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Teen critically wounded by accident with muzzleloaded gun
(Local News ~ 12/23/15)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A Poplar Bluff teen is in critical condition after her father accidentally shot her with a black-powder gun Monday morning inside their home. Kaitlyn Elise Pullam, 17, was in critical but stable condition in the intensive-care unit Monday night at St. Louis Children's Hospital, said Butler County sheriff's investigator Randle Huddleston...
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Stooges in Jackson offering free Christmas meal
(Local News ~ 12/23/15)
Inspired by others offering similar help, Ron Cook, owner of Stooges restaurant in Jackson, is hosting a free meal on Christmas Day to locals with no place to spend the holiday. "Well, several years ago, I saw an article where another restaurant in the area, and a few around the state had done this on Christmas Day, and I really envied that," Cook said. "I think it was such a really good thing, and I just figured there was a need for that here in the Jackson/Cape area. And I still believe that."...
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Weird pattern turns weather upside-down across U.S.
(National News ~ 12/23/15)
Forecasters expect New York to be in the mid-60s on the holiday -- several degrees higher than Los Angeles. Temperatures in Southeast Missouri will be well above normal as well.
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Officials: Proposition 1 a funding success
(Local News ~ 12/23/15)
The Cape Special Road District was plagued by deteriorating rural bridges. The budget-strapped sheriff's department couldn't pay high enough salaries to recruit and retain officers. Cape Girardeau County's highway department had little money to pave gravel roads...
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Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team ends skid, posts first win of Ray era
(College Sports ~ 12/23/15)
Coach Rick Ray and the Redhawks defeated Missouri State 78-74 on Tuesday night for their first win of the season.
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Discovery Playhouse is growing
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/23/15)
It's coming, it's coming soon! The long awaited exhibit walls are being built. Stay tuned kids for fun that lasts and lasts! Santa's helpers are busy building a place where fun never stops at the Discovery Playhouse. This is the best Christmas present of all; the Discovery Playhouse is growing!...
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Saxony Lutheran girls basketball team finds mojo, repeats as Kelso champion
(High School Sports ~ 12/23/15)
The Crusaders defeated Jackson 46-36 in the title game of the Kelso Supply Holiday Classic.
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Long wait is nearly over for Southeast Missouri State's new weight room
(College Sports ~ 12/23/15)
The facility is undergoing renovation that is scheduled to be completed by the start of the spring semester.
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Southeast Missouri State women's basketball falls to veteran Southern Illinois team
(College Sports ~ 12/23/15)
The Redhawks dropped to 6-6 with an 87-72 loss to the Salukis on Tuesday.
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Southeast Missouri State's Rippee, Ezell receive preseason baseball recognition
(College Sports ~ 12/23/15)
Southeast Missouri State's Ryan Rippee and Trevor Ezell were selected to the Louisville Slugger Preseason All-American teams, Collegiate Baseball newspaper announced Tuesday. Rippee, a senior first baseman, was named a second-team preseason All-American and Ezell, a sophomore second baseman, was named a third-team preseason All-American...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/23/15)
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Dec. 23, the 357th day of 2015. There are eight days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 23, 1823, the poem "Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas" was published anonymously in the Troy (New York) Sentinel; the verse, more popularly known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," was later attributed to Clement C. Moore...
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Missouri teen pleads guilty to killing grandparents
(State News ~ 12/23/15)
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- A northwest Missouri teenager has described himself as "spoiled and stupid" while pleading guilty to killing his grandparents. The St. Joseph News-Press reported 16-year-old Joseph Johnson said he "mistook discipline for abuse" in entering the plea Monday in Buchanan County Circuit Court. According to the plea deal, no other charges, including criminal action, may be filed against Johnson...
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Out of the past: Dec. 23
(Out of the Past ~ 12/23/15)
Marsha Edwards of Cape Girardeau recently founded a new Cape Girardeau chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation; Edwards said she wants to get the word out about the contributions the foundation makes to children with life-threatening diseases. Ice and cold weather cut church attendance in Cape Girardeau; some hardy souls take advantage of conditions to go sledding; the day's high is a bone-chilling 14 degrees after a morning low of 10...
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Births 12/23/15
(Births ~ 12/23/15)
Son to Russell Wayne and Rachel Rene Shipley Jr., of Glenallen, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 1:31 a.m. Monday, Dec. 14, 2015. Name, Karson Wayne. Weight, 7 pounds, 10 ounces. Fifth child, third son. Mrs. Shipley is the former Rachel Rohan, daughter of Larry Rohan of Marble Hill, Missouri, and the late Kay Hays of Patton, Missouri. Shipley is the son of Russell Shipley and Rhonda Shipley, both of Glenallen. He is employed by Jerry D. Trentham Trucking...
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Man says he robbed Branson bank because he needed health care
(State News ~ 12/23/15)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A 77-year-old man awaiting sentencing for robbing a Branson bank said he wanted to be caught so he could receive health care in the federal prison sentence. The Springfield News- Leader reported Joseph Cyrus turned himself in a few days after the Oct. 16 robbery. He said he used a plastic BB gun to hold up the bank...
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Independence City Council raises legal smoking age to 21
(State News ~ 12/23/15)
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- Independence has become the third Kansas City-area city to ban the sale of tobacco products to anyone younger than 21. By a 6-1 vote, the Independence City Council passed an ordinance Monday to raise the legal smoking age from 18 to 21 years old...
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Missouri population grows by fewer than 20,000 in 2015
(State News ~ 12/23/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's population growth is lagging behind the national rate. U.S. Census Bureau figures released Tuesday estimate Missouri's population grew by fewer than 20,000 people from 2014 to 2015, to a total of 6.08 million people...
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Missouri parents face abuse, drug charges in son's death
(State News ~ 12/23/15)
ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- Charges have been filed against the parents of a 2-year-old St. Charles County boy found dead after he was left alone while his parents used methamphetamine. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported 25-year-old Lucas Russell Barnes and 22-year-old Kathleen Peacock were charged after an autopsy determined their son died of hyperthermia, or overheating. He was found dead Sunday...
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2 people charged after Illinois man's body found in trunk
(State News ~ 12/23/15)
BROOKLYN, Ill. -- A man and a woman have been charged in the death of a southwestern Illinois man whose body was found in the trunk of a vehicle after a police chase. Police discovered the body of 45-year-old Roderick Taylor of Collinsville on Thursday night after a vehicle driven by 31-year-old George Tillman of Belleville fled a traffic stop in Brooklyn and crashed in East St. Louis...
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Audit faults municipal court fees in St. Ann, Foristell
(State News ~ 12/23/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Two small cities in suburban St. Louis have scrapped certain municipal court fees in response to critical state audits. Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway on Tuesday released audits of the Foristell and St. Ann courts. Her office found Foristell, in St. Charles and Warren counties, assessed a "potentially improper" $100 warrant fee for failing to appear in court or paying fines on time...
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Jackson fire report 12/23/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/23/15)
JACKSON The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls: Monday: * Mutual aid on Interstate 55. Tuesday: * Emergency medical service on Marilyn Drive, North Georgia Street and West Washington Street.
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Jackson police report 12/23/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/23/15)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. n Theft was reported in the 2600 block of Clover Drive. n Theft was reported in the 1300 block of Rolling Fields Drive. n Theft was reported in the 3000 block of East Jackson Boulevard. n Property damage was reported in the area of Optimist Hill Drive...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 12/23/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/23/15)
* Medical assists at 2:27 a.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 3:51 a.m. on West Hill Road; 6:16 a.m. on Gordonville Road; 10:33 a.m. on South Kingshighway; 10:43 a.m. on Lowes Drive; 11:14 a.m. on North Park Avenue; 11:22 a.m. on North Sprigg Street; 11:43 a.m. on William Street; 12:41 p.m. on Bloomfield Road; 2:07 p.m. on William Street; and 7:31 p.m. on South West End Boulevard...
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Cape Girardeau police report 12/23/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/23/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of theft at Wal-Mart, 3439 William St. n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of theft at 157 Siemers Drive...
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Bessie Mae Wills
(Obituary ~ 12/23/15)
Bessie Mae Wills, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Dec. 21, 2015, at Fountainbleau Lodge. Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral service will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Sherman Lee Rutherford
(Obituary ~ 12/23/15)
Sherman Lee Rutherford, 53, of Jackson died Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, in Oklahoma City from injuries received in an automobile accident. He was born March 22, 1962, in Perryville, Missouri, to Elvie E. and Alice Sullivan Rutherford. He and Tami Chambers were married June 28, 1991, at Fordland, Missouri...
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A.L. Murph Jr.
(Obituary ~ 12/23/15)
A.L. Murph Jr., 87, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Students work toward Missouri school's first Latina sorority
(State News ~ 12/23/15)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- University of Missouri students are working to establish the school's first Latina sorority. Jessica Banuelos, who is studying psychology, has been working for the past two years to establish a chapter of the Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority at the school...
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Ancient Osage sun calendar illuminated in Missouri cave
(State News ~ 12/23/15)
OZARK, Mo. -- On the shortest days of the year, a Native American etching emerges from the gloom deep inside Smallin Civil War Cave, briefly illuminated by the rays of the sun. The circular symbol with short rays emanating from its edge might be a representation of the sun and a reminder for Osage Indian hunters that now, with winter's chill about to arrive in full force, is the time to leave their Ozarks lowland hunting grounds, The Springfield News-Leader reported...
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Over 1 million refugees, migrants enter Europe in 2015
(International News ~ 12/23/15)
GENEVA -- More than 1 million people driven out of their countries by war, poverty and persecution entered Europe in this record-breaking year, migration experts said Tuesday. With days left in 2015, the Geneva-based International Organization for Migration said 1,005,504 people had entered Europe as of Monday, more than four times as many as last year. Almost all came by sea, and 3,692 others drowned trying to make the crossing...
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Prosecutor: no indictment in Sandra Bland jail death
(National News ~ 12/23/15)
HEMPSTEAD, Texas -- A grand jury decided neither sheriff's officials nor jailers committed a crime in the treatment of a black woman who died in a Texas county jail last summer but has not determined whether the state trooper who arrested her should face charges, a prosecutor said...
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New technology makes X-ray vision a reality for $300
(National News ~ 12/23/15)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- X-ray vision, a comic-book fantasy for decades, is becoming a reality in a lab at MIT. Researchers led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Dina Katabi have developed software that uses variations in radio signals to recognize human silhouettes through walls and track their movements...
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Bergdahl arraigned at North Carolina base
(National News ~ 12/23/15)
FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Wearing a dress blue uniform, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl faced a military judge Tuesday for the first time since the U.S. Army decided to proceed with a military trial that could result in a life sentence for his disappearance in Afghanistan in 2009...
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Trump uses crude language to mock Clinton
(National News ~ 12/23/15)
WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump labeled Democrat Hillary Clinton "disgusting" for using the restroom during a commercial break at the last Democratic debate and used crude language to describe her primary loss to now-President Barack Obama in 2008...
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Judge bars only organizers from Mall of America protest
(National News ~ 12/23/15)
MINNEAPOLIS -- A judge ruled Tuesday several local Black Lives Matter organizers cannot demonstrate at the Mall of America on the busy shopping day before Christmas Eve, but she said she couldn't stop others from attending the protest. Lawyers for the nation's largest mall had requested a temporary restraining order to prevent the Black Lives Matter protest planned for today, in hopes of avoiding a repeat of the massive demonstration that disrupted business and closed stores in the mall a year ago.. ...
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Support for legal abortion at highest level in 2 years
(National News ~ 12/23/15)
WASHINGTON -- Support for legal abortion in the U.S. has edged to its highest level in the past two years, with an Associated Press-GfK poll showing an increase among Democrats and Republicans over the last year. Nearly six in 10 Americans -- 58 percent -- think abortion should be legal in most or all cases, up from 51 percent who said so at the beginning of the year, according to the AP-GfK survey. ...
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Rudolph's shiny red nose may be tied to eyes that glow blue
(National News ~ 12/23/15)
CONCORD, N.H. -- Everyone knows Rudolph has a red nose, but what about his eyes? Prompted by questions from his 4-year-old daughter, Dartmouth College anthropology professor Nathaniel Dominy wrote a scholarly paper on how the unique properties of reindeer eyes might explain the advantage of having a very shiny nose, particularly if it produces red light...
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'Nebraska' actress Angela McEwan dies at 81
(Entertainment ~ 12/23/15)
NEW YORK -- Angela McEwan, who became a professional actress in her 70s and drew acclaim for her role in Alexander Payne's "Nebraska," has died. She was 81. A publicist for McEwan confirmed Tuesday that McEwan died Sunday from complications due to lung cancer...
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Cape police offer home checks during holidays
(Local News ~ 12/23/15)
If Cape Girardeau residents leave their homes during the holidays, they can call or sign up at the station to have Cape Girardeau police officers or Cape Girardeau County sheriff's deputies periodically check their homes for burglaries. The vacation house-check program is offered year-round, and residents can specify whether anyone is supposed to be on the property or whether there are supposed to be cars in the driveway, Cape Girardeau Police Department public information officer Adam Glueck said.. ...
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Blues' Allen cools off Bruins, halts 32 shots in 2-0 win
(Professional Sports ~ 12/23/15)
BOSTON -- Jake Allen stopped 32 shots for his fifth shutout, Vladimir Tarasenko and Robby Fabbri scored third-period goals and the St. Louis Blues cooled off the Boston Bruins with a 2-0 victory Tuesday night. It was only the second regulation loss in 16 games for Boston (11-2-3). St. Louis posted its fifth win in seven games...
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Cardinals agree to deal with free agent pitcher Leake
(Professional Sports ~ 12/23/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Minutes after his contract with the St. Louis Cardinals was announced, Mike Leake was looking ahead to rivalry games against the Chicago Cubs. "Honestly," he said Tuesday, "I wouldn't mind taking them down." Leake and the Cardinals agreed to an $80 million, five-year contract, a move the Cardinals hopes boosts their chances to win a fourth straight NL Central title...
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Regional briefs 12/23/15
(Local News ~ 12/23/15)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Two people are facing charges on suspicion of burglarizing storage units. Dennis Hedrick, 37, and Crystal Ramirez, 36, of Portageville were arrested Saturday on eight counts of burglary, felony stealing, possession of a controlled substance-methamphetamine and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia. ...
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Nation briefs 12/23/15
(National News ~ 12/23/15)
BOSTON -- A man who loaned a gun used by the Boston Marathon bombers to kill a police officer was sentenced Tuesday to the 17 months he served. He apologized. "I was young, dumb and thought I could outsmart everyone," Stephen Silva, 22, told a judge in U.S. ...
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Officer helps mom make pre-holiday delivery
(National News ~ 12/23/15)
CORINTH, Miss. -- An officer helped make a special pre-holiday delivery in a parking lot for a pregnant woman who couldn't make it to the hospital. Sgt. Ken Walker of Corinth came to the aid of Karla White about 4 a.m. Monday. White and her mother were on the way to the hospital and called 911. Dispatcher Ashleigh Hinds advised them to pull over and wait for an ambulance. When Walker showed up, he realized there was no time to wait. The officer helped deliver the baby...
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Candlestick Lane a tribute,
(Editorial ~ 12/23/15)
Drive down any street during the weeks before Christmas, and you'll see houses adorned with red, green and white lights announcing that it is Christmastime. Forty residents on Fairlane Drive in Cape Girardeau have gotten into the spirit by adding 3-foot, red-and-white plastic electric candles. No, the once-highly popular candles have not made a universal comeback, but in honor of David Wilson's father, Jerry, they have become a part of the neighborhood this year...
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Prayer 12/23/15
(Prayer ~ 12/23/15)
O Lord Jesus, may the joy of the season fill our hearts daily. Amen.
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Scott City boys win on road
(High School Sports ~ 12/23/15)
Dylan Keller scored 16 points and Braden Cox added 13 as the Scott City boys basketball team defeated St. Pius X 54-46 on Tuesday in Hillsboro, Missouri. The Rams trailed by three points entering the second quarter but outscored the Warriors 14-4 in the period for a 27-20 lead at halftime...
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New Tigers coach Odom reinstates QB Mauk
(College Sports ~ 12/23/15)
ST. LOUIS -- Missouri has reinstated Maty Mauk, the quarterback who was twice suspended this past season. New coach Barry Odom confirmed the move Wednesday before the annual Braggin' Rights basketball game between Illinois and Missouri. "I believe in guys having opportunities and chances," Odom said...
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Illinois retains Braggin' Rights over Mizzou
(College Sports ~ 12/23/15)
The Illini won the rivalry game for the third straight year, 68-63.
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