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Plan bee: Officials urge planting of native flowers, grasses to protect bee population
(Local News ~ 04/29/19)
Bees should be welcomed into yards and protected from lawn mowers this time of year — not swatted — according to the Missouri Department of Conservation. Bees pollinate 75% of all plants producing food for human consumption and the population is dwindling...
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Missouri moves step closer to restoring film tax credits; state Rep. Kathy Swan's bill faces final action in House
(Local News ~ 04/29/19)
Missouri has moved a step closer to re-establishing a tax credit program designed to turn Missouri into a destination for movie making. State Rep. Kathy Swan, R-Cape Girardeau, has pushed to reinstate the program ever since it expired in 2013. Her measure, the Show Me Missouri Film and Digital Media Act, recently won initial approval in the House. Final passage could occur this week, she said. A similar measure is moving through the Senate...
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Business Notebook: Cocktails & Epic Fails — Business leaders, professionals discuss failures as opportunities to learn, help find success
(Business ~ 04/29/19)
No one likes to talk about failure, especially when it's their own. But that's exactly what several business leaders and other professionals did last week at "Cocktails & Epic Fails." The program, hosted and sponsored Wednesday evening by BOLD Marketing in Cape Girardeau, featured keynote presentations by several nationally-known business experts. Each told tales of how they turned their failures into successes...
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Three-day Cape Comic Con exceeds previous attendance numbers
(Local News ~ 04/29/19)
Heroes and heroines disguised in full-on — some meticulous — get-ups set Cape Comic Con attendance history this weekend at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau, according to co-organizer Deneké Murphy. The three-day event — now in its 14th year — attracted vendors, attendees and special guests from as far away as Atlanta and California, she said...
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Cape Comic Con attendees Q&A
(Local News ~ 04/29/19)
The Southeast Missourian spoke with attendees before Cape Comic Con's annual costume contest Saturday at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/29/19)
Today is Monday, April 29, the 119th day of 2019. There are 246 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 29, 1992, a jury in Simi Valley, California, acquitted four Los Angeles police officers of almost all state charges in the videotaped beating of motorist Rodney King; the verdicts were followed by rioting in Los Angeles resulting in 55 deaths...
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Sponsored: Progress 2019: LaCroix Health Center, LLC Introduces Cleanses and Detoxes
(B Magazine ~ 04/29/19)
LaCroix Health Center, LLC offers full-body chiropractic care at affordable cash pricing. In addition, Dr. Scott B. Smith, chiropractic physician with 22 years of industry experience, is a certified medical examiner for same-day DOT examinations. He also offers services for pre-employment functional testing and drug and alcohol on-site testing...
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National Day of Prayer event on Thursday
(Editorial ~ 04/29/19)
Thursday is the National Day of Prayer, a day that exists to “mobilize unified public prayer” for the country. It’s held the first Thursday of May ever year, a tradition that began in 1775. A special local ceremony will be held at noon on the second floor of Gateway Church at the Broadway Federal Building...
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Speak Out 4/29/19
(Speak Out ~ 04/29/19)
Two years ago, the Southeast Missourian changed its online comment policy because “Our hope is that public officials engage, educate and inform oppositional ideas rather than seek to quash them through back channels. ” All one need to do is read the same 4-5 posters commenting to see that Mr. Rust’s policy hasn’t achieved its goal...
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Taylor Swift to open Billboard Awards with performance
(Entertainment ~ 04/29/19)
NEW YORK -- Taylor Swift will open this week's Billboard Music Awards with a performance of her new single "ME!" Swift released the colorful, upbeat song Friday morning, ending the weekslong search the pop star set off when she teased fans with clues about a new project...
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Puppy stolen from pet store by armed man is found unharmed
(National News ~ 04/29/19)
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Authorities said a Rottweiler puppy stolen from a Pennsylvania pet store by a man armed with a gun has been found safe. The 9-week-old dog named Remus was found Thursday on a Wilkes-Barre street. It had been taken Wednesday by a man who allegedly displayed a gun tucked in the waistband of his pants. ...
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Rabbi says gun 'miraculously jammed' in California attack
(National News ~ 04/29/19)
POWAY, Calif. -- In the minutes after the gunman fled the scene of a shooting that killed a woman inside a Southern California synagogue, a wounded Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein wrapped his bloodied hand in a prayer shawl, stood on a chair and addressed the panicked congregation, vowing to stay strong in the face of the deadly attack targeting his community...
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Barr's testimony to House on Mueller in doubt amid dispute
(National News ~ 04/29/19)
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department has informed the House Judiciary Committee that Attorney General William Barr may not attend a Thursday hearing to review special counsel Robert Mueller's report because of objections over the panel's format, according to a Democratic senior committee aide...
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Out of the past: April 29
(Out of the Past ~ 04/29/19)
Larry Dowdy, the executive vice president of Little River Drainage District, says his group isn't opposed to having a gambling boat on the Diversion Channel, as long as the project wouldn't damage a levee; several companies seeking to place a gambling boat in Scott City have talked with the district's board of supervisors about using the channel...
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Sue Schremp
(Obituary ~ 04/29/19)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Sue A. Schremp, 74, of Perryville died Friday, April 26, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Tuesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville...
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Juanita Medley
(Obituary ~ 04/29/19)
Juanita Doris Medley, 88, of Scott City died Friday, April 26, 2019, at her home. The funeral was Sunday at Amick-Burnett Chapel in Scott City, with the Rev. Randy Morse officiating. Burial was in Lightner Cemetery in Scott City.
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Patricia Long
(Obituary ~ 04/29/19)
PATTON, Mo. — Patricia Ann Long, 70, of Patton died Saturday, April 27, 2019, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. The funeral will be at 7 p.m. today at the chapel, with the Rev. Jamie Hovis officiating...
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Bobby Cureton
(Obituary ~ 04/29/19)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. — Bobby Gene Cureton, 77, of Marble Hill died Saturday, April 27, 2019, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Old Union Cemetery near Bessville, Missouri.
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Burned out business owners learn to relax, delegate, say 'no'
(Business ~ 04/29/19)
NEW YORK -- Candace Barr showed all the signs: She was exhausted, stressed out and "starting to resent my clients." Barr had so much work in her resume-writing business it was a struggle to get it all done. In short, she was burned out. While burnout is a common phenomenon in the workplace, it's particularly frustrating for entrepreneurs whose dream was to escape the daily grind of employment and find fulfillment in running their own companies...
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New retirement home opens in Missouri for old homeless dogs
(State News ~ 04/29/19)
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- A new Missouri retirement home of sorts gives homeless senior dogs that don't get adopted from shelters a place to romp and roam. Shep's Place Senior Dog Sanctuary opened about three weeks ago in the Kansas City suburb of Independence. Founder Russell Clothier said he came up with the idea after he started walking shelter dogs. The high school physics teacher said he watched the older dogs "being overlooked" and it "hurt my heart."...
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Conservationist warns of Missouri's disappearing prairie
(State News ~ 04/29/19)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri's prairies are disappearing and the loss is hurting the state's ecosystem, according to a conservation expert. Carol Davit, executive director of the Missouri Prairie Foundation, told KCUR-FM prairies are rich in nutrients, serving as a natural habitat for pollinators that fertilize crops...
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Cape Girardeau County agenda 4/29/19
(Local News ~ 04/29/19)
Approval of minutes n Minutes for the April 25 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on the agenda Routine business...
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Richard Lugar, who helped in securing Soviet arsenal, dies
(National News ~ 04/29/19)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Richard Lugar worked to alert Americans about the threat of terrorism years before "weapons of mass destruction" became a common phrase following the Sept. 11 attacks. The longtime Republican senator from Indiana helped start a program that destroyed thousands of former Soviet nuclear and chemical weapons after the Cold War ended -- then warned during a short-lived 1996 run for president about the danger of such devices falling into the hands of terrorists...
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Prayer 4/29/19
(Prayer ~ 04/29/19)
O Heavenly Father, our most generous provider, we give thanks in all things. Amen.
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Bringing Hollywood to the Show Me State
(B Magazine ~ 04/29/19)
We all know: in 2013, the cast and crew of "Gone Girl" graced the streets, bars and riverfront of Cape Girardeau for six weeks. Here in Cape Girardeau, the film's economic impact looked like this: 116 Missourians employed. More than 7,000 hotel room nights. More than $7 million contributed to the local economy, prior to the film's opening...
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Dr. Jim Dufek Honored for Service to Southeast Missouri
(B Magazine ~ 04/29/19)
Dr. Jim Dufek, professor of mass media at Southeast Missouri State University, was recently honored with the Silver Medal Award by the Cape Girardeau Chapter of the American Advertising Federation (AAF). According to the AAF website, the honor was established in 1959 "to recognize men and women who have made outstanding contributions to advertising and who have been active in furthering the industry's standards, creative excellence and responsibility in areas of social concern."...
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