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Four by Four 9/6/15
(Community ~ 09/06/15)
What is a piece of advice your mother or father gave you? Always strive for your goals. Keep working at it. What was your favorite fun thing to do when you were a child? Play basketball most of the time, and hang with friends. Because basketball -- I enjoyed doing it, that's the best thing to do with my free time...
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Southeast Missouri State defense shows positive signs, offense stumbles in season-opening loss at Mizzou
(College Sports ~ 09/06/15)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The Southeast Missouri State football team's defense surrendered touchdown passes on two of the No. 24 Missouri Tigers' first three drives of both team's season opener on Saturday afternoon. After that the Redhawks allowed just one more defensive touchdown -- a wide-open completion with 5 minutes, 13 seconds remaining in the game -- but a subdued Southeast offense and a blocked punt returned for a touchdown propelled the Tigers to a 34-3 victory at Faurot Field in front of a crowd of 64,670.. ...
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Missouri Attorney General candidate expresses support for jailed Kentucky clerk
(Local News ~ 09/06/15)
Candidate for Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley on Friday denounced the jailing of Rowan County clerk Kim Davis of Kentucky and called for more clearly defined protections for religious people in the public sphere. He called Davis' predicament "tragic," and in a public statement promised if elected, he would issue a legal opinion "protecting county clerks, other local officeholders and businesspeople of faith to the maximum extent possible under Missouri law."...
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Area woman goes bald for cancer-research fund
(Local News ~ 09/06/15)
Twelve-year old Sarah Singleton stepped to the clippers first, gingerly clipping at the edges of Andrea Allstun's soon-to-be-shorn hair. "Just go right down the middle," Allstun encouraged her. "No, you'll need the middle for a Mohawk," Singleton said...
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Scott City test scores are below Missouri average
(Local News ~ 09/06/15)
The Scott City School District's scores from the 2015 Missouri Assessment Program fell below state averages this year, but the district's superintendent said programs are being implemented to help boost student skills and performance. The test scores, released last month by the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, are the first from an assessment given in the spring that was designed to gauge how well students are learning standards fully implemented for the first time during the last school year.. ...
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Two Cape fire stations soon will undergo face-lifts
(Local News ~ 09/06/15)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department has continued to grow over the years, but its four fire stations haven't managed to keep up. The situation has taught the department to be smart about its use of every square foot, said assistant chief Mark Hasheider, but there's only so much it can do...
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In the name of the Father
(Community ~ 09/06/15)
John the Baptist, roughshod in sack cloth, had only his voice. The La Croix Church ministry team has a P.A. system, but it's really no different -- a voice crying out in the wilderness, preparing fervently the way of the Lord. Instead of a locust-filled desert, the nearly 200 parishioners spread their blankets and camp chairs on the hill above the lake in Cape County Park. ...
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Disabled students named Jackson Homecoming king, queen
(Local News ~ 09/06/15)
Hunter Ross and Laina Wohrle proved just because someone might be different doesn't mean they can't have a rich high-school experience. Both students have disabilities, but they have become a part of the student body so successfully, the pair Friday were crowned Jackson High School Homecoming king and queen...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/06/15)
Today is Sunday, Sept. 6, the 249th day of 2015. There are 116 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 6, 1925, the silent film horror classic "The Phantom of the Opera," starring Lon Chaney, had its world premiere at the Astor Theater in New York...
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Reed -- Harper
(Engagement ~ 09/06/15)
Mr. Michael and Dr. Joyce Reed of Scott City announce the engagement of their daughter, Rachel Estelle Reed of Kelso, Missouri, to Brett Christopher Harper of Kelso. He is the son of Mr. David and Mrs. Karen Harper of New Hamburg, Missouri. Rachel graduated from Scott City High School in 2010 and from Southeast Missouri State University with a bachelor of science degree with dual majors in accounting and finance in December 2014. ...
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Clippard -- 50 years
(Anniversary ~ 09/06/15)
Stanley and Evelyn Clippard of Jackson celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 6 with a family dinner hosted by their children. They were married May 29, 1965, at St. John's Church in Leopold, Missouri. The couple have four children, Alecia (Bruce) Robert; Jill (Darrin) Bruenderman; Craig (Emily) Clippard; and Chad (Nichole) Clippard. ...
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Hendricks -- Hanner
(Engagement ~ 09/06/15)
Larry and Candy Hendricks of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Jackelyn Hendricks of Maumelle, Arkansas, to Jeremy Hanner of Maumelle. He is the son of Steve and Pam Hanner of Annapolis, Missouri. Jackelyn is a 2009 graduate of Notre Dame Regional High School and received a bachelor of science degree in business administration in economics from Southeast Missouri State University in May 2013. ...
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Walker -- Zoellner
(Engagement ~ 09/06/15)
John and Sue Walker of Chaffee, Missouri, announce the engagement of their daughter, Angela Walker of Chaffee, to Toby Zoellner of Perryville, Missouri. His parents are Joe and Judy Zoellner of Perryville. Angela works at the American Red Cross and Toby works at Ozarc Gas...
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Felter -- Black
(Engagement ~ 09/06/15)
Zeno "Sam" and Jolene Felter of Benton, Missouri, announce the engagement of their daughter, Laura Kathryn Felter of Nevada, Missouri, to Austin Dean Black of Columbia, Missouri. He is the son of Alan and Brenda Black of Deepwater, Missouri. Laura is a 2009 graduate of Thomas W. ...
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Murray -- Klaproth
(Engagement ~ 09/06/15)
Jonathan and Lesa Murray of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, announce the engagement of their daughter, Katelyn Jo Murray, of Republic, Missouri, to Philip Lange Klaproth, of Republic. He is the son of Dan and Valeria Klaproth of Jackson. Katelyn graduated from Twin Rivers High School in 2007 and received her doctor of pharmacy degree from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. She is a pharmacy manager at Family Pharmacy in Fair Grove, Missouri...
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Carpenters on a yellow ironweed
(Community ~ 09/06/15)
The three bees here are Eastern carpenter bees. The native eastern carpenter bee looks very similar to our native bumblebee. The easiest way to tell them apart by sight is to remember the bumblebee has a very hairy abdomen with bands of yellow. By contrast, the carpenter bee has few hairs on a shiny, almost all black abdomen...
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FYI 9-6-15
(Community ~ 09/06/15)
A reunion for family and friends of Andrew and Dora Bollinger Crites is planned for 12:30 p.m. Sept. 13 at Post Oak Church, County Road 378 off Highway 72 near Patton, Missouri. A potluck luncheon will take place at 1 p.m. Tickets are on sale for Wimpy's day at Centenary United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Generosities 9-615
(Community ~ 09/06/15)
Keller Motors in Perryville, Missouri, raised $2,350 for St. Vincent Elementary School with its Drive for the Kids fundraiser. Participants earned a $10 contribution to the school from Chrysler by taking a test drive in a 2015 model Town & Country, Chrysler 200 or Chrysler 300 vehicle during the event. More information is available by visiting drive4kids.com...
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Generosity school supplies
(Community ~ 09/06/15)
Submitted photo cutline_body copy: Members of the Oak Ridge FCE Club collected school supplies and delivered them to the Jackson Public Schools administrative office. Pictured are Jackie Brandtner, Debbie Baughn and Barbara Barks.
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Ideal for gatherings, these recipes serve a good-sized crowd
(Community ~ 09/06/15)
Labor Day is a fun day to gather as friends and family and enjoy a day off from work and a near-end to the summer season. I don't know about you, but it seems as if, after Labor Day, the time starts to fly by as the days get shorter and fall approaches...
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A look back at the gardening season
(Community ~ 09/06/15)
Fall is approaching rapidly, and along with the season come cooler temperatures, shorter days, bonfires, roasted hot dogs, s'mores, falling leaves, no more lawn mowing -- the list goes on. Many times in the fall, I like to look back at the summer and reflect on where we came from and where we're going...
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Mosaic Stones
(Community ~ 09/06/15)
Ann Marie Price taught herself mosaic art, creating intricate designs and portraits with cut pieces of stained glass. Recently, she began balancing her usual large projects with smaller ones: She turns her mosaic touch to smooth stones that she picks up on beachcombing and mountain hikes near her Huntington Beach, California, home...
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Creating margins in our lives
(Community ~ 09/06/15)
So many share the dreaded disease of busyness. Going from one thing to another. Arriving breathless, and leaving exhausted. Busyness says, "I can take on one more thing. How could I say no?" Then the next thing you know the calendar is full, but life is empty...
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Learning how to escape into your imagination
(Community ~ 09/06/15)
"Get off that video game, Tom," shouted Amanda, his mom. The voice came from another room in the house. "Stop texting so much," she yelled to her daughter, Melissa, in another room. Amanda had about had it with all the television viewing, game playing and cellphone addiction of her children...
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Saxony stitchers
(Community ~ 09/06/15)
When it comes to mission works, some people go by giving, some give by going, and others do their part -- by sewing. A group of women at the Saxony Village Retirement Community in Cape Girardeau -- the Saxony Stitchers, as they have dubbed themselves -- began meeting in fall 2014 to sew dresses to send overseas to children in need through Operation Christmas Child...
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Where is Harry when we need him?
(Community ~ 09/06/15)
I was raised in Southeast Missouri and was taught that Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States, was a Patron Saint. Well, perhaps he wasn't a saint in the most Catholic sense, but he was a saint to most Missourians. Old, "give 'em hell, Harry" -- as he was called in some quarters -- was known for many "common man" traits...
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Club News 9-6-15
(Community News ~ 09/06/15)
Grace United Methodist Women Grace United Methodist Women met Tuesday with 18 members present. Mary Ann Pensel passed out pamphlets about an upcoming grandparents' conference. She led a devotion from "Lifting Up," mentioning UMW-sponsored Spofford House in Kansas City, Missouri, that has been in existence 90 years treating children up to age 12 for physical and sexual abuse; Susanna Wesley House in East Prairie, Missouri, for children and adults; Methodist in Indonesia and Mongolia receive support for hospice care. ...
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Adopt Rylen and Macy
(Community ~ 09/06/15)
Rylen, 7, and Macy, 2 are both spayed and housebroken. This dynamic duo is available for adoption at the Humane Society 334-5837.
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Happy Labor Day, the spirit of Chaffee and a hometown spotlight
(Community ~ 09/06/15)
While strolling, I wondered whatever happened to Carolyn Strong. Happy birthday to Kevin Goetz, Barbara Cook, Velma Williams, Chelsea Halter, Marjorie Bishop, Alice Welker, Mary Ann Phillips, Nicole Lynn, Mark Pobst, Judy Cook, Amanda Mirly, Nancy Cutright, Alex Davie, Peggy Lee, Jack Dragoni, Judy Finley, Jamie Holder, Dustin Craig, Ely Kerber, Mildred Moudy, Doris White, Lacey Rister, Misty Hibdon, Stephen Schrum, Greg Glastetter, Robert Payne and Lindsay Cook...
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Southeast enrollment remains at historic highs
(Editorial ~ 09/06/15)
Southeast Missouri State University recently announced the end of a really, really good run. For the first time since 1994, Southeast saw its enrollment drop. That is an amazing track record. What organization wouldn't be ecstatic with 21 straight years of growth?...
- Prayer 9-6-15 (Prayer ~ 09/06/15)
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Speak Out 9/6/15
(Speak Out ~ 09/06/15)
Four U.S. Presidents were members of the Whig Party. The party was made up of those who split from the Democrats who were opposed to the policies of Andrew Jackson. Future historians will write that the anti-Republican establishment Donald Trump movement of the early 21st century led to a split in the Republican Party and a still-to- be-named rise of a competitive and strong third political party...
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Out of the past: Sept. 6
(Out of the Past ~ 09/06/15)
Weather predictors say relief is on the way from the nearly 2-week-old, late summer heat wave that has forced educators to shorten the school day for many Southeast Missouri students; a cool front is expected to push into the Cape Girardeau area Friday afternoon or evening...
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Scott City fire report 9/6/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/06/15)
The Scott City Fire Department responded to the following calls: n At 10:19 p.m., medical assist in the 400 block of North Lincoln Street. n Medical assist calls were made to the 1000 block of Oak Street at 2:17 p.m.; the 100 block of West Hickory Street at 2:22 p.m.; the 400 block of State Street at 3:19 p.m.; and the 600 block of Main Street at 5:07 p.m...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 9/6/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/06/15)
* Medical assist calls were made to Brenda Kay Court at 8:47 a.m.; Cape Meadow Circle at 10:56 a.m.; Hackberry Street at 11:35 a.m.; North Main Street at 11:52 a.m.; Water Street at 1:31 p.m.; Fitzgerald Drive at 1:49 p.m.; Nash Road at 3:31 p.m.; and South Lorimier Street at 4:21 p.m...
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Cape Girardeau police report 9/6/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/06/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of patronizing prostitution and possession of a controlled substance. n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of resisting and interfering with arrest and trespassing at 1433 N. Water St...
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Births 9/6/15
(Births ~ 09/06/15)
Son to Christopher Anthoney Morrisey and Anna Maria Pair of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 1:40 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015. Name, Christopher Alexander. Weight, 9 pounds, 7 ounces. Third child, first son. Pair is the former Anna Bock, daughter of Linda Seyer of Jackson and the late Michael Bock of Jackson. Morrisey is the son of Sharon and Larry Brandel of Old Appleton. He is employed by Verdesian Life Science...
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Road work 9/6/15
(Local News ~ 09/06/15)
Route K in Perry County between Route O and County Road 616 will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a pipe under the roadway. The work will be take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, according to a MoDOT news release...
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Joan Scholz
(Obituary ~ 09/06/15)
Betty Joan Scholz, 84, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 8, 1931, in rural Cape Girardeau County to Linville "Bill" and Alma Loos Proffer. She and Bobby Gene Scholz were married Sept. 23, 1953...
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Christopher Schearf
(Obituary ~ 09/06/15)
Christopher Lynn Schearf, 43, of Delta passed away Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, at Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Nov. 27, 1971, in Cape Girardeau to Garry Eugene and Belinda Kay Bentley Schearf. He married Theresa "Tress" Handley on March 20, 1993. She survives...
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Nancy Martin
(Obituary ~ 09/06/15)
STAPLETON, Ala. -- Nancy Nelson Martin, 54, of Stapleton, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died peacefully Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, in her home with loved ones by her side, including her faithful canine companions. Nancy was born Oct. 12, 1960, in St. Louis to the late Lewis and Margarette "Peggy" Fischer Nelson...
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Michael Lowery
(Obituary ~ 09/06/15)
Michael Lee Lowery, 59, of Bonne Terre, Missouri, formerly of Scott City, passed away Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, at his home. He was born July 29, 1956, in Chicago to Brian Michael and Virginia Lee Crews Lowery. Mike and Kristie Biler were married Feb. 14, 2003...
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Herschel Coleson Sr.
(Obituary ~ 09/06/15)
Herschel Dean Coleson Sr., 67, formerly of Jerseyville and Grafton, Illinois, passed away at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, at Alton Memorial Hospital, in Alton, Illinois, following an extended illness. He was born May 31, 1948, in Olive Branch, Illinois, the son of the late Lloyd and Ruby Bell Harp Coleson. He married Wendy K. Jones on June 10, 1967, in St. Louis, and she survives...
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John Bright
(Obituary ~ 09/06/15)
Dr. John Calvin "J.C." Bright, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, at his home in Saxony Village. He was born Oct. 21, 1933, in Bunker Hill, Illinois, to Calvin Russell and Alberta Mae Barnes Bright. He and Janice Moeckel were married July 16, 1952, in Jacob, Illinois...
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Stanley Beussink
(Obituary ~ 09/06/15)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Stanley Clarence Beussink, 68, of Marble Hill passed away Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, at his home. He was born June 14, 1947, in Glennon, Missouri, to Henry and Mary Vandermierden Beussink. He and Nadean Wilkinson were united in marriage June 15, 1974...
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Rally held to support defiant clerk jailed over marriage licenses
(National News ~ 09/06/15)
GRAYSON, Ky. -- They stood chanting outside the jail house, "Thank you, Kim; Thank you, Kim," and prayed the defiant county clerk locked inside could hear them. As Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis began her third day Saturday as an inmate at the Carter County Detention Center, having chosen indefinite imprisonment over licensing gay marriage, about 300 people gathered on the lawn outside...
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Clinton says family paid State Department employee for email work
(National News ~ 09/06/15)
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday her family paid a State Department employee to maintain the private email server she used while secretary of state and compensated him "for a period of time" for his technical skills. After picking up the endorsement of New Hampshire's senior senator, Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, Clinton again was pressed to answer questions about an issue from her time in the Obama Cabinet that has dogged her presidential candidacy...
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Injunction against water rule limited to 13 states
(National News ~ 09/06/15)
BISMARCK, N.D. -- A federal judge in North Dakota said Friday his injunction blocking a new Obama administration rule aimed at regulating some small waterways applies only to the 13 states that sued to block it, and not nationwide. The ruling by U.S. ...
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Candy and cuddly toys: Migrants finish epic trek to Germany
(International News ~ 09/06/15)
BUDAPEST, Hungary -- For weeks while they traveled a punitive road, Europe cast a cold eye on their unwelcome progress. On Saturday, for the first time since fleeing their troubled homelands, they could set foot in their promised land -- and it came with a German face so friendly, it brought some newcomers to tears of joy...
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Chamber guests learn about energy efficiency funding
(Local News ~ 09/06/15)
A crowd gathered for the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Coffee learned about a program to help businesses make energy-efficiency upgrades. Josh McCarroll, program manager for the Missouri Energy Initiative, described the Show Me PACE open market program...
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County Health Center offers free vaccinations this month
(Local News ~ 09/06/15)
The Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center is offering free tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis vaccinations to adults during September. The vaccine has been provided for free by the Missouri Department of Health and Human Services. Symptoms of tetanus include muscle tightening and stiffness throughout the body. ...
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Downtown golf tourney to tee off Sept. 27
(Local News ~ 09/06/15)
People young and old soon will be swinging their golf clubs around Cape Girardeau as part of the First-Ever Tenth Annual Louis J. Lorimier Memorial World-Famous Downtown Golf Tournament and All-You-Can Eat Catfish Buffet. The Sept. 27 event is a fundraiser for the Red House Interpretive Center...
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Stoddard County Fair won't allow poultry because of avian flu fears
(Local News ~ 09/06/15)
DEXTER, Mo. -- The Stoddard County Fair Board opted at its July meeting to not allow poultry exhibits at the 2015 County Fair because of the avian influenza outbreak. This includes all chickens, ducks, geese, turkey, guineas or other poultry. Fair board president Kevin Holman said it was a hard decision for the board. The outbreak of avian flu has not been found in Missouri but has spread across many states...
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Woman accused of abusing child with electric cord
(Local News ~ 09/06/15)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- A Wyatt, Missouri, woman faces child-abuse charges after she was accused of striking and injuring a child with an extension cord. Eddie Mae Washington, 50, is charged with abuse of a child, a felony punishable upon conviction by up to seven years in the Missouri Department of Corrections...
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Nation, world briefs 09/06/2015
(National News ~ 09/06/15)
WASHINGTON -- White House hopes for stopping a congressional challenge to the Iran nuclear deal and sparing President Barack Obama from using a veto suffered a blow when a key Senate Democrat announced his opposition. The setback came Friday in the announcement from Sen. ...
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High school roundup: Perryville boys down Notre Dame in SoccerFest final
(High School Sports ~ 09/06/15)
All scores were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Saturday.
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Southeast Missouri State volleyball team picks up first win of season
(College Sports ~ 09/06/15)
The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team picked up its first win of the season with a 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-15) sweep over Gardner-Webb in the Gardner-Webb Tournament before splitting two matches in Saturday's action, dropping a 3-1 (25-23, 19-25, 20-25, 23-25) decision against South Carolina-Upstate and winning a 3-2 (23-25, 28-30, 25-17, 25-22, 15-8) decision against The Citadel...
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Rams cut center Barrett Jones, linebacker Dunbar
(Professional Sports ~ 09/06/15)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Rams released center Barrett Jones, who had been competing for the starting job, and terminated the contract of outside linebacker Jo-Lonn Dunbar. The Rams also placed running back Trey Watts on the reserve-suspended list. Watts is out the first four games for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy...
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Garcia works 7 scoreless innings, Cardinals beat Pirates 4-1
(Professional Sports ~ 09/06/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Jaime Garcia is at his best when he pitches low in the strike zone. The Pittsburgh Pirates found that out Saturday when Garcia (8-4) held them without a run for seven innings and struck out a season-high nine to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-1 victory...
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Klug -- Wolsey
(Engagement ~ 09/06/15)
Cathy Klug and the late Bobby Klug of Laurie, Missouri, announce the engagement of their daughter, Amy Klug, of Kansas City, Missouri, to Jimmy Wolsey, of Kansas City, Missouri. He is the son of Jerry and Debra Wolsey of Chaffee, Missouri. Amy is a Central Missouri State University graduate, where she received her bachelor's degree in 2007, and received her master's degree from Baker University in 2011...
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