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Municipal court is first in state to go paperless
(Local News ~ 11/26/12)
By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor Editor's Note: Rayni Worley, who is Municipal Judge Dean Million's granddaughter recently died. His interview for this story was done prior to her hospital admission. Poplar Bluff, Mo.'s Municipal Court has increased its efficiency by changing the way it conducts business by going paperless, becoming the first city court in the state to do so...
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Cops, community rally to brighten kids' Christmas
(Local News ~ 11/26/12)
By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor Christmas again will be brighter for some less fortunate Butler County children, thanks to the efforts of local law enforcement and the financial support it receives from throughout the community. Last year, more than 100 children got to shop for themselves and/or family members, thanks to the efforts of the Poplar Bluff Fraternal Order of Police No. 48 and its "FOP/Cops and Kids" program...
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Family thanks 'heroes' for turning Tragedy into miracle
(Local News ~ 11/26/12)
By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor DEXTER, Mo. -- When the family of an incoming Three Rivers College team roper gathered for Thanksgiving this year, it counted among its blessings "he's still with us" after the teen was injured in what could have been a fatal crash in Stoddard County...
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Digesting the Twinkies' lessons
(Column ~ 11/26/12)
By GEORGE F. WILL "All Gods were immortal." -- Stanislaw Lec WASHINGTON -- And also brands, the gods of the marketplace. Earthquakes may strike, dynasties may fall and locusts may devour the crops, but Oldsmobile and Pan Am are forever. Never mind...
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Is Middle East Peace a mirage?
(Column ~ 11/26/12)
By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN With the truce in the week-long Gaza war, Barack Obama is being prompted by right and left to re-engage and renew U.S. efforts to solve the core question of Middle East peace. Before he gets reinvolved in peacemaking, our once-burned president should ask himself some hard questions...
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Clarence Herod
(Obituary ~ 11/26/12)
Clarence Herod ELLINGTON, Mo. -- Clarence James "Jim" Herod, 67, of Ellington, Mo., died Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, in Farmington, Mo. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday at McSpadden Funeral Home in Ellington. Funeral services will follow at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in Bay Cemetery in Bunker, Mo. Memorials may be made to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, the American Cancer Society or the American Heart Association...
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Ederers, Griffins double anniversary celebration Dec. 1
(Features ~ 11/26/12)
Lifelong friends Evelyn and Nick Ederer and Pat and Bob Griffin of Doniphan will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversaries together on Dec. 1, with a reception to which all friends and relatives are invited. The Ederers were married in St. Louis on Dec. ...
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Marie House
(Obituary ~ 11/26/12)
Marie House MALDEN, Mo. -- Marie Stella House, 94, of Clarkton, Mo., died Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, at Gideon Care Center in Gideon, Mo. Visitation was Saturday at Landess Funeral Home in Malden. Funeral services will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday with the Rev. Jack Allen officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Gilead cemetery...
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Patricia
(Obituary ~ 11/26/12)
Patricia Reynolds FISK, Mo. - Patricia Reynolds, 42, Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Graveside services will begin at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Brown Chapel Cemetery. Online condolences: www.whitesandersfuneralhome.com...
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