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Cape County Commission approves issuing bonds for Nordenia expansion
(Local News ~ 06/03/11)
A multifaceted public-private development deal that would drive a $22-million-plus expansion of Nordenia USA to an empty Jackson industrial park and conservatively add 50 jobs in the process cleared its first regulatory hurdle Thursday morning.
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Man injured after punching Cape window
(Local News ~ 06/03/11)
A local man was hospitalized early Thursday morning after punching and breaking a window at the vacant Royal N'Orleans restaurant building. The man was severely injured, according to police. Before leaving the scene in a private vehicle, the man, who police wouldn't identify, left a blood trial on Broadway from the establishment's entrance to outside the KFVS12 building. Blood stains were also on the sidewalk outside the Southeast Missourian building...
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Major Case Squad activated after Jackson missing persons report
(Local News ~ 06/03/11)
The Cape Girardeau/Bollinger County Major Case Squad was activated Thursday to search for a missing 39-year-old woman last seen in Jackson.
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Mo. gov. asks feds to cover full public aid costs
(Local News ~ 06/03/11)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has asked the federal government to pay the full cost of repairing public buildings and infrastructure damaged by recent floods and tornadoes. Nixon said Friday that his request is based on the historic devastation caused by a tornado that killed at least 138 people in Joplin and flooding that swamped hundreds of thousands of acres in Southeast Missouri...
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Cost of higher education on verge of rising dramatically for hundreds of thousands of students
(Local News ~ 06/03/11)
James Dale just wrapped up his sophomore year at Southeast Missouri State University, moving a step closer to graduation while trying to hold the line on college debt. The communications major has had a helping hand in defraying his higher education costs, living at his parents' Jackson home during his first two years at Southeast. He won't have the luxury of those room and board savings this fall, when he transfers to Missouri State University in Springfield, Mo...
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butterfly on thistle
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/03/11)
butterfly on thistle
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CVB gives tips for steam engine visit
(Local News ~ 06/03/11)
The Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau distributed the following information to help people wanting to visit the Union Pacific steam engine that will be in Cape Girardeau Sunday.
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Sinkholes prompt section of South Sprigg Street to be closed 'indefinitely'
(Local News ~ 06/03/11)
It's been a big problem for years, but now the number of sinkholes along South Sprigg Street has grown to more than 30, prompting Cape Girardeau officials to indefinitely close a crumbled section of roadway. And if a solution of some sort isn't found, the street closure could be permanent...
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Prayer Service for Jacque Waller
(Submitted Story ~ 06/03/11)
We will be having a prayer service for Jacque Waller - a fabulous mother, friend and coworker - Saturday June 4, 2011, at 4:00pm at the parking lot of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield - 471 Siemers Dr, Cape Girardeau. Please join us in praying for Jacque's safe return home...
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Cape orchestra students excel at state
(Submitted Photo ~ 06/03/11)
Several Cape Central High School Orchestra students earned Superior and Excellent ratings at the recent Missouri State High School Activities Association Music Festival in Columbia. Celebrating their success in the photo above are, left to right, Alex Dunn, Tanner Hankins, Geoffrey Pettet, Mallory Dickson, Penny Robinson, Cadie Crites, Alex Mehner, Nicholas Smentkowski, Vikas Rudrappa, Aaron Mehner. ...
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Central record holder Thomas signs with U of I
(Submitted Story ~ 06/03/11)
Cape Central High School (CHS) state record-holder Asia Thomas recently signed a letter of intent to run track at the University of Illinois. Pictured seated with Asia, left to right, are her grandfather, Rev. Johnny Thomas, and grandmother, Earlean Thomas. ...
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SmartStyle wants to say thanks!!
(Submitted Story ~ 06/03/11)
Those of us at SmartStyle would like to say thanks to all those who donated to help the victims of the Joplin tornado. We had a great turnout and we really appreciated the support for our fellow Missourians!! Special thanks to Walmart management for helping coordinate donation receiving/removal, 5 Star Trucking for in-town donation transportation, Knight Transportation for long distance transportation to Joplin, as well as Dajohn and Dan Peters for volunteering to load and unload the donations from salon to truck and truck to truck.. ...
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Bands, Bel Air Grill work together to aid flood, tornado victims with Rock for Relief
(Entertainment ~ 06/03/11)
As quickly as disaster strikes, good people unite to help reknit the fabric of their community. This weekend at Bel Air Grill in Cape Girardeau, some musicians are coming together to entertain with a purpose: helping those in need. The Rock for Relief benefit concert begins today and continues through Saturday...
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Sikeston couple arrested on charges of making meth, counterfeiting
(Local News ~ 06/03/11)
BENTON, Mo. -- A rural Sikeston couple were in jail Thursday on multiple drug and counterfeiting charges. Amy Croy, 29, and Gary Davis 35, are charged with manufacturing a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance and forgery, according to Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter...
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Elk herd released from captivity at Missouri conservation area
(Local News ~ 06/03/11)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The first members of the state's new elk herd are now roaming freely around their environment in south central Missouri. The Department of Conservation released the 34 adults and five newborn calves from their three-acre enclosure on the Peck Ranch Conservation Area, north of Fremont, Wednesday. ...
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Cape man arrested on child molestation charges
(Local News ~ 06/03/11)
A Cape Girardeau man is in custody of the Cape Girardeau Sheriff's Department based on allegations that he molested and engaged in other sexual misconduct with two girls, ages 7 and 9.
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Scott City police raising money for Special Olympics
(Local News ~ 06/03/11)
The Scott City Police Department will host two fundraisers this month for the Law Enforcement Torch Run, a program that in 2010 collected more than $38 million for the Special Olympics of Missouri. On Saturday officers and dispatchers will be bagging groceries at Bob's Foodliner. Volunteers are requesting a donation of any size. Donations will benefit the Special Olympics...
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Brad Paisley defines 'Country Music' on new album
(Entertainment ~ 06/03/11)
FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- Brad Paisley began the journey to country music stardom by spending hours in a room with a guitar endlessly trying to figure out how to make the sounds on his favorite songs. Thirty years later he was still doing just that when Alabama's Randy Owen showed up at the studio last year with his battered old Music Man guitar. ...
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Still fighting the flood
(Editorial ~ 06/03/11)
The Great Flood of 2011 has not gone away, even though the water has gone down in Southeast Missouri. The flood's stench still sours the Mississippi County floodway south of Birds Point where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers one month ago Thursday destroyed the levee that protected thousands of acres of fertile farm land. ...
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Indivisible nation
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/03/11)
Memorial Day has passed but the patriotic feeling it inspires should remain with Americans. I am a proud American and remember the Pledge of Allegiance I recited in my youth. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all...
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Speak Out 6/3/11
(Speak Out ~ 06/03/11)
I read where the Callaway plant will run out of room to dispose of the uranium filled fuel rods after they've been sitting there in water for 27 years. Why didn't the brilliant people plan ahead for disposal of these rods? It just doesn't make sense to invent something for electric plants and not figure out how to dispose of the rods...
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Tee time
(Column ~ 06/03/11)
It's June. It feels like June. It looks like June. It even smells like June. This is how I know -- besides peeking at the calendar -- that it is really, truly June. The arrival of June means: You'll be going to a wedding. Nope. You'll be honoring your father...
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Prayer 6/3/11
(Prayer ~ 06/03/11)
Hear our prayers, O God, for all those who are truly in need. Amen.
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First Friday receptions 6/3/11
(Entertainment ~ 06/03/11)
This month's First Friday art gallery openings.
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Artifacts 6/3/11
(Entertainment ~ 06/03/11)
Arts and entertainment briefs
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Best bet: Stoogefest 3
(Entertainment ~ 06/03/11)
Stoogefest 3 will be Saturday at Stooges in Jackson. The music festival will begin at 10 a.m. with a songwriting seminar by Doug E. Rees and John Latini. Smokin Sleddog Records will also be there. At noon, the Stooge Band will kick things off outside. ...
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Jackson's Rock the Rock Garden summer concert series begins today
(Entertainment ~ 06/03/11)
The city of Jackson will begin another season of Rock in the Rock Garden tonight. This free weekly event features local and out-of-town musical acts performing in the Jackson City Park at 7:30 p.m. Fridays. Shane West Anderson, Jackson Parks and Recreation director, said this year's Rock in the Rock Garden is getting a special boost...
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Keeping art on the walls
(Column ~ 06/03/11)
The Bilderbach Art Plaza downtown might appear different each month while artists try to keep the space open and inviting. The O'Tenem Gallery, which opened in the building at 5 N. Main St. in May 2010, recently disbanded, but a few artists are stepping up to keep the area full of art...
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Japan's prime minister beats censure, hints at resignation after recovery
(International News ~ 06/03/11)
TOKYO -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan defeated a no-confidence motion Thursday over his handling of Japan's triple disasters, but the victory may be short lived -- he said he is willing to resign once the country's recovery takes hold. Buying himself some time and warding off a challenge that threatened to split his party and send Japan's government into a deeper morass, Kan won by a margin of 293-152 in the 480-seat lower house of parliament...
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Births 6/3/11
(Births ~ 06/03/11)
Daughter to Christopher James and Sherri Lynn Shrum of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 12:53 p.m. Monday, May 23, 2011. Name, Emily Nicole. Weight, 7 pounds, 1 ounce. Third daughter. Mrs. Shrum is the former Sherri Halter, daughter of Andy and Mary Ann Halter of Sikeston, Mo. She is employed by EML Inc. Shrum is the son of Jim and Ann Shrum of Cape Girardeau. He is employed at DSW Signs...
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Pa. girl aces 'cymotrichous' to win National Spelling Bee
(National News ~ 06/03/11)
OXON HILL, Md. -- It went on and on and on. Five spellers who seemingly had memorized the entire dictionary simply could not be stumped with any word tossed their way. It was getting late, well beyond the time slot allotted by ESPN. Finally, after 21 consecutive spellings without a miss, one of them finally flubbed a word. ...
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Auction of Unabomber mementos nets about $190,000 for victims
(National News ~ 06/03/11)
SAN FRANCISCO -- The very technology that the Unabomber railed against during his murderous spree was used Thursday to help some of his victims. An unusual online auction of Ted Kaczynski's personal items that ended Thursday garnered about $190,000 for his victims and their family members. They want the so-called Unabomber to pay for the 16 explosions he set off that killed three and injured 23 others across the country...
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Big student debt could limit schools' aid access
(National News ~ 06/03/11)
NEW YORK -- The government is moving forward with its crackdown on the country's for-profit schools, aiming to protect students from taking on too much debt to attend schools that do nothing for their job prospects. But student advocates protest that the final version of the Department of Education's "gainful employment" rule, released Thursday, is way too soft. Meanwhile, schools and industry lobbyists rail that the DOE has no legal standing to even impose the rule at all...
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Mitt Romney opens 2012 presidential bid
(National News ~ 06/03/11)
STRATHAM, N.H. -- Just as Mitt Romney declared he's in, it's suddenly looking like he might have more big-name competition for the Republican presidential nomination. While Romney made his candidacy official in New Hampshire on Thursday, political stars Sarah Palin and Rudy Giuliani caused a stir of their own with visits to the first-in-the-nation primary state. Both made sure to assail the health care law approved while Romney was governor of neighboring Massachusetts...
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Groupon files for highly anticipated IPO
(National News ~ 06/03/11)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Online coupon seller Groupon Inc. is dangling its most tantalizing deal yet -- an initial public offering of stock. The prospect is likely to intensify a debate about whether an investment bubble is forming around promising but still unproven Internet companies...
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New Syria protest center sustains unrelenting attacks
(International News ~ 06/03/11)
BEIRUT -- Electricity, phone lines and then the water supply were cut off in a restive area of Syria that is a new center for protests against President Bashar Assad, and activists said 15 people died in the sixth day of sustained government attacks Thursday...
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Lonnie Moore
(Obituary ~ 06/03/11)
Lonnie R. Moore, 61, of Millersville passed away Wednesday, June 1, 2011, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 21, 1949, in Cape Girardeau, to Truman E. and Verda M. Loos Moore. He and Sue Funderburk were married Aug. 5, 1972, at St. Gregory Church in St. Ann, Mo...
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Mary Diebold
(Obituary ~ 06/03/11)
Mary Margaret Diebold, 76, of Scott City died Wednesday, June 1, 2011, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Mo. She was born Nov. 5, 1934, in Ancell, to Andrew and Philomena Hamm Glueck. She married Charles Henry Eugene Diebold on May 22, 1954, in Kelso, Mo. He preceded her in death Nov. 16, 2006...
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Kenneth Stanley
(Obituary ~ 06/03/11)
ORAN, Mo. -- Kenneth Douglas Stanley, 63, of Oran died Thursday, June 2, 2011, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Mo. He was born May 17, 1948, to the late Leon and Imogene Bain Stanley. He and Shirley E. Hedger were married May 21, 1966. Stanley retired as a rewinder at Mid America Electric Motors in Cape Girardeau...
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Karen Biggerstaff
(Obituary ~ 06/03/11)
Karen Sue Biggerstaff, 56, of Jackson died Tuesday, May 31, 2011, at St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis. She was born Aug. 31, 1954, in DuQuoin, Ill., to Homer and Francis Cook Holt. She and Charles Biggerstaff Jr. were married in 1973 in Benton, Ill...
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Mildred Stricker
(Obituary ~ 06/03/11)
OLMSTED, Ill. -- Mildred I. Dick Stricker, 87, of Olmsted died Wednesday, June 1, 2011, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge, Ill. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with Paul H. Donner officiating. Burial will be in Concord Cemetery near Olmsted...
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Out of the past 6/3/11
(Out of the Past ~ 06/03/11)
Flood-control projects, estimated to cost a total of $1.75 million, are being proposed by an advisory committee of engineering and construction experts as a way to alleviate some of the city's flooding problems; items included in the plan are construction of a new Sprigg Street bridge over Cape LaCroix Creek, widening and straightening the creek, and construction of a new Wilson Road bridge north of the present bridge site...
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WHO says Europe E. coli new; CDC unsure
(International News ~ 06/03/11)
LONDON -- A supertoxic bug is causing the food poisoning outbreak in Europe that has sickened at least 1,600 people and killed 18, researchers and global health officials said Thursday. The new E. coli strain that is believed to have contaminated salad vegetables was analyzed by Chinese and German scientists. ...
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Jackson police/fire report 6/3/11
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/03/11)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Thefts Firefighters responded to the following calls Wednesday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 6/3/11
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/03/11)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
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Stoddard County teenager to face adult trial for sodomy
(Local News ~ 06/03/11)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- After being certified to stand trial as an adult Tuesday, a Dudley, Mo., teenager was charged with sodomizing a young boy in 2008. Allen Blaine Heaton, 18, was charged with five unclassified felonies of forcible sodomy and five unclassified felonies of statutory sodomy by Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Russ Oliver...
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Government reveals new guidelines for healthy eating
(National News ~ 06/03/11)
WASHINGTON -- There's a new U.S. symbol for healthful eating: The Agriculture Department unveiled "My Plate" on Thursday, abandoning the food pyramid that had guided many Americans but merely confused others. The new guide is divided into four slightly different-sized quadrants, with fruits and vegetables taking up half the space and grains and protein making up the other half. The vegetables and grains portions are the largest of the four...
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St. Vincent soccer makes third straight trip to state
(High School Sports ~ 06/03/11)
It's difficult to make yourself an underdog when you're making your third consecutive appearance at the final four. But that's what the St. Vincent girls soccer team is doing as it prepares for today's Class 1 state semifinal. "Everyone thought this was the year we were not going to go," St. Vincent senior Chelsie Boxdorfer said. "But we're just proving everyone wrong. It is a lot of pressure because we want to have back what's rightfully ours."...
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Elfrink throws one-hit gem in Oran's 10-0 baseball victory
(High School Sports ~ 06/03/11)
The only hit the Oran junior yielded in the third-place game came in the sixth inning
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Yemen nears all-out power struggle
(International News ~ 06/03/11)
SANAA, Yemen -- Thousands of tribesmen threatened Thursday to descend on Yemen's capital to join the battle against forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh as the country slid deeper into an all-out fight for power. Government forces in Sanaa unleashed some of the heaviest shelling yet against their tribal rivals in an escalation of the conflict...
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Arizona man kills five people before taking own life
(National News ~ 06/03/11)
YUMA, Ariz. -- A 73-year-old man shot and killed the lawyer who represented his ex-wife in their divorce and four others in multiple locations in a rampage that rattled an Arizona border town. He also wounded one person before being found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound roughly six hours after the first shots were fired in Yuma, a city of about 200,000. The lawyer was killed while packing up his office on his last day of work...
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Mass. towns give thanks tornado toll wasn't worse
(National News ~ 06/03/11)
MONSON, Mass. -- The sight of flattened homes, peeled-off roofs and the toppled steeple of a 140-year-old church stunned New Englanders after deadly tornadoes swept through Massachusetts, striking an area of the country that rarely sees such severe twisters...
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Goldman Sachs Group subpoenaed for precrisis activities
(National News ~ 06/03/11)
NEW YORK -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. was subpoenaed by the Manhattan district attorney's office over the investment bank's activities leading up to the financial crisis, a person familiar with the matter said. Shares of Goldman fell nearly 2 percent to $133.88 a share after Bloomberg News reported earlier Thursday that the bank had been subpoenaed. ...
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St. Vincent soccer will find blazing conditions at final four
(High School Sports ~ 06/03/11)
The heat index is expected to reach as high as 100 for today's Class 1 semifinals
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Two Cards pitchers make MLB debuts in 12-7 loss
(Professional Sports ~ 06/03/11)
ST. LOUIS -- Aubrey Huff hit three home runs and matched his career best with six RBIs and the San Francisco Giants hammered a pair of rookie pitchers making their major league debuts in a 12-7 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night...
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Oran baseball team rebounds for third place in Class 1
(High School Sports ~ 06/03/11)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Kody Moore was baffled. Shocked even. The Oran sophomore could not believe that one of his teammates would mention a teammate's no-hit bid while the game still was in progress. "You know, you can't talk about a no-hitter," Moore said. "I didn't want to ask anybody, but I noticed about the fourth inning. I just kept it to myself."...
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Capahas launch season tonight
(Community Sports ~ 06/03/11)
Plaza Tire will have a mix of new, old faces when Valmeyer visits Capaha Field
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Today is final day to register for Cape tree limb pickup
(Local News ~ 06/03/11)
Today is the final day for Cape Girardeau residents to register for a tree limb pickup with the Public Works Department. The city is picking up downed limbs from recent storms, but city residents must call 339-6351 by 4 p.m. today to register for a pickup if they haven't done so already, according to a city news release...
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Seabaugh can smile this time as St. Vincent soccer returns to final four
(High School Sports ~ 06/03/11)
St. Vincent's Seabaugh will play in this year's final four after sitting out last year's due to knee surgery
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St. Vincent girls soccer team advances to Class 1 state title game
(High School Sports ~ 06/03/11)
The St. Vincent girls soccer team defeated Orchard Farm 6-2 in Friday's Class 1 state semifinal.
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