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Ageless addicts: Pickleball continues to grow in popularity among wide range of local enthusiasts
(Community Sports ~ 06/22/16)
Doug Brown looks like a guy who has spent some time moving people. Now in his fifth decade of life, it's been a while since Brown pulled on football pads or hit the wrestling mat for Jackson High School, but his physique -- even if weathered by the years -- still hints at his past, and as he speaks, his intensity belies bygone days when adrenaline fueled on-field survival and success...
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Ranken Technical College to Open Satellite Campus in Perryville
(Submitted Story ~ 06/22/16)
Ranken Technical College is proud to announce that it will open a new vocational education facility in Perryville, Missouri next year. This key initiative represents another regional investment by Ranken in its effort to evolve and improve the post-secondary education model in the United States. Ranken operates educational facilities in St. Louis and Wentzville Missouri...
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Local author hosts book launch in Jackson
(Submitted Story ~ 06/22/16)
Former Jackson resident and author Cindy McDermott will be hosting a book launch for her second book, “The Relatives,” on Saturday, July 2, from 11a.m. to 1 p.m. at Wibs Drive-In, 1204 North High St, Jackson, MO. McDermott will be holding the signing in the Wib’s parking lot...
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Scott City's new leaders plan infrastructure upgrades
(Local News ~ 06/22/16)
The recently elected mayor of Scott City is teaming with the city's new public works director to initiate infrastructure improvements they say have been a long time coming. Ron Cummins, a former city councilman who unseated 16-year mayor Tim Porch in the April election, plans to waste no time addressing the city's stormwater drainage problems, needed sidewalk repairs and sewage issues...
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FAA loosens rules for commercial drone use
(Local News ~ 06/22/16)
Restrictions on commercial drone use are tight. Commercial operators have had to carry a manned aircraft pilot's license or acquire a waiver, which can be a lengthy process. But by August, it will become easier to operate a commercial drone. On Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Administration announced a new set of rules for the use of unmanned aircraft for commercial purposes...
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All about that base: Poor construction standards partly to blame for potholed streets
(Local News ~ 06/22/16)
Motorists traveling on many Cape Girardeau city streets experience a bumpy, bone-jarring ride over crumbling pavement that in many cases doesn't meet current construction codes. Some concrete streets have been patched over the years but continue to fall apart. City council members have heard residents' complaints...
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Fruitland fire district may seek full-time unit; large hike in property taxes required
(Local News ~ 06/22/16)
The Fruitland Area Fire Protection District Fire Department plans to ask voters to approve a tax increase so it can add a full-time firefighting unit at its main station. Currently, the district charges a tax of 26 cents per $100 of assessed property value, or about $130 on a $50,000 home, to pay for its volunteer fire department...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/22/16)
Today in History Today is Wednesday, June 22, the 174th day of 2016. There are 192 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 22, 1941, during World War II, Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, a massive invasion of the Soviet Union...
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Paying attention to what's behind the curtain
(Column ~ 06/22/16)
There's a pivotal scene in "The Wizard of Oz" when the "wizard" -- far from a wizard in reality -- is caught hiding behind a curtain and his real identity is about to be discovered. The "wizard" warns Dorothy and her band of followers not to pay attention to what's going on behind the curtain. Of course, Dorothy ignores his warning and uncovers the truth...
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Step-therapy law a middle ground for patients, insurance companies
(Editorial ~ 06/22/16)
Many Missourians deal with step therapy through their insurance companies. Step therapy isn't going away, but a bill signed into law last week by Gov. Jay Nixon will hopefully make the process less cumbersome. Step therapy requires patients to demonstrate lower-cost drugs are ineffective before their insurance company will authorize coverage for the higher-cost options. While the new law will allow this practice to continue, it trims the process and should be a good thing for consumers...
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Out of the past: June 22
(Out of the Past ~ 06/22/16)
Continuum '91, a three-day Star Trek convention, is being held at the Cape Girardeau Holiday Inn. Among the celebrities in attendance are Richard Arnold, research consultant for "Star Trek: The Next Generation"; John de Lancie, who plays "Q" on "Next Generation"; and Majel Barrett, who played Nurse Chapel in the original series and Lwaxana Troi in the show's newest incarnation. Barrett is also married to Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek...
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Loren Slinkard
(Obituary ~ 06/22/16)
Loren N. Slinkard, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, June 21, 2016, at Chateau Girardeau. He was born Jan. 4, 1927, in Marble Hill, Missouri, to Marion J. and Blanche V. (Pair) Slinkard. He married Mary N. Lewis on Oct. 10, 1958. She preceded him in death June 22, 2014...
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Earl Jenkins
(Obituary ~ 06/22/16)
CHANDLER, Ariz. -- Earl Leon Jenkins, 84, of Chandler returned home to the Lord on Saturday, May 14, 2016. He was born in Advance, Missouri, on Sept. 23, 1932. He was the fourth of six children born to Freeman Helderman and Ima Jewel Devore Jenkins...
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Mary Tripp
(Obituary ~ 06/22/16)
Mary E. "Suzie" Tripp, 64, of Jackson died Monday, June 20, 2016, at her home. She was born Dec. 28, 1951, in Cape Girardeau to Harold Robert and Betty Jean Chancellor Pruitt Sr. She and Carl J. Tripp were married Jan. 23, 2004, at Hollister, Missouri...
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Paula Smith
(Obituary ~ 06/22/16)
ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Paula S. Smith, 58, of Altenburg passed away Sunday, June 19, 2016, at Monticello House Nursing Home in Jackson. She was born March 5, 1958, in St. Louis, daughter of Robert P. and Shirley J. Miles Hunter. She and Daniel Smith were married July 28, 1979...
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Gerald Moore
(Obituary ~ 06/22/16)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- 1st Sgt. (Ret.) Gerald Keith Moore, 67, of Poplar Bluff passed away surrounded by his loved ones on Monday, June 20, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 15, 1948, at Zalma, Missouri, the son of Gay Hershel Moore and Geraldine Smith McCullough...
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Betty Hicks
(Obituary ~ 06/22/16)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Betty Jean Hicks of Chaffee, 72, was received by the loving arms of her husband and son, Larry and Frankie, when she entered heaven's gates on the morning of Tuesday, June 21, 2016. Betty was born June 24, 1943, in Allenville to the late Amon and Dolly Smith Seabaugh. She married Larry Gale Hicks in 1960. They were blessed with four children, who blessed them with grandchildren...
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Elizabeth Kretzer
(Obituary ~ 06/22/16)
There are those people in your life who are the cornerstone of your existence, who help teach, mold and guide you. One of those people, Betty Ann (nee George) Kretzer, took her last breath June 11, 2016, after 82 years of love and laughter. The beloved wife of the late Col. (R.) Alonzo S. Kretzer, Betty was born and raised in St. Louis. She married the love of her life and traveled the world by his side until his passing in 1992...
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Missouri man gets life in prison in death of hotel manager
(State News ~ 06/22/16)
ST. LOUIS -- A Southeast Missouri man was sentenced to life in prison without parole plus 40 years for killing a hotel night manager last year. Joseph Bowens, 45, of Poplar Bluff was sentenced Tuesday. He was found guilty of first-degree murder in April...
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Mizzou's interim president discusses racial discord, future
(State News ~ 06/22/16)
ST. LOUIS -- The unrest that rocked the University of Missouri-Columbia campus last fall was part of a racial conflict that has existed in Missouri and the nation for centuries and remains evident on campuses across the country, interim president Michael Middleton said Tuesday...
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GOP congressman seeks to block changes to U.S. currency
(National News ~ 06/22/16)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- A Republican congressman is trying to block the Treasury from redesigning U.S. currency, which could prevent the government from replacing Andrew Jackson on the front of the $20 bill with abolitionist Harriet Tubman. Rep. Steve King of Iowa has offered an amendment to a spending bill barring the use of funds to redesign any Federal Reserve note or coin...
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GOP senator seeks bipartisan support for gun deal
(National News ~ 06/22/16)
WASHINGTON -- A moderate Republican senator sought bipartisan support Tuesday for a compromise to block gun purchases by some suspected terrorists, a day after the chamber split along party lines to derail more sweeping proposals. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he would allow a vote on the proposal by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, but stopped short of endorsing the measure itself...
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Trump's campaign spends $6 million with his companies
(National News ~ 06/22/16)
WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump is one of the wealthiest people ever to run for president, but his campaign appears to be flat broke. What's more, fundraising reports show he's used about $6 million in campaign money to pay his own companies and family members...
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Jordan seals last entry point for Syria refugees after blast
(International News ~ 06/22/16)
AMMAN, Jordan -- Jordan sealed its last entry point for Syrian refugees Tuesday after a cross-border suicide attack killed six members of the Jordanian security forces, wounded 14 and exposed the pro-Western kingdom's growing vulnerability to spillover from conflict next door...
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UK's Cameron, soccer star David Beckham urge pro-EU vote
(International News ~ 06/22/16)
LONDON -- From the prime minister to sports and pop icons David and Victoria Beckham, supporters of Britain staying in the European Union urged voters Tuesday to think about future generations when they cast ballots in a referendum that has divided the nation...
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Clinton warns Trump would plunge economy into recession
(National News ~ 06/22/16)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Republican rival Donald Trump would send the U.S. economy back into recession, warning his "reckless" approach would hurt workers trying to recover from the 2008 economic turbulence...
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End of California nuclear era: Last plant to close by 2025
(National News ~ 06/22/16)
California's last nuclear power plant will close by 2025 under an accord announced Tuesday, ending three decades of safety debates that helped fuel the national anti-nuclear power movement. The state's largest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., and environmental groups reached an agreement to replace production at Diablo Canyon nuclear plant with solar power and other energy sources that do not produce climate-changing greenhouse gases...
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Audit highly critical of University of Missouri college
(State News ~ 06/22/16)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- An internal audit is highly critical of a University of Missouri's College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources after a former employee admitted to stealing more than $716,000 over nine years...
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Arrest made after armed dispute at Springfield golf course
(State News ~ 06/22/16)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A Springfield man is charged with three felonies after police said he threatened two people with a gun at a Springfield country club. Donald Weber was charged Monday with unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of attempted felonious restraint...
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Nixon signs bill for more access to anti-overdose medicine
(State News ~ 06/22/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Residents soon will be able to carry medicine to counter heroin overdoses without a prescription under a new law signed Tuesday by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon. The measure, which is part of a push by state officials to combat rising levels of opiate addiction, will give legal protection to good Samaritans who use the drug naloxone on someone who appears to be suffering from an overdose and then call emergency responders...
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Mizzou dismissive of grad student unionization effort
(State News ~ 06/22/16)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The University of Missouri asserts in a court filing graduate students have no rights to collective bargaining. And if they do have that right, they are doing it wrong, attorney Michael Kaemmerer wrote in a brief filed last week in Boone County Circuit Court, the Columbia Daily Tribune reported...
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Bollinger County deputies seek inmate who walked off work detail
(Local News ~ 06/22/16)
A inmate from Southeast Correctional Center walked off a work detail Tuesday afternoon in Bollinger County. Bollinger County sheriff's deputies were actively searching for Woodward as of 4 p.m. Tuesday. David Michale Woodward, 29, of Arnold, Missouri, was working with the Missouri Department of Transportation detail near Bollinger County Road 708 and walked away at 1:17 p.m., according to Bollinger County sheriff's officers. ...
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Odd court hearing ends with judge declaring probable cause in abuse case
(Local News ~ 06/22/16)
Attorney Andrew Morris and his client, Leon Cortez Wilder Jr., were standing in front of Judge Gary Kamp, prepared to waive Wilder's preliminary hearing, when Wilder made his thoughts known. He wanted to have his preliminary hearing, and he wanted it at 11 a.m. Tuesday...
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Witness of fatal crash: Suspect 'revved up and crashed into them'
(Local News ~ 06/22/16)
KENNETT, Mo. -- Rochelle Williams said she was standing on Riggs Street when the horrific scene unfolded Friday afternoon. "I was coming from a friend's house when it all got started," she said as police and fire officials were on the scene of a double-homicide accident a few dozen feet away. The events she described had happened about six hours before...
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Cardinals defeat Cubs for second straight day at Wrigley
(Professional Sports ~ 06/22/16)
CHICAGO -- Adam Wainwright called the most recent homestand a reality check for St. Louis. He's not quite ready to call this a turning point for the Cardinals. Matt Carpenter and Matt Holliday homered to back Wainwright, and St. Louis beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Tuesday night...
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Man arrested for loud music near Mets stadium
(National News ~ 06/22/16)
NEW YORK -- Police said they've nabbed a culprit who outfitted a van with more than 50 speakers and blasted loud music late at night near the New York Mets' stadium. Police received noise complaints Saturday night in the Queens neighborhood of Willets Point, near Citi Field. Police found the van and confiscated it. Authorities said the van's owner, Nelson Hidalgo, was arrested on charges of criminal nuisance, unreasonable noise, unlawful assembly and other offenses...
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Billy Sidwell Sr.
(Obituary ~ 06/22/16)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Billy David Sidwell Sr., 57, of Mound City died Sunday, June 19, 2016, at his residence. Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Monday at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge, Illinois. The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Monday at the funeral home...
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Patricia Reed
(Obituary ~ 06/22/16)
Patricia Reed, 66, of Jackson died Monday, June 20, 2016, at her home. The family will have a memorial service at a later date. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Cape fire report 6/22/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/22/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Sunday n Medical assists were made at 12:04 a.m. on South Henderson Avenue; 11:15 a.m. on South Benton Street; 4:07 p.m. on Themis Street; 5:16 p.m. on South West End Boulevard; 5:18 p.m. on Themis Street; 5:58 p.m. on North Kingshighway; 6:59 p.m. on South Sprigg Street; 7:10 p.m. on Good Hope Street; 7:10 p.m. on South Sprigg Street; and 10:28 p.m. on South Sprigg Street...
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Prayer 6/22/16
(Prayer ~ 06/22/16)
O Father God, may we be encouragers to those around us. Amen.
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Sharon Simpkins
(Obituary ~ 06/22/16)
A friend to all, Sharon Sue Reynolds-Smith Simpkins of Scott City passed away to be with her precious Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday, June 17, 2016. She was born in Cape Girardeau on Aug. 7, 1942. She attended Cape Girardeau Central High School and graduated from Illmo-Scott City High School in 1960...
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Led Zeppelin copyright trial heads to closing arguments
(Entertainment ~ 06/22/16)
LOS ANGELES -- Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant testified Tuesday his memory of encounters more than 40 years ago is dim, though his recollection of the creation of the band's epic "Stairway to Heaven" was quite clear. The testimony came before Led Zeppelin's defense rested its case, and the judge scheduled closing arguments for today...
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Births 6/22/16
(Births ~ 06/22/16)
Triplet daughters to Brian H. and Valarie J. Hulshof of Scott City, Saint Francis Medical Center, Monday, Feb. 22, 2016. Nora Lucille was born at 5:32 p.m., and weighed 1 pound, 14 ounces. Cora Josephine was born was born at 5:32 p.m., and weighed 1 pound, 13 ounces. ...
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