Stories from Saturday, November 4, 2017

Average retail gasoline prices in Missouri have risen 6.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.25/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 3,940 gas outlets in Missouri. This compares with the national average that has increased 0.6 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.45/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com...

The Portageville Chamber of Commerce is once again rolling out the snowy carpet for the Annual Christmas Open House! The event will be held this weekend, November 10th-12th. Visitors can expect traditional offerings as well as new and exciting features, too!...

Get ready to fall back this weekend. Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday meaning you should set your clocks back one hour before you go to bed Saturday night. The tradition of "falling back" means you will get an extra hour to sleep Sunday morning but also signals the start of dark afternoons...

BENTON, Mo. -- Some Scott County voters who reside in the 151st Legislative District will choose their state representative while voters in the village of Blodgett will decide whether to become a fourth-class city during the Nov. 7 special election...

Ellie Whitten, daughter of David and Amy Whitten, is the November Calendar Girl. A 2017 graduate of Sikeston High School, Whitten is completing the licensed practical nursing program through Sikeston Career and Technology Center. She was a finalist in the 2016 Miss Sikeston Contest...

A building on N. New Madrid Street in downtown Sikeston was evacuated Saturday after the structure has continued to deteriorate where it has been deemed unsafe. The building currently houses Pulse Hair Studio and the Lil' Peddler Shoppe.

The absolute last thing I wanted to write about today was politics. But former First Lady Michelle Obama changed all of that. In a rambling, incoherent and truly unbelievable conversation to an Obama Foundation Summit gathering this week, the former First Lady in the most arrogant fashion, informed us that we raise boys all wrong in America and because of that incorrect upbringing, we are responsible for the "inequality" in the genders.