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Cape trash, recycling resumes today
(Local News ~ 12/07/13)
Cape Girardeau trash and recycling pickups that were postponed Friday will resume today, according to an email from the city.
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2013 Winter fun
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/07/13)
Sean Brown got his first ever Mallard and got his limit thanks to the cold front that moved in!!!
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Snow at Kiwanis Park, Cape Girardeau
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/07/13)
Snow at Kiwanis Park, Cape Girardeau
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Southeast Hospital Delivers Blizzard Babies
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/07/13)
Southeast Hospital had its share of blizzard babies during the recent winter storm. A total of 11 babies were born over the course of the storm on Thursday and Friday. Seven of the moms and their babies from left: Amanda Smith and Tripp, Megan S. Kutz-Hotop and baby Hotop, Julie Mahathath and Tayliahna, Jordan Abell and Jensen Daniel, Kimberly Christian and Addison, Kaiya Turner and Autumn, and JoElla Hartlein and Zoey...
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Snow at Dennis Scivally Park, Cape Girardeau
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/07/13)
Snow at Dennis Scivally Park, Cape Girardeau
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Amish winter in southern Illinois
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/07/13)
Amish buggy in southern Illinois.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/07/13)
Today is Saturday, Dec. 7, the 341st day of 2013. There are 24 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 7, 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as part of its plan to conquer Southeast Asian territories; the raid, which claimed some 2,400 American lives, prompted the United States to declare war against Japan the next day...
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Out of the past 12/7/13
(Out of the Past ~ 12/07/13)
The Ohio Valley Conference, to which Southeast Missouri State University hopes to gain admission as part of a move up in athletic affiliation, has decided not to expand; a league official, however, says expansion could be reconsidered in June. A hydraulic excavator tipped over yesterday morning, when the foundation of the house it was resting on slipped away; Eagle Excavations of Cape Girardeau was tearing down the house at Normal and Henderson avenues, when the incident occurred; no one was injured; the house is being removed to add parking and green space.. ...
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Runners organize impromptu marathon
(Local News ~ 12/07/13)
By Saturday afternoon, a group of intrepid Cape Girardeau athletes will be able to tell their future grandchildren they ran 26.2 miles in the snow. Kim Kelpe, co-owner of Missouri Running Co., said some of her store's customers had planned to participate in the St. Jude Memphis Marathon on Saturday, but icy roads forced them to cancel their plans...
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Noon travel update: Side roads treacherous as crews focus on main arteries
(Local News ~ 12/07/13)
Officials are recommending that no one travel this morning in the weather conditions unless they must. Conditions at 6 a.m. were severe. Roads such as East Jackson Boulevard and Kingshighway were covered with ice and packed snow. Weather conditions are expected to worsen throughout the day...
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Afternoon weather update: Snow falling one inch per hour; 10 inches reported in some areas
(Local News ~ 12/07/13)
Weather conditions continued to deteriorate into the afternoon as up to 10 inches of snow fell on top of communities trying to chisel out from under the ice and sleet that accumulated overnight. The National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky., reported about a quarter-inch of sleet and freezing rain fell overnight in Cape Girardeau...
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Winter weather brings accidents, cancellations
(Local News ~ 12/07/13)
Icy roads kept first responders busy handling accidents Thursday across Southeast Missouri. Authorities temporarily closed the northbound lanes of Interstate 55 on Thursday afternoon after a passenger vehicle collided with a tractor-trailer just south of mile marker 101...
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Firefighters urge caution with onset of winter
(Local News ~ 12/07/13)
On an icy December evening, many of us may relish the prospect of curling up under an electric blanket, sipping a mug of homemade cocoa and listening to the fireplace crackle as the lights twinkle on the Christmas tree. But local firefighters advise taking a few precautions to make sure that cozy scene doesn't turn into an expensive and dangerous disaster...
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Road crews struggle to keep up with snow
(Local News ~ 12/07/13)
The phrase "spinning their wheels" may hit a little too close to home in this weather, but that's essentially what road crews have been doing since the snow started falling early this morning. "Occasionally, we've started to catch up and make some progress, and then it started snowing again," said Tim Gramling, Cape Girardeau public works director...
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