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Sessions to appear before Senate intelligence committee
(National News ~ 06/11/17)
WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Jeff Sessions, whose contacts with Russia's ambassador to the U.S. during the presidential campaign has sparked questions, agreed Saturday to appear before the Senate intelligence committee as it investigates alleged Russian meddling in the election...
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Honoring tradition: Trio create a unique sound with bagpipes
(Community ~ 06/11/17)
There is no other music quite like the sound of bagpipes, and for one group of bagpipers in Cape Girardeau, performing with them is as much a chance to socialize as it is to honor tradition. Terry Madsen, Laurel McClelland and Capt. Shawn Morris with the Cape Girardeau Fire Department have been playing the pipes together for about eight years, but individually have been playing for much longer, they said...
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Cape County commissioners consider prescription-drug monitoring program
(Local News ~ 06/11/17)
Cape Girardeau County may join a prescription-drug monitoring program that has been embraced by 32 Missouri counties and cities. The Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center Board of Trustees has endorsed the idea and the county commission is considering such action...
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House once owned by firefighter's grandparents torched for training
(Local News ~ 06/11/17)
Two structures on Route K were donated to the Cape Girardeau Fire Department and used for two weekends of training with firefighters from Cape Girardeau, Gordonville, Jackson, Scott City, East County and Millersville fire departments. The first live-fire training was held June 3, and the second structure was ignited Saturday morning by Jerry Siemers, a Gordonville firefighter of 33 years...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/11/17)
Today in History Today is Sunday, June 11, the 162nd day of 2017. There are 203 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 11, 1947, the government announced the end of sugar rationing for households and "institutional users" (e.g., restaurants and hotels) as of midnight...
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Kirn -- 60 years
(Anniversary ~ 06/11/17)
Donald and Mary Kirn of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on June 1. Kirn and the former Mary Zahner were married June 1, 1957, at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Perryville, Missouri. The couple has five children, Dr. Dean Kirn of Lenexa, Kansas, Scott (Rhonda) Kirn of Jackson, Mike (Patti) Kirn of Jackson, Tanda (Darrick) Smith of Cape Girardeau and the late Mark Kirn, who passed away in 1978...
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Wehmeyer -- Essner
(Wedding ~ 06/11/17)
Lindsey Renee Wehmeyer of Perryville, Missouri, and Jacob Michael Essner of Cape Girardeau were married June 25, 2016, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville. The Rev. Milton F. Ryan, C.M., performed the ceremony. Violinist was Vic Martin of Perryville. Pianist was Pat Hohenadel of Perryville. Vocalists were Kiley Elder, Randi Elder and Liam Hoeh, all of Perryville...
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Thompson -- Talton
(Engagement ~ 06/11/17)
Kindle Thompson of Troy, Missouri, announces the engagement of her daughter, Morgan Thompson, to Colin Talton of Lawton, Oklahoma. He is the son of Donna and Gaylin Talton of Silex, Missouri. Morgan is a graduate of Troy Buchanan High School. She is pursuing a business degree at Lindenwood University. She is a business office associate at CarMax...
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Illers -- Moll
(Engagement ~ 06/11/17)
Greg and Linda Illers of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Claire Illers, to Lucas Moll, both of Cape Girardeau. He is the son of Ronald Moll of Cape Girardeau and Pamela Nunnally of Cape Girardeau. Claire is a 2010 graduate of Notre Dame Regional High School. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in 2016 from Southeast Missouri State University. She works at Medicenter Pharmacy...
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Landewee -- 50 years
(Anniversary ~ 06/11/17)
Bill and Glenda Landewee of Leopold, Missouri, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 4, 2017, with a celebration hosted by their children. Those attending included family, classmates and friends. Bill and the former Glenda Elfrink were married June 3, 1967, at St. John's Catholic Church in Leopold...
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GT - 4x4 - 6-11-17
(06/11/17)
What inspires you most?
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Not a green flower
(Column ~ 06/11/17)
Shown here are the fruits of a persimmon tree shortly after the creamy white, bell-shaped flowers have fallen away. The persimmon tree is a medium-sized, slender but often tall native North American tree. The wood of this tree typically is used for making the heads of golf clubs...
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Senion Center menus 6-11-17
(Community ~ 06/11/17)
Monday: Sub sandwich or smothered brat, baked beans, vinegar coleslaw, whole-grain bun and sugar-free pudding with fruit or creamy fruit. Tuesday: Scrambled eggs, sausage patty, cherry tomatoes, 1/2 English muffin, home fries with gravy, citrus fruit salad with bananas and bran muffin...
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FYI - 6-11-17
(Community ~ 06/11/17)
The fourth annual Mid-Summer Festival will be held Thursday through Saturday at Scott City Park. Family night will be held Thursday, and a three-day 3-on-3 basketball tournament also will begin. A corn-hole tournament will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, with registration at 6 p.m. ...
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Green beans as the main dish for dinner? Stay with us
(Community ~ 06/11/17)
Sometimes I just crave a big serving of green beans. You too, right? Hear me out. Green beans make one of my favorite veggie-based meals. They are loaded with vitamins, particularly C, A and harder-to-get K, and have only 30 calories a serving. But here is the real reason why I love green beans: They are a particularly filling vegetable, thanks to high fiber and a few grams of protein...
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Simple pleasures
(Community ~ 06/11/17)
In honor of Father's Day, I've conjured up a recipe featuring an arsenal of steakhouse delights, starting with steak itself and including potatoes, spinach and blue cheese. But I've prepared and combined these ingredients in a way that's slightly healthier than usual, namely in a salad. The bulk of it is given over to spinach, tomatoes and cucumbers. It's topped with warm sliced steak (only a little over 3 ounces per person), blue cheese dressing and oven-baked (not deep-fried) potato chips...
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A lentil loaf for the vegan
(Column ~ 06/11/17)
A local reader, Cheryl Mothes, sent in a couple of vegan recipes to share with you today. A vegan lifestyle is a discipline and way of life many people enjoy. Maybe after tasting these recipes and working them into your weekly meal plan, you might choose to add vegan dishes more often as time goes by...
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We need to be a society where we're not afraid to take the blame
(Column ~ 06/11/17)
Way back in the beginning in the garden, Adam ate the apple. When God brought it up he immediately said it was the woman who was to blame. Cain slew Abel, his brother. And when God confronted Cain, the response was simply: "Am I my brother's keeper."...
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'Booking' a vacation
(Column ~ 06/11/17)
I am getting ready to go on a vacation with my family. We are spending much time figuring out what we need to do before we leave and what we need to take to enjoy ourselves once there. There is an awful amount of work to be done for a week of rest! One question I need to answer: "What will I read on vacation?"...
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How to really love yourself
(Column ~ 06/11/17)
How important is it to really love yourself? Everyone has heard the commandment, "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Mark 12:31). That alone tells you that it isn't wrong to love yourself. In fact, Jesus places such value on the self that he tells you to love others the same as yourself. It means you can't give away love to others if you don't first love that person called "you."...
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The Lord's name in vein
(Column ~ 06/11/17)
I have a confession to make: Recently I was doing some work in my backyard and was using a hammer. Instead of bringing the hammer down on the head of a nail, I fully brought it down on my thumb. I grabbed my finger and began spewing forth a torrent of obscenities that would have been embarrassing for anyone to hear. I am pretty sure that God's name was spoken once or twice, but it was definitely not in the context of a prayer!...
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Adopt Pamela
(Community ~ 06/11/17)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary Pamela is a shy but really sweet 4 month old tuxedo kitty. She would be great in a one-dog household. Jullian is available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.
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Ian Schrager, still cool at age 70, opens new PUBLIC hotel
(Community ~ 06/11/17)
NEW YORK -- It's been 40 years since Ian Schrager opened the legendary disco Studio 54. But if the trendy crowds mobbing opening night for his new PUBLIC hotel are any indication, Schrager, at age 70, is still the coolest kid around. The hotel, on Chrystie Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side, throbbed Tuesday night with champagne-drinking models, waifs covered in tattoos and other beautiful people vamping for photos, draping themselves across long white sofas and riding the mirrored escalator, bathed in glowing red-and-yellow stripes of light.. ...
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Get out the dental floss, it's National Corn on the Cob Day
(Column ~ 06/11/17)
Happy birthday to Bill Hawkins, Lisa Stagoski, Richie Swain, Veronica Bennett, Don Seyer, Debbie Graviett, Janice Eftink, Jamie Keller, Dean Smith, Geralyn Siebert, Kristi Uhrhan, Matt Hanlon, Alvin Blades, Lula Rogers, Amanda Horrell, Bridgett Rains, Jody Riser, Don Sheeley, Billy Davis, Lynn Felton, Linda Kidd, Roggie Reece, Andy White, Esten Cooper, Candi Hargrove, Maxine Scott, Nathan McIntosh, Shawn Nix, Peggy Lee, Berta Payne, Wanda Schwartz and Bill Dysinger...
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Summer is time to spend with kids and make memories
(Column ~ 06/11/17)
It's summer! I LOVE summertime. Not for the warm weather. I was best made for Alaska, but for all of the memories that we make during the kids' time off school. For us, summer is the time we finally get to do those things we have been talking about all year long. We hike, we camp out in our backyard (when I say "we," I mean husband Max and the kids), we roast marshmallows, go to the zoo, participate in the library's summer reading program and just plain hang out together...
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Club news 6-11-17
(Community News ~ 06/11/17)
The John Guild Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution met on May 17 at Dexter Bar-B-Q in Jackson. Julie Robinson, regent, opened the meeting, followed by reports from members on the state conference. The chapter received third place for its program honoring the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War and Outstanding State DAR Member, Honoring and Thanking Vietnam Veterans...
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Prayer 6-11-17
(Prayer ~ 06/11/17)
O Lord Jesus, may we look for opportunities to be a blessing to others. Amen.
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Tailor Institute dealing with challenge of losing state funds
(Editorial ~ 06/11/17)
The leaders and employees of the Tailor Institute were shocked. Out of nowhere, with no warning or discussion, Missouri state government pulled their state funding. And everyone involved in the process, at least local lawmakers, a lobbyist and those in former such roles, say it never should have happened. ...
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No need to spend $80k on plan
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/11/17)
Regarding the City of Cape Girardeau to spend $80,000 to update the Comprehensive Plan: A comprehensive plan is good to have. Vision and planning must have a starting point. I cannot see why we need to employ outside companies to tell us what we should do, especially after we tell them what we want! Eighty thousand dollars, not to establish a plan but simply for an update?...
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Safe House for Women celebrates 25 years
(Column ~ 06/11/17)
Congratulations to the Safe House for Women, which celebrated its Silver Anniversary at a heartfelt and uplifting luncheon on Friday, June 9, which was key noted by Missouri Director of Public Safety, Drew Juden. Several hundred were in attendance at the Isle Casino Cape Girardeau Event Center...
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Puerto Rican parade tries to move past storm over militant
(National News ~ 06/11/17)
NEW YORK -- New York City's Puerto Rican Day Parade will take place today amid a furor over one participant, a man who spent 35 years in prison for his involvement with a group responsible for bombings that killed and maimed dozens in the 1970s and '80s...
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City breaks sand angel world record
(National News ~ 06/11/17)
LUDINGTON, Mich. -- A western Michigan city has broke a mark for the most people simultaneously making sand angels at a beach. A total of 1,387 people assembled Saturday on a Lake Michigan beachfront in Ludington and worked their magic for 30 seconds. That far surpasses the roughly 350 who made sand angels for 15 seconds two years ago in Pembrokeshire, Wales. A Guinness Book of World Records judge verified the record...
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Trump rebuffs bipartisanship, banks on base to tame turmoil
(National News ~ 06/11/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is banking on his loyal base of supporters to help him through the tangle of the Russia turmoil. Trump had his core backers in mind as he responded to former FBI director James Comey's Senate testimony and the steady creep of congressional investigations and special counsel Robert Mueller's probe...
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Biden encourages Romney to consider Senate run in Utah
(National News ~ 06/11/17)
PARK CITY, Utah -- Former vice president Joe Biden has encouraged onetime GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney to run for the Senate in Utah if longtime Republican incumbent Orrin Hatch decides to retire next year. Biden made the recommendation to Romney on Friday evening at the Utah resort where Romney was hosting an annual invitation-only business and politics summit...
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Videos show rescue of rape victim, serial killer confessions
(National News ~ 06/11/17)
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- After hearing a woman's screams inside a large metal container, investigators sawed and pried open the bin, rescuing the woman who had been chained inside for about two months by a serial killer, according to new videos released by prosecutors...
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Pentagon: 3 U.S. soldiers killed, 1 wounded in Afghanistan
(International News ~ 06/11/17)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Three U.S. soldiers were killed and another was wounded Saturday in eastern Afghanistan, the Pentagon said. An Afghan official said the deaths and injury stem from an attack by an Afghan soldier, who also died. In a statement from Washington, the Pentagon didn't provide details about what led to the deaths of the U.S. soldiers. It said the incident was being investigated...
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May strikes tentative deal with N. Ireland party
(International News ~ 06/11/17)
LONDON -- British Prime Minister Theresa May struck a deal in principle with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party on Saturday to prop up the Conservative government, stripped of its majority during a disastrous election. The result has demolished May's political authority, and she also lost her two top aides, sacrificed in a bid to save their leader from being toppled by a furious Conservative Party...
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Gadhafi's son released after more than 5 years of detention
(International News ~ 06/11/17)
BENGHAZI, Libya -- Seif al-Islam, the son and one-time heir apparent of late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, has been released after more than five years in detention, his captors said Saturday. A statement by his captors, the Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Battalion, said Seif al-Islam was released Friday, but gave no details on his whereabouts...
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London Bridge attacker tried to rent larger truck
(International News ~ 06/11/17)
LONDON -- British police have arrested two more suspects over the London Bridge attack and revealed the carnage could have been worse if the attackers had succeeded in their goal of renting a larger truck, rather than a van, to mow down pedestrians...
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Adam West, who played 1960s-era Batman, dies at 88
(Entertainment ~ 06/11/17)
LOS ANGELES -- Adam West, whose straight-faced portrayal of Batman in a campy 1960s TV series lifted the tight-clad Caped Crusader into the national consciousness, has died at age 88, his publicist Molly Schoneveld said Saturday. West died Friday night after "a short but brave battle with leukemia," his family said in a statement...
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Road work 6/11/17
(Local News ~ 06/11/17)
Highway 91 from Stoddard County Route C to Bollinger County Highway 51 will be reduced with an 11-foot width restriction as contractor crews repair the pavement. The work will take place from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily June 21 to July 12, according to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release...
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2 groups file lawsuit to halt Missouri's voter ID law
(State News ~ 06/11/17)
ST. LOUIS -- Two civil-rights organizations are suing to stop Missouri's new voter-ID law, with their attorneys calling it a gimmick designed to block people from voting. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Jefferson City by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Advancement Project on behalf of the Missouri NAACP and the League of Women Voters of Missouri...
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Out of the past: June 11
(Out of the Past ~ 06/11/17)
Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle says he believes a survey he mailed out last month is an appropriate method for him to determine "community standards" for handling pornography complaints; he explains state law gives local prosecutors leeway in deciding what should be considered pornography, based on community standards. But Presiding Circuit Judge A.J. Seier and Presiding County Commissioner Gene Huckstep contend the survey wasn't necessary...
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Dalvin Yamnitz
(Obituary ~ 06/11/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Dalvin O. Yamnitz, 92, of Perryville died Friday, June 9, 2017, at his home. He was born Dec. 25, 1924, in Perry County, Missouri, son of Gustav and Hazel Shrum Yamnitz. He and Viola Clements were married April 17, 1948. She preceded him in death April 20, 2014...
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Wanda Mouser
(Obituary ~ 06/11/17)
Wanda Mae Mouser, 88, of Jackson passed away Friday, June 9, 2017, at Jackson Manor. She was born Aug. 13, 1928, in Jackson, daughter of Emery and Bessie Masters Slinkard. She and Earl Mouser were married Oct. 2, 1948. He passed away Jan. 10, 1995....
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Rallies against Islamic law draw counterprotests across U.S.
(National News ~ 06/11/17)
SEATTLE -- Demonstrators at small but raucous gatherings around the country Saturday raised the specter extremist interpretations of Islamic law might somehow spread across the U.S., but many of the rallies drew even more boisterous counterprotests by people who called such fears unfounded...
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Jewel Lynn
(Obituary ~ 06/11/17)
Edna Jewel Sitze Lynn, 96, formerly of Paducah, Kentucky, died Thursday, June 8, 2017, at Sayre Christian Village in Lexington, Kentucky. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Milner & Orr Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Paducah. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Greg Waldrop officiating. Burial will follow at Maplelawn Park Cemetery...
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Barbara Hill
(Obituary ~ 06/11/17)
Barbara A. Hill, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, June 6, 2017. A memorial service will be at a later date. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Susan Farrar
(Obituary ~ 06/11/17)
MORLEY, Mo. -- Susan Farrar, 75, of Morley died Friday, June 9, 2017, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, Missouri.
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Jason Eads
(Obituary ~ 06/11/17)
QUINCY, Ill. — Jason Clark Eads, 42, of Quincy died at 12:50 p.m. Friday, June 2, 2017, at Blessing Hospital. Jason was born Sept. 3, 1974, in Champaign, Illinois, the son of Clark and Carla Schnebly Eads. On Nov. 9, 1996, he married Heather Felgar in Warsaw, Illinois. She survives...
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Jackson fire report 6/11/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/11/17)
The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls: Tuesday n A motor-vehicle crash at East Jackson Boulevard and Wedekind Road. n Emergency medical service on Brandom Street. n Emergency medical service on Lake Street. n Assist police on Michael Anna Street...
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Jackson police report 6/11/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/11/17)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Adelyne Tillman, 18, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana under 10 grams and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia. n Jean Allen, 50, of Altenburg, Missouri, was arrested on two Cape Girardeau warrants for failure to appear...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 6/11/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/11/17)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Wednesday n Medical assists were made at 4:34 a.m. on East Rodney Drive; 4:54 a.m. on Brandy Lane; 7 a.m. on Campster Drive; 7:50 a.m. on Pioneer Drive; 8:18 a.m. on Northwoods Court; 9:28 a.m. on Broadway; 10:06 a.m. on Lynwood Drive; 2:46 p.m. on South Sprigg Street; 5:42 p.m. on North Water Street; 6:34 p.m. on Westridge Drive; 8:07 p.m. on Good Hope Street; and 9:12 p.m. on South Middle Street...
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Cape Girardeau police 6/11/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/11/17)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Merle R. Hopper III, 21, of Oran, Missouri, was arrested at Independence Street and U.S. 61 on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, failure to yield, failure to drive within a single lane, leaving the scene of an accident and striking a stopped or parked vehicle...
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Births 6/11/17
(Births ~ 06/11/17)
Son to Douglas Ben and Julie Christine Spooler of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 12:18 a.m. Saturday, May 27, 2017. Name, Kade Keller. Weight, 9 pounds, 12 ounces. Fourth child, third son. Mrs. Spooler is the former Julie Illers, daughter of Dave and Gloria Illers of Cape Girardeau. She is a speech language pathologist with the Marquand (Missouri) School District and Parkview State School. Spooler is the son of Mike and Vicki Webb of Jackson and Kenny and Michelle Spooler of Jackson. He is an insurance and financial services agent with the Farmers Insurance Doug Spooler Agency....
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Cape woman accused of stabbing woman during dispute
(Local News ~ 06/11/17)
A Cape Girardeau woman knifed another woman repeatedly after a dispute, police said. The Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Konitha Bailey, 34, with second-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action, all of which are felonies...
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Jackson's annual Clean-up/Fix-up Week scheduled
(Local News ~ 06/11/17)
Beginning Monday, Jackson solid-waste customers can participate in Clean-up/Fix-up Week. Residents are asked to place qualifying refuse on the curb by 8 a.m. on their regularly scheduled trash collection day. There is no charge to Jackson’s residential customers, but a fine of up to $500 will be charged to anyone dumping illegally...
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Illinois man pleads guilty to 2014 murder in Mississippi County
(Local News ~ 06/11/17)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — An Illinois man on Thursday entered a guilty plea in the 2014 murder of his wife in what Mississippi County Prosecuting Attorney Darren Cann deemed a surprise move. Clifford Williams, 47, of Ullin, Illinois, entered a plea of guilty to one count of first-degree murder and one count of armed criminal action before Circuit Judge Fred Copeland at the New Madrid County Courthouse in New Madrid, according to a news release from Cann...
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Man accused of beating, choking, threatening woman
(Local News ~ 06/11/17)
Police say a Cape Girardeau man beat, tried to suffocate and threatened to kill a woman Wednesday night. The Cape Girardeau Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Jerry J. Gow, 52, with second-degree domestic assault, a class D felony. Police went to a domestic-assault call Thursday afternoon and found the victim covered in bruises including two black eyes, according to a probable-cause statement filed in the case by Cape Girardeau police patrolman Gabe Yoder...
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Local man accused of molesting a child
(Local News ~ 06/11/17)
A Cape Girardeau man faces charges after police said he molested a child who was younger than 5 years old. The Cape Girardeau Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Nathan B. Williams, 23, with first-degree statutory sodomy, a felony. Deputies investigating a hotline report contacted Williams at his residence Wednesday after the 5-year-old victim mentioned the incident to an adult, according to a probable-cause statement filed in the case by Cape Girardeau County sheriff’s deputy Carrie Berry...
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SEMO Alum and Former Mrs. Missouri is Awarded the President of the United States Gold Medal Volunteer Service Award
(Submitted Story ~ 06/11/17)
Dr. Cynthia Ann Fleck, Southeast Missouri State University Alumni, leading author, Worldwide speaker, business owner, clinician, expert witness, activist, philanthropist, endowed scholarship creator, founder of the "Show Me Your Sole" Diabetic Foot Care Awareness and Amputation Prevention Campaign and Mrs. ...
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First founding Fathers
(Submitted Story ~ 06/11/17)
my dad was a wood carver and his wood carving was feature in the southeast Missourian newspaper , Gerald Bridwell. well I am his son and here one I did call the First Founding Fathers Chief Joseph, Sitting Bull, Geronimo and crazy horse.
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