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Normandy School District seeks restraining order in transfer fight
(State News ~ 06/16/14)
ST. LOUIS -- A troubled St. Louis-area school district is seeking a temporary restraining order against the Missouri Education Department, which won't let it pay its legal fees in a fight over the state's student transfer law. A motion filed Friday in St. ...
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67-year-old Missouri woman killed in car-on-motorcycle crash
(State News ~ 06/16/14)
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. -- A 67-year-old suburban St. Louis woman has been killed after a motorcycle on which she was a passenger crashed into a car on a rural Franklin County highway. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Barbara LaChance of Fenton, Missouri, was a passenger on a Harley-Davidson Trike, a three-wheeled motorcycle, driven by 58-year-old Michael Whitecotton of House Springs, Missouri, when it crashed at 1 p.m. Saturday...
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Salem, Mo., boy killed in ATV accident
(State News ~ 06/16/14)
SALEM, Mo. -- An 11-year-old Southeast Missouri boy is dead after an all-terrain vehicle he was driving went off the road and overturned on top of him. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Gill Preston of Salem was driving the vehicle too fast for conditions when he crashed at 1:35 p.m. Saturday 13 miles south of Salem...
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Analysis: Tax notices split Missouri officials
(State News ~ 06/16/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The concept seems simple: Businesses should be told of changes in sales tax policies before they are expected to pay the tax to the state. Yet that concept has become the latest flashpoint in a yearlong fight over Missouri's tax laws between legislators and Gov. Jay Nixon...
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Kansas City Municipal Court has community garden
(State News ~ 06/16/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A community garden run by the Kansas City Municipal Court has become popular while also offering a therapeutic break for those going through city court programs. The garden, which is used by participants in the city's drug, mental health and veterans' treatment courts, started last year and has become so popular it was expanded this year to a 40-by-50-foot plot...
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Mo. couple appear on billboard for marijuana
(State News ~ 06/16/14)
OZARK, Mo. -- A southwest Missouri man who's featured with his wife on a billboard supporting legalization of marijuana says the drug helped him deal with spinal disorders. Daryl Bertrand of Ozark suffers from degenerative disc disease and stenosis of the spine. He has undergone three spinal surgeries and took prescription painkillers to manage the pain until he suffered what he said were potentially deadly side effects...
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Farm-to-table tour open to local moms
(Local News ~ 06/16/14)
A limited number of local moms will have the chance to tour Besher Farms near Patton, Missouri, on Wednesday so they can put a face and place to who raises food for their tables. To register, go to surveymonkey.com/s/RegistrationBesherFarmsTour. Registration ends today...
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Opinions mixed on effect of 'right to farm' issue
(State News ~ 06/16/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Supporters and opponents of a proposed Missouri constitutional amendment that would protect the right of people to farm say it's unclear what kind of effect, if any, passage of the measure would have on the state's agricultural industry...
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Man arrested after fleeing Cape police on foot
(Local News ~ 06/16/14)
A man was taken into custody Sunday after an incident with a Cape Girardeau police officer at a convenience store. John Mitchell was wanted for a felony parole violation with no bond according to Sgt. Jason Selzer of the Cape Girardeau Police Department...
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Cape council to tackle budget, tax issues at Monday meeting
(Local News ~ 06/16/14)
The Cape Girardeau City Council will vote to give final approval to the city's 2014-2015 operating budget at its regular meeting today and discuss calling an election for a fire sales tax. At its June 2 meeting, the council gave initial approval to the roughly $71 million budget, which is nearly the same amount as last year's budget...
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Deployed father surprises daughter at Cardinals game
(Local News ~ 06/16/14)
The thousands of screaming St. Louis Cardinals fans didn't faze Staff Sgt. Matthew Peters as he walked onto the field at Busch Stadium on Friday night. Peters had eyes for one person: his 8-year-old daughter Kylie, who just finished singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" with her second-grade class from St. Paul Lutheran School during the seventh inning stretch of the game against the Washington Nationals...
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Chaffee man drowns in Current River
(Local News ~ 06/16/14)
DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Missouri Highway Patrol Troop E marine opperations officers recovered drowning victim Jeremy Evans from Current River in Ripley County, Missouri, this afternoon. A report came in about 2:30 p.m. that Evans, a 32-year-old from Chaffee, Missouri, never resurfaced after jumping into the river at Deer Leap Recreation Area, an officer from Troop E said...
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First summer arts festival to celebrate visual, performing arts
(Local News ~ 06/16/14)
Music, magic, dance, drama, painting, printmaking and more will be popping Saturday during the inaugural Community Summer Arts Festival at the River Campus of Southeast Missouri State University. Activities, demonstrations, workshops and performances will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on patios overlooking the Mississippi River over to the parking lot adjacent to Fountain Street in Cape Girardeau...
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Cairo seeks comprehensive plan; stakeholders start pushing for economic development
(Local News ~ 06/16/14)
CAIRO, Ill. -- The city of Cairo hasn't had a comprehensive plan in 41 years. "The last time I came across a comprehensive plan for the city of Cairo was back in 1973 … and actually, that plan wasn't implemented," Mayor Tyrone Coleman said Thursday night at a public meeting at Cairo High School...
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Summer Arts Festival lineup
(Local News ~ 06/16/14)
10 a.m., Barefoot on Sunday, folk group 11 a.m., Suzuki Players, Music Academy Noon, magician Rob Huff 1 p.m., Southeast Steel Drums, Shane Mizicko conducting 2 p.m., Mr. Saxophone, children's music 3 p.m., Southeast Steel Drums, Shane Mizicko conducting...
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Capahas close weekend series with victory
(Community Sports ~ 06/16/14)
The Plaza Tire Capahas secured a series win over the St. Louis Bulls on Sunday with a commanding 8-2 victory at Capaha Field.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/16/14)
Today is Monday, June 16, the 167th day of 2014. There are 198 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 16, 1944, George Stinney, a 14-year-old black youth, became the youngest person to die in the electric chair as the state of South Carolina executed him for the murders of two white girls, Betty June Binnicker, 11, and Mary Emma Thames, 7. (George Stinney's family, who maintains his innocence, is seeking to overturn his conviction.)...
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Lending an 'extra hand': Krisinda Cook of Extra Hands Inc. shares how her small business makes a big difference for seniors, people with disabilities
(Business ~ 06/16/14)
Extra Hands Inc., an in-home care business based in Cape Girardeau, serves patients in Cape Girardeau, Scott, Bollinger, Perry and Mississippi counties. Operations manager Krisinda Cook runs the business along with her mother and sister, and together, they help individuals reside in their homes for as long as possible. Here, Krisinda explains the need for in-home care services, and where the field is heading next:...
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Garber's Menswear
(Business ~ 06/16/14)
Rodney Bridges has worked in retail since he was a teenager, and he purchased Garber's Menswear when he was only 21 years old. He'd been working at Hamra's Men's Store in Anna, Illinois, while pursuing an accounting degree from Southern Illinois University. ...
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Rental Land
(Business ~ 06/16/14)
Mark Kasten, owner of Rental Land in Cape Girardeau, says being a business owner is in his genes -- quite literally. His father, Gene, was one of several businessmen who got together in the early 1960s to research the possibility of opening a rental business in Cape Girardeau...
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Shivelbine's Music
(Business ~ 06/16/14)
Shivelbine's Music was opened by William A. Shivelbine and Raymond "Peg" Meyer in 1949 in downtown Cape Girardeau. "My grandfather, William A., was the school band director and the leader of the municipal band in Cape at the time," says Scott Shivelbine, the in-store manager of Shivelbine's Music. "He decided to quit and open a music store."...
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Kasten Masonry
(Business ~ 06/16/14)
Kasten Masonry started out in 1895 as Kasten & Schmuke pressed brick company. Its owners were R.C. Kasten and Joe Schmuke. "Back then, it was just a brick plant," says Quent Kasten, general manager of Kasten Masonry and a great grandson of R.C. Kasten, co-founder of the business...
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Ratliff Care Center
(Business ~ 06/16/14)
Mike Ratliff's parents started the business in 1962, and Ratliff Care Center has been family-owned ever since. In the 15 years since he took over, he's seen some changes. "From my standpoint, there's been a lot more research that's come out and we're reaping the benefits of that," he says. "It helps us make this [our clients[']] home."...
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LeGrand Brothers Transmissions
(Business ~ 06/16/14)
LeGrand Brothers Transmissions was the first business in the area to specialize in doing transmission work, opening in 1953. Sixty-one years later, they're still running smoothly. "It was started by my father," says Dave LeGrand. "And now, I've got my son Josh running it with me, so that'll be third-generation."...
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Edgewater Glass Co.
(Business ~ 06/16/14)
Edgewater Glass Co. has been a full-line glass and glazing company for 49 years. Jay Bond had worked there for 26 years before buying the business. He's watched the industry change firsthand. "As some trends come and go, we have had to adapt," he says. "If you don't adapt, you won't succeed."...
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Small business owners wear many hats, from accounting to marketing and more
(Business ~ 06/16/14)
Many regard the entrepreneurial spirit as a quintessential element of the American identity. The idea of finding one's passion and striking out to blaze one's own path to prosperity is what drives small business owners to do what they do...
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Business briefs
(Business ~ 06/16/14)
__MARY KAY TRAINING CENTER HAS NEW LOCATION__ Mary Kay sales directors Jana Jateff and Sheri Dost moved their training center from 1936 Broadway in Cape Girardeau to 1028 N. Kingshighway in the Blattner Building, effective May 1...
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Names in the news
(Business ~ 06/16/14)
__GIBBAR NAMED WASTEWATER OPERATOR OF THE YEAR__ Kenny Gibbar, foreman and head operator at the Jackson Wastewater Treatment Facility, received the Wastewater Operator of the Year Award April 23 at the Southeast Section meeting of the Missouri Water and Wastewater Conference in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Health briefs
(Business ~ 06/16/14)
__SAINT FRANCIS TO EXPAND HEALING GARDEN__ The Saint Francis Medical Center Auxiliary gave $125,000 to Marilyn Curtis, vice president of professional services at the hospital, to be put toward the $150,000 cost of the new Healing Garden in development. ...
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Bankruptcies
(Business ~ 06/16/14)
Bankruptcies filed through May for the Southeastern Division of the Eastern District of Missouri's U.S. Bankruptcy Court are listed below with their corresponding case number. The Southeast Division includes the counties of Bollinger, Butler, Carter, Dunklin, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Perry, Reynolds, Ripley, Scott, Shannon, Stoddard and Wayne. Court is held in Cape Girardeau...
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Tax liens
(Business ~ 06/16/14)
Cape Girardeau County Tax liens and lien discharges recorded at the office of Scott R. Claårk, recorder of deeds, during May are filed by the Missouri Department of Revenue, except as indicated by IRS designation. For more information, contact the recorder's office at 573-243-8123...
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Business licenses
(Business ~ 06/16/14)
Business licenses issued in Cape Girardeau during May include the following: C&G Motor Co. LLC, 618 S. Kingshighway Lattitudes, 137 N. Main St. Laura L. Green (booth rental), 310 Christine St. Pho 8, 3036 William St. Pho 8 (liquor license), 3036 William St...
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Huge arts festival Saturday at River Campus
(Editorial ~ 06/16/14)
After hearing demands of wanting to have more summer activities at the River Campus, leaders at the facility have a big day in store. The River Campus is launching its inaugural Community Summer Arts Festival Saturday. It will begin at 10 a.m. and run through 5 p.m., featuring live music, dance, theatrical performances, magic, visual arts displays, hands-on family friendly art activities and more, according to marketing materials prepared by Southeast Missouri State University...
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Out of the past 6/16/14
(Out of the Past ~ 06/16/14)
A Missouri Highway and Transportation Department official says the recent failure of a small, steel beam in a brace under the Mississippi River bridge here poses no threat to the structural integrity of the span. A 90-foot, 116,000-pound liquid-petroleum-gas pressurized tank is relocated from the Union Electric Co.'s propane air plant on North Main Street to another plant at Hickory Street and Beaudean Lane; the first of three tanks is moved to South Cape Girardeau by workers with VanDyke Haulers of Chandler, Minnesota.. ...
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Speak Out 6/16/14
(Speak Out ~ 06/16/14)
Last night I saw the sweetest thing. I was at the Lutheran Home visiting my mother. And Doug Rees, a gentleman from Jackson, came in, sat down at the table and sang to one of the residents. It was so sweet of him. He has a beautiful voice, and he's so kind. I just wanted to put that out there so everybody would hear it...
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Jackson police report 6/16/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/16/14)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
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Cape Girardeau police report 6/16/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/16/14)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 6/16/14
(Local News ~ 06/16/14)
City hall 401 Independence St. Study session, 5 p.m. today Items for discussion Presentations...
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Jon Stephens
(Obituary ~ 06/16/14)
Jon Marc Stephens, 38, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 13, 2014, in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 30, 1975, in St. Louis, to Paul David and Trina Sue Troutman Stephens. He and Rosemary Sullivan were married July 15, 2000, in St. Louis. Jon received a bachelor's degree from Southeast Missouri State University. He was a special-education teacher and taught at Cottonwood and Jefferson School. He was the current operations manager at Slumberland...
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Norman Sander
(Obituary ~ 06/16/14)
Norman Elwood Sander, Jr., 69, of Honolulu, formerly of Commerce, Missouri, died Friday, June 13, 2014, in Honolulu. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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Mark Oswald
(Obituary ~ 06/16/14)
Mark Oswald, 45, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 14, 2014, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Oct. 13, 1968, in Perryville, Missouri, son of Arnie and Sharon Esselman Oswald of Perryville. He and Christie Sutterer were married Jan. 1, 1994. She survives in Cape Girardeau...
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Stock market rises on merger news
(Business ~ 06/16/14)
NEW YORK -- A flurry of corporate deals and a positive outlook for the technology industry gave the stock market a lift Friday. Intel jumped after the company said sales of business computers have been stronger than expected, and raised its revenue forecast. Technology stocks rose on the news, which was also a positive sign for investors who are betting that higher investment from businesses will help drive the economy this year...
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Google buying satellite maker Skybox for $500M
(Business ~ 06/16/14)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Google is buying Skybox Imaging in a deal that could serve as a launchpad for the Internet company to send its own fleet of satellites to take aerial pictures and provide online access to remote areas of the world. The $500 million acquisition announced Tuesday initially will provide Google with the means to improve the quality and immediacy of the satellite imagery used in its digital maps...
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Oil rises again, nears $107 on Iraq fighting
(Business ~ 06/16/14)
The price of oil rose near $107 a barrel Friday, as Iraq's widening insurgency fueled concerns that crude supplies from OPEC's No. 2 producer could be slowed. After jumping over $2 on Thursday, the benchmark U.S. oil contract for July delivery rose 38 cents to close at $106.91 in New York...
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People on the move 6/16/14
(Business ~ 06/16/14)
Patty Main has joined the staff of Century 21 Ashland Realty in Cape Girardeau. Main is a 20-year veteran of the real estate industry. She received her license in 1994 in California and has been a top producer in Cape Girardeau since 2000. Main is a licensed broker in Missouri and has received professional designations including Graduate, Realtor Institute, Accredited Buyer's Representative and Certified Distressed Property Expert. ...
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Business Notebook: Rhodes 101 offers new price rollback program
(Business ~ 06/16/14)
Rhodes 101 Stops Convenience Stores and Mercato di Rodi launched its new mobile payment program, based of its Advantages Pay Plus program that allows customers to see a posted price rollback on fuel, according to a news release from Pajco Inc...
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Militants post photos of mass killing in Iraq
(International News ~ 06/16/14)
BAGHDAD -- The Islamic militants who overran cities and towns in Iraq last week posted graphic photos that appeared to show their gunmen massacring scores of captured Iraqi soldiers, while the prime minister vowed Sunday to "liberate every inch" of captured territory...
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Pakistani army launches offensive against militants
(International News ~ 06/16/14)
ISLAMABAD -- The Pakistani army Sunday launched a long-awaited operation against foreign and local militants in a tribal region near the Afghan border, hours after jets pounded insurgent hideouts in the country's northwest, the army said. The move effectively ends the government's policy of trying to negotiate with Pakistani Taliban militants instead of using force to end the years of fighting that has killed tens of thousands of civilians and security forces. ...
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Home-schooling parents rally against Common Core
(National News ~ 06/16/14)
WASHINGTON -- Home-schooling mom Jenni White gave some of the loudest cheers when Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed legislation to repeal the Common Core education standards. White, president of Restore Oklahoma Public Education, helped organize rallies, robocalls and letters to legislators encouraging the repeal. "You name it. We had to do it," White said. "We just had to do it out of a shoestring budget out of our own accounts."...
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Detroit fights blight by selling off vacant homes
(National News ~ 06/16/14)
DETROIT -- Anthony Brown keeps his home of 36 years in good shape, but it is an island of tranquillity in a sea of blight in Detroit's Marygrove neighborhood. There is a vacant house next door, another across the street and still others farther down Wisconsin Street...
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Changing pot laws prompt child-endangerment review
(National News ~ 06/16/14)
DENVER -- A Colorado man loses custody of his children after getting a medical marijuana card. The daughter of a Michigan couple growing legal medicinal pot is taken by child-protection authorities after an ex-husband says their plants endangered children...
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Boy on Father's Day visit, 5 others, die in fire
(National News ~ 06/16/14)
NEWARK, N.J. -- A teenager on a Father's Day visit to Newark to honor his deceased dad died, along with his mother and four others, when a fast-moving fire ripped through a three-story home early Sunday, authorities and the boy's grandmother said...
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Bloomington Stix capture crown at Kelso Klassic
(Community Sports ~ 06/16/14)
The Bloomington Stix dominated the Kelso Klassic and captured their third title as the 30th annual 14-team men's fastpitch tournament came to a close Sunday at Kelso City Park. The Stix went 4-0 in the tournament, capped by a 12-0 win over Black and Gold of Hermann, Missouri, and only gave up three runs to its opponents throughout the tournament. All three runs came in Bloomington's first game against Bushue Brothers Tree Service team of Teutopolis, Illinois...
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SEMO Pirates sunk in 10th inning of Charleston Fighting Squirrels Classic title game
(Community Sports ~ 06/16/14)
The team's rally fell short during a 10-9 loss to Crawford County at the Fighting Squirrels Classic
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Spurs beat Heat to win NBA title
(Professional Sports ~ 06/16/14)
SAN ANTONIO -- From their low moment in the NBA Finals, back to the top of the league. The San Antonio Spurs turned the rematch with the Miami Heat into no match at all. The Spurs finished off a dominant run to their fifth NBA championship Sunday night, ending the Heat's two-year title reign with a 104-87 victory that wrapped up the series in five games...
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Casey Kasem, king of the Top 40 countdown, dead at 82
(Entertainment ~ 06/16/14)
LOS ANGELES -- Casey Kasem, the internationally famous radio host with the cheerful manner and gentle voice who became the king of the Top 40 countdown with a syndicated show that ran for decades, has died. He was 82. Danny Deraney, publicist for Kasem's daughter, Kerri, said Kasem died Sunday morning. A statement issued by the family says he died at 3:23 a.m. surrounded by family and friends at a Washington state hospital...
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Prayer 6/16/14
(Prayer ~ 06/16/14)
O Father God, may your peace rule in our hearts always. Amen.
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Barbers stay in the business for the people, tradition
(Business ~ 06/16/14)
Aubrey "Arb" Daniel, owner of Fro Shapers barbershop at 245 S. Plaza Way in Cape Girardeau, likes being able to transform a person in the time it takes for them to walk through the door, sit down and get their hair cut. A person comes in one way, and they leave looking and feeling another way, he said Friday afternoon while giving customer Ron Martin a taper-fade...
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Local shops sell fair trade, 'socially responsible' products
(Business ~ 06/16/14)
Walking through the door of Lattitudes, 137 N. Main St. in Cape Girardeau, one is greeted by organic coffee, hand-crafted clothing, bags, journals, pottery, baskets and a plethora of jewelry. What makes the store's products different from others' is that all its items are handmade, crafted, grown and harvested by people from around the world...
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Logan Nutt new Woodland boys basketball coach
(High School Sports ~ 06/16/14)
Dickey Nutt's son started his duties as the Cardinals' coach last week
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