Stories from Monday, October 15, 2012

By ANN McFEATTERS Scripps Howard News Service Isn't politics fun! We've been expecting an October surprise, and we got one! The Mitt Romney who demolished President Barack Obama in their first debate of the general-election season wasn't the same candidate at all who has been campaigning for president for the last six years...

By BILL O'REILLY President Obama is in trouble. Poll after poll shows Mitt Romney gaining ground almost everywhere, and Gallup even has the governor ahead by two points nationally. Also, reports say there is a low-level panic going on inside the Obama re-election headquarters in Chicago. So it's crunch time for the president. He must perform well in the debate next Tuesday night or begin auditioning for a cable pundit job...

Terrell Anderson of Poplar Bluff, Mo., attended the 73rd Session of the American Legion Boys State at Central Missouri State University at Warrensburg, Mo. Anderson was a member of Pershing City and a member of the Nationalist Party. Anderson was a student in the Democracy Academy and participated in the following roles: City Council, Assistant Athletic Director, delegate to the State Convention and part of Ward II...

Don Wishner of Marble Hill, Mo., won the best overall trophy during the Iron Horse Festival Car Show Saturday with his 1934 Ford Roadster. He also took home the best Ford trophy. David Johnson, chairman of the car show, said the event attracted 48 entries. The other top winners were from Poplar Bluff...

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensible) Mo 734 held its weekly meeting at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 26, at the First Presbyterian Church in Poplar Bluff, Mo., following the weigh-in which was held from 7:30 - 9:45 a.m. There were 20 TOPS and six KOPS members present when Linda Morgan, leader, opened the meeting...

Benjamin Parks FISK, Mo. -- Benjamin E. Parks, 20, of Bloomington, Ill., formerly of Fisk, Mo., died Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Parks was born Aug. 16, 1992, in St. Charles, Mo. Survivors include his mother, Michelle Parks of Festus, Mo.; his step-mother and step-father, Louise and Eddie Raymond; one brother, Brad Parks of Fisk; one sister, Tina Schumer and husband, Tim, of Puxico, Mo.; two nephews, Wyatt and Lane Schumer; three step-sisters, Tonya, Crystal, and Niki; grandparents, Gary and Carolyn Buttrey of Fisk and Geraldine Meuse of O'Fallon, Mo.. ...

Cacie Elizabeth King and Tyler Rustin Ramsey, both of Kansas City, Mo., are engaged, their parents announce. King's parents are Randy and Linda King of Puxico, Mo. and Ernie and Betsy Chaffin of Williamsville, Mo. Ramsey's parents are Wanda Ramsey of Puxico and the late Russell Ramsey...