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Student injured in scooter accident is soccer player
(Local News ~ 09/10/12)
The student involved in a serious scooter accident on Sunday was Meg Herndon, a soccer player, according to the Southeast Missouri State University newspaper, the Arrow. The accident occurred at the intersection of Sprigg Street and Normal Avenue. Herndon was airlifted to Barnes-Jewish hospital in St. ...
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Ride of the Week: 1962 Sunbeam Alpine II
(Submitted Story ~ 09/10/12)
Make and model: 1962 Sunbeam Alpine II Owner(s): Dan and Roberta Brown Owner's hometown: Jackson, Mo Names of people in photo: Dan Unrestored suvivor, 52,000 miles. My car's name: Beamer My first car was a '62 Sunbeam. Roberta and I dated it in all through high school and college...
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Arraignments scheduled in Mississippi County illegal firearm cases
(Local News ~ 09/10/12)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Arraignments have been scheduled in two cases involving illegal firearms, and an arrest has been made in a burglary, according to a news release from Mississippi County Sheriff Keith Moore. Father and son Derrick Wilkerson, 48, of Charleston and Jacob Wilkerson, 24, of Bertrand, Mo., are scheduled to be arraigned at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday on charges of receiving stolen property and unlawful possession of a firearm...
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Kennett fire said to be ‘suspicious'
(Local News ~ 09/10/12)
KENNETT, Mo. -- The Kennett Fire Department responded to a fire Thursday that they called "suspicious." At about 3:30 p.m. Thursday, the department was dispatched to 1713 Willoughby St. regarding a fire in a vacant house. The fire started in the rear of the structure, according to the department...
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Man, shot in shoulder, reports incident in person to Cape police
(Local News ~ 09/10/12)
The man walked into the Cape Girardeau Police Department at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday to report a shooting -- his own. A 37-year-old area man told police he had been shot near his right shoulder following an altercation in south Cape Girardeau, according to the department's Sgt. Adam Glueck. Police initially received a call reporting that shots had been fired on South Benton Street. Shortly after that, the victim walked into the police station and confirmed it...
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SEMO student in critical condition after scooter hit by truck
(Local News ~ 09/10/12)
A Southeast Missouri State University student was hospitalized in critical condition late Sunday afternoon after the scooter she was driving collided with a full-size four-by-four pickup truck, authorities said. Sunday evening, university officials were notifying the student's family, which is not local, said Sgt. Rick Schmidt of the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Until confirmation was received that that had been done, Schmidt said, they were not going to release the student's name...
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Missouri lawmakers face big decisions in veto overrides
(State News ~ 09/10/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers face some big decisions this week: Do they override Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of legislation expanding the state's religious and moral exemption for health insurance policies, and should they rebuff the governor's objections to another measure dealing with taxes on vehicle purchases...
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Exhibits, competitions mark second day of SEMO District Fair
(Local News ~ 09/10/12)
The second day of the SEMO District Fair brought hundreds out for the exhibits and competitions. The 4-H building showcased 921 crafts, projects, robotics, computer projects and artwork by area young people. The work was done by 4-H members aged 8 to 18. Also displayed is work done by Clover Kids, which is for younger children. The Clover Kids submitted 70 projects for judging...
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Lions strike late to spoil debut of Fisher, Rams
(Professional Sports ~ 09/10/12)
DETROIT -- Jeff Fisher hoped his St. Louis Rams could hold Detroit's powerful offense to field goals. They did a pretty good job of that -- until the final quarter. Matthew Stafford threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Kevin Smith with 10 seconds left, lifting the Lions to a 27-23 victory over the Rams on Sunday. ...
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You've Earned a Say Tour At SEMO District Fair
(Submitted Story ~ 09/10/12)
On Tuesday, September 11, 2012, AARP's You've Earned a Say Tour will make a stop at the Southeast Missouri District Fair in Cape Girardeau to bring the national conversation about the future of Social Security and Medicare to the community. From 11 a.m. until 10 p.m., visitors can visit the Tour that will be located at 410 Kiwanis Drive on the fairgrounds...
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Police continue Bollinger County murder investigation as victim's family hopes for answers
(Local News ~ 09/10/12)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- As the Major Case Squad continued its hunt for a killer Sunday, the family of victim Jeffery Scott Robins said they are still in disbelief that someone would want to kill the beloved father of four who -- as one close relative put it -- had a "huge heart" and an "amazing life."...
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The Redeemed Tour
(Submitted Story ~ 09/10/12)
Friday, September 21, 2012 7:00pm Big Daddy Weave with Aaron Shust. Tickets on sale online now Big Daddy Weave released a brand new album, Love Come to Life, on April 17th and their new album contains songs full of passion and energy which focus on transparency and a spiritual renewal within the band. ...
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Johnson Controls plant in Eldon, Mo. wins award
(Submitted Photo ~ 09/10/12)
Recognized for creating a unique approach to help plant workers upgrade their skills, the Johnson Controls plant in Eldon was honored with the 2012 Innovative Industry Training Award by the State of Missouri Department of Workforce Development.
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Greene County concrete house heavy on innovation
(State News ~ 09/10/12)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Looking at what Dan Chiles is building in western Greene County, it's hard to tell whether it's a home or a storm shelter. The answer, for Chiles, is both. Chiles, a former Springfield City Council member, began discussing the super-energy-efficient home two years ago. Construction started in January...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/10/12)
Today is Monday, Sept. 10, the 254th day of 2012. There are 112 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 10, 1912, the jungle character Tarzan made his debut as "Tarzan of the Apes" by Edgar Rice Burroughs was first published in The All-Story magazine. (The novel was published in book form in 1914.)...
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Romantic comedy collaboration gets twist with N. Korean acrobats
(Entertainment ~ 09/10/12)
SEOUL, South Korea -- It's a classic tale of a small-town girl who follows her dreams to the big city. But in this case, the girl is a North Korean coal miner, the big city is Pyongyang and her dream is to become a trapeze artist. "Comrade Kim Goes Flying," a collaboration between a North Korean director and two European filmmakers, premiered Saturday at the Toronto International Film Festival before heading to Pyongyang later this month for its North Korean debut...
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GOP rhetoric on global warming
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/10/12)
We frequently hear Republican rhetoric about saving Medicare and eliminating national debt for the future generations. Indeed, these are noble goals. Yet these very Republicans are almost totally blind to the fact that today, due to steady forward march of global warming, ice cap on the North Pole is shrinking more rapidly than ever, glaciers on mountains are receding faster than ever, hurricanes are more destructive than ever, and the age-old weather patterns are changing faster than farmers can keep up with.. ...
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Speak Out 9/10/12
(Speak Out ~ 09/10/12)
And so the glaring hypocrisy of the Democrats continues as they decry voter ID laws while simultaneously requiring ID to enter their convention hall. Reminds me of when they condemned Gitmo under Bush and then kept it open for three years during a Democrat-controlled White House and Senate. ...
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Prayer 9/10/12
(Prayer ~ 09/10/12)
We trust in your unfailing love, O God. Our hearts rejoice in your salvation. Amen.
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Four former Redhawks still on NFL rosters this season
(Sports Column ~ 09/10/12)
The Southeast Missouri State football program again is represented well on NFL rosters this season. Southeast, in fact, has more former players currently in the NFL than any other Ohio Valley Conference program. New England offensive lineman Dan Connolly, in his seventh NFL season, entered his third campaign as a regular after starting the majority of the past two year at multiple line positions...
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High school roundup: Scott City football patiently moves to 3-0
(High School Sports ~ 09/10/12)
It took two days in its latest effort, but the Scott City football team got off to its first 3-0 start since the 2007 season. The Rams concluded a weather-suspended game with East Prairie on Saturday and were rewarded with a 36-0 road victory. Scott City led 21-0 at halftime Friday night when the game was suspended by severe storms that canceled most football games around Southeast Missouri...
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Southeast Missouri State baseball team adds hitting, pitching coaches
(College Sports ~ 09/10/12)
Southeast Missouri State interim baseball coach Steve Bieser has filled out his staff with hitting coach Dillon Lawson and pitching coach Lance Rhodes. Lawson replaces Chris Cafalone, who spent the previous six seasons as Southeast's hitting coach before leaving the program...
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Cardinals salvage finale of series in 10 innings
(Professional Sports ~ 09/10/12)
ST. LOUIS -- Matt Carpenter picked up another series of cuts to his already beat-up hand on Sunday. Not that the St. Louis backup is complaining. Carpenter scored the winning run with a picture-perfect slide on Allen Craig's single in the 10th inning, giving the Cardinals a 5-4 win over the Milwaukee Brewers...
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5 prisoners escape from jail in eastern Missouri
(State News ~ 09/10/12)
BOWLING GREEN, Mo. -- Five inmates have escaped from the Pike County Jail in eastern Missouri. Authorities said an inmate's family member called the sheriff's office Saturday night to report an escape. A check of the jail revealed that the inmates were missing...
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Elder abuse not as rare as reports suggest, area advocates say
(Local News ~ 09/10/12)
Imagine a weathered and wrinkled face, one that has seen nearly a century of life. Now watch as it recoils suddenly into a grimace of fear as another -- this one 70 years younger -- distorts to anger, draws back a wrinkle-free open hand and then uses it on the one that has been smiling almost since the Titanic sank...
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Congress returns for short session
(National News ~ 09/10/12)
WASHINGTON -- Fresh off a five-week vacation, lawmakers return to Washington today for a truncated pre-election session in which Congress will likely punt problems to the future. They face a slew of deadlines and the prospect of a "fiscal cliff" in January, but are expected to take a pass on the big issues of taxes and spending cuts. Their focus seems to be on the bare minimum, preventing a government shutdown when the budget year ends Sept. 30...
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People on the move 9/10/12
(Business ~ 09/10/12)
Lawyer Michael Maguire has joined the law firm of Lowes & Drusch at 2913 Independence St. in Cape Girardeau. He has been practicing law in Cape Girardeau for 26 years. He specializes in family law and criminal law. Maguire previously worked at Lowes & Drusch before opening his own practice...
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Out of the past 9/10/12
(Out of the Past ~ 09/10/12)
Cape Girardeau County sheriff's investigators say arson was the cause of yesterday's fire that heavily damaged Riverside Components and Supply Co. on Nash Road; deputy Lonnie Moore was injured at the scene yesterday, when his arm was struck by a steel beam being removed from the building...
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Tour this month to highlight downtown Cape properties
(Business ~ 09/10/12)
Seven properties will be showcased during a downtown commercial open house from 4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 27. The building tour is being coordinated by Old Town Cape and sponsored by Realty Executives and Banterra Bank. Each property will be open to tour and participants can start the tour at any of the properties. A representative will be present at each property to answer questions...
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Small theaters struggle as Hollywood shifts to digital
(National News ~ 09/10/12)
CRETE, Neb. -- The Isis Theatre hasn't changed much since it opened 86 years ago in southeast Nebraska, a stone's throw from the grain elevator and railroad tracks that cut through town. But in the past few years, the movie industry has changed dramatically, and unless the Isis' owner comes up with $85,000 soon to pay for new digital equipment, residents of Crete, Neb., may have to drive 40 miles to Lincoln for a night at the movies...
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Marketing frenzy for testosterone draws skepticism from some doctors
(National News ~ 09/10/12)
WASHINGTON -- "Are you falling asleep after dinner?" "Do you have a decrease in libido?" "Have you noticed a recent deterioration in your ability to play sports?" "It could be Low-T." Welcome to the latest big marketing push by the nation's drug companies. ...
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Jackson police report 9/9/12
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/10/12)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Summonses Theft Disturbance...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 9/10/12
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/10/12)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 9/10/12
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/10/12)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
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Iraq's fugitive VP sentenced to hang; attacks kill 92
(International News ~ 09/10/12)
BAGHDAD -- Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president was sentenced Sunday to death by hanging on charges he masterminded death squads against rivals in a terror trial that has fueled sectarian tensions in the country. Underscoring the instability, insurgents unleashed an onslaught of bombings and shootings across Iraq, killing at least 92 people in one of the deadliest days this year...
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16 moderate Muslim preachers killed in Mali
(International News ~ 09/10/12)
BAMAKO, Mali -- Sixteen Muslim preachers from a moderate sect were shot dead in central Mali as they traveled by road to a religious conference, the Malian and Mauritanian governments said Sunday. Early reports indicate that the men's long beards aroused the suspicion of Mali's military, which confused them for the extremists who have taken over the nation's north...
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Taiwan isles face $2 billion makeover
(International News ~ 09/10/12)
BEIGAN, Taiwan -- Cheng Yu-lan surveys the terraced courtyard outside her deserted Matsu tea shop and considers the $2 billion bonanza about to wash over the offshore Taiwanese archipelago -- a bonanza that seems set to change the lives of its 7,000 people beyond all recognition...
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House chairman visits Air Force base reeling from sex scandal
(National News ~ 09/10/12)
WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said the Air Force is diligently investigating a widening sex scandal at Lackland Air Force Base after he made a personal visit to the Texas installation on Sunday. Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon spent three hours at the base, where he met with Gen. ...
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Images, not frequency, make N.Y. twisters notable
(National News ~ 09/10/12)
NEW YORK -- Most people wouldn't say New York and tornado in the same breath. But two twisters that touched down in the nation's biggest city Saturday are the latest of about 60 small tornadoes that have hit the area in the past half-century, the years for which complete data are available. Saturday's pair brings to 10 the total number of tornadoes since 2007 in New York City, according to the National Weather Service...
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Vaccine opt-outs are on the rise at California private schools
(National News ~ 09/10/12)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Parents who send their children to private schools in California are much more likely to opt out of immunizations than their public school counterparts, an Associated Press analysis has found, and not even the recent re-emergence of whooping cough has halted the downward trajectory of vaccinations among these students...
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Chicago teachers to strike after contract talks fail
(National News ~ 09/10/12)
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Teachers Union says its members will go on strike today for the first time in 25 years. The union says contract talks with the district failed late Sunday night over issues including benefits and job security. "We will be on the [picket] line," Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis said Sunday night, calling it a difficult decision and one the union hoped could be avoided...
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Alvin Heberlie
(Obituary ~ 09/10/12)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Alvin L. Heberlie, 76, of Perryville died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, at the Missouri Veterans Home. He was born Nov. 15, 1935, in Ste. Genevieve County, Mo., son of Dennis P. and Laura Hoffman Heberlie. He and Ethel R. Brewster were married July 22, 1961. She survives in Perryville...
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Debra Compas
(Obituary ~ 09/10/12)
Debra L. Compas, 58, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Missouri woman's Kewpie dolls mark 100th anniversary
(State News ~ 09/10/12)
BRANSON, Mo. -- One hundred years ago, a doll whose image was born in a studio near Branson was about to become a global sensation. Rose O'Neill was already a successful artist in 1912. At 38, she had worked 20 years as an illustrator for dozens of magazines, and had produced several compelling paintings and drawings. ...
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Romney, Obama campaigns aim at swing voters on health care reform
(National News ~ 09/10/12)
BOSTON -- With swing voters in his sights, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is tacking toward the center on health care and defense spending now that he's put his final partisan hurdle behind him and the sprint to Nov. 6 is underway...
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Australian journalist visiting U.S. newspapers
(Business ~ 09/10/12)
Award-winning Australian journalist Dave Earley visited Cape Girardeau last week as part of a U.S. media tour. Earley, 33, of Brisbane works as homepage editor for the The Courier-Mail and received the 2012 Rising Star award for community newspapers of Australia...
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WTC memorial to cost $60M a year to operate
(National News ~ 09/10/12)
NEW YORK -- With its huge reflecting pools, ringed by waterfalls and skyscrapers, and a cavernous underground museum still under construction, the National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center is a spectacle that moved and inspired some 4.5 million visitors in its first year...
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Missionfest
(Editorial ~ 09/10/12)
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been edited to reflect the date of Missionfest. When you think about the number of people involved in local ministries, it's incredibly encouraging. Nearly all churches have outreach ministries, in addition to independent organizations. These people help the poor, feed the hungry, minister to those struggling with addictions, and much more. Their faith calls them to do this, and through this lives are being changed...
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Cape company makes knitting machines as sideline
(Business ~ 09/10/12)
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been corrected to reflect David Erlbacher had the first patent for the Gearhart sock knitting machine in more than 85 years. A family-run machine shop in south Cape Girardeau has been the unlikely center of a revival of the knitting machine industry...
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Ride of the Week: 1958 Chevy One Ton Wrecker
(Submitted Story ~ 09/10/12)
Make and model: 1958 Chevy One Ton Wrecker Owner(s): Dave and Kate Jackson Owner's hometown: Jackson, Mo Names of people in photo: Dave Jackson I fixed it up to look like Tow Mater from the movie Cars My car's name: Tow Mater I saw it an auction in the Show-Me Center and just had to have it. I got it for the grandkids, I told the wife. It's all original back in 1958 used very little and gets a lot of attention...
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Ride of the Week: 1970 Pontiac Lemans 2 door hard top
(Submitted Story ~ 09/10/12)
Make and model: 1970 Pontiac Lemans 2 door hard top Owner(s): Kenneth Harper Owner's hometown: Jackson, Mo Names of people in photo: Kenneth Harper This is a one family owned car and I am the second owner. Original motor, transmission and some upholstery, no bondo, pure metal...
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Ride of the Week: 2003 T-Bird
(Submitted Story ~ 09/10/12)
Make and model: 2003 T-Bird Owner(s): Bill Dunning Owner's hometown: Cape Girardeau, Mo Names of people in photo: Bill Dunning My car's name: Bird ** How I fell in love with my ride: I just wanted one
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