Stories from Saturday, November 26, 2011

Sun setting on Coulterville City Lake, Coulterville, Il.

Power lines leading from the Prairie State Energy Plant outside of Marissa, Il.

NOW I LIVE IN MILLERSVILLE. I WAS BROUGHT TO LIVE HERE, AND I AM LOVING IT.....

Addison Taylor and her Uncle Jon Taylor decorate a gingerbread house.

Today is Saturday, Nov. 26, the 330th day of 2011. There are 35 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 26, 1941, U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull delivered a note to Japan's ambassador to the United States, Kichisaburo Nomura, proposing an agreement for "lasting and extensive peace throughout the Pacific area." The same day, a Japanese naval task force consisting of six aircraft carriers left the Kuril Islands, headed toward Hawaii...

The Southeast Missourian, in an effort to make the center line of Route K more visible at night, has arranged for reflective pavement markers to be placed along the center line of the highway, between West Street and Silver Springs Road; the markers will reflect when struck by the beams of vehicle headlights...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Lorene Mayberry Benefield, 90, of Jonesboro passed away Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 22, 1921, in Jonesboro, daughter of Loren and Esther Smith Mayberry Sr. She and Lester Benefield were married Feb. 6, 1940, in Jackson...

Milford W. Klaus, 86, of Friedheim died Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 28, 1925, in Friedheim, son of Norbert F. and Lorene Sauer Klaus. He and Violet Ruppel were married July 22, 1945...