations with President Donald Trump, he demonstrated his savvy use of media and his skills as a Washington operator...
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Woman accused of leak ordered to remain jailed pending trial
(National News ~ 06/09/17)
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- A federal judge ordered a young woman charged with leaking classified U.S. documents to remain jailed until her trial after prosecutors argued Thursday she might possess more stolen government secrets. Prosecutors also said 25-year-old Reality Winner might try to flee the U.S. if released on bond. Assistant federal prosecutor Jennifer Solari told the judge Winner had written in a notebook: "I want to burn the White House Down ... find somewhere in Kurdistan to live. Ha-ha!"...
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May's election gamble appears to backfire
(International News ~ 06/09/17)
British Prime Minister Theresa May's gamble in calling an early election appeared today to have backfired, with a real possibility her Conservative Party could lose its majority in Parliament. If confirmed, the result would lead to a period of political uncertainty and could throw Britain's negotiations to leave the European Union -- due to start June 19 -- into disarray. The pound lost more than 2 cents against the dollar within seconds of the announcement...
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Out of the past: June 9
(Out of the Past ~ 06/09/17)
For Emil "Jim" Meyer, 79, the price of progress is paved with sadness. Construction of Lexington Road is taking part of his family farm and the brick house at 2010 Perryville Road in which he has lived for most of his life. As if fighting the couch-potato mode isn't hard enough for some television viewers, cable TV companies are making it even easier to spend hours in front of the TV. TCI Cable of Cape Girardeau plans to begin offering pay-per-view programming later this month...
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Richard Loomis
(Obituary ~ 06/09/17)
Richard Wayne Loomis, 74, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Memorial Mass will be at 10 a.m. June 17 at St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau, with Father Bobby Manso officiating. Interment will follow in Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Patricia Long
(Obituary ~ 06/09/17)
Patricia Dian Long died Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at home, surrounded by her children, family and friends. Dian was Leo Wilson "Muck" Long and Mildred Idell Douglas Long's fourth child, born June 11, 1952, at home in Bollinger County, Missouri. Dian married Roger "Jack" Hays in February 1977...
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Herman Klipfel
(Obituary ~ 06/09/17)
Herman Joseph Klipfel, 59, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at his home. He was born Jan. 29, 1958, in St. Louis to Joseph Leonard and Lucille Margaret Jansen Klipfel. He and Priscilla Wolters were married Nov. 10, 1978, at Jackson. He was a proud union member and loved his work with Pipefitters Local 562...
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Lilly Berry
(Obituary ~ 06/09/17)
Lilly Jolie Berry, 7, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at Cardinal Glennon Hospital in St. Louis. She was born March 23, 2010, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Jobi L. and Stella Wells Berry. Lilly was looking forward to being a second-grader at Orchard Elementary School in Jackson...
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Jackson police report 6/9/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/09/17)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Theft n Theft was reported in the 1500 block of Greensferry Road. Miscellaneous n Peace disturbance was reported in the area of East Main and Donald streets. n Harassment was reported in the 200 block of Donald Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 6/9/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/09/17)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Rayburn L. Pullen, 43, of Sikeston, Missouri, was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for probation violation. n Jean M. Allen, 50, of Altenburg, Missouri, was arrested on two Cape Girardeau warrants for improper registration and no insurance...
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Best Bet: Jackson's Rockin' the Park set for Saturday
(Entertainment ~ 06/09/17)
Rockin’ the Park, with special guests Us Instead and Contagious, will be held from 5 to 11 p.m. Saturday at the Jackson City Park band shell. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy the fun. Attendees are asked not to bring coolers. For more information, call (573) 243-8131. Tickets are $10. The event is sponsored by the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce...
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#SemoSelfie 6/9/17
(Entertainment ~ 06/09/17)
That face tho! #baby bnolan #eyebrows #babyface #babyboy #fiveweeks old #bw #semoselfie
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GOP-run House votes to roll back post-2008 financial rules
(National News ~ 06/09/17)
WASHINGTON -- The Republican-led House approved sweeping legislation Thursday to undo much of former President Barack Obama's landmark banking law created after the 2008 economic crisis that caused millions of Americans to lose their jobs and homes...
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Police: Missouri men stole $5,000 worth of Pokemon cards
(State News ~ 06/09/17)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Authorities said two Missouri men have been arrested in the theft of $5,000 worth of Pokemon cards. Police allege the pair broke into a car last month in Springfield and stole a backpack containing 10 boxes of trading cards and accessories associated with the popular video game and animated television series. ...
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Badly decomposed body found in trash bin in St. Louis alley
(State News ~ 06/09/17)
ST. LOUIS — Authorities said a badly decomposed body was found wrapped in carpet in a trash bin in a St. Louis alley. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported police were called Wednesday after someone made the discovery in the Benton Park West neighborhood. The body appeared to be male, but the age and potential cause of death were unknown. Police are investigating.
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University of Missouri to close Washington lobbying office
(State News ~ 06/09/17)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The University of Missouri plans to close its Washington-based lobbying office by the end of the summer, costing two staff members their jobs. The cuts are part of the university's system-wide budget reductions announced last week by president Mun Choi...
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Springfield closer to prescription-drug monitoring program
(State News ~ 06/09/17)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Springfield is moving closer to starting a local prescription-drug monitoring program. The Springfield News- Leader reported a city council committee decided Tuesday to let the full council vote on a bill that would create the program. The ordinance would add the city to a group of more than two dozen jurisdictions in Missouri that have decided to take control without the help of the state...
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Man accused in daughter's death says she died accidentally
(State News ~ 06/09/17)
ST. LOUIS -- A man under investigation after his daughter's body was found in an Illinois garage said in a jailhouse interview she choked to death accidentally, and his wife found the place to hide the body. Jason Quate made the comments during an interview the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Thursday...
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Workers remove portion of St. Louis' Confederate monument
(State News ~ 06/09/17)
ST. LOUIS -- A portion of a 38-foot-tall granite monument to the Confederacy in St. Louis has been removed, but a spokesman for the mayor's office said the bulk of the memorial may remain in place for weeks. Cranes arrived Thursday at the 103-year-old monument in Forest Park. Koran Addo, a spokesman for Mayor Lyda Krewson, said workers mostly are doing preliminary engineering work toward removal of the monument, but they did remove the very top of it...
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Trump to evangelicals: We're 'under siege'
(National News ~ 06/09/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump sought comfort in the figurative embrace of his evangelical supporters Thursday as the FBI director he recently fired told Congress about their conversations, telling a religious gathering they are "under siege" but will emerge "bigger and better and stronger than ever."...
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Comey blasts 'lies,' says he was fired over Russia probe
(National News ~ 06/09/17)
WASHINGTON -- Former FBI director James Comey asserted Thursday that President Donald Trump fired him to interfere with his investigation of Russia's ties to the Trump campaign, bluntly accusing the White House of spreading "lies, plain and simple."...
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Artifacts 6/9/17
(Entertainment ~ 06/09/17)
This family drop-in event from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at Cape Girardeau Public Library, 711 N. Clark Ave. in Cape Girardeau, blends chalk and imagination on the sidewalks outside. Indoor fun is planned in case of rain. For more information, visit capelibrary.org/Library%20Events.aspx, call (573) 334-5279 ext. 122 or contact ys@capelibrary.org...
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Prayer 6/9/17
(Prayer ~ 06/09/17)
O Lord Jesus, may we boldly proclaim the good news of salvation through you. Amen.
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Remembering 'One Shot Frony' a hall of fame photojournalist
(Editorial ~ 06/09/17)
The Southeast Missourian has a special interest in local history. As the first version of history, newspaper journalists go out a to gather the news and images of the day, and tell a community's story over time. We enjoy sharing this local history on an ongoing basis. We don't just cover the news of today, but we share the news and images of the past to remind us how far we've come and sometimes how far we still need to go...
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Turning the tide
(Submitted Story ~ 06/09/17)
http://writeonguru.com/2017/06/08/turning-tide-recovery/
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