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Capahas pick up lopsided victory vs. St. Louis Bulls
(Community Sports ~ 06/24/16)
Drew Morecraft went 5-for-5 in the Capahas' 12-0 victory over the St. Louis Bulls
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Police find 19 dogs, feces, squalor; charge mom with child endangerment
(Local News ~ 06/24/16)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — A Poplar Bluff mother may face child-endangerment charges after an animal-control officer says he found her children living in a home with nearly 20 dogs Tuesday. Animal-control officer Dan St. Lawrence was on patrol when he saw several small dogs running at large in the 600 block of Don Street...
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Witness says he saw suspect kill his best friend
(Local News ~ 06/24/16)
Eligah Burleson told assistant public defender Jennifer Slone he never had seen Terrance Vance before the night Vance walked up and shot his best friend, Anthony Hempstead, four times. Burleson testified Thursday at a preliminary hearing for Vance, 29, of Cape Girardeau, who is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in connection with Hempstead’s June 28, 2014, death...
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McCaskill, Senate subcommittee go after cable companies for overcharging customers
(Local News ~ 06/24/16)
Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable, two of the largest pay-television companies in the nation, overcharged customers for equipment and pocketed the money, a U.S. Senate investigation has found. But Charter officials said the overcharges were accidental, affected less than 1 percent of customers, and steps have been taken to address the problem...
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Fruitland residents express support for tax increase but question amount
(Local News ~ 06/24/16)
Roughly 83 percent of Fruitland Area Fire Protection District residents support a property-tax increase for the district, according to a recent survey. The district published the results of the survey at the beginning of an informational meeting Thursday at Saxony Lutheran High School...
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Vendors gear up for fireworks sales
(Local News ~ 06/24/16)
Large, white tents have popped up in parking lots throughout the region, which can mean only one thing: It’s fireworks season. From sparklers to Roman candles to artillery shells, local stores are ready to light up the Southeast Missouri skies. Throughout the state, fireworks sales began June 20, but local city ordinances can override those rules. In Cape Girardeau and Jackson, for example, seasonal retailers cannot begin selling fireworks until June 27...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/24/16)
Today in History Today is Friday, June 24, the 176th day of 2016. There are 190 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 24, 1946, Fred M. Vinson was sworn in as the 13th chief justice of the United States, succeeding the late Harlan F. Stone...
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Speak Out 6/24/16
(Speak Out ~ 06/24/16)
There are some who say we need to spend more money in order to have higher performing schools. The statistics do not support this conclusion. U.S. News and World Report recently published a list of top-performing schools based on advanced placement test scores and graduation rates. According to U.S. census data, New York spends more per student ($19,818 per student) while Utah spends the least ($6,555 per student). New York ranks 10th on the list, while Utah ranks eighth...
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Courthouse steps now safer thanks to commission's action
(Editorial ~ 06/24/16)
Those venturing downtown don't need to tread as lightly on the Common Pleas Courthouse steps anymore. Upon hearing that runners had complained about the condition of the century-old steps on the courthouse terraces, the Cape Girardeau County Commission and city officials said they had no plans to fix or replace the steps...
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New friends turn out to be somewhat different
(Column ~ 06/24/16)
This is a story about a fellow who makes new friends, only to learn that ... . Well, let's start at the beginning. A few weeks ago I was looking on the internet for a lamp table to match one we purchased three years ago. At some point, a box popped up on my computer screen. It asked if I would like to text chat with a customer-service representative...
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Out of the past: June 24
(Out of the Past ~ 06/24/16)
Construction of water and sewer lines to the Nash Road industrial site in Scott City begins today, two years after the area was annexed by the city; a ground-breaking ceremony is held in the morning along East Outer Road. Scott County Central High School boys basketball coach Ronnie Cookson has been picked for induction into the Missouri Basketball Hall of Fame; Cookson, one of the most successful prep coaches ever in the state of Missouri, has piloted Scott County Central to seven straight Class 1A state titles and 11 state crowns overall in his 21 years at the helm of the Braves.. ...
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Margie Reisenbichler
(Obituary ~ 06/24/16)
Margie Reisenbichler, 87, formerly of Pocahontas, passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at Jackson Manor. She was born Sept. 23, 1928, in Pocahontas, daughter of Lloyd "Leo" and Imogene Snider Wilson. She married Raymond Rastl. He passed away in 1953. Margie and Wilbert Reisenbichler were married May 14, 1955. He passed away June 26, 2014...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 6/24/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/24/16)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Wednesday: n Medical assists were made at 5:49 a.m. on Park Avenue; 8:55 a.m. on South West End Boulevard; 1:22 p.m. on Bellevue Street; and 2:21 p.m. on North Kingshighway...
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Cape Girardeau police report 6/24/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/24/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Tyson L. Abraham, 23, 806 William St., was arrested at 806 William St. on a probation and parole warrant for being a parole absconder...
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Where everybody knows your name: 'Cheers' coming to stage
(Entertainment ~ 06/24/16)
BOSTON -- The bar where everybody knows your name is coming to the stage. "Cheers Live on Stage" is a comedy based on some of the most memorable moments of the celebrated TV show's first season. It will feature retired Red Sox pitcher and shameless lothario Sam Malone, pretentious waitress Diane Chambers, rotund barfly Norm Peterson and the rest of the regulars when it debuts in September in Boston...
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#SemoSelfie 6/24/16
(Entertainment ~ 06/24/16)
Water is essential for survival. #EmoSelfie #SemoSelfie
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Joel DaSilva and The Midnight Howl will bring Chicago style to downtown Cape
(Entertainment ~ 06/24/16)
Blues cat or rock 'n' roll cowboy? Guitar hero Joel DaSilva says it's all in him, and he's bringing his show to the Rude Dog Pub tonight. "My music is like Johnny Cash meets Jimi Hendrix at a Motorhead show," he said. "Oh, and B.B. King is in the audience."...
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Cape Ballroom dance group offers something for everyone
(Entertainment ~ 06/24/16)
From waltzes to the cha-cha, sneakers to cowboy boots, the dancers in the Cape Ballroom dance club say there's something for everybody. The group meets from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Friday to study a different style of dance before holding a social dance afterward until 11:30 p.m. at the American Legion in Cape Girardeau...
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German man recovers buried treasure
(International News ~ 06/24/16)
BERLIN -- German authorities say an 81-year-old man in Bavaria has recovered his fortune, which he'd hidden at home for safety only to have recent floods make the building uninhabitable. Police in the town of Simbach am Inn said Thursday the man told them he'd hidden the money in his house, which is in danger of collapse. When they didn't find it there, he told them he had buried it in the garden. They brought in heavy machinery to dig through the garden, eventually finding the treasure...
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EgyptAir recorders to go to France for repairs
(International News ~ 06/24/16)
CAIRO -- Initial attempts to download information from the flight-data and voice recorders of an EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean last month have failed, and key parts of the recorders are being sent to France for repairs, according to Egyptian and U.S. officials...
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Iraqi forces focus on militants in Fallujah
(International News ~ 06/24/16)
FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Iraqi commanders are preparing to dislodge Islamic State group fighters from pockets of territory in Fallujah's northern and western neighborhoods where the militants have dug in after largely fleeing their positions in the city center last week...
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Tornado strikes China; 78 killed
(International News ~ 06/24/16)
BEIJING -- A tornado and hailstorm struck the outskirts of an eastern Chinese city Thursday, killing at least 78 people and destroying buildings, smashing trees and flipping vehicles on their roofs. The tornado hit a densely populated area of farms and factories near the city of Yancheng in Jiangsu province, about 500 miles south of Beijing...
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Parents wonder how to protect children who fly alone
(National News ~ 06/24/16)
DALLAS -- The arrests this month of two men on charges of groping young girls on planes has raised questions about the safety of minors who fly alone. Experts say that before putting children on a plane alone, parents should teach them to get help immediately if another person makes them uncomfortable. Parents also should understand flight attendants aren't baby sitters...
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Agency enlists high-tech help keeping drones from wildfires
(National News ~ 06/24/16)
BOISE, Idaho -- When Brian Cresto and his fellow firefighters fly toward a wildfire at just a few hundred feet off the ground, he's scouting for the best spot for them to land when they parachute down. Lately, he's also been keeping an eye out for hobby drones that could take out their twin-engine propeller craft before it climbs to 1,500 feet, where the eight smokejumpers exit...
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Railroad blamed for fiery derailment
(National News ~ 06/24/16)
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Federal investigators on Thursday blamed Union Pacific Railroad for a fiery oil-train derailment along the Oregon-Washington border, saying the company failed to maintain its track properly. Preliminary findings on the June 3 derailment in the Columbia River Gorge raise questions about why the company didn't find the broken bolts that triggered the wreck when it inspected the tracks right before the derailment...
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Sources: VW to pay near $10.2B to settle emissions claims
(National News ~ 06/24/16)
DETROIT -- Volkswagen will spend about $10.2 billion to settle an emissions cheating scandal in the U.S. that has turned into one of the largest cases of corporate deception in the nation's history. Two people briefed on settlement talks said most of the money would go to compensate 482,000 owners of cars with 2-liter diesel engines that were programmed to turn on emissions controls during government lab tests and turn them off on the road...
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Judge: No evidence of crime in Freddie Gray death
(National News ~ 06/24/16)
BALTIMORE -- A judge explained why he found a police driver not guilty in the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man whose neck was broken on the way to the station: He didn't see any evidence of a crime. Baltimore Judge Barry Williams ruled Thursday the state failed to prove officer Caesar Goodson committed murder, manslaughter, assault, reckless endangerment or misconduct in office...
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Texas affirmative-action plan survives Supreme Court review
(National News ~ 06/24/16)
WASHINGTON -- In a major victory for affirmative action, a divided Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the University of Texas admissions program that takes account of race. The justices voted in favor of the Texas program by a 4-3 vote, an outcome that was altered dramatically by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, who opposed affirmative action...
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Democrats push on for gun control
(National News ~ 06/24/16)
WASHINGTON ---- Exhausted but exuberant, House Democrats vowed to fight on for gun control Thursday as they ended their high-drama House floor sit-in with songs, prayers and defiant predictions of success. Republicans offered a dose of political reality, denying House Democratic demands and holding a Senate vote designed to show a bipartisan gun compromise can't pass...
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High court blocks Obama's immigration plan
(National News ~ 06/24/16)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court deadlocked Thursday on President Barack Obama's immigration plan that sought to shield millions living in the U.S. illegally from deportation, effectively killing the plan for the rest of his presidency. The outcome underscores the fact the direction of U.S. immigration policy will be determined in large part by this fall's presidential election, a campaign in which immigration already has played an outsized role...
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Britain votes to leave European Union
(International News ~ 06/24/16)
LONDON -- Britain entered uncharted waters Friday after the country voted to leave the European Union, according to a projection by all main U.K. broadcasters. The decision shatters the stability of the project in continental unity forged after World War II in hopes of making future conflicts impossible...
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MoDOT considers solar roadways
(State News ~ 06/24/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Transportation is set to test the feasibility of sidewalks and roadways embedded with solar panels. The Jefferson City News-Tribune reported department officials hope the specially designed solar panels will provide enough electricity to meet the power needs of a rest area...
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University plans Zika vaccine trial
(State News ~ 06/24/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Saint Louis University will begin a human clinical trial this fall for a vaccine that seeks to prevent the Zika virus. The university said Thursday funding from the National Institutes of Health will fund the trial. Lead researcher Dr. Sarah George said the goal is to make sure the vaccine is safe and measure the immune response to Zika...
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St. Louis to stop bugs by removing nearly 15,000 ash trees
(State News ~ 06/24/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Crews began chopping down thousands of ash trees in St. Louis parks and along city roadways Thursday due to an insidious beetle blamed in the destruction of tens of millions of trees in 26 states. The emerald ash borer slowly made its way south from Michigan and Canada since it was discovered 14 years ago...
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Best Bet: Annual Sweetcorn Festival planned this weekend
(Entertainment ~ 06/24/16)
The 42nd annual East Prairie Sweetcorn Festival will begin at 5:30 p.m. today and continue at 7:30 a.m. Saturday at the downtown gazebo at Washington and Main streets in East Prairie, Missouri. The weekend will kick off with a block party Friday night with live music from The Boomers, carnival rides, food and more. ...
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Artifacts 6/24/16
(Entertainment ~ 06/24/16)
The Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center will host an art gallery titled "Into the Woods" throughout July in the center's lobby, 2289 County Park Drive in Cape Girardeau. The gallery will feature a collection of oil and watercolor paintings by Vel Marshall. The paintings focus on birds, wildflowers and trees found in Southeast Missouri...
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Prayer 6/24/16
(Prayer ~ 06/24/16)
O Lord Jesus, with joy in our hearts we praise your name. Amen.
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Shirley Williams
(Obituary ~ 06/24/16)
FITCHBURG, Wis. -- Shirley S. Stennis Williams, 78, of Fitchburg, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, June 20, 2016, at her home. Visitation will be from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. today and from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday at Mount Zion Baptist Church, 2019 Fisher St. in Madison, Wisconsin...
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