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2 hurt in Puxico wreck
(Local News ~ 05/22/13)
PUXICO, Mo. -- Two teens from Puxico were taken by ambulance to Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center Tuesday night after the vehicle in which they were riding crashed and overturned of Rt. PP, 2.5 miles east of Puxico. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 16-year-old Jared S. Coleman was eastbound on Rt. PP when his vehicle ran off the roadway, struck a ditch and overturned...
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Connie Lucille Pope
(Obituary ~ 05/22/13)
Connie Lucille Pope, daughter of the late Le Pope and Freida Marie Patten Pope, was born Jan.15, 1956, in Bernie, Mo., and died May 16, 2013, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo., at the age of 57. Ms. Pope was a resident of Bernie and a homemaker...
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Missouri to stock striped bass at Bull Shoals
(Outdoors ~ 05/22/13)
THEODOSIA, Mo. (AP) -- A popular sport fish will be introduced into southwest Missouri's Bull Shoals Reservoir. Arkansas officials began stocking their side of the sprawling lake with striped bass in 1998. Now, the Missouri Department of Conservation is preparing to do the same in the lake's northern reaches...
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SEMO begins OVC tournament vs. Belmont
(College Sports ~ 05/22/13)
The Southeast Missouri State baseball team isn't among the favorites to win the Ohio Valley Conference tournament and gain the league's automatic NCAA tournament berth. Far from it. But the Redhawks aren't conceding anything entering the six-team, double-elimination event that begins today in Jackson, Tenn...
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VFW donation helps sustain Bloomfield Boy Scout Troop
(Local News ~ 05/22/13)
The Dexter VFW Post #2659 recently donated $1,000 to Blomfield Boy Scout Troop 72. The troop has struggled to stay afloat for several years and the generosity Scoutmaster Daniel Slavings, who drives from Dexter to lead the boys, is credited with keeping the troop intact. ...
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Memorial Day plans set at Vets Cemetery
(Local News ~ 05/22/13)
JEFFERSON CITY -- The Missouri Veterans Commission invites the public to attend Memorial Day ceremonies at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield on Monday, May 27. Paul Schurenberg, with U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs out of Poplar Bluff, will be the keynote speaker. Ceremonies will begin at 1 p.m...
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Parents faced tough choices when tornadoes came
(Community News ~ 05/22/13)
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the current storm danger is over. Students are being released to parents only at this time."...
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Miller House named An "endangered place"
(Local News ~ 05/22/13)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - A Bloomfield, Mo. landmark received statewide recognition Tuesday afternoon. The Henry Miller home, located at 106 Cape Road, was constructed between 1845-1849. Miller, a prominent civic leader and merchant, was involved in the creation and promotion of the Cairo & Fulton Railroad Company in the 1850s...
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Advance, Bell City name top students
(Local News ~ 05/22/13)
More top students from Stoddard County high schools have been announced. Advance High School held its graduation on May 4, and following is information on their top two students. The Advance High School Valedictorian is Ethan Barr. He is the son of Teresa and Paul Barr...
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Law named for Jackson teenager would change sentencing guidelines
(Local News ~ 05/22/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- A bill providing new guidelines for sentencing juvenile offenders passed the Missouri House and Senate and is awaiting Gov. Jay Nixon's signature. "Jonathan's Law" was named for 17-year-old Jonathan McClard of Jackson, who hanged himself in prison in 2008 after pleading guilty to first-degree assault in connection with a July 2007 shooting that partially paralyzed another teenager...
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Teen gets 12 years for running down joggers
(Local News ~ 05/22/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- An Arkansas man was sentenced to 12 years in prison Tuesday for running down a group of joggers last fall in downtown Cape Girardeau. Vincent Anderson, 19, of Little Rock, Ark., last month pleaded guilty to first-degree assault for the Oct. 28 attack, in which he drove a stolen 1994 Ford Thunderbird into a group of joggers at the intersection of Aquamsi and William streets. Three of the joggers suffered minor injuries...
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