Stories from Thursday, November 22, 2018

Because we are finite creatures the absoluteness of God is not an easy concept to understand. We are also fallen creatures and have never achieved absoluteness in any way. To say that God is absolute conveys two basic ideas about God. He is self-existent and unlimited...

Can you believe that Turkey Day is here? The old saying goes, "Time flies when you are having fun!" What I do know is the City of Portageville does have a lot to be thankful for. As Portageville is a small community and it does not have a large main street, nor the hustle and bustle of the big city business districts, what this little town offer makes up for that. It offers smaller businesses, organizations, churches, and schools which have one thing is common, YOU!...

SIKESTON — Black Friday is arguably the most well-known shopping day of the holiday season, but Small Business Saturday might be the most important one. Just ask small business owners and operators like Jim Gooch, who owns Feeder’s Pet & Supply and Feeder’s Outdoors in Sikeston...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston Power Plant located on West Wakefield in Sikeston sits during a recent early morning sunrise.

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Jean Cole, 87, died Nov. 21, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau.  Born Feb. 1, 1931, in Moundville, Ala., daughter of the late Newborn C. and Sarah Katherine Duncan Griffin, she had been a custodian for the East Prairie School System and was a self-employed farmer with her husband for many years. She was a member of First Assembly of God Church in East Prairie. ...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Jeffery Arlin Hedges, 56, died Nov. 20, 2018, at his home in East Prairie.  Born July 11, 1962, in Mississippi County, son of the late William Marlin and Dorothy Lee Martin Hedges, he was the owner of Hedges Loop in East Prairie and attended Full Gospel Church in East Prairie...