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Judge sentences Holmes to life, orders him out of courtroom
(Local News ~ 08/26/15)
Associated Press CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) -- The man who unleashed a murderous attack on a packed Colorado movie theater was ordered Wednesday to serve life in prison without parole plus 3,318 years -- the maximum allowed by law -- before the judge told deputies, "Get the defendant out of my courtroom, please."...
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Jackson volleyball team opens season with sweep of St. Vincent
(High School Sports ~ 08/26/15)
Led by new coach Tracy Robinson, Jackson reversed its fortunes from last year's season opener by defeating St. Vincent 25-16, 25-18 in straight sets.
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Woman wants to organize protest against Stoddard County sheriff's office
(Local News ~ 08/26/15)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Ann Adams appeared Monday morning before the Stoddard County Commission to ask for permission to hold a "peaceful protest" over treatment of those arrested and jailed in Stoddard County. Adams said an issue dating to 1999 has continued to cause "pain and hardships" to her family. ...
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Missouri abortion licensing law splits GOP, health officials
(State News ~ 08/26/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Republican senators and the Missouri health department director debated Tuesday whether a Columbia Planned Parenthood met state requirements needed to perform abortions -- an issue that has led to questions about whether the agency properly granted the clinic a license in July...
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Rep. Jason Smith's brother reported missing
(Local News ~ 08/26/15)
The brother of U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Salem, has been reported missing, according to the Dent County Sheriff's Office. A missing person report was filed Monday for Billy G. Smith Jr. The sheriff's office describes Billy Smith, 41, of Salem as a 5 foot, 10 inches tall, weighing 315 pounds with blue eyes, very short hair and a goatee. He also has a tattoo of a teddy bear on his left shoulder with the name "Angelea" on a ribbon and tattoo of a Tasmanian devil on his right forearm...
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Guns stolen from vehicles increasingly used in violent crime
(State News ~ 08/26/15)
ST. LOUIS -- In what's been a violent year in St. Louis, a common theme has emerged: The gun used in any given crime probably was stolen. The city is on pace for 200 homicides in 2015, the most in 20 years. Meanwhile, reports of gun thefts are up nearly 70 percent, police chief Sam Dotson said...
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'When's my street getting fixed?'; Cape residents soon will get answer
(Local News ~ 08/26/15)
Cape Girardeau's Transportation Trust Fund historically has funded new road and infrastructure projects in every corner of the city. From the roundabout on Lexington Avenue to the expansion of Walnut Street to West End Boulevard -- still under construction for TTF 4 -- the projects often generate a lot of chatter among residents...
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Little Mr & Ms New Hamburg Picnic
(Submitted Photo ~ 08/26/15)
King-Rocky Burger, son of Brett & Jessica Burger Queen-Ava Asmus, daughter of Chris & Allyson Asmus
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Niagara Falls
(Submitted Photo ~ 08/26/15)
Maid of the Mist tour boat approaches the Horseshoe Falls at Niagara Falls.
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Southeast Missouri State football team begins transitioning to game week practice preparations
(College Sports ~ 08/26/15)
The Redhawks will get into the swing of their weekly practice routine, complete with preparation for their next opponent, this Sunday when the players will begin to learn more about the two-time defending Southeastern Conference East Champion Missouri Tigers.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/26/15)
Today is Wednesday, August 26, the 238th day of 2015. There are 127 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing American women's right to vote, was certified in effect by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby...
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Marchi retires after 30 years at Cape store
(Editorial ~ 08/26/15)
Dennis Marchi, the newly retired manager of Cape Girardeau's Schnucks, has received high praise from his colleagues and community as he concludes a career that has spanned 30 years in Cape Girardeau and 45 years with the St. Louis-based company. Mind you, he was not at familiar with Cape before he came, expecting to remain for three years, and over the years he turned down several promotions offered by Schnucks that would have moved him back to St. ...
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Trump's blares drown out serious GOP contenders
(Column ~ 08/26/15)
With Hillary Clinton in free fall and Joe Biden poised to gum up the works in the Democratic primary for president, you would think the GOP would be awash in glee over the prospects. Unfortunately for the Republicans -- and I count myself in the conservative wing of the GOP -- it's all Trump, all the time...
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U.S. stocks extend losses as early rally fades
(National News ~ 08/26/15)
Just when it looked as if the bleeding had stopped, it started again. A rally in U.S. stocks evaporated in the minutes before the closing bell Tuesday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 200 points and extending Wall Street's losing streak to six days -- the longest such stretch in more than three years...
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Out of the past: Aug. 26
(Out of the Past ~ 08/26/15)
The Rev. Terry L. Eades, is the new pastor at First Baptist Church of Scott City; he is a recent graduate of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City. The Southeast Missourian and the News Guardian newspapers announce their respective companies have reached agreement for the purchase of certain assets of the News Guardian; included in the purchase is an agreement that the News Guardian would cease publication after today...
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Births 8/26/15
(Births ~ 08/26/15)
Son to Pedro Vicente Martinez and Edith Berenice Gonzalez of Sikeston, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015. Name, Emilio Andre. No time of birth or weight provided. First child. Gonzalez is the daughter of Jose Luis Gonzalez and Emma Mercado, both of Mexico City. Martinez is the son of Bernardino Martinez and Olga Lucila Alvarez, both of Mexico City. He is financial controller with Tetrapak...
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Jury gets the case in Kansas City restaurant explosion trial
(State News ~ 08/26/15)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- After five weeks of testimony, lawyers presented closing arguments Tuesday in the civil trial involving a fatal explosion more than two years ago at a Kansas City restaurant. The civil lawsuit stems from the February 2013 natural-gas explosion and fire that destroyed JJ's restaurant, killed a restaurant employee and injured 15 others...
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Staffer re-hired after senator accused of harassment resigns
(State News ~ 08/26/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri Senate staff member was back at work Tuesday, a month after being fired by a senator who was facing allegations of sexually harassing interns. Democratic Sen. Paul LeVota fired his chief of staff, Ron Berry, on July 24 shortly before LeVota announced his own resignation. Berry's dismissal was immediate, but LeVota's resignation didn't take effect until this past Sunday...
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St. Louis' governing board advances minimum-wage boost
(State News ~ 08/26/15)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis' governing board on Tuesday advanced a compromise measure that would ease the city's minimum wage up to $11 by 2018. The St. Louis Board of Aldermen had begun its special meeting by considering a plan that would have boosted the local minimum wage to $13 by 2020. ...
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No charges filed in patio paved with unused vets' headstones
(State News ~ 08/26/15)
GAINESVILLE, Mo. -- The Ozark County sheriff said no charges will be filed against a man who took unused national cemetery gravestones that were in a landfill to pave his patio. The stones have been removed and were to be buried on county property in a Tuesday ceremony, which was to include a veterans' honor guard and local Cub Scouts, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Speak Out 8/26/15
(Speak Out ~ 08/26/15)
The property on Lacey Street in Jackson is a disgrace. While showing the new elementary school to people purchasing a home here, we drove by this duplex. The entire corner is grown up in weeds reaching the deck and windows of the duplex. Surely the city can enforce the ordinances for maintaining property. The people living in these duplexes need to withhold rent money until the landlord cleans up this entire corner...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 8/26/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/26/15)
* Medical assist calls were made to Towers Circle at 2:22 a.m.; Jefferson Avenue at 3:11 a.m.; Giboney Avenue at 5:23 a.m.; South Lorimier Street at 12:31 p.m.; Bellevue Street at 1:47 p.m.; Brenda Kay Court at 2:54 p.m.; Meadow Lane at 4 p.m.; Cape LaCroix Road at 9:16 p.m.; and South Middle Street at 9:29 p.m...
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Cape Girardeau police report 8/26/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/26/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department reported the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Edward F. Roberts, 29, of Jackson was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant for failure to appear for trespassing. n Matthew A. Cook, 28, 45 West End Blvd., was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for a probation violation for burglary...
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Doris Petton
(Obituary ~ 08/26/15)
BESSVILLE, Mo. -- Doris Cecelia Petton, 89, of Bessville died Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, at her home. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Old Union Church Cemetery near Bessville. Hutchings Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements...
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Kimberly Penny
(Obituary ~ 08/26/15)
Kimberly Jean Penny, 26, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She was born Jan. 6, 1989, in Columbus, Texas, to Jon D. and R. Denise Bryant Keltie. Kimberly graduated from Cape Girardeau Central High in 2007 and received her certified nursing assistant diploma while in high school. She became a licensed practical nurse in 2010 and a registerd nurse in 2012. She was employed by Saint Francis Medical Center...
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Rev. Donald Osborne
(Obituary ~ 08/26/15)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- The Rev. Donald Reed Osborne, 68, of Chaffee passed away Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2015, at SoutheastHEALTH in Cape Girardeau. Donald was born in Independence, Virginia, on July 10, 1947, to the late Lester Reed and Ella Mae Mullins Osborne. He married Phyllis Perren on Aug. 26, 1967. She survives...
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Martha Killen
(Obituary ~ 08/26/15)
Martha Jane Killen, 62, passed away Monday, Aug. 24, 2015. She was a member of Ridgeway Baptist Church and a 15-year employee with Mid America (MAA). Mrs. Killen is survived by her husband of 37 years, Bill Killen; a daughter, Jennifer (Henry) Blank; two stepsons; two stepdaughters; four brothers, Linzel Fulton, Ronald (Nancy) Fulton, Richard Fulton and Kenneth (Deborah) Fulton; one sister, Nancy (Paul) Doza; along with many nieces and nephews who she adored...
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Birdie Fortenberry
(Obituary ~ 08/26/15)
Birdie L. Fortenberry, 86, of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Aug. 24, 2015, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Aug. 17, 1929, in Cape Girardeau to Sherman A. and Leona Foeste Maevers. She and Tom D. Fortenberry married July 9, 1971, in Cape Girardeau...
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Dirk Engelhart
(Obituary ~ 08/26/15)
Dirk W. Engelhart, 57, of Jackson passed away Sunday, August 23, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 30, 1957, in Cape Girardeau, son of Joseph Charles and Joy Statler Engelhart. He and Pat Kieninger were married Dec. 23, 1977, in Pocahontas...
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Defendant in Jewish site shootings trial seeks postponement
(State News ~ 08/26/15)
OLATHE, Kan. -- A white supremacist charged with killing three people last year at Jewish sites in suburban Kansas City asked a judge Tuesday to postpone the defense part of his trial until evidence he requested arrives in the mail. Frazier Glenn Miller Jr., 74, of Aurora, Missouri, said before jurors were brought into the courtroom the prosecutors' case was moving more quickly than anticipated...
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LGBT issues surface before pope visit
(National News ~ 08/26/15)
The World Meeting of Families, the central religious event of Pope Francis' first visit to the United States, is intended to convey a message of love and joy as it seeks to promote church teaching on marriage. Yet four weeks away from its opening in Philadelphia, friction is mounting as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Roman Catholics lobby for a broader role in the event and organizers move to limit them...
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Fox News chief: Trump owes Megyn Kelly an apology
(National News ~ 08/26/15)
NEW YORK -- Fox News chief Roger Ailes said Tuesday that Donald Trump owes the network's Megyn Kelly an apology for an unprovoked Twitter attack that "is as unacceptable as it is disturbing," but Trump isn't backing down. The Republican presidential front-runner-turned-TV-critic had welcomed Kelly back from a vacation Monday night by tweeting he liked her show better while she was away. ...
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Man accused of shooting trooper had long criminal past
(National News ~ 08/26/15)
BATON ROUGE, La. -- The man accused of gunning down a Louisiana state trooper who stopped to offer him roadside assistance spent much of the past two decades in and out of prison, including a stint for setting his mother's house on fire. Burglary. Assault. Arson. A string of DWIs. Kevin Daigle's criminal history, provided by law enforcement officials across two parishes in southwest Louisiana, was lengthy...
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Less-lethal weapons get new interest amid police shootings
(National News ~ 08/26/15)
FITCHBURG, Mass. -- Police in more than 20 North American cities are testing the latest in less-lethal alternatives to bullets -- "blunt impact projectiles" that cause suspects excruciating pain but stop short of killing them. Or at least that's the goal...
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Theater shooter's mother says he is remorseful
(National News ~ 08/26/15)
CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- The mother of Colorado theater shooter James Holmes gave an impromptu public apology Tuesday, telling a judge during his sentencing hearing her son feels remorse but his mental illness and medications made it hard for him to express it...
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France train suspect watched jihadi video, prosecutor says
(International News ~ 08/26/15)
PARIS -- Minutes before he slung an assault rifle across his chest and walked through a high-speed train, a Moroccan suspect in the foiled attack watched a jihadi video on his cellphone, the French prosecutor said in opening a terrorism investigation Tuesday...
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AMC's 'Fear the Walking Dead' debuts to record audience
(Entertainment ~ 08/26/15)
NEW YORK -- Sunday's 90-minute series premiere of "Fear the Walking Dead" made television history. Delivering 10.1 million viewers, it took the crown as most-watched series debut in cable TV history for total viewers and all key demos, the AMC network said...
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High school volleyball preview capsules
(High School Sports ~ 08/26/15)
Head Coach: Erin Hoffman, 1st year Assistant Coach: Dana Below Last season's record: 19-13-2 Postseason result: Lost to Bernie 19-25, 21-25 in the Class 1 District 2 title game Conference: Stoddard County Activities Association (SCAA) Team strengths: As a new coach in the program, they are working really hard to learn the new ways...
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High school roundup: Perryville boys soccer team kicks off season with win over Poplar Bluff
(High School Sports ~ 08/26/15)
Eann Bergman scored the lone goal on an assist from Pablo Mattingly as the defending Class 2 boys soccer state champion Perryville kicked off its season with a 1-0 win at home over Poplar Bluff on Tuesday. Goalkeeper Trent Unterreiner had seven saves in the shutout...
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Southeast Missouri State soccer player Paige Blankenheim earns OVC defensive honor
(College Sports ~ 08/26/15)
Southeast Missouri State sophomore midfielder Paige Blankenheim was named the Ohio Valley Conference defensive player of the week on Tuesday. Blankenheim scored her first career goal in the 32nd minute of the Redhawks' game against Northern Iowa on Sunday, which put Southeast up 1-0...
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Charleston man charged with kidnapping, sodomy
(Local News ~ 08/26/15)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- A Charleston man is in custody after a weekend arrest on kidnapping, sodomy and domestic-assault charges. Timothy Easton, 47, will be arraigned at 9:15 a.m. today before Mississippi County Associate Judge S. Rob Barker on a felony charges of kidnapping, first-degree sodomy or attempted sodomy and second-degree domestic assault...
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Jackson school district to keep tax rate the same
(Local News ~ 08/26/15)
The Jackson School Board voted unanimously Tuesday to keep the district's tax rate stable at $3.80 per $100 of assessed valuation for the 2015-2016 school year, marking 10 years since the district has adjusted its rate, officials said. The board approved the rate after a public hearing. The tax rates are set to produce the revenue from the property tax required by the budget for the fiscal year, beginning July 1...
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Jackson post office to hold kickoff Friday for campaign
(Local News ~ 08/26/15)
The United States Postal Service will hold a kickoff for its Deliver the Brand campaign Friday at the post office in Jackson, 210 E. Main St. The kickoff will be a customer appreciation event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Customers will receive information about new rates, stamp services, postal products and Every Door Direct Mail advertising, according to a news release from the postal service. Refreshments will be served, and managers and supervisors will be on hand to answer questions...
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Cape man gets 20 years for child molestation
(Local News ~ 08/26/15)
A Cape Girardeau man was sentenced to prison Monday afternoon on charges of child molestation. Judge Benjamin Lewis sentenced Brendon Max, 29, to 20 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. Max received 10 years on each of two charges of first-degree child molestation. The terms will run consecutively...
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Rams rookie Todd Gurley sees light action
(Professional Sports ~ 08/26/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Rams rookie running back Todd Gurley didn't get a lot of reps during Tuesday's practice, but the No. 10 overall pick in the 2015 Draft took another step forward in his return from knee surgery. "I was real excited," Gurley said. "I got the news a couple days ago, so I was definitely excited just to be able to get out here and get some reps."...
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Cardinals rout Diamondbacks 9-1
(Professional Sports ~ 08/26/15)
St. Louis won its third consecutive game.
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Nation, world briefs 8/26/2015
(National News ~ 08/26/15)
WASHINGTON -- Unforeseen revenue is shrinking federal deficits to the lowest level of President Barack Obama's tenure, Congress' nonpartisan budget adviser said Tuesday. But analysts also warned perilously high shortfalls will roar back unless lawmakers act. ...
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Couple rushes marriage vows to beat stork
(National News ~ 08/26/15)
HOUSTON -- Stephanie Tallent was eight months pregnant and having an ultrasound Friday when she went into labor at Texas Children's Pavilion for Women in Houston. She and fiance Jason Nese had gotten their marriage license the day before. Nese fetched the license from his car and a white sun dress she meant to send to the cleaners. ...
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Prayer 8/26/15
(Prayer ~ 08/26/15)
O Lord, protect our friends facing stormy weather and seeking shelter. Amen.
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