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Near drowning on Current
(Local News ~ 07/01/15)
DONIPHAN, Mo. -- A Poplar Bluff man nearly drowned Sunday afternoon when he apparently fell out of his kayak on Current River. At about 5:30 p.m., a passing boater found Cody L. Martin, 21, face down in the water and not breathing, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol report...
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PB AA group celebrating its 70th year
(Local News ~ 07/01/15)
By ELEANOR C. HASENBECK Staff Writer 70 years ago, on a June day in south Poplar Bluff, two alcoholics met on a woodpile. The men founded the Poplar Bluff Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous, an organization that has moved far beyond the woodpile, with years of fellowship and countless alcoholics celebrating recovery...
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Bids being accepted for student-built house
(Local News ~ 07/01/15)
By PAT PRATT Staff Writer A house built entirely by students at the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center (PBTCC) is officially on the market. Work began in August 2013 on the home located in the 3700 block of Wildwood Path in the Stillcreek Crossing subdivision. Fifteen students in the building trades and other programs completed every aspect of the construction from pouring the concrete to placing the roof gables...
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Cape woman sitting on porch seriously wounded Drive-by shooting
(Local News ~ 07/01/15)
By KATIE LAMB SEMO News Service CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- A Cape Girardeau woman was injured seriously Monday after being shot in the head during an apparent drive-by shooting in front of 401 S. Hanover St., according to the Cape Girardeau Police Department...
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Brickell gives mom's home to 3:16 Ministry
(Local News ~ 07/01/15)
By ELEANOR C. HASENBECK Staff Writer A new home for men seeking help with drug and alcohol addiction has opened its doors at Harviell. The Ava Brickell Turner Faith House, located on Ponder Street, can house up to six men associated with the John 3:16 Ministry, a faith-based boot camp for men battling drug and alcohol addiction. It's already at capacity, with two graduates and four men waiting to be accepted into the program living in the facility...
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10 new courses to be offered
(Local News ~ 07/01/15)
By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor NEELYVILLE -- Ten new courses for the 2015-16 school year were approved by the Neelyville School Board Monday night. Three new mathematics courses are Algebra III (pre-trigonometry/pre-calculus), Trigonometry and Consumer Math...
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R-1 won't outsource buses
(Local News ~ 07/01/15)
By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Outsourcing the Poplar Bluff R-I bus fleet will not save the district any money, according to a recent in-depth assessment. School Bus Consultants LLC (SBC) of Edgewater, Md., was hired earlier in the year to provide an analysis on whether or not the district would be better served using a vendor. The report provided to the district last week stated that outsourcing the fleet would be a "break-even."...
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Neelyville teachers to get pay raise
(Local News ~ 07/01/15)
By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor NEELYVILLE -- Teachers in the Neelyville School District will receive a 1 percent raise plus a $600 increment on the salary schedule for the 2015-16 school year. This decision was made by the Neelyville School Board Monday night after Superintendent Brad Hagood presented three color-coded budgets. There was no raise in the white budget, 1 percent in the yellow budget and 2 percent in the green budget...
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Speak Out 7/1/15
(Opinion ~ 07/01/15)
Why does city ask gag order? So why does the City want a gag order on the Sheriff's office over Kaplan's misdeeds? Do they have something to hide? Did the City Council vote on whether or not to pursue this gag order or was it Robert Smith trying to protect the city council people that want to be a hindrance to the economic advancement of our fair city? If you haven't broken the law, what do you have to hide? If you aren't ashamed of your actions, open the doors and let the world see what is on your record.. ...
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Alton Barnett
(Obituary ~ 07/01/15)
Alton Barnett DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Alton Barnett, 79, of Doniphan, died Friday, June 26, 2015, at his residence. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Edwards Funeral Home Chapel. Graveside services will be at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday at the Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Poplar Bluff...
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John Roberts' damaging doctrine
(Column ~ 07/01/15)
By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- Conservatives are dismayed about the Supreme Court's complicity in rewriting the Affordable Care Act -- its ratification of the IRS' disregard of the statute's plain and purposeful language. But they have contributed to this outcome. Their decades of populist praise of judicial deference to the political branches has borne this sour fruit...
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Jacoby Blake Braddock
(Births ~ 07/01/15)
Jacoby Blake Braddock is the name chosen by Belinda Marie Guthrie of Poplar Bluff for her 8-pound, 3-ounce son born at 8:28 a.m. Wednesday, June 17, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center's Family BirthPlace in Cape Girardeau. Jacoby was 20 1/2 inches long...
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On lowering the flag
(Column ~ 07/01/15)
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WASHINGTON -- After a massacre like the one at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, our immediate reaction is to do something. Something, for politicians, means legislation. And for Democratic politicians, this means gun control...
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USDA aids home ownership
(Community News ~ 07/01/15)
USDA Rural Development State Director Janie Dunning celebrated National Homeownership Month by highlighting USDA's ongoing role to help residents of America's small towns and cities purchase homes in rural areas. Dunning visited the new home of Mary Lovette and presented her a certificate for achieving her dream of homeownership. Her contractor, Brian Jenkins, was also presented a certificate for building the home and being a valuable partner to USDA's housing programs...
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Gerald Crowley
(Obituary ~ 07/01/15)
Gerald Crowley Gerald Thomas Crowley, 61, of Poplar Bluff, died Sunday, June 28, 2015, at his residence. The arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.
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Patricia Byrd
(Obituary ~ 07/01/15)
Patricia Byrd GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Patricia Byrd, 71, of Wappapello, died Sunday, June 28, 2015, at St. Francis Medical Center, Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are pending with Ruegg Funeral Home, Greenville. Online condolences: www.rueggfuneralhome.com
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It's fun to be a liberal
(Column ~ 07/01/15)
By MIKE JENSEN Publisher Sikeston Standard Democrat As impossible as it is, let me try to be a liberal. Given the number of gun-related deaths, let's repeal the Second Amendment and implement the strongest gun controls imaginable. By taking this drastic step toward gun violence, as a liberal I am convinced that all of the illegal and stolen guns would be turned into law enforcement...
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William "Bill"
(Obituary ~ 07/01/15)
William "Bill" Tucker Sr. PIEDMONT, Mo. -- William Lee Tucker, Sr., 71, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Piedmont, died Friday, June 26, 2015, at his residence. The visitation will be from noon until 2 p.m. Tuesday at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont. The funeral will follow at 2 p.m. Tuesday also at the chapel. Burial will follow at Mill Spring Cemetery, Mill Spring, Mo...
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Nathan Nipper
(Obituary ~ 07/01/15)
Nathan Nipper Nathan Shawn Nipper, 38, of Poplar Bluff, died Friday, June 26, 2015, in St. Louis. Mr. The visitation will be from 12:30 until 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan. The funeral will follow at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home chapel with Bro. Bob Featherston officiating. Burial will be in the Ponder Cemetery with Full Military Honors...
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John S. West Sr.
(Obituary ~ 07/01/15)
John S. West Sr. John S. West Sr., lovingly known as "Big John", 91, prominent long-time businessman and former Mayor of Poplar Bluff, died Saturday, June 27, 2015, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. West, son of the late Henry Celester and Florence May Briggs West, was born Dec. ...
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2 die in Stoddard accident
(Local News ~ 07/01/15)
2 die in Stoddard accident Two Zalma residents were killed in a one-vehicle crash at 8 p.m. Sunday on Highway M, east of Highway PP in Stoddard County. According to the report, James R. Wade, 57, was operating a 2005 Ford Explorer westbound when it ran off the road, struck an embankment and overturned. Wade's SUV then caught fire...
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Whitewashing the Dem party's history
(Column ~ 07/01/15)
By MONA CHAREN Here's what the former president of the United States had to say when he eulogized his mentor, an Arkansas senator: "We come to celebrate and give thanks for the remarkable life of J. William Fulbright, a life that changed our country and our world forever and for the better. ... In the work he did, the words he spoke and the life he lived, Bill Fulbright stood against the 20th century's most destructive forces and fought to advance its brightest hopes."...
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Overflow camping will not be open at the lake
(Local News ~ 07/01/15)
Overflow camping will not be open at the lake An article in the Friday DAR featuring Independence Day events at Lake Wappapello quoted that the Corps of Engineers will open overflow camping if the campgrounds reach capacity was incorrect. The Corps says the overflow areas will not be open. The Corps regrets the error...
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Constitutional ignorance
(Column ~ 07/01/15)
The nation's demagogues and constitutionally ignorant are using the Charleston, South Carolina, AME church shooting to attack the Second Amendment's "right of the people to keep and bear Arms." A couple of years ago, President Barack Obama said, "I have a profound respect for the traditions of hunting that trace back in this country for generations." That's a vision shared by many Americans, namely that the Constitution's framers gave us the Second Amendment to protect our rights to go deer and duck hunting, do a bit of skeet shooting, and protect ourselves against criminals. ...
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Loree Ann Brown
(Obituary ~ 07/01/15)
Loree Ann Brown DEXTER, Mo.--Loree Ann Brown, 49, of Dexter, died Monday, June 29, 2015 at her home. Visitation will be after 10 a.m. Friday at the Grace Fellowship Church in Dexter. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the Grace Fellowship Church in Dexter, with Sister Karen Oldham Hardin...
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Genevieve Barks
(Obituary ~ 07/01/15)
Genevieve Barks PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Genevieve Bergmann Barks, 91, of Piedmont, died Tuesday, June 30, 2015, at Clark's Mountain Nursing Center, Piedmont. Arrangements are pending with Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont.
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Randy Clifton
(Obituary ~ 07/01/15)
Randy Clifton PUXICO, Mo. -- Randal "Randy" Clifton, 75, of Wappapello, died Monday, June 29, 2015, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Morgan-Sifford Funeral Home in Puxico.
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Louella "Lou" Lindsey
(Obituary ~ 07/01/15)
Louella "Lou" Lindsey VAN BUREN, Mo. -- Louella "Lou" Lindsey, 82, of Van Buren, departed this life Saturday, June 27, 2015, in Poplar Bluff. She was the daughter of the late Frank and Ethel (Kirkpatrick) Elkins. She was born on April 30, 1933, at Diehlstadt, Mo...
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Raiders pick up honors for GPA
(High School Sports ~ 07/01/15)
Six Three Rivers student-athletes were selected to the 2014-15 Academic All-American teams. Sophomore softball player Brittany Hager was selected for the second year in a row and earned the Exemplary Academic Achievement, which she also earned last year, for maintaining between a 3.6-3.79 GPA and earning a minimum of 45 semester hours...
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Euniceteen
(Obituary ~ 07/01/15)
Euniceteen Harrison NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Euniceteen Harper Harrison, 92, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 24, 2015, after a full, memorable life. She was born June 7, 1923, on a farm in Ripley County, Missouri, in the Mill Creek community. Her parents were Joseph Allen and Elsie Patterson Harper...
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Mary (Nonnie) Tanner
(Obituary ~ 07/01/15)
Mary (Nonnie) Tanner CAMPBELL, Mo.-Mary (Nonnie) Tanner, 91, of Bernie, died Sunday, June 28, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Bernie Christian Church in Bernie. Funeral services will follow at 11:30 a.m. in the Bernie Christian Church in Bernie with Mr. Randy Moore officiating...
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Troy V. Richman
(Obituary ~ 07/01/15)
Troy V. Richman Troy V. Richman, 73, of Wappapello, died Friday, June 26, 2015, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. He was born Aug. 3, 1941 at Wappapello, to the late Claude Richman and Pauline Dixon Richman. Troy was a long time resident of Wappapello...
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Pilot reaches milestone
(Business ~ 07/01/15)
Bobby Knight, pilot at the Air Evac Lifeteam base in Poplar Bluff, Mo., recently celebrated a milestone in his career - his 2000th patient flight. Knight opened the Poplar Bluff base in March 2002. Prior to joining Air Evac, Knight worked in the Grand Canyon flying tours. He also served his country in the United States Navy and Army National Guard...
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Bariatric ambulance added to Butler County EMS fleet
(Business ~ 07/01/15)
By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Butler County EMS continues to expand its services, having recently added a new bariatric ambulance to transport severely obese patients. It takes a lot of emergency personnel to lift patients weighing between 500 and 600 pounds or more...
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Southern Roots is a dream come true for owner
(Business ~ 07/01/15)
By ALEX WEST Staff Writer Raising two daughters has given Poplar Bluff's Gail Fox ample knowledge and expertise about the clothing needs for residents of the area. When Amanda's Suite One was available for purchase, Fox jumped at the chance to own her own business and started Southern Roots Apparel in November...
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