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Perry County April 2014 election results
(Local News ~ 04/07/14)
Altenburg School Board (vote for two) Lucas Hager Rick Mueller Claudine (Lucy) Leimbach Perrvyille School Board (vote for three) Jeff Weibrecht Tina M. Littge Scott J. Hotop XX Richard Dix XX Betty S. Laws XX Kathy Carron XX Perryville Marshal Direk Hunt...
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Widow of firefighter suing University of Missouri curators
(State News ~ 04/07/14)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The widow of a firefighter who was killed in February after a walkway collapsed at a University of Missouri apartment complex has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the school's board of curators. In a petition filed March 31, Leigh Britt alleges the curators are responsible for her husband's death because they did not properly maintain or construct the University Village Apartments, The Columbia Daily Tribune reported...
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Boy finds father's body in car trunk
(State News ~ 04/07/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City police are investigating after a 12-year-old boy found his father's body in the trunk of his car in a parking garage. Police spokeswoman Sgt. Marisa Barnes told The Kansas City Star the victim had not been seen for several days...
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Highway in Mo. honors Cronkite
(State News ~ 04/07/14)
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- Officials in northwest Missouri have formally dedicated a stretch of highway to honor news legend Walter Cronkite. The Walter Cronkite Memorial Highway is a section of the Belt Highway in St. Joseph, where Cronkite was born. Cronkite signed off for the final time as anchor of the "CBS Evening News" in 1981. He died in 2009 at the age of 92...
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Greene County reports more TB cases
(State News ~ 04/07/14)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Greene County has seen a recent increase in tuberculosis cases. The Springfield News-Leader reported Greene County typically has about three active cases of tuberculosis each year. The county is working on six TB cases now. Three of the cases were reported in the last couple of weeks...
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73-year-old inmate found dead in Charleston
(State News ~ 04/07/14)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- State prison officials say a 73-year-old inmate has died at the Southeast Correctional Center. The Missouri Department of Corrections on Friday announced the death of Nelson DeCloud. He was serving a 220-year sentence for kidnapping, felonious restraint, rape and forcible sodomy from Clay County and had been imprisoned for 20 years...
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Columbia boy with Tourette's syndrome seeks understanding
(State News ~ 04/07/14)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- In many ways, 10-year-old Mason Burke is just a normal kid. His favorite activity is playing with Lego. He likes to play video games, such as a game based on the TV show "Swamp People." But there is one thing about Mason that makes him stand out, sometimes more than he would like. Mason has Tourette's syndrome, a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary movements and vocalizations, commonly called tics...
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Illinois agency aims to alter image as coal defender
(State News ~ 04/07/14)
ST. LOUIS -- The Illinois Department of Natural Resources, often criticized as advocating for the coal industry, announced a series of reforms last week meant to help repair the agency's image and make it more responsive to the public. The changes -- from closer inspection of coal-ash ponds to better communication with the public to strengthening ethics rules -- underscore the daunting task of balancing environmentalists' concerns about an energy source they view with disfavor and fairly treating coal producers in a state that's among the nation's richest in energy reserves.. ...
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Judge: Lawsuit on Missouri executions may continue
(State News ~ 04/07/14)
ST. LOUIS -- A federal judge is allowing a lawsuit to move forward that challenges Missouri's refusal to provide the name of the pharmacy where it acquired the drug for executions. U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips on Thursday denied a motion from the Missouri Department of Corrections to dismiss a lawsuit filed in October by the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri. The ACLU lawsuit questions a state statute that prohibits identifying members of the execution team...
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Mo. lawmakers mull cannabis extract
(State News ~ 04/07/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Although Missouri lawmakers are not clamoring to legalize marijuana, key Republican lawmakers appear ready to follow a few states in allowing use of a cannabis extract for people whose epilepsy isn't relieved by other treatments...
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Man dies Saturday in I-55 crash
(Local News ~ 04/07/14)
A Bertrand, Mo., man died in a one-vehicle accident at 6:37 a.m. Saturday in Scott County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. Stanley J. Templeton, 47, was southbound on Interstate 55 at the 77 mile marker, the report said. The accident occurred when the vehicle ran off the left side of the road, overcorrected, ran off the right side of the road and struck a tree, the report said...
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Local author examines debate over surveillance
(Local News ~ 04/07/14)
When Edward Snowden leaked the documents that tipped off the world about the United States government's secretive, wide-scale surveillance practices, he created division across the country. Many hailed the former National Security Agency analyst as a whistle-blower for revealing the ethically questionable gathering of billions of phone and Internet records. ...
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Colorful run/walk to raise money for local organizations
(Local News ~ 04/07/14)
Spring is here, and what better way to celebrate its arrival than with some outdoor entertainment and exercise? Cape Girardeau will provide the opportunity Saturday, when Color Me Cape bedashes downtown. A 5k run, Color Me Cape will start and end at Bel Air Grill, 24 S. ...
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Medicaid asset limit change sought
(State News ~ 04/07/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Some Missouri Republicans have remained adamantly opposed to expanding Medicaid to hundreds of thousands of adults by tapping into billions of federal dollars available under President Barack Obama's health-care law. Yet support has been quietly growing among some of those same Republicans for a mini Medicaid expansion...
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Council to address election item, crime task force
(Local News ~ 04/07/14)
Election schedules and crime fighting will be among the issues voted on by the Cape Girardeau City Council at its meeting today. After the resignation March 31 of Ward 3 councilman Trent Summers, who is moving out of the city, the council was left with the task of nominating his temporary replacement to serve until an election can be organized to select a representative who will hold the position for the remainder of his term, which was set to expire in 2016...
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Business Notebook: Women First partners with SoutheastHEALTH
(Business ~ 04/07/14)
Women First obstetrics and gynecology practice in Cape Girardeau partnered with Southeast Medical Group of SoutheastHEALTH, effective April 1. Joining the medical group from Women First are Dr. Eric Morton, Dr. Chris Rosenquist, Dr. Heather Cugini and Marianne Cook, APRN, BC-FNP, according to a news release from SoutheastHEALTH...
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Southeast Missouri State baseball team follows nail-biters with 12-1 win vs. SIUE
(College Sports ~ 04/07/14)
The Southeast Missouri State baseball team knew that it couldn't get comfortable with any kind of lead in the finale of its three-game series against SIU Edwardsville. The Redhawks had seen four-run leads disappear in the first two games of the series and squeaked out one-run wins, but that was definitely not the case Sunday as they rolled to a 12-1 victory to complete the series sweep of the Cougars at Capaha Field...
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Shoe drive for needy here, around world kicks off
(Local News ~ 04/07/14)
At various locations in Cape Girardeau and Jackson people are kicking off their shoes -- so to speak -- for Soles4Souls, a not-for-profit institution that, according to its website, fights the effect of poverty through shoe and clothing distribution...
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Mining town comes and goes, comes back again
(State News ~ 04/07/14)
NECK CITY, Mo. -- It's hard to get lost here. Neck City: Four blocks wide and about as long. No churches. Only one business: The U.S. Post Office. "There haven't really been any other businesses to speak of since I've lived here. That's been 46 years," says Gary Miller, the town's unofficial historian, as he empties out a packet of black and white photos onto a table. ...
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Crossing the Bridge
(Submitted Photo ~ 04/07/14)
Sunrise commuters crossing into Illinois over the Bill Emerson Bridge.
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Jackson Senior Center's Exercise Class
(Submitted Photo ~ 04/07/14)
15 to 20 Seniors from the Jackson Senior Center have so much fun are very dedicated to doing exercises every Monday and Wednesday mornings led by Certified PACE Instructor Mrs. Jeffry Lynne Hawk. THEY CHALLENGE OTHER SENIOR CENTERS TO HAVE AS MANY EXERCISE PARTICIPANTS AS THEY DO!...
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Easter Egg Hunt for Adults to Benefit Southeast Hospice
(Submitted Story ~ 04/07/14)
Easter eggs aren't just for kids. Southeast Hospice, in partnership wtih the SoutheastHEALTH Foundation, will hold its annual Easter Egg Hunt for Adults on Saturday, April 12, from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Bavarian Halle in Jackson. Adults, 21 years of age and older, can hunt for thousands of plastic eggs -- each of which will be a prize winner! Participants should bring their own Easter baskets and flashlights. ...
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One Fat Kat
(Submitted Photo ~ 04/07/14)
This is my Kat "Ti" - short for "Tiger." Obviously the only thing that roars with Ti is his appetite...he's kinda large. People say he's a "Fat" Kat but I disagree. He's just big boned. (BTW, Ti is a svelte 22 pounder.)
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People on the Move 4/7/14
(Business ~ 04/07/14)
Lucas Presson has been named general manager for Arrow Digital, which produces the student newspaper and news website, southeastarrow.com, for Southeast Missouri State University. Arrow Digital is operated as a partnership between Southeast and Rust Communications, the parent company of the Southeast Missourian...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/07/14)
Today is Monday, April 7, the 97th day of 2014. There are 268 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 7, 1922, the Teapot Dome scandal had its beginnings as Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall signed a secret deal to lease U.S. Navy petroleum reserves in Wyoming and California to his friends, oilmen Harry F. Sinclair and Edward L. Doheny, in exchange for cash gifts...
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Mind your meds: Make sure medications are stored, used and disposed of properly
(04/07/14)
A recent data brief from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that almost 50 percent of Americans take at least one prescription drug per month. "Many of us keep multiple medications, both prescription and over-the-counter, in the house," says JeQuithia Sims, pharmacy technician program chair at Everest College in Arlington, Texas. "But when stored or consumed incorrectly, medication can cause unexpected consequences."...
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Joan Spencer Slaughter publishes novel more than 25 years in the making
(04/07/14)
Joan Spencer Slaughter expresses herself best on paper. She's kept diaries and travel journals for as long as she can remember. In school, she prayed for essay questions on exams because she knew she'd ace any test that involved writing. As an adult, she wrote freelance nonfiction pieces for newspapers and magazines...
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Kevin Sharp has been training dogs most of his life, including K-9 search and rescue
(04/07/14)
Kevin Sharp has been training dogs as a hobby since he was 19 years old. "I wanted to be a professional dog trainer, but I just never followed through," he says. His love of dogs is what led him to eventually become a volunteer who trains local K-9 search and rescue units...
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Runaway cats won't go far, but may be hard to find
(04/07/14)
LOS ANGELES -- If a scared dog bolts from home, it's likely to run as fast and far as it can. But if a house cat panics, it's more likely to slink away and stop at the first good hiding place it finds. Because the getaway is so different, the search has to be, too, said Nancy Peterson, cat programs manager for the Humane Society of the United States and a registered veterinarian technician...
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5 free things to do in St. Louis
(04/07/14)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis is turning 250 this year, and visitors who want to join in the celebration can find plenty to do without spending a dime. The Gateway City was founded by Pierre Laclede and Auguste Chouteau on Feb. ...
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Puppies for Parole program a win-win
(Editorial ~ 04/07/14)
Sure, those little furry canines are cute. But the Puppies for Parole program isn't just about the animals. The Humane Society of Southeast Missouri is working with the maximum-security correctional facility in Potosi, Mo., to have canines enter people prisons to be trained. The hope is prisoners, many of them violent, can help train the dogs over a period of time so the dogs can be adopted...
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Court wrong on campaign donations
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/07/14)
On April 2, the United States Supreme Court rendered its decision in the case of McCutcheon v. FEC. By a vote of 5 to 4 the court struck down limits on the total amount of money an individual may spend on political candidates as a violation of free speech rights, a decision sure to increase the role of money in political campaigns...
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Speak Out 4/7/14
(Speak Out ~ 04/07/14)
Well, I just heard the president on the television saying that senior citizens have seen a decrease in the cost on their prescriptions. That's another one of his falsehoods. Ours has tripled, what we have to pay for any medications we get. I went to the new movie, "Noah," this afternoon, the opening day. ...
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Rev. Eric Hodge
(Obituary ~ 04/07/14)
The Rev. Eric Payton Hodge, 50, of Delta died Sunday, April 6, 2014, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church in Delta. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the church. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee is in charge of arrangements...
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Out of the past 4/7/14
(Out of the Past ~ 04/07/14)
The proposed recreational lake that would straddle the Cape Girardeau and Bollinger counties line would cost $73 million and generate more than $2.3 billion through construction and development, according to an engineering firm; the firm also estimates the lake would generate more than $200 million annually from tourism and generally boost the economy by more than $330 million a year...
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‘Captain America' sets April record with $96.2M
(Entertainment ~ 04/07/14)
LOS ANGELES -- Disney and Marvel could be one of the finest teams around. Continuing the success of their superhero franchise, "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" has set a record as the biggest domestic April release ever. The Disney sequel debuted with $96.2 million topping the previous record holder, 2011's "Fast Five," which opened with $86.2 million. ...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 4/7/14
(Local News ~ 04/07/14)
401 Independence St. Study session, 5 p.m. today Pertinent address: 401 Independence St., Cape Girardeau, Mo...
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Jackson fire report 4/7/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/07/14)
The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls Thursday: The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls Friday:...
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Jackson police report 4/7/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/07/14)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest Property damage...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 4/7/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/07/14)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Thursday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 4/7/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/07/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
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7M enrolled doesn't secure health law success
(Business ~ 04/07/14)
WASHINGTON -- Seven million people signed up, so there is an appetite for President Barack Obama's health-care law, but that doesn't guarantee success for the country's newest social program. Big challenges are lurking for the next enrollment season, which starts Nov. 15. Chief among them are keeping premiums and other consumer costs in check, and overhauling an enrollment process that was advertised as customer-friendly but turned out to be an ordeal...
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U.S. regains the jobs lost during the recession
(Business ~ 04/07/14)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy has reached a milestone: It has finally regained all the private-sector jobs it lost during the recession. Yet it took six years, and unemployment remains stubbornly high at 6.7 percent. The comeback figures were contained in a government report Friday that showed a solid if unspectacular month of job growth in March...
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Growing demand for U.S. apartments pushes up prices
(Business ~ 04/07/14)
These are good times for U.S. landlords. For many tenants, not so much. With demand for apartments surging, rents are projected to rise for a fifth straight year. Even a pickup in apartment construction is unlikely to provide much relief anytime soon...
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Strait wins entertainer of the year at ACM Awards
(Entertainment ~ 04/07/14)
George Strait won his second entertainer of the year -- 25 years after he won his first -- and Miranda Lambert and Keith Urban teamed up to earn top honors Sunday night at a jam-packed Academy of Country Music Awards that had a little something for everyone...
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Ships race to investigate signals in jet search
(International News ~ 04/07/14)
PERTH, Australia -- Searchers hunting for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet raced toward a patch of the southern Indian Ocean on Sunday to determine whether a few brief sounds picked up by underwater equipment came from the plane's black boxes, whose battery-powered pingers are on the verge of dying out...
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Afghan election hailed as Taliban threat remains
(International News ~ 04/07/14)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghans and the international community hailed its presidential election as a triumph of democracy over violence Sunday, despite complaints about ballot shortages and sporadic fraud after millions of people braved a Taliban threat to vote for a new president. But some cautioned against declaring a premature defeat of the Islamic militants...
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Rwanda genocide: Man and victim now friends
(International News ~ 04/07/14)
NYAMATA, Rwanda -- She lost her baby daughter and her right hand to a manic killing spree. He wielded the machete that took both. Yet today, despite coming from opposite sides of an unspeakable shared past, Alice Mukarurinda and Emmanuel Ndayisaba are friends. She is the treasurer and he the vice president of a group that builds simple brick houses for genocide survivors. They live near each other and shop at the same market...
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Pro-Russians protesters storm Ukraine government buildings
(International News ~ 04/07/14)
KIEV, Ukraine -- Crowds of pro-Russian demonstrators stormed government buildings Sunday in several major cities in eastern Ukraine, where secessionist sentiment has sparked frequent protests since Ukraine's Russia-friendly president was ousted in February...
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Navy rescues family with sick baby from sailboat off Mexican coast
(National News ~ 04/07/14)
SAN DIEGO -- U.S. sailors rescued an American family with an ill 1-year-old from a sailboat that broke down hundreds of miles off the Mexican coast -- boarding them Sunday onto a San Diego-bound Navy ship so the girl could get medical treatment...
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Angry families want GM prosecuted for defects
(National News ~ 04/07/14)
WASHINGTON -- The families of those who died in General Motors cars with defective ignition switches want prosecutors to go after GM insiders responsible for letting the problems fester for more than a decade -- and perhaps for covering them up...
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Secrecy surrounds execution drugs across the country
(State News ~ 04/07/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Dating to the days when the guillotine operator or the hangman wore a mask, a certain amount of anonymity has always surrounded executions. But that secrecy is increasingly coming under fire, with judges, death penalty opponents and lawyers questioning why so little can be known about a state's most solemn responsibility...
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Former Oak Ridge star makes transition from Tiger to Cougar
(College Sports ~ 04/07/14)
SIUE's Thomas is pitching for his third school after starting his college career at Missouri
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Cardinals drop series to Pirates
(Professional Sports ~ 04/07/14)
St. Louis lost 2-1 to end its season-opening road trip with a 3-3 record
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Cardinals reverse roles with Reds in home opener
(Professional Sports ~ 04/07/14)
ST. LOUIS -- The pitching matchup, Tony Cingrani vs. Michael Wacha, is a repeat from the second game of the season in Cincinnati when neither allowed a run in a combined 13 2/3 innings. The color scheme is the same, too, another stadium bathed in red...
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Blues encounter second consecutive defeat
(Professional Sports ~ 04/07/14)
CHICAGO -- Rookie Jeremy Morin scored and set up Patrick Sharp's go-ahead goal in the second period, and the injury-depleted Chicago Blackhawks held on to defeat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 on Sunday afternoon for their third straight win. The Blackhawks ground out the victory despite skating without injured star forwards Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane for the third game. Forward Brandon Saad was a last-minute scratch...
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Southeast Missouri State tennis team falls to EIU
(College Sports ~ 04/07/14)
The Southeast Missouri State tennis team sustained its fourth consecutive loss as host Eastern Illinois prevailed 5-2 on Sunday in Charleston, Ill. Southeast fell to 9-9 overall and 3-4 in the Ohio Valley Conference. EIU improved to 9-4 and 3-4 in the OVC...
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Prayer 4/7/14
(Prayer ~ 04/07/14)
O Lord Jesus, our perfect Savior, thank you for blessing us. Amen.
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TSU hands pair of OVC losses to Southeast Missouri State softball team
(College Sports ~ 04/07/14)
The Southeast Missouri State softball team dropped its second doubleheader of the weekend, losing both games to Tennessee State on Sunday at the Southeast Softball Complex. The Redhawks (7-22, 2-9 OVC) managed just two hits in the first game, a 3-1 loss to the Tigers. Southeast held a lead in the second game, but ultimately lost 4-3. Southeast has lost six of its last seven games and is in last place in the Ohio Valley Conference West division...
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