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Evans' murder conviction upheld by appeals court
(Local News ~ 04/29/15)
Missouri's Eastern District Court of Appeals has decided Glen Scott Evans has no grounds for appealing the judgment he received last year. In March 2014, a jury in Cape Girardeau convicted Evans of second-degree murder in connection with the death of Sean Crow, whose body was found Feb. 20, 2013, in his truck outside a McDonald's restaurant in Advance, Missouri...
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Peyton Maddox pitches gem in Bell City baseball team's win over Saxony Lutheran
(High School Sports ~ 04/29/15)
It had been more than a week since Peyton Maddox had taken the mound for Bell City, and coach Justin Simpher assumed there were going to have to be some adjustments.
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House fire rages on Jefferson Avenue
(Local News ~ 04/29/15)
Firefighters are on the scene of a house fire in Cape Girardeau. A house at 1022 Jefferson Avenue erupted in flames around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. When a Southeast Missourian reporter and photographer arrived on the scene, heavy smoke was pouring from the home and flames were showing from the open front door. Flames showed sporadically from other areas near the roof...
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High court hears arguments on same-sex marriage
(National News ~ 04/29/15)
WASHINGTON -- Pivotal Justice Anthony Kennedy, whose vote could decide the same-sex marriage issue for the nation, did not tip his hand Tuesday in historic arguments at the Supreme Court. But Kennedy's record on the issue could give encouragement to gay and lesbian couples...
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Protesters, police clash again in Baltimore
(National News ~ 04/29/15)
BALTIMORE -- A line of police behind riot shields hurled tear gas canisters and fired pepper balls at as many as 200 protesters Tuesday night to enforce a citywide curfew, imposed after the worst outbreak of rioting in Baltimore since 1968. Demonstrators threw bottles at police and picked up the canisters and hurled them back at officers. But the crowd rapidly dispersed and was down to just a few dozen people within minutes...
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Cape County use tax stands after recount
(Local News ~ 04/29/15)
Just nine votes separated voters' choice to allow a use tax to be levied in Cape Girardeau County after ballots were officially recounted Tuesday. The April 7 election result originally showed a 12-vote difference in favor of the tax, which prompted Jackson resident David A. Larson to request a recount. The recount was conducted in accordance with state law by the Cape Girardeau County Clerk Kara Clark Summers' office...
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SoutheastHEALTH Employee Excels in Boston Marathon
(Submitted Story ~ 04/29/15)
Boston Marathon runner Laura Sheridan couldn't have had more enthusiastic supporters than her co-workers and patients at SoutheastHEALTH's Cardiac/Pulmonary Rehab unit in Cape Girardeau. They watched the race live on streaming video on a computer monitor in Cardiac Rehab on Monday, April 20, and kept tabs on Laura's progress thanks to online data from digital checkpoints along the race route...
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Speak Out 4/29/15
(Speak Out ~ 04/29/15)
** Upon further review; ** Safe rooms
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MS walk goes on despite downpour
(Editorial ~ 04/29/15)
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society held its signature event, Walk MS, at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau on Sunday, April 19. More than 250 people participated in the walk with the goal of raising $25,000 to combat the disease that affects the nervous system and the transmission of information to the brain...
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'We will' -- The U.S. and the regional power of Saudi Arabia
(Column ~ 04/29/15)
Conventional wisdom was that the power of Saudi Arabia, the world's leading oil producer, depended on high petroleum prices and a strategic partnership with the United States, coordinated on all major international issues (other than Arab-Israeli matters). ...
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Hearing rescheduled for Illinois murder suspect
(Local News ~ 04/29/15)
The pretrial hearing for a man facing first-degree murder charges in connection with the fatal beating of an Anna, Illinois, man was rescheduled for 1 p.m. May 5. Travis D. Turner, 26, of Dongola, Illinois, is accused of beating to death James H. "Jimmy" Morrison, 46, in April 2014...
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Hearing set for Cairo murder suspect
(Local News ~ 04/29/15)
CAIRO, Ill. -- An Illinois man originally scheduled for a jury trial today was in court for a pretrial hearing. Chauncey Hughes, 31, is charged with first-degree murder in the November 2013 shooting death of his wife, 22-year-old Heather Davis. As of Tuesday, Hughes' next appearance is another pretrial hearing scheduled for May 26, online court records show...
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Survivors tell details of theater shooting
(National News ~ 04/29/15)
CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- Katie Medley, nine months pregnant and crouching between the seats of a movie theater filling with tear gas, gunfire and screams, looked at her husband Caleb's bloody face and told a friend, "He's dead, he's dead." Kaylan Bailey was 13 that night, sitting with a group of family and friends in the midst of the 421 people watching a midnight "Batman" premiere. She thought she was witnessing a prank until she realized bullets were flying past her...
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Desperate villagers await help near quake epicenter
(International News ~ 04/29/15)
PASLANG, Nepal -- There is almost nothing left of this village but enormous piles of broken red bricks and heaps of mud and dust. One of those piles was once Bhoj Kumar Thapa's home, where his pregnant wife pushed their 5-year-old daughter to safety in a last, desperate act before it collapsed and killed her during Saturday's earthquake...
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Nigerian army rescues 300 women and girls; none from Chibok
(International News ~ 04/29/15)
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -- Nigerian troops rescued nearly 300 girls and women during an offensive Tuesday against Boko Haram militants in the northeastern Sambisa Forest, the military said, but they did not include any of the schoolgirls kidnapped from Chibok a year ago...
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'American in Paris,' 'Fun Home' get a leading 12 Tony noms
(Entertainment ~ 04/29/15)
NEW YORK -- The musicals "An American in Paris" and "Fun Home" each received a leading 12 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, showing two sides of this Broadway season. One side is sunny -- the dance-heavy stage adaptation of the 1951 musical film with George and Ira Gershwin songs -- and the other moody -- the dark show based on Alison Bechdel's coming-of-age graphic novel about her closeted, suicidal dad...
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Wallenda to walk on moving, 400-foot-high Ferris wheel
(Entertainment ~ 04/29/15)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- In the days leading up to one of his craziest stunts ever, tightrope walker Nik Wallenda has done the following: drop his kid off at school. Paint windowsills. Mow the lawn. "It's not like I'm preparing for the end of my life," laughs the 36-year-old Sarasota, Florida, resident. "I'm a father, a husband and a homeowner."...
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Bill to limit deadly force advances in state senate
(State News ~ 04/29/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Senate on Tuesday advanced a bill that would limit police use of deadly force, an attempt to address concerns raised after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson that comes amid riots in Baltimore after the funeral for a black man who died in officer custody...
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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to run for president
(National News ~ 04/29/15)
MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is going to run for president as a Democrat. The independent who describes himself as a "democratic socialist" will announce Thursday he plans to seek the Democratic Party's nomination in 2016. That's according to two people familiar with Sanders' plans. They aren't authorized to discuss the decision by name and spoke on condition of anonymity...
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Bilingual Bush talks immigration in Puerto Rico
(National News ~ 04/29/15)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Jeb Bush confronted one of the Republican Party's touchiest debates Tuesday, telling Puerto Ricans conservatives should be proud America is "an immigrant nation" and value the contribution immigrants make to the country. The former Florida governor and 2016 GOP presidential prospect delivered a speech on economic opportunities peppered with Spanish, and his audience responded with hearty applause. ...
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Out of the past: April 29
(Out of the Past ~ 04/29/15)
A dedication service and open house are held at First Assembly of God Church for the new sanctuary and church offices; guest speaker is the Rev. William Nelson Sachs, Southern Missouri District superintendent. St. Paul Lutheran Church holds a special service of worship and praise at the Jackson City Park Band Shell, the theme being "Tell Everyone What He Has Done!" A picnic is held at noon at a nearby park shelter, hosted by AAL Branch 1621...
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Norma Hunt
(Obituary ~ 04/29/15)
Norma Joanne Hunt, 73, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Sheffield, Alabama, died Sunday, April 26, 2015, at Southeast Hospital. She had lived in Cape Girardeau the past three years. She was a 1959 graduate of DuPont High School in Charleston, West Virginia...
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Seeking answers to getting recalled cars fixed quickly
(National News ~ 04/29/15)
WASHINGTON -- Robo calls, social media ads, personal letters from the CEO and even a smartphone app are among ways auto companies are trying to convince more customers to get repairs done on cars recalled for serious safety defects. The unusual steps were discussed at a forum Tuesday held by government safety regulators who are frustrated over what they say is an unacceptably low rate of recall repairs...
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Carol Kaufmann
(Obituary ~ 04/29/15)
FESTUS, Mo. -- Carol Ann Meyr Kaufmann, 75, of Festus went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, April 25, 2015. Beloved wife 55 years of Eugene Robert Kaufmann; dearest mother of Corrine (Clayton) Gardner, retired Army Lt. Col. Phillip Kaufmann (fiancee Rhonda Bales) and Andrea (Christopher) Hudgens; loving grandmother of Timothy, Joanna and Daniel Gardner; dearest sister of Delores Wallmann, Ruby Koenig and Dean Meyr; dear sister-in-law, aunt, cousin and friend to many...
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Deane Sprout
(Obituary ~ 04/29/15)
Deane O. Sprout, 99, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, April 27, 2015, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Oct. 3, 1915, in Neosho Falls, Kansas, to Albert Warren and Ella Cochran Sprout. He and Catherine Windmiller were married Jan. 3, 1943, in Kansas City, Missouri...
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Wilbert Stueve
(Obituary ~ 04/29/15)
FROHNA, Mo. -- Wilbert W. Stueve, 92, of Frohna died Monday, April 27, 2015, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 14, 1923, in Frohna, son of Henry and Ella Lohmann Stueve. He and Gertrude Meinz were married April 6, 1947. She survives at the Lutheran Home...
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Lucille Frederick
(Obituary ~ 04/29/15)
Lucille Frederick, 98, of Jackson passed away Monday, April 27, 2015, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 31, 1916, in Scopus, Missouri, to Scott S. "Sike" and Rilla E. Bollinger Dockins. She and Albert E. Frederick were married Dec. 23, 1943, in St. Louis. They had been married 19 years when he passed away Aug. 12, 1963...
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Mary Quade
(Obituary ~ 04/29/15)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Mary Harriett Quade, 87, of Red Bud, Illinois, formerly of Chaffee passed away Monday, April 27, 2015, at Red Bud Regional Care Center. She was born June 22, 1927, in Jackson, to John Albert and Artie Jane Godwin McGuire. She and Lloyd H. Quade Sr. were married Dec. 26, 1948. He preceded her in death Sept. 2, 1982...
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Wyatt Koehler
(Obituary ~ 04/29/15)
James Wyatt Koehler, 48, of Millersville passed away Monday, April 27, 2015, as the result of a fatal vehicle accident. He was born Nov. 5, 1966, in Cape Girardeau to Ronald and Norma Deimund Koehler. Wyatt graduated from Jackson High School in January 1984. He served honorably in the Army National Guard from April 17, 1984, to April 16, 1990...
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Shannon Reeves
(Obituary ~ 04/29/15)
BENTON, Mo. -- Shannon Cecelia Reeves, 40, of Benton died Sunday, April 26, 2015, at her home. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Notre Dame track and field standout Bobby Jansen signs with SLU
(High School Sports ~ 04/29/15)
Bobby Jansen took a different kind of jump Tuesday at Notre Dame High School. The Bulldogs senior signed a National Letter of Intent with Saint Louis University to compete in the high jump on the Billikens' track and field team, and Jansen said he's excited about the challenges that await him at the college level...
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Hearing set for May 5 on proposed sports complex
(Local News ~ 04/29/15)
The next step in bringing a new indoor sports complex to Cape Girardeau will take place May 5 when the city hosts a public meeting on suggested sites and building projects or designs for the facility. It's the next project funded through revenue from the 1 percent restaurant tax, which historically has helped build facilities to attract out-of-town visitors and tourists...
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Nepal students hosting fundraising dinner for quake-stricken nation
(Local News ~ 04/29/15)
Students from Nepal attending Southeast Missouri State University will host Help for NEPAL, a fundraising dinner Thursday to help support their homeland rocked by Saturday's magnitude-7.8 earthquake. The Nepalese Student Association will serve traditional Nepalese foods to dinner guests while providing a backdrop of information about their country before and after the earthquake, according to a news release from Southeast...
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Apartment complex being built in Chaffee
(Local News ~ 04/29/15)
People who want to move to Chaffee, Missouri, soon will have new options after the completion of an apartment complex there. Although the complex hadn't been named and it was unclear Tuesday when the units might be available for rent, construction began on the three buildings at Main Street and the railroad crossing Jan. 13...
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Southeast to host annual Senior Showcase cabaret
(Local News ~ 04/29/15)
The Department of Theatre and Dance at Southeast Missouri State University will hold its annual Senior Showcase, a cabaret for graduating seniors, at 7:30 p.m. May 8 and 9 in the Rust Flexible Theatre at Southeast's River Campus. A reception will follow both performances in the Glenn Convocation Center...
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Trial date moved again for man accused of killing mom, pets
(Local News ~ 04/29/15)
For the second time, the jury trial for Neil Howland has been rescheduled. In October, Howland's trial was set to begin, then was postponed until April 23, according to previous reports. Then that trial date was postponed until the return hearing scheduled for Tuesday morning...
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Matheny juggles lineup in Cards' 11-5 win over Phillies
(Professional Sports ~ 04/29/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Juggling the batting order paid off for the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Downtown district makes plans for contractors, tasks
(Local News ~ 04/29/15)
Before the Downtown Community Improvement District begins offering services later this year, it will go through contracting with an outside entity to administer tasks of safety, beautification and more. The district's board of directors Tuesday night approved a request for qualifications so contracted entities can execute and administer tasks outlined in its five-year plan...
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Armstrong, Hitchcock still digesting playoff flop
(Professional Sports ~ 04/29/15)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Blues general manager Doug Armstrong and coach Ken Hitchcock sat side by side, presenting a united front for a franchise bleeding from its latest playoff flop. Armstrong on Tuesday praised Hitchcock's job in transforming the Blues from also-rans to legitimate Stanley Cup contenders, but both said they were still searching for reasons why they were eliminated in the first round for the third straight season...
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Road work 4/29/15
(Local News ~ 04/29/15)
I-55 in Cape County reduced for pavement repairs North- and southbound Interstate 55 in Cape Girardeau County will be reduced to one lane with a 14-foot width restriction as contractor crews make pavement repairs. This section of the highway is between mile markers 89 and 105. A Missouri Department of Transportation news release indicates the work will be performed Monday through Aug. 4 from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/29/15)
Today is Wednesday, April 29, the 119th day of 2015. There are 246 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On April 29, 1945, during World War II, American soldiers liberated the Dachau (DAH'-khow) concentration camp. Adolf Hitler married Eva Braun inside his "Fuhrerbunker" and designated Adm. Karl Doenitz president...
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High school roundup: Galemmo nets game-winner in Saxony Lutheran girls soccer team's win over Notre Dame
(High School Sports ~ 04/29/15)
All scores were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Tuesday.
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Fans of fresh eggs can rent hens
(Community ~ 04/29/15)
MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. -- Want farm-fresh eggs without the commitment of owning chickens? Try renting them. Poultry leases are a growing business for companies nationwide as people seek to live more sustainably through local food sources. Rentals allow customers to get eggs from humanely raised hens without the commitment of ownership. ...
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Births 5/29/15
(Births ~ 04/29/15)
Son to Pfc. Nickalos Allen and Myra Elizabeth Hughes of Killeen, Texas, Carl R. Darnell Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, Texas, 2:46 p.m. Saturday, April 11, 2015. Name, Nickalos Allen Jr. Weight, 6 pounds, 7 ounces. First child. Mrs. Hughes is the former Myra Henson, daughter of Jeremy and Elizabeth Henson of Delta. She is a student. Hughes is the son of Mark and Leslie Chapman of Evansville, Indiana, and Ronald and Sarah Hughes of Las Vegas, Nevada. He is serving in the U.S. Army...
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Cape Girardeau police report 4/29/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/29/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Jared T. Overman, 23, 816 Themis St., was issued summonses for driving while intoxicated, driving while suspended and speeding. n Walter T. Phillips, 23, of Jackson was issued a summons for driving while intoxicated...
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Civil unrest vs. domestic terrorism
(Column ~ 04/29/15)
Terrorists around the world make daily headlines by using violence against a system or belief with which they obviously disagree. Now, granted, that's a simplistic distillation on the meaning of terrorism. The new world order that seems to be unfolding before our eyes brings so many forms of terrorism and by so many names that it's easy to get lost in this level of violence that has become almost commonplace...
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Prayer 4/29/15
(Prayer ~ 04/29/15)
O Heavenly Father, our most generous provider, we give thanks in all things. Amen.
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Out of the Past: April 30
(Out of the Past ~ 04/29/15)
1990 Larry Dowdy, an official of the Little River Drainage District, tells the Lower Mississippi River Commission changes in federal wetlands regulations last year will have a devastating impact on farming and the economy. At a public hearing aboard the Corps of Engineers vessel Mississippi, Dowdy tells the commission, "The wetlands issue becomes more and more asinine each day."...
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