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Exciting things ahead for Business Today
(Business ~ 05/15/17)
As you may have read last month, I was named publisher of Business Today. It's an honor and a privilege for this Southeast Missouri native. Having spent nearly seven years with the company, this is a new challenge for me. One I'm excited about. I remember reading this publication as a college student shortly after becoming a member of the Cape Chamber of Commerce. ...
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Cape Council to vote on cost-sharing plan for indoor batting facility
(Local News ~ 05/15/17)
The Cape Girardeau City Council will vote Monday on a plan for the city and Southeast Missouri State University to share in the cost of building an indoor batting facility. In April 2016, the city approved spending almost $1 million for improvements to Capaha Field and a sculpture for a city roundabout, with the university contributing a similar amount...
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Tractors owners to open restaurant in new Drury Plaza Hotel
(Local News ~ 05/15/17)
Jackson restaurant Tractors will open a new restaurant called The Southerner in the Drury Plaza Hotel Cape Girardeau Conference Center this summer. The new restaurant is slated to open mid-summer with the Drury Plaza Hotel. Tractors is at 124 S. High St. in uptown Jackson...
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Business notebook: Bloom takes root in a new location downtown
(Business ~ 05/15/17)
Big, pink mylar balloon letters spell the news across the back wall of Jocelyn Anderson's shop: "BLOOM IS BACK." She bought the intellectual property of Bloom from Michaelyn Ross before Christmas, and when Mollie Paperie opened where Bloom had been at 2121 Broadway, Anderson began looking for new retail spots, settling at 115 Broadway...
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Tipoff: SportPlex hosts its first tournament, to positive reviews
(Local News ~ 05/15/17)
The parking lot at the new Cape Girardeau SportsPlex filled with cars this weekend as the facility hosted its first sports tournament: the Reebok Series Cape Girardeau Classic. Chris Eastridge, a recreation specialist at the city of Cape Girardeau's Parks and Recreation Department, said the weekend was full of pleased guests and positive reviews...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/15/17)
Today in History Today is Monday, May 15, the 135th day of 2017. There are 230 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On May 15, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, whose members came to be known as WACs. Wartime gasoline rationing went into effect in 17 Eastern states, limiting sales to three gallons a week for non-essential vehicles...
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Congratulations to 18 new American citizens
(Editorial ~ 05/15/17)
When it comes to covering government and politics, the annual Naturalization ceremony is one of our favorite events of the year. This year, 18 people from 11 countries became U.S. citizens. Each person had "paid their dues", learned the culture, history and language of our country and pledged their allegiance, officially, to the United States. ...
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'King Arthur' flops; 'Guardians 2' still rules at box office
(Entertainment ~ 05/15/17)
LOS ANGELES -- The first major box office flop of the summer movie season has arrived. Studio estimates Sunday said director Guy Ritchie's "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword" opened to a bleak $14.7 million from more than 3,700 locations against a costly $175 million production budget...
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Genevieve Schwartz
(Obituary ~ 05/15/17)
KELSO, Mo. -- Genevieve Marie Schwartz, 85, of Kelso died Saturday, May 13, 2017, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 14, 1931, at Apple Creek, Missouri, the daughter of Stephen A. and Ida J. Buchheit Wibbenmeyer. She married Joseph Lawrence Schwartz on June 17, 1950, at Apple Creek. He preceded her in death May 19, 2010...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 5/15/17
(Local News ~ 05/15/17)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today Approval of minutes n Minutes of the May 11 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on agenda Routine business...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 5/15/17
(Local News ~ 05/15/17)
Cape Girardeau City Council agenda City hall 401 Independence St. Study session, 5 p.m. today Items for discussion n Planning and Zoning Commission report n Humane Society of Southeast Missouri presentation n May 2017 flood update Regular session, 7 p.m...
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Jackson Board of Aldermen agenda 5/15/17
(Local News ~ 05/15/17)
Jackson Board of Aldermen City hall 101 Court St. Regular meeting, 6 p.m. today n Approval of minutes n Minutes of May 1 regular meeting n Financial affairs n Monthly bills Action items n Power and Light Committee n Consider a motion approving a Park Memorial and Donation Form from the Jackson Municipal Band for the donation of playground equipment in City Park...
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Experts say cyberattack havoc could grow as work week begins
(Business ~ 05/15/17)
LONDON -- An unprecedented "ransomware" cyberattack that already has hit tens of thousands of victims in 150 countries could wreak even more havoc today as people return to their desks and power up their computers at the beginning of the work week. Officials and experts Sunday urged organizations and companies to update their operating systems immediately to ensure they aren't vulnerable to a second, more powerful version of the malicious software...
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North Korea says new long-range missile can carry heavy nuke
(International News ~ 05/15/17)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea said today the missile it launched over the weekend was a new type of long-range ballistic rocket that can carry a heavy nuclear warhead. North Korean propaganda must be considered with wariness, but if confirmed, the claim marks another big step forward in the country's escalating efforts to field a nuclear-tipped missile capable of reaching the U.S. mainland...
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Torch-wielding group protests Confederate statue removal
(National News ~ 05/15/17)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- A group that included a well-known white nationalist carried torches and chanted "you will not replace us" at a weekend protest in Virginia over plans to remove a monument of a Confederate general. The protesters Saturday night called on officials to halt the removal of a Gen. Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville and swiftly were condemned by the city's mayor, who said the event appeared to hearken "back to the days of the KKK," the Daily Progress newspaper reported...
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New York eyes 'textalyzer' to combat distracted driving
(National News ~ 05/15/17)
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Ben Lieberman just wanted to find out what may have caused the head-on collision that killed his 19-year-old son, Evan, on a highway north of New York City. It took a lawsuit and six months in court to get the cellphone records showing the driver of the car his son was in had been texting behind the wheel...
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Out of the past: May 15
(Out of the Past ~ 05/15/17)
Continued delays of the renovation of the municipal airport's terminal building, caused by the Federal Aviation Administration's dogmatic enforcement of its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program, has frustrated airport users and tenants alike; the city is on the verge of rejecting all contractor bids and rebidding the project if the FAA doesn't award the construction contract soon...
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Miss District of Columbia wins 2017 edition of Miss USA
(Entertainment ~ 05/15/17)
LAS VEGAS -- The District of Columbia has won back-to-back Miss USA titles. Kara McCullough, a 25-year-old chemist working for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, was crowned Sunday during the event that took place at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center on the Las Vegas Strip...
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Greitens fails to meet promises on ethics laws
(State News ~ 05/15/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- During his first legislative session in office, many top pro-business priorities of Missouri's new Republican Gov. Eric Greitens passed with strong support from the GOP-led Legislature. But bills to strengthen state ethics laws -- a campaign pledge of Greitens' -- languished and failed to make it to his desk before the Friday deadline...
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A suicide at age 8? Rare, but not inconceivable
(National News ~ 05/15/17)
The death was startling even to the coroner: a boy only 8 years old apparently killing himself in his Cincinnati bedroom. Now Gabriel Taye's January death is being re-examined, after it emerged he was bullied and knocked unconscious at school two days before he died...
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High court soon could signal view on Trump immigration plans
(National News ~ 05/15/17)
WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court decisions in a half-dozen cases dealing with immigration over the next two months could reveal how the justices might evaluate Trump administration actions on immigration, especially stepped-up deportations. Some of those cases could be decided as early as Monday, when the court is meeting to issue opinions in cases that were argued over the past six months...
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Missouri targets doctor shortage, expands first-in-nation law
(State News ~ 05/15/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Numerous additional doctors from around the U.S. could become eligible to treat patients in Missouri's underserved areas as a result of a planned expansion of a first-in-the-nation law aimed at addressing a pervasive doctor shortage...
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Missouri won't make some flooded district make up lost days
(State News ~ 05/15/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri education officials said 39 school districts won't need to make up the days they canceled because of flooding. The waivers the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education granted this week excuse the districts from minimum school-calendar requirements...
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Growing number of Missouri lawmakers also are business owners
(State News ~ 05/15/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A growing number of Missouri legislators have been listing work with small businesses and management as their occupation over the last 30 years. More business owners and employees were in this year's Legislature than any other occupation, including attorneys and teachers, the Columbia Missourian reported...
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Oil-pipeline opponents try going after the money
(Business ~ 05/15/17)
BISMARCK, N.D. -- Opposition to the Dakota Access oil pipeline has persuaded some banks to stop supporting projects that might harm the environment or tread on indigenous rights, but calling the divest movement a success might be a stretch. It doesn't appear to be hurting the ability of energy companies to get financing, and it doesn't seem to concern lenders broadly...
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Retail funk: Stores face biggest challenges since recession
(Business ~ 05/15/17)
NEW YORK -- It's starting to look a lot like the recession redux for retailers. More than twice as many stores have closed this year as at the same point last year. Bankruptcies are far outpacing last year's rate. Retailers slashed jobs at the sharpest pace in seven years this spring. Retailers collectively could report the biggest drop in first-quarter profits since 2009...
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More price hikes likely for government insurance markets
(Business ~ 05/15/17)
Early moves by insurers suggest another round of price hikes and limited choices will greet insurance shoppers around the country when they begin searching for next year's coverage on the public markets established by the Affordable Care Act. Insurance companies still are making decisions about whether to offer coverage for individuals next year on these markets, and price-increase requests are only starting to be revealed by state regulators...
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People on the move 5/15/17
(Business ~ 05/15/17)
Susan Pfeiffer has been named Penzel Construction's new executive assistant. Pfeiffer, a Cape Girardeau native and Jackson resident, earned her Bachelor of Science degree at Southeast Missouri State University. -- From staff reports
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Bear gets stuck in car, honks horn
(National News ~ 05/15/17)
ROANOKE, Va. -- The young black bear probably was looking for treats when he climbed inside a car in Virginia, but it managed to honk the horn. Roanoke police said the 200-pound animal got stuck and blew the horn, rousing the car's owners about 5 a.m. Thursday. An officer was able to open the car's back door, and the bear ran into the woods. Police said snacks were inside the carm and they reminded people to keep their cars locked...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 5/15/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/15/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Saturday. n Medical assists were made at 6:53 a.m. on North Mount Auburn Road; 7:12 a.m. on South Middle Street; 10:46 a.m. on North Minnesota Street; 11:24 a.m. on Valley View Lane; 11:31 a.m. on Cobblestone Court; 3:09 p.m. on Broadway; 5:45 p.m. on East Plaza Way; and 8:53 p.m. on Water Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 5/15/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/15/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n Tara Bruckerhoff, no age given, of St. Mary, Missouri, was arrested on a warrant. Summons n Levi Thrower, no age given, of Jackson was issued a summons for indecent exposure at 19 S. Spanish St...
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Gloria Hix
(Obituary ~ 05/15/17)
ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Gloria Ann Hix, 56, of Altenburg died Monday, May 8, 2017, at her home. Services will be private. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Juanita Riggs
(Obituary ~ 05/15/17)
Juanita Hobbs Riggs, 99, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, May 14, 2017, at the Lutheran Home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Revs. Vic VanSchaik and Lee Whitman officiating. Burial will be at Lorimier Cemetery...
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Prayer 5/15/17
(Prayer ~ 05/15/17)
O Father God, our Lord and Savior, may our words proclaim your righteousness. Amen.
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Development aims to turn I-55's Exit 99, or 'Center Junction,' into the region's next economic dynamo
(Business ~ 05/15/17)
The opening of the Cape Girardeau Sportsplex marked the latest in developments to an area generally considered to be rich with opportunity: the area immediately surrounding Interstate 55's Exit 99, also known as "Center Junction." The $12 million, 121,000-square-foot indoor sports facility, developers hope, will show just how well-situated that area is for development...
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Local home inspector uses drone technology to zone in on property problem areas
(Business ~ 05/15/17)
Sam Herndon recently detected a cracked capstone atop a chimney during a home inspection for a potential buyer. That in itself didn't make it a notable discovery. It wasn't his first such find. Rather it was the location of the chimney, situated away from the home's center line -- imagine a smokestack on the side of a mountain -- which it needed to rise above to draw air properly. The pitch was so steep, Herndon, who used to repel and climb, said he'd been reluctant to climb on it with a rope...
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Thomas M. Meyer and Beth McFerron continue work in area realty market
(Business ~ 05/15/17)
Thomas L. Meyer Realty Co. began with the late Thomas L. Meyer selling real estate in 1946. After Thomas M. Meyer served time in the United States Navy, he joined his father in the early 1970s as a real estate agent and broker at the company. Thomas M. ...
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8th Grade Graduation at Guardian Angel School
(Submitted Story ~ 05/15/17)
Guardian Angel School, Oran graduated 8 eighth graders this school year. Graduation Mass was held Saturday, May 13. We congratulate them and wish them much success in high school. Pictured are (front row): Cooper Priggel, Kennedi McVay, Evan Montgomery, & Langdon Scheeter. (Back row): Katie Webb, Logan Rose, Myles Trankler, & John Crippen...
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