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Ice cream appreciation at Notre Dame
(Local News ~ 03/29/21)
Casey Dodd, left, school resources officer, and Matt Vollink, theology teacher, take ice cream orders to teachers who are not on their lunch break Friday at Notre Dame Regional High School in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Health officials working to win over virus vaccine skeptics
(State News ~ 03/29/21)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- As Missouri and Kansas prepare to open up vaccine eligibility to all adults, officials are working to win over skeptics of the COVID-19 shots. Kansas plans to open up vaccine eligibility to all adults today, and Missouri is set to enter Phase 2 of its three-phase vaccination plan today, which extends eligibility to those working in areas accelerating economic recovery, have been disproportionately affected by the virus or are homeless. ...
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Small-business owners feeling better about economy
(Business ~ 03/29/21)
Although we're not yet out of the woods, it appears the nation's small-business owners are beginning to see a light at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic tunnel and are starting to feel more confident about their economic futures. According to a new survey conducted earlier this month by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), only 13% of business owners say they will have to close their doors if current economic conditions don't improve in the next six months. ...
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Southeast athlete taken into custody in alleged rape case
(Local News ~ 03/29/21)
A Southeast Missouri State University track and field athlete was booked into the Cape Girardeau County Jail early Sunday morning on charges of first-degree rape or attempted rape. Michael J. Jenkins, 19, is a freshman jumper for the Southeast track and field team. He competed as recently as Saturday at the Ole Miss Classic in Oxford, Mississippi; the warrant for his arrest was issued Friday. ...
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Floral shop co-owned by Dustin Duncan and Justin Scheper coming to former Biergarten location on Broadway
(Business ~ 03/29/21)
Chaffee, Missouri-based D Duncan Floristry & Boutique has purchased the former Broadway Biergarten location at 818 Broadway in Cape Girardeau. The boutique's co-owners, Dustin Duncan and Justin Scheper, plan to remodel the building this spring and open a floral and gift shop there in time for Mother's Day...
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Rice producer planning processing plant
(Business ~ 03/29/21)
A Cape Girardeau rice producer has acquired 12 acres of industrial property along Nash Road with the intent of building a rice processing plant for his crop, as well as the crops of other rice farmers in the region. Sam Schneider, founder and owner of Inland Cape Rice Co., said he hopes to break ground for the rice mill by late summer and be operational in early 2022...
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Job fair has many openings, few applicants for positions
(Business ~ 03/29/21)
The good news for job seekers attending the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce's Project C.A.P.E. job fair last week was there were many job openings for them to choose from. The bad news for potential employers at the job fair was there were only a few dozen job seekers at the event...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/29/21)
Today is Monday, March 29, the 88th day of 2021. There are 277 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 29, 1974, eight Ohio National Guardsmen were indicted on federal charges stemming from the shooting deaths of four students at Kent State University. (The charges were later dismissed.)...
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Stop the steal, for real this time
(Column ~ 03/29/21)
Well, the principled stand Democrats took against Congress trying to overturn duly certified elections lasted all of a month or two. After rightly excoriating their Republican colleagues for challenging on Jan. 6 presidential results certified by the states, House Democrats immediately turned to doing, in effect, the exact same thing in an Iowa congressional district their candidate lost by six votes...
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Prayer 3/29/21
(Prayer ~ 03/29/21)
O Lord God, we praise you, for you are our strength and eternal hope. Amen.
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China erasing H&M from internet amid Xinjiang backlash
(Community ~ 03/29/21)
HONG KONG -- H&M disappeared from the internet in China as the government raised pressure on shoe and clothing brands and announced sanctions Friday against British officials in a spiraling fight over complaints of abuses in the Xinjiang region. H&M products were missing from major e-commerce platforms including Alibaba and JD.com following calls by state media for a boycott over the Swedish retailer's decision to stop buying cotton from Xinjiang. ...
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Spurred by lockdown, Spain gives 4-day week a try
(International News ~ 03/29/21)
MADRID -- After years of waiting tables, Danae De Vries is one step closer to achieving her lifetime dream of becoming a theater coach. Ironically, she owes that to the pandemic. It was after last year's brutal lockdown that shut the Spanish economy down for weeks the owners of a small restaurant chain in Madrid offered De Vries to cut her weekly work schedule by one day...
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Funerals become scenes of Myanmar resistance, more violence
(International News ~ 03/29/21)
YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar security forces opened fire Sunday on a crowd attending the funeral of a student who was killed on the bloodiest day yet of a crackdown on protests against last month's coup, local media reported. The escalating violence -- which took the lives of at least 114 people Saturday, including several children -- has prompted a U.N. human rights expert to accuse the junta of committing "mass murder" and to criticize the international community for not doing enough to stop it...
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2 tugboats deploy to Egypt's Suez Canal as shippers avoid it
(International News ~ 03/29/21)
SUEZ, Egypt -- Two additional tugboats deployed Sunday to Egypt's Suez Canal to aid efforts to free a skyscraper-sized container ship wedged for days across the crucial waterway, even as major shippers increasingly divert their boats out of fear the vessel may take even longer to free...
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U.K. variant hunters lead global race to stay ahead of COVID
(International News ~ 03/29/21)
LONDON -- On March 4, 2020, when there were just 84 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.K., professor Sharon Peacock recognized the country needed to expand its capacity to analyze the genetic makeup of the virus. The Cambridge University microbiologist understood genomic sequencing would be crucial in tracking the disease, controlling outbreaks and developing vaccines. ...
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U.S. waives FBI checks on caregivers at new migrant facilities
(National News ~ 03/29/21)
HOUSTON -- The Biden administration is not requiring FBI fingerprint background checks of caregivers at its rapidly expanding network of emergency sites to hold thousands of immigrant teenagers, alarming child welfare experts who say the waiver compromises safety...
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Record rains cause flash flooding in Tennessee; 4 dead
(National News ~ 03/29/21)
Torrential rains across Tennessee flooded homes and at least one church and left roads impassable, prompting dozens of people to be rescued in the Nashville area. Authorities said four bodies were found Sunday in the flood's aftermath. Nashville received more than 7 inches of rain, the second-highest two-day rainfall total ever recorded, Mayor John Cooper said at a news conference Sunday...
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Census data delay scrambles plans for state redistricting
(National News ~ 03/29/21)
Stymied by delayed census data needed for redistricting, some states are considering postponing their 2022 primaries or turning to other population estimates to start the once-a-decade task of redrawing voting districts used for U.S. House and state legislative elections...
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Baby teeth left from historic study now part of new study
(State News ~ 03/29/21)
ST. LOUIS -- Harvard researchers studying how early-life exposures are relevant to lifelong health will examine baby teeth left over from the famous Baby Tooth Survey in St. Louis, a Cold War-era study that measured radioactive fallout in about 320,000 donated teeth...
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Out of the past: March 29
(Out of the Past ~ 03/29/21)
Cape Girardeau public schools are looking at a shortfall of $200,000 to $350,000 in this year's budget; the district already budgeted to spend $550,000 more than it planned to receive; now, revenues may be less than projected; the district budgeted revenues of $22.1 million for this school year, but business manager Steve DelVecchio says best projections show the district will receive only $21.8 million...
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Cape automation and control firm buys Nash Road property
(Business ~ 03/29/21)
Automation and Control Specialists LLC, a Cape Girardeau company providing automation and control support for industrial customers, will be transitioning its operations to Nash Road over the next six to nine months. Company president Scott Cauble said the new location at 3180 Nash Road, which the company acquired last week from Rhodes Real Estate Partners, will provide the company additional space for expansion. ...
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Free services available at new Blazin' Car Wash
(Business ~ 03/29/21)
Blazin' Car Wash, which opened a few weeks ago at 3103 E. Jackson Blvd. in Jackson, will offer free car washes as part of its grand-opening observance from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Representatives of Jackson Fire Rescue will be on hand from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. both days collecting donations for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce will host a ribbon-cutting at 11 a.m. Friday...
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MRV Bank earns national ranking
(Business ~ 03/29/21)
A new report published last week has ranked MRV Banks among the nation's top 100 "best performing" community banks in 2020 with assets below $3 billion. The report, released by S&P Global Market Intelligence, analyzed more than 4,000 banks and credit unions in order to determine its list of top financial institutions...
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People on the Move: Catherine Rapp, Kayli Naramore, Jim Lawrence and Tiffany Hines
(Business ~ 03/29/21)
Orthopaedic surgeon Catherine Rapp has joined Advanced Orthopedic Specialists in Cape Girardeau, an orthopedic practice at 48 Doctors' Park affiliated with Saint Francis Healthcare System. Dr. Rapp specializes in complex problems of the adult shoulder and elbow. Before coming to Cape Girardeau, she was affiliated with the Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center in Chesapeake, Virginia...
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Business license applications filed for Scooter's Coffee, Rally's fast-food restaurant
(Business ~ 03/29/21)
Keri and Bart Vandeven of Jackson filed a business license application last week with the City of Cape Girardeau's customer service office to open a Scooter's Coffee drive-through at 1705 N. Kingshighway next to a new McDonald's restaurant, which is also under construction at the intersection of Kingshighway and North Mount Auburn Road. Construction of the Scooter's building is expected to begin soon and the business is projected to open by late June, according to Bart Vandeven...
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Chamber to hold ribbon cutting ceremonies for The Arcadian Estates, 20 North Pacific; First Friday Coffee to feature SEMO port director
(Business ~ 03/29/21)
The Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce will host a ribbon-cutting at 1 p.m. Tuesday at 3270 Highway 177, north of Cape Girardeau, to recognize The Arcadian Estates, R&R Estates Investments LLC's new property. n The Cape Girardeau chamber's April First Friday Coffee will be Friday at the Century Casino Cape Girardeau Event Center, with doors opening at 7 a.m. Cary Harbison, executive director of the Southeast Missouri Port Authority, will talk about the port and it's global impact...
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Jackson student's bicentennial poster recognized
(Editorial ~ 03/29/21)
A junior at Jackson High School was recently recognized for her work in a statewide poster contest to commemorate Missouri’s bicentennial. Mia Foote was joined by local and state dignitaries along with her family last week as the poster was unveiled in the Jackson High School library. The entry was among the top four in the state with the theme “Sharing Missouri’s Stories: Past, Present and Future.” ...
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