Stories from Saturday, February 8, 2020

A Doniphan man was seriously injured in a one-vehicle accident shortly before 10 a.m. Friday on County Road JJ-2, seven miles east of Doniphan. According to the report, Dale I. Huckabee, 50, was westbound in a 2002 Dodge Dakota when his vehicle ran off the road, struck an embankment and overturned...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Sebastian Kane Ramirez, 21, of the 1400 block of Black River Industrial Park was arrested at 2:48 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7, in the 500 block of South C Street on a municipal warrant for failure to appear on the original charge of first degree trespassing. He was booked at Butler County jail...

By the end of February, the race for the Democratic nomination may have come down to a choice of one of three white men. Two are well into their 70s, and either would be the oldest president ever inaugurated. The third is a 38-year-old gay in a same-sex marriage who would be our youngest president ever...

If you watched the State of the Union address Tuesday night, then there’s no denying President Donald Trump is delivering a broad spectrum of victories for the American people. Don’t let power-obsessed Democrats or the fake news media fool you. On the jobs front, the Trump administration has created almost 7 million to date -- including 500,000 manufacturing jobs -- ushering in a blue-collar boom where wages are growing faster for workers than managers, shrinking the income inequality gap...

CAPE GIRARDEAU – Applications for the 2020 Saint Francis Healthcare Scholarship Program funded by Saint Francis Foundation and Auxiliary are now available. The program awards more than 20 scholarships of up to $2,000 annually to students pursuing a health care-related career...

The last small engine rolled off the assembly line of the Briggs & Stratton factory in Murray, Kentucky, on Jan. 24. Generations of Murray residents spent the past three decades building more than 91 million engines for the Wisconsin-based manufacturer...

City firefighters responded at 9:59 a.m. Friday, Feb. 7, to a report of an unauthorized burn at 733 Mill St. According to the report, burning wire was found in a vacant home and the fire was extinguished. _ City firefighters responded at 3:57 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7, to a motor vehicle accident at 1995 S. Broadway. According to the report, they assisted with first aid and traffic control...