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Obama backs limits on NSA phone collections
(National News ~ 01/17/14)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Seeking to calm a furor over U.S. surveillance, President Barack Obama on Friday called for ending the government's control of phone data from hundreds of millions of Americans and immediately ordered intelligence agencies to get a secretive court's permission before accessing such records. Still, he defended the nation's spying apparatus as a whole, saying the intelligence community was not "cavalier about the civil liberties of our fellow citizens."...
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Appeals court hears Missouri flag desecration case
(Local News ~ 01/17/14)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Missouri's flag desecration law "dilutes the very freedom" that makes the flag so beloved, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union told a federal appeals court panel Thursday. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard the case of Frank Snider III of Cape Girardeau, arrested in 2009 for violating Missouri's law prohibiting burning or desecration of the flag. ...
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County officially puts use tax on April ballot
(Local News ~ 01/17/14)
Voters in Cape Girardeau County and the city of Cape Girardeau will decide this spring whether a use tax should be charged on purchases made across state lines. After a public hearing on use tax held by the county commission Thursday, commissioners unanimously approved placing a question on the April 8 municipal ballot. ...
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City has a plan for casino's cash
(Local News ~ 01/17/14)
Managing and spending of money generated by the Isle Casino Cape Girardeau for the city this fiscal year is being treated with an originally intended approach. Yet that approach, a policy created in 2012, is being tried by city leaders for the first time...
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County commission finalizes advisory committee members
(Local News ~ 01/17/14)
Cape Girardeau County commissioners on Thursday finalized the roster for a new citizens advisory committee that will make recommendations on future consolidation of facilities, including those that house courts. Steve Wilson, Jay Knudtson, Matt Hopkins, Jim Lichtenegger, James Roche, Mary Ludwig, Mike Seabaugh, Don Kuntze and Dwain Hahs will be invited by the commission to act as a voting board on the committee, while another 11 people who expressed interest in serving on the committee will be asked to participate as nonvoting members that give input on how the county should proceed with a consolidation.. ...
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Firefighters respond to multiple-car fire at Central High School in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 01/17/14)
Firefighters responded to a blaze at Central High School, where multiple cars caught fire this morning. Responders were called to the school around 10 a.m. The fire apparently started with a Ford Mustang and spread to two other vehicles in the parking lot...
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Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team loses at Morehead St.
(College Sports ~ 01/17/14)
Southeast fell to 1-4 in OVC action with an 80-67 loss to Morehead St.
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About 30 apply for postal service advisory panel
(Local News ~ 01/17/14)
About 30 people have submitted applications for the area's new United States Postal Service Advisory Board, and about half that number turned out for an organizational meeting Thursday night at the Cape Girardeau Public Library...
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Sunset
(Submitted Photo ~ 01/17/14)
This is the Mississippi Bridge at sunset
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Kfvs12 5K Race 2013
(Submitted Photo ~ 01/17/14)
This photo was from the 2013 kfvs12 5k race
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Old House
(Submitted Photo ~ 01/17/14)
Seen this old house one day when I was out driving around.
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Cape County Tea Party Monthly Meeting
(Submitted Story ~ 01/17/14)
PRESS RELEASE CAPE COUNTY TEA PARTY MONTHLY MEETING On January 21th, 2014 at 6:30pm, the Cape County Tea Party (CCTP) will hold its open monthly meeting at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. The meeting is called the Third Tuesday Tea Time and is held on the Third Tuesday of each month to continue the work to complete our Mission as stated below...
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Murder suspect nabbed in St. Louis
(Local News ~ 01/17/14)
Officers arrested a Cape Girardeau murder suspect Thursday evening in St. Louis. Brandon L. Banks, 28, is accused of killing 40-year-old Marsha Ann Brown of Cape Girardeau, whose body was found Tuesday morning in rural Makanda, Ill. Detectives from Jackson County, Ill., assisted by U.S. marshals and the St. Louis County Sheriff's Department, found Banks at the home of an acquaintance, according to a news release from the Jackson County Sheriff's Department...
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NMCC NHS Makes Donation to Children's Charities
(Submitted Story ~ 01/17/14)
The New Madrid County Central High School National Honor Society presented donations to Melaina's Magical Playland and Levi's Children's Charity at the Playland location Thursday morning. The students raised a total of $2,267, which was split between the two charities...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/17/14)
Today is Friday, Jan. 17, the 17th day of 2014. There are 348 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 17, 1994, the 6.7 magnitude Northridge earthquake struck Southern California, killing at least 60 people, according to the U.S. Geological Survey...
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STEM University helps young people learn
(Editorial ~ 01/17/14)
There have been numerous advances in technology and science in our lifetimes. It wasn't long ago that smartphones were new. Today, many people rely on the devices to help get work done. Science and medicine continue to grow, and the importance of math and engineering skills should continue...
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Speak Out 1/17/14
(Speak Out ~ 01/17/14)
I thought I was being pranked when the automated call announced school closure on Friday, Jan. 10, at Jackson, Mo., after having been opened the day before. What upsets me is that this is just another indication of either the softening of our society or another example of catering to the minority of people with policy that affects all. ...
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Maybe you can figure this out, but I can't do it
(Column ~ 01/17/14)
It was a slow, s-l-o-w news day when the big story broke about the New Jersey governor, the Fort Lee mayor and the traffic snarl that happened several months ago. How do I know it was a slow news day? Well, when a story like this dominates the media for days on end with no understandable explanation of why it was news, you know things in the news business are at a near standstill...
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Out of the past 1/17/14
(Out of the Past ~ 01/17/14)
The Jackson Board of Aldermen approves a resolution stating that its town was not only the first in the country named after Andrew Jackson, the eventual seventh president of the country, but also the first Jackson in the United States as well; Jackson received its name July 4, 1814...
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Jackson police report 1/17/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/17/14)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
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Cape Girardeau police report 1/17/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/17/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest...
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Regina Unverferth
(Obituary ~ 01/17/14)
Regina M. Unverferth, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, at Chateau Girardeau. She was born May 20, 1932, in Perry County, to Edwin and Mary Schumer Unverferth. Regina had been an accountant with Drury Inns. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Church in Jackson...
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Melvin Summers
(Obituary ~ 01/17/14)
Melvin Glenn Summers, 80, of Black Earth, Wis., passed away Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. He was born Aug. 9, 1933, on the family farm near Whitewater, son of Glenn W. "Jim" and Laura Weisenstein Summers. The family moved to Cape Girardeau in November 1945, where Melvin lived until June 1993 when he moved to Black Earth...
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Marjorie Mills
(Obituary ~ 01/17/14)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Marjorie L. Mills, 89, of Perryville passed away Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2014. She was born Oct. 24, 1924, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Martin and Alama Clippard Van Doren. She and Robert A. Mills were married Aug. 25, 1945. Marjorie was a cadet nurse during World War II at DePaul Hospital in St. Louis...
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Gracie McNeely
(Obituary ~ 01/17/14)
Gracie Fay McNeely, 93, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, at Fountainbleau Lodge. She was born Sept. 6, 1920, at Painton, Mo., daughter of Henry Lee and Rosa Lee Simmons Kennedy. Gracie and Henry William McNeely were married July 2, 1937, in Jackson. He preceded her in death Jan. 22, 1988...
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George Hoehne
(Obituary ~ 01/17/14)
SULLIVAN, Mo. -- George William Hoehne, 80, of Sullivan passed away Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, at Life Care Center of Sullivan. He is survived by a son, George Keith Hoehne of Bourbon, Mo.; two daughters, Rebecca Hoehne of Gardner, Colo., and Diane Brokowski and husband Ray of Salt Lake City; a brother, Ralph Hoehne of Uniontown, Mo.; four sisters, Gloria Brothers of Jackson, Vera Sandler of Perryville, Mo., Ruth Frye of Aurora, Mo., and Lillian Casten of Perryville; grandchildren; other relatives; and friends.. ...
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Lillian Hitt
(Obituary ~ 01/17/14)
Lillian Hitt, 102, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, at Ratliff Care Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Allene Glueck
(Obituary ~ 01/17/14)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Allene Emma Brucker Glueck, 91, of Chaffee died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 5, 1922, in Cape Girardeau, to John William and Josephine Philomene Kirchdoerfer Brucker. She married Edward Killian Glueck on Jan. 16, 1945. He preceded her in death Oct. 19, 1991...
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Missouri tax cut foes, backers cite Kansas cuts
(State News ~ 01/17/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Kansas is again being held forth as the prime example in Missouri's renewed debate over whether to cut income taxes. But rather than being touted primarily by tax-cut proponents, Kansas also was cited Thursday by tax-cut opponents concerned about the potential for falling state revenue and inadequate school funding...
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Missouri senator introduces plan to overhaul Medicaid
(State News ~ 01/17/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Private insurers would gain a greater role in Missouri's Medicaid program and patients could get rewarded financially for holding down their medical costs under a plan introduced Thursday by a key Republican senator. The legislation by Sen. Gary Romine follows many of the recommendation of a special Medicaid study panel he led, which sought to revamp the health-care program for the poor without expanding eligibility...
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Mo. House Speaker Tim Jones wants medical malpractice suit limits reinstated
(State News ~ 01/17/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones said Wednesday that caps for damages in medical malpractice cases need to be reinstated to protect the health-care system. An upper limit of $350,000 for noneconomic damages such as pain and suffering was a significant piece of Missouri Republicans' efforts in 2005 to curb liability lawsuits. ...
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Louise Dodson
(Obituary ~ 01/17/14)
Louise Dodson, 74, of Scott City died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, at her home. She was born July 9, 1939, in Illmo, to James Franklin and Annie Inez Brock Owen. She married Emery "Butch" Dodson. Survivors include her mother, Annie Inez Owen; a daughter, Brenda Leigh Crader; two brothers, Eddie (Linda) Owen and Kenny (Linda) Owen; two sisters, Carol Hale and Kathy (Melvin) Enderle, all of Scott City; three grandchildren, Billy Ray, Christina and Heaven; and two great-grandchildren...
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Henry Copeland
(Obituary ~ 01/17/14)
Henry "Jake" Copeland, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Howard Burns Sr.
(Obituary ~ 01/17/14)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Howard Thomas Burns Sr., 77, died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, at his home near Sikeston. He was born Jan. 24, 1936, in Sikeston, to the late the Rev. Thomas F. and Ethel Hawkins Burns. On Aug. 19, 1953, he was married to Ludene Cooksey at Sikeston...
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Execution of killer takes 20 minutes
(National News ~ 01/17/14)
LUCASVILLE, Ohio -- A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually long time to die -- more than 20 minutes -- in an execution carried out Thursday with a combination of drugs never before tried in the U.S. Dennis McGuire's attorney Allen Bohnert called the convicted killer's death "a failed, agonizing experiment" and added: "The people of the state of Ohio should be appalled at what was done here today in their names."...
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‘Gravity,' ‘Hustle' lead Oscars with 10 nods each
(Entertainment ~ 01/17/14)
‘12 Years a Slave’ also is a Best Picture contender
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Marsha Brown
(Obituary ~ 01/17/14)
Marsha Ann Headrick Brown, 40, of Cape Girardeau joined her heavenly father Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. She was born April 3, 1973, in Chaffee, Mo., to Vicki Medley and Quinton William Headrick Sr. Marsha was a loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. She will be missed by all who knew her...
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Supreme Court could weigh in on searches of smartphones
(Community ~ 01/17/14)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court decided 40 years ago police don't need a search warrant to look through anything a person is carrying when arrested. But that was long before smartphones gave people the ability to take with them the equivalent of millions of pages of documents or thousands of photographs...
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Health-care website passed security test
(National News ~ 01/17/14)
WASHINGTON -- Cybersecurity concerns over President Barack Obama's health-care website have been cleared up through testing, a government security professional who had qualms about the system assured lawmakers Thursday. But a congressional hearing featuring three senior technology experts from within the Health and Human Services Department revealed a broader internal debate before the launch of HealthCare.gov last fall...
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Trillion-dollar budget approved
(National News ~ 01/17/14)
WASHINGTON -- Congress sent President Barack Obama a $1.1 trillion governmentwide spending bill Thursday, easing the effects of last year's automatic budget cuts after tea party critics chastened by October's partial shutdown mounted only a faint protest...
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Artifacts 1/17/14
(Entertainment ~ 01/17/14)
Grammy Award winner Ronnie Milsap will perform at Isle Casino Cape Girardeau at 7 p.m. Feb. 16. Milsap is credited with six Grammy Awards and 40 No. 1 country hits, third to George Strait and Conway Twitty. General admission tickets are $25 and are available at isleofcapricasinos.com...
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Event raises funds to send aspiring performers to New York auditions
(Entertainment ~ 01/17/14)
Auctions, music and an exclusive first look at the upcoming musical "Peter Pan" are on the agenda for this year's Extravaganza, put on by the Southeast Missouri State University Department of Theatre and Dance and the Society for Theatre and Dance, volunteers who support the efforts of theater and dance students...
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Ernest Beussink
(Obituary ~ 01/17/14)
Ernest H. Beussink, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, at the Missouri Veterans Home. He was born March 13, 1928, in Leopold, Mo., son of Henry John and Mary VanDerMierden Beussink. He and Irene Rosena Wubker were married July 1, 1950...
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Wildfires scorch Southern California
(National News ~ 01/17/14)
Nick Ut ~ Associated Press A firefighting plane makes a water drop on a wildfire Thursday in the hills north of Glendora, Calif. Southern California authorities have ordered the evacuation of 2,000 residents at the edge of a fast-moving wildfire burning in the dangerously dry foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains....
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Shorthanded Vanderbilt defeats Missouri
(College Sports ~ 01/17/14)
The Commodores hit 12 3-pointers in a 78-75 win over the Tigers
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Jackson won't collect trash Monday
(Local News ~ 01/17/14)
In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Jackson Sanitation Department will not operate Monday. Monday garbage collection will be done Tuesday, along with Tuesday's normal route. The city's recycling center will be closed Monday. For more information, call 243-2333.
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MAC's 12-week pharmacy tech program moving to Perryville
(Local News ~ 01/17/14)
Mineral Area College's pharmacy technician program will move to the college's Perryville, Mo., location. Anyone interested in the three-month training program should attend the class interview and informational meeting at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 28 in the Perryville Higher Education Center, 108 Progress Drive, according to a news release from MAC...
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U.N. panel criticizes Vatican for sex abuse
(International News ~ 01/17/14)
GENEVA -- The Vatican came under criticism from a U.N. committee Thursday for its handling of the global priest sex abuse scandal, facing its most intense public grilling to date over allegations it protected pedophile priests at the expense of victims...
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High school roundup: Notre Dame girls basketball team remains unbeaten
(High School Sports ~ 01/17/14)
Karsen Powers sank a game-high 13 points and recorded four assists and four steals as the undefeated Notre Dame girls basketball team rolled to a 56-26 victory at home over Sikeston on Thursday. Taylor Feeney had 10 points while Annie Siebert scored nine points and had eight steals for Notre Dame (9-0). Halle Lynch grabbed five rebounds for the host Bulldogs...
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Kings cool off sizzling Blues with 4-1 road victory
(Professional Sports ~ 01/17/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Trevor Lewis gave Los Angeles some unexpected offense with two goals early in the third period of the Kings' 4-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night. Jake Muzzin scored in the first period and Jeff Carter added an empty-netter for the Kings, who snapped a five-game road losing streak in the opener of a five-game trip...
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BEST BET: King Celebration Dinner
(Entertainment ~ 01/17/14)
Dr. Clarence B. Jones will present the keynote address at Southeast Missouri State University's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Dinner at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Show Me Center. The dinner's theme is "Behind the Dream." Jones helped draft King's "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered Aug. 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. For more information, visit showmecenter.biz....
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Prayer 1/17/14
(Prayer ~ 01/17/14)
O Lord Jesus, we look to you for strength for you are the Rock of our salvation. Amen.
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Kan. Supreme Court weighs how much school funding is enough
(National News ~ 01/17/14)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has launched a bold program of tax and spending cuts aimed at making the state more attractive for business, but he's facing a challenge that threatens his ambitions and that could have implications for other states...
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Mo. House panel considers ‘revenge porn' bill
(State News ~ 01/17/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Posting sexually explicit photos or video of a former lover online could land a person in prison, under a bill being considered by Missouri legislators. The House Crime Prevention and Public Safety Committee held a hearing Thursday to consider the measure outlawing so-called revenge pornography, in which people post explicit material online to humiliate former romantic partners, often upending their lives in the process...
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'Wizard of Oz' Munchkin Ruth Robinson Duccini dies
(Entertainment ~ 01/17/14)
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Ruth Robinson Duccini, the last of the original female Munchkins from the 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz," has died. She was 95. With her death, only one actor who played one of the original 124 Munchkins in the movie remains alive...
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Russell Johnson, 'Gilligan' professor, has died
(Entertainment ~ 01/17/14)
NEW YORK (AP) -- Actor Russell Johnson, who became known to generations of TV fans as "The Professor," the fix-it man who kept his fellow "Gilligan's Island" castaways supplied with gadgets, has died. He was 89. Johnson died Thursday morning at his home in Washington State of natural causes, said his agent, Mike Eisenstadt...
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Jackson girls' pressure defense paves way for 65-25 win over rival Central
(High School Sports ~ 01/17/14)
The Jackson girls basketball team hounded, harassed and pressured on Thursday night at Central High School. The host Tigers never had a chance. Jackson used full-court pressure and intense man-to-man half-court defense to force numerous turnovers en route to a 65-25 victory...
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Breaking: Body found in submerged car found in Mississippi River
(Local News ~ 01/17/14)
Police confirmed that a body was found in the submerged vehicle that was pulled from the Mississippi River Friday afternoon. The vehicle was a car, despite an earlier report that it was believed to be a van. Police were asking that details of the car not be released to the public at this time...
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'A fun type of music': Bootheel Bluegrass Festival coming to Fruitland
(Entertainment ~ 01/17/14)
As much as the music itself, the appeal of bluegrass lies in the family atmosphere it engenders and the camaraderie it inspires among its practitioners and fans, said Bull Harman, organizer of the ninth annual Bootheel Bluegrass Festival...
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