Stories from Friday, August 26, 2016

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A warrant was issued last week for the arrest of a Poplar Bluff, Mo., man who failed to appear in Greene County court in connection with the December hit-and-run accident that killed a local teenager...

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer State Representative Don Rone, R-Portageville, is inviting the Missouri House Select Committee on Agriculture to see first hand the damage caused this summer in Southeast Missouri by illegal herbicide applications. Monsanto Co. this spring released dicamba resistant strains of soybeans and cotton, but a corresponding, less drift-prone dicamba herbicide did not gain EPA approval as anticipated...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor A decision on whether a former prominent, local businessman faces charges in connection with a December hit-and-run accident that killed a Poplar Bluff, Mo., teenager may soon be known. Pemiscot County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Ian Page was appointed in mid-July by Presiding Circuit Judge Michael Pritchett to handle the investigation in the leaving the scene of an accident, which occurred on Dec. 9, as it pertains to Benjamin Ressel...

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Three Rivers College Board of Trustees held its first meeting of the new school year, honoring several campus groups and approving bids and other administrative items. "I would like to start off by welcoming everybody to the first board meeting of the academic new year," said college president Wes Payne. "We are off and running, the place is bustling, students are learning, teachers are teaching and all is well in the world I would say."...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Local officials are finding it more difficult to pay for a 2.5 mile extension of Shelby Road than expected, as concerns were raised Wednesday regarding the impact construction could have on flooding along Pike Creek. Board members with the Poplar Bluff Regional Transportation Development District met to discuss an updated cost estimate for the project, which would build a four-lane road connecting Kanell Boulevard to Highway 53...

WAPPAPELLO, Mo. -- The Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake, in partnership with the Missouri Department of Conservation, the Wake Foundation and the National Wild Turkey Federation, are sponsoring a mobility-impaired modern gun deer hunt Oct. 15-16. Applications will be accepted until Sept. 2...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) wildlife biologists will host a white-tailed deer workshop for landowners Wednesday, Sept. 14, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Perryville Higher Education Center. The workshop will include classroom discussions on basic management techniques of different habitat found in southeast Missouri, food plots, and financial assistance available to landowners. ...

CASSVILLE, Mo. -- The legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps' Company 1713 lives on at Roaring River State Park. The crew worked at the park from 1933 to 1939, constructing 33 buildings, mostly from logs harvested from the hills and stone quarried on site. The centerpiece was a handsome three-story lodge of limestone blocks and white oak timbers...

By Lucas Bond Mo. Dept. of Conservation JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are working together to stop wildlife trafficking. Wildlife trafficking consists of poaching or taking of a protected or managed species to sell for profit. This includes buying or selling living or dead animal parts such as bones, skins, meat, and other products in violation of state or federal laws...

By PAULA DWYER Bloomberg View via Tribune News Syndicate Hillary Clinton thinks corporate taxes are too low. Donald Trump thinks corporate taxes are way too high. They're both wrong, and the economic consequences could be huge if either nominee's tax proposal becomes law...

By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor Opening day for one of the most-anticipated hunting seasons each year in Southeast Missouri is a week away, and those hunters who participate consider it the real kick-off to fall. Missouri's dove season opens Sept. 1 and will continue through Nov. 29...

By CALEB PRYOR Mo. Dept. of Conservation The fall firearm hunting seasons are fast approaching, with dove season starting on Sept. 1, and it is important to make sure that you are hunter education certified. You may be wondering who needs to be certified. The Missouri Wildlife Code requires anyone that was born on or after Jan.1, 1967, be certified before firearm hunting, with a few exceptions...

By RUTH WOOD Los Angeles Times via Tribune News Service During the Olympic Games, the world gazes admiringly upon athletes with preternatural musculature and athletic ability - and then laments every tainted urine test, every revelation of doping. In the mind of the public, this is the problem with anabolic steroids: They undermine fairness in competition between elite athletes...

Tribune News Service Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and three-fourths of their fellow Americans say prescription drugs cost too much. They're right, and the two candidates even agree on a couple of good strategies to try to keep prices down: Allow Medicare to negotiate on behalf of its 40 million beneficiaries, and let Americans buy drugs from countries where quality is well monitored...

Co. Fair is Sept. 26 to Oct. 1 The Butler County Fair will be held Sept. 26-Oct. 1 at the Black River Coliseum and at the Ray Clinton Park. The fair will be partnering with the Iron Horse Festival for the first time this year. Events Sept. 26-28 at the Black River Coliseum include agriculture, horticulture, and floriculture exhibits; home economics, 4-H, and youth exhibits; the FCE silent auction; and 4-H and FFA public speaking contest, said Stephanie Milner of University of Missouri Extension. ...

Betty Britton NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Betty "Baha" Jean Britton, 81, of Harviell, Mo. passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Britton was born Jan. 20, 1935 in Coulter, Iowa. She worked as a secretary and enjoyed doing crafts, visiting with friends and family, traveling, and setting on the back porch looking at nature. ...

Mildred Landreth Mildred Landreth, 86, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Monday, Aug. 22, 2016 at her son's residence in Salem, Mo. Mrs. Landreth, the daughter of the late Clarence and Margaret Livingston Pierce, was born Oct. 24, 1929 in Poplar Bluff. She was a member of First Baptist Church and was a homemaker. ...

William Merlin (Dub) Lewis William Merlin Lewis, "Dub" was born in Lilbourn, Mo. to a large farming family, one of eight children; his own father being one of nine boys. He attended school in Lilbourn. Dub entered into the U.S. Navy and served in the Pacific during World War II. ...

Frankie Marie Kinder DEXTER, Mo. -- Frankie Marie Kinder, 79, of Dexter died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016 at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will be from 10 until noon on Friday, Aug. 26, at Rainey-Mathis Funeral. Funeral services will then be conducted at noon on Friday, Aug. 26, 2016 in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter with Rev. Joe Payne officiating. Burial will follow in the Dexter Cemetery...

Wilma Dianne Francisco NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Wilma Dianne Francisco, 64, of Wappapello, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016 at The Cedargate. Wilma was born on Oct. 15, 1951 in Coon Island, Mo. She worked as a cook and enjoyed bingo, spending time with family and going to church. She was of the Baptist faith and attended New Home Missionary Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff...

Barbara J. Felker DEXTER, Mo. -- Barbara J. Felker, 78, of Dexter, daughter of the late James Ervin and Audrey Christine Brown Fletcher, was born in Gideon, Mo. on June 26, 1938, and passed away at Southeast Healthcare of Stoddard County in Dexter, Mo. on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016...

Daniel M. Jaco Daniel M. Jaco, 61, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., went home to be with his Lord on Monday, Aug. 22, 2016 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Jaco, the son of the late Jewel and Virginia Shaffer Jaco, was born March 20, 1955 in Bellville, Ill. He enjoyed spending time with the loves of his life, his wife, children and grandchildren and his 1974 Cadillac Sedan Deville. Mr. Jaco had a big heart and never failed to help someone in need...

George S. O'Dell VAN BUREN, Mo. -- George S. O'Dell, 89, of Illinois died Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, at Dry Hill Church near Ellsinore, Mo. McSpadden Funeral Home of Van Buren is in charge of arrangements. Burial will be in Gresham Cemetary...

Lone Hill School reunion Sept. 3 The Lone Hill School Reunion will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, at the schoolhouse, which is located about 12-15 miles southwest of Poplar Bluff. From Poplar Bluff, take Hwy. 67 south to the Doniphan/Harviell exit. ...

At first glance, Poplar Bluff's season-opening win looked pretty solid. The Mules scored over 40 points on just 26 snaps and was 2 1/2 minutes from a shutout in giving up just 130 total yards. The video, however, offered coach Mark Barousse and his staff another viewpoint...

Dexter will get a pair of outside linebackers back in the starting lineup for its home opener at 7 p.m. Friday and will need them against Poplar Bluff's fast, spread out offense. Blake Palmer and Austin Adams will return from injury. Dexter coach Kevin Goltra is hopeful that their addition will help against Poplar Bluff's screen game...

New Three Rivers softball coach Jeff Null is trying to figure out the game schedule, practice schedules, transportation vehicles for road trips, meal plans and budgets. He's trying to get the field ready and the clubhouse painted. He's trying to recruit on the weekends and get the rain to stop so he can practice outside before the team starts playing games. He's trying to learn how to properly file Three Rivers paperwork and finish his master's degree by December...

What started out as a 16-team league 60 years ago has become one of the strongest football conferences in the state. The SEMO Football Conference has been around officially since 1946, adding and losing teams along the way. For the first time since 2008 it has added one more...

The Green Wave travel to Tiger Country as both teams look for leverage in the Class 2 rankings. No. 8 ranked Malden jumped up a spot after defeating New Madrid Central to open the season last week, 66-20, while Caruthersville also won on the road against Portageville, 54-7, and is on the bubble of breaking into the state rankings. ...