Stories from Monday, May 20, 2013

Rainy days and traffic tickets I know two ways the Poplar Bluff Police officers could make a fortune in this town. All you would have to do is to go down to your major intersections on a day like today, it's Friday and it's raining, and just start ticketing people who are driving without their headlights on. ...

Connie Porch and Terry Porch announce the engagement of their daughter, Danielle Nicole Porch, to Matthew David Johnson, all of Poplar Bluff, Mo. Johnson is the son of Steven Bohon of Bloomington, Ind. and Kimberly Johnson of Poplar Bluff. The bride-to-be is a 2006 graduate of Twin Rivers High School...

Dear Editor, I am an 80-year-old Korean War veteran; recently I ordered me a cap with U. S. Army Korean War Veteran 1950-53 embroidered on the front of it along with all my ribbons except two of them. I added the Korean War service medal ribbon under the other, and plan to add the good conduct ribbon. ...

To the editor: Last Sunday I went to Walmart for groceries, but when I tried to check-out, my debit card wouldn't work... and I couldn't figure out why! I had the money in the account. I called the bank, but since it was Sunday no one answered; the automated menu was worthless. ...

By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WASHINGTON -- Note to GOP re Benghazi: Stop calling it Watergate, Iran-contra, bigger than both, etc. First, it might well be, but we don't know. History will judge. Second, overhyping will only diminish the importance of the scandal if it doesn't meet presidency-breaking standards. Third, focusing on the political effects simply plays into the hands of Democrats desperately claiming that this is nothing but partisan politics...

Susan Miller Boxx of Hoover, Ala., and Perry Louis Boxx of Columbus, Ga. announce the engagement of their daughter, Cain Anne Boxx, to Christopher Ryan Beachum, son of Bobby and Kay Beachum of Hoover, Ala. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Dorothy Cain Miller and the late Morgan "Bud" Miller of Campbell, Mo. ...

To the editor: With the recent poll concerning Poplar Bluff's brick streets and with the problem of jostling coffee whenever I traverse said streets in the mornings, I decided to share an idea that I have had for some time. First, let me preface my remarks by saying that I do not know the legality of such a proposal. The courts would have to be consulted, and all parties would have to be in agreement...

Ella Sherrod MALDEN, Mo. -- Ella Sherrod, 77, of Malden died Friday, May 17, 2013, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Zion Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Malden, followed by the funeral at 1 p.m. Burial will be in the Macedonia Cemetery...

Sheridan, Williams Courtnee LeAnn Sheridan of Poplar Bluff, Mo. and Caz Medling Williams of Greenfield, Tenn., were married Saturday, April 6, 2013 at Keener Springs in Williamsville, Mo. Minister Nathan Honeycutt officiated. The bride is the granddaughter of William and Joyce Sheridan of Poplar Bluff. The bridegroom is the son of Bob and Tina Williams of Greenfield. The bride was given in marriage by her grandfather...