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PEO Officers installed
(Local News ~ 04/13/12)
New officers for the local Chapter CP of PEO were recently installed and include, from left to right, Guard Nona Robinson, Treasurer Shirley Gantner, Corresponding Secretary Sherri Burleson, President Ann Debrouillet, Vice President Cathy Bagby, Recording Secretary Mona Chilcutt, and Chaplain Betsy Taylor. ...
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'Art for Animals' set for April 20
(Local News ~ 04/13/12)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Original paintings by more than 50 local artists will be displayed and offered to bidders at the opening reception for "Art for Animals," 5 - 7 p.m. Friday, April 20, at Artfully Framed in the Bluff Estates Shopping Center. Admission to the wineand-hors d'oeuvre reception is free and open to the public...
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2 hurt in wreck at Hwy. 153/114
(Local News ~ 04/13/12)
HUNTERVILLE, Mo. -- An accident late Wednesday afternoon near Essex at Hwy. 153 and Hwy. 114 left two Sikeston residents hospitalized. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a vehicle driven by 43-year-old Melinda M. Clark, of Parma, failed to stop at the stop sign as she was northbound and struck a westbound vehicle driven by Vince E. Howard, 47, of Sikeston...
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Cape Girardeau Police look for Thurs. bank robbery suspect
(Local News ~ 04/13/12)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - An attempted robbery took place at US Bank, 3060 William St., at about 12:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon, Cape Girardeau Police Department spokesman Darin Hickey said. Employees said a black man, age 30-35, wearing a blue shirt with white stripes, dark jeans and a white hat, came into the business and approached the teller counter...
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Robert Edwards
(Obituary ~ 04/13/12)
Robert Edwards of Essex, Mo., died at his home in Essex on April 12, 2012. A complete obituary will be published later with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter, Mo., in charge of arrangements.
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Bearcat netters clip Bulldogs
(High School Sports ~ 04/13/12)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Dexter made a 2-1 advantage in the doubles competition stand up after splitting the six singles matches for a 5-4 win over Notre Dame Regional High School Thursday in high school tennis action. In an earlier match this season, it was the Bulldogs that bested the Bearcats by an identical 5-4 score...
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Flowers throws a 'masterpiece' to lead Dexter past NMCC
(High School Sports ~ 04/13/12)
NEW MADRID -- Riding a dominant start from Owen Flowers, the Dexter Bearcats picked up their second shutout in-a-row on Thursday against New Madrid County Central. Locked in a pitching a duel with the Eagles' JaShawn McDaniel, Flowers got the benefit of a solo home run from leadoff hitter Daniel Fitts in the third as the Bearcats held on to win 1-0...
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Drug "Take Back" Day April 28
(Local News ~ 04/13/12)
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has scheduled another National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day to take place on Saturday, April 28, 2012, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., with the Dexter Police station on Cooper Street designated as the local drop-off point...
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Postal workers protest plan to cut delivery days, rural post offices
(Local News ~ 04/13/12)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Postal workers lined the sidewalk in front of the Rush H. Limbaugh Sr. U.S. Courthouse Thursday to show their opposition to Senate legislation that would end Saturday mail delivery among other things. Senate Bill 1789 would end six-day delivery, phase out door-to-door delivery, close post offices and eliminate jobs, say members of the National Association of Letter Carriers...
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Mo. Senate panel endorses roughly $24B budget
(Local News ~ 04/13/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri Senate committee signed off Thursday on state spending cuts to social services while sparing education from budget blood-letting. The social service cuts include less money for state grants to preschools and for subsidized child care to low-income working parents. While the Senate Appropriations Committee reduced a cut the House proposed for a health care program for the blind, its plan assumes participants would start paying deductibles and premiums...
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Rising gas prices affecting Transit Service
(Local News ~ 04/13/12)
The rising price of gasoline and a decline in donations due to a sagging economy have strained the budget of the Stoddard County Transit Service, according to Transit Service Administrator Sandy Harty. Harty said that the monthly cost of gasoline to keep the fleet operating has risen from approximately $2,800 over last year to $3,900 in March 2012...
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Mo. House OKs adding cellphones to no-call list
(State News ~ 04/13/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (AP) - Legislation allowing Missourians to place their cellphone numbers on the state's telemarketing no-call list is moving forward. The House voted 147-0 Thursday for the bill allowing the addition of cellphones to the list, which would put them off-limits to most solicitations by phone call or text message. Sponsoring House member Todd Richardson, a Republican form Poplar Bluff, said expanding the registry would protect the privacy of Missourians...
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Robert Lee Edwards
(Obituary ~ 04/13/12)
Robert Lee Edwards, son of the late Lewis Lee and Daisy Ann Baker Edwards, was born in Canalou, Mo., on June 21,1932, and died at his home in Essex, Mo., on April 12, 2012, at the age of 79. He had lived in Essex most of his life and was of the Pentecostal Faith...
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Richard "Pee Wee" Schaefer
(Obituary ~ 04/13/12)
Richard Lee "PeeWee" Schaefer, son of the late Red and Thelma Schaefer, was born in Cape Girardeau on June 16, 1950, and died at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, on April 12, 2012, at the age of 61. He lived in the Cape Girardeau area most of his life and was a member of the Cape Eagles Aerie...
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