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Delmonico's grows, changes over years of service
(Local News ~ 06/28/21)
When Delmonico's Steakhouse in Jackson opened in 1985, it was quite different from what you see today. In it's 36 years, the family-owned restaurant has seen changes in trends, community need and a global pandemic, and general manager Blake Ackman, whose parents first opened Delmonico's, said the restaurant has had to change with the times...
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Saint Francis adds diversity position
(Business ~ 06/28/21)
Saint Francis Healthcare System has added a new position that will focus on diversity and inclusion within the organization. Wyky Jean joined the Saint Francis system last month in the newly-created role of director of development and diversity. In making the announcement last week of Jean's appointment, Saint Francis said his role will be to "develop, implement and monitor diversity goals and programs in various departments and make the (Saint Francis) Foundation donor experience as seamless as possible.". ...
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Southeast Missouri jobless rates edge upward in May
(Business ~ 06/28/21)
After declining in almost every Missouri county in April, unemployment rates throughout the state began to tick upward in May, according to new data released last week by the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. The new numbers coincided with the addition of seasonal workers to the state's labor force as well as an influx of high school and college graduates looking for employment...
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Cape Police, Cape Fire to host Grappling 4 Good charity tournament
(Local News ~ 06/28/21)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department and Cape Girardeau Fire Department will host a grappling tournament to benefit Special Olympics Missouri. Grappling 4 Good will be from 6 to 11:30 p.m. July 24 in the Eagles Banquet Hall at 321 N. Spring Ave. in Cape Girardeau...
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Magnet board expands, plans strategic process
(Business ~ 06/28/21)
This will be a year of change for the Cape Girardeau Area Magnet. The regional economic development group recently doubled the membership of its board of directors, is about to embark on a strategic planning process, and will soon begin a search for full-time executive director, something it hasn't had in nearly a decade...
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Minor flood warning issued for Cape
(Local News ~ 06/28/21)
A flood warning has been issued for Cape Girardeau. On Sunday, the National Weather Service office in Paducah, Kentucky, issued a flood warning from Monday evening through Friday for the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau. Sunday evening, the Mississippi River was at just over 25 feet on the Cape Girardeau gauge and was projected to be at a flood stage of 32 feet by late Monday or early Tuesday...
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Family, former employees gather to honor life, legacy of Bill Emerson
(Local News ~ 06/28/21)
The Bill Emerson Reunion brought former employees and family members of Emerson's back to Cape Girardeau this past weekend to honor the 25th anniversary of the former congressman's death of lung cancer. The theme of the reunion was "In the Arena," based on Emerson's love of the famous Theodore Roosevelt quote from his 1910 speech in Paris, and included a variety of events Friday and Saturday, said Lloyd Smith, a former employee of Emerson's and organizer of the event...
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Perryville teen and horse reach finish line of mustang competition
(Local News ~ 06/28/21)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — On their 99th day together, Kylee Lukefahr, 15, and her mustang, Jade, set out to do their final entry for the Extreme Mustang Makeover competition — their freestyle routine. "I can't believe she was wild," Lukefahr's grandmother Julie Budwine said after watching the routine from the sidelines...
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Drilling into the jobless data
(Business ~ 06/28/21)
As I reported in this week's Business Notebook, unemployment rates throughout Missouri — including here in Cape Girardeau County — increased slightly last month Although it's hard to be precise, the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations reports there were 56,581 Missourians who were considered to be "unemployed" in May, based on the latest unemployment benefits case files...
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Prayer 6/28/21
(Prayer ~ 06/28/21)
O Lord, we praise you for you are the Great Physician. Amen.
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The systemic con behind wokeism
(Column ~ 06/28/21)
There are lots of reasons why wokeism spread like wildfire once America lost its collective mind during the pandemic, quarantine, self-induced recession and rioting of 2020. Wokeism was never really about racism, sexism or other isms. For some, it illustrated a psychological pathology of projection: transferring one's own prejudices onto others in order to alleviate or mask them...
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Speak Out 6/28/21
(Speak Out ~ 06/28/21)
It's awesome going down to the ballpark to root on the Catfish. They're a fun team, and the atmosphere is great. I wish American sports announcers would take a cue from English Premier League announcers and not feel they have to scream and yell into the microphone. The PL announcers sound as if they're just carrying on a conversation while calling the game. We've turned off games when a loudmouth American was announcing (screaming) a PL match. Very annoying!...
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Be safe on the water
(Editorial ~ 06/28/21)
From our nation's coastal beaches to lakes and rivers that dot every state, water recreation is a hallmark of the United States. Men, women and children enjoy swimming, kayaking, fishing and myriad other activities on the water. But in the blink of an eye, the inherent danger of water can snatch a life...
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Permits issued for downtown redevelopment project, dispensary construction
(Business ~ 06/28/21)
Several commercial building permits were issued last week by the City of Cape Girardeau: n Todt Construction for the renovation work on the River & Rails redevelopment project at 101 William St. with an estimated construction cost of $500,000...
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Rufus Red Hots applies for food cart vending license
(Business ~ 06/28/21)
The City of Cape Girardeau's customer service office received one business license application last week. The application was from Yolanda Cawthon of Downers Grove, Illinois, for a license to operate a mobile food cart as an extension of Rufus Red Hots, 600 Broadway in Cape Girardeau...
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Chambers of commerce update event schedules
(Business ~ 06/28/21)
The Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce will officiate a ribbon-cutting at 2 p.m. Thursday in observance of Murphy Business of Cape's new location, 1200 N. Cape Rock Drive, Suite 2. n The Bollinger County Chamber of Commerce in Marble Hill, Missouri, has posted several Fourth of July activities scheduled during the holiday weekend on the chamber's website, www.bocomochamber.com...
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Area Mary Kay consultants earn recognition
(Business ~ 06/28/21)
Jana Jateff, senior sales director with Mary Kay Cosmetics, recently recognized several star consultants at a banquet at Dexter Bar-B-Que in Cape Girardeau. Honored as "sapphire stars" for their sales performance the past three months were Chanel Tucker of Cape Girardeau and Donna Shelton of Piedmont, Missouri. Jateff herself has been recognized as a "pearl achiever" by the organization...
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Snow, Malone have new roles in Saint Francis Healthcare System
(Business ~ 06/28/21)
Jason Snow has been named vice president of human resources at Saint Francis Healthcare System. Snow brings nearly 15 years of health care human resources experience to Saint Francis, with an emphasis on organizational development and culture...
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Work begins on Poplar Bluff fiber optic communications network
(Business ~ 06/28/21)
Circle Fiber, a division of Big River Communications in Cape Girardeau, has announced the start of a fiber network expansion in Poplar Bluff and surrounding areas in Butler County. Between now and the summer of 2022, Circle Fiber plans to build a 100% fiber communications network in and around Poplar Bluff, allowing residential and business customers to access the latest fiber optic technology that will serve as a platform for future services...
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New industrial equipment rental firm opens near Cape airport
(Business ~ 06/28/21)
Patriot Rentals, an industrial equipment rental business based in St. Louis, has opened a Southeast Missouri location at 2620 E. Outer Road in Scott City, on the east side of Interstate 55, across from Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. The 11,612-square-foot building Patriot Rentals has occupied, along with 4 acres next to Pavestone, is the former location of Electrical Contractors Inc. ECI had previously moved into a building at 2180 Rust Ave...
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MRV Banks opening second branch on Mount Auburn Road
(Business ~ 06/28/21)
MRV Banks is opening a second Cape Girardeau branch effective this week. The new branch, at 101 S. Mount Auburn Road, is in a building that was the formerly location of Cape County Bank, followed by Regions Bank. It has been occupied by MRV Banks for the past year and a half to house various internal bank functions...
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Daytime Emmys salute late TV icons Alex Trebek, Larry King
(Entertainment ~ 06/28/21)
LOS ANGELES -- The Daytime Emmys turned into a love letter to Alex Trebek, honoring the beloved "Jeopardy!" host and the show seven months after his death. Trebek won as game show host and "Jeopardy!" earned game show honors Friday night. ABC's "General Hospital" claimed four trophies, including best drama. Maurice Benard took lead actor honors for the third time as Sonny Corinthos...
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U.S. airstrikes target Iran-backed militias in Syria, Iraq
(National News ~ 06/28/21)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military, under the direction of President Joe Biden, conducted airstrikes Sunday against what it said were "facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups" near the border between Iraq and Syria. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the militias were using the facilities to launch unmanned aerial vehicle attacks against U.S. troops in Iraq...
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Vaccine plan targets 'movable middle'
(National News ~ 06/28/21)
WASHINGTON -- Thrown off-stride to reach its COVID-19 vaccination goal, the Biden administration is sending A-list officials across the country, devising ads for niche markets and enlisting community organizers to persuade unvaccinated people to get a shot...
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Before building collapse, $9M+ in repairs needed
(National News ~ 06/28/21)
Owners of units in a Florida oceanfront condo building that collapsed with deadly consequences were just days away from a deadline to start making steep payments toward more than $9 million in major repairs that had been recommended nearly three years earlier...
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Families of the missing visit site of Florida condo collapse
(National News ~ 06/28/21)
SURFSIDE, Fla. -- Families of the missing visited the scene of the Florida condo building collapse Sunday as rescuers kept digging through the mound of rubble and clinging to hope someone could yet be alive somewhere under the broken concrete and twisted metal...
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Missouri Senate votes to renew key tax for Medicaid funding
(State News ~ 06/28/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri senators passed a bill to renew a key tax for Medicaid funding early Saturday after hours of debate over coverage of family planning services. The GOP-led Senate voted 28-5 to send the bill to the House. Senators were able to advance the bill after some Republicans joined with Democrats to vote down a proposal seeking to cut off any government money for Planned Parenthood...
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Paula Hoffman
(Obituary ~ 06/28/21)
O'FALLON, Mo. — Paula Cyrus Hoffman, 89, of O'Fallon died Friday, June 25, 2021, at Progress West Hospital. She was born Jan. 18, 1932, in Catlettsburg, Kentucky, to Downing R. Cyrus and Ethel Miracle Cyrus. Paula graduated from Crump Commerce College in Lexington, Kentucky...
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Out of the past: June 28
(Out of the Past ~ 06/28/21)
U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson, 58, was remembered yesterday as a caring public servant; Lloyd Smith, Emerson's chief of staff, delivered the eulogy at the Thursday morning funeral service at First Presbyterian Church for his friend and boss; family members were the last to be seated on one side of the church; across the aisle were members of Congress, including House Speaker Newt Gingrich, House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, Sens. ...
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Ruby Graham
(Obituary ~ 06/28/21)
AVA, Mo. — Ruby McFall Graham, 86 years, 10 months, 30 days old, passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2021, at Cox South Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. Ruby was born July 25, 1934, in Ava to Benjamin "Frank" and Ethel Cox Denney. Ruby and John McFall were united in marriage Jan. 25, 1957, and were married 45 years. Together they had three children, Gwen McFall, John McFall and Jeffrey McFall...
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