Ask yourself whether chamber membership is an expense or an investment. For GlennView, it’s an investment.

While the benefits of Chamber membership might be most obvious for businesspeople, I strongly recommend membership to non-profit leaders, as well. Through the Chamber, I’ve been able to make contact...

Books are incredible things, wouldn't you agree? Some have the ability to take us to exciting new worlds full of magic and wonder. Others teach us new ideas, perspectives and skills. Books can...

Most people who know me know I love horses, specifically Belgian draft horses. I grew up raising them on my family's farm in New Hamburg, Missouri. These horses resemble Clydesdales, stand nearly...

The past six months have been a wild decade. We're living in a maddening timeline where the economy is both bullish (tech companies) and bearish (everything else) at the same time. Despite the...

Adventuring and creating a place to belong within the unfamiliar. It’s what Kyle McDowell and his team at McDowell South RV are in the business of. “We help create a home for the people who purchase...

Imagine this: two groups of three people of differing heights, reaching to pick apples from the same tree. In one group, each person is given a box to stand on that is the same height as they reach...

"God is within her, she will not fail." -- Psalm 46:5 It's the verse that helped Dr. Gretchen Price, DO, develop a comprehensive hospital response to COVID-19. Before the novel coronavirus pandemic...

As the COVID-19 pandemic reached the Cape Girardeau community, the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center responded with education in an organized effort to slow the spread of the virus in the...

Anytime you take a journey, especially when you're going someplace you've never been, it's a good idea to take a map. The same holds true when you're looking into the future -- 5, 10, or even 20...

"The more problems we have, the more murals we need," says Malcolm McCrae. McCrae is a Cape Girardeau artist on a mission. Through his latest project, Pollination Station, he plans to spread...

Shafiq Malik was the first one to arrive at the Islamic Center of Cape Girardeau on April 24 as flames engulfed the building on the first morning of Ramadan. In that horrific moment, the 63-year-old...

When Ted and Debbie Coalter decided to open their own insurance brokerage in 1985, they took a leap of faith into the unknown. Their mission was to always do what’s right, work diligently and create...

"This is how everyone will recognize that you are my disciples -- when they see the love you have for each other." (John 13:35, MSG translation) 2020 has been called unusual, unprecedented,...

All kids can relate to the feeling of being bored. While some whine and complain about it, Benny Arends of Jackson takes action. At 5 years old, while participating in a fundraiser for St. Jude...

When Alan Keenan graduated high school in the mid-1970s, he wasn't sure what his next step in life would be. The road ahead of him was unknown, he said; his father gave him direction to start the...

Miki Gudermuth has devoted her life to creating safer, more accessible spaces for individuals with disabilities. She's the recently retired founder and director of SEMO Alliance for Disability...

Ameren Missouri took a major step toward completion of a $12.5 million "smart grid" upgrade in Cape Girardeau July 23 with the installation of two massive transformers at a new substation in the...

When students think of coding, Chris Carnell said he wants them to feel as much a superstar as a star football player walking down the high school hallway. It's the vision he had for the Youth Coding...

In March, churches in Missouri began to cancel in-person services to abide by Gov. Mike Parson's Stay Home Missouri Order. Almost overnight, the primary vehicle to continue worship services was...