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Scott City Elementary and Middle School students raise money for St. Jude Math-a-Thon
(Submitted Story ~ 04/05/16)
The pictured Scott City Elementary and Middle School students each raised more than $100 for the St. Jude Math-a-Thon held recently at the school. They would like to thank everyone who donated to support this wonderful cause! Picture are (front row, from left): Chloe Dale, Raven Ritch, Jackson Burger, Evan Boswell, Kaden Lowery and Camden Jackson (top collector of more than $1,000)...
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Triple Selfies
(Submitted Story ~ 04/05/16)
Montana Jo smiling at the selfies in a beautiful mirror layer of three pics of herself.
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Osborne's home run vs. Arkansas State lifts Southeast Missouri State baseball team to 11th consecutive victory
(College Sports ~ 04/05/16)
Pinch hitter Chris Osborne hit a three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the eighth as the Redhawks defeated Arkansas State 4-2
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Missouri GOP combs past for Planned Parenthood censure rules
(State News ~ 04/05/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Republicans are looking back more than a century for guidance as they consider whether to hold a regional Planned Parenthood CEO in contempt of the Senate -- a rare judgment that could carry jail time. Senators from both parties have raised questions about how they'd carry out a process that may include testimony before the entire chamber, arrests and sentencing decisions...
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Kohlfeld Distributing will double storage space in latest expansion
(Local News ~ 04/05/16)
Since October, drivers commuting between Cape Girardeau and Jackson may have noticed the construction occurring at the site of Kohlfeld Distributing, Inc. The company's new 30,000-square-foot warehouse is nearing completion. Officials at Kohlfeld had discussed creating a new warehouse over the last few years and recently decided it was time. ...
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Cape County Commission plans for new playground, other improvements in the South Park
(Local News ~ 04/05/16)
The Cape Girardeau County Commission hopes to obtain a federal grant to help fund installation of new playground equipment, along with construction of a bathroom, a park shelter and a new, asphalt parking lot in the county's South Park. The commission voted Monday to apply for a land-water conservation grant through the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. ...
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'Soul Surfer' Bethany Hamilton draws huge crowd for Southeast speech
(Local News ~ 04/05/16)
Bethany Hamilton drew the largest crowd for Southeast Missouri State Speaker Series event, according to university president Carlos Vargas-Aburto, with a large portion of the crowd Monday stretching into the second deck of the Show Me Center. In front of that crowd, it was clear Hamilton serves as an inspirational figure for a generation of young women...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/05/16)
Today is Tuesday, April 5, the 96th day of 2016. There are 270 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On April 5, 1976, during an outdoor demonstration against court-ordered school busing in Boston, a white teenager swung a pole holding an American flag at a black attorney in a scene captured in a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph now known as "The Soiling of Old Glory" that was taken by Stanley Forman of the Boston Herald American. ...
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Don't forget to vote today in local elections
(Editorial ~ 04/05/16)
Residents in area counties have several decisions to make in today's elections. A new Cape Girardeau City Council member will be chosen in Ward 4. In Scott City, Marble Hill, Delta, Advance, Morley and Blodgett, new city representatives will also be chosen for each town's respective city council or board of aldermen...
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Tammy Matthews
(Obituary ~ 04/05/16)
UNION, Mo. -- Tammy Matthews, 57, of Union passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at her residence. She was born Sept. 6, 1958, in St. Louis, the daughter of Stanley and Joan Rauls Matthews. Tammy was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her father, Stanley (Linda Klausner) Matthews of Fredericktown, Missouri; fiance, William Howard of Union; two sons, Travis (Kasie) Lindsey of Fredericktown and Jasper Lindsey of Bourbon, Missouri; two daughters, Amber (Jordan) Simms of Affton, Missouri, and Brittany (Darrell) Harper of Marble Hill, Missouri; a brother, Rick Smith of Union; four sisters, Pam Julius of Union, Theresa Dodson of Oklahoma, Lisa West of Jewett, Missouri, and Bridget McCaw of Pacific, Missouri; and 13 grandchildren.. ...
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Alfred Poppen
(Obituary ~ 04/05/16)
Alfred Henry Poppen, 73, of Cape Girardeau died at 9:30 p.m. Sunday, April 3, 2016, at the home of his son near Thebes, Illinois. He was born Oct. 3, 1942, at Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, the son of Adam and Irma Roth Poppen. He retired as a dock supervisor at Gilster-Mary Lee...
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New push to keep seniors in home, community-based programs
(National News ~ 04/05/16)
CHICAGO -- The federal government is pushing states to keep more low-income seniors out of nursing homes and enroll them in home and community-based programs instead. The shift comes as demand for long-term care is rising. By 2050, the number of people older than 85 is expected to triple, to more than 18 million...
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Out of the past: April 5
(Out of the Past ~ 04/05/16)
Scott City plans to finance a large part of the $563,500 cost of water- and sewer-line construction to the Nash Road industrial area through a 12-year $360,000 bond issue. A $290,000 grant from the Department of Economic Development, which the city applied for in 1990 to finance the lines, has been rejected...
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5 killed in tourist helicopter crash in Smoky Mountains
(National News ~ 04/05/16)
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. -- Five people died Monday when a sightseeing helicopter crashed near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in eastern Tennessee, officials said. The Bell 206 helicopter crashed about 3:30 p.m. near Sevierville, Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said in an email. Officials said the tourist helicopter was destroyed by fire after the crash...
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Trump, Cruz make final pitches to Wisconsin voters
(National News ~ 04/05/16)
MILWAUKEE -- After Donald Trump's toughest stretch of the campaign, he and Ted Cruz made final pitches Monday to Wisconsin voters, who will cast ballots today in a Republican primary both consider a key step in the race for president. After today, there's a two-week lull before the next important voting, in New York...
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California, New York enact $15 minimum wages
(National News ~ 04/05/16)
LOS ANGELES -- California and New York acted Monday to push their statewide minimum wages to $15 an hour as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders again seized on wage disparity and the plight of the working poor as a defining issue in the presidential race...
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Supreme Court bolsters political influence of U.S. Latinos
(National News ~ 04/05/16)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court unanimously endorsed election maps that bolster the growing political influence of America's Latinos, ruling Monday states can count everyone, not just eligible voters, in drawing voting districts. The decision rejected a challenge from Texas voters that also could have diluted the voting power of urban Democrats, to the benefit of rural Republicans...
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Judge OKs $20B settlement from BP oil spill
(National News ~ 04/05/16)
NEW ORLEANS -- A federal judge in New Orleans granted final approval Monday to an estimated $20 billion settlement over the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, resolving years of litigation over the worst offshore spill in the nation's history...
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Body of missing US student found in Siberia
(State News ~ 04/05/16)
MOSCOW -- Russian investigators said the body of an American student has been found on the outskirts of a Siberian village, a week after he vanished from a guesthouse in the middle of the night. A statement from the Investigative Committee said Colin Madsen's body was found Monday about a mile outside Arshan, a resort village poplar for its mineral springs and proximity to mountains...
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Nixon allows $2M more education, health-care spending
(State News ~ 04/05/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced Monday he'll allow about $2 million in previously restricted funding to be spent on services including fine arts and gifted-students programs as well as help for people with traumatic brain injuries...
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EU begins shipping migrants in Greece back to Turkey
(International News ~ 04/05/16)
DIKILI, Turkey -- A European Union plan to curb migration and smash smuggling rings in Turkey began Monday as 202 migrants from two Greek islands were piled onto boats and shipped back to Turkey. Under heavy security, authorities on the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios deported people from 11 nations -- the first in a plan that has drawn criticism from human-rights advocates but is seen by some European nations as the only way to resolve the continent's migration crisis...
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Data trove offers glimpse of how rich hide money
(International News ~ 04/05/16)
FRANKFURT, Germany -- A leak of 11.5 million documents from a Panama-based law firm offers a glimpse into the shadowy world where the rich and powerful hide their money. It also raises questions about the use of shell companies that obscure the identities of their true owners...
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They flee North Korea, only to be adrift in the South
(International News ~ 04/05/16)
SEOUL, South Korea -- A middle-aged man is walking through a quiet Seoul neighborhood when he suddenly stops. He lights a cigarette, cupping his hands to shield the flame from the winter wind, and takes a draw, remembering how things used to be. He's a former policeman, a broad-shouldered man with a growling voice and a crushing handshake...
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Trump-ian move? Intel CEO plugs into power of reality TV
(Entertainment ~ 04/05/16)
LOS ANGELES -- Taking a page from Donald Trump's playbook, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich is trying to do for the chipmaker what Trump did for his political career: give it a boost by being on national TV. Krzanich is the central and most credible tech expert of the five judges who will pick a $1 million winner among technology startups on a new Intel-funded competition TV show, "America's Greatest Makers." The 10-episode series kicks off today on TBS...
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Council moves ahead with police, fire station projects
(Local News ~ 04/05/16)
The Cape Girardeau City Council moved ahead Monday night with plans to build a new police station and a new fire station. The council voted unanimously to authorize city manager to negotiate contracts with two design-build teams: the Kiefner Brothers team for the police-station project and Penzel Construction for the fire-station project...
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Two men accused of exchanging gunfire at local gas station
(Local News ~ 04/05/16)
Two Illinois men face felony gun charges after they admitted to shooting at assailants at an area gas station, Cape Girardeau police say. The shooting occurred about 2 a.m. Saturday at the Rhodes 101 convenience store at 1126 N. Sprigg St. At least four shots were fired, and several vehicles were struck by bullets. The two suspects' vehicle, a 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe, was struck in the passenger-side door and in the passenger-side front fender...
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Police say man admits to shooting, 'spray bombing' truck
(Local News ~ 04/05/16)
At the same time Cape Girardeau police were investigating a fatal shooting Thursday, Cape Girardeau County sheriff's deputies were investigating a shooting in the 5500 block of County Road 525. Forest Alan Kincaid, 21, of Jackson was arrested Monday by the sheriff's Department. He is charged with felony unlawful use of a weapon. His bond is set at $50,000 cash or surety...
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Local Democratic, GOP caucuses set for this week in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 04/05/16)
Local Republican and Democratic Party loyalists will gather separately later this week to begin the process of selecting delegates for their parties' national nominating conventions. The process will begin Thursday for Democrats from Cape Girardeau and Bollinger counties. Interested party members will meet at 7 p.m. at the Laborers union hall, 773 Enterprise Lane in Cape Girardeau...
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Aldermen OK upgrades for uptown Jackson
(Local News ~ 04/05/16)
Uptown Jackson soon will receive several upgrades, both functional and cosmetic, thanks to several city projects the board of aldermen approved Monday night.
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Blues overcome deficit, move into tie for first
(Professional Sports ~ 04/05/16)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Blues showed up to the rink on short rest only to find out they'd be two players short. After a rocky start, the team stepped up in a major way. Vladimir Tarasenko got his 37th goal midway through the third period for the go-ahead score, and the Blues scored five straight goals in a 5-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Monday night to tie for first place in the Western Conference...
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Southeast Missouri State pitcher Chandler earns more OVC, national baseball honors
(College Sports ~ 04/05/16)
Southeast Missouri State right-handed pitcher Clay Chandler picked up Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week honors and was named one of Louisville Slugger's National Players of the Week by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper after throwing a complete-game shutout in a 4-0 win vs. SIU Edwardsville on Saturday...
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High school roundup: Saxony Lutheran baseball team routs Meadow Heights with 11-run inning
(High School Sports ~ 04/05/16)
All the high school events reported Monday to the Southeast Missourian.
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Villanova claims national title on buzzer beater
(College Sports ~ 04/05/16)
HOUSTON -- One good shot deserved another. Kris Jenkins of Villanova wasn't about to be outdone. Jenkins overcame the shock of watching North Carolina's Marcus Paige hit a double-clutch 3 to tie it by spotting up behind the right side of the arc and draining a 3 of his own at the buzzer to lift Villanova to a 77-74 victory and the national championship Monday night...
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Discovery Playhouse nears completion on new exhibits, installs safety feature
(Local News ~ 04/05/16)
A great deal of progress has been made lately at Discovery Playhouse in downtown Cape Girardeau. Not only are several long-awaited upstairs exhibits coming together quickly, but changes are being made to the lobby so a safety gate can keep young visitors from charging out the front door -- and possibly into the street -- before their caregivers are ready to leave the building...
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Nation briefs 4/5/16
(National News ~ 04/05/16)
FREEMAN, S.D. -- TransCanada Corp. has shut down the Keystone pipeline while it investigates a possible spill in southeastern South Dakota. The company said the potential leak was first reported Saturday afternoon. Crews sent to the scene in Hutchinson County found signs of oil on what the company said is a "small surface area" about 4 miles from its Freeman pump station. ...
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State briefs 4/5/16
(State News ~ 04/05/16)
BONNE TERRE, Mo. -- Missouri prison officials say a 60-year-old inmate serving time for sodomy involving a child has died. The Missouri Department of Corrections stated in a news release Floyd Henderson died Sunday morning of unspecified "apparent natural causes" at a St. Louis hospital. Henderson was an inmate at the maximum-security state prison in Bonne Terre. Since May 2010, he had been serving a 10-year sentence related to a first-degree statutory sodomy conviction out of St. Louis...
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Boonville celebrates rehabilitation of old railroad bridge
(State News ~ 04/05/16)
BOONVILLE, Mo. -- Hundreds of people from Boonville and beyond have gathered at a former railroad bridge to celebrate its resurrection as part of a state park. Boonville Mayor Julie Thacher, Columbia Mayor Darwin Hindman and Gov. Jay Nixon participated Saturday in the short ceremony with a crowd of about 400 at Katy Trail State Park...
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Chihuahua leads police on chase on Bay Bridge
(National News ~ 04/05/16)
SAN FRANCISCO -- A Chihuahua is in animal custody after leading police on a chase across the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge. The California Highway Patrol tweeted the small, black dog "led us on quite a chase" Sunday and posted a video of it running furiously on the bridge while being trailed by a motorcycle officer. After it was captured, the Chihuahua was taken to a San Francisco animal shelter. A shelter spokeswoman said the dog was recovering from its misadventure...
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Highway 72 in Bollinger, Cape counties reduced for pavement work
(Local News ~ 04/05/16)
Highway 72 in Bollinger and Cape Girardeau counties, between highways 51 and 34, will be reduced with a 16-foot width restriction as contractor crews make pavement repairs. The work is scheduled to take place April 25 through June 3, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, according to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release...
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William "Bill" Keehn
(Obituary ~ 04/05/16)
William "Bill" Arthur Keehn, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, April 1, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 12, 1922, in Batavia, New York, to William and Wyla (Brininstool) Keehn. He had an older sister, Ruth Miller. Bill served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1945 as an aviation ordnance man in the Pacific Theatre...
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Melvin Pardieck Jr.
(Obituary ~ 04/05/16)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Melvin Rodger Pardieck Jr., 52, of Olive Branch and formerly of Belleville, Illinois, died Saturday, April 2, 2016, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Illinois.
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Ralph Woodrow Proctor
(Obituary ~ 04/05/16)
Ralph Woodrow "Woody" Proctor, 98, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, April 4, 2016, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home...
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Nadine Horton
(Obituary ~ 04/05/16)
Nadine Horton, 55, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, April 3, 2016, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel of Scott City.
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Morris Holmes
(Obituary ~ 04/05/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Morris Holmes, 70, of Perryville died Saturday, April 2, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 6:30 to 10 a.m. Thursday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville...
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Douglas Landers
(Obituary ~ 04/05/16)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Douglas James Landers, 23, died Friday, April 1, 2016. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Friday at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill. The funeral will be at noon Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Barker Cemetery in Glenallen, Missouri...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 4/5/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/05/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday. n Medical assists were made at 9:49 a.m. at Benton Hill Trace; 12:25 p.m. on Bloomfield Road; 1:28 p.m. on South Farrar Drive; 1:55 p.m. on Mill Street; 2:23 p.m. on Sheridan Drive; 3:40 p.m. on Boxwood Drive; and 5:41 p.m. on Whitener Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 4/5/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/05/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Summons n Zachary M. Holligan, 22, of Perryville, Missouri, was issued a summons for stealing at Rhodes, North Kingshighway and Cambridge Drive. Assaults n Assault was reported at 3001 Mimosa St...
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Jackson police report 4/5/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/05/16)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Summons n Seth M. Bollinger, 18, of Burfordville was issued summonses for failure to register a motor vehicle and knowingly permitting an unlicensed driver to drive. Property damage...
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Speak Out 4/5/16
(Speak Out ~ 04/05/16)
Donald Trump was recently able to unite pro-choice and pro-life groups on the issue of abortion when he said that women who get presumably banned abortions should be punished. That had the effect of uniting both groups in universal condemnation of the Trumpster to the point that he had to later do what had heretofore been unthinkable when it comes to The Donald -- change his position...
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Honoring Missouri Natives Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes for National Poetry Month
(Column ~ 04/05/16)
National Poetry Month, observed in April, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Poetry was one of my favorite genres of literature to share with students, perhaps because I, too, am a poet. I loved exposing them to moving poems by motivational poets. None fits that description better than Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes. My students loved their work as much as I did...
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Prayer 4/5/16
(Prayer ~ 04/05/16)
O Lord Jesus, may we love each other as you have loved us. Amen.
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Oak Ridge School Board: Jason Charles Glueck
(Submitted Story ~ 04/05/16)
Age: 38 Place of birth: cape girardeau wife Mandy Glueck,3kids Drew 14, Paige 12, Miley 5 Occupation: owner operator Jackson Tire Center and Fast Lube Employer: Glueck Enterprises, Inc. Businesses owned, all or part: Jackson Tire Center and Glueck Enterprises, Inc...
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Oak Ridge School Board: Ronald Tracy
(Submitted Story ~ 04/05/16)
Age: 48 Place of birth: Elgin, IL Candice L Tracy (wife) Becka L Tracy (daughter) Occupation: Self Employed Truck Driver Employer: R E Tracy Logistics Businesses owned, all or part: R E Tracy Logistics Oak Ridge School Board Do you currently hold the office for which you are running? No...
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