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Property taxes on farmland set to rise next year
(State News ~ 03/11/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri farmers will get a larger property tax bill next year under a plan state lawmakers are allowing to take effect. Property taxes paid for Missouri farms are based on the land's productive value rather than its market value. ...
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County Commission considers weighing in on E15 proposal
(Local News ~ 03/11/14)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Stoddard County Commission discussed a bill in the legislature that would allow the sale of E15 (15 percent ethanol, 85 percent blend of gasoline) at their regular meeting Monday in the Government Building. Presiding Commissioner Greg Mathis said he had been reading about the E15 proposal and knew it was important to Stoddard County farmers. ...
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Kennett man gets life in prison for murder of girl, 3
(Local News ~ 03/11/14)
KENNETT, Mo. (AP) -- A southeast Missouri man was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole for abducting and killing a 3-year-old neighbor girl in 2011. Shawn Morgan, of Senath, was sentenced after pleading guilty to first-degree murder, armed criminal action and child kidnapping. He had been scheduled to go to trial in August...
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Gearing up for 2014 H.O.P.E. Campaign
(Local News ~ 03/11/14)
The Larry B. Jones family of rural Bloomfield knows well about battling cancer. Kathy Jones is a cancer survivor who for years has battled the disease. Her husband, Larry, died of cancer three years ago. Shortly after his death, the family rallied and founded the H.O.P.E. Campaign -- Healing, Optimism, Prayer and Example...
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Escaped patient struck by truck on US 60
(Local News ~ 03/11/14)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A man running from a Butler County deputy sheriff was injured early Saturday morning when he was struck by a pickup truck, driven by a Dexter man. Timothy Draper, 34, of Sikeston, was transported by ambulance to Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries, according to the Highway Patrol...
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Missouri House panel mulls marijuana legalization
(State News ~ 03/11/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri House committee Monday considered legislation for the first time this year that would legalize marijuana use for most adults, but the Democratic proposal faces an uncertain fate in the state's Republican-dominated Legislature...
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MoDOT chief makes pitch for better funding
(State News ~ 03/11/14)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Transportation may not be the first word to come to mind in ways to improve business, but Missouri Department of Transportation officials are attempting to rectify that. MoDOT director Dave Nichols spoke at First Friday Coffee in the Show Me Center about the ways well-maintained roads and improved transportation can benefit business and what changes the state could see in the future...
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Judge denies motion to overturn Patterson's murder conviction
(Local News ~ 03/11/14)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- A Cape Girardeau County circuit judge has turned down Ryan Patterson's bid to have his conviction overturned. Patterson, who is serving three life sentences for the 2009 deaths of a pregnant Cape Girardeau woman and her 15-year-old son, filed a handwritten motion in January 2013, seeking to have the judgment against him vacated, set aside or corrected...
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Cape air show back on after team commits
(Local News ~ 03/11/14)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Cape Girardeau will have an air show this year after all. In February, Cape Girardeau Regional Airport manager Bruce Loy announced the airport had canceled its annual air show after the headliner, the Canadian Snowbirds, pulled out, citing budget cuts...
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Author Sparks speaks at Show Me Center
(Local News ~ 03/11/14)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Nicholas Sparks brought laughter and tears to a crowd of Southeast Missouri State University students and fans Monday evening at the Show Me Center as he spoke of how he came to be a novelist with 17 New York Times No. 1 best-selling novels and eight film adaptations under his belt...
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Surprise Advance playoff run ends with 46-45 state quarterfinal loss to Thayer
(High School Sports ~ 03/11/14)
FARMINGTON, Mo. - Advance Hornets first-year head coach Bubba Wheetley recognized his team's potential to emerge as a front runner in the Class 2 state playoffs before the 2013-14 season ever got underway. "I know the kids are working hard," Wheetley told Daily Statesman in a preseason interview in November. "We are not expected to do a whole lot, but I think we will surprise some people. I think we will be all right."...
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Special "Friends"
(Local News ~ 03/11/14)
In an unusual move, the Friends of the Library named two individuals for their annual "Friend of the Year Award" at Monday night's Fashion Show at the Dexter Elks Lodge. Steve and Mary Ann Taylor, longtime patrons of Keller Public Library, were both honored. ...
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