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Drifting snow makes travel tough in the Great Plains
(National News ~ 12/21/11)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Fierce winds and snow that caused fatal accidents and closed highways in five states crawled deeper into the Great Plains early Tuesday, with forecasters warning that pre-holiday travel would be difficult if not impossible across the region...
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Commander drops appeal of Cape airport eviction
(Local News ~ 12/21/11)
Commander Premier Aircraft Corp. has dropped its legal challenge to the October eviction from a city-owned hangar at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. "The eviction is final," city manager Scott Meyer told Cape Girardeau City Council members at its Monday meeting...
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Clay Waller's father dies at nursing home before prosecutors could record testimony
(Local News ~ 12/21/11)
Officials involved in the Jacque Waller disappearance investigation no longer will have access to testimony that claims Clay Waller confessed to killing his wife. James Clay Waller Sr., the only person Clay Waller allegedly confessed murdering Jacque Waller to, died Tuesday morning in a Cape Girardeau nursing home,
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VIP Industries Celebrates Christmas
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/21/11)
The Cape Girardeau VIP plant was host to 225 staff, employees, and other guests at their annual Christmas party held December 16th. In addition to a wonderful meal prepared by the staff, guests were treated to festive caroling, entertainment, an awards ceremony, and of course, a visit from Santa. Merry Christmas!...
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The Humane Society's Featured Pet
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/21/11)
Fred is 8 weeks old. He is available for adoption at The Humane Society 573-334-5837. See more pets available at www.semopets.org
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Warm Holiday Wishes at Franklin Elementary
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/21/11)
The Law firm of Lanzotti and Rau, LLC warmed up the winter holiday season by providing over 250 pairs of gloves and 250 hats to the students at Franklin Elementary School.
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House GOP rejects two month payroll tax cut; Emerson votes no to Senate proposal
(National News ~ 12/21/11)
WASHINGTON -- The House Tuesday rejected legislation to extend a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for two months, drawing a swift rebuke from President Barack Obama that Republicans were threatening higher taxes on 160 million workers on Jan. 1...
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Terrific Tigers recognized at Dec. board meeting
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/21/11)
The Cape Girardeau Public Schools Board of Education honored several outstanding students for their leadership, scholarship and service to others during this week's December board meeting. The recipients of the Terrific Tiger Award are pictured with School Board President Stacy Kinder and Superintendent of Schools Dr. ...
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Choir tours Cape area venues
(Submitted Story ~ 12/21/11)
The Alma Schrader Elementary School Choir culminated weeks of practice with a tour around Cape Girardeau on December 15 with performances at Chateau Girardeau, HealthPoint fitness, Schnucks, KFVS12, Cape Public Schools Central Administrative Office and Fitness Plus. ...
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'A better Christmas': Toybox program delivers holiday cheer to 1,300 Cape children
(Local News ~ 12/21/11)
A baby doll. Perfume. A watch. With every gift Santa handed over Tuesday night, Camry Brinson's smile grew wider. Even when the 9-year-old girl was handed toenail clippers, she couldn't help but grin. But it wasn't until St. Nick pulled a colorful box from his bag that she absolutely erupted...
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Scott County, Sikeston to negotiate for contracting 911 dispatching services
(Local News ~ 12/21/11)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Representatives from Sikeston and Scott County will form a committee to negotiate the county contracting with the city for 911 dispatching services. Local officials have long talked about consolidating 911 dispatching services, Jamie Burger, Scott County's presiding commissioner, said during a special joint session of the city council and the Scott County Commission on Monday...
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School dress code committee: Uniforms will be cheaper after policy's first year
(Local News ~ 12/21/11)
Family budgets weighed on the committee examining dress codes for the Cape Girardeau School District. The committee members wanted to ensure local families could afford the clothes specified in a stricter dress code. According to the committee that wrote the proposal, uniforms will be a cheaper option for families, especially after the first year of a new policy...
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Man extricated from truck on Perryville Road
(Local News ~ 12/21/11)
A man had to be extricated from his truck Tuesday after he lost control of it and rolled into a ditch beside Perryville Road. Firefighters say that around 11 a.m., the man was rounding a curve going south on Perryville Road when he lost control and overcorrected
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/21/11)
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 21, the 355th day of 2011. There are 10 days left in the year. Winter arrives Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 21, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln signed a congressional act authorizing the Navy Medal of Honor...
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Two days of violence in Syria leaves 150 people dead
(International News ~ 12/21/11)
BEIRUT -- Security forces pursuing anti-government activists and army defectors shot dead at least 47 people in Syria on Tuesday, pushing the toll for two days of violence to nearly 150 even as the regime prepared to allow in foreign monitors under an Arab League plan aimed at stopping the bloodshed...
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Iraq vice president denies charges of running death squads
(International News ~ 12/21/11)
BAGHDAD -- Iraq's Sunni vice president denied Shiite accusations that he organized death squads, describing the charges Tuesday as a trumped-up case brought only after the departure of U.S. troops about assassinations allegedly committed five years ago...
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Details of lab-made bird flu won't be revealed
(National News ~ 12/21/11)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government paid scientists to figure out how the deadly bird flu virus might mutate to become a bigger threat to people -- and two labs succeeded in creating new strains that are easier to spread. On Tuesday, federal officials took the unprecedented step of asking those scientists not to publicize all the details of how they did it...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 12/21/11
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/21/11)
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday: Firefighters responded to the following calls Monday:...
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Guy Bunyard
(Obituary ~ 12/21/11)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Guy W. Bunyard, 90, died Monday Dec. 19, 2011, at Chaffee Nursing Center. Guy was born May 2, 1921, in Piedmont, Mo., to the late Lyman and Ella Collins Bunyard. He married Theda Mae Jones on Jan. 16, 1943. She preceded him in death April 29, 1992...
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Mark Licare
(Obituary ~ 12/21/11)
Mark R. Licare, 55, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 22, 1956, in St. Louis to Vincent and Loraine Bickel Licare. Mark worked in the parts department at Western Diesel, and was a mechanic at Midwest Diesel. He also worked in the river transportation industry, beginning his career at May's Towing in Clinton, Ky., and then at Cape Girardeau Fleeting...
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Martha Bufford
(Obituary ~ 12/21/11)
TAMMS, Ill. — Martha DeJarnett Mize Bufford of Tamms died Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion, Ill. Jones Funeral Home in Tamms is in charge of arrangements.
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Ruby Rehkopf
(Obituary ~ 12/21/11)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Ruby D. Rehkopf, 87, of Advance died Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to service time Friday at Zion Lutheran Church in Gordonville. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the church, with the Rev. Wayne Schwiesow officiating. Burial will be in Zion Lutheran Cemetery...
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Leo Sawyer
(Obituary ~ 12/21/11)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Leo Sawyer, 89, of Mound City died Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to service time Thursday at Massie Funeral Home in Mounds, Ill. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. J.L. Posey officiating. Burial will be at 12:30 p.m. in Mound City National Cemetery, with military honors provided by Illinois National Guard and area veterans...
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Kenneth Kasten
(Obituary ~ 12/21/11)
Kenneth Kasten, 85, of Jackson died Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Donald Wunderlich Jr.
(Obituary ~ 12/21/11)
ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Donald Gene Wunderlich Jr., 45, of Altenburg died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, at Chester Memorial Hospital in Chester, Ill. He was born Feb. 7, 1966, in Carbondale, Ill., to Donald Gene and Doris Briggs Wunderlich Sr. He and Jennifer Hospelhorn were married June 23, 1989, in Jefferson City, Mo...
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Births 12/21/11
(Births ~ 12/21/11)
Son to Chad Aaron and Summer Susanne Halter of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 7:08 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. Name, Judah Truth. Weight, 8 pounds, 13 ounces. Fifth child, second son. Mrs. Halter is the former Summer Majors, daughter of Hal and Bonnie Majors of Cape Girardeau. Halter is the son of Jerry and Bobbie Sue Halter of Park Hills, Mo., and Bob and Cheryl Stillwell of Jackson. He is employed at Procter & Gamble...
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William Reed
(Obituary ~ 12/21/11)
ANNA, Ill. — William Pierce Reed, 63, of Anna died Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, at Union County Hospital in Anna. A private service will be held. Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Anna is in charge of arrangements.
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Out of the past 12/21/11
(Out of the Past ~ 12/21/11)
The traditional Church of England Festival of Lessons and Carols is the order of worship at Christ Episcopal Church in the morning; the service consists of nine readings from the Bible, beginning with Old Testament prophecies and continuing chronologically through the Christmas gospel; each reading is followed by an appropriate hymn or carol...
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Walter Floyd
(Obituary ~ 12/21/11)
Walter Wesley Floyd, 80, of Oak Ridge died Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 27, 1931, in Oriole, Mo., to Albert Edwin and Edith Vera Smith Floyd. He and Melva L. Davis were married Aug. 9, 1953, at Iona Baptist Church...
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Jackson police and fire report 12/21/11
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/21/11)
Jackson The Jackson Police Department reported the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest Theft Miscellaneous Jackson Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday: Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 12/21/11
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/21/11)
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police Department reported the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Summons Theft Miscellaneous...
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Kim Jong Il's death sparks fears, hopes in South Korea
(International News ~ 12/21/11)
SEOUL, South Korea -- Kim Yu-sik fled North Korea for the South some 60 years ago during the war that divided the peninsula. The 75-year-old now hopes Kim Jong Il's death will finally allow him to live a dream and return to his hometown. "What I miss -- and what I still vividly remember -- is when I got together with my friends on my way to school in the morning and the shouting and fun we had as we walked to class," he said...
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Rise in home construction suggests economic turnaround
(National News ~ 12/21/11)
WASHINGTON -- The depressed housing market has held the economy back for four years. No longer. Home construction has finally begun a gradual comeback and should add to the nation's economic growth in 2011, a turning point in the recovery from the recession...
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Paroled American Berenson arrives in U.S. from Peru
(National News ~ 12/21/11)
NEW YORK -- Lori Berenson, a New Yorker paroled from a Peruvian prison after 15 years behind bars for aiding a leftist revolutionary group, arrived in the U.S. on Tuesday for her first visit home since her arrest in 1995. Berenson, 42, did not speak to reporters after landing at the Newark, N.J., airport with her 2-year-old son, Salvador. They were escorted by police to a waiting car as the boy looked with wonderment at the gaggle of reporters and flashing cameras...
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Egypt women march against army in fury over abuse
(International News ~ 12/21/11)
CAIRO -- Around 10,000 women marched through central Cairo demanding Egypt's ruling military step down Tuesday in an unprecedented show of outrage over soldiers who dragged women by the hair and stomped on them, and stripped one half-naked in the street during a fierce crackdown on activists the past week...
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A foreign remedy could help battle the cold this winter
(Column ~ 12/21/11)
"If winter comes, can spring be far behind?" Shelly asked. Perhaps not, but in the meantime we have the challenge of keeping warm until it does arrive. Some days that challenge is formidable, as when we experience, in the words of award-winning children's author Jane Barclay, "a freezing, sneezing, goose-bumpy, teeth-chattering, can't-get-out-of-bed, blankets-over-my-head kind of cold." And, unless we take refuge in Hawaii or some place with a similar climate, we are bound to face days like that this winter.. ...
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City survey
(Editorial ~ 12/21/11)
The city of Cape Girardeau has commissioned a Colorado-based research firm to conduct a customer satisfaction survey of 1,800 city residents and 1,000 businesses early next year. The three- to five-page mailed survey will be sent to a random sample of residents in all six wards and businesses throughout the city...
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The distribution of wealth
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/21/11)
Paul Greenburg in his column of Dec. 11 states that the distribution of American wealth is the same as it was 20 years ago, or even 60 or 80 years ago. He goes on to cite a Congressional Budget Office report and says that every quintile of American income has shown a real increase in purchasing power of at least 18 percent over the past 30 years...
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Distracted driving
(Editorial ~ 12/21/11)
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration recently announced a ban for commercial motor vehicle drivers using hand-held mobile phones and push-to-talk cellphones while driving. The ban, effective Jan. 3, is an effort to help curb fatalities resulting from distracted driving...
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Patrol: Almost 100 pounds of marijuana found in traffic stop
(Local News ~ 12/21/11)
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- Authorities said a routine traffic stop led to the discovery of nearly 100 pounds of marijuana Monday in Pemiscot County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, at 11 a.m. Monday, a trooper stopped a vehicle driven by Shontai E. Charity, 27, of Houston, Texas, who was traveling northbound on Interstate 55 in Pemiscot County, for a traffic violation...
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Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team records first win away from home
(College Sports ~ 12/21/11)
Southeast beat Longwood in its final game at the Wright State tournament
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Scott County Central boys basketball team races past Oak Ridge 68-56
(High School Sports ~ 12/21/11)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- The Scott County Central Braves may not have the services of three-time all-stater Otto Porter anymore, but they still appear to be a factor in Class 1 basketball this season. The three-time defending state champion Braves used a huge first quarter to distance themselves in a 68-56 victory against Oak Ridge on Tuesday...
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Meadow Heights, Jackson girls basketball teams advance to semifinal round of Holiday Classic
(High School Sports ~ 12/21/11)
Second-seeded Meadow Heights used a big second quarter to help pull away from Perryville in the first round of the Kelso Supply Holiday Classic. The Panthers ended with a 47-27 win, led by senior Erin Bollmann's 25 points. Whitney Welker added 13 for Meadow Heights, which will play Notre Dame in the semifinals at 8:30 p.m. today at the Show Me Center...
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High school roundup: Scott City boys basketball team holds off Dexter
(High School Sports ~ 12/21/11)
All the local high school events reported Tuesday to the Southeast Missourian.
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Southeast baseball Moses selected preseason All-American
(College Sports ~ 12/21/11)
Southeast Missouri State senior third baseman Trenton Moses has been named a third team preseason Louisville Slugger All-American by the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. Moses, an Advance High School graduate, earned third team Louisville Slugger All-American honors following the 2011 campaign...
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Notre Dame girls basketball team reaches semifinals of Holiday Classic
(High School Sports ~ 12/21/11)
Summer Burger and Karsen Powers kept their arms poking and prodding at the ball as the Scott City guards tried to operate Tuesday. The Notre Dame defensive duo helped force the Rams into 21 turnovers in the first half alone during their Kelso Supply Holiday Classic girls basketball tournament game at the Show Me Center...
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Central girls basketball team loses in first round of Holiday Classic
(High School Sports ~ 12/21/11)
Central girls basketball coach Sherri Shirrell called a timeout with 11.6 seconds to go and the Tigers trailing by two points against Farmington in the opening round of the Kelso Supply Holiday Classic. Fourth-seeded Central got the shot it hoped for but not the result in a 41-39 loss at the Show Me Center...
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Notre Dame boys basketball team falls prey to Charleston's hot start
(High School Sports ~ 12/21/11)
Charleston scored the game's first 10 points and posted a 70-59 victory
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Route H closed for pipe replacement
(Local News ~ 12/21/11)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Route H in Scott County will be closed between Route C and County Road 504 Thursday while Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a pipe underneath the road. Weather permitting, the work will be done from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The work zone will be marked with signs. For more information, contact MoDOT's Customer Service Center at 888-275-6636...
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Piers Morgan rejects phone hacking claims, stays evasive
(Entertainment ~ 12/21/11)
LONDON -- Piers Morgan stood his ground before a judge-led inquiry into media ethics Tuesday, denying any connection to illegal phone hacking that has resulted in the closure of the newspaper he once edited and the arrest of friends and former colleagues...
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Speak Out 12/21/11
(Speak Out ~ 12/21/11)
I want to thank the postal clerk at the Bi-State post office for coming out in the parking lot and giving me my charger plate I left. God bless you, and thank you so much. Have a merry Christmas. U.S. jobs THE United States is no longer a manufacturing country. Just how many jobs will the service industry hold? Can it hold everybody?...
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Prayer 12/21/11
(Prayer ~ 12/21/11)
O Lord Jesus, Immanuel, thank you for coming to save us. Amen.
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Southeast Missourian Player of the Week: Leopold's Kyle Stroder
(High School Sports ~ 12/21/11)
Kyle Stroder's season is off to a fantastic start. The Leopold junior has helped the Wildcats basketball team start 6-1 by pouring in the points. Stroder scored 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds in Leopold's 80-37 win over Greenville last week. He followed that performance with 26 points in his team's 69-66 win over St. Vincent...
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