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Water's Edge in Cape Girardeau County on best in Missouri list
(Local News ~ 06/26/23)
The Water's Edge, a wedding and special event retreat in Cape Girardeau County, is listed as one of the "9 Best Wedding Locations in Missouri!" by Best Things Missouri website. The Water's Edge, 7501 Hwy. 25, is owned by Don and Julie Sappington. "If you're looking for a waterfront wedding, The Water's Edge is the place to go. Located in Cape Girardeau, this simple yet stunning venue offers a variety of packages suited to various budgets and needs," according to the list at bestthingsmo.com...
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Perryville dialysis clinic closing
(Local News ~ 06/26/23)
Perry County Dialysis Center, 12 N. Kingshighway St., Suite 100, in Perryville, Missouri, is expected to close Monday, July 31, forcing patients to seek out new kidney care treatment options elsewhere. The center is a joint venture of Perry County Health System and Fresenius Medical Care, with services including hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis...
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Clydesdales coming to Cape Girardeau in partnership with Folds of Honor
(Local News ~ 06/26/23)
Anheuser-Busch's Budweiser Clydesdales will be coming to Cape Girardeau from Thursday, June 29, to Saturday, July 1, in support of the company's partnership with Folds of Honor. "Folds of Honor ensures that families of fallen or disabled U.S. service members and families of first responders receive educational opportunities and support," a Budweiser news release stated...
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Area wages lag state average
(Business ~ 06/26/23)
Missouri Economic Research and Information Center (MERIC) reported Friday, June 23, that Cape Girardeau County's average wages lagged the state last year by nearly $10,000 per annum for privately-owned industries. MERIC reports average annual wages for Missouri were $60,159 in 2022, while three Southeast Missouri counties reported the following figures:...
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Volunteers wash away vandalism at Old Mississippi River Bridge Scenic Overlook
(Local News ~ 06/26/23)
Volunteers from Todt Roofing, PJ’s Pressure Washing and Quality Tree teamed up last week to pressure wash the recently vandalized Old Mississippi River Bridge Scenic Overlook at the east end of Morgan Oak Street in Cape Girardeau. Todt Roofing’s Brennon Todt organized the volunteers to come together Wednesday, June 21, along with the tools provided by Paris Johnson owner of PJ’s Pressure Washing. Todt said he was made aware of the vandalism at the scenic overlook by Old Town Cape executive director Liz Haynes...
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Shots fired inside Dogwood Social House
(Local News ~ 06/26/23)
A Cape Girardeau Police Department release states shots were fired inside a business at about 11 p.m. Saturday, June 24. The release does not identify the business but does note the incident occurred in the 0-100 block of South Plaza Way. Dogwood Social House is located at 80 South Plaza Way and is the only business that would have been open in that block at that time...
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Restoration: Local repair shop will fix Cape Girardeau County's old courthouse clock
(Business ~ 06/26/23)
Sean and Nancy Barnes of Cape Girardeau's S&N Clock Repair have been in the business of repairing timepieces of several varieties since launching their family endeavor in September 2017. Lately, the couple is being hired a bit more often to fix and restore old clocks in historic courthouses: Stoddard County in Bloomfield, Missouri, and Cole County in the Missouri state capital of Jefferson City are two recent examples...
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Deadline for Bollinger County tornado grant applications may be extended
(Local News ~ 06/26/23)
A Friday, June 30, deadline for Bollinger County tornado victims to apply for grant money up to $1,000 through Missouri REALTORS may be extended to Monday, July 31, according to Terry Baker, association executive for Cape Girardeau-based Southeast Missouri REALTORS...
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Car pulled from Black River; occupant reportedly taken to hospital
(Local News ~ 06/26/23)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — First responders recovered an empty maroon 2014 Chrysler passenger vehicle from the Black River on Sunday afternoon, June 25. Poplar Bluff firefighters responded shortly before 1 p.m. to a car in the river at Sportsman Park Boat ramp, 1000 White Row St. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/26/23)
Today is Monday, June 26, the 177th day of 2023. There are 188 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 26, 1945, the charter of the United Nations was signed by 50 countries in San Francisco. On this date: In 1917, the first troops of the American Expeditionary Force deployed to France during World War I landed in St. Nazaire...
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Prayer 6-26-23
(Prayer ~ 06/26/23)
Father God, grant us wisdom and may we have the courage to do what is right. Amen.
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D is for Democrats ... and disinformation
(Column ~ 06/26/23)
Barack Obama told a good joke the other day. He said he thought that the level of disinformation and misinformation online has gotten so dangerously high in the U.S. that we need to develop "digital fingerprints" so ordinary citizens can tell what's truly true and know who's not telling it...
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Silent majority pushes back
(Column ~ 06/26/23)
Understanding who your customers are is smart business. Many Starbucks outlets are toning down Pride Month celebrations, according to several reports, though the coffee chain's top executives deny it's official policy. Pixar's film "Elemental", which features Disney's first nonbinary character, flopped during its debut weekend. Moviegoers "iced" it, says the Hollywood Reporter, producing the lowest opening weekend box-office take in modern Pixar history. Oops!...
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Kudos to Ameren, and be safe as temperature heats up
(Editorial ~ 06/26/23)
We all know how warm it can get in Southeast Missouri this time of year. And while June has been relatively nice so far, the heat and humidity of summer is only just beginning. Recently, Ameren Missouri donated 50 window air conditioner units to the East Missouri Action Agency in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Business quote
(Business ~ 06/26/23)
If you just want to be safe, don't get out of bed. Don't get in your car. Don't do anything ...
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Cape Girardeau business licenses
(Business ~ 06/26/23)
City of Cape Girardeau Community Development Department has received two applications for business licenses: n Brant Logue Chaney of Cape Girardeau for Chaney Ice, a self-serve ice kiosk at 2156 Bessie St. n Donny Kirkpatrick of Gipsy, Missouri, for Mrs. J's Food Shack, a food truck...
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Cape Girardeau, Jackson chambers news
(Business ~ 06/26/23)
Three ribbon-cuttings are scheduled this week in Cape Girardeau: n Comfort Keepers: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 28, at its new location at 61 Doctors Park in celebration of its 20th anniversary. Cape Girardeau Area and Jackson Area chambers are sponsoring...
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Kayla Moore joins Chateau
(Business ~ 06/26/23)
Kayla Moore, RN, BSN, has been named assistant director of nursing at Chateau Girardeau, a continuing care retirement community. Moore comes to Chateau, at 3120 Independence St. in Cape Girardeau, after more than 16 years with SoutheastHEALTH.
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Sydney Waters to lead local Better Business Bureau
(Business ~ 06/26/23)
Sydney Waters has been named Cape Girardeau-based regional director of Better Business Bureau for Eastern & Southwest Missouri & Southern Illinois. Waters succeeds Whitney Quick, who is now vice president for programs and leadership development for Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce...
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Celebrations closed over Fourth of July holiday
(Business ~ 06/26/23)
The Schaaf family said via Facebook that family members will serve patrons at its Celebrations Restaurant, 615 Bellevue St., Cape Girardeau, by themselves Saturday, July 1, Friday, July 7, and Saturday, July 8 ...
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Cape Girardeau day care opens
(Business ~ 06/26/23)
Little Happy Hearts Daycare, 433 S. Sprigg St. in Cape Girardeau, has opened. ...
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Summer arrives with lower pump prices overall
(Business ~ 06/26/23)
Auto club federation AAA puts the matter succinctly: what a difference a year makes. The start of summer is here and drivers are finding gas prices noticeably down compared to 2022. Lackluster demand and low oil costs are keeping gas prices relatively stable of late...
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Take a walk on The Sweeter Side
(Business ~ 06/26/23)
The Sweeter Side may be a study of contrasts. Samantha Myers, the Jackson proprietor of the pop-up home-based cookie business, is a full-time nutrition support dietitian working remotely in Cape Girardeau County for Springfield, Missouri's Cox Health...
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Postal Service warns about theft
(Business ~ 06/26/23)
U.S. Postal Service is out with a new warning to customers: Avoid putting checks in the mail because theft is rising. USPS said complaints of mail theft doubled in 2021, with banks additionally reporting check fraud cases rose from approximately 300,000 in 2021 to 680,000 in 2022...
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Reports of EV charging reliability issues on rise
(Business ~ 06/26/23)
J.D. Power, the data analytics company known for its work in the automobile industry, said last week more than 20% of electric vehicle drivers reported charging failures or malfunctions between January and March this year. The figure is up from 14.5% two years ago, a company spokesman said...
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Some Schnucks workers contemplate job action
(Business ~ 06/26/23)
Multiple sources report Schnucks may be the target of a future strike. United Food and Commercial Workers Local Union 88, representing 1,242 Schnuck Market Inc. workers across Missouri and Illinois, said its members "overwhelmingly" voted Thursday, June 22, to reject a contract offer from the St. Louis-based family-owned grocer...
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Homer Hamilton
(Obituary ~ 06/26/23)
Homer L. Hamilton, 91, of Jackson died Saturday, June 24, 2023, at the Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 27, at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The Rev. Sam Roethemeyer will conduct the funeral service at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 27, at the funeral home, followed by military honors. Interment will follow at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...
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Joe Blattner
(Obituary ~ 06/26/23)
After a long valiant fight, we say goodbye to our dear brother, Joe Robb Blattner, 72, of Cape Girardeau. He died Friday, June 23, 2023, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Feb. 22, 1951, in Cape Girardeau to Donald Kies Blattner and Constance Muriel Robb Blattner...
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Adrian Breen to chair Missouri Bankers Association
(Business ~ 06/26/23)
Adrian Breen, president/CEO of Perryville, Missouri-headquartered The Bank of Missouri, was elected as chairman of Missouri Bankers Association at MBA's June convention in Branson, Missouri. Breen joined The Bank of Missouri in 2017.
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SEMO grad Matt Bain promoted by Sen. Hawley
(Business ~ 06/26/23)
Matt Bain has been named a deputy state director in the office of U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri. Bain has served as Hawley's district director for Southeast Missouri since 2019. A 2011 Southeast Missouri State University graduate, Bain has also served on the staff of former Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, and was Kinder's political director during a 2016 run for governor...
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What to stream this week: 'The Bachelorette,' Idris Elba, The Weeknd, Sarah Snook and 'Jack Ryan'
(Entertainment ~ 06/26/23)
John Krasinski makes his final bow in season four of "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan," a new album from Lucinda Williams and the debut of the mystery video game Crime O'Clock are among the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you...
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'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' slings back into box office top spot while 'The Flash' drops
(Entertainment ~ 06/26/23)
LOS ANGELES -- "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" slung its webs back atop the box office ranks while "The Flash" saw a drop faster than the film's speedy character. The Spidey animated sequel -- starring Shameik Moore as the teenage webslinger Miles Morales -- reclaimed the No. 1 spot in its fourth week in North American theaters, scoring $19.3 million. The latest number helped the Sony film reach $317.1 million domestically and an impressive $560.3 million worldwide...
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Want a climate-friendly flight? It's going to take a while and cost you more
(National News ~ 06/26/23)
When it comes to flying, going green may cost you more. And it's going to take a while for the strategy to take off. Sustainability was a hot topic this week at the Paris Air Show, the world's largest event for the aviation industry, which faces increasing pressure to reduce the climate-changing greenhouse gases that aircraft spew...
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Argentine dictatorship's 'death flight' plane returned home for a historical reckoning
(National News ~ 06/26/23)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Flying from Florida to Buenos Aires usually takes about 10 hours, but the turboprop landing in Argentina on Saturday was no normal plane. It had been en route for 20 days, and many Argentines eagerly refreshed flight tracking software to keep tabs on its progress...
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Greece's conservative New Democracy party wins landslide election victory for second 4-year term
(National News ~ 06/26/23)
ATHENS, Greece -- Greece's conservative New Democracy party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis vowed to speed up reforms following his landslide victory Sunday in the country's second election in five weeks that granted him a comfortable parliamentary majority to form a government for a second four-year term...
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Russian mercenaries' revolt undermines Putin and could lead to further challenges to his rule
(National News ~ 06/26/23)
For the first time in his more than 20-year rule, President Vladimir Putin's power appeared to hang in the balance this weekend. And even though the rebellious Russian mercenary forces who descended on Moscow have turned back, Putin will struggle to project the image of a man in total control that he once did. That could set the stage for further challenges to his rule at home and could weaken Russia's hand in the war in Ukraine...
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With revolt over, mercenaries' future, direction of Ukraine war uncertain
(International News ~ 06/26/23)
The rebellious mercenary soldiers who briefly took over a Russian military headquarters on an ominous march toward Moscow were gone Sunday, but the short-lived revolt has weakened President Vladimir Putin just as his forces are facing a fierce counteroffensive in Ukraine...
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Regulators: No sign of threat from hazardous railroad cargo that plunged into Yellowstone River
(National News ~ 06/26/23)
COLUMBUS, Mont. -- Preliminary testing of water and air quality along a stretch of the Yellowstone River where train cars carrying hazardous materials fell into the waterway following a bridge collapse did not indicate any threat to the public, state and federal officials said Sunday...
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In post-Roe era, House Republicans begin quiet push for new restrictions on abortion access
(National News ~ 06/26/23)
WASHINGTON -- When the Supreme Court issued its abortion ruling last June overturning Roe v. Wade, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said "our work is far from done." He didn't say what might come next. A year later later, McCarthy is the speaker, Republicans are in the majority and the blanks are beginning to be filled in...
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LGBTQ+ Pride Month reaches its grand crescendo on city streets from New York to San Francisco
(National News ~ 06/26/23)
NEW YORK -- Thousands of effusive marchers danced to club music in New York City streets Sunday as bubbles and confetti rained down, and fellow revelers from Toronto to San Francisco cheered through Pride Month's grand crescendo. New York's boisterous throng strolled and danced down Fifth Avenue to Greenwich Village, cheering and waving rainbow flags to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall uprising, where a police raid on a gay bar triggered days of protests and launched the modern movement for LGBTQ+ rights.. ...
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When wealthy adventurers take huge risks, who should foot the bill for rescue attempts?
(National News ~ 06/26/23)
When millionaire Steve Fossett's plane went missing over the Nevada range in 2007, the swashbuckling adventurer had already been the subject of two prior emergency rescue operations thousands of miles apart. And that prompted a prickly question: After a sweeping search for the wealthy risktaker ended, who should foot the bill?...
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What is the Hajj pilgrimage and what does it mean for Muslims?
(International News ~ 06/26/23)
MECCA, Saudi Arabia -- Over 2 million Muslims will take part in this week's Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, as one of the world's largest religious gatherings returns to full capacity following years of coronavirus restrictions...
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A woman fatally shot an Uber driver. Police say she wrongly thought she was being kidnapped
(National News ~ 06/26/23)
EL PASO, Texas -- A Kentucky woman has been accused of fatally shooting her West Texas Uber driver after mistakenly believing she was being kidnapped and taken to Mexico, according to police. Phoebe Copas remained jailed Sunday in El Paso, Texas, after being charged with murder last week in the death of 52-year-old Daniel Piedra Garcia...
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Nearly [1/3] of the US homeless population lives in California. This veterinarian cares for the pets
(National News ~ 06/26/23)
OAKLAND, Calif. -- An elevated train clangs along tracks above Dr. Kwane Stewart as the veterinarian makes his way through a chain link gate to ask a man standing near a parked RV whether he might know of any street pets in need. Michael Evans immediately goes for his 11-month-old pit bull, Bear, his beloved companion living beneath the rumbling San Francisco Bay Area commuter trains...
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As fuel taxes plummet, states weigh charging by the mile
(National News ~ 06/26/23)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Evan Burroughs has spent eight years touting the virtues of an Oregon pilot program charging motorists by the distance their vehicle travels rather than the gas it guzzles, yet his own mother still hasn't bought in. Margaret Burroughs, 85, said she has no intention of inserting a tracking device on her Nissan Murano to record the miles she drives to get groceries or attend needlepoint meetings. ...
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7.5 million Baby Shark bath toys recalled after they cut, stabbed children
(National News ~ 06/26/23)
WASHINGTON -- About 7.5 million singing and swimming Baby Shark bath toys are being recalled after multiple lacerations and puncture wounds were reported in children playing with them. Zuru, an El Segundo, California-based toymaker, said it's recalling both full-size and mini versions of its robotic baby shark toys that have hard plastic top fins, which pose the injury risks...
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Ford Explorer recall prompts Transportation Department investigation
(National News ~ 06/26/23)
SAN FRANCISCO -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating a Ford Motor Co. recall of more than a quarter-million Explorer SUVs in the U.S. after receiving complaints about repairs intended to prevent the vehicles from unexpectedly rolling away even while placed in park...
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Packages from China surging into US; some say $800 duty-free limit was mistake
(National News ~ 06/26/23)
WASHINGTON -- Conservatives anxious to counter America's leading economic adversary have set their sights on a top trade priority for labor unions and progressives: cracking down on the deluge of duty-free packages coming in from China. The changing political dynamic could have major ramifications for e-commerce businesses and consumers importing products from China valued at less than $800. It also could add to the growing tensions between the countries...
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Out of the past: June 26
(Out of the Past ~ 06/26/23)
Shortly after 9:15 yesterday morning, a single-engine aircraft raced past the control tower of the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, circled around and landed to the cheers and waves of a few spectators on the ground; between 9:25 and 9:30, another five planes landed, and by 10, the concrete area next to the hangar was completely full with over 20 airplanes waiting to be fueled so their pilots could get them on their way; the pilots, all of whom are women, landed in Cape Girardeau at the end of the fifth leg of the 22nd annual Air Race Classic; the 2,385-mile race, which began Tuesday in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is scheduled to end today in Batavia, Ohio.. ...
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