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Ida strikes Louisiana as Category 4 storm
(National News ~ 08/30/21)
NEW ORLEANS -- Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., rushing from the Louisiana coast toward New Orleans and one of the nation's most important industrial corridors. The Category 4 storm with winds of 150 mph hit on the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier, coming ashore about 45 miles west of where Category 3 Katrina first struck land...
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Building permits include $22 million SoutheastHEALTH project
(Business ~ 08/30/21)
The City of Cape Girardeau issued three commercial building permits last week including permits to: n Mapp LLC for construction of a Finish Line Carwash at 215 S. Kingshighway, a site formerly occupied by a Pizza Hut restaurant, at an estimated construction cost of $1,174,000...
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Ribbon-cutting, coffee on tap this week
(Business ~ 08/30/21)
The Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce will conduct a ribbon cutting at 11 a.m. Tuesday for Mid America Rehab's 24-hour fitness center at 2927 E. Jackson Boulevard in Jackson. n The Jackson chamber, in conjunction with the Uptown Jackson Revitalization Organization (UJRO) will host the monthly Uptown Coffee gathering from 8 until 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Cape Girardeau County History Center, 102 S. High St. in Jackson...
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Burner, Bruner and Peck have new roles; SEMO names new department chairs
(Business ~ 08/30/21)
Shad Burner of Cape Girardeau, who serves as the Southeast Missouri regional manager with the Missouri Department of Economic Development, was appointed last week by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson to be Missouri's designee to the Delta Regional Authority (DRA)...
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A few million here, a few million there adds up
(Business ~ 08/30/21)
As the Southeast Missourian's business editor, I often report on fiscal matters such as sales tax revenue, municipal budgets, construction contracts, corporate earnings, government grants and household expenses. Earlier this month, an avid reader shared a copy of Sen. Holly Rehder's latest newsletter in which she itemized some of the expenditures in the state's 2022 fiscal year budget, recently passed by the Missouri General Assembly...
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Watch for gas prices to drop following end of summer driving season
(Business ~ 08/30/21)
Fuel industry experts expect gasoline prices to peak during the Labor Day holiday weekend, traditionally the summer's last major driving weekend, before gradually falling this fall. According to GasBuddy, the average price across the nation for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline this weekend will be $3.11, about 90 cents higher than a year ago and the highest Labor Day price since 2014 when gasoline sold for an average of $3.43 a gallon...
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Remembering the 25th anniversary of the Clinton-Gore rally in Cape
(Local News ~ 08/30/21)
Liz Lockhart was a journalism teacher at Cape Girardeau Central High School when President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore came via bus to Capaha Park on Aug. 31, 1996. The two men had come to Cape Girardeau with their wives as they campaigned jointly for a second term in the White House...
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Kenny's Flippin' Burgers to close Chaffee location, move to Cape
(Business ~ 08/30/21)
Business boomed at Kenny's Flippin' Burgers when Jesse and Kasey Stuart opened the restaurant's first location in Chaffee, Missouri, in 2017. Now, Jesse Stuart said, they'll once again try to bring that success to downtown Cape Girardeau. The Chaffee location will close Wednesday, and a new location in Cape Girardeau will open in November, Jesse Stuart said last week...
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Founder Ogburn: Abundant and Free evolves as ministry with female focus
(Local News ~ 08/30/21)
Cape Girardeau native Meredith Ogburn said God called her to start a non-denominational, diverse, bible-based ministry out of Southeast Missouri -- Abundant and Free -- about four years ago. "God really started pursuing me, and honestly, I was hesitant to do it for a lot of reasons. And he just began showing me that there was this need, and if I would accept the call, you know, here we would go," Ogburn said...
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Difference Makers: Tamara Zellars Buck finds joy in helping, teaching next generation of journalists
(B Magazine ~ 08/30/21)
“This is not a labor of love. This is just love, and I get to do it every day and share it with people who love it as much as I do,” Tamara Zellars Buck said. Zellars Buck has been teaching journalism at Southeast Missouri State University for the past 20 years and serves as chair of the Department of Mass Media.
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Who is Kenny Haskin, Cape Girardeau’s new city manager?
(B Magazine ~ 08/30/21)
Cape Girardeau has a new city manager in Kenneth Haskin, a veteran city administrator with experience in economic development and senior level management for local municipalities. Haskin follows Scott Meyer, who retired in June after 12 years at the helm making him the longest serving city manager in Cape Girardeau’s history...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/30/21)
Today is Monday, Aug. 30, the 242nd day of 2021. There are 123 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 30, 1967, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first Black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. On this date:...
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Health clinic helps those in need
(Editorial ~ 08/30/21)
Gwen Maloney is a nurse by training. But she's now using that care and empathy which so often goes with her profession to operate a free health clinic in downtown Cape Girardeau. Samaritan Regional Health Clinic is open two days per week, limited primarily because of when health care professionals are available...
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Prayer 8-30-21
(Prayer ~ 08/30/21)
O Lord God, loving Father, thank you for your abundant grace and mercy. Amen.
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Actor Ed Asner dies at 91
(Entertainment ~ 08/30/21)
LOS ANGELES -- Ed Asner, the burly and prolific character actor who became a star in middle age as the gruff but lovable newsman Lou Grant, first in the hit comedy "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and later in the drama "Lou Grant," died Sunday. He was 91...
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U.S. says drone kills IS bombers targeting Kabul airport
(International News ~ 08/30/21)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A U.S. drone strike blew up a vehicle carrying "multiple suicide bombers" from Afghanistan's Islamic State affiliate on Sunday before they could attack the ongoing military evacuation at Kabul's international airport, American officials said...
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Hurricane Ida unknown: Economic impact on region, U.S.
(National News ~ 08/30/21)
A strengthening Hurricane Ida, bearing high winds and the likelihood of flooding rain as it crashed into the Louisiana coast, could damage the energy-heavy Gulf Coast economy and potentially have economic consequences well beyond the region. The Gulf is not only a major base for oil and natural gas companies but also a vital hub for the nation's chemical and shipping industries...
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Biden pays respects to U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan
(National News ~ 08/30/21)
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- In hushed reverence, President Joe Biden stood witness with grieving families Sunday under a gray sky as, one by one, the remains of 13 U.S. troops killed in the Kabul suicide bombing were removed with solemnity from a military aircraft that brought them home...
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Gaza protesters clash with Israeli troops near border
(International News ~ 08/30/21)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Hundreds of Hamas-backed activists on Saturday launched what they said was the first in a series of nighttime protests along the Israeli border, throwing explosives toward Israeli forces who responded with live fire. Organizers said the gatherings, which are to continue throughout the week, were meant to step up pressure on Israel to ease a crippling economic blockade on the Gaza Strip...
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Gale Deckard
(Obituary ~ 08/30/21)
Gale Deckard, 74, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 25, 1946, in Pine, Missouri, son of Jess and Lucille Ashcraft Deckard. He and Carol Leazenby were united in marriage April 25, 1987...
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Speak Out
(Speak Out ~ 08/30/21)
The media and others keep pointing to polls that 70% to 75% of Americans think it's right to pull out of Afghanistan and calling it a 20-year war, trying to justify the disaster that Biden has created there. The truth is that it isn't a 20-year war, and we were already 97.5% out of Afghanistan. ...
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City receives two business license applications
(Business ~ 08/30/21)
Business License Applications Two business license applications were received last week by the City of Cape Girardeau's customer service office. The applications were filed by: n Pratima Patel of Cape Girardeau in connection with the change in ownership of Quality Inn, 2011 N. Kingshighway, from Kishan Corp.to Shree Chehar Hospitality LLC...
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Golf tournament raises $130K for school food programs
(Business ~ 08/30/21)
Corporate Generosity The annual Friends of Saint Francis Golf Tournament, held April 20, brought 212 golfers to Dalhousie Golf Club and raised more than $130,000, which will be applied to programs that help feed food insecure children in the area. Specifically, the funds will help cover the costs for the Summer Tiger Bites Feeding Program and a backpack food program at Jefferson Elementary School during the 2021-22 school year...
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Brand management platform developer offering free beta version
(Business ~ 08/30/21)
Cape Girardeau-based brand asset platform management firm SHO.ai has launched a free beta version of its all-encompassing brand management platform. "We are so excited to launch a free version of our platform," SHO.ai founder and CEO Sho Rust said in a social media post. "Currently accessing brand assets and guidelines requires users to dig through static PDFs or old email chains. We offer a digital solution saving team members time and valuable resources."...
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$2M grant earmarked for Sikeston industrial park
(Business ~ 08/30/21)
The City of Sikeston, Missouri, and the surrounding region will benefit from a $2 million grant announced Thursday by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA). The grant will be used to support development of Sikeston's South Industrial Park...
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Saint Francis hosting 'Join the Blue' hiring event
(Business ~ 08/30/21)
As part of its ongoing employee recruitment campaign, Saint Francis Healthcare System will hold a "Join the Blue" career event from 4 until 9 p.m. Sept. 23 at Saint Francis Medical Center. The event will take place inside Entrance 1 at the hospital...
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State ag department offering funds for organic growers
(Business ~ 08/30/21)
The Missouri Department of Agriculture announced last week the availability of funding to help Missouri farmers and food processors obtain organic certifications for their businesses. Through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Organic Certification Cost Share Program, farmers and other producers can be reimbursed for up to $500 of their certification costs during the program year...
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Jackson father and son to represent cattle farmers
(Business ~ 08/30/21)
Jackson cattle farmer Brian Meier has been elected to serve as a delegate to the 138th American Angus Association Convention of Delegates, while his father, Paul "Butch" Meier, was elected to serve as an alternate delegate to the event set for Nov. 8 in Fort Worth, Texas...
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Out of the past: Aug. 30
(Out of the Past ~ 08/30/21)
A shirt-sleeved President Bill Clinton tells a cheering, sign-waving crowd estimated at up to 30,000 people at Capaha Park that he wants to be re-elected to "build a bridge to the 21sth century"; the campaign rally marks the first time in the city's history that a sitting president and vice president -- Al Gore -- visit Cape Girardeau at the same time; Clinton and Gore are accompanied by their wives, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and Tipper Gore, and the Clintons' daughter, Chelsea, although the latter doesn't appear on stage.. ...
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