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Jackson Board of Aldermen agenda for Aug. 21, 2023
(Local News ~ 08/21/23)
City of Jackson mayor and Board of Aldermen Regular meeting 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 21 Adoption of agenda n Motion adopting the regular meeting agenda. Public hearing n Hearing to consider the proposed 2023 Parks and Recreation, General Revenue, Cemetery and Band tax rates...
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Use tax way up, general revenue sharply down in Cape Girardeau County
(Business ~ 08/21/23)
Use-tax revenue shot up 85% in Cape Girardeau County in August compared to the same month last year, with $642,825.24 received for county coffers by the state Department of Revenue. In August 2022, the levy brought in $295,313.25. Correspondingly, year-to-date figures show the tax on online and out-of-state sales has brought in 20% more compared to January through August 2022 for a total of $2,524,798.20 received...
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Jackson's Taylor Twins Memorial Garden receives honor
(Local News ~ 08/21/23)
Taylor Twins Memorial Garden, honoring two Jackson sisters who were born 100 years ago this year, has been inducted into Grow Native! Native Gardens of Excellence program, according to an Aug. 10 news release from Missouri Prairie Foundation. The garden is at 201 W. Main St. in Jackson's uptown district, next to the Frizel-Welling House...
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Old Town Cape restores Community Garden in downtown Cape
(Local News ~ 08/21/23)
Old Town Cape has partnered with Rotary Clubs to revitalize and restore Old Town Cape Community Garden, previously known as SEMO Scholarship Garden. "We have partnered with two local Rotary Clubs to ensure a sustainable, organic garden with proper planning and funding," Old Town Cape said in a news release. ...
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Move-in day at SEMO
(Local News ~ 08/21/23)
Brianna Carenza, left, an incoming freshman, moves into the dorms at Southeast Missouri State University with help from her sisters, Claire and Hailey, on Saturday, Aug. 19, in Cape Girardeau. ...
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SEMO offering program to help locals become substitute teachers
(Local News ~ 08/21/23)
A new group of substitute teachers ready to aid area schools has completed a Southeast Missouri State University program as part of the Missouri Approved Substitute Training initiative. "There is an extreme need not only for qualified teachers but also for qualified substitutes," Rodney Pensel, SEMO director of Field Experiences, said in an email to the Southeast Missourian. ...
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Sweltering temperatures bring misery to large portion of central US, setting heat records
(National News ~ 08/21/23)
HOUSTON — Sweltering temperatures lingered Sunday in a large swath of the central U.S., causing misery from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes. Record high temperatures were recorded in Texas and other states. People were told to chug extra water while mowing lawns or exercising outdoors, and to check on neighbors to ensure air conditioning is available. The extreme heat prompted Texas' electric power grid manager to ask residents to voluntary conserve power for three hours Sunday night...
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T-hangars at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport called a competitive necessity
(Business ~ 08/21/23)
This story is updated to include the total number of hangars once construction is completed. Twenty new T-hangars are coming to Cape Girardeau Regional Airport and their addition to the facility long ago known as Harris Field are important, officials say, to Southeast Missouri's continued economic development. Earlier this month, Cape Girardeau City Council gave final authorization to build the hangars, in two sets of 10, in a $2.9 million project with an expected completion by mid-2024...
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Three appointed to Cape municipal panels
(Local News ~ 08/21/23)
Cape Girardeau City Council members voted to appoint three people to municipal panels at their meeting Monday, Aug. 21. Council members appointed Nathaniel Saverino to Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Board; Gerald W. Jones II to Planning and Zoning Commission for a term that expires Nov. 1, 2025; and James Newman to University of Missouri Extension Council for a term expiring Feb. 28, 2025. Newman will represent Cape Girardeau and Jackson on the council...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/21/23)
Today is Monday, Aug. 21, the 233rd day of 2023. There are 132 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 21, 1831, Nat Turner launched a violent slave rebellion in Virginia, resulting in the deaths of at least 55 white people; scores of Black people were killed in retribution in the aftermath of the rebellion, and Turner was later executed...
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Prayer 8-21-23
(Prayer ~ 08/21/23)
Lord Jesus, thank you for giving us peace even in the most troubling times. Amen.
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The great China-American abyss
(Column ~ 08/21/23)
Imagine if the United States treated China in the same way it does us? What if American companies simply ignored Chinese copyrights and patents, and stole Chinese ideas, inventions and intellectual property, as they pleased and with impunity? What if the American government targeted Chinese industries by dumping competing American export products at below the cost of production — to bankrupt Chinese competitors and corner their markets?...
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Corporate mergers are under attack, but not on your behalf
(Column ~ 08/21/23)
Last month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a draft of proposed new guidelines for mergers and acquisitions. Sounds like a problem reserved for people who sit in board rooms, right? Not exactly. Such rules will affect all of us...
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TBY expo to offer fun, information for 50-plus residents
(Editorial ~ 08/21/23)
Fun and fellowship will collide with valuable health screenings and information at The Best Years Active Living Expo on Wednesday, Aug. 23. The event, presented by Saint Francis Healthcare System, will include health screenings, mammograms and a workshop on cancer prevention. PC Medical Centers will sponsor a discussion on avoiding joint surgery...
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Notable quote
(Business ~ 08/21/23)
(This is) a clear message that we're going to take care of our infrastructure, we're going to make sure that we're able to be the logistics and distribution hub of not just the Midwest, but for the country and the continent. ...
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Cape Girardeau business licenses
(Business ~ 08/21/23)
City of Cape Girardeau community development department has received four applications for business licenses: n Matt Holden of Brentwood, Tennessee, for Tractor Supply, 11 S. Kingshighway, formerly Orscheln Farm & Home. n Bailey Ann Lundstrom of Cape Girardeau for Flawless Skin Solutions, 2411 Myra St., providing estnetics services...
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Keandra Speakman joins SoutheastHEALTH
(Business ~ 08/21/23)
Keandra Speakman, MSN, APRN, FNP, has joined Southeast Neurology. Speakman holds bachelor's and master's degrees in nursing from South University in Savannah, Georgia. She comes to SoutheastHEALTH with more than five years of experience in direct patient care and has a family practice specialization...
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Osage County school named nation's best again
(Business ~ 08/21/23)
Personal finance website WalletHub has ranked State Technical College of Missouri, located in Linn, Missouri, Osage County, as the No. 1 community college in the U.S. State Tech received WalletHub's top spot for a fifth consecutive year. "To maintain the top spot for half a decade is a complement to our employees, employers, and the students that make State Tech the outstanding institution it is," said State Tech president Shawn Strong, in a news release from the school. ...
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Target's quarterly numbers fall
(Business ~ 08/21/23)
Target, the Minneapolis-based retailer with a store in Cape Girardeau, saw its comparable-store sales fall 5.4% in the three months ending July 29, Wall Street Journal reported. Backlash from Target's LGBTQ-themed Pride Month collection is believed by analysts to be at least part of the cause of falling revenue...
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Mortgage rate surge to highest in two decades
(Business ~ 08/21/23)
Mortgage rates rose to their highest level in 21 years Thursday, Aug. 17, according to Freddie Mac, also known as Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. The 30-year fixed rate mortgage averaged 7.09%, up from 6.96% a week earlier. Last week's average is the highest the long-term fixed mortgage has been since April 2002, when it was 7.12%...
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Show Me State gas prices fall marginally as high temps arrive again
(Business ~ 08/21/23)
Missouri motor fuel prices fell 4 cents in the past week to a statewide average of $3.57 on Saturday, Aug. 19, as Southeast Missouri braces for more excessive heat over the next few days. National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky, has issued an excessive heat warning for the region through Thursday, Aug. 24, with the prospect of increased prices at the pump because of the effect high temperatures typically have on refinery production...
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Terry Lohmann
(Obituary ~ 08/21/23)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Terry Vernon Lohmann, 69, of Perryville entered his heavenly home Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville, and will continue from 8 to 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 25, at Immanuel Lutheran Church...
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Dorothy Stock
(Obituary ~ 08/21/23)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Dorothy Ann Stock, 87, of Perryville passed away Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023, at Independence Care Center. She was born June 26, 1936, in Cape Girardeau County to Nicholas H. and Nellie D. White Schwach. Dorothy and Paul J. Stock were married June 18, 1955. He preceded her in death May 6, 2017...
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Emerging economies are pushing to end the dollar's dominance. But what's the alternative?
(National News ~ 08/21/23)
ABUJA, Nigeria -- Business has vanished at Kingsley Odafe's clothing shop in Nigeria's capital, forcing him to lay off three employees. One culprit for his troubles stands out: The U.S. dollar's strength against the Nigerian currency, the naira, has pushed the price of garments and other foreign goods beyond the reach of local consumers. A bag of imported clothes costs three times what it did two years ago. The price these days is running around 350,000 naira, or $450...
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Rail whistleblowers fired for voicing safety concerns despite efforts to end practice of retaliation
(National News ~ 08/21/23)
OMAHA, Neb. -- Hours before a Norfolk Southern train derailed in Ohio and erupted in fire in February, a judge ruled a former railroad employee could proceed with a lawsuit claiming he had been harassed for years by managers who said he reported too many flaws in rail cars he inspected and had his job changed after reporting an injury...
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A tanker believed to hold sanctioned Iran oil starts offloading near Texas despite Tehran's threats
(National News ~ 08/21/23)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- An oil tanker long suspected of carrying sanctioned Iranian crude oil offloaded its cargo near Texas on Sunday, tracking data showed, even as Tehran has threatened to target shipping in the Persian Gulf over it. Ship-tracking data analyzed by The Associated Press showed the Marshall Islands-flagged Suez Rajan began the hourslong ship-to-ship transfer of its oil to another tanker, the MR Euphrates, near Galveston, some 45 miles southeast of Houston...
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Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into the moon, ending its bid to reach the lunar south pole
(National News ~ 08/21/23)
MOSCOW -- Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after it spun into an uncontrolled orbit, the country's Roscosmos space agency said Sunday. The pilotless spacecraft was aiming to be the first ever to land on the south pole of the moon, an area where scientists believe there could be important reserves of frozen water and precious elements. It had been expected to land Monday...
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Thousands flee homes across British Columbia from wildfires; chiefs in one region report progress
(International News ~ 08/21/23)
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- As tens of thousands of people were under evacuation orders across British Columbia and firefighters battled raging wildfires throughout Canada on Sunday, fire chiefs in a region known as a summer destination for families said they've made some progress in the struggle...
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Denmark, Netherlands pledge F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine
(International News ~ 08/21/23)
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands -- The Netherlands and Denmark announced Sunday they will give F-16 warplanes to Ukraine, a long-awaited announcement that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called an important motivation for his country's forces, embroiled in a difficult counteroffensive against Russia...
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Local governments spending billions of pandemic relief funds, but some report few specifics
(National News ~ 08/21/23)
Joplin officials say they have big plans for $13.8 million of pandemic relief funds the tornado-ravaged southwestern Missouri city received under a two-year-old federal law. Yet the latest federal records show none of the money has been spent -- or even budgeted...
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AP, other news organizations develop standards for use of artificial intelligence in newsrooms
(National News ~ 08/21/23)
NEW YORK -- The Associated Press has issued guidelines on artificial intelligence, saying the tool cannot be used to create publishable content and images for the news service while encouraging staff members to become familiar with the technology. AP is one of a handful of news organizations that have begun to set rules on how to integrate fast-developing tech tools such as ChatGPT into their work. ...
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Rains from Tropical Storm Hilary swamp roads, trap cars, flood buildings in California, Mexico
(National News ~ 08/21/23)
SAN DIEGO -- Deadly floodwaters inundated streets across Mexico's arid Baja California on Sunday as Tropical Storm Hilary moved ashore carrying torrential rain into Southern California, while concerns mounted that flash floods could strike in places as far north as Idaho that rarely get such heavy rain...
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A raid on a Kansas newspaper likely broke the law, experts say. But which one?
(National News ~ 08/21/23)
TOPEKA, Kan. -- A central Kansas police chief was not only on legally shaky ground when he ordered the raid of a weekly newspaper, experts said, but it may have been a criminal violation of civil rights, a former federal prosecutor added, saying: "I'd probably have the FBI starting to look."...
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Out of the past: Aug. 21
(Out of the Past ~ 08/21/23)
Southeast Missouri State University president Dr. Dale Nitzschke has ordered the condoms removed from the "welcome back to school" gift boxes given students; "We are not in the business of handing out condoms here," he said. U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson and her Democratic challenger, Tony Heckemeyer, agreed Thursday the farm economy is ailing; speaking on the steps of the Scott County Courthouse at Benton, Missouri, Heckemeyer told a crowd of about 30 supporters and officeholders the Freedom to Farm Act is a road to ruin for family farmers; but Emerson said the problems plaguing the farm economy can't be placed solely at the doorstep of Congress; she noted a bumper crop of corn, wheat and soybeans has left a worldwide surplus that helped lower commodity prices.. ...
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Cape Girardeau, Jackson chambers news
(Business ~ 08/21/23)
Seven ribbon-cuttings are scheduled this coming week in Cape Girardeau County: n 11:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 21: Jefferson Park, 1620 College St., Cape Girardeau; n 9 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 24: Newbridge Retirement Community, 1205 S. Mount Auburn Road, Cape Girardeau...
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Ruggieri closes Gabriel's, to open new concept in downtown Cape Girardeau
(Business ~ 08/21/23)
Gabriel's Food + Wine, 127 N. Main St. in Cape Girardeau, shuttered Sunday, Aug. 20. "After six years, we are closing our doors," according to a post on the Italian restaurant's Facebook page. "It's time to brainstorm something new," said owner Gabriele Ruggieri, who continues to operate Speck Pizza + Street Food at 430 Broadway.
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