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Driver seriously hurt after Cape Girardeau crash
(Local News ~ 07/02/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- An Oran, Mo., man was badly hurt when his Corvette rear-ended a semi-truck on South Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau on Monday, a police spokesman said. Cape Girardeau Police Department spokesman Darin Hickey said police were still working to determine why the Corvette driver slammed into the back of the semitrailer at a stoplight at South Kingshighway and Southern Expressway about 11:20 a.m. Hickey declined to release the names of those involved...
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Linda Marie Hook
(Obituary ~ 07/02/13)
Linda Marie Hook, daughter of the late Clyde R. Bedwell and Shirley Lankford Bedwell, was born on Aug. 26, 1952, in Ste. Genevieve, Mo., and died on Saturday, June 29, 2013, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., at the age of 60. Mrs. Hook had been employed in the Deli department at Wal-Mart in Dexter and was a resident of Dexter...
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Dennis Edward Brown Sr.
(Obituary ~ 07/02/13)
Dennis Edward Brown Sr., son of the late William Lesley Brown Sr., and Mildred Dyer Brown was born on June 10, 1937, at Marston, and died at the Southeast Hospital at Cape Girardeau on June 29, 2013, at the age of 76. Mr. Brown was a veteran of the United States Army, a former truck driver for PTI, Williams Moving Company, and McKuin Trucking and was a resident of rural Bernie...
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Freda Iona Becking
(Obituary ~ 07/02/13)
Freda Iona Becking, 97, passed away at Winchester Place in Bernie, Mo., on Sunday, June 30, 2013. She was born on July 22, 1915, at Greenbriar in Bollinger County, the daughter of Harvey Thurston and Elizabeth Boyd. On August 20, 1932, she was united in marriage to Victor Becking of Bernie. ...
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Gills, cats and frogs
(Outdoors ~ 07/02/13)
My wife asked me what I wanted for Father's Day, and I told her there was nothing more on Earth I could ask for, I'm already so blessed and have so much! She flashed me the same facial expression she gives my son when he says his room is clean, so knowing my ruse was a bust, I rolled out my list like a kindergartener at Christmas! I do love Father's Day, and it's just a shame it doesn't get the publicity Mother's Day does. ...
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Contract awarded for replacing bridge taken down by trains
(State News ~ 07/02/13)
ROCKVIEW, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Transportation awarded a contract for an emergency bridge replacement on Route M in Scott County. The bridge collapsed May 25 after the collision of a Union Pacific train and Burlington Northern Santa Fe train...
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DFD continues hydrant tests in July
(Local News ~ 07/02/13)
The Dexter Fire Department continues to test fire hydrants throughout the city limits in July. Early Monday morning workers were already traveling the city flushing and flow-testing hydrants. The city has in excess of 453 hydrants throughout the community, and each of them are tested each year to ensure adequate pressure is in place in the event of a nearby fire...
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Two dead in weekend Troop E crashes
(Local News ~ 07/02/13)
A pair of accidents in neighboring counties claimed the lives of two individuals. The first accident occurred Saturday morning at 10:30 a.m. in Wayne County. Renee J. Valin, 58, of St. Louis, was traveling north on Hwy. 67 approximately one mile north of Lodi on her 2006 Harley Davidson...
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Park property not owned by county, no action taken
(Local News ~ 07/02/13)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Stoddard County Commission took no action on a request by Attorney Don Rhodes to abandon a parcel of property in a sub-division outside the Advance city limits at their meeting Monday. The commission said the property did not belong to the county, so they could not "abandon what we don't own."...
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Oliver: Decision a victory for Missouri
(Local News ~ 07/02/13)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - A local court case that helped to set off a statewide investigation into document scanning practices by the Missouri Department of Revenue may have gotten its wish Monday morning. Fee offices throughout the state were reportedly told on Monday to stop the scanning of all documents. The only items that will still be scanned at the office are test papers and DOT certifications...
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Two jailed after incident in rural Bell City
(Local News ~ 07/02/13)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Two men are behind bars this week following an incident that occurred at a camper in rural Bell City early Sunday morning. The incident occurred at 2:34 a.m. on County Road 343. Officers were dispatched in response to a weapon being fired, and to a report of an individual who was "possibly injured."...
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Mo. halts copying of driver's license documents
(Local News ~ 07/02/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon enacted a law Monday putting an immediate halt to a controversial policy in which his administration had been making electronic copies of birth certificates and other personal documents from people applying for driver's licenses...
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