Erin Ragan
BusinessAugust 17, 2015
Newsmakers 2015: Carisa StarkCarisa Stark's passion for hometown living, a great burger and a crafted brew has landed her in what she calls "the exact perfect place." Stark, 39, says she constantly meets people who come from an 80-mile radius to eat at her restaurant and bar, Mary Jane Burgers...
BusinessAugust 17, 2015
Newsmakers 2015: Lyle RandolphBecause of his avid community outreach, people know Lyle Randolph most everywhere he goes. Randolph, 42, is general manager and vice president of Isle Casino Cape Girardeau, husband to Yvonne and father to daughters Reagan and Reese. A lifelong Southeast Missouri r...
BusinessAugust 17, 2015
Newsmakers 2015: Jim BaileyJim Bailey's accomplishments turning Poplar Bluff, Missouri, into a retail shopping destination happened, he says, by accident. Bailey, a longtime resident of Poplar Bluff who owns and runs CARSTAR Poplar Bluff Auto Body & Glass, has been primarily in the auto repa...
BusinessAugust 17, 2015
Newsmakers 2015: Darren BurgfeldDarren Burgfeld has many talents -- some known well, some maybe not as much. As a project manager at Element 74, a Cape Girardeau website design firm, Burgfeld manages digital projects and acts as a "social media guru." In the community and civic arena, he is a hig...
NewsAugust 13, 2015
County finds it slow going to improve roads to Millersville mineCape Girardeau County is having mixed success gaining property easements so two county roads near Millersville can be altered to accommodate truck traffic from a new sand mine. Capital Sand Proppants, owned by Capital Sand Co. Inc. of Jefferson City, Missouri, bega...
NewsAugust 11, 2015
Conditions this week should be ideal for watching meteor showerThe next few nights may yield an impressive light show for skywatchers, as the annual summer Perseids meteor shower hits its peak. Clear nights are forecast for the area through Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. Weather conditions and the current p...
BusinessAugust 10, 2015
Business Notebook: Emissions plan concerns region's lawmakersBecause of the amount of power Missouri and the 8th Congressional District derive from coal-fired power plants, even an additional 2 percent limit to emissions is concerning lawmakers who believe a newly announced plan will hurt businesses. Among the opponents to t...
NewsAugust 9, 2015
Semo Port's operations, plans described by its directorDan Overbey, executive director of the Semo Port, gave details about the operation of the port and the reach of its shipments during the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Coffee program at Isle Casino Event Center. Shipments of various products...
NewsAugust 7, 2015
Smith adamant floodway project needs to go forwardU.S. Rep. Jason Smith's visit earlier this week to view flood damage in the Bootheel left the congressman no doubt a controversial project designed to stop the Mississippi River from inundating Southeast Missouri's St. Johns Bayou and farmland in the New Madrid Flo...
NewsAugust 4, 2015
Count added to pollution lawsuit against Fruitland meat processorA lawsuit accusing a Fruitland meat processor of illegal water pollution will be allowed to continue, and a count for natural resources damage will be added, a judge decided Monday. Attorneys for Fruitland American Meat and Attorney General Chris Koster's office ap...Advertisement
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