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Rep. Smith hosts forum about new air-quality regulations
(Local News ~ 07/02/14)
Local legislators, city officials and business leaders gathered Tuesday morning to discuss a common concern: air-quality standards. U.S. Rep. Jason Smith hosted the meeting at the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce to better understand how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's plans to tighten National Ambient Air Quality Standards will affect businesses...
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Suspect arrested in shooting that injured Cape Girardeau man
(Local News ~ 07/02/14)
A Cape Girardeau man was in custody Tuesday evening in connection with a shooting that left another man in serious condition, Cape Girardeau police announced. Deion Miguel Phillips, 18, faces charges of first-degree assault and armed criminal action...
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Obama: Highway funding crisis coming in August
(National News ~ 07/02/14)
WASHINGTON -- Gridlock in Washington will lead to gridlock across the country if lawmakers can't quickly agree on how to pay for highway and transit programs, President Barack Obama and his top officials warned Tuesday. States will begin to feel the pain of cutbacks in federal aid as soon as the first week in August -- peak summer driving time -- if Congress doesn't act, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a letter to states. ...
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More torrential downpours worsen Midwest flooding
(State News ~ 07/02/14)
But in Cape Girardeau, any flooding problems on the Mississippi River aren't expected for days.
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New University of Missouri chancellor visits Jackson
(Local News ~ 07/02/14)
On the job since February, University of Missouri Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin is trying to visit as many spots around the state as possible. On Tuesday, he visited the University of Missouri Extension Office in Jackson, where he spoke about his new post, university enrollment and programs that touch people's lives, such as extension and the Missouri College Advising Corps...
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Bollinger County Library summer reading group builds Lego dinosaur
(Submitted Story ~ 07/02/14)
Today was an exciting and fun filled day at the Bollinger County Museum of Natural History in Marble Hill! The Bollinger County Library Summer Reading group visited and created a Lego dinosaur creation. A great time was had by all! Want to try your hand at creating a big Lego dinosaur? Join us on Friday, July 11 when Ms. ...
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Storms in Benton
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/02/14)
Storm in Benton Mo 7/1/2014
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/02/14)
Today is Wednesday, July 2, the 183rd day of 2014. There are 182 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law a sweeping civil rights bill passed by Congress. On this date:...
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Speak Out 7/2/14
(Speak Out ~ 07/02/14)
After reading Mike Jensen's withering critique of John Kerry, I am convinced we need to replace Kerry with Jensen. Water need If there was a water or electric company that would move in and supply the residents of Cape Girardeau with at least a one percent discount in the rates that we pay now, our pockets would feel much heavier...
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Alma Schrader recognized for character-building
(Editorial ~ 07/02/14)
The importance of good character cannot be overstated. It's critical to doing anything well. Alma Schrader Elementary School has taken this idea and put it into action with Tigers Across the Ages and Courtyard Crashers. The programs recently were recognized nationally by Character Education Partnership as Promising Practices...
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The president is out of touch
(Column ~ 07/02/14)
When Richard Nixon was running for president, his handlers sensed voters thought he was out of touch with the common man. And history would prove them right. So to give the always-stiff Nixon a more common touch, he was scheduled to appear on the highly-popular "Laugh-In" comedy program using the now-famous line, "Sock it to me!"...
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Water fetches high prices in California
(National News ~ 07/02/14)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Throughout California's desperately dry Central Valley, those with water to spare are cashing in. As a third parched summer forces farmers to fallow fields and lay off workers, two water districts and a pair of landowners in the heart of the state's farmland are making millions of dollars by auctioning their private caches...
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Kentucky gay-marriage ban is struck down
(National News ~ 07/02/14)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A federal judge in Kentucky struck down the state's ban on gay marriage Tuesday, though the ruling was put on hold and it was not immediately clear when same-sex couples could be issued marriage licenses. U.S. District Judge John G. ...
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Measles outbreak affects big Amish events
(National News ~ 07/02/14)
SHILOH, Ohio -- Visitors from around the world to two upcoming events in Ohio's Amish country could come away with more than they bargained for, health officials fear -- a case of measles from the nation's largest outbreak in two decades. The outbreak, with more than 360 cases, started after Amish travelers to the Philippines contracted measles this year and returned home to rural Knox County. ...
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Justices find common ground on privacy
(National News ~ 07/02/14)
WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court justices found more common ground than usual this year, and nowhere was their unanimity more surprising than in a ruling that police must get a judge's approval before searching the cellphones of people they've arrested...
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Cannibal-plot case against cop tossed
(National News ~ 07/02/14)
NEW YORK -- A former New York Police Department officer left jail Tuesday after a judge stunned prosecutors and overturned his conviction in a case accusing him of plotting on the Internet to kidnap, kill and eat young women, including his wife...
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Robin Williams pursues ongoing 12-step treatment
(Entertainment ~ 07/02/14)
LOS ANGELES -- Robin Williams is reconnecting with the 12-step program during a brief stay at a Minnesota facility. A spokeswoman for the 62-year-old actor-comedian says Williams planned the visit as a respite to recharge after more than 18 straight months of work...
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Thousands of Israelis mourn slain teens
(International News ~ 07/02/14)
JERUSALEM -- Tens of thousands of mourners converged Tuesday in central Israel for a funeral for three teenagers found dead in the West Bank after a two-week search and crackdown on the Hamas militant group, which Israeli leaders have accused of abducting and killing the young men...
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Fighting engulfs key city in east Ukraine
(International News ~ 07/02/14)
DONETSK, Ukraine -- Rifle shots rang out Tuesday in the streets of the largest city in eastern Ukraine and panicked residents fled gunbattles as fighting flared with new intensity after the president ended a cease-fire. Hopes for peace in eastern Ukraine appeared to sink, as separatist rebels fought to gain ground and disorganized government troops did not seem capable of crushing the mutiny...
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Militant urges Muslims to build an Islamic state
(International News ~ 07/02/14)
BAGHDAD -- The leader of the extremist group that has overrun parts of Iraq and Syria has called on Muslims around the world to flock to territories under his control to fight and build an Islamic state. In a recording posted online Tuesday, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared he wants to turn the enclave his fighters have carved out in the heart of the Middle East into a magnet for militants. ...
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Health law sign-ups dogged by data flaws
(National News ~ 07/02/14)
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is struggling to resolve widespread data discrepancies that could call into question coverage for millions under the health overhaul, the government's health care fraud watchdog reported Tuesday. In a pair of reports, the Health and Human Services inspector general found key personal details submitted by many consumers do not match up with records the government has on file...
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St. Louis archdiocese granted injunction in birth-control case
(State News ~ 07/02/14)
ST. LOUIS -- A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction to the Archdiocese of St. Louis in its legal challenge to mandatory birth control coverage under the federal government's health insurance mandate. The archdiocese and Catholic Charities of St. ...
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Judge rejects challenges to ballot items
(State News ~ 07/02/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri judge rejected legal challenges Tuesday to a pair of proposed constitutional amendments dealing with gun rights and transportation taxes that are to appear on the ballot next month. In two rulings, Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem dismissed the lawsuits as moot because less than six weeks remain before the Aug. 5 election. He also upheld the ballot summaries approved by the Republican-led Legislature as sufficient and fair...
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Tourniquets make comeback with American law enforcement
(National News ~ 07/02/14)
HOUSTON -- Rushing into a Houston home, police officer Austin Huckabee encountered a drunken, combative man bleeding profusely on the kitchen floor. He quickly realized the blood was spurting in rhythm with the man's heart and cardiac arrest was just moments away...
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Births 7/2/14
(Births ~ 07/02/14)
Daughter to Trae Clifford Huey and Briana Lynn McDowell of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 4:41 a.m. Monday, March 17, 2014. Name, Ila Judith. Weight, 1 pound, 8 ounces. Ms. McDowell is the daughter of Rebecca Heuring of Morley, Missouri, and Thomas McDowell and Edna McDowell of Cape Girardeau. Huey is the son of Chuck Huey and Lisa Huey of Cape Girardeau. He is employed by Pizza Hut...
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Out of the past 7/2/14
(Out of the Past ~ 07/02/14)
The Rev. James R. Davis, pastor of Grace United Methodist Church, is presented his doctoral hood during morning worship services; making the presentation is Dr. Doug Wingeier of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois; Davis received the doctorate of ministry degree at the seminary May 26...
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Storms cause problems in Southeast Missouri
(Local News ~ 07/02/14)
The inclement weather Tuesday afternoon and evening caused a few problems throughout Southeast Missouri. In Perry County, thunderstorms overturned three tractor-trailers along Interstate 55. In Stoddard County, trained spotters were reporting wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour, the National Weather Service reported...
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Jackson teen arrested on drug charges
(Local News ~ 07/02/14)
A Jackson teenager is in jail on $15,000 bond after officers caught him with four bags of marijuana, the Jackson Police Department reported Tuesday. Tyler W. Glydewell, 19, was arrested Sunday at the Jackson City Park, Jackson police reported in a news release Tuesday...
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Union County residents warned about scam
(Local News ~ 07/02/14)
Union County, Illinois, State's Attorney Tyler Edmonds is warning residents about a telephone scam in which a caller pretends to represent his office in an attempt to trick them out of money. A person identified as Justin Cobb, who claims to be affiliated with Edmonds' office, calls residents, tells them they owe money for failure to appear for jury duty and instructs them to wire money or obtain a money card and send payment for the fine, Edmonds reported in a news release Tuesday...
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Eighteen sentenced to prison on Law Day
(Local News ~ 07/02/14)
Eighteen defendants were given prison sentences by 35th Circuit Court Judge Robert Mayer during Law Day proceedings last week at the Dunklin County Courthouse in Kennett, Missouri. They included:n Jeremy L. Reed, eight years for being a felon in possession of a firearm...
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Benton man arrested on suspicion of domestic assault
(Local News ~ 07/02/14)
BENTON, Mo. -- A Benton man is in custody for domestic assault, after reportedly choking a woman. Travis Huckabay, 41, was arrested by Cpl. Justin Wooten of the Scott County Sheriff's Office at 6 a.m. Monday. Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter said Wooten was called to a residence shortly after 5:30 a.m. During an interview, the victim showed the deputy injuries that were sustained when she allegedly was choked by Huckabay...
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Kennett man charged with first-degree murder
(Local News ~ 07/02/14)
KENNETT, Mo. -- The charge against a Kennett man accused of killing his wife has been amended to first-degree murder. Dunklin County Prosecuting Attorney Stephen Sokoloff said the amended charge against Allan Branum was based on additional reports received by his office after the original charge was filed. Branum initially had been charged with second-degree murder...
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State offers loans for energy efficiency projects
(Local News ~ 07/02/14)
The Missouri Department of Economic Development announced Tuesday it is making available $7.5 million in low-interest loans to public schools, public or private colleges and universities, local governments, public water and wastewater treatment facilities, and public/private not-for-profit hospitals to complete energy-efficiency and renewable energy projects throughout Missouri...
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More litigation expected over Butler County candidate
(Local News ~ 07/02/14)
Rocky Kingree's name will be on the Republican primary election ballot in Butler County, but more litigation is expected. "He may win this battle, but he will not win the war," Prosecuting Attorney Kevin Barbour said Friday in Butler County Circuit Court...
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Cape murder trial delayed until August
(Local News ~ 07/02/14)
MURPHYSBORO, Ill. -- Brandon Banks has a public defender, but it will be a while before the murder case against him can move forward. Banks, 28, is accused of killing 40-year-old Marsha Ann Brown of Cape Girardeau in January and dumping her body in a ditch in rural Makanda, Illinois...
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Cape Girardeau police report 7/2/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/02/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
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Una Worth
(Obituary ~ 07/02/14)
Una Joyce Worth, 75, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, formerly of Bell City, Missouri, passed away Monday, June 30, 2014, at The Medical Center. Joyce was born Dec. 14, 1938, in Manila, Arkansas. She was a retired Realtor with Re-Max Real Estate Executives of Bowling Green. She was a member of State Street United Methodist Church, an active member of the Women's Circle and an avid animal lover. She was an accomplished pianist, loving wife, mother, sister and grandmother...
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Raymond Sills
(Obituary ~ 07/02/14)
ANNA, Ill. -- Raymond E. Sills, 76, of Anna died Monday, June 30, 2014, at Kindred Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Nov. 18, 1937, son of Walter and Margie Watkins Sills. Raymond served his country honorably in the United States Army during the Korean War...
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Charlene Markland
(Obituary ~ 07/02/14)
Charlene Markland, 80, of Scott City died Tuesday, July 1, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 9, 1933, in Winn, Arkansas. She married Charles Edward Markland on April 17, 1959. Survivors include her husband, Charles of Scott City; two sons, Chuck (Becky) Markland of Scott City and Chris (Kim) Markland of Cape Girardeau; a daughter, Cheryl (Mike) Cut-right of Scott City; a sister, Mary Lou Phipps of Scott City; eight grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.. ...
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Harold Livingston
(Obituary ~ 07/02/14)
Harold Ray "Lee" Livingston Jr., 67, passed away peacefully Friday, June 27, 2014, at his home in Overland, Missouri, surrounded by family and friends. Lee was born April 29, 1947, in Cape Girardeau, to Jueldeen and Harold Livingston, longtime residents of Scott City...
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William Jenkins
(Obituary ~ 07/02/14)
William Rudolph Jenkins, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, June 30, 2014, at Heartland Care and Rehab in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 28, 1932, in Cape Girardeau to Fred and Annie Runnels Jenkins. William was a veteran of the United States Army, receiving a Purple Heart and two Bronze Medals...
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Willard Hubbard
(Obituary ~ 07/02/14)
Willard Earl Hubbard, 73, of Jackson died Tuesday, July 1, 2014, at his home. He was born Oct. 11, 1940, in Schuyler County, Missouri, son of Wilbur Edwin and Wilma Woods Hubbard. He and Marjorie Bragg were married June 1, 1958. Five children were born to this marriage. He and Lazana "Zane" Nelson Jenkinson were married Jan 4, 1975, in Maryville, Missouri, and one daughter was born to this marriage...
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Joe David Frank
(Obituary ~ 07/02/14)
Joe David Frank, 61, of Jackson died Saturday, June 28, 2014, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Oct. 17, 1952, in Cape Girardeau, to Alvin Martin and Adella Catherine Kirchdoerfer Frank. He and Kay Grantham were married Feb. 8, 1975, in Chaffee, Missouri...
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Harumi Bounds
(Obituary ~ 07/02/14)
Harumi Sasaki Bounds, 63, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, June 29, 2014, at her home, surrounded by family. She was born Sept. 6, 1950, in Nagasaki, Japan, to the late Mitsuo and Masayo Sasaki. She and Emmett "Butch" Bounds Jr. were married March 27, 1974, in Sasebo, Japan...
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Cardinals' swoon continues in San Francisco
(Professional Sports ~ 07/02/14)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Tim Lincecum followed his second career no-hitter with another vintage performance, pitching eight sharp innings to lead the San Francisco Giants past the St. Louis Cardinals 5-0 on Tuesday night. Lincecum (7-5) allowed four hits, struck out six and walked two. He worked out of a bases-loaded jam with no outs in the fourth and stayed out of trouble the rest of the way, helping San Francisco snap a four-game losing streak since his latest gem against San Diego...
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Wiffle Ball tourney to benefit charities
(Community Sports ~ 07/02/14)
Summer Classic will be held July 11 to 13 at Arena Park
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Japan eases post-WWII limits on its military
(International News ~ 07/02/14)
TOKYO -- Since Japan's defeat in World War II, its military has been shackled by restrictions imposed by a victorious U.S. and that, over time, a majority of Japanese adopted as their own. Now, the shackles are being loosened. Japan's Cabinet on Tuesday approved a reinterpretation of the country's pacifist postwar constitution that will allow the military to defend allies and others "in a close relationship" with Japan under what is known as "collective self-defense."...
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Blues sign free-agent Stastny to four-year deal
(Professional Sports ~ 07/02/14)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Blues have lured Paul Stastny away from division rival Colorado, signing the veteran center to a four-year, $28 million deal Tuesday. Stastny has spent his entire career with the Avalanche after being picked in the second round of the 2005 draft...
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Belgium eliminates U.S. with two extra-time goals
(Professional Sports ~ 07/02/14)
SALVADOR, Brazil -- They captured the hearts of America -- from coast to coast, big towns and small, all the way to the White House. Capturing the World Cup will have to wait. Belgium scored twice in extra time and then held on for a 2-1 win Tuesday...
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Democratic governor seeks to scuttle Cottonwood
(Column ~ 07/02/14)
Ten years ago last winter, while I was president pro tem of the Missouri Senate, then-Gov. Bob Holden announced budget cuts that signaled the imminent closure of the Cottonwood Treatment Center in Cape Girardeau. Jason Crowell, who was then the House Majority Floor Leader, joined me in a public meeting at the Cape Girardeau Public Library, where we heard from concerned citizens and pledged to keep Cottonwood open...
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Prayer 7/2/14
(Prayer ~ 07/02/14)
Lord Jesus, we pray for our leaders; may they seek you. Amen.
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