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State reps vote to tell hospitals to guarantee access to patients
(State News ~ 05/16/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri's GOP-led House spent its last day of the session Friday passing language protecting patient visitor access at hospitals after senators hindered work by leaving a day early. House lawmakers had little left available to do after the Republican-led Senate on Thursday approved new congressional districts then adjourned for the session, cutting off work on all other bills...
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Scott County District approves sale of $6.5M in bonds
(Local News ~ 05/16/22)
BENTON, Mo. — The Scott County "Kelly" School Board at its regular meeting May 10 approved the sale of a $6.5 million general obligation bond issue to its municipal bond underwriter, L.J. Hart & Co. of St. Louis. "We appreciate the strong vote of confidence we received from local patrons at the election and want to lock in interest rates that are still favorable in a rising rate environment," said David Brashear, president of the School Board...
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Cape Girardeau Area Magnet leader Thompson retires
(Business ~ 05/16/22)
John M. Thompson has retired as interim executive director of Cape Girardeau Area Magnet, effective March 31. "I volunteered for three months, ended up serving six," Thompson said. "I enjoyed the work, and those I worked with were awesome." Thompson, who had retired previously as president of The Bank of Missouri, stepped into a caretaker role with Magnet following the departure last year of Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce president and CEO John Mehner, who had also been leading Magnet.. ...
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The business of blood — drilling down on 'the gift of life'
(Business ~ 05/16/22)
American Red Cross was founded in the United States by Clara Barton 141 years ago this Saturday. Rarely in the organization's long tenure has the venerable not-for-profit humanitarian organization faced a particular problem quite so serious as it has this year...
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Sponsored: The Schott Group: Meet Cape’s growing real estate team
(B Magazine ~ 05/16/22)
When making decisions about investments it’s important to know someone with professional expertise and a large network. And when it comes to real estate, Stephen Schott of The Schott Group is the best kind of someone to know. “Buying or selling a home, whether it is your first, 10th or last, is more than a financial decision, it’s an emotional one and can be a challenging and stressful time,” Schott said...
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Board of Governors moves to approve curriculum changes, Honors House changes; discusses Houck stadium design
(Local News ~ 05/16/22)
The Southeast Missouri State University Board of Governors on Friday approved changes to curriculums and designs for the new Houck stadium construction, during its regular meeting Friday. ...
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Oak Ridge High School brings home awards for helping students with financial aid
(Local News ~ 05/16/22)
Oak Ridge High School was honored this week for its excellence in enrolling students with the federal financial aid program, Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Within the Show-Me FAFSA Challenge, Oak Ridge won for Most Improved and Most Innovative Strategy...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/16/22)
Today is Monday, May 16, the 136th day of 2022. There are 229 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 16, 1943, the nearly month-long Warsaw Ghetto Uprising came to an end as German forces crushed the Jewish resistance and blew up the Great Synagogue...
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Prayer 5-16-22
(Prayer ~ 05/16/22)
Lord Jesus, may your name be exalted; may all know your love and grace. Amen.
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The great baby formula shortage of 2022
(Column ~ 05/16/22)
That's the big news story of the week. In the richest country in the world, new mothers are not able to find baby formula or are having to stand in line for hours to get it. That problem is at the top — for now — of the growing pile of economic blunders and social miseries Joe Biden and his failing policies have caused the American people...
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Why I cherish the ring I found at a charity yard sale
(Column ~ 05/16/22)
It was the Saturday of the first weekend I had ever spent with Felipe. Our relationship was in that place and time when I knew my heart was approaching the point of no return. He had already met my best friends and my family. He showed up to my Tuesday night guitar gig and even read an essay of mine I hadn't yet published. Felipe seemed intrigued by all of the quirks and qualities that existed in me...
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Don't bend to calls for a global tax cartel
(Column ~ 05/16/22)
When all you have is a hammer, everything does indeed look like a nail. This is the best way to describe government officials' unoriginal and often destructive thinking. No matter the problem du jour, the answer is always more government spending. But more spending requires more tax revenue, which is not always easy to acquire in the modern global economy...
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Oran runners offer inspiration on and off the track
(Editorial ~ 05/16/22)
An inspiring story about two local track and field runners caught our attention last week. Aiden Scheeter is a freshman at Oran High School. He runs the 400 on the high school's track squad. But unlike his fellow runners, Scheeter is visually impaired. He was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and cone-rod dystrophy (CRD), the former a disease affecting the retina where cells break down over time and the latter an inherited disorder involving light sensitivity of the retina cells...
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Cape issues business license to cookie trailer
(Business ~ 05/16/22)
The City of Cape Girardeau's Community Development Office has issued a business license to Rachel Marlow of Wichita, Kansas, for Crumble & Cream, a food trailer selling self-made prepackaged deep dish cookies.
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Cape, Jackson, Scott City chambers hold events this week
(Business ~ 05/16/22)
Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a membership drive this week from 8 a.m. Tuesday through 5 p.m. Thursday. Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly business breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Friday at Jackson Civic Center, 381 E. Deerwood Drive. Sponsor: Lawless Harley-Davidson in Scott City...
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Cape Girardeau church donates to LFCS
(Business ~ 05/16/22)
St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1900 Cape LaCroix Road, Cape Girardeau, made a $517 donation April 24 to Lutheran Family and Children's Services. The funds were collected from the congregation's Lenten offering. The gift will support services in Southeast Missouri, including mental health counseling for families in crisis, helping young women navigate life choices through unexpected pregnancies and the creation of new families through adoption...
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Michelle Queiser leaves Southeast Missouri State
(Business ~ 05/16/22)
Michelle Queiser, communications specialist in Southeast Missouri State University's Marketing and Communications department, is leaving SEMO after nearly seven years on the job. Queiser, whose last day was Friday, plans to return to her native Colorado...
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Lawrence Dush promoted by Saint Francis
(Business ~ 05/16/22)
Lawrence Dush, RN, BSN, has been promoted to patient care manager of home health by Saint Francis Healthcare System. Dush, with 21 years of home health experience, began with the hospital system in October 2019 as a registered nurse, transitioning to interim director of home health and hospice in June...
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Cape School District promotes Beck
(Business ~ 05/16/22)
Brice Beck has been promoted to deputy superintendent of secondary education and human resources in the Cape Girardeau School District, succeeding Christa Turner, who will become responsible for the district's federal programs. Beck, who has served for five years as assistant principal of Cape Girardeau Central High School, is scheduled to complete the doctor of education leadership in teaching and learning program in 2023 from Missouri Baptist University...
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Community Partnership honors Saint Francis
(Business ~ 05/16/22)
Saint Francis Healthcare System has been honored with this year's Kasten Award from Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri. Named for former state Rep. Mary Kasten of Cape Girardeau, the commendation is given to an individual or organization "exemplifying strength and commitment to the community and whose work is recognized as a building block of support for CPSEMO," the not-for-profit said in a statement...
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Over the Edge returns Friday after hiatus
(Business ~ 05/16/22)
Over the Edge, a fundraiser of United Way of Southeast Missouri, returns Friday after a two-year COVID break. The event again will be held at Southeast Missouri State University's Towers South dormitory, with participants rappelling 147 feet from the roof to the ground in support of UW-SEMO's network of 28 funded partners...
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Hospital safety grades assigned, Southeast rated 'A'
(Business ~ 05/16/22)
Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade report is out for Spring 2022 with more than 3,000 general acute care hospitals measured on 22 patient safety criteria. Southeast Hospital was graded "A." Saint Francis Medical Center and Poplar Bluff (Missouri) Regional Medical Center received "B" grades, with Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston given a "C" grade...
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Use-tax receipts in May show year-to-year drop in Cape Girardeau County
(Business ~ 05/16/22)
Use-tax receipts dropped 14% in May in Cape Girardeau County compared to the same month in 2021 — an indication of slower out-of-state and online sales. According to figures supplied by the state Department of Revenue to county Treasurer Roger Hudson, May's use-tax collections totaled $271,546.67, compared to $316,027.16 in May 2021...
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Schnuck Markets given kudos by WSJ
(Business ~ 05/16/22)
Family-owned Schnuck Markets of St. Louis is among 51 companies -- and one of three in Missouri — named a 2022 U.S. "best managed company." Awarded by Wall Street Journal and consulting firm Deloitte Private, Schnucks made the list for the first time...
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Pope rallies from knee pain to proclaim 10 new saints
(International News ~ 05/16/22)
ROME -- Pope Francis caronized 10 new saints Sunday, rallying from knee pain that has forced him to use a wheelchair to preside over the first canonization ceremony at the Vatican in over two years. Francis stood for a long period at the start to greet priests concelebrating the Mass, presided over the nearly two-hour ceremony and then stood and walked for a good 15 minutes after it ended to greet dozens of cardinals and bishops. ...
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K-9 featured in Netflix's 'Rescued by Ruby' euthanized
(Entertainment ~ 05/16/22)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Rhode Island dog whose inspiring story of going from shelter dog to lifesaving police K-9 became the subject of a recent Netflix movie has been euthanized. ...
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'Doctor Strange 2' keeps hold on top spot in 2nd weekend
(Entertainment ~ 05/16/22)
"Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" stayed on top of the box office charts during its second weekend in theaters, earning an additional $61 million from North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. With $688 million in global grosses, it's already one of the highest grossing films of the pandemic and the second biggest of 2022. ...
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Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra wins Eurovision amid war
(International News ~ 05/16/22)
TURIN, Italy -- Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision Song Contest, a clear show of popular support for the group's war-ravaged nation that went beyond music. The band and its song "Stefania" beat 24 other performers early Sunday in the grand final of the competition. The public vote from home, via text message or the Eurovision app, proved decisive, lifting them above British TikTok star Sam Ryder, who led after the national juries in 40 countries cast their votes...
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Buddhist chaplains on the rise in US, offering broad appeal
(National News ~ 05/16/22)
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Wedged into a recliner in the corner of her assisted living apartment in Portland, Skylar Freimann, who has a terminal heart condition and pulmonary illness, anxiously eyed her newly arrived hospital bed on a recent day and worried over how she would maintain independence as she further loses mobility...
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In early primaries, voters favor polling places over mail
(National News ~ 05/16/22)
ATLANTA -- The great vote-by-mail wave appears to be receding just as quickly as it arrived. After tens of millions of people in the United States opted for mail ballots during the pandemic election of 2020, voters in early primary states are returning in droves to in-person voting this year...
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McConnell: Finland, Sweden 'important additions' to NATO
(National News ~ 05/16/22)
WASHINGTON -- Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday that Finland and Sweden would be "important additions" to NATO as he led a delegation of GOP senators to the region in a show of support against Russia's aggression. McConnell also called on President Joe Biden to designate Russia as state sponsor of terrorism over its invasion of Ukraine...
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4 ways to protect your small business from cyberattacks
(National News ~ 05/16/22)
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, small businesses have quickly adopted remote working and transitioned to new technologies, such as contactless payments and online ordering. Unfortunately, these adjustments have come with increased risks. ...
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US set to remove 5 groups from foreign terrorism blacklist
(National News ~ 05/16/22)
BERLIN -- The United States is poised to remove five extremist groups, all believed to be defunct, from its list of foreign terrorist organizations, including several that once posed significant threats, killing hundreds if not thousands of people across Asia, Europe and the Middle East...
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North Korea reports 15 more suspected COVID-19 deaths
(International News ~ 05/16/22)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea has confirmed 15 more deaths and hundreds of thousands of additional patients with fevers as it mobilizes more than a million health and other workers to try to suppress the country's first COVID-19 outbreak, state media reported Sunday...
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Small wins buoy Ukraine; West says Russians losing momentum
(International News ~ 05/16/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Almost three months after Russia shocked the world by invading Ukraine, its military faces a bogged-down war, the prospect of a bigger NATO, and an opponent buoyed Sunday by wins on and off the battlefield. Top diplomats from NATO met in Berlin with the alliance's chief, who declared the war "is not going as Moscow had planned."...
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Calif. churchgoers detained gunman in deadly attack
(National News ~ 05/16/22)
LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. -- A man opened fire during a lunch reception at a Southern California church Sunday before being stopped and hog-tied by parishioners in what a sheriff's official called an act of "exceptional heroism and bravery." One person was killed and four others were critically wounded at Geneva Presbyterian Church in the city of Laguna Woods, Orange County Sheriff's Department officials said...
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'Hero' guard, shoppers among Buffalo shooting victims
(National News ~ 05/16/22)
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Aaron Salter was a beloved community member and security guard who knew the shoppers of Tops Friendly Market by name. When they came under attack from a gunman with a rifle, he sprang into action. The retired Buffalo police officer fired multiple times at the attacker, striking his armor-plated vest at least once. The bullet didn't pierce, and Salter, 55, was shot and killed...
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Herbert Petzoldt
(Obituary ~ 05/16/22)
Herbert Julius Petzoldt, 94, of Jackson died Friday, May 13, 2022, at Monticello House. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church, with Pastor Steven Theiss officiating. Burial will be at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in New Wells...
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David Little
(Obituary ~ 05/16/22)
David "Chug" Little, 67, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, May 14, 2022, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Chad Fisher officiating. Burial will be at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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Out of the past: May 16
(Out of the Past ~ 05/16/22)
Ron Shumate, who won more games than any other basketball coach in Southeast Missouri State University history, has been fired as the head men's basketball coach; the firing is linked by the university to an NCAA investigation into the Indians' program; also out are Shumate's three assistant coaches: Randy Curl, who was suspended and whose contract won't be renewed when it expires at the end of June; Kirt Cochran and Scott McCowan, who resigned...
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Jackson FBLA Continues Tradition of Excellence at SLC 2022
(Submitted Story ~ 05/16/22)
The Jackson FBLA delegation of 31 students and three advisers attended the Missouri Future Business Leaders of America State Leadership Conference April 10-12 in Springfield, Missouri. This year saw the return to in-person SLC after a two year virtual experience...
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