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Kenny Rogers Children's Center recipient of $10,000 grant
(Local News ~ 11/27/13)
Jewelry industry charity awards grants after online voting campaign
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Fitness Challenge gearing up for 2014
(Local News ~ 11/27/13)
The Regional Healthcare Foundation's 2014 Fitness Challenge will begin on Wednesday, Jan. 8 and run through Wednesday, May 7, it was announced recently by Challenge Coordinator LeVeda Scates. Sign-up days will be Wednesday, Jan. 8, Jan. 15 and Jan. 22. Sign-ups will be closed on Jan. 22 at the end of the business day...
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Clay Waller's son jailed on domestic charge
(Local News ~ 11/27/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Clay Waller's son was arrested Monday on a domestic assault charge, online court records show. James Clay Waller III, 21, was charged in October with one count of third-degree domestic assault. Cape Girardeau County Jail records show he was arrested and later released Monday...
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Bollinger County considers first step toward implementation of E-911 service
(Local News ~ 11/27/13)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- An enhanced 911 system that would direct emergency responders directly to a Bollinger County caller has been a topic of conversation for years. Last week, the Bollinger County Commission met with representatives from law enforcement, ambulance districts, utilities, school districts, fire departments and others who may need to pinpoint an address quickly...
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor visits Cape
(State News ~ 11/27/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU,Mo. -- U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor brought a national-level priority for the Republican Party -- fighting the implementation of the Affordable Care Act -- to the local political scene during a roundtable talk with area business executives and doctors Tuesday in Cape Girardeau...
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Local man jailed following pursuit
(Local News ~ 11/27/13)
SIKESTON -- A Dexter man faces multiple felony charges following a high-speed pursuit with law enforcement over the weekend. Kyle W. Brashear, 21, is charged with felony distribution, delivering, manufacturing producing or attempting to possess a controlled substance and felony charges of resisting arrest/detention/stop by fleeing and creating a substantial risk of serious injury/death to any person...
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2 Dems urge Missouri education official to resign
(State News ~ 11/27/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Two Democratic state lawmakers called Tuesday for the resignation of Missouri's education commissioner, alleging she has "demonstrated a troubling tendency to abuse power." Emails show Education Commissioner Chris Nicastro interacted with a group developing a ballot proposal that would end teacher tenure and require that student performance guide employment decisions...
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"The Christmas Reading" set for Nov. 30
(Local News ~ 11/27/13)
For as long as the children of the Coffey families in Dexter can recall, their grandmother, June Coffey, read the second Chapter of Luke, the story of Christmas, each Christmas Eve. It was a treasured family tradition. June Coffey was diagnosed with Alzheimer's several years ago, and eventually she was no longer able to gather her grandchildren around the tree on Christmas Eve to tell them the story that she so believed should be told...
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Giving thanks, again and again
(Local News ~ 11/27/13)
On the date that they were due to come into the world, Drake and Avery Robinson will be 10 weeks old. It seems the pair were on their own time schedule, and it wasn't the one their mother was given. Josh and Rebecca Robinson, already the parents of a three-year-old, learned at her first doctor's appointment with Dr. Donald Jones in Poplar Bluff that they were to be the parents of twins...
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Dexter splits Jackson in M.S. boys hoops
(High School Sports ~ 11/27/13)
JACKSON, Mo. - The Dexter middle school boys basketball program earned a split Tuesday night at Jackson. The Dexter seventh grade boys basketball team improved to 11-0 with a 43-34 victory against Jackson. Four players tallied points for Dexter in the seventh grade game. Braxton Foster led the way with 14 points. Seth Rogers added 12 more, Nate Gargas tallied 11 and Joe Rice recorded six points...
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