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Historic Cape Hotel Saved Downtown landmark is saved by the wrecking ball by conversion into offices for the State of Missouri. The former Marquette Hotel on Broadway had deteriorated to a point where city officials had ordered it demolition more>>>

New Cape Auto Dealerships Southeast Missouri car buyers have a larger selection of automobile brands with the recent addition of several dealerships on the Siemers Drive area more>>>

Logan's Roadhouse Restaurant Nashville based, Logan's Roadhouse has located a new restaurant in Cape Girardeau in the 3000 block of William Street. The location is at the intersection of the newly constructed Silver Springs intersection at William Street, directly across from Westfield Mall..more>>>

Poplar Bluff Waterslide Opens Rick and Shirley Cheshire and Dr. John and Christina Patty, have officially opened Bluff Falls, a five-million dollar, 12.5 acre waterpark in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. more>>>

Sikeston Lowe's Store Opens Built in the 200 acre development near the intersection of Highway 60 and South Main Street. The national home improvement chain opened in the Missouri bootheel town with a 120,000 square-foot store. more>>>

River Port Authority Growing Southeast Missouri's Port Authority was originally built through the joint cooperation of Cape Girardeau and Scott Counties and is presently home to several businesses, who primarily rely on river transportation as their mainstay.. more>>>

Save-A-Lot to Increase Outlets The Save-A-Lot Ltd. grocery chain, a subsidiary of SuperValu Inc., a supermarket retailer and food distributor in Eden Prairie, Minn. plans to expand into new markets around the nation and grow from 900 stores to 2,000 in the next five years. more>>>

Historic Downtown Building Sells One of Cape Girardeau's most historic buildings recently sold, the H & H Office Building located at Broadway and Fountain Streets. Ameren UE the owner sold four of the five story structure to Jon and Jeri Wyman. more>>>

Management Changes at Rust Newspapers Rust Communications, which operates the Southeast Missourian Newspaper in Cape Girardeau along with interests in more than 40 other newspapers in the Midwest made a significant announcement regarding the future management of the publishing enterprise at a recent company meeting. more>>>

Charleston Prison Opens A $70 million dollar maximum-security correctional center located just off Interstate 57 in Charleston, Missouri is open for business as one of Missouri's newest prisons. more>>>

Airplanes Made in the Heartland Cape Girardeau is the site of a new aircraft manufacturing facility. Renaissance Aircraft, will soon be turning out an updated version of the Luscombe, a two-seat, single aircraft. more>>>

Grocery "Store Wars" The Cape Girardeau area is preparing for what some believe to be the “store wars” of the grocery chain retailers. Albertson’s Inc, the Boise, Idaho based national chain is nearing completion of a 58,000 square foot full service grocery store at the corner of Independence and Kingshighway in Cape. more>>>

Denny's Restaurant Opens in Cape The former Shoney's Restaurant located in Cape Girardeau at William Street and West Drive took on a new look. Jim Erkmann from Lake St. Louis has opened the Denny's Diner, which has a little different look than the standard Denny's. more>>>

Children's Bazaar to Close A Cape Girardeau icon for many years and one of the last independent specialty children's clothing stores in the Southeast Missouri region, Children's Bazaar announced that they will close their doors. more>>>

Alliance Bank to Open in Sikeston Alliance Bank, headquartered in Cape Girardeau has announced that it will open a full service branch facility at 820 N. Main Street in Sikeston, Missouri. more>>>

Cameron Ins. Downsizing in Cape Cameron Insurance has relocated their claims office to lease space in West Park Village, at William Street and West Drive in Cape Girardeau. The Drury Southwest development has a mix of both retail and offices. more>>>

Semo Box is Building New Facility Nash Road, in the Greater Cape Girardeau Industrial Park will be the location of SEMO Box Company's new manufacturing facility. Currently site work is being completed for the construction of the nearly 50,000 square foot building. more>>>

New $7.9 M Polytechnic Bldg at University A brand new Southeast Missouri State University 60,000 square foot building for which Southeast alums Otto and Della Seabaugh provided a leadership gift of $1 million to help match a $5.6 million legislative appropriation for building construction is nearly completed in Cape Girardeau. more>>>

Nordyne Plant to Open in Poplar Bluff A 455,000 square feet vacant building (almost 10 football fields) in Poplar Bluff will soon be home to 300 workers as Nordyne, a manufacturing company announces they will locate in the former Russell Stover Plant. Company officials said the Southeast Missouri location was picked from other possibilities more>>>

Pella Window Relocates 353 N. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau is the new location of Pella Windows and Doors. The company has been in the Southeast Missouri market for many years catering to both homeowners and builders throughout the region more>>>

Stereo One Expands Store Stereo One, Inc. located at 345 S. Kingshighway is constructing a large addition to their present facility. An addition of more warehousing and new installation areas will allow the electronics retailer to expand their present showrooms. more>>>

Sprint Store Opens All of the cellular tower construction around the Southeast Missouri region tells you that the wireless telephone market is getting larger. Recently Sprint, has established a "Sprint Store" on North Kingshighway, in the former A & W Restaurant building. more>>>