Stories from Monday, January 21, 2013

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor A conditional use permit to operate a drive-thru window for a new restaurant along Highway 142 east of Whiteley Park was discussed during the Poplar Bluff Planning and Zoning Commission meeting Monday night. Fish and Chicks, which will have a 37-seat dining area, will be located in the south end of a building nearing completion in a new commercial area being developed by Bob Sutton Real Estate of Poplar Bluff, Mo...

Students earning places on the Greenville High School/Junior High Honor Rolls for the Second Quarter are: Grade 12: Brandon Allen, Mary Jo Atchison, Melissa Bruce, Mitchell Clark, Kateland Condray, Patrick Crowley, Colleen Foster, Donald Horton, Perla Jover, Jake Keele, Zachary Lafferty, Kaitlyn Lamkin, Lilly Lomax, Dillon Luke, Vanessa Perales, Tori Porter, Niki Reando, Pamela Robertson, Paige Schulte, Brooke Shearrer, Genny Warren, KaleyWhite, Savannah Wilson, Brenna Ziegler...

Eileen Nall CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Eileen Nall, 89, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., formerly of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center . Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at Ford & Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau and again from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Wednesday at Fowler-Sullivan Memorial Chapel in Neelyville, Mo...

Elvin Crawford PUXICO, Mo. -- Elvin W. Crawford, 87, of Wappapello, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, at his daughter's home in Eagle River, Alaska. Mr. Crawford was born Aug. 11, 1925, in Wappapello, Mo. He had formerly lived in St. Louis, Mo., and Eagle River. ...

Orton on Dean's List Dustin T. Orton of Poplar Bluff has earned a spot on the University of Central Missouri Dean's List. Orton has achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average at the university which is located at Warrensburg, Mo.

By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- A willow, not an oak. So said conservatives of Chief Justice John Roberts when he rescued the Affordable Care Act -- aka Obamacare -- from being found unconstitutional. But the manner in which he did this may have made the ACA unworkable, thereby putting it on a path to ultimate extinction...