Business notebook: Scott City restaurant to hold grand opening

Wild Hogs Smoke House, a new barbecue restaurant and meat shop, plans to hold a grand opening May 10.

The restaurant at 116 E. Hickory St. in Scott City is owned by Tony Bure and Paul Schock, who also owns the adjacent Schock's Pub.

Wild Hogs will specialize in smoked foods, Bure said, including pulled pork, ribs, brisket and wings, with smoked specialty sides and smoked desserts, such as pies.

The restaurant plans a soft opening this weekend and will have regular hours from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays. The meat shop side of the business will offer a customer text alert program for sales, and the restaurant offers catering.

The grand opening is set to begin at 10 a.m. May 10 with a poker run/ride event. Participants are expected to return to the restaurant about 4 p.m. for live music and food. Bure said he plans to smoke a whole hog that day.

Couple buys Sikeston, Morley cemeteries

Murphy Business of Cape Girardeau, a business brokerage firm, recently oversaw the sale and transfer of management of Sikeston Memorial Park, Sikeston Garden of Memories in Sikeston, Missouri, and Forest Hills Memorial Gardens in Morley, Missouri.

According to a news release from Murphy Business, Teresa and Dale Birk of Birk Enterprises of Missouri LLC sold the three cemeteries to Mamie and Mitchell Kester of Joshua One Nine LLC. The Kesters live in Cape Girardeau.

The properties, according to the release, were abandoned when the Birks took them on in 2007, and they since have rebuilt preneed trust accounts to become fully funded and assured the community investments in burial services made over the years will be honored.

The Birks' stabilization of the business set it up for a sale to the Kesters, who, according to the release, were looking to buy a business that provides a service to the community.

All employees of the cemeteries will remain, according to the release.

Cape ranks high for cheap home insurance

Valuepenguin.com, which collects and researches data on insurance companies, recently included Cape Girardeau on its list of "Best Cities for Home Insurance in Missouri."

In an email, a site spokesperson said average premiums in Cape Girardeau are 11 percent below state average and the fourth-lowest in the state, according to a recently conducted study.

Homeowners insurance in Cape Girardeau averages $1,937 a year, the study found.

Other Missouri cities on the site's list with below-average rates were Elsberry, Springfield, Ellisville and Hannibal.

Device repair shop opening in Cape

Modern Technology, a shop offering repair and diagnostics of computers, mobile phones and tablets, is opening a new site at 1936 Broadway in Cape Girardeau.

There also is a Jackson location at 425 W. Main St.

The new shop held a ribbon-cutting Friday, according to a newsletter from the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce.

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