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NWS confirms tornado Wednesday in Scott County
(Local News ~ 06/01/19)
MINER, Mo. — A tornado in Miner was confirmed Thursday by the National Weather Service’s in Paducah, Kentucky. At 8:44 a.m. Wednesday, the EF1 tornado ripped through Miner, where a house lost an approximately 15-by-20-foot section of its roofing, including the roof decking, the Weather Service said. The house also sustained other siding damage and shingle loss...
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ROTC prepares cadets for 'world after high school'
(Community ~ 06/01/19)
Max McGuire-Jenkins was "super, super shy" before joining Cape Girardeau Central High School's Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. "I've definitely come out of my shell a lot," McGuire-Jenkins said. "Just the fact that I knew I could help my community and get to meet so many new people and learn new experiences."...
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Wet weather delays construction of Cape Girardeau splash pad
(Local News ~ 06/01/19)
Wet weather is blamed for delays in construction of Cape Girardeau’s new splash pad. City parks officials initially had hoped to have the splash pad in Capaha Park open by the start of summer. But storm after storm has dumped water on that goal. Parks and recreation director Julia Jones said Friday the contractor, Aquatix, hopes to complete installation of the splash pad in July “and then we will have to do some wrap-up site work and landscaping.”...
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The State of Missouri owes Cape County more than $500K; state is $35M behind paying local governments
(Local News ~ 06/01/19)
The Missouri Department of Corrections owes Cape Girardeau County more than half a million dollars in reimbursements for housing inmates before they are transferred to state prisons. Cape Girardeau County is not alone. As of mid-March, the state agency owed more than $35 million to Missouri’s counties and the City of St. Louis, according to the Department of Corrections (DOC)...
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Jackson graduate wins 19th overall in Bataan Death March race, wearing 35-pound rucksack
(Local News ~ 06/01/19)
Jackson High School graduate Ean Buffington has accomplished much more than many 19-year-olds. Buffington received first place in the 19-and-under category within the heavy division, he said, and 19th overall — among 8,000 total participants — during the Bataan Memorial Death March run March 17 in New Mexico’s White Sands Missile Range...
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Highway 177 to be elevated because of flood
(Local News ~ 06/01/19)
Missouri Department of Transportation crews will begin constructing an elevated roadway using gravel on Highway 177 in Cape Girardeau, from County Road 651 to County Road 657 (near Gizmo Lane), at 7 a.m. Monday...
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Sponsored: Progress 2019: Montgomery Bank: Earn Rewards or Interest on Your Checking
(B Magazine ~ 06/01/19)
Checking just got more rewarding with the new Montgomery eGold and Cash Back checking accounts at Montgomery Bank. With the new Montgomery eGold Checking account, customers who have their home loan, a home equity line of credit or commercial loan with the bank can earn 3.01% APY on their balances up to $15,000...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/01/19)
Today is Saturday, June 1, the 152nd day of 2019. There are 213 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On June 1, 1813, the mortally wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, gave the order, "Don't give up the ship" during a losing battle with the British frigate HMS Shannon in the War of 1812...
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What God wants
(Community ~ 06/01/19)
Father Bill Kottenstette used to always say it to me when we talked about understanding God's will for my life: God wants what we want. At the time, it seemed too good to be true, and I barely dared to believe it. It seemed incredible to think the desires of my heart naturally a part of me, the way I was created, were what God placed in me to pursue and know God through. ...
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Felker - 50 years
(Anniversary ~ 06/01/19)
Russell and Suellyn Felker of Cape Girardeau will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a party on June 15 at the Cape Girardeau Country Club. John Russell Felker and the former Suellyn Jane Thomas were married June 7, 1969, in Quincy, Illinois...
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Adopt Savanna
(Community ~ 06/01/19)
Submitted by Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary This pretty little girl is Savanna. She is 10 weeks old and ready for her forever home. She is available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.
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Learning briefs
(Community ~ 06/01/19)
Allison Suzanne Seiler of Benton, Missouri, has been selected as the 2019 recipient of the Ruth A. Buckhannon Memorial RN Scholarship. According to a news release, the presentation was made to Seiler at the Thomas W. Kelly High School commencement ceremony on May 19 by her math teacher, Megan Oldson. ...
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The making of a pinecone
(Column ~ 06/01/19)
A few days ago I found a pine tree with limbs hanging close to the ground. I noticed that new pinecones were forming near the ends of some of the limbs. It was interesting to find the limb I show you here. It has an old cone from last year still hanging on. Beside it to the right are a couple of male cones, which the tree uses for pollination. These male cones do not form what we all call pinecones...
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Senior Center Menus for June 3-7
(Community ~ 06/01/19)
Monday: Chicken and rice or Mexican casserole, California-blend veggies, sweet peas, whole-grain bread slice and mixed fruit or ice cream and cookie. Tuesday: Pulled pork or Reuben casserole, seasoned potato wedges, fruited lime gelatin, spinach salad, whole-grain bun or hot roll and blushing pears or cherry delight...
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Kenwood home ... Connection to Civil War, Mark Twain
(Column ~ 06/01/19)
It was to have been the dream home of the charismatic bootheel Congressman Samuel Caruthers for whom Caruthersville was named. In fact, the home was well under pen and construction of Edwin Branch Deane when Caruthers' life was abruptly ended in 1860 at the age of 40. Caruthers had always admired Ashland, the Kentucky home of Henry Clay, and asked Deane to duplicate it...
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Poolside decor: How you design a pool and decorate around it depends on how you want to use it
(Community ~ 06/01/19)
Ask Elizabeth Stuart Design founder Muffie Faith about how to decorate around a backyard pool and she'll answer you with a question of her own: How are you going to use it? "I know the obvious answer is 'swim and enjoy the cool water,"' says the South Carolina-based interior designer. But it's worth diving deeper (yes, she says, pun intended) into that question to ensure you'll create a backyard that really makes you happy...
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Faith, according to Mark (or Samuel)
(Column ~ 06/01/19)
On the frontage of Kent Library on the Southeast Missouri State University campus, no fewer than 17 names stand as silent sentinels of literature. Nine face Academic Hall. Four are on the Baptist Student Center side of the library; four more are on the University Center side of the building. Some are well-known to virtually any reader. A few require passersby to consult Google for information...
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What God wants
(Column ~ 06/01/19)
Father Bill Kottenstette used to always say it to me when we talked about understanding God's will for my life: God wants what we want. At the time, it seemed too good to be true, and I barely dared to believe it. It seemed incredible to think the desires of my heart naturally a part of me, the way I was created, were what God placed in me to pursue and know God through. ...
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Turning the ordinary into the extraordinary
(Column ~ 06/01/19)
How many are bored with their life? Do we want a better house or, particularly, a different job, one that we look forward to each day rather than dread? Think we'd be happier if we lived within another environment, or maybe a change in our church or religion is what we need...
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Clothes then and now
(Column ~ 06/01/19)
We have been super busy the past week or so. We finished the fencing back by the pipelines so our steers are back on the new grass. When Marge and I opened the gate, they ran and bucked and kicked up their heels in excitement. They enjoyed the new grass but also being turned into a new pasture. ...
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Blanchard Elementary School 4th quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 06/01/19)
Blanchard Elementary School A Honor Roll 3rd grade: Rylee Anderson, Emery Armstrong, Landen Best, Ethan Busch, Nicky Busch, Jordan David, Lachlan Dow, Tatum Frick, Alexis Gann, Maci Gray, Eriyanna Holleman, Carter Jones, Cassidy Kindle, Kaden Lage, Caelyn Medley, Lily Mohundro, Natalie Nicholson, Jalina Owens, Nikolai Patalano, Lilah Pattengill, Evelyn Rutledge, Addison Schwab, Dalyia Sides, Zai'leigha Thomas, Caedi Vails...
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Clippard Elementary School fourth quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 06/01/19)
Clippard Elementary School A Honor Roll 4th grade: Hamad Alhomedey, Grace Baker, Alannah Bierbaum, Makayla Brockmire, Xzaria Hall, JaMeah Jackson, Lucian Johnson, Malachi Johnson, JáLecia Jones, Joseph Keirsey, Amelia Moyers-Warren, Yuliana Orellana Peralta, Kennedy Ringwald, Kynnedy Rose, Obed Salinas Perez, Ryan Slinkard, Kaden Smith, Michael Snider...
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St. Paul Lutheran School 4th quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 06/01/19)
St. Paul Lutheran School Scholastic Honor Roll 5th grade: Lauren Birk, Clara Bledsoe, Addison Downs, Nolan Kintner, Aiden Sander, Brayden Zoellner. 6th grade: Anthony Kearns, Wesley Kiehne, Tristan Leggett, Grace Petzold, Erin Spencer. 7th grade: Crosby Millstead...
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St. Vincent DePaul School fourth quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 06/01/19)
St. Vincent de Paul School A Honor Roll 4th grade: Preston Clark, Kate Clippard, Sophie Cook, Olivia Cox, Camille Cunningham, Joseph Dodson, Kase Doyen, Mikelyn Dudek, Samuel Gaeta, Caroline Galati, Chase Glosemeyer, Edward Godbey, Katherine Godbey, Brynnan Grimes, Colton Hamby, Nathan Kura, Adria Limbert, Isla McClendon, Maddy McDowell, Ayden McGuire, Lucas McGuire, Loralei Martin, Jonah Patomson, BreAnn Riney, Joseph Schwendemann, Eli Shaffar, Erika West...
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Scott City High School fourth quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 06/01/19)
Scott City High School High Honor Roll 9th grade: Brett Boswell, Lauren Bradford, Peyton Cave, Sydney Cobb, Kacie Daigger, Lanie Davis, Moriah Doria, Brianna Freeman, Nicolas Glastetter, Keaton Lacey, Elizabeth Lloyd, Landon Pullam, Cheyenne Rhodes, Abigail Umfleet...
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Nell Holcomb School fourth quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 06/01/19)
Nell Holcomb School A Honor Roll 6th grade: Mikey Bragg, Lyla Craft, Baylee Crass, Dylan Craig, Brianna Fornkohl, Paola Gonzalez, Cadence Probst, Bailey Rees. 7th grade: Ellie Dickerson, Maci Hollis, Emma Kerr, Kaden Pruitt, Luke Richey, Kailey Tiemann, Ian Weber, Janell Windeknecht...
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Eagle Ridge Christian School 4th quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 06/01/19)
Eagle Ridge Christian School A Honor Roll Kindergarten: Jeremiah Cook, Daniel Duroseau, Hailey Gipson, Avia Hente, Aubrey Holland, Elliona Lane-Jackson, Korey Kassinger, Benson Keesee, Sophie Lewis, Abigail Shanstrom, Zane Tribout. 1st grade: Harper Bruce, Gabriella Campos, Graham Grabel, Thomas Peters, Nora Rashid...
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Scott City Middle School fourth quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 06/01/19)
Scott City Middle School High Honor Roll 5th grade: Eli Aycock, Matilda Brown, Jackson Burger, Nataleigh Hickmann, Carlee Kilby. 6th grade: Timora Criddle, Makenna Gentry, Serenity Glasser, Lane Holder, Lilyan Landis, Miranda Schusler, Ramsey Spinks, Shayla Sterling, Trinity Talley...
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Scott City Elementary School fourth quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 06/01/19)
Scott City Elementary School Principal's Honor Roll 3rd grade: Ethan Biron-Bomis, Ella Ressel, Rebecca Stewart. 4th grade: Bella Ancell. High Honor Roll 3rd grade: Bentlea Barton, Kassidy Dailey, Addalynn Glasser, Omar Johnson, Peyton Morris 4th grade: Connor Bedwell, Leah Breeding, Hayden Collier, Stasha Haile, Ava Huckstep, Joel Huckstep, Taylor McMillian, Jonathan Muzzy, Olivia Oakley, Mara O'Dell, Dallas Rhodes, Jasmine Robinson, Asher Spinks...
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Prayer 6-2-19
(Prayer ~ 06/01/19)
Give us guidance, O God, and lead us to be kind and merciful. Amen.
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Speak Out 6-2-19
(Speak Out ~ 06/01/19)
Capaha Park and Arena Park need more lighting that stays on all the time. The headline reads: "Cape city expenses exceeding revenue; staff to propose changes, cuts." And yet the city will still commit millions to building a swimming pool. Hey, voters! Here's your sign...
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A dream fulfilled with new veterans memorial
(Column ~ 06/01/19)
"If you build it, they will come." That, of course, is a line from the classic baseball movie "Field of Dreams," featuring Kevin Costner as a farmer who dedicates his corn field to build a baseball stadium that attracts ballplayers of days gone by. You could, however, use that famous line to describe the Missouri National Veterans Memorial in Perryville, Missouri. Except in this case, it's not a game and the people are real...
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Mexico president says will push for dialogue on tariffs
(International News ~ 06/01/19)
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Friday that Mexico won't respond to U.S. President Donald Trump's threat of coercive tariffs with desperation, but instead will push for dialogue. A day after Trump's threat to impose a 5% tariff -- potentially increasing incrementally to 25% -- on all Mexican imports, Lopez Obrador seemed convinced Trump just needed to be informed of all Mexico has been doing to slow illegal migration, and he dispatched Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard to Washington on Friday.. ...
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Amid report of North Korea purge, there are reasons for skepticism
(International News ~ 06/01/19)
SEOUL, South Korea -- A South Korean newspaper reported Friday that North Korea executed a senior envoy involved in nuclear negotiations with the U.S. as well as four other high-level officials. But as ever with North Korea, a country closely guarding its secrets, there are reasons to be cautious about the purported purge...
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UN questions Iran's centrifuge use
(International News ~ 06/01/19)
VIENNA -- The U.N. atomic watchdog said Friday that Iran continues to stay within the limitations set by the 2015 nuclear deal with major powers, but reported its stockpiles of low-enriched uranium and heavy water are growing and raised questions for the first time about Iran's adherence to a key but vague provision intended to limit the country's use of advanced centrifuges...
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Fire report 6-2-19
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/01/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Thursday n Medical assists were made at 1:34 a.m. on Independence Street, 9:42 a.m. on Greenway Drive, noon on Westwood Drive, 12:14 p.m. on William Street, 4:14 p.m. on William Street and 8:47 p.m. on Rand Street...
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police
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/01/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Andrea R. Riebeling, 21, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Arrests n Barbara I. Johnston, 45, of Chaffee, Missouri, was arrested on a Scott County warrant for failure to appear for making a false report...
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French: Bomb suspect allied with IS
(International News ~ 06/01/19)
PARIS -- The main suspect in the bombing last week in the French city of Lyon that wounded 14 people had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, France's counter-terrorism prosecutor said Friday. Remy Heitz said in a statement the 24-year-old man has admitted making the bomb and depositing the device in front of a bakery. He will be brought before an investigating judge...
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Record floods breach Ark. levee, overtop 2 in Missouri
(State News ~ 06/01/19)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Relentless flooding in the central U.S. on Friday inundated communities and damaged or spilled over levees on three major rivers in two states, and authorities discovered the body of a drowning victim at a Missouri lake. The fast-flowing Arkansas River smashed a 40-foot hole in a levee in rural western Arkansas, causing water to spill into a nearby community. ...
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Companies report progress with blood tests to detect cancers
(National News ~ 06/01/19)
A California company says its experimental blood test was able to detect many types of cancer at an early stage and gave few false alarms in a study including people with and without the disease. Grail Inc. gave results in a news release Friday and will report them Saturday at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago. They have not been published in a journal or reviewed by other scientists...
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As tariffs threatened, families keep coming
(National News ~ 06/01/19)
EL PASO, Texas -- On Wednesday, Border Patrol agents near downtown El Paso encountered a group of 1,036 migrants who had entered the country illegally -- the biggest cluster the agency has ever seen. At one point in May, a holding cell designed for 35 migrants was crammed with 155. Six children have died in U.S. custody since September, three in the past month...
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U.S. companies in line of fire of Mexico tariffs
(National News ~ 06/01/19)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's surprise threat to impose escalating tariffs on Mexican imports jolted industry leaders throughout the U.S. economy Friday, sparked opposition even from usual Trump allies and set the stage for American consumers to face higher prices...
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Trump's tariff plan shows the risks he's willing to take
(National News ~ 06/01/19)
WASHINGTON -- Exasperated by reports of a flood of illegal border crossings, President Donald Trump summoned his top immigration advisers to demand action. Responding to his mounting concern, including his extreme threats to entirely close the U.S.-Mexico border, they prepared an alternative but still-inflammatory plan to levy escalating tariffs on all Mexican imports to the United States...
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Hurricane season 2019: A sense of fear for towns already hit
(Community ~ 06/01/19)
The annual start of hurricane season casts a shadow of dread over coastal sections of the United States. People fret over the next Big One, even as communities struggle to recover from the last one. For some communities, the devastation remains an open wound, as in Florida's Panama City, slammed by Hurricane Michael in October...
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Highway 177 to be elevated because of flood
(Local News ~ 06/01/19)
Missouri Department of Transportation crews will begin constructing an elevated roadway using gravel on Highway 177 in Cape Girardeau, from County Road 651 to County Road 657 (near Gizmo Lane), at 7 a.m. Monday. According to a MoDOT news release, the work will prevent a complete closure of Highway 177 due to flooding...
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U.S. Catholic Church reports big rise in sex-abuse allegations
(State News ~ 06/01/19)
NEW YORK -- Quantifying its vast sex-abuse crisis, the U.S. Roman Catholic Church said Friday allegations of child sex abuse by clerics more than doubled in its latest 12-month reporting period, and its spending on victim compensation and child protection surged above $300 million...
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Broken bee? Tougher words needed
(National News ~ 06/01/19)
OXON HILL, Md. -- The Scripps National Spelling Bee suffered a body blow when eight youngsters ended up co-champions because they were simply too accomplished to stumble over any of the words Scripps threw at them. That doesn't mean it's irretrievably broken...
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D-Day spotlights complicated military ties
(National News ~ 06/01/19)
NEW YORK -- World leaders will gather in solemn assembly next week above the sandy beaches of Normandy to mark the 75th anniversary of the world-changing D-Day invasion of France. It's typically a heartfelt tribute to alliance and sacrifice and a unified vow for enduring unity, outweighing any national or political skirmish of the moment...
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Lawyers: Docs show census changed to give GOP edge
(National News ~ 06/01/19)
NEW YORK -- A Republican redistricting expert advocated for adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census to give an electoral edge to white people and Republicans, opponents of the move alleged in a court filing. The filing in Manhattan federal court said a trove of newly discovered documents revealed Thomas Hofeller, a longtime Republican gerrymandering guru, played a key role in pushing the Trump administration to include a citizenship question on the census for the first time since 1950...
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Missouri judge has elected circuit clerk removed from office
(State News ~ 06/01/19)
TROY, Mo. -- A growing feud has led a presiding circuit court judge in Missouri -- accompanied by two armed sheriff's deputies -- to remove an elected circuit clerk from her office and appointed a replacement. The move has some questioning the legality of the move by Judge Patrick Flynn, who had Lincoln County Circuit Clerk Karla Allsberry escorted from the courthouse Tuesday. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the judge also banned her from returning to the building...
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Missouri limits local regulations on large livestock farms
(State News ~ 06/01/19)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Mike Parson has signed legislation preventing local officials from enacting more stringent regulations than the state on large farms raising hogs, poultry and cattle. The Republican governor described the bill enacted Friday as "a big win for Missouri farmers, ranchers, and agribusinesses." Parson raises cattle...
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Judge says Missouri clinic can keep providing abortions
(State News ~ 06/01/19)
ST. LOUIS -- A judge issued an order Friday to keep Missouri's only abortion clinic operating over the objections of state health officials, delivering abortion-rights advocates a courtroom victory after a string of setbacks in legislatures around the U.S...
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11 people killed in Virginia Beach shooting; suspect dead
(National News ~ 06/01/19)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- A longtime city employee opened fire in a municipal building in Virginia Beach on Friday, killing 12 people on three floors and sending terrified co-workers scrambling for cover before police shot and killed him following a "long gun-battle," authorities said...
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Out of the past: June 1
(Out of the Past ~ 06/01/19)
Southeast Missouri State University has been selected to participate in a new loan program, beginning in the 1995-96 academic year; the new program will allow students to skip the bank and borrow money directly from the federal government; Southeast is one of 983 schools selected to participate in the new loan program...
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Out of the past: June 2
(Out of the Past ~ 06/01/19)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Ground was broken here yesterday for a $60 million, super-maximum prison, which will employ up to 250 people during construction; when completed, the facility will employ up to 300 and provide an $11-million-per-year payroll; the prison is scheduled to open in the fall of 1996...
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