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U.S. Rep. Jason Smith wants to end chain migration; favors building wall
(Local News ~ 06/29/18)
U.S. Rep. Jason Smith voted with a majority of GOP lawmakers to reject a proposed immigration overhaul bill because, he said, it didn't mirror all the priorities of President Donald Trump. The president had tweeted last-minute support for the measure, which would have provided more than $23 billion for border security and provided a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants who came to this country as children...
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County audit report shows positive cash flow for 2017
(Local News ~ 06/29/18)
Cape Girardeau County's finances are in good shape and much improved over a year ago, according to audit results presented at Thursday's County Commission meeting -- overall revenue is up, and expenses are down. Patrick Kintner of Stanley, Dirnberger, Hopper & Associates CPA firm said an audit of the county's 2017 budget showed positive changes in several funds during a presentation at Thursday's regular county commission meeting...
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Independent U.S. Senate candidate Craig O'Dear visits Cape
(Local News ~ 06/29/18)
Independent U.S. Senate canidate Craig O'Dear believes the two-party system has failed the nation. During a stop in Cape Girardeau on Thursday, the Kansas City attorney said he believes he can get elected and help change politics in Washington. America's two-party system is "dividing us not uniting us, ignoring issues rather than dealing with issues," he said during a sit-down interview with the Southeast Missourian...
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Sponsored: Shifting Into High Gear
(B Magazine ~ 06/29/18)
I’m one of the most private people you’ll meet. That’s why most people who know me don’t know I am a bit of a gearhead. Among the things I love most is the adventure of building something from nothing. I’ve had a wicked good time these last 18 months completely rebuilding my hotrod ‘66 Chevy truck. And she roars in high gear...
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Sponsored: Southeast Missouri — A Hub for Health Care
(B Magazine ~ 06/29/18)
Health care is changing in our region. There is a growing movement in America — practices everywhere are working to improve our health care system. We are one of those practices. We are EBO MD. Because our current, ever-changing health care system too often jeopardizes our ability to do what’s best for patients, we decided to simplify the process by cutting out the middlemen. ...
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Sponsored: KRM Wins American Advertising Federation Award
(B Magazine ~ 06/29/18)
For Robert Spurlock, cancer is personal: when he was 3 years old, he lost his father to a brain tumor. Because cancer has had a profound impact on Spurlock’s life, he uses his resources as co-founder of KRM to help the American Cancer Society market its annual gala event in Cape Girardeau...
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Rebirth of an icon?
(B Magazine ~ 06/29/18)
In Cape Girardeau, the Esquire Theater stands at the entry point to the town's historic downtown. It is a mess with deteriorating infrastructure. Water damage has destroyed much of the inside. For more than 30 years it's been vacant -- with the exception of an occasional church service -- and its building integrity has become worse each year. Nowadays, without major renovation, it would be unsafe for anything to take place inside. Until recently, the building's most likely fate: demolition...
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No Place Like Home: Student Housing options in Cape Girardeau
(B Magazine ~ 06/29/18)
Southeast Missouri State University brings more than 9,000 students to Cape Girardeau from outside the county yearly. These students contribute revenue to the city; many of them need a house or apartment to call home for four years. The University requires students to live on-campus during their first two years of attending classes, unless the student is from within a 50-mile radius of campus and chooses to commute. ...
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Scott Rhodes and Jason Coalter discuss development
(B Magazine ~ 06/29/18)
Whether it's rehabbing an existing building, building new buildings or providing housing options, with each new development there's an entrepreneur taking the lead. In this edition of B Magazine, Rex Rust, Co-president of Rust Communications, talked with local developers Scott Rhodes and Jason Coalter to get their insights on why they do what they do, what keeps them up at night and how municipalities play an important role in fostering development. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/29/18)
Today is Friday, June 29, the 180th day of 2018. There are 185 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 29, 1927, the first trans-Pacific airplane flight was completed as U.S. Army Air Corps Lt. Lester J. Maitland and Lt. Albert F. Hegenberger arrived at Wheeler Field in Hawaii aboard the Bird of Paradise, an Atlantic-Fokker C-2, after flying 2,400 miles from Oakland, California, in 25 hours, 50 minutes...
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Satire: The Martha Throebeck Tourism Plan
(B Magazine ~ 06/29/18)
I've noticed Southeast Missouri has a major problem. When you look at various websites devoted to quirky tourist attractions, we're totally missing from the maps. RoadsideAmerica.com and AtlasObscura.com, for example, show a giant void surrounding Cape Girardeau...
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From your chambers of commerce
(B Magazine ~ 06/29/18)
Area development has been a key priority for the City of Jackson and the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce. The local leadership of Jackson is contributing a concerted effort to improve local services and infrastructure to make the community even more attractive to potential businesses...
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Business Briefs
(B Magazine ~ 06/29/18)
The Cape Chamber launched their new website, capeishome.com, on May 31, as part of their talent attraction campaign. Designed as a hub of information, this website will serve as a valuable tool for both human-resource professionals and individuals looking to relocate to the Cape Girardeau area...
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'Jurassic World' sequel stomps its way to $150 million debut
(Entertainment ~ 06/29/18)
NEW YORK -- The dinosaurs still rule the box office. "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" surpassed expectations to open with $150 million in ticket sales in U.S. and Canada theaters over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. While that total didn't approach the record-breaking $208.8 million debut of 2015's "Jurassic World," it proved the 25-year-old franchise still roars loudly among moviegoers...
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Weekend Outlook: Laugh, dance, let freedom ring
(Entertainment ~ 06/29/18)
This weekend's roundup is more of a hodgepodge of sorts. We have Fourth of July events, comedy downtown, dancing and a pet expo. Several of these events are even kid-friendly, so don't miss out! The fourth annual Vanduser Betterment Committee Independence Day Celebration is at 5 p.m. ...
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Sales-tax debate is more than a century old
(Column ~ 06/29/18)
It's quite likely that the era of not charging state and local sales tax on Internet purchases is about to end. The nub of the legal arguments, pro and con, has been, up to now, something called a "nexus." A retailer has one if you live in a state where the online retailer has a store...
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Freck Shivelbine's memory will live on
(Editorial ~ 06/29/18)
Freck Shivelbine's memory will live forever in Cape Girardeau. For every mother or father in the Cape Girardeau area that passes on their love for playing an instrument, chances are Shivelbine had a hand in it. Shivelbine, who once began training as a Navy pilot, opened a store with his father, who was the band director at Central High. ...
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House backs $675B spending bill for defense
(National News ~ 06/29/18)
WASHINGTON -- The House approved Thursday a $675 billion spending bill for the Defense Department that includes a 2.6 percent raise for the military. The 359-49 vote sends the bill to the Senate, where the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a similar measure this week...
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Tony Martin
(Obituary ~ 06/29/18)
Tony Delton Martin, 63, of Scott City died Wednesday, June 27, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 10, 1954, in Freeport, Texas, to Delton W. and Mary Ruth White Martin. He and Brenda Kay Schwettman married Aug. 11, 1984...
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Rick Doughten
(Obituary ~ 06/29/18)
Rick Doughten of Cape Girardeau, 66, passed away Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Rick, son of Guy and Rena Patterson Doughten, was born Wednesday, Aug. 29, 1951, in Holcomb, Missouri. He was a veteran and owned his own business...
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Reason for rezoning
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/29/18)
In his letter to the editor, "Out of touch commission", Mr. Gaines makes claims that require a response. While I don't speak for the commission, I'm happy to share my thoughts on why this rezoning makes sense. As Veteran's Memorial Drive is extended south, a portion of the property, along I-55, will likely be rezoned to Commercial, a sensible use of this interstate-front property. ...
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Out of the past: June 29
(Out of the Past ~ 06/29/18)
High water in the Mississippi River may shorten the distance for the Great Steamboat Race from New Orleans to St. Louis this weekend, but plans for a four-hour stop by the Mississippi Queen and Delta Queen steamboats at Cape Girardeau are still on. Cape Girardeau sales tax receipts for the 1993 fiscal year that ends tomorrow will exceed budget projections and enable the city to compensate for sagging city revenue in 1991-92; comptroller John Richbourg said sales tax revenue this year has increased more than 7 percent over last year's receipts.. ...
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Gunman kills 5, wounds others in attack on Maryland newspaper
(State News ~ 06/29/18)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- A gunman opened fire at a newspaper office in Maryland's capital Thursday, killing five people and gravely wounding several others before being taken into custody in what appeared to be one of the deadliest attacks on journalists in U.S. history, police and witnesses said...
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Lawsuit alleges companies colluded to control pork prices
(State News ~ 06/29/18)
MINNEAPOLIS -- A federal lawsuit filed Thursday in Minnesota alleges Hormel Foods Corp. and other companies colluded to inflate consumer pork prices. Defendants in the proposed class-action lawsuit included Hormel, based in Austin, Minnesota, and eight other companies, including Tyson Foods, JBS USA and Smithfield Foods...
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GOP again targets McCaskill's wealth in Senate election
(State News ~ 06/29/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Republican opponents of Missouri's Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill are criticizing her wealth as she makes a bid for a third term, a tactic that's failed to bring her down in past elections but could continue to dog her campaign...
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Sisters reach settlement on bouncer treatment
(State News ~ 06/29/18)
GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. -- Two sisters have reached a $1 million settlement in a lawsuit that alleged they were handcuffed to the wall of a Kansas City bar and battered because bouncers wrongly thought they had used a counterfeit $50 bill. The Kansas City Star reported the sister's attorney, Nick Hinrichs, said he is glad his clients can "finally put this nightmare behind them." The suit states the sisters were confronted by multiple bouncers wearing skull or camouflage masks in late 2016 at the Whiskey Tango bar in Grain Valley, even though they arrived 90 minutes after the counterfeit bill was used.. ...
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Judge: MSHP can't fire trooper after drowning of cuffed suspect
(State News ~ 06/29/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The head of the Missouri State Highway Patrol went too far in firing a trooper after he was convicted of a misdemeanor in the drowning death of a handcuffed Iowa man, a judge has found. Cole County Judge Patricia Joyce ruled Wednesday that Col. ...
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Culture & Entertainment Notebook: Harmon Field Public Swimming Pool keeps making a splash
(Entertainment ~ 06/29/18)
Patented in 1926 by architect and engineer Wesley Bintz, the above-ground Harmon Field Public Swimming Pool in Chaffee, Missouri, has been attracting visitors with its aroma of summertime mixed with choline for nearly 80 years. Groundbreaking for the aged, bright blue and white, 60-feet by 90-feet brick-and-concrete pool at 11988 State Highway 77 took place Oct. ...
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Prayer 6/29/18
(Prayer ~ 06/29/18)
Lord Jesus, precious Savior, may our lives reflect your love for the world. Amen.
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Cape Girardeau fire report 6/29/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/29/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Tuesday n At 10:05 p.m., cooking fire was reported on North Sprigg Street. n At 10:11 p.m., smoke/odor removal was performed on Lafayette Place. Wednesday n Medical assists were made at 11:41 a.m. on Kenneth Drive, 2:23 p.m. on South Broadview Street, 3:43 p.m. on North Kingshighway, 5:53 p.m. on Themis Street and 7:18 p.m. on Camellia Drive...
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Cape police report 6/29/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/29/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Tray Rice, 26, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Scott County warrant. n Rashad Marshall, 26, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, was arrested on a probation and parole violation warrant...
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I-55 in Cape County reduced for bridge work
(Local News ~ 06/29/18)
Southbound Interstate 55 in Cape Girardeau County will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews make repairs to the bridge over Kingshighway at exit 99. A MoDOT news release says the work will take place from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today...
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Speak out 6/29/18
(Speak Out ~ 06/29/18)
I would like to see Cape's fireworks ordinance changed to reflect equal consideration of all residents, not a portion of the residents. A large number of cities ban the sale and use of fireworks except for city-sponsored fireworks display. Sikeston I think follows this practice. ...
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Reimagining the H & H
(B Magazine ~ 06/29/18)
In January 1908, the Himmelberger & Harrison (H & H) Building opened at 400 Broadway Street. It housed the headquarters of the Himmelberger & Harrison Lumber Company, as well as offices for the Little River Drainage District and the Southeast Missouri Trust Company. The first fireproof, modern office building in Cape Girardeau, it was what the January 15, 1908, issue of the Daily Republican noted as a building “only an artist could describe … with justice.”...
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Smart powerful business
(B Magazine ~ 06/29/18)
Development is not for the faint of heart. Whether you’re investing in land, housing, commercial real estate or a historic rehabilitation project, development requires much research, financial intelligence and understanding of processes. Add in construction variables, and it would be enough to keep some people up at night. For others, it’s an exciting opportunity to cast a vision and see it through to completion...
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A Shortage of Skilled Workers: Southeast Missouri follows national trend
(B Magazine ~ 06/29/18)
Seventy percent of general contractors in the U.S. have a hard time finding qualified craft workers, according to data from a 2017 workforce survey conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America. Robinson Construction, the fifth largest employer in Southeast Missouri according to Cape Girardeau Area MAGNET, with a total of 475 employees in 2017, says this is true not only in the U.S. but right here in Southeast Missouri...
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Sponsored: Make Your Dream House a Reality: With Montgomery Bank’s specially developed loan programs
(B Magazine ~ 06/29/18)
Have you found your dream house and now you’re ready to take the next step towards making it your home? Montgomery Bank, with locations in Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Sikeston and Miner,is a community bank that focuses on building relationships with their customers, and they want to help you attain your goals...
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