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Four by Four 6/7/15
(Community ~ 06/07/15)
Abraham Woodard Cape Girardeau Sales representative AT&T What advice would you provide recent graduates? Definitely pursue what you got your degree in. Go after your major. June 8 is considered National Best Friends Day. Tell about one of your best friends...
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Ride of the Week: 2003 BMW Z4
(Submitted Story ~ 06/07/15)
Make and model: 2003 BMW Z4 Owner(s): Mark and Terri Nagel Owner's hometown: Jackson MO Convertible, sport model w automatic transmission My car's name: Lola (as in 'Copacabana' by Barry Manilow) My uncle had one a green Z4 a few years ago and I knew some day I would own one too. Saw listed on Craig's List 2 months and knew I had found my dream car...
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Rich-poor gap found in many marriages today
(National News ~ 06/07/15)
Through two decades of debate on whether America's gays and lesbians should have the right to marry, opponents of such unions depicted their resistance as "defense of marriage." Now, on the cusp of a Supreme Court ruling that could legalize same-sex marriage nationwide, the underlying institution is under scrutiny anew...
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Attitude, programs help ex-felons find jobs
(Local News ~ 06/07/15)
"What are you going to do now that you've graduated?" It's a common question this time of year. Many people know the feeling of being put on the spot when that question is asked, either by relatives at a graduation party or friends wondering whether they'll cross paths again. And despite having put in hours of study, training and going through interviews, many people still haven't found the right fit. A world of opportunity is waiting outside those doors. Now imagine those doors have bars.
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Congressman takes a look at Cape's sinkhole problem
(Local News ~ 06/07/15)
U.S. Rep. Jason Smith took a brief tour of the South Sprigg Street sinkhole area Friday afternoon with Missouri Department of Transportation and Cape Girardeau city officials. Smith, R-Salem, said he's seen sinkholes throughout the 8th Congressional District. But until Friday, he had only seen the condition of Cape Girardeau's sinkholes in pictures...
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Saxony Lutheran girls soccer team wins program's first state championship
(High School Sports ~ 06/07/15)
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. -- Multiple members of the Saxony Lutheran girls soccer team and coach Garrett Fritsche couldn't put into words what they were feeling after Saturday's Class 1 state championship game.
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Notre Dame baseball team claims Class 4 title with win over Sullivan
(High School Sports ~ 06/07/15)
Top-ranked Notre Dame sent the Eagles home early, routing them 17-0 in five innings Saturday at T.R. Hughes Ballpark and earning the fifth state title in program history.
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Port road will be named Monday after engineer Garms
(Local News ~ 06/07/15)
A road just south of Cape Girardeau, leading commerce to and from the river, once was only an element of a future plan. Then came Irvin Garms, determined to make the port access highway happen, and he did. On Monday, a section of Route AB, or Nash Road, will be named in honor of Garms. ...
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Momma Turkey
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/07/15)
This hen had at least 9 chicks. This was taken in our back yard. They were so cute.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/07/15)
Today is Sunday, June 7, the 158th day of 2015. There are 207 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 7, 1965, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Griswold v. Connecticut, recognized a constitutional right to privacy as it struck down, 7-2, a Connecticut law used to prosecute a Planned Parenthood clinic in New Haven for providing contraceptives to married couples...
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Birk - Patterson
(Wedding ~ 06/07/15)
Chelsea Dawn Birk and Garrett Dale Patterson were married May 9, 2015, at First Baptist Church in Delta. The Rev. Justin Cook performed the ceremony. Parents of the couple are Tony and Stacey Birk of Delta, and Dale and Debbie Patterson of Chaffee, Missouri...
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Seabaugh - Eastridge
(Engagement ~ 06/07/15)
Jerry Lynn and Dinah Seabaugh of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Jordan Brittany Seabaugh, to Christopher Brock Eastridge. He is the son of Sandy Eastridge of Smithton, Illinois, and Gary Lee Eastridge of Melbourne, Florida...
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Mesmerizing movement
(Community ~ 06/07/15)
A routine typically begins with broad, yogic strokes, swinging the hoop high and low through the air, unhurried and unconcerned, as if summoning the ambient energy and limbering up for a journey to, well, wherever it is the other side of this particular dance happens to be...
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A dedicated mother
(Community ~ 06/07/15)
The wood duck drake is a very beautiful bird, sporting an iridescent, colorful design and a majestic head crest. Everything about him is spectacular, right down to his red eye. His mate is inconspicuous by comparison. Her colors are drab, but there is a reason. She tends to the safety of her newly hatched brood, and her dull colors blend well with the natural surroundings...
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Extension offers scholarship
(Community ~ 06/07/15)
The University of Missouri Cape Girardeau County Extension Council is offering a scholarship for college students. Application forms are available extension.missouri.edu/capegirardeau or at the council office, 684 West Jackson Trail in Jackson, Applicants must be a Cape Girardeau County resident or have graduated from an adjoining school district while living in Cape County or have a general education degree. ...
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FYI June 7, 2015
(Community ~ 06/07/15)
SoutheastHEALTH will host a free seminar on Botox treatments for chronic migraines from 6 to 7 p.m. June 16. Dr. Matthew Karshner of Southeast Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation will explain the benefits of Botox. The FDA-approved treatment can prevent migraines for up to three months. Seminar seating is limited; registration is available by calling 573-844-482-5833 to sign up...
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Celebrating Charlotte
(Community ~ 06/07/15)
Brits recently have had much to celebrate. First there was the 70th anniversary of V-E Day, then there was a watershed election, and, finally, and perhaps most important, a new royal baby, Princess Charlotte of Cambridge. Named after, among others, her grandfather Prince Charles (Charlotte being the feminine version of Charles) and presumably not after George V's beloved parrot, the infant, in her own right fourth in line to the British throne, is truly, in the eyes of her loyal subjects, something special. ...
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Breakfast recipes for morning, noon or night
(Community ~ 06/07/15)
The old saying, "Eat like a king at breakfast, like a pauper at lunch and a beggar at supper" really says a lot for how we should treat our daily meals. Both our children love breakfast and breakfast-type foods. Quite often, that is our go-to meal at supper, when time is a premium or we just can't decide what to fix. Also, pretty regularly, we have breakfast for lunch after church on Sunday mornings...
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If I only had a boat, a hoe, some fire wood
(Community ~ 06/07/15)
When I was fairly little, our family and almost all our friends loved to fish, and one of the lakes we fished quite a bit was Lake McConaughy in Nebraska. It is a huge lake -- right at four miles wide at the face of the dam. It stretches almost 22 miles long and has a surface area of almost 56 square miles. If you stand on the dam and look straight west, you can't see the end of the lake...
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Exchange community
(Community ~ 06/07/15)
The Exchange Community, under the guidance of Pastor Ted Torreson, has taken a different approach to church. Members make a point of telling others, "We hope you never go to church again in your lives." Torreson distilled this to mean, "We don't do church. We are the church."...
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Being a wounded healer
(Community ~ 06/07/15)
" *... if anyone asks them, 'What are these wounds on your chest?' the answer will be, 'The wounds I received in the house of my friends.'" -- Zechariah 13:6 Late last month, the co-commander of the local Salvation Army, Capt. Ronnie Amick, spoke at the annual meeting and luncheon of the United Way/Southeast Missouri. ...
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Suddenly, the light was all gold and catching in the wet
(Community ~ 06/07/15)
I wrote to my friend Claire a couple of weeks ago: "Right now, the world seems gray, and I need a sunset." We were riding a train through the Romanian countryside, me and Missy. I was having a hard time accepting God's grace and having grace for myself. It had been forests and tunnels and villages in fields throughout the ride, and we were talking...
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In time for strawberry season -- a master class in shortcakes
(Community ~ 06/07/15)
The arrival of local strawberries is a sure sign that warm weather is on its way. So to celebrate, I'm sharing what I consider the absolute best biscuit recipe I've ever encountered. It was while I was working in Gourmet magazine's test kitchen during the 1980s that I was put on the quest for the best biscuit. ...
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Club news 6-7-15
(Community News ~ 06/07/15)
The Spring 2015 meeting of the Southeast Missouri District of Family, Community, and Education was held May 7 at Cape Girardeau County University of Missouri Extension Office in Jackson. The host club was Cape Girardeau County FCE. There were 61 members of Southeast District clubs (Bollinger, Cape, Ripley, Butler, and Perry), plus members-at-large and other guests in attendance...
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Remembering Mayor Honey, make way for ducklings and flood recovery
(Community ~ 06/07/15)
While strolling, I wondered whatever happened to Lexie Kincade. Happy birthday to Movidene Cutler, Colette Hendrickson, Bob Dacus, Carol Lee, Gabe Pfefferkorn, Shirley Glastetter, Dallon Horman, Janie Rauch, Kathy Rice, Wayne Held, Athena Hampton, Mike Dumey, Thelma Haney, Gerald Beck, Scott Barnhart, Andrea Horman, Deidra Coleson, Lisa Stagoski, Richie Swain, Veronica Bennett, Carl Hunter, Opal Stevens, Debbie Graviett, Janice Eftink, Jamie Keller, Don Seyer, Dean Smith, Geralyn Siebert, Krist Uhrhan and Matt Hanlon.. ...
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It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature
(Community ~ 06/07/15)
The inside headline said, "Antarctic ice shelf 'will be gone' by 2020." In the text of the article it tells us that an ice shelf roughly 15 times the size of Manhattan Island that has existed for 10,000 years is quickly disappearing. The study came from the journal, "Earth and Planetary Science Letters," and was written by NASA and University of California researchers...
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Adopt Max
(Community ~ 06/07/15)
Max is 9 months old. He is already neutered. Max is available for adoption at the Humane Society 334-5837.
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Pepsi bringing expansion, jobs to Cape Girardeau
(Editorial ~ 06/07/15)
Pepsi MidAmerica has become the first company to take up tenancy at the Greater Cape Girardeau Business Park near Interstate 55 in Cape Girardeau. The groundbreaking ceremony for Pepsi Depot took place Wednesday, and it is expected to open in late fall or early winter, bringing with it 74 new jobs -- certainly good news for our community. ...
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Anonymously, we find out what teachers think
(Column ~ 06/07/15)
Missouri teachers think our students are over-tested. That is according to a survey released last week by the Missouri State Teachers Association. Last month I wrote a column on the topic of media access, and how it relates to transparency and the accuracy of what we report...
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Out of the past: June 7
(Out of the Past ~ 06/07/15)
Downtown Cape Girardeau is getting a "face lift" of sorts; the Downtown Redevelopment Corp. is installing 50 new banners on light poles on Main and Spanish streets, and the blocks connecting those streets, just in time for Riverfest. After a year's delay because of cost and bidding problems, a contract for the construction of the new Fire Station No. 2 was signed May 7; however, construction on the 6,500-square-foot structure on Mount Auburn Road has been delayed by prolonged wet weather...
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Births 6/7/15
(Births ~ 06/07/15)
Son to Glenn Alan and Michelle Renee Armbruster II of Kelso, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 9:21 a.m. Saturday, May 30, 2015. Name, River Eugene. Weight, 8 pounds, 12 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Armbruster is the former Michelle Stroder, daughter of Martin and Susan Stroder of Kelso. Armbruster is the son of Glenn and Mary Armbruster of Festus, Missouri. He is employed by AT&T...
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Police identify body found in Mississippi River at St. Louis
(State News ~ 06/07/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Police have identified a body found floating in the Mississippi River at St. Louis as the remains of a missing woman. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that St. Louis police say the woman was 26-year-old Brandy Jane Mielke of Granite City...
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Once covered, Jesus symbol placed on Missouri vets memorial
(State News ~ 06/07/15)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A Christian symbol previously covered on a Boone County war memorial for Operation Desert Storm veterans has been unofficially topped with a replacement. Covered last year after Boone County commissioners grew concerned about a possible lawsuit, a new ichthus -- commonly called the "Jesus fish" -- was affixed to the Courthouse Plaza memorial sometime before Memorial Day, the Columbia Daily Tribune reported...
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Water line bursts in MU's Lewis Hall, soaking every floor
(State News ~ 06/07/15)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A water line break on the top floor of the University of Missouri's Lewis Hall sent water cascading throughout all eight floors and into the basement. The Columbia Missourian reported the break happened Friday behind a cinderblock wall. University spokesman Christian Basi said nobody noticed it until after business hours...
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Road work 6/7/15
(Local News ~ 06/07/15)
Route A in Cape Girardeau County will be reduced with a 12-foot width restriction as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform bridge repairs. The bridge is over the Hubble Creek between Highway 25 and County Road 234. The work will take place from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, according to a MoDOT news release...
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Cape Girardeau police report 6/7/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/07/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Bonnie M. Busse, 19, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of stealing an FM transmitter at Wal-Mart, 3439 William St. n Brooke M. Medley-Albrecht, 19, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of trespassing and stealing an FM transmitter at Wal-Mart, 3439 William St...
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Speak Out 6/7/15
(Speak Out ~ 06/07/15)
It's among the lowest in the nation. The chance of someone living in the Missouri Bootheel achieving economic upward mobility from the lowest 20 percent to the highest 20 percent of the population is less than 5 percent. What's wrong with education? 1.) politicians, 2.) administrators, 3.) funding...
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Fake orca sinks before it can scare sea lions
(National News ~ 06/07/15)
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A 32-foot, motorized replica killer whale was brought to the seaside town of Astoria, called upon to drive away sea lions on a dock that were making it difficult for locals to access their boats. About 1,000 people cheered as the dummy whale -- with its human operator inside -- took to the water. ...
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Man accused of stabbing woman with screwdriver
(Local News ~ 06/07/15)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- An East Prairie man was accused of stabbing a woman with a screwdriver early Friday. Anthony George, 30, is charged with first-degree domestic assault, burglary and armed criminal action. At 4:22 a.m. Friday, officers with the East Prairie Police Department responded to a report of domestic violence at a residence, according to the department. ...
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Biden's son remembered for life of service
(National News ~ 06/07/15)
WILMINGTON, Del. -- Politicians, military leaders and celebrities from across the country came to bid farewell Saturday to former Delaware attorney general Beau Biden, whose death at age 46 opened another chapter of grief for his father, Vice President Joe Biden...
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Death toll in Chinese boat hits nearly 400
(International News ~ 06/07/15)
JIANLI, China -- Disaster teams searched the Yangtze River on Saturday for dozens of missing bodies from the Eastern Star as the death toll in the cruiser's capsizing rose to nearly 400, making it China's deadliest boat disaster in nearly seven decades...
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Saudi Arabia shoots down missile fired from Yemen
(International News ~ 06/07/15)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- In a potentially major escalation of the months-long war, Yemeni rebels fired a Scud missile into Saudi Arabia early Saturday. The attack suggests despite more than two months of airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition, Yemen's Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, have the military firepower to threaten cities inside Saudi Arabia...
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Congressman addresses federal regulations, other issues at chamber event
(Local News ~ 06/07/15)
U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Salem, talked to area businesspeople Friday about several federal issues he said are important to the district he represents. Smith, who on Friday marked two years since the special election that sent him to Congress, was the main speaker at the Cape Girardeau Area's First Friday Coffee event at Isle Casino Cape Girardeau...
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Cape veterans home will see some renovations
(Local News ~ 06/07/15)
On Friday, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed into law three bills to help fund $33 million in capital improvements for the state's seven veterans homes, including the one in Cape Girardeau. Locally, the money is going to renovating nurses' stations, the kitchenette and restrooms, replacing the nurse call and fire alarm systems, boilers, water heaters, sump pump, hot water circulating pumps and the exterior doors...
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Jerry Wilson
(Obituary ~ 06/07/15)
Jerry F. Wilson, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, June 4, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born May 27, 1938, at Bloomfield, Missouri, to Woodrow and Vergie Marie Cates Wilson. He and Marilyn James were married Oct. 5, 1957, at Bloomfield...
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Bert Wells
(Obituary ~ 06/07/15)
Bert Nelson Wells, 68, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, June 4, 2015, at his home. He was born July 26, 1946, in Cape Girardeau to Jacob Kenneth and Jeanette Leona Wagner Wells. Bert and Margaret Ann Boos were married Sept. 30, 1972, at Old St. Vincent's Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau...
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Olive Trentham
(Obituary ~ 06/07/15)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Olive Ola Trentham, 90, of Marble Hill died Friday, June 5, 2015, at the Woodland Hills Nursing Home in Marble Hill. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill. The funeral service will be at 1 p.m. today at the funeral home chapel, with the Rev. Jimmie Fulbright and the Rev. Bob Bowen officiating. Burial will be in Plainview Cemetery near Marble Hill...
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Margie Stroder
(Obituary ~ 06/07/15)
Margie M. Stroder, 80, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, June 6, 2015, at Heartland Care and Rehab, where she resided for the last five years. She was born July 9, 1934, in Neelys Landing, daughter of Ernest and Ava Marie Rumfelt Cathcart. She and Glen Dayton Stroder were married Sept 24, 1955. He passed away May 13, 1998...
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Marvin Spencer
(Obituary ~ 06/07/15)
Marvin Lewis Spencer, 51, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, June 3, 2015, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from noon to service time Saturday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Roy Lee Spencer officiating. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery...
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Mary Lou Schicker
(Obituary ~ 06/07/15)
Mary Lou Helmsing Schicker of St. Louis went singing into the loving arms of the Lord on Tuesday, June 2, 2015. She is survived by her beloved husband, William "Bill" Schicker; dear brother, Dan Helmsing; eight children, Jan Davis (Ben), Joe Schicker (Mary Ellen), Bari Neff (Bob), Julie Kincaid (Randy), Lisa Brotherton (Mike), John Schicker (Stacy), Michelle Todt (Michael) and Tricia Thiel (John); grandchildren Patrick Davis (Heather), Cara Davis, Kelly Davis, George Schicker, Kyle Schicker, Mattie Neff, Kelsie Neff, Daniel Neff, Katie Kohut, Dennis Kohut, Emily Kohut, Michael Brotherton, Melissa Brotherton, Matthew Brotherton, Alec Schicker, Ben Schicker, Sam Schicker, Katie Todt, Courtney Todt, Meme Todt, William Todt, Alexander Todt, Anna Thiel and JJ Thiel; great-grandchildren Rainey Davis, Boston Davis and Rowan Schicker; nieces and nephews; grandnieces and grandnephews; cousins; and many other children she loved as her own.. ...
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William Pledger
(Obituary ~ 06/07/15)
William Joseph Pledger, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 5, 2015, at the Missouri Veterans Home. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. A graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, with full military honors by the Missouri Honors Team...
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Joseph Melvin
(Obituary ~ 06/07/15)
Joseph E. "Joe" Melvin, 80, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, June 5, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born Sept. 14, 1934, in Arkansas to the late Edward and Josie Sprayberry Melvin. Joe and Margaret Lincoln were married Aug. 15, 1980, at Cape Girardeau...
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Fred Kelley
(Obituary ~ 06/07/15)
Fred D. "Nook" Kelley, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 5, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born Jan. 20, 1939, in Cape Girardeau to Curtis and Velma Watson Kelley. He was a graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School in 1957. He and Carol S. Eichhorn were married Dec. 20, 1973, at Cape Girardeau...
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AdaLee Hasenkamp
(Obituary ~ 06/07/15)
BENTON, Mo. -- AdaLee Cecilia Hasenkamp, 80, of Benton died Friday, June 5, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 18, 1934, in New Hamburg, Missouri, daughter of Otto and Maime Westrich Scheeter. She and Clayton Edward Hasenkamp were married May 28, 1960...
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Barbara Crain
(Obituary ~ 06/07/15)
Barbara Anne Crain, 66, of Cape Girardeau went home to heaven Thursday, June 4, 2015, after a valiant battle with breast cancer. Her devotion to her family, friends, and firm belief in God supported her in her struggle and ultimately gave her peace...
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Mary Clifton
(Obituary ~ 06/07/15)
Mary Frances Borchelt Clifton, 88, of Fort Worth, Texas, passed away peacefully Tuesday, May 19, 2015, in a Fort Worth hospital. She was born Aug. 20, 1926, in Cape Girardeau, to William G. and Frances Taylor Borchelt. Growing up in Cape Girardeau, she graduated from Central High School in 1943, and earned a bachelor of science degree in secondary education from Southeast Missouri State University in 1949. ...
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Driver injured in Jackson accident
(Local News ~ 06/07/15)
A Jackson man suffered serious injuries Friday morning after a two-vehicle accident on Highway 25, two miles south of Jackson. Matthew Davis, 36, was driving south in a 2001 Buick LeSabre when he rear-ended a 2001 Ford truck that had stopped to make a left turn, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol...
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Cape man accused of weapons violations after fight
(Local News ~ 06/07/15)
A Cape Girardeau man is facing weapons charges after allegedly firing a gun during an altercation. Elijah J. Lintz, 19, faces one count each of unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action after an incident Tuesday at Benton Street and Jefferson Avenue in Cape Girardeau...
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Several fire crews fight blaze at Scott County business
(Local News ~ 06/07/15)
The cause of a fire at a local pallet company remained unknown as firefighters from seven departments battled the blaze hours after it started. "We were initially contacted about 4:20," firefighter Richard Myers of the Scott County Rural Fire Protection District said Friday night...
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Garcia outpitched by Kershaw as Cards lose 2-0 to Dodgers
(Professional Sports ~ 06/07/15)
LOS ANGELES -- Jaime Garcia has made four starts for St. Louis since missing the first 40 games of the season while recovering from thoracic outlet surgery, and the Cardinals have been shut out in three of them. Of course, it's no embarrassment to lose to Clayton Kershaw -- especially when Garcia's teammates got only one hit and struck out 11 times against the reigning NL MVP and three-time Cy Young Award winner in a 2-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night...
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Former Missouri first lady brings many memories to Cape
(Local News ~ 06/07/15)
In her 87 years, Betty Cooper Hearnes has more stories than most, not to mention a frank humor that was on display when she visited the Cape River Heritage Museum on Saturday morning. "Now that he's told you how old I am," she said after being introduced, "I'll tell you it's a lie."...
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Local labor reformer Fred 'Nook' Kelley has died
(Local News ~ 06/07/15)
Labor reform pioneer Fred "Nook" Kelley, 76, died Friday morning, leaving behind a widely respected legacy of "labor and management, working together." That was the motto of the Craftsman International Union, which Kelley founded in 1983 in an effort to bring collaborative solutions to an economy plagued by labor woes. ...
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Prayer 6/7/15
(Prayer ~ 06/07/15)
Inspire us, O God, to rise above the ordinary and make powerful changes. Amen.
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