Stories from Friday, August 8, 2014

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Carter County had the highest voter turnout for Tuesday's primary election with 42.21 percent. The accompanying chart shows the voter turnout percentage for each of the seven area counties. The percentage is based on the number of active registered voters in each county...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor The Butler County Prosecuting Attorney's Office filed a petition Wednesday challenging Rocky Kingree's qualifications to become Division II associate circuit judge in Butler County. Ted Thompson, an assistant prosecuting attorney, filed a three-count petition against Kingree and Butler County Clerk Tonyi Deffendall in an attempt to have Kingree removed from the general election ballot...

By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor With looming emissions standards proposed by the federal Environmental Protection Agency, the outlook is discouraging for Missouri's electric cooperative customers, David Klindt, vice president of the Association of Missouri Rural Electric Cooperatives, told visitors at Saturday's Ozark Border annual meeting...

Fuchs Barn volunteers are needed DONIPHAN, Mo. - Mark Twain National is looking for volunteers to participate in developing a plan to compensate for the loss of the historic Fuchs Barn. Fuchs Barn is a historic building constructed by the Fuchs family in 1946. The barn is located at Mark Twain National Forest's Markham Springs Recreation Area near Williamsville, Mo...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A look at the percentage of people without health insurance in each state in 2013 and midyear 2014:...

It's just about time to enjoy and preserve fresh grapes. Many gardeners are harvesting fresh, delicious grapes in the next few weeks. People have enjoyed grapes for a long time. My parents always had a couple of different varieties and they preserved this fruit many different ways...

By MIKE JENSEN Publisher Sikeston Standard Democrat If Bill Clinton was the first black president then Barack Obama is the first Hispanic president. From all indications, President Obama is on the verge of issuing some extended form of amnesty for unknown numbers of illegal immigrants who have flooded across our southern border...

By WALTER E. WILLIAMS Navi Pillay, U.N. high commissioner for human rights, has accused both Israel and Hamas militants of committing war crimes in the Gaza conflict. Her harshest criticism, as well as that of most nations, has been reserved for the Israeli government, charging that it has committed war crimes in direct violation of the Geneva Conventions. ...

Detavian Richardson MALDEN, Mo. - Detavian L. Richardson, 20, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., died Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014 in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at the Malden United Pentecostal Church. Funeral services will follows at noon, with Apostle Jo Ann McCauley officiating...

By MONA CHAREN Last week, The Washington Post's Tehran, Iran, correspondent was arrested. The charges are unspecified, but according to the paper, Jason Rezaian, 38; his Iranian wife, Yeganeh Salehi; and two other U.S. citizens were detained. State Department spokesman Marie Harf issued a protest that didn't even rise to the level of tepid, saying "Our highest priority is the safety and welfare of U.S. citizens abroad."...

Roy Poore Roy A. Poore, 94, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo, Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.

Leola Schulte Leola Schulte, 89, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. died Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.

Virginia Pierce Virginia Pierce, 61, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, at her residence. Visitation will be 6 p.m. Friday at Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday. Burial in Black Creek Cemetery...

Virginia DeSha PIEDMONT, Mo. - Virginia DeSha, 89, of Piedmont, died Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, at her home. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the Morrison-Worley Funeral chapel in Piedmont. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in the Masonic Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Friendship Baptist Church in Piedmont...

Linda Sue Hosentfeld DEXTER, Mo. - Linda Sue Hosentfeld, 55, of Dudley, Mo. died Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014 at her residence. Visitation will be 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Friday at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. Services will follow at 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Dennis Ward of Poplar Bluff officiating...

CORRECTION Associate Editor David Silverberg incorrectly worded information about former city manager Doug Bagby's mileage in Tuesday's edition. What he intended to write was that Bagby submitted monthly mileage claims which totaled about $3,000 per year for each of the last two years...

With a combination of some timely hitting and a unique approach to pitching, the SEMO Sluggers U14 softball team came away with the Fastpitch America Softball Association World Series championship this past Sunday at Branson RecPlex. The Sluggers, comprised of local girls including from Poplar Bluff, Naylor, Doniphan and East Carter, allowed just 15 runs in their five bracket play games, including a 6-4 win over Thunder Elite Ailsworth in the championship game...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor A Poplar Bluff, Mo., man is in serious condition in a St. Louis, Mo., hospital after being run over by a van Wednesday morning on Highland Drive near the Poplar Bluff High School. Lew Tinker and his 53-year-old son, Lester Tinker, apparently had been mowing a yard at 1409 Highland Drive, according to Poplar Bluff Police Patrolman Jamie Sample, who investigated the accident...