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Ride of the Week: 1985 chevy sliverado
(Submitted Story ~ 08/30/15)
Make and model: 1985 chevy sliverado Owner(s): Aaron George Owner's hometown: Delta mo the truck has the 305 motor rebuilt. its an automatic with power steering.it also has a four barrel carburetor. it is 2wheel drive with very little rust on the body...
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Passing the torch
(Community ~ 08/30/15)
Nineteen-year-old Logan Mirly plants his work boots shoulder-width apart and puts his hands in his pockets, just like his father. Whether intended or unconscious, he's inherited some of his father's mannerisms, and although master firefighter Steve Mirly's bespectacled gaze is a bit harder, a bit more weathered, both Mirlys have the same gray-blue eyes and lean in when they talk...
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Body found in car trunk; Poplar Bluff man arrested
(Local News ~ 08/30/15)
HARVIELL, Mo. -- Authorities arrested a Poplar Bluff, Missouri, man suspected of killing another man whose body was found inside a car trunk in a county road ditch near Harviell. Edward William Weaver, 23, of Poplar Bluff, is being held in the Butler County jail on suspicion of second-degree murder and resisting arrest, said Butler County Sheriff Mark Dobbs...
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Rehder disapproves of funding method for Rams stadium
(Local News ~ 08/30/15)
A local state representative has joined the discussion regarding a new football stadium in St. Louis by sending a letter to Gov. Jay Nixon noting her disapproval of the proposed funding method. The Missouri Development Finance Board approved $15 million in tax credits Aug. 18 for a new riverfront football stadium in St. Louis, which is part of an effort to keep the Rams team from moving to another city...
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Cape College Center rolls with the changes
(Local News ~ 08/30/15)
As the Cape College Center begins its sixth fall semester, leaders involved agree it has a bright future. The center, which is a partnership among Southeast Missouri State University, Three Rivers College and Mineral Area College, was approved by the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education in December 2009, with the first class in June 2010 and the first full semester starting that August. It is in the Cape Girardeau School District's Career and Technology Center...
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Marble Hill attack leaves man dead, woman in critical condition
(Local News ~ 08/30/15)
A Poplar Bluff, Missouri, man allegedly shot and stabbed a couple in Marble Hill, Missouri, killing the man and leaving the woman in critical condition. William Anthony Pickard, 32, is suspected of instigating the attack. The attack occurred shortly before 10 p.m. Friday, according to Bollinger County Sheriff Darin Shell...
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Flag at sunset
(Submitted Photo ~ 08/30/15)
Our flag at sunset at the end of a beautiful late summer day!
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Local Authors to Do Book Signinn
(Submitted Story ~ 08/30/15)
Local authors, Catherine Stovall and Samantha Ketteman, will be holding a book signing on Sept. 12, 2015 at Cup 'n' Cork in Cape Girardeau, MO. The authors will have books available for purchase, free gifts, and will be holding a drawing to win a Back to School Basket of goodies such as books, notebooks, gift cards, shopping tote, and coffee mug. Signing begins at 8:00 am and will end at 3:00 pm...
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Monarchs
(Submitted Photo ~ 08/30/15)
Found this cocoon in my bean garden. A few days later we found this caterpillar. Can't wait for the butterfly to emerge.
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Four by Four 8/30/15
(Community ~ 08/30/15)
Allen Whitaker Cape Girardeau Technology expert Velosity Electronics Finish this sentence: You're never too old to .... Dance. Like in the song, if you keep on dancing, you'll never get old. What's the farthest you've been away from home? Jamaica. It was a combination honeymoon, 3-year anniversary and graduation present...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/30/15)
Today is Sunday, August 30, the 242nd day of 2015. There are 123 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 30, 1945, U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Japan to set up Allied occupation headquarters. On this date: In 1861, Union Gen. John C. Fremont instituted martial law in Missouri and declared slaves there to be free. (However, Fremont's emancipation order was countermanded by President Abraham Lincoln)...
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Davis -- Bell
(Wedding ~ 08/30/15)
Maria Nicole Davis and Dr. Cody Wayne Bell were united in marriage Sept. 27, 2014, at Historic Old St. Vincent's Church in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. Bobby Manso performed the double ring ceremony. Organist was Lenny Kuper, violinist was Dr. Ben Goodier and vocalist was Claudette Hency...
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Reinagel -- Westrich
(Engagement ~ 08/30/15)
Ronald and Lori Reinagel of Kelso, Missouri, announce the engagement of their daughter, Erika Reinagel of Kelso, to Austin Westrich of Cape Girardeau. He is the son of Larry and Stephanie Westrich of Cape Girardeau. Erika is a 2009 graduate of Notre Dame Regional High School. She received her bachelor's of science in nursing degree from Central Methodist University in 2013. She is attending Southeast Missouri State University and expects to graduate in May 2016 as a family nurse practitioner...
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Holloway -- Krahl
(Engagement ~ 08/30/15)
Kelly and Kerry Holloway of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Kelsey Sue Holloway of Cape Girardeau, to Andrew Jacob Krahl of St. Charles, Missouri. He is the son of Ronna and Greg Krahl of St. Charles. Kelsey graduated in May 2015 from the University of Central Arkansas with a bachelor's degree in psychology...
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Dale -- Johnson
(Engagement ~ 08/30/15)
Roger and Julie Dale of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Chelsea Ann Dale of Cape Girardeau, to Mitchell Christopher Johnson of Cape Girardeau. He is the son of Mitchell and Alice Johnson (and the late Beverly Dickey) of Dosloge, Missouri...
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Brewer -- Dirnberger
(Engagement ~ 08/30/15)
Mark and Carla Brewer of Perryville, Missouri, announce the engagement of their daughter, Lora Jean Brewer, of Chaffee, Missouri, to Ryan Ray Dirnberger of Chaffee. He is the son of Ronnie and Charlotte Dirnberger of Chaffee. Lora is a 2009 graduate of Perryville High School and received a bachelor's of science degree in wildlife and conservation biology from Southeast Missouri State University. She is a farm bill wildlife biologist at Quail Forever Inc. in Benton, Missouri...
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What is mast?
(Community ~ 08/30/15)
Our Southeast Missouri forests have many kinds of trees. Mast is a term that describes the parts of woody stemmed plants that are a food source for wild animals such as squirrels, deer and turkeys. "Soft mast" refers to leaf buds, catkins and berries. "Hard mast" refers to oak acorns, hickory nuts and beech nuts...
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FYI Aug. 30
(Community ~ 08/30/15)
Trinity Assembly of God in Olive Branch, Illinois, will celebrate its annual homecoming with a free gospel sing with Red Roots at 3 p.m. Sept. 6. Red Roots, a trio of triplets from Mississippi, in 2014 was nominated for a Dove award for their album "Triplicity."...
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Generosity - Beef O'Brady's
(Community ~ 08/30/15)
Submitted photo Beef O'Brady's restaurant in Perryville, Missouri, donated 10 percent of its July 29 revenue to the Community Counceling Center Foundation's Suicide Prevention and Awareness Conference. From left are Savannah Martin of the Community Counseling Center; Casey Stark, Beef O'Brady general manager; and Shawni Miller of the center. The conference will be from 8 to 4 p.m. Sept. 24 at Cape La Croix Church in Cape Girardeau...
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Finding joy in the everyday
(Community ~ 08/30/15)
"Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say, rejoice." (Philippians 4:4) Garrison Keillor, longtime host of NPR's "A Prairie Home Companion," once opined that some people can have a hangnail and that alone can cause them to question God's goodness...
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I know these things not to be true because ...
(Community ~ 08/30/15)
The airplane has just lifted off the Athens runway, and I'm leaving our home there for the last time. I am looking out the window when I feel a tap on my shoulder. I look over, and it's Courtney holding out one of her earbuds to me. I put it in my right ear and hear "Called Me Higher" by All Sons and Daughters, a song that comforted me so much throughout my early years of college. I haven't heard this song in a long time, haven't really heard music like this in a while, and it is so right...
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A mission in three parts
(Community ~ 08/30/15)
The Rev. Jason Shaw, senior pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church and School in Jackson, is delighted to have the addition of two pastors to the church staff. Eric Longman and Joshua Schmidt were installed as pastors in July, and each fulfills an aspect of the mission to which Shaw has committed the church -- "Belonging. Becoming. Building."...
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Sharing a few recipes of some senior center friends
(Community ~ 08/30/15)
Many of you know that my full-time job is working at the Cape Girardeau Senior Center -- a job I have absolutely loved for 20 years. I have loved and lost so many wonderful friends through the years. Relying on more than 20 volunteers each day, we have been challenged to fill those places, but we have been truly blessed to have the very best volunteers...
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All about German Days, Labor Day plans and Hobbs on Gray
(Community ~ 08/30/15)
While strolling, I wondered whatever happened to Barbara Hobbs. Happy birthday to Mark Starnes, Aaron Fuller, Brent Parker, John Schott, Mike Swain, Steve Montgomery, Kim Owens, Steve Duniphan, Robin McKinley, Stacey Starnes, Eva Golightly, Jesse Nordin, Shirley Bullinger, Alvie Surface, Paul Friga, Amy Goetz, Annette Bridwell, Jennifer Cook, Dale Williams, Carla Eichhorn, Gary Crowden, Scott Horman, Joshua Schilling, Mitchell Dirnberger, Ron Moyers, Todd Wessel, David Herbst, Warren Masterson, Ashley Kitchen, Raymond Spies, Daryl Ross, Jimmy Hargrove, Blake Dannenmueller and Charlotte Foulk.. ...
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Horses, hills and the Ogallala Aquifer
(Community ~ 08/30/15)
From the time my brother and I could walk, it seems as if we were riding horses. Some of them were big horses, and some were small. We rode them around the house where we lived and out in the meadows. We rode them in the washouts and hills north of Mom and Dad's house, seven miles outside Arthur, Nebraska -- population 175. We played cowboys and Indians and everything else on our horses...
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Club news 8-30-15
(Community News ~ 08/30/15)
The Louis K. Juden American Legion Unit 63 Auxiliary met Aug. 12. Soup and sandwiches were served to 20 members by Edna Smith, Gerri Stone and Irene Winston. The meeting was called to order by Barbara Yallaly, president. Catherine Allison, chaplain, offered a prayer followed by the Pledge of Allegience to the U.S. flag and the Auxiliary preamble...
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Prayer 8-30-15
(Prayer ~ 08/30/15)
Not to us, O Lord, but to you goes all the glory for your unfailing love and faithfulness. Amen.
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Mayors working to improve lines of communication
(Editorial ~ 08/30/15)
More than a decade ago, former mayors Jay Knudtson of Cape Girardeau and Jackson's Paul Sander made a concentrated effort to break down parochial walls and work together. Jackson and Cape Girardeau, whose borders meet at Interstate 55 where East Jackson Boulevard meets Kingshighway, are sibling towns. And like siblings, each town has its own personality. But in the end, each wants the other to succeed...
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Speak Out 8/30/2015
(Speak Out ~ 08/30/15)
Trump has declared bankruptcy four times and cost the banks and people lots of money, and you want him as your president. You have got to be kidding. We want to say "thank you" to the very nice young lady who paid for our meal at the Texas Roadhouse on the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 19...
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Births 8/30/15
(Births ~ 08/30/15)
Son to Jared Ryan and Hilary Lynn Kruger of Sikeston, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 7:22 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015. Name, Greg Allen. Weight, 8 pounds, 6 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Kruger is the former Hilary Britt, daughter of Brad and Sarah Garner of Sikeston and Lynn Britt of East Prairie, Missouri. Kruger is the son of Joan and Jay Kruger of Sikeston. He is employed by the Missouri Department of Transportation...
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Funding appears elusive for St. Louis police body cameras
(State News ~ 08/30/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Finding money to purchase body cameras that's estimated to cost up to $2 million for St. Louis' police force appears elusive as more than a dozen board of aldermen members oppose a proposal to use "ward capital money" to pay for the technology...
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White supremacist takes stand in Jewish site shootings
(State News ~ 08/30/15)
OLATHE, Kan. -- A white supremacist charged with killing three people at Jewish sites in suburban Kansas City spent more than two hours Friday telling jurors how he planned the attacks and is sorry he didn't kill more people. Frazier Glenn Miller Jr., who is acting as his own attorney, called himself to the witness stand and spoke of his military history and of how he started a group in North Carolina called the White Patriot Party. ...
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Reflecting on Jimmy Carter
(Column ~ 08/30/15)
I met Jimmy Carter in the summer of 1975, when I was president of a small college in Muscatine, Iowa. Our county and the entire state of Iowa were Republican territory. Then, just as it is today, anyone who aspires to become president must begin in Iowa. More than a year before the election, I received a phone call from the Muscatine Country Democratic chairman asking me if they could use the small auditorium at our college for a speech by a presidential hopeful from Georgia...
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Scott City fire report 8/30/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/30/15)
The Scott City Fire Department responded to the following calls: n At 5:38 p.m., medical assist in the 1000 block of East Maple Street. n At 5:22 p.m., motor vehicle crash on southbound Interstate 55, mile marker 91. n Medical assist calls were made to the 2300 block of Ellis Street at 7:12 a.m.; the 600 block of East Maple Street at 9:22 a.m.; the 400 block of Cape Street at 9:57 a.m.; and the 500 block of Second Street East at 10:06 a.m...
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Jackson fire report 8/30/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/30/15)
JACKSON The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls Friday: * Emergency medical service on North Independence Street. * Fire alarm sounding on Lee Avenue. * Illegal burn on Watson Drive.
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Cape Girardeau fire report 8/30/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/30/15)
* Medical assist calls were made to Independence Street at 4:07 a.m.; Whitener Street at 8:17 a.m.; South Benton Street at 11:30 a.m.; Jefferson Avenue at 12:03 p.m.; Lakeshore Drive at 2:03 p.m.; North Sprigg Street at 3:06 p.m.; William Street at 5:08 p.m.; and South Kingshighway at 7:05 p.m...
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Cape Girardeau police report 8/30/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/30/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department reported the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Sylvia J. Hunter, no age given, 1400 S. West End Blvd., was arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired and failure to drive on the right half of the roadway...
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Bird banding at Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center
(Local News ~ 08/30/15)
ABOVE: Cathie Hutcheson, a master permit bird bander, shows off a ruby-throated hummingbird after fitting it with a band on its leg Saturday at Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center. The bands help track migratory patterns among different species of birds. BELOW: Hutcheson shows off a ruby-throated hummingbird after fitting it with a band. BOTTOM: Hutcheson captures a ruby-throated hummingbird to be fit with a band on its leg. (Glenn Landberg)...
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Lab failed to provide state with fetal-tissue reports
(State News ~ 08/30/15)
ST. LOUIS -- A state inspection report says a suburban St. Louis pathology lab failed to provide the state with an unknown number of reports on fetal tissue from the St. Louis Planned Parenthood clinic. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch obtained an inspection report of the clinic that revealed the failure of Brentwood-based Pathology Services Inc., raising questions about how the state health department can be sure that fetal body parts from abortions aren't sold illegally...
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New Missouri law expands who can get order of protection
(State News ~ 08/30/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Victims of rape and sexual assault can get orders of protection against their assailants under a new Missouri law. The law took effect Friday. It expands who can file and receive orders of protection. Former law allowed domestic violence victims and victims of stalking to receive protection orders...
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Court denies motions from man set to be executed Tuesday
(State News ~ 08/30/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Supreme Court has denied the latest legal challenges from a man scheduled to be executed Tuesday for raping and killing a 15-year-old Kansas City girl in 1989. The judges ruled Friday to overrule a motion that sought a stay of execution for Roderick Nunley. The court also rejected his request for a writ of habeas corpus, which allows prisoners to challenge their convictions on constitutional grounds...
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Police arrest foreigner, find passports in Bangkok bomb case
(International News ~ 08/30/15)
BANGKOK -- Thai authorities arrested a foreign man Saturday they said had been holed up in a suburban apartment with bomb-making equipment and stacks of passports, the first possible breakthrough in the deadly bombing at a Bangkok shrine nearly two weeks ago...
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Suspect arrested in Texas deputy's killing
(National News ~ 08/30/15)
HOUSTON -- Prosecutors on Saturday charged a 30-year-old man with capital murder in the killing of a sheriff's deputy who was gunned down from behind while filling up his patrol car at a suburban Houston gas station. Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman identified the man as Shannon J. Miles, who had a record that included charges of resisting arrest and trespassing. He is charged with killing Darren Goforth, 47, a 10-year veteran of the force...
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Trump says he'll decide third-party option 'very soon'
(National News ~ 08/30/15)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Donald Trump soon will decide whether to mount a third party bid if he loses the Republican nomination for president, the real estate mogul said Saturday. "I think over the next couple of weeks you're going to see some things that are very interesting," Trump said after a speech in Nashville to a gathering of tea-party activists...
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Dominica digs out from storm damage that killed at least 20
(International News ~ 08/30/15)
ROSEAU, Dominica -- Rescue crews jumped off boats and trudged through mud, rocks and uprooted trees Saturday to reach communities cut off by a tropical storm that killed at least 20 people and left nearly 50 missing in the eastern Caribbean island of Dominica...
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Luck gets first TD pass of preseason, Colts beat Rams 24-14
(Professional Sports ~ 08/30/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Andrew Luck threw his first touchdown pass of the preseason, helping the Indianapolis Colts get off to a fast start in a 24-14 preseason victory over the St. Louis Rams on Saturday night. Nick Foles got his first TD pass in Week 3, too, hitting Chris Givens in stride on a 44-yard play in the second quarter for the Rams (0-3)...
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Lynn hurts ankle but beats Giants for 1st time, Cards win
(Professional Sports ~ 08/30/15)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Somehow, Lance Lynn stayed on his feet long enough to finally beat the San Francisco Giants. Once, he caught his spikes and nearly topped down the dugout steps. Twice, his right knee buckled. And in the most scary scene of all, the St. Louis pitcher twisted his right ankle making a play and was forced to leave Saturday...
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High school cross country capsules
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/15)
Head Coach: Terry Bryeans, 2nd year Team strengths: We have six new runners, four of whom are junior high, and four returning high school runners. We have more seasoned runners who are very determined and we have a bigger team than we did last year...
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Southeast Missouri State volleyball team finishes winless in home invitational
(College Sports ~ 08/30/15)
The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team was winless in its season-opening home tournament to finish fourth in the four-team invitational. The Redhawks lost to Arkansas State and Saint Louis on Friday and Missouri-Kansas City on Saturday in the inaugural Drury Hotels Redhawks Invitational held at Houck Field House...
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High school roundup: Notre Dame begins season at First to the Finish
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/15)
All scores were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Saturday.
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Upbeat Jackson girls cross country team sweeps home invitational
(High School Sports ~ 08/30/15)
The races had been over for a while before members of the Jackson girls cross country team realized just how well they had performed at the meet they hosted Saturday morning at Jackson City Park. After a recount of the total, it was discovered that the Indians swept all four divisions at the meet, which is raced by grade divisions rather than varsity and junior varsity levels...
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Bernetta Winkler
(Obituary ~ 08/30/15)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Bernetta Juanita Winkler, 92, of Wynne, Arkansas, formerly of Perryville, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in Memphis, Tennessee. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Monday at Miller Family Funeral Home in Perryville. A graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Mount Hope Cemetery in Perryville...
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Cletus Todt
(Obituary ~ 08/30/15)
Cletus J. Todt, 93, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, Aug. 28, 2015, at his home. He was born May 1, 1922, in Raymond, Illinois, and was the son of John T. Todt and Bertha F. Hoehn Todt. He married Lorena E. Dohogne on Oct. 22, 1949, in Oran, Missouri. She died June 11, 1983. He then married Hannah Farmer Geringer on Dec. 27, 1985, in Cape Girardeau. She survives...
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Edna Peetz
(Obituary ~ 08/30/15)
Edna Peetz, 84, of Jackson died Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Andie McClain
(Obituary ~ 08/30/15)
ORAN, Mo. -- Andie Lee McClain, 62, of Oran passed away Friday, Aug. 28, 2015, at his home. He was born Nov. 6, 1952, in East Prairie, Missouri, to the late Millard Allen and Myrtle Maye Hubbard McClain. He married Brenda Smith on Sept. 11, 1971, and she survives...
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Edna Hendrix
(Obituary ~ 08/30/15)
Edna Irene Hendrix, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Aug. 28, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Thursday, Feb. 1, 1934, in Cardwell, Missouri, to the late Bevley Burton and Mary Elizabeth Fowler Linhart. She and Ross Lee Hendrix were married Saturday, Sept. 29, 1951, at Pocahontas, Arkansas. He died May 12, 1996...
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Jerry Ferrell
(Obituary ~ 08/30/15)
Jerry Wayne Ferrell, 70, of Scott City passed away Friday, Aug. 28, 2015. He was born Sept. 27, 1944, in Harrisburg, Illinois, to Guy and Opal Fox Ferrell. Jerry and Patricia Bethel were married Feb. 1, 1973. He was retired from the United States Army and served in the Vietnam War...
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John Crawford Jr.
(Obituary ~ 08/30/15)
John Crawford Jr., 91, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Aug. 28, 2015, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. Visitation will be from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral service will be at 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Mark Anderson officiating. A graveside service will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery...
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Linda Cotilla
(Obituary ~ 08/30/15)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Linda Kay Cotilla, 65, of Tamms passed away at 5:52 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, 2015, at her home. Linda was born June 10, 1950, in Cairo, Illinois, daughter of the late Leslie Wilmoth and Helen McHughes Wilmoth. Linda was of the Pentecostal faith, and a retired EMT/ER technician for Union County Hospital in Anna, Illinois...
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Buford Cook
(Obituary ~ 08/30/15)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Buford L.J. Cook, 80, of Marble Hill passed away Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 13, 1935, in Hurricane, Missouri, son of Thomas and Donie Jane Garland Cook. He and Colleen James were united in marriage Sept. 22, 1957...
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Jury: Cable company largely responsible in fatal Kansas City blast
(State News ~ 08/30/15)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Time Warner Cable must pay nearly $6 million as part of a lawsuit alleging it was largely responsible for a fatal natural gas explosion that leveled an upscale Kansas City restaurant, jurors ruled Thursday. Brothers David and Jimmy Frantze, who operated the popular JJ's restaurant, were seeking more than $9 million in damages from Time Warner Cable and USIC Locating Services, which contracts with utility companies. ...
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Rally warns of perceived dangers of secularization in U.S.
(Local News ~ 08/30/15)
Author William J. Federer spoke about the importance of remembering history and the dangers of secularization during a small rally Friday in Cape Girardeau. Nearly 50 people gathered to hear a series of speakers, including abortion opponent Mark Loos and Emerald Street Church of God pastor Robert Hendrix Jr...
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Suspect in fatal Parma holdup waives preliminary hearing
(Local News ~ 08/30/15)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- A man accused of the murder of a Parma, Missouri, woman has waived his right to a preliminary hearing. Deion Martin, 21, who is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree robbery and two counts of armed criminal action, was in court Thursday afternoon with his attorneys, Beth Ann Davis-Kerry and Robert E. Steele of the public defender's office. The attorneys informed New Madrid County Associate Judge Joshua Underwood the scheduled hearing would not be necessary...
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Now is a good time to make a winter preparedness kit
(Local News ~ 08/30/15)
"Don't wait. Communicate. Make your emergency plan today." That is the theme of this year's National Preparedness Month, which begins Tuesday. "Well, September is a good month because it's basically getting ready for the change of seasons," Community Emergency Response Team trainer Jim Watkins said. "So we need to change from our summer emergency disaster kits. It's a good time to renew, restock and review, so if something's out of date, then we can replace it."...
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Sen. Blunt, Rep. Smith use Lincoln Day to stump for GOP
(Local News ~ 08/30/15)
Smith also alluded to his brother, who went briefly missing almost a week ago. He said he was hospitalized, but did not elaborate.
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Food to live for
(Community ~ 08/30/15)
Lately there has been a spate of bucket list books: "1,000 Places to See Before You Die," "1,000 Books to Read Before You Die," and, most recently, "1,000 Foods to Eat Before You Die." This newest entry, by former New York Times restaurant critic Mimi Sheraton, as you might imagine, lists lots of exotic foods, like rambutan, the so-called "hairy" fruit from Malaysia, and many elegant foods, like quenelles, as well as many gourmet items, like caviar...
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Katrina's wrath, rebuilding marks 10th anniversary
(National News ~ 08/30/15)
NEW ORLEANS -- Mississippi and Louisiana marked the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Saturday by ringing church bells, laying wreaths and celebrating the resiliency of a region recovering from a disaster that killed more than 1,800 people and caused $151 billion in damage...
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Road work 8/30/15
(Local News ~ 08/30/15)
Route K in Perry County from County Road 616 to Route O will be closed as MoDOT crews replace a pipe under the roadway. Work will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, according to a MoDOT news release. Route A in Perry County between county roads 452 and 458 will be closed as MoDOT crews replace a pipe under the roadway. Work will take place from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Monday, according to a MoDOT new release...
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Out of the past: Aug. 30
(Out of the Past ~ 08/30/15)
Environmental Protection Agency officials announce a plan for the cleanup of the Missouri Electric Works site at a public hearing here; the cleanup will take approximately 15 years to complete and will cost nearly $10 million. The price of gasoline in Cape Girardeau drops a dime, after rising the same amount about one and one-half weeks ago; after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait on Aug. 2, gasoline prices increased throughout the United States and around the world...
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