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Voters in Nell Holcomb precinct to take alternate route
(Local News ~ 06/04/13)
Voters who are planning to take Highway 177 from the south to cast their ballot at the Nell Holcomb precinct polling place will have to use a different route. According to Cape Girardeau County Clerk Kara Clark-Summers, floodwaters have blocked access from the south on Highway 177 and voters will need to use alternate routes to the Nell Holcomb polling place...
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Mississippi River reaches April crest level, still rising
(Local News ~ 06/04/13)
The Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau has already reached about the level of its April flood crest, but is expected to keep rising. The river reached about 42 feet in late April. The latest flood warning from the National Weather Service pegged the river at 42.2 feet in Cape Girardeau at 11:30 a.m. Thursday -- more than 10 feet above the 32-foot flood stage. The warning said the river is expected to rise to near 45 feet Thursday before it starts to fall...
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Abandoned house destroyed in morning fire
(Local News ~ 06/04/13)
Fire crews from Millersville, Fruitland and Gordonville responded to an early Monday morning fire that destroyed an abandoned house in northern Cape Girardeau County. According to Chief Rodney Hurst of the Millersville Rural Fire Department, the call for the fire came about 1 a.m. ...
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High water suspends Cape compost services
(Local News ~ 06/04/13)
The Cape Girardeau Public Works Department has suspended compost services until further notice because of flooding. According to a news release issued by Jessica Sexton, public information specialist for the city of Cape Girardeau, Wednesday special collection service of compost bags, bundled limbs and brush in Cape Girardeau is suspended effective immediately. Service to the compost drop-off containers at the Recycling Center Facility, 2007 Southern Expressway, also is suspended...
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Sen. Blunt aide will meet with GOP Women's Club
(Local News ~ 06/04/13)
The Cape Girardeau County Republican Women's Club will host Tom Schulte, district director for U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, at its noon meeting Friday at Dexter Bar-B-Que. According to a news release issued by Lisa Reitzel, first vice president, the topic of Shulte's discussion will be the "Burdens of the Federal Bureaucracy" that affects lives daily and how our farms and businesses operate. The program is open to the public. For more information call Lisa Reitzel at 576-6335...
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'Disney Live!' tickets go on sale today
(Local News ~ 06/04/13)
Tickets for admission into a world of wonder will go on sale at 10 a.m. today at the Show Me Center for "Disney Live! Presents Three Classic Fairy Tales." A new stage production that features more than 25 Disney characters, "Disney Live! Presents Three Classic Fairy Tales" will be performed at 3 and 6 p.m. ...
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Council muses which sales taxes to keep
(Local News ~ 06/04/13)
Cape Girardeau's mayor said Monday he wants a citywide vote on sales-tax levies in November, but the city council is still trying to work out which taxes they want to see let go and which to keep. Discussion by the council continues over several portions of sales-tax levies set to expire -- the city would collect less taxes each year if half of a 1-cent restaurant tax and half of a 1/4-cent fire tax ran out...
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Jackson awaiting grant for community center construction
(Local News ~ 06/04/13)
The city of Jackson has nearly completed the design phase of its new community center; now officials say all they can do is wait. Last year, Jackson voters passed a quarter-cent sales tax to help fund construction of the center. The group Southeast Missouri Medical Center also confirmed it would donate more than $3 million to the project, and the city also applied for a $1.8 million Federal Emergency Management Agency grant...
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Southeast Missouri State trio to compete at NCAA Outdoor Championships
(College Sports ~ 06/04/13)
Southeast Missouri State track and field has for years represented arguably the university's most consistently successful sports program. The Redhawks might have even topped themselves this year. In addition to once again performing at a high level during the regular season, Southeast is enjoying one of its best postseasons ever on the Division I level as three athletes qualified for this week's NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore...
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Cape City Council rejects trash collection rate increase
(Local News ~ 06/04/13)
Just 15 cents could be the difference Cape Girardeau residents would see on their city utility service bill come July 1 should a proposed increase in trash collection charges come to fruition. The city council on Monday approved the first reading of an ordinance that would lessen sewer charges by $1 per customer each month, but a proposed 85 cent increase for solid waste disposal did not fare as well...
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Floodwaters encroaching on Dutchtown, highways
(Local News ~ 06/04/13)
The fast-rising waters of the Mississippi River are again threatening Dutchtown. Dutchtown prepared itself for backwater flooding from the river once this spring. Now the Mississippi is expected to crest higher than before, possibly more than 13 feet above Cape Girardeau's flood stage by Thursday...
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Second round of major flooding could hurt new crops
(Local News ~ 06/04/13)
If the Mississippi River crests, as predicted, at 45.5 feet at Cape Girardeau, about 8,000 acres of farmland will be underwater in this part of Southeast Missouri. Terry Birk, county director for the USDA Farm Service Agency in Cape Girardeau and Bollinger counties, said some farmers were able to plant corn in the short time between the earlier flood this spring and the current one, but this flood could be more extreme than the last...
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CHS's Sander is Nat. Merit Scholar & MO Scholar!
(Submitted Story ~ 06/04/13)
Cape Central High School is pleased to announce the selection of Joshua Sander as a National Merit Scholar and as a Missouri Scholars 100 recipient for 2013. To be selected as a National Merit Finalist, Joshua earned a score on the SAT that less than 1% of the students earned who took the 2013 SAT globally. ...
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GIRL SCOUTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO VOTE ON PROPERTY
(Submitted Story ~ 06/04/13)
GIRL SCOUTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO VOTE ON PROPERTY RECOMMENDATION Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland's Board of Directors will vote later this month on whether to divest six of its 10 council program properties. Two of these properties, Latonka Program Center (Wayne County) and Mintahama Program Center (Newton County), currently host summer resident camp. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/04/13)
Today is Tuesday, June 4, the 155th day of 2013. There are 210 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 4, 1913, British suffragist Emily Davison was struck and mortally injured after moving into the path of a horse during the running of the Epsom Derby; her exact motives remain unclear. ...
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Sunscreen slows skin aging, if used often enough
(Community ~ 06/04/13)
WASHINGTON -- If worry about skin cancer doesn't make you slather on sunscreen, maybe vanity will: New research provides some of the strongest evidence to date that near-daily sunscreen use can slow the aging of your skin. Ultraviolet rays that spur wrinkles and other signs of aging quietly can build up damage pretty much anytime you're in the sun -- a lunchtime stroll, school recess, walking the dog -- and they even penetrate car windows...
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Smoking cessation class encourages group environment
(Community ~ 06/04/13)
Smokers account for nearly one-third of the population in many Southeast Missouri counties, according to a 2011 county-level study by the Department of Health and Senior Services. The study also reported that from 1999 to 2009, an estimated 1,271 incidents of smoking-related deaths occurred in Cape Girardeau County alone. ...
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Health beat: Hand, foot and mouth disease
(Community ~ 06/04/13)
Hand, foot and mouth disease, or HFMD, is a contagious illness caused by different viruses. Infants and children younger than 5 years are more likely to get this disease. However, older children and adults can also contract it. In the United States and other countries with changing seasons, it is more common for people to contract hand, foot and mouth disease from spring to fall...
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Matt Damon leads stars in Public Theater forum
(Entertainment ~ 06/04/13)
NEW YORK -- An all-star line-up including Matt Damon, Alan Alda and Vanessa Redgrave will be featured in a night of readings and a town hall discussion hosted by The Public Theater. The June 17 event at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park also will feature Christine Baranski, Gloria Reuben, Raul Esparza, Hamish Linklater, Jesse L. Martin, Lily Rabe and Marsha Stephanie Blake...
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Prosecutor: Manning let secrets into enemy hands
(National News ~ 06/04/13)
FORT MEADE, Md. -- Pfc. Bradley Manning put U.S. military secrets into the hands of Osama bin Laden himself, prosecutors said Monday as the Army intelligence analyst went on trial for leaking thousands of classified documents. Manning's lawyers countered by arguing that he was a "young, naive but good-intentioned" soldier whose struggle to fit in as a gay man in the military made him feel he "needed to do something to make a difference in this world."...
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Police can collect DNA from arrestees, court says
(National News ~ 06/04/13)
WASHINGTON -- A divided Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for police to take a DNA swab from anyone they arrest for a serious crime, endorsing a practice now followed by more than half the states as well as the federal government. The justices differed strikingly on how big a step that was...
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Drop in trade winds turns Hawaii muggy
(National News ~ 06/04/13)
HONOLULU -- Part of what makes living in Hawaii so pleasant is the gentle breeze. Arriving from the northeast, it's light enough that it is barely noticeable but strong enough to chase away humidity. It's a natural draw to the outdoors. It is not uncommon to show up at a house to find its residents relaxing in a covered porch or in a car port, not their living room, and enjoying the cooling winds -- and a cool drink...
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Deaths spark new questions over risks of storm-chasing
(National News ~ 06/04/13)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- While most people take shelter when a tornado approaches, a growing throng heads for the prairies, be they scientists hoping to protect the public from a twister's fury or amateurs armed with little more than a smartphone, a digital camera and a desire to sell 15 seconds of video to the nightly news...
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At least 119 die in poultry plant fire in China
(International News ~ 06/04/13)
BEIJING -- Fire swept through a poultry processing plant in northeastern China on Monday, trapping workers inside a slaughterhouse with only one open exit and killing at least 119 people in one of the country's worst industrial disasters in years...
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Prime minister, president at odds over Turkish protests
(International News ~ 06/04/13)
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkish riot police launched round after round of tear gas against protesters Monday, the fourth day of violent demonstrations, as the president and the prime minister staked competing positions on the unrest. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejected the protesters' demands that he resign and dismissed the demonstrations as the work of Turkey's opposition. President Abdullah Gul praised the mostly peaceful protesters as expressing their democratic rights...
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Election Day
(Editorial ~ 06/04/13)
After months of speculation, political jockeying, selection processes and campaigning, today voters will head to the polls to elect a representative for the 8th Congressional District. The vote comes about six months after former U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson announced her resignation. Emerson left the House in January to take a position with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association as CEO...
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Congrats to Austin
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/04/13)
It is with delight I write this letter to publicly congratulate our friend, Doug Austin, on being awarded the Senior Service Award by Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder. As was noted in the article, Mr. Austin is active in nearly 20 organizations. However, Doug Austin and his lovely wife, Fran, are constant encouragers to countless adults and youth throughout the community...
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Out of the past 6/4/13
(Out of the Past ~ 06/04/13)
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating Multi-List Service of Cape Girardeau Inc., in connection with restraint of trade allegations involving "possible exclusion of competitors" from the local real estate market. A new mausoleum, designed for 300 crypt burials and 120 cremation inurements, was dedicated at Cape Girardeau Memorial Park yesterday...
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Births 6/4/13
(Births ~ 06/04/13)
Daughter to Zachariah Paul and Stacy Lynn Beckerman of Daisy, Saint Francis Medical Center, 9:47 a.m. Monday, May 27, 2013. Name, Ally Sue. Weight, 6 pounds, 12 ounces. First child. Mrs. Beckerman is the former Stacy Hobeck, daughter of Ron and Janette Hobeck of Daisy. She is employed at Moss and Stillwell Law Firm. Beckerman is the son of Cheryl Beckerman of Patton, Mo., and Allen Newell of Perryville, Mo. He is serving with the U.S. Army...
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Sister Jeanette Schutte
(Obituary ~ 06/04/13)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Sister Jeanette C. Schutte, 89, of Cairo died Monday, June 3, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Local visitation will be from 4 p.m. until time of service Wednesday at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Cairo. A memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, celebrated by the Rev. Chris Mujule and the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ...
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Robert Minton
(Obituary ~ 06/04/13)
Robert C. "Bob" Minton, 81, of Katy, Texas, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, May 31, 2013, at Methodist West Hospital in Katy. He was born Feb. 7, 1932, in Cape Girardeau, to Robert D. and Willia Slinkard Minton. Bob was a 1950 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School and a 1958 graduate of Missouri School of Mines...
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Arthur Lueder Jr.
(Obituary ~ 06/04/13)
Arthur C.H. Lueder Jr., 85, of Egypt Mills died Sunday, June 2, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 29, 1927, in Egypt Mills, to Arthur F. and Regina Reimann Lueder. Arthur served in the U.S. Army. He worked at Marquette Cement, retiring in 1982. ...
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Dorothy Heise
(Obituary ~ 06/04/13)
Dorothy Heath Heise, 90, of Evans, Ga., formerly of Jackson, died Friday, May 31, 2013. She was born Sept. 10, 1922, in Bertrand, Mo., the youngest of 11 children to James Edward and Alice Neal Heath. Survivors include a son, Roy Heise (Karin) and their children Jennifer and Jonathan (Jodi) of Georgia; a daughter, Alice Wybert of Jackson and her children, Judith (Scott) Larsen, Christopher (Tonya) and Jonathan (Stephanie); great-grandchildren, Sara (Peter) Thelen, Jacob and Anna Larsen, Jordan and Madison Wybert and Kayla Wybert; special friend, K.D. ...
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Verna Eaker
(Obituary ~ 06/04/13)
Verna A. Eaker, 84, of Jackson passed away Sunday, June 2, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 27, 1929, in Glenallen, Mo., daughter of George and Alma Buehler Schwering. Verna retired in 1994 from Tri-Con Industries as an inspector. She was a member of Glen Allen United Methodist Church...
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Elmer Cook
(Obituary ~ 06/04/13)
Elmer J. Cook, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, June 3, 2013, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Tom Sullinger officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hills Cemetery at Morley, Mo...
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New Jersey Sen. Lautenberg dead at 89
(National News ~ 06/04/13)
TRENTON, N.J. -- The next time a flight attendant reminds you there's no smoking or you witness a teenager being carded at a liquor store, think of Frank Lautenberg. The liberal Democratic senator from New Jersey left his mark on the everyday lives of Americans. In the 1980s, he was a force behind the laws that banned smoking on most U.S. flights and made 21 the drinking age in all 50 states...
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New IRS chief: Taxpayers no longer trust agency
(National News ~ 06/04/13)
WASHINGTON -- His agency under relentless fire, the new head of the Internal Revenue Service acknowledged to Congress on Monday that American taxpayers no longer trust the IRS amid a growing number of scandals -- from the targeting of conservative political groups to lavish spending on employee conferences...
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Bad news? Happy stock market
(National News ~ 06/04/13)
NEW YORK -- For now, bad news is good for the stock market. Investors judged that the latest weak economic reports will make it more likely that the Federal Reserve will continue to stimulate the economy and support a rally on Wall Street. On Monday, a measure of U.S. manufacturing fell in May to its lowest level since June 2009 as overseas economies slumped and weak business spending reduced new orders to factories...
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Cardinals' Carpenter throws to live batters
(Professional Sports ~ 06/04/13)
ST. LOUIS -- Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter threw to live batters Monday for the first time in his comeback attempt from a career-threatening nerve issue. After throwing successful bullpen sessions on May 27 and 30, Carpenter threw about 20 pitches to teammates Shane Robinson and Matt Adams on Monday. He threw another 20 or so without a batter from the mound, while several teammates gathered behind the batting cage to watch...
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Cape Legion sweeps pair from Scott County Legion
(Community Sports ~ 06/04/13)
The Cape Girardeau Ford & Sons American Legion Post 63 baseball team won a rout and a squeaker against Scott County Senior Legion on Monday at Central High School. Cape won the opener 11-1 in five innings, then scored the winning run on a wild pitch in a 4-3 victory...
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Cards win opener of series against Diamondbacks
(Professional Sports ~ 06/04/13)
ST. LOUIS -- Lance Lynn was feeling so good that he wanted to stay in the game. These days, everything is going right for the pitcher. Lynn pitched seven solid innings and the St. Louis Cardinals got home runs from Yadier Molina and Carlos Beltran in a 7-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night...
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Cape Girardeau City Council action 6/3/13
(Local News ~ 06/04/13)
401 Independence St. Cape Girardeau Public hearings...
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Speak Out 6/4/13
(Speak Out ~ 06/04/13)
I go to my ATM to find people on foot withdrawing money. Those are called drive-in ATMs because you drive in with your car. Please don't use ATMs unless you're actually driving. The grass along Walker Creek is over 2 feet tall. I'm afraid we're going to have snakes and other varmints. Why hasn't it been mowed?...
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Jackson police report 6/4/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/04/13)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest...
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Cape Girardeau police report, 6/4/13
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/04/13)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Summonses...
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Jackson continues to grow
(Column ~ 06/04/13)
Jackson's slogan is the "City of Beautiful Homes, Parks, Schools, and Churches." Things are happening in each of those areas. We have had a great deal of activity in home sales. During the month of April, there were 22 new homeowner accounts who signed up for utilities in the city. In addition, we had 35 new renters. (Records for the month of May have not yet been completed.) Building permit values so far this year total $9.5 million...
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Nixon vetoes Mo. international law measure
(State News ~ 06/04/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed legislation dealing with international law Monday because of concerns that include a possible "chilling effect" for overseas adoptions. The governor said the legislation raised "serious questions" about whether Missouri courts could consider foreign decrees or orders needed to complete overseas adoptions and could provoke foreign retaliation aimed at preventing Missourians from adopting children born in other countries...
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Prayer 6/4/13
(Prayer ~ 06/04/13)
O Lord Jesus, our Messiah, thank you for being our ever-present help. Amen.
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Holy Land archaeological treasure hurt by politics
(National News ~ 06/04/13)
SEBASTIA, West Bank (AP) -- The ancient town of Sebastia is one of the major archaeological sites of the Holy Land, with its overlapping layers of history dating back nearly 3,000 years. But today the hilltop capital of biblical kings, later ruled by Roman conquerors, Crusaders and Ottomans, is marred with weeds, graffiti and garbage...
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8th District special election today
(Local News ~ 06/04/13)
Voters in 30 Missouri counties today will select their next congressional representative. Polls open for the 8th Congressional District special election at 6 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Four party candidates -- Constitution Party candidate Doug Enyart, Democrat Steve Hodges, Libertarian Bill Slantz and Republican Jason Smith -- and two write-in candidates -- Thomas Brown and Dr. ...
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The Great Race road rally will bring vintage cars to Cape Girardeau
(06/04/13)
If you ask Danny Essner, downtown Cape Girardeau is the place to be June 25. That's the day hundreds of vintage cars will rumble into town on the fourth leg of The Great Race, a cross-country road rally. "The Great Race is billed as the premiere vintage car road rally in the world," says Essner, who as a member of the River City Rodders helped bring the race to Cape Girardeau. ...
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Raise a glass of red wine to heart health
(06/04/13)
An apple, sure, but can a glass of red wine a day also keep the doctor away? Red wine is touted as heart healthy, so we went to local experts to check it out. Here's what Janet Anders, wellness dietitian at Fitness Plus, and Raina Childers, nutritional services coordinator at HealthPoint Fitness, had to say:...
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For photography buff Wayne McPherson, local baseball players are like family
(06/04/13)
Wayne and Joan McPherson run on a tight schedule during baseball season. That's because they attend most of the Southeast Missouri State University baseball games, both home and away, as well as many of the Plaza Tire Capahas' baseball games...
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Candidates make last-minute push in congressional election
(Local News ~ 06/04/13)
Candidates hoping for a good word tonight once returns come in were making their last efforts Tuesday to reach voters in Missouri's 8th Congressional District. Republican state Rep. Jason Smith, of Salem, Mo., began his day in Cape Girardeau, where he thanked volunteers at his campaign office while they made calls. His Democratic opponent, state Rep. Steve Hodges, cast a ballot in his hometown of East Prairie, Mo., before heading to Sikeston to join his campaign on get-out-the-vote calls...
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