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Springfield, Mo., man struck, killed by vehicle while crossing street
(State News ~ 06/23/14)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Springfield police are investigating the death of a 52-year-old man who was killed after being struck by a vehicle while he was walking across the street. Police say Springfield resident James Cashier was struck at 11:02 p.m. Saturday by a vehicle driven by 27-year-old Jordan Fairchild of Springfield...
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18-year-old man drowns in Kansas City-area lake
(State News ~ 06/23/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- An 18-year-old Kansas City man died while trying to swim across a cove at an area lake with three friends, all of whom got into trouble during the attempt. The Kansas City Star reported Tim J. Nolen drowned and the other three men had to be rescued Saturday afternoon after trying to cross some 250 yards at Longview Lake in southern Jackson County...
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Eastern Missouri man killed in mower accident
(State News ~ 06/23/14)
ST. CLAIR, Mo. -- An eastern Missouri man is dead after a lawn mower he was riding overturned and pinned him beneath it. The Washington Missourian reported 67-year-old Vernon Peterson of St. Clair was killed in the accident Sunday afternoon. Franklin County sheriff's deputies were called to the home at 2:43 p.m. The sheriff's office says it appears Peterson was using his zero-turn mower when it overturned...
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Kansas City domestic violence shelter adds health-care clinic
(State News ~ 06/23/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A domestic violence center in Kansas City is opening an on-site health clinic to help victims protect their long-term health. The SafeCARE clinic at the Rose Brooks Center, which opened Thursday, will serve domestic violence victims who often receive medical attention only at emergency rooms when they are injured, clinic officials said...
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Ike Skelton political items up for auction on website
(State News ~ 06/23/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Several political items, including correspondence with presidents and other leaders, are among the auction items from the estate of former Missouri congressman Ike Skelton. The Skelton estate items, including a 1988 birthday greeting from "Ron" Reagan at "the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue," went up for bid June 16 at the website of the KC Auction & Appraisal Co. ...
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SEMO Major Case Squad deactivated in investigation of Friday shooting
(Local News ~ 06/23/14)
The SEMO Major Case Squad has been deactivated in the investigation of the shooting death of Joshua Edward Dibert, according to a news release by Sgt. Jason Selzer of the Cape Girardeau Police Department. The Major Case Squad was called in after Dibert, 34, of East Cape Rock Drive in Cape Girardeau, was found dead in a vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest early Friday morning...
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Morley man arrested after traffic stop
(Local News ~ 06/23/14)
BENTON, Mo. -- A Morley, Missouri, man was arrested and charged Saturday for allegedly assaulting a police officer, driving on a revoked license and driving while intoxicated. The man was identified as Steven Aters, 48, according to Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter...
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Conservation department to hold meeting about deer
(Local News ~ 06/23/14)
The Missouri Department of Conservation will hold an open house Tuesday at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Jackson to discuss white-tailed deer management efforts and gather feedback from residents. Attendees will be able to visit informational booths and discuss topics including the history of deer management in Missouri, the state's new deer management plan, possible regulation changes, hunter retention and recruitment, and possible regulation changes to archery hunting and use of crossbows, timing of seasons, harvest limits for bucks and does, and disease management efforts for Chronic Wasting Disease and other infectious diseases, according to information from the Missouri Department of Conservation.. ...
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Jackson community center hinges on FEMA approval
(Local News ~ 06/23/14)
Jackson officials still are waiting for federal grant approval on a safe room section of a proposed community center. In 2012, the city's voters passed a quarter-cent sales tax to fund the center's operation after it's completed. Community-based not-for-profit group Jackson Community Betterment Corp., formerly the Southeast Missouri Medical Center, donated $3 million for construction costs in addition to $200,000 donated by the Cape Girardeau County Historical Society...
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St. Louis places starting pitchers Wacha, Garcia on DL
(Professional Sports ~ 06/23/14)
Both players have shoulder problems
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Mo. auditor: Gun rights proposal could cost state
(State News ~ 06/23/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Does the right "to keep and bear arms" come at a cost? It was included in the U.S. Constitution, arguably at the price of thousands of Americans' lives during the Revolutionary War. Later this summer, Missouri voters will decide whether to enhance the right to bear arms in the state constitution -- a proposal the official summary cautions could come at a "significant" financial cost...
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New businesses open in downtown Cape Girardeau, but vacant buildings remain
(Local News ~ 06/23/14)
It would have been a shame to watch the former Royal N'Orleans restaurant building disintegrate or turn into a parking lot, said Mark Dirnberger, who owns the historic structure in downtown Cape Girardeau. But that's not likely to happen now that the building is home to Katy O'Ferrell's Publick House, 300 Broadway. The soon-to-be-painted salmon-pink building fit the concept of an Irish pub -- an old, folkish gathering place -- and that has positioned it for greater success...
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Flamingo and Pelican
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/23/14)
Flamingo and Pelican in St. Louis Zoo
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SEMO's Faulkner Center to host conference in October
(Local News ~ 06/23/14)
Scholars from around the world soon will flock to Cape Girardeau for a conference about authors William Faulkner and Zora Neale Hurston. The conference, to be hosted in October by the Center for Faulkner Studies at Southeast Missouri State University, is held every other year, said Christopher Rieger, the center's director. This fifth edition is set for Oct. 23 through 25, mainly at the University Center. People from 15 to 20 states and four or five foreign countries usually attend, he said...
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Hummingbird
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/23/14)
Picture of hummingbird on a feeder.
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SoutheastHEALTH Salutes Semoball Award Winners
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/23/14)
SoutheastHEALTH congratulates the Semoball Awards high school athletes of the year. The region's largest healthcare system was the Presenting Sponsor for the celebration Saturday night (June 21) at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau which recognized more than 150 high school athletes. ...
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Historic Plane to Land at Mid Continent Airport June 24th
(Submitted Story ~ 06/23/14)
Cross Country Voyage Retraces Flight Made 48 Years Ago in the Same Aircraft Dates: June 22, Lock Haven, PA - July 2, Riverside, CA In 1966, as teenagers, Rinker Buck and his brother Kern made a journey from the East Coast to the West Coast in a 1949 Piper PA-11. Rinker later wrote a fascinating memoir detailing this trip...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/23/14)
Today is Monday, June 23, the 174th day of 2014. There are 191 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 23, 1314, during the First War of Scottish Independence, the two-day Battle of Bannockburn, resulting in victory for the forces of Robert the Bruce over the army of King Edward II, began near Stirling...
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12 tips to stay safe, conserve in summer heat
(Editorial ~ 06/23/14)
We've had a small taste of the summer season in the past week or so, as the heat index has climbed into the high 90s. Those of us who have lived in the area for any length of time, know what to expect in terms of stifling days ahead. But it's always a good idea to freshen up on ways to stay healthy when the mercury rises. Here are some tips, according to local and national health experts:...
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Speak Out 6/23/14
(Speak Out ~ 06/23/14)
Kudos to courageous conservative columnist Rich Lowry for his June 8 piece published in the Southeast Missourian and appropriately titled, The Swift-Boating of Bowe Bergdahl. Scare tactics I noticed your headline that con artists are using legitimate news stories to scam victims. I did't read the story but was it about the misuse of the media to scare people, a con perpetrated by radical right wingers?...
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Israel's military carries out series of airstrikes against Syria
(International News ~ 06/23/14)
JERUSALEM -- Israeli warplanes bombed a series of targets inside Syria early today, the Israeli military said, in response to a cross-border attack that killed an Israeli teenager the previous day. In all, Israel said it struck nine military targets inside Syria, and "direct hits were confirmed." The targets were near the site of Sunday's violence in the Golan Heights and included a regional military command center and unspecified "launching positions." There was no immediate response from Syria.. ...
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Putin calls for compromise in Ukraine
(International News ~ 06/23/14)
MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly expressed support Sunday for Ukraine's declaration of a cease-fire in its battle against pro-Russian separatists and called on both sides to negotiate a compromise. Putin said such a compromise must guarantee the rights of the Russian-speaking residents of eastern Ukraine, who must feel like they are "an integral part" of their own country. Putin's statement appeared to signal that he sees their future in Ukraine...
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‘Think Like a Man' tops ‘Jersey Boys' with $30M
(Entertainment ~ 06/23/14)
NEW YORK -- The Las Vegas ensemble comedy "Think Like a Man Too" topped a slow weekend at the summer box office with $30 million, besting blockbuster holdovers from last week and Clint Eastwood's new Four Seasons musical "Jersey Boys." The Kevin Hart sequel "Think Like a Man Too" narrowly edged out "22 Jump Street," which earned $29 million in its second week of release, according to studio estimates Sunday. ...
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Out of the past 6/23/14
(Out of the Past ~ 06/23/14)
After accepting the resignation of Dr. Bill W. Stacy as president of Southeast Missouri State University, the board of regents selects Dr. Robert W. Foster, university executive vice president, to serve as interim president. Because of the uncertainty of state funding, the Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents defers until next month action on a 1990 fiscal budget; the board hopes the state's financial picture will be clearer when it meets again in mid-July...
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Births 6/23/14
(Births ~ 06/23/14)
Son to Ronnie Ray and Jessica Rae Maxwell of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 6:22 p.m. Sunday, June 15, 2014. Name, Collin Michael. Weight, 7 pounds, 7 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Maxwell is the former Jessica Bock, daughter of Lee and Debbie Bock of Gordonville. She is a principal with the Jackson School District. Maxwell is the son of Amelia Mansfield of Jackson. He is employed by The Bank of Missouri...
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Jackson fire report 6/23/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/23/14)
Jackson firefighters responded to the following calls Friday: Jackson firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday:...
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Jackson police department 6/23/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/23/14)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
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Cape Girardeau police report 6/23/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/23/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI...
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Ida Werner
(Obituary ~ 06/23/14)
Ida Werner, 91, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Gideon, Missouri, passed away Thursday, June 19, 2014, at Chateau Girardeau. The family will receive friends at 9 a.m. today at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden, Missouri. The funeral service for Mrs. Werner will be at 11 a.m. today at St. Ann Catholic Church in Malden, with the Rev. Glenn Eftink officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Malden...
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Mary Slinkard
(Obituary ~ 06/23/14)
Mary Slinkard, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, June 22, 2014, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from noon until the time of service Tuesday at Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Interment will be at the Missouri Veterans' Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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Emery Moore
(Obituary ~ 06/23/14)
Emery A. Moore, 82, of Delta died Sunday, June 22, 2014, at the family home. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.
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'Ben' Edward Martin
(Obituary ~ 06/23/14)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- "Ben" Edward Martin, 93, of Chaffee passed away at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 21, 2014, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 20, 1920, in Blomeyer, Missouri, to the late August "Gus" and Pauline Elizabeth Schwach Martin...
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Verble Bumgardaner
(Obituary ~ 06/23/14)
ORAN Mo. — Verble Bumgardaner, 86, of Oran died Sunday, June 22, 2014, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, Missouri.
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William Boren
(Obituary ~ 06/23/14)
William "Bill" Lewis Boren, 70, a lifelong resident of Cape Girardeau, passed away Saturday, June 21, 2014, at Southeast Hospital after a three-year battle with renal-cell cancer. He was born July 31, 1943, in Cape Girardeau to the late Wilbur and Vernell Bock Boren...
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Militants blitz through Iraq's western desert
(International News ~ 06/23/14)
BAGHDAD -- Sunni militants have blitzed through the vast desert of western Iraq, capturing four towns and three border crossings and deepening the predicament of the Shiite-led government in Baghdad led by Nouri al-Maliki. The latest military victories -- including two border posts captured Sunday, one along the frontier with Jordan and the other with Syria -- considerably expanded territory under the militants' control just two weeks after the al-Qaida breakaway group began swallowing up chunks of northern Iraq, heightening pressure on al-Maliki to step aside.. ...
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Mayors in Arizona, Texas to use nature to fight climate change
(National News ~ 06/23/14)
HOUSTON -- Mayors from the GOP-dominated states of Texas and Arizona are calling on cities to use nature to fight the effects of climate change, even while Republican governors and lawmakers repeatedly question the science that shows human-caused pollution contributes to global warming...
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Crews fighting Navajo blaze search for hot spots
(National News ~ 06/23/14)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Hundreds of firefighters spent Sunday scouring steep and rugged terrain just east of the Arizona-New Mexico border for any hot spots left from a wildfire that has scorched more than 22 square miles of the Navajo Nation. Some pockets of pinon and juniper were still smoldering and flames were creeping along the interior of the Assayii Lake Fire. But many parts have started to cool down, giving crews a chance to mop up along the edges of the blaze...
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Judge: Bad science led to murder-by-arson sentence
(National News ~ 06/23/14)
The arsonist who killed Ji Yun Lee was especially cruel and calculating, dousing her small cabin in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains with more than 60 gallons of gasoline and heating fuel and setting at least eight fires, ending at the front door to block any chance of escape. Then he watched calmly as the cabin turned into an inferno...
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ABA: Lawyers can scour jurors' social media sites
(National News ~ 06/23/14)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Lawyers have been given the green light to scan the social media sites of jurors. The American Bar Association says it's ethical for lawyers to scour online for publicly available musings of citizens called for jury service -- and even jurors in deliberations...
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VA falls short on female medical issues
(National News ~ 06/23/14)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Already pilloried for long wait times for medical appointments, the beleaguered Department of Veterans Affairs has fallen short of another commitment: to attend to the needs of the rising ranks of female veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, many of them of child-bearing age...
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Federal regulators close two banks in Illinois, Florida
(Business ~ 06/23/14)
NEW YORK -- Regulators have closed two lenders in Illinois and Florida, bringing U.S. bank failures this year to 11 after 24 closures in all of 2013. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Friday it has taken over Valley Bank in Moline, Illinois. The bank had 13 branches, assets of $456.4 million and deposits of $360 million...
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Senator questions protocols in K.C. supremacist case
(State News ~ 06/23/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A U.S. senator from Kansas is questioning whether three people fatally shot at two Kansas City-area Jewish centers this April might still be alive if the federal government had not been so lenient a quarter-century ago with the white supremacist charged in the deaths...
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Starbucks raising prices on drinks, coffee
(Business ~ 06/23/14)
NEW YORK -- Starbucks is raising prices on some of its drinks by 5 cents to 20 cents starting this week, and customers also can soon expect to pay $1 more for the packaged coffee it sells in supermarkets. The Seattle-based chain raised prices on some of the drinks sold in its cafes a year ago. ...
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Energetic stock market pushes toward milestones
(Business ~ 06/23/14)
The U.S. stock market is back to setting records. After treading water for most of March and April, stocks are nudging deeper into record territory and are closing in on milestones with lots of zeros attached to them. The Dow Jones industrial average is within 30 points of 17,000 while the Standard & Poor's 500 is just shy of 2,000 after rising 6 percent this year...
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Job gains fail to offset state unemployment rate
(Business ~ 06/23/14)
Missouri added thousands of jobs in May, but they were not enough to make a dent in the state's unemployment rate. The state Department of Economic Development recently released its May jobs report, which said Missouri's nonfarm payroll employment grew by 3,700 jobs. The state's unemployment rate for May was 6.6 percent...
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People on the Move 6/23/14
(Business ~ 06/23/14)
Stephanie Rogers has been named director of marketing and wellness for Broadway Prescription Shop. Rogers will be responsible for developing and implementing brand strategies, developing marketing strategies and managing the company's promotional events and web and social media growth...
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Business Notebook: Managed deer hunt applications available July 1
(Business ~ 06/23/14)
Beginning July 1, deer hunters may apply online for one of about 5,700 openings for more than 100 Missouri Department of Conservation-managed deer hunts from mid-September through mid-January. The hunts provide extra hunting opportunities and help achieve the agency's deer-management goals, according to a news release from the Missouri Department of Conservation...
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Cardinals salvage split with Phillies
(Professional Sports ~ 06/23/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Mark Ellis knew he might not see a whole lot of playing time when he signed a free-agent contract with the St. Louis Cardinals in December. "I figured they'd want me to come off the bench, and I'm fine doing that," he said. "I just want to be on a winning team."...
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Portugal's late goal leaves Americans fit to be tied
(Professional Sports ~ 06/23/14)
MANAUS, Brazil -- They were less than 30 seconds away. The Americans were about to romp into the round of 16 at the World Cup, about to walk off with their first come-from-behind win at soccer's showcase. About to advance with a game to spare. About to win consecutive World Cup games for the first time since 1930...
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Capahas use strong pitching to sweep Springfield
(Community Sports ~ 06/23/14)
Plaza Tire pitchers threw a pair of three hitters as the Capahas swept the visiting Springfield Pallys on Sunday at Capaha Field. Travis Hayes did not allow an earned run in the Capahas' 5-3 win in the opener, and Dylan Lynn blanked the Pallys in a 3-0 triumph in the nightcap...
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Area digest 6/23/14
(Community Sports ~ 06/23/14)
The Jackson Junior Legion baseball team posted 11-3 and 10-5 victories over the Charleston Babe Ruth 16s on Sunday at Herzog Stadium. Jeremiach McGuire threw a complete game in the opener for the win. Cameron Duke had three hits for Jackson, while Jay Hutchison and Triston Thele both had two...
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Motivator helps his audiences find answers
(High School Sports ~ 06/23/14)
~ Maynard spoke privately before Semoball Awards banquet Kyle Maynard, a two-time ESPY award-winning athlete and the first quadruple amputee to reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, spoke at the inaugural Semoball Awards on Saturday at the Show Me Center...
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Prayer 6/23/14
(Prayer ~ 06/23/14)
O Lord Jesus, may we be filled with the peace that passes all understanding. Amen.
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