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Pearson suit to Shannon Co.
(Local News ~ 01/15/14)
By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor The lawsuit filed by City Manager Doug Bagby against Councilwoman Angela Pearson will be heard in Shannon County Circuit Court at Eminence, Mo. Presiding Judge Michael Pritchett granted Pearson's motion for a change of venue in Butler County Circuit Court this morning...
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Saving Latonka Girl Scout camp staying open but volunteers have much work to do
(Local News ~ 01/15/14)
By SARABETH WALLER Staff Writer After approval of a plan to save the camp in November, volunteers with Friends of Camp Latonka are now turning their attention toward raising funds, finding volunteers and increasing use of the camp. Volunteers Patti Parker and Kendra Cornman traveled to Springfield, Mo., in the fall to meet with the Girl Scouts of Missouri's Heartland to present the group's proposal. ...
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Local teen shot multiple times 7 years in shooting death
(Local News ~ 01/15/14)
By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor JACKSON, Mo. -- A Hayti, Mo., man was sentenced Monday morning to the maximum of seven years in prison for recklessly causing the death of a local teen by shooting him multiple times on the parking lot of a Poplar Bluff convenience store...
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Help with alcohol compliance
(Local News ~ 01/15/14)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Businesses that have been lax in asking for identification before alcohol sales may want to take to heart the advice of law enforcement to better educate employees. Poplar Bluff Police Department has received eight new portable Breathalyzers and two sets of covert surveillance assistance from the Butler County Community Resource Council through a grant designed to reduce underage drinking...
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Fowler: It's all political As Republicans try to block parole board appointment
(Local News ~ 01/15/14)
By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor Former Rep. Dennis Fowler believes the refusal of some senators to confirm his appointment to the Board of Probation and Parole is punishment and revenge for him going against party lines and voting his constituents' views on income-tax legislation...
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Speak Out 1/15/14
(Opinion ~ 01/15/14)
Editor's Note: For your convenience, Speak Out now offers two options, call 573-686-6548 or visit our website, click on "Speak Out" and leave a message. Thank you. Vet too good for VA to help Yes, I'm calling to say the VA isn't there. My husband served four years in the navy which three years was overseas when the Vietnam War was going on. ...
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The enemy of our enemy
(Column ~ 01/15/14)
By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN In the wars she has fought, America has often allied with regimes that represented the antithesis of the cause for which we were fighting. In our Revolutionary War for freedom and independence from the tyrant King of England, our indispensable ally was the King of France...
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How to fight academic bigotry Express your solidarity
(Column ~ 01/15/14)
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WASHINGTON -- For decades, the American Studies Association has labored in well-deserved obscurity. No longer. It's now made a name for itself by voting to boycott Israeli universities, accusing them of denying academic and human rights to Palestinians...
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Reed Wilson Porter
(Births ~ 01/15/14)
Reed Wilson Porter is the name chosen by Lora Wilson and Nick Porter of Poplar Bluff, Mo. for their 8 pound son born at 12:24 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Reed was 21 and one-half inches long. Grandparents are Larry and Robin Wilson of Poplar Bluff and Debbie Porter of Williamsville, Mo...
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Kathleen Board
(Obituary ~ 01/15/14)
Kathleen Board FISK, Mo. -- Kathleen R. Board, 68, of Puxico, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Kathleen was born Dec. 15, 1945. She was a respiratory therapist. On Feb. 14, 1974, she married Bill Board. He survives...
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Loyd Matthews
(Obituary ~ 01/15/14)
Loyd Matthews Loyd Lee Matthews, 79, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died at his residence Saturday, January 11, 2014. A celebration of life will be held at First Christian Church from 9:30 -11 a.m. Saturday, January 18. Funeral Services with full military honors will follow with Pastor Steve Matthews officiating. Burial will be at Winona, Mo., at Mt. Zion Cemetery at a later date...
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Thelma Hartley
(Obituary ~ 01/15/14)
Thelma Hartley PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Thelma Hartley, 65, of Vulcan, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, at the Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Festus, Mo. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Piedmont. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the chapel with Bro. Brent Reed officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. View Cemetery at Des Arc, Mo...
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Leo Temples
(Obituary ~ 01/15/14)
Leo Temples PUXICO, Mo. -- Leo Temples, 85, of Wappapello, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Temples was born Feb. 7, 1928, in Stoddard County. He had lived in Wappapello since 1972 and had previously lived in St. ...
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Mildred Jones
(Obituary ~ 01/15/14)
Mildred Jones WAPPAPELLO, Mo. -- Mildred Ruth Jones, 83, of Wappapello died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, at the Manor in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mrs. Jones was born in St. Louis, Mo., on Aug. 9, 1930, to Thomas and Cecilia Pheiffer Keeton. They preceded her in death...
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Session starts with focus on 4G agenda
(Column ~ 01/15/14)
Despite the bitterly cold temperatures and snow-covered roads, my colleagues and I made the trip to Jefferson City for the first day of the 2014 legislative session Wednesday, Jan. 8. It was exciting to be back in the building as we assembled to once again do our best to make our great state of Missouri that much greater. ...
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Welcome to Medicaid for all
(Column ~ 01/15/14)
By MONA CHAREN The Washington Post's Ezra Klein has found what he thinks is a bright spot amid the gloomy Obamacare news. When you hear what he's enthusiastic about, you'll perhaps understand why I wonder if there is any common ground at all between liberals and conservatives. ...
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Working to restore pension cuts to military
(Column ~ 01/15/14)
As your voice in the halls of Congress, one of the obligations I take most seriously is taking care of our veterans. The brave men and women of our Armed Forces who volunteer to protect our freedoms deserve not only our respect, but also action from Congress that shows true appreciation for their sacrifices...
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Mary Tolbert
(Obituary ~ 01/15/14)
Mary Tolbert MALDEN, Mo. -- Mary Isabell Tolbert, 85, of Gideon, Mo., died Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, at Gideon Care Center. Visitation will be at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Gideon with the funeral following at 1 p.m. at the church. Burial will be in Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton, Mo...
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John Kinsolving
(Obituary ~ 01/15/14)
John Kinsolving MALDEN, Mo. -- John Floyd Kinsolving, 82, of Gideon, Mo., died Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, at Gideon Care Center. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in Gideon with the memorial service following at the church at 11 a.m...
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Ruth Wills
(Obituary ~ 01/15/14)
Ruth Wills GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Ruth Gallamore Wills, 94, of Greenville, formerly of the Wappapello, Mo., area, died Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, at Greenville Nursing and Rehab in Greenville. Visitation will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Ruegg Funeral Home in Greenville with services following at 2 p.m. also at the chapel. Pastor Kenny Burchard will officiate. Burial will follow in Greenville Cemetery...
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Linda Agee
(Obituary ~ 01/15/14)
Linda Agee HARLEM, Ga. -- Linda Eileen Hillis Agee, 70, entered into rest on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, at Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Ga. Survivors include one daughter, Rebecca Schuhow of Harlem, Ga.; one grandson, Matthew Moses; one great-granddaughter, Magdalena Moses; and two sisters, Brenda Morrison of Alabama and Regina Boatner of Missouri...
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Loyd Matthews
(Obituary ~ 01/15/14)
Loyd Matthews Loyd Lee Matthews, 79, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Saturday, Jan, 11, 2014, at his residence in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Matthews was born Aug. 14, 1934, in Winona, Mo., to William David and Paris Weaver Matthews. On May 23, 1953, he married LaVerne Myers in Winona. She survives of the home...
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Dexter pair reach 1,000-point mark
(High School Sports ~ 01/15/14)
DEXTER -- Reaching the 1,000-point milestone in a high school basketball career is quite a feat. Two players reaching the mark on the same team in the same game is something even more special. Dexter senior guard Hannah Noe scored the 1,000th point in the first half and senior guard Alison Jarrell did the same in the second half of an 80-35 win over Kennett...
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Mules take back rivalry
(High School Sports ~ 01/15/14)
Thoughts of last year's game with Twin Rivers lingered into Monday night for Poplar Bluff senior Samantha Gatewood. That senior-laden Lady Royals team broke through in overtime to beat the Lady Mules for the first time and Gatewood didn't want that to happen again...
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Randall
(Obituary ~ 01/15/14)
Randall Campbell MALDEN, Mo. -- Randall Lealand Campbell, 48, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Graveside services began at 11 a.m. today at the Rosewood Cemetery 1st Addition in Malden with James Powell officiating...
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Richard Collier
(Obituary ~ 01/15/14)
Richard Collier FISK, Mo. -- Richard Paul Collier, 54, of Lake City, Ark., died Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, at Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Mr. Collier was a retired truck driver and had served in the US Army. On Nov. 28, 1998, he married Pamela Ann Winingnear. She survives...
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Charlie
(Obituary ~ 01/15/14)
Charlie Laxton Sr. PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Charles "Charlie" Laxton Sr., 69, of Mill Spring, Mo., died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Faith Family Worship Center near Piedmont. Pastor Wayne Street will officiate...
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PB library sees cardholder growth
(Community News ~ 01/15/14)
Funding secured by Proposition 1 in June 2012 is increasing usage of the Poplar Bluff Municipal Library. Library staff announces the number of new library cards issued increased from 1,636 cards during October 2011 through September 2012, to 2,808 new cards during a comparable period October 2012 through September 2013, a growth of 72 percent in new cardholders. More than 10,600 people in Poplar Bluff and its surrounding communities have library cards from the Poplar Bluff Municipal Library...
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For new corporate headquarters Southern Bank buys land
(Business ~ 01/15/14)
Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMBC), the parent company of Southern Bank, announces it has completed the acquisition of approximately 7.5 acres located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Shelby Road and Oak Grove Road. The property is being acquired for the construction of a new corporate headquarters, and will include a full-service banking facility...
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Morris' 46 leads Lady Tigers
(High School Sports ~ 01/15/14)
MARBLE HILL -- Clearwater junior Lexi Morris set a career-high with 46 points Monday night as the Lady Tigers rolled to a win over Woodland, 69-54. Morris, who previously had 45 points against Senath-Hornersville in the first-round of the Lady Royals Classic back in December, made six 3-pointers and had half her game total in the fourth quarter...
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