-
Area issues on ballOT
(Local News ~ 04/05/14)
Voters in Carter and Wayne counties will decide two issues on the April 8 ballots. Other issues include two in Puxico and two in road districts in Stoddard County. A contest for a road district board position will be decided in Ripley County CARTER CO...
-
Prep art winners
(Local News ~ 04/05/14)
Dexter High School student Lace Ann Sumner has won the Best of Show award for her drawing "Enchanted" in the 14th Annual Regional Juried High School Art Exhibit at the Margaret Harwell Art Museum. High school students from 21 area districts were invited to submit up to 12 original works created in the 2013-14 school year to be displayed at the museum through April 27...
-
Area city contests
(Local News ~ 04/05/14)
Residents in 12 area communities will have 18 city contests to decide in the April 8 election. There are mayoral races in Bernie, Ellington and Grandin and aldermanic contests in Bernie, Bloomfield, Campbell, Clarkton, Doniphan, Ellington, Ellsinore, Grandin, Malden and Puxico...
-
Sikeston teacher says told to be quiet About anti stance on Common Core
(Local News ~ 04/05/14)
By LEONNA HEURING SEMO News Service SIKESTON, Mo. -- Claims by a Sikeston R-6 teacher who says she was intimidated by administrators for her anti-Common Core beliefs are under investigation by the school district. At a March 26 hearing of the Senate Education Committee, Susan Kimball, who teaches kindergarten in the Sikeston R-6 district, told lawmakers she was denied the use of a personal day to testify before the committee...
-
School board contests
(Local News ~ 04/05/14)
Voters in 11 area school districts will decide school board contests during the April 8 election. Three winners in each district will be elected to three-year terms. BERNIE Denny Riddle Rick Beaird Kenneth Walters Ashley Robertson CAMPBELL Tammy Clark...
-
City Council McVey seeks 4th term
(Local News ~ 04/05/14)
Susan K. McVey is running for her fourth term to Poplar Bluff's City Council because she believes in giving back to her hometown. "It has been my goal to leave behind a city for future generations to be proud of," she said. McVey graduated from Poplar Bluff High School in 1972 and raised three children; Mike Williams, Amy Williams St. John and John Williams...
-
Renovations, additions badly needed at schools
(Local News ~ 04/05/14)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer In a time when Erica Weadon has to teach active shooter drills to 6-year-olds, the Lake Road Elementary principal measures her distance from Poplar Bluff in the number of minutes it would take sheriff's deputies to respond to the district's most isolated campus...
-
Family in trailer when roof ripped off Storm tornado scare
(Local News ~ 04/05/14)
By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor A possible tornado ripped most of the roof off a double wide mobile home at the east edge of Stringtown in western Butler County Thursday night. "The Dennis Kurz family escaped injury, but their home is severely damaged," said Jeff Shawan, director of the Butler County Emergency Management Agency...
-
On sex and race equality
(Column ~ 04/05/14)
By WALTER E. WILLIAMS There are several race and sex issues that need addressing. Let's look at a few of them with an ear to these questions: Should we insist upon equal treatment of people by race and sex or tolerate differences in treatment? And just how equal are people by race and sex in the first place?...
-
Energy's role in the path to peace
(Column ~ 04/05/14)
By BEN CARSON While the media have been focused on the missing Malaysian aircraft, massive alterations of the world's geopolitical terrain are underway simultaneously. The annexation of Crimea by Russia should not have been a surprise for anyone who suspects that President Vladimir Putin is trying to re-establish a powerful Soviet-style empire. ...
-
Many reasons to vote yes on R-1 tax levy
(Column ~ 04/05/14)
There are several indicators of a healthy community. Industry, business and others looking to locate in a certain area don't do so randomly. They do their homework. Is the town growing? Does it have good, progressive leadership? How about social, cultural and recreational opportunities? And, oh yes, the biggie -- education...
-
5th/6th grade honor roll
(Community News ~ 04/05/14)
The Poplar Bluff 5th and 6th Grade Center has released its third quarter A and B honor roll for the 2013-2014 school year. Students named to those lists follow. A Honor Roll: 5th Grade Chace Anderson, Alyssa Brown, Chance Campbell, William Cash, Peyton Cates, Natalie Clark, Mary Grace Cooper, Kyle Copeland, Hannah Corcimiglia, Ember Cowin, Jordan Crites, Corey Crutchfield, Trenton Davis, Jaden Deaton, Annalise Degaris, Alisah Dicken, Lauren Dickerson, Richard Dixon, Austynn Dover, Britten Edmundson, Nicholas Edwards, Caitlyn Egbert, Ryan Farley, Jacob Finley, Madigan Franklin, Alex Gadow, Vielka Isabel Griffith, Selena Hancock, Abigail Hecker, Seth Hickson, Megan Hodgkiss, Thomas Holland, Sabrina Hurst, Mary Jett, Aron Quinn Johnson, Emma Johnson, Makenna Kassing, Bethany Kearby, Alex Ketcherside, McKenzie Knapp, Shelby Lutes, Johnathan Martin, Tanner McCoy, Jaci McLane, Madison McMeans, Gavin Mense, Madison Moore, Justin Moses, Parker Nagy, Peyton Nagy, Emily Nely, Jadarius Pigg, Karlee Rose Pogue, Peyton Powell, Audrey Rahlmann, James Ray, Alexis Richardson, Kiley Roach, Lauren Robertson, Tanner Robinson, Sydney Sanders, Zoe Savat, Jordyn Shearrer, Sierra Sievers, Isabella Sifford, Brandon Smith, Emryn Smith, Eston Stearns, Payton Steward, Clarissa Varner, Jonna Vaughn, Madison Williams, Jordann Willis, Kailey Wyatt and Brendan Yarbro.. ...
-
Fisk Elem. honor roll
(Community News ~ 04/05/14)
Twin Rivers Fisk Elementary has released its third quarter honor roll and merit roll for the 2013-2014 school year. Students named to that list follow. HONOR ROLL First Grade: Cayden Acre, Riley Barrett, Charla Burns, Madison Cade, Emma Chronister, Kelis Dudley, Skylar Gonzalez, Jake Hester, Luke Hester, Cameron Huddleston, Anagayle Jones, Jaden Law, Jasmine Mathews, Hailey Robinson, Riley Simpson, Drew Solomon, Aubrey Thompson, Wyatt Walker, Savanah Warrick, Febe Worley and Leah Wright...
-
Alta L. Mansfield
(Obituary ~ 04/05/14)
Alta L. Mansfield Alta L. Mansfield, 98, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Tuesday, April 1, 2014, at Oakdale Assisted Living of natural causes. She was a life-long resident of the Bay Springs, Pike Slough and Harviell areas in Butler County, except for a brief residency in St. Louis, Mo...
-
Marty Rowland
(Obituary ~ 04/05/14)
Marty Rowland DEXTER, Mo. -- Martha Sue Rowland, 54, of Dexter died Wednesday, April 2, 2014, at the Southeast Healthcare of Stoddard County in Dexter. Visitation will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at Watkins & Sons Funeral Service in Dexter. Funeral services will follow at 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home chapel in Dexter with the Bro. Stan Dauck of Bernie, Mo., officiating. Burial will follow in the Hagy Cemetery in Dexter...
-
Area team playing in Dallas this weekend
(High School Sports ~ 04/05/14)
The NCAA men's basketball Final Four tips off Saturday and the SEMO Bulls will be there too. The Bulls, an AAU basketball program headed up by former Poplar Bluff Mule Tony Webb, are fielding an under-15 team at the EYB Classic which will be played in Dallas and starts off tonight with Pool Play...
-
All-Star games Saturday in Dexter
(High School Sports ~ 04/05/14)
By DAR STAFF DEXTER -- The 2014 BA All-Star Extravaganza takes place Saturday at the Bearcat Event Center in Dexter and features volleyball, plus boys and girls basketball games with area high school seniors playing. Volleyball starts things out at 9 a.m. followed by basketball games for the boys small school (Class 1-2), the girls game and the boys large school (Class 3-5) game...
-
Mules power past Tigers
(High School Sports ~ 04/05/14)
Tied after 3 1/2 innings with conference and district rival Cape Central, the Mules took control Thursday afternoon. Poplar Bluff batted through the order plus one batter in the bottom of the fourth as they took advantage of three errors and moved on to beat the Tigers 9-1 at Strenfel Memorial Field...
-
John Hunter
(Obituary ~ 04/05/14)
John Hunter GREENVILLE, Mo. -- John Hunter, 87, of Patterson, Mo., died at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on Thursday, April 3, 2014. Arrangements are pending at this time with Ruegg Funeral Home. Online condolences: www.rueggfuneralhome.com...
-
Mavis Thompson
(Obituary ~ 04/05/14)
Mavis Thompson VAN BUREN, Mo. -- Mavis Virginia Thompson, 70, of the St. Louis area died Wednesday, April 2, 2014, in Chester, Ill. A visitation will be held for the public beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday in the McSpadden Funeral Home in Van Buren with the funeral to start at 10 a.m. Burial will follow at the Wilderness Cemetery...
-
Jenny McClain
(Obituary ~ 04/05/14)
Jenny McClain DEXTER, Mo. -- Virginia L. "Jenny" McClain, 89, of Lake St. Louis, Mo., formerly of St. Charles, Mo., and Bloomfield, Mo., died Tuesday, April 1, 2014, at her residence. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Saturday at Watkins & Sons Funeral Service in Dexter. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday at the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Gary Cooper of Advance, Mo., officiating. Burial will follow in the Bloomfield Cemetery in Bloomfield...
-
Fred Talcott
(Obituary ~ 04/05/14)
Fred Talcott Freddie "Fred" J. Talcott, 78, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, March 3, 2014, at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. The arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.
-
Kenneth Nance
(Obituary ~ 04/05/14)
Kenneth Nance DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Kenneth Eugene Nance, 74, of Doniphan departed this life Wednesday, April 2, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mr. Nance, son of the late Melvin and Mildred (Parish) Nance, was born Sept. 8, 1939, in Grandin, Mo. He had worked in sales and was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Nance enjoyed hunting, fishing, playing the guitar and detecting for metal. He served with the U. S. Army from 1963-65 during the Vietnam War...
-
Sylvia Stilley
(Obituary ~ 04/05/14)
Sylvia Stilley Sylvia Lovenia Stilley, 94, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Wednesday, April 2, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Mrs. Stilley was born Jan. 20, 1920, in Ellsinore, Mo., to the late Frank and Minnie Moss Meyers. On Jan. 18, 1941, she married George Major Stilley. He preceded her in death on March 6, 1990...
-
Libla votes no on MDC measure
(Outdoors ~ 04/05/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Senate Amendment 1, which sought to exempt the Missouri Department of Conservation from oversight by a Joint Committee on Administrative Rules under the proposed Senate Joint Resolution 42, passed Tuesday by a vote of 18-14. The amendment was proposed by District 27 Sen. Wayne Wallingford, R-Cape Girardeau...
Stories from Saturday, April 5, 2014
Browse other days