Stories from Friday, December 4, 2015

By BEN KLEINE SEMO News Service GORDONVILLE, Mo. -- A Gordonville man was arrested Monday on suspicion of beating his wife with a flyswatter until she agreed to have sex with him. Keith Gregory Fry, 63, has been charged with second-degree felony domestic assault...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Decisions concerning the location of the District 36 public defender's office could ultimately affect how long it takes for criminal cases to be prosecuted in Butler, Wayne, Carter and Ripley counties. The lease for the current location at 2323 N. Main in Poplar Bluff expires in January. Described as one of the highest worked offices in the state, it is also the only location in Missouri receiving rent assistance from the state...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- A Dudley, Mo., woman was to appear in a Stoddard County court this morning after being charged with stealing and using checks belonging to one of her elderly home-care clients. Jerri Leann Greenlee, who was charged Tuesday with the Class B felony of financial exploitation of the elderly, was to be arraigned by Associate Circuit Judge Joe Satterfield...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Revenues at Three Rivers College exceeded expenditures by $2.6 million during the fiscal year ending June 30, according to the annual audit. TRC trustees accepted the 60-page audit during the November board meeting. It was prepared by the Kraft, Miles & Tatum certified public accounting firm in Poplar Bluff, which provided an unmodified opinion of TRC's financial records...

The upcoming holidays often mean making some favorite desserts for family and friends. It also means using lots of baking ingredients. You're in the middle of baking your cookies and guess what? You don't have all the ingredients. What can you do? Don't despair, just substitute!...

It's been a whirlwind week for Nick Thompson. Five days after his Green Wave bowed out of the MSHSAA Class 2 state championship, he was being honored for his season-long accomplishments at Wednesday night's Poplar Bluff Letter Club Gridiron Banquet...

Al Young finally took home that elusive Carr Trophy as the most outstanding football player in the SEMO Conference. A finalist for a second straight year, the Cape Central senior picked up the honor Wednesday night during the 70th annual Poplar Bluff Letter Club Gridiron Banquet at the Black River Coliseum...

To the Editor: Every day is Thanksgiving Day for me. If I can get up make my coffee and drink it. It is Thanksgiving Day for me. Something I thought often of is, when people start to mention the many things then are thankful for, wonder how many start by saying they are thankful that they are living in the United States of America...

Joyce Carolyn Foster QULIN, Mo. - Joyce Carolyn Foster, 73, of Malden, died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. A graveside service will be at 10 a.m., Friday, Dec. 4 in Qulin Cemetery. Landess Funeral Home of Malden is in charge of arrangements...

By MICHELLE MALKIN Back in May, with ISIS ascendant, the Obama Pentagon ordered U.S. military bases here at home to raise their force protection condition status (FPCON) to "Bravo" amid a "general increase in the threat environment." FPCON is the military's security posture to protect troops, their families, civilian employees, information, equipment and facilities against terrorist threats. ...

Earlier this year, my column asked, "Will the West Defend Itself?" I pointed out that America's leftists and progressives believe that the U.S. should become more like Europe. I wonder whether they also want to import European policies that created barbaric extremism among its Muslim population...

Glenda Metcalf DEXTER, Mo. - Glenda Metcalf, 85, of Essex, Mo., died Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, at the Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter. Visitation will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 5 at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. Memorial services will follow at 1 p.m. in the Watkins & Sons Chapel in Dexter...

Ellie Kay Schweiss Beloved infant, Ellie Kay Schweiss, was stillborn early Tuesday morning, December 1, 2015, at Phelps County Regional Medical Center in Rolla. Ellie Kay is the daughter of Jeremy and Katy Knuckles Schweiss of Rolla. Mourning her loss, along with her parents, are her grandparents, Rick and Connie Schweiss of Rolla, Jimmy Maasen and Judith Ann Jackson of Freeburg and Hershel "Butch" Knuckles of Doniphan; great-grandparents, Norman and Shirley Schweiss and Chester and Helen Patton, all of Rolla, and Chuck Davis and Dorothy Maasen of Columbia; uncles and aunts, Ryan and Hongduo "Cassie" Knuckles-Li, Timothy "T" and Jesamy Jeffcoach, and Libby Knuckles; cousin, Lucy Jeffcoach; and many other relatives and friends of the family.. ...

Lonnie Monroe Goings MALDEN, Mo.--Lonnie Monroe Goings, 76, of Gideon, died Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015 at his residence. Visitation was held Wednesday at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Gideon. Funeral will be at 11 a.m., Thursday, at Bradshaw Chapel. Burial in Mt. Gilead Cemetery in Clarkton...

Paul C. Brown MALDEN, Mo.--Paul C. Brown, 77, of Malden, died Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015, at Southeast Health Center in Dexter. Graveside service will be at 11 a.m., Friday, at Rosewood Cemetery. Burial will follow. Arrangements by Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden...

The Three Rivers Endowment Trust will hold its third annual Trivia Night fund-raiser and dinner at 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Poplar Bluff Elks Lodge. Registration is now open for Trivia Night teams. To register, contact Margaret Orlando at morlando@trcc.edu, or Michelle Reynolds at michellereynolds@trcc.edu...

Donald M. Jones Donald M. Jones, 66, of Poplar Bluff, died Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are pending with Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff.

Helen "Granny" Manes MALDEN, Mo.-- Helen "Granny" Manes, 75, was born Dec. 14, 1939 in Madison, Tenn. to the late James Thomas Martin & Ludie Mae Greenway Martin. She departed this life Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau...

Mary M. Cox BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - Mary M. Cox, 83, of Bloomfield, died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will be at noon, Saturday, Dec. 5 at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield. The funeral will follow at 2 p.m. ...

Steve Eugene Tipton FISK, Mo.--Steve Eugene Tipton, 59, of Wappapello, died Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 at the Puxico Nursing Center. Mr. Tipton was born Oct. 20, 1956 at Campbell. He worked for General Motors for 27 years until retiring in 2006. He was an outdoorsman. ...

Winfred Ashley Buchanan, Jr. MALDEN, Mo.,-- Winfred Ashley Buchanan, Jr., 72, of Piggott, Ark., died Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015 at Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House, Jonesboro, Ark. Visitation will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday until service time at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. Funeral will be at 1 p.m., Friday in Bradshaw Chapel. Burial will be in Stanfield Cemetery...

The collective Region XVI has lost seven games. In the first mid-season NJCAA poll, released Tuesday, three Region XVI teams were ranked in the top 25 and a fourth received votes. Only MSU-West Plains, the region's current cellar dweller with a record of 9-2, did not get any votes...

Al Young may have taken home the hardware as the most outstanding player in the SEMO Conference this year, but in a season where quarterbacks and playmakers flourished, the competition to take home the coveted Carr trophy seemed closer than ever. Poplar Bluff senior quarterback Tristen Francisco and Malden senior running back Nick Thompson joined Young on stage as the 70th annual Poplar Bluff Letter Club Gridiron Banquet when Carr Trophy was presented to the Cape Central senior...