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Blake Schowalter

Reporter · US

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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Blake Schowalter

    ‘We need to do something now’: Business owners share concerns after downtown Cape Girardeau shooting (opens the original)

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    CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (Heartland News) - Investigators are looking for the person responsible for a deadly shooting in downtown Cape Girardeau as people who live and work in the area call for action. Authorities say the shooting appears to be isolated and arose from a dispute between two people. Downtown business owners concerned about the violence met Monday to discuss potential solutions. Travis Seib, owner of Blue Diamond, said he is losing money because of the violence. “I’m wasting my money o

  2. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Blake Schowalter

    Treatment center: Kratom withdrawal harder than opioids, as concentrated kratom products face Schedule I push (opens the original)

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    CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (Heartland News) - A Cape Girardeau treatment center says it has seen a rise in calls this year from people struggling to quit kratom, with some describing withdrawal as more difficult than quitting an opioid. Dr. Janice Ruesler with the Gibson Center in Cape Girardeau said the center has seen a staggering rise in calls this year from people trying to quit kratom. “We have had people who have told us coming off kratom has been harder than coming off of an opioid,” Ruesler sai

  3. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Blake Schowalter

    Heartland school raises concerns over Missouri’s new A-F school grading system (opens the original)

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    ORAN, Mo. (Heartland News) - Oran School District Superintendent Dr. Adam Friga has concerns after the Missouri Board of Education announced an A-F grading system for every school in the state. “This system, that’s falsely reflecting growth and progress, it’s not good for education, it’s not good for teachers, it’s not good for community trust,” Friga said. The grading system starts in 2027. Friga said it is being implemented at what he called warp speed. “It’s happened very fast, and this is a

  4. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Blake Schowalter

    Missouri Attorney General sends cease-and-desist to prediction market companies (opens the original)

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    MISSOURI. (Heartland News) - Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is filing a cease-and-desist against every prediction market company operating in Missouri. “The way that they take contracts, as what they would call them, I call them bets online on sporting events is just like how FanDuel and others do it,” Hanaway said. Hanaway said the companies’ fee structures may differ from traditional sportsbooks, but that does not change how the activity is classified under state law. “Even though

  5. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Blake Schowalter

    Attorney General Hanaway says voters should plan to use 2022 congressional map (opens the original)

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    MISSOURI. (Heartland News) - Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway attended an appeal hearing Thursday. Hanaway said her office, along with the Missouri courts, is bound by the Supreme Court order to use the 2022 congressional map. She said the process has been hard to follow for everyone involved. Hanaway said her biggest concern is for candidates, county clerks running the election, and voters who may now face different candidates than the ones they voted for in the primary. Hanaway said

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