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Cape County commissioners to advertise HR director position
(Local News ~ 04/06/21)
Cape Girardeau County commissioners voted at Monday morning’s meeting in favor of advertising for the soon-to-be vacant human resources director position. Cape Girardeau County’s current HR director, Gina Snyder, accepted the position of director of human resources and risk manager director for the City of Cape Girardeau. She begins her new position May 17...
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Cape police investigating reports of gunshots Saturday night
(Local News ~ 04/06/21)
Cape Girardeau police officers are investigating evidence found while responding to reports of gunshots Saturday night. According to Sgt. Joey Hann, officers responded at approximately 6 p.m. Saturday to multiple reports of five to seven gunshots in the area of South West End Boulevard and Bloomfield Street...
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Suspect driving off-road motorcycle arrested after chase in Cape
(Local News ~ 04/06/21)
A suspect was taken into custody Sunday evening following a vehicle pursuit with Cape Girardeau police. According to Sgt. Joey Hann, officers received reports at approximately 5:15 p.m. of an off-road motorcycle being driven in a careless manner throughout the city...
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Police respond to hit-and-run in downtown Cape
(Local News ~ 04/06/21)
Police officers responded to a report of a hit-and-run Monday afternoon in downtown Cape Giradeau. According to Sgt. Joey Hann, an argument between two motorists reportedly took place at approximately 2:55 p.m. near the intersection of North Lorimier Street and Broadway. One of the drivers allegedly struck the other’s vehicle as they pulled away. The two drivers continued to yell at each other, and one left the scene...
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Battling a vegetation fire in Cape
(Local News ~ 04/06/21)
Cape Girardeau firefighters put out lingering flames in vegetation Monday at 1204 Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau.
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Coffee shop pushes back opening day because of Broadway Theatre fire
(Local News ~ 04/06/21)
Speakeasy Coffee Co. sustained damage and set back its opening by a few weeks because of the fire Wednesday that damaged the former Broadway Theatre building in Cape Girardeau. Suzanne Hightower — CEO, owner and creator of Speakeasy Coffee, 811 Broadway — said Monday the building she is renovating to become the coffee shop next to the former theater received water damage, had drywall ruined and a smell of smoke is still in the air because of the fire...
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Work on upgrading bandshells in Cape, Jackson nearing completion
(Local News ~ 04/06/21)
Cape Girardeau County’s two largest cities are zeroing in on finishing up work to upgrade the experience of attending municipal band concerts at the Dan Cotner Amphitheatre in Cape Girardeau and the Nick Leist Memorial Band Shell in Jackson. ** Cape Girardeau The amphitheater in Capaha Park was named in 2015 for Cotner, a retired dentist who played trombone for Cape Girardeau’s municipal band for 77 years...
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'Tiny homes' concept sparks discussion at Cape Council
(Local News ~ 04/06/21)
The Cape Girardeau City Council wants to hear from the community about a “tiny homes village” concept, offered as a potential “cost-effective” response to chronic homelessness. A significant portion of Monday’s meeting in council chambers was devoted to a discussion of an idea brought by Melissa Stickel, executive director of the Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri (CPSEMO)...
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Aldermen hear concerns but approve rezoning request
(Local News ~ 04/06/21)
Although several nearby residents objected, the Jackson Board of Aldermen voted 6-1 Monday night to rezone nearly 11 acres along Ridge Road east of the Bent Creek Subdivision in order to allow construction of duplexes on the property. The vote followed a public hearing at which developer Derrick Geringer explained his plan to build several duplexes along Ridge Road on property zoned R-2, single-family residential. ...
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Sponsored: Retirement advice for young people
(Insiders Advice ~ 04/06/21)
It’s especially valuable to help younger people avoid some of the financial mistakes that some of their elders made on their own financial journeys. The first piece of advice is to learn self-control. When we’re kids, most of us learn self-control in terms of when we talk in class or when we go to bed. ...
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Development through the prism of entrepreneurship
(B Magazine ~ 04/06/21)
Do you have an entrepreneurial mindset? How about your employees? Take it a step further, maybe the most important question: Do your kids have an entrepreneurial mindset? There’s a TED Talk by Bill Roche called “The Power of an Entrepreneurial Mindset.” In his presentation, Roche documents his experiment with challenging young people to start a business. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/06/21)
Today is Tuesday, April 6, the 96th day of 2021. There are 269 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 6, 1909, American explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew A. Henson and four Inuits became the first men to reach the North Pole...
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Prayer 4/6/21
(Prayer ~ 04/06/21)
O Father God, thank you for grace through your son Jesus. Amen.
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Chaput book reminds us what's worth living for
(Column ~ 04/06/21)
I'm writing this on Good Friday. I just spent a few minutes in prayer outside of a Planned Parenthood clinic in lower Manhattan. A hazardous medical waste truck, familiar to some of us who regularly pray outside the clinic, was just getting loaded. Eleven boxes stacked up, just a little shorter than me. They perform abortions at Planned Parenthood, so you can imagine at least some of what was in those boxes...
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Cape police report 4/6/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/06/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 1700 block of Lacey Street. DWI n Driving while intoxicated was reported in the 1800 block of State Highway K. Thefts n Burglary was reported on South Park Avenue...
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Elizabeth Turner
(Obituary ~ 04/06/21)
Elizabeth J. Turner, 94, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, April 4, 2021 at her home. Graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson, with the Rev. Debra Tracy officiating. Services are under the direction of McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau...
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James Strickert
(Obituary ~ 04/06/21)
James Keith Strickert, 69, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at his home. He was born April 27, 1951, in Jefferson City to the late Arnold and Elfrieda Hoyer Strickert. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson...
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Perry Long
(Obituary ~ 04/06/21)
MARBLE HILL, MO. -- Perry Elmer Long, 81, of Marble Hill died April 4, 2021, at his home. Born in the Mayfield community of Bollinger County on Jan. 20, 1940, he was the son of Elvin Gordon and Freedie Mrytle Cook Long. He first married Lois Emigene Thorne. She preceded him in death in 1974. In 1977, he married Gertrude Marie Jessen. She died in 2020...
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Perry Kegley
(Obituary ~ 04/06/21)
FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. -- Perry Don Kegley, 82, of Fredericktown passed away Monday, March 29, 2021, at Madison Medical Center. He was born Jan. 18, 1939, in Clarkton, Missouri, to the late James Odell and Lela Shelton Kegley. He married Carolyn Theresa Ward on May 4, 1962, at United Methodist Church in Fredericktown...
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Matthew Jones
(Obituary ~ 04/06/21)
Matthew Henry Jones, 40, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at his home. He was born March 8, 1981, in Cape Girardeau, son of Albert and LaVonne Finke Jones. Matthew was a 2000 graduate of Jackson High School. He majored in art at Southeast Missouri State University and graduated in 2010...
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Julia Clewis
(Obituary ~ 04/06/21)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Julia T. Clewis, 79, of Perryville died Saturday, April 3, 2021, at her home. It was Julia's wish to donate her body for scientific study to St. Louis University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Yellen calls for minimum global corporate income tax
(National News ~ 04/06/21)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday urged the adoption of a minimum global corporate income tax, an effort to at least partially offset any disadvantages that might arise from the Biden administration's proposed increase in the U.S. corporate tax rate...
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Drop in Missouri COVID-19 cases stalls
(State News ~ 04/06/21)
ST. LOUIS -- After weeks of declining COVID-19 transmissions across Missouri, experts worry the drop has stalled and caseloads could start to rise again. "Every time you think this pandemic is going to keep going down, it throws you a new curve ball," Dr. Alex Garza, the head of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch...
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Out of the past: April 6
(Out of the Past ~ 04/06/21)
Cape Girardeau Regional Airport Advisory Board yesterday objected to a proposed five-acre juvenile center being built at the airport; with the board unanimously opposing that site, the only Cape Girardeau County location still in contention for the center is a five-acre tract on the west side of South Sprigg Street, about a half-mile south of its intersection with Southern Expressway...
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The Story that Needs to Be Told
(04/06/21)
Working with seniors is normally a wonderful experience. I enjoy the opportunity to help them with their issues and learn from them. History comes alive when you get to hear about it from those who lived it. Hearing about their adventures and family history is amazing...
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S. M. WILSON PROMOTES MIKE MANGIORE, CCIFP TO CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
(Submitted Story ~ 04/06/21)
S. M. Wilson & Co. has promoted Mike Mangiore, CCIFP to Chief Financial Officer, effective April 1, 2021. He replaces Mike Dohle who is set to fully retire in 2021 and has held the role for more than two decades. Mangiore has been with S. M. Wilson for 10 years, most recently as Controller. ...
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