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Creach body arrives tonight
(Local News ~ 11/18/15)
By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor NEELYVILLE -- The body of Damon Creach, who was shot and killed at a police training center near Amman, Jordan on Nov. 9, will be returned to Neelyville late this evening. Despite the darkness and expected showers, the Neelyville community still plans to line U.S. 67 to honor Creach and show support for his family...
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Council hears proposal for new hangars
(Local News ~ 11/18/15)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Poplar Bluff City Council members gave permission Monday to a proposal that could allow private developers to construct and rent out aircraft hangers at the municipal airport. Members of the airport advisory board will bring any potential developers or contracts back to the city council for approval, said city manager Mark Massingham...
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Husband held in kidnap of estranged wife
(Local News ~ 11/18/15)
By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor A Poplar Bluff, Mo., man is in jail suspected of kidnapping and sexually assaulting his estranged wife, who authorities say he has victimized in the past. Just before 9 a.m. Monday, Poplar Bluff Officer Robert Reed was sent to a home in the 600 block of Cleveland Street in reference to a possible missing person...
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Carpenter Cemetery meeting set
(Community News ~ 11/18/15)
The Carpenter Cemetery Association will conduct the annual member meeting at 10 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Vanduser City Hall. All interested individuals are welcome to attend. For more information, call 573-820-7936.
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County Genealogy Society has meeting
(Community News ~ 11/18/15)
The Butler County Genealogy Society elected officers Oct. 22 at the First United Methodist Church. Connie Warren presented a list of new officers on behalf of the nominating committee members. Officers approved for a two-year term are Glenda Rollman, president; Barbara Rexroat, first vice president; Catherine Richmond, second five president; Warren, secretary; Katherine Pierce, treasurer; and Brenda Vilagy, publicity. ...
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Sacred Heart honor roll listed
(Community News ~ 11/18/15)
Sacred Heart School, Poplar Bluff, names First Quarter Honor Roll students. "A" Honor Roll: First Grade: Katie Acre, Palyn Bourd, Ireland Byrne, Audrey Cato, Tripp Cauthen, Macey Savat, Brylee Stewart, Rion Tenchavez, Presley Tinsley Second Grade: Braden Belknap, Guy Conner, Jack Hirtz, Hollie Long, Gracie Massey, Selina Shi, Marcus Tabanera, Jacob Ventura...
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It's not just about turkey
(Column ~ 11/18/15)
Chartwells served several hundred meals to the community on Tuesday, Nov. 10, in the Student Activity Center. Thank you to all who came out. I always enjoy helping the staff plate the food alongside the Board of Education, even when it fell on my birthday the last time. Through the district's long-standing partnership with our school dining service, this is just a small token of our appreciation for being part of such a giving community...
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GOP debate the most revealing yet
(Column ~ 11/18/15)
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WASHINGTON -- The Republican debate on CNBC was riveting, the way a train wreck is riveting -- you can't take your eyes off it. The Fox Business Network debate was merely satisfying. A serious political discussion requires a bit more work, but it repays the effort...
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MU gets national attention
(Column ~ 11/18/15)
The eyes of the nation have been on mid-Missouri in recent days as the unrest on the Columbia campus of the University of Missouri has made national headlines. The protests made by students, as well as some faculty, were targeted at what they saw as a lack of leadership from MU System President Tim Wolfe and MU Chancellor Bowen Loftin. Specifically, they were outraged with the school's leaders for failing to take action to address issues of racial tolerance, inclusion and diversity...
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O'Neal names Students of Month
(Community News ~ 11/18/15)
O'Neal Elementary School has chosen the Students of the Month for October 2015. First grader Brandt Bell, son of Allison and Greg Bell, was chosen by his teacher, Patrick Carda. Brandt's hobbies are: playing football, kickball and baseball. His favorite subject is P. E. Flag football and park league baseball are his extra-curricular activities. He wants to be a monster truck driver when he grows up...
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Christmas shoebox collection locations
(Community News ~ 11/18/15)
During National Collection Week, today through Nov. 23, the Missouri Bootheel opens collection sites for the world's largest Christmas Project when local volunteers join Samaritan's Purse to collect shoebox gifts for children in poverty overseas. The annul Samaritan's Purse Project spreads joy to millions of children by filling shoeboxes with items such as a doll or soccer ball or other fun toys, school supplies hygiene items and notes of encouragement...
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Robert
(Obituary ~ 11/18/15)
Robert McManus, Sr. ELLSINORE, Mo. -- Robert "Bob" McManus, Sr., 74, of Hunter, Mo., died Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015 in the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Visitation will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the McSpadden Funeral Home in Ellsinore, Mo. with the funeral service beginning at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Hunter Baptist Church in Hunter, Mo. Burial will follow in the Hunter Highland Cemetery. Rev. Jim Page will officiate...
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Mona G. Evans
(Obituary ~ 11/18/15)
Mona G. Evans PUXICO, MO.--Mona G. Evans, 95, of Puxico, died Monday, Nov. 16, 2015 at the Puxico Nursing Center in Puxico. Visitation will be after 1 p.m., Wednesday, at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Puxico. Funeral services will follow at 2 p.m. at...
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Consider Paris a teachable moment
(Column ~ 11/18/15)
By MIKE JENSEN Publisher Sikeston Standard Democrat Another week, another glaring example of a clueless world view of the actual impact of open-door immigration displayed by the administration of a failed American president. For the longest time, Americans have asked: "When will they learn." And the answer is clearly never...
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Francis Cole
(Obituary ~ 11/18/15)
Francis Cole Francis Cole, 68, of Poplar Bluff died on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Arrangements are pending at this time with Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff.
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Mary Evelyn Wilkerson
(Obituary ~ 11/18/15)
Mary Evelyn Wilkerson Mary Evelyn Wilkerson, 87, of Poplar Bluff died on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015 at her home. Arrangements are pending at this time with Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff.
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Raiders rally after injury
(High School Sports ~ 11/18/15)
CENTRAILIA, Ill. -- On the road, losing two games in a row, third road game in four days, long bus ride, against a team hungry for its first win, with new, un-scouted players. "We were coming into an uphill battle all the way around," Three Rivers coach Jeff Walk said. "They were going to try to win and they had more kids and a couple kids who didn't play the first time. So he had more bullets, so to speak."...
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Ventura named all-conference
(High School Sports ~ 11/18/15)
Jose Ventura was recently named as an All-Conference honorable mention to the Kansas Collegiate Athletic All-Conference team. A freshman at Ottawa (Kan.) along with longtime Poplar Bluff teammates Jonathan Hardin and Jose Reyes-Mortero, scored five goals and got an assist as a midfielder for the Braves...
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