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Nixon delay on collector hurting county
(Local News ~ 08/28/14)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Important work in the Butler County collector's office has ground to a halt for the past 24 days while local officials await an appointment by Gov. Jay Nixon to fill the remainder of the late Brenda Fox's term. The land tax sale scheduled to be held Monday was canceled and cannot be held again until Aug. 25, 2015, county clerk Tonyi Deffendall said today...
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Senator visits local VA
(Local News ~ 08/28/14)
To announce satisfaction survey for veterans By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer When U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill stopped Tuesday morning to shake hands with Eri Jordan in the lobby of the Poplar Bluff VA, the World War II veteran offered a frank opinion of her record on military matters...
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Dems tab Michel for collector
(Local News ~ 08/28/14)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer The Democratic nominee for Butler County collector filed this morning for the Nov. 4 election. Chris Michel, 57, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., was selected by a unanimous vote of the Butler County Democratic Central Committee, according to chairperson Shirley Hindman...
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Bloodworth challenges Kingree on residency
(Local News ~ 08/28/14)
By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor GREENVILLE, Mo. -- A Poplar Bluff, Mo., attorney filed a petition Tuesday in a Wayne County court on behalf of incumbent Judge John Bloodworth challenging Rocky Kingree's qualifications to become Division II associate circuit judge in Butler County...
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Denver W. Joplin
(Obituary ~ 08/28/14)
Denver W. Joplin NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Denver W. Joplin, 74, of Oxly, Mo. died Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, in the emergency room at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday at Fowler-Sullivan Memorial Chapel in Neelyville.The funeral service will begin a 10 a.m. Friday at the Fowler-Sullivan Memorial Chapel. A complete obituary will be in Thursday's edition of the Daily American Republic newspaper...
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The problems in Ferguson, Mo.
(Column ~ 08/28/14)
By MIKE JENSEN Publisher Sikeston Standard Democrat I was a college student in Memphis the night Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated. And as you would imagine, the events of that fateful day remain vivid in my memory after all of these years. The entire community of Memphis was both shocked and saddened by the tragic event. But the sadness quickly turned to anger which turned to chaos and eventually self-destructive actions...
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Mob howl for judgment
(Column ~ 08/28/14)
By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN Among the demands of the "protesters" in Ferguson is that the investigation and prosecution of police officer Darren Wilson be taken away from St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch. McCulloch is biased, it is said. How so? In 1964, his father, a St. Louis police officer, was shot to death by an African-American...
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Jack Downing
(Obituary ~ 08/28/14)
Jack Downing Jack Downing, 84, of Williamsville, Mo., passed away Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, at his residence. Mr. Downing was born Feb. 7, 1930 in Armorel, Ark. to the late Rufus Franklin and Bessie Lucille Mangum Downing. On May 10, 1952, he and Jessie E. Sinks were married in Piggott, Ark. She survives of the home...
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Joy L. Hamilton
(Obituary ~ 08/28/14)
Joy L. Hamilton Joy L. Hamilton, 84, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. died Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Joy was born Jan. 19, 1930 in Senath, Mo. to the late Jake Davidson and Laura Swindle Davidson. She was a long time resident of Butler County. She was of the Christian faith...
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Colo. man pleads to paddlefish trafficking in Mo.
(Outdoors ~ 08/28/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Colorado man has pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally trafficking in paddlefish caviar after being caught in an undercover operation in the Warsaw, Mo., area...
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Mules open with loss
(High School Sports ~ 08/28/14)
The Poplar Bluff Mules had a difficult challenge to open up the 2014 season Tuesday evening at Whiteley Park. The visiting Perryville Pirates reached the MSHSAA Class 2 quarterfinals last fall with a 25-4 record and were looking to get off to a good start to their season...
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Fall waterfowl seasons, limits set
(Outdoors ~ 08/28/14)
By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor As expected, the Missouri Conservation Commission approved the dates and bag limits for this fall's waterfowl hunting seasons during its monthly meeting last week. There are no real changes this year, except the bag limit on canvasbacks has been cut in half...
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Stage Company's upcoming shows
(Community News ~ 08/28/14)
Once again the The Stage Company of Poplar Bluff has planned an eclectic season of drama and comedy for the upcoming 2014-15 season leading off with the classic Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tale, "The Hound of the Baskervilles directed by Amy Pfeffer. This gripping tale will run Friday and Saturday, Sept. 12, 13, 19 7 20 at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee performance at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21...
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Look for doves around water and cut fields
(Outdoors ~ 08/28/14)
By JOHN PRATT Mo. Dept. of Conservation The dove season opens on Sept. 1, which is also Labor Day. The holiday opener should cause many people to want to go dove hunting. I am expecting to find a lot of dove hunters on opening day. I get several questions about where to find doves and if I know of any concentrations of birds. ...
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Stopping the worst people on earth
(Column ~ 08/28/14)
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WASHINGTON -- Baghdad called President Obama's bluff and he came through. He had refused to provide air support to Iraqi government forces until the Iraqis got rid of their divisive sectarian prime minister. They did. He responded...
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SEMO St. numbers inch up
(Local News ~ 08/28/14)
SEMO State numbers inch up SEMO News Service CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Southeast Missouri State University on Tuesday marked two consecutive decades of steady enrollment growth with a total student count of 11,580 -- up 2 percent from this time last year...
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Elizabeth Atwood
(Obituary ~ 08/28/14)
Elizabeth Atwood Elizabeth Annette Atwood, 91, of Wentzville, Mo., died at home Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. Elizabeth was a long-time resident of Butler County. She was born and grew up on the Houts family farm, later lived on Highway 67S, and returned in 1975 to remain until 2009. ...
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Mules, Puxico working out kinks
(High School Sports ~ 08/28/14)
PUXICO -- The big school beat the small school in comfortable fashion, yet both coaches left the court with similar notes on what their team needs to improve. The Poplar Bluff Mules utilized a pair of big mid-game runs to pull away from Puxico, winning 25-17, 25-13 on Tuesday...
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Jana
(Obituary ~ 08/28/14)
Jana Tomerlin Rappe' Jana Rappe', 60, passed from this life on Aug. 21, 2014 in Tulsa, Okla. Jana was born on July 27, 1954 in Poplar Bluff, Mo. to A.Z. and Bernice (Layton) Tomerlin. She was a retired State Farm Underwriter Assistant. Jana married William "Bill" Russell Rappe' on May 17, 1975 in Poplar Bluff, and they shared 39 memorable years together...
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Emma M. Alaniz
(Obituary ~ 08/28/14)
Emma M. Alaniz PUXICO, Mo. -- Emma M. Alaniz, 66, of Advance, Mo. died Monday, Aug. 26, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Morgan Sifford Funeral Home in Puxico followed by the funeral at noon. Burial will be in the Puxico City Cemetery...
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Dons hold off Neelyville
(High School Sports ~ 08/28/14)
NEELYVILLE -- The Doniphan Dons opened up the fall baseball season by earning a 6-4 Ozark Foothills Conference win at Neelyville on Tuesday. The Tigers (0-1, 0-1 OFC) scoreed all four of their runs in the bottom of the seventh but the Dons (1-0, 1-0) closed it out...
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Beverly Dickens
(Obituary ~ 08/28/14)
Beverly Dickens BERNIE, Mo.-- Beverly Ann Dickens, 69, of Campbell, Mo. died Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014 at her residence. She born Aug. 6, 1945 in Poplar Bluff, Mo., and was the daughter of the late Willis Cleveland Glass and Emma Jean Hill Glass. Mrs. Dickens was a LPN and had worked for a short time at Gideon Care Center and was a homemaker...
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Lawrence Jones
(Obituary ~ 08/28/14)
Lawrence Jones Lawrence Franklin Jones, 73, of Sikeston, Mo., died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2014 at Hunter Acres Caring Center in Sikeston. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at Lively Stone Church of God, 522 Relief St. in Poplar Bluff, Mo. The funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. Saturday in the church chapel with Pastor Joseph Hardin officiating. Burial will be at the Poplar Bluff City Cemetery...
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Dons hold off Neelyville
(High School Sports ~ 08/28/14)
NEELYVILLE -- The Doniphan Dons opened up the fall baseball season by earning a 6-4 Ozark Foothills Conference win at Neelyville on Tuesday. The Tigers (0-1, 0-1 OFC) scoreed all four of their runs in the bottom of the seventh but the Dons (1-0, 1-0) closed it out...
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