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Sponsored: Cape Airport makes improvements, builds new terminal
(B Magazine ~ 05/22/23)
Progress is in full swing as the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport (CGI) works to complete several major capital improvement projects. After years of planning and having received funds from the Coronavirus Aide Recovery and Economic Stimulus Act and locally, CGI is slated to complete the Taxiway B Reconstruction Project, new T-hangars and Passenger Terminal Building, all before June 2024...
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Poplar Bluff postal worker must pay restitution for stolen gift cards
(Local News ~ 05/22/23)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — A Poplar Bluff postal worker who admitted to stealing gift cards from greeting cards was sentenced to probation Tuesday, May 16, and ordered to pay restitution. Brittney D. Bulliner, 29, appeared Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. in Cape Girardeau...
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Unemployment — Missouri vs. rest of U.S.
(Business ~ 05/22/23)
Jobless rates for April released Wednesday, May 17, show Missouri at 16th lowest in the nation compared to the other 50 states and the District of Columbia. The data from U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and compiled by WalletHub show the Show Me State's unemployment rate last month at 2.5%, tied with Maryland...
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Cape Catfish seek success on and off the field
(Business ~ 05/22/23)
Cape Catfish opens its 2023 season Wednesday, May 31, and Glenn Campbell has joined the Capaha Field-based wooden bat team, featuring NCAA college-eligible players, with a directive to make the operation off the field as successful as it's been between the foul lines...
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Equine-assisted therapy center opens location in Sikeston area
(Local News ~ 05/22/23)
SIKESTON, Mo. — A not-for-profit equine-assisted therapy center has expanded to the Sikeston area. Hope Therapeutic Horsemanship Center, or Hope Center, aims to improve the quality of life for special-needs children and adults by providing equestrian experiences in a warm, safe and caring atmosphere...
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Boil-water advisory issued for parts of Jackson
(Local News ~ 05/22/23)
A water main break in Jackson compelled officials to issue a boil-water advisory Sunday, May 21. Affected areas are Trail Ridge Subdivision, Kimbel Woods Subdivision, East Ridge Subdivision and all of Old Cape Road from Kimbel Woods Drive to Gloria Street...
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Debt ceiling: Biden, McCarthy to meet Monday as negotiators ‘keep working’ to resolve standoff
(National News ~ 05/22/23)
WASHINGTON -- The White House and House Republicans wrapped up another round of debt ceiling talks Sunday as Washington races to strike a budget compromise along with a deal to raise the nation's borrowing limit and avert an economy-wrecking federal default...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/22/23)
Today is Monday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2023. There are 223 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 22, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, speaking at the University of Michigan, outlined the goals of his "Great Society," saying that it "rests on abundance and liberty for all" and "demands an end to poverty and racial injustice."...
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Prayer 5-22-23
(Prayer ~ 05/22/23)
O Lord Jesus, may those in the midst of storms experience your peace. Amen.
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America's biggest threat was not 1/6
(Column ~ 05/22/23)
What was the biggest threat to America in the last seven years? If you have swallowed the party line of the Democrats, it was the storming of the Capitol by dangerous Trump "insurrectionists" on Jan. 6, 2021. For more than two years, Democrats and their parrots in the liberal media touted 1/6 as the worst thing that has happened to the United States since 9/11...
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What is 'common good capitalism?'
(Column ~ 05/22/23)
"Common-good capitalism" is all the rage these days with national conservatives. But what exactly is it, you may ask? That's a good question. As far as I can tell, it's a lovely sounding name for imposing one's preferred economic and social policies on Americans while pretending to be "improving" capitalism. ...
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In appreciation of our area nurses
(Editorial ~ 05/22/23)
A question was posed in the Southeast Missourian's Editorial Board meeting last week: How many nurses are there in this area? The answer: Many. And at the same time, we could use more. We know health care drives many of the jobs in this area, from the hospitals to tertiary care centers to nursing homes and in-home care services. ...
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Business quote
(Business ~ 05/22/23)
A default would crack open the foundations upon which our financial system is built. It is very conceivable that we'd see a number of financial markets break -- with worldwide panic triggering margin calls, runs and fire sales. ...
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Cape Girardeau business licenses
(Business ~ 05/22/23)
City of Cape Girardeau's Community Development Department has received two applications for business licenses: n Edward Snider of Oroville, California, for Fatty Patty Burger Barn, 407 Cape West Crossing, a fast-food restaurant serving burgers and fries...
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Cape Girardeau Chamber news
(Business ~ 05/22/23)
Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon-cutting at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, May 24, at Rush Truck Center, 403 Ramble Drive.
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Discovery Playhouse leadership transition
(Business ~ 05/22/23)
Michael Toeniskoetter, executive director of Cape Girardeau's Discovery Playhouse, resigned effective May 1. He had been with the interactive children's museum at 502 Broadway since October 2020. "I am going to be branching out online and growing my science brand, 'Mr. Mike and the Science Crew,' which will highlight amazing experiences and encourage curiosity," Toeniskoetter told the Southeast Missourian...
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Home Depot 2023 sales 'disappointing' to date
(Business ~ 05/22/23)
Home Depot, citing a pullback on home improvement projects post-pandemic, reported "disappointing" first quarter 2023 sales, down 4.5%, a distinct change in fortunes for the Marietta, Georgia-based retailer. "After a three-year period of unprecedented growth for our sector, during which we grew sales by over $47 billion, we expected fiscal 2023 would be a year of moderation for the home improvement market," Home Depot CEO Ted Decker said...
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New Jackson bridge by the numbers
(Business ~ 05/22/23)
Jackson's $1.6 million West Mary Street Bridge and Sidewalks project was opened to the public last week, the second major infrastructure project completed in the city in as many years. The bridge replaced a low-water crossing into City Park, which flooded regularly and left West Mary, a collector street, frequently impassible for motorists...
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State OKs Ameren to lower fuel adjustment charge
(Business ~ 05/22/23)
Ameren Missouri has received permission from the state Public Service Commission to adjust its fuel adjustment charge (FAC) downward, which will allow the utility's 1.29 million electric customers to see a savings on bills. According to a Thursday, May 18, new release, a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a month will see the FAC charge lowered by approximately $1.01 per month, from $6.27 to $5.26...
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Pump prices are idle with summer on the way
(Business ~ 05/22/23)
Gas prices are stuck in neutral as the holiday approaches, with Saturday's national average of $3.54 a gallon identical to the cost a week ago, according to auto club federation AAA. "Despite mild weather and a less volatile economic forecast, drivers are not hitting the road and raising gasoline demand to traditional seasonal levels," said Andrew Gross, AAA spokesman. "It's possible this is merely the lull before Memorial Day, but it could be a trend that lingers into summer."...
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Egg prices falling fast
(Business ~ 05/22/23)
U.S. egg prices, which soared to as high as $5.46 per 12-count carton on the wholesale market as recently as six months ago, have come down significantly in recent weeks thanks to a reversal of supply-demand trends that caused the original price spike...
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Century Casino Cape Girardeau gaming numbers released by state
(Business ~ 05/22/23)
Missouri Gaming Commission data shows 11 of the state's 13 licensed casinos had overall lower admissions in the 10 months between July 2022 and April 2023, including Century Casino Cape Girardeau. More than 874,000 admissions were recorded in the period at 777 N. Main St. in Cape Girardeau -- down 6.6% from the same time frame a year ago...
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New Burger King opens in Jackson
(Business ~ 05/22/23)
Midamerica Hotels has opened a new Burger King restaurant at 2235 E. Jackson Blvd (U.S. 61) on the same site of one it razed in late October. The new 3,315-square-foot eatery, with a double-lane drive-through instead of its predecessor's single-lane access, was a more than $1 million project...
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Two ex-clerks sentenced after embezzling thousands from poor Missouri town
(State News ~ 05/22/23)
ST. LOUIS -- Two former clerks in a small, poor town in St. Louis County have been sentenced to prison after writing hundreds of checks to themselves while the town struggled to provide basic services to its residents. Maureen Woodson, 68, the former city clerk in Flordell Hills, was sentenced last week to 18 months in prison and ordered to repay the $487,673. Her assistant, Donna Thompson, 76, was sentenced to a year and a day for stealing $159,903, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Using 'he/him,' 'she/her' in emails got 2 dorm directors fired at small New York Christian college
(National News ~ 05/22/23)
NEW YORK -- Shua Wilmot and Raegan Zelaya, two former dorm directors at a small Christian university in western New York, acknowledge their names are unconventional, which explains why they attached gender identities to their work email signatures. Wilmot uses "he/him." Zelaya goes by "she/her."...
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Civil rights groups warn tourists about Florida in wake of 'hostile' laws
(National News ~ 05/22/23)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The NAACP over the weekend issued a travel advisory for Florida, joining two other civil rights groups in warning potential tourists that recent laws and policies championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers are "openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals."...
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'They're opposed to government. But now they are the government.' One county's hard-right shift
(National News ~ 05/22/23)
GALLATIN, Tenn. -- Shortly after being sworn in last fall, the new majority of the Sumner County Commission in Tennessee acted to update one of its official documents. The new version said county operations would not only be orderly and efficient, but "most importantly reflective of the Judeo-Christian values inherent in the nation's founding."...
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New York City has a right to shelter, but will it establish a right to sleep outside?
(National News ~ 05/22/23)
NEW YORK -- New York Mayor Eric Adams has hailed his city's right to shelter as a hallmark of compassion for its most destitute. Now he must decide if he will extend that compassion by bestowing homeless people with the right to sleep outside. The City Council unanimously approved a "Homeless Bill of Rights" last month that would make New York the first big U.S. city to establish an explicit right to sleep in at least some public places...
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Peace, food and fertilizer: African leaders' challenge heading to talks with Moscow, Kyiv
(National News ~ 05/22/23)
A delegation of six African leaders set to hold talks with Kyiv and Moscow aim to "initiate a peace process," but also broach the thorny issue of how a heavily-sanctioned Russia can be paid for the fertilizer exports Africa desperately needs, a key mediator who helped broker the talks said in an interview with The Associated Press...
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Zelenskyy denies Ukrainian city of Bakhmut occupied by Russian forces
(National News ~ 05/22/23)
HIROSHIMA, Japan -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russian forces weren't occupying Bakhmut, casting doubt on Moscow's insistence that the eastern Ukrainian city had fallen. Responding to a reporter's question about the status of the city at the Group of Seven summit in Japan, Zelenskyy said: "Bakhmut is not occupied by the Russian Federation as of today."...
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Meet the influential new player on transgender health bills
(National News ~ 05/22/23)
Do No Harm, a nonprofit that launched last year to oppose diversity initiatives in medicine, has evolved into a significant leader in statehouses seeking to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youths, producing model legislation that an Associated Press analysis found has been used in at least three states...
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Target recalls nearly 5 million Threshold candles after severe burns, lacerations reported
(National News ~ 05/22/23)
WASHINGTON -- Target is recalling almost 5 million candles over laceration and burn hazards, according to a Thursday notice from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The recall impacts some 4.9 million Threshold-branded glass jar candles sold in multiple sizes and various scents -- including water mint and eucalyptus, apple blossom and breeze and warm cider and cinnamon, among others...
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Angry fans crash through gate at El Salvador soccer match in stampede that kills 12, injures dozens
(National News ~ 05/22/23)
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- Fans angry at being blocked from entering a Salvadoran soccer league match despite having tickets knocked down a small access gate to the stadium, creating a crush that killed 12 people and injured dozens, officials and witnesses said Sunday...
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8-year-old girl sought medical help 3 times on day she died, US immigration officials say
(National News ~ 05/22/23)
HARLINGEN, Texas -- An 8-year-old girl who died last week in Border Patrol custody was seen at least three separate times by medical personnel on the day of her death -- complaining of vomiting, a stomachache and later suffering what appeared to be a seizure -- before she was taken to a hospital, U.S. immigration officials said Sunday...
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Low-income tenants lack options as old mobile home parks are razed
(National News ~ 05/22/23)
PHOENIX -- Alondra Ruiz Vazquez and her husband were comfortable in Periwinkle Mobile Home Park for a decade, feeling lucky to own their mobile home and pay about $450 a month for their lot in a city with spiraling rents. But now they and dozens of other families have until May 28 to leave the Phoenix park, which nearby Grand Canyon University purchased seven years ago to build student housing. ...
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Mexico prosecutors withdraw case against woman sentenced to prison for killing man raping her
(National News ~ 05/22/23)
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican prosecutors announced Saturday night that they are withdrawing a case against a woman who was sentenced to six years in prison for killing a man as he raped and attacked her. In a ruling last week that touched off a public outcry, a court in Mexico State said that while it agreed 23-year-old Roxana Ruiz was raped in 2021, it found her guilty of homicide with "excessive use of legitimate defense." It also ordered Ruiz to pay more than $16,000 in reparations to the family of her attacker.. ...
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More states are requiring patients to give consent for medical students performing pelvic exams
(National News ~ 05/22/23)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A new batch of states are looking to legislate the level of informed consent when it comes to medical students performing pelvic exams for educational purposes on unconscious patients. At least 20 states already have consent laws for this practice. Montana's governor signed a bill in April, Missouri has legislation that needs the governor's signature to become law and Ohio lawmakers are also considering it...
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G7 ends with Ukraine in focus as Zelenskyy meets world leaders
(International News ~ 05/22/23)
HIROSHIMA, Japan -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy huddled with some of his biggest backers as the Group of Seven summit closed in Hiroshima on Sunday, building momentum for his country's war effort even as Russia claimed a battlefield victory that was quickly disputed by Ukraine...
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SpaceX sends Saudi Arabian astronauts to space station
(National News ~ 05/22/23)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Saudi Arabia's first astronauts in decades rocketed toward the International Space Station on a chartered multimillion-dollar flight Sunday. SpaceX launched the ticket-holding crew, led by a retired NASA astronaut now working for the company that arranged the trip from Kennedy Space Center. Also on board: a U.S. businessman who now owns a sports car racing team...
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Americans are holding on to their vehicles longer than ever
(National News ~ 05/22/23)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- With new and used cars still painfully expensive, Ryan Holdsworth said he plans to keep his 9-year-old Chevy Cruze for at least four more years. Limiting his car payments and his overall debt is a bigger priority for him than having a new vehicle...
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Poll: Most favor pairing debt limit rise with cuts
(National News ~ 05/22/23)
WASHINGTON -- About two-thirds of U.S. adults say they are highly concerned about how the national economy would be affected if the U.S. debt limit is not increased and the government defaults on its debts, according to a new poll, even as few say they have a solid understanding of the ongoing debt limit negotiations...
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What to stream this week: 'American Born Chinese,' John Wick,''SmartLess On the Road' and dinosaurs
(Entertainment ~ 05/22/23)
Sure, lots of folks are eagerly anticipating this Sunday's "Succession" finale. But what if you haven't followed the Roy family drama? There's plenty of don't miss new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. Among the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists are streaming arrival of the latest "John Wick" film, the end of a long drought of new Matchbox Twenty music, a video game that lets you play one of Middle Earth's most recognizable characters and a television adaptation of the graphic novel "American Born Chinese.". ...
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Television's biggest mystery: how long will pipeline for new programming be closed?
(Entertainment ~ 05/22/23)
NEW YORK -- For decades, the week in May when television executives revealed what new shows were coming and which old ones were going spoke to the power and influence that ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox had over popular culture. This past week offered more evidence of how that is diminishing, draped in confusion about the future wrought by the Hollywood writers strike...
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Mexico moving migrants away from borders to relieve pressure
(National News ~ 05/22/23)
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico is flying migrants south away from the U.S. border and busing new arrivals away from its boundary with Guatemala to relieve pressure on its border cities. In the week since Washington dropped pandemic-era restrictions on seeking asylum at its border, U.S. ...
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Out of the past: May 22
(Out of the Past ~ 05/22/23)
Late-afternoon thunderstorms yesterday provided relief from the sweltering heat the Cape Girardeau School District has been battling all week; students and employees were dismissed from school at mid-day as heat indexes climbed above 100 degrees in some classrooms; school officials had hoped the break would allow the thunderstorms to cool down temperatures in the district's classrooms, most of which aren't air conditioned...
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Sudak named to national health care panel
(Business ~ 05/22/23)
Maria Sudak, DHA, SoutheastHEALTH vice president and COO, has been appointed to the Regents Council for American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). Sudak, according to a news release, will represent ACHE's members in the 10-state District 4, which includes Missouri...
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Elite Travel, Inc. attends the annual Travel Leaders Network EDGE Conference
(Submitted Story ~ 05/22/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. --- Elite Travel, Inc. owner, Carolyn Kempf and advisor, Katherine Businaro attended the Travel Leaders Network (TLN) annual EDGE Conference in Nashville, TN May 8-11, 2023. The EDGE conference is an annual learning and networking opportunity for leaders in the travel industry. ...
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Kelso C-7 Teacher Receives Grant from WGU Missouri
(Submitted Story ~ 05/22/23)
Michaella Gantz, a fourth-grade teacher at Kelso C-7 Elementary in the Kelso C-7 School District, has received a $300 grant through WGU Missouri's “Fund My Classroom” initiative. The funds will enable Gantz to obtain new sets of guided reading chapter books for her classroom. Gantz learned she was selected for the grant on May 10 when she was surprised with a check presentation at her school...
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Mia Friese honored with College Scholarship
(Submitted Story ~ 05/22/23)
(Cape Girardeau, MO) – Mia Friese is the recipient of the 2023 Cape Girardeau County Rotary College Scholarship. Mia, 17, of Friedheim, Missouri, is a graduate of Oak Ridge High School and plans to attend Three Rivers College in Poplar Bluff before getting a degree in Radiological Sciences at Arkansas State University...
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Introducing Inspire - Craft & Gift Boutique: A Treasure Trove of Unique Finds in Jackson.
(Submitted Story ~ 05/22/23)
We are delighted to announce the opening of Inspire - Craft & Gift Boutique, a vibrant new business that promises to captivate the hearts of shoppers seeking one-of-a-kind treasures. Conveniently located at 532 W Main St, our mall showcases an exquisite collection of over 35 different vendors, each offering a diverse range of delightful products...
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