Stories from Saturday, December 31, 2022

Students from SEMO Christian Academy collected personal hygiene items to donate to the Shady Acres Church of Christ Food Pantry. Over 200 items were collected in the first two weeks of December.

Over here in East Prairie, gas was $2.59. Now it’s $2.89. So, earlier I called Jefferson City and got through to someone and they said no gas prices should go up 30 cents in three hours and to repeat: No gas should go up 30 cents in three hours. 10 cents? Yes. They asked me the name of the store and everything else, and I gave it to them. I hope they investigate over here in East Prairie because let me tell you something: We might be low income, but we ain’t stupid.

A Scott County food pantry was one of five Southeast Missouri Food Bank partner agencies across its 16-county service area recently awarded a total of $10,000 in grants. The funds will allow the agencies to increase and improve their distribution process...