-
Henson speaks to GOP Women's group
(Local News ~ 05/11/21)
Matt Henson, chairman of the Cape Girardeau County Republican Central Committee, spoke to Cape Girardeau County Republican Women's Group on Friday. ...
-
Seal-coat operations to impact traffic, Route DD closed for drainage work in Bollinger County
(Local News ~ 05/11/21)
Contractor crews will be making driving-surface improvements on Highway 51 in Bollinger County, says a news relief from the Missouri Department of Transportation. Starting May 24, a seal coat treatment will be used to create a smoother driving surface on Highway 51, between highways 72 and 34. ...
-
Jackson street crews restriping pavement
(Local News ~ 05/11/21)
Street crews in Jackson will be re-striping roadways throughout the community in the coming weeks to improve visibility for motorists along various routes. Weather permitting, pavement striping work will take place between now and the end of June. Safety measures will be in place in the areas where striping is taking place including warning signs, flashing lights and barricades. ...
-
Florence Nightingale: The first nurse
(Local News ~ 05/11/21)
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was a British nurse, social reformer and statistician. She was the founder of modern nursing. She came from a wealthy background was born in Italy and named after the city of her birth. As she grew up, she decided that she wanted to help the sick and injured, and wanted to become a nurse. When Florence told her parents they were not happy as in their view, this was not a respectable profession...
-
National Nurses Week honors dedication, sacrifice
(Local News ~ 05/11/21)
National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6th and ends on May 12th, Florence Nightingale's birthday. These permanent dates enhance planning and position National Nurses Week as an established recognition event. As of 1998, May 8 was designated as National Student Nurses Day, to be celebrated annually. And as of 2003, National School Nurse Day is celebrated on the Wednesday within National Nurses Week (May 6-12) each year...
-
Jackson schedules e-cycling event next month
(Local News ~ 05/11/21)
Computer equipment, appliances and other large items, which often aren't suitable for recycling, will be accepted at the Jackson Recycling Center during a four-hour "e-cycling" event next month. The event will be from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. June 5 at Jackson's recycling facility, 510 Sawyer Lane...
-
Q&A with Samaritan Regional CEO Gwen Maloney
(Local News ~ 05/11/21)
In her 38 years as a nurse, there's not much Gwen Maloney hasn't seen. She's watched a deaf woman hear for the first time in the mountains of Jamaica. She's witnessed a 16-year-old survive a terminal brain tumor and relearn his ABCs. Yet, Maloney's career has most notably been marked but what she hasn't seen -- affordable health care...
-
Infection prevention nurse never gave up during pandemic
(Local News ~ 05/11/21)
SIKESTON, Mo. — Eric Slaughter can remember the first days of the pandemic like yesterday. It was before he had to get to work at 8 a.m. every morning and stay until midnight seven days a week, when he didn't have layers of protective gear that prevented him from connecting with patients...
-
Congressman tours southern border, says policies 'crazy'
(Local News ~ 05/11/21)
The 8th District's congressman termed federal policy at the U.S. southern border "crazy," after visiting with Border Patrol agents in California and Arizona last week. U.S. Rep. Jason Smith said he was among about a dozen members of Congress who toured the area to see firsthand immigration conditions on the ground...
-
Tunes at Twilight returns at new location after COVID-induced cancellation last year
(Local News ~ 05/11/21)
After a canceled season last year because of COVID-19 cases, Tunes at Twilight is returning this Friday at Old Mississippi River Bridge Park by the Southeast Missouri State University River Campus. Tunes at Twilight — a free, outdoor concert series hosted by Old Town Cape that has been around for almost 20 years — was previously held at the Common Pleas Courthouse lawn and gazebo in downtown Cape Girardeau, but because of the ongoing construction for the new City Hall, the location this year has been moved to the park near River Campus.. ...
-
Missouri in no rush to spend $2.7B of pandemic aid
(State News ~ 05/11/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri will get nearly $2.7 billion of flexible federal aid under a coronavirus relief law, but it isn't in any rush to spend it. Under guidelines released Monday by the U.S. Treasury Department, states can start applying immediately for at least half of their share of funding under the law signed earlier this year by President Joe Biden. States could start receiving money this month...
-
Hendrickson transforms Southeast Missouri health care
(Local News ~ 05/11/21)
Dr. Karen Hendrickson knew one thing for certain when she graduated from Jackson High School in 1960: She did not want to feed another chicken. Karen grew up on a small farm west of Jackson, and always dreamed of leaving Southeast Missouri to become a nurse...
-
Today in History
(National News ~ 05/11/21)
Today is Tuesday, May 11, the 131st day of 2021. There are 234 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 11, 1935, the Rural Electrification Administration was created as one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs. On this date:...
-
Sponsored: A tribute to grandma: Grandmillennial style
(Insiders Advice ~ 05/11/21)
In a world where there’s always something new on the market, whether the latest iPhone or a new clothing trend, there is a corner of the consumer market that seems to have taken a step back: home buying, design and décor. Over the past few years, the Grandmillennial Style has taken over in regards to how people are living inside their homes. ...
-
You got to pray just to make it today
(Column ~ 05/11/21)
President Joseph Biden mentions his Catholic faith frequently. We've heard him cite both Pope and Saint Francis. At his inauguration, he ran through a litany of promises about love, healing and decency, and other things no one could object to, prefaced by: "Before God and all of you I give you my word." But when it came time for his first proclamation for a National Day of Prayer, his administration chose to leave God out of it...
-
Speak Out 5/11/21
(Speak Out ~ 05/11/21)
The Cardinals are off to a strong start. It's great to see Wainwright and Molina still performing so well along with the new faces. The April jobs report came out at 266,000 jobs, which is 734,000 below expectations and 650,000 below March. Only the Kool-Aid drinkers are surprised about this. ...
-
Prayer 5/11/21
(Prayer ~ 05/11/21)
We praise you, O Lord Jesus, for by your wounds we are healed. Amen.
-
Cape Girardeau is investing millions in city street repairs
(Column ~ 05/11/21)
Our citizens have wisely supported our Transportation Trust Fund for over 25 years. We are currently into TTF-6, approved in 2020 which began collecting funds as of Jan. 1, 2021. I was a member of the committee that proposed to the voters TTF-1 in 1995...
-
States push jobless from virus recession to return to work
(National News ~ 05/11/21)
STOWE, Vt. -- Eduardo Rovetto is hoping the state of Vermont's reinstated requirement that people who are collecting unemployment benefits must seek work to qualify will help him hire enough staff for his restaurant in the resort town of Stowe. After more than a year of coronavirus restrictions on his business, Piecasso Pizzeria & Lounge, he's expecting a breakout summer tourism season, but like employers across the country he's worried he won't have enough workers...
-
McConnell poised for starring role in elections bill fight
(National News ~ 05/11/21)
WASHINGTON -- Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is so determined to stop a sweeping elections overhaul pushed by congressional Democrats that he will personally argue against it, armed with a stack of amendments at a Senate hearing this week as Democrats advance the bill toward a vote...
-
Watchdog says Capitol Police deficient at monitoring threats
(National News ~ 05/11/21)
WASHINGTON -- The Capitol Police force was hobbled by inadequate intelligence gathering ahead of the Jan. 6 siege, a watchdog says in a new internal report, alarming lawmakers who are concerned for their own safety amid rising threats against members of Congress...
-
Joyce Weakley
(Obituary ~ 05/11/21)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. — Joyce Fay Weakley, 70, of Marble Hill died Sunday, May 9, 2021, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
-
Beverly Jung
(Obituary ~ 05/11/21)
Beverly Jung, 81, of Cape Girardeau shed her earthly bonds Friday, May 7, 2021, at the Villas of Jackson. She was born July 31, 1939, in New Albany, Mississippi, to George and Ophelia Harrelson. Beverly retired from office management after 28 years of service. The matriarch to the Jung family oversaw several businesses throughout the years. Beverly was a member of Cape Bible Chapel for the last 40 years and was active in her youth...
-
Leon Gibbar
(Obituary ~ 05/11/21)
Leon Gibbar, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, May 9, 2021, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 13, 1943, in Commerce, Missouri to James Lemie Gibbar and Gertrude McLain. He and Judith Ann Gibbar were married Oct. 8, 1982, in Cape Girardeau...
-
Alida Evans
(Obituary ~ 05/11/21)
FROHNA, Mo. — Alida A. Evans, 86, of Frohna died Sunday, May 9, 2021, at Holiday Residential Care in Perryville, Missouri. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, Missouri. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church with the Rev. Steven Dressler officiating. Burial will be at the church cemetery...
-
Cape fire report 5/11/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/11/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. May 9 n Medical assists were made at 9:58 a.m. on North Kingshighway; 6:20 p.m. on South Pind Wood Lane; 6:41 p.m. on Bel-Air Drive; 11:24 p.m. on North Main Street; and 11:41 p.m. on Themis Street...
-
Area police reports 5/11/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/11/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. DUI n Driving under the influence was reported at Broadway and North West End Boulevard. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 500 block of North Fountain Street. n Assault was reported in the 1100 block of South West End Boulevard...
-
Births 5/11/21
(Births ~ 05/11/21)
Son to Rodney Kevin Anderson Jr. and Kristin Nicole Rowe of Hayti, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 5:45 p.m., Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Name. R.J. Amir. Weight, 5 pounds, 7 ounces. Eighth child, fourth son. Rowe is the son of Alvin Rowe of Hayti and Holly and Ricky Tiper of Hayti. Anderson is the son of Rodney Anderson Sr. of Cape Girardeau and Damita Summer of Howardville, Missouri...
-
Out of the past: May 11
(Out of the Past ~ 05/11/21)
The Federal Highway Administration has allocated another $1 million in funding for the Mississippi River bridge project at Cape Girardeau; the move, announced in Washington Thursday by U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson, brings to $2 million the amount of federal funds set aside for the project; "This permits the Missouri Highways and Transportation Department to let the contracts pursuing the goal of building a new bridge in Cape Girardeau," Emerson said...
-
Bobby Moore
(Obituary ~ 05/11/21)
Bobby Gene Moore, 82, of Scott City died Sunday, May 9, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 19, 1939, to Harold B. and Dula Mai Ray Moore Sr. He married Mary Bell Moore, daughter of the late Ned and June Moore, in Cape Girardeau...
-
Don Harper
(Obituary ~ 05/11/21)
Willard Donald "Don" Harper, 69, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, May 8, 2021, at his home. Son of the late Willard Wilson and Mary Juanita Elder Harper, Don was born in Paducah, Kentucky, on Aug. 3, 1951, and later moved to Cape Girardeau. ...
-
Newly published book by former Cape Girardeau resident
(Submitted Story ~ 05/11/21)
I graduated from the Nursing program at SEMO in 1976. I have 30 years' experience as a RN. I have authored a book about our 3 close family members who have all died from Glioblastoma, a "rare" form of aggressive brain cancer. My mother-in-law was the first to die from GBM in 1986. ...
-
Sponsored: How the Montgomery Bank team helps local businesses grow
(B Magazine ~ 05/11/21)
Montgomery Bank’s commercial team specializes in providing relationship-driven, customized solutions for their customers’ business needs. For more than 30 years, Montgomery Bank has helped businesses spend less time securing funding and more time running their business. Their dedicated commercial team helps business owners and operators with their commercial goals and objectives...
Stories from Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Browse other days