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Southeast Missourian seeks to contact candidates
(Local News ~ 03/05/19)
The Southeast Missourian is distributing questionnaires to candidates in contested races for the April 2 election. Candidates are encouraged to contact reporter Mark Bliss at (573) 388-3641 or by email at mbliss@semissourian.com Questionnaires will be emailed to candidates in contested races in Cape Girardeau, Perry and Scott counties and in Advance, Missouri...
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Missouri not-for-profit hosts outdoor adventures for veterans
(State News ~ 03/05/19)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- On a fall day in 2018, Eduardo Boom came close to making himself one of 22. The former U.S. Army helicopter door gunner was ready to end his life. Boom, 34, said he struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder as well as a host of physical disabilities stemming from his involvement in the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003...
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Missouri GOP lawmaker pitches alternative road repair plan
(State News ~ 03/05/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A member of the Missouri Senate's Conservative Caucus is breaking from Republican Gov. Mike Parson and pitching a new plan to pay for road and bridge repairs. At issue is Parson's proposal to borrow $350 million to pay to fix 250 bridges across the state, which received a mixed response from fellow Republicans and some Democrats...
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Jackson aldermen discuss Shawnee/Main roundabout timeline
(Local News ~ 03/05/19)
Plans to construct a roundabout at Shawnee Boulevard and East Main Street in Jackson are moving ahead, and a construction schedule was discussed at Monday's regular board of aldermen meeting study session. Cochran Engineering's David Christensen had presented a potential schedule in February, and city engineer Clint Brown then prepared an estimated timeline based on Christensen's data and other information...
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Trash talk: Cape councilman calls for tackling illegal dumping in Red Star neighborhood
(Local News ~ 03/05/19)
Cape Girardeau’s Red Star neighborhood has been plagued by illegal dumping of trash and something needs to be done about it, Ward 1 Councilman Daniel Presson said Monday. Residents working to revive their northeast Cape Girardeau neighborhood are frustrated by the littering and dumping of trash along Highway 177 and elsewhere in the area, he told fellow council members...
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23 dead, dozens missing in tornado-blasted Alabama community
(National News ~ 03/05/19)
BEAUREGARD, Ala. -- Rescue crews using dogs and drones searched for victims amid splintered lumber and twisted metal Monday after the deadliest U.S. tornado in nearly six years ripped through a rural Alabama community. At least 23 people were killed, some of them children...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/05/19)
Today is Tuesday, March 5, the 64th day of 2019. There are 301 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 5, 1963, country music performers Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins died in the crash of their plane, a Piper Comanche, near Camden, Tennessee, along with pilot Randy Hughes (Cline's manager)...
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Prop Y important for schools -- not only for pool
(Column ~ 03/05/19)
An important election will occur on Tuesday, April 2. Cape Girardeau Public Schools needs your continued support to complete the necessary upgrades to Alma Schrader, Jefferson and other schools. The important thing to remember is that it is a no tax increase issue. ...
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Central High cyber defense team takes home state title
(Editorial ~ 03/05/19)
Cape Girardeau is developing a reputation as a force in cyber security training. Southeast Missouri State University's cyber defense students have already made an impression by winning competitions over the last several years, but more recently, students working on cyber security training made an impression at the high school level...
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Stolen magazine with Beatles on cover back 50 years later
(National News ~ 03/05/19)
CLEVELAND — An Ohio library says a 1968 copy of Life magazine with the Beatles on the cover has been returned by a borrower who apologized for stealing it as a “kid” and sent $100 to cover late fees. The Cuyahoga County Public Library said it received the apology last week from someone named Brian, who acknowledged taking it from a suburban Cleveland branch the year it was published. ...
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Missouri settles another harassment suit by female employee
(State News ~ 03/05/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The state will pay $600,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a Missouri corrections employee who said she was harassed by co-workers at two state prisons. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the payout was announced Monday in a monthly report by Attorney General Eric Schmitt. The settlement is nearly evenly divided between prison caseworker Jennifer LaFleur and her attorneys...
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Follow-up hearing set in 'Russian roulette'-style shooting
(State News ~ 03/05/19)
ST. LOUIS -- A prosecutor says there has been no grand jury decision on whether to charge a St. Louis police officer accused of killing a female colleague while playing a variation of Russian roulette. Judge Thomas McCarthy asked during a hearing Monday whether there was a grand jury indictment against officer Nathaniel Hendren in the Jan. 24 fatal shooting of officer Katlyn Alix. Told "no" by an assistant prosecutor, McCarthy scheduled a follow-up hearing for April 29...
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Man charged with setting fire to Planned Parenthood clinic
(State News ~ 03/05/19)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A 42-year-old Columbia, Missouri, man has been charged with trying to burn down a local Planned Parenthood clinic last month, federal prosecutors said Monday. Wesley Brian Kaster was arrested Saturday after investigators searched his vehicle and found evidence linking him to the fire at the Planned Parenthood-Columbia Health Center. No one was hurt in the attack, which happened in the pre-dawn hours when the building was empty...
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Hatchery hopes new tanks will help endangered fish breeding
(State News ~ 03/05/19)
NEOSHO, Mo. -- Officials at a federal fish hatchery in southwest Missouri are hoping new water tanks will provide a better breeding environment for endangered pallid sturgeon. The Neosho National Fish Hatchery recently received circular tanks that mimic the current in a river, which officials believe could increase reproduction for pallid sturgeons, the Joplin Globe reported...
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Order on campus speech follows wave of complaints
(Community ~ 03/05/19)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's proposed executive order to protect free speech on college campuses follows a growing chorus of complaints from conservatives the nation's universities are attempting to silence their voices when they're heckled, disinvited or their presence on campus is otherwise discouraged...
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Autoworker upheaval: Families split, children left behind
(National News ~ 03/05/19)
TOLEDO, Ohio -- Hundreds of workers at four General Motors plants slated to close this year are facing a painful choice: Take the company's offer to work at another factory -- possibly hundreds of miles away -- even if that means leaving behind their families, their homes and everything they've built. Or stay and risk losing their high-paying jobs...
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New NC House election set Sept. 10
(National News ~ 03/05/19)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina officials set a Sept. 10 date for a new election for the nation's last unresolved congressional race after the November results were thrown out over concerns of ballot tampering. Parties will hold their primaries May 14...
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Putin suspends Russian obligations in nuclear pact
(International News ~ 03/05/19)
MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin on Monday suspended Russia's participation in a key nuclear arms treaty, following Washington's decision to withdraw from it. Putin's decree means Russia is suspending its obligations under the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty and will continue to do so "until the U.S. ends its violations of the treaty or until it terminates."...
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Guaido returns to Venezuela
(International News ~ 03/05/19)
CARACAS, Venezuela -- A defiant Juan Guaido returned home to Venezuela on Monday despite concerns the opposition leader might be detained and urged supporters at a rally to intensify their campaign to topple the government of President Nicolas Maduro...
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House Democrats launch aggressive Trump probe
(National News ~ 03/05/19)
WASHINGTON -- Democrats launched a sweeping new probe of President Donald Trump on Monday, an aggressive investigation threatening to shadow the president through the 2020 election season with potentially damaging inquiries into his White House, campaign and family businesses...
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Spielberg's push against Netflix hits a nerve, prompts debate
(Entertainment ~ 03/05/19)
LOS ANGELES -- When Steven Spielberg speaks about the business of Hollywood, everyone generally listens and few dissent. But reports he intends to support rule changes to block Netflix from Oscars-eligibility have provoked a heated, and unwieldy, debate online. ...
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Vernon Watkins Jr.
(Obituary ~ 03/05/19)
Vernon Watkins Jr., 80, of Jackson passed away Saturday, March 2, 2019, at his home. He was born Feb. 2, 1939, in Logan, West Virginia, son of Vernon Sr. and Della Crank Watkins. He and Linda Kay Morris were married in 1967 in East St. Louis, Illinois...
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Group protests 'pay-or-jail' sentences
(National News ~ 03/05/19)
ATLANTA -- Judges in Atlanta illegally impose "pay-or-jail" sentences on poor people, requiring them to pay a set fine or, if they're unable to pay, to spend time in jail, according to a legal advocacy group. A court spokeswoman disputed that, saying people are not required to choose between paying a fine or serving time in jail...
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Out of the past: March 5
(Out of the Past ~ 03/05/19)
Four representatives of the federal government's General Services Administration were in Cape Girardeau yesterday to perform preliminary work toward the site selection for a new federal courthouse; the current federal budget includes $3.9 million this year for site acquisition and design of a courthouse, as well as $1.7 million for design and renovation of the Federal Building at 339 Broadway...
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Dr. Dennis Straubinger
(Obituary ~ 03/05/19)
Dr. Dennis James Straubinger, 67, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, at Life Care Center. He was born June 2, 1951, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to George and Gladys Straubinger. He and Rosemary Lamendola were married in 1975 in Des Moines, Iowa...
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Helen Edwards-Matthews
(Obituary ~ 03/05/19)
Helen R. Edwards-Matthews, 65, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, March 2, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Aug. 3, 1953, in Cape Girardeau to Robert Louis and Edna Bright Edwards. Helen retired as a social worker with the Division of Aging...
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Larry Deneke
(Obituary ~ 03/05/19)
Larry Frederick Deneke, 67, of Whitewater passed away Friday, March 1, 2019, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 22, 1951, in Cape Girardeau, son of Frederick C. and Meta L. Koch Deneke. He and Diana Behrle were married Dec. 2, 1977, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville, Missouri...
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Barbara Bower
(Obituary ~ 03/05/19)
Barbara Bower, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, at Ratliff Care Center. She was born May 3, 1931, in Cape Girardeau to Jesse and Letha Brasher Stoffel. She first married Carl Hahs, and he preceded her in death in 1965. She and John Bower were married Aug. 11, 1967, in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death Jan. 3, 2019...
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Prayer 3/5/19
(Prayer ~ 03/05/19)
Lord Jesus, our hope is in you for you are our Savior and Redeemer. Amen.
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