Stories from Saturday, January 26, 2013

Today is Saturday, Jan. 26, the 26th day of 2013. There are 339 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 26, 1788, the first European settlers in Australia, led by Capt. Arthur Phillip, landed in present-day Sydney...

A race has developed for second district associate commissioner of the Cape Girardeau County Commission with the filing of Republican E.C. Younghouse; he, along with Don Strohmeyer, Melvin Gateley and Bob Hahn, are interested in being appointed to that seat when it becomes vacant in February...

A few years ago I had the good fortune and chance to purchase a Stan Musial Bowling ball. Mr Musial was kind enough to schedule me a private signing to autograph the piece. It happened to be the same day as the All-Star game, and he was thrilled to talk about it and was anxious to watch the game that evening...

Once again, the Central boys basketball team had a SEMO Conference foe there for the taking, but simply couldn't close the deal. Friday night, it was Poplar Bluff that invaded Central's home floor and drove off with a hard-fought 74-69 victory behind 14 points from junior guard Ryan Brittingham, who hit a pair of 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to stunt a couple Tiger rallies...