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Four by Four 12/7/14
(Community ~ 12/07/14)
Willard Adams Bernie, Missouri Retired after 40 years with Brown Shoe Name three things you like about Christmas. The family being together; decorations; and music, especially Elvis's Christmas music. What does your car say about you? That I'm not extravagant; we have a Buick and a Ford. Tell me about your first paying job. Jobs -- soda jerk and paper routes. I jerked at Hayden's Drugstore in Caruthersville in 1947 and 1948, and I had two paper routes. How would you rate your ability to manage money? Good. But my wife is better at it. She does the managing; we're conservative. Brittany Rhodes Cape Girardeau In-home care for Comfort Keepers Name three things you like about Christmas. Family; presents; and food -- my mom's cooking. She's into doing it; it brings back childhood memories and warm feelings. 2-What does your car say about you? It's so simple, a little Dodge Neon named after the Disney character Ariel. Tell me about your first paying job. I was a cashier. I didn't care much for it, but I liked being around people. How would you rate your ability to manage money? Terrible. It involves finding a good job. I live paycheck to paycheck. Tim Oats Cape Girardeau Southeast Missouri State University student Name three things you like about Christmas. Family -- everybody getting together. Food; its like Thanksgiving all over again. Gifts. What does your car say about you? That I'm a college student. Tell me about your first paying job. It was what I expected. I was a stock guy at Kmart. It was a lot of hours, but it wasn't too bad. How would you rate your ability to manage money? On a scale of one to 10, I'd say about a six or seven. I'm bad with the impulse buy, but, other than that, pretty good. Jason Wese Marion, Illinois Works at mental institution Name three things you like about Christmas. Celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. I love to watch my family and my wife of 18 years enjoy Christmas and be with them. Lights. What does your car say about you? It's a three-row SUV; it's a family vehicle. Tell me about your first paying job. I've worked 18 years at a mental institution in Southern Illinois; I started as a stock boy. How would you rate your ability to manage money? So-so. Not the best, but probably not the worst.
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More than 800 attend Holiday Home Tour
(Local News ~ 12/07/14)
More than 800 holiday enthusiasts visited the six homes along the Lutheran Family and Children's Services Foundation Holiday Home Tour on Saturday. The tour's goal was to raise $20,000 for foundation for its general funding. After a lower turnout because of bad weather last year, the group hoped for the rain to clear this year...
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Two hostages killed in Yemen during U.S. raid
(International News ~ 12/07/14)
SANAA, Yemen -- An American photojournalist and a South African teacher were killed Saturday during a high-risk, U.S.-led raid to free them from al-Qaida-affiliated militants in Yemen, a turbulent Arab country that is a centerpiece of U.S. counterterrorism efforts in the region...
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New fire, police stations likely with tax's passage
(Local News ~ 12/07/14)
A lot of promises came with the recent renewal of the fire sales tax in Cape Girardeau. City officials say plans are in motion to fulfill them, with some of the first steps beginning as early as next month. The quarter-cent tax was first approved by voters in 2004, with the one-eighth-cent renewable portion approved in August...
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Closing statements: Circuit judge set to retire after 22 years
(Local News ~ 12/07/14)
The Honorable William L. Syler stood in the middle of his office in jeans and Converse sneakers, fiddling with a tape measure as he surveyed his surroundings. "It's amazing how much stuff you can accumulate in 22 years," he said. The longtime Cape Girardeau County circuit judge pulled a card table from a jumble of boxes and furniture in one corner...
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Mismanagement alleged at Pearl Harbor memorial
(National News ~ 12/07/14)
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- The USS Arizona is one of the nation's most hallowed sites, an underwater grave for more than 900 sailors and Marines killed when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and sank their ship in 1941. Now, it's the scene of alleged mismanagement...
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Ford and Sons gives to Shop with a Hero
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/07/14)
Kevin Ford and Pam Pfanstiel of Ford and Sons Funeral Home give a $2000 donation for Shop with a Hero at Cape Walmart to Det. Keith Green of the Cape Girardeau Fraternal Order of Police Regional Lodge 51. The donation allows twenty children to shop during the event with each receiving $100 to spend while shopping with a local hero. The donation became part of an international movement which focuses on giving to others called Giving Tuesday...
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Gingerbread treehouse
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/07/14)
Just a sampling of the Mayfield annual gingerbread extravaganza!
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/07/14)
Today is Sunday, Dec. 7, the 341st day of 2014. There are 24 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched a pre-emptive air raid on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as well as targets in Malaya, Hong Kong, Guam, the Philippines and Wake Island; the United States declared war against Japan the next day...
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Hiler - Shank
(Wedding ~ 12/07/14)
Angela Marie Hiler and Clint Matthew Shank were married Oct. 11, 2014, at First Presbyterian Church in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. Kim Nelson performed the ceremony. Vocalist was Robyn Hosp and organist was Rebecca Nelson, both of Cape Girardeau. The bride is the daughter of Kevin and Mary Hiler of Cape Girardeau. The groom is the son of Ann Huizenga and Tim Betts of Rock Falls, Illinois...
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May - 50 years
(Anniversary ~ 12/07/14)
Mr. and Mrs. James H. May Jr. of Scott City celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a dinner and party Saturday at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Kelso, Missouri. Hosts were their children. James and Glendella Gossett were married Dec. 11, 1964, in Vanduser, Missouri...
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Jaco - Lang
(Wedding ~ 12/07/14)
Samantha Jo Jaco and Scott Andrew Lang were married Aug. 23, 2014, at Immaculate Conception Church in Jackson. The Revs. John Harth and Randy Tochtrop performed the ceremony. Pianist was Geri Beussink and vocalist was Jane Oehl, both of Jackson. The bride is the daughter of Richard "Dick" Jaco of Whitewater, and the late JoAnn Jaco. Roger and Lisa Lang of Jackson are parents of the groom...
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Strong - Wallgren
(Wedding ~ 12/07/14)
Brandi Michelle Strong and Charles Jacob Wallgren were married June 21, 2014, at Trinity Lutheran Church. The Rev. Paul Short performed the ceremony. Music was by the Heritage String Quartet of St. Louis. The bride is the daughter of Thomas and Berla Strong of Cape Girardeau. The groom is the son of Thomas and Cheryl Wallgren of Cape Girardeau...
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FYI Dec. 7
(Community ~ 12/07/14)
Two classes to help quit smoking or cease chewing tobacco will be held at the Osage Centre. One session will be a 6 p.m. Monday, and a second session will be at 10 a.m. Saturday. The classes, which are free, are led by Debbie Leoni, a certified wellness coach and smoking cessation facilitator. More information is available by contacting Christine at cpaige@cityofcape.org or 573-339-6604...
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Adopt Zane
(Community ~ 12/07/14)
Zane is a 4-year-old pit mix. He is altered and ready to go home. He is available at the Humane Society.
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Generosity -- Drury Southwest
(Community ~ 12/07/14)
Employees of Drury Southwest donated $5,532 to United Way of Southeast Missouri's 2014 campaign.
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Generosity - Scott City Alumni
(Community ~ 12/07/14)
The Scott City High School Alumni Scholarship has been established through the Southeast Missouri University Foundation. The Illmo-Fornfelt-Ancell-Scott City High School alumni represented by Gary Miller, president, Sondra Spinks, treasurer, and Janet Bockting, corresponding secretary, made a $10,000 gift to endow the scholarship. ...
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Generosity -- Fox 23 KBSI
(Community ~ 12/07/14)
Employees of Fox 23 KBSI donated $1,282 to United Way of Southeast Missouri's 2014 campaign.
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Generosity --Student Santas
(Community ~ 12/07/14)
SEMO Student Santas received a $3,000 grant from Ronald McDonald House Charities to help support efforts to donate clothing, food and toys to local needy families. Pictured are Megan Devenport, president of Student Santas; Jennifer Gast, founder of Student Santas; Laurel Gast.; and Cheryl Farrow, McDonalds supervisor...
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Virginia brewery taps 300-year-old beer recipe
(Community ~ 12/07/14)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- What do you get when you combine water, American persimmons and hops and ferment them with yeast? A beer based on a 300-year-old recipe scribbled in a cookbook kept by Virginia's prominent Randolph family. Ardent Craft Ales in Richmond recently brewed "Jane's Percimon Beer" unearthed from the book in the Virginia Historical Society's collections from the 1700s that contains food, medicinal remedies and beer recipes. ...
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America's swan
(Community ~ 12/07/14)
I remember being at Mingo National Wildlife Refuge one winter, as a boy, and seeing a pair of trumpeter swans. Several years since that time on winter trips to Mingo NWR, I would watch for trumpeters, but seldom saw one. Within the past five years it has become common to see a small flock of these big white birds in the Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois area...
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In the spirit of the meddling Jerry Jones
(Community ~ 12/07/14)
We tend to make up our minds pretty quickly about people -- sometimes too quickly. I've never had much use for Jerry Jones of Dallas Cowboys fame, for example. My view of him has been settled for some time -- as a meddling, uber-wealthy NFL owner who can't stop but interfering with the operation of his franchise. ...
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'Our heart is restless until it rests with you'
(Community ~ 12/07/14)
Advent is all about longing. Longing for Christ to come, to be born in us. Longing for something better, to be part of something more, for something to finally fulfill us. This longing brings with it a restlessness to seek, to keep seeking. We feel a long way off; there is a journey...
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Revisiting Tom's Place in DeSoto, Illinois
(Community ~ 12/07/14)
If you close your eyes, you may remember some great nights at Tom's Place in De Soto, Illinois. The kiddie cocktails and fabulous steaks and lobster were just the best in the area. The cute doggy bags were pretty special, too, but who ever had leftovers? It was the place in its day but now just an empty building and memories for those who visited...
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Grow your own
(Community ~ 12/07/14)
While at work, I receive the occasional call from my wife asking me to bring home a few sprigs of curled parsley. She is making her "new potato" dish and needs to garnish it with a little greenery. We have a collection of herbs growing in the greenhouse, so the request is not a problem...
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Christmas in the country
(Community ~ 12/07/14)
Nothing says Christmas quite like church, music and decorations. Add history, and it's both a celebration and a learning experience for the whole family. A two-day event in Southeast Missouri will include each of these festivities. The Tenth Annual Christmas Country Church Tour will take place from 3 to 9 p.m. Dec. 18 and 19...
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Club news 12-7
(Community News ~ 12/07/14)
Dr. Joel Rhodes gave the program on the history of the Vietnam war and how it affected the children of that generation at the Nov. 19 meeting of the John Guild Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, which was held at Delmonico's Restaurant in Jackson. He is in the process of writing a book on this topic, which is expected to be available in 2016...
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Generosity -- Federal Express
(Community ~ 12/07/14)
Employees of Federal Express donated $831.48 to United Way of Southeast Missouri's 2014 campaign
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Generosity - Community Counseling Center
(Community ~ 12/07/14)
Community Counseling Center in Cape Girardeau received a $3,000 grant from Ronald McDonald House Charities to support its children's service program. At left is Mary Burton, Community Counseling Center executive director, with McDonald's supervisor Cheryl Farrow...
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Gifts especially for the hunter or angler
(Community ~ 12/07/14)
As Christmas gets closer and closer, we begin to buy gifts for our friends and loved ones. Some people seem to be easy to buy for but some are downright hard. Hopefully some of these suggestions will help you buy for the hunter or fisher on your shopping list. All of the licenses listed are for Missouri...
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Despite 'Christmas creep,' holiday spirit intact
(Community ~ 12/07/14)
While strolling, I wondered whatever happened to Randy Hancock. Get a great start to your day today by stopping by St. Ambrose for their whole-hog sausage breakfast from 7:30 to 11 a.m. We are enjoying the full moon of December that is known as Long Night Moon, Snow Moon, Christmas Moon and Twelfth Moon...
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When Christmas music comes alive
(Community ~ 12/07/14)
Several years back, I spent most of December in India working with a university there. It was the 22nd day of the month, three days before Christmas, when I was finally on a plane moving down the taxiway headed for home. Just at the edge of my consciousness I became aware that the wonderful Christmas carol "Hark, the Herald Angles Sing" was playing on the intercom. ...
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Editorial: Remembering our WWII vets on Pearl Harbor Day
(Editorial ~ 12/07/14)
At 7:55 a.m. on this day in 1941, the U.S. was attacked by Japan bombers. Today we salute those who lost their lives at Pearl Harbor and throughout World War II. Very few WWII veterans are still alive today. To those who remain with us, we thank you...
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Speak Out 12/7/14
(Speak Out ~ 12/07/14)
Video cameras; Judicial review; Thank you; Great show; Postal service delay; Generosity gratitude; Ferguson, Chicago; Late mail; Albino buck; Obama blame
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Prayer 12-7
(Prayer ~ 12/07/14)
Lord Jesus, Blessed Redeemer, we praise you for you are faithful. Amen.
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Births 12/7/14
(Births ~ 12/07/14)
Son to Donald John and Jessica Dawn Trapp Jr. of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 7:49 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. Name, Gideon Paul. Weight, 8 pounds, 1 ounce. Second son. Mrs. Trapp is the former Jessica Hodge, daughter of Paul and Pat Hodge of Cape Girardeau. She is a preschool teacher at Community Day School. Trapp is the son of Kathy Upchurch of Cape Girardeau, and the late Danny Upchurch. He is a wage and hour investigator with Missouri Department of Labor...
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Out of the past 12/7/14
(Out of the Past ~ 12/07/14)
City Councilman Frank Bean won't seek re-election to a second term, saying it's difficult for someone involved in local business to serve longer than four years; also, Mary Wulfers, a vocal critic of the city's Lexington Avenue arterial project, files as a candidate for the council...
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Cape Girardeau police report 12/7/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/07/14)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Terah B. Green, 34, 225 S. Lorimier St., was arrested on a New Madrid, Missouri, warrant for failure to appear and on a Scott County warrant for failure to appear...
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Lois Whitener
(Obituary ~ 12/07/14)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Lois Maxine Whitener, 69, of Marble Hill passed away Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, at her home. She was born Nov. 7, 1945, daughter of Everett Franklin and Maxine Mame Myers Tripp. She and John Lynn Whitener were married Dec. 25, 1967...
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Garry Smith
(Obituary ~ 12/07/14)
Garry Davis Smith Sr., 77, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center. A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Fellowship Baptist Church, 430 Koch Ave, Cape Girardeau. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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J.D. Schneier
(Obituary ~ 12/07/14)
Joseph Dale "J.D." Schneier, 77, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, at the Lutheran Home. He was born May 11, 1937, in Brazeau, Missouri, son of William J. and Alene M. Henderson Schneier. He and Jo Ellen Linebarger were married April 6, 1957, in Jackson...
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Frederick Sargent
(Obituary ~ 12/07/14)
Frederick W. "Pat" Sargent, 85, formerly of Saunemin and Pontiac, Illinois, died Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 6, 1929, in Shannon, Illinois, son of Howard and Beatrice Corbett Sargent. Pat was raised in the Methodist Church and was a 1947 graduate of Saunemin High School. He received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Illinois in Champaign. He was employed in the agriculture industry most of his career...
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Dorothy Pratt
(Obituary ~ 12/07/14)
OLMSTED, Ill -- Dorothy Pratt, 89, of Portland, Oregon, formerly of Olmsted, died Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014, at Regency Park Assisted Living & Memory Care center in Portland. She was born to Katherine Reichert and James Lester Kraatz on Nov. 3, 1925. Mrs. Pratt has degrees from Southern Illinois University and Southeast Missouri State University. She taught school for more than 30 years...
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Dorothy Points
(Obituary ~ 12/07/14)
Dorothy Dolle Krueger Points, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 10, 1923, in Cape Girardeau, to Willie Luther Dolle and Flora May Johnson Dolle. Dorothy and Joseph Krueger were married Nov. 30, 1946, in Cape Girardeau. He passed away May 17, 1983. Dorothy then married George Points on Oct. 3, 1987, in Charleston, South Carolina. He passed away Nov. 27, 2001...
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Wanda Peel
(Obituary ~ 12/07/14)
Wanda Dean Peel, 47, of Quartzsite, Arizona, passed away Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014, at Yuma Medical Center in Arizona after a three-year fight with breast cancer. She was born Jan. 18, 1967, in Cape Girardeau to Raymond and Betty Rayburn Dean. Wanda graduated from Scott City High School in 1985...
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Catherine Moll
(Obituary ~ 12/07/14)
Catherine "Tootie" Moll, 99, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Friday, Nov. 12, 1915, in Cape Girardeau to Henry and Catherine Steimle Unnerstall. Tootie is the last member of the Henry and Catherine Unnerstall family...
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Margaret Johnson
(Obituary ~ 12/07/14)
Margaret Ruth Johnson, 91, passed away Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, at Applingwood Healthcare Center in Cordova, Tennessee. She was born July 21, 1923, in Chaffee, Missouri, to Albert Lewis and Clara Jean Shrum Bailey. Margaret graduated from Chaffee High School in 1941 and graduated as a registered nurse from Baptist Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1944. ...
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Janet Gleason
(Obituary ~ 12/07/14)
Janet L. Gleason, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Aug. 3, 1939, in Cape Girardeau, to Clarence Donald and Georgia Evelyn Cotner Snyder. She and Jack R. Gleason were married July 30, 1962, in Cape Girardeau. He passed away May 2, 1992...
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Mary Dillow
(Obituary ~ 12/07/14)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Mary E. Dillow, 87, of Tamms passed away at 7:38 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Mary was born May 23, 1927, in Etherton Switch, Illinois, daughter of the late Hugh Brown and Margaret Ray Brown...
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Charles Davis
(Obituary ~ 12/07/14)
Charles Edward Davis, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, at the Monticello House in Jackson. He was born Friday, July 15, 1932, in Dutchtown, to Harrison H. and Grace Mae Lape Davis. He and Rosetta Propst were married Sept. 3, 1952, in Cheyenne, Wyoming...
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Thelma Dalton
(Obituary ~ 12/07/14)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Thelma Louise Dalton, 83, of Chaffee passed away Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, at Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born Aug. 8, 1931, in Sikeston, Missouri, to Henry and Irene Cline Cooper. Thelma was a machine operator at Florsheim Shoe Factory in Chaffee and a cook at Chaffee Head Start. She was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Chaffee...
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Paul Buehler
(Obituary ~ 12/07/14)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Paul J. Buehler, 69, of Perryville, Missouri, died Dec. 5, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday and from 6:30 a.m. until time of service Tuesday at Miller Family Funeral Home...
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Mildred Buehler
(Obituary ~ 12/07/14)
GIPSY, Mo. -- Mildred Leatta Talley Buehler, 92, of Gipsy passed away Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, at Advance Nursing Center. She was born Feb. 10, 1922, at Zalma, Missouri, daughter of Benjamin and Stella Deckard Talley. She and Luther Herman Buehler were married Sept. 28, 1940, at Gipsy. He preceded her in death Nov. 15, 1996...
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Families take in shopping, activities at Downtown Christmas Open House
(Local News ~ 12/07/14)
Six-year-old Ireland Hunter was painting a Dalmatian snowflake, and there was nothing anyone was going to do to talk her out of it. At the Discovery Playhouse at 502 Broadway in Cape Girardeau, a group of children gathered around the craft table, celebrating the Old Town Cape's annual Downtown Christmas Open House with their families...
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Mexico: At least 1 of 43 missing students ID'd
(International News ~ 12/07/14)
MEXICO CITY -- At least one of 43 college students missing since September has been identified among charred remains found near a garbage dump, two Mexican officials confirmed Saturday. The two could not provide more details on how many of the students might have been identified...
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Remington to replace triggers on popular rifles
(National News ~ 12/07/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- U.S. gunmaker Remington Arms Co. and plaintiffs in two class-action lawsuits formalized a settlement agreement last week under which the company will replace the triggers on millions of guns, including its most popular bolt-action rifles...
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Pakistan says top al-Qaida militant killed in raid
(International News ~ 12/07/14)
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani soldiers killed a top al-Qaida operative Saturday who was indicted in the U.S. for his alleged involvement in a plot to bomb New York's subway system, the military said in a statement. The death of Adnan Shukrijumah is the latest blow to the terror organization still reeling from the 2011 killing of leader Osama bin Laden and now largely eclipsed by the militant Islamic State group. ...
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Typhoon slams into eastern Philippines
(International News ~ 12/07/14)
LEGAZPI, Philippines -- Typhoon Hagupit slammed into the central Philippines' east coast late Saturday, knocking out power and toppling trees in a region where 650,000 people have fled to safety, still haunted by the massive death and destruction wrought by a monster storm last year...
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15 arrested in Balkan war massacre
(International News ~ 12/07/14)
PRIJEPOLJE, Serbia -- Atifa Memovic last saw her husband two decades ago, but she remembers it as if it were yesterday. It was snowing so Fikret, a railway worker, was wearing a lined jeans jacket and a gray sweater over a checkered shirt, a Seiko watch on his wrist. He kissed her and promised to be back on the afternoon train...
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SUV in boy's death had anti-Muslim message
(National News ~ 12/07/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- An SUV involved in the death of a Missouri teenager outside a Somali community center had an anti-Muslim message displayed in the rear window at the time of the crash, Kansas City police confirmed Saturday. Authorities say 34-year-old Ahmed H. ...
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Baby weighing nearly 14 pounds born in Colorado
(National News ~ 12/07/14)
ALAMOSA, Colo. -- A woman in southern Colorado was surprised when she gave birth to a baby girl who tipped the scales at almost 14 pounds. Mia Yasmin Hernandez was born by cesarean section Monday, weighing 13 pounds, 13 ounces. She was flown to a hospital outside Denver because she had low glucose levels and trouble breathing. Her father says she's doing well...
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Search continues for new Southeast president
(Local News ~ 12/07/14)
The Presidential Search and Screening Committee at Southeast Missouri State University continues to collect applications and supporting materials in its effort to find a successor to Southeast President Kenneth Dobbins. During a Thursday conference call with Parker Executive Search, the firm hired by the university's board or regents to help find a new leader, the committee was updated on candidates whose credentials recently were uploaded to a secure website...
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Packed agenda for Prince William, Kate in NYC, DC
(Entertainment ~ 12/07/14)
NEW YORK -- Among the 5 million visitors expected in New York this holiday season, at least two are certain to get the royal treatment: Britain's Prince William and his wife, Kate. They are due to arrive today for the first trip either has made to the United States' biggest city, and William is set to visit the nation's capital for the first time...
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Indicting a police officer is uncommon occurrence
(National News ~ 12/07/14)
NEW YORK -- At least 400 people are killed by police officers in the United States every year, and while the circumstances of each case are different, one thing remains constant: In only a handful of instances do grand juries issue an indictment, concluding the officer has committed a crime...
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Beyonce, Sam Smith lead in Grammy nods
(Entertainment ~ 12/07/14)
NEW YORK -- The year's brightest newcomer, Sam Smith; the most nominated female in Grammy history, Beyonce; and megaproducer Pharrell led the Grammy Award nominations announced Friday, with six nominations apiece. Smith's "In the Lonely Hour," Beyonce's surprise self-titled release and Pharrell's "G I R L" will compete for the coveted album of the year, along with Beck's "Morning Phase" and Ed Sheeran's "X," the most streamed album on Spotify this year...
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Detectives meet with possible Bill Cosby victim
(Entertainment ~ 12/07/14)
LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles police opened an investigation Friday into a woman's claims that Bill Cosby molested her when she was 15 years old, a department spokeswoman said. The investigation was opened after Judy Huth, who is suing Cosby for sexual battery, met with Los Angeles police detectives for 90 minutes...
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The Bar for "Gone Girl" film production vandalized
(Local News ~ 12/07/14)
At 2:20 p.m. Friday, a window was broken in at The Bar at 117 Themis St. in Cape Girardeau. The Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to a call where a window pane was broken on the Spanish Street side of the building, toward the rear. Shortly after, police arrested Joshua Precher, 19, of Cape Girardeau. He has been released on a summons for property damage and possession of a controlled substance...
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Ground broken for electrical substation near Cape
(Local News ~ 12/07/14)
Ameren Missouri broke ground Friday at a site between Cape Girardeau and Gordonville that will hold a new substation. The project is part of a regional upgrade to substations and lines that company representatives say will improve the reliability of power in the area. The upgrade also will result in an eventual increase in customer's bills, albeit a small one, Ameren officials say...
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Mizzou D frustrated in loss to Alabama
(Professional Sports ~ 12/07/14)
ATLANTA -- Missouri's attacking defense was already frustrated by Alabama quarterback Blake Sims' quick passes. The ejection of sacks leader Shane Ray only added to the Tigers' problems. Defense led No. 14 Missouri to its second-straight Southeastern Conference championship game, but Sims' three-step drops frustrated the Tigers in their 42-13 loss to No. 1 Alabama on Saturday...
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Rams-Redskins RG3 trade starting to look one-sided
(Professional Sports ~ 12/07/14)
WASHINGTON -- The St. Louis Rams got a ton of draft picks. The Washington Redskins got Robert Griffin III. Neither team is exactly steamrolling through the NFL, but the deal looks better for the Rams as time goes by. The Rams (5-7) and Redskins (3-9) are getting back together today, and St. ...
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Martin Brodeur picks up win in relief for Blues
(Professional Sports ~ 12/07/14)
UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Martin Brodeur wasn't planning to be in net for the St. Louis Blues on Saturday. But after they fell behind the Islanders 3-0, the goaltender with the most victories in league history entered in relief and his new team rallied to win 6-4...
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Southeast track and field team breaks records at EIU
(College Sports ~ 12/07/14)
The Southeast Missouri State track and field team rewrote the record book in just its first indoor meet of the season. Seniors Kevin Farley and Blake Smith, a Jackson native, each broke a school record in the Redhawks first indoor meet of the season at Eastern Illinois' EIU Early Bird meet on Friday...
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Three pets perish in Gordonville home fire
(Local News ~ 12/07/14)
The Gordonville Fire Department responded to a call at 298 Blue Willow Lane at 8:45 p.m. Thursday night that caused heavy damage and killed three family pets. Fire chief Randy Morris said the home's occupants returned to find the fire in progress and immediately called for help...
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Jackson Christmas parade
(Local News ~ 12/07/14)
"Old Bethel 1806" is depicted on a float by First Baptist Church of Jackson in the Jackson Christmas parade Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014 in Jackson. First Baptist Church traces its roots as one of nine churches started by the congregation of Old Bethel. The entry received the Christmas Spirit award in the parade themed "Jackson Through the Years." (Fred Lynch)...
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Greek-fighting men
(Community ~ 12/07/14)
Josh Caputo and Jake Culver give the term "history buff" new meaning. Caputo's Spartan Academy in Cape Girardeau teaches a number of martial arts techniques, but they're all rooted in an ancient fighting discipline called pankration. By 8 on a Tuesday evening, the windows are already fogged from body heat as inside fighters spar and grapple loosely in preparation for the night's workout...
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Pearl Harbor observance
(Local News ~ 12/07/14)
John Yallaly tosses a wreath into the Mississippi River at the annual American Legion Post 63 Pearl Harbor observance Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014 in Cape Girardeau. (Fred Lynch)
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Pet of the week 12/7/14
(Community ~ 12/07/14)
Just say cheese! Trenton and Ollie pose in their costumes on Halloween.
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