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Last Transportation Trust Fund meeting to be held Tuesday
(Local News ~ 03/02/15)
The next and final Transportation Trust Fund 5 public meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Osage Centre, 1625 N. Kingshighway. Cape Girardeau voters will be asked in August to renew the half-cent, pay-as-you go sales tax dedicated to transportation projects. A committee has proposed a list of eight projects to be funded by TTF 5, but the city is asking for public input before finalizing and formally approving the list...
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Dexter, Sikeston girls basketball teams headline district tourney field
(High School Sports ~ 03/02/15)
Dexter pulled out a 55-50 victory over Sikeston in a barnburner last week, providing a glimpse at what the top two teams in this week's Class 4 District 1 girls basketball tournament might have to offer.
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Notre Dame boys basketball team hoists top seed in balanced district
(High School Sports ~ 03/02/15)
It's become more of a spectacle than anything else. The Class 4 District 1 boys basketball tournament is notoriously one of the most competitive district tournaments in the state.
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Man's weight loss earns spot on 'Rachael Ray Show'
(Local News ~ 03/02/15)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Having his story featured on "The Rachael Ray Show" was a memorable experience, but that isn't why New Madrid County Central High School's band director lost 370 pounds. "I did it for myself and for my band students so I wouldn't keel over," said Ryan Blocker, a Farmington, Missouri, native...
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Missouri Republicans seek to rein in liberal cities
(State News ~ 03/02/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Republican lawmakers in Missouri's Capitol often bristle at rules and requirements handed down from the federal government, saying they favor local authority in most matters. However, several GOP-supported proposals this year aim to hand down similar mandates to cities and counties across the state...
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Cape Council to try again to hear opinions on infrastructure plans
(Local News ~ 03/02/15)
The cancellation of the Cape Girardeau City Council's previous meeting has left a full docket of items to consider Monday night. February's final meeting was supposed to focus on a discussion about the city's 2015-2020 Capital Improvements Program, but inclement winter weather caused the conversation to be delayed. To allow enough time to consider the matter and hear public input, tonight's study session will begin at 4:30 p.m...
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Regional panel urges no change in air-quality rules
(Local News ~ 03/02/15)
A regional commission of business and government representatives wants air-quality standards left alone. Last week, the Southeast Missouri Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission approved sending a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency indicating its position on proposed new standards for ground-level ozone in Perry and Ste. Genevieve counties. The EPA proposed Nov. 25 the levels be reduced to a range of 65 to 70 parts per billion from the current 75 ppb...
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Scott County residents will vote whether to renew sales tax
(Local News ~ 03/02/15)
On the Scott County ballot for the April 7 general municipal election, county residents will decide whether to renew a countywide half-cent sales tax in exchange for no county-imposed property taxes. Scott County Clerk Rita Milam said when this sales tax was approved for fiscal year 2008, it initially was to help maintain the Scott County Jail...
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Food Bank donation
(Submitted Photo ~ 03/02/15)
Heartland Advanced Practice Nurses Network collected and donated $658 to the Southeast Missouri Food Bank. From left: Susan Jackson, MSN CNOR, APRN, FNP-BC, member of H.A.P.N.N.; Karen Green, chief executive officer, Southeast Missouri Food Bank; and Kim Keser, DNP, APRN, FNP-BE, President of H.A.P.N.N...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/02/15)
Today is Monday, March 2, the 61st day of 2015. There are 304 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 2, 1965, the movie version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway musical "The Sound of Music," starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, had its world premiere at New York's Rivoli Theater...
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Helping others at tax time: Carl Patterson has volunteered with AARP Tax-Aide for 23 years
(03/02/15)
Carl Patterson has always done his own taxes, so after he retired from his job at the University of Missouri Extension Office in 1992, he decided to help others do their taxes, free of charge. Patterson volunteers for AARP-TCE, which stands for the Association of American Retired Persons -- Tax Consulting for the Elderly...
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Estate-planning end game: Wealth strategist Tyler Cuba offers guidance to help avoid outliving your assets
(03/02/15)
Tyler H. Cuba is a certified wealth strategist at Cuba Financial Group in Cape Girardeau, creating comprehensive financial plans for clients to help them protect their wealth. Cuba essentially serves as chief financial officer for his clients, and through a five-step consultative process, develops for them appropriate wealth-management solutions, including the significant component of estate planning. He holds a degree in finance from St. Louis University. We asked him to share his expertise...
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In good hands: How to arrange care when you have custody of a minor or person with a disability
(03/02/15)
For some, estate planning goes beyond saving cash to live well in retirement or deciding who in the family might be willed a prized heirloom. For an individual with legal custody of a minor or, perhaps, an adult child or other person with a disability, the planning becomes crucial to ensure the person is well cared for and has access to needed help and services, and that adequate financial resources are available for housing, medical costs and general living expenses...
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Feeling generous? A guide to working your favorite charities into your estate plan
(03/02/15)
For some individuals, their estate plan extends beyond close family to include charities or other not-for-profit organizations. TBY spoke with Cheryl Mothes, a financial adviser at Edward Jones in Jackson; Alexa C. Hart-Lorenz, an attorney at Lorenz & Lorenz LLC; and Lucas M. Haley, an attorney at The Limbaugh Firm, for an introductory lesson in charitable giving plans...
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Bunion blues: Don't think you're immune to these foot woes
(03/02/15)
Think you're too young, too healthy or too cool to suffer from bunions? Think again. Bunions are the most common type of foot woes podiatrists treat every day, and if you're a woman, you are as much as nine times more likely to get a bunion than any man you know -- including your grandfather...
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Now Read This: Cookbooks, cake pans and more available at public library
(03/02/15)
A cook is only good as her inspiration. I'd found myself in a cooking rut, the same meal rotation for weeks, when I picked up Mario Batali's "America -- Farm to Table: Simple, Delicious Recipes Celebrating Local Farmers." This beautifully bound cookbook filled with delicious recipes is sure to become a classic...
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Sealed with a symbol: Barb Duncan practices pysanky, a traditional Ukrainian folk art
(03/02/15)
Baskets and baskets of eggs, some painted with dazzling patterns, others still white, are heaped on Barb Duncan's studio table. There are chicken eggs, goose eggs, quail eggs, emu eggs and a single giant ostrich egg perched in the center of the table like a smooth creamy coconut...
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Setting up
(Local News ~ 03/02/15)
Chad Beck returns a volley as teammate Hannah Wight looks on during a power pool match Sunday at the Osage Invitational Co-ed Volleyball Tournament at the Osage Centre. More photos from the tournament are in a gallery at semissourian.com.
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Poplar Bluff strikes out with financing requests
(Local News ~ 03/02/15)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- The city of Poplar Bluff may need to put its fire departments up as collateral after failing the first two times it attempted to secure financing for $3 million in technology and equipment purchases, according to documents secured through an open meetings request...
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Finance group appointed in Poplar Bluff
(Local News ~ 03/02/15)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Poplar Bluff city manager Heath Kaplan has offered the creation of a finance committee to serve as a "litmus test" for city spending policies. The committee is his attempt to respond to residents' concerns over city spending, he said...
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Vincent Dirnberger
(Obituary ~ 03/02/15)
NEW HAMBURG, Mo. -- Vincent Cyril Dirnberger, 88, of New Hamburg, Missouri, went peacefully into God's hands Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, while surrounded by his loving family. Although it is with heavy hearts that Vincent leaves this world, it is very comforting to his family that they were able to grant Vincent his final wish -- that he be able to take his final breath at the home place where both he and his father were born and raised...
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Corine Boettcher
(Obituary ~ 03/02/15)
Corine L. Boettcher, 92, of Frohna, Missouri, died Feb. 28, 2015, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 26, 1922 in Frohna, daughter of Ernst and Cora J. (Mueller) Palisch. She and Hugo S. G. Boettcher were married on Sept. 15, 1946. He preceded her in death on Jan. 26, 2008...
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Jeff Taylor
(Obituary ~ 03/02/15)
Jeffery Lee Taylor, 56, of Villa Ridge, Missouri, formerly of Mounds, Illinois, died Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, at his residence. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the Jones Funeral Home Villa Ridge with a memorial service at 7 p.m. with the Rev. Larry Buckles officiating...
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Grace Smith
(Obituary ~ 03/02/15)
Grace Marie Smith, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral Home with the Pastor Frank Burgess officiating...
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Majory Kramer
(Obituary ~ 03/02/15)
Marjory Laura Kramer, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, March 1, 2015, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau and again from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Wednesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints...
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Woman found slain in Cairo
(Local News ~ 03/02/15)
A homicide in Cairo, Illinois, is being investigated, according to Alexander County Coroner Willie Bingham. Gloria Faye Wiggins, 25 was found dead in Cairo early Friday morning. Bingham completed an autopsy Saturday and said the results are pending until after the investigation is complete...
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Scott City Police to increase seat-belt enforcement
(Local News ~ 03/02/15)
The Scott City Police Department announced Sunday it is joining with statewide law enforcement March 15 through March 31 to increase awareness about seat-belt safety in young adults. The police hope these efforts will decrease the number of seat-belt violations issued and reduce highway fatalities...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 3/2/15
(Local News ~ 03/02/15)
Cape Girardeau City Council City hall 401 Independence St. Study session, 4:30 p.m. today n No action will be taken during the study session. Items for discussion n Capital Improvement Program discussion n Dean Lynn retirement presentation n Annual audit report for fiscal year ending June 30, 2014...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 3/2/15
(Local News ~ 03/02/15)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on agenda Routine business n Purchase orders n Payroll change forms n 2014 Railroad & Utilities tax distribution...
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Man jailed after alleged baseball bat attack
(Local News ~ 03/02/15)
A man was arrested for an assault with a baseball bat after his alleged victim near Oran, Missouri, tied him up until police arrived. Thomas Rust Brown, 31, of Bell City, Missouri, is charged with first-degree assault and two felony counts of armed criminal action, all felonies...
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Spacewalking astronauts finish extensive, tricky cable job
(National News ~ 03/02/15)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Spacewalking astronauts successfully completed a three-day cable job outside the International Space Station on Sunday, routing several hundred feet of power and data lines for new crew capsules commissioned by NASA. It was the third spacewalk in just over a week for Americans Terry Virts and Butch Wilmore and the quickest succession of spacewalks since NASA's former shuttle days...
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Samsung ditches plastic, adds mobile pay in new phone
(National News ~ 03/02/15)
NEW YORK -- Samsung has unveiled a stylish new flagship phone that ditches its signature plastic design for more stylish metal and glass. The South Korean phone manufacturer also unveiled a premium model with a display that curves around the left and right edges so information can be glanced at quickly on the side. The Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge will include technology for mobile payments, though Samsung isn't unveiling a service to rival the iPhone's Apple Pay until summer...
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Young girl's story may lead Idaho to approve marijuana oil
(National News ~ 03/02/15)
BOISE, Idaho -- Ten-year-old Alexis Carey has a rare but intractable form of epilepsy, Dravet Syndrome. The genetic disease causes severe seizures, which often leave parents guessing whether the terror of watching their child seize up will pass or turn fatal...
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Obama invoking civil rights struggles
(National News ~ 03/02/15)
WASHINGTON -- For President Barack Obama, it's a week to invoke America's civil-rights struggles from past to present. The nation's first black president plans a speech Saturday from the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, the site of one of the movement's stirring moments, and will refocus on last year's fatal shooting by a white police officer of a black 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri...
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Sierra Leone's vice president in quarantine for Ebola
(International News ~ 03/02/15)
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- Sierra Leone's vice president has put himself in quarantine after the death from Ebola of one of his security guards. Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana became acting president Sunday when President Ernest Bai Koroma left Sierra Leone to attend a European Union conference on Ebola in Belgium. Sam-Sumana will carry out his presidential duties from his home...
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Big food makers try hipster guises
(Business ~ 03/02/15)
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. -- At a taco shop in Southern California, milkshakes are served in Mason jars, and a chalkboard menu lists "The 1%er" made with lobster meat. The logo is a pink skull, and instead of buzzers, customers are given license plates so servers can identify them when bringing out orders...
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Missouri exports top $14 billion
(Business ~ 03/02/15)
The U.S. Department of Commerce reported Thursday that exports of merchandise from Missouri reached $14.1 billion in 2014, an increase of $1.2 billion over the previous year. The United States overall also hit a record high for good and services exports with $2.35 trillion, according to a news release from the department of commerce...
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30,000 marchers in Moscow mourn slain Putin foe
(International News ~ 03/02/15)
MOSCOW -- For the tens of thousands bearing flowers and tying black ribbons to railings in honor of slain Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, the solemn march through the Moscow drizzle Sunday was a time for silence, not slogans. The marchers occasionally broke into chants of "Russia without Putin" or "Say no to war," but often the only sound was the steady thwack of police helicopters overhead or the hum of police boats patrolling the shores of the Moscow River...
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Wal-Mart CEO talks about its workers, customers, critics
(Business ~ 03/02/15)
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- When Wal-Mart CEO Doug McMillon took the top job at the world's largest retailer last year, he inherited some big problems. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which has more than 11,000 stores in 27 countries, has struggled with two years of mostly sluggish sales, due in large part to a challenging global economy and major changes in how people shop...
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'Jihadi John' is unmasked
(International News ~ 03/02/15)
LONDON -- As "Jihadi John," he was a terrifying figure, his identity concealed by a black mask, his threatening tone backed by his oversized knife and his willingness to use it in the name of Islamic State and its self-declared caliphate. His professional-looking videos began with a political rant and ended with his victims lying dead at his feet, severed heads cupped in the sands of Syria. He seemed judge and executioner, savoring each fresh kill...
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Dog that's subject of book, film will be at Jackson school
(Local News ~ 03/02/15)
The producer and author of an award-winning film and children's novel about bringing an end to bullying will visit West Lane Elementary School in Jackson on Monday along with the star of the film -- her dog named Marshall. Marshall is a three-legged, scar-faced rescue dog from Marshall, Missouri. He was rescued by producer and author Cynthia Willenbrock, who now tells his story all across the state...
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High court case threatens independent electoral maps
(National News ~ 03/02/15)
WASHINGTON -- In a reversal of the usual worries about political influence on electoral mapmaking, the Supreme Court is being asked to let raw politics play an even bigger role in the drawing of congressional district boundaries. The court hears argument today in an appeal by Republican lawmakers in Arizona against the state's voter-approved independent redistricting commission for creating the districts of U.S. ...
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Judge finds felon had right to be armed
(State News ~ 03/02/15)
ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis judge has tossed a gun possession charge after ruling that a convicted felon had the right to be armed under a newly enacted amendment to the state constitution. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Judge Robert Dierker ruled Friday in the case of Raymond Robinson. The 55-year-old has a prior conviction on a felony charge of unlawful use of a weapon, for carrying a concealed weapon in 2003, and served time in prison...
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Services planned for victims of Missouri shooting spree
(State News ~ 03/02/15)
TYRONE, Mo. -- Relatives will begin burying victims of a southern Missouri shooting spree this week. Thirty-six-year-old Joseph Jesse Aldridge killed seven people late Thursday in four homes in the unincorporated town of Tyrone before killing himself...
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Editorial: Obama's Keystone veto a head scratcher
(Editorial ~ 03/02/15)
The overarching sentiment from those not politically charged over the Keystone Pipeline veto is that it was another overly-dramatized political battle. Indeed, that seems to be the case. For a president who has rarely used his veto power, we're left scratching our heads as to why Obama would use it here...
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Southeast Missouri State softball team drops finale of Classic against Arkansas
(College Sports ~ 03/02/15)
The Southeast Missouri State softball team struck for two early runs but saw Arkansas counter with five unanswered runs as it closed the Lion Classic Scramble with a 5-2 loss Sunday in Hammond, Louisiana. The Redhawks went 1-3 in the tournament, the third hosted by Southeastern Louisiana in a weather-plagued season thus far, and fell to 3-6 on the season...
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Chaffee City Council agenda 3/2/2015
(Local News ~ 03/02/15)
Chaffee, Missouri, City Council City hall 222 W. Yoakum Ave. 7 p.m. today Tentative agenda n Minutes n Building permits n Police department n Fire department n Judge's report n Emergency preparedness n Collector's report n Monthly bills n City clerk: New business -- bills...
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Suburban St. Louis police officer kills man in traffic stop
(State News ~ 03/02/15)
WELLSTON, Mo. (AP) -- A suburban St. Louis police officer has fatally wounded a 34-year-old man during a traffic stop. Shawn McGuire of the St. Louis County Police Department said in a news release that Thomas Allen Jr. died Sunday. The shooting happened around 10:15 a.m. Saturday after an officer for the Wellston Police Department pulled over a vehicle for a traffic violation...
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2 die in crash on snow-covered I-44
(State News ~ 03/02/15)
LEBANON, Mo. (AP) -- Two people are dead after a driver lost control on a snow-covered highway in southern Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the out-of-control car skidded into a tractor-trailer that was stopped Saturday afternoon because of an earlier crash on Interstate 44...
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Blind dog rescued after being lost 2 weeks
(National News ~ 03/02/15)
FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- A blind dog who wandered away from her home during a cold snap has been reunited with her owner. The 11-year-old Labrador retriever named Madera ventured away from home Feb. 6, when the temperature dipped to 40 degrees below zero. Her owner, Ed Davis, said he didn't expect to find her alive. A man riding a bike found Madera in the woods last week, about a half-mile from the Davis' home. Davis said his dog lost 14 pounds but was healthy...
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People on the move 3/2/15
(Business ~ 03/02/15)
Kristi Embry has joined the United Way of Southeast Missouri as its director of education initiatives. Her position will include coordination of the organization's LIFE and Success By 6 initiatives, according to a news release, while furthering the United Way's effect in its education focus area...
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Terri Collins
(Obituary ~ 03/02/15)
DELTA, Mo. -- Terri R. Collins, 48, of Delta, Missouri, died Sunday, March 1, 2015, at her home in Delta. Friends may call the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, Missouri after 4 p.m. on Tuesday. The funeral will take place at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee...
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Cape Girardeau police report 3/2/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/02/15)
Arrests n Daniel Carver, no age given, of Puxico, Missouri, was arrested on two warrants. DWI n A male suspect was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Theft n Identity theft was reported at 3610 Old Hopper Road. n Identity theft was reported at 40 S. Sprigg Street...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 3/2/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/02/15)
n Medical assist calls were made to: Jefferson Avenue at 1:58 a.m., S. Sprigg Street at 5:35 a.m., Cape Meadows Circle at 7:47 a.m., N. Kingshighway at 10:52 a.m., Broadway at 12:21 p.m., N. Main Street at 12:53 p.m., William Street at 3:13 p.m., Revlon Drive at 4:02 p.m., Kage Road at 7:24 p.m., Green Acres Drive at 8:51 p.m., and S. Mt. Auburn Road at 10:51 p.m...
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Jackson fire repprt 3/2/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/02/15)
The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls Friday: n An alarm sounding on Kland Drive. n Mutual aid on Jackson Road. The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls Saturday: n Medical assist calls were made to: Florence Street, West Adams Street, East Jackson Boulevard and West Mary Street...
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Scott City police report 3/2/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/02/15)
Arrests n Vanessa Oliphant, 22, of Cape Girardeau, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear for an original charge of minor in possession. n Jessica Colyer, 22, of Scott City, was arrested on suspicion of driving while revoked/suspended and having defective equipment...
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Cape Girardeau County sheriff's report 3/2/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/02/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Jitwan K. Mims, 21, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on suspicion of marijuana - distribution, delivery, manufacture, produce or attempt to or possess with intent to possess controlled substance - marijuana and receiving stolen property...
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Out of the past: March 2
(Out of the Past ~ 03/02/15)
Union Pacific Railroad officials say the railroad will continue to serve the Cape Girardeau area despite the loss of the only train that is regularly using the UP tracks into Cape Girardeau; the coal train, which operated from Cape Girardeau to the Union Electric Co. power plant in Jefferson City, Missouri, made its last run yesterday...
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Prayer 3/2/15
(Prayer ~ 03/02/15)
Lord Jesus, we worship you for you are the way, the truth and the life. Amen.
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Velma Carlton
(Obituary ~ 03/02/15)
Velma "Juanita" Carlton, 100, of Scott City, died Sunday, March 1, 2015, at the Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 6, 1914, in Illmo, Missouri, to Alfred Amzie and Nora Lena Etter Lambert. She married William "Ralph" Carlton on June 5, 1931, in Cairo, Illinois...
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