Stories from Saturday, December 3, 2016

Drug Enforcement Administration agent Shirley Armstead of St. Louis spent six years undercover, busting people for using and selling drugs; this week she is in Cape Girardeau and Jackson, educating students and parents about drugs. Edith Davidson, president of Scott City's Community Betterment Association, has been appointed Ward 2 councilman to fill the seat of former councilman Jim Cauble; Cauble informed city officials last week he intended to resign...

Today in History Today is Saturday, Dec. 3, the 338th day of 2016. There are 28 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 3, 1926, a real-life mystery began as English novelist Agatha Christie, 36, drove away from her home in Sunningdale, Berkshire, and disappeared. (Christie turned up 11 days later at a hotel in Harrogate, Yorkshire, under an assumed name, for reasons never quite explained.)...