Stories from Tuesday, December 8, 2015

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Several Butler County high school seniors will get to take it easy for the next few months, after already meeting graduation requirements as of this month. Sixty-four Poplar Bluff High School seniors have applied for early graduation, although not all will be approved. Twin Rivers High School has approved two early graduation requests and Neelyville High School has approved one...

Back police, stop chaos Well, once again, America, it looks like the national media is fanning the flames of hate toward the national police force. And by that I mean, this incident that occurred at a high school in Charleston, S. C. Not one of our national media group were willing to show the student taking a closed fist and striking the officer BEFORE she was decked or floored or as they say, slammed and removed from the classroom...

Shadrack Davis Shadrack Ricky Davis, 68, of Cincinnati, OH died Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015 at the Judson Care Center in Cincinnati, OH. The arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.

Jean Wolf Jean L. Wolf, 82, of Doniphan Mo., formally of Poplar Bluff, passed away Thursday Dec. 3, 2015 at her daughter's residence. The arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN Monday, MSNBC's "Morning Joe" hosted a spirited discussion with Donald Trump on whether he was right in asserting that Muslims in New Jersey celebrated as the towers came down on 9/11. About Muslim celebrations in Berlin, however, there appears to be no doubt. In my chapter "Eurabia," in "State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America," [2006] is this quote from The New York Times Magazine, exactly 10 years ago...

Greenville High School has named their Students of the Month for November 2015. Ty Michael Clubb, son of Jeremy Clubb and Renita Burks of Greenville, is active in FCS, FCCLA, FBLA, Beta, National Honor Society, Art Club and Pep Club. His hobbies are: hunting, fishing, working on the farm, working on cars and spending time with friends...

Dennie Howdeshell Sr. Dennie Ray Howdeshell Sr., 72, of Williamsville, Mo., died Friday Dec. 4, 2015, at his home. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday, with funeral services following at 2 p.m., at Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Burial will be in Black Creek Cemetery in Poplar Bluff...

By MICHELLE MALKIN In life and leadership, accountability means consequences for bad behavior. In Washington, accountability means yet another congressional meeting about another government scandal perpetrated by tax-subsidized corruptocrats who get away with murder...

Betty Tibbs Betty L. Tibbs, 80, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, at the Mark Twain Caring Center. On Dec. 20, 1974, she married Ralph U. Tibbs. He preceded her in death on Feb. 2, 2011. Visitation will at 6 p.m. today at Cotrell Funeral Chapel with the funeral service following at 11 a.m., Tuesday, with the Rev. Glen Marshall officiating. Burial will be at Memorial Gardens Cemetery...

Betty DeCourley ROMBAUER, Mo. - Betty Leora DeCourley, age 85, of Fisk died Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015 at her residence in Fisk. She was born Oct. 27, 1930 at Rugge, Mo. She worked in the Butler County Courthouse for 36 years. She was the first woman Treasurer in the history of Butler County and was elected to 2 terms in that position. ...

Dennis Lacy FISK, Mo. - Dennis Odell Lacy, age 67 of Bloomfield, Mo., died Saturday Dec. 5, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Lacy was born March 23, 1948 in St. Louis, Mo. He had lived around Fisk while growing up He had worked in construction and was a truck driver. ...

VAN BUREN -- The Neelyville Lady Tigers have proven to be a thorn in Twin Rivers' side over the past decade, especially in the Lady Dawg Classic. Twin Rivers last claimed a victory over the Lady Tigers in 2007, and in last year's semifinal Neelyville scored 29 straight points to open the game and rolled to a win...

Maxie Hatfield DONIPHAN, Mo. - Maxie Lee Hatfield, 87 year old resident of Doniphan, departed this life Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Hatfield was born July 25, 1928 in Bardley, Mo. to the late Tom and Maude Klenn Hatfield. Max was retired from the Missouri Highway Department, having worked 30 years. ...

ST. LOUIS -- There's just something about that trip to St. Louis. After winning its Region XVI opener over MSU-West Plains on Saturday, Three Rivers dropped Sunday's matchup against Southwestern Illinois 65-63. It was the third time in four years that the Raiders have lost to Southwestern during their annual trip to St. Louis. The three losses were by a combined five points and the lone win was by a point in overtime...