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High winds close Dorena-Hickman ferry
(Local News ~ 03/12/14)
Southeast Missourian ~ The Dorena-Hickman Ferry is closed today because of high winds. Winds from the northwest in the 20 mph range included gusts of 40 mph. Captain Ed Floyd anticipates the ferry will open on the regular winter schedule Thursday morning...
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Plans for Show Me Center renovation move forward
(Local News ~ 03/12/14)
Given the go-ahead by the Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents, university officials plan to ask for proposals from consultants in the next couple of weeks to update the Show Me Center. Opened in 1987, the center is home to Southeast's Division I men's and women's sports teams, but it also serves as a venue for everything from monster truck and car shows to big-name concerts, private events and meetings...
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Board has an air show to organize and little time to do it
(Local News ~ 03/12/14)
Organizing for the upcoming air festival -- which is back on after a cancellation just weeks ago -- became the chief topic of conversation Tuesday night at the Cape Girardeau Airport Advisory Board meeting. In February, the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport announced it had canceled the annual air show after the headlining act, the Canadian Snowbirds, backed out because of budget cuts...
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Popular science: Area students show off their projects
(Local News ~ 03/12/14)
A total of 441 students from 27 schools across the region exhibited outcomes of a variety of experiments Tuesday as part of the 58th annual Southeast Missouri Regional Science Fair. The event at the Show Me Center featured 278 Junior Division and 41 Senior Division projects...
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Trial begins in Advance murder case
(Local News ~ 03/12/14)
Arguments began Tuesday in the case against a Dexter, Mo., man accused of facilitating a murder last year outside a restaurant in Advance, Mo. Glen Scott Evans faces two counts of armed criminal action and one count each of first-degree murder and first-degree robbery in connection with the shooting death of Sean Crow, 34, whose body was found Feb. 20, 2013, in a truck outside a McDonald's in Advance...
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Missouri House OKs abortion waiting period bill
(State News ~ 03/12/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri would become the third state to make women wait three days to have an abortion after seeing a doctor under legislation passed by the state House on Tuesday. The bill would triple Missouri's current 24-hour waiting period and put the state in line with Utah and South Dakota as the only states to mandate a 72-hour time frame. The Missouri House vote came hours after a few hundred anti-abortion advocates rallied at the state Capitol in support of the measure...
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Southeast Missouri State baseball team emerges from early hole to beat Missouri State
(College Sports ~ 03/12/14)
When Southeast Missouri State designated hitter Derek Gibson stepped to the plate with one out and the game tied in the bottom of the fifth inning Tuesday afternoon, he knew he had to trust the approach his coaches had taught him. Gibson hit a solo shot over the wall in right-center field that ended up being all the Redhawks would need in a 6-5 defeat of in-state rival Missouri State at Capaha Field...
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Attitudes, laws soften on pit bull terriers
(State News ~ 03/12/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- For much of the past three decades, pit bulls have been regarded as America's most dangerous dog -- the favorite breed of thugs, drug dealers and dog-fighting rings, with a fearsome reputation for unprovoked, sometimes deadly attacks...
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Train Crash
(Submitted Photo ~ 03/12/14)
This is two trains that had crashed in May 2013 at Rockview Mo.
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Old Barn
(Submitted Photo ~ 03/12/14)
This is a old barn i seen one day this winter.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/12/14)
Today is Wednesday, March 12, the 71st day of 2014. There are 294 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 12, 1664, England's King Charles II granted an area of land on the East Coast of present-day North America known as New Netherland to his brother James, the Duke of York...
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Discovery Playhouse looks to grow with construction
(Editorial ~ 03/12/14)
The Discovery Playhouse recently announced it will be able to expand the children's play museum to the second floor for more exhibits, thanks to community support and tax credits. Among the new plans are to bring in new exhibits that will appeal to children ages 9 through 12 years old...
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Speak Out 3/12/14
(Speak Out ~ 03/12/14)
After reading the story in Sunday's paper about the power bills in Jackson, I must weigh in with my stats. We live in a home built around 1960 that has 3,600 square feet and very drafty metal windows. Our roof is very well insulated and our home is about the last one that has the snow melt on it. ...
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E.U. seeks U.S. ban on European cheese names
(National News ~ 03/12/14)
WASHINGTON -- Would Parmesan by any other name be as tasty atop your pasta? A ripening trade battle might put that to the test. As part of trade talks, the European Union wants to ban the use of European names like Parmesan, feta and Gorgonzola on cheese made in the United States...
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Couple trapped by cat to get it help
(National News ~ 03/12/14)
PORTLAND, Ore. -- The owners of a 22-pound housecat that trapped them in their bedroom after attacking their baby say they're not giving up on their pet and are getting it medical attention. Two days after police arrived to subdue the 4-year-old cat, owner Lee Palmer of Portland said he's taking the feline to a veterinarian...
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Director Spike Lee to attend Roger Ebert film festival
(Entertainment ~ 03/12/14)
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Director Spike Lee will attend a 25th-anniversary screening of "Do the Right Thing" at late movie critic Roger Ebert's film festival. The festival announced Tuesday the screening will take place April 25 during the 16th annual Ebertfest at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign...
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Parliament in Crimea pushes for independence
(International News ~ 03/12/14)
KIEV, Ukraine -- Crimea's Parliament said Tuesday if the public votes to become part of Russia, the peninsula will declare itself independent and propose becoming a Russian state. That could offer a way of de-escalating the standoff between Russia and the West...
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Malaysian military says missing jet changed course
(International News ~ 03/12/14)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- The missing Boeing 777 jetliner changed course over the sea, crossed Malaysia and reached the Strait of Malacca -- hundreds of miles from its last position recorded by civilian authorities, Malaysian military officials said Tuesday, citing military radar data...
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Senator sees CIA meddling in torture probe
(National News ~ 03/12/14)
WASHINGTON -- The leader of the Senate Intelligence Committee declared Tuesday the CIA interfered with and tried to intimidate a congressional investigation into the agency's possible use of torture in terror probes during the Bush administration...
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Wendell Toton
(Obituary ~ 03/12/14)
Wendell Wayne Toton, 84, of Scott City died Sunday, March 9, 2014. He was born Feb. 4, 1930, in Portageville, Mo., to Francis and Lena Brasher Toton. Wendell served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Chapel in Scott City...
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Marguerite Engert
(Obituary ~ 03/12/14)
FROHNA, Mo. -- Marguerite M. Engert, 88, of Frohna died Monday, March 10, 2014, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. She was born Feb. 11, 1926, in Pocahontas, daughter of Roland and Marie Exler Starzinger. She and Milton Engert were married June 14, 1947. He preceded her in death May 25, 1991...
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Irene Borkowski
(Obituary ~ 03/12/14)
Irene Borkowski, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, March 8, 2014, at Ratliff Care Center. She was born April 16, 1928, in Chicago, to John and Sophie Wegel Krzos, the youngest of 13 children. She and Joseph J. Borkowski were married Feb. 23, 1952. He preceded her in death March 28, 1997...
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Geraldine Jenkins
(Obituary ~ 03/12/14)
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Geraldine McCormick Jenkins, 95, of Fairview Heights died Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at Memorial Hospital in Belleville, Ill. She was born May 10, 1918, in Clarkton, Mo. Geraldine was a member of Christ United Methodist Church and Senior Citizens in Fairview Heights, Advisory Board, the former John Fritz RR Club and Daughters of Rebekah...
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Mary Jo Ressel
(Obituary ~ 03/12/14)
ORAN, Mo. -- Mary Jo Ressel, 57, of Oran passed away peacefully at her home, Monday, March 10, 2014, surrounded by family. She was born Aug. 27, 1956, in Cape Girardeau, to Herman Joe and Doris Wills Ressel. Mary Jo was a member of Guardian Angel Catholic Church in Oran and St. ...
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Betty Lincecum
(Obituary ~ 03/12/14)
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Betty Sue Lincecum, 79, of Surprise passed away Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, in Surprise. She was born April 11, 1934, in Vanduser, Mo., daughter of Chester and Norma R. Campbell. As a child she enjoyed exploring her surroundings whenever she found time alone. When she married Billy Joe Lincecum at the age of 17, Betty Sue continued to explore as they traveled the world together for almost 63 years...
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Dr. David Crowe
(Obituary ~ 03/12/14)
Dr. David Paul Crowe, 62, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, March 7, 2014, at his home. A memorial service to commemorate his life will be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Cape Bible Chapel. Friends may greet the family following the service. ...
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Genevieve Hendrick
(Obituary ~ 03/12/14)
ULLIN, Ill. -- Genevieve Hendrick, 91, of Ullin died Monday, March 10, 2014, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 15, 1922, in Alexander County, Ill., daughter of John Logan and Dora Hardy Crider. She and Ray Hendrick were married Dec. 24, 1945. He preceded her in death April 4, 2010...
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Alexia Jordan
(Obituary ~ 03/12/14)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Alexia Jordan, 52, of Marble Hill died Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at her home. Visitation will be Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill. The funeral will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Hurricane Fork General Baptist Church, with the Revs. Terry Douglas, Alan Terbrak, Steven Sander and Otis Long officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery near Marble Hill...
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Viola Lowes
(Obituary ~ 03/12/14)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Viola Marie Lowes, 82, of Perryville died Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at Holiday Residential Care in Perryville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. Friday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. A Catholic wake will be held at 5:15 p.m. Thursday...
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Jackson police report 3/12/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/12/14)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest Summonses Thefts Property damage Miscellaneous...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 3/12/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/12/14)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Monday:...
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Cape Girardeau police report 3/12/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/12/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Summons Theft Assault Property damage Miscellaneous...
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Author Joe McGinniss dead at 71
(Entertainment ~ 03/12/14)
NEW YORK -- Joe McGinniss wasn't one to let a story tell itself. Whether insisting on the guilt of a murder suspect after seemingly befriending him or moving next door to Sarah Palin's house for a most unauthorized biography, McGinniss was unique in his determination to get the most inside information, in how publicly he burned bridges with his subjects and how memorably he placed himself in the narrative...
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Barrel stave facility destroyed by fire
(Local News ~ 03/12/14)
Perryville Fire Department officials have no cause for the fire that consumed a local business Monday night. Perryville firefighters responded to a fire at Perryville Stave Co. just after 8 p.m. and were assisted by crews from East Perry, Biehle, Chester, North Bollinger County and St. Mary's...
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Accident involving tractor-trailer, minivan causes injuries
(Local News ~ 03/12/14)
An accident between a tractor-trailer and minivan partially blocked Highway 34 and Highway H near Grassy, Mo., according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol communications operator John Beaton. Beaton said there were injuries, but details were not available...
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Judge upholds Missouri limit on funeral protests
(State News ~ 03/12/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A federal judge has upheld a Missouri law requiring protesters to stay at least a football-field length away from funeral sites, beginning an hour before services start until an hour after they end. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Fernando Gaitan Jr. ...
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Court rejects tax refund for grocery bakeries
(State News ~ 03/12/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Grocery store bakeries in Missouri must continue to pay tax on the utilities they use to warm their food. The state Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request for a sales tax refund on the electricity and natural gas used by the bakeries at 40 Schnucks grocery stores...
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Missouri health enrollment up, but remains behind goal
(State News ~ 03/12/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The number of Missouri residents using a federal website to enroll in health insurance is growing, but not as fast as had been projected. Figures released Tuesday show nearly 75,000 people had enrolled in health policies by March 1. That's up by more than one-third from Feb. 1...
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$100M civil rights suit filed in slaying case
(State News ~ 03/12/14)
ST. LOUIS -- A man recently released from prison after a Missouri court overturned his conviction in a sports editor's death is seeking $100 million in damages in a federal civil rights lawsuit against seven police detectives, a prosecutor turned judge and a former police chief...
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Roberts steps down as boys basketball coach at Notre Dame
(High School Sports ~ 03/12/14)
Paul Unterreiner, an assistant, is taking over the boys program
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Southeast Missouri State tennis teams sweeps WIU for highest win total since 2008
(College Sports ~ 03/12/14)
The Southeast Missouri State tennis team opened its home schedule Tuesday with its first sweep of singles and doubles play this season. The Redhawks improved to 6-5 overall, defeating Western Illinois University 7-0. Southeast has won back-to-back matches for the first time since the 2006-07 season...
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Cards pitching gives up nine more runs in loss
(Professional Sports ~ 03/12/14)
JUPITER, Fla. -- Jon Niese struggled in his first spring start that was delayed by shoulder trouble, allowing four runs in two innings of the New York Mets' 9-8 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday. The Cardinals tagged Niese for four runs in the second. Kolten Wong hit a two-run homer in the inning, hours after manager Mike Matheny expressed his support for the struggling second baseman...
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Testing of deer shows no new cases of chronic wasting disease
(Local News ~ 03/12/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Following testing 3,666 deer harvested during and after the 2013 deer-hunting season, the Missouri Department of Conservation has detected no additional cases of chronic wasting disease in Missouri free-ranging deer, the department said in a news release...
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Man arrested after high-speed chase
(Local News ~ 03/12/14)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- An East Prairie, Mo., man who led law enforcement officers on a chase at speeds of more than 100 miles per hour was arrested Saturday. Harold Matheney, 36, is in custody on charges of resisting arrest following his arrest...
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Man pleads guilty to child's murder, kidnapping
(Local News ~ 03/12/14)
Shawn Morgan of Senath, Mo., accused of killing 3-year-old BreeAnn Rodriguez, pleaded guilty to three felony charges Monday, including murder. Morgan pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, armed criminal action and child kidnapping...
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Man fleeing deputy hit by pickup
(Local News ~ 03/12/14)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A man running from a Butler County deputy sheriff was injured early Saturday morning when he was struck by a pickup truck driven by a Dexter, Mo., man. Timothy Draper, 34, of Sikeston, Mo., was transported by ambulance to Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol...
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Dems clock all-nighter with climate change talk
(National News ~ 03/12/14)
WASHINGTON -- Democratic senators clocked an all-nighter, working in shifts into Tuesday morning to warn of devastation from climate change and the danger of inaction. Addressing a nearly empty chamber and visitor gallery, more than two dozen speakers agreed with each other about the need to act on climate change. Naysayers -- Republicans -- largely stayed away, arguing hours earlier that regulation would cost Americans jobs in a sluggish economy...
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General's lawyer to try for plea deal
(National News ~ 03/12/14)
FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- A military judge on Tuesday dismissed the jury in the midst of an Army general's court martial on sexual assault charges to give prosecutors and defense lawyers time to hammer out a plea deal in the case. Judge Col. James Pohl made the unusual move after new evidence indicated political concerns may have improperly influenced military officials' rejection of a previous plea offer by Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair...
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New York killing still fascinates 50 years later
(National News ~ 03/12/14)
NEW YORK -- Kitty Genovese's screams for help couldn't save her on the night she was murdered outside her apartment in 1964. Fifty years later, those screams still echo, a symbol of urban breakdown and city dwellers' seeming callousness toward their neighbors...
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World's oldest masks on display in Jerusalem
(International News ~ 03/12/14)
JERUSALEM -- The oldest known masks in the world went on display in Jerusalem on Tuesday in the largest-ever exhibit of the ghoulish faces, believed to have been created in the Holy Land thousands of years before the time of the Bible. The 11 stone masks, said to have been discovered in the Judean desert and hills near Jerusalem, date back 9,000 years and offer a rare glimpse at some of civilization's first communal rituals...
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Eagle Ridge baseball opens season with tie
(High School Sports ~ 03/12/14)
Eagle Ridge 5, North County Christian 5 The Eagle Ridge Christian School's baseball team debuted the season with a darkness-ending tie to North County Christian School in the suburban St. Louis area on Tuesday. Uzziah Beggs went 2 for 3 at the plate to lead Eagle Ridge (0-0-1)...
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Out of the past 3/12/14
(Out of the Past ~ 03/12/14)
National conservative radio talk-show host Rush H. Limbaugh III entertains more than 1,300 people at the Arena Building for more than an hour; the crowd is the largest ever for the annual Lincoln Day celebration, sponsored by the Cape Girardeau County Republican Women's Club...
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Prayer 3/12/14
(Prayer ~ 03/12/14)
O Lord Jesus, thank you that we have peace because of you, our overcomer. Amen.
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Health-care sign-ups, though steady, may miss goal
(National News ~ 03/12/14)
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration said Tuesday it's making steady progress on health-care sign-ups, but the White House needs something a near-miracle to meet its goal of enrolling 6 million people by the end of this month. It could happen with a sustained surge in consumer demand and a foolproof website. But they're not seeing it yet, and time is running out...
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Snow days push Jackson schools' final day to May 30
(Local News ~ 03/12/14)
Snow and ice has extended the Jackson R-2 School District's year to May 30, superintendent Ron Anderson told board members at Tuesday's meeting. He said the district has lost 14 days because of bad weather this year, "which is the most I've seen in my career."...
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