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FEMA recovery center in Cape Girardeau closing Saturday
(Local News ~ 02/12/16)
The FEMA disaster recovery center at the Salvation Army in Cape Girardeau will close Saturday, according to a news release from the agency.
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Southeast Missouri State softball opens season today in Sand Dollar Classic
(College Sports ~ 02/12/16)
Mark Redburn first noticed the changes to his team when it played during the fall. The Southeast Missouri State softball coach saw all his players -- 10 returners and 10 newcomers -- better grasp everything he taught them as they began to understand things quicker and perform them smoother, which was exciting for the second-year leader of the Redhawks...
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Lapses lead Southeast Missouri State men's basketball to loss at UT Martin
(College Sports ~ 02/12/16)
MARTIN, Tenn. -- Following his team's road loss to UT Martin on Thursday night, Southeast Missouri State men's basketball coach Rick Ray jotted down a couple of numbers on the board. The numbers were five and 40, and didn't indicate any stat. They signified what Ray thinks his team needs to have success, which is five players that give their best effort for the entire game...
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Four Charities Receive Donation From Captain Woody Tournament
(Submitted Story ~ 02/12/16)
Four local charities received a donation from The Rushing Family Trust on Feb. 10 and 11. Junior Achievement, Jackson R2 School District Foundation, Lutheran Family and Children's Services and the Safe House for Women all received a donation from the proceeds of the 17th annual Captain Woody Rushing Golf Tournament, which was held at Kimbeland Country Club last October. A total of $12,000 will be donated to 12 organizations from the 2015 tournament proceeds...
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Southeast Missouri State women's basketball hit with NCAA sanctions for 2014 violations
(College Sports ~ 02/12/16)
Penalties handed down from the NCAA to the Southeast Missouri State women’s basketball program for violations made by a former assistant coach were announced on Friday.
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Valentine's Day Celebration at Fountainbleau Lodge
(Submitted Photo ~ 02/12/16)
Fountainbleau Lodge celebrated Valentine's Day a little differently this year with each resident receiving cards from elementary school children all the way from Fellows, California. Laura Robinson is a teacher at Midway Elementary School and the daughter of Fountainbleau resident Patricia Uptain. Laura thought it would be a nice gesture and a way to make a very special Valentine's Day for her mother...
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Dashcam video shows burning-car rescue
(State News ~ 02/12/16)
BELTON, Mo. -- A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper is winning praise after rescuing a driver from a burning car south of Kansas City. The Kansas City Star reported part of the dramatic rescue was caught on dashcam video that was released this week...
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Boy, 3, likely died of hypothermia
(State News ~ 02/12/16)
IRONTON, Mo. -- Authorities say a 3-year-old Missouri boy who was found dead hours after he was reported missing likely died of hypothermia. The Iron County coroner's office told The (Park Hills) Daily Journal preliminary autopsy results show 3-year-old Titus Greyson Tackett died of hypothermia. The autopsy showed no signs of bruising or abuse...
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Lawmakers urge federal agency to build campus in Illinois
(State News ~ 02/12/16)
MASCOUTAH, Ill. -- Members of Illinois' congressional delegation are appealing to the head of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in support of Scott Air Force Base's bid to host its new facility. This week, U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk and other Illinois congressmen wrote a letter to NGA director Robert Cardillo, urging him to select a 182-acre site in St. Clair County, Illinois, as the location of the agency's new $1.6 billion campus...
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Measure would deny University of Missouri system funds boost
(State News ~ 02/12/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The University of Missouri system's budget would be frozen under a spending plan passed by a House committee whose chairwoman blamed the system for not handling recent race-related protests properly. The plan includes a 2 percent increase for state colleges and universities, except the four-campus University of Missouri system, the Columbia Daily Tribune reported...
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Nixon, Kinder commend Ferguson's efforts at police reform
(State News ~ 02/12/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Missouri's top two elected officials credited Ferguson on Thursday with pressing ahead with policing and court reforms despite a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit alleging the St. Louis suburb routinely violated residents' rights and misused law enforcement to generate revenue...
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Scott City man charged with domestic assault
(Local News ~ 02/12/16)
A Scott City man is accused of pushing his wife while she was holding their 2-year-old son. Derek Robert Lenand, 30, is charged with felony second-degree domestic assault and misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child. Chaffee, Missouri, police arrested him at midnight Thursday...
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Sikeston woman charged in burglary, assault of ex, new girlfriend
(Local News ~ 02/12/16)
A Sikeston, Missouri, woman was arrested Feb. 9 on suspicion of burglary and domestic assault. Latifah M. Johnson, 25, has been charged with felony second-degree burglary, felony second-degree domestic assault and misdemeanor third-degree assault...
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Lent is a busy time for businesses selling fish
(Local News ~ 02/12/16)
Starting today, local shoppers can expect longer lines in the seafood aisle of their local grocery store, drivers will see a little extra traffic around churches and Knights of Columbus halls, and diners can look forward to an abundance of fish specials featured alongside other fare. The season of Lent has begun...
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New pump station put in place in Cape
(Local News ~ 02/12/16)
A crew with Nip Kelley Equipment Co. guides a new booster pump station into place Thursday near the corner of Perryville Road and West Cape Rock Drive in Cape Girardeau. The pump station measures 15 feet wide and 30 feet long and weighs 52,000 pounds.
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Developer to expand plans for senior housing in Jackson
(Local News ~ 02/12/16)
Cape Girardeau developer Brandon Williams has set his sights on Jackson and soon will be expanding his plans for senior housing development. Williams, through The Villas of West Park LLC, will go before the Jackson Board of Aldermen to rezone several pieces of land behind Jackson Manor for development into duplexes for seniors...
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Cape, Jackson mayors pitch use tax at town-hall meeting
(Local News ~ 02/12/16)
The mayors of Cape Girardeau and Jackson made a pitch Thursday night for voters to pass use-tax measures on the April 5 ballots. Both Cape Girardeau Mayor Harry Rediger and Jackson Mayor Dwain Hahs told a crowd of about 30 people at a town-hall meeting the ballot measures would allow their cities to hire more police officers...
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Jackson girls basketball reels off 12th straight win
(High School Sports ~ 02/12/16)
Autumn Reid drained a game-high 16 points, including four 3-pointers, as the Jackson girls basketball team easily disposed of the visiting Nerinx Hall, 64-21, on Thursday night. Rylee Stafford contributed 11 points for Jackson (19-3), which kept the Markers in single digits each quarter and extended its winning streak to 12 games...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/12/16)
Today is Friday, Feb. 12, the 43rd day of 2016. There are 323 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born in present-day Larue County, Kentucky. On this date:...
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Speak Out 2/12/16
(Speak Out ~ 02/12/16)
Drunk man accidentally fires gun, wounding child in neighboring apartment: Yes, we are so much safer now since we are in the good hands of the Republican-controlled legislators and the NRA. I love Speak Out. I love Speak Out. I love Speak Out. I love Speak Out. You can call me Marco Rubio...
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East Cape mayor sends thanks
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/12/16)
As mayor of East Cape Girardeau, Illinois, I want to say a big "thank you" to the numerous people who worked hard to protect East Cape from a major flood recently. Your hard work, dedication and diligence will forever be appreciated by the village of East Cape Girardeau...
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Prioritizing Jackson's needs
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/12/16)
Once again blood pressures shoot through the roof! We open the newspaper to read the article in the Southeast Missourian, "MoDOT will improve 6 miles of sidewalks along East and West Jackson Blvd!" Completely replacing sidewalks with concrete, no less, rather than "patching"! Year after year the Missouri Department of Transportation is whining about not enough tax dollars to repair roads, bridges, etc. ...
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Many benefit from Men's Breakfast
(Editorial ~ 02/12/16)
"Men need to be around men. They tend to get isolated in their work, and they all tend to struggle with the same things." About 250 local men got together recently for the third annual Men's Prayer Breakfast to spend some time with each other and listen to former Major League Baseball player Andy Benes' speech...
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Super Bowl ads, time change and North Koreans
(Column ~ 02/12/16)
OK, I am not the target audience for Super Bowl commercials. I feel sorry for anyone who is the target, but presumably they understood those multimillion-dollar ads. I didn't. And when I asked anyone in the right demographic to explain the ads to me, all I got was a shrug. It was one of those shrugs that said: "Sorry, you wouldn't understand even if I took the time to explain."...
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Out of the past: Feb. 12
(Out of the Past ~ 02/12/16)
An investigation by the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, in Kansas City, Missouri, finds the Cape Girardeau Public School's gifted program doesn't discriminate against elementary schools with high minority student populations; the investigation was prompted by an anonymous complaint...
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Cape Girardeau police report 2/12/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/12/16)
The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Brooklyn J. Plumley, 19, no address given, was arrested at County Road 645 and Maricopa Lane on suspicion of distributing or possessing with intent to distribute a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia...
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Juanita Walker
(Obituary ~ 02/12/16)
Juanita Pauline Riley Walker, 87 years, 11 months and 21 days, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, at the Monticello House in Jackson. Juanita was born Feb. 20, 1928, in Hahn, Missouri, the daughter of the late Arthur Lawrence and Lillian Morlan Myers. On Dec. 21, 1946, she married Melvin Junior Riley in Piggott, Arkansas. He preceded her in death May 9, 1994. She later married Walter Leon Walker, and he preceded her in death Oct. 22, 1997...
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Marie Tuschhoff
(Obituary ~ 02/12/16)
SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- Marie Tuschhoff, 78, of Sedgewickville died Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson and from 10 a.m. until time of service Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim...
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Robert Sutterer
(Obituary ~ 02/12/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Robert W. "Bob" Sutterer, 67, of Perryville died Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, at Des Peres Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 6:30 to 8:20 a.m. Monday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. A memorial Mass will be at 9 a.m. Monday at Christ the Savior Catholic Church, with the Rev. Milton Ryan officiating. Military honors will be provided by American Legion Post 133 and the U.S. Navy Team. Bob donated his body to medical science...
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Dolores 'Dee' Richards
(Obituary ~ 02/12/16)
Dolores M. "Dee" Richards, 71, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau and from 1:30 p.m. until time of service Sunday at Lynwood Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau...
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Estel James
(Obituary ~ 02/12/16)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Estel Elvin James, 96, of Marble Hill passed away Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, at the Monticello House in Jackson. He was born Nov. 17, 1919, in Huxie, Missouri, the son of Robert Monroe and Julia Emmaline Shell. He and Lucille Prater were united in marriage Feb. 14, 1946...
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Gracie Garland
(Obituary ~ 02/12/16)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Gracie Lucille Garland, 88, of Marble Hill passed away Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, at the Woodland Hills Nursing Home in Marble Hill. She was born Sept. 14, 1927, in Bollinger County, the daughter of Davie F. and Oma Jones James. She and Lendwood Garland were united in marriage Aug. 11, 1943, and he passed away Oct. 7, 1993...
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Jerry Evans
(Obituary ~ 02/12/16)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Jerry W. Evans, 67, of Chaffee passed away Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 13, 1948, in St. Louis to Norma Lee Jones and the late Ottis W. Evans Sr. He married Annetta A. Davis on Nov. 23, 1990, and she survives...
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New adaptation of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' heads to Broadway
(Entertainment ~ 02/12/16)
NEW YORK -- Harper Lee's classic novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" -- and its now-somewhat-sullied hero Atticus Finch -- are heading to Broadway in a new adaptation written by Aaron Sorkin. Producer Scott Rudin said Wednesday the play will land during the 2017-2018 season under the direction of Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher, who is represented on Broadway with the revivals of "The King and I" and "Fiddler on the Roof." No casting was revealed...
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Carrie Underwood to honor military families during tour
(Entertainment ~ 02/12/16)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Country star Carrie Underwood is working with Carnival Cruise Line and Operation Homefront to honor military families throughout her "Storyteller" tour. Underwood will meet with selected military families in 10 cities, and she'll perform a free concert for hundreds of military families onboard the Carnival Vista on Nov. 4 in New York...
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Best Bet: Grateful Dead tribute band to visit Cape
(Entertainment ~ 02/12/16)
The Schwag will deliver a Grateful Dead experience from 9 p.m. to midnight today at Pitter's Cafe and Lounge, 811 Broadway in Cape Girardeau. The Schwag is a Grateful Dead tribute band based in St. Louis that has performed more than 3,000 concerts throughout the U.S. since its formation in 1991. Tickets are $10, and attendees must be at least 21 years old or accompanied by a parent or guardian. For more information, call (573) 339-0777...
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#SemoSelfie 2/12/16
(Entertainment ~ 02/12/16)
#semoselfie
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Seoul cuts off power supplies to factory park in North Korea
(International News ~ 02/12/16)
PAJU, South Korea -- South Korea has cut off power and water supplies to a factory park in North Korea, officials said Friday, a day after the North deported all South Korean workers there and ordered a military takeover of the complex that had been the last major symbol of cooperation between the rivals...
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Diplomats aim for temporary Syria truce in a week
(International News ~ 02/12/16)
MUNICH -- Diplomats trying to secure a ceasefire for the civil war in Syria fell short early Friday in organizing an immediate truce but agreed to try to work out details and implement a temporary "cessation of hostilities" in the coming week. Although foreign ministers from the International Syria Support Group managed to seal an agreement to "accelerate and expand" deliveries of humanitarian aid to besieged Syrian communities beginning this week, their failure to agree on a ceasefire leaves the most critical step to resuming peace talks unresolved. ...
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NATO sends warships to help ease migrant crisis
(International News ~ 02/12/16)
BRUSSELS -- In a dramatic response to Europe's gravest refugee crisis since World War II, NATO ordered three warships to sail immediately Thursday to the Aegean Sea to help end the deadly smuggling of asylum-seekers across the waters from Turkey to Greece...
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Riot at prison in northern Mexico leaves 49 inmates dead
(International News ~ 02/12/16)
MONTERREY, Mexico -- A brawl between rival drug gangs at an overcrowded penitentiary in northern Mexico turned into a riot Thursday, leaving 49 inmates dead and 12 injured in the country's deadliest prison melee in years. No escapes were reported in the clash at the Topo Chico prison in Monterrey, said Nuevo Leon state Gov. ...
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Trump settles lawsuit against Univision
(National News ~ 02/12/16)
Trump settles lawsuit against Univision NEW YORK -- Donald Trump and Univision said Thursday they have resolved the lawsuit the Republican presidential contender filed after the company decided last summer not to broadcast the Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants. ...
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Ex-exec sentenced to 1 month for chemical spill
(National News ~ 02/12/16)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A former Freedom Industries executive was sentenced Thursday to one month in federal prison for a chemical spill that fouled the drinking-water supply of 300,000 West Virginians. Dennis Farrell also was fined $20,000 in U.S. District Court. ...
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Congress gives final OK to banning local Internet taxes
(National News ~ 02/12/16)
WASHINGTON -- Congress voted Thursday to bar state and local governments from taxing access to the Internet permanently, as lawmakers leapt at an election-year chance to demonstrate their opposition to imposing levies on online service. On a vote of 75-20, the Senate gave final congressional approval to the wide-ranging bill, which also would revamp trade laws. ...
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NYC officer convicted of manslaughter in stairwell shooting
(National News ~ 02/12/16)
NEW YORK -- A rookie police officer who shot an unarmed man dead in a darkened public-housing stairwell was convicted Thursday of manslaughter in a case closely watched by advocates for police accountability. The courtroom audience gasped and officer Peter Liang, who had broken into tears as he testified about the 2014 shooting of Akai Gurley, buried his head in his hands as the verdict came after 17 hours of jury deliberations...
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With FBI ring tightening, last Oregon occupiers give up
(National News ~ 02/12/16)
BURNS, Ore. -- With the FBI tightening its ring around them, the last four holdouts in the armed takeover of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon surrendered Thursday, ending a 41-day standoff that left one man dead and exposed simmering anger over the government's control of vast expanses of Western land...
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Cruz app data collection helps campaign read minds of voters
(National News ~ 02/12/16)
WASHINGTON -- Protecting the privacy of law-abiding citizens from the government is a pillar of Ted Cruz's Republican presidential candidacy, but his campaign is testing the limits of siphoning personal data from supporters. His "Cruz Crew" mobile app is designed to gather detailed information from its users' phones -- tracking their physical movements and mining the names and contact information for friends who might want nothing to do with his campaign...
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Clinton, Sanders clash over Obama in debate
(National News ~ 02/12/16)
MILWAUKEE -- Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders battled for the crucial backing of black and Hispanic voters in Thursday night's Democratic debate and clashed heatedly over their support for Barack Obama as the presidential race shifted toward states with more minority voters...
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Elliot shines even during low point for St. Louis Blues
(Professional Sports ~ 02/12/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Brian Elliott is on a roll. Too bad the St. Louis Blues have little to show for it. During a prolonged scoring slump, the veteran goalie's play has bordered on spectacular. He has seized the opportunity since Jake Allen was sidelined by a knee injury in early January...
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Einstein's right again: Scientists detect ripples in gravity
(National News ~ 02/12/16)
WASHINGTON -- It was just a tiny, almost imperceptible "chirp," but it simultaneously opened humanity's ears to the music of the cosmos and proved Einstein right again. In what is being hailed as one of the biggest eureka moments in the history of physics, scientists announced Thursday they have detected gravitational waves, the ripples in the fabric of space and time Einstein predicted a century ago...
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Prayer 2/12/16
(Prayer ~ 02/12/16)
O Lord Jesus, thank you for the awesome privilege of worshiping you. Amen.
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Boston lets smokers vote with their butts
(National News ~ 02/12/16)
BOSTON -- The city of Boston is trying to rid the streets of unsightly cigarette butts by placing special receptacles in high-traffic areas that will allow smokers to vote on a simple question. The receptacles, with two disposal holes each, are decorated with questions that have two possible answers. For example, one butt receptacle asks smokers: "Which superpower would you want?" Smokers can deposit their butts in openings for "Flight" or "Invisibility."...
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Leo Amelunke Jr.
(Obituary ~ 02/12/16)
Leo William Amelunke Jr., 87, of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, at the Lutheran Home. He was born June 21, 1928, in Gordonville to Leo William Amelunke Sr. and Elma Painter Amelunke. He was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Gordonville. He graduated from Delta High School as salutatorian of the class of 1945 and went to work for Little River Drainage District the next week...
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Emaciation, falling somewhere between black metal and death metal, will mark its 20th birthday this year
(Entertainment ~ 02/12/16)
If a stranger happened upon him, they'd first see the two and a half feet of reddish-blond ponytail. They might notice the black leather pants, too, although stranger things have been worn to metal shows. And they would hear him lean around the bar to ask politely whether he might be able to get a glass of water, please, "to do our makeup."...
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Artifacts 2/12/16
(Entertainment ~ 02/12/16)
Musicians Ben Hunter and Joe Seamons will bring their act to Rude Dog Pub tonight beginning 9 p.m. The two recently took the "Best Solo/Duo 2016" award at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. Special guest will be Buck Jackson. For more information about the music of Hunter and Seamons, visit benjoemusic.com...
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