Stories from Sunday, March 25, 2018

Today is Palm Sunday, March 25, the 84th day of 2018. There are 281 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 25, 1965, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led 25,000 people to the Alabama state capitol in Montgomery after a five-day march from Selma to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks. Later that day, civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo, a white Detroit homemaker, was shot and killed by Ku Klux Klansmen...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- The City of Marble Hill's plans to use money bequeathed for a community swimming pool to also build a municipal office complex could expose city officials to lawsuits, says Missouri Auditor Kelly; Kelly reported her findings of an audit of the city at a meeting last night before about 100 Marble Hill residents...

Cairo bridge to close for inspection The U.S. 60/62 bridge over the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois, will be closed as crews perform an annual safety inspection. According to the Illinois Department of Transportation, the closures are scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. Monday and extend through noon Friday. They will continue at 8 a.m. April 2 and end at noon April 6. The bridge will be open to all traffic from 5:30 p.m. to 7 a.m. daily...

The members of Christ Evangelical Church, 33 S. Ellis St., Cape Girardeau, want to recognize their most recent Confirmation class. On March 25, three young ladies joined the congregation through the confirmation service, officiated by Pastor Dan Johnson. ...