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Cold winter killing fish in Missouri lakes
(State News ~ 03/04/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri's cold winter is killing off more fish than usual in ponds and lakes. The Missouri Department of Conservation says it has received calls about dead fish from people across the state. Fish are dying both in shallow water and in large reservoirs such as Truman, Table Rock, Pomme de Terre, Stockton and the Lake of the Ozarks...
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Reward doubled for information on missing New Madrid woman
(Local News ~ 03/04/14)
NEW MADRID -- The reward for assistance in locating a missing New Madrid resident is now $50,000. The family of Barbara Stoffer, 83, who disappeared on Aug. 20, 2013, has doubled the amount of the reward for her return. New Madrid Assistant Chief of Police Joey Higgerson said the reward would be paid for the return of Mrs. Stoffer or for assistance in locating her...
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Nature Center hosts survival skills program for teens
(State News ~ 03/04/14)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center welcomes 12 to 15 year olds to try out their survival skills on Saturday, March 22, from 1 to 3 p.m. "We aim to develop our youth into individuals who will be confident in the outdoors," said Sara Turner, the Nature Center manager. "This event will help teens gain confidence and try out skills that will assist them on future outdoor excursions if they would get lost or hurt."...
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Helping hands
(Local News ~ 03/04/14)
Volunteers of all ages were on hand at Saturday's Feed the Hungry Food Packaging Event, hosted by H.O.P.E. International out of Bernie.
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Patsy Dean Farmer
(Obituary ~ 03/04/14)
Patsy Farmer, daughter of the late Frontz Green and Helen Shipman Green, was born on Nov. 10, 1935, in Dexter and died on Feb. 28, 2014, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston at the age of 78. Mrs. Farmer was a homemaker and a resident of Dexter. She attended Hills General Baptist Church. She raised her children and grandchildren, loved to quilt and was a member of T.O.P.S...
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Ella Mae Orr Bates
(Obituary ~ 03/04/14)
Ella Mae Orr Bates, 76, of Sikeston, Mo. died March 1, 2014. Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Morehouse is in charge of arrangements.
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Enoch Taylor
(Obituary ~ 03/04/14)
Enoch Taylor, son of the late Ervin and Mary Absher Taylor, was born in Broseley, Mo. on Sept. 13, 1932, and died at the Oakdale Care Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. on Feb. 28, 2014, at the age of 81. He had lived in the Broseley and Qulin, Mo. area except when he moved to Geneva, Ill. and worked at Smith & Richardson Manufacturing as a machine operator and set-up man for over 34 years...
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Maxine Steward
(Obituary ~ 03/04/14)
Maxine Steward, 88, a former resident of Essex, died on March 1, 2014, at her home in Malden. Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements.
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Man who got arrested on purpose has second thoughts
(State News ~ 03/04/14)
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- A Missouri felon who intentionally got himself arrested late last year so he would have someplace to stay after an ice storm said he is having second thoughts about the decision that landed him a four-year stay with the state Department of Corrections...
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Keystone oil pipeline construction endorsed by Gov. Jay Nixon
(State News ~ 03/04/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is in favor of the proposed oil pipeline route through the middle of the United States, joining other Midwestern governors who are urging President Barack Obama to approve its construction. The Democratic governor endorsed the Keystone XL pipeline in a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday...
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Carter County toddler found in creek dies
(Local News ~ 03/04/14)
ELLSINORE -- A Carter County, Mo., toddler who nearly drowned last month died Friday morning in a St. Louis, Mo., hospital. Adrian Hindal, 2, of rural Ellsinore, Mo., was found in a creek near his family's home the morning of Feb. 24. Carter County Sheriff Rick Stephens previously said it appeared the child had only been in the water "a short time" before being discovered by family members...
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Revenue Department cuts may be permanent
(State News ~ 03/04/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The budget cuts legislators imposed last year on the Missouri Department of Revenue likely will remain in place, even though the drivers' license controversy that sparked them has been resolved through a new law. Gov. Jay Nixon isn't asking lawmakers to restore the funding for the remainder of this budget year, nor is he asking for the funding to be placed in the state budget that begins in July...
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Authorities: Remains may be those of a child
(State News ~ 03/04/14)
DIXON, Mo. (AP) -- Authorities in south-central Missouri say human remains found last year are apparently those of a child. KTVI-TV (http://bit.ly/1i7FUzP ) reports the remains were found in October in the town of Dixon in Pulaski County. Results of a lab analysis show that the victim was probably between ages 8 and 12. Authorities could not determine the child's gender...
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Deputy kills gunman who threatens suicide
(State News ~ 03/04/14)
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) -- A 21-year-old Raytown man is dead after he was reportedly shot by a St. Charles County deputy while threatening suicide and displaying a gun. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (bit.ly/1okM2Sw ) reports that Anthony Kovac died Saturday night. He was in the St. Louis area visiting his grandparents...
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Man convicted of forcing teens into prostitution
(State News ~ 03/04/14)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A Chicago man has been convicted of several federal charges for forcing two teenage girls into prostitution. Reginald Williams was convicted Monday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis following a four-day trial. Police in Collinsville, Ill., learned in September 2012 that photos of a missing 16-year-old were included on the website backpage.com, implying she was available for sex. The website said the girl was 20 but police confirmed she was 16 at the time...
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House panel to consider new primary election date
(State News ~ 03/04/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A House panel is considering whether to move Missouri's primary elections to June. Missouri now holds party primaries for Congress, the Legislature and statewide offices in even numbered years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in August. A House bill would move the primaries to the first Tuesday after the third Monday in June...
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Missouri governor heading to Canada after delay
(State News ~ 03/04/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- After a one-day weather delay, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is heading to Canada on a business trip. Nixon was leaving Missouri on Monday to travel to Canada. He originally had been scheduled to depart Sunday but postponed because of a winter storm that brought snow, sleet and ice to parts of the state...
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Power companies were ready, but the lights stayed on
(Local News ~ 03/04/14)
Prepare for the worst, pray for the best. That's a lesson electric companies in southeast Missouri have learned all too well in recent years. Between the 2008 and 2009 ice storms, thousands upon thousands of Stoddard County residents founds themselves without power for days and, in some cases, weeks...
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3 die in weekend wrecks
(Local News ~ 03/04/14)
Three fatalities in Troop E brought the total number of traffic deaths thus far in 2014 to 11. Two of the fatalities occurred prior to the winter storm moving into the Troop E area. Friday night, Feb. 28, just after 5 p.m., 26-year-old Daniel W. Davis of Marquand died when his vehicle, a 2000 Ford Mustang, ran off the left side of County Road 202, three miles north of Cascade as he was eastbound, and struck a tree. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene by acting Coroner Sheriff Dean Finch...
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Patrol handles 395 service calls in wake of storm
(Local News ~ 03/04/14)
Slick roads have kept both local and state law enforcement busy since the sleet began to fall Sunday morning. Dexter Police Chief Sammy Stone said his department spent a substantial part of Monday pushing cars out of the snow. Stone estimated the department worked as many as a dozen minor slide-offs...
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Where there is faith... there is H.O.P.E.
(Local News ~ 03/04/14)
BERNIE, Mo. -- More than 100 hearts and pairs of hands came together Saturday morning in Bernie to afford help for the hungry. H.O.P.E. International's Give HOPE Food Packaging Event, held throughout the day Saturday, aimed at supplying nutritious meals to thousands of hungry families both in the U.S. and abroad...
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Pounded, but not as hard as expected
(Local News ~ 03/04/14)
It could have been worse -- much worse. Stoddard County residents and residents across southeast Missouri braced themselves for Titan, a late winter storm that promised significant ice accumulations topped off with several inches of snow and single digit temperatures...
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