Stories from Saturday, October 23, 2021

This story will be updated. CENTERVIEW, Mo. — The East Carter softball team advanced to the MSHSAA Class 1 final four with a 6-3 win Saturday against Leeton. Jordan Moore hit a tiebreaking home run to start the bottom of the third and drove in a pair of insurance runs with two outs in the sixth. The senior struck out 10 and allowed six hits, four in a three-run third as the Bulldogs pulled even...

Michael and Emily Montgomery of Jackson are the parents of a son born at 2:33 p.m. Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, at Southeast Hospital, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. They selected the name Elliot Andrew Montgomery for their 7-pound 2-ounce, 20-1/4-inch son. Their older son’s name is Leo...

This week in Missouri our governor wants to prosecute a reporter for revealing a defect in the state’s management of personal information. When our nation was founded, the importance of a free exchange of ideas and the ability of an independent press to hold leaders accountable was so important, it was included in the First Amendment...