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ALDI taking steps toward Jackson location
(Business ~ 03/07/22)
ALDI has sent structural plans and has begun the permitting process with the City of Jackson toward the future build of a 21,682-square-foot grocery store at 2502 E. Jackson Blvd., sources with both the city and Cape Girardeau County have confirmed...
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Author Strobel speaks on 'God's grace' in his life, others' at La Croix
(Local News ~ 03/07/22)
"A Case For Christ" author Lee Strobel spoke at La Croix Church over the weekend to kick off the church's new sermon series "A Grace That Bleeds." "I want to share this message of hope and grace, far and wide," Strobel said during his presentation Saturday night. "I just, you know, seize opportunities when they come up, whether it's a small place or a large arena, like this large church like this one, to share those stories of hope and grace."...
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City of Jackson bridge projects move forward
(Local News ~ 03/07/22)
Two bridges will be built over Hubble Creek low-water crossings in Cape Girardeau County's seat city this year. The first, Hubble Ford Bridge replacement between Cascade Drive and Parkview Street, is in its early stages. Putz Construction of Millersville was awarded the $550,000 project in January with hopes of completion before August...
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Codefi's Stapleton — A Q&A on the future of work
(Business ~ 03/07/22)
James Stapleton, co-founder of Cape Girardeau-headquarted Codefi, the co-working space and technology incubator focused on economic growth, agreed to answer a few questions from the Southeast Missourian about what he sees as the future of work — defined for this article as gainful employment — in the United States...
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Bird flu confirmed in chicken flock in Stoddard County
(State News ~ 03/07/22)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Federal inspectors have confirmed the presence of bird flu in a flock of commercial broiler chickens in Stoddard County. The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the development in a news release Friday. The agency said samples from the flock were tested at the University of Missouri Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory and confirmed at a USDA veterinary lab in Ames, Iowa...
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Prayer 3-7-22
(Prayer ~ 03/07/22)
Almighty God, we seek wisdom and discernment from you in all things. Amen.
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How I 'Zoom' through deadlines every week with friends
(Column ~ 03/07/22)
On Sunday afternoons, I log in to my Zoom account, join a meeting, mute myself and ignore everyone else on the call. I'm not being rude; everyone else does the same. All of our faces are on the screen, and we say a quick hello. But when the clock strikes 4 p.m. everyone mutes and gets to work...
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We need a $1 trillion defense budget
(Column ~ 03/07/22)
U.N. General Assembly resolutions feel good. Twitter hashtags are nice. Cutting off corporate services is better than the alternative. But the situation on the ground in Ukraine demonstrates that, at the end of the day, nothing is as helpful to Ukraine national cause as Javelin missiles...
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President Biden's nothing address
(Column ~ 03/07/22)
Recently, we wondered what President Joe Biden was going to say in his first State of the Union address that was new, upbeat or important. Unfortunately, last week we found out. Nothing. Biden meandered around for an hour. Committing a few gaffes and making false claims about his alleged successes, he pretended his 13-month string of failures at home and overseas was some other country's nightmare...
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Speak Out 3-7-22
(Speak Out ~ 03/07/22)
Since 2005, the Russian State propaganda channel RT, formerly Russia Today, has spread lies, conspiracy theories and all kinds of misinformation. Which brings the recent news that it will be shutting down as much welcome news. Good riddance. New emails are coming to light from the Jan. ...
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A unique opportunity for entrepreneurial students in Jackson
(Editorial ~ 03/07/22)
Jackson's Tyler Macke didn't take the normal path post high school like many young people in their early teens and 20s. Instead of going to college, he went straight into business with his entrepreneurial spirit and started a company called SendAFriend. We've written stories about Macke and his $10-million company. What makes his success that much more impressive, he started the e-commerce company with only $1,200...
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Cape license applications for hormone replacement, car sales, photography, translation businesses
(Business ~ 03/07/22)
Business license applications have been received by the City of Cape Girardeau's Community Development Office: n Melissa A. Short of Marion, Illinois, opened True Test, 3117 Lexington Ave., Suite 101, a hormone replacement/optimization clinic, Feb. 8...
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Cape, Jackson, Bollinger chambers announce upcoming events
(Business ~ 03/07/22)
n Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a new class reception for Leadership Cape at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Montgomery Bank Training Center, 526 W. Main St. in Jackson. n Women's Network Morning Coffee will be held at 7 a.m. Thursday at Conservation Nature Center, 2289 County Park Drive in Cape Girardeau. No fee to attend but registration is recommended at www.capechamber.com...
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Rooted Web names Navarro to marketing post
(Business ~ 03/07/22)
Natalia Navarro has been named a digital content producer by Cape Girardeau's Rooted Web, a full-service website design and digital marketing agency.
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Julie Woodruff named to new post by SoutheastHEALTH
(Business ~ 03/07/22)
Julie Woodruff, MBA, BSN, RN, has assumed duties as new administrator for SoutheastHEALTH Home Care Services. Woodruff succeeds longtime administrator Vickie Schnurbush, MSN, RN, CHPN, who has transitioned to the SoutheastHEALTH College of Nursing and Health Sciences as director of its new LPN program...
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Drury Southwest's Vollink retires
(Business ~ 03/07/22)
Dennis Vollink retired Friday after more than 41 years with Drury Southwest and other affiliated Drury entities. Vollink served in engineering and construction management capacities in addition to service as a company vice president and president. Vollink, according to the company, will continue to serve as a director for Drury Southwest and Drury Hotels...
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United Way of Southeast Missouri receives grant for infrastructure
(Business ~ 03/07/22)
United Way of Southeast Missouri announced Friday it is one of 120 United Way chapters to receive a $10,000 grant from United Way Worldwide's COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Fund. UWSEMO said it plans to use the grant to update outdated IT infrastructure...
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Locally-owned Circle Fiber reaches milestone broadband installation
(Business ~ 03/07/22)
Circle Fiber recognized the 1,000th installation of its fiber network Thursday at the Skelton home in Jackson. Kevin Cantwell, president of Cape Girardeau-based Big River Communications, the parent company of Circle Fiber, said CF's first broadband install was in October...
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Cape Girardeau clinic announces upcoming groundbreaking
(Business ~ 03/07/22)
Morning Star Behavioral Associates in Cape Girardeau, currently located at 338 Broadway, has announced it will break ground for a facility at 1 S. Main St. in early spring. Founded in 2016, Morning Star self identifies as an innovator in behavioral services serving people with diagnoses of individual or developmental disabilities, including autism...
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West Campus expansion for SoutheastHEALTH on track
(Business ~ 03/07/22)
SoutheastHEALTH told attendees of the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Coffee last week Phase II of its overall $125 million West Campus expansion remains on track for a mid-2023 completion. Maria Sudak, hospital system vice president and chief operating officer, presented a video to attendees about the 70,000-square-foot building along South Mount Auburn Road in Cape Girardeau...
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'The Batman' gives movie theaters a new hope with big launch
(Entertainment ~ 03/07/22)
LOS ANGELES -- Batman has his fair share of pressures, from saving Gotham to saving movie theaters. And while they're both still decidedly works in progress, "The Batman," starring Robert Pattinson, managed to give a little glimmer of hope to both by grossing $128.5 million in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday...
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6 ways technology is evolving travel in 2022
(Community ~ 03/07/22)
For the athletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, travel entailed -- robots. Everywhere. These machines prepared and served noodles, rice and burgers, and roamed hallways to take the temperatures of passersby. They even passed the Olympic flame underwater. Yet even if you're not an Olympian, your travels these days are far more likely to involve technology that you've never used before...
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1,100 homes evacuated as firefighters battle Florida fires
(National News ~ 03/07/22)
PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- Huge wildfires in the Florida Panhandle forced veterans in a nursing home to evacuate Sunday alongside residents of more than 1,000 homes in an area still recovering from a Category 5 hurricane three years ago. Firefighters battled the 9,000-acre Bertha Swamp Road fire and the 841-acre Adkins Avenue fire, which have threatened homes and forced residents of at least 1,100 houses in Bay County, Florida to flee over the weekend. ...
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Kamala Harris marks 'Bloody Sunday' anniversary in Selma
(National News ~ 03/07/22)
SELMA, Ala. -- Vice President Kamala Harris visited Selma, Alabama, on Sunday to commemorate a defining moment in the fight for equal voting rights, even as congressional efforts to restore the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act have faltered. Under a blazing blue sky, Harris linked arms with rank-and-file activists from the civil rights movement and led thousands across the bridge where, on March 7, 1965, white state troopers attacked Black voting rights marchers attempting to cross. ...
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Officials: 7 dead after tornadoes tore through central Iowa
(National News ~ 03/07/22)
WINTERSET, Iowa -- Seven people were killed, including two children, when several tornadoes swept through central Iowa, destroying homes and knocking down trees and power lines in the state's deadliest storm in more than a decade, authorities said. Emergency management officials in Madison County said four were injured and six people were killed Saturday when one tornado touched down in the area southwest of Des Moines near the town of Winterset around 4:30 p.m. ...
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COVID death toll nears 6 million
(National News ~ 03/07/22)
BANGKOK -- The official global death toll from COVID-19 is on the verge of eclipsing 6 million -- underscoring that the pandemic, now entering its third year, is far from over. The milestone is the latest reminder of the unrelenting nature of the pandemic even as people are shedding masks, travel is resuming and businesses are reopening around the globe. The death toll, compiled by Johns Hopkins University, stood at 5,997,994 as of Sunday afternoon...
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Ukraine says Russia steps up shelling of residential areas
(International News ~ 03/07/22)
LVIV, Ukraine -- Russian forces intensified shelling of cities in Ukraine's center, north and south, a Ukrainian official said, upending attempts to evacuate besieged civilians. With the Ukrainian leader urging his people to fight in the streets, Russian President Vladimir Putin shifted blame for the invasion, saying Moscow's attacks could be halted "only if Kyiv ceases hostilities."...
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Ukrainian-American adoption advocate dies in invasion
(State News ~ 03/07/22)
ST. LOUIS -- A man who split his time between the St. Louis area and Ukraine, helping arrange adoptions of children with medical needs, has died amid the fighting in the war-torn country. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch report ed Serge Zevlever was killed when he volunteered to check on a commotion outside a Kyiv bomb shelter Feb. 26, his daughters said. That was just two days after Russian forces launched an invasion of Ukraine...
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St. Louis officials OK keeping sugary drinks off children's menus
(State News ~ 03/07/22)
ST. LOUIS -- Water, milk or fruit juice would be the default choice on St. Louis restaurant menus under a bill endorsed by the Board of Aldermen. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the board voted 25-1 on Friday to give first-round approval to the measure...
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Out of the past: March 7
(Out of the Past ~ 03/07/22)
EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ill. -- A tractor-trailer driver swerved into a ditch and flipped the truck to avoid hitting a school bus carrying elementary and high-school students; the accident occurred at about 7 a.m. yesterday on Highway 146 a quarter of a mile east of the Purple Crackle; the school bus wasn't hit and no children were injured; the tractor-trailer driver, David T. ...
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IL Non-Profit Launches Campaign to Celebrate & Support Educators During COVID
(Submitted Story ~ 03/07/22)
CHICAGO – Back 2 School Illinois (B2SI), a nonprofit that provides tens of thousands of deserving kids from low-income families with free school supplies each year to help them succeed in the classroom, is pleased to announce the launch of its 2022 We Appreciate Teachers campaign, beginning today. ...
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Zoi's Gyros Corner in Cape Girardeau closing
(Business ~ 03/07/22)
Zoi's Gyros Corner, 1865 Broadway in Cape Girardeau, will close later this month after 28 years in business. Owner Zoi Mousadakos made the announcement in a Facebook post Sunday addressed to what the proprietor called "loyal" patrons. "It is with great sadness that I announce I am retiring and closing Zoi's Gyro on March 18 (depending on inventory)," Mousadakos wrote...
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Joyce Holloway
(Obituary ~ 03/07/22)
Joyce Marie Holloway, 89 of Cape Girardeau died Friday, March 4, 2022, at her son's home in Jackson. She was born Aug. 17, 1932, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Reginald and Ersie Nichols. She and Eugene Holloway were married Feb. 24, 1951, in Cape Girardeau...
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