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Illinois company latest to test market for carp
(National News ~ 08/15/14)
GRAFTON, Ill. -- When they arrive at the processing plant, the fish that have been cursed as a menace to American lakes and rivers are raked onto a conveyor belt, some of them still flopping. Brought by the boatload to this facility north of St. Louis, the Asian carp quickly meet a gruesome fate: They are ground to a bloody pulp in a maze of machines that churn their bony bodies into dehydrated meal and fish oil...
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Judge affirms $1.1 million award against Mo. diocese
(State News ~ 08/15/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A judge has affirmed an arbitrator's $1.1 million breach-of-contract award against the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City and St. Joseph for violating a 2008 settlement with victims of sexual abuse by priests. In his ruling late Wednesday, Jackson County Circuit Judge Bryan Round wrote there could "be no doubt that the Diocese, through its leadership and higher-level personnel, failed in numerous respects to abide by the terms of the non-monetary commitments" of the settlement, The Kansas City Star reported.. ...
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Portageville man arrested on suspicion of stealing farm equipment
(Local News ~ 08/15/14)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- A Portageville, Missouri, man has been arrested after stealing irrigation equipment from local farms. New Madrid County Sheriff Terry Stevens reported that a deputy spotted an older-model truck traveling west on County Road 312 in New Madrid County, but before the deputy could catch up to the vehicle, it turned into a residence on County Road 315...
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Benton man taken into custody after manhunt
(Local News ~ 08/15/14)
BENTON, Mo. -- A manhunt has led to the arrest of a wanted Benton man in Scott County. Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter reported Shawn L. Dobbs, 37, was arrested Wednesday on outstanding warrants for a felony drug violation, misdemeanor assault and numerous traffic charges. The charges stem from multiple jurisdictions in Missouri...
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Body found behind Poplar Bluff school likely Texas man
(Local News ~ 08/15/14)
Authorities are in the process of using dental records to determine if the body found Monday afternoon in a wooded area behind the Poplar Bluff Junior High School is that of a Texas man. A school maintenance worker found what was later determined to be a human body in an area between the junior high and U.S. Forest Service office at about 3:35 p.m. Monday...
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Commerce officials make stop in Cape
(Local News ~ 08/15/14)
The importance of regional economic development through the Delta Regional Authority, Southeast Missouri State University and the Career and Technology Center were spotlighted Thursday by top commerce officials. DRA federal co-chairman Chris Masingill and U.S. assistant secretary of commerce for economic development Jay Williams toured the technology center and heard about the university's economic development efforts and entrepreneurial programs...
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MMA training at the Common Pleas Courthouse gazebo
(Local News ~ 08/15/14)
GLENN LANDBERG ~ glandberg@semissourian.com Christopher "Tic Tic Boom" Beal trains in mixed martial arts with Coach Erik Harper on the gazebo at Common Pleas Courthouse Park, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Harper uses the gazebo because its octagon shape resembles the ring Mixed Martial Artist fight in. ...
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Bettering lives through music: Aslinger scholarship benefit returns Saturday
(Entertainment ~ 08/15/14)
Local bands will take the stage for charity this weekend at the third annual Howard Aslinger Memorial Music Fest hosted by Bel Air Bar and Grill in downtown Cape Girardeau. The festival is one of the fundraisers the Howard Aslinger Scholarship Foundation holds every year to fund scholarships for individuals with disabilities...
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Police images fuel outrage in St. Louis and beyond
(State News ~ 08/15/14)
FERGUSON, Mo. -- The images were reminiscent of a war zone: Helmeted officers pointing weapons from armored trucks, flash grenades lighting the night sky and tear gas exploding in crowded streets. The ugly clashes between police and protesters in this St. Louis suburb fueled a torrent of criticism and raised questions about whether the officers' tactics were inflaming the same violence they aimed to suppress after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager...
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Highway Patrol seizes control of Ferguson
(State News ~ 08/15/14)
FERGUSON, Mo. -- The Missouri Highway Patrol seized control of a St. Louis suburb Thursday, stripping local police of their law-enforcement authority after four days of clashes between officers in riot gear and furious crowds protesting the death of an unarmed black teen shot by an officer...
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High school football playoff schedule changes alter start of season
(High School Sports ~ 08/15/14)
Although it officially begins this season, the Missouri State High School Athletic Association's changes to the football playoff schedule began taking its initial roots two years ago, and it's biggest proponents were internal. A 12-member panel, known as the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee, met in December 2012 to study a new preseason practice format that would allow players to better acclimate themselves to heat during practices...
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Marquette Tower to be vacant by end of September as last tenants leave
(Local News ~ 08/15/14)
By the end of September, The Marquette Tower in downtown Cape Girardeau will sit empty once again. At one point, the restored hotel was filled to nearly 80 percent capacity, but since then its occupancy has been in a steady decline. Ryan Burns, a public information officer for the Missouri Office of Administration, said the state agencies occupying space in the building all will be vacating it by Sept. 30...
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Historic cabin on Fountain Street to be torn down
(Local News ~ 08/15/14)
Cape Girardeau city officials say no more extensions will be granted for a Fountain Street log cabin and demolition will take place in the next few weeks. On July 7, city leaders set a deadline of Aug. 8 for supporters to raise money and submit plans for restoring the home at 818 N. ...
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Alleged post office delays draw attention; local facility to receive cuts after Jan.
(Local News ~ 08/15/14)
Allegations of intentional delays at the Cape Girardeau mail processing facility prompted a letter from U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt on Thursday to postmaster general Patrick Donahoe. "Missourians are rightly concerned about possibly delayed or misdirected mail, and I write to express my concern about the reports and request future updates on the Office of Inspector General's investigation into these allegations," Blunt wrote...
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You're being watched
(Submitted Story ~ 08/15/14)
Do you want the government to know when you turn on your blender? How about the temperature of your air conditioner and heater? Do you want the government to know when you run the exhaust fan in your bathroom? How about the temperature in your refrigerator?...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/15/14)
Today is Friday, August 15, the 227th day of 2014. There are 138 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened as the SS Ancon crossed the just-completed waterway between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans...
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Valley full of memories flows out over the hilltops
(Column ~ 08/15/14)
A conversation with friends this week made me wonder: Have I told you everything I know about Killough Valley? The farm where I "grew up" is on Killough Valley, which is a narrow valley in the Ozark hills over yonder. "Grew up" can mean a lot of things. ...
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Speak Out 8/15/14
(Speak Out ~ 08/15/14)
It seems that when we had strong leadership in the White House, there were world problems, but not near as bad as what we are experiencing now with no leadership in the White House. Not in many years have we had the pressures we now face with Russia, and now they are boycotting back at us for our boycotts dealing with Urkraine. ...
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Lessons from Ferguson
(Editorial ~ 08/15/14)
The news from Ferguson, Missouri, this week was tragic. An 18-year-old black man named Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer. Brown was unarmed. The justice system will sort through this event. Understandably, there's been much anxiety over this incident, one that has stoked racial tension. ...
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Stores have a solid start to back-to-school season
(National News ~ 08/15/14)
NEW YORK -- The back-to-school shopping season is off to a promising start, but retailers may be sacrificing profit for sales. The National Retail Federation expects the average family with school-aged children to spend $669.28 for back to school items, up 5 percent from last year. That would be the second-highest amount since the industry trade group started tracking spending in 2004...
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Duane Kinsey
(Obituary ~ 08/15/14)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Duane Alfred Kinsey, 86, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, while working in the yard on his farm in McClure. One of three children, he was born Feb. 9, 1928, in Centralia, Illinois, to Ernest Gilmore and Connie Ruth Hoyt Kinsey...
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Viola Coffelt
(Obituary ~ 08/15/14)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Viola Blanche Coffelt, 95, of Perryville died Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. She was born Dec. 5, 1918, at Silver Lake, Missouri, daughter of Prince C. and Ida Mae Reddick Hudson Sr. She and Henry Joseph Coffelt were married April 18, 1935. He preceded her in death June 19, 1993...
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Rev. Philip M. Floersh
(Obituary ~ 08/15/14)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- The Rev. Philip M. Floersh, 78, died Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, at St. Mary's of the Barrens Nursing Facility in Perryville. Visitation will be after 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the Church of the Assumption in Perryville. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the church. Burial will be in Vincentian Community Cemetery...
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Randy Rainey
(Obituary ~ 08/15/14)
BENTON, Mo. -- Randy "Rocky" Rainey, 55, of Benton died Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, at the family home. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. A memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Saturday at First Assembly of God Church in Scott City. The Rev. Randy Morse will officiate, assisted by the Revs. Dennis Lowe and Dave Truncone...
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Births 8/15/14
(Births ~ 08/15/14)
Son to Kris Neil and Catherine Michelle Baranovic of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 11:15 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. Name, Truman Schuler. Weight, 7 pounds, 3 ounces. Third son. Mrs. Baranovic is the former Catherine Buchanan, daughter of Mike Buchanan and Alicia Buchanan of Cape Girardeau. She is employed by Showcase Technologies. Baranovic is the son of Mark Baranovic and Patricia Baranovic of Cape Girardeau. He is employed by Southeast Missouri State University...
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Best bet 8/15/14: Tunes at Twilight returns
(Entertainment ~ 08/15/14)
Tunes at Twilight returns to the Common Pleas Courthouse gazebo at 6:30 p.m. today with the first of six weekly concerts. Performing this evening will be Dennis Stroughmatt, who with his fiddle plays French Creole music from the Illinois Country. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own seating...
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Charles Lynn ponders music and culture while visiting his hometown
(Entertainment ~ 08/15/14)
Guitarist and Cape Girardeau native Charles Lynn's account of his birth sounds almost as if plucked from a country song; as if it could be heard warbling out of some honky-tonk juke on a lazy Tuesday night. "I was born the day Elvis came to town," he says...
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Museums team up to digitize Warhol films
(Entertainment ~ 08/15/14)
NEW YORK -- Hundreds of films by Andy Warhol will be digitized and made available for public screening under a museum partnership. The project was announced Thursday by New York City's Museum of Modern Art, the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh and visual effects firm MPC. It covers some 500 films that Warhol created between 1963 and 1972...
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River City Players to hold open meeting next week
(Entertainment ~ 08/15/14)
River City Players, an area community theater company, will host an open meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday for existing members and those interested in learning more about the troupe and its upcoming shows and activities. The meeting will be at the River City Yacht Club, the upper level of Port Cape Girardeau Restaurant, where the group's productions are staged...
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Jackson police report 8/15/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/15/14)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Summonses Miscellaneous...
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Communities across U.S. recover after floods
(National News ~ 08/15/14)
NORTH BABYLON, N.Y. -- Communities across the U.S. are drying out after unusually heavy rains swamped highways, flooded basements and were blamed for at least four deaths. Long Island residents were urged to remain off the road Wednesday as a round-the-clock recovery continued after a record 13.26 inches of rain fell between midnight and 9:30 a.m...
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Ukraine, Russia parry over humanitarian aid convoy
(International News ~ 08/15/14)
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russia -- Raising the stakes in Ukraine's conflict, a Russian aid convoy of more than 200 trucks pushed up to the border on Thursday but then stopped, provocatively poised to cross into rebel-held territory. The Ukrainian government threatened to use all means available to block the convoy if the Red Cross was not allowed to inspect the cargo. ...
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Cape Girardeau police report 8/15/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/15/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Summonses...
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Study: Humans responsible for most of melting glaciers
(National News ~ 08/15/14)
WASHINGTON -- More than two-thirds of the recent rapid melting of the world's glaciers can be blamed on humans, a new study finds. Scientists looking at glacier melt since 1851 didn't see a human fingerprint until about the middle of the 20th century. Even then only one-quarter of the warming wasn't from natural causes...
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Artifacts 8/15/14
(Entertainment ~ 08/15/14)
The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, 32 N. Main St., in Cape Girardeau is looking for artists who wish to participate in the second annual Members Exhibit in September. Any area artist, 18 and older, who is a current, dues-paying member of the council may submit one work of art to be shown at the exhibit. ...
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Jay's two-run double lifts Cardinals over Padres 4-3
(Professional Sports ~ 08/15/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Pinch-hitter Jon Jay wasn't choosy when he came up to bat for the Cardinals in the eighth inning. Jay delivered a two-run double on the first pitch and right fielder Shane Robinson threw out the potential tying run at the plate in the ninth to help St. Louis hold off the San Diego Padres 4-3 Thursday night...
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Prosecutors drop charges against Rams' Dunbar
(Professional Sports ~ 08/15/14)
MIAMI -- Prosecutors in Miami have dropped battery and disorderly conduct charges against St. Louis Rams linebacker Jo-Lonn Dunbar in a fight outside a South Beach nightclub. Dunbar attorney Howard Srebnick said Thursday that prosecutors told a judge that the case will not be pursued...
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U.S. 60/ I-57 in Scott County reduced for bridge repairs
(Local News ~ 08/15/14)
U.S. 60/Interstate 57 in Scott County will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform routine repairs to the bridge over Interstate 55. A MoDOT news release says the work will take place from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily Wednesday and Thursday...
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Pope to Koreas: Avoid 'fruitless' shows of force
(International News ~ 08/15/14)
SEOUL, South Korea -- Pope Francis called Thursday for peace and unity on the war-divided Korean Peninsula and for both sides to avoid "fruitless" criticisms and shows of force, offering a message of reconciliation at the start of a five-day visit to South Korea that received a stark response from the North...
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Out of the past 8/15/14
(Out of the Past ~ 08/15/14)
The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board is going to bat for development of a softball complex at Shawnee Park; the board is establishing a citizens committee to explore the feasibility of developing the complex, which could have up to eight fields. Since its initial meeting April 13, the I-66 Project Inc. has raised $12,173.83 and received another $24,958.55 in firm pledges toward a first-year budget of $250,000; the contributions received are from five cities along the proposed route...
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Prayer 8/15/14
(Prayer ~ 08/15/14)
Father God, thank you that we have victory through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
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