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Immaculate Conception students honored at robotics competition
(Community ~ 12/04/14)
The Lego Robotics teams from Immaculate Conception School in Jackson took home two first place awards from the First Lego League competition, which was held at Southeast Missouri State University on Nov. 15. The Cyborgs were awarded first Robot Design and the Eaglebots won the title Overall Champions. Both teams advance to state competition Sunday. Pictured are: kneeling: Noel Keran, Benton Keran, Hayden Jansen, Seth Essner and coach Mrs. Deken. Standing: Michael Gibbs, Ethan Engelen, Steven Peters, Aaron Deken and Megan Engelen. (Submitted by Immaculate Conception School)
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Yearbook staff members publish, preserve memories
(Community ~ 12/04/14)
Cape Girardeau Central High School yearbook editor Ashley Newell was watching a student use the Internet when she saw a galaxy and realized the universe is limitless. "I thought, oh my gosh, that will be perfect," Newell said, explaining the source of her idea for the 2014-2015 yearbook theme, "The Sky Is Not the Limit."...
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Protests erupt as cop cleared; feds to investigate
(National News ~ 12/04/14)
NEW YORK -- A grand jury cleared a white police officer Wednesday in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed black man stopped for selling loose, untaxed cigarettes, triggering protests in the streets by hundreds of New Yorkers who likened the case to the deadly police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri...
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Ameren to build two new electrical substations
(Local News ~ 12/04/14)
A groundbreaking ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. Friday on the site of a new substation soon to be built in Cape Girardeau. The addition is part of a series of infrastructure upgrades planned by Ameren Missouri to improve reliability and meet growing demand for electricity in the region. The program is called the Cape Girardeau Electric Reliability Program...
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Governor responds to questions about Ferguson during Cape visit
(Local News ~ 12/04/14)
During a visit to Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, Gov. Jay Nixon was faced with questions about the events in Ferguson, Missouri, after the grand jury's Nov. 24 decision not to indict a white police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager...
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Missouri man appeals denial of same-sex divorce
(State News ~ 12/04/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A lawyer for a man seeking a divorce from his husband argued Wednesday before the Missouri Supreme Court the state should dissolve the union, even though the state constitution doesn't allow same-sex partners to wed. The case involving the couple who married two years ago in Iowa, one of several dozen states that allow same-sex unions, highlights another uncertainty facing gay couples in Missouri, where marriage laws vary by county...
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Mayor: Leaf collection smoother this year
(Local News ~ 12/04/14)
Cape Girardeau Mayor Harry Rediger took a moment at Monday's city council meeting to brag about the public works department. "I have received zero calls on leaf pickup this year," he said at the meeting. That's vastly different from last year's situation, when "every time my phone would ring, I knew it was about leaves," Rediger said...
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White buck hunter says death threats aren't serious
(Local News ~ 12/04/14)
Jerry Kinnaman was counting on some backlash when he killed Cape Girardeau's well-known albino buck. He wasn't counting on death threats, though. "I expected some [negative feedback]," he said Wednesday. "But not of this magnitude, no. I didn't realize how important that animal was to some people."...
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Governor: Southeast is in line for bond issues
(Local News ~ 12/04/14)
Missouri's governor on Wednesday identified $12 million in repair and renovation projects for Southeast Missouri State University and Three Rivers College that will depend on legislative approval for bonds. Gov. Jay Nixon said during an appearance in Cape Girardeau that about $10 million could go to Southeast and $1.9 million could go to Three Rivers for various upgrades in 2015. ...
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Heroes to Needy Children
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/04/14)
Some of the local law enforcement, firefighters, and first responders who volunteer their time to help raise funds and shop with the needy children chosen for the Shop with a Hero event at Cape Walmart paused for a group picture.
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World's Largest Christmas Stocking Givaway
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/04/14)
Mikell Abraham,7, of Scott City won Nabisco's World's Largest Christmas Stocking given away during the Cape Walmart's Shop with a Hero event on December 2nd. Presenting the stocking to Abraham were Valerie Wondrick, Shop with a Hero event coordinator, and Bob Randolph of Nabisco...
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Biokyowa donates to United Way
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/04/14)
Employees of Biokyowa donated $13,847.00 to United Way of Southeast Missouri's 2014 campaign.
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Coca-Cola donates to United Way
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/04/14)
Employees of Coca-Cola donated $1,066.00 to United Way of Southeast Missouri's 2014 campaign.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/04/14)
Today is Thursday, Dec. 4, the 338th day of 2014. There are 27 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 4, 1984, a five-day hijack drama began as four armed men seized a Kuwaiti airliner en route to Pakistan and forced it to land in Tehran, where the hijackers killed American passenger Charles Hegna. (A second American, William Stanford, also was killed during the siege before Iranian security seized control of the plane.)...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 12/4/14
(Local News ~ 12/04/14)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today Open session n Approval of minutes -- Dec. 1 Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on the agenda Routine business n Purchase orders...
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Marie Borchelt
(Obituary ~ 12/04/14)
Marie Borchelt, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Oct. 19, 1921, in Egypt Mills, to Rudy and Erna Schwettman Brinkman. She and Eldor "Willie" Borchelt were married Oct. 2, 1943, at Egypt Mills. He passed away Nov. 4, 1997...
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Bertha Hughey
(Obituary ~ 12/04/14)
FARRAR, Mo. -- Bertha F. Hughey, 79, of Farrar died Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, at Kindred Hospital at St. Anthony's in St. Louis, from injuries received in a car accident Oct. 4. She was born Oct. 11, 1935, at Neals Creek in Bixby, Missouri, daughter of Montie "Loyd" and Janie Flowers Stricklin. She was the fifth of 15 children. She and Patrick Eugene Hughey were married July 25, 1953, in Perryville, Missouri. He preceded her in death April 13, 2009...
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Charles Frentzel
(Obituary ~ 12/04/14)
Charles Edgar "Chuck" Frentzel, 70, of St. Louis passed away peacefully Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. He was born April 26, 1944, in Cape Girardeau, son of Herbert Carl and Corene Tucker Frentzel. He and Patricia Ann Winchester were married Feb. 18, 1965...
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Lois Rose
(Obituary ~ 12/04/14)
Lois R. Rose, 82, of Jackson died Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ford & Sons Mt. Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park...
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John Smith
(Obituary ~ 12/04/14)
John Wiley Smith, 90, of Gordonville, formerly of Qulin, Missouri, died Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 12, 1923, in Piggott, Arkansas, to Tom and Nora Burkhead Smith. He and Sylvia Brown were married May 2, 1946. They had been married 67 years when she passed away June 28, 2013...
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Barbara Stone
(Obituary ~ 12/04/14)
Barbara Ann Stone, 73, of Jackson died Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Jackson police report 12/4/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/04/14)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Summonses n Gerret M. Essner, 31, of Jackson was issued a summons for failure to register a motor vehicle. n Lindsay R. Bowerman, 61, of Cape Girardeau was issued a summons for failure to register a motor vehicle...
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Larry Johnson
(Obituary ~ 12/04/14)
BELL CITY, Mo. -- Larry Clifford Johnson, 89, of Wadesville, Indiana, passed away Monday, Nov. 17, 2014, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Indiana. He was born Dec. 11, 1924, to Frank and Molly Clark Johnson in Bell City, Missouri. Larry was a Navy veteran serving in World War II...
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James Miederhoff
(Obituary ~ 12/04/14)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- James Richard Miederhoff, 69, of Advance passed away Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, at his home. He was born Aug. 14, 2014, in New Madrid County, Missouri, son of Andrew H. and Clara Mae Buhs Miederhoff. James was a farmer many years and was a good cattleman. He attended St. Joseph Catholic Church in Advance. He was a loving, father, brother and uncle...
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Billy Lincecum
(Obituary ~ 12/04/14)
Billy Joe (BJ) Lincecum, 82, of Surprise, Arizona, died Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014. He was born July 25, 1932, in Chaffee, Missouri, to Charley and Georgia Trigg Lincecum. Billy Joe graduated from Delta High School, married his high school sweetheart, Betty Sue Campbell, and promptly joined the Air Force...
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Cape Girardeau police report 12/4/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/04/14)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n William G. McCrary, 19, of Cape Girardeau was issued a summons for driving while intoxicated, failure to drive on right half of roadway, and no headlights...
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Larry Allen
(Obituary ~ 12/04/14)
Larry Allen, 75, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, at his home. He was born April 20, 1939, in Burfordville, to Ray and Rhoda Johnson Allen. He and Judith "Judy" Windeknecht were married Oct. 4, 1958, in Cape Girardeau. Larry attended grade school in rural Cape Girardeau County and high school in Jackson...
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Hooked on Science: Pinecone hygrometer
(Community ~ 12/04/14)
Use a pine cone to test the air's humidity. n Two pine cones n Warm water n Two widemouth Mason jars STEP 1: Fill one of the Mason jars with warm water. STEP 2: Place one of the pine cones in the Mason jar with warm water. STEP 3: Place the other pine cone in the Mason jar without the warm water, wait 15 minutes and observe...
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Winners of 11th annual bridge competition named
(Community ~ 12/04/14)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Students from Oak Ridge, Ste. Genevieve and Notre Dame Regional high schools took the top three spots for best overall performance in the Missouri Department of Transportation's 11th annual Bridge Building Competition. The winners were named Nov. 20. The contest challenges high school juniors and seniors to design and construct the most efficient model bridge using limited materials -- 15 pieces of balsa wood, thread and glue...
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NASA launching Orion spacecraft test flight
(National News ~ 12/04/14)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's quest to send astronauts out into the solar system begins this week with a two-laps-around-Earth test flight. The new Orion spacecraft is not going to Mars just yet; today's debut will be unmanned and last just 4 1/2 hours. But it will be the farthest a built-for-humans capsule has flown since the Apollo moon missions, shooting 3,600 miles out into space to gain enough momentum to re-enter the atmosphere at 20,000 mph...
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New Mexico struggles despite federal largesse
(National News ~ 12/04/14)
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. -- Tucked in the mountains of one of the poorest states is one of the nation's wealthiest counties: Los Alamos, which, except for its landscapes, looks decidedly unlike the rest of New Mexico. In Los Alamos, there's a new county building and a renovated community center. Less than 30 miles north is Rio Arriba County, home to drug- and crime-plagued Espanola, whose main drag is a mix of fast-food restaurants, boarded-up businesses, a casino-hotel and a Wal-Mart...
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Rams' Cook would 'absolutely' do it all over again
(Professional Sports ~ 12/04/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Jared Cook said he'd "absolutely" repeat the "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" gesture he and four teammates made during Sunday's game. Even if he's receiving threats or it costs the St. Louis Rams some fans. The tight end was designated spokesman Wednesday for the five-player group that made the gesture before Sunday's win over Oakland. He explained it was not just a show of solidarity for Ferguson protesters but for peaceful demonstrations everywhere...
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Shot fired on Three Rivers campus attributed to poacher
(Local News ~ 12/04/14)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Poplar Bluff Police say a report of a shot fired Saturday near Three Rivers College likely was a poacher because they found no evidence of a crime. "We found no indication of shots being fired anywhere in the area between Shelby Road and the college," said Poplar Bluff Police Chief Danny Whiteley. "An educated guess is that somebody probably saw a deer, fired one shot from a small caliber handgun and left the area."...
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Air bag maker refuses to expand recall
(National News ~ 12/04/14)
WASHINGTON -- Japan's Takata Corp. rejected federal regulators' demand Wednesday for an expanded, nationwide recall of millions of air bags, setting up a possible legal showdown and leaving some drivers to wonder about the safety of their cars. Honda Motor Co. decided to act and recall cars with the potentially defective equipment in all 50 states. But other automakers have yet to make a decision...
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Day in court awaits for one Cosby accuser
(Entertainment ~ 12/04/14)
LOS ANGELES -- For weeks, women have publicly shared stories of alleged sexual abuse by Bill Cosby with the expectation any lawsuits they might file would be blocked because of long-expired statutes of limitations. On Tuesday, however, a woman who claims Cosby molested her in a bedroom of the Playboy Mansion about 1974 filed a sexual battery lawsuit, using an exemption that allows victims of childhood sexual abuse to sue decades after the incident...
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Leoni to headline chamber event
(Local News ~ 12/04/14)
Leoni to headline chamber event Former Southeast Missouri State University health and human performance professor Dr. Ed Leoni will give the presentation at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's monthly First Friday Coffee event. He will speak about wellness programs available for businesses...
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Blackhawks use 3-goal 3rd to beat Blues 4-1
(Professional Sports ~ 12/04/14)
CHICAGO -- Kris Versteeg scored 59 seconds into the third period, Patrick Kane added two more goals, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the St. Louis Blues 4-1 on Wednesday night for their fourth consecutive victory. Marcus Kruger also scored for Chicago, and Antti Raanta had 40 saves in his first start since Corey Crawford was sidelined by a left foot injury. Versteeg also had the primary assist on each of Kane's goals as the Blackhawks' second line enjoyed another big performance...
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ACLU sues over Missouri headlight-flashing ticket
(State News ~ 12/04/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday sued a Kansas City suburb for pulling over a driver for flashing his headlights at oncoming traffic to warn a speed trap was ahead. The federal suit was filed on behalf of Jerry L. Jarman Jr., who was ticketed in August in Grain Valley, Missouri, on the eastern edge of Kansas City, for violating a city code that bars against interfering with radar and other speed-checking devices...
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Best-butt runner-up hospitalized
(International News ~ 12/04/14)
RIO DE JANEIRO -- A 27-year-old Brazilian reality TV star who was runner-up in a best-buttocks competition has been hospitalized with complications from a cosmetic procedure to enlarge her thighs. Andressa Urach is in serious condition with an infection in her thighs after receiving under-skin injections of a substance to increase volume in the upper legs. Urach was runner up in Brazil's 2012 Miss Bumbum contest celebrating shapely bottoms...
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2014 on track for hottest year
(International News ~ 12/04/14)
LIMA, Peru -- With temperature data showing 2014 tied for the hottest year on record, the U.N. weather agency Wednesday rejected claims that global warming has paused. The World Meteorological Organization said the global average temperature in January to October was 1.03 degrees above average, the same as in record hot year 2010...
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Michael Brown's stepfather apologizes for comments
(State News ~ 12/04/14)
FERGUSON, Mo. -- The stepfather of Michael Brown has apologized for angry comments he made after the grand jury decided not to indict the police officer who killed his stepson, but said his remarks had nothing to do with the arson and looting that ravaged Ferguson and the surrounding area...
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O'Fallon enacts broad distracted driving ordinance
(State News ~ 12/04/14)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- Officials in an eastern Missouri city have approved an ordinance that prohibits distracted driving practices such as fixing hair and makeup and programming GPS devices. Drivers aren't exercising the highest degree of care if they are engaged in any action that causes their attention "to be obscured, diminished or directed away from the path of travel or operation of the vehicle," the ordinance says. It lists six examples that include grooming and writing...
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Births 12/4/14
(Births ~ 12/04/14)
Son to Todd Allen and Rhonda Nichole Cunningham of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 12:32 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, 2014. Name, Jayce Blaine. Weight, 5 pounds, 6 ounces. Third son. Mrs. Cunningham is the former Rhonda Gray, daughter of Larry and Sheila Gray of Jackson and Rick and Vicki Winchester of Cape Girardeau. Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham are self-employed. He is the son of Robert and Lucy Cunningham of Ottawa, Illinois, and Linda Cunningham of Marseilles, Illinois...
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Out of the Past 12/4/14
(Out of the Past ~ 12/04/14)
A 15-minute video, produced by the Southeast Missouri State University Department of Mass Communications in cooperation with the Center for Earthquake Studies, will be distributed to school administrators natinowide as a guide to appropriate actions following an earthquake...
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Ex-teammates Pinkel, Saban meet for SEC title
(Professional Sports ~ 12/04/14)
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Four decades ago, Gary Pinkel and Nick Saban captured a conference championship with Kent State. Now, the former teammates who once labored long hours together for paltry pay and invaluable experience as graduate assistants will face off with a bigger prize on the line...
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Comprehensive plan amended for proposed movie theater TIF
(Local News ~ 12/04/14)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- The Sikeston City Council has approved an amendment to the city's Comprehensive Development Plan to help smooth the way for a new movie theater. The amendment was necessary for the proposed Sikeston 60 West Tax Increment Financing District to proceed, because proposed land uses in the district must be in compliance with the plan, said Jon Douglass, city manager. This proposed development would feature a movie theater...
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