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Crowell pans proposed business incentives
(Local News ~ 08/08/11)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Republican state senator is criticizing a package of business incentives proposed by Missouri legislative leaders for an upcoming special session. Sen. Jason Crowell, of Cape Girardeau, says the plan is a backroom deal "that is short on economic development, short on tax credit reform but long on government handouts to campaign donors and special interests."...
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Sen. McCaskill to visit Cape, Sikeston, Perryville today
(Local News ~ 08/08/11)
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill will tour Missouri's manufacturing centers today to visit with workers and listen to managers about the support they need to create jobs and grow the economy. Included will be a stop at Alan Wire Co. in Sikeston, Sabreliner in Perryville and Procter & Gamble in Cape Girardeau...
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Cardinals post four-game sweep against Marlins
(Professional Sports ~ 08/08/11)
MIAMI -- Pitching to the St. Louis Cardinals' big three didn't work. Walking them backfired, too. With another productive day by Albert Pujols, Matt Holliday and Lance Berkman, the Cardinals completed their first four-game series sweep on the road since 2004...
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MoDOT paying extra for quick work on Highway 34 bridges
(Local News ~ 08/08/11)
The premium paid off. The Missouri Department of Transportation will reopen three bridges on Highway 34 on Aug. 17 after a three-month closure. The bridges cross the Whitewater Overflow, the Whitewater River and Byrd Creek. Southeast regional field engineer Andy Meyer said MoDOT paid a premium to ensure bridges would be done quickly to reduce inconvenience for motorists...
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MOTOGRATER slams into Cape! Time To Metal Up!
(Submitted Story ~ 08/08/11)
Tuesday, August 23 2011 PITTER's CAFE & LOUNGE will present a night of Heavy Metal Madness. When MOTOGRATER slams in to town for one night. Hailing from Huntington Beach, California. Motograter is an American Nu-Metal band formed in 1995. They are best known for their homemade instrument the "motograter" - designed with industrial cable and guitar pieces that creates a very deep bass sound. The band is also known for painting themselves in a tribal style body paint for concerts...
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Man shot in thigh still in hospital, Cape police say
(Local News ~ 08/08/11)
One person remains hospitalized after being injured in a shooting early Saturday morning in Cape Girardeau, police say. Cape Girardeau police spokesman Darin Hickey said Sunday that no charges have been filed yet and police are still investigating the incident...
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WINNERS of the ICKC 6th Annual National Invention
(Submitted Story ~ 08/08/11)
The Inventors Club of Kansas City hosted their sixth annual national Invention Contest on Tuesday, August 2nd. Inventors and entrepreneurs from all over North America arrived at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center to present their US Patented or Patent Pending products for a chance to win cash prizes and the opportunity to have their consumer product licensed, marketed and sold...
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Cape County stores kept busy by Missouri's sales tax holiday
(Local News ~ 08/08/11)
Six-year-old Rallen Owens of Bloomfield, Mo., helped his mother push a cart full of clothes, shoes and other back-to-school essentials through Target Saturday. He was just tall enough to peer over the cart's handle and admire the Transformers backpack he'd just picked out...
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Sikeston merchants favor improvement district idea
(Local News ~ 08/08/11)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Historic Downtown Sikeston has begun the petition process for a community improvement district by talking with property owners and business owners, according to Brandon Kuehn, the organization's executive director. Merchants seem to be in favor of the CID, Kuehn said...
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Capahas' season
(Editorial ~ 08/08/11)
After a long, hot summer the Plaza Tire Capahas season has come to a close after losing their first two games at the National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita, Kan. Losing the first game of the 32-team double-elimination tournament 7-3 to the St. Joseph (Mo.) Mustangs, a game that started at 10:28 p.m. last Sunday, the team exited the tournament 15 hours later losing to the Austin (Texas) Gold Sox in the bottom of the ninth inning 7-6...
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Prayer 8/8/11
(Prayer ~ 08/08/11)
O Jesus, may we never fall to temptation, but instead seek your will for our lives. Amen.
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Jerry Lewis, MDA mum on reasons for comedian's exit
(Entertainment ~ 08/08/11)
LAS VEGAS -- For decades, Jerry Lewis has played the key role in the Muscular Dystrophy Association's annual telethon, helping to raise more than $1 billion. Now the two sides are parting ways, but no one is explaining why. The 85-year-old comedian said last week that he plans to hold a news conference the day after this year's telethon to talk about what he thinks is important. When pressed by a reporter about his role with the telethon, Lewis said: "It's none of your business."...
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Gold Star Wives meet in St. Louis
(State News ~ 08/08/11)
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. -- Dozens of women gathered in the St. Louis area over the weekend for the 66th national convention of the Gold Star Wives of America. Gold Star Wives is open to widows of military personnel who die on active duty or of confirmed service-related disabilities...
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Syria intensifies crackdown; activists say 59 people dead
(International News ~ 08/08/11)
BEIRUT -- Syrian troops fired on mourners at a funeral and raided an eastern city Sunday, killing at least 59 people in an intensifying government crackdown on protesters. Outrage was intensifying as well: Syria's Arab neighbors forcefully joined the international chorus of condemnation against President Bashar Assad's regime for the first time...
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Jacoby Keenan
(Obituary ~ 08/08/11)
Jacoby Anthony Keenan, died Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Survivors include parents, Shawn and Emily Schwarte Keenan of Bloomfield, Mo.; maternal grandparents, Darla and Dave McDonald of Cherokee, Iowa, and Wayne Schwarte of Harlan, Iowa; maternal great-grandparents, Martin Schwarte and Dennis Musich, both of Harlan; maternal great-great-grandmother, Helen Musich of Harlan; paternal grandparents, Mary Chapman and John Keenan, both of Bell City, Mo.; paternal great-grandparents, Martin and Mary Hircock of Perkins, Mo., and Jerry and Ann Chapman of Paige, Texas; paternal great-great-grandfather, Carl Hircock of Chaffee, Mo.; an aunt, Natasha Schwarte of Harlan; a great-aunt, Debra Wierschke of Marion, Iowa; three uncles, Jerry (Nicole) Chapman of Morley, Mo., and John and James Schwarte of Harlan; and two cousins, Christopher Chapman of Morley and Analia Wilke of Harlan.. ...
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Walter Copeland Jr.
(Obituary ~ 08/08/11)
Walter Orr Copeland Jr., 79, of Cape Girardeau passed away peacefully in his sleep on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, at his home. He was born July 22, 1932, in Brentwood, Mo., son of the late Walter and Mildred Richardson Copeland. He and Linda Quinton were married Sept. 3, 1983...
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Addie Henley
(Obituary ~ 08/08/11)
Addie Lee Henley, 99, of Jackson, formerly of Oak Ridge, passed away Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011, at Monticello House in Jackson. She was born Sept. 8, 1911, in Somerville, Tenn., to John D. and Mamie Martin Parsons. She and the Rev. Melvin Brent Henley were married Nov. 27, 1935. He passed away April 6, 1976...
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Merlin Schmidt
(Obituary ~ 08/08/11)
BRAZEAU, Mo. -- Merlin E. Schmidt, 69, of Brazeau died Saturday Aug. 6, 2011, at his residence. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Young and Sons East Perry Chapel. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, Mo. with the Rev. Steven Dressler officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with military graveside service provided by the American Legion Post 133 and the Missouri Delta Team...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 8/8/11
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/08/11)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday:...
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Out of the past 8/8/11
(Out of the Past ~ 08/08/11)
The nearly century-old Hanover Lutheran Church has been approved for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places by the Missouri Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, which met in Cape Girardeau this week. Additional street marking and signs will be installed at Main and Independence streets Monday in hopes of helping to eliminate confusion of motorists who continue to park not only in a no-parking zone along Main but in the wrong direction as well...
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Mildred Kerr
(Obituary ~ 08/08/11)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Mildred C. Kerr, 84, of Perryville died Saturday Aug. 6, 2011, at the Golden Living Center in Dexter, Mo. Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. today at Home Cemetery in Perryville. Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville provided the arrangements...
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Jackson police report 8/8/11
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/08/11)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Summonses...
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Cape Girardeau police report 8/8/11
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/08/11)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI...
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People on the move 8/8/11
(Business ~ 08/08/11)
Corrie Dudley has joined Dr. Michael J. Jessup at Elite Woman in Cape Girardeau as full-time nurse practitioner. Dudley, who has nine years of experience in labor, delivery and maternal and child nursing, received her undergraduate and master's degrees from Southeast Missouri State University. ...
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Chick-fil-A slated to open in September
(Business ~ 08/08/11)
Chick-fil-A's grand opening in Cape Girardeau is now set for Sept. 8, according to Brenda Morrow, of Chick-fil-A's corporate communications office. It was previously reported that the restaurant would open Aug. 25, according to a business license filed at city hall...
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Smartphones a new frontier for hackers
(National News ~ 08/08/11)
LAS VEGAS -- Hackers are out to stymie your smartphone. Last week, security researchers uncovered yet another strain of malicious software aimed at smartphones that run Google's popular Android operating system. The application not only logs details about incoming and outgoing phone calls, it also records those calls...
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Talking shop with Adam Ross of Ross Furniture
(Business ~ 08/08/11)
Twenty-four-year-old Adam Ross of Ross Furniture in Jackson manages the store his father and grandfather started in 1979. The Cape Girardeau native said his store's tradition of offering quality furniture has helped the business grow and made it a continuing success...
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It's August, and football is in the scorching air
(Sports Column ~ 08/08/11)
The Southeast Missouri State football team began preseason practice Saturday. A few hours to the north, the University of Missouri held its first practice Thursday. The St. Louis Rams are well under way with their training camp after that ridiculous NFL lockout finally ended...
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Bradford appears sharp in scrimmage
(Professional Sports ~ 08/08/11)
The Rams scrimmaged in preparation for their preseason opener
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Southeast track Kahle, Draper receive academic honors
(College Sports ~ 08/08/11)
Southeast Missouri State's Rachel Kahle and Ed Draper have been named to the United States Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic team. Kahle, a Jackson High School graduate, earned a 3.66 grade point average as a senior this year while majoring in biomedical science. The sprinter earned multiple Ohio Valley Conference honors and competed at the NCAA West Regional...
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Analysts: Stocks may be volatile for weeks after S&P downgrade
(National News ~ 08/08/11)
NEW YORK -- U.S. investors will have their first chance today to react to Standard & Poor's decision to strip the U.S. government of its top credit rating. But the bigger issues facing Wall Street and stock markets worldwide remain debt-ridden countries in Europe and concerns that the global economy is weakening...
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Route H overpass now open to traffic
(Local News ~ 08/08/11)
BLODGETT, Mo. -- The Route H overpass over Interstate 55 south of Blodgett is now open to traffic. Lane restrictions will remain in place on I-55 as work is finalized on the guardrail and guard cable. Construction on the new bridge began June 19 and was completed ahead of schedule. ...
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Ohio police: Gunman killed after shooting 8
(National News ~ 08/08/11)
COPLEY, Ohio -- A northeast Ohio man ran through his small-town neighborhood Sunday killing seven people, including his girlfriend, before he was shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire with police, authorities said. Witnesses told reporters at least one of the victims was a child...
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Speak Out 8/8/11
(Speak Out ~ 08/08/11)
TO the caller who complained about the Jaycee Golf Course being dangerous, you played it one time in two years. I don't think you even deserve consideration to be able to complain. I have played more than 100 courses in about 150 miles of Cape Girardeau, and I have never played on a course that you couldn't be hit by a stray ball. ...
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Congress has chance at passing job-creating bills in fall
(National News ~ 08/08/11)
WASHINGTON -- When Congress gets back to work after Labor Day it will have the chance to achieve something that has largely eluded it for the entire year: passing legislation that might create jobs. With the debate over the debt ceiling over, the stage is set for Congress to approve and President Barack Obama to sign three big free-trade agreements and the most significant overhaul of the patent system in 60 years...
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