Stories from Friday, August 25, 2017

“…let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the raced marked out for us.” —Hebrews 12:

Don’t throw out Monday’s eclipse glasses, said Peggy Hill, physics professor at Southeast Missouri State University. As long as the glasses are rated to ISO requirement 12312-2, adopted in 2015, the glasses will not expire after three years, as some glasses state in their instructions...

August is the month that the world recognizes breastfeeding. The New Madrid County Health Department and WIC office also use August as the month to recognize and praise moms that chose to breastfeed their babies. The health center has put together a small gift bag to give to WIC moms that are breastfeeding to show how much they appreciate your efforts. ...

  KANSAS CITY – Protecting against threats to agricultural industries and food supplies was the focus of a roundtable discussion today led by Senators Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Pat Roberts of Kansas and hosted by the Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City...

Peter Kinder, Missouri’s former lieutenant governor, has been appointed by President Donald Trump to serve as alternate federal co-chairman of the Delta Regional Authority. The White House announced the appointment Thursday, but Kinder said the appointment had been in the works since March...

STONY POINT, N.C. -- Clyde J. "Jack" Daniel, 82, died Aug. 24, 2017, at his home in Stony Point. The son of the late Clyde Eldridge Daniel and Eloise Daniel Clark, he began his military career in 1952 enlisting in the U.S. Army. After seven and a half years of service in Korea, Fort Knox, and Fort Campbell, he completed Jump School at Fort Campbell as a member of the 508th Airborne Regimental Combat Team. ...