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Police investigate shooting incident on Penny Ave.
(Local News ~ 06/17/14)
At about 5 p.m. Monday night, police officers were on the scene of an earlier shooting incident in the 600 block of Penny Avenue in Cape Girardeau. Darin Hickey, public information officer for the Cape Girardeau Police Department, said police received a phone call around 2 a.m. reporting shots fired in the residential district. Officers were finally able to execute a search warrant Monday evening...
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14-year-old injured by gunshot
(Local News ~ 06/17/14)
A call came in to the Cape Girardeau Police Department at 9:56 p.m. Monday night regarding a shooting that occurred in the 1000 block of Bloomfield Street in Cape Girardeau. Darin Hickey, public information officer for the Cape Girardeau Police Department, said a 14-year-old boy was walking in the alleyway near Bloomfield Street when it appears he was struck one time by a gunshot. He said it appeared to only be one shot, but could not confirm...
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Cape council approves $71 million budget
(Local News ~ 06/17/14)
The Cape Girardeau City Council gave final approval to a number of budgetary items at its regular meeting Monday and discussed the renewal of the fire sales tax. The question to extend the 1/8-cent portion of the fire tax was initially planned to go before voters in August. ...
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Vietnam memorial to pass through Southern Illinois in September
(Local News ~ 06/17/14)
A traveling Vietnam memorial wall that last made an appearance in Cape Girardeau decades ago will visit the region once more in September. The American Veterans Traveling Tribute Vietnam Wall will be in Carbondale, Illinois, Sept. 11 through 14 at the practice football field on the Southern Illinois University campus, in conjunction with Southeast Missouri State University and other entities...
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How to keep cool as things heat up
(Community ~ 06/17/14)
Don't let the recent rainfall fool you -- summer is still on the way, and this is still Missouri. Summer around here can become dangerously hot, and with the heat comes the yearly threat of heat-related illness. The National Weather Service and the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration have begun a joint campaign to warn meteorologists across the country that summer is about to heat up...
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Missouri considers Noranda electric rate cut
(State News ~ 06/17/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's largest electric consumer told state regulators Monday it needs a significant rate reduction from the state's largest power company to spare the jobs of hundreds of employees at an aluminum smelter in Southeast Missouri...
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Ground broken on Scott City FEMA shelter, theater space
(Local News ~ 06/17/14)
If it's true that good things come to those who wait, the Scott City School District did just that, breaking ground Monday on a performing arts theater/Federal Emergency Management Agency safe room four years in the making. The cost of the project is $2.1 million. ...
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Walk-off homer propels Jackson Senior Legion to win over Cape Ford and Sons
(Community Sports ~ 06/17/14)
Kelby Brown picked the perfect time to hit his first home run of the season. His one-out, walk-off solo shot in the bottom of the seventh inning Tuesday lifted Jackson Post 158 to a 3-2 victory.
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Vietnam Wall replica arrives today in Perryville
(Local News ~ 06/17/14)
The following story has been change to correct Gen. Frank Grass's status in the military. What started off as a discussion about bringing a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to Perryville, Missouri, has turned into a full-fledged event featuring school tours, a candlelight vigil and an address by Gen. Frank Grass, a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/17/14)
Today is Tuesday, June 17, the 168th day of 2014. There are 197 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 17, 1789, during the French Revolution, the Third Estate declared itself a national assembly, and undertook to frame a constitution. (This gathering gave rise to the political terms "left wing" and "right wing," with deputies representing commoners sitting to the left of the assembly president, and nobles sitting to the right.)...
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Debating the levee three years later
(Editorial ~ 06/17/14)
Three years ago, Southeast Missouri, specifically those living in Mississippi and New Madrid counties, experienced the biggest local natural disaster of a generation. The great flood of 2011 was an epic that played out in real time, as the region followed by the minute the decision to blow a levee and intentionally flood 130,000 acres of farmland, including several homes. Finally, the decision was made that May to detonate Birds Point levee. It was the first time that had happened since 1937...
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Fireworks, an open house and garden clubs
(Column ~ 06/17/14)
Summer is here and it appears as I write this column that we are staying in a period of a continued monsoon season. However I remain convinced that we will be wishing for some of these showers when we approach the later part of the summer. We are rapidly approaching the July Fourth holiday where we as a community and nation celebrate Independence Day. ...
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Martha Rasmussen
(Obituary ~ 06/17/14)
O'FALLON, Mo, -- Martha Leona Rasmussen, 86, of O'Fallon died Sunday, June 15, 2014, at her home. She was born Oct. 24, 1927, in Bell City, Missouri, to James Elonzo "Lon" and "Grace" Earl Loftin Bollinger. Martha had been an LPN at Normandy Osteopathic Hospital. She moved from Fruitland to O'Fallon in 2005...
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Peggy Ladd
(Obituary ~ 06/17/14)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Peggy June Ladd, 70, of Advance passed away Sunday, June 15, 2014, at Advance Nursing Center. She was born March 7, 1944, at Brownwood, Missouri. Peggy and Jerry Ladd were married in 1967 at Greenbrier, Missouri. He preceded her in death Jan. 13, 2011...
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Keith Jordan
(Obituary ~ 06/17/14)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Keith W. Jordan, 48, of Advance passed away Sunday, June 15, 2014, at his home. He was born June 27, 1965, in St. Louis, son of Albert and Lamona Moore Jordan. Survivors include his mother, Lamona Jordan of Advance; a brother, James Jordan of Cape Girardeau; two sisters, Linda Niswanger of Cadet, Missouri, and Pamela Nix of Delta; nephews and nieces, Ronald Niswanger Jr., Robert Niswanger, Cody Niswanger, Angel Nix, Tiffany Nix Henson, Brandie Nix and Bobby Nix; and 11 great-nephews and great-nieces, Joshua, Noah, Dayton, KK, Kameron, Chase, Kamryn, Cayden, Corbyn, Paetyn and Jordyn.. ...
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Robert Gegg
(Obituary ~ 06/17/14)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Robert "Bob" Gegg, 73, of Perryville died Sunday, June 15, 2014, at his home. He was a U.S. Army veteran. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. A Catholic wake will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday...
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Kathryn Garrett
(Obituary ~ 06/17/14)
Kathryn Marie Garrett, 67, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 14, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Morgan Funeral Home in Advance, Missouri, is in charge of arrangements...
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Jeremy Evans
(Obituary ~ 06/17/14)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Jeremy P. Evans, 34, of Chaffee died Sunday, June 15, 2014, at Deer Leap Recreation Area on the Current River north of Doniphan, Missouri. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the chapel, with the Rev. Teresa Williams officiating. Burial will be in Union Park Cemetery...
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Linda Armstrong
(Obituary ~ 06/17/14)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Linda Faye Armstrong, 68, of Marble Hill passed away Sunday, June 15, 2014, at her home. She was born June 15, 1946, in Bollinger County, Missouri, daughter of Ed and Anna Cook Long. She and Raymond Eugene Armstrong were married March 6, 1965...
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Jackson police report 6/17/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/17/14)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Summonses Property damage Assault Miscellaneous...
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Cape Girardeau police report 6/17/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/17/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWIs Arrests Burglaries Robbery Property damage Thefts Miscellaneous...
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Giving increases in some sectors, not in others
(National News ~ 06/17/14)
NEW YORK -- Wealthy donors are lavishing money on their favored charities, including universities, hospitals and arts institutions, while giving is flat to social service and church groups more dependent on financially squeezed middle-class donors, according to the latest comprehensive report on how Americans give away their money...
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Nielsen throws out family that cheated system
(Entertainment ~ 06/17/14)
NEW YORK -- The Nielsen company has delayed its ratings for Los Angeles radio stations because it found an employee of a Univision-owned radio station was cheating the system. Nielsen strictly forbids employees of media organizations from participating in its measurement system. But the company said Monday that an employee of KSCA radio station had misrepresented himself to become part of Nielsen's sample audience, and reported that he'd been listening to a lot of KSCA...
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James Franco to make stage directing debut
(Entertainment ~ 06/17/14)
NEW YORK -- James Franco is adding another notch to his expansive resume -- stage director. Rattlestick Playwrights Theater said Monday that Franco will direct Robert Boswell's world premiere play "The Long Shrift" from July 7 through Aug. 23. The off-Broadway job will coincide with Franco's current one on Broadway as an actor in "Of Mice and Men."...
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High court sides with gun-control groups on ‘straw purchaser' law
(National News ~ 06/17/14)
WASHINGTON -- A divided Supreme Court sided with gun-control groups and the Obama administration Monday, ruling that the federal government can strictly enforce laws that ban a "straw" purchaser from buying a gun for someone else. The justices ruled 5-4 that the law applied to a Virginia man who bought a gun with the intention of transferring it to his uncle in Pennsylvania -- even though the uncle is not prohibited from owning firearms...
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Oil barely changed as market watches Iraq turmoil
(National News ~ 06/17/14)
The price of oil finished down 1 cent as fears of widening instability in Iraq, a key energy producer, were tempered by views that its oil exports would not be affected for now. The benchmark U.S. crude contract for July delivery closed at $106.90 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Earlier Monday, it reached $107.54. Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils, gained 48 cents to $112.94 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London...
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Court reporter dies before finishing transcript in Mo. kidnapping case
(State News ~ 06/17/14)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Greene County authorities are trying to determine if the death of a court reporter will affect the trial of a man accused of kidnapping and killing a 10-year-old Springfield girl. Longtime court reporter Jeanette Freeman, who died June 3 at her home of natural causes, had been hired to take notes during the preliminary hearing for Craig Wood, who is accused of killing Hailey Owens of Springfield in February, The Springfield News-Leader reported. ...
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Winfield's daughter asks governor for clemency
(State News ~ 06/17/14)
ST. LOUIS -- When John Winfield went on a shooting spree in 1996 in St. Louis County, he killed two women and permanently blinded the mother of his two children. One of those children is now part of the effort to save him. Winfield, 43, is scheduled to be put to death at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. It would be the fifth execution in Missouri this year. But it also would be among the first since a botched execution in Oklahoma in April raised new concerns about the death penalty...
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Cape native to receive foreign service award
(Local News ~ 06/17/14)
A Cape Girardeau native will receive an award from the American Foreign Service Association for her contributions as a foreign service office management specialist. Carol K. Backman, who holds a bachelor of arts degree from Southeast Missouri State University, joined the AFSA as an office management specialist in 2002. Since that time, she has been assigned to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Minsk, Belarus; Canberra, Australia; and Washington, D.C. She's currently assigned to Ankara, Turkey...
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Southeast online MBA program ranked 9th most affordable in U.S.
(Local News ~ 06/17/14)
OnlineU.org has ranked Southeast Missouri State University's online master of business administration program as the ninth most affordable online MBA program nationally. The list displays the 25 most affordable schools offering online MBA degrees, range in annual tuition from $3,912 to $17,404. Annual tuition for Southeast's MBA program is listed at $8,341...
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Three Rivers College night school program offers associate degrees
(Local News ~ 06/17/14)
Three Rivers College has announced a new program called Evening Advantage, designed to make it easier for nontraditional students to obtain an associate degree. The program, set to start in August, will allow participants to complete an associate degree in general education with two nights of classes per week for two years. Director of communications Teresa Johnson said the application is at trcc.edu/home.php...
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Births 6/17/14
(Births ~ 06/17/14)
Son to Hali Mignon Rodgers of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 4:59 p.m. Friday, May 23, 2014. Name, Caiden. Weight, 5 pounds, 7 ounces. First child. Ms. Rodgers is the daughter of Dale and Georgia Rodgers of Jackson. Daughter to Tyler Michael and Rachel Lynn Wade of Advance, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 1:50 p.m. ...
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Jackson Board of Aldermen discusses water rate study
(Local News ~ 06/17/14)
A water rate study is the next step toward water system improvements for the city of Jackson as it begins closing in on a bond issue slated for the November ballot. The Jackson Board of Aldermen discussed the upcoming study during the board's study session after its meeting Monday evening. ...
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Schnucks recalls cakes garnished with pecans
(Local News ~ 06/17/14)
Schnucks Bakery has issued a voluntary recall on devil's food cakes topped with "undeclared pecans." During an ingredient/label review, it was noted that although pecans were visible on top of the cakes, the known allergen was not disclosed on the label. A news release said pecans were not baked inside the product...
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Two men face charges in armed robbery
(Local News ~ 06/17/14)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Two men are in custody following an armed robbery in Portageville. Brandon Lee Johnson, 21, of Slidell, Louisiana, and Kevin L. Sago, 30, of New Madrid, Missouri, are charged with first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary and three felony charges of kidnapping, facilitating a felony, inflicting injury and terrorizing in connection with a robbery at a Portageville business...
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Two arrested in incident at Scott County Courthouse
(Local News ~ 06/17/14)
BENTON, Mo. -- A man and a woman were arrested after an incident at the Scott County Courthouse late last week. Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter said Matthew Carmack, 23, of Sikeston, Missouri, and Nicole Layton, 30, of Perryville, Missouri, were arrested by Scott County deputies outside the Scott County Courthouse in Benton...
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Gunmen singled out non-Muslims in Kenya attack
(International News ~ 06/17/14)
NAIROBI, Kenya -- The gunmen went door to door in the Kenyan costal town, demanding to know if the men inside were Muslim and if they spoke Somali. If the extremists did not like the answers, they opened fire, witnesses said Monday. Al-Shabab, a Somali al-Qaida-linked group, claimed responsibility for the hourslong assault on Mpeketoni in which 48 people were killed. ...
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Iran general helping train Iraq forces
(International News ~ 06/17/14)
BAGHDAD -- In a sign of Iran's deepening involvement in the Iraqi crisis, the commander of Tehran's elite Quds Force is helping Iraq's military and Shiite militias gear up to fight the Sunni insurgents advancing across the country, officials said Monday...
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Russia cuts gas supply to Ukraine as tensions soar
(International News ~ 06/17/14)
MOSCOW -- Russia halted natural gas deliveries to Ukraine on Monday, spurning Ukraine's offer to pay some of its multibillion-dollar gas debt and demanding upfront payments for future supplies. The decision, coming amid deep tensions over eastern Ukraine, provoked strong words from both sides but does not immediately affect the crucial flow of Russian gas to Europe. Ukraine has enough reserves to last until December, according to the head of its state gas company Naftogaz...
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Obama to sign order extending gays' protections
(National News ~ 06/17/14)
WASHINGTON -- After years of pressure from gay rights groups, President Barack Obama plans to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity, the White House said Monday...
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Starbucks clears college degree path for workers
(National News ~ 06/17/14)
NEW YORK -- Starbucks is giving its baristas a shot at an online college degree, an unusual benefit in an industry where higher education is often out of reach for workers. The coffee chain is partnering with Arizona State University to make an online undergraduate degree available at a steep discount to any of its 135,000 U.S. employees who work at least 20 hours a week...
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California wildfire destroys 3 homes, threatens 1,000
(National News ~ 06/17/14)
LAKE ISABELLA, Calif. -- A smoky mountain wildfire destroyed three houses and forced hundreds of people to leave their homes despite progress Monday clearing fire lines west of a lake near Bakersfield, California, officials said. At least two of the burned houses appeared to be abandoned, the U.S. Forest Service said in a statement...
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Phoenix priest killed with gun owned by colleague, police say
(National News ~ 06/17/14)
PHOENIX -- A homeless ex-convict with a history of violence and drug abuse was arrested Monday on suspicion of killing a clergyman with a handgun that had been retrieved by another priest after he was hit with an iron rod at a Phoenix church, police said...
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2-year-old GPS tracking case has left unsettled questions
(National News ~ 06/17/14)
WASHINGTON -- Judges around the country are grappling with the ripple effects of a 2-year-old Supreme Court ruling on GPS tracking, reaching conflicting conclusions on the case's meaning and tackling unresolved questions that flare in a world where privacy and technology increasingly collide...
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Mississippi sues Experian, alleging errors, law violations
(National News ~ 06/17/14)
WASHINGTON -- Mississippi has sued Experian, the world's largest firm that collects detailed information about consumers to evaluate their financial trustworthiness. The lawsuit -- and a separate investigation of the industry by 32 other states led by Ohio -- represent a significant new legal challenge to the industry over allegations of paperwork errors and violations of consumer protection laws...
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With economy hazy, Fed is unlikely to shift course
(National News ~ 06/17/14)
WASHINGTON -- When Federal Reserve officials gather this week and Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen speaks with reporters, investors will be seeking clues to two big questions:When will the Fed finally start raising short-term interest rates? And how -- and when -- will it start unloading its vast investment holdings?...
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Health beat: DEET, showers and tick checks can stop ticks
(Community ~ 06/17/14)
Gardening, camping, hiking and playing outdoors -- when enjoying these activities, don't forget to take steps to prevent bites from ticks that share the outdoors. Ticks can infect humans with bacteria, viruses and parasites that can cause serious illness. ...
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New study aims to rapidly test lung cancer drugs
(Community ~ 06/17/14)
A bold new way to test cancer drugs started Monday in hundreds of hospitals around the U.S. In a medical version of speed dating, doctors will sort through multiple experimental drugs and match patients to the one most likely to succeed based on each person's unique tumor gene profile...
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Mueller's hat trick leads Germany's rout of Portugal
(Professional Sports ~ 06/17/14)
SALVADOR, Brazil -- Thomas Mueller picked up where he left off at the World Cup, scoring a hat trick in Germany's 4-0 victory over 10-man Portugal in the Group G opener on Monday. Mueller scored five goals at the 2010 World Cup, along with three other players, but the Bayern Munich foward also had three assists and that gave him the honor of top scorer in South Africa...
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No Wainwright, no problems for Cardinals and rookie pitchers
(Professional Sports ~ 06/17/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Adam Wainwright had a nice view from his seat in the dugout. The kids had it under control. Allen Craig and Matt Adams each had two RBIs and the St. Louis Cardinals got effective work from rookie pitchers subbing for their ace in a 6-2 victory over the New York Mets on Monday night...
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Teams bring favorite foods with them to Brazil
(Professional Sports ~ 06/17/14)
SAO PAULO -- Italy packed Parmesan, olive oil and prosciutto. The U.S. brought oatmeal, Cheerios, peanut butter and A1 Steak Sauce. The Mexican team, of course, required a little more spice. El Tri traveled with the ingredients for pozole, along with chili peppers, chipotle chilies and nopales -- or cactus...
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Offensive outburst leads SEMO Strokers to win over Jackson Senior Babe Ruth
(Community Sports ~ 06/17/14)
The Strokers, officially the Advance Senior Babe Ruth team, defeated the Jackson Senior Babe Ruth Cyclones 13-2 on Monday at Jackson Legion Field.
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Road work 6/17/14
(Local News ~ 06/17/14)
Contractor crews are scheduled to perform a pavement overlay on Route Z in Stoddard County, from Highway 25 to Highway 153. The work will be done June 30 through July 30, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, according to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release...
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Four people jailed after Bernie, Mo., drug bust
(Local News ~ 06/17/14)
A weekend drug bust in Bernie, Missouri, resulted in four people being put behind bars. They are the following: Bernie police chief Justin Allen said the bust was a cooperative effort between the Bernie Police Department, the Stoddard County Sheriff's Office and the office of Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Russell Oliver...
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Padre great, MLB Hall of Famer Gwynn dies at 54
(Professional Sports ~ 06/17/14)
He died from oral cancer he attributed to chewing tobacco use
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Out of the past 6/17/14
(Out of the Past ~ 06/17/14)
A Day of Recollection is held at St. Vincent's Evangelization Center, 201 Morgan Oak St., commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Frank Duff, founder of the Legion of Mary; in this area, only five parishes still support units of the legion: St. Mary's Cathedral here, and the parishes at Charleston, Sikeston, Chaffee and Leopold, Missouri...
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Prayer 6/17/14
(Prayer ~ 06/17/14)
O Lord Jesus, may we, with one voice, praise your name. Amen.
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Facilities brace for aging vets of Vietnam War
(Local News ~ 06/17/14)
Charlie Thrower, a Vietnam veteran whose 10-month tour in the U.S. Army ended on May 28, 1971, was 19 when he was drafted. The same day his parents sent him off on the Army bus, they attended his cousin's funeral. That young man had just been killed in the war...
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