Hope Children's Home is the first of its kind in area
For years people went to the large, two-story brick house at 709 East Main in Jackson for help -- but not the same kind that can be found there now. The house dates back to the 1890s. Since the...
View ArticleMissouri sets high mark for job incentives
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri economic development officials authorized a record amount of job-creation tax breaks for businesses in 2011, ratcheting up state incentives even as new data shows that...
View ArticleToday in History
Today is Saturday, Feb. 11, the 42nd day of 2012. There are 324 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 11, 1812, Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry signed a re-districting law...
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Today is Friday, Feb. 10, the 41st day of 2012. There are 325 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 10, 1962, the Soviet Union exchanged captured American U-2 pilot Francis...
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Today is Monday, Feb. 6, the 37th day of 2012. There are 329 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 6, 1952, Britain's King George VI died at Sandringham House in Norfolk,...
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Today is Tuesday, Feb. 7, the 38th day of 2012. There are 328 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 7, 1812, author Charles Dickens, widely regarded as the greatest novelist of...
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Today is Thursday, Feb. 9, the 40th day of 2012. There are 326 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 9, 1942, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff held its first formal meeting to...
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Today is Saturday, Feb. 11, the 42nd day of 2012. There are 324 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 11, 1812, Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry signed a re-districting law...
View ArticleRed Cross volunteer Jennifer Kubinak shares her experiences with hurricane,...
In August 2011, Hurricane Irene was barreling toward the East Coast. So was local Red Cross volunteer Jennifer Kubinak. Kubinak was deployed with an emergency response vehicle (ERV) to aid relief...
View ArticleTween a rock and a hard place
When my oldest daughter, Eva, turned 9 last May, I took her to the pediatrician for her annual birthday check-up. As Dr. Brown was finishing the exam, she was asking me some routine developmental...
View ArticlePermanent make-up, or micropigmentation, began as a medical procedure, grew...
Would the idea of never having to apply an eyeliner, brow powder or lipstick again be a dream come true? Well, wake up, Sleeping Beauty, because that dream can easily become a reality. The secret is...
View ArticleSpotlight on Old Town Cape
Claire Bruce lives downtown. She also works and plays downtown. She's the embodiment of Old Town Cape, a not-for-profit organization that, according to its website, "works toward revitalizing...
View Article10 things Claire Bruce can't live without
By Heather Collier Claire Bruce says when she was growing up in Kennett, Mo., Cape Girardeau was the place to come when you needed to get out of a small town. After living in big cities -- Nashville,...
View ArticleDevelopments in photo preservation
It wasn't all that long ago that taking pictures consisted of snapping photos on a roll of film and then taking the film to an area drug store or photo lab to be developed. Developing time could take...
View ArticleAlma Schrader launches Anti-Bullying Club
Alma Schader Elementary is taking a stand against bullying with its Anti-Bullying Club (ABC), formed by five second-graders in fall 2010. "We saw a lot of bullying outside and we wanted to stop it,"...
View ArticleWhat to do when your kid is the bully
It's not easy to watch a child cry over something said or done to him at school. It's not any easier knowing your child has intentionally hurt another child. How does a child become a bully? And what...
View ArticleMeet Addison Craig: One of Southeast Missouri's cutest kids
Full name: Addison Lorraine Craig Birthday and age: July 7, 2007 -- she is 4 years old The fam: Parents Damian and Jennifer Craig Lives in: Cape Girardeau Addison's favorite thing to do is... play...
View ArticleDoula Katie Reitman tells about her approach to pregnancy and childbirth
Katie Reitman is used to receiving blank stares when she tells someone she's a doula. So she's perfected a quick "elevator speech" to explain her profession: "I'm there for hands-on physical,...
View ArticleNotes from Haiti: A firsthand account of serving in Haiti for one week:
Until a few months ago, I could not fathom the extreme poverty, despair and hurt that separate my world from a Third World country. Then I went to Haiti. I thought I knew what poverty was. I was...
View ArticleNurse Susan Rutledge Kemp discusses how to deal with spider and varicose veins
ABOUT SUSAN Job title: Clinical resource nurse with the Saint Francis Vein and Laser Center Hometown and city of residence: Cape Girardeau Education: I have an associate of arts degree in nursing...
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