Stories from Saturday, October 25, 2014

The top-seeded Tigers scored 42 points in the first quarter and forced a running clock for the remainder of the game in a 49-14 win over the eighth-seeded De Soto Dragons in the opening round of the Class 4 District 1 playoffs Friday at Tiger Stadium.

East Prairie (7-3) avenged its loss to Scott City (4-6), scoring four first half touchdowns in a 51-22 rout of the Rams in the opening round of Class 2 District 1 play at East Prairie High School.

Today is Saturday, Oct. 25, the 298th day of 2014. There are 67 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 25, 1954, a meeting of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Cabinet was broadcast live on radio and television; during the session, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, just returned from Europe, reported on agreements signed in Paris on the future of West Germany. (To date, it's the only presidential Cabinet meeting to be carried on radio and TV.)...

Months of uncertainty end as a federal bankruptcy judge approves the sale of debt-ridden Lenco Inc., of Jackson, to David Hoelscher and Associated Equipment Co., of Pearland, Texas, for $2.9 million; Hoelscher has said the company will continue to operate in Jackson...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- The St. Vincent Indians football team has come a long way since its season-opening 56-point loss to defending Class 1 state champion Valle Catholic. The Indians earned the right Friday night to show the Warriors just how far they've come...