Stories from Friday, May 12, 2017

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) recently announced that he is accepting applications to U.S. Military Service Academies from young Missourians. Nominations to the U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, U.S. Military Academy, and U.S. Naval Academy are available for qualified applicants...

Regardless of whether you believe you can fall from grace, or of the conviction that the believer cannot fall from grace; we should all readily agree that, to some extent, we fall into grace!  God's grace is an unearned, unmerited gift to the believer and thankfully, God never reneges on His gift to those who truly believe. What can we do to stay faithful to our God who loves us so generously and freely? We can purpose to be informed, insulated, and involved.  Jude 17-25 tells believers how to remain faithful in their walk with the Lord. ...

There is a saying, “if you don’t like the weather, just wait a few minutes it will change.” This has very much been our weather pattern as of late. It’s hard to shift from sunbathing weather to snow in just a couple of days, but we have done it several times this winter. As we enter into spring, we need to take extra caution with the weather and be prepared for weather events that accompany a Missouri spring...

STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- Landon Tenkhoff smacked a two-run home run and had four RBIs during Chaffee's 8-1 first round win over seventh-seeded Kingston Friday in the Class 2, District 3 tournament in Ste. Genevieve. Tenkhoff added a double and went 2 for 4 at the plate for the second-seeded Red Devils. Andrew Brown went 3 for 4, Gabe Henson went 2 for 4 with a double and Kade Sullivan went 2 for 3 with a double...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A day after announcing Mississippi County Sheriff Cory Hutcheson had been removed from office, Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley visited the Mississippi County Jail Thursday to see the site where an inmate, Tory Sanders of Nashville, Tenn., died during an altercation with law enforcement last week...

SIKESTON - Putting it in medical terms, patients at Missouri Delta Medical Center will find recent hospital fundraising efforts to be "palpable to the touch." Patients whose care requires testing of some blood or tissue will have that sample whisked away to the lab in a vacuum tube, like the ones found at a drive through bank. The lab then tests the sample and the results are quickly available at a computer station in the emergency room...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Corn growers facing replanting decisions because of flooding and saturated soils have time to safely plant corn through the end of May and even into early June. That is the advice from University of Missouri Extension agronomy specialist Greg Luce. He noted that growers vary in their regional situations, and, depending on their circumstances, some will decide to switch to soybeans earlier than others...

A Sikeston Parks and Recreation Department employee prepares a ball field at the Sikeston Sports Complex. Thanks to the passage of a sales tax by Sikeston residents, the city's parks and its streets will see a boost in funding in the Fiscal Year 2018 budget. ...

WARDELL, Mo. - Mary Elizabeth Arbuckle, 89, died May 10, 2017, at the Gideon Care Center. Born June 24, 1927, in Phoenix, Ariz., to the late Newman and Mary Edney Clark, she was a member of the Wardell Baptist Church. In the later part of her life she obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in education from Arkansas State University...

Students at The Christian Academy sold 10,000 candy bars as a fund raiser for their school. Top salesman was Colton Eddy, a member of the 4-5 year-old class, who sold 700 candy bar. Second place went to Bristol Clubb, in the 3-year-old class, who sold 600 bars. Kindergarten class member Allie Hill sold 550 bars and placed third...