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Business notebook: Sign Master stays on the move since it moved
(Business ~ 05/01/17)
Paige Sparks said it was a good sign she was the only one in the office at Sign Master on a Friday afternoon. "All my installers are out at the SportsPlex," she said. Having moved to an upgraded facility at 2311 Bloomfield Road last month, she said the company's four-person team has been kept busy...
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Cape council set to take stand on prevailing wage repeal effort
(Local News ~ 05/01/17)
The Cape Girardeau City Council is set to vote today on a resolution in support of state legislative efforts to repeal Missouri's prevailing-wage law. With approval of the resolution, the council would become the third local governmental body to back the repeal effort in the past 10 days...
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Small Lutheran church in Egypt Mills celebrates 150 years
(Local News ~ 05/01/17)
Small Lutheran church in Egypt Mills celebrates 150 years About a mile off Highway 177 in Egypt Mills sits a postcard-perfect little white church on a hill -- Trinity Lutheran Church, established in 1867. Pastor Barry Pfanstiel has been the minister for three years, and he said he is having fun...
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Rise in region's household income outpaces state, nation
(Local News ~ 05/01/17)
The median household income in the Cape Girardeau region is rising, according to data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau. The growth in Cape Girardeau also appears to be outpacing state and national rates, according to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey data from 2005 to 2015, the most recent year available...
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River forecast to rise to near-record; floods close more highways
(Local News ~ 05/01/17)
Rising floodwaters continued to close highways across the region, and an updated forecast predicts a near-record crest of the Mississippi River on Saturday. The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky, predicts the Mississippi River will crest at 48.5 feet Saturday at Cape Girardeau, almost exactly the second-highest mark of 48.49 feet, set in 1993...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/01/17)
Today in History Today is Monday, May 1, the 121st day of 2017. There are 244 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On May 1, 1967, Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. (They divorced in 1973.) Anastasio Somoza Debayle became president of Nicaragua...
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Prayer 5-1-17
(Prayer ~ 05/01/17)
O Father God, thank you that we may lay our burdens at your feet. Amen.
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Flourish Women's Summit to be held Thursday
(Editorial ~ 05/01/17)
The Flourish Magazine Women's Summit takes place Thursday. Billed as "a Leadership and Empowerment event" hosted by Flourish Magazine, the Southeast Missourian and rustmedia, the summit promises to provide inspiration from women who will share their experiences and expertise with our community...
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Bill important for utility upgrades
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/01/17)
As a resident of Southeast Missouri and a division director for Ameren Missouri, I have a vested interest in Senate Bill 190 and the effort to create jobs for our community, while modernizing the electric grid for customers. Much of the equipment that brings electricity to our homes is reaching the end of its service life. ...
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Kenneth Mayfield
(Obituary ~ 05/01/17)
Kenneth Eugene "Kenny" Mayfield, 60, of Jackson died Saturday, April 29, 2017, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...
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Frank La Fentres
(Obituary ~ 05/01/17)
Frank Leonard La Fentres, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, April 28, 2017, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Nov. 6, 1939, in Sikeston, Missouri, to Jess and Mary Berneda Chaney La Fentres. He graduated from Cape Girardeau Central High School in 1958...
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Robert Bom
(Obituary ~ 05/01/17)
BENTON, Mo. -- Robert Dale "Buddy" Bom, 84, of Benton died Saturday, April 29, 2017, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 27, 1932, in Commerce, Missouri, to Letcher A. and Margaret Ellen Wise Bom. He married Loretta Jean Shively on Feb. 14, 1959, in East Prairie, Missouri. She preceded him in death April 22, 2012...
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Dillard Dale
(Obituary ~ 05/01/17)
Dillard Odell Dale, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, April 29, 2017, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with Elder Earl Norman officiating. Burial will be at the city cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Cape Girardeau Police Department reports 5/1/2017
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/01/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n Travis M. Davie, 34, no address given, was arrested on suspicion of tampering with a motor vehicle at First and Water streets. Thefts...
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Charles Archer Jr.
(Obituary ~ 05/01/17)
Charles Keith (Buck) Archer Jr., 64, of Oak Ridge died Friday, April 28, 2017, at his home. He was born Sept. 16, 1952, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Charles Keith and Mattie Fern Franklin Archer Sr. He and Vera Lynn Nelson were married Nov. 23, 2002...
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Charles Partain
(Obituary ~ 05/01/17)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Charles D. Partain, age 80, of Cape Girardeau and formerly of Advance, passed away Sunday, April 30, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born April 20, 1937, in Bear Creek, Alabama, to the late William Acey "Jack" and Havel Faye Morrow Partain, he was a licensed embalmer and funeral director and a licensed pilot who in his career co-owned Spencer Funeral Homes in Salem, Viburnum and Bunker, Missouri, a flower shop in Mountain View, Missouri, and later Partain Furniture in Advance. ...
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Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department report 5/1/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/01/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Jessica L. Pierce-Pender, 36, of Jackson was arrested on County Road 231 on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for obstruction of a court order on possession of a controlled substance...
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Scott City fire report 5/1/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/01/17)
SCOTT CITY The Scott City Fire Department responded to the following calls: April 22 n At 9:01 a.m., motor-vehicle crash on Interstate 55, mile marker 85. n At 1:49 p.m., motor-vehicle crash at Main Street and Dearborn Street. April 23 n At 2:49 p.m., emergency medical service in the unit block of County Road 208...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 5/1/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/01/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Thursday n Medical assists were made at 7:18 a.m. on North Pind Wood Lane; 9:36 a.m. on Aspen Drive; 12:18 p.m. on Independence Street; and 2:19 p.m. on Woodland Drive...
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Jackson police report 5/1/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/01/17)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Assault n Assault was reported in the 200 block of North West Lane. Property damage n Property damage was reported in the area of West Main Street and Elmwood Boulevard. Miscellaneous...
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Trump warns North Korea's missiles will get better
(International News ~ 05/01/17)
SEOUL, South Korea -- President Donald Trump said after North Korea's latest failed rocket launch communist leader Kim Jong-Un eventually will develop better missiles, and "we can't allow it to happen." In a taped interview broadcast Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation," the president would not discuss the possibility of military action, saying: "It is a chess game. I just don't want people to know what my thinking is."...
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School vouchers, rising in many GOP states, founder in Texas
(National News ~ 05/01/17)
AUSTIN, Texas -- Gary VanDeaver describes himself as a conservative less than a minute into many conversations. The Texas state representative blames "unelected federal judges" for imposing gay marriage on America and has been endorsed by anti-abortion groups and the National Rifle Association...
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Lawmakers find common ground on $1T plan to keep gov't open
(National News ~ 05/01/17)
WASHINGTON -- Top Capitol Hill negotiators are reporting progress toward a long-sought agreement on a $1 trillion-plus spending bill that would fund the day-to-day operations of virtually every federal agency through Oct. 1. Aides said lawmakers closely involved in the talks had worked through many sticking points in hopes of making the measure public as early as Sunday night or this morning...
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Tornadoes in Texas kill at least 4 people
(National News ~ 05/01/17)
CANTON, Texas -- Tornadoes hit several small towns in East Texas, killing four people. Search teams were going door to door Sunday after the tornadoes the day before flattened homes, uprooted trees and flipped several pickup trucks at a Dodge dealership in Canton...
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New Medicaid system set to take effect today for 240,000 Missourians
(State News ~ 05/01/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Roughly 240,000 more Missouri Medicaid recipients today will be switched to a system under which private companies oversee patient care. The expansion will mean the managed-care program in 54 counties along Interstate 70 will expand throughout the state...
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Jackson Board of Aldermen agenda 5/1/17
(Local News ~ 05/01/17)
Jackson Board of Aldermen City hall 101 Court St. Regular meeting, 6 p.m. today n Approval of minutes n Minutes of regular meeting of 4/17/2017 n Financial affairs n Monthly bills Action items n Power and Light Committee n Consider a motion accepting the Wastewater Facility Plan, as prepared by Horner and Shifrin Inc. of St. Louis...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 5/1/17
(Local News ~ 05/01/17)
Cape Girardeau City Council City hall 401 Independence St. Study session, 5 p.m. today Items for discussion n Beautiful Business Property of the Month presentation n Radio interoperability process Regular session, 7 p.m. Presentations n Local Government Week 2017 proclamation...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 5/1/17
(Local News ~ 05/01/17)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today Approval of minutes n Minutes of the April 27 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on agenda Routine business...
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Out of the past: May 1
(Out of the Past ~ 05/01/17)
Westlake Quarry will reopen soon under a new operator. A spokesman for the Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis says the diocese has signed a lease-operating agreement with Tower Rock Stone Co. of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, to operate the limestone rock quarry at Grays Point, Missouri, alongside the Mississippi River...
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Horseman rides across US to bring attention to Agent Orange
(National News ~ 05/01/17)
SANTA CLARITA, California -- The two things Colt Romberger and his father had most in common, the ones that made them best friends as well as father and son, were a deep affection for horses and an equally deep pride in having served their country in times of war...
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Guy in gorilla suit finishes marathon after 6 days
(National News ~ 05/01/17)
LONDON -- An English police officer wearing a gorilla costume while crawling the London Marathon finally finished the race almost a week after starting. Metropolitan Police officer Tom Harrison, who goes by the name "Mr. Gorilla," raised $33,650 for the Gorilla Organisation, which is dedicated to conserving gorillas in countries including Rwanda and Uganda. The 41-year-old Londoner began the 26.2-mile route last Sunday and crossed the finish line Saturday...
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Southwest Airlines to end practice of overbooking flights
(Business ~ 05/01/17)
Southwest Airlines plans to stop overbooking flights -- an industry practice implicated in an ugly incident on a United Airlines flight that damaged United's reputation with the flying public. Last year, Southwest bumped 15,000 passengers off flights, more than any other U.S. airline. Carriers said they sometimes sell more tickets than there are seats because a few passengers often don't show up...
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Apple ceases iPhone payments to Qualcomm, escalating feud
(Business ~ 05/01/17)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple is refusing to pay any royalties owed to mobile chip maker Qualcomm for some of the features in the iPhone, escalating a patent feud that has turned the former business partners into bitter adversaries. The latest twist in the dispute represents a major blow for Qualcomm, which depends on licensing fees for a large portion of its revenue...
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St. Louis businesses prepare for higher minimum wage
(Business ~ 05/01/17)
ST. LOUIS -- Alexis Straughter is barely paying for food and clothes, so when her 8-year-old daughter wanted to join the school track team, she had to say no -- she couldn't afford the uniform. The 27-year-old certified nursing assistant and mother of two said Friday she is excited about the pay raise she'll get when St. Louis' new minimum wage takes effect, perhaps as early as this week...
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Robotic fruit pickers may help orchards with worker shortage
(Business ~ 05/01/17)
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Harvesting Washington state's vast fruit orchards each year requires thousands of farmworkers, and many of them work illegally in the United States. That system eventually could change, as at least two companies are rushing to get robotic fruit-picking machines to market...
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People on the move 5/1/2017
(Business ~ 05/01/17)
Alex Jackson, a 2005 graduate of Notre Dame Regional High School, has been named the school's director of development, replacing Tony Buehrle, who retired May 26. "Alex comes to us with great experience, most recently in serving as the director of development for KRCU Public Radio, coordinator of Southeast Missouri State University Annual Fund, and he has served in similar positions for the University of Mississippi Foundation," Notre Dame Regional High School principal Brother David Migliorino told the diocesan newspaper, The Mirror. ...
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Cape's utility-billing office will be closed Tuesday
(Local News ~ 05/01/17)
The city of Cape Girardeau's utility-billing office will close Tuesday to implement new utility-billing software. The customer service office will be open Monday for regular business hours and will reopen at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to a news release from Gayle Conrad, director of citizen services and city clerk for Cape Girardeau...
- Age Spots: Spring has sprung, maybe (05/01/17)
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Area ombudsmen work in various ways to investigate and handle concerns and complaints
(05/01/17)
Ombudsman. While the word may sound funny, the description of the job is very serious. An ombudsman is an official appointed to investigate people's complaints. It's a Swedish word, meaning representative or agent of the people. There are basically three categories of ombudsmen, organizational, classical and long-term care (LTC)...
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Area shape-note singing group keeps traditional music form alive in Southeast Missouri
(05/01/17)
On a quiet Saturday afternoon, eight people gathered in Christ Episcopal Church in Cape Girardeau to practice shape-note singing, a form of traditional music used in Christian worship for more than 200 years. Introduced in 1801, "shape-note" refers to a music notation style designed to simplify sight-reading, making it easier for people in congregations to join in singing...
- Now Read This: 'Salt to the Sea' by Ruta Sepetys (05/01/17)
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Area native Donna Patterson works to restore Old Commerce Cemetery
(05/01/17)
Donna Patterson has known the Old Commerce Cemetery since childhood, but recently, she's taken it on as a personal mission to bring it back from near ruin to a place people can come to enjoy river views or visit ancestors' graves. Patterson says Commerce has lost a lot of tax revenue over the years, as the population dwindled and the Mississippi River's floodwaters encroached. ...
- Mid- to Late-Archaic artifact discovered (05/01/17)
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Robert and Kay Watkins and Melvin Enderle discuss passed-down tradition of canning fresh goods
(05/01/17)
Snagged, cleaned, sliced, diced, pressured and jarred. Buffalo fish need to be on the lookout for Robert Watkins and Melvin Enderle, brothers-in-law with a "can-do" mentality. While many fisherman may not consider the fish "good eating" due to their multitude of small bones, the Scott County residents turn up the heat and turn them into a delicacy...
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Cape Girardeau OASIS volunteers tutor local students, help them grow
(05/01/17)
When Fred Schmidt's wife passed on, he didn't want to leave his house. After a prolonged period as her caregiver, he says he'd given up activities he once enjoyed, and was used to staying at home all the time. Then a social worker at Lutheran Family Services, where he had taken his wife, recommended he get involved in the OASIS program. ...
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Natural ways to keep roses radiant this season
(05/01/17)
Warm weather welcomes flowerbeds, gardens burst with color and fragrance and, in many yards, roses are the stars of the show. They're the most popular and prized flower in American gardens, one of the most-beloved flowers for weddings, and staples of Valentine's and Mother's Day bouquets. Americans love their roses -- and so do a host of harmful pests, including Japanese beetles, aphids, mites and other insects, and let's not forget about deer...
- Delicious Reading: Casserole season and 'Plain Chicken' (05/01/17)
- Good Shepherd turns 50 (05/01/17)
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Karen Miller Jackson Leadership Scholarship
(Submitted Story ~ 05/01/17)
2017 recipients of the Karen Miller Jackson Leadership Scholarship were awarded to members of the Beta Nu chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha. The award was established in 2010 to recognize outstanding student leaders in the Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority at Murray State University in Murray, Ky...
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New CEO at Landmark Hospital
(Submitted Story ~ 05/01/17)
LANDMARK HOSPITALS LANDMARK HOSPITALS ORGANIZATIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT DONNA MANSARD Donna Mansard has joined Landmark Hospitals as Chief Executive Officer of Landmark Hospital of Cape Girardeau, MO, effective May 1, 2017. Donna has extensive experience in the healthcare field, with concentration in hospital management...
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Isle Casino honored by Department of Defense for patriotic support
(Submitted Story ~ 05/01/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO - Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense office, announced that Isle Casino Cape Girardeau was honored with a Patriot Award in recognition of extraordinary support of its employees serving in the National Guard and Reserves...
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MO SBTDC offers help in accessing SBA disaster assistance loans
(Submitted Story ~ 05/01/17)
In response to the heavy rains and widespread flooding that have afflicted many Missouri communities, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has declared a state of emergency, and the Missouri state treasurer Eric Schmitt activated a disaster relief program. And for affected businesses, the Missouri Small Business & Technology Development Centers (MO SBTDC) has released the following disaster assistance guidelines and stands ready to assist business owners in accessing the resources they need to recover and rebuild.. ...
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