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Southeast closing Cape campus
(Local News ~ 12/05/13)
Southeast Missouri State University will close its main campus in Cape Girardeau at 1:45 p.m. today because of winter weather. Classes scheduled for the rest of the afternoon and evening are canceled, according to a university spokesperson. The university's satellite campuses in Sikeston, Malden and Kennett are also closing at 2 p.m. today...
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Jackson designates snow routes
(Local News ~ 12/05/13)
Jackson city officials are advising residents to move their cars out of snow routes by 3 a.m. Friday. Vehicles left along designated snow routes after that time may be ticketed or towed to make way for snow plows, public works director Rodney Bollinger announced in a news release Thursday afternoon...
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City facilities to close at 4
(Local News ~ 12/05/13)
City hall, the Arena Building, Osage Centre and Shawnee Park Center in Cape Girardeau will close at 4 p.m. today, according the Cape Girardeau's public information office. The facilities are scheduled to open at their normal time Friday. Pertinent addresses:...
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Apartheid foe and statesman Nelson Mandela dies at 95
(International News ~ 12/05/13)
JOHANNESBURG -- Nelson Mandela, who became one of the world's most beloved statesmen and a colossus of the 20th century when he emerged from 27 years in prison to negotiate an end to white minority rule in South Africa, has died. He was 95. South African President Jacob Zuma made the announcement at a news conference late Thursday, saying: "We've lost our greatest son."...
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Illinois pension fight could create deeper fiscal hole
(National News ~ 12/05/13)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- With the fight over solving Illinois' worst-in-the-nation pension shortfall headed to the courts, the financially troubled state faces a grim possibility: The plan could be tossed, and Illinois could wind up in an even deeper fiscal hole than the one it's in now...
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Volunteers to pack 700,000 meals for starving children
(Local News ~ 12/05/13)
Starting Friday, thousands will gather at Osage Centre with one goal in mind: to help feed starving children across the globe. Volunteers will pack and label boxes with dry food ingredients that will be shipped and delivered to children by the Feed My Starving Children Organization...
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Area students use variety of social media to keep in touch
(Community ~ 12/05/13)
Whether it's to keep up with relatives who live far away or stay connected with friends, students around Cape Girardeau County are fluent in social media. The Southeast Missourian asked students from Jackson High School, Scott City High School and Cape Girardeau Central High School what their favorite form of social media is and what appeals to them about it...
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Furniture-truck driver faces another lawsuit
(Local News ~ 12/05/13)
The driver in a fatal box-truck crash faces more legal troubles in connection with the accident. Bobby Joe Abernathy, 34, of Jackson was driving a Slumberland Furniture truck west on Missouri 34 when the truck crossed the centerline and collided with an eastbound sport-utility vehicle driven by Erin Cordell, then 18, of Marble Hill, Mo...
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Missouri Senate OKs incentives for Boeing
(State News ~ 12/05/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's enticement package for a new Boeing assembly plant cleared its most daunting obstacle Wednesday as state senators passed a plan that could offer up to $1.7 billion of incentives over two decades. The Senate's 23-8 vote in a special session sends the measure to the House, where final approval could come as soon as Friday...
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Region prepares for looming winter storm
(Local News ~ 12/05/13)
A looming winter storm kept local road crews busy with preparations Wednesday while several community events were canceled or postponed because of the threat of ice and snow. As of Wednesday afternoon, National Weather Service forecast maps showed an area north of a line extending from Poplar Bluff, Mo., through Cape Girardeau as likely to receive four or more inches of sleet and snow during a winter storm expected to begin Thursday night and last into Friday. ...
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Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team ends five-game slide
(College Sports ~ 12/05/13)
Both players and coaches of the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team agreed that it was a much-needed win that the Redhawks picked up Wednesday at the Show Me Center. Southeast (3-6) never trailed and snapped its five-game losing streak with a 72-50 win against regional-rival SIU Carbondale...
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Albino Buck
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/05/13)
got lucky one day on getting this shot of a 9 point albino buck in town.
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sunrise
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/05/13)
winter sunrise
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Santa Claus is coming to town
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/05/13)
Taken at the parade of lights
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Hagerman the Magician
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/05/13)
Hagerman the Magician came to Orchard Dr Elementary in Jackson,MO and performed an Extreme Science Show for us.
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A view of the Courthouse in snow
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/05/13)
The common pleas courthouse
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The Bar in downtown Cape
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/05/13)
Snowing in downtown Cape--a view of The Bar
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/05/13)
Today is Thursday, Dec. 5, the 339th day of 2013. There are 26 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 5, 1933, national Prohibition came to an end as Utah became the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, repealing the 18th Amendment...
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Speak Out 12/5/13
(Speak Out ~ 12/05/13)
Will the parents or guardians that insist on blocking Hopper Road at 3 o'clock every school day please stop? I live off Hopper and have no choice but to take that route home. Every single day there is a parking lot in the middle of the road with people parking on both sides of the road and then there is a line of cars waiting to pull into the parking lot. ...
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Prayer 12-5
(Prayer ~ 12/05/13)
O Lord Jesus, may we guard our words and glorify you in all we say. Amen.
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Events on the schedule, but may change due to winter storm
(Editorial ~ 12/05/13)
Based on the weather forecast, Southeast Missouri will experience its first significant winter storm this season with a mixture of snow, sleet, rain and freezing rain all possible later today and Friday. A Winter Storm Warning has been issued until 6 p.m. Friday for Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Perry, Ripley, Scott, Stoddard and Wayne counties in Missouri and nine counties in Southern Illinois...
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Losing local control
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/05/13)
On Monday the Southeast Missourian printed an article by Phillip Elliott of The Associated Press, "Critical thinking hallmark of Common Core class," where he attempts to disguise his opinions as "news." He obviously supports the Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI), referring to those who oppose them as "tea-party-aligned conservatives." If that's the case, I'll proudly wear that badge...
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No to right to work
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/05/13)
Well, the politicians are at it again in Jefferson City. On the heels of a General Session in 2013 that failed to improve the lives and opportunities for working women and men, one of the first bills filed seeks to further undermine the standard of living so many Missourians strive for. ...
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L.A. airport suspect appears in court
(National News ~ 12/05/13)
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. -- The man charged with killing a Transportation Security Administration officer and wounding two other agents and a civilian during a shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport made his first court appearance Wednesday, still showing signs of the gunshot wounds suffered when he was arrested...
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Boy denies raping, killing math teacher
(National News ~ 12/05/13)
SALEM, Mass. -- A 14-year-old boy accused of killing his high school math teacher pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder, aggravated rape and armed robbery charges. Philip Chism is charged in the Oct. 22 death of Colleen Ritzer, a popular teacher at Danvers High School. Ritzer's body was found in woods near the school with her throat slit and a note reading, "I hate you all."...
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10 whales dead, dozens stranded in Everglades
(National News ~ 12/05/13)
EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, Fla. -- Wildlife workers in boats struggled unsuccessfully Wednesday to coax nearly four dozen pilot whales out of dangerous shallow waters in Florida's Everglades National Park, hoping to spare them the fate of 10 others that had died...
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Engineer in ‘daze' before train wreck
(National News ~ 12/05/13)
YONKERS, N.Y. -- An engineer whose speeding commuter train ran off the rails along a curve, killing four people, experienced a hypnosis-like "daze" and nodded at the controls just before the wreck, and by the time he caught himself it was too late, people representing him said Tuesday...
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Detroit bankruptcy ruling places pensions at risk
(National News ~ 12/05/13)
DETROIT -- A judge has given Detroit the green light to cut pensions as a way out of the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, a decision that puts the case in the laps of thousands of retirees who had hoped the Michigan Constitution would protect them from getting smaller checks in their golden years...
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Newtown dispatcher urged callers to take cover
(National News ~ 12/05/13)
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Recordings released Wednesday of 911 calls from the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting show town dispatchers urged panicked callers to take cover, mobilized help and asked about the welfare of the children as the boom of gunfire could be heard at times in the background...
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Study: Most silent movies in America have been lost
(Entertainment ~ 12/05/13)
WASHINGTON -- The vast majority of feature-length silent films made in America have been lost due to decay and neglect over the past 100 years, allowing an original 20th-century art form to all but disappear, according to a study released Wednesday...
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Stolen radioactive material found near abandoned truck
(International News ~ 12/05/13)
MEXICO CITY -- A missing shipment of radioactive cobalt-60 was found Wednesday near where the stolen truck transporting the material was abandoned in central Mexico, the country's nuclear safety director said. The highly radioactive material had been removed from its container, officials said, and one predicted anyone involved in opening the box could be in grave danger of dying within days...
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Germany suspects neo-Nazis committed hundreds of killings
(International News ~ 12/05/13)
BERLIN -- Hundreds of unsolved killings and attempted killings in Germany over the past two decades may have been committed by far-right extremists, officials said Wednesday. The admission comes two years after police acknowledged a series of murders they initially linked to immigrant criminal groups was likely the work of a secretive neo-Nazi group...
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Arrowhead death ruled homicide
(State News ~ 12/05/13)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The death of a man in an Arrowhead Stadium parking lot during Kansas City's game this weekend was ruled a homicide Wednesday, but police said it could still take weeks before they know what killed him. Kyle Van Winkle, 30, of Smithville, Mo., was unconscious on the ground when police responded to a disturbance call around 5:20 p.m. in Lot A at Truman Sports Complex, where Arrowhead is...
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Space heater blamed for deadly Mo. fire
(State News ~ 12/05/13)
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. -- Investigators are blaming a space heater for a house fire that killed a St. Louis County man. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the victim was identified Wednesday as 51-year-old Wardie R. Neely Jr. Neely was taken from the single-family University City home Tuesday afternoon to a hospital, where he died a short time later. ...
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Manufacturing company moving to Republic
(State News ~ 12/05/13)
REPUBLIC, Mo. -- A southwest Missouri company plans to build manufacturing and office space in Republic that could mean 77 new jobs for the town. Watson Metal Masters announced Wednesday that it will break ground on the $4.8 million project in mid-2014. The company designs and makes stainless steel storage tanks and other equipment for several industries...
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Ameren, Dynegy close deal on coal plants
(State News ~ 12/05/13)
CHICAGO -- Houston-based Dynegy Inc. took ownership of five Illinois coal-fired power plants as Ameren Corp. exited the merchant generation business to concentrate on its rate-regulated operations in Illinois and Missouri, the companies announced Monday...
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Alabama governor courts Boeing officials for plant
(State News ~ 12/05/13)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Gov. Robert Bentley said Alabama will be among the states submitting a proposal next week to build Boeing's new 777X aircraft, and the proposal will stress more than just the money the state is offering. "We are a right-to-work state and that is vitally important," Bentley told a county commissioners' convention Wednesday in Birmingham...
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Man flees from police in stolen FedEx truck
(State News ~ 12/05/13)
PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan. -- Police have recovered a stolen FedEx delivery truck after a low-speed pursuit that wound through Kansas City, Mo., and ended just over the state line in Prairie Village, Kan. KMBC-TV reported the truck was stolen around 8:45 a.m. ...
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MFA Oil to buy site of failed sweetener factory
(State News ~ 12/05/13)
MOBERLY, Mo. -- MFA Oil Co. plans to buy the 33-acre site in Moberly where Mamtek U.S. had planned to build an artificial sweetener plant before that company collapsed, MFA officials said. MFA, a farmer-owned co-op based in Columbia, said Tuesday it had no specific plans for the land and the half-constructed buildings, which it bought from UMB Bank. The bank forced Mamtek into bankruptcy after the company defaulted on bonds for the sweetener plant...
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Copper stolen from Missouri church again
(State News ~ 12/05/13)
DE SOTO, Mo. -- An eastern Missouri church where thieves took more than $4,000 worth of copper wire in June has been victimized again. KMOV-TV reported about 2,000 feet of copper wire was taken late Sunday from De Soto Christian Church in Jefferson County. ...
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St. Louis-area lawyer reported missing since late October
(State News ~ 12/05/13)
ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis-area lawyer who helped solve a 2008 bombing that nearly killed an attorney is missing. Friends and authorities say 39-year-old Jeffrey Witt hasn't been seen since late October. Witt recently lost an almost $1 million legal malpractice case and his law license is in jeopardy, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Wednesday...
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University of Missouri to name chancellor
(State News ~ 12/05/13)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The University of Missouri has a new chancellor for its flagship campus in Columbia. University system president Tim Wolfe plans to announce the new hire at a Thursday morning news conference. The campus leader will replace Brady Deaton, who retired in November after nine years as chancellor. ...
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Swedish furniture titan Ikea comes to St. Louis
(State News ~ 12/05/13)
ST. LOUIS -- The world's largest furniture retailer is opening its first Missouri location in St. Louis. Ikea plans a Wednesday morning announcement of its new store on Forest Park Avenue near the city's Central West End. The store will have a prominent perch in the new CORTEX research park. ...
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St. Louis court gets 2006 World Series ticket case
(State News ~ 12/05/13)
ST. LOUIS -- The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District has returned two lawsuits arising from police officers' use of 2006 World Series tickets to a St. Louis court. The appeals court said Tuesday the trial court should resolve disputes over records concerning a 2006 investigation of police officers who allowed friends and family to use World Series tickets taken from scalpers...
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How Missouri's senators voted on the Boeing package
(State News ~ 12/05/13)
The 23-8 vote Wednesday by which the Missouri Senate approved legislation offering up to $1.7 billion of incentives over two decades for Boeing to assemble a commercial airplane in St. Louis. Voting "yes" in the Senate were 15 Republicans and eight Democrats. Voting "no" were eight Republicans. Not voting were one Republican and two Democrats...
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Obama: Income inequality a defining challenge
(National News ~ 12/05/13)
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama prodded Congress to raise wages and secure the social safety net as he issued an overarching appeal Wednesday to correct inequalities that he said make it harder for a child in the United States to escape poverty...
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Report: NSA tracks billions of cellphones daily
(National News ~ 12/05/13)
WASHINGTON -- The National Security Agency tracks the locations of nearly 5 billion cellphones every day overseas, including those belonging to Americans abroad, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. The NSA inadvertently gathers the location records of "tens of millions of Americans who travel abroad" annually, along with the billions of other records it collects by tapping into worldwide mobile network cables, the newspaper said in a report on its website...
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Births 12/5/13
(Births ~ 12/05/13)
Daughter to Brandon and Julie Streiler of Webster Groves, Mo., Missouri Baptist Medical Center, 3:51 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013. Name, Katherine Grace. Weight, 5 pounds, 9 ounces. Third child, second daughter. Mrs. Streiler is the former Julie Cole, daughter of Mike and Anne Cole of High Ridge, Mo., and Suzanne Cole of Shelbyville, Mo. ...
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Out of the past 12/5/13
(Out of the Past ~ 12/05/13)
People wait in a long line outside the Missouri Job Service office for an early opportunity to apply for up to 120 full- and part-time positions at the new Central Hardware store, which is due to open here in March; more than 300 applications are handed out by noon; as many as 1,000 applicants are expected today through Wednesday...
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Jackson police report 12/5/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/05/13)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Summonses...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 12/5/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/05/13)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Tuesday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 12/5/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/05/13)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
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Who's neXt 12/5/13
(Community ~ 12/05/13)
The following local students have been awarded scholarships to attend Southeast Missouri State University for the 2014-2015 academic year: Katherine Harris of Jackson, who will be a 2014 graduate of Jackson Senior High School and is the daughter of Scott and Judy Harris has received the Regents' Scholarship; Ashlee Long of Sedgewickville, Mo., who will be a 2014 graduate of Meadow Heights High School in Patton, Mo., and his the daughter of Marcus Long and Julia Mollette, has received the Regents' Scholarship; Christopher Bollinger of Patton, Mo., who will be a 2014 graduate of Meadow Heights High School in Patton and is the son of Sam and Dana Bollinger, has received the University Scholarship; Ryan Foltz of Sedgewickville, Mo., who will be a 2014 graduate of Meadow Heights High School in Patton, Mo., and is the son of Jim and Traci Foltz, has received the Regents' Scholarship; Ari Zakroff of Cape Girardeau, who will be a 2014 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School and is the son of Bert and Sandra Zakroff, has received the Regents' Scholarship; Logan Villagrana of Cape Girardeau, who will be a 2014 graduate of World Changers Academy in Cape Girardeau and is the son of Samuel and Dawn Villagrana, has received the University Scholarship and Residence Life Leadership Award.. ...
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Hooked on Science: Balloon in a bottle
(Community ~ 12/05/13)
Have you ever tried to blow up a balloon inside a bottle? It's easy if you use science. STEP 2: Place your mouth over the opening of the empty water bottle and attempt to inflate the balloon. The air inside the bottle was trapped when you placed the balloon over the outside of the empty water bottle. ...
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EU fines global banks $2.3B for market rigging
(International News ~ 12/05/13)
AMSTERDAM -- The European Commission has fined a group of major global banks a total of $2.3 billion for colluding to profit from the manipulation of key interest rates. The banks that received fines, which include JPMorgan, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank, are accused of manipulating for years European and Japanese benchmark interest rates that affect hundreds of billions of dollars in contracts globally, from mortgages to credit card bills...
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Harold Staats
(Obituary ~ 12/05/13)
Harold Staats, 89, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, at his home. He was born Sept. 8, 1924, near Zalma, Mo., son of Francis and Alma Shell Staats. He and Glodena Hendrix were married Oct. 1, 1946, in Cape Girardeau. Harold was a member of Bethel General Baptist Church near Advance, Mo., and had served as a deacon 40 years. ...
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Sue Roper
(Obituary ~ 12/05/13)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Sue Roper, 88, of Advance passed away Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, at Golden Living Center in Bloomfield, Mo. She was born July 27, 1925, in Cullman, Ala., daughter of Clarence and Bertha Putman Howard. Sue and Bonnie Roper were married July 1, 1944, at Bloomfield. He preceded her in death Feb. 27, 2005...
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Harold Graviett
(Obituary ~ 12/05/13)
VANDUSER, Mo. -- Harold Gene "Huly" Graviett, 68, of Vanduser died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. He was born Aug. 11, 1945, in Richmond, Calif., son of the late Raymond Harold and Imogene Pobst Graviett. He and Donna Hatley were married April 8, 1994...
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Margaret De Lonais
(Obituary ~ 12/05/13)
Margaret "Marge" Papp De Lonais, 83, formerly of Cleveland, passed away at her home in Oak Ridge after a lengthy illness. She was preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters. Marge was the beloved mother of Anne De Lonais-Turner, MD (Dennis), Lawrence M. De Lonais (Linda) and Susan D. Cindric (Jason Doyle)...
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LeRoy Brewer
(Obituary ~ 12/05/13)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- LeRoy J. "Topper" Brewer, 73, of Perryville died Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Aug. 19, 1940, in Perryville, to Wallace J. and Iris M. Rayoum Brewer. He and Lillian L. Keller were married Dec. 20, 1957, in Chicago...
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Ricky Brant
(Obituary ~ 12/05/13)
A memorial service for Ricky Brant planned Saturday in Scott City has been postponed until further notice because of expected weather conditions. Brant, 59, of Oldfield, Mo., formerly of Scott City, died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, at Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Mo...
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Highways commission awards contracts for Southeast District projects
(Local News ~ 12/05/13)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission awarded several contracts for Southeast District projects during a special session Tuesday, including two in the region, according to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release...
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Help-Portrait volunteers seek to help 500 people with free photos
(Local News ~ 12/05/13)
Help-Portrait is a charitable event all about photos, fellowship and smiles. The international event is held in more than 2,000 locations across 62 countries. This is the fourth year local photographers will come together in Cape Girardeau to provide free professional photos to those who might not otherwise be able to afford them...
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McCaskill to speak at SEMO commencement
(Local News ~ 12/05/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) -- Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill will deliver the winter commencement address when 740 students graduate at Southeast Missouri State University on Dec. 21. Plans for the commencement were announced by the university on Tuesday. Degree recipients will include 574 undergraduate students, along with graduate, specialist and doctoral students. Ten undergraduate students will be honored for perfect 4.0 grade point averages...
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Teen suspected in vandalism, defecation case
(Local News ~ 12/05/13)
Police on Wednesday arrested a teenager suspected of breaking into several apartment buildings, defecating in hallways and stealing money from coin machines in laundry rooms. Darin Hickey, public information officer for the Cape Girardeau Police Department, said someone identified the suspect from surveillance images...
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Scott County Central uses long-range shooting to reach Oran final
(High School Sports ~ 12/05/13)
Scott County Central sank 11 3-pointers in a 93-86 win over Chaffee
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Carutherville's Monroe wins Carr Trophy
(High School Sports ~ 12/05/13)
By BRIAN ROSENER ~ Daily American Republic POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Darrell Monroe finally took home that elusive Carr Trophy as the most outstanding football player in the SEMO Conference. A finalist for a second straight year, Monroe picked up the honor Wednesday night at the 68th annual Poplar Bluff Letter Club Gridiron Banquet...
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Leopold drains late 3-pointer to reach Woodland final
(High School Sports ~ 12/05/13)
The third-seeded Wildcats upended No. 2 Oak Ridge 52-50
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Oran beats Advance, will play for own tournament title
(High School Sports ~ 12/05/13)
Top-seeded host Oran secured an 80-53 semifinal victory against fifth-seeded Advance Wednesday to earn a spot in the title game of the 58th annual Oran Invitational. Seth Ressel scored a game-high 27 points. Hunter Schlosser finished with 22, Chance Tenkhoff had 15 and Jacob Priggel added 10...
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Top-seeded Perryville holds off host's upset bid at Woodland tourney
(High School Sports ~ 12/05/13)
The Pirates advanced to tonight's final with a 65-60 win
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High school roundup: Crusaders christen season with win in tourney
(High School Sports ~ 12/05/13)
All the local high school events reported Wednesday to the Southeast Missourian.
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