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ALDI preparing for site prep work in Jackson
By Jeff Long ~ Southeast Missourian
A long-awaited retail development is about to come to fruition as ALDI is expected to begin site development work for a new Jackson grocery next week at 2502 E. Jackson Blvd., adjacent to Alliance Bank. Surveyors from Cole & Associates in St. Louis spent Monday, March 20, and Tuesday, March 21, marking off the building footprint for the planned...4
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    SEMO moves 150th anniversary street fair indoors1
    Following all-day rain Tuesday, March 21, and with a forecast for winds up to 20 miles per hour Wednesday, March 22, Southeast Missouri State University has announced a change for Wednesday's planned...
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    Candidates for Cape Giradeau school board double-down on their positions8
    The five candidates running for three seats on the Cape Girardeau Public Schools Board of Education addressed voters during a forum Monday, March 20. The forum, held at the Richard D. Kinder...
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    Cape Girardeau assistant chief honored at state level3
    A member of the command staff at the Cape Girardeau Police Department received a statewide honor this week. Cape Girardeau assistant police Chief Rodney Barker was named the Law Enforcement Officer...
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    State House approves cut to income tax amid surpluses8
    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Just six months after passing what was billed as the largest tax cut in Missouri history, the Republican-led state House voted Tuesday for an even bigger income tax cut that...
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    Teacher pay at core of Jackson School District tax proposal12
    The Jackson School District is the fastest-growing school district in the region, having added nearly 1,000 students to its rolls in the last decade. However, teacher salaries are slipping in the...
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    Jackson seniors look back on historic hoops season
    Cole Lee ~ Southeast Missourian
    It isn’t easy to learn a coach’s system, play under it for three years and then, for your senior season, shift into a completely new system and have immediate success. The 2022-23 Jackson boys’ basketball seniors faced that exact adversity and, in turn, appeared in three regular season tournament title games for the first time in a decade and made a run all the way to the state semifinals for the first time since 1934...
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    The sixth inning was the difference in the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks’ 12-2 loss to the Arkansas Razorbacks on Tuesday in Fayetteville. While...
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    The St. Vincent Indians started the 2023 season on the right foot as they cruised to a 5-1 win over the Cape Central Tigers on Monday in Perryville....
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    Joey Lucchesi was the last Southeast Missouri State baseball player to play in the big leagues. His last season was in 2016, a year in which the...
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    EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Peyton Hodges, Owen Knight and Noah Johnson combined to throw a no-hitter for East Prairie in the Eagles’ 3-0 season-opening win...
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    CHARLESTON, Mo. — Charleston won its season opener 2-0 over Herculaneum on Monday, March 20. The Bluejays (1-0) were led by Bennett Logan and Bryant...
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    BENTON, Mo. — Kennett defeated Kelly 8-0 on Saturday, March 18 to spoil the Hawks' (0-1) season opener. Matthew Gardner earned the win for the...
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    AI, ChatGPT and its implications for life and work (3/20/23)
    By Jeff Long ~ Southeast Missourian
    Alan Turing (1912-1954), a British mathematician, is considered by some to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence....
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    New hotel planned near Exit 99 in Cape Girardeau (3/20/23)
    By Jeff Long ~ Southeast Missourian
    Midamerica Hotels Corp. has entered into an agreement to bring a 92-room Tru by Hilton hotel to a parcel in front of Cape Girardeau SportsPlex and...
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    Van Buren's The Landing expected to reopen in early April (3/20/23)
    By Samantha Tucker ~ Daily American Republic
    VAN BUREN, Mo. — The Landing is finishing construction on its rebuilt Rose Cliff Lodge next month. After more than a year of rebuilding, co-owner and...
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    Waves offering fresh, fast and hot doughnuts (3/20/23)
    By Jeff Long ~ Southeast Missourian
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    While departing the Noon Lion's Club Meeting this past Wednesday, I walked out with Dr. Tim Talbert and Judge Stephen Limbaugh, Sr. I had just...
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