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Looking for fun? Look no further than Missouri, study says
(Business ~ 06/21/21)
Do people have more fun in Missouri than in most other states? The answer is "yes," according to a nationals study released last week. The personal finance website WalletHub compared the Show Me State to the rest of the nation and ranked Missouri 14th on its list of the "Most Fun States in America."...
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River Campus festivals wrap; playwright winner, spring production announced
(Local News ~ 06/21/21)
A full-week of festivities on Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus came to a close this past weekend during the eighth annual Summer Arts Festival. The festival offered visual and performing arts exhibitions and activities...
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River Eagle merges with distributorships in Sikeston, Kennett to create 3 Eagles Distributing
(Business ~ 06/21/21)
After more than three decades operating as River Eagle Distributing, the Anheuser-Busch products distributor in Cape Girardeau is changing its name to 3 Eagles Distributing of Southeast Missouri. The name change, which goes into effect this week, follows the recently completed merger of River Eagle Distributing with two other beverage distribution companies in Southeast Missouri -- Bob Ralph Distributing in Sikeston and Bradley Distributing in Kennett...
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SendAFriend: How a 21-year-old from Jackson formed a $7.5 million care-package business
(Business ~ 06/21/21)
Many 21-year-olds spend their time studying for college and working a part-time job between classes and enjoying their carefree early adult years. Not Tyler Macke. Tyler runs a $7.5 million business called SendAFriend out of his hometown of Jackson. Instead of going to college, Tyler created his e-commerce brand centered on love, smiles and giving back...
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Prayer 6/21/21
(Prayer ~ 06/21/21)
Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness and make thy way straight before my face. Amen.
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Will Republicans step up to the challenge on values?
(Column ~ 06/21/21)
For sure, Democrats rejoiced as they watched Republicans painfully twist in the wind at the beginning of LGBTQ Pride Month, trying to figure out how to position their party on this issue. Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel got flak from the right and from the left, as she essentially waved a white flag, declaring Republican Party neutrality on a key issue of our cultural conflicts...
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Mysterious origins of COVID-19 raise alarming possibilities
(Column ~ 06/21/21)
For over a year, the American establishment and media have ostracized anyone who dared to connect the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic with the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Then, suddenly and without apologies for their past demagoguery, "journalists" and "experts" conceded the Wuhan lab may well have been the most likely genesis...
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The Great Race returns to Cape Girardeau
(Editorial ~ 06/21/21)
The Great Race, a 3,000-mile journey from San Antonio to Greenville, South Carolina, makes a stop in Cape Girardeau on Tuesday. The event is more than a long road trip. It's billed as the world's premier old car rally. Only cars built in or before 1974 are included in the trek...
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Business license applications
(Business ~ 06/21/21)
The City of Cape Girardeau received three business license applications last week from: n Linda Marie Pollard of Cape Girardeau who plans to open Queens Beauty Supply, 106 Broadview St., Suite 102, around the end of July. n Ankur Rungta of Ann Arbor, Michigan, representing QPS Missouri Holdings LLC, doing business as High Profile Cannabis Shop, which is planned for 772 S. Kingshighway, Suite 101, in Cape Girardeau...
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Chambers promote programs, breakfasts, lunches, ribbon-cuttings
(Business ~ 06/21/21)
A ribbon-cutting hosted by the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce will take place at Dalton Florist, 2933 E. Jackson Blvd., at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday to commemorate the store's new location. Dalton Florist was previously located at 922 E. Jackson Blvd...
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Byrd earn certifications, Stahly graduates
(Business ~ 06/21/21)
Bethany Byrd of Jessica Slater, Bethany Byrd and Associates, a Dream Vacations specialist and franchise owner in Jackson, has completed a comprehensive certification program to become a "WeddingMoon"specialist and booking expert on destination weddings, "re-tie the knot" ceremonies, honeymoons and anniversary trips with Sandals Resorts...
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Saint Francis receives cardiology program recognition
(Business ~ 06/21/21)
For the 10th consecutive year, Saint Francis Healthcare System's Heart Hospital has received the American College of Cardiology's National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) Chest Pain -- Myocardial Infarction (MI) Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award. Saint Francis is one of 212 medical facilities nationwide to receive the college's recognition in 2021...
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Pain relief is topic of free program
(Business ~ 06/21/21)
Cape Girardeau chiropractor Greg Pursley will host a free Zoom presentation at 7 p.m. Tuesday to discuss how he and his staff work to provide pain relief to patients. The program is free but registration is required. To register, call (573) 335-9188...
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Mary Bratton
(Obituary ~ 06/21/21)
Mary Lillian Bratton, 52, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, June 16, 2021, at her home. No services are planned at this time. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Barry Billings
(Obituary ~ 06/21/21)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Barry J. Billings, 78, of Perryville died Friday, June 18, 2021, at SSM St. Clare Health Center in Fenton, Missouri. A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m. July 18 at the Knights of Columbus in Perryville. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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AI-powered Mayflower, beset with glitch, returns to England
(Community ~ 06/21/21)
PLYMOUTH, England -- The Mayflower had a few false starts before its trailblazing sea voyage to America more than 400 years ago. Now, its artificial intelligence-powered namesake is having some glitches of its own. A sleek robotic trimaran retracing the 1620 journey of the famous English vessel had to turn back Friday to fix a mechanical problem...
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Brothers set record crossing large gap in park on a highline
(Community ~ 06/21/21)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Two brothers from San Francisco say they have set a record for the longest highline ever walked in both Yosemite National Park and California, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Earlier this month, they and a group of friends spent nearly a week stringing a single, 2,800-foot-long line from Taft Point west across a series of gulleys that plunge 1,600 feet...
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Bourbon tourism shaking off pandemic slump in Kentucky
(National News ~ 06/21/21)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- With tourists flocking to distilleries, concerns about a pandemic hangover for Kentucky's world-famous bourbon industry are quickly evaporating. A $19 million tourist center Heaven Hill Distillery opened just days ago in the heart of the state's bourbon country is already overflowing -- with reservations filling up quickly to learn about whiskey-making and sample its spirits, including its flagship Evan Williams whiskey...
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Fear shakes Mexico border city after violence leaves 18 dead
(International News ~ 06/21/21)
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico -- Fear has invaded the Mexican border city of Reynosa after gunmen in vehicles killed 14 people, including taxis drivers, workers and a nursing student, and security forces responded with operations that left four suspects dead...
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'Protected them to death': Elder-care coronavirus rules are under fire
(National News ~ 06/21/21)
Barbara and Christine Colucci long to remove their masks and kiss their 102-year-old mother, who has dementia and is in a nursing home in Rochester, New York. They would love to have more than two people in her room at a time so relatives can be there, too...
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8 children in youth van among 13 lives lost to Tropical Storm Claudette
(National News ~ 06/21/21)
ATLANTA -- Eight children in a van from a youth home for abused or neglected children were killed in a fiery multi-vehicle crash on a wet interstate that also killed a man and his baby in another vehicle, the most devastating blow from a tropical depression that claimed 13 lives in Alabama as it caused flash floods and spurred tornadoes that destroyed dozens of homes...
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Suburban St. Louis police chief resigns over new gun law
(State News ~ 06/21/21)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- A suburban St. Louis police chief has resigned over concerns about a new Missouri law that would ban police from enforcing federal gun rules. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Philip Dupuis, who had been the police chief of the City of O'Fallon since October, cited the "poor wording" and "unintended consequences" of the high-profile bill...
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One City hosts second annual Juneteenth Celebration
(Local News ~ 06/21/21)
This year marks the 156th anniversary of the end of slavey, commonly known as Juneteenth, but only the first year it’s being recognized as a national holiday. One City, a not-for-profit organization in Cape Girardeau, hosted the second annual Juneteenth Celebration Saturday, June 19, in the One City parking lot, located at 610 Independence Street. ...
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Out of the past: June 21
(Out of the Past ~ 06/21/21)
Although they recently asked the city of Cape Girardeau for $250,000, people hoping to buy St. Vincent's College now say the loan may not be necessary; for more than a year, the Colonial Cape Girardeau Foundation has been looking for a way to pay off a lease-purchase agreement with the Vincentian Fathers of St. ...
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Youth camps scheduled at Discovery Playhouse in July
(Business ~ 06/21/21)
Discovery Playhouse in downtown Cape Girardeau is partnering with the Horizons Summer Youth Enrichment Camp to host several weeklong camps for children from ages 5 through 9. Each camp will last about four hours a day and costs $99 per child plus supplies. A limited number of scholarships are also available...
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State agencies begin workforce strategic planning
(Business ~ 06/21/21)
The Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education and the Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development began a strategic planning process last week aimed at creating a mission statement, goals and strategies for the department...
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Delta variant blamed for southwest Mo. virus increase
(State News ~ 06/21/21)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Frustrated health officials in the Springfield area are imploring residents to get COVID-19 vaccinations as the faster-spreading delta variant pushes case numbers and hospitalizations higher. Random testing of virus samples have determined the delta variant, which is more infectious and potentially more deadly than other variants, has become dominant around Springfield and in much of southwest Missouri, Kendra Findley, administrator of community health and epidemiology with Greene County, said late last week.. ...
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