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April jobless rate falls throughout Missouri
(Business ~ 06/01/21)
New data released late last week by the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations shows a continuing decline in unemployment rates in virtually every Missouri county. While the new numbers indicate more Missourians are returning to work as the state recovers from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, some economists say a shrinking workforce is also a contributing factor as some working-age Missourians who had previously been in the workforce chose not to seek employment in April.. ...
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Group playing weak hand in high-stakes casino game
(Business ~ 06/01/21)
In what sounds like a high-stakes poker game, an investment group in the Lake of the Ozarks region is betting at least one casino in Missouri — possibly Century Casino Cape Girardeau — will cash in its chips and fold in the near future, opening a seat at the table for a gaming operation in the lake area...
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Coffee house made of shipping containers to open in Marble Hill
(Business ~ 06/01/21)
It's not often a new coffee house opens in rural Missouri. It's even less often a coffee house constructed entirely of shipping containers opens anywhere. This July, 573 Coffee House is slated to open next to Pellegrino Park off Highway 34 in Marble Hill...
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New flags added to Avenue
(Local News ~ 06/01/21)
About 200 people attended the Avenue of Flags ceremony Monday in Cape Girardeau, where 30 new flags were added to the display honoring veterans.
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Dozens participate in annual Cape veterans march
(Local News ~ 06/01/21)
The annual Memorial Day March to the River was held in Cape Girardeau on Saturday, March 29. Around 100 people joined in the 6-mile walk, beginning at the Avenue of Flags in Cape County Park and ending at the river in downtown Cape Girardeau, to celebrate the lives of those who died in the line of duty...
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Multivehicle crash closes I-55 northbound
(Local News ~ 06/01/21)
A multivehicle crash before 5 p.m. Tuesday closed Interstate 55 northbound lanes in Cape Girardeau. Emergency crews were on scene, near the William Street interchange. The crash invovled a tractor-trailer and passenger vehicles. The roadway was wet at the time of the crash...
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Perryville teen builds relationship with mustang in advance of contest
(Local News ~ 06/01/21)
Asking Jade, a mustang, to walk across a tarp on the ground is more of a daunting task than one might originally think. Sometimes when Kylee Lukefahr, 15, her trainer, asks Jade to do so, she has to pull on the lead and eventually apply training pressure to just have the horse take a few steps...
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Marking Missouri's bicentennial: Cape's enduring community band
(Local News ~ 06/01/21)
The late entertainment impresario Dick Clark, longtime host of TV's "American Bandstand," used to say music "is the soundtrack of our lives." Some might argue with Clark's characterization, but few people familiar with the history of the Cape Girardeau Municipal Band will challenge how important music has been historically to Missouri's 16th-largest city. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/01/21)
Today is Tuesday, June 1, the 152nd day of 2021. There are 213 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 1, 2009, General Motors filed for Chapter 11, becoming the largest U.S. industrial company to enter bankruptcy protection. On this date:...
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Houston seethes over being frozen out of federal funds to ease flooding
(National News ~ 06/01/21)
HOUSTON -- Residents of the East Aldine neighborhood of Houston are tired of their homes flooding during hurricanes and of worrying every time it rains because their streets and waterways don't drain well. Like the rest of the Houston area, East Aldine was hammered in 2017 by Hurricane Harvey, which caused an estimated $125 billion in damage throughout the state but nowhere more than in the nation's fourth-largest city and surrounding Harris County. ...
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Biden commemorates war dead at Arlington Cemetery
(National News ~ 06/01/21)
ARLINGTON, Va. -- President Joe Biden honored America's war dead at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day by laying a wreath at the hallowed burial ground and extolling the sacrifices of the fallen for the pursuit of democracy. The president was joined on Monday by first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff in a somber ceremony at the Virginia cemetery's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which is dedicated to deceased service members whose remains have not been identified.. ...
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Since the nose doesn't know pot is now legal, K-9s retire
(State News ~ 06/01/21)
In Virginia, the rush to take marijuana-detecting dogs out of service began even before lawmakers voted last month to accelerate the timetable for legalization. A separate law that went into effect in March prohibits police from stopping or searching anyone based solely on the odor of marijuana...
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Veterans embraced plans for a more traditional Memorial Day
(State News ~ 06/01/21)
BOSTON -- A pair of military vets navigate the hilly, meandering paths in a historic cemetery in Boston, searching out soldiers' graves and planting American flags in front of them. About 10 miles away, scores of other vets and volunteers do the same, placing more than 37,000 small flags on the downtown Boston Common -- a sea of red, white and blue meant to symbolize all the Massachusetts soldiers killed in battle since the Revolutionary War. ...
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Mobile vaccination units hit tiny U.S. towns to boost immunity
(State News ~ 06/01/21)
FALLON, Nev. -- Pick-up truck drivers motor up to a white trailer in a parking lot on Fallon Paiute-Shoshone land in Nevada's high desert and within a few moments they're handed forms to sign, jabbed with coronavirus vaccine and sent on their way. The pop-up clinic 60 miles east of Reno is one of 28 locations in the state where the Federal Emergency Management Agency has dispatched mobile vaccination units to ensure people in far-flung rural areas and one stop-light towns can get inoculated...
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Study blames climate change for global heat deaths
(State News ~ 06/01/21)
More than one-third of the world's heat deaths each year are due directly to global warming, according to the latest study to calculate the human cost of climate change. But scientists say that's only a sliver of climate's overall toll -- even more people die from other extreme weather amplified by global warming such as storms, flooding and drought -- and the heat death numbers will grow exponentially with rising temperatures...
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Building permits issued for retail projects
(Business ~ 06/01/21)
The City of Cape Girardeau's development services office issued two commercial building permits last week. Permits were issued to: n Boulder Construction LLC for construction of a nine-suite retail strip mall at 1707 N. Kingshighway at an estimated construction cost of $1.6 million...
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Cape, Jackson chambers hosting programs and ribbon-cuttings
(Business ~ 06/01/21)
The Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce will participate with the City of Jackson, the Jackson Parks and Recreation Board and the Jackson Municipal Band in a ribbon-cutting Thursday to mark the completion of restroom upgrades at the band shell in Jackson City Park...
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Cole has new certification, Berger begins new job, Mothes is recognized
(Business ~ 06/01/21)
Chris Cole, broker and co-owner of Lorimont Commercial Real Estate, recently attained certified commercial investment member (CCIM) designation from the CCIM Institute, an affiliate of the National Association of Realtors. The CCIM designation is commercial real estate's global standard for professional achievement, earned through the completion of an extensive curriculum of more than 200 classroom hours, professional experience, and transactional volume requirements. ...
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Charter commits funds to Spectrum education program
(Business ~ 06/01/21)
Charter Communications Inc. announced last week a commitment of $1 million toward the 2021 Spectrum Digital Education (SDE) grant program, supporting not-for-profit organizations that educate community members on the benefits of broadband and how to use it in their lives...
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Bank holding firm conducts virtual shareholder meeting
(Business ~ 06/01/21)
Reliable Community Bancshares Inc., the holding company for The Bank of Missouri, conducted a virtual shareholders meeting May 19 to elect directors. Approximately 57% of the company's outstanding stock was represented in the session and proxy votes were calculated at that time...
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SoutheastHEALTH receives 'A' rating in Leapfrog study
(Business ~ 06/01/21)
SoutheastHEALTH has received an "A" rating in the spring 2021 Leapfrog hospital safety study. The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization that monitors health care quality and safety. The organization assigns letter grades -- "A," "B," "C," "D" or "F" -- to all general hospitals across the nation and updates the grades every six months. ...
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Missouri Job Center moves into Community Partnership building
(Business ~ 06/01/21)
The Missouri Job Center office in Cape Girardeau recently moved from its location on South Kingshighway and is now in the new Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri building, formerly the Cape Girardeau Police Department headquarters, at 40 S. Sprigg St...
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Business advising company moves to new location
(Business ~ 06/01/21)
Murphy Business of Cape Girardeau and Midwest Strategies, formerly known as Hendrickson Business Advisors, have moved to 1200 N. Cape Rock Drive, Suite 2. The businesses, owned by Jennifer S. Smith, previously shared space with SEMO CPA Company, 715 N. Clark Ave. in Cape Girardeau...
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Scam reportedly targeting legal services office
(Business ~ 06/01/21)
The Missouri Attorney General's Office issued an alert Friday about a scam targeting potential clients of Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, which has offices in St. Louis, Hannibal and Union, Missouri. The organization alerted the Attorney General's Office on Thursday a client received a letter purporting to be from Legal Services of Eastern Missouri seeking a "retainer fee" of $3,500...
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EEOC approves limited employee vaccine incentive programs
(Business ~ 06/01/21)
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued guidance Friday saying employers can legally offer limited incentives to employees to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus as long as incentives are not coercive. However, the EEOC cautioned a "very large incentive" could make employees feel pressured to disclose protected medical information and said other federal, state and local laws could come into play...
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Eden Spa owners buy Riverview Room in downtown Cape
(Business ~ 06/01/21)
Matt Stuchlik and his wife, Sarah Kilpela, owners of Eden Spa and Salon at the intersection of Spanish and William streets in Cape Girardeau, have purchased the Riverview Room in downtown Cape. Located on the second floor of the Buckner-Ragsdale building at the intersection of Broadway and North Main Street, the Riverview Room offers Mississippi River views and is an event venue space that can accommodate a variety of activities, such as wedding receptions, meetings, birthday and graduation parties, business retreats, and church and service club meetings.. ...
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Will the madness of 2020 last?
(Column ~ 06/01/21)
The COVID-19 pandemic is ending with mass vaccinations. So is the national quarantine. The rioting, looting and arson that began in the summer of 2020 is finally sputtering out. The acrimony over the 2020 election is fading. Trump Derangement Syndrome became abstract when Donald Trump left office and was ostracized from social media...
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Yes, Democrats should fear the crime wave
(Column ~ 06/01/21)
On the anniversary of the death of George Floyd, dozens of gunshots rang out in the middle of the day at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, forcing reporters and bystanders to duck and cover. The symbolism was unmistakable -- the yearlong bout of protest after Floyd's killing has coincided with a surge of urban crime that has made gunplay dismayingly common...
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Capahas baseball back in action for a summertime tradition
(Editorial ~ 06/01/21)
Head to Capaha Field most any night in the summer, and you'll likely find a ballgame. Cape Girardeau is a baseball town and has quite the history with America's pastime. One of the teams using Cape Girardeau's all-turf baseball field is the Capahas, the nation's oldest amateur baseball team...
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Prayer 6/1/21
(Prayer ~ 06/01/21)
Thank you, O Lord Jesus, that through you we can find strength. Amen.
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Charles Thrower Jr.
(Obituary ~ 06/01/21)
Charles Frederick Thrower Jr., 72, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, May 28, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born Dec. 22, 1948, in Advance, Missouri, to Charles F. and Rose Marie Spears Thrower Sr. He and Judith Ann Murphy were married July 3, 1976, in Dexter, Missouri...
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Reuben Peetz
(Obituary ~ 06/01/21)
Reuben Peetz, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, May 29, 2021, at Heartland Care and Rehab. He was born Aug. 28, 1928, in Jackson to August and Hulda Sander Peetz. He and Betty Welker were married March 20, 1948, in Gordonville. She preceded him in death Oct. 25, 2020...
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Verna Kieninger
(Obituary ~ 06/01/21)
Verna Kieninger, 92, of Pocahontas passed away Sunday, May 23, 2021, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. The sixth of 10 children, Verna was born Feb. 8, 1929, near Friedheim to William C. and Ada L. Moeller Kester. Verna and Leslie W. "Les" Kieninger were married May 5, 1951, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. They had been married over 53 years when Les passed away Jan. 20, 2005...
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Larry Hamilton
(Obituary ~ 06/01/21)
Larry Hamilton was born Nov. 30, 1941, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Charlene Jean Hamilton. Raised with the help of his extended family, he grew up in Columbus, Kansas, and graduated from Cherokee County Community High School in 1960. Always interested in both the sciences and the social sciences, he earned a Bachelor of Science in social work in 1965 and Master of Science in sociology in 1966 from Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas. ...
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E. Leroy Friedhof
(Obituary ~ 06/01/21)
E. Leroy Friedhof, 71, of Oak Ridge died Saturday, May 29, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call from 9 to 10 a.m. today at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. today at the funeral home, with the Rev. Donny Ford officiating. Burial will be at Hanover Lutheran Church Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Kenneth Ellison
(Obituary ~ 06/01/21)
Kenneth "Buster" Ellison, 84, passed away Friday, May 28, 2021, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. He was born May 20, 1937, near Essex, Missouri, to the late Luther and Alta Cavins Ellison. On Sept. 19, 1959, in Sikeston, Missouri, he married Marvine Brice Ellison, who survives of the home in Sikeston...
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James Baughn
(Obituary ~ 06/01/21)
James Owen Stanley Baughn, 39, of Jackson died Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, in Cape Girardeau County. A celebration of life will be held Sunday at Bollinger Mill State Park in Burfordville. The picnic will start at 1 p.m., with a memorial service at 2 p.m. Officiating will be the Rev. Dr. Frank Passamonte. Please bring a lawn chair...
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Illinois man working on sign dies after falling 60 feet
(State News ~ 06/01/21)
PONTOON BEACH, Ill. -- A 41-year-old Illinois man has died in a work-related fall in southwest Illinois. The man was working on a hotel sign Friday afternoon in Pontoon Beach when he fell about 60 feet from a bucket lift that had broken from its support arm, according to Madison County Coroner Stephen Nonn...
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Officials find body of 12-year-old girl swept away in creek
(State News ~ 06/01/21)
NEOSHO, Mo. -- Officials have found the body of a 12-year-old girl who was swept away in Shoal Creek last week at the Lime Kiln Park in Neosho. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the body of Kaylin Brown was found in the creek Sunday night by a recovery team, Springfield station KYTV reported...
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Missouri officials investigating Ste. Genevieve Co. death
(State News ~ 06/01/21)
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- Officials in southeastern Missouri are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a Ste. Genevieve County ditch. The Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff's Office was called Saturday afternoon to the north end of the county for reports of a body lying in a ditch...
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Investor aims to transform Augusta into national destination
(State News ~ 06/01/21)
AUGUSTA, Mo. — A Florida investor with Missouri roots is spending about $100 million in hopes of turning an area of Missouri Wine Country into a destination that will attract visitors from around the country. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported David Hoffmann, CEO of Hoffmann Family of Companies, has spent months buying up land in the tiny town of Augusta along Highway 94 in St. ...
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Health officials push youth vaccines for COVID
(Local News ~ 06/01/21)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Dr. Claudia Preuschoff, a pediatrician at Poplar Bluff Pediatrics, said she believes the free COVID-19 vaccines for Missourians 12 and older will get youth lives back to normal. "I'm very much excited to see the vaccine is approved for kids 12 and older," Preuschoff said. "I think it's going to really open up the ability for kids to get back to a normal life and also protect their grandparents and other folks around them."...
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Out of the past: June 1
(Out of the Past ~ 06/01/21)
After talking to a suicidal man perched 60 feet above the railing of the Mississippi River bridge here early yesterday morning for more than an hour, reserve police officer Debi Oliver was able to persuade him to come down; police officer Bridget Huff and firefighter Brad Dillow went up in the fire department's aerial truck to bring him down...
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Sponsored: Inflation: What should I do about it?
(Insiders Advice ~ 06/01/21)
Most people who are already retired know there are two perils that put their fixed income in danger: taxes and inflation. Both issues are out of their control...
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S. M. WILSON PROMOTES ANNA EISENBATH TO ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER
(Submitted Story ~ 06/01/21)
S. M. Wilson & Co. has promoted Anna Eisenbath to Assistant Project Manager. As Assistant Project Manager, she will be coordinating the activities of a project to ensure schedule, financial management, document control and quality standards are met and projects are completed safely, on time and with approved budgets...
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