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Panel urges donations to pay for Jackson Civic Center equipment
(Local News ~ 12/01/15)
As the Jackson Civic Center nears its grand opening in early 2016, city officials are appealing to residents to help fund some special equipment and additions. The facility was funded in part by a $4.2 million donation from the Southeast Missouri Medical Center Inc., $2.8 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a land donation from the Clark family and a quarter-cent sales tax approved in late 2012...
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Judge halts state from pulling abortion clinic's license
(State News ~ 12/01/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A judge on Monday temporarily blocked Missouri's health department from revoking the abortion license held by a Planned Parenthood clinic in Columbia as its physician loses hospital privileges required under state law. The clinic stopped terminating pregnancies last week, but Planned Parenthood filed a federal lawsuit Monday in hopes of retaining its abortion facility license from the state Department of Health and Senior Services while its physician regains privileges or the clinic finds a new doctor.. ...
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Missouri hunters bag 14 percent more deer in November
(Local News ~ 12/01/15)
Missouri deer hunters had a little better luck this year than last. Missouri Department of Conservation preliminary data show 189,938 deer were harvested during firearms season Nov. 14 through 24, according to mdc.mo.gov. That was up 14 percent, from 166,383 during the November 2014 season...
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Judge's ruling advances road project; land dispute involves area lawmaker
(Local News ~ 12/01/15)
A condemnation dispute between a state representative and the city of Cape Girardeau over a road project will move forward, thanks to a judge's ruling, A special judge in the case, associate circuit judge Rob Fulton of Madison County, Missouri, has ruled the city can take possession of the land in question for a permanent right of way and drainage easements, as well as temporary construction easements once compensation has been determined...
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State lawmakers question money for refugees
(State News ~ 12/01/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers questioned agency officials Monday on how at least $4.3 million in federal funding funneled through the state is used to help refugees after the deadly Paris attacks. Members of the joint budget committee hearing cited concerns about whether federal vetting could catch potential terrorists trying to enter as refugees and raised questions about whether more money should be spent on security...
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Balanced Oran boys basketball blitzes Bell City in Oran Invitational quarterfinal
(High School Sports ~ 12/01/15)
ORAN, Mo. -- On its home floor, in the tournament to which it provides its name, the Oran boys basketball team took care of business Tuesday night. The Eagles used big first and third quarters to maintain firm control in a 68-39 opening-round -- and season-opening -- win over Bell City in the 2015 Oran Invitational at Oran High School, ensuring a chalk semifinal round with each of the top four seeds moving on in the winner's bracket...
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Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team looks for first win against Salukis
(College Sports ~ 12/01/15)
The Redhawks take an 0-5 record into Wednesday's road game.
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Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team to visit unbeaten Missouri
(College Sports ~ 12/01/15)
Coach Rekha Patterson used the word confident several times to describe the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team's next opponent. Whether it was confidence in their strategy on the court or their personnel, or the confidence that has come from a hot start to the season, that's what the Missouri Tigers exude to Patterson...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/01/15)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, Dec. 1, the 335th day of 2015. There are 30 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus; the incident sparked a year-long boycott of the buses by blacks...
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Busch siblings worry Grant's Farm may become subdivision
(State News ~ 12/01/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Four Anheuser-Busch heirs said they worry their brother, Billy Busch, will turn Grant's Farm animal park into a subdivision. Trudy Busch Valentine and Andy Busch said they have seen housing plat maps drafted for the animal park. Andy Busch said, "We just don't believe a startup company that he is dealing with has the legs to support Grant's Farm into future generations."...
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State audit of small Missouri village reveals nearly $10,000 missing
(State News ~ 12/01/15)
LEASBURG, Mo. -- A state audit has uncovered financial and management concerns in the small eastern Missouri town of Leasburg. State Auditor Nicole Galloway on Monday said an audit found nearly $10,000 was missing from the village, and financial documents were altered to account for the missing funds...
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Cape Girardeau Fire Department reports 12/1/2015
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/01/15)
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday: n Medical assists were made at 4:15 p.m. on William Street and 6 p.m. on North Street. n At 4:14 a.m., assist invalid on Centennial Drive. n At 5:59 a.m., a false alarm or false call on North Frederick Street...
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Cyber Monday sales still on top, but losing some luster
(National News ~ 12/01/15)
NEW YORK -- Shoppers traded bricks for clicks Monday, flocking online to snap up "Cyber Monday" deals on everything from cashmere sweaters to Star Wars toys. Now that shoppers are online all the time anyway, the 10-year-old shopping holiday has lost some of its luster as online sales on Thanksgiving and Black Friday pick up...
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60 years after boycott, using Montgomery bus can be trying
(National News ~ 12/01/15)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Two blocks from the spot where Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955, 17-year-old Tanesha Wilson listens to earbuds as she waits for the No. 8. She takes two buses each afternoon to get to her job at McDonald's after spending her mornings studying math and science, the last two tests she must pass to get her GED and start studying for an accounting degree...
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Lunch break on a railroad caboose
(Local News ~ 12/01/15)
Randy Graviett, a train conductor with Burlington Northern Santa Fe, peers out from the window of a caboose Monday. Graviett was eating his lunch in the caboose as the train was waiting on railroad repairs north of Cape Rock Park before making its way to Neelys Landing. The train travels from Chaffee, Missouri, to Neelys Landing each day...
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Wallace Bobo
(Obituary ~ 12/01/15)
** Wallace Bobo MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Wallace Bobo, 79, of Mound City died Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, at Union County Hospital in Anna, Illinois. Services are incomplete at Massie Funeral Home in Mounds, Illinois.
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Cops: Man took ambulance for joyride
(National News ~ 12/01/15)
YORK, Pa. -- Emergency workers got a surprise when they wheeled a patient out of a home to their ambulance, only to find it wasn't there. Police said Leonard Eugene Smith, 21, took the vehicle for a joyride Friday before ditching it. Jim Arvin, president and CEO of White Rose Ambulance, said an in-vehicle video shows Smith "having a good time" behind the wheel, adding he "seemed excited." The abandoned ambulance later was found, and Smith was arrested...
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Shirley Bell
(Obituary ~ 12/01/15)
** Shirley Bell MOUNDS, Ill. -- Shirley Bell, 61, of Mounds died Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge, Illinois.
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Ronald Wallace
(Obituary ~ 12/01/15)
GIPSY, Mo. -- Ronald Dale Wallace, 72, of Gipsy passed away Nov. 27, 2015, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau from complications from cancer. Ronald was born July 15, 1943, at Gipsy, the son of Burley Wallace and Eva Hood (Wallace) Jackson...
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Cape Girardeau Police Department reports 12/1/2015
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/01/15)
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Kiara Selvy-Carter, 23, 909 Hackberry St., was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated at South Pacific and Hackberry streets. n A 24-year-old man was in custody pending formal charges of resisting or interfering with arrest and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia at 733 N. Sunset Blvd...
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Myrtle Matthews
(Obituary ~ 12/01/15)
ALTON, Ill. -- Myrtle "Freda" Alfreda Matthews, 90, passed away Friday, Nov. 27, 2015, at Cedarhurst Assisted Living in Edwardsville, Illinois. She was born March 22, 1925, in Sikeston, Missouri, the daughter of the late Hardy and Daisy (Cummings) Duke...
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Out of the past: Dec. 1
(Out of the Past ~ 12/01/15)
Four county courthouses in Southeast Missouri -- Scott, Mississippi, Bollinger and Ripley -- will be closed Monday because of a climatologist's forecast of an increased possibility of a major earthquake occurring along the New Madrid Fault that day...
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Parking restrictions ahead for rescheduled parade
(Local News ~ 12/01/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department will restrict parking in certain parts of the city Sunday for the rescheduled 24th annual Parade of Lights. Beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday, parking will be prohibited on both sides of Broadway from North West End Boulevard to Main Street; on Main Street from Park Drive to William Street; and on North West End Boulevard from Broadway to Parkview Drive. ...
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Man accused of punching officer in the eye
(Local News ~ 12/01/15)
A man was arrested Sunday morning after being accused of punching a local police officer in the eye. Derekus Michael Parker, 23, of Cape Girardeau was charged Monday with assault of a law-enforcement officer and resisting arrest, both which are felonies...
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Nation briefs 12/1/2015
(National News ~ 12/01/15)
CHICAGO -- A judge on Monday set bond at $1.5 million for a white Chicago police officer charged with murder after a squad-car video caught him fatally shooting a black teenager 16 times. Officer Jason Van Dyke has been locked up since Nov. 24, when prosecutors charged him with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. ...
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Arrest made in threat to University of Chicago students
(National News ~ 12/01/15)
CHICAGO -- Federal authorities said an online threat that led the University of Chicago to cancel classes Monday targeted whites and was motivated by the police shooting of a black teenager, video of which was released last week and led to protests...
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Black pastors press Trump on tone during closed-door meeting
(National News ~ 12/01/15)
NEW YORK -- Dozens of black pastors pressed Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Monday to address what some called his use of racially charged rhetoric, with several describing a meeting that became tense at times as attendees raised concerns about his blunt language...
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World leaders gather to try to save Earth from overheating
(International News ~ 12/01/15)
LE BOURGET, France -- With vows to save future generations from an overheated planet, the largest gathering of world leaders began two weeks of talks Monday aimed at producing the most far-reaching pact yet to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and avert environmental havoc...
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McCarthy predicts no government shutdown over Planned Parenthood
(National News ~ 12/01/15)
WASHINGTON -- A top House leader predicted Monday that Washington will avoid a government shutdown next week over a tea party-backed drive to take away Planned Parenthood's funding. Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy added, however, Congress may need additional time to work through a massive, $1.1 trillion catchall spending bill that tops the agenda as lawmakers return to Capitol Hill for a two- or three-week sprint to finish this year's session...
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Planned Parenthood attack suspect makes first court appearance
(National News ~ 12/01/15)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The man accused in the shooting rampage at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic made his first court appearance Monday and learned he will face first-degree murder charges in the deaths of three people killed in the standoff with police...
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Jury selection begins for cop charged in Gray's death
(National News ~ 12/01/15)
BALTIMORE -- Jury selection for the first police officer to go to trial in Freddie Gray' s death began Monday with a judge questioning potential jurors about their knowledge of the explosive case, which led to protests and rioting and added fuel to the Black Lives Matter movement...
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Four charged in shooting of Minneapolis protesters
(National News ~ 12/01/15)
MINNEAPOLIS -- Four men were charged Monday in last week's shooting of demonstrators protesting the killing of a black man by Minneapolis police, while the city's mayor asked the protesters to end their weekslong encampment at a police precinct. Protesters have been at the 4th Precinct since Jamar Clark, 24, was shot Nov. ...
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Whitewater man arrested after Thanksgiving incidents involving daughter, deputies
(Local News ~ 12/01/15)
It probably was not a happy Thanksgiving for Larry Gene Hottel of Whitewater, who was arrested the Thursday night and charged Sunday with second-degree domestic assault, felony unlawful use of a weapon and felony resisting arrest. At 2:45 p.m. Thursday, Cape Girardeau County sheriff's deputy Robert Jenkins talked with Hottel's daughter, who reported domestic assault, Jenkins wrote in a probable-cause statement. ...
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Pink joins UNICEF in quest to end child malnutrition
(Entertainment ~ 12/01/15)
Pop star Pink saw firsthand malnourished children during a recent visit to Haiti as a part of a UNICEF program to provide therapeutic food packets to children in need. The singer, whose given name is Alecia Moore, was named a UNICEF ambassador Monday to help promote a new effort to encourage physical activity in young children in the United States and raise money for nutritional, vitamin-rich peanut paste to be delivered to malnourished children all over the world...
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Pena agrees to $5M, 2-year deal as Molina's backup on Cards
(Professional Sports ~ 12/01/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Free agent catcher Brayan Pena has agreed to a $5 million, two-year contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, where he will be the backup for All-Star Yadier Molina. The 33-year-old switch-hitter receives $2.5 million in each of the next two seasons...
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Rams' Bailey reportedly improving after shooting
(Professional Sports ~ 12/01/15)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Rams wide receiver Stedman Bailey remains in intensive care in a Miami area hospital, improving from two gunshot wounds to the head last week. Coach Jeff Fisher says the 25-year-old Bailey was put in a medically induced coma the night before undergoing surgery on Wednesday that lasted more than six hours...
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Missouri AD voices no interest in bowl game
(Professional Sports ~ 12/01/15)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri is not interested in accepting a bowl bid after finishing the regular season 5-7. Athletic director Mack Rhoades said Monday that the school would not seek permission to play another game. Rhoades said the focus was on finding a successor to coach Gary Pinkel, who is stepping down while batting non-Hodgkin lymphoma...
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High school roundup: Top three seeds advance at Oran Invitational Tournament
(High School Sports ~ 12/01/15)
All scores were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Monday.
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Zalma boys basketball team upends Meadow Heights, advances to Woodland Invitational Tournament semifinal
(High School Sports ~ 12/01/15)
Led by a game-high 41 points from senior Brent Overbey, the fifth-seeded Bulldogs opened their season with an 82-59 win over fourth-seeded Meadow Heights on Monday at Woodland High School.
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