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Southeast Missouri State men's basketball looks for better performance, repeat win at UT Martin
(College Sports ~ 02/11/16)
Rick Ray is big on numbers. One of the first things the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball coach, who holds a degree in applied mathematics and secondary education, usually does following a game is point to a handful of stats that led to his team's success of lack thereof...
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Problematic start sees Southeast Missouri State women's basketball fall on road to UT Martin
(College Sports ~ 02/11/16)
MARTIN, Tenn. -- There were three keys to the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team's game plan for defending Ohio Valley Conference champion and current leader UT Martin on Wednesday night. The Redhawks were supposed to defend the 3, dominate the boards and limit turnovers...
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Ameren donates to United Way
(Submitted Photo ~ 02/11/16)
Employees of Ameren Missouri donated $30,976.70 to United Way of Southeast Missouri's 2015 campaign.
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City of Cape Girardeau donates to United Way
(Submitted Photo ~ 02/11/16)
Employees of the City of Cape Girardeau donated $13,749.19 to United Way of Southeast Missouri's 2015 campaign.
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Drury Southwest donates to United Way
(Submitted Photo ~ 02/11/16)
Employees of Drury Southwest donated $6,332.50 to United Way of Southeast Missouri's 2015 campaign.
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First Missouri State Bank donates to United Way
(Submitted Photo ~ 02/11/16)
Employees of First Missouri State Bank donated $7,006.16 to United Way of Southeast Missouri's 2015 campaign.
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Regions Bank donates to United Way
(Submitted Photo ~ 02/11/16)
Employees of Regions Bank donated $6,814.36 to United Way of Southeast Missouri's 2015 campaign.
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The Bank of Missouri donates to United Way
(Submitted Photo ~ 02/11/16)
Employees of The Bank of Missouri donated $23,992.99 to United Way of Southeast Missouri's 2015 campaign.
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Isle of Capri makes donation to American Legion Riders Chapter 158
(Submitted Story ~ 02/11/16)
Isle of Capri has made a $500 donation to the American Legion Riders Chapter 158 of Jackson Altenthal - Joerns Post for the purchase of a specialty bicycle for the Missouri Veterans Home. Many thanks to the Isle from ALR 158 and the residents of the Missouri Veterans Home...
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Group identifies need for park improvements, city listens
(Submitted Story ~ 02/11/16)
Margaret Mead is quoted as stating one should "never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." This can be seen in a local advocacy group, Authentic Voices, as the members work together to identify areas of improvement within their neighborhoods. ...
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Frieda Seyer receives 2016 Distinguished Graduate Award
(Submitted Story ~ 02/11/16)
Frieda Seyer was the recipient of the 2016 Distinguished Graduate Award presented by the St. Mary Cathedral School Board. Seyer is a 1946 graduate of St. Mary Cathedral School. She is a lifelong member of the Parish and has been active in school and Parish activities her entire life. Frieda and her husband Joe raised eight children, all of whom attended St. Mary Cathedral School...
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Poplar Bluff girls swimming dominates meet, claims first Show-Me Conference Championship
(High School Sports ~ 02/11/16)
Winning the program's first conference meet wasn't what surprised Poplar Bluff girls swimming coach Beth Lewis-Muse on Thursday. It was how the Mules did it that left her in a state of disbelief. Poplar Bluff won nine of the 12 events and captured 526 points, finishing 100 points ahead of second-place Cape Central at the Show Me Conference Championship at the Central Municipal Pool...
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Justice Department sues Ferguson
(State News ~ 02/11/16)
FERGUSON, Mo. -- The federal government sued Ferguson on Wednesday, one day after the City Council voted to revise an agreement aimed at improving the way police and courts treat poor people and minorities in the St. Louis suburb. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Ferguson's decision to reject the deal left the Justice Department no choice except to file a civil-rights lawsuit...
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First buildings of Redhawk Commons housing are nearly finished
(Local News ~ 02/11/16)
Students seeking off-campus housing near Southeast Missouri State University soon will have another option. Construction of the first five buildings of the Redhawk Commons apartment complex at 1112 Bertling St. is almost complete. Roofers were hard at work Tuesday morning while balanced on top of one of the new buildings. Bricks are going up as well...
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Area lawmakers seek joint child custody as default setting for couples
(Local News ~ 02/11/16)
Paige Seabaugh stood apart from the dozen dads who testified in front of the Seniors, Family and Children's Committee in Jefferson City, Missouri. The 15-year-old Cape Girardeau native told the Missouri Senate committee her father should not have had to provide evidence he deserved to spend more time with her. Mike Seabaugh has full custody of Paige and her sister, but it took years for him to gain joint custody...
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Group taking nominations for endangered-buildings list
(Local News ~ 02/11/16)
Once a vaudeville-show crowd pleaser, Cape Girardeau's vacant Broadway Theater sits shuttered, its interior plaster walls crumbling beneath a leaky roof. The spacious, brick building at 805 Broadway topped the list of the city's "endangered buildings" last year. The city's Historic Preservation Commission annually identifies structures that have historic value and risk being lost because of deterioration or imminent demolition...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/11/16)
Today is Thursday, Feb. 11, the 42nd day of 2016. There are 324 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 11, 1812, Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry signed a redistricting law favoring his Democratic-Republican Party -- giving rise to the term "gerrymandering."...
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NFL star, ESPN analyst named keynote for Semoball Awards
(Editorial ~ 02/11/16)
"It's Your Time." That's the message of this year's Semoball Awards. Last week we announced former NFL player and now ESPN analyst Mark Schlereth will be the keynote speaker for the third annual Semoball Awards this summer. The event will be held July 9 at the Southeast Missouri State River Campus. The Semoball Awards are given during the premier awards show for high school sports in Southeast Missouri. It includes a live red carpet radio show, heavy h'dourves, ice sculpture and more...
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Actress urges lawmakers to fund early childhood program
(Community ~ 02/11/16)
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Hollywood actress Jennifer Garner is asking Kentucky lawmakers to spend $1 million on an early-childhood education program. The star of the TV show "Alias" and films including "Juno" and "Dallas Buyers Club" testified before the House budget committee Tuesday on behalf of Save The Children...
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Sixth-grader is a walking encyclopedia
(Community ~ 02/11/16)
The first thing one notices about Jonathan Dohogne, winner of the St. Mary Cathedral School National Geographic Bee, is his insatiable curiosity. "We have always just let Jon run with whatever interests him, and his interests have shifted quite frequently," said Jonathan's mother, Kim Dohogne...
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Federal government expected to sue Ferguson
(State News ~ 02/11/16)
FERGUSON, Mo. -- The federal government was expected to file a civil-rights lawsuit against the city of Ferguson on Wednesday, one day after the city council voted to revise an agreement aimed at improving the way police and courts treat poor people and minorities in the St. Louis suburb...
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Ex-L.A. sheriff pleads guilty in corruption case
(National News ~ 02/11/16)
LOS ANGELES -- Former Los Angeles sheriff Lee Baca pleaded guilty Wednesday to lying to federal authorities investigating corruption in the department, a probe that tarnished his long career and appeared to trigger his abrupt retirement. Baca, a media-savvy lawman who used his platform as head of the nation's largest sheriff's department to travel the world touting progressive policing policies, had been largely out of sight since leaving office a year early in January 2014. ...
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Clinton grapples with questions about honesty
(National News ~ 02/11/16)
WASHINGTON -- Hillary Clinton's campaign has spent months fighting the perception she has a shaky relationship with the truth and is disconnected from the problems facing Americans. So far, the campaign's effort hasn't worked. Less than half the voters in New Hampshire's Democratic primary found Clinton to be honest and trustworthy, while about 90 percent believed those qualities fit her rival, Bernie Sanders...
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Jumbled GOP field hopes for survival in South Carolina
(National News ~ 02/11/16)
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Hoping for survival in the South, a muddled field of Republican presidential contenders descended Wednesday on South Carolina, no closer to clarity about who can stand between Donald Trump and their party's nomination. Not me, Carly Fiorina announced, dropping out of the campaign. A Chris Christie spokeswoman said his race was over, too. But a sizeable field remained...
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2 deputies killed, suspect dead in shopping center shootout
(National News ~ 02/11/16)
ABINGDON, Md. -- A gunman fatally shot a sheriff's deputy inside a crowded restaurant at lunchtime Wednesday and killed another deputy during a shootout, authorities and witnesses said. The suspect was killed in the exchange of gunfire not far from the shopping center where the restaurant was, Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler said. No bystanders were hurt...
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Slain teen's father says he found out about her death on TV
(National News ~ 02/11/16)
RICHMOND, Va. -- The father of a 13-year-old girl who police say was slain by a Virginia Tech student said he found out about his daughter's death on TV and questioned whether the tragedy could have been avoided if he had been more a part of her life...
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Former Auschwitz guard goes on trial
(International News ~ 02/11/16)
DETMOLD, Germany -- A 94-year-old former SS guard at the Auschwitz death camp is going on trial this week on 170,000 counts of accessory to murder, the first of up to four cases being brought to court this year in an 11th-hour push by German prosecutors to punish Nazi war crimes...
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Woman suicide bombers kill 58 in refugee camp
(International News ~ 02/11/16)
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -- Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in a northeastern Nigerian refugee camp, killing at least 58 people, health and rescue officials said Wednesday. A third female bomber was arrested and gave officials information about other planned bombings that helped them increase security at the camp, said an official of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency...
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Parole denied to RFK's assassin
(National News ~ 02/11/16)
SAN DIEGO -- For the 15th time, officials denied parole for Sirhan Sirhan, the assassin of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, after hearing Wednesday from another person who was shot that night and called for Sirhan's release. The decision came after Sirhan answered questions from a California parole panel during a hearing that lasted more than three hours in a small, windowless conference room...
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Out of the past: Feb. 11
(Out of the Past ~ 02/11/16)
A grand jury that convened here in early December has handed down indictments against 43 people suspected of drug operations in Cape Girardeau County; most of those arrested have been freed from jail on bonds, and trials are set for February, March and April...
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Jackson police report 2/11/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/11/16)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest n Nicole M. Greable, 39, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on two Cape Girardeau County warrants and two Wayne County, Missouri, warrants. Summonses n Dillon L. Riggin, 28, of Cape Girardeau was issued a summons for a seat-belt violation...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 2/11/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/11/16)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Tuesday: n Medical assists were made at 7:53 a.m. on Sloan Creek Lane; 10:19 a.m. on Bernice Street; 11:33 a.m. on East Rodney Drive; and 11:48 a.m. on Marvin Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 2/11/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/11/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Lydia L. Haggard, 30, of Holcomb, Arkansas, was arrested on a Pemiscot County, Missouri, warrant for probation and parole violation...
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Dustin Wren
(Obituary ~ 02/11/16)
Dustin Ray Wren, 34, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born Nov. 9, 1981, in Cape Girardeau to Normie Allen Farver and Teresa Ann Wren. Dustin was a self-employed auto mechanic who was passionate about old, classic cars. He loved his kids and St. Louis Cardinals baseball. He was an artist and enjoyed camping and fishing. Dustin was extremely fond of his grandmother, Georgia Wren, and his uncles Kenny Wren and Dwain Cooper...
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Peggy Sample
(Obituary ~ 02/11/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Peggy Joe Sample, 74, of Perryville died Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, at her home. A memorial service will be at noon Feb. 20 at Masonic Hall in Perryville. Young and Sons Funeral Home Inc. in Perryville provided the arrangements...
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Heather Robins
(Obituary ~ 02/11/16)
Heather M. Robins, 31, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, at her home. All services will be private for the family. Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri, is in charge of the arrangements.
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Edmund Miesner
(Obituary ~ 02/11/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Edmund C. Miesner, 98, of Perryville died Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, at Estates of Perryville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 6:30 to 8 a.m. Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, Missouri. Burial will be in the church cemetery...
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Jane Lawson
(Obituary ~ 02/11/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Jane L. Lawson, 50, of Perryville died Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until time of service Sunday at Miller Family Funeral Home in Perryville. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be private...
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Gerald Lawrence
(Obituary ~ 02/11/16)
Gerald T. Lawrence, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be at St. Mary Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Pauline Flynn
(Obituary ~ 02/11/16)
Pauline Campbell Flynn, 84, of Cape Girardeau received her wings Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born Nov. 11, 1931, in Cape Girardeau the daughter of Herbert C. Campbell and Ruby I. Singleton Campbell Humes. Pauline was a member of Iona Baptist Church in Oriole...
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Denny Castleman Sr.
(Obituary ~ 02/11/16)
Denny Thomas Castleman Sr., 79, of Woburn, Illinois, passed away Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, at Capetown Assisted Living in Cape Girardeau following a long illness. He was born Oct. 14, 1936, in Smithboro, Illinois, the son of Thomas Castleman and Dorothy Castleman Bauer Elkins...
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Beverly Baker
(Obituary ~ 02/11/16)
THE COLONY, Texas -- Beverly Ann Baker, 66, passed away Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, at her home in The Colony. She was born June 24, 1949, in Cape Girardeau to Melvin and Blanche Brennecke. Beverly was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church in The Colony and was retired from Wal-Mart after 35 years...
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Leo Amelunke
(Obituary ~ 02/11/16)
Leo William Amelunke Jr., 87, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, at the Lutheran Home. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home and from 9 a.m. until time of service Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church...
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Births 2/11/16
(Births ~ 02/11/16)
Son to Caleb Otto Statler and Kimberly Mae Winton of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 8:26 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016. Name, Otto Isaac. Weight, 8 pounds, 13 ounces. First child. Winton is the daughter of James Winton of Cape Girardeau. She is an assistant manager with McDonald's. Statler is the son of Steven Statler and Janet Statler of Jackson. He is department manager with McDonald's...
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Missouri boy, 3, found dead in van hours after going missing
(State News ~ 02/11/16)
IRONTON, Mo. -- A 3-year-old Missouri boy who reportedly went missing early Wednesday from his grandfather's home was found dead hours later, draped in a blanket in a neighbor's van about a mile away, authorities said. Investigators declined to say how Titus Greyson Tackett may have died or whether they suspect wrongdoing, citing a planned autopsy...
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Missouri man cleared in 2013 death linked to shooting, fire
(State News ~ 02/11/16)
FARMINGTON, Mo. -- An eastern Missouri man has been acquitted of charges he fatally shot a man in the head before dousing him with gasoline and setting him on fire. The (Park Hills) Daily Journal reported a St. Francois County jury deliberated an hour Tuesday before finding 57-year-old David Sperry not guilty of first-degree murder, arson and armed criminal action charges...
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Southeast Missouri State track and field standout Jarred Pasley earns OVC weekly honors
(College Sports ~ 02/11/16)
The Ohio Valley Conference has taken notice of Southeast Missouri State's Jarred Pasley. The runner was named the OVC Co-Male Track Athlete of the Week for a second consecutive week on Wednesday. Pasley earned a trio of top-10 finishes for the Redhawks at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational over the weekend, including a 400-meter dash time that is the best in the conference thus far this season. His time of 48.53 currently ranks 52nd in the country...
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Vanderbilt routs Missouri 86-71 for 2nd win in 3 games
(College Sports ~ 02/11/16)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Wade Baldwin IV scored 17 points in leading five starters in double figures, and the Vanderbilt Commodores routed Missouri 86-71 Wednesday night for their second win in three games. The Commodores (14-10, 6-5 Southeastern Conference) improved to 11-2 at Memorial Gym this season...
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Schwartz set to return from broken ankle for Blues
(Professional Sports ~ 02/11/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Starving for offense, the St. Louis Blues are about to get one of their top skill players back. Jaden Schwartz was activated from injured reserve on Wednesday and is expected to be in the lineup at Florida on Friday. "This is what I love to do," Schwartz said. "To be able to get back out on the ice and play is exciting."...
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FBI surrounds last four occupiers at Oregon refuge
(National News ~ 02/11/16)
PORTLAND, Ore. -- The FBI surrounded the last four occupiers of a wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon on Wednesday night as the holdouts argued with a negotiator and yelled at law-enforcement officers in armored vehicles to back off. The standoff between law-enforcement officers and the four occupiers was being livestreamed on the Internet by an acquaintance of one of the holdouts, David Fry...
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Southeast will close Cheney Hall for repairs
(Local News ~ 02/11/16)
Cheney Hall at Southeast Missouri State University will be closed for the 2016-2017 academic year, according to Kendra Skinner, director of residence life. The building, which was closed in the fall, will undergo construction this spring if weather permits, but the long-term use of the space remains undecided...
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East Prairie woman accused of stealing more than $25,000
(Local News ~ 02/11/16)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — An East Prairie, Missouri, woman faces theft, forgery and drug charges after an embezzlement investigation in Mississippi County. Candi Michelle Cook, 44, is charged with felony counts of theft/stealing of property valued in excess of $25,000, forgery, possession of a controlled substance and tampering with physical evidence...
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Bankruptcy court allows Noranda to keep operating
(Local News ~ 02/11/16)
ST. LOUIS — Approval of its initial bankruptcy motions by a court will allow Noranda to continue its operations. Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp. reported Tuesday the company has received approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri for its first-day motions related to its Chapter 11 restructuring...
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Sikeston man shot; suspect arrested
(Local News ~ 02/11/16)
A 23-year-old Sikeston, Missouri, man was shot several times and taken to a hospital Wednesday morning. Sikeston Department of Public Safety officers responded about 10:30 a.m. to the 700 block of Montgomery Street and found the man with gunshot wounds to his torso and legs, according to a news release from the department. At last report, the victim was undergoing surgery...
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Marble Hill approves pay levels for aldermen, mayor
(Local News ~ 02/11/16)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. — Marble Hill aldermen passed two ordinances Monday night that established pay for aldermen and the mayor. The current aldermen and mayor will not be paid; the ordinance applies only to those who will be elected during the April 5 election and thereafter. Payment will begin with the new fiscal year beginning July 1...
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Nation briefs 2/11/16
(National News ~ 02/11/16)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate unanimously approved legislation that aims to derail North Korea's drive for nuclear weapons by hitting Pyongyang with more stringent sanctions. Republicans and Democrats set aside partisan differences Wednesday and voted 96-0 to pass the bill. ...
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Man waves gun behind TV reporter
(National News ~ 02/11/16)
NEW YORK -- Police are investigating after a man appeared to wave a handgun behind a television news reporter during a live broadcast. It happened shortly after noon Wednesday as a WNBC-TV reporter stood in front of Brooklyn Supreme Court. The man appeared to wave the gun behind reporter Michael George as he spoke about the trial of a police officer charged with shooting a man to death in a housing complex...
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Learning briefs 2/11/16
(Community ~ 02/11/16)
Stacy Skidmore and Mary Cairns of Altenburg, Missouri; Hattie Davis of Benton, Missouri; Abby Addleman, Taylor Welker, Hannah Madsen, Alyssa Gutwein, Lauren Leible and Melia Neal of Cape Girardeau; Holly Hottel, James Mooty, Julia Weber and Chelsea Crites of Jackson; Caitlyn Landewee of Leopold, Missouri; and Lindsey Abbott of Sedgewickville, Missouri, were named to the fall 2015 dean's list at Central Methodist University in Fayette, Missouri. ...
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Hooked on Science: Color-changing flowers
(Community ~ 02/11/16)
n 2 white carnation flowers n 2 clear drinking glasses n Water n Red food coloring n STEP 1: Fill each clear drinking glass halfway with water. Add red food coloring to one of the glasses and mix. n STEP 2: Cut the stem of each white carnation at an angle. Place one of the white carnations into the water without red food coloring and the other into the water with red food coloring...
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Prayer 2/11/16
(Prayer ~ 02/11/16)
O God, may we always seek to honor you and obey your Word. Amen.
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'Remember the Maine'
(Column ~ 02/11/16)
The Spanish American War is, perhaps, the United States' least understood war by most Americans. A precursor to that war was the explosive destruction and sinking of the battleship USS Maine. The Maine had arrived in Havana on Jan. 25, 1898, for a peaceful visit. Aboard the Maine was a complement of 24 officers, 290 sailors and 40 Marines. Capt. Charles D. Sigsbee, commander of the Maine, had ordered that no crew member take shore leave due to some civil unrest in Guba...
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Banana Ripening Humidifiers and It's Use
(Submitted Story ~ 02/11/16)
Ripening rooms are very important for proper and efficient banana ripening; not just any room will suffice. A commercial ripening room must have the following: The room must be as air tight as possible to prevent ethylene loss, used and given off by ripening bananas. This also prevents ethylene from entering unwanted areas (like another banana rooms or cold storage rooms holding ethylene-sensitive items)...
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