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St. Vincent girls soccer controls Mules in 2-0 victory
(High School Sports ~ 04/19/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- All it takes is one bad bounce, and 80 minutes of dominating soccer can go by the wayside. For 73 minutes, the St. Vincent girls soccer team was playing with a 1-0 lead and with fire -- controlling the ball and keeping Poplar Bluff on its heels, but was unable to put the nail in the coffin. ...
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Red Devils lose lead but recover for 10-inning win
(High School Sports ~ 04/19/16)
The Chaffee baseball team let a two-run lead slip away in the top of the sixth inning, but the host Red Devils polished off Twin Rivers in the 10th inning with a 7-6 walkoff victory Monday. Landon Tenkhoff got the win on the mound for Chaffee (11-4), throwing 1 1/3 scoreless innings in relief and striking out two batters. Alec Bogenphol went 3 2/3 innings in the start, giving up three runs on four hits with five walks and four Ks...
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Jackson golf wins tournament on home turf
(High School Sports ~ 04/19/16)
The Jackson golf team maintained its momentum from a big victory last week and won its own Jackson Invitational by 13 shots on Monday at Kimbeland Country Club. Led by senior Hunter Asher and his 3-over-par 73, all of the Indians' low four scorers stayed under 80 and posted a 306 total to finish 13 strokes ahead of defending champion Poplar Bluff...
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RIVER CITY PLAYERS HOLDING AUDITIONS...
(Submitted Story ~ 04/19/16)
Auditions will be held this coming Sunday, April 24, for "Exit Laughing" at Port Cape. This is a comedy about friendships and dealing with the death of one of those friends. For this show you must be 21 or older to audition. There are roles for 4f and 1m. ...
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AFROTC Holds Annual Field Training Exercise
(Submitted Story ~ 04/19/16)
CARBONDALE- SIU’s Air Force ROTC held its annual Field Training Exercise (FTX) this past Saturday at the SIU police shooting range. This exercise is meant to prepare the sophomore cadets for Field Training this summer, which will be taking place at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center in Mississippi...
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World War II veterans meet at library
(Submitted Story ~ 04/19/16)
World War II veterans Clifford Heinrich, Melvin Kuehle and John King met with Dr. Frank Nickell to talk about their time overseas and in the military during the April veterans’ talk at the Cape Girardeau Public Library.
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Trent Pobst's two-run homer lifts Scott City baseball team past Notre Dame
(High School Sports ~ 04/19/16)
Trent Pobst couldn't have picked a better time to bring the lumber. The Scott City senior blasted an 0-2 pitch over the left-field fence with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning, delivering a two-run homer that propelled the Rams to a 4-1 victory over host Notre Dame on Tuesday...
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Oran baseball rallies as missed opportunities haunt Saxony Lutheran
(High School Sports ~ 04/19/16)
The Oran baseball team could have let things get out of hand early. Instead, it chipped away and chipped away, rallying from a 6-0 deficit after just one inning to defeat host Saxony Lutheran 8-7 on Monday in Jackson. The Eagles tied the game at 6 in the top of the fifth before getting the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh. ...
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U.S. to send 200 more troops, Apache helicopters, to Iraq
(International News ~ 04/19/16)
BAGHDAD -- The U.S. has agreed to deploy more than 200 additional troops to Iraq and to send eight Apache helicopters for the first time into the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq, the first major increase in U.S. forces in nearly a year, U.S. defense officials said Monday...
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Gandolfo earns OVC Player of the Week honors for Southeast Missouri State baseball
(College Sports ~ 04/19/16)
Southeast baseball Southeast Missouri State senior Garrett Gandolfo secured Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week honors after his bat helped the OVC-leading Redhawks to four wins last week. Gandolfo batted .474 with 13 RBIs. He hit three home runs and doubled twice as Southeast improved to 26-10 and 16-2 in conference. He scored seven runs and had a slugging percentage of 1.053 and on-base percentage of .565...
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ACLU claims abuse in Mississippi County jail caused inmate to miscarry
(Local News ~ 04/19/16)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- A former inmate of the Mississippi County Detention Center filed suit Monday, claiming she was egregiously abused while pregnant, and the death of her baby resulted from her mistreatment in December 2014. Named as defendants in the suit are the county and seven detention-center employees, including former jail administrator Cory Hutcheson...
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Cape Council approves TIF project; issues bonds for police station, fire station and indoor sports complex projects
(Local News ~ 04/19/16)
The Cape Girardeau City Council approved tax-increment financing Monday night for the Marquette Tech redevelopment project. The vote was 6-0. Ward 1 Councilman Joseph Uzoaru abstained to avoid a possible conflict of interest. Uzoaru owns the Broadway Federal Building that sits across the street from the proposed development...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/19/16)
Today is Tuesday, April 19, the 110th day of 2016. There are 256 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 19, 1966, Bobbi Gibb, 23, became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon at a time when only men were allowed to participate. (Gibb jumped into the middle of the pack after the sound of the starting pistol and finished in 3:21:40.)...
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Resisting harassment
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/19/16)
In an attempt to overcome enormous debts incurred in the Seven Years' War, in which Britain eventually won against the French, England's Parliament all but smothered the colonies with taxes. One of those taxes was the Stamp Act of 1765. Americans protested by boycotting English imports. After a yearlong boycott, which proved costly to the British, the Stamp Act was repealed without having collected a penny. It's enough to make me wonder -- are we resisting enough?...
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April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month
(Editorial ~ 04/19/16)
Like all months, April has its share of observances. From the warm-and-fuzzy National Pet Day to the lyrical National Poetry Month to the onerous Tax Day, April has something for everyone. Certainly more serious is National Child Abuse Prevention Month...
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Speak Out 4/19/16
(Speak Out ~ 04/19/16)
Thanks to Donald Trump for driving home the anti-democratic nature of the Republican presidential nominating process. Translation? The votes of millions of Republican presidential primary will likely not matter one whit when the national nominating convention will prioritize rules over the votes of the people...
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Guilty plea in arson that destroyed mosque in Joplin
(State News ~ 04/19/16)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- A Joplin man pleaded guilty Monday to setting a fire that destroyed a mosque and twice trying to burn down a Planned Parenthood clinic. Jedediah Stout, 32, entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Springfield, Missouri, after waiving the right to a grand jury, The Kansas City Star reported...
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Ex-St. Louis police association head charged with fraud
(State News ~ 04/19/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis police sergeant who used to lead an association for black officers was indicted Monday on allegations he defrauded the organization of more than $80,000. Darren Randal Wilson, 41, faces nine felony counts of wire fraud, the federal prosecutor's office in St. Louis said...
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AP wins Pulitzer for stories on enslaved fishermen in Asia
(National News ~ 04/19/16)
NEW YORK -- The Associated Press won the Pulitzer Prize for public service Monday for documenting the use of slave labor in Southeast Asia to supply seafood to American tables -- an investigation that spurred the release of more than 2,000 captive workers...
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Leona Thomas
(Obituary ~ 04/19/16)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Leona Dora Thomas, 93, of Des Moines and formerly of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2016, at Bishop Drumm Care Center in Johnston, Iowa. She was born Aug. 15, 1922, the daughter of Adolph and Flora Petzoldt Koenig. She and Roy Thomas were married March 31, 1940. He died July 26, 1975...
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Hotels woo guests to book directly online with discounts
(National News ~ 04/19/16)
NEW YORK -- Hotels are getting more aggressive in their fight to get travelers to book reservations directly with them instead of through online travel agencies such as Expedia and Priceline. Hyatt Hotels Corp. on Monday became the latest chain to offer guests a discount for booking a room directly on its website. Members of its Gold Passport loyalty program can save up to 10 percent at hotels in the U.S., Canada and Australia...
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Out of the past: April 19
(Out of the Past ~ 04/19/16)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Circuit Judge Anthony J. Heckemeyer has ordered a special election May 14 to determine who will hold the Ward 2 Chaffee City Council seat. In the April election, Janet Sullivan beat Ward 2 incumbent Ed Gauthier by 14 votes; however, election judges erred by handing out Ward 2 ballots to an estimated 18 Ward 1 voters...
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Rex Gould
(Obituary ~ 04/19/16)
Rex W. Gould, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, April 17, 2016, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Dec. 22, 1933, in Paragould, Arkansas, to Cecil and Lola Thompson Gould. He and Carolyn Tate were married June 22, 1960, at Greene County, Arkansas. Rex served in the Army. He earned a masters degree in counseling from the University of Arkansas in Jonesboro. He was a guidance counselor at Richland High School in Essex, Missouri...
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Rev. Bobby Metcalf
(Obituary ~ 04/19/16)
The Rev. Bobby Franklin Metcalf, 77, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, April 17, 2016, at Southeast Hospital. He was born July 2, 1938, in Augusta, Arkansas, to the late Earl and Maggie Goodon Metcalf. He married Shirley Anne McKenzie on Dec. 26, 1957, in Chaffee, Missouri. She passed away Nov. 22, 2003. Bobby later married Carol Little on March 19, 2005, and she survives of the home...
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Paul Caldwell
(Obituary ~ 04/19/16)
FULTON, Mo. -- Paul David Caldwell, 42, of Fulton passed away Thursday, April 7, 2016, at Fulton. He was born Sept. 25, 1973, at Cape Girardeau, the son of Leland and Wanda Clippard Caldwell. Paul worked for Kingdom Prod in Fulton. He believed in the Baptist faith...
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Paula Holt
(Obituary ~ 04/19/16)
ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Paula M. Holt, 94, of Altenburg died Saturday, April 16, 2016, at Independence Care Center in Perryville, Missouri. She was born Feb. 12, 1922, in Seelitz, Missouri, the daughter of August and Mathilde (Poppitz) Degenhardt. She and Otto Herman Holt were married Oct. 28, 1945. He preceded her in death Dec. 29, 1973...
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Derek Robbins
(Obituary ~ 04/19/16)
Derek Michael Robbins, 34, of Scott City died Saturday, April 16, 2016, in Scott City. He was born Nov. 9, 1981, in Cape Girardeau to Daniel Edward Robbins and Jama Dawn Loines. He married Brandi Jolene Bailey on Dec. 16, 2005, in Advance, Missouri...
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Jackson fire report 4/17/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/19/16)
JACKSON The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls: Tuesday n Emergency medical service on Ridge Road. n Structure fire on Mill Green Road. n Mutual aid on Estate Drive. Wednesday n Illegal burn on Morton Drive.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Hamilton' wins Pulitzer for drama
(Entertainment ~ 04/19/16)
NEW YORK -- "Hamilton," the hip-hop stage biography of Alexander Hamilton, won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for drama, honoring creator Lin-Manuel Miranda for a musical that captured popular consciousness like few Broadway shows. The Columbia University's prize board Monday cited "Hamilton" as "a landmark American musical about the gifted and self-destructive founding father whose story becomes both contemporary and irresistible."...
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Rescue amid rubble gives Ecuador hope for survivors
(International News ~ 04/19/16)
MANTA, Ecuador -- Rescuers in Ecuador pulledout three people alive Monday after they were trapped for more than 32 hours in the rubble of a shopping center that was flattened by the weekend's powerful earthquake. Televised images of the pre-dawn rescue in this port city gave Ecuadoreans hope some of the scores of people unaccounted for may be found even as the death toll from Saturday's 7.8-magnitude quake, the worst to hit Ecuador in decades, climbed over 350...
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Clinton, Trump seek to quiet critics in New York primaries
(National News ~ 04/19/16)
NEW YORK -- From a car wash in Queens to a hockey arena in Buffalo, both parties' presidential candidates spread out Monday across New York in a final quest for votes, a state that hasn't experienced contested White House primaries in decades. For Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, victories in New York today could help quiet critics who have questioned their strength as front-runners. ...
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911 caller won't be charged in Ohio Wal-Mart police shooting
(National News ~ 04/19/16)
A 911 caller won't be charged for reporting a man waving a gun in an Ohio Wal-Mart store before police fatally shot the shopper, who'd picked up an air rifle from a shelf, a special prosecutor said Monday. The decision was made by Mark Piepmeier, the prosecutor who presented the shooting case to a grand jury...
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Study backs pancreas cell transplants for severe diabetes
(National News ~ 04/19/16)
WASHINGTON -- Transplants of insulin-producing pancreas cells are a long-hoped-for treatment for diabetes -- and a new study shows they can protect the most seriously ill patients from a life-threatening complication of the disease. These transplants are used in some countries, but in the U.S., they're available only through research studies. ...
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Justices seem divided over Obama immigration actions
(National News ~ 04/19/16)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court appeared divided between its liberal and conservative justices Monday over President Barack Obama's immigration programs that could affect millions of people who are in the country illegally. The administration's best hope for a favorable ruling after 90 minutes of arguments at the high court appeared to rest with Chief Justice John Roberts. ...
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Give drug felons food stamps, many states now say
(National News ~ 04/19/16)
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska is desperate to stop the runaway growth of its prison population, but doing so depends a lot on people like Ronald Tillman. Tillman, 54, a paroled drug dealer who suffers from bipolar disorder and a debilitating back injury, has lived since his 2013 release solely on his monthly $733 disability check. When his food runs short, he faces a choice that has costly implications for the state -- if he gets caught...
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Melaina's Magical Playland reopens
(Local News ~ 04/19/16)
Collin Edmonds, 3, makes his way across a playlet at Melaina's Magical Playland on Monday afternoon at Cape County North in Cape Girardeau. The playground reopened to the public this past weekend after being closed since late March to replace the rubber ground tiles...
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Jackson OKs purchase of new firetruck
(Local News ~ 04/19/16)
The Jackson Fire Department will get an upgrade next year after the Board of Aldermen approved just over $440,000 for the purchase of a new firetruck. It will replace one in service the fire department has used for 36 years. The old firetruck will be retired, and a 26-year-old firetruck will be moved to reserve status...
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Winner of Van Buren mayor's race questioned over delinquent taxes
(Local News ~ 04/19/16)
VAN BUREN, Mo. -- A hearing Tuesday could decide the fate of Van Buren's newly elected mayor. A petition filed last week with a Carter County court questions Mike Hoerner's right to hold office, alleging Hoerner owes more than $9,000 in delinquent taxes from 2011...
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County jail's population drops slightly, but still is crowded
(Local News ~ 04/19/16)
Cape Girardeau County Jail's average number of inmates in 2015 -- 225 -- was more than the jail's official capacity of 220. So far in 2016, the jail has recorded an average number of inmates at or just below that capacity. On Monday, there were 217 inmates in the jail. Capt. J.P. Mulcahy said the county had been averaging between 216 and 220 inmates in 2016...
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Two suspects detained after fatal shooting in Sikeston
(Local News ~ 04/19/16)
One suspect in a deadly shooting Sunday in Sikeston, Missouri, was apprehended Monday evening after a search by the SEMO Major Case Squad, and a second was arrested Sunday night.
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World briefs 4/19/16
(International News ~ 04/19/16)
MAROUA, Cameroon -- U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power's trip to Cameroon's front lines in the war against Boko Haram started badly Monday as an armored jeep in her motorcade struck and killed a young boy who darted into the road. It occurred near the small city of Mokolo, in northern Cameroon, where Power, her aides and accompanying journalists were headed to meet refugees and others displaced by the years of attacks across West Africa. ...
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Births 4/19/16
(Births ~ 04/19/16)
Daughter to Robert W. and Kristie Marie Hoxsey of Altenburg, Southeast Hospital, 9:32 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, 2016. Name, Katherine Marie. Weight, 6 pounds, 11 ounces. First child. Mrs. Hoxsey is the former Kristie Cook, daughter of Anna Cook and Terry Cook of Altenburg. Hoxsey is the son of Marsha Gibson of Millersville and Trent Hoxsey of Girard, Illinois. He is employed by Altenburg Hardwood Lumber Co...
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Donald Barry
(Obituary ~ 04/19/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Donald A. Barry, 94, of Perryville died Sunday, April 17, 2016, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. Visitation will be from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville. A funeral Mass will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the church, with the Rev. Milton Ryan officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 4/18/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/19/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Saturday. n Medical assists were made at 11:36 a.m. on North Main Street; 1:22 p.m. on Dunklin Street; 2:18 p.m. on Gordonville Road; 6:02 p.m. on Oak Hills Street; 7:50 p.m. on South Sprigg Street; 9:41 p.m. on Clark Street; and 10:09 p.m. on South Hanover Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 4/18/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/19/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of DWI and driving while revoked. n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of domestic assault, felonious restraint and armed criminal action...
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Jackson police report 4/18/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/19/16)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Summons n Judy A. Eldridge, 47, of Marble Hill, Missouri, was issued a summons for seat-belt violation. Property damage n Property damage was reported in the 500 block of Nellie Street...
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3-D printer creates new feet for duck
(National News ~ 04/19/16)
CEDARBURG, Wis. -- A duck that lost its feet to frostbite is waddling again, thanks to a middle-school teacher and a 3-D printer. Vicki Rabe-Harrison rescued Phillip the duck and, after watching a video of a 3-D printer online, turned to South Park Middle School teacher Jason Jischke in Oshkosh for help. ...
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The habit of excellence
(Column ~ 04/19/16)
The Greek philosopher Aristotle is credited with saying, "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." The former center for the Los Angeles Lakers, Shaquille O'Neal, who, among his numerous nicknames, called himself the Big Aristotle, said it this way: "Greatness is not a singular act. We are what we repeatedly do." In light of the basketball history Shaq's former teammate, Kobe Bryant, made last week, those words are worth contemplating...
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Prayer 4/19/16
(Prayer ~ 04/19/16)
O Lord Jesus, give us wisdom as we face the issues of the day. Amen.
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