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DFD called to Armory, sprinkler system activated
(Local News ~ 01/07/14)
The Dexter Fire Department was called to the Missouri National Guard Armory on Hwy. 114 at approximately 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. The department responded to the facility after a fire alarm was tripped at dispatch police station. Five fire trucks, a dozen firefighters and one ambulance were on the scene in minutes to investigate the incident...
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Most dangerous temps in decades move across US
(State News ~ 01/07/14)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The coldest, most dangerous blast of polar air in decades gripped the Midwest and pushed toward the East and South on Monday, closing schools and day care centers, grounding flights and forcing people to pull their hoods and scarves tight to protect exposed skin from nearly instant frostbite...
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PD Chief says crackdown on drunk drivers a success
(Local News ~ 01/07/14)
Declaring Dexter Police Department's participation in the nation's annual "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" drunk driving crackdown a major success, Dexter Police Department reported several citations were made during the enforcement period, which ran from Dec. 13 -- Jan. 2, 2014...
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Joseph attorney files motion to withdraw as counsel
(Local News ~ 01/07/14)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The lawyer for a Cape Girardeau murder suspect has filed a motion to withdraw from the case, citing irreconcilable differences with his client. Bryan Greaser filed a motion Dec. 30 to withdraw as counsel for George Joseph, who is accused of killing his wife, Mary, and 18-year-old son, Matthew, before shooting himself in the head in what authorities believe was a failed suicide attempt...
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Cape Air continues success despite economy
(Local News ~ 01/07/14)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- It was a chilly, windy day as preparations were made before a nine-passenger Cape Air plane took off from Cape Girardeau Regional Airport on Friday. Luggage was loaded into compartments at the nose of the plane, and the pilot went about checking the aircraft before the handful of passengers on their way to St. Louis loaded into the vessel that doesn't have a bathroom...
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Prospects slim for Medicaid expansion
(State News ~ 01/07/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Medicaid expansion remains a priority for Gov. Jay Nixon as Missouri lawmakers open their annual legislative session this week. Yet the prospects of that occurring appear slim. Like last year, Missouri's Democratic governor and Republican legislative leaders are entering the session with a wide rhetorical and ideological gap on the question of whether Missouri should expand Medicaid eligibility to thousands of lower-income adults...
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State of Missouri uses new high school equivalency exam
(State News ~ 01/07/14)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri this month ditched GED tests for another high school equivalency exam, joining several other states that have made the switch. Missouri is now using HiSet, an exam developed by Educational Testing Service, the Columbia Missourian reported. Missouri decided to make the change last year because of concerns that a new version of the GED is more costly and is no longer offered in a pencil and paper format...
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Mo. residents told to stay indoors to avoid freeze
(State News ~ 01/07/14)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The snow has moved on but dangerous cold settled across Missouri on Monday amid warnings that even a few minutes of exposure for people and pets could be deadly. Wind gusts of 20 mph and stronger only made matters worse. By 9 a.m. the temperature in St. ...
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County dodges snow as cold sets in
(Local News ~ 01/07/14)
Stoddard County dodged the bullet for the first part of the recent weekend's weather event. The snow was minimal in northern areas of the county and non-existent to the south. Freezing rain and sleet, however, took their toll on the roads, especially to the north...
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Counting blessings
(Local News ~ 01/07/14)
Twenty-one-year-old Taylor Fuwell of Bloomfield had suffered from migraine headaches before, but none like the one that hit her in November 2013. Nothing she tried that day provided her with any significant relief. "I've had migraines since I was about 16, but this was the worst I'd ever experienced," the active and otherwise healthy nursing student explains...
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Return to Corkscrew Swamp
(Business ~ 01/07/14)
A vacation trip to southern Florida will offer the curious visitor a glimpse into an ancient wilderness which was preserved, just in time to save it from the loggers' axes. In this swampland, a 700-year-old bald cypress tree towers 130 feet above the 3-mile boardwalk, and alligators lurk in the murky waters...
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Missourians escape to Florida
(Business ~ 01/07/14)
As one of the coldest winters in 20 years sweeps across the Heartland, Missourians dream of ways to escape the bone-chilling effect of subzero temperatures. Camping resorts provide several options for "snow birds," seeking respite from Nature's wrath...
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