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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Nichols leads Bell City baseball past Chaffee in 8 innings
(High School Sports ~ 03/24/16)
Cole Nichols scored the game-winning run and came up on the winning end of a pitcher's duel, as the Bell City baseball team upended Chaffee 1-0 in eight innings Wednesday in Bell City, Missouri. Bobby Wright provided the walk-off RBI for the Cubs when he drew a walk in the bottom of the eighth inning, sending Nichols across home plate...
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Dieter Jedan of Cape Girardeau awarded Carthage Alumni Beacon Award
(Submitted Story ~ 03/24/16)
Dieter Jedan of Cape Girardeau awarded Carthage Alumni Beacon Award -- Local resident and Carthage alumnus Dieter Jedan ‘69 will be awarded the 2016 Carthage Beacon Award on Saturday, April 30. For centuries, beacons have served as a source of guidance and light to individuals all over the world. ...
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Cape churches raise funds for flood-damaged Red Star Baptist building
(Local News ~ 03/24/16)
A multi-denominational effort is being made to support a church in need. After the record-breaking flood of December 2015 and January 2016, Red Star Baptist Church needs repairs and renovations to its activity center and other sections of its campus. Several area churches are answering the call...
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Auditor: Dunklin County public administrator misused funds on pet supplies, vacation expenses
(Local News ~ 03/24/16)
KENNETT, Mo. -- Before a full house at the OAKS Nutrition Center in Kennett, Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway delivered a public presentation on the results of an audit that led to the resignation of Dunklin County's public administrator. Shawnee Trowbridge resigned March 1 after she admitted to the auditor's office she misspent money entrusted to her...
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Man faces felony charges for bringing gun to school event, using it as hammer
(Local News ~ 03/24/16)
A Sikeston, Missouri, man who was volunteering at a 4-H event allegedly used a handgun as a hammer Monday at Kelly Elementary School in Benton, Missouri.
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St. Louis' Joe Garagiola, ex-player turned glib broadcaster, dies at 90
(Professional Sports ~ 03/24/16)
PHOENIX -- Joe Garagiola, who turned a modest major league catching career into a 57-year run as a popular broadcaster in the sports world and beyond, died Wednesday. He was 90. The Arizona Diamondbacks announced his death before their exhibition game against San Francisco, and there were murmurs of shock and sadness at the ballpark. Garagiola had been in ill health in recent years...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/24/16)
Today is Thursday, March 24, the 84th day of 2016. There are 282 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 24, 2015, Germanwings Flight 9525, an Airbus A320, crashed into the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board; investigators said the jetliner was deliberately downed by the 27-year-old co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, who had a history of depression and mental illness...
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Bolen will be missed as Capahas manager
(Editorial ~ 03/24/16)
America's oldest amateur baseball team returns this summer for an extra-special season in Capaha Park. Manager Jess Bolen has led the Capahas over the past 50 years. The decorated baseball man recently announced that this summer is his last as the team's skipper. Bolen's son Tom will take over as manager next year...
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Speak Out 3/24/16
(Speak Out ~ 03/24/16)
Jackson city leaders hope their gullible citizenry will believe that the marketing firm hired to "educate" us on the use-tax proposal is in no way representative of the city's emphatic endorsement of the tax. And I have a bridge over Hubble Creek I'll sell you...
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Teens helping teens
(Community ~ 03/24/16)
Beta Club members at Cape Girardeau Central High School are doing their best to lend a helping hand to classmates who are struggling. John Kiefner, a sophomore whose self-styled major is "awesomeness," said the idea to launch a student-led tutoring program began in November and launched officially in February...
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Educators, activists lobby for Hispanic-studies program
(Community ~ 03/24/16)
DENVER -- When a Colorado teacher got her English language students talking and writing about the police shooting of a black teen in Ferguson, Missouri, she was able to draw parallels to events close to home. Cara Luchies, who works in a high school that is 50 percent Hispanic, used an archive on the region's Latino history for information on two young Mexican-Americans who were killed by law enforcement in Longmont in 1980...
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IS trains 400 fighters to attack Europe in wave of bloodshed
(International News ~ 03/24/16)
PARIS -- The Islamic State group has trained at least 400 fighters to target Europe in deadly waves of attacks, deploying interlocking terror cells such as the ones that struck Brussels and Paris with orders to choose the time, place and method for maximum carnage, officials have told The Associated Press...
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American Muslims defy Sen. Ted Cruz's call for surveillance
(National News ~ 03/24/16)
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- A few miles from Disneyland is a place most tourists never see. The signs along the thoroughfare switch to Arabic script advertising hookah shops, Middle Eastern sweets and halal meat. At a run-down strip mall in the neighborhood known as Little Arabia, flags from a half-dozen Muslim countries flap in the breeze. Flying above them is a giant American flag...
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Brussels mourns; Belgium on alert as police hunt suspect
(International News ~ 03/24/16)
BRUSSELS -- Belgians began three days of mourning Wednesday for the victims of the Brussels airport and subway bombings, and the country remained on high alert as authorities hunted for one of the suspected attackers seen on surveillance video with two others who blew themselves up...
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Crew makes a new sidewalk
(Local News ~ 03/24/16)
Clockwise from top left, Shannon Davis, Cody Rouse, Tyler McNeely and Bruce Smith of Nip Kelley Equipment smooth a freshly poured sidewalk Wednesday afternoon along Sprigg Street between Olive Street and Mason Street in Cape Girardeau.
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Inquiry: State 'fundamentally accountable' for Flint crisis
(National News ~ 03/24/16)
FLINT, Mich. -- The state of Michigan is "fundamentally accountable" for Flint's lead-contaminated water crisis because of decisions made by its environmental regulators and state-appointed emergency managers who controlled the city, an investigatory task force concluded Wednesday in a report...
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Justices divided over health law's birth-control plan
(National News ~ 03/24/16)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court seems divided over the arrangement devised by the Obama administration to spare faith-based groups from having to pay for birth control for women covered under their health plans. The court's conservative justices sounded supportive Wednesday of the groups' complaint the administration's effort violates their religious rights...
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Rap pioneer Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest dies at 45
(Entertainment ~ 03/24/16)
NEW YORK -- Phife Dawg, a masterful lyricist whose witty wordplay was a linchpin of the groundbreaking hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest, died Tuesday from complications resulting from diabetes, his family said in a statement Wednesday. He was 45. Born Malik Isaac Taylor, he was known as the "Five Foot Assassin" because he was 5 feet 3 inches tall...
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North Carolina reins in local governments, transgender rule
(National News ~ 03/24/16)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina legislators decided to rein in local governments by approving a bill Wednesday that prevents cities and counties from passing their own anti-discrimination rules. The legislation, if enacted, would deal a blow to the LGBT movement after success with protections in cities across the country...
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Out of the past: March 24
(Out of the Past ~ 03/24/16)
More than 250 youngsters scrambled for Easter eggs yesterday morning during the Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department's annual Easter egg hunt at Capaha Park. Jackson lawyer John Lichtenegger has been chosen by Gov. John Ashcroft to represent the 8th Congressional District Republicans on the Missouri House Redistricting Committee; Mel Weems of Bonne Terre, Missouri, was appointed by the governor to represent the Democratic Party on the panel from the 8th District...
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Zamiya Woods
(Obituary ~ 03/24/16)
Zamiya Katherlene Woods came into this world and departed for heaven Monday, March 21, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She is survived by her mother, Jameelah Woods; her brother, Ashton Woods; grandmother, Melinda Woods; and grandfather, Fred Martin, all of Cape Girardeau...
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James Triplett
(Obituary ~ 03/24/16)
DEXTER, Mo. -- James "Jim" Triplett, son of the late Cecil and Evelyn Eaton Triplett, was born Aug. 12, 1935, in Essex, Missouri, and departed this life Monday, March 21, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau at the age of 80. Triplett was a resident of Dexter and was a self-employed farmer. He loved to go camping, playing golf and spending time with his grandsons. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army National Guard...
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Elsie Schuessler
(Obituary ~ 03/24/16)
Elsie L. Schuessler, 92, of New Wells passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at Independence Care Center in Perryville, Missouri. One of five children, she was born March 2, 1924, at New Wells to Theodore Gottfried and Margarete Emilie Hemmann Koch. She and Wilbert A. "Wib" Schuessler were married July 20, 1946, at New Wells. They had been married nearly 61 years when Wib passed away March 11, 2007...
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Dillman Ruehling
(Obituary ~ 03/24/16)
VAN BUREN, Mo. -- Dillman H.A. Ruehling, 87, of Van Buren, formerly of Altenburg, Missouri, died Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at Riverways Manor in Van Buren. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. The funeral will be at noon Saturday at the church. Burial will be in the church cemetery...
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Geraldine Patrick
(Obituary ~ 03/24/16)
Geraldine R. "Jerry" Patrick, 92, of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at The Arbors in Cape Girardeau. One of three children, she was born Dec. 6, 1923, in Jackson to Charles and Dena Graden Froemsdorf. She and Nelson D. Patrick were married Nov. 15, 1941. They had been married nearly 62 years when Nelson passed away Oct. 6, 2003...
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Jean Moroni
(Obituary ~ 03/24/16)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Jean Moroni, 74, of Advance died Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Morgan Funeral Home in Advance.
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Sherry McLaird
(Obituary ~ 03/24/16)
Sherry Jean McLaird, 73, of Jackson died Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at Monticello House in Jackson. A memorial service will be at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis and announced at a later date. Arrangements by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson...
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Ellen Jones
(Obituary ~ 03/24/16)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Ellen Louise Jones of Chaffee, 57, died Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee are incomplete at this time.
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Jackson police report 3/24/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/24/16)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest n Michael P. Vincent, 37, of Sikeston, Missouri, was arrested on suspicion of trespassing and stealing. Theft n Theft was reported in the area of South Oak Hill Road and East Main Street...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 3/24/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/24/16)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Tuesday: n Medical assists were made at 12:25 a.m. on South Ellis Street; 9:05 a.m. on South West End Boulevard; 9:23 a.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 11:17 a.m. on William Street; 11:50 a.m. on Linden Street; 1:30 p.m. on Whitener Street; 2:31p.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 3:17 p.m. on South Lorimier Street; and 8:57 p.m. on Brenda Kay Court...
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Cape Girardeau police report 3/24/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/24/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Lesley A. Reetz, 33, 1334 Ashland Hills Drive, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Arrests n Hunter C. Givens, 27, 2209 Lakewood Drive, was arrested on suspicion of assault...
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3 accused of sex acts with girl after injecting meth
(State News ~ 03/24/16)
ELSBERRY, Mo. -- Three eastern Missouri residents are accused of injecting a 16-year-old girl with methamphetamine and forcing her into sex acts. Lincoln County authorities accuse 29-year-old Christopher Bove of using a syringe to inject meth into the victim, a Florida resident who was in the Elsberry area staying with a family acquaintance for the weekend. Police said Bove forced the girl to have sex with him, 33-year-old Erika Oppeau of Wentzville and 42-year-old William Hope of Florissant...
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3 charged in vandalism of champion bur oak
(State News ~ 03/24/16)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Three people have been charged with vandalizing a state champion bur oak on private property south of Columbia. The Columbia Missourian reported incriminating Facebook photos led to misdemeanor second-degree property damage charges against two men and a woman from Boonville. Spray paint was found on the tree in December...
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St. Louis County officer reinstated after 2013 termination
(State News ~ 03/24/16)
CLAYTON, Mo. -- The St. Louis County police board has voted to reinstate a lieutenant at the center of racial profiling allegations three years ago and demote him to patrolman. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the board voted 4-0 to reinstate Lt. Patrick "Rick" Hayes in a closed session Monday...
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University of Missouri announces new diversity official
(State News ~ 03/24/16)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The University of Missouri has named a diversity official to help the four-campus system recover from racial protests at the flagship campus in Columbia. The school announced Wednesday that Kevin McDonald has been tapped to serve as the first chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer. President Michael Middleton said McDonald would work to "foster more inclusive campus environments."...
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Study finds affluence factor in municipal court satisfaction
(State News ~ 03/24/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A new study suggests a community's affluence plays a role in determining a person's municipal court experience. Saint Louis University conducted an exit poll of 753 people leaving courts in 13 St. Louis County municipalities, the results of which were released Tuesday...
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New Carterville housing complex serves homeless veterans
(State News ~ 03/24/16)
CARTERVILLE, Mo. -- Lisa Woody's cozy duplex now has an American flag flying out front and a yellow ribbon tied to one of the posts on the front porch. But not so long ago, Woody didn't have a home to display her patriotism. She was one of the nearly 50,000 veterans in the United States who are considered homeless, according to the National Alliance to End Homelessness...
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Cardinals' Martinez throws five sharp innings, Stanton homers for Miami
(Professional Sports ~ 03/24/16)
JUPITER, Fla. -- Giancarlo Stanton's first home run of the spring wasn't enough to help Miami overcome a dazzling pitching performance by Carlos Martinez for the St. Louis Cardinals in a 4-1 win Wednesday. An All-Star last season, Martinez threw five shutout innings, giving up two hits and striking out five...
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Officers chase down fleeing stolen-vehicle suspect
(Local News ~ 03/24/16)
An armed man led several law-enforcement agencies on a foot chase Tuesday through Perry County and into Ste. Genevieve County before being arrested by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Perry County sheriff’s deputies went to a car collision at 3:44 p.m. on Interstate 55 several miles north of Brewer, Missouri. Deputies were informed the 38-year-old male driver had stolen a SUV in Arkansas and was responsible for the crash on the interstate, according to Perry County Sheriff Gary Schaaf...
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Head-on wreck on 177 puts 2 in hospital
(Local News ~ 03/24/16)
Two drivers were taken to Saint Francis Medical Center after a head-on collision Wednesday morning on Highway 177.
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Sen. McCaskill voices concern about student-loan debt
(Local News ~ 03/24/16)
American college students face mounting federal-loan debt that leaves many of them struggling to pay their bills. “In my opinion, we have a crisis,” U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said during a visit Wednesday to Cape Girardeau. “If we don’t stop this trend, higher education is going to be just for a small part of America, instead of for anybody in America who has a dream,” she said...
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Officials sweep Cape Girardeau County for sex offender compliance
(Local News ~ 03/24/16)
The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s Department placed one sex offender in custody and are investigating six more as a result of a joint operation with the U.S. Marshal Service to check sex-offender compliance. Deputies contacted 62 high-risk offenders, many of whom previously violated the rules of the sex-offender registry, Capt. David James said. Cape Girardeau County has 164 sex offenders living in the county...
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Red Cross looking for type-O blood donors
(Local News ~ 03/24/16)
The American Red Cross is experiencing a shortage of type O-negative blood and is asking for donors. This blood type is present in only 7 percent of the U.S. population, but it is important in trauma situations when there’s no time to determine a patient’s blood type, according to information from the Red Cross...
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Senath woman pleads guilty to $52,000 in food-stamp fraud
(Local News ~ 03/24/16)
A Senath, Missouri, woman pleaded guilty to a fraud charge involving her misuse of $52,267 in food-stamp benefits. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Missouri, Pamela O’Dell pleaded guilty to one felony count of mail fraud before U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. in Cape Girardeau...
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No cross walk on Good Friday in Cape this year
(Local News ~ 03/24/16)
A downtown Easter staple in Cape Girardeau will not be taking place this year. The Way of the Cross Good Friday devotional parade that usually winds through downtown in commemoration of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion has been tabled until next year, said organizer Karen Dumey of the Cape Ministerial Alliance...
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Navy tugboat lost for a century found off California coast
(National News ~ 03/24/16)
WASHINGTON -- A Navy tugboat that sank nearly a century ago has been found by a team of government researchers off the San Francisco coast, officials announced Wednesday. The USS Conestoga departed San Francisco Bay for Pearl Harbor in March 1921. But the boat never made it to Hawaii, and her 56-man crew was declared lost. The boat was never found, despite a search that covered hundreds of thousands of square miles and was the biggest of its time...
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Zoo lets people make paper from elephant dung
(International News ~ 03/24/16)
PRAGUE -- At first, their elephant dung was sold to gardeners as fertilizer. Now the Prague Zoo has come up with a new use for it: making paper. The zoo has joined forces with the country's hand paper mill in Velke Losiny to process the manure to be used in traditional paper-making techniques. Petr Foucek, a director from Velke Losiny, said the mill has made paper from all sorts of materials, but elephant dung "is something new for us."...
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Nation, world briefs 3/24/16
(National News ~ 03/24/16)
CHICAGO -- An alleged sex-abuse victim of Dennis Hastert could testify about his emotional trauma next month at the former U.S. speaker's sentencing in his hush-money case, according to a transcript of an unannounced court hearing this week during which the court linked sex-abuse allegations to the Illinois Republican for the first time. ...
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Entertainment briefs 3/24/16
(Entertainment ~ 03/24/16)
CHICAGO -- Radiohead, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and LCD Soundsystem are among the acts that will play in Chicago for the 25th anniversary of the Lollapalooza music festival. The lineup was released Wednesday on Lollapalooza's website. It includes Lana Del Rey, Ellie Goulding and Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell's band Jane's Addiction. The festival will start July 28 and run through July 31. There will be more than 170 musical performances...
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Local students take honors at History Day competition
(Community ~ 03/24/16)
Below are local winners in the National History Day competition March 11 at Southeast Missouri State University. Third place: Connor Missey, St. Mary Cathedral School, Cape Girardeau Title: "Lewis and Clark: The Famous Expedition" Teacher: Debra Skaggs...
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Hooked on Science: Egg geode
(Community ~ 03/24/16)
n 12 eggs n Water n Borax n Food coloring n STEP 1: Crack each egg near the narrow end. Remove the shell near the top of each egg, pour out the contents and place the eggs back into the carton, so the cracked part of the egg is facing up. n STEP 2: Fill the saucepan 3/4 of the way with water and add food coloring and mix...
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Prayer 3/24/16
(Prayer ~ 03/24/16)
May we persevere through trials, keeping our focus on you, O Lord God. Amen.
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USS Zumwalt
(Column ~ 03/24/16)
A new U.S. Navy ship sailed out of the General Dynamics shipyard at the Bath Iron Works in Maine this week. Barring any problems, this will be the final trial for the Zumwalt before it is turned over to the Navy. The Zumwalt is the first of three ships that are guided missile destroyers unlike any preceding them. ...
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Learning briefs 3/25/16
(Community ~ 03/24/16)
Bailey Dame of Oran, Missouri, and Samantha Smiley of Cape Girardeau were awarded the University Scholarship to assist with the cost of attendance at Southeast Missouri State University this fall. Dame will be a 2016 graduate of Notre Dame Regional High School and is the daughter of Jeremy and Stacey Dame of Oran. ...
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Helen Winfrey
(Obituary ~ 03/24/16)
BELL CITY, Mo. -- Helen Lorene Rampley Winfrey, 87, of Bell City passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 21, 1928, at Swinton, Missouri, the daughter of Leonard and Verbie Morris Rampley. Helen worked for Barnhart Industries for over 20 years, retiring in 1991. She later worked for VNA Home Healthcare for 20 years. She was a member of Bell City General Baptist Church...
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