Stories from Saturday, November 3, 2012

Get ready to pay a chunk How many of you out there that are seeing the current price for gasoline are making a political connection to the lower prices? Isn't it strangely odd that prices that have been high so terribly long all summer take a rapid nosedive just before the election? Now all of you voters out there, how many are willing that we're going to see again our president's prediction of his, well, fuel prices will dramatically high under my administration, happen after he's re-elected. ...

Greenville High School has chosen Perla Yessenia Jover and Brooke Leeanna Shearrer as the October Students of the Month. Jover, the daughter of Ricky and Perla Barks of Greenville, Mo., is active in FCCLA, volleyball and softball. She enjoys riding dirt bikes, spending time with friends and family...

The Twin Rivers R-X High School September students of the month are freshman Darian Doser, sophomore Cody Pennington, junior John Crities, and senior Michael Snider. Darian Delaney Doser is the daughter of Darin and Bobby Doser. She is the Freshmen Class President, and is in SADD, TATU and student council. ...

To the Editor, The campaign season is almost over and we will all go to the polls on Tuesday to cast our ballots. It's been a long and tedious campaign with mud being slung far and wide. So, my question is, after all of this, what do we know about the candidates running for President and the two political parties they lead. Let's take them one at a time...

Art Guild show winners Malden, Mo., artist Sali Ware has won Best of Show at the 59th Annual Poplar Bluff Artists' Guild Regional Art Exhibit. Her acrylic painting "Coastal Twilight" will be on display with other winning pieces at the Margaret Harwell Art Museum, 421 N. Main St., during November...