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Our 4th grade singers are coming together to sing We Are the World!!! We hope you enjoy this video!!! https://www.wevideo.com/view/1716252016

The John Guild Chapter, NSDAR met on Wednesday, May 20 at 1:00 PM at the home of Cheryl Cook. The meeting was held outside with everyone bringing their own chair. New member Jennifer Niedbalski was welcomed and installed as a new member. Cheryl Cook received a Thank You from the Nurses from St. ...

Dr. Don Davis has joined Hudson Chiropractic. Davis a native of Southeast Missouri and is a 2019 graduate of Logan University’s College of Chiropractic. Dr. Davis is a board-certified Chiropractor, Physical Therapist Assistant, and a Certified Medical Examiner for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Dr. Davis is an active member of the American Chiropractic Association, Jackson Kiwanis, and coaching youth sports...

Students of the Marge Main Music Studio performed two piano solos at the Junior Federated Music Festival. The following students earned top ratings: Brock Compton, Eliza Criblez, Eleanor Dean, George Dean, Marianne Dean, Eden Dehne, Anthony Kearns, Kyah Kidd. Grace Morgan, Samuel Norman, Isabella Palmer, Griffin Rieger, Jackson Rieger, Willow Rieger, Henry Rusten and Erin Spencer...

Three advisers and 39 members of the Missouri Future Business Leaders of America from Jackson High School recently participated in the 2020 Missouri FBLA-PBL Virtual State Leadership Conference, an event held online due to the COVID outbreak. This virtual experience provided members from across Missouri with over 200 hours of educational and leadership content, live forums with industry leaders, and interactive educational activities in an online platform...

Bill Eades from St Louis took photos of John Tansil from Cape Girardeau at Double-Drop Rapid on the Lower Saint Francis River on May 10, 2020.

A DELIGHTFUL WAY TO SPEND THE DAY Playing with Bubbles is a delightful way to spend an afternoon - especially if you’re Bailey Aufdenberg and Bubbles is your pony. Bailey has had Bubbles for three years and enjoys spending time in the saddle. As a 4-H youth, Bailey is enrolled in two horse related projects - Horse Riding and Horseless Horse & Horse Knowledge...

Marios mobile auto detailing will be offering little ceasers pizza on May 22nd in downtown cape Girardeau for free!! Tell everyone you know about the date ! They will be posted there around 1 pm!!

Paducah, KY May 8th 2020 As of May 8th 2020 The Paducah LGBT Welcome Center has rebranded to be Heartland Equality. This is done to better reach our clients in our entire service area, and to position ourselves to be able to handle the inflex of services, and programs that we currently offer, and new programs rolling out. ...

The neighbors on Master drive are lighting up the street with blue lights in Memory of JD Clippard. His parents Mark & Kari Simon handed out a blue light bulb to ever neighbor in memory of their son who would have been a senior this year a CHS.

With eight new grants awarded to nonprofits supporting vulnerable citizens during the coronavirus pandemic, discretionary grantmaking by the Community Foundation of the Ozarks for COVID-19 response now exceeds $600,000. Two agencies serving southeast Missouri — United Way of Southeast Missouri and Madison County Food Pantry — are among this week's recipients...

Kansas City, Missouri— C.L. Bauer will be publishing The Sweet Pea Secret with Corrugated Sky Publishing on May 10, 2020. The Sweet Pea Secret is the fourth novel in the popular Lily List Mystery series, where Bauer blends humor with wedding flowers to create the world of woman sleuth, Lily Schmidt Pierce—an intrepid florist with a penchant for post-it notes...

As we celebrate the heroic actions of the medical field and those who are working to help other be fed, I want to add to the list: PARENTS. Many parents are struggling, working from home, doing schoolwork with children, keeping the house running smoothly. I applaud all parents who are true heroes in this crisis. I hope you know that you are making important memories with your family. You are the rock and foundation that the world is built upon. THANK YOU!...

For the second time during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Kiwanis Club of Cape Girardeau provided lunch to the staff at Southeast Cancer and Infusion Center on Thursday, April 23, 2020. Kiwanis honors our local front-line workers.

The Community Foundation of the Ozarks awarded seven new COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund grants and the first Pitt Technology Group Access and Assistance grant today for pandemic-related needs. Among the recipients is the Cape Girardeau Public Schools Foundation, which received $10,000 to support summer food services for students, including mobile food pantries. The school foundation is a nonprofit partner of the Cape Area Community Foundation...

Learning the Cuts: 4-H Meat ID “I pledge my head to clearer thinking, my heart to greater loyalty, my hands to larger service and my health to better living for my club, my community, my country and my world,” chorused the 51 competing 4-H members from across the state. ...

National Work Zone Awareness Week is April 20-24 Safe driving through road construction work zones is the focus of National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW). This year’s theme is Safe Work Zones for All: Protect workers. Protect road users. It features a poster reminiscent of the World War II poster with Rosie the Riveter. In her place are a male and female roadway worker proclaiming, We Can Do It!, the original language used in the WWII poster...

The Community Foundation of the Ozarks awarded nine new COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund grants today, surpassing $1.23 million in total grants made for pandemic-related needs. Today’s grants bring the total competitive grantmaking among the CFO, its affiliate foundations and the Coover Charitable Grantmaking Program to $467,250. ...

The Kiwanis Club of Cape Girardeau has dedicated each Thursday during the coronavirus pandemic for honoring our front-line heroes. Additionally, we recognize that it's National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week -- also known as 911 Operator's week...

Creative Edge of Cape Girardeau, Missouri has recently announced the release of their newest streamingTV application for churches across the Heartland. As we are all adapting to our new “normal” of staying home amid the COVID-19 virus, Creative Edge has been working diligently to develop a one-of-a-kind tool for churches and organizations that would help pastors deliver their messages directly to televisions anywhere in the world, anytime. ...

SEMO Dining Team and Chartwells Higher Education Donate Snacks & Bottled Drinks to Local Salvation Army Despite the move to online learning, Southeast Missouri State University Dining Services continue to support students and members in the local Cape Girardeau community...

Since being quarantined amid the Corona virus we had to be creative. My husband Craig and I making the best of our 39th wedding anniversary. A paddle boat "cruise" on our pond.💜

The 2020 Southeast Missouri String Fest was held Feb. 29 at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus. The following Southeast Missouri Music Academy students performed at the Festival: n Apprentice: Truman White, Jasmine Pfeiffer, Ana Gayle...

The 2020 Junior Music Festival was held Feb. 8 at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus. The following Southeast Missouri Music Academy students performed at the Festival: n Owen Blattel: Superior n Ty Blattel: Superior n Akitha Dias: Excellent...

As are all dealing with the fear of the virus, I felt that a story of prayer, family, and a mom and her healing son may give all hope.. God is still in control. Our great nephew was in an automobile accident New Year's Eve. Yet, he came home today with his family out front and a courageous and dedicated mom who has stood by him every day since then. Expect that the same will be awarded to each and every one of you, my friends...

The Community Foundation of the Ozarks awarded its second round of COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund grants totaling $80,000 for seven regional nonprofit agencies. This week's grants include $5,000 for the Southeast Missouri Food Bank to support mobile food pantries in the Cape Girardeau area, which is served by the Cape Area Community Foundation...