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Southeast Hospital named one of region's best hospitals
Southeast Hospital was among 247 hospitals included in U.S. News & World Report's nation's Best Regional Hospitals list for 2011-2012. Southeast was one of nine nonmetropolitan hospitals in Missouri named to the list. All Best Regional Hospitals, regardless of location, have met the same standard: Hospitals had to be high performing in at least one of the 16 adult specialties U.S. News evaluates. The magazine singled out Southeast Hospital for being "high performing" in urology...
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Cape Chamber After Hours 1/17/2012
 Chamber Chamber After Hours at Bella Italia Tuesday, January 17, 2012. Headlines
Ferry that connects Kentucky, Missouri reopens
(02/07/12)
HICKMAN, Ky. (AP) -- A ferry that provides the only direct route between Kentucky and Missouri has reopened after being out of service nearly three months. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says the Dorena-Hickman Ferry resumed service Tuesday. It had been closed since Nov. 17 while the boat was taken to a St. Louis shipyard for installation of two new engines and other equipment upgrades...
Mo. House OKs workplace discrimination measure
(02/07/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Missouri House has endorsed legislation that would change the state's workplace discrimination laws. House members gave first-round approval Tuesday to legislation that would require workers who fight firings or other adverse decisions to prove in court that discrimination was a "motivating factor" -- and not just a contributing factor. It needs another vote before moving to the Senate... 
Cape moving forward with Broadway plan that includes promenade
(02/07/12)
 10Cape Girardeau officials are driving forward with the $3.85 million Broadway corridor plan that eliminates 64 parking spots on the north side of the street to make way for a 15-foot-wide "pedestrian promenade." But if plans discussed Monday night progress, the project's year-end completion date could come with more parking on Broadway, not less... 
South Cape convenience store closes after nearly four decades
(02/07/12)
16Don Caldwell has had a gun waved in his face and watched as the trigger was pulled. He mostly worked midnights, despite the fact that he owned the place. And, until recent years, he had to call the cops on a regular basis -- once even to clear his own store... 
Verizon to set up streaming service with Redbox
(02/07/12)
NEW YORK -- Phone company Verizon Communications Inc. will challenge Netflix and start a video streaming service this year with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks. Verizon and Coinstar Inc., Redbox's parent company, said Monday that the service will be national and available to non-Verizon customers as well. It adds another dimension to Verizon's quest to become a force in home entertainment, and it looks set to compete to some extent with the cable-TV services it already sells...
People on the move 2/6/12
(02/06/12)
Dr. Scott A. Anderson has joined Saint Francis Medical Center as a new medical partner and oncologist at Cape Medical Oncology. Anderson spent 19 years in internal medicine academia before completing his oncology fellowship at the University of Missouri Hospital and Clinic in Columbia, Mo. ...
Ameren Missouri seeks 14.6 percent rate increase
(02/05/12)
23ST. LOUIS -- Customers of Ameren Missouri would see their average monthly electric bills rise about $14 under a rate increase proposal filed Friday with the Missouri Public Service Commission. Ameren Missouri asked regulators to raise electric rates by $376 million, or 14.6 percent. ...
Missouri attorney general authorizes new lawsuit contesting Jackson annexation
(02/05/12)
4With the election set for Tuesday, a new lawsuit has been filed with the blessing of Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster to contest Jackson's annexation of a strip of land along Interstate 55 and U.S. 61. If it is eventually successful, whatever voters say about the proposed Fruitland annexation Tuesday won't matter... 
Director of Missouri Department of Agriculture speaks to Cape Chamber of Commerce members
(02/05/12)
Many people underestimate the reach of agriculture, according to Dr. Jon Hagler, the director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture, who spoke to the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce on Friday morning at the Show Me Center. "Everything that feeds, fuels or clothes the world -- that's agriculture. We impact every single thing in your life in almost every way," Hagler said...
Missouri tax revenues still lagging behind budget
(02/05/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri's revenues continue to lag behind what's needed to balance the budget. Figures from January show that net state revenues grew 2 percent over the same month last year. For the first seven months of the 2012 fiscal year, which began last July, Missouri's general revenues were up 1.3 percent... 
Jobs report lifts Dow to highest mark since '08
(02/04/12)
NEW YORK (AP) -- A drop in the unemployment rate to its lowest level in three years propelled the Dow Jones industrial average Friday to its highest close since May 2008, before the financial meltdown later that year. The Nasdaq composite index hit an 11-year high... 
Unemployment rate hits 8.3 percent after hiring burst
(02/03/12)
1WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the most impressive surge for the job market since early last year, the United States added 243,000 jobs in January, far more than economists expected. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years. Hiring accelerated across the economy and up and down the pay scale. The high-salary professional services industry added 70,000 jobs, the most in 10 months. Manufacturing added 50,000, the most in a year... 
Missouri agriculture director to speak to local business leaders Friday
(02/03/12)
Dr. Jon Hagler, director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture, will speak to business leaders at the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce First Friday Coffee tomorrow at the Show Me Center. Hagler is Missouri's 21st Director of Agriculture, appointed by Gov. Jay Nixon in 2009. Hagler was raised in rural Dent County and today raises horses and cattle. Before becoming director of agriculture, he worked at the University of Missouri-Rolla...
Mo. senators delay workplace discrimination vote
(02/03/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Minutes after reaching an agreement to end a filibuster effort that lasted nearly 15 hours, the Missouri Senate endorsed legislation early Thursday that would change the state's workplace discrimination laws. Fearful of reversing decades of hard-fought civil rights gains, Democrats held the Senate floor for hours Wednesday and into early Thursday morning, vowing to block a preliminary Senate vote on the bill...
Missouri economic development director resigns; other appointments blocked
(02/03/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's economic development director resigned after failing to win Senate confirmation, and lawmakers Thursday blocked several more of Gov. Jay Nixon's appointments to university, transportation, utility and health insurance boards. 
University looking for new alumni services director after Burner's exit
(02/02/12)
A search for a new alumni services director is underway at Southeast Missouri State University. The application period ended Friday and resume reviews will begin soon, said Bill Holland, director of the Southeast Missouri State University Foundation, who oversees the position... 
Isle of Capri's Cape GM talks about hiring process
(02/02/12)
24As Isle of Capri prepares to hire nearly 500 people to staff its new Cape Girardeau casino, the company is meeting with local groups to educate the community about its hiring process. 
St. Louis Rams get $124M plan to upgrade dome
(02/02/12)
5ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission unveiled a plan Wednesday that calls for $124 million in improvements to the Edward Jones Dome in hopes of making sure the city doesn't lose another NFL team.
Mo. senator delays workplace discrimination vote
(02/02/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri senator is again delaying a vote on legislation to change the state's workplace discrimination laws. The measure would require workers who fight firings or other adverse decisions to prove in court that discrimination was a "motivating factor" -- not simply a contributing factor -- in the employer's action. It would also tie the maximum amount of punitive damages in such cases to the size of an employer... 
Two bills would remove limits on nurses' ability to practice
(02/01/12)
5Nurse practitioners say existing Missouri laws are preventing them from providing the best possible care to their patients, and lawmakers seem to agree. Comprehensive reform bills revising the regulations that govern advanced-practice nurses have been introduced in the Missouri Legislature this session... 
Date set for Jackson man's trial on kickback charges
(02/01/12)
The Jackson man charged with felony stealing for allegedly swindling $500,000 from a Sikeston, Mo.-based company will stand trial this summer.
Gov. Nixon backs new oil pipeline
(01/31/12)
3JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Gov. Jay Nixon is endorsing plans for new oil pipeline that would cut across Missouri. Nixon said Tuesday that his administration would work to approve whatever permits are necessary for Enbridge (U.S.) Inc. to build a 600-mile pipeline from Flanagan, Ill., to Cushing, Okla. The company is in the early stages of the project but hopes to begin construction in the middle of next year... 
Beef prices up, may continue to climb in 2012
(01/31/12)
Shoppers may get sticker shock when staring at that juicy steak in the meat case. Prices for choice retail beef hit record highs in each of the last four months, topping out above $5 per pound in December. They're expected to keep going up this year, due to rising feed and fuel costs, increasing exports and a shrinking cattle herd...
Missouri groups focus on payday loans, minimum wage
(01/31/12)
1COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Two Missouri organizations are working together to push ballot measures seeking to cap payday loan interest rates and increase the state minimum wage. Missourians for Responsible Lending and Give Missourians A Raise kicked off the two initiative petition campaigns at a joint event Saturday at the Boone County Commission Chambers. The group Grass Roots Organizing put on the event...
Mo. Democrats vow to oppose discrimination bill
(01/31/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Black lawmakers in Missouri say they'll try to prevent a vote in either the House or Senate on a measure that would change the state's workplace discrimination laws. A measure pending in the Senate would change the legal standard employees must meet when they sue their employer for discrimination. It would also limit the damages victims can recover... 
Lynn Abrams is getting men to shave with a straight razor
(01/30/12)
3Lynn Abrams is telling men to kick the can, ditch that safety razor and shave like you mean it. For the past 12 years he's moderated an online forum, straightrazorplace.com, for straight razor and wet shaving enthusiasts like himself. Today it has more than 30,000 members. ...
Missouri sets high mark for job incentives
(01/30/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri economic development officials authorized a record amount of job-creation tax breaks for businesses in 2011, ratcheting up state incentives even as new data shows that past business enticements are falling short of their anticipated jobs...
People on the move 1/30/12
(01/30/12)
Timothy R. Domian of the financial services firm Edward Jones in Cape Girardeau has achieved the professional designation of Accredited Asset Management Specialist. Domian successfully completed the Accredited Asset Management Specialist, Professional Education Program from the Denver-based College for Financial Planning. ... 
Cape Girardeau City Council to review $237 million improvement program
(01/29/12)
9Over the years, Cape Girardeau's capital improvements program has often served as foreshadowing for things to come. The Shawnee Park Center, the Fountain Street Extension, Siemers Drive and the Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center all began as line items in the long-range planning guide that lays out future community and neighborhood projects... 
Danny Essner receives Limbaugh award at Cape Chamber event
(01/29/12)
9More than 660 people came out to celebrate the success of local businesses Friday at the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce annual dinner. Banker Danny Essner, physical therapy center Premier Rehab and United Way communications director Heather Short were recognized with awards during the event held at the Show Me Center... |
Talking Shop with Dr. Jon Hagler, director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture
(02/06/12)
With his trademark cowboy hat on, Dr. Jon Hagler, the director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture, travels the state working with farms and agribusinesses. After the Birds Point levee breach last May, Hagler was one of the first state officials on the scene meeting with Mississippi County farmers. Friday he was back in Southeast Missouri, discussing the effect of Missouri's No. 1 industry and the challenges facing it with members of the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce... |
