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Scott City softball team falls to Kennett in Class 1 quarterfinal
(High School Sports ~ 05/15/15)
KENNETT, Mo. -- After tying the game at 1-1 in the top of the fifth inning, Scott City had the defending Class 1 softball state champions right where it wanted them. However, it didn't take long for Kennett to respond. The Indians erupted for five runs in the bottom of the inning and added three more in the sixth to come away with a 9-1 victory in a state quarterfinal Thursday at Indian Park...
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Jury sees video of interrogations in homicide case
(Local News ~ 05/15/15)
"I didn't kill him. I know that for a fact." Jessie Bell started out confident -- if sleepy -- in video of his interrogation the afternoon of April 12, 2014, the day Bell is accused of helping kill 46-year-old James "Jimmy" Morrison. The videos of two interrogations were shown Thursday in Union County, Illinois, Circuit Court...
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Sikeston murder suspect faces more charges
(Local News ~ 05/15/15)
BENTON, Mo. -- A Sikeston, Missouiri, man jailed on murder charges faces additional charges after using a Taser on three officers during a weekend incident at the Scott County Jail. William Henry Applewhite III, 28, is charged with three counts of first-degree assault on corrections officers and armed criminal action. Bond is set at $100,000 cash only...
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Mayor: Poplar Bluff city manager fired
(Local News ~ 05/15/15)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- It appears the Poplar Bluff City Council fired city manager Heath Kaplan, but it continued Thursday to withhold information on the terms of that decision. No details have been released about what votes were taken Tuesday in a special closed session or whether Kaplan will be paid a severance package...
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Special prosecutor named to look into Poplar Bluff nepotism allegations
(Local News ~ 05/15/15)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A special prosecutor was appointed Wednesday to investigate accusations of nepotism against Poplar Bluff City Council member Jack Rushin. Ripley County assistant prosecuting attorney Kasey Proctor was named to handle the case in a court order signed by Presiding Judge Michael Pritchett...
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Love of singing together key to Oak Ridge Boys longevity; will perform later this month in Cape
(Entertainment ~ 05/15/15)
The soon-to-be-newest inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame, The Oak Ridge Boys, are coming to Cape Girardeau for a night of harmonious, gospel-colored classic country music at Isle Casino Cape Girardeau. The four-part vocal group has become one of the most consistently popular acts in country music, displaying an impressive ability to acclimate its style to a changing musical landscape...
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Jackson chamber honors educators of the year
(Local News ~ 05/15/15)
Jackson High School teacher Becky Bockelman wasn't sure she would make a good teacher. Now, after teaching for 18 years, she has received one of the five Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce Educator of the Year awards. After graduating from college, she traveled to Slovakia for a year as a missionary and taught English as a second language. From there, she continued her career and has only become more confident in her skills, and her peers have noticed...
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Under construction
(Local News ~ 05/15/15)
C.J. Jaycox, left, Daniel Cook and Ben Gates with Fronabarger Concreters smooth out freshly poured concrete Thursday as they work to complete a sidewalk along South West End Boulevard to Shawnee Parkway.
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Missouri House speaker resigns after intern text messages
(State News ~ 05/15/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri House Speaker John Diehl said Thursday he is resigning from the Legislature after acknowledging he exchanged sexually suggestive text messages with a college student serving as a Capitol intern. Diehl said he is stepping down from both his House speaker's position and his elected job as a Republican representative from suburban St. Louis. Diehl's resignation is expected to become official today, when a successor can take over...
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Joseph's financial issues may be used as evidence in trial
(Local News ~ 05/15/15)
A Cape Girardeau County circuit judge ruled Thursday financial matters involving George Joseph may be used as evidence during his upcoming trial. Joseph, 50, faces charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in connection with the May 30, 2013, shooting deaths of his wife, Mary, and their 18-year-old son, Matthew, before turning the gun on himself in an apparent suicide attempt at their home on West Cape Rock Drive in Cape Girardeau, court records show...
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Photos released of truck believed to be involved in alleged abduction
(Local News ~ 05/15/15)
New photos of a truck believed to have been involved in an abduction in Cape Girardeau have been taken in Anna, Illinois. There appears to be a large dent on the rear quarter panel behind the rear tire on the passenger side of the truck, according to a news release from the Cape Girardeau Police Department...
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Southeast Missouri State baseball team clinches share of OVC title, top seed
(College Sports ~ 05/15/15)
The Redhawks defeated Belmont 12-0 Thursday night to lock up a share of the Ohio Valley Conference regular-season championship and the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament.
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Boston Marathon bomber sentenced to death
(National News ~ 05/15/15)
BOSTON (AP) -- A jury sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death Friday for the Boston Marathon bombing, sweeping aside pleas that he was just a "kid" who fell under the influence of his fanatical older brother. Tsarnaev, 21, stood with his hands folded upon learning his fate, decided after 14 hours of deliberations over three days in the nation's most closely watched terrorism trial since the Oklahoma City bombing case two decades ago...
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BEFORE & AFTER
(Submitted Photo ~ 05/15/15)
The Cardinals' team just got bigger...
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Lincoln Day event to be postponed
(Local News ~ 05/15/15)
The Cape Girardeau County Republican Women's Club announced its annual Lincoln Day event scheduled for May 30 has been postponed because of "uncontrollable circumstances." "The Committee sincerely apologizes if this postponement affects your plans. ... However, we will immediately inform you of details of the event as soon as we have a firm date," the club said in a news release...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/15/15)
Today is Friday, May 15, the 135th day of 2015. There are 230 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 15, 1975, U.S. forces invaded the Cambodian island of Koh Tang and captured the American merchant ship Mayaguez, which had been seized by the Khmer Rouge. (All 39 crew members had already been released safely by Cambodia; some 40 U.S. servicemen were killed in connection with the operation.)...
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Go west -- or north or east or south; you decide
(Column ~ 05/15/15)
My wife and I have moved more than 20 times in our half-century together. But we are spoiled. Nearly half of that half-century has been spent right here in Cape Girardeau. We have been in our house 18 years, the longest we've ever lived anywhere in our lives...
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Accomplishments, potential celebrated at graduations
(Editorial ~ 05/15/15)
It's commencement time in Southeast Missouri. Whether that means graduating from high school or college, it's one of life's great milestones. It means much energy has been spent and much hope exerted in the pursuit of what we all ultimately want from life...
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Carpenter's eighth-inning homer sends Cards past Indians
(Professional Sports ~ 05/15/15)
CLEVELAND -- Matt Carpenter's first three at-bats were miserable, forgettable and completely unproductive. He more than made up for them with one swing. Carpenter hit a two-run homer off reliever Marc Rzepczynski in the eighth inning after Cleveland replaced starter Trevor Bauer, rallying the St. Louis Cardinals to a 2-1 win over the Indians on Thursday...
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Southeast Missouri State track and field team will attempt to defend OVC titles
(College Sports ~ 05/15/15)
Defending their Ohio Valley Conference outdoor track and field championships will not be an easy task for the Southeast Missouri State men's and women's track and field teams. The OVC championships begin today in Clarksville, Tennessee, and conclude Saturday. Both Redhawks squads will try to end the regular season with their best team performance yet after a spring filled with injuries and illness...
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New Takata air bag recall brings total to more than 33 million
(National News ~ 05/15/15)
TOKYO -- A massive new recall from Honda of vehicles with Takata air bags Thursday has brought the total recalls for the potentially deadly devices to more than 33 million. Honda Motor Co. recalled an additional 4.89 million vehicles around the world for a new type of problem in Takata Corp. air-bag inflators, a day after Japanese rivals Toyota and Nissan announced similar recalls. The new wave of recalls adds to what was already one of the largest recalls ever for a defective part...
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Out of the past: May 15
(Out of the Past ~ 05/15/15)
There's plenty of rain to go around, and some farmers are getting too much these days; Cape Girardeau County farmers are way behind, with only 11 percent of their corn planted. With a parks tax vote just three weeks away, the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board is stepping up efforts to tout the recreation improvements the measure would bring to Cape Girardeau. ...
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Death toll in Amtrak wreck hits 8; all aboard accounted for
(National News ~ 05/15/15)
PHILADELPHIA -- The death toll from the Amtrak crash rose to eight with the discovery of another body in a mangled railcar Thursday, while a lawyer for the train's engineer said his client has no recollection of the crash and wasn't on his cellphone or using drugs or alcohol...
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Worry over Shariah law in Idaho jeopardizes child support
(National News ~ 05/15/15)
BOISE, Idaho -- The U.S. has spent years leading negotiations toward an international treaty that would make it easier for single parents worldwide to collect child-support payments. But families across the country could be stuck with the cumbersome existing system after legislators in a single state rejected the deal because, they said, it could allow Islamic law to influence American courts...
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Malaysia turns away 800 boat people; Thailand spots 3rd boat
(International News ~ 05/15/15)
LANGKAWI, Malaysia -- Rohingya and Bangladeshis abandoned at sea following a crackdown on human traffickers had nowhere to go Thursday after Malaysia turned away two wooden boats crammed with hundreds of hungry people. Thailand, too, made it clear the migrants were not wanted...
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EU border chief warns of migrant surge
(International News ~ 05/15/15)
BRUSSELS -- The European Union's border agency is boosting its operations in the Mediterranean Sea near Greece as increasing numbers of migrants try to enter the EU from Turkey, its chief said Thursday. "We are worried about the situation in Greece, and that's why we will upgrade our action there and our support to the Greek authorities," Frontex executive director Fabrice Leggeri said in an interview...
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Obama, Gulf nations to boost security cooperation
(National News ~ 05/15/15)
CAMP DAVID, Md. -- President Barack Obama reassured anxious Persian Gulf nations Thursday the United States is committed to helping protect their security, including the potential use of military force, in a time of "extraordinary changes and some great challenges."...
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Nepal's prime minister: 'We were not prepared' for 2nd quake
(International News ~ 05/15/15)
CHARIKOT, Nepal -- Nepal has been overwhelmed by its second powerful earthquake in less than three weeks, its prime minister said Thursday as he visited this normally placid foothills town, now filling up with frightened villagers desperate for government help...
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Again? Agents likely 'impaired' in White House incident
(National News ~ 05/15/15)
WASHINGTON -- What were they thinking? For months, new Secret Service director Joseph Clancy had been warning agents and officers misconduct and drunken shenanigans would not be tolerated in the once-vaunted law enforcement agency. And yet, according to investigators, two senior Secret Service agents spent five hours at a bar, ran up a significant tab and then drove back to the White House, where they shoved their car into a construction barrier and drove within inches of a suspicious package earlier this year.. ...
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Man arrested near White House over drone
(National News ~ 05/15/15)
WASHINGTON -- A federal law enforcement official says a man has been arrested after trying to launch a drone outside the White House fence. The official said it was unclear whether the person intended to fly the aircraft at the executive mansion or whether he was trying to take aerial photos...
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Speak Out 5/15/15
(Speak Out ~ 05/15/15)
I think the city of Cape Girardeau should hire Cape Special Road District to asphalt the city streets. They do excellent work. Take Cape Rock Drive from Lexington to 177 and see for yourself! Here's the deal, Missouri House Speaker Diehl. Practice what you would have most certainly demanded a Democrat apparently involved in a salacious scandal with a college freshman intern. Resign...
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Jackson fire report 5/15/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/15/15)
The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls: n Emergency medical service calls on Kies Avenue and North Bast Street. n Stand by for confined-space entry on Parkview Street. n Emergency medical service call on Morton Street...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 5/15/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/15/15)
* Medical assist calls were made to: South Ellis Street at 2:50 a.m.; North Spanish Street at 4:25 p.m.; and Koch Avenue at 6:15 p.m. n At 3:06 a.m., call canceled en route to North Frederick Street. n At 11:46 a.m., special type of incident, other, on Camel Back Road...
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Cape Girardeau police report 5/15/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/15/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Jacob A. Roberts, 21, 1129 Lexington Ave., was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and driving while revoked. n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of domestic assault...
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Mary Susan Wessel
(Obituary ~ 05/15/15)
Mary Susan Wessel, 64, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, April 18, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Susan, as she was called, was born May 10, 1950, in La Crosse, Wisconsin, daughter of Joseph F. and Rosemary Kruger Gambill. She and Dennis Wessel were married March 5, 1977, in Cape Girardeau...
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Ferdinand Wallrath
(Obituary ~ 05/15/15)
Ferdinand Michael John "Fred" Wallrath, 88, of Jackson died Thursday, May 14, 2015, at his home. He was born Oct. 9, 1926, in St. Louis, son of Alfons and Emma Wallrath. He married Mildred Bernice Brooks on March 17, 1962, in Ringo, Georgia. She preceded him in death...
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Gwendolyn Schild
(Obituary ~ 05/15/15)
Gwendolyn P. Schild, 94, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, May 14, 2015, at the Lutheran Home. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Mary Nall
(Obituary ~ 05/15/15)
Mary Beth Grisso Nall, 68, of Jackson, formerly of Charleston, Missouri, died Thursday, May 14, 2015, at Monticello House in Jackson. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.
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David Hawk
(Obituary ~ 05/15/15)
David S. Hawk, 74, of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2015, in Pauls Valley. He was born Nov. 3, 1940, in Bollinger County, Missouri, to Robert Linus and Naomi Ruth Owens Hawk. David served in the United States Air Force more than 27 years, retiring in 1986. He earned the rank of chief master sergeant and was a veteran of the Vietnam War...
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D'oh! Is 'The Simpsons' parting company with Harry Shearer?
(Entertainment ~ 05/15/15)
NEW YORK -- An escalating contract dispute suggests Harry Shearer may be exiting "The Simpsons," for which he has voiced several of its characters since the Fox cartoon series debuted in 1989. In a pair of Twitter posts Thursday, Shearer said re-upping with the show would have denied him "what we've always had: the freedom to do other work."...
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David Letterman on retirement: It's time, but he's torn
(Entertainment ~ 05/15/15)
NEW YORK -- You don't think of David Letterman as a stop-and-smell-the-flowers type, but here he is, at a major turning point yet savoring his chocolate milkshake. Perched on a stool in a fast-food restaurant beside the Ed Sullivan Theater, where he has hosted "Late Show" for two decades but will do so only a bit longer, Dave unwinds from that day's taping while, more than once, he comments on his shake's deliciousness...
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Best bet: Mike Zito and The Wheel
(Entertainment ~ 05/15/15)
Mike Zito and The Wheel will perform from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday at The Old Feed Store, 111 N. Appleknocker Drive in Cobden, Illinois. Zito, formerly of Cape Girardeau and now living in Texas, plays slide, blues and electric guitar. The band has a bluesy Texas rock style. Sandwiches, soups and more will be available. Tickets may be ordered at brownpapertickets.com. For more information, call 618-525-2531...
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Ink Blotter 5/15/15
(Entertainment ~ 05/15/15)
Jeff Cotner of Cape Girardeau submitted these photos of his tattoo by artist Joshua Rothrock. "I am homebrewer and wine maker. My passion for the hobby is great, which led me to found the Hop Heads Homebrew Club of Southeast Missouri with the ambition to hopefully start my own brew pub in Southeast Missouri some day. So I decided to show the world my passion by tattooing barley and hops up my arm," Cotner said. (Photo Submitted By Jeff Cotner)...
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Michigan couple not sure what to name 13th son
(National News ~ 05/15/15)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- A Michigan man whose 13th son was just born says he's convinced "medically, it's just not possible" for him and his wife to produce a daughter. Jay Schwandt, 40, also says it's proving a challenge to agree on a name for their newborn. ...
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Taliban attack underscores difficulties facing Afghan leader
(International News ~ 05/15/15)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- An audacious Taliban attack on a Kabul guesthouse that left 14 people dead, including nine foreigners, underscores the difficulties President Ashraf Ghani faces in providing even basic security after the withdrawal of international combat troops from Afghanistan...
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High school roundup: Notre Dame baseball blanks Raiders in regular-season finale
(High School Sports ~ 05/15/15)
All scores were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Thursday.
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Relative pens book about local flying ace Ira Biffle
(Entertainment ~ 05/15/15)
It shouldn't come as a surprise that the Ira Biffle Airport in Marble Hill, Missouri, is named after a famous pilot from The Show Me State. Biffle was a native of Patton, Missouri, in Bollinger County. Once known as Twin City Airport, on Feb. 11, 2013, the airport was renamed in honor of Biffle...
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Artifacts 5/15/15
(Entertainment ~ 05/15/15)
The Jackson Parks and Recreation Department has announced the 2015 Rock in the Rock Garden schedule. Four Friday night concerts will be at Jackson City Park in June, with each show starting at 7:30 p.m. Scheduled to perform are John Latini, June 5; Doug E. Rees and Mark Reese, June 12; Randle Chowning, June 19; and Chad Elliott, June 26. The free concerts will be at the Rock Garden, 800 Stoneyledge Drive. For more information, contact the parks department at 204-8848...
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Prayer 5/15/15
(Prayer ~ 05/15/15)
O Lord, we praise you and know that all good gifts come from Heaven. Amen.
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