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Chaffee, Benton voters to decide use-tax measures
(Local News ~ 03/17/18)
Voters in the cities of Chaffee and Benton, Missouri, will decide April 3 if use taxes will be charged on out-of-state purchases and internet sales. Each ballot measure needs a simple majority to pass. The use tax would be levied at the same rate as the city sales tax, Chaffee and Benton officials said...
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Ragsdale, Shaw recognized by school counselors' group
(Local News ~ 03/17/18)
The Southeast Missouri School Counselors’ Association recently recognized Leigh Ragsdale and Kayleen Shaw for their outstanding contributions to their respective schools. Ragsdale, now principal at Franklin Elementary School in Cape Girardeau who will transition to principal at Jefferson Elementary School this summer, was recognized as School Counseling Advocate of the Year for her work with Central High School, when she was assistant principal in 2016 and 2017...
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Arts council to unveil new Broadway sculptures
(Local News ~ 03/17/18)
The Public Art Committee of Cape Girardeau will host its fifth public art outdoor sculpture exhibition April 12, featuring two new artists and one Cape Girardeau native. According to a news release, the artwork will be unveiled at a special reception — open to the public — at 5:30 p.m. at the Vasterling Suites Courtyard, at the southwest corner of the intersection of Broadway and Fountain Street...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/17/18)
Today is Saturday, March 17, the 76th day of 2018. There are 289 days left in the year. This is St. Patrick's Day. Today's Highlight in History: On March 17, 1968, a peaceful anti-Vietnam War protest in London was followed by a riot outside the U.S. Embassy; more than 200 people were arrested and over 80 people were reported injured...
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Not a fan of broccoli?
(Community ~ 03/17/18)
My sister, Mary Pat, is a great cook and an even better baker. Sweets are her thing but as the mother of three active boys, dinner always comes first--chronologically speaking! One recent night, I had dinner at her house. When I asked if there was anything that I could do to help, she replied that it was all done. When I arrived, the house smelled divine as the Chicken Marbella was already in the oven...
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A fine American duck
(Column ~ 03/17/18)
Pictured here is a male wood duck. The male wood duck is called a drake. The female wood duck is called a hen. They are usually seen very close together, whether when flying or swimming. The exception is during nesting season in spring when the hen is laying and incubating the eggs. ...
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Club news 3-18-18
(Community News ~ 03/17/18)
The Town and Country FCE Club met on March 8, in the home of Alene Hamilton for the club's international dinner. The country this year was Nepal, a country half the size of Missouri located between China and India. A Southeast Missouri State University student from Nepal prepared the authentic dinner. The foods were highly spiced. The menu was Himalayan Chicken Curry, green beans, Cucumber and Potato Achar, Dal (Pulse), Jeera Rice, Kheer for dessert and Lassi for the beverage...
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Adopt Brody 3-18-18
(Community ~ 03/17/18)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary What a pretty dog. Brody is 6 months old and is a Great Pyrenees and Lab mix. He's looking for his forever home. He is available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.
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FYI 3-18-18
(Community ~ 03/17/18)
The Heartland Writers Guild will meet from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church, 206 E. Washington St. in Jackson. Anyone interested in writing and getting published is invited to attend. The Neal E. Boyd Endowed Scholarship in Performing Arts has been established through the Southeast Missouri University Foundation, according to a university news release. ...
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GT - learning briefs 3-18-18
(Community ~ 03/17/18)
Jordan Layton, senior at Oak Ridge High School, was selected an "Honorable Mention" student in the 2018 Missouri Scholars 100, a statewide program honoring 100 of Missouri's top academic students in the 2018 graduating class, according to a news release...
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Senior Center Menus 3-19 through 3-23
(Community ~ 03/17/18)
Monday: Hamburger stroganoff with noodles or sweet n' sour chicken over rice, green beans, whole-kernel corn, whole-grain bread slice and chilled apricots or blonde brownie. Tuesday: Ham and beans or country fried steak with mashed potatoes, stewed tomatoes, seasoned spinach, cornbread or whole-grain crackers and tropical fruit dessert or cherry delight...
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Scott County Central Junior and Senior High School third quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 03/17/18)
Scott County Central Junior and Senior High School The following students received a grade point average of 3.5-4.0. 7th grade: Hannah Casey, Maddie Fitchpatrick, Shelby Meeker. 8th grade: Jayden Bilderback, Shelby Bryant, Ta'Nikya Dunn, Zoe Harrison, Ezekiel Johnson...
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Eagle Ridge Christian School third quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 03/17/18)
Eagle Ridge Christian School A Honor Roll Kindergarten: Harper Bruce, Gabriella Campos, Loren Davis, Kaitlyn DeVault, Graham Grabel, Breail Steelman Knipe, Thomas Peters, Nora Rashid, Cesia Salinas. 1st grade: Brayden Heisserer, Molly Kassinger, Makenna Matthews, Zachary Mellies, Alexis Moore, Ryleigh Moore, Viktor Saksida, Tripp Stahly, Ashton Vermillion, Hayden Vick...
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Cape Christian School third quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 03/17/18)
Cape Christian School A Honor Roll 4th grade: Nate Moore, Josiah Seabaugh, Paisley Stewart, Chandler Urhahn, Ashlynn Ward. 5th grade: Chayse Armour, Alyssa Dailey, Ashlyn McAlister, Ethan Musgrave, Evan Respondek, Gracie Seabaugh. 6th grade: Evie Caruso, Austin Klusmeier, Marlee Mayhew, Eric Nordstrom, McKenna Ratliff, Addelyn Thomason...
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Clippard Elementary School third quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 03/17/18)
Clippard Elementary School A Honor Roll 4th grade: Annette Anceno, Hayden Bowers, Ellis Brune, Briley Clemons, Jerra Cook, Adalee Cutrell, Abigail Davenport, Kiera Fitzpatrick, Hannah Garnett, Zea Grabel, Thomas Hazard, Zade Hickey, Sanaa Hillard, Kyleigh Hunter, Helena Johnson, Kathryn Johnson, Olivia Lacy, Harper McClard, Anna Meyer, Matthew Popp, Kamryn Rice, Portia Schmidt, Emma Smith, Ethan Smith, Madison Smoot, Cambria Terry...
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Laurentius - Owens
(Engagement ~ 03/17/18)
Stanley and Connie Laurentius announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Lynn, to Shawn Lee Owens, both of Cape Girardeau. Owens is the son of Priscilla Schnur of Carmel, Indiana. Jennifer is a 2006 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School. She received a Bachelor of Science in business administration in 2010 from Southeast Missouri State University. She is an associate at Aldi...
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Guardian Angel School third quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 03/17/18)
Guardian Angel School Super Students Kindergarten: Everett David, Harper Gadberry, Liam LeGrand, Baker Mattingly, Ashtyn Pobst, Riley Ramsey, Veronica Seyer. 1st Grade: Gianna LeGrand, Lila Peterson. 2nd grade: Rylie Priggel, Adisyn Seabaugh, Kasyn Seabaugh...
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Springtime activities, memories of Jim Chronister
(Column ~ 03/17/18)
Happy birthday to Megan Kerber, Puggy Kerber, Cliff Evans, Charles Ditto, Betty Montgomery, Wayne Reeves, Rex Williams, Carl Seyer, Wayne Turner, Tara McClard, David Glastetter, Zac Hindman, Janet Burger, Alfred Wolfe, Brian Pfefferkorn, Robyn Hindman, Aaron Wilson, Evelyn Kluesner, Paul Nation, Tommy Rauch, Nancy Griffin, William Hargrove, Bob Baert, Patricia McDonald, Brandon Parker, Chris Hampton, Brenda White, Mark Totty, Jim Kemper, Logan Emerson and Julie Hodge...
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Grow a pretty garden
(Column ~ 03/17/18)
Most of the time, we kind of grow our gardens in two different directions. We grow a flower garden for the pretty flowers and for the looks. Then we grow a vegetable or fruit garden for the goodies we pick and eat. What I'm wondering is, why can't we grow a vegetable or fruit garden not only for the goodies we eat, but for the looks as well?...
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Celebrating March Madness with snacks
(Column ~ 03/17/18)
NCAA basketball March Madness is in full swing, and my husband Scott could not be any happier. This truly is the most wonderful time of the year for him. The conference tournaments are behind us and the brackets are all filled out and the field of 68 teams will be battling it out to the end. ...
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A funny Bible
(Column ~ 03/17/18)
I was at Starbucks working on an upcoming sermon. An acquaintance of mine stopped me to say hello. We chatted for a while and then he said, "I saw recently that you were doing an online Bible Study on Jonah." I said, "Yeah! Were you able to join us?" The man looked uncomfortable and said, "Well...I...I just could not get past the fact that you said that we should read Jonah as humor. That felt disrespectful to me. I don't think we're supposed to treat the Bible as humorous."...
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Avoiding 'project purgatory'
(Column ~ 03/17/18)
Moses had a great project given to him by God. He was to build a Tabernacle. A place for the people to meet with God. It was to be constructed in the desert by skilled craftsmen and artisans from the most luxurious materials. When the work was finally done, one of the most precious phrases for anyone involved in any project was made: "So Moses finished the work."...
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Being like an old shoe
(Column ~ 03/17/18)
Why would someone want to be like an old shoe? It sounds like a ridiculous question, doesn't it? I know many people who are like old shoes, and I love them. As I researched the subject of shoes, in general, I found it was a fascinating topic. I asked myself just what was an old shoe like, what does it look like, symbolize and what does it have to offer. What can we learn from the comparison between people and an old shoe?...
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Prayer 3-18-18
(Prayer ~ 03/17/18)
O Lord Jesus, may you be glorified by the works of our hands. Amen.
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Scott City fire report 3-16-18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/17/18)
SCOTT CITY Scott City Fire Department responded to the following calls: March 11 to 15 n Medical assists were made March 11 on Perkins Springs Road and in the 2800 block of Woodland Drive; March 12 in the 1000 block of Oak Street; March 13 in the 2800 block of Woodland Drive and the 400 block of North Lincoln Street; and March 15 in the 900 block of West Holly Street...
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Births
(Births ~ 03/17/18)
Daughter to Justin Adam Ramos and Jalana Jo Johnson of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 3:24 p.m. Monday, March 5, 2018. Name, Nevaeh Rae. Weight, 8 pounds, 5 ounces. Second daughter. Daughter to Matthew Velez and Victoria Marie Murrell of Friedheim, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 2:15 a.m. Sunday, March 4, 2018. Name, Janabel Sara. Weight, 7 pounds, 5 ounces. Second child, first daughter...
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Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County police report 3-18-18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/17/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assault n Assault was reported in the 00 block of North Henderson Avenue. n Assault was reported at Broadway and North Main Street. One adult and three juveniles are in custody pending charges...
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In Syria, at least 68 killed in attacks as more people flee
(International News ~ 03/17/18)
BEIRUT -- Syrian government and Russian airstrikes killed at least 46 people in a besieged town outside of Damascus on Friday, while Turkish shelling and attacks on a Kurdish-held town in northern Syria left at least 22 dead there, monitors and officials said...
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Vietnam commemorates 50th anniversary of My Lai
(International News ~ 03/17/18)
MY LAI, Vietnam -- With talk of peace and cooperation rather than hatred, more than a thousand people marked the 50th anniversary Friday of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam, the most notorious episode in modern U.S. military history. On March 16, 1968, the American soldiers of Charlie Company were sent on what they were told was a mission to confront a crack outfit of their Vietcong enemies, but met no resistance and over three to four hours killed 504 unarmed civilians, mostly women, children and elderly men in My Lai and a neighboring community.. ...
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Britain points at Putin in poisoning attack as gulf widens
(International News ~ 03/17/18)
MOSCOW -- The gulf between Russia and Britain widened Friday as the cranked-up pressure over a nerve agent attack and a suspected murder in Britain have deepened Western worries about alleged Russian meddling abroad. Britain's foreign secretary accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of personally ordering the poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, describing it as the most brazen such move since World War II...
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Some defrauded students not made whole
(National News ~ 03/17/18)
WASHINGTON -- The Department of Education has begun notifying some former Corinthian Colleges students it will forgive only one-half or less of their federal student loans, even though the students were defrauded by the now-defunct schools, The Associated Press has learned...
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GOP confronts another failed tax experiment in Oklahoma
(National News ~ 03/17/18)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- When the GOP took full control of Oklahoma government after the 2010 election, lawmakers set out to make it a model of Republican principles, with lower taxes, lighter regulation and a raft of business-friendly reforms. Conservatives passed all of it, setting in motion a grand experiment. ...
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Sen. Jeff Flake eyes 2020 primary challenge to Trump
(National News ~ 03/17/18)
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Jeff Flake has a direct message for the Republicans of New Hampshire: Someone needs to stop Donald Trump. And Flake, a Republican senator from Arizona, may stand up against the Republican president in 2020, either as a Republican or an independent, if no one else does...
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Pence protesters win free speech fight over St. Pat's parade
(National News ~ 03/17/18)
SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Protesters seeking to carry signs in an area being secured for Vice President Mike Pence to participate in the South's largest St. Patrick's Day parade won a brisk free speech fight Friday as city officials in Savannah backed off prohibiting signs and posters at the event...
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White House says staff safe for now
(National News ~ 03/17/18)
WASHINGTON -- With whispers of a staffing purge permeating the West Wing, the White House pushed back Friday and insisted reports of tumult and imminent departures are overblown. Chief of staff John Kelly, himself the subject of rumors his days are numbered, assured a group of staffers their jobs were safe, at least for now...
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Possible China tariffs opposed
(National News ~ 03/17/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is considering sweeping tariffs on imports from China, with an announcement possible as early as next week. The move has industry groups and some lawmakers scrambling to prevent the next front in a potential trade war...
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Court nixes some FCC robocall rules
(National News ~ 03/17/18)
MENLO PARK, Calif. -- A federal appeals court rolled back rules intended to deter irritating telemarketing robocalls, saying they were too broad. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said 2015 regulations from the Federal Communications Commission could wrongly classify every smartphone as an autodialing device subject to anti-robocall fines. Those 2015 rules attempted to graft modern definitions onto a 1991 law predating the iPhone by more than 15 years...
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U.S. factory output jumped 1.2 percent in February
(National News ~ 03/17/18)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. factory output jumped last month, led by big gains in the production of vehicles, computers and furniture. The Federal Reserve said Friday manufacturing output rebounded 1.2 percent in February, the most since October and following three months of weak or negative readings. Factory production has increased a healthy 2.5 percent in the past year...
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AT&T antitrust trial begins
(National News ~ 03/17/18)
NEW YORK -- On Monday, AT&T squares off against the federal government in a trial potentially shaping how you get -- and how much you pay for -- streaming TV and movies. AT&T says it needs to gobble up Time Warner if it's to have a chance against the likes of Amazon, Netflix and Google in the rapidly evolving world of video entertainment...
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Months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico pleads for help
(International News ~ 03/17/18)
COROZAL, Puerto Rico -- Hurricane Maria shredded the electric poles in this plantain farming town high in the mountains of central Puerto Rico, leaving tens of thousands of people without power or running water. Desperate, residents of the town's Barrio Mana neighborhood asked federal officials for a generator to pump water from the well supplying the neighborhood's 130 families...
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Student watched helplessly as bridge came down
(National News ~ 03/17/18)
MIAMI -- A college student who narrowly escaped from a car smashed by a collapsing bridge said he watched helplessly as the structure tumbled down on top of the vehicle and killed the friend who was sitting next to him in the driver's seat. Richie Humble, who studies at Florida International University, was riding in a car under the pedestrian bridge when he heard a long creaking noise coming from the structure spanning a busy Miami-area highway. ...
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Sessions fires McCabe, two days from retirement
(National News ~ 03/17/18)
WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Friday night he was firing former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, a longtime and frequent target of President Donald Trump's anger, just two days before his scheduled retirement date. The move, which had been expected, was made on the recommendation of FBI disciplinary officials and comes ahead of an inspector general report expected to conclude McCabe was not forthcoming with the watchdog office as it reviewed the bureau's handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation.. ...
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Senators want CIA to lift veil on nominee's black site past
(National News ~ 03/17/18)
WASHINGTON -- Gina Haspel's long spy career is so shrouded in mystery senators want documents declassified so they can decide whether her role at a CIA black site should prevent her from directing the agency. It's a deep dive into Haspel's past reflecting key questions about her future: Would she support President Donald Trump if he tried to reinstate waterboarding and, in his words, "a lot worse"? Is Haspel the right person to lead the CIA at a time of escalating Russian aggression and ongoing extremist threats?. ...
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Troy Wilburn
(Obituary ~ 03/17/18)
KELSO, Mo. -- Troy Odell Wilburn, 82, of Kelso died at 10 p.m. Thursday, March 15, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Troy was born May 18, 1935, in Hartford, Illinois, the son of Calvin and Glena Wilburn. He and Tonita Ann Moore of Cairo, Illinois, married June 29, 1954, in Mounds, Illinois...
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Norma Weinkein
(Obituary ~ 03/17/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Norma Jean Weinkein, 79, of Perryville died Friday, March 16, 2018, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Tuesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Milton Ryan, C.M., officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery in Highland, Missouri...
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Wilford Raines
(Obituary ~ 03/17/18)
PARKVILLE, Mo. -- Wilford Raines, 86, of Parkville, formerly of Clinton, Missouri, passed away Thursday, March 15, 2018. Wilford was born Dec. 20, 1931, in Fornfelt to Lester and Nita Peetz Raines. He married Sharon Steger in 1951, and they enjoyed 66 years of marriage...
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Michael McKinnis
(Obituary ~ 03/17/18)
Michael S. "Sandog" McKinnis, 67, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born Sept. 18, 1950, in Cape Girardeau to William and Geneva Hartle McKinnis. He and Linda Yount married Sept. 15, 1979, at Cape Girardeau...
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Keith Fee
(Obituary ~ 03/17/18)
Keith Ross Fee, 59, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, March 16, 2018, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday at the Missouri Veterans Home. Funeral service will follow at noon at the veterans home, with the Rev. Richard Ross officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau with full military honors...
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Dennis Dorris
(Obituary ~ 03/17/18)
ROWLETT, Texas -- Dennis F. Dorris of Rowlett passed away Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018, at his home. He was born Jan. 22, 1951, at Kennett, Missouri, to Cecil W. Dorris and Anna Mae Romines Dorris Myer. He and Linder Orourke married Dec. 28, 2011, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She survives...
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Charles Brown
(Obituary ~ 03/17/18)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Charles W. Brown Jr., 70, of Cairo died Thursday, March 15, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Crain Funeral Home in Cairo. Memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with Mary Helen Wissinger officiating. A private inurnment will take place at a later date at Spencer Heights Cemetery in Mounds, Illinois...
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Mary Birkbigler
(Obituary ~ 03/17/18)
ARLINGTON, Wash. -- Mary Ellen Berkbigler, former teacher and long-time resident of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, March 12, 2018. A celebration of life will be held at Atonement Free Lutheran Church in Arlington at 2 p.m. March 24. Arrangements were provided by Funeral Alternatives...
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Roy Biri
(Obituary ~ 03/17/18)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Roy William Biri, 88, of Perryville died Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at his home. The Rev. Rich Wehmeyer, C.M., will celebrate a Memorial Mass at 11 a.m., on Friday at Our Lady of Victory Church in Sereno, Missouri. The family will be present in the gathering area between 10 and 11 a.m. before Mass...
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St. Louis high school band gets surprise visit from the pope
(State News ~ 03/17/18)
ST. LOUIS -- A group of 45 band students from a Jesuit high school in St. Louis didn't know they'd get a surprise visit from Pope Francis when they recently performed at the Vatican. The St. Louis University High School students had been on a musical trip in Italy since March 9 to celebrate the school's bicentennial. ...
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Missouri defends 241-year prison sentence for 16-year-old
(State News ~ 03/17/18)
WASHINGTON -- Missouri is defending a prison sentence for a man who committed robbery and other crimes on a single day when he was 16 and now isn't eligible for parole until he's 112 years old. State Attorney General Josh Hawley said in a U.S. Supreme Court filing defendant Bobby Bostic's 241-year sentence for 18 crimes does not violate the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. ...
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Former SEMO coach now leading Cape Christian School
(Column ~ 03/17/18)
Longtime Southeast Missouri State University coach Caroll Williams has plenty of things he could do in retirement. Golf, one of the sports he coached at Southeast, is one. But at 80 years of age, Williams spends his days doing what he does best -- teaching, coaching and leading students at Cape Christian School...
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Out of the past: March 17
(Out of the Past ~ 03/17/18)
From doorknobs to bathrooms and ramps to elevators, meeting federal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act will prove costly for Southeast Missouri State University; it's estimated it will cost $1,030,000 over a two-year period to make all the improvements needed for the school's academic buildings and academic-supported facilities to meet federal requirements...
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RIP, Dutchtown: The village was disincorporated Thursday
(Community ~ 03/17/18)
The village of Dutchtown, age 20, died Thursday after a long battle with the Mississippi River. It was born in February 1998, officially incorporated by the Cape Girardeau County Commission, following a petition by residents in the area. It passed away peacefully Thursday as Cape Girardeau County Commissioners adopted an ordinance dissolving the village, effective immediately. ...
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