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Woodland softball wins big over Advance to reach district semifinals
(High School Sports ~ 05/03/16)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Before her team went to bat in the bottom of the third inning, Woodland softball coach Andrea Arnold urged her team, "We have got to get it kicked into high gear." The fourth-seeded Cardinals were having no trouble getting runners on in the first two innings, but had only one run to show for it against the fifth-seeded Advance Hornets in a Class 1 District 4 quarterfinal...
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Pitching leads Notre Dame baseball past Kennett in extras in conference tourney semifinal
(High School Sports ~ 05/03/16)
It's been a rough couple of weeks for Will Ferrell. First, there was the chicken pox. Then a kidney infection. His Monday night was took a turn for the better. Ferrell threw seven strong innings to hold second-seeded Kennett at bay, as third-seeded Notre Dame took out the Indians 3-1 in eight innings in a SEMO Conference Baseball Tournament semifinal at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau...
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: St. Vincent baseball's Rellergert throws no-hitter
(High School Sports ~ 05/03/16)
St. Vincent's Jordan Rellergert threw a no-hitter game as the Indians defeated visiting De Soto 3-0 in high school baseball action Monday. Rellergert recorded 10 strikeouts and walked three batters in the gem. Noah Niswonger blasted a solo home run to pace the Indians (14-6)...
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Oran softball team topples Leopold in Class 1 District 4 semifinal
(High School Sports ~ 05/03/16)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- The Oran softball team was more than happy to be trailing by only one run midway through the first inning Tuesday. Lexi Vandeven and Brittany Garland each delivered a one-out double while Patience Vandermierden reached on a walk to load the bases for Leopold, but Oran starter Mackenzie Graviett struck out the next batter, allowed a run to score on a hit batter before inducing an infield pop fly to end the threat...
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Oran baseball slips past Kelly 4-3 in back-and-forth game
(High School Sports ~ 05/03/16)
ORAN, Mo. -- After four innings of back-and-forth baseball, Oran finally stopped the see-saw in the top of the fifth, throwing out a runner at the plate to end the inning and hanging on to defeat Kelly 4-3 on Tuesday at Oran High School. With two on and two out in the fifth, the Hawks got a single up the middle from Peyton Eftink. ...
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Saint Louis baseball team unleashes seven-run frame to beat Southeast Missouri State
(College Sports ~ 05/03/16)
The Billikens scored seven runs in the sixth inning en route to a 12-8 victory over the Redhawks
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Neighbors mystified over why man was killed by state trooper
(Local News ~ 05/03/16)
Jeff Hobbs' neighbors are befuddled as they try to piece together the events Friday night that led to a man they liked being shot and killed by a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper. "I just can't see it at all," Pam Wilson said. "I don't know why he would shoot him."...
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Cape council may raise water, sewer and trash fees; city employees may receive 2 percent raises
(Local News ~ 05/03/16)
The Cape Girardeau City Council may raise water, sewer and trash fees when it approves the budget later this year. Under the proposal, the average, monthly utility bill would increase by $1.88, from $75.49 to $77.35, city manager Scott Meyer said. City officials discussed the possible increase at the council's annual retreat Friday...
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New Mulberry Street overpass planned in Scott City
(Local News ~ 05/03/16)
A new overpass is planned for Scott City, which would extend Mulberry Street over Main Street and over the railroad tracks to the south, ultimately connecting to Rose-Con Road. The project was discussed at a Scott City council meeting Monday evening...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/03/16)
Today is Tuesday, May 3, the 124th day of 2016. There are 242 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 3, 1791, the Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania adopted a constitution. On this date: In 1515, Pope Leo X promulgated the bull "Inter sollicitudines" allowing the Catholic Church to review and censor books...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/03/16)
Today is Saturday, May 14, the 135th day of 2016. There are 231 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 14, 1948, according to the current-era calendar, the independent state of Israel was proclaimed in Tel Aviv. On this date: In 1643, Louis XIV became King of France at age four upon the death of his father, Louis XIII...
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Shirley Gaines
(Obituary ~ 05/03/16)
PUXICO, Mo. -- Shirley Murakami Gaines, 73, of Puxico, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, April 30, 2016, at Southeast Hospital. She was born March 23, 1943, in Grand Tower, Illinois, to George and Clara Kenney Livesay. She married Roy R. Murakami on Feb. 3, 1960, in Bell City, Missouri. He passed away Feb. 21, 2004...
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Jeff Hobbs
(Obituary ~ 05/03/16)
Jeff D. Hobbs, 48, of Cape Girardeau County died Friday, April 29, 2016. He was born April 14, 1968, in Cape Girardeau to Darrell W. and Beverly J. Benton Hobbs. He had worked for Missouri Barge Line. Jeff loved to sing, play his guitar, hunt and fish...
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Duck leads ducklings on annual waddle through school's halls
(National News ~ 05/03/16)
HARTLAND, Mich. -- A mother duck has grown attached to a Michigan elementary school's courtyard, returning each year to lay her eggs and walk the hallways with her ducklings -- with the help of students and staff -- to get to a nearby pond safely. The duck named Vanessa has appeared at Village Elementary School in Hartland for the past 13 years...
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Vermont family to keep wood duck after state issues permit
(National News ~ 05/03/16)
MIDDLESEX, Vt. -- State game officials have backed down and allowed a woman to keep a 3-year-old wood duck that was brought home by one of her dogs when it was a chick. Earlier this year, a game warden arrived at Kimberlee Stevens' home in Middlesex to take the duck named Peep...
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Wesley Woodruff Sr.
(Obituary ~ 05/03/16)
THEBES, Ill. -- Wesley Woodruff Sr. of Thebes passed away Sunday, May 1, 2016, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born March 23, 1938, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Burness "Burnie" and Helen (Babcock) Woodruff. He married Peggy Simmons on May 16, 1955...
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Out of the past: May 3
(Out of the Past ~ 05/03/16)
Practical and Professional Written Communication, a class at Southeast Missouri State University, wants the Cape Girardeau City Council to ban smoking in grocery stores. Michael Hogan, who teaches the class, explains students have worked all semester to develop a report supporting their proposal. The proposed ordinance will be submitted to the council Monday...
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Buffett praises Fed but warns of unintended consequences
(National News ~ 05/03/16)
OMAHA, Neb. -- Investor Warren Buffett said the Federal Reserve and other policymakers generally are doing a good job, but it's difficult to predict all the effects of interest rates remaining low for this long. Buffett said on CNBC Monday no one can predict the effects of prolonged low rates because it has never happened before, but the U.S. economy has substantially recovered from the depths of the recession in 2008...
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Cheering Cubans greet first U.S. cruise ship in decades
(International News ~ 05/03/16)
HAVANA -- Greeted with rum drinks and salsa dancers, the first passengers to cruise from the U.S. to Cuba in nearly 40 years streamed Monday into a crowd cheering the rebirth of commercial travel on waters that served as a stage for a half-century of Cold War hostility...
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Australian says he's Bitcoin founder
(International News ~ 05/03/16)
LONDON -- An Australian man long rumored to be associated with the digital currency Bitcoin publicly has identified himself as its creator, a claim that would end one of the biggest mysteries in the tech world. BBC News said Monday that Craig Wright told the media outlet he is the man previously known by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto...
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Prosecutor: Evidence speaks for 10 'Grim Sleeper' victims
(National News ~ 05/03/16)
LOS ANGELES -- The victims were all young, black women, some were prostitutes, and most had been using cocaine before their bodies were discovered in alleys in a rough part of Los Angeles, hidden in trash bins or covered by mattresses or debris. For decades, the serial killer dubbed the "Grim Sleeper" eluded police, dumping at least 10 bodies and leaving one woman for dead after shooting her in the chest...
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Tiny houses in Kansas City to serve homeless veterans
(State News ~ 05/03/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A group of military veterans hopes to build small homes for struggling and homeless veterans on a vacant piece of land in Kansas City. The not-for-profit Veterans Community Project has set out to build 50 tiny homes on a four-acre vacant site it bought from the Kansas City Land Bank, The Kansas City Star reported...
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Midwest economic survey index figure drops after 3 increases
(State News ~ 05/03/16)
OMAHA, Neb. -- A survey of supply managers in nine Midwestern and Plains states released Monday reflected a slight dip in business conditions in April after rising in the three previous months, but it still points to modest economic growth. The Mid-American Business Conditions Index declined to 50.1 in April from 50.6 in March, the report stated. The figure was 50.5 in February and 48.3 in January...
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Migrant children kept from enrolling in U.S. schools
(National News ~ 05/03/16)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Candelario Jimon Alonzo came to the U.S. dreaming of becoming something more than what seemed possible along the rutted roads of his hometown in Guatemala's highlands. This was his chance: He could earn a U.S. high-school education and become a teacher...
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Cruz fights for survival; Trump eyes Indiana knockout
(National News ~ 05/03/16)
OSCEOLA, Ind. -- Ted Cruz's conservative crusade for the presidency fought for new life Monday before an Indiana vote that effectively could end the GOP's primary season. The Texas senator hinted at an exit strategy, even as he vowed to compete to the end against surging Republican front-runner Donald Trump...
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Country stars plan to continue playing in North Carolina
(Entertainment ~ 05/03/16)
INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, Ringo Starr and other artists plan to skip North Carolina performances as part of a musicians' boycott over a new law that limits protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. But several stars at Sunday's American Country Countdown Awards said they plan to stand by their fans...
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3 planets orbiting dwarf star are prime spots to search for life
(National News ~ 05/03/16)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronomers searching for life beyond our solar system may need to look no farther than a little, feeble nearby star. A Belgian-led team reported Monday it's discovered three Earth-sized planets orbiting an ultra-cool dwarf star less than 40 light years away. It's the first time planets have been found around this type of star, and it opens up new, rich territory in the search for extraterrestrial life...
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At Tony Award nominations today, all eyes on 'Hamilton'
(Entertainment ~ 05/03/16)
NEW YORK -- One thing practically assured today is the Broadway megahit "Hamilton" will get plenty of Tony Award nominations. The real question is how many. Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop-flavored biography about the first U.S. treasury secretary already has won the Pulitzer Prize for drama, a Grammy, the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History and a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant...
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Judge confirms administrator for Prince's estate
(Entertainment ~ 05/03/16)
CHASKA, Minn. -- Five of Prince's six surviving siblings appeared in court Monday for the first hearing to start sorting out an estate certain to be worth millions -- a task made more complicated because the star musician isn't known to have left a will...
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Puerto Rico skips bond payments, says Congress must help
(International News ~ 05/03/16)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A spiraling Puerto Rico debt crisis reached a new milestone as the island missed nearly $370 million on a bond payment Monday. Officials warned of worse to come if the U.S. Congress doesn't help it dig out from a mountain of debt...
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce endorses Blunt
(Local News ~ 05/03/16)
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., addresses a crowd at Schaefer's Electrical Enclosures in Scott City. On Monday afternoon, Rob Engstrom (right), senior vice president and national political director at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, announced the chamber's endorsement of Blunt's re-election...
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Plane requires a delicate move to Discovery Playhouse
(Local News ~ 05/03/16)
The fuselage of a 1963 Cessna 150 plane is hoisted to a second-floor window of the Discovery Playhouse on Monday in Cape Girardeau. The plane originally was located at a Michigan airport, where it had been damaged in a storm. It was acquired, repaired and donated for a new exhibit that will include an airport design with a control tower...
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Cape council approves new construction for fire department
(Local News ~ 05/03/16)
The Cape Girardeau City Council unanimously approved construction of a new fire station and a fire-station maintenance facility during its meeting Monday night. The council voted to hire Zoellner Construction Co. of Perryville, Missouri, to build the maintenance facility behind fire station No. 2 on Mount Auburn Road...
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Contractor picked for Career and Technology Center expansion
(Local News ~ 05/03/16)
Work should begin in about a month at Cape Girardeau's Career and Technology Center, now that a contractor has been chosen to oversee the facility's expansion. Farmington, Missouri-based Brockmiller Construction Inc. outbid six other firms to add 26,000 square feet of classroom and lab space to the center along Silver Springs Road...
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Jackson aldermen OK actions for several construction projects
(Local News ~ 05/03/16)
The city of Jackson seems to be gearing up for construction season, as several projects are slated to begin soon. The Board of Aldermen approved a motion hire Koehler Engineering and Land Surveying of Cape Girardeau for $5,100 to survey part of Old Cape Road for inclusion in the 2016 Asphalt Street Improvement Program...
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Wainright, Cardinals muscle up in 10-3 win against Phillies
(Professional Sports ~ 05/03/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Adam Wainwright knew his mammoth home run changed the complexion of Monday night's game. "Right now, it's all about wins for me," Wainwright said. "We've got to win the game when I take the mound until I get back 100 percent ready to rock and roll like I'm going to...
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Southeast Missouri State baseball's Lucchesi pulls in more honors after 17 Ks in game
(College Sports ~ 05/03/16)
Following his school record-tying performance, Southeast Missouri State senior Joey Lucchesi was tabbed the Ohio Valley Conference's Pitcher of the Week and the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week on Monday. The senior lefty's 17 strikeouts against Murray State in the Redhawks' 10-3 win on Thursday night tied the Southeast record set by John Holdner in 1961...
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Pietrangelo takes on heavy workload for Blues in playoffs
(Professional Sports ~ 05/03/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Alex Pietrangelo is used to playing a lot -- especially this time of year. The St. Louis Blues linchpin defenseman plays with a high motor and appears to have no issues piling up the ice time. Pietrangelo is fourth overall in the playoffs averaging 30 minutes, 34 seconds, including more than 35 minutes in the Blues' overtime victory in Game 2 in Dallas on Sunday. Among the surviving eight teams, he's at the top of the list...
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State briefs 5/3/16
(State News ~ 05/03/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A worker at Lambert Airport in St. Louis is accused of stealing from a blind woman in a wheelchair after helping her at the airport. Justin Gillespie, 23, of St. Louis was charged Thursday with felony stealing. Gillespie works for AirServ, a contractor that provides passenger services at the airport. ...
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OMG! No selfies allowed in voting booth
(National News ~ 05/03/16)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- If you want to share your voting experience on social media, you'll have to find some way other than taking a photo in the voting booth. West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie E. Tennant said it's forbidden. She said in a news release Friday it's illegal to photograph any part of the voting process, and no electronic devices or cellphones are allowed in the voting booth. ...
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Cape Girardeau police report 5/3/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/03/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Tammy T. Davis, 35, 114 N. Henderson Ave., was arrested on a Butler County, Missouri, warrant for failure to appear and larceny. n Monalesa Hill, 56, 823 S. Benton St., was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for DWI...
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Marsha Lee
(Obituary ~ 05/03/16)
Marsha Kay Lee, 63, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, April 30, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements.
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Prayer 5-3-16
(Prayer ~ 05/03/16)
Thank you, O God, for pouring your love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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Speak Out 5/3/16
(Speak Out ~ 05/03/16)
I am a Cape Girardeau school bus driver. Every day at my Jefferson and Sprigg stop, going north, I turn on my warning yellow lights well in advance...
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Southeast Missouri State announces women's basketball, volleyball signings
(College Sports ~ 05/03/16)
The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team announced the signing of junior college transfer Amanda Madden, a 6-foot-1 forward, on Tuesday. Madden started 29 games and averaged 9.7 points and 5.3 rebounds for a Hutchinson Community College squad that finished with a 27-4 record this past season...
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Education leader right to seek well-rounded curriculum
(Editorial ~ 05/03/16)
In a recent speech, reported in this newspaper, United States Education Secretary John B. King Jr. advocated returning schools to a well-rounded approach, rather than simply focusing, in a lopsided manner, on English language arts, mathematics and testing of the two. His encouragement to do so bespeaks concerns many have voiced for years.
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You are worth it
(Column ~ 05/03/16)
"Thank you for your service." How often have you uttered those words? Most of us who awakened at some point to the realization that we enjoy the freedoms we do because men and women risk their own freedom, sacrifice time with family, and pay the ultimate price have looked military men and women in the eye and said those words. ...
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