Stories from Saturday, October 13, 2012

The Emerson Bridge Shines Pink over the Mississippi River the Night of October 12th 2012.

Today is Saturday, Oct. 13, the 287th day of 2012. There are 79 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 13, 1962, Edward Albee's searing four-character drama "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opened on Broadway with Arthur Hill as George, Uta Hagen as Martha, George Grizzard as Nick and Melinda Dillon (whose 23rd birthday it was) as Honey...

Construction was the main focus of yesterday's meeting of the board of commissioners of the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority; the board discussed the slackwater harbor now being dug, approved the hiring of a design engineer for the wharf and dock facility, awarded a contract to remove trees and brush from a 31-acre area for industrial land, and accepted a grant from the Federal Railroad Administration for construction of a rail port...