Stories from Tuesday, November 20, 2012

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Five new projects and five maintenance projects have been placed on the 2012-2013 Priority List by the Ozark Foothills Regional Planning Commission's Transportation Advisory Committee. The TAC is comprised of five members from each of the five counties (Butler, Ripley, Carter, Wayne and Reynolds) within the regional planning commission's area. The projects were selected during a meeting in Ellsinore, Mo...

Roy McKinney Roy Eugene "Gene" McKinney, 76, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012, in Poplar Bluff. Mr. McKinney was a lifelong resident of Butler County. He had retired from the Florshiem Shoe Factory where he worked as a supervisor. He enjoyed deer hunting and going to auctions...

Get Real! Can you imagine the county clerk and therefore the three county commissioners telling the Poplar Bluff High School students the county could not afford to give the students the "I voted" stickers in their mock election held the other day? I couldn't believe my ears when I found out about this. ...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN At his news conference Wednesday, President Barack Obama postured as the young Galahad striding out onto the schoolyard to stop a pair of bullies from beating up a girl. Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham had charged U.N. Amb. ...

By MONA CHAREN Our large cruise ship sailed within view of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a gathering of conservatives sponsored by National Review magazine considered the wreckage of the 2012 election. Most of the writers and commentators on board agreed with Ralph Reed of the Faith and Freedom Coalition that the last thing conservatives need to do now is to form a "circular firing squad." But lessons must be learned...

Michael Webb Michael Guy Webb, 57, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012, at his residence. Funeral arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.