Ricky Wayne Rakestraw OXFORD - Ricky Wayne Rakestraw, 49, died Oct. 9, 2008, at his residence in Oxford. He was born in Tupelo and wasa member of Shiloh Baptist Church. He was anemployee of Britt Mobile Homes.

Agriculture World food prize for Dr Andersen MUMBAI: Dr Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Director-General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), has been selected to receive the $250,000 world food prize for 2001 for his contribution to the im

Editors note: The same invitation and opportunity was extended to Doug Brooks, a Joplin resident and member of the Missouri delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Co., but was declined.

In the run-up to a high-profile update on the nation's economic growth Wednesday, President Bush and Congress clashed over who is to blame for delays in responding to top concerns of American families: soaring gas and food prices, a housing crisis, and t

B ecky Parks is a Garland artist who is continuing her winning ways. Her Garden Door recently won the President's Award in an Irving Art Association show and was the highest-awarded oil painting.