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Jackson Woman's Granddaughter Wins EMMY Award
(Submitted Story ~ 03/08/16)
It's among the most prestigious awards in Television and now a Regional EMMY Award belongs to the granddaughter of Marilyn Priest of Jackson. Erika Kurre is a TV News Anchor and Reporter for Fox 17 News in Nashville and was presented the golden statue during the 30th Annual Midsouth EMMY Award ceremony on behalf of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. ...
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Cape Central Graduate Earns Ph.D.
(Submitted Story ~ 03/08/16)
Cassie Myers received her doctorate in political science from the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) on August 8, 2015. The focus of Myers’ dissertation was on American political behavior, specifically the implications of rural and urban politics on electoral outcomes. Her dissertation is entitled “Hometown Influence: The Impact of Geography on Statewide Candidate Emergence and Success.”...
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Building depth has been critical to pushing Saxony Lutheran girls basketball to the state final four
(High School Sports ~ 03/08/16)
Just three and a half minutes into the game, Ali Galemmo hobbled to the sideline, grimacing. A year of hard work had led the Saxony Lutheran girls basketball team back to this point -- back to a shot at a trip to the state final four -- and Galemmo was in obvious pain nearly as quickly as the game had started. ...
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Plato's Closet clothing store opening soon in Cape
(Local News ~ 03/08/16)
Young adults in Southeast Missouri soon will have another option when it comes to shopping for clothes. Marla and Scott Teter are opening Plato's Closet, which will cater to high-school and college students as a way to buy -- and sell -- their clothes...
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Cape council repeals section of noise ordinance struck down by judge
(Local News ~ 03/08/16)
The Cape Girardeau City Council swiftly repealed a provision of the city's noise ordinance Monday night. The move came in response to a federal judge's ruling a week ago that struck down the provision as unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson issued a permanent injunction, barring the city from enforcing a section of the ordinance that prohibited "yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing" if it annoyed anyone in the vicinity...
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Design teams make pitch for building police station
(Local News ~ 03/08/16)
Representatives of the two design-build teams vying to construct the new, $11 million Cape Girardeau police station and municipal court stressed their experience in erecting law-enforcement buildings during a public meeting Monday afternoon at city hall...
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Jackson boys basketball team looks to extend sectional winning streak against SLUH
(High School Sports ~ 03/08/16)
The Jackson boys basketball team will try to keep its three-year Class 5 sectional winning streak alive tonight against the team that ended its season last year. The Indians will attempt to avenge an eight-point state quarterfinal loss when it faces Saint Louis University High in a Class 5 sectional at 7:45 p.m. at Jefferson College in Hillsboro, Missouri...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/08/16)
Today is Tuesday, March 8, the 68th day of 2016. There are 298 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 8, 1966, Nelson's Pillar, a 120-foot-high column in Dublin honoring British naval hero Horatio Nelson, was bombed by the Irish Republican Army...
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Hundreds compete today in science fair
(Editorial ~ 03/08/16)
Today the Show Me Center will be packed with students demonstrating the findings to their experiments for the Southeast Missouri Regional Science Fair. Hundreds of students from dozens of area junior high and high schools will compete in the fair, now in its 60th year. ...
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David Goodson
(Obituary ~ 03/08/16)
Willard "David" Goodson, 81, of Jackson passed away Sunday, March 6, 2016, as a result of a tragic automobile accident. He was born Aug. 29, 1934, in Jackson, the son of Willard and Margaret Friedrich Goodson. He and Jean Nenninger were married Jan. 12, 1957, at St. Mary's Cathedral in Cape Girardeau...
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Helen Caudill
(Obituary ~ 03/08/16)
Helen Noah Caudill, 89, of Cape Girardeau was carried by angels into the presence of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, March 6, 2016, at the Monticello House in Jackson. Helen was born March 18, 1926, to the late Virgil and Eliza (Froman) Curtis...
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Larry Hopper
(Obituary ~ 03/08/16)
BENTON, Mo. -- Larry Wayne Hopper, 76, of Benton died Thursday, March 3, 2016, in Acapulco, Mexico. He was born Dec. 24, 1939, in Scott County, Missouri, to Willard "Bill" Joe and Mary Ada Beggs Hopper. He married Nancy Laree Dennis on April 15, 1961...
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Ruby Adams
(Obituary ~ 03/08/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Ruby Irene Adams, 81, of St. Louis passed away Sunday, March 6, 2016, at Woodland Manor in Arnold, Missouri. She was born May 21, 1934, in Scopus, Missouri, the daughter of Raymond and Lola Mae Yount Jones. She and Richard Adams were united in marriage June 17, 1950, and he passed away Oct. 5, 1975...
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Jerry Elem
(Obituary ~ 03/08/16)
BELL CITY, Mo. -- Jerry "Hoppy" Elem, 68, of Bell City passed away Sunday, March 6, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 4, 1947, at Jaywye, Missouri, the son of Robert and Irene Dockins Elem. Jerry was a truck driver for Sam Tanksley Trucking...
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Births 3/8/16
(Births ~ 03/08/16)
Twins to Michael Wade Jones and Kyleigh Jean Stephens of Perryville, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016. A daughter named Brooke Jean was born at 5:23 a.m. and weighed 5 pounds, 15.75 ounces. A son named Carson Lee was born at 5:24 a.m. ...
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Death of 3-year-old girl investigated
(State News ~ 03/08/16)
BARNHART, Mo. -- Authorities in Jefferson County are investigating the death of a 3-year-old girl. Sheriff Glenn Boyer says deputies were called about 6:30 a.m. Monday to a home in Barnhart, where the child had died. The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis is investigating...
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St. Louis offers free land for spy agency site
(State News ~ 03/08/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A federal spy agency is weighing offers of free land on both the Missouri and Illinois sides of the St. Louis area as it considers where to relocate its national headquarters. Several top political leaders from the Missouri side of the region announced at a news conference Monday that 99 acres of no-cost land now is part of the effort to woo the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to north St. Louis...
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Sister: Boyfriend held in Mexico death said woman overdosed
(State News ~ 03/08/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A sister of a Missouri woman who authorities say was strangled while vacationing in Mexico said Monday the woman's boyfriend told her she overdosed on prescription medications during a suicide bid after an argument. Mexican authorities say Tamra Turpin, 36, of Union, Missouri, died about 9 a.m. Wednesday of strangulation in the Caribbean resort city of Playa del Carmen, near Cancun, and 59-year-old attorney John Loveless is being held as part of a homicide investigation...
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Out of the past: March 8
(Out of the Past ~ 03/08/16)
Twenty-one National Guard units in Missouri, including ones in Cape Girardeau and Jackson, would be eliminated under U.S. Defense Department plans to cut spending. The affected units include the 1140th Engineer Headquarters Company at Cape Girardeau and the 1140th Engineers Company A in Jackson...
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Robert Smith
(Obituary ~ 03/08/16)
Robert L. "Bob" Smith, 87, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, March 6, 2016, at the Ratliff Care Center. He was born May 17, 1928, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Marshall and Stella (Mann) Smith. Bob and Violet Smith were married Dec. 5, 1951. Bob was a graduate of Northeast High School in Kansas City and earned a doctorate in chemistry at the University of Missouri. He taught chemistry at Southeast Missouri State University for...
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Frustrated GOP lawmakers weigh move to impeach top judges
(National News ~ 03/08/16)
TOPEKA, Kan. -- Republican lawmakers in Kansas, weary of conflicts with a judiciary that has been pushing for more school spending, are beginning to act on a measure to expand the legal grounds for impeaching judges. The move is part of an intensified effort in red states to reshape courts still dominated by moderate judges from earlier administrations...
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Womb transplant recipient grateful for chance at pregnancy
(National News ~ 03/08/16)
CLEVELAND -- The recipient of the nation's first uterus transplant said Monday she prayed for years to be able to bear a child and is grateful to the deceased donor's family and surgeons who've given her that chance. Doctors at the Cleveland Clinic said Monday the 26-year-old woman is recovering well after receiving the uterus late last month...
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Bloomberg decides against third-party run
(National News ~ 03/08/16)
NEW YORK -- Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday he will not run for president, citing a concern his independent bid would hand the White House to Donald Trump or Ted Cruz. The billionaire, who has spent months mulling a third-party run that would have roiled this year's already unpredictable presidential campaign, made his decision official through an editorial posted on the Bloomberg View website...
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Jackson man dies in Sunday accident on Highway 25
(Local News ~ 03/08/16)
Willard D. Goodson, 81, of Jackson died in a one-vehicle accident Sunday afternoon.
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Jackson school district to unveil new website
(Local News ~ 03/08/16)
A new Jackson school district website will be unveiled at tonight's school-board meeting in Jackson, the superintendent said. Superintendent John Link said the new site is designed to be more functional and acessible than the previous website...
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Ferguson mayor: With costs clarified, DOJ agreement near
(State News ~ 03/08/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Ferguson city leaders could end a potentially costly lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Justice this month, now that the federal agency has assured them its plan to overhaul the city's police and court system won't create an unmanageable financial burden, the mayor said Monday...
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Oran woman denies charges of stealing from Scott City animal clinic
(Local News ~ 03/08/16)
An Oran woman is accused of stealing more than $17,000 from a Scott City Animal Clinic. Sandy M. Walter, 49, of Oran, is charged with felony stealing of at least $500. She was issued a criminal summons on Monday to appear before Circuit Judge Scott Horman at 9 a.m. April 12...
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Homeless woman charged with felony for alleged beef jerky heist; also made threat, police say
(Local News ~ 03/08/16)
A homeless woman was charged with robbery after being accused of stealing beef jerky from a Cape Girardeau convenience store.
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Firefighter slightly hurt in Scott City house fire
(Local News ~ 03/08/16)
A firefighter was slightly injured during a fire in Scott City that destroyed a home.
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Jackson school district to form strategic plan
(Local News ~ 03/08/16)
What began in July and picked up steam in January is expected to reach its first major milestone by June for the Jackson school district. Superintendent John Link, who signed on as head of the district July 1, has been leading a new strategic plan. "We started discussing it back during my interview for the position," he said...
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Jackson, residents compromise on retaining-wall issue
(Local News ~ 03/08/16)
The city of Jackson and residents of the Annwood Estates subdivision appear to have reached an agreement on what should be done about the retaining wall near the subdivision's entrance that is in disrepair. Engineer and surveyor Chris Koehler said the wall is in "terrible shape" and the results of surveying had not revealed anything surprising enough to significantly alter the original assessment of the land...
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Man charged with punching 83-year-old woman
(Local News ~ 03/08/16)
A Sikeston, Missouri, man is accused of punching an 83-year-old woman in the face. Travis Dewayne Nelson, 30, is charged with second-degree elder abuse, a felony, and second-degree domestic assault. He was arrested March 4 by the Sikeston Department of Public Safety. Nelson's bond is set at $10,000 cash only...
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Blast takes down I-64 bridge
(State News ~ 03/08/16)
Blast takes down I-64 bridge CHESTERFIELD, Mo. -- With a big boom, an 80-year-old Missouri River bridge is gone. The Missouri Department of Transportation used explosives Monday morning to take down the old eastbound span of the Daniel Boone Bridge that connects Interstate 64 traffic to St. Louis and St. Charles counties. The interstate was closed in both directions for the second of two blasts to take down the old narrow bridge. The first was Feb. 18...
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Bus strikes, kills walker near Mizzou campus
(State News ~ 03/08/16)
Bus strikes, kills walker near Mizzou campus COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Columbia police said a city bus struck and killed a pedestrian near the University of Missouri campus. Police said in a news release the crash happened Monday morning. The name of the victim wasn't released...
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Nation briefs 3/8/16
(National News ~ 03/08/16)
ATLANTA -- A fire roared through a boarding house in Atlanta early Monday, collapsing the building and killing six people, authorities said. The victims included four men and two women, Atlanta Fire Rescue spokesman Cortez Stafford said. Their names were not available. ...
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Jackson fire report 3/8/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/08/16)
JACKSON The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls. n Mutual aid on Highway 25. n A citizen's assist on East Jackson Boulevard.
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Cape Girardeau fire report 3/8/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/08/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Monday. n Medical assists were made at 12:01 a.m. on North Kingshighway; 12:50 a.m. on Elk Lane; 8:09 a.m. on North Silver Springs Road; 10:32 a.m. on South Farrar Drive; 11:38 a.m. on North Sprigg Street; 12:22 p.m. on Broadway; 1 p.m. on Sprigg Street; 4:58 p.m. on Lynnwood Drive; 7:02 p.m. on Franks Lane; and 7:03 p.m. on Franks Lane...
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Cape Girardeau police report 3/8/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/08/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Dara R. Mouhot, 20, 1221 Butler St., was arrested on suspicion of DWI and failure to drive on the right half of the roadway after striking a utility pole at Louisana Street and Broadway...
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Ruh-roh: Scooby-Doo van eludes police
(National News ~ 03/08/16)
REDDING, Calif. -- Northern California police have a mystery on their hands. A driver of a minivan painted to resemble the Mystery Machine from the "Scooby Doo" cartoon series led police on a high-speed chase reaching speeds in excess of 100 mph Sunday afternoon before giving her pursuers the slip. Police are searching for 51-year-old Sharon Kay Turman, who was wanted for alleged probation violations. Turman's Chrysler minivan was painted to resemble the van of cartoon fame...
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Wanda McGuire
(Obituary ~ 03/08/16)
Wanda Lee McGuire, 77, of Jackson died Monday, March 7, 2016, at the Monticello House in Jackson. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jim Matthews officiating, assisted by Charles Lance. Burial will be in McGuire Cemetery south of Burfordville...
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Albert Coram
(Obituary ~ 03/08/16)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Albert Floyd "Sonny" Coram, 74, of Poplar Bluff died Monday, March 7, 2016, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday at White-Sanders Funeral Home in Fisk, Missouri. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home...
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Charles Lilly
(Obituary ~ 03/08/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Charles R. Lilly, 87, of Perryville died Sunday, March 6, 2016, at Independence Care Center of Perry County in Perryville. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at Immanuel Lutheran Church. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the church...
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Speak out 3/8/16
(Speak Out ~ 03/08/16)
Though not nearly as wild, the chaos in the country is reminiscent of 1968, at the peak of the Vietnam War. And, what did we end up having to show for it? Richard Nixon. In the current situation, the fear and trembling about Donald Trump exhibited by the Republican establishment and others will likely result in the Republican candidacy of Donald Trump, the crack-up of the GOP and the election of Hillary Clinton...
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Desperate GOP trots out mannequin Mitt Romney
(Column ~ 03/08/16)
Few things are as unattractive as desperation and cluelessness. In one fell swoop, the Republican establishment has managed to demonstrate both. I am not inclined to defend Donald Trump, and he obviously does not need it anyway. In large numbers, Americans have gone to the voting booths or spent hours caucusing for him. ...
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Prayer 3/8/16
(Prayer ~ 03/08/16)
O Father God, thank you for the many blessings you have given us. Amen.
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Cards SS Peralta postpones second opinion on injured thumb
(Professional Sports ~ 03/08/16)
JUPITER, Fla. -- The St. Louis Cardinals postponed the second opinion on shortstop Jhonny Peralta's injured left thumb until today. Peralta was at Roger Dean Stadium on Tuesday and didn't specify why he had not gone to St. Louis for an additional exam. He said if the second opinion concurred with the initial diagnosis, he'd have surgery...
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Ole Miss tags 10-2 loss on Southeast Missouri State baseball team
(College Sports ~ 03/08/16)
In the first of two games against nationally-ranked Ole Miss, the Southeast Missouri State baseball team was unable to do what only ranked Louisville has done so far this season. The No. 13 Rebels, whose only loss of the season came to the Cardinals on Feb. 27, defeated the visiting Redhawks 10-2 on Tuesday night at Swayze Field in Oxford, Mississippi, to improve to 11-1 on the season and extend its winning streak to six games...
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Cards' Wacha makes first spring outing in victory over Twins
(Professional Sports ~ 03/08/16)
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Michael Wacha gave up one run over two innings in his first start of the exhibition season as the St. Louis Cardinals beat a Minnesota Twins' split squad 5-3 Tuesday. A right-hander who led the Cardinals with 17 wins last season, Wacha allowed singles to Brian Dozier and Eduardo Escobar starting the first. Joe Mauer followed with a run-scoring, double-play grounder. Wacha gave up two hits in all...
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