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Mo. delays vote on KC schools accreditation
(State News ~ 07/23/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Parents and students in the Kansas City School District will have to wait until the final few days before classes begin to learn whether the urban school system will remain unaccredited. The school district had offered to end a lawsuit challenging its unaccredited status if Missouri education officials would grant it temporary provisional accreditation for the school year starting Aug. ...
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Lead cleanup at park nearing end
(State News ~ 07/23/14)
PARK HILLS, Mo. -- A three-year project to clean up lead pollution is nearing an end at a popular Missouri state park on the site of a shuttered mine. St. Francois County's St. Joe State Park, known for its sand flats, hills and 2,000 acres set aside for all-terrain vehicles, sits on land in the eastern part of the state that once included a dump for mine waste called tailings, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported this week...
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VA chief pledges end to whistle-blower retaliation
(State News ~ 07/23/14)
ST. LOUIS -- The acting secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs vowed Tuesday to crack down on whistle-blower retaliation after a private government watchdog released a critical report on the agency's treatment of employees who brought internal problems to light...
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University press gets grant to print updated Civil War history
(Local News ~ 07/23/14)
The Missouri Humanities Council has awarded a $2,500 grant to Southeast Missouri State University Press to support the printing of "Thunder in Arcadia Valley: The Battle of Pilot Knob," available at the end of September...
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Contractor arrested after not delivering on Kennett Country Club
(Local News ~ 07/23/14)
KENNETT, Mo. -- A Blytheville, Arkansas, businessman suspected of abandoning the renovation of the Kennett Country Club swimming pool was scheduled for an initial court appearance Tuesday afternoon at the Dunklin County Courthouse in downtown Kennett...
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Oran, Mo., man arrested on misconduct, statutory sodomy charges
(Local News ~ 07/23/14)
An Oran-area man is in custody on a $100,000 cash-only bond after being charged with crimes against a child. Jesse John Branson, 37, of 828 State Highway CC near Oran was charged with sexual misconduct involving a child and statutory sodomy in the first degree, both felonies, according to a press release from the Scott County Sheriff's Department...
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Judge denies bond reduction in Olive Street shooting
(Local News ~ 07/23/14)
A Cape Girardeau County judge denied a shooting suspect's motion for bond reduction Tuesday morning but promised to take up the request again later. Tommy Davis, 30, faces charges of first-degree assault and armed criminal action in connection with a June 4 shooting that injured a Cape Girardeau man at a home on Olive Street...
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Traffic stop turns into high-speed police chase
(Local News ~ 07/23/14)
DEXTER, Mo. -- A routine traffic stop Friday abruptly turned into a high-speed chase involving multiple law enforcement agencies and ended with a flaming vehicle in Dexter. Deputy Cody Wilson pulled over Andrew Lee Bell, 40, of Cape Girardeau at Highway 25 and County Road 672 for operating a vehicle without a functioning license plate light, according to a warrant affidavit filed with the Stoddard County Sheriff's Office...
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Tech Academy gets teachers up to speed on laptop devices
(Local News ~ 07/23/14)
Teachers of grades five through 12 are meeting this week for a Tech Academy on the convertible laptops that will be given to Central Junior High School students this fall. "Each day is targeted toward one of our focus strategies or tools, and then the afternoon gives them that work session to begin putting that content and those strategies into place," said instructional technology specialist Ron Farrow, who had a group of 18 gathered Monday...
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FEMA green-lights Jackson Community Center safe-room funding
(Local News ~ 07/23/14)
The Jackson Community Center is one step closer to becoming a reality. City officials announced Tuesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved funding for the tornado safe room portion of the project, meaning bids for construction will go out soon...
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Former candidate for Perryville police chief fired amid fraud investigation
(Local News ~ 07/23/14)
A man who tried to run for police chief last winter has been fired from the Perryville, Missouri, Police Department amid a Missouri State Highway Patrol investigation into an allegation of fraud. In a news release Tuesday, chief Direk Hunt announced the Missouri State Highway Patrol was conducting a criminal investigation into a complaint against a Perryville police officer...
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Cape Girardeau Roller Girls Take Win Against COMO : 199 - 94
(Submitted Story ~ 07/23/14)
This past weekend (July12th 2014) CGRG took home a phenomenal win against the Como Derby Dames. Miss Missouri (Erin Fluegge-Woolfe) made a guest appearance, and was given the honor of beginning the bout; blasting the whistle, and starting the Jam. Queen Cobra scored an impressive seventeen point jam in the first half, taking an early lead. ...
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Meetings scheduled to gather feedback about proposed tax projects
(Local News ~ 07/23/14)
On Thursday, the public will have an opportunity to provide input on facility ideas designed to boost tourism in the Cape Girardeau area. A Facility Feasibility Study Committee, which consists of members appointed by the Cape Girardeau City Council, has since April been studying four options: an indoor sports complex, agriculture exposition center, indoor aquatics facility or a combined hotel and convention center...
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Jackson Senior Legion hopes third time is the charm at zone tournament
(Community Sports ~ 07/23/14)
District champ Jackson Post 158 opens play today against Rock Memorial in Festus, Missouri.
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Former Southeast Missouri State star Matt Tellor's pro career back on track
(College Sports ~ 07/23/14)
The first baseman, who was drafted by the Braves in the 10th round on June 6, played in the Danville Braves' season opener on June 19, but did not play again for nearly a month after medical issues sidelined him.
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Bollinger County Hwy 51/34 Yard Sales
(Submitted Story ~ 07/23/14)
Come join the fun! Take a pleasant drive in the country and explore the Bollinger County Community Wide "Garage/Yard Sales" on Saturday, August 2, 2014. Shop sales at various locations on the Highway 51/34 routes and in surrounding towns. Businesses and residential sales, multiple family sales, and sales in the Marble Hill parks...
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Scott City Elementary Choir
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/23/14)
The Scott City Elementary Choir sang at the St. Louis Cardinals game July 18th. They did a wonderful job.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/23/14)
Today is Wednesday, July 23, the 204th day of 2014. There are 161 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 23, 1914, Austria-Hungary presented a list of demands to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serb assassin; Serbia's refusal to agree to the entire ultimatum led to World War I...
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Do the math
(Column ~ 07/23/14)
Despite the White House assessment last week that the Obama foreign policy has brought a new "global tranquility," the headlines would say otherwise. You would have to search long and hard to find "tranquility" across the world that is being touted by this administration...
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Discovery Playhouse opens new exhibits
(Editorial ~ 07/23/14)
Children can activate their imaginations with the new house, dental office and farm mural exhibits at the Discovery Playhouse. These are the latest additions to the growing children's museum on Broadway in Cape Girardeau. Pretending the house is up for sale by Realty Executives, the exhibit allows youngsters to walk through and see mini appliances. ...
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Out of the past 7/23/14
(Out of the Past ~ 07/23/14)
A book authored by the Rev. Craig L. Nessan, pastor of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, has been published by Scholars Press; the book is titled "Orthopraxis or Heresy: The North American Response to Latin American Liberation Theology." Four Cape Girardeau churches are joining together for vacation Bible school this week; churches participating are First Christian, First Presbyterian, Evangelical United Church of Christ and Christ Episcopal; First Christian is the host church...
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Jackson police report 7/23/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/23/14)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
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Cape Girardeau police report 7/23/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/23/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
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Kristopher Treat
(Obituary ~ 07/23/14)
ANNA, Ill. -- Kristopher L. Treat, 23, of Anna died Monday, July 21, 2014, at home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Crain Funeral Home in Anna. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Revs. Bill Carter and Donald Fisher officiating. Interment will be in Anna Cemetery...
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William Ryan
(Obituary ~ 07/23/14)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- William T. Ryan, 88, of Chaffee passed away Sunday, July 20, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 1, 1925, in Harrisburg, Arkansas, to William "Will" Sherman and Cleo Esther Evans Ryan. William served in the United States Navy during World War II...
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Karen Reinbott
(Obituary ~ 07/23/14)
SALEM, Mo. -- Karen Kay Reinbott, 51, of Salem passed away Tuesday, July 15, 2014, at her home. She was born Dec. 30, 1962, daughter of Joe Edward and Shirley Maxine Pope Reinbott. Karen is survived by her mother, Shirley Fadler of Barnhart, Missouri; a son, Michael Reinbott of Salem; a daughter, Meagan Mason of Dexter, Missouri; her boyfriend, John Langford of Salem; two brothers, Bobby (Kim) Reinbott of Ste. ...
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Jack Nelson
(Obituary ~ 07/23/14)
Darnell W. "Jack" Nelson, 84, of Jackson died Thursday, July 17, 2014, at his home. He was born July 10, 1930, in Ozan, Arkansas, son of Darnell and Nollie Mae Clark Nelson. Jack confessed hope in Christ at an early age under L.J. Nabors in Sikeston, Missouri. Later he joined New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau under Joseph G. Cotton Jr...
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Betty Davis
(Obituary ~ 07/23/14)
Betty Jo Grim Davis, 84, of Las Vegas died Friday, March 14, 2014, in Las Vegas. She was born Sept. 16, 1929, to Ray and Myrtle Tanner of Doniphan, Missouri. She was married to Wayne Grim, and later married Howard Davis. Survivors include a son, Jerry Grim (Jody) of Cape Girardeau; a daughter, Sandra Boulanger (Paul) of Las Vegas; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren...
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Governor of Jakarta wins Indonesian presidency
(International News ~ 07/23/14)
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Jakarta Gov. Joko Widodo, who captured the hearts of millions of Indonesians with his common man image, was declared the winner Tuesday of the country's presidential election, calling it a victory for all of the nation's people...
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China meat scandal hits Burger King, Starbucks; spreads to Japan
(International News ~ 07/23/14)
BEIJING -- A suspect meat scandal in China engulfed Starbucks and Burger King on Tuesday and spread to Japan where McDonald's said the Chinese supplier accused of selling expired beef and chicken had provided 20 percent of the meat for its chicken nuggets...
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Nigerian president meets with abducted schoolgirls
(International News ~ 07/23/14)
LAGOS, Nigeria -- In the three months since Islamic extremists kidnapped more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls, 11 of their parents have died, town residents say. The town where the girls were kidnapped, Chibok, is cut off by militants, who have been attacking villages in the region...
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Bodies from plane crash removed from war zone
(International News ~ 07/23/14)
KHARKIV, Ukraine -- A train bearing the dead from the downed Malaysian airliner finally reached Ukrainian government-held territory Tuesday, but the pro-Russian separatists in control of the crash site showed little willingness to allow the full-scale investigation demanded by world leaders...
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Migration puts spotlight on Mexican 'coyote' smugglers
(International News ~ 07/23/14)
TECUN UMAN, Guatemala -- The man-in-the-know nursed a late-morning beer at a bar near the Suchiate River that separates Guatemala from Mexico, and answered a question about his human smuggling business with a question: "Do you think a coyote is going to say he's a coyote?"...
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Senate, House on collision course over border money
(National News ~ 07/23/14)
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats prepared Tuesday to whack $1 billion from President Barack Obama's emergency spending request for the border, while leaving out policy changes Republicans have demanded as their price for agreeing to any money. The developments pointed to a hardening stalemate over the crisis in South Texas with lawmakers preparing to leave Washington for their annual summer recess at the end of next week...
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U.S.: Russia 'created the conditions' for shoot-down of plane
(National News ~ 07/23/14)
WASHINGTON -- Senior U.S. intelligence officials said Tuesday that Russia was responsible for "creating the conditions" that led to the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, but they offered no evidence of direct Russian government involvement...
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New arrest linked to gun used after Boston attacks
(National News ~ 07/23/14)
BOSTON -- A friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is believed to have provided the handgun used to kill a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer during the manhunt, people with knowledge of the investigation said Tuesday...
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After 3-year probe, feds to monitor Newark police
(National News ~ 07/23/14)
NEWARK, N.J. -- Newark police engaged in the excessive use of force, routinely stopped people on the street for no legitimate reason and regularly stole property from civilians, the U.S. Department of Justice concluded in a report released Tuesday that set the stage for federal monitoring of the police department that serves New Jersey's largest city...
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Bond insurers vow to fight Detroit bankruptcy plan
(National News ~ 07/23/14)
DETROIT -- Companies that insure Detroit bonds and stand to lose millions repeated a pledge Tuesday to aggressively challenge the city's bankruptcy plan, a day after retirees endorsed pension cuts and qualified for a bailout led by the state. Syncora and Financial Guaranty Insurance said retirees and city workers are being given special treatment that's unfair to other creditors...
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White flags appear on Brooklyn Bridge
(National News ~ 07/23/14)
NEW YORK -- Someone has replaced two American flags on the Brooklyn Bridge with mysterious white flags. The white flags -- international symbols of surrender -- fluttered Tuesday from poles on the stone supports that hold cables above the bridge connecting Brooklyn and Manhattan...
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Black colleges face hard decisions on $25 million Koch gift
(National News ~ 07/23/14)
America's black colleges are struggling for funds. The Republican Party is struggling to attract black voters. Enter a $25 million gift to the United Negro College Fund from the conservative Koch brothers, which has pitted the needs of black students against liberals' insistence that the Kochs are pursuing a racist political agenda...
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Weather observer, 101, to be honored by NWS
(National News ~ 07/23/14)
BRIDGEHAMPTON, N.Y. -- It takes only a couple of minutes, twice a day, but 101-year-old Richard Hendrickson is proud that he has done the same thing for his country and community nearly every day since Herbert Hoover was in the White House in 1930...
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Courts split on health law clash
(National News ~ 07/23/14)
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's health care law is snarled in another big legal battle, with two federal appeals courts issuing contradictory rulings on a key financing issue within hours of each other Tuesday. But the split rulings don't necessarily mean another trip to the Supreme Court for the Affordable Care Act...
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Nibali keeps lead through Pyrenees in Tour de France
(Professional Sports ~ 07/23/14)
BAGNERES-DE-LUCHON, France -- Riding in his 10th Tour de France, three-time world champion Michael Rogers of Australia finally got his first stage victory in cycling's greatest race on Tuesday by leading a breakaway group to a downhill finish as the pack entered the Pyrenees...
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McIlroy predicted to star in golf, not dominate
(Professional Sports ~ 07/23/14)
HOYLAKE, England -- Golf has been looking for the next big star the last five years, and Rory McIlroy is the most obvious candidate. With his name on the Claret Jug and his Irish eyes now focused on a green jacket, McIlroy took a big step toward the career Grand Slam with four dominant days at Royal Liverpool. He looks unbeatable at times like this. Boy Wonder has it all -- skill, strength, shot-making. Throw in a great week with the putter, and it's not a fair fight...
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Former first-rounder Jeffress gets 2nd shot with Brewers
(Professional Sports ~ 07/23/14)
MILWAUKEE -- Hat turned backward, Jeremy Jeffress grinned, leaned back and enjoyed the view from the Milwaukee Brewers' dugout. The former first-round pick is relishing a chance to stick in the majors with the team that drafted him in 2006. Milwaukee called up the right-hander from Triple-A Nashville this week to help bolster the bullpen...
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Body found in Kansas City airport fountain
(State News ~ 07/23/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Police are investigating how a woman's body ended up in a pond connected to a fountain near the Kansas City International Airport. Kansas City police on Tuesday identified the woman as 21-year-old Husenet Yassin. Her body was found Monday afternoon during a routine check by airport security...
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Sam excited about next phase of his career with Rams
(Professional Sports ~ 07/23/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Now it starts to get intense for Michael Sam and the rest of the St. Louis Rams rookies. The first openly gay player drafted in the NFL is enthusiastic about the challenge. Twice Tuesday, he mentioned how enjoyable it was being back on the field and trading wisecracks with teammates...
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Survey finds sharp increase in teen use of HGH
(Professional Sports ~ 07/23/14)
NEW YORK -- Experimentation with human growth hormones by America's teens more than doubled in the past year, as more young people looked to drugs to boost their athletic performance and improve their looks, according to a new, large-scale national survey...
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Road work 7/23/14
(Local News ~ 07/23/14)
Hwy. 51 in Stoddard County reduced for bridge repairs For more information, contact MoDOT's Customer Service Center at 888-275-6636 or visit modot.org/southeast. -- From the Missouri Department of Transportation...
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Airlines ban flights to Israel after rocket strike near airport
(International News ~ 07/23/14)
JERUSALEM -- A Hamas rocket exploded Tuesday near Israel's main airport, prompting a ban on flights from the U.S. and many from Europe and Canada as aviation authorities responded to the shock of seeing a civilian jetliner shot down over Ukraine...
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Give taxpayers all the facts on the budget
(Column ~ 07/23/14)
Over the last month and a half, the governor has traveled the state to justify the massive withholdings and vetoes he inflicted on the FY 2015 budget passed by the General Assembly. Among those cuts were huge funding decreases in K-12, higher education, mental health and numerous other programs heavily relied upon by Missourians...
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Prayer 7/23/14
(Prayer ~ 07/23/14)
O Lord Jesus, we seek you for you alone are our Deliverer. Amen.
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George Harrison memorial tree is killed by beetles
(Entertainment ~ 07/23/14)
LOS ANGELES -- A tree planted in Los Angeles to honor former Beatle George Harrison has been killed -- by beetles. Councilman Tom LaBonge says the pine grew to more than 12 feet tall before succumbing to a bark beetle infestation. The tree was removed last month. LaBonge says it will be replanted in the fall...
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Cardinals ace Wainwright gets KO'd in the fifth inning by the red-hot Rays
(Professional Sports ~ 07/23/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Jake Odorizzi allowed two runs over 5 2/3 innings and Yunel Escobar highlighted a five-run fifth inning with a two-run double to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 7-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night. St. Louis ace Adam Wainwright, making his first appearance since starting for the NL in the All-Star game, gave up six runs, four earned, in 4 2/3 innings. Wainwright (12-5) was trying to become the first 13-game winner in the NL...
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Perry County Clerk candidate Cathy (Lohmann) Stumpe
(Local News ~ 07/23/14)
Name: Cathy (Lohmann) Stumpe Age: 47 Place of birth: St Louis, MO Spouse, children's names: Husband- Shannon Stumpe Daughter-Jordan Stumpe Son- Brendan Stumpe Occupation: Customer Service Representative Employer: MFA Oil Company Businesses owned, all or part: None...
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Perry County Treasurer candidate Brian C. Brickhaus
(Local News ~ 07/23/14)
Name: Brian C. Brickhaus Age: 37 Place of birth: Perryville, MO Spouse, children's names: Wife, Amy (Winkler), Alex 12, Luke 11, Garrett 8 and Adam 5 Occupation: Financial Planner / Advisor Employer: Saxony Securities Inc. Businesses owned, all or part: N/A...
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