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Saint Francis Healthcare System eyes multiple expansion projects throughout the region
(Business ~ 08/09/21)
The $7.5 million, 23,000-square-foot Saint Francis Clinic Jackson opens this week at 2130 E. Jackson Blvd. A ribbon-cutting for the new facility was held last week to mark completion of the project, which houses primary care and counseling services along with an on-site lab, imaging and extended urgent care hours on nights and weekends...
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'We're in a crisis,' retiring nurse says of pandemic
(Business ~ 08/09/21)
A friend of mine — I'll call her "Jane" — is a nurse at an area hospital. She has devoted more than 40 years of her life to the health care profession, caring for a wide range of patients — orthopedic, neuro, emergency, surgical and many others. One day last week, Jane told me she had news that was both exciting and sad. The news is she's going to retire in a few weeks...
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Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo is big business, and that’s no bull
(Business ~ 08/09/21)
SIKESTON, Mo. — Country music superstar Garth Brooks probably wasn't thinking about Southeast Missouri when he recorded "Rodeo" 30 years ago because most people don't associate bull riding, calf roping and bronco busting with this region. But this week, the center of the rodeo universe will be in Sikeston, Missouri, for the 69th annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo. ...
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‘One of the best:’ John Heisserer remembered for law, relationships
(Local News ~ 08/09/21)
In his last conversation with lifelong friend and fellow lawyer Diane Howard, John Heisserer said he was “very comfortable with his life and decisions and had no regrets as to how his life had gone.” Heisserer died at age 64 after a “courageous battle with cancer” on Thursday, “peacefully at home with his family by his side,” according to his obituary...
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Missouri bicentennial: Gateway Arch 'the most definitive definition of Missouri'
(Local News ~ 08/09/21)
"(The Gateway Arch) may be the biggest thing that ever happened to Missouri after gaining statehood," said Nickell, referring to the 1965 completion of the stainless-steel monument at the St. Louis riverfront. It's quite a statement from the esteemed historian ...
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Beginning the Best Year
(08/09/21)
This is pretty new to me. Not the writing part — I’ve been doing that for the better part of my life, but the whole having an audience thing. It’s a little strange, writing something that belongs to just me while knowing that in not too long, others will read it, and it will belong to them, too...
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Prayer 8-9-21
(Prayer ~ 08/09/21)
Lord Jesus, thank you that everyone who calls on your name will be saved. Amen.
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Democrats applaud Biden's unconstitutional act
(Column ~ 08/09/21)
Is a president of the United States flagrantly defying the Constitution an authoritarian act? A threat to democracy? Something that at least should be discouraged or frowned upon? Judging by the reaction of Democrats and center-left commentators to the lawless last-minute decision of President Joe Biden's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to extend an eviction moratorium sure to be struck down in the courts, the answer is emphatically "no."...
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Remembering our history as we celebrate Missouri's bicentennial
(Editorial ~ 08/09/21)
Missouri turns 200 this year, and the celebration culminates this week with Statehood Day at the Capitol and various gatherings across the Show Me State. Since the beginning of the year, Southeast Missourian reporter Jeff Long has interviewed historian Frank Nickell about key events over the last 200 years -- including some that had a specific connection to Cape Girardeau and other Southeast Missouri communities...
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City of Cape issues permits for various commercial projects
(Business ~ 08/09/21)
The City of Cape Girardeau's development services office issued the following commercial building permits to: n Mac Con Co. for the addition of partition walls for closets, two offices and two restrooms at 113 S. Broadview St., with an estimated project cost of $70,000...
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Cape, Jackson chambers schedule events in coming week
(Business ~ 08/09/21)
The Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce's August Business After Hours membership gathering is scheduled for 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Jackson Civic Center on Deerwood Drive in Jackson, sponsored by Wells Fargo Advisors. Masks and social distancing are recommended for attendees...
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Saint Francis Foundation, Auxiliary award scholarships
(Business ~ 08/09/21)
Saint Francis Foundation and Saint Francis Auxiliary awarded 22 scholarships this month, each worth $2,000, to area students working toward degrees or certifications in health care professions or related fields. This year's scholarship recipients and the scholarships they received were:...
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Long heads Realtor group, Sanders goes to pain center, Glascock joins Heart Hospital
(Business ~ 08/09/21)
Lois Long, a Realtor and broker with Realty Executives Edge in Cape Girardeau and Jackson, was recently elected to serve as president of Southeast Missouri Realtors, a real estate association representing Realtors and real estate firms in Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry and Scott counties...
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New tenants opening businesses in Sikeston factory outlet center
(Business ~ 08/09/21)
Three new tenants have opened in the Sikeston Factory Outlet Stores, 100 Outlet Drive in Sikeston, Missouri, and a fourth will open in a few weeks. They are: n Quays Boutique, featuring urban clothing, footwear and accessories for men, women and children...
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Old Town Cape schedules 'Revivify' in September
(Business ~ 08/09/21)
Old Town Cape's annual fundraiser, Revivify, is scheduled for Sept. 11 at Century Casino Cape Girardeau Event Center in downtown Cape Girardeau. The event will feature dinner, beverages, a live auction (along with an online auction), a photo booth, raffles and The Emerald Empire Band from Nashville, Tennessee...
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Registration open for GlennView's Live2Lead program
(Business ~ 08/09/21)
Registration is underway for Live2Lead, a half-day leadership development experience hosted by GlennView in partnership with The Bank of Missouri. The program is scheduled for Oct. 8 at Drury Plaza Conference Center in Cape Girardeau. According to GlennView president Tracy Glenn, Live2Lead will equip attendees with new perspectives, practical tools, and key takeaways from world-class leadership experts...
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SEMO to host part-time job fairs for students
(Business ~ 08/09/21)
Thousands of potential part-time workers will arrive in Cape Girardeau this month as Southeast Missouri State University welcomes new and returning students to campus for the fall semester. To help them connect with local employment opportunities, the university's career services office will host a pair of Part-Time Career Expos intended to connect students with area employers looking for part-time workers...
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WSIU boosts area signal, thanks to anonymous Cape donor
(Business ~ 08/09/21)
WSIU, the Public Broadcasting System television station operated by Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, is upgrading its over-the-air signal throughout portions of Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois thanks to new equipment funded by a gift from an anonymous longtime viewer in Cape Girardeau...
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Judith Odom
(Obituary ~ 08/09/21)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. — Judith Ellen Odom, 80, of Marble Hill died Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, at her home. A graveside memorial service will be held at a future date at Hamilton Cemetery near Cuba, Missouri. Hutchings Funeral Chapel is assisting the family...
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To shake hands or not? An age-old human gesture now in limbo
(Community ~ 08/09/21)
As the pandemic took hold, a Kansas City-area meeting and event planning business began hawking "I Shake Hands" stickers to help ease awkward social encounters. "We didn't want the sticker to say, 'We Don't Shake Hands' because that is kind of off-putting," said John DeLeon, vice president of operations and sales at MTI Events, adding the idea was that anti-shakers could simply choose not to wear one of the stickers. ...
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Fire-friendly weather to return this week to Northern Calif.
(National News ~ 08/09/21)
Thick smoke that held down winds and temperatures began to clear Sunday from the scenic forestlands of Northern California as firefighters battling the largest single wildfire in state history braced for a return of fire-friendly weather. The winds weren't expected to reach the ferocious speeds that helped the Dixie Fire explode in size last week. But they were nonetheless concerning for firefighters working in unprecedented conditions to protect thousands of threatened homes...
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Senators push infrastructure bill a step closer to passage
(National News ~ 08/09/21)
WASHINGTON -- Senators hoisted the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package over another hurdle late Sunday, a coalition of Democrats and Republicans pushing it closer to passage despite a few holdouts trying to derail one of President Joe Biden's top priorities...
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Fauci hopeful vaccines soon receive full FDA approval
(National News ~ 08/09/21)
WILMINGTON, Del. -- The U.S. government's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said Sunday he was hopeful the Food and Drug Administration will give full approval to the COVID-19 vaccine by month's end and predicted the potential move will spur a wave of vaccine mandates in the private sector as well as schools and universities...
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Special prosecutor to investigate claim Missouri judge lied
(State News ~ 08/09/21)
ST. LOUIS — A special prosecutor has been appointed to investigate whether a Missouri judge lied on an affidavit he filed in a long-running feud with an elected official he suspended from office. The investigation of Circuit Judge Patrick Flynn, the presiding judge in Lincoln County, stems from an August 2020 affidavit he filed as part of a lawsuit against him brought by Circuit Clerk Karla Allsberry, a police probable-cause statement shows...
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State sends more ambulances to transport COVID-19 cases
(State News ~ 08/09/21)
LIBERTY, Mo. — Thirty ambulances and more than 60 medical personnel will be stationed across Missouri to help transport COVID-19 patients to other regions if nearby hospitals are too full to admit them, Gov. Mike Parson announced Friday. Parson said the mutual aid ambulances were to begin arriving Friday in five districts from across the state and will operate anywhere they are needed through Sept. 5...
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Out of the past: Aug. 9
(Out of the Past ~ 08/09/21)
Helen Rodriguez doubled her patients yesterday at the intensive care unit of the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri; five ducks from the Capaha Park Lagoon were brought to the clinic after park workers discovered they were ill; all the birds were limp and lifeless, but no one knows why; five birds already have died...
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