Stories from Saturday, April 13, 2013

Today is Saturday, April 13, the 103rd day of 2013. There are 262 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 13, 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of the third American president's birth...

The Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps unit at Southeast Missouri State University, originally slated to close next year, will remain open at least until completion of the 1990 spring term. The Blue Ribbon Committee, a group dedicated to passage of a Cape Girardeau school referendum, kicked off its campaign last night; the committee supports a proposed 48-cent levy increase; voters will decide the issue June 7...

Landon Johnson's two-run single highlighted a three-run seventh innings as Woodland blanked Crystal City 3-0 in the opening round of the Oak Ridge Baseball Invitational Friday at Saxony Lutheran High School. The outburst broke open a pitchers duel between Woodland's Aaron Yount and Crystal City's Sam Holst, who put up matching goose eggs through six innings...