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Workshops offer help on hiring, retaining farmworkers
(State News ~ 11/09/18)
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The University of Missouri Extension will hold workshops throughout the state on how to attract and keep quality farm laborers. “This one-day workshop was developed by MU Extension to help you improve your labor management and finances and protect your business,” says MU Extension agricultural economist Ryan Milhollin...
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Broken Homes, Part 1
(Column ~ 11/09/18)
Unless you live in complete isolation, you have seen a broken home. Maybe it’s the family of a friend or a relative; maybe it’s your own home. Families fall apart in ways that are short-lived and lifelong, hidden from view and out there for everyone to see. Whatever the case, hardly anything perplexes and discourages us more than broken homes...
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Dawn Thompson
(Obituary ~ 11/09/18)
PADUCAH, Ky. — Photographer and contemporary artist, Dawn Marie Thompson, has passed away on Nov. 7, 2018, at the age of 51 years young. Dawn Marie was a beautiful soul who touched the lives of everyone she met. In 2018, she debuted her art in a gallery showing in Paducah, Kentucky. She was invited soon after to hang pieces in several other shows and galleries...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 11/09/18)
What is the cause of the illness? If this mysterious illness that is paralyzing babies and children has been known since 2014, why is the American public only now made aware of it? And is it due to some condition, or practice or medicines to do with our medical industrial complex? Someone knows what the likely cause is and the American people need to know...
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WW Wood Products putting Dudley on the map
(Business ~ 11/09/18)
The rural Stoddard County city of Dudley has a population of 232 residents, but when WW Wood Products is in full swing during the work week, nearly five times the population of the city occupies the company’s 1.5 million-square-foot facilities. The spacious metal buildings that house WW Wood Products are visible from Highway 60. The company’s presence significantly altered the landscape as they repeatedly expanded their operation over the past four decades...
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NMCC grad elected chair of Radar Systems Panel
(Business ~ 11/09/18)
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Shannon Blunt, Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at Kansas University, was recently elected as Chair of the Radar Systems Panel (RSP) of the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE), the largest technical society in the world...
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Saint Francis adds primary care physician
(Business ~ 11/09/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome board-certified primary care physician and new Medical Partner Richard Tobey, DO, to Cape Physician Associates. Tobey earned his medical degree from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in East Lansing, MI. He completed his residence at Firelands Regional Medical Center in Sandusky, Ohio. His clinical interests include family medicine including preventative medicine...
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180 Healthcare partners with MDMC
(Business ~ 11/09/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – 180 Healthcare, a local Cape Girardeau company whose sole focus is on the overall health and wellness for residents in Southeast Missouri has partnered with Missouri Delta Medical Center to expand and offer more services. Missouri Delta Medical Center is known for quality care at reasonable prices and by working with 180 Healthcare have joined forces to put a stop to overpriced healthcare in our area...
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Seven graduate from Winning With Relationship Selling Course
(Business ~ 11/09/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Hendrickson Business Advisors honored their most recent graduates of Dale Carnegie’s Winning with Relationship Selling Course. During the course, the participants focused on establishing goals for success, identifying the best prospecting methods, forming relationships, and establishing credibility. ...
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Ribbon Cutting - Blue Sky
(Business ~ 11/09/18)
The Sikeston Regional Chamber held a Ribbon Cutting Oct. 30 to celebration Blue Sky Community Services’ one-year anniversary in Sikeston. Blue Sky provides independent living skills and employment services to adults with developmental disabilities. Blue Sky has been providing services in the Cape Girardeau area since 2014 and is proud to have been given the opportunity to expand and support individuals in the Sikeston area. ...
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MoDOT’s National Traffic Incident Response Awareness Week is set for Nov. 11-17
(Local News ~ 11/09/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Emergency responders face potential dangers every day. As a reminder, the Federal Highway Administration has declared the week of Nov. 11-17 as National Traffic Incident Response Awareness Week. The Missouri Department of Transportation and its safety partners remind motorists to move over when approaching MoDOT, law enforcement and fire, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), towing vehicles and any other emergency vehicle with lights flashing...
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Seat belt usage rises to its highest rate ever in Missouri
(Local News ~ 11/09/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Safety belt usage in Missouri has climbed to its highest rate ever. The latest Missouri Seat Belt Usage Survey, which has been taken annually since 1998, shows 87.1 percent of Missourians use a safety belt. In 1998, that figure was 60 percent...
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Scott County veterans’ tree
(Local News ~ 11/09/18)
Scott County Historical and Genealogy Society member Linda Urhahn places a small flag on a patriotic-themed tree at the Scott County Courthouse in Benton. To honor all veterans, living and deceased, the Society decorated a veterans’ tree at the Scott County Courthouse. All are invited to place photos of veterans (copies only) on the tree anytime during November. Include veteran’s name, branch of service and any other information...
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Celebration of life for Neal E. Boyd to be held Nov. 18 at Southeast
(Local News ~ 11/09/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — A celebration of life service for Neal E. Boyd will be held at 3 p.m. Nov. 18 at Academic Hall Auditorium on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. Boyd, who would have turned 43 on Nov. 18, died June 10 at his home in Sikeston. ...
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One in custody for shooting at vehicle Friday morning
(Local News ~ 11/09/18)
SIKESTON — One person is in custody for allegedly shooting at a vehicle Friday in Sikeston. At 11:11 a.m., officers with Sikeston Department of Public Safety responded to Clayton Avenue and Lora Street in reference to a report of gunshots being fired, according to DPS reports. Upon their arrival, officers made contact with a man who said someone had shot at his car, said Capt. Austin Henley with DPS...
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NMCC students to present ‘Harvey’
(Local News ~ 11/09/18)
New Madrid County Central High School theater and language arts teacher Katherine “Kate” Cuba, left, directs NMCC students as they prepare to present the Pulitizer-prize winning comedy “Harvey.” Pictured with Cuba are freshman Tallon Hughey, who is performing the role of Judge Omar Gaffney, senior Jatori Maxwell as Veta Louise Simmons and sophomore Grace McWaters as Myrtle Mae Simmons. ...
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Bus driver, student injured in accident involving school bus
(Local News ~ 11/09/18)
SIKESTON — A bus driver and a student were injured in a two-vehicle crash early Thursday in Sikeston. At 10:20 a.m., officers with Sikeston Department of Public Safety responded to East Malone Avenue and Broadway, in reference to a crash involving a school bus, according to DPS reports...
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Essex man sentenced to life for child molestation
(Local News ~ 11/09/18)
BLOOMFIELD — An Essex man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he pleaded guilty Wednesday to a child molestation charge in Stoddard County. Chad M. Anderson pleaded guilty to the Class A felony of first-degree child molestation before Presiding Circuit Judge Robert Mayer, according to Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Russ Oliver...
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