PROGRESS UPDATES AREA ON BUSINESS ADVANCES

This year's installment of the Southeast Missourian Progress Edition allows readers to remember the past and glimpse the future of business and industry in the area.

The special section inside today's newspaper contains an extra 64 pages of information about the advances in business, industry and agriculture. More than 150 photographs let readers know which stores opened, remodeled, changed locations, changed ownership or expanded.

In addition, stories about cities, counties and school districts let readers know how leaders in the region dealt with their unique challenges.

A story about big industry in small towns reveals that 10 percent of Oran and Chaffee residents work at lone factories in their town. It examines the impact of factories in Scott City and Marble Hill, too.

With better health care on the minds of Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois residents, the Progress Edition report on primary-care physicians and growth of Cape Girardeau's two hospitals is sure to answer some questions.

The top 60 employers are listed in today's edition, along with the cities in which they are situated and the number of people they employ. Readers may be surprised by the business at the top, but its work force has grown to 1,350 employees.

Farmers and people in agribusiness can learn more about the advances in agriculture technology from a cover story in the Progress Edition. Others may be surprised to find out the role of satellites in the future of farming.

Because of all that and more, today's newspaper has something for everybody.