Stories from Saturday, September 12, 2020

Missouri’s House displayed unusual constitutional discipline during this summer’s anti-crime special session. House leaders obeyed a state constitutional provision which requires a bill be limited to a single subject. It was a major change. Increasingly, the legislature has created “bloated whale” bills by piling unrelated issues into a single bill to facilitate passage of separate ideas...

In these unsettled times, it is reassuring to have steady leadership at all levels of government. At the federal level, I am thankful for our president. He has proven he can handle that “3 a.m. phone call.” During the recent crises, and throughout his presidency, he has demonstrated an ability to fulfill the rigorous demands of the position...

It’s hard for those of us who remember exactly where we were on Sept. 11, 2001, to imagine that nearly 20 years have passed since that terrible day. It’s even harder for those of us who mourned that day with families across the United States to imagine that for recent high school graduates, this is a day that only lives in the history books...

It is with great disappointment that I write this very disturbing letter to the local newspaper. It appears that we live close to a city that has absolutely no respect for people’s private property, especially if our views differ from theirs. We spent our own money to personally buy and place a sign in support of a truly good Christian candidate whose name just happens to be JOE BIDEN...

Poplar Bluff’s chapter of Altrusa International is celebrating its 65th anniversary this year and the role the members play in the local community.

Butler County reached 500 cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, with seven new cases announced at 2 p.m. Friday saw an additional 18 cases announced, with a total of 86 new cases announced for the week from Sunday through Saturday. The most recent breakdown of cases was released Sept. 11, when the total stood at 492...

I have been a pastor for almost 40 years, and I attended church a lot as a child because my dad was a pastor. Our congregation, like most, did not sing every song in the hymnal. Occasionally, we would have a special service where there would be no sermon, but members could request their favorite hymns...