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New director assigned to VA medical center
(Local News ~ 01/04/16)
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announces the appointment of Dr. Patricia L. Ten Haaf as the new director of the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center. "We are excited that Dr. Ten Haaf will become the new director of the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center," said Dr. ...
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reward increased on Elk poaching
(Local News ~ 01/04/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Conservation Federation of Missouri is determined to see the individual responsible for poaching a bull elk in the Ozarks brought to justice. To entice anyone with information to come forward, CFM is matching the $1,000 currently offered by Operation Game Thief with an additional $1,000. This brings the current total reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the poacher to $2,000...
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Former mayor Pearson dies
(Local News ~ 01/04/16)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Former Poplar Bluff, Mo., mayor Angela Pearson died at her home Saturday morning from complications related to stage 4 melanoma cancer. A visitation has been scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday at Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home...
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Suspect fleeing police drowns in flood water
(Local News ~ 01/04/16)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer CAMPBELL, Mo. -- A man drowned in flood waters Thursday morning near the Dunklin-Butler County border while allegedly attempting to escape from law enforcement following a high speed chase. Rickey G. Lerma, 40, of Risco, Mo., was pronounced dead at 11 a.m. by Dunklin County Coroner James Powell, after Lerma's body was recovered from the St. Francis River near Highway DD...
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Ringing in 2016 with Gun lands felon in jail
(Local News ~ 01/04/16)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer A convicted felon who allegedly broke the law in front of a Poplar Bluff, Mo., police officer is in jail today on charges that include child endangerment. James O. Johnson, 49, of the 900 block of Mulberry allegedly fired a rifle in the air at 12:01 a.m. New Year's day, as an officer in a patrol car was passing the home...
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Local super in favor of new ed. reform law
(Local News ~ 01/04/16)
By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Local educators are in favor of new wide-sweeping education reform signed into law recently, mostly because the act will return a measure of state and local control. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), passed by a large majority of congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama, replaces No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The 2002 NCLB initiative in an effort to better struggling schools, mandated students undergo yearly skills assessments and meet other criteria...
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Area residents remember Meadowlark Lemon as 'basketball pioneer'
(Local News ~ 01/04/16)
By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Area residents who visited with Meadowlark Lemon when he was in Butler County during October 2014 are saddened by his death on Dec. 27 in Scottsdale, Ariz., at the age of 83. Lemon, who played 24 years on the Harlem Globetrotters team, demonstrated his basketball skills and gave speeches at the Twin Rivers Middle School in Qulin and at Three Rivers College in Poplar Bluff. ...
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Speak Out 1/4/16
(Opinion ~ 01/04/16)
No music No Christmas music? You are listening to the wrong station. Tune to 97.5 out of Doniphan. It is the best. Since I've found this I don't even listen to any radio station in Poplar Bluff. This won't make the paper before Christmas, but go 97.5! Thank you...
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Mattie Jane
(Obituary ~ 01/04/16)
Mattie Jane Henson PIEDMONT, Mo.--Mattie Jane Henson, 82, of Annapolis, Mo., died Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, at her residence. Visitation was held Friday at Ruegg Funeral Home in Piedmont. Funeral services were held Saturday, also at the Piedmont Chapel...
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A Christmas Miracle for Liam
(Local News ~ 01/04/16)
By CAROLYN SMITH Staff Writer Since Sept. 30, 2015, Laramy and Jessica Gregory have been at the bedside of their 2-year-old son, Liam, at Cardinal Glennon Hospital in St. Louis, as he waited for a new heart. At 8 p.m., Christmas Eve, the telephone in his room rang. His mother answered. She didn't recognize the number, but she did recognize the voice of "Erin" from Mid-America Transplant. "You might get a Christmas present," Erin told her...
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Anita Tanksley
(Obituary ~ 01/04/16)
Anita Tanksley Anita Marie Tanksley, 62, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, at her home. Funeral arrangements are pending with Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff. Visitation and funeral times will be posted Monday on the Daily American Republic website at www.darnews.com and the complete obituary will appear in Tuesday's print edition...
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Space: The visionaries take over
(Column ~ 01/04/16)
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WASHINGTON -- Fractured and divided as we are, on one thing we can agree: 2015 was a miserable year. The only cheer was provided by Lincoln Chafee and the Pluto flyby (two separate phenomena), as well as one seminal aeronautical breakthrough...
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VFW honors Voice of Democracy and Patriot Pen winners
(Local News ~ 01/04/16)
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6477 held a ceremony Monday, Dec. 21, 2015 to honor the winners of the Voice of Democracy (VOD) and Patriot Pen (PP) contests and their families. Both contests are national VFW events which are held annually. The VOD contest is for students in grades 9 -- 12. ...
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Helen Payton
(Obituary ~ 01/04/16)
Helen Payton DEXTER, Mo. -- Helen Bernice Payton, 78, of Dexter, Mo., died Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will be from 9-11 a.m. Monday at Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will follow in the Harper Cemetery near Aid, Mo...
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Rickey Lerma
(Obituary ~ 01/04/16)
Rickey Lerma MALDEN, Mo. -- Rickey Gene Lerma, 40, of Parma, Mo., died Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in Campbell, Mo. Visitation will be from noon Monday at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden, Mo., until the graveside funeral service at 2 p.m. at Rosewood Cemetery...
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Ag Expo 2016 is scheduled for Jan. 15-16 in Poplar Bluff
(Local News ~ 01/04/16)
Get ready for one of the largest farm trade shows in the region, Ag Expo 2016, scheduled for Jan. 15 - 16 at the Black River Coliseum in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Booths are still available to purchase, said Phyllis Flanigan, University of Missouri Extension. This is the 30th year of Ag Expo, which is sponsored by Butler County University of Missouri Extension Council and the Ag Club of Three Rivers College...
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Terry White
(Obituary ~ 01/04/16)
Terry White MALDEN, Mo. -- Terry White, 68, of Gideon, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden, with funeral services following at 4 p.m.
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Thomas Ellington Crutchfield
(Obituary ~ 01/04/16)
Thomas Ellington Crutchfield Thomas Ellington Crutchfield, 78, Poplar Bluff, Mo. passed away Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Tom was born April 10, 1937 in Winston-Salem, N.C. to Carl Carroway and Ruth Estelle Stanfield Crutchfield. Tom served his country for 12 years in the United States Air Force where he was stationed in Alaska and Germany during the Korean and Vietnam Wars...
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Gaylon Ray
(Obituary ~ 01/04/16)
Gaylon Ray Shepard CAMPBELL, Mo.-- Gaylon Ray Shepard, 76, of Campbell, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015 at Westwood Hills in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Shepard, son of Fuller Howard and Mary Elizabeth McFarlin Shepard, was born April 30, 1939 in Campbell...
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Gale Shearrer
(Obituary ~ 01/04/16)
Gale Shearrer PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Gale Shearrer, 81, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, at North Kansas City Hospital, North Kansas City, Mo. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont, Mo. ...
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A Christmas Miracle for Liam
(Local News ~ 01/04/16)
By CAROLYN SMITH Staff Writer Since Sept. 30, 2015, Laramy and Jessica Gregory have been at the bedside of their 2-year-old son, Liam, at Cardinal Glennon Hospital in St. Louis, as he waited for a new heart. At 8 p.m., Christmas Eve, the telephone in his room rang. His mother answered. She didn't recognize the number, but she did recognize the voice of "Erin" from Mid-America Transplant. "You might get a Christmas present," Erin told her...
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Joe 'Leslie'
(Obituary ~ 01/04/16)
Joe 'Leslie' DePriest JONESBORO, ARK. -- Joe 'Leslie' DePriest, 71, of Jonesboro, Ark., passed away Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, at Craighead County Nursing Center. Joe Leslie was born to parents Robert and Ester DePriest March 7, 1944. He grew up as the youngest boy of eight children and attended Caruthersville High School. ...
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Shirley Mae
(Obituary ~ 01/04/16)
Shirley Mae Scherer DEXTER, Mo.--Shirley Mae Scherer, 63, of Dexter, departed this life Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, at her residence. She was the daughter of Pansy Mills Worley of Dexter and the late Herman Maxwell Mills and was born Aug. 2, 1952 in St. Louis...
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Delcie Rosabell Hector Waltrip
(Obituary ~ 01/04/16)
DEXTER, Mo.--Delcie Rosabell Hector Waltrip, 86, of Dexter, died Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015 at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter. Friends may call from 10 - 11:30 a.m., Monday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services follow at 11:30 a.m. Monday in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter with Clyde Jacques officiating...
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Gary Parkin
(Obituary ~ 01/04/16)
Gary Parkin Gary Parkin, who was born on the family property in Poplar Bluff on Aug. 12, 1944, closed his eyes on Earth for the last time on that same property on Dec. 31, 2015, surrounded by his family. When he opened his eyes in Heaven, he was greeted by his parents, Earl and Pearl, his daughters: Charmin, Tina and Jessie Ellen, and his brother, Jerry. ...
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Angela Pearson
(Obituary ~ 01/04/16)
Angela Pearson Former Poplar Bluff, Mo., Mayor Angela Jane Pearson, 32, of Poplar Bluff died Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016, at her home. Visitation will begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, with Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home of Poplar Bluff. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 7, in the Poplar Bluff chapel. A complete obituary will appear in a later edition of the newspaper...
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Alma Weaver
(Obituary ~ 01/04/16)
Alma Weaver WAPPAPELLO, Mo. -- Alma Earline Weaver, 88, of Wappapello, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, at Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Weaver, the daughter of the late Roland and Bessie (Northcutt) Pike was born Dec. 31, 1926, in Steele, Mo. ...
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Kathren R. Minchew
(Obituary ~ 01/04/16)
Kathren R. Minchew Kathren R. Minchew, 83, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. died Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, at her residence. She was born Dec. 15,1932 in Harviell to the late Harve Pigg and Ida May Patterson Pigg. Kathren was of the Baptist faith. She married Bill Minchew July 6, 1948 in Selma, Calif. He preceded her in death Dec. 23, 1996...
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Offensive droughts hurt Three Rivers
(High School Sports ~ 01/04/16)
PARK HILLS, Mo. -- Effort. Intensity. Accountability. Three Rivers Lady Raiders coach Jeff Walk thought his team lacked all three in its first Region XVI game of the year. The Lady Raiders had a pair of three-minute long scoring droughts in the third quarter. In the process, they gave up too much ground to Mineral Area and lost 77-54 on Saturday...
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Raiders edge Mineral Area with late FTs
(High School Sports ~ 01/04/16)
PARK HILLS, Mo. -- After 13 ties and 12 lead changes, it was still tied with under a minute to play. The Raiders, coming off consecutive overtime losses, found a way to take the lead one last time and beat Mineral Area 86-82 on Saturday night. "What was crazy was shot for shot, every time we hit a shot, they hit a shot," Three Rivers sophomore forward Domonique Alexander said. ...
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