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One dead, three injured in Friday afternoon car crash in Butler County
(Local News ~ 11/29/21)
A Southeast Missouri woman died and three others sustained injuries in a two-vehicle collision Friday along Highway 67, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Rita Overstreet, 59, of Doniphan, Missouri, was killed in the crash that occurred around 2:10 p.m. at Highway 67 and County Road 323 in Butler County...
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No decision yet on local CVS outlets as pharmacy giant announces hundreds of 2022 closings
(Business ~ 11/29/21)
CVS, with nearly 10,000 pharmacy stores in the U.S., announced Nov. 18 it will close 900 of them over the next three years -- but a company spokesman told the Southeast Missourian the fate of outlets in this area will be decided early next year...
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Editorial: City should use windfalls to boost employee pay now
(Editorial ~ 11/29/21)
The City of Cape Girardeau finds itself in a unique position — facing a problem but having two complementary tools with which to attack it. In their campaign to convince voters to approve a use tax — applying the local sales tax rate to purchases made online — municipal officials pointed to city employee salaries as a growing problem. ...
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Ring in the season with holiday-themed events throughout area
(Local News ~ 11/29/21)
It's as if the clock struck midnight Thanksgiving night and suddenly holiday music began playing in every store, neighbors have put up Christmas lights, garland hangs from downtown light posts. As the classic Christmas song goes, it's the most wonderful time of the year. Here's a list of holiday-themed events to kick off the start of the season...
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Glimpsing the future — Cape Magnet's upcoming strategic plan will look at assests, challenges for economic growth in region
(Business ~ 11/29/21)
Outgoing Cape Girardeau Area Magnet Board of Directors chairman Robbie Guard says he expects a consultant firm to deliver a proposed three-to-five-year strategic plan to the business growth group by January. Guard, Ward 4 Cape Girardeau city councilman and mayor pro tempore, said it is not difficult to read some of the plan's broad strokes in advance...
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Deborah Young running for Ward 1 Cape Council seat
(Local News ~ 11/29/21)
Effective and efficient services, community meetings, a community action plan: These are all are initiatives Deborah Young hopes to accomplish if elected to Cape Girardeau's Ward 1 City Council seat. Young joins incumbent Dan Presson in the run for Ward 1 in the April municipal election...
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Sponsored: Shop Local: Imagine That Boutique + Hello Gorgeous Boutique + Hello Beautiful Boutique
(Shop Local ~ 11/29/21)
Since opening our doors in 2014, Imagine That has taken pride in delivering quality customer service and unique styles to our customers. As a locally owned boutique, it is our mission to provide high-quality merchandise at affordable prices. We research and test ALL our products before they go into our stores to ensure that our customers get the best quality...
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Prayer 11-29-21
(Prayer ~ 11/29/21)
O Lord Jesus, may we always remember the reason for the Christmas season. Amen.
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Saule Omarova shouldn't be overseeing our banks
(Column ~ 11/29/21)
It is ironic when Democrats complain about sensational use of language. Thanks to progressives, practically every white person in America has been labeled a racist. But now, Democrats are screaming because Republican Sen. John Kennedy suggested Saule Omarova, whom President Joe Biden has nominated to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency — the nation's top banking regulator — might be a communist...
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Thanksgiving must endure
(Column ~ 11/29/21)
Thomas Jefferson is on the outs. Columbus Day is a shadow of its former self. And Thanksgiving, perhaps most consequently, is under pressure. If this most American holiday is ever downgraded from its honored place on the national calendar, it will speak of a profound change in our self-definition...
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Speak Out 11-29-21
(Speak Out ~ 11/29/21)
Most club or traveling sports teams cost parents and their kid upwards of $2,000 per year. Most kids play on these teams for 5-7 years at a cost of at least $10,000-14,000. That's a year of tuition at Mizzou or SEMO. You parents might want to reconsider your return on investment and, instead, pay an academic tutor...
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Out of the past: Nov. 29
(Out of the Past ~ 11/29/21)
Many senior citizens in Cape Girardeau have lived with two dominant emotions since May: anger and fear; there have been 15 burglaries in the city in the past six months with victims' ages ranging from 60 to 95; in each burglary, either one or two men have broken into homes at night and demanded money from elderly residents; most of the burglaries have occurred two blocks south of William Street, between South Ellis Street and Sheridan Drive...
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Patrick Young
(Obituary ~ 11/29/21)
ORAN, Mo. — Patrick Dean Young, son of the late Delbert Dean Young and Barbara Howell Tyler, was born June 13, 1961, in Flint, Michigan, and departed this life Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021, at his home in Oran, surrounded by his loving family, at the age of 60...
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Cecil Starkey
(Obituary ~ 11/29/21)
Cecil G. "Pete" Starkey, 87, of Whitewater died Friday, Nov. 26, 2021, at the home of his daughter. He was born April 14, 1934, in Marquand, Missouri, to William H. Starkey and Lilly B. Mooney Starkey. He married Mamie M. Myer on Sept 30, 1950, in Piggott Arkansas. She passed away Feb. 26, 2002...
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Michelle Perkins
(Obituary ~ 11/29/21)
CARY, N.C. — Michelle Dawn Enke Perkins, 52, of Cary, North Carolina, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home...
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Gene Hahs
(Obituary ~ 11/29/21)
Glenn "Gene" Hahs, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Nov. 26, 2021, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Sept. 22, 1936, in Millersville to Glen Hahs and Verna Moore Hahs. He and Peggy Ann Riehn were married Dec. 22, 1956, in Cape Girardeau. Gene was a graduate of College High...
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Lee newspaper chain tries to ward off hostile takeover by hedge fund
(State News ~ 11/29/21)
DAVENPORT, Iowa — The Lee Enterprises newspaper chain has adopted a "poison-pill" plan to protect itself from a hostile takeover while the company's board considers an unsolicited offer from hedge fund Alden Global Capital. The shareholder rights plan would take effect if Alden gets control of more than 10% of Lee's stock anytime in the next year. ...
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Mo. wants to keep outsourcing unemployment call center
(State News ~ 11/29/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri officials want to continue having a private company handle calls about jobless benefits in the state even though the unemployment rate has returned to pre-pandemic levels. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations is asking companies to bid on a contract to run a call center to help officials process unemployment claims and employ up to 150 people...
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Business license applications made for massage, wine businesses in Cape
(Business ~ 11/29/21)
Business license applications have been received by the City of Cape Girardeau's community development office. n Judy Grier to open the Center for Massage Therapy, 618 Bellevue St. Opening date listed as Nov. 27. n Primo Brands LLC and Primo Vino-Cask LLC, 1610 N. Kingshighway. Previous owner: PAJCO, Inc...
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Florist, recovery center ribbon-cuttings set for this week
(Business ~ 11/29/21)
The Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce will hold two ribbon-cuttings this week. n D Duncan Floristry & Boutique, 818 Broadway, at 4 p.m. Thursday. n We Do Recover Recovery Community Center (RCC), a program of Gibson Recovery Center, 715 Broadway, at 2:30 p.m. Friday...
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Cape, Jackson chambers host events in December
(Business ~ 11/29/21)
The Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce will hold the following events in December: n First Friday Coffee from 7 to 8:30 a.m. Friday at Century Casino Cape Girardeau Event Center. Hosted by Circle Fiber and Saint Francis Healthcare. Program by Southeast Missouri State University begins at 7:40 a.m. and will be available via Facebook Live. Register online. Continental breakfast provided...
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Joy Cart donations sought by SoutheastHEALTH
(Business ~ 11/29/21)
For those wishing to show appreciation for health care workers, a "Joy Cart" has been created by the SoutheastHEALTH Foundation. Money, gift cards or store-bought individually-packaged snacks or drinks are solicited. The Joy Cart, hospital officials say, will be taken to different departments on various shifts to reach employees...
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Retired area priest Varone named monsignor
(Business ~ 11/29/21)
The Rev. Normand Varone has been named a Prelate of Honor to Pope Francis with the title of monsignor. The retired priest was surprised with the news by Bishop Edward M. Rice of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau at the conclusion of Mass on Nov. 14 in Old St. Vincent Chapel of Ease in downtown Cape Girardeau...
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Final round of government stimulus checks due before close of 2021
(Business ~ 11/29/21)
The last child tax credit cash payments to eligible Americans, authorized in the $1.9 trillion stimulus approved in March by Congress, should be deposited in personal bank accounts on or after Dec. 15, according to a report from the news and commentary website BGR...
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Missouri Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick signals his opposition to Biden currency nominee
(Business ~ 11/29/21)
Missouri State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick has joined 20 of his peers in sending a letter to President Joe Biden opposing the nomination of Saule Omarova as U.S. comptroller of the currency, a position responsible for the regulation and monitoring of national banks...
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Dunklin, New Madrid and Mississippi counties listed in report as among the least physically active in U.S.
(Business ~ 11/29/21)
According to data cited by Delaware-based internet financial news website 24/7 Wall St. LLC, three counties in the Missouri Bootheel — Dunklin, Mississippi and New Madrid — are among the 50 most sedentary counties in America. Using information compiled by a joint report of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, the top three most physically inactive U.S. counties are all in Arkansas: Prairie, Dallas and Nevada...
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Black Friday sales encouraging for U.S. retailers
(Business ~ 11/29/21)
Mastercard SpendingPulse reports as of 3 p.m. Friday, total Black Friday retail sales in the United States were up nearly 30% compared to 2020. "Spending was on the rise throughout the day," said Steve Sadove, senior Mastercard adviser and former CEO and chairman of Saks Inc...
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Shopping center leasing at busy Cape Girardeau intersection
(Business ~ 11/29/21)
The Rhodes Group expects to have a new lease this week at its Mount Auburn Center shopping center at the North Mount Auburn Road/Lexington Avenue and Kingshighway intersection, Scott M. Rhodes said. Scooter's Coffee is the first tenant in the development, which is nearby to McDonald's and MRV Bank...
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Panel OKs bid to demolish Wright Brothers' 1st bike shop
(Entertainment ~ 11/29/21)
DAYTON, Ohio -- The Dayton Board of Zoning Appeals has approved the city's request to demolish a 129-year-old historic building that once was the site of the Wright brothers' first bike shop. The city wants to tear down the site because the building has deteriorated to a point where it can no longer be maintained and redeveloped, the Dayton Daily News reported. Public safety concerns have also been raised by some who fear the building could collapse...
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Northwest residents urged to stay alert as storms roll in
(National News ~ 11/29/21)
Weather officials urged Northwest residents to remain alert Sunday as more rain was predicted to fall in an area with lingering water from extreme weather earlier this month. "There's some good news and some pending news," said Steve Reedy, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Seattle...
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Supreme Court set to take up all-or-nothing abortion fight
(National News ~ 11/29/21)
WASHINGTON -- Both sides are telling the Supreme Court there's no middle ground in Wednesday's showdown over abortion. The justices can either reaffirm the constitutional right to an abortion or wipe it away altogether. Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling declaring a nationwide right to abortion, is facing its most serious challenge in 30 years in front of a court with a 6-3 conservative majority that has been remade by three appointees of President Donald Trump...
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High inflation? Low polling? White House blames pandemic
(National News ~ 11/29/21)
WASHINGTON -- Inflation is soaring, businesses are struggling to hire and President Joe Biden's poll numbers have been in free fall. The White House sees a common culprit for it all: COVID-19. Biden's team views the pandemic as the root cause of both the nation's malaise and his own political woes. Finally controlling COVID-19, the White House believes, is the skeleton key to rejuvenating the country and reviving Biden's own standing...
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Shippers prepare for another pandemic crush of holiday gifts
(National News ~ 11/29/21)
PORTLAND, Maine -- The last holiday season was far from the most wonderful time of the year for the U.S. Postal Service: sick and quarantined workers, a flood of packages from shoppers loath to set foot in stores and a last-minute dump of packages from overwhelmed private shippers...
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More omicron cases pop up as world rushes to learn more
(International News ~ 11/29/21)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus popped up in countries on opposite sides of the world Sunday and many governments rushed to close their borders even as scientists cautioned it's not clear whther the new variant is more alarming than other versions of the virus...
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Stocks look to bounce back from last week's tumble
(Business ~ 11/29/21)
Recovery is expected after what is being termed a "terrible" day for the stock market on Black Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 905 points or 2.5% to 34,899.34, the blue-chip index's worst performance since October 2020, in an abbreviated post-holiday trading session at week's end. The S&P 500 closed down 2.3% to 4,594, its biggest retreat since February, and the tech-dominated Nasdaq finished at 15,491, down 2.2%, for the composite's poorest showing since September...
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Mungee receives award in Jefferson City
(Business ~ 11/29/21)
Sunil Mungee, former president and CEO of Pemiscot Memorial Health Systems since 2020, was awarded the 2021 Rural Health Champion Award during a Nov. 18 presentation in Gov. Mike Parson's office in Jefferson City, Missouri. Mungee, who previously worked for SoutheastHEALTH, was recognized for his work to expand service lines and to help provide low cost health care plans benefiting 38,000 people...
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