Marijuana plants used for cuttings and propagation produce lush foliage at a marijuana growing facility.Marijuana violations have taken more than 10,000 truck drivers off the road in 2022, further complicating supply-chain issues that have plagued the U.S. economy since COVID-19 hit our shores two years ago. That's just one of many side-effects in the ongoing push for the legalization of marijuana. Missouri voters will decide in November whether recreational use should be allowed in the Show Me State.

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Print Email link Send news tip Report error Post comment Students pose outside the main building of State Technical College of Missouri, named again as the best such college of its kind in the U.S. by personal finance site WalletHub. Personal finance website WalletHub has ranked State Technical College of Missouri, located in Linn, Missouri, Osage County, as the No. 1 community college in the U.S. State Tech received WalletHub's top spot for a fifth consecutive year.

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Print Email link Send news tip Report error Read comments (1) Cape Girardeau Police Department A juvenile male was taken to the Cape Girardeau County Juvenile Office for allegedly threatening a day care facility. Cape Girardeau Police Department officers responded to the day care around 8 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, after receiving information the subject said he'd "shoot up" the facility. They located the individual, identified him as a juvenile and referred him to the juvenile office.

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Print Email link Send news tip Report error Post comment Melissa Taylor of Cape Girardeau's Lutheran Home has been named Certified Nursing Assistant of the Year by Missouri Health Care Association. The award to Taylor came during MHCA's annual conference held Aug. 27 through 30 in Branson, Missouri. "(Melissa) is an amazing person who cares deeply for our residents and we are so pleased that our industry leaders also recognize her talent, commitment and love for those in our care," said Teresa Brown, Lutheran Home CEO, of the 24-year employee of the long-term care facility at 2825 Bloomfield Road in Cape Girardeau, Do you want more business news? Check out B Magazine, and the B Magazine email newsletter.

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Print Email link Send news tip Report error Post comment Chance Whitehead , a Southeast Missouri State University graduate, has joined Dille Pollard Architecture as project manager. The firm has offices in Cape Girardeau and Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Whitehead has 19 years of industry experience, according to a news release. Do you want more business news? Check out B Magazine, and the B Magazine email newsletter. Go to www.semissourian.com/newsletters to find out more.

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Print Email link Send news tip Report error Post comment Parking lot order takers handle busy morning rush hour traffic Friday, Sept. 8, at Scooter's Coffee, 601 E. Jackson Blvd. in Jackson. Scooter's, founded 25 years ago in Nebraska, is offering free medium roast and dark roast coffee in any size every day during the month of September. Scooter's Coffee is offering customers a free coffee every day this month as part of an overall promotion saluting National Coffee Day on Sept.

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023 ~ Updated 1:19 PM How can donors support the charities they care about? No doubt, the most common answer is by contributing cash, writing a check or making a credit card gift online. Those are the easiest ways to make a difference, and all charitable organizations rely heavily on these gifts. But what about ways to make an even bigger impact? According to three nonprofit leaders in the Southeast Missouri region, there are many ways to give that not only provide a greater benefit to the charity, but also give advantages to the donor, as well.

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The Cape Girardeau Sportsplex, pictured before opening. It is nestled next to I-55, and has attracted an influx of tourist to the Cape Area. Drive by the Cape Girardeau SportsPlex nearly any weekend and you'll find a sea of cars. Inside it's full of athletes, parents and coaches competing in tournaments or practicing. Everything from cheer camps to volleyball, basketball and soccer tournaments to batting cages for baseball players. And while the weekends are busy, the facility is also being used during the week for a variety of activities.

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Print Email link Send news tip Report error Tameka Randle is the executive director of the PORCH initiative and was recently appointed to the Missouri Housing Commission Board. In 2021, she was elected as Cape Girardeau's Ward 2 city councilwoman. Tameka Randle is wearing several hats these days for her neighborhood, city and state. Randle grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, earned a basketball scholarship to play at Eastern Michigan University, where she earned a degree in education.

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Print Email link Send news tip Report error Post comment City of Cape Girardeau community development department has received four applications for business licenses: * Matt Holden of Brentwood, Tennessee, for Tractor Supply , 11 S. Kingshighway, formerly Orscheln Farm & Home. * Bailey Ann Lundstrom of Cape Girardeau for Flawless Skin Solutions , 2411 Myra St., providing estnetics services. * Flanagan State Bank of Paw Paw, Illinois, for Classic Home Loans , 338 Broadway, Suite 236, mortgage processing.

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Print Email link Send news tip Report error Post comment Missouri Job Center office is located inside Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri headquarters, 40 S. Sprigg St. in Cape Girardeau. An effort to gather signatures for a 2024 ballot initiative seeking to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour is being organized. The state's current minimum is $12 hourly. Missouri's minimum wage , currently at $12 per hour, may be the subject of a new ballot push in 2024, with supporters seeking a rise to $15 an hour by 2027.

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Print Email link Send news tip Report error Post comment City of Jackson mayor and Board of Aldermen Regular meeting 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5 Adoption of agenda * Motion adopting the regular meeting agenda. Presentation * Mayor's proclamation recognizing September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Approval of minutes * Motion approving the minutes of the regular meeting of Monday, Aug. 21. Financial affairs * Motion approving payment of the semimonthly bills.

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Print Email link Send news tip Report error Post comment Anna Bergmark , city engineer for Jackson since June 2021, is leaving the municipality's employ effective Friday, Sept. 29. Bergmark, a 1999 Jackson High School graduate, said she plans to pursue another career path. Among the projects for which Bergmark had direct responsibility was the $1.7 million West Mary Street Bridge and Sidewalks project, which opened to the public May 17. Do you want more business news? Check out B Magazine, and the B Magazine email newsletter.

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Danny Tetley, a poultry producer and business owner in Oran, Mo., stands beside his solar array and poultry houses. The Rural Energy for America Program grant helped Tetley construct the 150kWDC solar array. When you think of rural Southeast Missouri, what comes to mind? For the folks who call the region home, perhaps it's the 1,000-acre soybean farms covering the back roads on your morning commute or the small businesses where the owners know you on a first name basis. Most people would agree the network of small businesses and agricultural industries are essential to Southeast Missouri's identity and heartbeat, but very few consider how it's all powered, which is rapidly shifting.

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Carlos Vargas, president of Southeast Missouri State University, celebrates the school's 150th anniversary on March 22, 2023. Vargas is SEMO's 18th president. (Photo by Megan Burke) Carlos Vargas may regard March 2023 as one of the best 30-day periods of his eight-year tenure as president of Southeast Missouri State University. Vargas traveled to Dayton, Ohio, on March 14 to see SEMO's men's basketball participate in its first NCAA Tournament game since 2000. On March 22, he led the kickoff celebration for the university's year-long sesquicentennial celebration.

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Print Email link Send news tip Report error Post comment Retailer Target has reported comparable store sales for the three months ending July 29, fell 5.4%, further than the low-single digit percentage drop projected by the Minnesota-based retailer, according to Wall Street Journal. Target , the Minneapolis-based retailer with a store in Cape Girardeau, saw its comparable-store sales fall 5.4% in the three months ending July 29, Wall Street Journal reported. Backlash from Target's LGBTQ-themed Pride Month collection is believed by analysts to be at least part of the cause of falling revenue.

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Print Email link Send news tip Report error Post comment BENTON, Mo. -- For more than 50 years, the annual Benton Neighbor Days celebration has been providing families and friends with good food and fun over the Labor Day weekend. From Thursday, Aug. 31, to Saturday, Sept. 2, the 54th annual Benton Neighbor Days Festival will return for to provide good food, drinks, live music, carnival rides, games, a parade and more. According to Jim Wade, president of Benton Chamber of Commerce, the first Neighbor Days took place in 1925, However, after September 1943, due to restrictions imposed by war, it shut down for some time.

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Print Email link Send news tip Report error Post comment Jessica Livingston adjusts a mirror in a master bathroom she built earlier this year in Jackson. Livingston, a Southeast Missouri State University graduate, leads her own independent construction company. With the annual commemoration of Labor Day fast approaching, gainfully-employed work in this post-pandemic era may take many forms. Jessica Livingston is involved in a hands-on business, and she loves it.

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Print Email link Send news tip Report error Post comment It's a tough time in the residential real estate market across the United States and locally, according to industry experts. "Low inventory, high mortgage rates, and high prices have put the housing market into a state of unaffordability that's weighing on house hunters, current homeowners, and even real estate investors. The market is stuck," according to an article on www.businessinsider.com . "The Federal Reserve's aggressive interest rate hikes over the last 18 months have led to mortgage rates hovering around two-decade highs, but so far home prices haven't fallen as they usually do when rates climb.

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Print Email link Send news tip Report error Post comment Mario Grippo, a local restaurateur with long experience in Southeast Missouri, will open Mario's Italian Eatery this fall in Jackson. Grippo and his family closed a restaurant in Cape Girardeau in July 2021 because of pandemic-influenced staffing issues. Mario's Italian Eatery will open what the Grippo family is calling a "small" restaurant in Jackson this fall, at a location to be named later. According to an official Facebook post, the establishment is expected to open within the next two months and will have a few tables but will specialize primarily in take-out orders.

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Print Email link Send news tip Report error Post comment Chase Silvers , DO, has joined the emergency services team at Southeast Hospital. Silvers, a member of American College of Emergency Physicians and American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians, is a Southeast Missouri State University alumnus who completed his undergraduate degree at SEMO. Silvers received a doctor of osteopathy degree from A.T. Sill University in Kirksville, Missouri, and completed a residency in emergency medicine at OhioHealth in Columbus, Ohio.

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Print Email link Send news tip Report error Post comment Three persons on a Leadership Cape team were among those who presented an idea Friday, Sept. 8, to establish a 5K Walk/Run for Cape Girardeau Police Foundation, supporting the police department's co-responder unit. From left, Joe Callahan of SERVPRO of Cape Girardeau & Scott counties; Dr. Shannon Farris, a clinical psychologist with Cape Police; and Haley Taylor of Bold Marketing. A total of five projects were presented during Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Coffee at Century Casino Event Center.

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Print Email link Send news tip Report error Post comment Golden Rule Insurance Associates will move in February to 8,700-square-foot offices now under construction along Highway 25 in Jackson. GRIA was founded 14 years ago. Golden Rule Insurance Associates , 2519 E. Jackson Blvd. in Jackson, will move to more spacious offices along Highway 25 early next year. GRIA, first established in 2009 in Patton, Missouri, moved to the Cape Girardeau County seat town in 2012 and will relocate to a new 8,700-square-foot facility at 1600 S.

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Print Email link Send news tip Report error Post comment An under-construction ALDI grocery store at 2502 E. Jackson Blvd. in Jackson is seen Wednesday, Sept. 20. The new outlet is expected to open in early November, with a projected grand opening date anticipated Wednesday, Nov. 8, according to city officials. ALDI , the nation's third largest grocery retailer, is moving closer to opening outlets in the Cape Girardeau and Perry county seats. * In Jackson , Larry Miller, the city's building and planning manager, has been informed by general contractor Knoebel Construction of Chesterfield, Missouri, that work on the 21,682-square-foot store at 2502 E, Jackson Blvd.

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Thursday, February 2, 2023 ~ Updated 12:01 PM Steven Joggerst, MD, cardiologist at Cape Cardiology Group, a Saint Francis Medical Partner, performed a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure on Campbell, Missouri, man, John Stenger and two days later, he was able to return home.Up the catheter went through John Stenger's leg. It was the tool needed to reach his heart for an aortic valve replacement, and there was no time to waste. The sooner the valve was fixed, the sooner Stenger's heart could become, as he calls it, "one beat from perfect.

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Thursday, October 13, 2022 ~ Updated 2:12 PM Personal Banker Brandon Ratermann, Bank Manager Erica Goins and Personal Banker Jack Essner stand next to a promotion of First Missouri State Bank's current CD offering. The bank offers 3.00% Annual Percentage Yield on new certificates of deposit and the customer picks the length of term.First Missouri State Bank now offers certificate of deposits that pay 3.00% Annual Percentage Yield and the customer can pick the term from three to 24 months. "This was born out of the environment that we're in right now," said First Missouri State Bank president Steve Taylor.

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Print Email link Send news tip Report error There are people who work a job, complete tasks and play important roles in day-to-day operations. They clock-in and clock-out, doing what needs to be done. Then there are others who go the extra mile. They're passionate about what they do in business or community service. They pursue not simply a job to be done but a calling — where their skillset and passion align. These individuals are often visionaries, movers and shakers who get things done.

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Print Email link Send news tip Report error Post comment Cape Girardeau City Hall at 44 N. Lorimier St. in downtown Cape Girardeau. Cape Girardeau City Council members will consider an ordinance appropriating unbudgeted expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023 at their meeting Tuesday, Sept. 5. This ordinance appropriates funds for operating costs, capital projects, debt service and transfers. It is routinely submitted each year after the fiscal year ends to cover expenditures incurred during the fiscal year that were not originally included in the budget adopted the previous year.

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Print Email link Send news tip Report error Post comment This graph charts U.S. average gas prices 2019 to 2023 to date. Motor fuel generally cost more in 2022 than this year but is notably more expensive in 2023 than during the 2019-2021 period. The cost of U.S. motor fuel nationally Thursday, Aug. 31, matched the price of a year ago but remained the highest recorded headed into Labor Day weekend at least since pre-pandemic 2019. Auto club federation AAA said Thursday's nationwide average of $3.

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Print Email link Send news tip Report error Post comment Cast of "Under the Surface" prepare for a scene Friday morning, Sept. 8, in Cape Girardeau. "Under the Surface" is a faith-based movie higlighting human trafficking that is being filmed in parts of Southeast Missouri. News about Cape and Jackson matters. Sign up for free updates. Be the first to post a comment

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