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Jackson Board of Aldermen agenda 6-6-22
(Local News ~ 06/06/22)
City of Jackson mayor and Board of Aldermen Regular meeting 6 p.m. today Adoption of agenda n Motion adopting the regular meeting agenda Approval of minutes n Motion approving the minutes of the regular meeting of May 16 Financial affairs n Motion approving the payment of semimonthly bills...
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Pride in the Park held over weekend
(Local News ~ 06/06/22)
Independence Place's Maurice Carter dances to the music in and off stage for an audience at Pride in the Park on Sunday at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau.
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Unemployment drops notably in local Southeast Missouri counties
(Business ~ 06/06/22)
According to the state Department of Labor and Industry, unemployment dropped a full percentage point from March to April in Cape Girardeau, Perry and Scott counties. n Cape Girardeau County's rate dropped from 3% to 2%. n Perry County went from 2.9% to 1.9%...
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Sky-high gas prices and the future of EV
(Business ~ 06/06/22)
A truth American motorists can no longer deny as summer driving season begins is simply this: Never in U.S. history has it cost so much — on a flat, not adjusted for inflation basis — to fill a gas tank. On Friday, AAA reported the average nationwide price for a gallon of regular was $4.76, up 5 cents from the day before...
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Cape Public Library hosts anime club for those interested in Japanese culture
(Local News ~ 06/06/22)
Cape Public Library hosts anime club for those interested in Japanese culture There is no shortage of things happening this week at Cape Girardeau Public Library. In addition to the summer reading kickoff and Scholastic Book Fair, something new to the library is in store — anime...
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Young local entrepreneur prospers with SendAFriend
(Business ~ 06/06/22)
Jackson's Tyler Macke, with apologies to 20th century poet Robert Frost, has taken the road less traveled by. Macke, 23, is CEO of SendAFriend, an online care package for-profit business with anticipated revenue of $15 million this year, double the total of a year ago...
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Construction of new Catholic ministries food pantry underway
(Local News ~ 06/06/22)
The construction of a new Catholic Social Ministries Food Pantry is underway, with the building's foundation being laid and steel beams going up. Jim Keusenkothen, pastoral minister at St. Mary Cathedral, said the construction of the building, depending on the weather, is estimated to be finished in the fall...
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Cape airport advisory board recommends Contour Aviation
(Local News ~ 06/06/22)
Flyers may arrive at a new destination for connecting flights if a proposal by the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport Advisory Board is passed by the City Council. On Friday, a news release from the Advisory Board stated its interest in partnering with Contour Aviation to replace SkyWest's carrier services. If the proposal is passed, connecting flight service would change from Chicago to Nashville, Tennessee...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/06/22)
Today is Monday, June 6, the 157th day of 2022. There are 208 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 6, 1944, during World War II, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on "D-Day" as they began the liberation of German-occupied Western Europe...
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Prayer 6-6-22
(Prayer ~ 06/06/22)
O Father God, blessed be your name, the name above all names. Amen.
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The state of Black America
(Column ~ 06/06/22)
I am so pleased and proud that the annual edition of the "State of Black America" (Encounter Books), published by my organization, CURE, Center for Urban Renewal and Education, in conjunction with the Claremont Institute has just been released. CURE was founded to provide a platform for an alternative vision of what "Black America" is about and what the real challenges are of our citizens of color...
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Is Donald Trump boring now?
(Column ~ 06/06/22)
Donald Trump implicitly endorsed a half-baked conspiracy theory for why his candidates lost in the Georgia Republican primaries, and it created barely a ripple in the political world. The man who shocked and outraged his way through four transfixing years as president of the United States has become a known commodity, indeed predictable and even monotonous...
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Fourth Shipyard festival planned for September
(Editorial ~ 06/06/22)
Seventeen musical acts are set to perform over two days (and nights) in September as part of the fourth annual Shipyard Music Festival. Mark your calendar for Sept. 23 and 24. The acts bring a variety of music genres and represent a mix of local musical favorites and national touring artists. ...
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Cape processing business license for school photography studio
(Business ~ 06/06/22)
The City of Cape Girardeau Community Development Department is processing a business license application from Leslie Nashed of Sedalia, Missouri, for Interstate Studio & Publishing, a school photography studio, to be located at 760 S. Kingshighway, Suite E...
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Faune Riggin recognized by teachers group
(Business ~ 06/06/22)
Faune Riggin of KZIM/KSIM, with River Radio studios in Cape Girardeau, has won a 2022 Missouri State Teachers Association award in the radio category for her "percussion festival" feature. Riggin, a North Dakota native, came to Southeast Missouri in 2001 and has won several MSTA awards in the past...
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Lucas Essenpreis joins HR at Saint Francis
(Business ~ 06/06/22)
Lucas Essenpreis has joined Saint Francis Healthcare System as compensation manager in the human resources department. Essenpreis, who has seven years of previous health care HR experience, holds an undergraduate degree from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and is completing a Master in Business Administration at Louisiana State University...
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Thomas Roy joins Saint Francis
(Business ~ 06/06/22)
Thomas Roy, CPPM, has accepted the role of practice manager for Pain Management Center with Saint Francis Healthcare System. A graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, Roy joins Saint Francis from SoutheastHEALTH, where he served as the practice manager of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery...
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Groundbreaking held in south Cape Girardeau for Gibson Center addition
(Business ~ 06/06/22)
Gibson Center for Behavioral Change and Community Counseling Center held a May 23 groundbreaking for a 3,000-square-foot addition to the Gibson men's residential program at 1112 Linden St. in south Cape Girardeau for a behavioral health crisis center...
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Finish Line Car Wash opens this week in Cape Girardeau
(Business ~ 06/06/22)
Finish Line Car Wash will have a ribbon-cutting at 11 a.m. Friday at 215 S. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau. The company features unlimited wash club monthly memberships with free-to-use vacuums. Other ribbon-cuttings this week have been announced by the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce...
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Large baby formula plant reopens in Michigan amid national shortage
(Business ~ 06/06/22)
Abbott Laboratories's Sturgis, Michigan, plant will soon be producing baby formula again, raising hopes the end of the nation's formula shortage may be in sight. Abbott began a formula recall in February because of reports of bacterial infections discovered in babies who had consumed its product...
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More truckers lose their rides because of marijuana violations
(Business ~ 06/06/22)
Marijuana violations have taken more than 10,000 truck drivers off the road this year, adding to supply-chain disruptions, according to www.stacker.com. As of April, 10,276 commercial vehicle drivers have tested positive for marijuana use, an increase of nearly one-third over the same month in 2021...
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Wayne Wallingford's gas tax reminder
(Business ~ 06/06/22)
State Department of Revenue director Wayne Wallingford of Cape Girardeau is reminding Missourians the next step in the legislatively-approved multiyear increase in the motor fuels tax is on the way in a few months. "The state will be collecting an additional 2.5 cents per gallon effective Oct. 1, which will make Missouri the fifth-lowest in gas tax among the 50 states," said Wallingford, a former member of the General Assembly, in remarks Friday to the Southeast Missourian...
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'Top Gun' stays aloft with $86M in its 2nd weekend
(Entertainment ~ 06/06/22)
NEW YORK -- The high-flying "Top Gun: Maverick" continued to soar in its second weekend, dropping just 32% from its opening with $86 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Paramount Pictures release, with Tom Cruise reprising his role from the 1986 original, is holding steadier than any film of its kind has before. ...
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At least 49 dead in 2nd day of Bangladesh cargo depot fire
(International News ~ 06/06/22)
DHAKA, Bangladesh -- A massive fire at a container depot near a port city in southeastern Bangladesh killed at least 49 people, including nine firefighters, and injured more than 100 others, officials and local media reported Sunday, as efforts to extinguish the blaze continued into a second night...
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More than 50 feared dead in Nigeria church attack, officials say
(International News ~ 06/06/22)
ABUJA, Nigeria -- Gunmen opened fire on worshippers and detonated explosives at a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria on Sunday, leaving dozens feared dead, state lawmakers said. The attackers targeted the St. Francis Catholic Church in Ondo state just as the worshippers gathered on Pentecost Sunday, legislator Ogunmolasuyi Oluwole said. Among the dead were many children, he said...
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Pope Francis fuels new speculation on future of pontificate
(International News ~ 06/06/22)
ROME -- Pope Francis added fuel to rumors about the future of his pontificate by announcing he would visit the central Italian city of L'Aquila in August for a feast initiated by Pope Celestine V, one of the few pontiffs who resigned before Pope Benedict XVI stepped down in 2013...
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Researchers: Breast cancer drug could help more patients
(National News ~ 06/06/22)
For the first time, a drug targeting a protein that drives breast cancer growth has been shown to work against tumors with very low levels of the protein. It's not a cure. But this latest gain for targeted cancer therapy could open new treatment possibilities to thousands of patients with advanced breast cancer...
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Alaska's unusual House primary draws Palin, Santa, 46 others
(National News ~ 06/06/22)
JUNEAU, Alaska -- Alaska voters are facing an election unlike any they've seen, with 48 candidates running to succeed the man who had held the state's only U.S. House seat for 49 years. While some of the candidates in this week's special primary have name recognition, including Sarah Palin and Santa Claus -- yes, Santa Claus -- many are relative unknowns or political novices -- a fishing guide, a contractor, a gold miner who went to prison for allegedly threatening federal land managers...
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Biden scrambles to avoid Americas Summit flop in Los Angeles
(National News ~ 06/06/22)
LOS ANGELES -- When leaders gather this week in Los Angeles at the Summit of the Americas, the focus is likely to veer from common policy changes -- migration, climate change and galloping inflation -- and instead shift to something Hollywood thrives on: the drama of the red carpet...
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And she waved: Festive pageant caps queen's Platinum Jubilee
(International News ~ 06/06/22)
LONDON -- In a crowning moment for her Platinum Jubilee, Queen Elizabeth II waved at tens of thousands of adoring crowds from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on Sunday, delighting fans who had hoped to catch a glimpse of her during the final day of festivities marking the monarch's 70 years on the throne...
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Red-hot summer job market awaits US teens as employers sweat
(National News ~ 06/06/22)
WASHINGTON -- Mary Jane Riva, CEO of Pizza Factory, has a cautionary message for her customers this summer: Prepare to wait longer for your Hawaiian pie or calzone. Pizza Factory's 100 West Coast locations are desperately short of workers. With about 12 employees per store, they're barely half-staffed -- just when many more Americans are venturing out to restaurant chains such as hers...
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Shootings expose divisions on gun issue in faith communities
(National News ~ 06/06/22)
After a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, several pastors around the country challenged their conservative counterparts with this question: Are you pro-life if you are pro-gun? One of those faith leaders is the Rev. ...
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Russia hits Kyiv with missiles; Putin warns West on arms
(International News ~ 06/06/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia took aim Sunday at Western military supplies for Ukraine, launching airstrikes on Kyiv that it claimed destroyed tanks donated from abroad, as Vladimir Putin warned that any Western deliveries of longer-range rocket systems would prompt Moscow to hit "objects that we haven't yet struck."...
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Sybil Upchurch
(Obituary ~ 06/06/22)
Sybil E. Upchurch, 95, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, June 4, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born June 28, 1926, in Norwich Norfolk, England, to Reginald C. and Gertrude Gallant. She and John P. Upchurch were married April 28, 1944...
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Flossie Boehl
(Obituary ~ 06/06/22)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. — Flossie Mary Gross Boehl, 95, of Marble Hill passed away Thursday, June 2, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 11, 1926, in Kennett, Missouri, daughter of George Washington and Ada Amderella Wright Yount. She first married John Clyde Gross on Oct. 2, 1941, and he passed away April 4, 1979. She then married Robert F. Boehl on June 10, 1982, and he passed away Oct. 15, 2010...
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Out of the past: June 6
(Out of the Past ~ 06/06/22)
Vandals struck Cape Rock Park on Wednesday, knocking over wooden railings, ripping a post from the ground despite its concrete base, knocking a bench down the hill and generously distributing trash about the park; Cape Rock itself wasn't exempted from miscreants' efforts; the plaque on the rock was smeared with a yellow, egg-like substance...
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Cape Girardeau Public Schools receives $5,000 Coover Regional grant
(Submitted Story ~ 06/06/22)
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks and the Louis L. and Julia Dorothy Coover Charitable Foundation presented a grant for $5,000 to Cape Girardeau Public Schools. The grant will be used to provide counseling center sessions and vision and dental screenings...
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