Lawmakers in some states want to bar credit checks for job applicants
If you've applied for a job in your lifetime you may have seen something on an application asking for your permission to run a credit check. The information that potential employer gleans from your...
View ArticleVoter registration drives happening this week at Cape Girardeau schools
Starting today and continuing through Wednesday -- which is the last day to register to vote in the April election -- the League of Women Voters is hosting a voter registration drive at several Cape...
View ArticleNeal E. Boyd excited about performing for Obama
The {http://www.stltoday.com/ St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported} last week that Neal E. Boyd -- the opera singer from Sikeston, Mo., who won fame on the 2008 season of...
View ArticleMissouri DNR offers public access to test results online
How clean is your city or subdivision's drinking water? Want to know what levels of fluoride or nitrates are in your drinking water? If you live in Missouri, the Department of Natural Resources has now...
View ArticleRush Limbaugh sells a piece of his life: His NYC penthouse
A tipster alerted me to a piece of New York real estate news of local interest this morning when he told me that {http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/today.guest.html Rush Limbaugh}, the controversial...
View ArticleLt. Gov. Kinder to appear on Fox News tonight
I learned via {http://twitter.com/semissourian Twitter} today that Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, a Cape Girardeau native, will appear on the Fox News Channel program {http://www.foxnews.com/ontherecord/ "On...
View ArticleNeal E. Boyd to sing at Cardinals home opener Monday
Neal E. Boyd, the Sikeston, Mo., native who gained national fame after winning "America's Got Talent" in 2008, will sing the National Anthem at the St. Louis Cardinals home opener at Busch Stadium on...
View ArticleFormer mayor sings Guns N' Roses for 'Passing the Gavel'
On Tuesday night the {http://cityofcapegirardeau.org/ Cape Girardeau city government} put on a special event at the {http://www.semo.edu/rivercampus/index.htm Southeast Missouri State University River...
View ArticleA fire in the sky Wednesday night
Not too far from Cape Girardeau, cameras captured images of a giant light in the sky Wednesday night. The Columbia Daily-Tribune newspaper reported Thursday...
View ArticleA guide to Saturday's scenic drive
Coming up this Saturday (April 24) is a big event for many of our small towns in the Southeast Missouri area, the annual Mississippi River Valley Scenic Drive. This year marks the event's 20th in...
View ArticleCompanies express interest in St. Louis casino
The {http://www.stltoday.com/ St. Louis Post-Dispatch} reported today that three companies have expressed interest in establishing a casino in St. Louis using the license currently held by the...
View ArticleKnow a local person who embodies the Spirit of America?
Every year around the Fourth of July holiday the Southeast Missourian newspaper honors a local person with its Spirit of America award. We open up the nomination to clubs and organizations in...
View ArticleRush Limbaugh lowers NYC apartment asking price
In March I blogged that famous Cape Girardeau native and conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh had {http://www.semissourian.com/blogs/sanders/entry/34042 put his New York City penthouse on...
View ArticleState documents stories of Missouri's veterans with video interviews
With Memorial Day approaching this is an appropriate time to highlight a website where people can watch video interviews with thousands of Missouri veterans who fought in a variety of wars. The...
View ArticleMoDOT warns motorists of 10 road work hot spots this summer
The {http://www.modot.org/ Missouri Department of Transportation} is warning drivers of 10 major work zones on state highways to be aware of this summer. The state transportation agency put out a news...
View ArticleMissouri AG asks Google to come clean
Missouri Attorney General {http://www.chriskoster.com/ Chris Koster} is asking Internet giant {http://www.google.com/ Google} to provide details about sensitive data the company says it accidentally...
View ArticleCape County: Time to apply for fireworks sales licenses
Cape Girardeau County Collector Diane Diebold is reminding individuals and organizations who plan to operate a fireworks stand in Cape Girardeau County that now is the time to apply. Diebold's office...
View ArticleSoutheast Missourian community blogger dies in Asia
On Tuesday morning, we heard the first whispers that a terrible event had happened involving one of our bloggers. The first word that Colin McLain had died came via email, sent to our staff by someone...
View ArticleCape Girardeau's movers and shakers
For the next couple of weeks, our librarian Sharon Sanders will highlight something a bit different in her {http://www.semissourian.com/story/1650352.html "Out of the Past"} columns that she works up...
View ArticleESPN takes an interesting look at stadium food
I'm a sports fan, so I watch a lot of ESPN. It's basically my default channel -- what I have on the tube (actually it's LCD now, I guess) when I'm not really paying attention, but want some noise. But...
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