Stories from Sunday, December 13, 2015

PORTAGEVILLE -- A Portageville man was killed in a two-vehicle crash Saturday in New Madrid County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred at 12:25 p.m. on Missouri Highway 162, two miles east of Portageville, as northbound motorist Mary L. Taylor, 49, of Lilbourn failed to yield to the eastbound vehicle driven by Darla K. Britt, 53, of Portageville. Taylor's vehicle struck the passenger side door of Britt's vehicle...

The safety of a city can be a large factor in your decision to move, in the pride you feel towards your home, and in the well-being of you and your loved ones.

This Christmas, take the time to truly appreciate the reason for the Season. Celebrate the joy of faith, family, and friends. Trust that the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, was the redemption of our world and that this is a time to celebrate him. From my family to yours, may you have truly blessed Christmas!

Last Friday, while we were all deep in Thanksgiving leftovers, thinking no one was watching, President Obama unveiled a new deluge of regulations that will hit rural America hard. Of the more than 20,000 proposed new regulations, 144 are expected to cost the economy $100 million each...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Despite a growing season of extremes, soybean in the University of Missouri Variety Testing Program show surprisingly good yields, said MU Extension agronomist Bill Wiebold. "Yields were really very good," especially considering more than 1 million acres in Missouri were planted after July 1, Wiebold said...