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Southeast will ease new leader into his role
(Local News ~ 03/09/15)
Now that Carlos Vargas-Aburto has been chosen as the next president of Southeast Missouri State University, officials say transitioning into the new role will be his first challenge. It also will be a transition for Southeast's faculty, staff and students, said Jay Knudtson, president of the board of regents...
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New trial date set in Chauncey Hughes case
(Local News ~ 03/09/15)
CAIRO, Ill. -- A new trial date is set for a Cairo man suspected of killing his wife. Chauncey Hughes, 31, will face a new jury April 28 on first-degree murder charges in the November 2013 shooting death of his wife, Heather Davis, 22, online court records show...
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Some states fight to keep their wood fires burning
(State News ~ 03/09/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Smoke wafting from wood fires long has provided a familiar winter smell in many parts of the country -- and in some cases, a foggy haze that has filled people's lungs with fine particles that can cause coughing and wheezing. Citing health concerns, the Environmental Protection Agency is pressing ahead with regulations to limit the pollution from newly manufactured residential wood heaters. ...
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Soles4Souls March Madness Returns! March 22-29
(Submitted Story ~ 03/09/15)
Five years ago, Kermit "Moose" Meystedt helped our vision of Soles4Souls become a reality on our campus, and in our community. While he is known to many as a generous, faith walkin' man, and record-breaking basketball star, some may not realize his role to this mission project...
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Ice Ghost
(Submitted Photo ~ 03/09/15)
Ice trying to "hang on" a little longer on the Water fountain near Cape Rock Overlook in Cape Girardeau, MO
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/09/15)
Today is Monday, March 9, the 68th day of 2015. There are 297 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 9, 1945, during World War II, U.S. B-29 bombers launched incendiary bomb attacks against Tokyo, resulting in an estimated 100,000 deaths...
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Ice bikes gain traction in bitterly cold Buffalo
(National News ~ 03/09/15)
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- If it were possible for anything to be hot in Buffalo this winter, it was the "ice bikes" that debuted at an outdoor skating rink. The bicycles on ice skates were an immediate hit when they glided onto the Ice at Canalside the day the rink opened on the city's waterfront...
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Ben Mulholland follows in brother's footsteps as SAC president
(Business ~ 03/09/15)
Junior Ben Mulholland has been a part of the Student Activities Council at Southeast Missouri State University since soon after he enrolled by becoming a member when his brother, Trevor Mulholland, was president. He is now the president of SAC and has been for the entire 2014-2015 school year...
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Reasons Apple's watch will - or won't - change the game
(Business ~ 03/09/15)
SAN FRANCISCO -- No one can argue Apple has changed the way people live their lives. The company's iPod, iTunes, iPhone and iPad have shaken up music, phone and computer markets worldwide. Is the Apple Watch going to be able to do the same? Here are three reasons the Apple Watch will finally move the needle in the smartwatch industry -- and three reasons it might not...
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Perryville plant looking for tree-planting volunteers
(Local News ~ 03/09/15)
A Perryville, Missouri, manufacturer of automobile parts is looking for volunteers to help plant more than 20,000 trees in May. TG Missouri began a multistep project last year based on the method of a Japanese botanist and plant ecology expert who visited Perryville in August to meet with local business and civic leaders...
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Annual Lincoln Day event moved to May
(Local News ~ 03/09/15)
The Cape Girardeau County Republican Women's Club has postponed its annual Lincoln Day event. Originally scheduled for March 14, the event is planned for May 30. Additional details will be made available soon, according to a news release from the club...
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Joplin hospital prepares to reopen after tornado
(State News ~ 03/09/15)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- A new Joplin hospital that replaces one destroyed by a deadly tornado is preparing to open. The Joplin Globe reports hundreds turned out Saturday for an open house in advance of the March 22 opening of the new Mercy Hospital Joplin. It replaces St. John's Regional Medical Center, which was destroyed in the May 2011 tornado...
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Annual Heart walk raises $56,000
(Local News ~ 03/09/15)
It was an emotional moment when Robert Grogg received his award Saturday as the 2015 Lifestyle Change Award winner at Cape Girardeau's annual Heart Walk. Exactly a year ago, on March 7, 2014, Grogg was taken into a hospital and scheduled for heart surgery. Since then, his life has changed dramatically. He's lost more than 70 pounds, bicycles daily and dutifully attends his weekly cardiac rehab. He was nominated by his daughter, Ashley Grogg, to recognize his lifesaving practices...
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Jackson police report 3/8/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/09/15)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Kyle W. Hente, 29, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on suspicion of stealing. n Jason L. Vaughn, 31, 411 Kies Ave., was arrested on a Jackson warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of peace disturbance...
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Cape Girardeau police report 3/9/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/09/15)
Cape Girardeau Police The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Justin A. Hubbert, 33, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Cape Girardeau municipal warrant for failure to appear for improper registration...
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Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/09/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY Sheriff's Department The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Derek B. Farmer, 21, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of driving while suspended and careless and imprudent driving...
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Out of the past: March 9
(Out of the Past ~ 03/09/15)
The preliminary design of a new east-west highway and Mississippi River bridge in Cape Girardeau is approved by the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission. In reviewing a five year, $24.5 million capital improvements plan Thursday, city council members said they want to move ahead with construction of an addition to city hall, renovation of the airport terminal and possible replacement of a damaged bridge near Twin Trees Park; but members questioned a proposal to spend $400,000 in city funds to buy about 400 acres northwest of the airport for development as a business park.. ...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 3/9/15
(Local News ~ 03/09/15)
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 City of Jackson ordinance 15-13...
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Scott City fire report 3/8/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/09/15)
SCOTT CITY The Scott City Fire Department responded to the following calls: February 27 n Emergency medical service on: Cape Street at 2:21 p.m., James Street at 5:18 p.m. and 8th Street East at 8:10 p.m. February 28 n Emergency medical service on: Highway 61 at 12:24 p.m. and Madison Street at 2:54 p.m...
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Eunice Myers
(Obituary ~ 03/09/15)
Eunice L. Myers, 92 of Jackson passed away Friday, March 6, 2015, at Madison Medical Center in Fredericktown, Missouri. She was born Jan. 17, 1923, daughter of August and Lula Kearns Eiler. She and Eugene Myers were married Sept. 15, 1949. She was of the United Methodist faith and served her country during World War II by riveting U.S. military war planes...
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Mary Huber
(Obituary ~ 03/09/15)
Mary Louise Huber, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, March 5, 2015, at Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 9, 1931, in Rolla, Missouri, to Fenlay and Helene Carrell Bruner. She and George Everett Huber were married Dec. 31, 1954, in St. Louis. He passed away Dec. 18, 2011...
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Jim Reynolds
(Obituary ~ 03/09/15)
James W. "Jim" Reynolds, 97, passed away Sunday, March 8, 2015, at the Jackson Manor Nursing Home. He resided many years on his farm south of Burfordville. He was born March 12, 1917, south of Burfordville to Alfred and Florence Jones Reynolds. He and Beula Cook were married April 25, 1943, at the former McGuire Church south of Burfordville. They had been married 56 years when she passed away on June 27, 1999...
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Ultra training
(Local News ~ 03/09/15)
Buzz Thompson rides along with Tiffiney Smith as she trains for her next ultra run Sunday in downtown Cape Girardeau. An ultra -- short for ultramarathon -- is a run longer than 26.2 miles. Last week's snow continued melting, with temperatures reaching into the 40s Sunday...
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Speak Out 3/9/15
(Speak Out ~ 03/09/15)
50 Shades
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Editorial: Schweich's death requires political reflection
(Editorial ~ 03/09/15)
We may never know the precise reason Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich ended his life. The publicly presumed reason is that it was a result of negative campaigning, specifically an alleged anti-semitic whisper campaign that was targeting the governor candidate as a person who practices the Jewish faith. Schweich was Episcopalian, though his grandfather is Jewish...
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Southeast Missouri State baseball team splits doubleheader with EKU
(College Sports ~ 03/09/15)
The Southeast Missouri State baseball team began the defense of its Ohio Valley Conference regular-season championship with a loss to Eastern Kentucky on Sunday, but the Redhawks bounced back with a victory to split a doubleheader in Edwardsville, Illinois.
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ND boys hold distinction of defeating all foes after avenging loss
(High School Sports ~ 03/09/15)
Heading into Saturday night's Class 4 District 1 championship, the Notre Dame boys basketball team had beaten all but one of the teams it played this season.
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Lynn leaves his first spring start with strain
(Professional Sports ~ 03/09/15)
JUPITER, Fla. -- Right-hander Lance Lynn left the St. Louis Cardinals' spring training game in the second inning Sunday with a left hip flexor strain, and six relievers combined to allow only one run in a 5-2 victory over the Miami Marlins.
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Congressional votes 3-9-15
(National News ~ 03/09/15)
There were five key votes in the Senate last week, which held 10 roll call votes. There were eight key votes in the House, which held 13 roll call votes. The most important votes in both chambers were to approve funding of the Homeland Security Department in fiscal 2015...
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TSA agents find stowaway Chihuahua in bag
(National News ~ 03/09/15)
NEW YORK -- Transportation Security Administration officers say a woman's 7-year-old Chihuahua sneaked into her suitcase and triggered a luggage screening alert last week at New York's LaGuardia Airport. A TSA spokeswoman said the owner had no idea her little dog had crawled inside her hard-sided suitcase and curled up while she was packing for a flight to Los Angeles. The woman's husband came to the airport and took the dog home...
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Nation, world briefs 3/9/15
(National News ~ 03/09/15)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- The first comprehensive report into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 revealed Sunday the battery of the locator beacon for the plane's data recorder had expired more than a year before the jet vanished March 8, 2014. ...
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Thousands in Selma pay tribute to the 50th anniversary of civil-rights clash
(National News ~ 03/09/15)
SELMA, Ala. -- Selma paid tribute Sunday to the late President Lyndon Johnson for the 1965 Voting Rights Act, recalling the clashes between police and marchers 50 years ago in this Alabama city that helped secure those equal voting protections. Police beat and tear-gassed marchers at the foot of the bridge in Selma on March 7, 1965, in a spasm of violence that shocked the nation. ...
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Prayer 3/9/15
(Prayer ~ 03/09/15)
Lord Jesus, Savior, may your peace rule in our hearts always. Amen.
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Wisconsin chief treads carefully after fatal shooting
(National News ~ 03/09/15)
MADISON, Wis. -- Within hours of a white officer shooting an unarmed black man, the police chief of Wisconsin's capital city was praying with the man's grandmother, hoping to strike a conciliatory tone and avoid the riots that rocked Ferguson, Missouri, last year...
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Consignment, furniture store coming to Jackson
(Business ~ 03/09/15)
The Hidden Attic, a furniture and consignment store, soon will open at the former location of Ross Furniture on South High Street in Jackson. Owner Daniel Glasco said in a news release the store will offer furniture from store closeouts, factory overruns and local consignments of home decor...
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Teen killer, Pamela Smart's student and lover, up for parole
(National News ~ 03/09/15)
When 16-year-old Billy Flynn gunned down the husband of his high school instructor and lover, Pamela Smart, in 1990, the trial became an instant tabloid sensation. Its lurid details aired gavel-to-gavel on television years before the O.J. Simpson spectacle and spawned movies and books...
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Why 5.5 percent unemployment isn't as great as it seems
(Business ~ 03/09/15)
Unemployment in the U.S. has dropped to a seven-year low of 5.5 percent -- the level normally considered the mark of a healthy job market. Yet that number isn't as encouraging as it might sound. The jobless rate fell in February from 5.7 percent mainly because many people gave up looking for work and no longer were counted officially among the unemployed, the government reported Friday. What's more, wage gains remained sluggish last month...
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People on the Move 3/9/15
(Business ~ 03/09/15)
Cheryl Mothes of Jackson has been honored for performance as a financial adviser. Mothes has been with Edward Jones in Jackson since 1999. She soon will attend the Edward Jones Managing Partners Conference in Arizona, which honors the top 350 of the nationwide firm's more than 14,000 financial advisers and gives them an opportunity to meet with Edward Jones' managing partner, according to a news release. This is the second time Mothes will attend the event...
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