Stories from Tuesday, January 16, 2018

WASHINGTON -- Frank Lloyd Wright purportedly said, "Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles." Today, however, Oregon is the state with the strangest state of mind, which has something to do with it being impeccably progressive: In the series "Portlandia," the mention of artisanal lightbulbs might be satirical, but given today's gas-pumping controversy, perhaps not...

Being elderly or sick is no excuse Attention all elderly, disabled and other people that are just lazy shoppers in Poplar Bluff. It is not ok for you to not put your shopping cart up. If you are so sickly that you, all you can do to shop and leave the cart, right by, beside your car maybe you should consider a different route for obtaining the things that you need from a grocery store...

By MIKE JENSEN Publisher Sikeston Standard Democrat Paul Krugman is the Nobel Prize winning liberal voice of the New York Times. Krugman's "expertise" is in the field of economics. But ever the liberal, Krugman sees everything through a far left political prism...

By ADRIANA COHEN Restoring the American dream isn't nuts, and neither is our president. Someone tell that to liberals still suffering from "Trump derangement syndrome" and left-wing media whose airwaves were chock-full of anti-Trump segments again this week, telling us -- in an all-time low -- that our duly elected president is mentally unstable and unfit to hold the highest office in the land...

A Williamsville concrete company owner couldn't curb his excitement after winning $100,000 on a Missouri Lottery "$4 Million Spectacular" Scratchers ticket. James Toon said he usually buys a couple of tickets every week, but he has never won a prize this large...

The Three Rivers College men's basketball team didn't allow a second-chance point as it dominated the boards Monday night against Strength In Motion International. Coupled with 21-4 run to start the second half, the Raiders ended a five-game losing streak with an 85-69 win at the Bess Activity Center...