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Cape County sales tax receipts on record pace in 2021
(Business ~ 05/10/21)
If the pace established during the first five months of 2021 continues, this will be a record year in terms of sales-tax revenue in Cape Girardeau County. The county received $598,304.94 in sales-tax revenue last week from the Missouri Department of Revenue, according to numbers released by Cape County Treasurer Roger Hudson. The payment represents sales tax collected primarily during April and was more than 8.5% more than the sales tax generated in May 2020...
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Cape and Stoddard counties among state's most charitable
(Business ~ 05/10/21)
In what some may consider an act of charity, the Internal Revenue Service postponed this year's income tax filing deadline from April 15 until May 17. (Don't look now, but that's next Monday.) And, speaking of charity, if you're among the many Americans who still haven't filed your tax returns, you may be trying to calculate the charitable contributions you made in 2020, which might be deducted from your 2020 taxable income...
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Central Middle School club raises money for student-founded charity
(Local News ~ 05/10/21)
Members of a new club at Cape Girardeau Central Middle School have raised $900 for a charitable foundation started by another student at the school. Seven sixth-grade students who are part of the new All 4 Love Club had their first popcorn and candy sale to raise funds for Granting Grace, a not-for-profit foundation started by seventh-grade student Grant Skelton, 13...
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Downtown Cape street project remains on schedule
(Local News ~ 05/10/21)
The $1.6 million Spanish Street Improvement Project, begun in late March and paid for by the Riverfront Development Fund, remains on target for an estimated completion in late July, Cape Girardeau city officials said last week. There are nine work zones identified for the 15-week project, with three zones completed and the fourth, including work on underground storm-sewer connections and water mains, scheduled to be finished by Friday...
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Chamber panel cites positive economic growth in Cape area
(Business ~ 05/10/21)
A pandemic that led to an economic downturn across much of the nation has apparently had a much milder impact in Southeast Missouri, and specifically in Cape Girardeau. At the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Coffee last week, chamber members heard from a panel representing several businesses who said, by and large, the local economy has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic as well as anyone could have expected. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/10/21)
Today is Monday, May 10, the 130th day of 2021. There are 235 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 10, 1869, a golden spike was driven in Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States...
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Prayer 5-10-21
(Prayer ~ 05/10/21)
Thank you, O God, that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
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Are Americans becoming Sovietized?
(Column ~ 05/10/21)
What ultimately ended the nihilist Soviet system? Was it not that Russians finally tired of the Kremlin’s lies and hypocrisies that permeated every facet of their falsified lives? Here are 10 symptoms of Sovietism. Ask yourself whether we are headed down this same road to perdition...
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Facebook's speech policies are absurd
(Column ~ 05/10/21)
It is said medieval scholastic philosophers debated how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. If so, they didn’t have anything on the amorphous and tendentious deliberations of Facebook regarding who is allowed to post on its social network, most pertinently the former president of the United States, Donald J. Trump...
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A salute to nurses on National Nurses Week
(Editorial ~ 05/10/21)
This week we celebrate key professionals in the health care industry who play a vital role in the delivery of care: Nurses. It’s National Nurses Week, and in the Tuesday edition of the Southeast Missourian you’ll find several stories about these skilled individuals who provide a range of services, sometimes in stressful situations...
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Building permit issued for church renovation project
(Business ~ 05/10/21)
The Cape Girardeau development services office issued one commercial building permit last week. The permit issued to S.M. Wilson & Co. is for the second phase of an interior renovation at Lighthouse Ministries Church, 710 Southern Expressway, at an estimated project cost of $394,000...
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Business license application filed for rebranded coffee shop
(Business ~ 05/10/21)
The City of Cape Girardeau's customer service office has received a business license application from Robert Lee Schooley II of Jackson on behalf of BSS Investments LLC, doing business as The Ground-A-Bout. Schooley has acquired Barista's Coffee Bar on the first floor of the Marquette Tower, 338 Broadway, and will operate it as The Ground-A-Bout Marquette beginning June 1...
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Chamber Notes — Ribbon-cuttings, Business After Hours, legislative updates, women's networking event
(Business ~ 05/10/21)
The Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce's May Business After Hours networking session is scheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday at Coalter Insurance Group's new Jackson location, 120 S. Missouri St. Social distancing and face masks are recommended for attendees...
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Salvation Army reassigns DeGonias; Reiniers taking Cape positions
(Business ~ 05/10/21)
A leadership change is coming to the local Salvation Army facility in Cape Girardeau. After serving four years as pastors and administrators in Cape Girardeau, Salvation Army Lts. Matt and Virginia DeGonia have been assigned to serve as divisional youth and candidates secretaries at The Salvation Army's Midland headquarters in St. Louis. Their reassignment becomes effective at the end of June...
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University greenhouse receives certification from horticulture retailer
(Business ~ 05/10/21)
The Charles Hutson Horticulture Greenhouse at Southeast Missouri State University recently became the first retailer in Cape Girardeau to be certified by Proven Winners, a brand of retail garden center products. The certification makes the university's greenhouse at 1039 Bertling St. one of just two retailers in Southeast Missouri to obtain the Proven Winners designation. The other is Sheltons' Farm & Greenhouses in Bernie...
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State agency hosting online job fairs next week
(Business ~ 05/10/21)
The Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development (MDHEWD) will host another in its series of virtual job fairs next week. Scheduled from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. May 18, the online hiring event will focus on openings in the field of information technology...
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Mondi schedules hiring activities to fill positions
(Business ~ 05/10/21)
Mondi Jackson LLC is recruiting up to 30 full-time employees to help accommodate significant growth at its location north of Jackson. The company is hosting a pair of employment events later this month in Cape Girardeau where job seekers age 18 and older can learn about the available positions and talk with Mondi representatives about employment options with the company...
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Missouri highway commission awards contracts to area firms
(Business ~ 05/10/21)
The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has awarded contracts to several companies in Southeast Missouri for asphalt pavement repairs, guardrail and guard cable repairs, and pavement resurfacing. Contracts awarded by the commission during an online meeting last week:...
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Thrift store making short move
(Business ~ 05/10/21)
Adult & Teen Challenge Super Thrift in Jackson is moving — a few feet. Currently located at 1985 E. Jackson Blvd., the thrift store is moving two doors down to 1905 E. Jackson Blvd., a location formerly occupied by Save A Lot grocery store. The store will open at the new address May 29, which will also be the date of a "grand reopening" sale...
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Truck equipment company coming to Jackson
(Business ~ 05/10/21)
Show-Me Truck Equipment is tentatively slated to open later this month in an 11,544-square-foot industrial building at 1840 Farmington Road in Jackson. The property was originally home of Busey Truck Equipment in the 1980s. Tom Kelsey, real estate broker with Lorimont Commercial Real Estate in Cape Girardeau, said the company will sell, install and repair a wide variety of truck body styles, including utility, flat beds, stake beds, crane beds, dump and van bodies. ...
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Ameren providing utility assistance
(Business ~ 05/10/21)
Ameren Missouri, working with the Missouri Public Service Commission and Office of Public Counsel, is directing an additional $3.5 million to help eligible customers dealing with the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. "These additional funds will support more customers as we head into summer, a time when electricity usage is typically much higher," said Marty Lyons, chairman and president of the St. Louis-based utility company...
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Cairo port authority reaches agreement with organized labor
(Business ~ 05/10/21)
The inland port project near the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers at Cairo, Illinois, took a significant step recently with the completion of a project labor agreement (PLA) between the Alexander-Cairo Port District and the Illinois AFL-CIO...
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Police say turkey hunter accidentally shot hiker Saturday
(State News ~ 05/10/21)
WELDON SPRING, Mo. -- A hiker was accidentally shot by a turkey hunter in the St. Louis area Saturday, authorities said. The shooting happened on the Lewis and Clark Trail in the Weldon Spring Conservation Area around 12:30 p.m. Saturday, St. Charles County Police Department spokeswoman Val Joyner said...
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Elon Musk shows humility and hubris as 'SNL' host
(Entertainment ~ 05/10/21)
Elon Musk showed a combination of humility and hubris as he opened his highly anticipated hosting gig on "Saturday Night Live." The 49-year-old Tesla CEO, SpaceX founder and one of the world's richest men opened his monologue by mocking his monotonal speaking style, saying no one can tell when he's joking...
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After court nixes eviction ban, race is on for federal help
(National News ~ 05/10/21)
BOSTON -- The recent court ruling striking down a national eviction moratorium has heightened concerns tenants won't receive tens of billions of dollars in promised federal aid in time to avoid getting kicked out of their homes. A federal judge Wednesday found the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exceeded its authority when it imposed the moratorium last year. Housing advocates believe the ban saved lives and not only should continue, but be extended past its initial June 30 deadline...
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Cyberattack on U.S. pipeline is linked to criminal gang
(National News ~ 05/10/21)
NEW YORK -- The cyberextortion attempt that has forced the shutdown of a vital U.S. pipeline was carried out by a criminal gang known as DarkSide that cultivates a Robin Hood image of stealing from corporations and giving a cut to charity, two people close to the investigation said Sunday...
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Some states plan big spending with gov't aid; others wait
(National News ~ 05/10/21)
Though still awaiting money from the latest federal coronavirus relief act, some governors and state lawmakers already are making plans to add the multibillion-dollar boon to their budgets. Among their priorities: bailing out depleted unemployment accounts, expanding high-speed internet and providing additional aid to schools and businesses...
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Rebecca Tillotson
(Obituary ~ 05/10/21)
CHEBOYGAN, Mich. — Rebecca Ruby Robson Tillotson, 42, of Cheboygan passed away Sunday, May 2, 2021, in Saginaw, Michigan. Rebecca was born to Mike Robson and his wife Sept. 11, 1978. After Mike's death, she was adopted by William and Susan Tillotson and grew up in Onaway, Michigan, and Jackson, Missouri, surrounded by many siblings and lots of love...
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Cletus Angle
(Obituary ~ 05/10/21)
Cletus David Angle, 84, of Gordonville died Friday, May 7, 2021, at The Arbors at Auburn Creek in Cape Girardeau. Born on Feb. 7, 1937, in Mayfield, Missouri. He was the son of Walter Chandes and Delphia Viola Green Angle. He married Lula Bell Wilkinson on Feb. 11, 1956, in Sedgewickville, Missouri, and she survives...
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Out of the past: May 10
(Out of the Past ~ 05/10/21)
PATTON, Mo. -- A recount vote in a Meadow Heights School District bond proposal shows the issue passed; not everyone in the school district is pleased with the reversal in the results, which were determined Tuesday; the Meadow Heights Board of Education voted 4-3 last night to accept the results; board members Harold Miinch, Mike Reagan and Mike Welker voted against accepting them because of a ballot mix-up April 2, election night; Phyllis Bollinger, Junior Cook, Roy Allen and Dennis Mouser voted to approve the results; one vote made the difference in the recount.. ...
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