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Sleet hits at noon in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 02/04/14)
Traffic on Broadway crawls toward the Kingshighway intersection as a sleet storm begins early Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 4, 2014 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
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Senate sends farm bill to Obama
(National News ~ 02/04/14)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress has given its final approval to a sweeping five-year farm bill that provides food for the needy and subsidies for farmers. Ending years of political battles, the Senate vote Tuesday sends the measure to President Barack Obama, who is expected to sign it...
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Keeping tabs on the weather online
(Local News ~ 02/04/14)
Here are a few online tools for keeping tabs on the weather and road conditions in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois:Roads Weather On Twitter...
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Mo. Senate endorses limit on government vacancies
(State News ~ 02/04/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri's lieutenant governor would be responsible for filling positions in state agencies and boards if the governor doesn't do so fast enough under legislation endorsed by the Senate. The proposed constitutional amendment would allow the lieutenant governor to nominate people for a government vacancy if 90 days elapse with no action by the governor. Missouri elects its governor and lieutenant governor separately...
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SEMO, others close early due to winter weather
(Local News ~ 02/04/14)
Southeast Missouri State University's main campus in Cape Girardeau closed at 1 p.m. today. All day and evening classes have been canceled, and offices will be closed. Offices will reopen and classes will resume at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. According to the Cape Girardeau Public Schools district Facebook Page: Cape Girardeau Public Schools dismissed early today. ...
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Everett, Moore advance to Ward 2 election amid low turnout
(Local News ~ 02/04/14)
Rocky Everett and Shelly Moore will advance to the April city council election for Cape Girardeau's Ward 2 seat after Tuesday's primary. Everett and Moore bested Craig David in the contest that narrowed the field...
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Backers of unaccredited school seek $5M
(State News ~ 02/04/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- There is more weighing on the mind of Normandy High School senior Raquan Smith than his grades and college entrance exams. More even than his upcoming audition for the prestigious Juilliard School of performing arts. Smith, 18, is worried that his St. Louis-area high school might not be around when it comes time to get his diploma...
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Lawmakers OK funding for preschool aid
(State News ~ 02/04/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Republican governors and lawmakers who now control a majority of state capitols have been pushing aggressively to cut spending and shrink government -- with one glaring exception. Many are pumping new money into preschool programs at a rate equaling or even exceeding the Democratic-dominated capitols stereotypically cast as big spenders...
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Mo. House panel hears bill limiting union fee collection
(State News ~ 02/04/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Republicans are trying again to change the way certain public employee unions can collect fees, and this time they're determined not to let a likely veto from the Democratic governor stop the measure from becoming law...
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Snow covers William Street in Cape
(Local News ~ 02/04/14)
ADAM VOGLER ~ avogler@semissourian.com Vehicles drive along the 1000 block of William Street Monday, Feb. 3, in Cape Girardeau. A winter storm Sunday left many Cape Girardeau streets covered in snow and slush Monday morning....
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Man accused in Sept. 2012 shooting set for trial in June
(Local News ~ 02/04/14)
A Cape Girardeau man accused of gunning down another man during a dispute over a woman is set for trial this summer. Steven Lee Williams, 36, faces charges of second-degree murder and armed criminal action in connection with the Sept. 20, 2012, shooting death of Darcus Purl, 38...
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Relay for Life kickoff set for today
(Local News ~ 02/04/14)
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Cape Girardeau County kicks off at 5:30 Tuesday when event volunteers and particpants gather at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. Today's rally is the launch of the year's fundraising efforts, with the annual overnight relay set for June 14 at Arena Park...
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State education department recognizes 2 Jackson schools
(Local News ~ 02/04/14)
State education officials honored 15 Missouri schools last week, including two in Jackson, as Professional Learning Communities Exemplary Schools for their outstanding performance in implementing the professional learning community process, according to a news release from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education...
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Stolen property found in Southern Illinois
(Local News ~ 02/04/14)
Two local law enforcement agencies have recovered stolen property from Southern Illinois, the Cape Girardeau Police Department reported Monday. The items recovered in Illinois had been reported stolen from three locations in Cape Girardeau, according to a news release from the department...
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Red Cross will offer several blood donation opportunities this month
(Local News ~ 02/04/14)
Several blood drives are scheduled in the area during February. Type O-negative blood is especially needed. Type O-negative is the universal donor blood type and can potentially be transfused to patients with any blood type, according to a news release from the American Red Cross...
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Kansas, Missouri prepare for more winter weather
(State News ~ 02/04/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas and Missouri braced for more snow, even as they worked to clean up from an earlier round of winter weather. The snow was to begin falling across much of Kansas between midnight Monday and 3 a.m. today and then rapidly move eastward into Missouri around daybreak, National Weather Service meteorologist Andy Bailey said. The snowfall is expected to spread across most of Missouri, except the southeast corner of the state, by early Wednesday afternoon...
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Prosecutors help set record number of exonerations during 2013
(State News ~ 02/04/14)
ST. LOUIS -- A nationwide push by prosecutors and police to re-examine possible wrongful convictions contributed to a record number of exonerations in 2013, according to a report released today. The National Registry of Exonerations says 87 people falsely convicted of crimes were exonerated last year, four more than in 2009, the year with the next highest total. ...
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DESE, partners develop revised assessment plan
(Local News ~ 02/04/14)
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and a group of education partners have developed a plan to reduce testing time and costs, giving districts more instruction time. Although it sounds good to Sherry Copeland, Cape Girardeau School District assistant superintendent for academic services, she would like more detail...
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Cape Girardeau City Council OKs new agreement with Midamerica Hotels on hotel/restaurant tax
(Local News ~ 02/04/14)
Cape Girardeau city leaders and executives of Midamerica Hotels have forged a new agreement on the city's restaurant and hotel taxes, bringing several possibilities for new tourism-related projects in the coming year. Since December 2003, a legal agreement between the city and the corporation has sent the revenue from a 4 percent tax charged on hotel stays and a 1 percent tax on restaurant meals to fund the operation of the city's convention and visitors bureau and to pay off bonds used to help build the River Campus at Southeast Missouri State University. ...
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Austin Peay avenges loss to Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team
(College Sports ~ 02/04/14)
Southeast Missouri State women's basketball coach Ty Margenthaler spent several minutes talking to his players in the locker room Monday night following their game against Austin Peay at the Show Me Center. His focus wasn't so much about the specifics of the 87-74 loss to their Ohio Valley Conference West Division opponent, but rather where they go from this point...
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Limbaughs discuss integration in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 02/04/14)
Local civil rights history is similar in many respects to most of the Midwest and South, but Cape Girardeau holds the distinction of having integrated after the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling rather than waiting for the U.S. Civil Rights Act 10 years later...
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Cape residents learn leadership skills during weeklong class
(Local News ~ 02/04/14)
"One generation plants the tree, the other gets the shade." That was one of many ideas analyzed at the River Corridor Connections Leadership Academy on Monday night. The weeklong class, which is supported by the United Way of Southeast Missouri, is held at the House of Prayer on North Sprigg Street and focuses on a variety of issues, including self-improvement, budgeting and communication...
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Two Cape Volunteers Receive Community Service Award From Ameren Missouri
(Submitted Story ~ 02/04/14)
Ameren Missouri awarded $37,500 (combined) to winners of its "Community Lights" contest. Ameren Missouri named Brenda Bender of Cape Girardeau one of five grand prize winners. She was awarded $2,500 for her volunteerism, as well as $2,500 for the charity of her choice, MS Foundation, Gateway Chapter. ...
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Liberty Utilities Donate $3,500 to Dig for Life
(Submitted Photo ~ 02/04/14)
Liberty Utilities employees raised $3,500 for Dig for Life through T-shirt sales, a tailgate party and more. The funds will go to Saint Francis Medical Center to provide free mammograms to local women who otherwise could not afford them. From left: Danielle Liley, Saint Francis Foundation, and Amy Dewrock, David Swain and Donna Loop, Liberty Utilities...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/04/14)
Today is Tuesday, Feb. 4, the 35th day of 2014. There are 330 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 4, 1974, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst, 19, was kidnapped in Berkeley, Calif., by the radical Symbionese Liberation Army...
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Building character at school
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/04/14)
How very proud I was Friday afternoon as I attended Alma Schrader's "Kick-Off Assembly" for its annual Peace Ball Celebration. I can recall last year this event culminated with 2,609 recorded instances of kindness from the students! Young lives are being shaped, changed, altered and influenced by the positive leadership of the entire staff. I was proud to see our Central High's Coach Nathan Norman, accompanied by two coaches and nine football players leading in the cheers and teaching moments...
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Election Day for voters in Cape's Ward 2
(Editorial ~ 02/04/14)
It's Election Day for one ward in Cape Girardeau. Today's primary election for Ward 2 in Cape Girardeau includes three candidates who seek to serve on the city council. Ward 2 includes the south side of Cape Girardeau and most of the downtown area. If you're unsure about which ward you reside in, call the county clerk's office at 243-3547. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m...
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Speak Out 2/4/14
(Speak Out ~ 02/04/14)
I'm not for certain which city official approved the rap concert being held at the Arena Building, but that individual should either resign or be terminated. I live next to Arena Park, and I can tell you that I was concerned for my family's safety as I saw the criminal element rolling into the park that night...
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Stamped drug packets key in Hoffman investigation
(Entertainment ~ 02/04/14)
NEW YORK -- Medical examiners were conducting an autopsy Monday on the body of Philip Seymour Hoffman as investigators scrutinized evidence from the scene of the actor's death, including packets that enforcement officials said were believed to contain heroin...
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Births 2/4/14
(Births ~ 02/04/14)
Daughter to Michael Joseph and Margaret Lynn Elizabeth Coonts of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 1:28 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Name, Nicole Rhea. Weight, 7 pounds, 1 ounce. Fourth child, second daughter. Mrs. Coonts is the former Margaret Kinder, daughter of Roger and Margaret Noel and Kenny and Laura Wren of Cape Girardeau. ...
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Out of the past 2/4/14
(Out of the Past ~ 02/04/14)
Dr. Bill W. Stacy, president of Southeast Missouri State University, says the school will put together a potential financing package for a $13 million College of Business and Public Administration building through the sale of college savings bonds; in addition, Stacy says the university will seek financial commitments to the building from the state and the university foundation...
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Jackson fire report 2/4/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/04/14)
The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday:...
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Jackson police report 2/4/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/04/14)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 2/4/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/04/14)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Saturday: The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 2/4/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/04/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI...
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Catherine Showmaker
(Obituary ~ 02/04/14)
Catherine Rose Showmaker, 91, of Cape Girardeau and formerly of Charleston, Mo., died Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Oct. 4, 1922, in the Texas Bend community of Mississippi County, Mo., to Henry Bernard and Catherine Ann Bruenderman Duenne. She and E.J. Showmaker were married Aug. 29, 1943. He preceded her in death May 6, 1998...
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Phyllis Daniels
(Obituary ~ 02/04/14)
Phyllis Lorraine Daniels, 91, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, at Southeast Hospital, with family by her side. She was born Aug. 29, 1922, in Shannon County, Mo., to the late Everett R. and Bessie E. Staples Counts. Phyllis is survived by a brother, Billy (Patricia) Robinson of Cuba, Mo., and many nieces and nephews...
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Eugene Cross
(Obituary ~ 02/04/14)
Eugene J. Cross, 84, of Jackson passed away peacefully in his sleep Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 6, 1929, in Stanley, Mo., to Talbert E. and Ideal Williams Cross. He and Edna E. Graham were married July 23, 1994, at Portageville, Mo...
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Student kills teacher, policeman in Moscow school
(International News ~ 02/04/14)
MOSCOW -- A 10th-grade student with two rifles burst into his Moscow school Monday, killing his geography teacher and a policeman in front of about 20 students, investigators said. His father played a key role in freeing those students before police stormed the classroom and took his son into custody, the city police chief said...
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Protesters vow to annul Thai vote, step up rallies
(International News ~ 02/04/14)
BANGKOK -- Anti-government protesters in Thailand vowed Monday to stage larger rallies in central Bangkok and push ahead with efforts to nullify an election they disrupted, preventing millions of people from voting. Despite fears of violence, voting proceeded peacefully in 90 percent of polling stations Sunday. ...
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European Central Bank on the hunt for 'zombie banks'
(International News ~ 02/04/14)
FRANKFURT, Germany -- In Europe, the zombie hunt is on. Not for undead humans, that is, but zombie banks -- the walking dead among lenders, too financially troubled to loan money to an economy that desperately needs investment, growth and jobs...
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Al-Qaida breaks with Syria group in mounting feud
(International News ~ 02/04/14)
CAIRO -- Al-Qaida's central leadership broke with one of its most powerful branch commanders in an apparent attempt to stem the deadly infighting that has erupted in Syria among the militant Islamic factions trying to bring down President Bashar Assad...
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Sochi city hall orders killing of stray dogs
(International News ~ 02/04/14)
SOCHI, Russia -- Thousands of stray dogs have been living amid the mud and rubble of Olympic construction sites, roaming the streets and snowy mountainsides, and begging for scraps of food. But as the games drew near, authorities have turned to a company to catch and kill the animals so they don't bother Sochi's new visitors -- or even wander into an Olympic event...
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Internet firms release data on NSA requests
(National News ~ 02/04/14)
WASHINGTON -- Freed by a recent legal deal with government lawyers, major technology firms released new data Monday on how often they are ordered to turn over customer information for secret national security investigations -- figures that show that the government collected data on thousands of Americans...
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Janet Yellen sworn in as Fed chair
(National News ~ 02/04/14)
WASHINGTON -- Janet Yellen officially took over the leadership of the Federal Reserve on Monday -- and along with it a delicate task: Unwinding the Fed's economic stimulus without spooking investors or slowing a still-subpar economy. Yellen, the first woman to lead the Fed in its 100 years, was sworn in during a brief ceremony in the central bank's board room. She succeeded Ben Bernanke, who stepped down last week after eight momentous years...
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Car-to-car talk: Hey, look out for that collision
(National News ~ 02/04/14)
WASHINGTON -- Cars might see a deadly crash coming even if the driver doesn't, the government says, indicating it will require automakers to equip new vehicles with technology that lets cars warn each other if they're plunging toward peril. The action, still some years off, has "game-changing potential" to cut collisions, deaths and injuries, federal transportation officials said at a news conference Monday...
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5 things to know about the massive farm bill
(National News ~ 02/04/14)
WASHINGTON -- Cuts to food stamps, continued subsidies to farmers and victories for animal rights advocates. The massive, five-year farm bill heading toward final passage this week has broad implications for just about every American, from the foods we eat to what we pay for them...
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Health beat: Women and heart health awareness
(Community ~ 02/04/14)
Although heart disease is sometimes thought of as a "man's disease," around the same number of women and men die each year of heart disease in the United States. Despite increases in awareness over the past decade, only 56 percent of women recognize that heart disease is their No. 1 killer. That's why it's important to know the signs and symptoms and how to lower the risk for heart disease...
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New treatment could reduce kids' peanut allergies
(Community ~ 02/04/14)
LONDON -- An experimental therapy that fed children with peanut allergies small amounts of peanut flour has helped more than 80 percent of them safely eat a handful of the previously worrisome nuts. Although experts say the results of the carefully monitored study are encouraging, they warn it isn't something that parents should try at home...
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Study: Children's obesity risk starts before school age
(Community ~ 02/04/14)
Those efforts to fight obesity in schools? Think younger. A new study finds that much of a child's "weight fate" is set by age 5, and that nearly half of children who became obese by the eighth grade were already overweight when they started kindergarten...
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Prayer 2/4/14
(Prayer ~ 02/04/14)
O Lord God, we praise you for you are our Eternal Father. Amen.
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