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Sponsored: Professional Development (9/25/19)Professional development is an important, ongoing part of business success. It should permeate all levels of organizations large and small. And while most employers would agree with the importance,... -
Sponsored: Celebrate Often (9/11/19)Inc. Magazine tells us celebrating is very critical to success even suggesting if you dont celebrate, you are likely to burn out. Celebrating changes your physiology and psychology, strengthens... -
Satire: Foreign exchange program launched between Missouri and Illinois (9/10/19)A network of regional high schools has announced the creation of a foreign exchange program to let students study across the big pond: the Mississippi River. The program, dubbed IMAGINE (Illinois... -
Beyond the Stage: Building a community (9/6/19)It goes back to the ancient Greeks at Delphi in the 6th Century B.C.: they held multiple-day events that included music and athletic competitions. Throughout the Middle Ages, Celtic and Gaelic...
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Business briefs (9/5/19)For the next three-year funding cycle, the United Way of Southeast Missouri's Community Investment Committee (CIC) identified 27 partners representing 38 programs in Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry...
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Rush H. Limbaugh, R.A. Fulenwider and the Drury Family: the history behind local Chamber awards (9/4/19)Many chambers of commerce around the country sponsor awards and recognition programs that annually recognize members and businesses for their service or contributions to their respective communities.... -
2019 Newsmakers: Gayle Unverferth (9/2/19)Next year, Gayle Unverferth, RN, OB nurse at SoutheastHEALTH who has served the Cape Girardeau community at the hosptial for 40 years, will retire. Forty years at the same hospital in the same... -
2019 Newsmakers: Andy Patel (9/2/19)Andy Patel, national franchise owner, came to the United States from India when he was 20 years old with $20. It was money his parents had given him as they saw him off from their small farming... -
2019 Newsmakers: Carolyn Bohnert (9/1/19)It was on the stairs in a hallway at Cape Catholic High that Carolyn Bohnert, senior vice president of Drury Southwest, saw Bill Bohnert and told her friend, "That's the man I'm going to marry one of... -
2019 Newsmakers: Lisa Newcomer (9/1/19)When Lisa Newcomer was a little girl, her mother worked at Saint Francis Hospital on Good Hope Street in Cape Girardeau and taught nursing at Southeast Missouri State University. Newcomer recalls... -
Outside the office: Victor Brownlees, finance director for the City of Cape Girardeau (8/30/19)I have been drumming since about the same time I started to walk. Music is a long tradition in my family, and I am a fifth generation traditional Ulster Scots (Scotch Irish) drummer, playing a large,... -
2019 Newsmakers: Denise Lincoln (8/30/19)To understand why Denise Lincoln is a Newsmaker, you have to know the twists and turns that led her to where she is today. From 13-week stints in cities across the U.S. for her husband Doug's job as... -
2019 Newsmakers: Ethan Welker (8/30/19)Music is what emotions sound like. It's this artistic value of music that Ethan Welker, creator of a youth orchestra program in Perryville, Missouri, loves about music. Welker says he also enjoys the... -
2019 Newsmakers: Jim Eddleman (8/29/19)A few years ago, Jim Eddleman was driving around Perry County, Missouri, with architects, looking for a place to build a memorial to veterans. It was part of the fulfillment of a promise he made to... -
2019 Newsmakers: Marla Mills (8/29/19)"It's not about me." As the face of Old Town Cape for the past 13 years, it's hard to imagine a downtown Cape Girardeau without thinking of Marla Mills. Under her leadership as executive director of... -
Hacking for a Cause: Wound-care app Wins $30,000 at First Local Healthcare Hackathon (8/28/19)For most people, the term "hacker" conjures intangible imagery; things like cryptocurrencies or swirling lines of binary code. But in practice, "hacking" is little more than problem solving. It's... -
2019 Newsmakers: Dennis Vollink (8/28/19)While serving in the U.S. Air Force 37 years ago, Dennis Vollink received a call that would map the course of his personal and professional life for the next four decades. Bob Drury of Drury... -
2019 Newsmakers: Doug Austin (8/28/19)You can't miss the booming voice -- or personality -- of Doug Austin. He's a fixture at any number of area events, be it with his church (Bethany Baptist Church) or community. After a career in the... -
Sponsored: Building Meaningful Connections for Your Business (8/28/19)The importance of networking shouldnt be discounted when you are building a successful business. While some people are naturals, others understandably struggle getting started. How do you make a... -
Be there: 3 business events (8/27/19)August 28 6 p.m. Codefi 338 Broadway, Suite 600 Cape Girardeau If you are a female professional who has a heart passionate about innovation opportunities, growth and generating new ideas, and you...
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