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Freshmen already making impact for Southeast Missouri State women's soccer
(College Sports ~ 08/23/16)
It's kind of a thing for Cassidi Tomsu, hitting the crossbar to get a season going, so it was business as usual for Southeast Missouri State's freshman striker when she found woodwork in the Redhawks' season opener Friday at Tennessee. Of course, scoring goals is also kind of her thing -- the reason why Southeast wanted her in its uniform after a standout career with Jackson High School and the St. ...
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Local residents chosen as State Fair Farm Family for Cape Girardeau County
(Submitted Story ~ 08/23/16)
Jackson, Mo. ― Jeremie and Laura Nothdurft and family of Jackson were among the families honored during the Missouri Farm Family Day Aug. 15 at the Missouri State Fair. The Nothdurft family was selected as the Cape Girardeau County Missouri Farm Family by the Cape Girardeau County Extension Council and local Farm Bureau. The family includes daughters, Eve and Elise...
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Cape Central boys swimming takes season-opening quad meet ahead of Jackson
(High School Sports ~ 08/23/16)
You can tell it's early in the season because the Bubble hasn't been erected yet at Central Municipal Pool and the times in the water will be shaved in the coming weeks and months, but on Tuesday the Cape Girardeau Central boys swimming team opened up the season with a solid performance, getting things off on the right foot by topping Jackson, Farmington and John Burroughs College Preparatory in a four-team meet at home...
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Sawyers appoints new hitting coach to Southeast Missouri State baseball staff
(College Sports ~ 08/23/16)
Southeast Missouri State baseball coach Andy Sawyers announced Craig Ringe as the team's hitting coach on Monday. Ringe, who played for the Capahas from 1999-2000, brings along 12 years of fielding and hitting instruction to the Redhawks. "I am very excited to welcome Craig, his wife Sara, and their two sons Craig and Carson to the Redhawk family," Sawyers said in a press release. ...
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'Santa' suspect Moffat sentenced to 12 years for sexual abuse of girl
(Local News ~ 08/23/16)
Judge Fred Copeland on Monday found a Jackson man guilty of sexually abusing a 6-year-old girl in the Jackson area and sentenced him to 12 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. Jeffrey B. Moffat, 57, made an Alford plea (approved by Copeland) admitting there was substantial evidence in the case to find him guilty of first-degree statutory sodomy beyond a reasonable doubt but not admitting guilt...
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Alleged Ponzi-scheme victims testify in George Joseph case
(Local News ~ 08/23/16)
Judge Scott Lipke said he would take arguments from both sides under advisement before making a decision on whether the estates of Matthew and Mary Joseph should pay losses stemming from the George Joseph Family Investment Club. Matthew and Mary Joseph were shot and killed by George Joseph on May 30, 2013, at their home at 1220 Cape Rock Drive in Cape Girardeau...
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Contractor hopes to finish repairs to Emerson Bridge before winter
(Local News ~ 08/23/16)
The Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge at Cape Girardeau continues to undergo cable and mortar repairs that have prompted the closing of two traffic lanes since mid-May. The nearly $1.65 million project involves clamping rubber sleeves around the steel cables anchored in the concrete bridge towers and making mortar repairs to the towers, said Ron Robertson, senior construction inspector with the Missouri Department of Transportation...
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Cape school board votes to keep tax rate stable
(Local News ~ 08/23/16)
Property taxes in Cape Girardeau will not rise in support of the local public-school system. At their regularly scheduled meeting Monday night, members of the school board voted to keep the rate at $4.1567 of assessed $100 valuation. But because property tax revenue will not be coming into the school system until January, the board also approved a Tax Anticipation Note resolution that will enable the district to borrow up to $8 million to help with cash flow until the end of the year...
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Cape school board discusses issues that surfaced in strategic plan
(Local News ~ 08/23/16)
Members of the Cape Girardeau School Board weighed in on a variety of topics Monday night as part of a focus group whose results will feed into the district's new strategic plan. Topics ranged from public perception to safety, technology, teacher salaries and even things board members have found surprising about serving on the elected body...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/23/16)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, Aug. 23, the 236th day of 2016. There are 130 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 23, 1926, legendary silent film star Rudolph Valentino died in New York at age 31. On this date: In 1305, Scottish rebel leader Sir William Wallace was executed by the English for treason...
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Gigi Butler to give keynote at Flourish Women's Summit
(Editorial ~ 08/23/16)
Gigi Butler, founder of Nashville-based Gigi's Cupcakes, has no problem choosing her favorite item on her menu. The Hunka Chunka Banana Love cupcake probably tastes amazing, but it's the deeper meaning behind it that makes it special.
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Sacrificing children on the altar of politics
(Column ~ 08/23/16)
August brings with it a certain dread as we near the change of seasons. We become painfully aware that we will soon shift from complaining about the heat and humidity to complaining about the cold and snow. It's what we do -- every year. But no one dreads this time of year more than students who are not excited about returning to the routine of curfews, homework and testing.
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Leadership summit at LaCroix grows
(Editorial ~ 08/23/16)
La Croix Church recently hosted the annual Global Leadership Summit for the seventh time and saw another attendance increase.
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Pauline Davis
(Obituary ~ 08/23/16)
M. Pauline "Polly" Davis, 74, of Jackson passed away Saturday evening, Aug. 20, 2016, at her home. She gained her angel wings while being surrounded by her family. She was born Aug. 28, 1941, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of John Henry and Lula Ruth Stovall Finney. She leaves behind the love of her life, Henry Davis, to whom she had been married 55 years...
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Hazel Proveaux
(Obituary ~ 08/23/16)
Hazel Morgan Proveaux, 98, of Cape Girardeau died at 12:37 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016, in the Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 28, 1917, in Ware, Illinois, the daughter of Charles P. and Lela (Frick) Morgan. She married Aldean A. Proveaux in 1947 in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death Dec. 7, 1974...
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Charlene Hoefler Urhahn
(Obituary ~ 08/23/16)
Charlene Mary Hoefler Urhahn, 67, of Jackson passed away Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 21, 1948, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Charles Clement and Coletta Clara Heuring Hoefler. She and Jacob Urhahn were married Jan. 4, 1992, in Cape Girardeau...
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Counterfeit pain pills likely came to Prince illegally
(Entertainment ~ 08/23/16)
MINNEAPOLIS -- The disclosure some pills found at Prince's Paisley Park home and studio were counterfeit and contained the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl suggests the pills came to the superstar musician illegally. But exactly how Prince obtained the drugs remains unknown four months after he collapsed in an elevator April 21 and died of an accidental fentanyl overdose...
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Thrill-ride accidents spark new demands for regulation
(National News ~ 08/23/16)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- In some parts of the U.S., the thrill rides that hurl children upside down, whirl them around or send them shooting down slides are checked out by state inspectors before customers climb on. But in other places, they are not required to get the once-over...
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Voting rights restored again for 13,000 felons in Virginia
(National News ~ 08/23/16)
RICHMOND, Va. -- A defiant Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Monday he again restored the voting rights of about 13,000 felons who served their time after his previous attempt was thwarted by Republican lawmakers and the state Supreme Court. Virginia's highest court ruled in July that governors cannot restore rights en masse, but must consider each offender on a case-by-case basis...
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Out of the past: Aug. 23
(Out of the Past ~ 08/23/16)
A central processing center for mail in Southeast Missouri will be situated in the Cape West Industrial Park. The postal service has agreed to lease a 37,604-square-foot building from Drury Development Corp., which will house the processing center. The facility will be operational prior to Dec. 1...
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Police: Man lying on the roadway run over, killed
(State News ~ 08/23/16)
HAYTI HEIGHTS, Mo. -- A Southeast Missouri man is dead after being run over by a car while lying in the roadway. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Eldon Green, 47, of Hayti Heights was struck just before 9 p.m. Sunday...
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Former state senator Betty Sims dies
(State News ~ 08/23/16)
CLAYTON, Mo. -- Former two-term state senator Betty Sims of St. Louis County, a Republican who championed efforts to improve the health of women and children, has died. Sims' daughter, Molly Sims Weber, said Sims died Monday of complications due to pancreatitis. She was 80...
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Live grenade found before car is towed
(State News ~ 08/23/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Authorities found a live hand grenade while preparing an illegally parked car for towing. Police said in a news release an explosive-ordinance team was called Sunday after the grenade was found protruding from a velvet bag...
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Court told money short for death-row inmate defense
(State News ~ 08/23/16)
ST. LOUIS -- Five legal groups are supporting a Missouri death-row inmate whose execution was halted hours before it was to be carried out in 2014, saying he can't receive an adequate defense with the money allocated. Three national criminal-defense associations, a civil-rights law firm and the American Bar Association made court filings last week to the 8th U.S. ...
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Judge in Texas temporarily blocks Obama's transgender rules
(National News ~ 08/23/16)
AUSTIN, Texas -- A federal judge in Texas blocked the Obama administration's order that requires public schools to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity. In a temporary injunction signed Sunday, U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor ruled the federal education law known as Title IX "is not ambiguous" about sex being defined as "the biological and anatomical differences between male and female students as determined at their birth."...
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Trump vows 'fair, but firm' approach to illegal immigration
(National News ~ 08/23/16)
NEW YORK -- Republican Donald Trump promised Monday to be "fair, but firm" toward the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the United States illegally -- a shift in tone that raised questions whether he's backtracking from previous pledges to push for mass deportations...
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Trump staff's online posts include racism, talk of religious war
(National News ~ 08/23/16)
WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump's paid campaign staffers have declared on personal social-media accounts Muslims are unfit to be U.S. citizens, mocked how Mexicans talk, called for Secretary of State John Kerry to be hanged and stated their readiness for a possible civil war, according to a review by The Associated Press of their postings...
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Lawsuit: Drug-court participants used as informants
(State News ~ 08/23/16)
ST. LOUIS -- The owners of a Franklin County treatment facility have filed a lawsuit against the county and others, alleging some participants in drug court were forced to work as informants for police, causing them to fail drug tests and the program...
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University of Missouri projects drop in freshman enrollment
(State News ~ 08/23/16)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Officials at the University of Missouri said their newest freshman class likely is the smallest in 10 years. Preliminary numbers from the school show there are 4,799 freshmen this year, which is about 1,400 fewer than last year. About 2,600 fewer students overall are expected to attend classes at the university this fall compared to last year...
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Republicans to query firms that ran Clinton's private server
(National News ~ 08/23/16)
WASHINGTON -- Republicans stepped up their attacks Monday on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server and pointed to newly released messages to allege foreign donors to the Democratic presidential nominee's family charity got preferential treatment from her department...
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Turkey vows to 'cleanse' border of IS after deadly attack
(International News ~ 08/23/16)
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey vowed Monday to fight Islamic State militants at home and to "cleanse" the group from its borders after a weekend suicide bombing at a Kurdish wedding, an attack that came amid recent gains by Syrian Kurdish militia forces against the extremists in neighboring Syria...
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Iran: Russia has stopped using Iran base for Syria strikes
(International News ~ 08/23/16)
TEHRAN, Iran -- Russia has stopped using an Iranian air base for launching airstrikes on Syria for the time being, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman said Monday, hours after the Iranian defense minister criticized Moscow for having a "kind of show-off and ungentlemanly" attitude by publicizing their actions...
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AG: 2 say alibi witness in 'Serial' case said she would lie
(National News ~ 08/23/16)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- An alibi witness for a man whose murder conviction was re-examined in the popular "Serial" podcast told two classmates she would lie to help him, the Maryland attorney general's office wrote in court filings Monday. Officials wrote two sisters who were classmates of the witness at Woodlawn High School approached the attorney general's office this summer, after a judge ordered a new trial for Adnan Syed. ...
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Southeast Missourian 2016 boys soccer capsules
(High School Sports ~ 08/23/16)
Head Coach: Jared Dobbs Last year's record: 6-18 Postseason result: Lost to Farmington in district tournament n No further information was provided Head Coach: Zack Walton Last year's record: 14-3-2 Postseason result: Lost to Eureka in district tournament...
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Changes in store for Jackson softball-field upgrades
(Local News ~ 08/23/16)
Plans to upgrade the field where Jackson's softball team will play have undergone some changes since the project's proposal earlier this year. The city has partnered with the Jackson R-2 school district to improve the facilities. Together, they plan to add new restrooms, a concession stand, press box, fencing and other features to the field...
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Marble Hill fires entire sewer department
(Local News ~ 08/23/16)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Marble Hill city administrator Don James acknowledged Friday he fired the city's entire sewer department and replaced them. In recent weeks, the board of aldermen discussed with James and other city officials about personnel matters in closed session. James said Friday the firings came in the wake of these meetings...
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Man sentenced for chasing, shooting gun near insurance inspector
(Local News ~ 08/23/16)
Judge Benjamin Lewis on Monday sentenced a Jackson man to the 120-day Department of Corrections treatment program for unlawful use of a weapon. Matthew Thomas Copen, 39, originally was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. ...
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Cape County GOP Central Committee elects new officers
(Local News ~ 08/23/16)
The Cape Girardeau County Republican Central Committee elected new leadership earlier this month. New officers are chairman Scott R. Clark, vice chairman Cindy Grothman, secretary Deborah Griffin, treasurer Jerry Keele and deputy treasurer Mark Welker...
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Cape man pleads guilty to charge over stabbing
(Local News ~ 08/23/16)
Douglas Wayne Metzger, 57, of Cape Girardeau pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree assault. Metzger stabbed another man in the chest Sept. 26, 2015, in the 1200 block of Meadowbrook Lane in Cape Girardeau.
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Pedestrian killed by vehicle in Sikeston
(Local News ~ 08/23/16)
SIKESTON, Mo. — A pedestrian died after being struck by a vehicle early Monday in Sikeston. At 5:47 a.m. Monday, officers with the Sikeston Department of Public Safety went to U.S. 60 and Keystone Drive, where a person walking on the road had been struck by a vehicle, according to incident reports.
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Woman found dead near Poplar Bluff after flood swept car away
(Local News ~ 08/23/16)
The search for a missing woman in Butler County ended about 3 p.m. Friday when the body of 44-year-old Concord, Arkansas, resident Ginger S. Myers was found trapped inside her vehicle on County Road 647 near Highway 53, about eight miles south of Poplar Bluff, Missouri...
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Community sports briefs 8/23/16
(High School Sports ~ 08/23/16)
Tryouts for the Lids Missouri Bulls' 2017 teams are scheduled to take place Saturday and Sunday. The 10U through 13U teams will hold tryouts Saturday at Notre Dame Regional High School, while tryouts for the 14U through 18U teams will be held Sunday at Oran High School in Oran, Missouri...
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Couple weds as tornado sirens blare
(National News ~ 08/23/16)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Not even tornado sirens could stop a Michigan couple from saying "I do." As the sirens blared across Grand Rapids, Brandon Warner married Breane Proctor in front of family members and guests at a church. Despite the storm threat, Warner decided to proceed with Saturday's ceremony. "We just kind of shrugged our shoulders and went down the aisle," Proctor said. Less than an hour after they said "I do," a tornado reportedly touched down less than three miles away...
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Leonella Coffey
(Obituary ~ 08/23/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Leonella M. "Neets" Coffey, 96, of Perryville died Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday, with a rosary at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, at Young and Sons Funeral Home...
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Cape Girardeau police report 8/23/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/23/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of domestic assault. Summons n Rourke P. Penn, 19, of Dardenne Prairie, Missouri, was issued a summons for unlawful use of license at William and Albert streets...
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Researcher who led fight to eradicate smallpox dies at 87
(National News ~ 08/23/16)
The American epidemiologist whose unwavering leadership resulted in the eradication nearly 40 years ago of smallpox, one of the world's most feared contagious diseases, has died. Dr. Donald "D.A." Henderson was 87 when he died Friday at a hospice-care facility in Towson, Maryland, from complications after a hip fracture, Johns Hopkins University said in a statement. Henderson was a former dean of the school's Bloomberg School of Public Health...
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John Dodd
(Obituary ~ 08/23/16)
John Anderson Dodd, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Jackson police report 8/23/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/23/16)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Summonses n Melissa R. Miller, 36, of St. Louis was issued a summons for failure to register a motor vehicle. n Patrick L. Swift, 39, of Jackson was issued a summons for seat-belt violation...
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Jesse Bartley-Carney
(Obituary ~ 08/23/16)
WILSONVILLE, Ore. -- Jesse Eugene Thomas Bartley-Carney, 70, of Wilsonville died Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Cairo, Illinois.
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Bridge work to affect Highway 74
(Local News ~ 08/23/16)
As work is underway to repair the southbound Interstate 55 bridge at mile marker 93 in Cape Girardeau County, traffic on Highway 74 will be impacted, says a Missouri Department of Transportation news release. The I-55 bridge is located over Highway 74 in Cape Girardeau. Periodic closures and lane reductions will be necessary on Highway 74 as contractor crews complete repairs. A scheduled closure will take place Wednesday, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m...
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Cardell Withers Sr.
(Obituary ~ 08/23/16)
Cardell "Broadway" Withers Sr., 65 of Jackson died Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at McCombs Funeral home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery...
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Theresa Besand
(Obituary ~ 08/23/16)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Theresa Anne Besand, 62, of Perryville died Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home, with a Catholic wake at 7 p.m. The Rev. Milton Ryan will officiate...
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2016 Benton Neighbor Day Pageant Contestants
(Submitted Story ~ 08/23/16)
The Benton Neighbor Day pageants will be held Friday, September 2, 2016.
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Uptown Jackson wins award for Outstanding Marketing
(Submitted Story ~ 08/23/16)
With a major transportation construction project planned in their historic district, Uptown Jackson knew they would need a strategy to address the changes and communicate information quickly to their community. The busiest intersection in the district was going to be replaced with a roundabout which meant traffic disruptions, detours and limited access for local businesses. ...
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Prayer 8/23/16
(Prayer ~ 08/23/16)
O Lord God, may we pray without ceasing, trusting always in you. Amen.
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