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Bites by venomous snakes uncommon in area
(Local News ~ 09/24/15)
Snakes have been in the spotlight again recently after a girl was bitten by a venomous species in Southeast Missouri. Naturalist Jordi Brostoski of the Missouri Department of Conservation said, however, there are only about 100 snake bites reported in the state each year. Rarely are they fatal...
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Southeast sorority will clean graffiti from Cape's floodwall
(Local News ~ 09/24/15)
Visitors of Cape Girardeau's Riverfront Park know the anonymous works of art scrawled on the floodwall's plain concrete panels can make for an interesting trip along the river walk. While some of the messages and images are positive -- or non-offensive at the least -- the same can't be said of some of the other drawings applied with chalk or spray paint...
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Perryville voters will decide whether to eliminate city collector
(Local News ~ 09/24/15)
A special election will be held in Perryville, Missouri, in November, with a single question on the ballot. The question posed to voters asks whether the city shall contract with the Perry County collector to collect property taxes payable to the city, thereby eliminating the position of city collector...
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Man arrested in connection with East Cape shooting
(Local News ~ 09/24/15)
A Dutchtown man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with a Sept. 13 shooting in East Cape Girardeau, Illinois, according to Illinois State Police. Merced Martinez, 29, was arrested on a warrant by Cape Girardeau police in Missouri at 10:15 p.m. Sept. 18 near Main and Merriwether streets during a traffic stop, a spokesman for the Cape Girardeau Police Department said...
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The real Yogi
(Submitted Story ~ 09/24/15)
After you live long enough, and if you're lucky enough, you get to relish recalling a remarkable thing or two you witnessed. Today, some poignant recollections surfaced from my heart after I learned of the sad passing of a New Jersey friend. We met in the men's locker room at the Montclair Golf Club, where we were both members, and where he often napped unhurriedly in the afternoons after playing 18, stretched out on the leather couch. A man of no airs, ever. Just Yogi. WYSIWYG. Period...
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Embrace immigrants, Pope Francis urges Congress to be kind to immigrants
(National News ~ 09/24/15)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Standing before a rapt Congress, Pope Francis issued a ringing call to action on behalf of immigrants Thursday, urging lawmakers to embrace "the stranger in our midst" as he became the first pontiff in history to address a joint meeting at the U.S. Capitol...
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Bangert receives Missouri 4-H Foundation Scholarship
(Submitted Photo ~ 09/24/15)
Morgan Bangert of Jackson, Mo. was awarded the B. W. Harrison Memorial 4-H Scholarship in the amount of $1,000 on Sept. 11 at the Missouri 4-H Foundation's Scholarship and Awards Banquet in Columbia, Mo. The foundation awarded 67 scholarships totaling $72,050 in academic awards to 4-H youths around the state...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/24/15)
Today is Thursday, September 24, the 267th day of 2015. There are 98 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On September 24, 1890, the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Wilford Woodruff, wrote a manifesto renouncing the practice of plural marriage, or polygamy...
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Southeast returns home this weekend
(Editorial ~ 09/24/15)
The Southeast Missouri State University football team got off to a good start at home on Sept. 12 against rival Southern Illinois. It was family weekend, and more than 8,000 people attended the matchup. Southeast won 27-24 with less than 6 seconds left on a field goal by Ryan McCrum...
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Hooked on Science: Teflon tape secret message
(Community ~ 09/24/15)
Materials: n Teflon tape n Pen n Ruler Instructions: STEP 1: Cut 4 inches of Teflon tape. Attempt to stretch the tape lengthwise without breaking the tape. Using the ruler, measure the length of the tape. Did the length change? STEP 2: Cut 4 inches of Teflon tape. Using the ruler, measure the width of the tape. Attempt to stretch the tape widthwise without breaking the tape. Using the ruler, measure the width of the tape. Did the width change?...
- Hive of activity (Community ~ 09/24/15)
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Another food fight? Congress mulls school meal standards
(Community ~ 09/24/15)
WASHINGTON -- Add another item to lawmakers' busy fall agenda: Congress must decide whether to do battle again with first lady Michelle Obama over school lunches with more whole grains and less salt. Last year, school-food rules pitted Obama against House Republicans seeking temporary exemptions for some schools. The first lady said she would fight "to the bitter end" to make sure children have good nutrition, and the GOP eventually abandoned the exemptions push...
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Out of the past: Sept. 24
(Out of the Past ~ 09/24/15)
A section of Bellridge Pike connecting the Woodland Hills subdivision with the rest of the street officially opened to traffic Friday; the street was completed by Randol Farms subdivision developer David Gerlach; the project has been in the works for about two years...
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Alan Reed
(Obituary ~ 09/24/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Alan Edward "Bud" Reed, 89, of St. Louis, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Sept. 21, 2015, at his home. He was born May 26, 1926, in Cape Girardeau to Frank Edward and Yvetta Opal Hunt Reed. He and Linnette Maxine Wagner were married in 1948 in Piggott, Arkansas. She died March 7, 2000...
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Mona Keene
(Obituary ~ 09/24/15)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Mona Jean Keene, 54, of Advance, passed away Sept. 22, 2015, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 2, 1961, in Flagstaff, Arizona, the daughter of Roger and Edith Privatt. Mona and Kevin Keene were united in marriage on Feb. 10, 2010, in Advance. He survives of the home...
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Couple ordered to pay $10 million for stealing trade secrets
(State News ~ 09/24/15)
ST. LOUIS -- A judge has ordered a former employee of a mid-Missouri tech firm and his wife to pay $10 million for stealing trade secrets and partnering with a Chinese firm to sell knockoff products to unsuspecting buyers, including the U.S. Navy. Franklin County Associate Circuit Judge Robert Schollmeyer this month awarded Rolla-based Brewer Science $8.4 million in punitive damages and $1.6 million in compensatory damages to cover the company's lost profits and research and development costs due to the actions of Brewer Science engineer Hai Xuan and his wife, Hong Sheng, along with the company they formed, Best Tools LLC.. ...
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Births 9/24/2015
(Births ~ 09/24/15)
Son to Daniel Minor and Sara Janel Atkinson of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 3:15 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, 2015. Name, Denver Joseph. Weight, 7 pounds, 9 ounces. Third child, second son. Mrs. Atkinson is the former Sara Venneman, daughter of Joseph and Kathy Venneman of Patton, Missouri. She is a licensed counselor. Atkinson is the son of Buzz and Jennifer Atkinson of Grain Valley, Missouri. He is a manager in materials management at Saint Francis Medical Center...
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Police: Man steals combine, sparks slow-speed chase
(State News ~ 09/24/15)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- John Roth figures it was a bullet to the oil filter that killed his old Case IH combine and brought a low-speed police chase to an otherwise peaceful end. Officers fired 18 rounds into the farm implement, which had been stolen Tuesday night from a cornfield east of Ellinwood in central Kansas...
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Ad blockers rise as ads annoy, bog down websites
(National News ~ 09/24/15)
LOS ANGELES -- When you visit a website, you often find yourself waiting and waiting for advertisements to load. Video starts playing automatically, and animated ads jump in front of what you were there to see. The seconds tick by. It doesn't have to be this way...
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Fury rises over drug-price increases
(National News ~ 09/24/15)
TRENTON, N.J. -- Hillary Clinton was among the patients and politicians who voiced outrage this week after it became public the price of a 62-year-old drug used to treat a life-threatening infection had been raised by more than 5,000 percent. But exorbitant drug price hikes like that have happened increasingly over the last few years. And they could become even more common because of decreasing competition in the pharmaceutical industry, among other factors...
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Coastal Louisiana town struggling 10 years after Rita
(National News ~ 09/24/15)
CAMERON, La. -- Vacant slabs, weed-choked lots and solitary stairs to nowhere permeate this tiny town in southwest Louisiana. All that remains of the Klean-N-Kruise car wash is a rusted white sign overlooking an empty, overgrown lot. Residents travel 30 miles away for anything they can't get at the gas station because there is no grocery store...
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Federal judge rules 'Happy Birthday' song in public domain
(Entertainment ~ 09/24/15)
LOS ANGELES -- The music publishing company that has been collecting royalties on the song "Happy Birthday To You" for years does not hold a valid copyright on the lyrics to the tune that is one of the mostly widely sung in the world, a federal judge ruled Tuesday...
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2 men in terror plot get life in prison
(International News ~ 09/24/15)
TORONTO -- Two men found guilty of plotting to derail a passenger train in Canada with support from al-Qaida were sentenced Wednesday to life in prison. Chiheb Esseghaier and Raed Jaser must serve a minimum of 10 years before becoming eligible for parole on their life sentences...
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EU agrees more money for agencies helping refugees near wars
(International News ~ 09/24/15)
BRUSSELS -- European Union leaders, faced with a migration crisis and divisions over how to tackle it, managed to agree early today to send $1.1 billion to international agencies helping refugees at camps near their home countries. The leaders also agreed to set up "hotspots" by the end of November where EU experts can register and identify people eligible for refugee protection quickly, said European Council president Donald Tusk, who led an emergency EU summit in Brussels...
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Volkswagen CEO steps down, takes responsibility for scandal
(International News ~ 09/24/15)
BERLIN -- Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned Wednesday, days after admitting the world's top-selling carmaker had rigged diesel emissions to pass U.S. tests during his tenure. No replacement was announced, and VW still has no easy exit from a scandal that has dented a reputation for trustworthiness that took decades to build. The smog-test trickery has wiped out billions in VW's market value and raised the specter of criminal investigations and billions more in fines...
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Leading China rights lawyer says he was tortured
(International News ~ 09/24/15)
BEIJING -- In his first interview in five years, leading Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng said he was tortured with an electric baton to his face and spent three years in solitary confinement during his latest period of detention since 2010. The Nobel Peace Prize nominee vowed to never leave China despite the hardships and having to live apart from his family...
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No. 25 Missouri hoping RB Hansbrough can make difference
(College Sports ~ 09/24/15)
The Missouri defense is doing its job. It sure could use some more points to work with.
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High school roundup: Kelly softball team topples Perryville
(High School Sports ~ 09/24/15)
All scores were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Wednesday.
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Gurley debut would ease Foles' burden on offense
(Professional Sports ~ 09/24/15)
Rams rookie running back Todd Gurley says he'll be ready to go if asked. "Yeah, I would," the first-round pick said after practice Wednesday. "I'm kind of just going with the flow, taking it one day at a time and not looking too far ahead," Gurley added. "But I feel good, I feel good."
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Trails district doubles commitment to Gateway Arch costs
(State News ~ 09/24/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Records show a taxpayer-funded trails district has doubled its commitment to pay yearly operations costs at the new Gateway Arch grounds. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Great Rivers Greenway executive director Susan Trautman gained board approval to pay about $1 million a year toward landscaping maintenance and operations. ...
- Spreading awareness about suicide (Local News ~ 09/24/15)
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Ward 3 councilman Gunn will run for re-election
(Local News ~ 09/24/15)
In just one year, Ward 3 Councilman Victor Gunn has had the opportunity to weigh in on some major issues in Cape Girardeau. By running for re-election in April, he said he's hoping to continue that work for a few more years. Gunn took over the position in August 2014. He was selected by ward residents during a special election to fill the unexpired term of Trent Summers, who moved out of the ward...
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Carpenter homers twice as Cardinals rout Reds 10-2
(Professional Sports ~ 09/24/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Matt Carpenter hit a pair of two-run homers, Lance Lynn pitched six scoreless innings and the St. Louis Cardinals routed the Cincinnati Reds 10-2 Wednesday night. The win was the fourth straight for the NL Central leaders and it improved their major league-best record to 96-56. Randal Grichuk and Peter Bourjos also homered as the Cardinals hit four for the first time this season...
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4 universities chosen for 2016 presidential, VP debates
(State News ~ 09/24/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Four universities were chosen Wednesday to stage the 2016 presidential and vice presidential debates, including veteran host Washington University in St. Louis and, marking the first such debate in Nevada, the University of Nevada at Las Vegas...
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Autopsy planned for inmate who died in Charleston facility
(Local News ~ 09/24/15)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- An autopsy will be performed on an inmate who died Friday. The Missouri Department of Corrections reported Monday that Scott Moss, an inmate at the Southeast Correctional Center at Charleston, was pronounced dead at 12:39 p.m. Friday at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri...
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Scott County agency schedules flu-shot clinics
(Local News ~ 09/24/15)
The Scott County Health Department has scheduled three flu-shot clinics, with the first taking place from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday at the Chaffee VFW Hall at 217 S. Frisco St. in Chaffee, Missouri. Flu shots are $20 for adults and $10 for children ages 18 and younger. No appointment is needed, and Medicare and Medicaid will be accepted...
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Downtown golf tourney set for Sunday
(Local News ~ 09/24/15)
The First-Ever Tenth Annual Louis J. Lorimier Memorial World-Famous Downtown Golf Tournament and All-You-Can Eat Catfish Buffet is set for Sunday. Tee time for the event, a fundraiser for the Red House Interpretive Center, is 1 p.m. at the Common Please Courthouse gazebo. BirdieBalls and strike pads will be provided; each golfer is asked to bring a 5-iron or 6-iron...
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Tech firm Square to open St. Louis office, hire 200
(State News ~ 09/24/15)
ST. LOUIS -- The company Square has opened an office in St. Louis and plans to hire more than 200 people over the next five years, offering a big boost to the effort to make St. Louis a Midwest hub for tech businesses. The San Francisco-based company made the announcement Wednesday...
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Anheuser-Busch to acquire popular Los Angeles craft brewery
(State News ~ 09/24/15)
LOS ANGELES -- Anheuser-Busch has announced it's acquiring a popular Los Angeles craft brewery. St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch, best known for making Budweiser, said Wednesday it will acquire Golden Road Brewing, founded in 2011. Financial details of the deal were not released...
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St. Louis mulls eminent domain for agency's regional home
(State News ~ 09/24/15)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis city leaders say eminent domain will be pursued if needed to amass a large swath of land for the city's quest to lure a federal spy agency's new 3,100-employee regional headquarters. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported St. Louis officials announced Wednesday the city continues negotiating with a developer to acquire the north St. Louis acreage...
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Not everyone happy about pope's canonization
(National News ~ 09/24/15)
WASHINGTON -- An 18th-century missionary who brought Catholicism to the American West Coast was elevated to sainthood Wednesday by Pope Francis in the first canonization on U.S. soil. Francis canonized Junipero Serra during a Mass outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, the largest Catholic church in North America...
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Escaping prisoner falls when knot in sheets slips
(National News ~ 09/24/15)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Two inmates at a Louisville jail could have used a course in knot-tying. Officials said the men escaped to the roof of a building Monday night and used a rope made of bed sheets to climb down about four floors. Metro corrections director Mark Bolton said Matthew Johnson, 29, was climbing down when a knot on the sheets came loose, dropping him about 20 feet. The second inmate, Christopher Cornelius, 37, didn't risk the climb and was found on the roof...
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Nation, world briefs 9/24/2015
(National News ~ 09/24/15)
NEW YORK -- Donald Trump says he's done appearing on Fox News shows for the "foreseeable future" because he doesn't like the network's coverage of his presidential campaign. The billionaire businessman and leading Republican candidate tweets Fox News has been treating him "very unfairly," and he's going to stop appearing on its shows. ...
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Marjorie Williams
(Obituary ~ 09/24/15)
Marjorie Louise Williams, 98, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Robert Taylor
(Obituary ~ 09/24/15)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Robert J. "Bulldog" Taylor, 78, of Perryville, died Sept. 23, 2015, at his residence. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday and from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. A Catholic wake service will be at 6 p.m. Monday...
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James Meyer
(Obituary ~ 09/24/15)
James "Jim" Meyer, 77, of Jackson died Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, at his home. McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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Henry Mollsub
(Obituary ~ 09/24/15)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Henry A. Moll, 87, of Perryville, died Sept. 21, 2015, at Southbrook Skilled Nursing by Americare in Farmington, Missouri. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Young and Sons Funeral Home with a Catholic wake at 7 p.m. and from 6:30 to 10:15 a.m. Monday with a rosary at 9:30 a.m...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 9/24/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/24/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Tuesday n Medical assist calls were made on North Sprigg Street at 1:26 a.m.; Sheridan Drive at 7:33 a.m.; North Ellis Street at 8:22 a.m.; Broadway at 9:02 a.m.; Big Bend Road at 9:21 a.m.; South Ellis Street at 9:32 a.m.; Delwin Street at 3:24 p.m.; Perry Avenue at 7:06 p.m...
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Jackson police report 9/24/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/24/15)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department reported the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Sherry L. Niederbrach, 38, of Vanduser, Missouri, was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant. n Kimberlee J. Heffington, 41, of Scott City, Missouri, was arrested on a Scott County warrant...
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Cape Girardeau police report 9/24/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/24/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department reported the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Renee L. Brown, 45, 908 S. Benton St., was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for stealing and a Cape Girardeau warrant for stealing and tresspassing...
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Jackson fire report 9/24/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/24/15)
JACKSON The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls Tuesday: n EMS calls were made on Broadridge Drive, Tracy Street and Hope Street. n Fire alarm on South Hope Street. The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls Wednesday:...
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Putin and Russian aggression
(Column ~ 09/24/15)
With time and new generations, memories fade or at least soften, and I believe we are seeing exactly that with the countries in NATO and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Cold War is ancient history, and many do not associate the USSR with current Russian aggression despite continued Russian aggression in Eastern Europe, including Georgia in 2008 and in Ukraine in an ongoing conflict. ...
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Prayer 9/24/15
(Prayer ~ 09/24/15)
O Lord Jesus, Spirit of truth, come and guide our paths. Amen.
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