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Gov. Parson touts need for workforce development, better roads and rural, broadband service
(Local News ~ 06/14/18)
Gov. Mike Parson touted the need for workforce development, better roads and improved broadband services in rural Missouri during a visit Wednesday to the Southeast Missouri State University farm near Gordonville. "We have to do something about infrastructure in Missouri," Parson told a crowd of about 60 farmers, representatives of business, area lawmakers and Republican Party faithful gathered at the university's David M. Barton Agriculture Research Center...
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'Legally Blonde Jr.' to take the stage this week
(Local News ~ 06/14/18)
"Legally Blonde Jr." the musical -- featuring an all-children cast and family-friendly storyline -- opens this week as part of the 2018 River Campus Summer Arts Festival. This particular rendition of "Legally Blonde" is a simplified workshop production, according to stage manager Thomas Gilman and director Holly Lynn, because it will be performed by a younger cast between 10 and 15 years old...
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Scott City issues boil water alert
(Local News ~ 06/14/18)
The City of Scott City issued a boil water order Wednesday afternoon, in effect for residents east of Ruth Avenue and First Street East (wards 3 and 4) to boil their water as a precautionary measure. The boil order will remain in effect until further notice...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/14/18)
Today is Thursday, June 14, the 165th day of 2018. There are 200 days left in the year. This is Flag Day. Today's Highlight in History: On June 14, 1943, the U.S. Supreme Court, in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, ruled 6-3 that public school students could not be forced to salute the flag of the United States...
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Who's your Newsmaker? It's time to nominate
(Editorial ~ 06/14/18)
Since 2014, the Southeast Missourian, in coordination with our business publication, now called B Magazine, has recognized area Newsmakers. We profile a number of movers, shakers, do-gooders and local people of interest, and honor them with a plaque at a casual ceremony at First Midwest Bank...
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St. Louis to end prosecution of low-level marijuana crimes
(State News ~ 06/14/18)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis prosecutors will no longer pursue charges for most low-level marijuana offenses, joining their counterparts in some other cities who have opted to redirect their resources toward more serious crimes. Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner said in an interview Wednesday her office will review more than 1,200 pending cases in which suspects are accused of possessing less than 100 grams of marijuana. She said most will be dismissed, except those with aggravating circumstances...
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Trump: N. Korea no longer a threat
(National News ~ 06/14/18)
WASHINGTON -- America and the world can "sleep well tonight," President Donald Trump declared Wednesday, boasting his summit with Kim Jong Un ended any nuclear threat from North Korea though the meeting produced no details on how or when weapons might be eliminated or even reduced...
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Worker protections at risk in Trump health care shift
(National News ~ 06/14/18)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration's latest move against the Affordable Care Act could jeopardize legal protections on pre-existing medical conditions for millions of people with employer coverage, particularly workers in small businesses, say law and insurance experts...
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GOP primary election lesson: Don't cross the president
(National News ~ 06/14/18)
WASHINGTON -- Don't cross President Donald Trump. That's the lesson many Republicans are drawing from Rep. Mark Sanford's surprise defeat Tuesday in his primary election in South Carolina. The victor, state Rep. Katie Arrington, repeatedly highlighted Sanford's criticism of the president...
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Auditor candidate Kevin Roach wants more transparency in government spending at all levels
(Local News ~ 06/14/18)
Missouri auditor candidate Kevin Roach wants more transparency in government at all levels statewide. Too many government records are not easily accessible to the public, Roach said during a visit Wednesday to Cape Girardeau. "We have over 3,700 government entities in Missouri," he said, adding the state ranks seventh in the nation in the number of government entities operating in the state...
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Out of the past: June 14
(Out of the Past ~ 06/14/18)
Gerald McDougall, associate vice president for academic affairs at Wichita State University, has been named the new dean of the College of Business Administration and professor of economics at Southeast Missouri State University. It was announced yesterday the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau will start operating under a new contract next month and will receive its new directions from the Cape Girardeau City Council...
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Loyd Smith
(Obituary ~ 06/14/18)
Loyd William Smith, 87, of Scott City died Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 9, 1930, in Dupo, Illinois, to John Henry and Mary Elizabeth Lynn Smith. Loyd was retired from the U.S. Army and had served in the Korean War...
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Clyde McDonald Jr.
(Obituary ~ 06/14/18)
Clyde "Mac" McDonald Jr., 85, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. He was born Aug. 16, 1932, in Cape Girardeau to Clyde A. and Mary Lee Davidson McDonald Sr. He and Dorothy Weber were married May 31, 1958, in Altenburg, Missouri. She preceded him in death Dec. 10, 2014...
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Margaret Kelley
(Obituary ~ 06/14/18)
Margaret Kelley, 72, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at Heartland Care and Rehab. She was born Sept. 26, 1945, in Collinsville, Illinois, to the late Lawrence and Henrietta Novero Klinsbeck. Margaret and Lloyd Kelley were married Aug. 20, 1966. He survives...
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Allen Jones
(Obituary ~ 06/14/18)
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. -- Allen Kent Jones, age 52, of Hendersonville passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at Tri-Star Medical Center in Hendersonville. He was born Sept. 12, 1966, to Glenn W. and Loudean O. Abernathy Jones. Allen grew up in the Crump/Lake Girardeau area and, as a child, attended Bethlehem General Baptist Church in Crump. He attended Delta Elementary School, graduated from Jackson High School in 1983 and attended Linn State Technical College near Jefferson City, Missouri...
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Dorothy Johnston
(Obituary ~ 06/14/18)
** Dorothy Johnston Dorothy Lee Johnston, 89, of Jackson died Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. A private memorial service will be held at a future date. Hutchings Funeral Chapel is assisting the family.
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Joe Girard
(Obituary ~ 06/14/18)
Joe Lynn Girard, 41, of Oak Ridge was killed Saturday, June 9, 2018, at Brick's Off Road Park in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. He was born Nov. 7, 1976, in Chaffee, Missouri, to James "Jim" Elbert and Virginia "Jen" Lee Ahrens Girard. He graduated from Oak Ridge High School in 1996...
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Ruth Dillingham
(Obituary ~ 06/14/18)
Ruth A. Dillingham, 89, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Jackson, passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 28, 1929, in Cape Girardeau County, the daughter of Arthur Otto and Ida Suedekum Keller. She and Ray E. Dillingham were married Nov. 23, 1952, at Trinity Lutheran Church at Egypt Mills. He preceded her in death April 27, 2008...
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Dr. S. Charles Balsamo
(Obituary ~ 06/14/18)
Dr. Salvatore Charles "Charlie" Balsamo, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Dec. 29, 2017, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. Funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Christ Episcopal Church in Cape Girardeau. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Interstate accident
(Local News ~ 06/14/18)
Three MIssouri teens sustained serious injuries when their northbound car on Interstate 55 struck a cable barrier and overturned Wednesday afternoon at the 68-mile marker in Scott County, the Standard Democrat reported. Dean Connor, 17, of East Prairie and Ethan Newman, 17, of Sikeston were transported by ambulance to Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, while Cody Newman, 19, of Sikeston was flown to Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Traffic was halted for more than an hour...
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Bright idea implemented
(Local News ~ 06/14/18)
Pete Johnson with Cotner Electric installs a new light-emitting diode (LED) light fixture Wednesday above Broadway near Sprigg Street in Cape Girardeau. The new lights will improve illumination of the street directionally 180 degrees and use about one-third the electricity as the former metal halide lights. The city is replacing 58 lights between Pacific and Spanish streets. Cotner submitted the low bid of just more than $94,000 to be paid by the transportation trust fund sales tax money...
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Dining Russian-style at the World Cup
(Community ~ 06/14/18)
MOSCOW -- For many fans of food and football, a World Cup in Russia is unfamiliar territory. Russian cuisine has a reputation for being stodgy, unimaginative fare. While that may have been true for many in the days of Soviet supply shortages, a new generation of Russians in the World Cup's host cities mix together influences from across Europe and Asia...
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Prayer 6/14/18
(Prayer ~ 06/14/18)
O Father God, may your peace rule in our hearts always. Amen.
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The Wall
(Column ~ 06/14/18)
As I began to write this column I realized that a word has made a drastic change from what it meant earlier in my life to what it means today. In the 1960s and when I was assigned to Berlin in 1970 "the Wall" referred to the Berlin Wall which cut the city of Berlin in half. The western half of the city contained the U.S., the British, and the French sectors while the eastern half of the city was the Soviet sector. Construction of the wall was begun August 31, 1961 and it stood until 1989...
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Road work 6/14/18
(Local News ~ 06/14/18)
Route DD in Bollinger County closed for culvert replacement Route DD in Bollinger County, between County Road 804 and County Road 805, will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace pipe under the roadway. A MoDOT news release states the work will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday...
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Births 6/14/18
(Births ~ 06/14/18)
Son to Scott and Ashlie Johnston of Scott City, Southeast Hospital, 11:27 a.m. Saturday, May 19, 2018. Name, Logan Robert. Weight, 5 pounds, 8 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Johnston is the former Ashlie Smith, daughter of Robert and Georgia Smith of Chaffee, Missouri. Johnston is the son of Tim and Linda Johnston of Scott City...
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Area police report 6/14/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/14/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Kaytee Pierce, 25, of Jackson was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant. Thefts n Theft was reported at 1624 Kingsway Drive...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 6/14/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/14/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Tuesday n Medical assists were made at 4:27 a.m. on South Benton Street, 2:16 p.m. on Good Hope Street, 5:31 p.m. on South Mount Auburn Road, 5:56 p.m. on Oak Lane, 9:04 p.m. on William Street and 10:17 p.m. on Hopper Road...
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Foodie Panel weighs in on BBQ
(Community ~ 06/14/18)
This one is heartbreaking. Being a Kansas City transplant, we take our 'cue seriously. Fun fact: If you live within a 20-mile radius from Kansas City you are legally obligated to be able to: A) smoke a brisket on demand B) create a barbecue sauce or rub using any three random ingredients given...
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