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No one injured in Saturday house fire in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 05/09/22)
No injuries were reported in a house fire Saturday in the 1000 block of South Benton Street, according to an incident report by Acting Battalion Chief Andrew Juden of the Cape Girardeau Fire Department. The department responded to a residential fire alarm at 6:37 p.m. ...
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Two adults charged after assault of juvenile in Poplar Bluff
(Local News ~ 05/09/22)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — A pair of Butler County, Missouri, residents face charges of child endangerment and assault in relation to an incident in March at a local playground. Jesse B. Chaffin, 41, of Qulin and Miranda J. Gregory, 39, of the 1800 block of County Road 450 were booked Wednesday at Butler County Jail on charges of felony first-degree endangering the welfare of a child resulting in serious physical injury and felony second-degree assault...
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Missouri ballot measures on marijuana, ranked voting advance
(State News ~ 05/09/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Campaigns to legalize recreational marijuana use and allow ranked-choice voting in Missouri on Sunday both turned in signatures they'd gathered to get the measures on ballots. In order to get a proposal on the ballot, campaigns need to collect enough voter signatures from six of the state's eight congressional districts...
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Lawmakers pass $48B state budget
(State News ~ 05/09/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri's Republican-led Legislature on Friday passed a roughly $48 billion state budget packed with extra funding for teacher pay, school busing, Medicaid and public colleges and universities. The budget package earned largely bipartisan support, although some Republicans criticized spending so much money on government programs...
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Questions and answers with GasBuddy expert Patrick De Haan
(Business ~ 05/09/22)
With continued gas price volatility in uncertain economic times, the Southeast Missourian recently asked questions of Patrick De Haan, chief petroleum analyst for GasBuddy, a Boston-based technology company operating apps and websites finding real-time fuel prices at more than 140,000 service stations in the U.S., Canada and Australia...
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Last Mile repurposes downtown space for Cape Girardeau store
(Business ~ 05/09/22)
Last Mile Liquidators opened officially in mid-March on the site of the former Old Hickory Pits weld shop at 308 N. Main St. in Cape Girardeau. Last Mile has a unique business model, buying directly from www.target.com and discounting the price by 30% to 60%...
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Sponsored: Busch Pet Products infuses life into LaCroix Village
(B Magazine ~ 05/09/22)
LaCroix Village, a half block of tiny French-style buildings, is the new home of Busch Pet Products. Next door to their sister business, Deer Creek Doggie Day Camp, their new space added over 2,500 square feet, which means over 4,400 square feet for more dog wash tubs, expanded dog and cat departments and a room for special events, seminars and birthday parties...
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Cape Girardeau's public library a money saver, director says
(Business ~ 05/09/22)
Katie Hill Earnhart, director of the Cape Girardeau Public Library, says $3.2 million was saved in 2021 by city residents who use the library's services. Earnhart gave attendees of last week's First Friday Coffee at Century Casino Cape Girardeau some additional annualized statistical data:...
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Visually impaired Oran freshman runs track with help of pacing guide
(Local News ~ 05/09/22)
Aiden Scheeter began to lose his vision in fifth grade and his eyesight progressively declined each year since. But he did not allow his impairment to stop him from doing one of his biggest passions — running. Scheeter runs the 400 at track meets for Oran (Missouri) High School. He said his biggest accomplishment this season was running the event in 1:36, and he hopes to improve his time to 1:30 next track and field season...
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Cape Girardeau chamber's new chief reflects on first month
(Local News ~ 05/09/22)
It has been almost a month since Rob Gilligan's first day as Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce president and CEO. On Friday, the Emporia, Kansas, native attended his initial First Friday Coffee at Century Casino Cape Girardeau and he sat down with the Southeast Missourian to discuss his initial days as head of the chamber...
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Tour today of Cape City Hall will explore history of buildings, grounds
(Local News ~ 05/09/22)
Residents can take a walk down Cape Girardeau's memory lane today with the Historic Preservation Commission's history walk at the new City Hall. In honor of National Preservation Month, Cape Girardeau's Historic Preservation Commission will host a guided walk of the new Cape Girardeau City Hall building, which was formerly the Common Pleas Courthouse and Carnegie Library, located downtown at 44 N. Lorimier St...
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Prayer 5-9-22
(Prayer ~ 05/09/22)
Lord Jesus, may we seek you through prayer and reading your Word. Amen.
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Putting some WD-40 on the supply chain
(Column ~ 05/09/22)
Politicians, the Federal Reserve, and Fed and administration apologists like to claim the inflation we face is caused by supply constraints. This claim goes against the facts on the ground. According to the World Trade Organization, even though there was a collapse in trade at the beginning of the pandemic, trade in intermediate goods — critical inputs in finalized products — quickly recovered despite port and shipping bottlenecks. ...
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Twitter used to correct the narrative. Now it writes it.
(Column ~ 05/09/22)
"What is the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull?" the president of the United States asked 10 years ago at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. "A pit bull is delicious." Of course, to echo E.B. White: Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process...
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Tunes at Twilight returns to Ivers Square Friday night
(Editorial ~ 05/09/22)
The spring season of Old Town Cape's Tunes at Twilight kicks off this week, and the concert series will return to its former location: Ivers Square in downtown Cape Girardeau. The concert series had been moved to the Southeast Missouri State University River Campus during construction of the new City Hall. But with construction complete, the outdoor music series can now resume with the former Common Pleas Courthouse-turned-City Hall as the backdrop...
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Cape, Jackson chambers to hold events this week
(Business ~ 05/09/22)
Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce will hold two ribbon-cuttings this week: Soak, 417 Broadway, at 10 a.m. Tuesday; and Speakeasy Coffee Co., 811 Broadway, at 4 p.m. Thursday. n The chamber will also hold a Women's Network personal safety workshop at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center, 1080 S. Silver Springs Road...
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Anglin promoted by Saint Francis Healthcare System
(Business ~ 05/09/22)
Ashley Anglin, RN, was promoted last month to manager of care coordinator by Saint Francis Healthcare System. Anglin began her career with the hospital system 12 years ago, starting as a nurse assistant in the Neurosciences Unit and moving up to lead charge nurse...
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Tariq Khan joins Saint Francis
(Business ~ 05/09/22)
Tariq A. Khan, MD has joined Cape Gastroenterology Specialists, a Saint Francis Medical Partner. Khan, who is board certified, earned his medical education in 1990 at Dow University of Health Sciences in Karachi, Pakistan. He completed his residency at Saint Louis University Hospital, followed by a fellowship at Louisiana State University Hospital...
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Truman Day holiday Monday
(Business ~ 05/09/22)
Harry Truman Day in Missouri is a paid holiday for state employees honoring the birth of America's 33rd president May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri. Truman Day is celebrated on the nearest weekday if May 8 happens to fall on a Saturday or Sunday...
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No change in most popular baby names
(Business ~ 05/09/22)
Liam and Olivia remain America's most popular names for boy and girl babies in 2021. According to the Social Security Administration, Liam was the No. 1 name for males for the fifth consecutive year, while Olivia has topped the list for girls for the last three years...
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Charging station bill awaits General Assembly action
(Business ~ 05/09/22)
Southeast Metropolitan Planning Organization (SEMPO), the region's Cape Girardeau-based transportation policy group, is watching legislative action on state House Bill 1584, which mandates political subdivisions requiring installation of electric vehicle charging stations at certain businesses to pay for it...
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Kohl's remains takeover target
(Business ~ 05/09/22)
Kohl's, with 27 Missouri stores, including one in Cape Girardeau, remains a prime acquisition target by rival retailers. The Wisconsin-headquartered department store, founded in 1962, has confirmed the receipt of at least 20 buyout bids. Among the interested suitors is J.C. Penney's owners, Simon Property Group and Brookfield Asset Management. In late April, Bloomberg News reported JCP's $68 per share offer is worth $8.6 billion...
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Local bankers weigh in on Fed rate hike
(Business ~ 05/09/22)
Phil Moore and Clint Karnes, Cape Girardeau-based bankers, are in agreement about Wednesday's action by the Federal Reserve to quell inflation by raising the federal funds rate by 0.5%, the highest increase in 22 years. Moore, market president for Banterra Bank in Cape Girardeau and East Prairie, Missouri, said he is hopeful the hike will have "the desired effect," adding, "I think with a market faced with soaring prices and a record number of openings, the Fed had to take action. ...
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Vacant property open house this week in Jackson
(Business ~ 05/09/22)
Uptown Jackson Vacant Property Open House will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, with attendees encouraged to begin touring at the former Regions Bank building at the corner of High and Main streets. Information and light refreshments will be available at that location, said officials of Uptown Jackson Revitalization Organization's Economic Vitality Committee and Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce...
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Cape Girardeau bookstore among top eight in state
(Business ~ 05/09/22)
Book Rack, 50 S. Plaza Way in Cape Girardeau, has been named as a "great" bookstore by media/news company Best Things Missouri. Book Rack, founded in the late 1970s and operated by John Hendricks since 1997, was lauded by the Best Things website, www.bestthingsmo.com...
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Buckle store moving in Cape Girardeau
(Business ~ 05/09/22)
Buckle, a store styling itself as a "denim destination" for "style-conscious young men and women," will be moving this summer in Cape Girardeau from West Park Mall to Siemers Drive near Target, according to Facebook sources. The relocation was confirmed Saturday by local store personnel, who said Buckle will be in its new venue by July at the latest...
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'Doctor Strange 2' conjures up biggest opening of 2022
(Entertainment ~ 05/09/22)
The summer movie season is off to a blockbuster start thanks to "Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness." The superhero extravaganza grossed an estimated $185 million in ticket sales in its first weekend in U.S. and Canadian theaters, the Walt Disney Co. said Sunday...
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Mickey Gilley, who helped inspire 'Urban Cowboy,' dies at age 86
(Entertainment ~ 05/09/22)
NEW YORK -- Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film "Urban Cowboy" and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died. He was 86. Gilley died Saturday in Branson, Missouri, where he helped run the Mickey Gilley Grand Shanghai Theatre. He had been performing as recently as last month, but was in failing health over the past week...
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Pandemic pushes Oregon's public defender system to the brink
(National News ~ 05/09/22)
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Oregon's public defender system has shown cracks for years, but a post-pandemic glut of delayed cases has exposed shocking constitutional landmines impacting defendants and crime victims alike in a state with a national reputation for progressive social justice...
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Workers grapple with new stresses as they return to offices
(National News ~ 05/09/22)
NEW YORK -- Last summer, Julio Carmona started the process of weaning himself off a fully remote work schedule by showing up to the office once a week. The new hybrid schedule at his job at a state agency in Stratford, Connecticut, still enabled him to spend time cooking dinner for his family and taking his teenage daughter to basketball...
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Havana hotel death toll at 31 as dogs search for survivors
(International News ~ 05/09/22)
HAVANA -- The death toll of a powerful explosion at a luxury hotel in Cuba's capital increased to 31 Sunday evening as search crews with dogs hunted through the rubble of the iconic, 19th century building looking for people still missing. The Hotel Saratoga, a five-star 96-room hotel in Old Havana, was preparing to reopen after being closed for two years when an apparent gas leak ignited, blowing the outer walls into the busy, midmorning streets just a block from the country's Capitol building on Friday.. ...
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Taliban divisions deepen as Afghan women defy veil edict
(International News ~ 05/09/22)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Arooza was furious and afraid, keeping her eyes open for Taliban on patrol as she and a friend shopped Sunday in Kabul's Macroyan neighborhood. The math teacher was fearful her large shawl, wrapped tight around her head, and sweeping pale brown coat would not satisfy the latest decree by the country's religiously driven Taliban government. After all, more than just her eyes were showing. Her face was visible...
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Court leak is catnip for those who love a juicy DC whodunit
(National News ~ 05/09/22)
WASHINGTON -- Washington loves a whodunit. And the latest one comes with the stunning plot twist of a leak from the famously buttoned-up Supreme Court. The publication this past week of a draft opinion that said Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion in the United States, was wrong from the start and should be overruled, has set off sleuthing from every corner of the capital...
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After leak, religious rift over legal abortion on display
(National News ~ 05/09/22)
America's faithful are bracing -- some with cautionary joy and others with looming dread -- for the Supreme Court to potentially overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and end the nationwide right to legal abortion. A reversal of the 49-year-old ruling has never felt more possible since a draft opinion suggesting justices may do so was leaked this week. ...
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Small businesses still struggle to find enough workers
(National News ~ 05/09/22)
NEW YORK -- Some small businesses are still struggling to hire qualified workers, even as Americans return to the U.S. job market in droves. Hiring and retaining employees remains the top challenge for small businesses, according to a survey of 1,100 businesses by Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Voices out recently. Ninety percent of businesses that are hiring are finding it difficult to recruit qualified candidates for open positions...
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Strong, swirling winds complicate NM wildfire fight
(National News ~ 05/09/22)
LAS VEGAS, N.M. -- Strong, fast winds complicated work for firefighters in northeast New Mexico on Sunday as they battled two major blazes, though the rural area's major population center appeared to finally be safe from the worst danger. "It's been a challenging day. The winds have picked up; they haven't let up," fire spokesperson Todd Abel said Sunday evening...
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More than 60 feared dead in bombing of Ukrainian school
(International News ~ 05/09/22)
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine -- More than 60 people were feared dead Sunday after a Russian bomb flattened a school being used as a shelter, Ukrainian officials said, while Moscow's forces pressed their attack on defenders inside Mariupol's steel plant in an apparent race to capture the city ahead of Russia's Victory Day holiday...
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Sandi Essner
(Obituary ~ 05/09/22)
Sandra "Sandi" Essner, 60, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, May 6, 2022, at her home from stage 4 ovarian cancer, which was diagnosed in June 2016. She was born Feb. 19, 1962, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to Marilynne Ann Toll and John Edward Toll Sr. She lived in Puxico, Missouri, her first nine years of life on Mingo Wildlife Refuge before moving to Cape Girardeau. She graduated from Cape Girardeau Central High School in 1980 and St. Louis College of Pharmacy in 1985...
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Out of the past: May 9
(Out of the Past ~ 05/09/22)
A Missouri Senate committee has approved a measure to provide construction money for three education projects in Southeast Missouri; the Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday voted to earmark $2 million for a technology center for Southeast Missouri State University, $1.5 million for a new Cape Girardeau vocational-technical school and $1.5 million for a Sikeston education center...
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May Crowning at Guardian Angel School, Oran
(Submitted Story ~ 05/09/22)
May is a month that we as Catholics honor Mary, the Mother of God. This custom has roots going back as far as the Ancient Greeks. At. Guardian Angel School in Oran, we pray the rosary often and have the May Crowning for Mary's month. The custom of May Crowning has a student placing a crown of beautiful flowers on the head of a statue of Mary. The flowers represent Mary's beauty and virtue. May Crowning is also a reminder for us to strive to be like Mary by imitating the Blessed Mother's virtue in our own lives.. ...
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Voice for Life Contest Winner
(Submitted Story ~ 05/09/22)
Chloe Caudle of Guardian Angel School in Oran won first place for the 2nd grade coloring contest sponsored by the Voice for Life. She went to Old St. Vincent's Church on Wednesday, May 4 to receive her award from Bishop Edward Rice. Owen Morrison (1st grade) and Amelia Kyle (Kindergarten) each won honorable mention for the coloring contest in their grades. Congratulations Chloe, Owen, and Amelia!!...
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State Champs National History Day Missouri
(Submitted Story ~ 05/09/22)
Andrew and Eli Nix of Chaffee were recently named State Champs for their Senior Group Exhibit for National Hisotry Day Missouri. They have qualified for the National competition to be held in June. They were also awarded one of the Strickland Memorial African American History Prizes. ...
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Southeast Missouri Music Academy Announces Winners of Young Composers' Contest
(Submitted Story ~ 05/09/22)
Winners of the 2022 Young Composers Competition were honored at Shuck Recital Hall on the Southeast Missouri State University River Campus Friday, May 6. The winners are students of Sherrie Troxel in Southeast Missouri Music Academy Musicianship Classes...
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