Chuck Martin, the director of the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau, believes higher fuel prices may help make Cape Girardeau a regional destination.

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There were plenty of things to do in Cape Girardeau last weekend. In fact, there's plenty to do every weekend, including the newly announced longer hours and opening of the Glenn House, The Cape River Heritage Museum, the Red House Interpretive Center and Old St. Vincent's Church.

Chuck Martin, the director of the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau, believes higher fuel prices may help make Cape Girardeau a regional destination.

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An op-ed I wrote for this newspaper in September 2006 titled "The ethanol boondoggle" elicited two spirited responses. U.S. Kit Bond described my article as "highly misleading or, in some cases, patently false.

There are plenty of readers of the Southeast Missourian who remember walking to school and home again in the afternoon. Every day. Year around. Some of them like to tell their children and grandchildren that it was uphill both ways. Or that it snowed every day.

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The city of Cape Girardeau's planning and zoning commission meets twice on Wednesday. At 5:30 p.m., the board will talk about peripheral planning.Section 89.

Last August, the Cape Girardeau School district started a preschool program, hoping money invested now will improve the long-term academic standing of students in the district.

By Omar Davis

Finding a job that will support yourself and your family can be tough. For someone who's been in prison, it can be a lot tougher.

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Husband-and-wife journalists Bob Miller and Callie Clark Miller use this space to offer their views on everyday issues.

Dear Dr. Dobson: Help! I'm a mother of two sons, and I feel as if I've been thrust into a strange new world. Are boys always so rough? Sometimes the noise level in our house is more than I can take! Is this normal?

Every year, we dutifully and thankfully acknowledge our mothers. We buy gifts. We select greeting cards that say the nicest things. We become part of the crowd at our favorite restaurant. We make a special day in every way we can.

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In the 1990s, autism rates exploded across the United States. While many debate the cause of this epidemic, a generation of children — as many as one in 150 children — will grow up facing tough real-world situations.

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