Local Republicans were signing the blues this past Wednesday following the Nov. 4 election where Democrat Barack Obama was selected president and four of the five top state offices went to Democrats including the governor’s office.

JIM JENKINS looks over his General Election ballot Nov. 4 at Owensville’s Ward 1 polling station at Fire Station No. 3 with his son, Jimmy, Jr., 2. Jenkins and his son were waiting while his wife, Ashley, cast her ballot.

Commercial electric customers in Owensville are a step closer to some relief with utility costs under a proposal being considered by aldermen.

Owensville officials are advertising for formal Requests for Proposals (RFP) on the city’s power grid and electrical generation system. City Administrator John Tracy said it was another step toward getting the city out of the electric business and is needed to determine what value the city’s system has on the open market.`

ST LOUIS  — The Internal Revenue Service is looking for 4,963 Missouri taxpayers who are missing refunds and stimulus payments worth more than $3 million.