Stories from Wednesday, January 3, 2018

LAKE WALES, Fla. -- Claudis W. Hency Jr., 90, of Lake Wales, died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017, at Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center. Born June 6, 1927, in Morley, Mo., son of the late Claudis W. and Lula Mae Estes Hency, he worked for Uregas in Cape Girardeau, Mo., for 19 years. ...

SIKESTON -- Marlene Beck, 76, died Jan. 2, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born June 5, 1941, in Westville, Fla., to the late Allen A. and Irene Peterson Redman, she had been a member of Reddy Assembly of god in Florida and North Acres General Baptist Church in Sikeston...

Paul Krugman's attack on small town America slyly fails to define a small town. That way, he can skillfully point to examples to prove his arrogant theory.