Stories from Thursday, June 18, 2015

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor Officials with the Poplar Bluff Police Department want to make the public aware that starting at 8 a.m. Thursday anyone needing to conduct business with the department or speak to an officer must go to its new temporary location at 1111 Poplar St...

By SAMANTHA RINEHART SEMO News Service With the announcement of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act expected soon, many are beginning to speculate how states could be affected if the court rules against it. At issue in the case of King v. Burwell is whether the federal government can offer tax-credit subsidies to consumers in states that did not set up their own health insurance marketplaces under the Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Fifteen bands will perform on two stages during Music on Main in Downtown from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday. Main Street from Pine to Cedar streets and the parking garage will be closed from 11:59 p.m. Friday to 8 p.m. Saturday...

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Animal control statistics for 2014 paint a sad picture of Poplar Bluff's unwanted pet problem, but also offer some transparency into an often unfairly portrayed agency that placed more animals in homes last year than it destroyed...

By ERIN RAGAN SEMO News Service CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Isle Casino Cape Girardeau's parent company has reported healthy earnings for the latest fiscal year and detailed plans for future capital investments. The Cape Girardeau casino increased annual net revenue by nearly $5 million, totaling $59.6 million for the year ended April 27, according to the company's financial report. ...

While a funeral service brings family members together to mourn the loss of an individual, they may also introduce young children to the finality of death. It can be a difficult time for everyone, which is why Cotrell Funeral Service offers a Kids/Family Center for families, friends, and children to gather and take their mind off the death of a loved one...

By MICHELLE MALKIN Constitutional conservatives don't like it. Trade unions abhor it. Obama critics hate it. Environmentalists despise it. Outside the Beltway bubble, a broad coalition of voters from the left, right and center opposes the mega-trade deal getting rammed through Congress this week by the Republican establishment on behalf of the White House. Here's why...

To the Editor: America, once the shining example of freedom, liberty, and justice to the rest of the world is now the prison capital of the world. No country except the tiny African State Of Seychelles (with a population of 90,000) incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than America. ...

Charlie and Jan Wooten of Hillsboro have chosen the name Charlotte Janies Wooten for their 7-pound, 3-ounce daughter born at 10:52 a.m. Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at Mission Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis. Charlotte was 19 1/2 inches long. Grandparents are George and Sally Milner of Poplar Bluff and Tom and Debi Wooten of Hannibal...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Baldwin Chevrolet Cadillac of Poplar Bluff is one of only 50 dealerships nationwide to receive the prestigious 2014 Cadillac Master Dealer award. "It is a wonderful, wonderful award for us. It was a surprise and an uplift for our dealership," owner Roger Baldwin said...

WASHINGTON _ One of the more pressing concerns these days is what constitutes parental neglect of minor children _ just how much freedom is unsafe when, as we are reminded almost daily, it appears that predators lurk almost everywhere. For those of us who grew up when (at least in the summer) we were outside on our own from dawn to dusk, often without shoes or shirts, pausing only for a hurried lunch, it is difficult to understand a world in which it is necessary to have such things as Amber Alerts and sex offender lists; where mothers even in suburbia feel the necessity to walk their primary youngsters to a school bus a mere block away.. ...

Price at Pioneer Museum Aug. 1 Dr. James Price will be speaking on the History of Logging in the Carter County Area Aug. 1 instead of Aug. 16 as previously reported in the Daily American Republic. The program will be at the Ellsinore Pioneer Museum...

Glenda Sullivan PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Glenda Pauline Sullivan, 93, of Des Arc, Mo., died Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at Clarks Mountain Nursing Center in Piedmont. The arrangements are pending at this time with Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont.

Trans fat at a glance The FDA is phasing out artificial trans fats from the food supply, but people should limit their intake of saturated fats, too, which can also cause heart disease. There are three main types of fat: unsaturated, saturated and trans fats...

By Katherine Webster Southeast Missourian The Missouri Department of Conservation will begin taking applications July 1 for managed deer hunts in fall and winter. More than 5,100 slots are available in about 100 hunts, according to a news release from the department...

Gene Ward WILLIAMSVILLE, Mo. -- Gene Allen Ward, 58, of rural Mill Spring, Mo., died Sunday, June 14, 2015, at his residence. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Ruegg Funeral Home in Williamsville. Online condolences: www.rueggfuneralhome.com...

By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor The Current River Smallmouth Association has seen some close margins of victory in the few tournaments it's already hosted this summer, and last weekend was no different. The team of Nicholson and Medley came away the winners of the event at Van Buren with a five-fish limit weighing 9.38 pounds...

Naked bicyclist arrested in Cape park SEMO News Service CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- A man is in custody after trying to flee police at a Cape Girardeau park Tuesday. Cape Girardeau Police Sgt. Adam Glueck said at least two reports came in about 4:30 p.m. of a naked man at Arena Park. Police arrived to find a man, naked except for his shoes, near the park's train...

Kay Skaggs GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Kay Skaggs, 58, of Silva, Mo., died Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. The arrangements are pending at this time. Ruegg Funeral Home in Greenville are in charge of arrangements.

Flossie Mae Burrows VAN BUREN, Mo. -- Flossie Mae Burrows, 96, of Van Buren, died Monday, June 15, 2015 in the Riverways Manor Nursing Home in Van Buren. The visitation will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the First Baptist Church in Van Buren with the funeral service following at 1 p.m...

Mary Ella LeGrand ELLSINORE, Mo. -- Mary Ella LeGrand, 68, of Ellsinore, died Monday, June 15, 2015, at her residence. Visitation will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday in the McSpadden Funeral Home in Ellsinore. The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the funeral home chapel with the burial following in the Walton Chapel Cemetery. The Revs. Don Black and Jerry Crowley will officiate...

When Alisha Wills was hired as the assistant basketball coach and head JV coach at Sikeston two years ago, one of the first things she did was bring in her basketball resume. Old newspaper clippings, plaques and trophies, many from her time at Three Rivers College, laid out in front of a team of high school girls as proof that the new coach knows what she is talking about...

By NOREEN HYSLOP SEMO News Service DEXTER, Mo. -- A father and son's vacation ended tragically this week for a well-known Dexter family. The family of Richard Williams, 39, learned early Tuesday he died while aboard a cruise ship Monday. Williams had taken his kindergarten-age son, Tayton, on a Disney cruise to the Cayman Islands. Williams began to feel ill on the boat and asked the ship's day-care center to take care of his son while he went to his cabin to rest...

Donnie G. Wilkerson FISK, Mo.-- Donnie G. Wilkerson, 69, of Fisk, died Monday, June 15, 2015 at his residence. He was born Feb. 21, 1946 at Biggers, Ark. He was formerly a firefighter with the Poplar Bluff Fire Department retiring after 24 years of service. He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed camping, fishing, riding his Harley and being with his grandchildren...

Denzil Xavier McClard PUXICO, Mo.--Denzil Xavier McClard, 95, son of the late Oscar Dewitt and Stella Wilfong McClard, was born in Puxico, Dec. 19, 1919, and passed away Monday, June 15, 2015, at the Robing Manor in Brighton, Ill. He had lived in the Puxico area most of his life and attended the Duck Creek Baptist Church near Puxico. He was a life member of V.F.W. Post 7822 in Puxico and enjoyed gardening and going to the Puxico Nutrition Center...

Millie Barlow NEELYVILLE -- Mildred "Millie" Louise Barlow, 83, of Doniphan, passed away Tuesday, June 16, 2015, in the Current River Nursing Center at Doniphan. She was born March 21, 1932, in St. Louis, Mo. to the late Rex Long and Arpie Marlott Long...

Bonnie Greenleaf Bonnie Greenleaf, 71, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2015, at Cedargate Nursing Home. She was born on July 28, 1943, to Clyde and Pansy (Baughmister) Reneau in Poplar Bluff. Bonnie was a night club manager for several years at The Office in San Diego, Calif. She loved taking care of her regular patrons by cooking and becoming like family. She also enjoyed crossword puzzles, old movies, and watching St. Louis Cardinal baseball and San Diego Charger football...

Susan Lea Gallamore WAPPAPELLO, Mo.--Susan Lea Gallamore, 77, of Wappapello, passed away Monday, June 15, 2015, at her residence. Mrs. Gallamore was born May 16, 1938 in Gideon, to the late Thomas and Ida Gray Morgan. On Oct. 15, 1994, she and Curtis Gallamore were married in Wappapello. He survives of the home. She enjoyed reading, crocheting, scrapbooking and spending time with her grandchildren...

Arvil Killian Arvil Dale Killian, 70, of Poplar Bluff, died Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at Springfield Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Springfield. Mr. Killian was born May 28, 1945, in Poplar Bluff to Ellen Stout Killian and the late James Arvil Killian. ...

Music recital Friday A Senior Music Recital will be presented for the public at 7 p.m. Friday at the First United Methodist Church. The students to be presented in the recital are students of Mary Ruth Boone and all are recent high school graduates...