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Future uncertain for rare white deer at former weapons site
(National News ~ 11/16/15)
ROMULUS, N.Y. -- Hundreds of ghostly white deer roaming among overgrown munitions bunkers at a sprawling former Army weapons depot face an uncertain future after living and breeding largely undisturbed since the middle of last century. The white deer -- a genetic quirk that developed naturally on the 7,000-acre, fenced-in expanse -- have thrived, even as the depot itself has transitioned from one of the most important Cold War storehouses of bombs and ammunition to a decommissioned relic...
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Business notebook: Area baker discovers sweet spot for sales
(Business ~ 11/16/15)
Michelle Chesser says this is has been "the year." The baker behind the popular cinnamon rolls and other sweet treats at Home Sweet Home Family Bakery said during 2015, her business has really taken off. Chesser said she used to get excited when she was able to sell four pans of the cinnamon rolls at the Cape Girardeau Farmers' Market...
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Rescued alpaca thriving in foster home
(Local News ~ 11/16/15)
When Rochelle Steffens of Mac's Mission animal services saw a group of people in September at the corner of Mount Auburn and William Streets in Cape Girardeau trying to sell an alpaca, she called Dawn Flickinger. Flickinger runs Yearning 4 Yarn, a knitting supply store downtown. She also operates an alpaca ranch in Perry County, where she has 35 alpacas. She was happy to foster the animal...
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Cape council to discuss fire, safety issues
(Local News ~ 11/16/15)
The Cape Girardeau City Council will meet a little earlier than usual Monday. Council members and staff will gather at 3 p.m. for a special study session to discuss public safety. The meeting was recommended to bring everyone on the same page about fire and safety issues, particularly discussion of a new police station...
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France bombs Islamic State HQ, hunts attacker who got away
(International News ~ 11/16/15)
PARIS -- France launched "massive" air strikes on the Islamic State group's de facto capital in Syria on Sunday night, destroying a jihadi training camp and a munitions dump in the city of Raqqa, where Iraqi intelligence officials said the attacks on Paris were planned...
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Man found fatally shot on street
(Local News ~ 11/16/15)
A man died of his injuries early Sunday morning after being shot in Cape Girardeau. Cape Girardeau police officers responded to a report of a shooting at 2:03 a.m. Sunday in the 500 block of South Frederick Street. Officers found a man on the street. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to a news release Sunday from the Cape Girardeau/Bollinger County Major Case Squad, which is investigating...
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Hunting with a five year old. Deep in thought
(Submitted Photo ~ 11/16/15)
Birthday boy hunting
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Grady's first deer 2015
(Submitted Photo ~ 11/16/15)
7 year old Grady Bahner gets his first deer on his great grandpas farm.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 11/16/15)
Today is Monday, Nov. 16, the 320th day of 2015. There are 45 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On Nov. 15, 1945, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded at the conclusion of a conference in London. "The Lost Weekend," starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman," was released by Paramount Pictures. "The Friendly Ghost," an animated short featuring the debut of Casper, was released by Paramount's cartoon division...
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Emily and Jill Hoehne: Stash
(Business ~ 11/16/15)
Emily Hoehne has had an interest in fashion and retail since she was a teenager. She began working in retail when she was 16, and soon found she enjoyed the boutique setting. Three years ago, she saw a need for a women's fashion boutique in Cape Girardeau and decided to create a business partnership with her mother, Jill Hoehne...
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Dr. Patty Merkley: Southeast Smiles
(Business ~ 11/16/15)
Dr. Patty Merkley is a licensed dentist and owner of Southeast Smiles, a pediatric dentistry office new to Cape Girardeau. Merkley grew up in Cape Girardeau, but left for dental school and other opportunities. She returned with her family last year and decided to open her own practice...
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Christy Smith: The Plant Lady
(Business ~ 11/16/15)
Two months ago, Christy Smith took over The Plant Lady, the business she had formerly co-owned with Beth Preston for the past 11 years. Debbie Naeter, who hired Smith in 1999, originally owned the Cape Girardeau store. "I have a biology background, so I came to work with Debbie because I was a mom, needing a job working," Smith says...
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Laura Ritter: Ritter Real Estate
(Business ~ 11/16/15)
While Laura Ritter has been a busy, successful Realtor for the past 15 years, she "took it up a notch" on July 20, 2014, by opening her own company, Ritter Real Estate. A little over a year later, she opened an office in the old federal building on Broadway in Cape Girardeau...
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Jo Gaul: Tribute Farms
(Business ~ 11/16/15)
Jo Gaul, along with her husband, Peter, and sons, Frankie and Josh, owns and operates a grass-fed dairy farm in Benton, Missouri, called Tribute Farms. Each family member has a specific role in the operation of the farm. "My husband, Peter, is the business manager," Gaul says. "Our oldest son, Frankie, is the operating manager. He oversees the feeding, grazing and on- farm operations. Our youngest son, Josh, is the herd manager. He oversees the herds and manages the milking and breeding."...
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Malinda Milam: M Kay Supply
(Business ~ 11/16/15)
Malinda Milam of Benton, Missouri, had what you might call a banner year in 2014. On Jan. 28, she gave birth to identical twin daughters, and on Dec. 16 of that same year, she opened M Kay Supply, a farm, hardware and home store in Benton. "We were definitely on the fast track that year," she says...
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Drs. Colleen Retz and Liza Jones: Bollinger County Veterinary Service
(Business ~ 11/16/15)
The veterinarians at Bollinger County Veterinary Service are closer than co-workers -- they're business partners, passionate about helping animals, and even sisters-in-law. "We're a family-owned business," Dr. Colleen Retz says. "We even went to veterinary school together."...
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Business briefs
(Business ~ 11/16/15)
SKYVIEW ANIMAL CLINIC CUTS RIBBON Skyview Animal Clinic, 2139 Megan Drive in Cape Girardeau, held a ribbon cutting on Oct. 9. KELLERMAN FOUNDATION CUTS RIBBON Kellerman Foundation and Museum, 102 N. Main St. in Cape Girardeau, held a ribbon cutting on Oct. 14...
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Bankruptcies
(Business ~ 11/16/15)
Bankruptcies filed through October for the Southeastern Division of the Eastern District of Missouri's U.S. Bankruptcy Court are listed below with their corresponding case numbers. The Southeast Division includes the counties of Bollinger, Butler, Carter, Dunklin, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Perry, Reynolds, Ripley, Scott, Shannon, Stoddard and Wayne. Court is held in Cape Girardeau...
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Tax liens
(Business ~ 11/16/15)
Cape Girardeau County Tax liens and lien discharges recorded at the office of Drew Blattner, recorder of deeds, during October are filed by the Missouri Department of Revenue, except as indicated by IRS designation. For more information, contact the recorder's office at (573) 243-8123...
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Business licenses
(Business ~ 11/16/15)
Business licenses issued in Cape Girardeau during October include the following: Take Out Express, 1833 Georgia St. Vending Palooza, 3049 William St. Dan the Lockman, 329 Albert St. Caring Touch Center, 3120 Independence St., Suite 3 Jimmy Cook contractor, 2721 Hawthorne Road...
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Health briefs
(Business ~ 11/16/15)
SAINT FRANCIS ANNOUNCES ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES Calendar 2: Saint Francis Healthcare System announced several administrative changes in its organizational structure. The changes came Oct. 5 from Steven C. Bjelich, president and CEO. Teri Kreitzer, director of human resources, accepted a new role as vice president -- human resources and administrative services, Bjelich said. ...
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Names in the news
(Business ~ 11/16/15)
STEPHENS NAMED TO CORN COUNCIL ADVANCE, Mo. -- Clint Stephens of Advance was elected to the Missouri Corn Merchandising Council board of directors. He has farmed for 35 years, producing corn, wheat, soybeans and rice with his brother in Stoddard County. Stephens replaces Jim Stuever of Dexter, Missouri, on the MCMC board. Stephens will be nominated to the Missouri Corn Growers Association board at the organization's annual meeting in January...
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Good luck to coaches Rekha, Ray as SEMO season begins
(Editorial ~ 11/16/15)
It is always interesting to learn what brought people to the careers in which they find themselves. Some say they knew from their earliest memories, while others say the light bulb unexpectedly illuminated. The latter would describe how Southeast Missouri State women and men's basketball coaches, Rekha Patterson and Rick Ray, respectively, entered their current professions...
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After dog's death, an effort to ban guns to put pets down
(National News ~ 11/16/15)
CONCORD, N.H. -- The death of a brown-and-white, mixed-breed dog named Bruno on the northern fringe of New Hampshire's White Mountains has sparked an angry response from animal-rights activists who want to ban owners from using a gun to "put down" old, sick or dangerous dogs...
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Out of the past: Nov. 16
(Out of the Past ~ 11/16/15)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Two North Scott County Ambulance District employees narrowly escaped death yesterday when fire broke out in the ambulance garage, on the east side of the Chaffee City Hall building; damage from the fire is expected to be in excess of $100,000...
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Congressional votes for Nov. 13
(Local News ~ 11/16/15)
Here's a look at how area members of Congress voted over the last week. The House was in recess last week. In addition to roll call votes, the Senate also passed the following measures by voice vote. It passed the 21st Century Veterans Benefits Delivery Act (S. ...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 11/16/15
(Local News ~ 11/16/15)
Cape Girardeau City Council City hall 401 Independence St. Study session, 3 p.m. today n No action will be taken during the study session Items for discussion n Public safety n Appearances regarding items not on the agenda n Agenda review Closed session...
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Lobbyists push to shape transportation law
(National News ~ 11/16/15)
WASHINGTON -- Congress is racing toward a Friday deadline to renew the law that pays for national transportation programs, and lobbyists trying to shape the legislation are in a frenzy. Among the issues: the length of trucks allowed on roads, whether recalled used cars must be repaired before they can be sold and how to pay for bridges and highways...
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Amid student protests, some see erosion of free speech
(State News ~ 11/16/15)
SAN FRANCISCO -- A recent groundswell of protests on college campuses over race, sexual misconduct and other social issues has some civil libertarians worried the prized principle of free speech could be sacrificed in the rush to address legitimate student grievances...
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Mizzou student president: School has racism, unity
(State News ~ 11/16/15)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- When Payton Head ran as a gay, black man for student president at the University of Missouri -- a school now known for one student's hunger strike and other protests against the administration's handling of racial bias and hostility on campus -- he promised to "ignite Mizzou."...
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Kinder criticizes MU protests: 'Enough of the slander'
(State News ~ 11/16/15)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder criticized some University of Missouri student protesters as "pampered" and the faculty who are backing them as "tenured radicals." Kinder discussed the racial discord at the Columbia campus Saturday during a forum for Republican gubernatorial candidates in the Kansas City suburb of Parkville...
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Regional briefs 11/16/2015
(Local News ~ 11/16/15)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- A Sikeston man wanted on federal warrants is in jail after trying to evade officers, police said. At 11:40 a.m. Thursday, Sikeston Department of Public Safety officers received a call Cordell Lee Hiler, 44, was walking in the 200 block of Alabama Street in Sikeston, according to Sikeston DPS Capt. ...
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Clinton's invoking of 9/11 to defend donations draws ire
(National News ~ 11/16/15)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Hillary Rodham Clinton defended her campaign contributions from Wall Street by invoking her work to help the financial sector rebuild after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, raising eyebrows among her Democratic challengers and Republicans alike...
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2 zebras flee circus, run through streets
(National News ~ 11/16/15)
PHILADELPHIA -- A pair of zebras escaped from a circus Sunday and went running through the streets of west Philadelphia before they were recaptured, police said. The two animals somehow fled the UniverSoul Circus outside the Mann Center for the Performing Arts in west Philadelphia about 2 p.m. Sunday...
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Consumers drive rapid shift to cage-free eggs in U.S.
(Business ~ 11/16/15)
WAUKON, Iowa -- Alert and curious, hundreds of hens with bright red crowns and faces strolled out of a large chicken house midmorning into the fresh air and a fenced pasture amid rolling fields of alfalfa, clover, corn and soybeans. They clucked and cooed, pecked and scratched at the ground...
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Boats sit idle as algae threatens Dungeness crab season
(Business ~ 11/16/15)
San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf typically bustles this time of year as workers prepare to haul millions of pounds of Dungeness crab that are a tradition at Thanksgiving and other holiday meals. But crab pots are sitting empty on docks, boats are idled, and fishermen are waiting for California authorities to open the lucrative Dungeness crab season...
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People on the move 11/16/2015
(Business ~ 11/16/15)
Jomo Castro has been named regional director of external affairs at AT&T. He represents the company in Southeast Missouri, where he is the point of contact handling inquiries and legislative and community-affairs initiatives, according to a news release from AT&T. Castro will assist with new technology deployment and infrastructure investment. Castro has been with AT&T more than 15 years and lives in Webster Groves, Missouri...
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Making payments with digital options from Venmo to Facebook
(Business ~ 11/16/15)
NEW YORK -- Cash is passe, say digital mavens. If you really want to pay your friends back for that pizza party, use an app to shoot money to their mobile-phone number -- or their Facebook account. Such technology-enabled peer-to-peer payments are growing quickly. Forrester Research predicts mobile peer-to-peer payments will hit $17 billion by 2019, growing an average of 26 percent annually...
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Local chapter of suicide survivors to screen film at library
(Local News ~ 11/16/15)
In observance of International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day, the local chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will host an event from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Cape Public Library. Laura Matlock-Hill, director of the Eastern Missouri chapter, said there is no cost to attend, and lunch is provided...
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Area students to let MoDOT test bridge-building skills
(Local News ~ 11/16/15)
After weeks of working to build the most efficient model bridges, Southeast Missouri high-school students are gearing up to put their bridges to the test. The Missouri Department of Transportation will test bridges entered into its 12th annual Bridge Building Competition on Thursday at Cape West 14 Cine, 247 Siemers Drive in Cape Girardeau...
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Pinkel to meet with media about retirement
(Professional Sports ~ 11/16/15)
The longtime Tigers coach will discuss his health and future plans today.
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Rams stumble at home against Bears
(Professional Sports ~ 11/16/15)
St. Louis dropped to 4-5 with a 37-13 loss to Chicago.
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Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team drops to 0-2 with loss to Evansville
(College Sports ~ 11/16/15)
For the second straight game, the Southeast Missouri State men had the unenviable chore of being the season-opening guests for a respected basketball program, and again the Redhawks did not spoil the occasion Sunday in Evansville, Indiana. The Redhawks gave the University of Evansville, picked to finish second in the Missouri Valley Conference preseason coaches poll, a strong opening test but ultimately fell 80-65 and dropped to 0-2 under first-year coach Rick Ray...
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Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team will make regular-season home debut
(College Sports ~ 11/16/15)
The first chance to see the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team in regular-season action at home has arrived. The Redhawks host NAIA Harris-Stowe tonight in their home opener. Tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m. at the Show Me Center. The Hornets have a record of 1-2 in their first season under coach Hana Haden...
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Wallet returned months after man loses it
(National News ~ 11/16/15)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A man has gotten back his wallet, which contained $1,200 in cash, two months after losing it, thanks to an Albuquerque pharmacy owner. The owner of Sam's Regent Pharmacy discovered the wallet at a restaurant Friday. It contained cash, an ID card and six credit cards. The pharmacy owner gave the wallet to police, who found the owner and returned the wallet to him. According to police, the wallet's owner had misplaced it about two months ago...
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William Senciboy
(Obituary ~ 11/16/15)
PERKINS, Mo. -- William G. "Bill" Senciboy, 65, of Perkins died Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Oran, Missouri.
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Timothy Bockhorst
(Obituary ~ 11/16/15)
Timothy Wilson Bockhorst, 47, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, at Southeast Hospital. Celebration of life will be at a later date. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Speak Out 11/16/15
(Speak Out ~ 11/16/15)
Keystone Played well, Mr. President. The Keystone XL pipeline issue just kind of faded away with nary a peep. McNeely remembered Our family got a TV in 1954. At that time, the only channel we could get was KFVS-TV. My favorite thing to watch was the great Don McNeely, whose passing we all mourn...
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Prayer 11/16/15
(Prayer ~ 11/16/15)
O Heavenly Father, our glorious God, may we submit ourselves to you. Amen.
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Elizabeth (Lizbe) Knote: Cape Kil Pest Control
(Business ~ 11/16/15)
Bedbugs, beware -- Elizabeth (Lizbe) Knote has you on her radar! Knote, who has been working on a product to kill bedbugs since 2010, recently received a patent for her Bed Bug Baker. "I started working on the invention in September 2010," she says. "It went through several prototypes, and two years ago, I made the final design."...
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Preserving Grandma's Traditions: Debbie Hadler Statler shares the inspiration behind her business, Grandma Bea's All-Natural Products
(Community ~ 11/16/15)
Debbie Hadler Statler, owner of Grandma Bea's All-Natural Products in Perryville, Missouri, has yearned for the simple life since she was a little girl growing up around her grandmother, and Grandma Bea's namesake, Beatrice Hager. "My childhood is filled with wonderful memories of canning the latest harvest, dying Easter eggs with beet juice, Grandma crocheting, the garden [and so on]. ...
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