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Craig preserves Cards' 3-2 victory with his glove
(Professional Sports ~ 07/22/13)
ST. LOUIS -- Watching the top of the ninth inning from the dugout, St. Louis Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright thought he'd played the role of a "nervous dad." "Like when I watch my friends do something, I'm always more nervous than when I do it," Wainwright said...
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Project to help endangered fish species to proceed
(State News ~ 07/22/13)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A six-year-old holdup in a national effort to create thousands of acres of shallow-water Missouri River habitat to help an endangered fish species has been resolved. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced this month that it awarded a $3.5 million contract for construction of a shallow-water project at Jameson Island near the village of Arrow Rock in mid-Missouri. ...
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Dog bite leads to legal tangle over yellow Lab
(State News ~ 07/22/13)
SALEM, Mo. -- A yellow Labrador retriever faces a death sentence by the mayor of an eastern Missouri town who says the pup allegedly chomped on a 7-year-old girl, but the dog's owners say experts can prove it wasn't him. The fate of the dog, named Phineas, has turned into a legal tussle that has delayed his death. ...
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Month in jail for mom whose baby wounded by ferret
(State News ~ 07/22/13)
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- A Kansas City area woman whose 4-month-old baby lost seven fingers to a pet ferret has been sentenced to 30 days in jail. The Kansas City Star reported that Carrie Waldo, formerly of Grain Valley, last month pleaded guilty to second-degree child endangerment. Waldo and her husband, Ryan Waldo, were accused of leaving the baby unsupervised with the ferret in 2011...
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Gov. Nixon to join President Obama in Warrensburg
(State News ~ 07/22/13)
WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- Gov. Jay Nixon is joining President Barack Obama during his upcoming visit to the University of Central Missouri. Obama is traveling Wednesday to the Warrensburg school and to Galesburg, Ill., to make his case for spending on infrastructure and for universal pre-school programs. The president also is expected to highlight the economic benefits of overhauling immigration laws...
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No cellphone surcharge for 911 a cost to counties
(State News ~ 07/22/13)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Many Missouri counties are scrambling to make up the difference between the cost to run emergency 911 services and the amount of money coming in through landline surcharges. A measure filed in the state Legislature this year would have allowed counties to ask voters for a cellphone surcharge to fund 911. The bill made it through the House, but the session ended before the Senate got to it, The Kansas City Star reported...
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East Prairie woman charged in attack
(Local News ~ 07/22/13)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- A Mississippi County woman was arrested after allegedly attacking a man and his vehicle with a crowbar and iron pipe. Diana K. Bryars, 39, of East Prairie, Mo., is charged with felony first-degree assault, felony first-degree domestic assault and felony causing property damage to a motor vehicle...
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Photo/Video: Building team spirit at traffic safety conference
(Local News ~ 07/22/13)
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Cord Cooper, a student at Leopold High School, takes part in a team-building exercise Sunday on the first day of the Team Spirit Traffic Safety Leadership Training Conference at Drury Lodge. ...
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ARCC in the Park provides opportunity for music, fellowship
(Local News ~ 07/22/13)
Singing could be heard throughout Capaha Park on Sunday evening as people gathered at the bandshell for ARCC in the Park, an event hosted by Abbey Road Christian Church in Cape Girardeau. This is the third year the church has hosted the event, said Abbey Road music director Roanne Dean, and this is the third time this summer the church has brought its love of music to Capaha Park...
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Little bug may cause big headaches
(Local News ~ 07/22/13)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- For the second time this year, a small creature is causing big concerns for Perry County. Jay Stortz and his crew spent Friday and Saturday moving tons of firewood out of the county amid fears of an impending quarantine after a Missouri Department of Agriculture field agent found emerald ash borers in a Perryville park...
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Local school districts welcome Common Core
(Local News ~ 07/22/13)
Common Core Standards will go into effect in fall 2013 for Cape Girardeau and Jackson schools, so the standards are nothing new to administrators and educators. Parents, however, just started to really take notice of the standards during the 2012-2013 school year...
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Hamblin looks back on 48-year career
(Local News ~ 07/22/13)
In 1965, before Dr. Robert Hamblin could begin teaching at Southeast Missouri State University, he first had to pass an interview with Southeast president Mark Scully. "He asked me three questions," Hamblin recalled. "Was I married, did I go to church and if I drank or not. I answered yes to the first two questions and no to the last, and those must have been the right answers because I was hired."...
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NFL Youth Flag Football League
(Submitted Story ~ 07/22/13)
The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department in partnership with Academy Sports + Outdoors in once again taking sign ups for NFL Youth Flag Football. The cost is $55.00 per participant. Each child receives a NFL replica jersey and flag belt. Age Groups are 5-6,7-8,9-10,11-12,13-14. ...
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Trying to Hide
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/22/13)
Spencer likes to climb in trees.
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6 / 26 / 13
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/22/13)
The orange looking sky the night of June 26, 2013.
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Brothers
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/22/13)
Spencer and Mau, brothers for life.
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6 / 26 / 13
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/22/13)
The yellow sky with wicked looking clouds the night of the big storm on June 26, 2013.
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6 / 26 / 13
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/22/13)
I don't know if it's just me, but I see a face in the sky made out of clouds. This picture was taken the night of the really bad storm on June 26, 2013.
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Jane Stacy's 75th Birthday Party!
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/22/13)
Three Cooper sisters enjoying the festivities!
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Great Nephew Devin Beattie & his big bass
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/22/13)
Great Nephew Devin Beattie with a big bass he caught in his PaPa Bill's pond.
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Analysis: Tax cut could hinge on a few GOPs
(State News ~ 07/22/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- As a former volleyball and gymnastics coach in the De Soto School District, Elaine Gannon knows a thing or two about dealing with pressure. Her advice: "Stay calm, stay focused and play as a team." Now a freshman state lawmaker, Gannon may be about to experience her first true test of political pressure...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/22/13)
Today is Monday, July 22, the 203rd day of 2013. There are 162 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 22, 1943, American forces led by Gen. George S. Patton captured Palermo, Sicily, during World War II...
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Local tag debated in Columbia, Mo., farmers market flap
(Business ~ 07/22/13)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The weekend trip to the local farmers market is practically de rigeur for health-conscious foodies. Want vaccum-packed, wilted lettuce shipped from California or Mexico? Try Aisle 5 at the grocery store. If you prefer -- and can afford -- heirloom tomatoes grown down the road, to market, to market you shall go...
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Robots to revolutionize farming, labor woes
(Business ~ 07/22/13)
SALINAS, Calif. -- On a windy morning in California's Salinas Valley, a tractor pulled a wheeled, metal contraption over rows of budding iceberg lettuce plants. Engineers from Silicon Valley tinkered with the software on a laptop to ensure the machine was eliminating the right leafy buds...
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Comic creations cross borders to film, TV, makeup
(Business ~ 07/22/13)
SAN DIEGO -- There's no such thing as just a comic book hero anymore. From big-screen films and small-screen animation to books, clothes and makeup, the hero business is big business. Two decades ago, the only place to find the X-Men was in the pages of comics and on Saturday morning cartoons. Now, they, and others, like Superman, Batman and the zombies of "The Walking Dead" are cultural juggernauts, crossing over into everything...
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Superman is coming back - this time with Batman
(Entertainment ~ 07/22/13)
SAN DIEGO -- Superman is coming back, and he'll have a caped co-star. "Man of Steel" director Zack Snyder made a surprise appearance at Comic-Con on Saturday to announce he is making another Superman film and it will include Batman -- the first time the two superheroes will be united on the big screen...
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OVC will provide its annual football forecast today
(Sports Column ~ 07/22/13)
The Southeast Missouri State football team will learn today what the rest of the Ohio Valley Conference thinks of the Redhawks' outlook for the 2013 season. The OVC's preseason poll and all-conference squad will be announced during media day in Nashville, Tenn., with voting done by the league's coaches and sports information directors...
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Mickelson's finest hour snares Claret Jug
(Professional Sports ~ 07/22/13)
GULLANE, Scotland -- Phil Mickelson is mystified no more by links golf. He has his name etched in the silver Claret Jug to prove it. Mickelson delivered his best closing round ever in a major Sunday -- at the British Open, of all places -- when he ran off four birdies over the last six holes for a 5-under 66 at Muirfield to win the third leg of the career Grand Slam...
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Jackson falls in championship game of Freshmen Legion state tournament
(Community Sports ~ 07/22/13)
Jackson Post 158 lost 11-1 in five innings to Eureka in Sunday's championship game of the Freshmen American Legion State Baseball Tournament in Branson, Mo. The loss, the second consecutive 10-run loss to Eureka, ended Jackson's season at 28-8-1. Jackson had beaten Eureka 3-2 in Friday's winners bracket final to improve to 3-0 in the tournament at the time. ...
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SEMO Strokers drop into losers bracket at state tournament
(Community Sports ~ 07/22/13)
The Fighting Squirrels advanced to the winners bracket final at the Senior Babe Ruth tournament
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Kelso Fastpitch wins Midwest Invitational
(Community Sports ~ 07/22/13)
The Kelso Fastpitch men's softball team closed its regular season by winning the Midwest Fastpitch Invitational for the first time, defeating the Kansas City Outlaws 7-0 in Sunday's championship game in St. Louis. Kelso improved to 23-6 in claiming its fourth title in six tournaments this season. The squad next will compete in the North American Fastpitch Association A Major World Series in Des Moines, Iowa, on Aug. 8-11...
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Out of the past 7/22/13
(Out of the Past ~ 07/22/13)
The city of Cape Girardeau and the U.S. Geological Survey will conduct a long-range precipitation and storm-water survey of three major waterways here in developing a comprehensive storm-water management plan; the survey will study Ramsey Creek, Cape LaCroix-Walker Creek and Sloan's Creek...
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Births 7/22/13
(Births ~ 07/22/13)
Daughter to Joshua Blaine and Ashley Virginia Koehler of Jackson, Southeast Hospital, 12:58 p.m. Sunday, July 14, 2013. Name, Camile Blaine. Weight, 7 pounds, 9 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Koehler is the former Ashley Raines, daughter of Alan and Cathy Raines of Scott City. She is an administrative secretary with the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Koehler is the son of Dale and Lisa Williams and Randy and Stephanie Koehler of Jackson. He is an IT manager with Rapco Horizon...
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Roger Stellhorn
(Obituary ~ 07/22/13)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Roger V. Stellhorn, 79, of Perryville died Saturday, July 20, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Family will receive friends from noon until time of service Wednesday at Miller Family Funeral Home in Perryville...
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Eliza Lane
(Obituary ~ 07/22/13)
ORAN, Mo. -- Eliza Mae Lane, 103, of Oran died Wednesday, July 17, 2013, at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston, Mo. Friends may call from noon until time of service Saturday at Green Memorial Church in Sikeston. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the chapel, with the Revs. Calvin Bird, Robert Smithy and Gary Teague officiating. Burial will be in New Morning Star Cemetery in Haywood City, Mo...
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Bob Klaproth
(Obituary ~ 07/22/13)
Bobbie "Bob" Lee Klaproth, 87, passed away Sunday, July 21, 2013, at his home in Jackson. He was born Dec. 22, 1925, near Jackson, to Herman and Lola Lishman Klaproth. He and Opal Lange were married Dec. 2, 1951, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit...
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Herbert Hotop
(Obituary ~ 07/22/13)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Herbert J. Hotop, 85, died Saturday, July 20, 2013, at his home in Perryville. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church and from 6:30 a.m. until time of service Wednesday. A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church...
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Ivan Coleman Sr.
(Obituary ~ 07/22/13)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Ivan E. Coleman Sr., 66, of Advance passed away Saturday, July 20, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 21, 1947, at Zadock, Mo., the son of Lora "Lee" and Lois Dunivan Coleman. Ivan was a truck driver for Cherokee Candy and Tobacco in St. Louis. He was a member of Godseminy Baptist Church in St. Louis. He loved to hunt and fish and just tinker outside...
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Sylvia Clubb
(Obituary ~ 07/22/13)
Sylvia Mae Dunn Clubb, 94, of Cape Girardeau left here in the arms of Jesus at 4:30 a.m. Saturday, July 20, 2013. She was born July 4, 1919, in Thebes, Ill., to Clyde and Ida Mae Mosher Dunn. She married Russell Clubb Sr. on Sept. 14, 1936. He preceded her in death April 18, 1982...
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Clara Bass
(Obituary ~ 07/22/13)
Clara L. Bass, 71, of Pocahontas passed away Saturday, July 20, 2013, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 6, 1942, in Dexter, Mo., to Oscar F. and Ruby L. Underwood Conklin. She and Joe E. Bass were married Dec. 19, 1959. Clara attended Cape Girardeau Central High School. She most recently was employed at Simply a Deal in Cape Girardeau. She was a member of Hobbs Chapel United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau...
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Dennis Armbruster
(Obituary ~ 07/22/13)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Dennis Ray Armbruster, 61, died Saturday, July 20, 2013, at his home in Perryville. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Mary, Mo., and from 8 a.m. until time of service Friday at the church...
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Leadership summit
(Editorial ~ 07/22/13)
Regardless of title or job responsibilities, at some level each of us is a leader. Leadership goes beyond CEOs and government officials. If you're a parent, you are a leader. If you serve at church, you're a leader. If you belong to a community organization, you're a leader. You get the point...
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Grafton set to revive Mississippi River ferry
(State News ~ 07/22/13)
GRAFTON, Ill. -- A Mississippi River ferry service linking southwestern Illinois' Jersey County to Missouri's St. Charles County is about to be back in business after being shut down for more than two years. The [Alton] Telegraph reported the Grafton ferry will resume Friday, thanks to dredging efforts that cleared river silt that kept the service from operating...
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Speak Out 7/22/13
(Speak Out ~ 07/22/13)
What a wonderful day. The weather was perfect. The crowd of kids and adults was huge. Cape's recent Parks and Recreation Day at the Osage Centre was an unqualified success. Everyone had a fabulous time with lots of fun and games. I particularly liked all of the various mascots representing one thing or another. The absolute highlight was when a helicopter circled overhead. When it landed, the children screamed with delight when out of the helicopter jumped a costumed character known as Playmo...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 7/22/13
(Local News ~ 07/22/13)
1 Barton Square Jackson 9 a.m. today Open session Pertinent address: 1 Barton Square, Jackson, Mo...
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Japan's ruling bloc wins upper house elections
(International News ~ 07/22/13)
TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition won a comfortable majority in the upper house of parliament in elections, gaining control of both chambers and a mandate to press ahead with difficult economic reforms. The win is an endorsement of the Liberal Democratic Party's "Abenomics" program, which has helped spark a tentative economic recovery in Japan. It's also a vindication for Abe, who lost upper house elections in 2007 during his previous stint as prime minister...
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Pentagon chief can't offer hope in budget cuts
(National News ~ 07/22/13)
JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The audience gasped in surprise and gave a few low whistles as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel delivered the news that furloughs, which have forced a 20 percent pay cut on most of the military's civilian workforce, probably will continue next year, and it might get worse...
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House GOP on health care: For repeal, not replace
(National News ~ 07/22/13)
WASHINGTON -- Three years after campaigning on a vow to "repeal and replace" President Barack Obama's health-care law, House Republicans have yet to advance an alternative for the system they have voted more than three dozen times to abolish in whole or in part...
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Auto troubles, race at root of Detroit collapse
(National News ~ 07/22/13)
Blue-collar workers poured into the cavernous auto plants of Detroit for generations, confident that a sturdy back and strong work ethic would bring them a house, a car and economic security. It was a place where the American dream came true. It came true in cities across the industrial heartland, from Chicago's meatpacking plants to the fire-belching steel mills of Cleveland and Pittsburgh. ...
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Ohio zoo tries to mate rhino siblings
(National News ~ 07/22/13)
CINCINNATI -- With the survival of a species on the line, Cincinnati Zoo scientists are hoping to mate their lone female Sumatran rhino with her little brother. The desperation breeding effort with the rhino siblings follows a recent crisis summit in Singapore where conservationists concluded as few as 100 of the two-horned, hairy rhinos might remain in their native Southeast Asia. ...
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Toyota sudden-acceleration case set to begin today in California
(National News ~ 07/22/13)
LOS ANGELES -- Noriko Uno was afraid of driving fast, often avoiding the freeway and taking the same route every day from her Upland home to and from her family's sushi restaurant. She had put only 10,000 miles on her 2006 Camry in about four years...
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Foul odor leads authorities to three bodies in East Cleveland
(National News ~ 07/22/13)
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Authorities responding to a report of a foul odor from a home ultimately discovered three bodies and arrested a registered sex offender who sent police and volunteers through a poor Ohio neighborhood in a search for more victims Sunday, officials said...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 7/22/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/22/13)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Saturday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 7/22/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/22/13)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt...
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People on the move 7/22/13
(Business ~ 07/22/13)
Troncale and Schrader qualify for honor Kendra Troncale and Jayne Schrader, financial representatives with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, have qualified for the company's Summit Circle Conference by providing excellent financial guidance and solutions to members in 2012. ...
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Business Notebook: Old Town Cape receives nominations in state competition
(Business ~ 07/22/13)
Old Town Cape has been notified that its six nominations submitted for awards at the state level have received semifinalist status. The nominations include the following: Broadway Prescription for Business Excellence; Broadway Corridor for Streetscape and Public Space Improvements; Bill Dunn for Volunteer of the Year; Cape Riverfront Market for Top Special Event; Julius Vasterling Building for Best Large Scale Project; and Old Town Cape for Greatest Achievement...
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Road work 7/22/13
(Local News ~ 07/22/13)
for bridge repairs Pavement repairs reduce Route AC in Stoddard County All work is weather permitting. Work zones will be marked with signs. Motorists are urged to use caution while traveling near those areas. For more information about these projects, contact MoDOT's Customer Service Center at 888-275-6636 or visit modot.org/southeast...
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Area digest 7/22/13
(Community Sports ~ 07/22/13)
Nick Woolard shot a 69 to win the 18-hole boys 16-19 tour division at the recent Gateway Junior Series event at Westwood Hills Country Club in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Jonathan Bell won boys 14-15 tour with an 84, while Sarah Bell claimed girls tour with an 81...
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Prayer 7/22/13
(Prayer ~ 07/22/13)
O Father God, may we seek wisdom from you as we lead others. Amen.
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