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'Odd Beauty, Strange Fruit: Poems' explores 'unusual people in uncommonly difficult circumstances'
(Entertainment ~ 12/24/15)
The poems in Susan Swartwout's recent book, "Odd Beauty, Strange Fruit: Poems," were inspired by the author's upbringing in the deep South, as well as childhood moves to many cities. Swartwout not only teaches writing, publishing and editing classes at Southeast Missouri State University, but she also is an accomplished writer...
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Several arrests as protest blocks access to Minneapolis airport
(National News ~ 12/24/15)
MINNEAPOLIS -- Protesters blocked access to a terminal and caused holiday traffic delays Wednesday at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport during a Black Lives Matter rally that briefly shut down part of the nation's largest mall. Access to one of two terminals was closed after more than 100 protesters gathered inside and blocked roads leading to the airport, prompting two security checkpoints to shut down for about 45 minutes, airport spokesman Patrick Hogan said...
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County collector's office advises to not delay tax payments
(Local News ~ 12/24/15)
Cape Girardeau County taxpayers can pay by mail, in person or even online. Regardless, the tax deadline is Dec. 31, and county collector Diane Diebold advises taxpayers not to wait until the last minute. The collector's offices in Cape Girardeau and Jackson have seen a steady stream of customers over the past six weeks and many mailed-in tax payments...
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Some Cape officers learn self-defense from martial-arts instructor
(Local News ~ 12/24/15)
It's a common enough occurrence -- suspects resist arrest, and Cape Girardeau police officers need to bring them to the ground to subdue them. "Every single officer uses a defensive tactical skill," Cape Girardeau public information officer Adam Glueck said. "The chances of you have to use a skill to contain a combative subject are very likely. Most officers, not just in Cape Girardeau, go their entire career without having to fire their weapon in the line of duty."...
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Man gets 35 years for kidnapping Southeast student
(Local News ~ 12/24/15)
A Chicago-area man was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison Tuesday on one count of kidnapping for abducting a Southeast Missouri State University student in Cape Girardeau in May. Jeffrey M. Lazier, 43, admitted during a plea agreement in August he abducted the 22-year-old student at knifepoint as she sat in her vehicle in Cape County Park South in Cape Girardeau, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Missouri...
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Kaden Robert Memorial Elf on Shelf
(Submitted Story ~ 12/24/15)
Kaden Robert was a teen in our Southeast Missouri area who tragically died June 24, 2014. Many people in this area are still filled with sadness over his death. However, there have been several positive events that have taken place in the past year to remember and honor him. ...
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HAPNN Supports Saint Francis Nursing Program
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/24/15)
Heartland Advanced Practice Nurses Network (HAPNN) recently presented a $1,000 check to Saint Francis Medical Center in support of the Saint Francis Institute for Nursing Excellence, a program designed to strengthen the nursing practice, promote nursing importance and recognize professional nursing achievements. HAPNN formed in 1996 to provide nurse practitioners with networking opportunities...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/24/15)
Today in History Today is Thursday, Dec. 24, the 358th day of 2015. There are seven days left in the year. This is Christmas Eve. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 24, 1955, the Continental Air Defense Command Operations Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, found itself fielding phone calls from children wanting to know the whereabouts of Santa Claus after a newspaper ad mistakenly gave the Center's number; the result was a tradition continued by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) of tracking Santa's location the night before Christmas.. ...
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For unto you is born this day, a savior
(Editorial ~ 12/24/15)
It is a simple story, but the birth in a stable some 2,000 years ago changed the world. On this Christmas Eve, as is tradition in the Southeast Missourian, the story is told again from the Holy Bible (the Gospel according to St. Luke, Chapter 2): And it came to pass in those days that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one unto his own city...
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Michigan schools try sideline concussion tests
(National News ~ 12/24/15)
BEVERLY HILLS, Mich. -- More than 60 Michigan high schools are participating this year in a unique sideline concussion testing program for athletes in football and other sports. The Michigan High School Athletic Association says the two-year pilot program includes baseline testing and is having an effect after its first fall season...
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Out of the past: Dec. 24
(Out of the Past ~ 12/24/15)
In line with a new state ethics law set to take effect in January, city attorney Warren Wells is drafting a report to determine which city officials will be required to file financial disclosure statements; Wells said the law's ambiguity has posed challenges in interpreting which city officials fall under its disclosure requirements...
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Theater fans gear up for first-ever fan fest BroadwayCon
(Entertainment ~ 12/24/15)
NEW YORK -- If you're in midtown Manhattan late next month and see women in green makeup or folks strutting around in colonial outfits, fear not. They're attending the inaugural fan convention for Broadway. The three-day BroadwayCon -- sort of like a Comic Con for thespians -- promises to connect theater fans with stage stars, but also wants them to leave with more than an autograph...
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Best Bet: Local live music
(Entertainment ~ 12/24/15)
The band Van Gogh's Ear will perform, with a guest appearance from former Jackson resident and band member Eric Dahl, from 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday at Stooges Restaurant, 507 W. Main St. in Jackson. There is a $5 cover charge. For more information or to make a reservation at Stooges for the evening, call (573) 204-7187...
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'Star Wars' trailers vs. what ended up in the film
(Entertainment ~ 12/24/15)
LOS ANGELES -- J.J. Abrams never intended to guide "Star Wars" fans in the wrong direction. The writer-director said -- spoiler alert! -- while trailers for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" feature footage and dialogue that didn't end up in the final cut of the movie, the discrepancies weren't meant to throw anyone off...
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#SemoSelfie 12/24/15
(Entertainment ~ 12/24/15)
#homefortheholidays with Torey Kern! #semoselfie (Photo submitted by Laura Simon) Going out this weekend? Be sure to tag your selfies on the scene with #semoselfie on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter -- you could see yourself in an upcoming SE Live!...
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Experts: Fireball in sky was part of Russian space rocket
(National News ~ 12/24/15)
PHOENIX -- The body of a Russian rocket that burned up Tuesday night as it entered Earth's atmosphere set off a wave of excitement on social media and fueled speculation over what caused the flash of light across western skies. U.S. and Russian officials declined to discuss what the rocket was used for, but experts outside of the government said it was launched as part of a project to bring materials to a space station. ...
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Kim Davis reflects on her role in same-sex marriage debate
(National News ~ 12/24/15)
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who spent five days in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, said she prayed for those who disagreed with her and feels the pace of social change has "awakened" Christians across the country...
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Airlines prep for holiday crush
(National News ~ 12/24/15)
DALLAS -- Airlines are shifting the timing of thousands of flights, even adding dozens of redeyes, as they try to avoid delays while hauling millions of passengers from now through the Christmas weekend. Success or failure could depend on the weather, and Mother Nature isn't making it easy on airlines...
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Family: Louisiana man killed by deputy not violent
(National News ~ 12/24/15)
BREAUX BRIDGE, La. -- A 32-year-old mentally ill man was shot fatally by a sheriff's deputy after he resisted efforts to be taken into protective custody, his mother said. Barbara Noel was quoted by The Advertiser as saying she asked St. Martin Parish Sheriff's deputies to take her son Michael Noel into custody Monday after he exhibited signs of a mental breakdown...
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Truck driver indicted in crash that hurt comic
(National News ~ 12/24/15)
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- A grand jury Wednesday indicted a truck driver accused of crashing into a limo van last year on the New Jersey Turnpike, injuring comedian Tracy Morgan and killing one of his friends. The grand jury charged Kevin Roper with first-degree aggravated manslaughter, second-degree vehicular homicide and third-degree aggravated assault in the June 2014 crash...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 12/24/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/24/15)
* Medical assists at 12:57 a.m. on South Sprigg Street; 6:20 a.m. on North Fountain Street; 8:08 a.m. on Blattner Street; 9:40 a.m. on Linden Street; 10:31 a.m. on North Main Street; 1:08 p.m. on William Street; 1:26 p.m. on William Street; 2:53 p.m. on South Silver Springs Road; 3:13 p.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 7:28 p.m. on North Street; 10:05 p.m. on South West End Boulevard; and 11:05 p.m. on Mississippi Street...
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Missouri woman asks court for custody of frozen embryos
(State News ~ 12/24/15)
ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis woman has appealed a court ruling that denies her custody of frozen embryos she created with her ex-husband, in a case national pro-life groups seek to link to a similar one involving Hollywood actress Sofia Vergara. Immigration lawyer Jalesia McQueen and Justin Gadberry had two twin boys, now 8, through in vitro fertilization before divorcing in 2014. A St. Louis County trial court ruled the couple jointly owns the two remaining embryos...
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Feds won't accept Missouri driver's licenses
(State News ~ 12/24/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri residents soon will not be able to use their state driver's licenses as identification to get into most federal facilities, making it at least the fourth state to lose a federal exemption from complying with national proof-of-identity requirements...
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Appeals panel overturns Missouri woman's conviction
(State News ~ 12/24/15)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- An appeals panel has overturned the involuntary manslaughter conviction of a central Missouri woman whose lawyer claimed the woman had been drugged before a 2012 crash that killed a 35-year-old man. Kelli Smith was convicted Dec. 12, 2014, and sentenced to five years in prison for the death of Thomas Sullivan II, who was killed in the wrong-way crash on Interstate 70 in Montgomery County...
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Cape Girardeau police report 12/24/15
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/24/15)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of driving while revoked, failure to drive on the right half of the roadway and driving while intoxicated...
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Kenneth Torbet
(Obituary ~ 12/24/15)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Kenneth I. Torbet, 94, formerly of Marble Hill, died Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call from 10 a.m. until time of service Monday at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson...
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Irma Petzoldt
(Obituary ~ 12/24/15)
Irma M. Petzoldt, 85, of Jackson died Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, at the Monticello House. She was born Nov. 21, 1930, in New Wells to Martin and Louise Borchelt Perr. She and Elmer Petzoldt were married Aug. 12, 1950, at Altenburg, Missouri. She was a member of Hanover Lutheran Church...
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A.L. Murph Jr.
(Obituary ~ 12/24/15)
A.L. Murph Jr., 87, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born Oct. 11, 1928, in Marshall, Texas, to A.L. and Franke Lee Sharp Murph Sr. He and Billie Potts were married Sept. 12, 1950, at Texarkana, Arkansas...
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Kathrene Hollinger
(Obituary ~ 12/24/15)
Kathrene J. Hollinger, 47, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Fairmount Cemetery...
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Louise Hodgkiss
(Obituary ~ 12/24/15)
Ila "Louise" Hodgkiss, 68, of Scott City died Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, at her home. She was born Aug. 8, 1947, in Patton, Missouri, to Samuel Price and Ila Hitt Marshall. She married Thomas Hodgkiss Jr. on Jan. 23, 1982, in Cape Girardeau. She was a clerk for a beauty supply store...
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Dennis Crader
(Obituary ~ 12/24/15)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Dennis "Joe" Crader, 66, of Chaffee died Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.
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John Burke
(Obituary ~ 12/24/15)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- John Emmett Burke, 88, of Charleston died Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. He was born Feb. 22, 1927, in Cape Girardeau to the late Emmett Taylor and Lena Jessie Burks Burke. On Nov. 23, 1950, he married Virginia Alice Cox, who survives of the home...
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Saundra Beal
(Obituary ~ 12/24/15)
MINNEAPOLIS -- Saundra Jean Beal, 74, of Minneapolis, formerly of Jackson, died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, at her home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until time of service Tuesday at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson...
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Contributions to red kettles meet anonymous donor's match
(Local News ~ 12/24/15)
While still a little way from reaching its overall fundraising goal, the Salvation Army met a shorter-term goal Saturday. Contributions Saturday to red kettles up to $8,000 citywide were to be matched by a local anonymous donor. "We met the match," Salvation Army Capt. Ronnie Amick said...
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League of Women Voters hosting area event in February
(Local News ~ 12/24/15)
Area residents will have the opportunity to speak with local city and school officials during a town-hall meeting in January. The League of Women Voters is sponsoring the event, along with the Cape Girardeau and Jackson area chambers of commerce. The meeting will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 11 at the Cape Girardeau Public Library...
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Poplar Bluff shooting victim stable, remains in coma
(Local News ~ 12/24/15)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Members of the community gathered Tuesday evening at Poplar Bluff High School to offer prayers and support for a student injured in her home by an accidental gunshot. Junior Kaitlyn Pullam is in critical condition at St. Louis Children's Hospital after her father accidentally shot her Monday morning with a black-powder rifle...
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Girl calls 911 after touching Elf on the Shelf
(National News ~ 12/24/15)
OLD BRIDGE, N.J. -- A girl called 911 after she touched her Elf on the Shelf. Police said Isabelle LaPeruta, 7, was worried because, according to the children's book, the magic of Christmas goes away if the elf is touched. The girl told the 911 operator not to come to her house because she had meant to call her dad. But police are required to check 911 calls, and an officer found the child in tears. Her mother said the girl panicked after the elf fell on the floor when she threw a ball...
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Artifacts 12/24/15
(Entertainment ~ 12/24/15)
The nature photography of Bridget Jackson is on display in the lobby of the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center. The show, titled "Oh, What Beautiful Things You'll See," will be open today from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday; and from Dec. 29 to 31...
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Speak out 12/24/15
(Speak Out ~ 12/24/15)
Your excellent article on what area state legislators are looking forward to achieving seemed proof positive that they're energized to enact just about anything but much needed ethics reform of Missouri's in the gutter state government. American people are so much safer with all the guns now in their hands. Authorities say a 4-year-old eastern Missouri boy has shot himself in the groin with his grandfather's handgun. Thanks, Republicans and the NRA...
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Prayer 12/24/15
(Prayer ~ 12/24/15)
O Lord Jesus, we celebrate your birth -- God's greatest gift to mankind. Amen.
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Remembering troops, families at Christmas
(Column ~ 12/24/15)
Christmas is perhaps the time in the year when the separation from family and friends is more emotional for most of those in service and for their families. On Christmas Day, pause and remember those serving for all of us. Remember that they have families like yours, and those families will celebrate the holiday while an important member of the family is missing. ...
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Stormy weather lashes region
(Local News ~ 12/24/15)
It's feeling more like Easter than Christmas in Southeast Missouri, with temperatures in the 60s and severe-weather warnings being issued. The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, issued several watches and warnings for the area Wednesday. A tornado watch was in effect all afternoon in Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry and Scott counties, among others, in Southeast Missouri, as well as Alexander and Union counties in Illinois...
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Births 12/24/15
(Births ~ 12/24/15)
Daughter to Tyler Charles and Sarah Nicole Blackwell of Jackson, Southeast Hospital, 1:49 a.m. Friday, Nov. 13, 2015. Name, Adalyn Grace. Weight, 8 pounds, 6 ounces. First child. Mrs. Blackwell is the former Sarah Lange, daughter of David and Lanell Lange of Randles. She is a teacher's aide at Clippard Elementary School. Blackwell is the son of John and Cathy Blackwell of Cape Girardeau. He is a foreman with J.R. Welch Waterproofing and Concrete...
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