Thomas Barker
Issue date: 10/11/07
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Gary Tilman and his wife Sharon run a ministry in Cairo. It’s not a church, but a group of people who believe God will turn their city around.
Cairo has been in decline for more than half a century. The population has decreased, the buildings are falling apart and the […]
Monday, December 3, 2007
By Sam Blackwell ~ Southeast Missourian
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CAIRO, Ill. — This community once envisioned to become a great Midwestern metropolis has suffered from an economic depression for at least half a century. But flickers of life have appeared recently. Biodiesel and coal gasification are two of the industries considering locating […]
Jason Johnson
Issue date: 1/16/08 Section: Voices
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By: Holly Brantley
EAST CAPE, Ill. - Trudy Peeler has lived in her East Cape Girardeau home since 1979. She knows paying property taxes is part of owning a home.
“I almost had a heart attack,” said Peeler. “I could not believe they doubled.”
She says the assessment might not be out of […]
Geoffrey R. King
Issue date: 11/29/07 Section: Letter to the Editor
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Sunday, February 12, 2006
MATT SANDERS ~ Southeast Missourian
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Cairo, Ill., has plenty of woes today — from high poverty to a slow business climate to a government in a state of disarray. But the town between the Mississippi and Ohio rivers wasn’t always that way.A 30-minute documentary that will air […]
