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Weather service warns of potential winter storm
(Local News ~ 02/19/13)
The National Weather Service is warning of a potential winter storm that could hit the area early Thursday. A special weather statement from the weather service said light precipitation ahead of a strong storm system could cause travel problems early Thursday, especially in Southeast Missouri. ...
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Dorena-Hickman Ferry closed Monday by high winds
(Local News ~ 02/19/13)
DORENA, Mo. -- The Dorena-Hickman Ferry halted operations at 10 a.m. Monday because of high winds, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Capt. Ed Floyd said swells mid-river were about 6 feet. The wind was clocked at 30 to 35 mph with occasional gusts nearing 50 mph. The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday. The ferry was expected to reopen to traffic today on its regular winter schedule...
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Record gizzard shad caught in SE Mo. river
(State News ~ 02/19/13)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Missouri has recorded its first fishing record of the year. The Department of Conservation said a Southeast Missouri man caught a record gizzard shad in the Black River last month. Brian Taylor caught the fish by jigging. It measured 16 inches and weighed 1 pound, 14 ounces -- 6 ounces heavier than the previous state record for gizzard shad in the alternative-methods category. The old mark was set in 2011...
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Southeast to award Friend of the University on Friday
(Local News ~ 02/19/13)
The Southeast Missouri University Foundation will award its highest honor to Ludeane F. and the late Leonard R. Ruzicka on Friday. The Ruzickas are the recipients of this year's Friend of the University Award, which will be presented by Southeast Missouri State University President Dr. Ken Dobbins at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Bedell Performance Hall on the River Campus. The award recognizes those closely associated with the mission, purposes, plans and programs of Southeast...
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Discussion of local case before Supreme Court coming up
(Local News ~ 02/19/13)
A court case that began in Cape Girardeau and was brought before the U.S. Supreme Court will be discussed Wednesday at Southeast Missouri State University. "Is Involuntary, Warrantless Blood Drawing Constitutional? Missouri v. McNeely in the Supreme Court" is set for 6 p.m. at Glenn Auditorium in Dempster Hall...
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Serving up chili and chicken noodle soup Monday
(Local News ~ 02/19/13)
ADAM VOGLER ~ avogler@semissourian.com ABOVE: Pat Eifert, right, dishes up bowls of chicken soup for server Casie Stevens at Eisleben Lutheran Church's chili and chicken noodle soup dinner Monday in Scott City. ...
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Cape City Council seeks input on capital improvements program
(Local News ~ 02/19/13)
Cape Girardeau residents will get a chance to give their input on a plan to approve the latest version of a capital improvements program for 2013 through 2018 at today's city council meeting. City officials met in January to review a first draft of the program, which provides a road map of sorts for improvement and maintenance projects during a five-year period in three categories: transportation, environment and capital improvements. ...
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Lack of deep soil moisture could make for bad growing season
(Local News ~ 02/19/13)
Despite recent rains, drought-parched soil in the region has not absorbed enough moisture to prepare it for the growing season, experts say. Area agricultural producers are doing what they can to increase access to water in preparation for another difficult year...
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Jackson girls basketball team drops final home game to state-ranked Dexter
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/13)
Had it not been for the game's first seven minutes, the Jackson girls may have pulled off the upset. As it was, the Indians couldn't quite recover from an early 13-2 deficit and fell to Dexter 56-41 Monday night in their final regular-season home game...
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Mo. House Democrats file Medicaid expansion bill
(State News ~ 02/19/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The CEO of a rural Missouri hospital system warned Monday that it could face financial peril unless state lawmakers back a Democratic plan to expand the Medicaid health-care program to hundreds of thousands of additional low-income adults...
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Mo. Senate passes local vehicle sales tax bill
(State News ~ 02/19/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Cities and counties would be able to resume collecting taxes on cars that were not purchased at Missouri dealers under a bill passed by the Senate. The Senate voted 28-0 to send the bill to the House on Monday. A Missouri Supreme Court decision last year has prohibited local governments from collecting sales taxes on cars bought from out-of-state dealers or from a private sale between Missouri residents...
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Candidates for 8th District seat campaign throughout area
(Local News ~ 02/19/13)
A week on the campaign trail in Missouri's 8th Congressional District has been good to Republican Jason Smith, while his Democratic opponent, Steve Hodges is now becoming organized after winning his party's nomination Saturday. Both candidates are working a balancing act between their duties as state representatives and campaigning to become a member of Congress...
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Redhawks Will 'Pink Up' Show Me Center on Monday
(Submitted Story ~ 02/19/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The Southeast Missouri women's basketball team's senior night game on Feb. 25 will have a good cause at its heart. In addition to honoring four seniors, the Redhawks' game against Tennessee Tech will be their Pink Up Night to raise funds for their fight against breast cancer. Southeast will be wearing pink jerseys for the game, which begins at 6:30 p.m...
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AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Provides Free Assistance
(Submitted Story ~ 02/19/13)
This year, AARP Foundation is again providing free tax assistance and preparation for taxpayers with low to moderate income through the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide program. AARP Foundation Tax-Aide, in its 46th year, is the nation's largest free tax assistance and preparation service, giving special attention the older population. You do not need to be a member of AARP or a retiree to use this service...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/19/13)
Today is Tuesday, Feb. 19, the 50th day of 2013. There are 315 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 19, 1963, the book "The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan, credited with reviving American feminism, was first published by W.W. Norton & Co...
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SARS-linked virus may have spread between people
(Community ~ 02/19/13)
LONDON -- British officials say a mysterious virus related to SARS may have spread between humans, as they confirmed the 11th case worldwide of the new coronavirus in a patient who they say probably caught it from a family member. The new virus was first identified last year in the Middle East and the 10 people who have previously been infected had all traveled to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan or Pakistan...
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Round-the-world United Kingdom cyclists killed in Thailand
(International News ~ 02/19/13)
LONDON -- A British couple's round-the-world cycling odyssey ended in tragedy when both of them were killed in a road accident in Thailand. Peter Root and Mary Thompson, who had been chronicling their journey in a blog, died Wednesday when they were hit by a pickup truck in a province east of Bangkok, Thai police said Monday...
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Social media gives Indonesian women new voice
(International News ~ 02/19/13)
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A judge being interviewed for a Supreme Court job jokes that women might enjoy rape. A local official takes a 17-year-old second wife, then quickly divorces her by text message. Both cases reflect attitudes toward women's rights and safety that have persisted for years in this Southeast Asian archipelago nation of 240 million people. The difference now: Both officials are at risk of losing their jobs...
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Out of the past 2/19/13
(Out of the Past ~ 02/19/13)
The commissioners of the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority have approved a contract with Neal Adams of SEMO Energy Center Inc. to develop and negotiate contracts that could lead to the port authority constructing and owning an electric transmission line from Sikeston, Mo., to the port...
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Colorado House passes gun-control measures 34 - 31
(National News ~ 02/19/13)
DENVER -- Limits on the size of ammunition magazines and universal background checks passed the Colorado House on Monday, during a second day of emotional debates that has drawn attention from the White House as lawmakers try to address recent mass shootings...
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Speak Out 2/19/13
(Speak Out ~ 02/19/13)
I wish to publicly thank the ethical couple who found my wallet with cash and credit cards in the Walmart parking lot on Feb. 9. I live well out of town and they waited more than 30 minutes late at night in the rain to return it and would not accept compensation. Too often we read of only immoral behavior. I believe there are far more unreported incidents of love and kindness as portrayed by this couple. Thank you and may God bless your family...
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SEMO baseball
(Editorial ~ 02/19/13)
It was a powerful start to the 2013 campaign for the Southeast Missouri State baseball team. The squad opened its season on the road at the University of New Orleans. In the three-game series, the Redhawks hit six home runs en route to the program's first three-game series sweep to open a season since 2001...
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Marlee Willis
(Obituary ~ 02/19/13)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Marlee Joan Willis, 75, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Marble Hill, died Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, at Capetown Assisted Living. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Baker Cemetery at Marble Hill...
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Thelma Tackett
(Obituary ~ 02/19/13)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Thelma Jean Tackett, 70, of Marble Hill died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Hutchings Funeral Chapel. The funeral will be at 7 p.m. today at the chapel. Inurnment will be at a later date at Antioch Cemetery near Cherokee Pass, Mo...
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Bobby Ridings
(Obituary ~ 02/19/13)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Bobby E. Ridings, 69, of Perryville died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, at his home. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Visitation will be from 3 p.m. until time of service Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, with the Rev. Don Estes officiating. Military honors will be provided by American Legion Post 133 and the Navy Honors Team...
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Gerald Long
(Obituary ~ 02/19/13)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Gerald "Jerry" Long, 60, of Perryville died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, at Perry Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation in Perryville. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and from 6:30 a.m. until time of service Wednesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home...
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Bessie Crawford
(Obituary ~ 02/19/13)
Bessie L. Crawford, 98, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born July 28, 1914, in Mooreland, Okla., to John Albert and Louise Maude Richard Dale. She married Columbus Rone in 1931. He passed away in 1958. They had a son, Joe Francis Rone, born in 1931 and passed away in 1987. She later married B.D. Crawford, and he preceded her in death in 1993...
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Russians investigating adoptee's death in Texas
(National News ~ 02/19/13)
DALLAS -- Russian authorities have blamed "inhuman treatment" for the death of a 3-year-old boy adopted by an American family, but Texas officials say they are still investigating claims that the child was abused before his death. Russia's Investigative Committee said Monday that it had questions about the death of an adoptee authorities identified as Maxim Kuzmin. The committee is the country's top investigative agency...
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Israeli Ethiopian birth control ignites discrimination debate
(International News ~ 02/19/13)
JERUSALEM -- Accusations that Israel deliberately tried to curb birthrates among Ethiopian immigrants have reopened a debate over discrimination against the group -- highlighting the state's uneasy relationship with a community that has yet to settle fully into the Israeli mainstream...
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Obama offering immigration plan as backup
(National News ~ 02/19/13)
WASHINGTON -- The White House is downplaying its draft immigration proposal as merely a backup plan if lawmakers don't come up with an overhaul of their own. It won't be necessary, Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike are telling the Obama administration...
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Barry Manilow enjoys ‘intimate' Broadway return
(Entertainment ~ 02/19/13)
NEW YORK -- The Man Who Makes the Whole World Sing is used to far bigger venues than the 1,710-seat St. James Theatre, one of the smaller theaters on the Great White Way. "It's a totally different feeling from the stage. I'm in their laps; they're in my lap. It's very, very intimate," said Manilow. "This is like going to somebody's house."...
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Amid Boy Scout turmoil, other youth organizations hope to grow
(State News ~ 02/19/13)
NEW YORK -- With the Boy Scouts of America entangled in a furor over its ban on gays, lesser-known youth organizations across the ideological spectrum see an opportunity. They wonder if the turmoil might prompt some families to give them a closer look as options for their boys...
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Renovated St. Louis Budweiser sign to be lit Wednesday evening
(State News ~ 02/19/13)
ST. LOUIS -- The iconic Budweiser sign at the Anheuser-Busch brewery in St. Louis is to be lit, again. A ceremony is scheduled for Wednesday evening at the brewery. The event is not open to the public. The 150-foot-long sign was taken down about a month ago for the first time since it was installed in 1979. The brewery spent more than $500,000 to make the sign shine more brightly, using LED technology that will better stand up to the elements...
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Law encourages thieves to steal old cars, police say
(State News ~ 02/19/13)
ST. LOUIS -- A revised law that allows the sale of older cars without a title has prompted thieves to steal them for scrap because it's more lucrative and easier than selling other metals, according to St. Louis-area police officials. However, the lawmaker who proposed the change rejects the police complaints, saying officers in larger cities should concentrate on crimes more important than what happens to junked cars, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Mo. Senate to take up Stan Musial bridge bill
(State News ~ 02/19/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A proposal to name a new Mississippi River bridge at St. Louis for the late St. Louis Cardinals great Stan Musial is moving ahead in the Missouri Senate. The measure was approved by the Senate's transportation committee last week and has been placed on the Senate's debate calendar. It's not clear when the full chamber might take it up...
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Studies: Less snow, more blizzards
(National News ~ 02/19/13)
WASHINGTON -- With scant snowfall and barren ski slopes in parts of the Midwest and Northeast during the past couple of years, some scientists have pointed to global warming as the culprit. Then when a whopper of a blizzard smacked the Northeast with more than 2 feet of snow in some places earlier this month, some of the same people, again, blamed global warming...
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Better TV may improve child behavior
(Community ~ 02/19/13)
SEATTLE -- Teaching parents to switch channels from violent shows to educational TV can improve preschoolers' behavior, even without getting them to watch less, a study found. The results were modest and faded over time, but may hold promise for finding ways to help young children avoid aggressive, violent behavior, the study authors and other doctors said...
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High school roundup: Chaffee girls basketball team upends Meadow Heights in district semis
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/13)
All the local high school events reported Monday to the Southeast Missourian.
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Southeast Missouri State baseball team faces Harris-Stowe in home opener
(College Sports ~ 02/19/13)
Southeast will bring in a 3-0 record against the NAIA school
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Florida to test Missouri's perfect home mark
(Professional Sports ~ 02/19/13)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Three more wins and Missouri has a perfect home season. Nothing like a little top 10 competition to test that dominance. SEC-leading Florida comes to town tonight, and the memory of the 31-point rout last month in Gainesville, Fla., is still fresh in the memory for the Tigers. The fifth-ranked Gators are coming off another 31-point rout at Auburn, too...
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Southeast Missouri State's Blum, Smith attract OVC baseball honors
(College Sports ~ 02/19/13)
Southeast Missouri State's impressive opening baseball series led to the Redhawks sweeping the Ohio Valley Conference first weekly individual honors of the season announced Monday. Sophomore third baseman Jason Blum was named player of the week and senior Zack Smith was named pitcher of the week...
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Board of Regents meeting set for Wednesday
(Local News ~ 02/19/13)
Southeast Missouri State University's Board of Regents will meet at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Glenn Convocation Center at the River Campus for a strategic planning session. The board will meet to discuss the vision of the university, an environmental scan, the university's performance and obstacles and to develop a planning guide for use during the next three to five years. ...
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Jackson police and fire report 2/19/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/19/13)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 2/19/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/19/13)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 2/19/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/19/13)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. The Southeast Missouri State University Department of Public Safety released the following items. DWI Summonses Assault...
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Healthbeat: Staying healthy on a cruise
(Community ~ 02/19/13)
For many people, a cruise is an ideal way to relax and see the world. You are surrounded by the gorgeous blue of the ocean, get waited on hand and foot, have activities and events planned for you and are provided with a seemingly limitless supply of food and drinks -- all while having the opportunity to visit multiple countries and destinations...
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Ailing Chavez returns to Venezuela from Cuba
(International News ~ 02/19/13)
CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez returned to Venezuela onMonday after more than two months of treatment in Cuba after cancer surgery, his government said, triggering street celebrations by supporters. Chavez's return was announced in a series of messages on his Twitter account, the first of them reading: "We've arrived once again in our Venezuelan homeland. Thank you, my God!! Thank you, beloved nation!! We will continue our treatment here."...
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Prayer 2/19/13
(Prayer ~ 02/19/13)
Lord God, we praise you, for you are the Creator of all that is good. Amen.
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2 dead, 2 hospitalized in SE Mo. shootings
(Local News ~ 02/19/13)
FAIRDEALING, Mo. -- Two people are dead and two others hospitalized after what authorities are calling a murder-suicide in Ripley County. Ripley County Sheriff Ron Barnett said the deaths happened Saturday night in a rural home near Fairdealing. Barnett said a couple argued when a woman wanted to leave their home, and the woman's family came to help her move out. ...
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High-stakes fight over soybeans at high court
(National News ~ 02/19/13)
WASHINGTON -- Vernon Hugh Bowman seems comfortable with the old way of doing things, right down to the rotary-dial telephone he said he was using in a conference call with reporters. But the 75-year-old Indiana farmer figured out a way to benefit from a high-technology product, soybeans that are resistant to weedkillers, without always paying the high price that such genetically engineered seeds typically bring. ...
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