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Southeast Missouri State football team returns from bye with OVC matchup vs. Tennessee Tech
(College Sports ~ 10/30/15)
The Redhawks begin their last stretch of the season with a 1 p.m. game against Tennessee Tech on Saturday at Houck Stadium.
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Cape Central boys swimming team claims second straight conference crown
(High School Sports ~ 10/30/15)
Central moved ahead of Notre Dame over the final two events, taking the top spot in the team standings with 595 points at the Central Municipal Pool.
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Safety demonstration house gets $100K donation
(State News ~ 10/30/15)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Kansas City-area couple whose toddler died when a dresser toppled onto him is one step closer to building a house to display home safety precautions. Farmers Insurance announced this month it has donated $100,000 toward the Charlie's House Safety Demonstration House...
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St. Louis aldermen get plan for city's share of stadium
(State News ~ 10/30/15)
ST. LOUIS -- About two-thirds of St. Louis taxes generated by a new NFL stadium would go to the team that plays there, according to legislation sent from Mayor Francis Slay's office to aldermen. Mayoral aides and members of Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon's stadium task force rewrote key financial provisions of the bill Tuesday before sending it to the board of aldermen Wednesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Police say 18-year-old shot self after officer confrontation
(State News ~ 10/30/15)
NORMANDY, Mo. -- Authorities investigating the death of an 18-year-old who police say exchanged gunfire with an officer said Thursday the St. Louis-area officer's shots never hit him, even as his father questioned an account by the local police department that his son killed himself...
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Assistant principal waives arraignment on rape charges
(Local News ~ 10/30/15)
DONIPHAN, Mo. -- A suspended Naylor, Missouri, assistant high-school principal accused of sexually assaulting a female student made his first court appearance Wednesday, waiving formal arraignment. John Franklin Mullins, 52, of Gatewood, Missouri, appeared before Associate Circuit Judge Thomas Swindle for arraignment on charges of first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy and two counts of sexual contact with a student, all felonies...
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Circuit clerk warns of parking-ticket scam
(Local News ~ 10/30/15)
Cape Girardeau County Circuit Court Clerk Patti Wibbenmeyer cautions residents to be on the lookout for an email scam. People have received emails signed by Joseph King of the office of the Common Pleas Court in Cape Girardeau about a past-due parking violation...
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Man charged with tripping officer
(Local News ~ 10/30/15)
A Cape Girardeau man already was facing a likely felony charge for possession of methamphetamine, but he picked up two misdemeanors after police said he tripped an officer on the way to the squad car. Cape Girardeau Police Department officers responded to 1825 Bloomfield St. at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday for a call of damaged property, Cape Girardeau public information officer Adam Glueck said...
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No-burn advisory lifted for county
(Local News ~ 10/30/15)
Cape Girardeau County's no-burn advisory was lifted Thursday. The weeklong advisory was put into effect by the county commission when a combination of high temperatures, low humidity, dry ground cover and high-speed winds increased the fire danger in the county...
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Community improvement district to begin implementing services
(Local News ~ 10/30/15)
Implementation of services and the appointment of a new board member were the top items on the agenda when the Downtown Cape Girardeau Community Improvement District's board of directors met Thursday. Daniel Statler recently resigned from the board because he no longer owns property in the district and therefore no longer is eligible to serve...
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Tennis practice at Arena Park
(Local News ~ 10/30/15)
Rob Hale practices his serve Thursday afternoon on the tennis courts at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. Hale has been playing tennis for 42 years and tries to make it out to practice a few times a week.
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United Way seeks donations for diaper drive
(Local News ~ 10/30/15)
The United Way of Southeast Missouri will collect diapers for families in need through the end of November. A goal of 5,000 diapers has been set, and the proceeds will be distributed to lower-income families around the Cape Girardeau area. United Way of Southeast Missouri executive director Elizabeth Shelton said for some families, diapers are an often-overlooked burden...
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New day for House as Paul Ryan becomes 54th speaker
(National News ~ 10/30/15)
WASHINGTON -- Paul Ryan became the 54th speaker of the U.S. House on Thursday in a day of high political theater, a young new leader for a fractured Congress, charged with healing Republican divides and quieting the chaos of Capitol Hill. "Let's prove ourselves worthy," Ryan urged from the House dais where he was sworn into the job, second in line to the presidency, after an extraordinary month of unrest for Congress...
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Man shot outside Poplar Bluff mental-health facility dies
(Local News ~ 10/30/15)
A Broseley, Missouri, man who was shot earlier this month on the parking lot of a local mental-health facility has died. The Butler County, Missouri, Coroner's Office was notified Tuesday by the staff at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau that Mitchell Dugger, 52, had died "due to complications developing from the gunshot wound to include renal failure and pneumonia," Coroner Jim Akers said...
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Cape Central football team looks to avenge loss to Sikeston
(High School Sports ~ 10/30/15)
The two SEMO Conference North teams meet in the Class 4 District 1 semifinals tonight.
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Poplar Bluff man gets 20 years for beating father to death with bat
(Local News ~ 10/30/15)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Presiding Circuit Judge Fred Copeland followed the state's recommendation in sentencing a Poplar Bluff, Missouri, man Tuesday afternoon to 20 years in prison for beating his father to death with a baseball bat in 2013. Matthew Dale Jenkins' lawyer had been asking for a sentence of 10 or 15 years, Butler County, Missouri, Prosecuting Attorney Kevin Barbour said...
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Jackson Senior Center gives to United Way of Southeast Missouri
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/30/15)
The employees and visitors of Jackson Senior Center donated $119 to help meet the need for United Way of Southeast Missouri's 2015 campaign.
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US Bank donates to United Way of Southeast Missouri
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/30/15)
The employees of US Bank donated $8,212.30 to meet the need of United Way of Southeast Missouri's 2015 campaign.
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Ronald McDonald House Mission Project
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/30/15)
Guardian Angel School in Oran Mo has a mission project each quarter. The first quarter mission project was for the Ronald McDonald House in St. Louis. The teachers and staff donated cereal, snack bars, puddings, fruit bowls, etc. and the students decorated bags. On Wednesday, October 14, each student filled a bag with the goodies and the bags were later taken up to St. Louis by a teacher. There were 66 bags donated, one per each student enrolled in Guardian Angel School...
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Information Systems Goes Pink
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/30/15)
Saint Francis Medical Center's Information Systems team went all pink in support of Pink Up!
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Guardian Angel School Saints Program
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/30/15)
Every year, the week before All Saints Day, the 8th grade class of Guardian Angel School, Oran, MO put on a Saints Program. The students decide on a Saint that interests him/her and then do research on the Saint. A paper is written about interesting facts of that Saint, including dates of birth and death, what he/she is the patron Saint of, and where he/she lived. ...
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Archangel House Games at Guardian Angel School in Oran
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/30/15)
The halls of Guardian Angel School, Oran, MO are once again full of archangels. Every student is a member of an archangel house: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, or Uriel. This is the 3rd year for the houses. Every year the graduating 8th graders are taken off of the rolls of the houses and the new kindergarten students spin the wheel to decide what house they will belong to. ...
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Codefi announces 9 finalists in startup contest
(Local News ~ 10/30/15)
Business incubator Codefi announced nine finalists Thursday in the second round of its 1st50K competition. The nine budding startups advance to a final round of judging in December in the hopes of winning $50,000 to help get their big ideas off the ground...
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Classic story of Great Depression 'Of Mice and Men' to be performed next week at River Campus
(Entertainment ~ 10/30/15)
Editor's note: The following story has been edited to correct the name of character George Milton. "Of Mice and Men" remains a classic American tragedy because its characters and themes still resonate today, according to Kenneth Stilson, Southeast Missouri State University professor of acting and directing...
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Commission recommends TIF plan to council
(Local News ~ 10/30/15)
The room at the Osage Centre was packed Thursday night as landowners, developers and curious residents participated in the Cape Girardeau Tax Increment Financing Commission's public hearing. It was the final step required before the commission could vote on a resolution to recommend to the city council regarding a redevelopment plan for the TIF district...
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Last provost candidate pitches skills at university
(Local News ~ 10/30/15)
The last of five provost candidates visited Southeast Missouri State University on Thursday for campus interviews and meetings with faculty, staff and students as the university looks to hire its next chief academic officer. Karl Kunkel, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of sociology and justice studies at Pittsburg State University in Kansas, participated in open forums at Academic Hall, where he discussed why he wants to work at Southeast and answered questions from the audience.. ...
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Jackson Girl Scout Service unit Trunk or Treat
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/30/15)
We had a great turn out in Jackson Park for the second annual Jackson Service Unit Trunk or Treat!!! We would like to thank all of those who brought their trick or treaters out and helped once again to make this a successful event!! We look forward to next year!!!...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/30/15)
Today in History Today is Friday, Oct. 30, the 303rd day of 2015. There are 62 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 30, 1965, the miniskirt had its "coming out," of sorts. British model Jean Shrimpton scandalized onlookers by showing up for Victoria Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia, in a white, sleeveless shift dress that had a hem four inches above her knees. ...
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Heritage Hall adds another destination for visitors
(Editorial ~ 10/30/15)
Just taking a stroll around Cape Girardeau's Downtown Historic District gives a visitor the immediate impression that this is a place with history behind it. Maybe it's the quaint old storefronts or gabled rooftops, the Common Pleas Courthouse perched on its towering hill, or the Old World architectural details around every corner, but, whatever it is, a sense of time permeates the town's original footprint...
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Speak Out 10/30/15
(Speak Out ~ 10/30/15)
On Saturday, Nov. 21, Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts in our area will collect bags of nonperishable food items to help stock local food banks. This will be the 31st year for Scouting for Food, and it originated right here in the Heartland as an Eagle Scout Project. It has grown to be the largest single-day food drive in the U.S. Please help support the efforts of these Scouts by leaving your bag by your front door,; they will be by to pick it up...
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China to end decades-old 1-child policy, allow 2 children
(International News ~ 10/30/15)
BEIJING -- China said Thursday it would allow all married couples to have two children, signaling the end after 35 years to its drastic and unpopular "one-child" policy that has been blamed for skewing the gender balance, forcing women into unwanted abortions and bringing about a rapidly aging workforce...
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17 seconds of terror in government office shooting
(National News ~ 10/30/15)
WASHINGTON -- The Homeland Security Department missed clear warning signs of a disgruntled federal agent's descent toward violence and could have intervened before he started a deadly gun battle inside a government office building in southern California, according to a confidential, internal investigation obtained by The Associated Press...
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Prep-school graduate gets a year in jail for sexual assault
(National News ~ 10/30/15)
CONCORD, N.H. -- A graduate of an exclusive New England prep school was sentenced Thursday to a year in jail for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old freshman girl as part of a competition among upperclassmen to rack up sexual conquests. Owen Labrie, 20, of Tunbridge, Vermont, also was ordered to register as a sex offender, perhaps for the rest of his life, and serve five years of probation after he gets out of jail...
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Births 10/30/15
(Births ~ 10/30/15)
Daughter to Kaleb William and Leslie Ann Eldridge of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 9:55 a.m. Friday, Aug. 28, 2015. Name, Scarlett Rose. Weight, 2 pounds, 7 ounces. Third child, second daughter. Mrs. Eldridge is a hairdresser with Belladona Salon and Spa. Eldridge is a massage therapist with Belladona Salon and Spa...
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Out of the past: Oct. 30
(Out of the Past ~ 10/30/15)
No changes in operations by Trans World Express are anticipated at the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport after the announcement the firm is being acquired by Trans States Airlines. Mercantile Bank of Cape Girardeau has announced plans to close its Kurre Lane office next month; Mercantile has doubled the size of its main office, 325 N. Kingshighway, allowing the bank to consolidate more operations at the main facility...
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Jackson police report 10/30/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/30/15)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Michelle K. Burmeister, 36, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance and operating a motor vehicle while under the influce of drugs...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 10/30/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/30/15)
* Medical assists at 3:06 p.m. on Farrar Drive and 4:03 p.m. on Themis Street. n At 1:24 a.m., a call on South Lorimier Street. n At 6:28 a.m., a good-intent call on North Spanish Street. n At 3:23 p.m., dispatched and canceled en route. n At 4:18 p.m., a citizen assist on Minute Men Way...
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Cape Girardeau police report 10/30/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/30/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Jamey Lee Chiles, 39, 123 Ranney Ave., was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for a probation violation. n Antonio Dominique Cooper, 21, 1122 Big Bend Road, was arrested on suspicion of false declaration and on Cape Girardeau County warrants for traffic offenses...
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Alice Skiles
(Obituary ~ 10/30/15)
Alice Laree Smithey Skiles, 75, of Fairview Heights, Illinois, died Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, at Four Fountains Nursing Home while surrounded by her loving family. She was born Sept. 12, 1940, in Cape Girardeau. Alice enjoyed playing the piano and accordion, singing and dancing, but her most precious moments were those spent with her children and grandchildren, especially being "downhome" with her parents. ...
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Sid Morgan
(Obituary ~ 10/30/15)
VILLA RIDGE, Mo. -- Lloyd Sidney "Sid" Morgan III, 60, of Villa Ridge passed away Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, at a St. Louis-area hospital with his family by his side. He was born Feb. 22, 1955, at Cape Girardeau, the son of Lloyd S. "Jack" and Janice Hope Ingram Morgan...
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Somebody walks into a bar. Bartender says ...
(Column ~ 10/30/15)
Two deer walk into Joe's yard. (This was Monday afternoon, by the way.) One deer says to the other, "You know, if we had walked into a bar, we'd be halfway through a joke by now." "You're right!" says the second deer. "Why don't we jump over to a bar and finish the joke."...
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Artifacts 10/30/15
(Entertainment ~ 10/30/15)
Catapult Creative House gallery, 612 Broadway, will exhibit artwork produced by Southeast Missouri State University faculty members with their past and current students. "Within These Walls: Catapult Mentor Exhibition" will be on display through Jan 28. ...
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Best Bet: Trucks and treats
(Entertainment ~ 10/30/15)
The Gordonville Volunteer Fire Department will host its third annual Trucks and Treats event from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday at its Station No. 1, 711 Route Z in Gordonville. The free event provides a safe environment for children, who will have the opportunity to explore firetrucks and a hay maze. It includes a bounce house, games and candy...
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Comedian, singer Rodney Carrington to perform next week
(Entertainment ~ 10/30/15)
Rodney Carrington said comedy is his first love, but he got his start in the business by accident. "I happened to be in a comedy club, and on a whim got up there and people seemed to like it," Carrington said. "So much so, that the club asked me back, and then I found out I could get paid for just talking about stuff that I found funny. I love what I do, and I get paid for doing it. How many people can say that?"...
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Does response to school cop video show law enforcement rift?
(National News ~ 10/30/15)
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- When FBI Director James Comey told a national gathering of law enforcement leaders that cops might be easing up for fear of being caught on camera, the conference attendees included a South Carolina sheriff whose deputy was about to star in the nation's next viral police video...
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Wal-Mart and Target reveal holiday plans
(National News ~ 10/30/15)
NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart and Target, two of the biggest U.S. retailers, on Thursday rolled out plans to lure shoppers into stores during the holiday season that include discounts, stepped-up marketing and spiffed-up stores. The moves illustrate how important the holiday shopping season is to retailers. It's a roughly two-month period that accounts on average for 20 percent of the retail industry's annual sales...
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Abu Dhabi may get a snow park
(International News ~ 10/30/15)
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- Already home to a ski hill inside a mall, the sunbaked deserts of the United Arab Emirates soon may be home to a snow park, too. Officials with Abu Dhabi's Reem Mall, scheduled to open in 2018, say they plan to build a 125,000-square-foot snow park inside the mall, with opportunities for luge and "zorbing" -- rolling down a hill in a giant ball made of transparent plastic...
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Barbi Austin
(Obituary ~ 10/30/15)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Barbara "Barbi" Austin, 52, of Chaffee passed away Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, at the family home in Chaffee. She was born April 22, 1963, in St. Louis to Jerry Isaac and Linda Marie Steger Davis. She married Anthony "Moose" Austin on June 11, 1988, and he survives...
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#SemoSelfie 10/30/15
(Entertainment ~ 10/30/15)
Had a blast rocking out in the first row (at VintageNOW)! Thanks for the fine company, @ladylauraphoto (Photo submitted by @lalidadi) Going out this weekend? Be sure to tag your selfies on the scene with #semoselfie on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter -- you could see yourself in an upcoming SE Live!...
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Missouri basketball team slotted for last place in SEC
(Professional Sports ~ 10/30/15)
The Tigers are coming off a 9-23 season.
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Southeast Missouri State soccer team manages scoreless tie vs. UTM
(College Sports ~ 10/30/15)
Southeast Missouri State sophomore goalkeeper Kindra Lierz made 16 saves as the women's soccer team concluded its regular season schedule with its second consecutive scoreless tie Thursday against UT Martin in Martin, Tennessee. The double-overtime tie gave the Redhawks a 3-2-5 record in the Ohio Valley Conference, which seeded them sixth for the OVC Tournament that begins Sunday. Southeast is 8-5-6 overall...
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Exhibit showcasing Thomas Hart Benton artwork to open next week
(Entertainment ~ 10/30/15)
An exhibit and activities throughout November will celebrate and explore the artwork of Thomas Hart Benton. "Thomas Hart Benton: American Mythologies" will open Nov. 6 Crisp Museum at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus. The public is invited to several events in November celebrating Thomas Hart Benton's life, his work and his impact on the history of American Art. The exhibit will remain on display through Jan. 24. Admission to the exhibit and the events are free...
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Prayer 10/30/15
(Prayer ~ 10/30/15)
Singing hymns and songs from the Spirit, we praise your name, O God. Amen.
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