Stories from Monday, October 24, 2011

By CAROLYN SMITH Staff Writer The case of the traveling cat has been solved and the wayward feline has been returned to its owner. Monday, Oct. 10, was reunion day for Kimberly Jackson of Poplar Bluff, Mo., and her calico cat, Gizmo, who hitched a ride to Ellsinore, Mo., in the wheel weld of Pride Wilder's Ford pickup last month. ...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Three men instrumental in forging the agreements leading to a new Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, the Eight Points commercial development and infrastructure improvements have been honored by the Poplar Bluff City Council...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer A local service group answered the call Saturday to "Make A Difference" in its community, collecting more than 60 coats for school children and 1,000 pounds of food. AmeriCorps members and volunteers joined millions of Americans who use this annual day to help those in need and complete projects that bring change...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Three men instrumental in forging the agreements leading to a new Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, the Eight Points commercial development and infrastructure improvements have been honored by the Poplar Bluff City Council...

By CAROLYN SMITH Staff Writer The case of the traveling cat has been solved and the wayward feline has been returned to its owner. Monday, Oct. 10, was reunion day for Kimberly Jackson of Poplar Bluff, Mo., and her calico cat, Gizmo, who hitched a ride to Ellsinore, Mo., in the wheel weld of Pride Wilder's Ford pickup last month. ...

By GEORGE F. WILL INDIANAPOLIS -- Richard Mourdock, a Republican and Indiana's treasurer, wants to wrest his party's U.S. Senate nomination from a six-term incumbent who has been a national figure since becoming mayor of this city in 1968 at age 35, who has averaged 69 percent of the vote in five re-elections, and who ran unopposed by a Democrat in 2006. ...

By DALE McFEATTERS Scripps Howard News Service During the ski season, people traversing the airports serving Vermont's resorts are probably accustomed to the sight of airline attendants pushing wheelchairs bearing some of those whose bones and ligaments didn't make it down the slopes intact...

To the Editor: The Lake Wappapello United Methodist Church would like to thank Larry Hilliss Dodge for their enormous efforts to aid our food pantry, not only with a substantial donation but also with their loving work over the last two weeks to collect food to feed those in need...

Local craft store needed Yes, I agree with the person who said we need a craft store in town. We need a Hobby Lobby. I agree wholeheartedly. Thank you. Why raise taxes on tobacco, not alcohol? Dear Speakout: It amazes me that there always seems to always be a push on to raise taxes on cigarettes. ...

To the Editor: Gone but not forgotten has taken on new meaning since my recent visit to Poplar Bluff, Mo. The story began 90 years ago when a five-year-old girl was laid to rest in the Woodlawn Cemetery after death from diphtheria. This little girl was my aunt, Lola Mae Trent. ...

By JOHN WILLEY Staff Writer Although they are approaching their eighth and ninth birthdays in November, two Poplar Bluff children are accomplishing a feat only dreamed of by other people young and old. The brother and sister duo known professionally as Pinkle and Tank have been signed to a recording contract by TMG Records in Oklahoma City, Okla., and have recorded their first commercial CD...

By GEORGE F. WILL INDIANAPOLIS -- Richard Mourdock, a Republican and Indiana's treasurer, wants to wrest his party's U.S. Senate nomination from a six-term incumbent who has been a national figure since becoming mayor of this city in 1968 at age 35, who has averaged 69 percent of the vote in five re-elections, and who ran unopposed by a Democrat in 2006. ...

By DALE McFEATTERS Scripps Howard News Service During the ski season, people traversing the airports serving Vermont's resorts are probably accustomed to the sight of airline attendants pushing wheelchairs bearing some of those whose bones and ligaments didn't make it down the slopes intact...

Local craft store needed Yes, I agree with the person who said we need a craft store in town. We need a Hobby Lobby. I agree wholeheartedly. Thank you. Why raise taxes on tobacco, not alcohol? Dear Speakout: It amazes me that there always seems to always be a push on to raise taxes on cigarettes. ...