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Missouri panel: boosting judges' pay not priority
(State News ~ 11/11/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A state panel will consider pay raises for Missouri lawmakers and executive officers but is unlikely to recommend higher salaries for judges, the commission's newly elected chairman said during the group's first meeting Monday...
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Ozark cultural archive goes digital
(Local News ~ 11/11/14)
VAN BUREN, Mo. -- A cultural archive that contains more than 500,000 pieces of Ozark history is getting a digital face-lift. A database created by the Ozark National Scenic Riverways tracks the people, places and times preserved in artifacts and oral histories collected over the last four decades...
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Missouri has $202.6 million Powerball winner
(State News ~ 11/11/14)
ST. LOUIS -- The winner of a $202.6 million Powerball jackpot drawn Saturday has yet to come forward, Missouri Lottery officials said Monday, noting that the ticket was sold at a downtown St. Louis newsstand. The winner has until May 7 to claim the jackpot at lottery headquarters in Jefferson City, choosing to take a lump sum -- roughly $126.5 million before taxes -- or 30 annual payments...
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Charges filed against Chaffee man after domestic assault
(Local News ~ 11/11/14)
BENTON, Mo. -- An argument between a couple escalated into assault and eventually, a man's arrest. Jesse S. Brown, 38, of Chaffee, Missouri, was charged with felony domestic assault after an incident that began late Sunday. According to Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter, at approximately 12:05 a.m. ...
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Jackson chamber warns of sales calls to members
(Local News ~ 11/11/14)
The Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce is asking that local businesses approached to buy advertisements or share information for maps be wary of such requests from outside groups. Chamber executive director Brian Gerau said several businesses that are chamber members have recently inquired whether sales calls they received were connected with a publication or map being produced or distributed by the chamber...
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Organization seeks to provide student with means to success
(Local News ~ 11/11/14)
A new children's assistance program may be making its way to Cape Girardeau County. Care to Learn provides funds for children to help them succeed in school, advocate for Care to Learn and Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder said "[Care to Learn] focuses on three areas: health, hunger and hygiene," he said...
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County sales tax revenue down from last year, on track to be higher for year
(Local News ~ 11/11/14)
It's been a rollercoaster year for Cape Girardeau County's sales tax numbers, but county officials are hoping it ends on a high note. Numbers early in the year didn't appear too promising, but a more robust summer has helped the county stay ahead of 2013 figures. The sales-tax revenue total for 2013 was more than $6.7 million and numbers for 2014 are expected to be slightly higher...
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Postal rally planned for Friday in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 11/11/14)
A rally protesting a possible slowdown of mail delivery because of cuts planned by the U.S. Postal Service is set for Friday in Cape Girardeau. The rally is part of a national day of action organized by postal unions, according to a news release from the Missouri Rural Letter Carriers Association. The date coincides with the last meeting this year of the U.S. Postal Service's board of governors...
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St. Louis-area agencies have new riot gear at the ready in Ferguson
(State News ~ 11/11/14)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis County police said they have spent around $100,000 stocking up on riot gear and other items they may need if protests turn violent after prosecutors announce whether a Ferguson, Missouri, officer will face criminal charges in the shooting death of Michael Brown...
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VA chief vows renewed focus on customer service
(Community ~ 11/11/14)
WASHINGTON -- On the eve of Veterans Day, the Veterans Affairs Department announced a reorganization Monday designed to make it easier for veterans to gain access to the sprawling department and its mazelike websites. VA Secretary Robert McDonald called the restructuring the largest in the department's history and said it will bring a singular focus on customer service to an agency that serves 22 million veterans...
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Obama calls for tougher Internet regulation
(National News ~ 11/11/14)
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Monday embraced a radical change in how the government treats Internet service, coming down on the side of consumer activists who fear slower download speeds and higher costs but angering Republicans and the nation's cable giants who say the plan would kill jobs...
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Bradley finds a home with Southeast Missouri State basketball team
(College Sports ~ 11/11/14)
Jarekious Bradley hadn't spent more than one year at the same school since his days at Memphis East High School in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Bollinger County mulls tax to cover debt service
(Local News ~ 11/11/14)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- With a debt service of more than $200,000 and expenses that loom beyond revenue, the Bollinger County Commission held a special meeting Monday night with a chosen list of county residents. The objective, according to Presiding Commissioner Travis Elfrink, was to gauge whether county residents would support a half-cent sales tax that would support the county's road and bridge department...
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Sikeston WWII veteran was held six months as POW in Germany
(Local News ~ 11/11/14)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- In 1943, 18-year-old Judson Willis Jr. wanted to be a pilot in the Army Air Corps, but Uncle Sam had other plans. After a year of training in Texas, Willis graduated as a navigator. And navigate he did -- from Texas across the country to Virginia then across the ocean to southern Italy. His stint in the military would also take him to Germany as a prisoner of war, after liberation onto France before returning to the U.S., where Willis eventually would settle in Sikeston...
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Cape Girardeau School Board approves employee health insurance plan
(Local News ~ 11/11/14)
The Cape Girardeau School Board on Monday approved medical, dental, vision and term life insurance for its employees, effective Jan. 1. The district provides insurance at no cost to its employees. A partially self-insured plan means the district could limit its risk per individual and employee, but also limit its risk per aggregate of Cape Girardeau School District employees...
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Men from different parts of Missouri maintain strong bond after serving in WWII
(Local News ~ 11/11/14)
Combat experiences often draw men closer together than brothers. The same is true for Ivan Lee and James Mansker, two World War II Army veterans whose friendship has spanned about 70 years...
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Veteran's Day-Freedom Corner
(Submitted Photo ~ 11/11/14)
Marines from Corporal Mason O. Yarbrough Marine Corps League provide the rifle salute for the Veteran's Day Service at Freedom Corner, Cape Girardeau.
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Annual drives begin to provide toys, items to needy in area for Christmas
(Local News ~ 11/11/14)
The annual Toybox and Christmas for the Elderly drives are in full swing, and the need this year is greater than in years past, one of their organizers says. This year the Cape Jaycees' Toybox project is celebrating its 40th year of collecting toys for children in the area, and organizers are hoping to provide for even more children in need...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 11/11/14)
Today is Tuesday, Nov. 11, the 315th day of 2014. There are 50 days left in the year. This is Veterans Day in the U.S., Remembrance Day in Canada. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 11, 1918, fighting in World War I came to an end with the signing of an armistice between the Allies and Germany...
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Thanking veterans: Remember their service
(Editorial ~ 11/11/14)
Today we honor America's veterans. A day set aside to remember the sacrifice made by men and women, and countless families, who served the U.S. in war and during peacetime. The men and women in uniform are a special group of people. As we gather with friends and family later this month for Thanksgiving and next month for Christmas and New Year's, there will members of the armed forces who are away from family. ...
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Honoring Gen. Mckee and all our veterans
(Column ~ 11/11/14)
There was a birthday last week that went largely unnoticed outside his family and close friends. An American hero and exemplar of the Greatest Generation turned 98. Seth McKee was born and raised in what is now known as Scott City in 1916. By the time he reached Southeast Missouri State Teachers College, as it was then known, he was in the National Guard. After Pearl Harbor, he ended up in the Army, assigned to the Air Corps. An entire world was at war...
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Greg Riehn
(Obituary ~ 11/11/14)
Gregory Dean Riehn, 50, of Marietta, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014, in Marietta. He was born Sept. 11, 1964, in Florence, Alabama, son of the late Doyle and Carol Sue Lincoln Riehn formerly of Jackson. Greg graduated from McEachern High School in Marietta in 1982. ...
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Elsie Pulley
(Obituary ~ 11/11/14)
THEBES, Ill. -- Elsie Mae Pulley, 78, of Eads, Tennessee, formerly of Gale, Illinois, and Thebes, died Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014, at St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett, Tennessee. She was born Aug. 6, 1936, in Warren, Arkansas, to Jimmie Horn and Reda Estelle Vining Allen. She and Raymond Gregg Pulley were married June 13, 1952, in St. Louis. He passed away April 6, 2003...
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Loeta Eaker
(Obituary ~ 11/11/14)
DARDENNE PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Loeta Lavern Eaker, 83, of Dardenne Prairie passed away Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, at her home. She was born Sept. 27, 1931, at Gravel Hill, Missouri, daughter of Otto and Lillie Bollinger Huffman. She and Welbert Vandrew "Bill" Eaker were married Feb. 21, 1948. He preceded her in death Nov. 21, 1964...
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Hundreds of kids harmed by detergent 'pods,' study says
(Community ~ 11/11/14)
CHICAGO -- Accidental poisonings from squishy laundry detergent packets sometimes mistaken for toys or candy landed more than 700 U.S. children in the hospital in just two years, researchers report. Coma and seizures were among the most serious complications...
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Katherine Stueve
(Obituary ~ 11/11/14)
Katherine Stueve, 95, of Jackson passed away peacefully Sunday, Nov. 10, 2014, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau, with her family by her side. She was born Dec. 19, 1918, in New Baden, Illinois, daughter of Thomas and Mary Anna Puntmann Shafer. She and John Stueve were married Jan. 27, 1946. He passed away Jan. 16, 1970...
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Doris Pickett
(Obituary ~ 11/11/14)
Doris Slagle Pickett of Jefferson City, Missouri, passed away Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014, at Oak Tree Villas. She was born in Charleston, Missouri, daughter of the late Oran and Altha Lee Mouser Slagle. She and Charles E. Pickett Jr. were married Feb. 1, 1953, in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death Oct. 27, 1995...
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Mitchell Conner
(Obituary ~ 11/11/14)
Mitchell Calvin "Mitch" Conner, 53, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, at his home. He was born June 29, 1961, in Dexter, Missouri, son of Betty Stoker Taylor and the late Calvin Granvil Conner. Mitchell was a network administrator with Associate Electric in New Madrid, Missouri...
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Births 11/11/14
(Births ~ 11/11/14)
Son to Brendon Van and Sarah Elaine Whitlock of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 1:38 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014. Name, Jack William. Weight, 7 pounds, 4 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Whitlock is the former Sarah Huey, daughter of Darrell and Deborah Huey of Cape Girardeau. She is a shift leader at Culver's. Whitlock is the son of Ron and Angel Skaggs of Cape Girardeau. He is a student at SEMO Law Enforcement Academy...
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Jackson police report 11/11/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/11/14)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrest n Damiel L. Cook, 20, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and being a minor in possession by consumption. Summonses n Jacob K. Stephens, 18, of Jackson was issued a summons for failure to register a motor vehicle...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 11/11/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/11/14)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday: n At 3:47 a.m., a call to Broadway. n At 10:40 a.m., a medical assist on William Street. n At 11:14 a.m., a medical assist on Jefferson Avenue. n At 11:48 a.m., a call dispatched and canceled en route to North Mount Auburn Road...
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Clyde Little
(Obituary ~ 11/11/14)
Clyde Little, 59, of Millersville died Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014, at his home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Thursday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Missouri. A memorial service will be at noon Thursday at the chapel...
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Speak Out 11/11/14
(Speak Out ~ 11/11/14)
Wow, how lucky are we to live in a town with so much good live theater? Thought the university production of "Hairspray" was really good, with students and adults doing such a great job. Then, Saturday night, I saw an amazing production of "Anything Goes." Just like sitting in a New York theater. Some touring companies aren't nearly as good as this one. Now, I look forward to seeing Central High School's production of "Godspell" some time the week before Thanksgiving. Yay, Cape Girardeau!...
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Out of the past 11/11/14
(Out of the Past ~ 11/11/14)
Two military officers urge people at separate Veterans Day ceremonies to take time to express their appreciation to members of the armed forces; they are urged to do so by Marine Corps Reserve Maj. Thomas C. Shoger of Cape Girardeau, who addresses a Cape Girardeau Joint Veterans Council ceremony at Cape County Park, and by Air Force Capt. Mary C. Hough of Cape Girardeau, who speaks at a Jackson American Legion Post 158 ceremony at Jackson Elementary School...
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Jackson quarterfinal game to be played Saturday
(High School Sports ~ 11/11/14)
Jackson will play its Class 5 quarterfinal football game against Ladue at 1 p.m. Saturday at Saint Louis University High School.
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Intruder snacks on cookie dough
(National News ~ 11/11/14)
WICHITA, Kan. -- A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated burglary after a Wichita woman found him eating cookie dough from her freezer. The Wichita Eagle reported the woman came out of her bedroom shortly before 3:30 a.m. Thursday and found the stranger in her kitchen. ...
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Bob Hope's lasting legacy of more than laughs
(Entertainment ~ 11/11/14)
NEW YORK -- While today he may be thought of with misgivings, if at all, Bob Hope reigned for much of the last century as America's wisecracking avatar of comedy. By the time he died in 2003 at age 100, Hope had conquered vaudeville, Broadway, recordings, live concerts, radio, films and, from its infancy, TV, where he remained a welcome presence into his 90s...
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Prayer 11/11/14
(Prayer ~ 11/11/14)
Lord Jesus, thank you for our veterans. Bless each one and their families. Amen.
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Terry Dalton
(Obituary ~ 11/11/14)
Terry Dale Dalton, 64, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Nov. 7, 2014, in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 19, 1950, in Sikeston, Missouri. He and Glenda Basler were married May 10, 2002, in Las Vegas. Terry served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He had worked for the U.S. Postal Service 32 years. He was a member of VFW Post 3838, Eagles Aerie 3775 and Elks Lodge 639, all in Cape Girardeau. He was an avid Cardinals fan and loved sports. He enjoyed spending time with his friends and family...
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