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Business Notebook: Missouri releases demographics of unemployed; state agency offering assistance to meat processors
(Business ~ 06/29/20)
The Missouri Department of Labor & Industrial Relations has published a set of unemployment demographics that breaks down the state's unemployed population by age, race, gender and various industries where the most unemployment has occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic...
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State economy recovering, but 'still not numbers we like'
(Business ~ 06/29/20)
Few roles in Missouri government are more challenging these days than those in the state's Department of Economic Development as thousands of businesses in the Show Me State deal with the impact of COVID-19 ... and prepare for whatever economic reality the pandemic leaves in its wake...
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'Nostalgic' apparel shop Prospect set to open this week in downtown Cape
(Business ~ 06/29/20)
Riley Gockel grew up as many younger brothers do, wanting to follow in his older siblings' footsteps. He grew accustomed to the soft hand-me-down jerseys and Chicago Bulls T-shirts his brothers outgrew, and when he started shopping for himself, he said those are the items he'd gravitate toward...
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Cape SportsPlex closed temporarily due to employee testing positive for COVID-19
(Local News ~ 06/29/20)
The Cape Girardeau SportsPlex has been closed temporarily due to an employee testing positive for the coronavirus. Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center and the City of Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department announced potential community exposure from the COVID-19 positive case...
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Cape Girardeau police investigate shooting in 300 block of South Benton Street
(Local News ~ 06/29/20)
At least one person was injured as the result of a shooting Sunday afternoon in Cape Girardeau. Members of the Cape Girardeau police and fire departments were observed treating an adult male victim in front of a residence in the 300 block of South Benton Street for an apparent gunshot wound to the neck...
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EDITORIAL: Want to vote absentee because of COVID? Here are your options.
(Editorial ~ 06/29/20)
The August and November elections will have a new twist. Because of the coronavirus, Gov. Mike Parson signed legislation allowing those concerned about going to the polls the option of voting absentee or by a new mail-in option. “Normally, we receive between 700 to 800 absentee requests for an August election,” Cape Girardeau County Clerk Kara Clark Summers told the Southeast Missourian. “I anticipate three to four times that many (requests) this time.”...
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Collaboration and Innovation: Cape hospitals face public health, financial challenges during pandemic
(B Magazine ~ 06/29/20)
Health care providers have faced numerous challenges during the coronavirus pandemic. Not all have been health related. When states began lockdowns in March, hospitals, expecting a wave of COVID-19 patients, began to suspend elective procedures to increase capacity. ...
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Southeast Board of Regents approves new cybersecurity program, jazz minor
(Local News ~ 06/29/20)
The Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents approved a new cybersecurity graduate certificate and jazz minor during the board’s June 22 meeting. The cybersecurity certificate, which will be offered by the Department of Computer Science, will be a 12-hour program requiring four classes. Classes will be offered both face-to-face and online...
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Vigil for Black Trans Lives held at Capaha Park
(Local News ~ 06/29/20)
A group of about 30 people shout a tribute to Nina Pop — a Black transgender woman who was found dead May 3 inside of her apartment in Sikeston, Missouri — as organizer Amber Moyers raises a sign in her memory during a Vigil for Black Trans Lives event Sunday at Freedom Corner in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/29/20)
Today in History Today is Monday, June 29, the 181st day of 2020. There are 185 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 29, 1613, London's original Globe Theatre, where many of Shakespeare's plays were performed, was destroyed by a fire sparked by a cannon shot during a performance of "Henry VIII."...
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Prayer 6-29-20
(Prayer ~ 06/29/20)
O Lord Jesus, we praise you, for you perform wondrous miracles too numerous to count. Amen.
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The coming 2020 train wreck
(Column ~ 06/29/20)
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden agree on one thing — the other side is trying to steal the election. Trump told a gathering of students in Phoenix that this “will be, in my opinion, the most corrupt election in the history of our country.”...
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Speak Out 6/29/20
(Speak Out ~ 06/29/20)
In response to the people who want to tear down or rename anything they deem to be offensive, I give you this quote — and remember, cliches become cliches because they are true! — “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” — George Santanyana ...
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'Mulan' follows 'Tenet' to August, ending Hollywood's summer
(Entertainment ~ 06/29/20)
NEW YORK -- Hollywood's hopes for salvaging its summer season have effectively ended after the releases of both Christopher Nolan's "Tenet" and the Walt Disney Co.'s live-action version of "Mulan" were again delayed. With reported cases of the coronavirus surging in parts of the U.S., Disney on Friday followed Warner Bros. in pushing "Mulan" to late August. The film, initially planned to open in March, had been slated for July 24. It's now moving to Aug. 21...
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Country music reckons with racial stereotypes and its future
(Community ~ 06/29/20)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- When country singer Rissi Palmer was working on her debut album, she wanted a song like Gretchen Wilson's "Redneck Woman," a song that would introduce her and tell her story to fans. On her 2007 debut single, "Country Girl," she celebrated her country roots while explaining she didn't have to look or talk a certain way to call herself a country girl...
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L'Oreal to remove words like 'whitening' from skin products
(Community ~ 06/29/20)
PARIS -- French cosmetics giant L'Oreal said Saturday that it will remove words such as "whitening" from its skin care products, a move that comes amid global protests against racism sparked by the death of George Floyd in the United States. The company said in a statement Saturday it "has decided to remove the words white/whitening, fair/fairness, light/lightening from all its skin evening products."...
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Trump tweets video with 'white power' chant, then deletes it
(National News ~ 06/29/20)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted approvingly of a video showing one of his supporters chanting "white power," a racist slogan associated with white supremacists. He later deleted the tweet and the White House said the president had not heard "the one statement" on the video...
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Trump denies briefing on reported bounties against U.S. troops
(National News ~ 06/29/20)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Sunday denied he had been briefed on reported U.S. intelligence a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in Afghanistan, and he appeared to minimize the allegations against Moscow...
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Mississippi lawmakers vote to remove rebel emblem from flag
(National News ~ 06/29/20)
JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi lawmakers voted Sunday to surrender the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a generation after the South lost the Civil War. Spectators in the Capitol cheered and applauded after the votes in the House and Senate...
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Summer may decide fate of leading shots in coronavirus vaccine race
(National News ~ 06/29/20)
People on six continents already are getting jabs in the arm as the race for a COVID-19 vaccine enters a defining summer, with even bigger studies poised to prove whether any shot really works -- and maybe offer a reality check. Already British and Chinese researchers are chasing the coronavirus beyond their borders, testing potential vaccines in Brazil and the United Arab Emirates because there are too few new infections at home to get clear answers...
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Pamela Slattery
(Obituary ~ 06/29/20)
Pamela Slattery, 59, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 27, 2020, at Southeast Hospital. There will be a memorial service at a later date. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Lillian Jones
(Obituary ~ 06/29/20)
Lillian Jones, 101, of Cape Girardeau died peacefully Friday, June 26, 2020. She was born Nov. 21, 1918, in Bismarck, Missouri, the daughter of Daniel and Nora Martin Ringer, and had three sisters and one brother (deceased). She is survived by several nieces and nephews...
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Norma Foltz
(Obituary ~ 06/29/20)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Norma Jean Foltz, 87, of Tamms passed away at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 27, 2020, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Norma was born Dec. 14, 1932, in Roxana, Illinois, to the late Herman and Lela Carter Wiseman. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Tamms. ...
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Missouri health officials replacing outdated computer system
(State News ~ 06/29/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- It took a global pandemic to convince Missouri health officials to abandon a more than two-decade-old, homemade computer system used for tracking disease outbreaks. And, even as the coronavirus began spreading earlier this year, records show it took more than two months for the Department of Health and Senior Services to begin the process of replacing the clunky system...
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Out of the past: June 29
(Out of the Past ~ 06/29/20)
In an effort to improve safety at a dangerous crossing, traffic lights are being raised for the intersection of Interstate 55 and Highway 61 between Cape Girardeau and Jackson, also known as Center Junction; numerous accidents there prompted the highway department to place the traffic lights at the intersection; they should be operational in two weeks...
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