Stories from Wednesday, March 1, 2017

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Three Rivers College hosted a game of Clue with a twist for the Boys and Girls Club of Poplar Bluff - taking students to the crime lab to scientifically solve a mock murder. Associate professor of physical science Michael DeAngelo guided the group of 12 club members through the exercise, which was to find the killer of Mr. Black using chemical analysis of evidence and scientific reasoning...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor A fleeing suspect was arrested early this morning after he knocked on the door of an off-duty police detective and asked for a ride. At about 4 a.m., Butler County Deputy Richard Bruder was on southbound behind a Nissan Versa passenger vehicle, which he saw had truck license plates on it, explained Investigator Wes Popp...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor JACKSON, Mo. -- In sentencing a Doniphan, Mo., man to life plus 50 years in prison for what prosecutors had called the execution of another man, a Cape Girardeau County judge described it as one of the most "senseless and cold-blooded murders" he has ever been involved with...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor VAN BUREN, Mo. -- The charges against a Poplar Bluff, Mo., man accused of sodomizing and raping a woman who lived at one of his residential care facilities recently were refiled. Carter County Prosecuting Attorney Amanda Oesch charged Mark Keeney of the 9300 block of Highway 67 South earlier this month with the unclassified felonies of first-degree sodomy and first-degree rape...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate on Monday confirmed billionaire investor Wilbur Ross as commerce secretary as President Donald Trump adds to his economic team. The vote was 72-27. Breaking with Republican orthodoxy, Ross said the Trump administration will work quickly to re-do the North American Free Trade Agreement. That's the massive trade pact with Canada and Mexico that has boosted trade but still stings laid-off workers across the Midwest...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN Among the reasons Donald Trump is president is that he read the nation and the world better than his rivals. He saw the surging power of American nationalism at home, and of ethnonationalism in Europe. And he embraced Brexit...

Southeast Online has launched a partnership program with Poplar Bluff (Missouri) Regional Medical Center (PBRMC) to provide its employees access to quality and affordable higher education. Dr. Carlos Vargas, president of Southeast Missouri State University, met with Larry Rodgers, chief executive officer of the medical center, and Melissa Samuelson, chief nursing officer at the center, to launch the partnership program.\...

Holding your car for ransom I pray you will print this article, but here goes anyway. As a retired licensed auto vehicle inspector in our community I'm a little bit disheartened to hear that we now have a prominent dealership that the mechanics basically when there's a failure during a vehicle auto inspection feels they can hold the car for ransom not allowing you to remove your vehicle, pay for the inspection and take it to any other shop anywhere to have it repaired and returned to finish the inspection. ...

In a span of 44 seconds, Autumn Dodd doubled Poplar Bluff's five-point halftime lead Monday night. The sophomore picked off a pass for a layin to start the second half and knocked down a 3-pointer after teammate Kiley Bess chased down a loose ball 50 feet before it went out of bounds...

When Kirk Chronister set out on a new venture, he told then Poplar Bluff principal Tom Hoover it would be a short one. The rest is history. "He asked me to start up the girls program and I told him I would try it for one year and see how it worked out," Chronister said. "I've been coaching girls basketball ever since."...

STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- Survive and advance. That is the name of the game during district time and that's exactly what Sikeston did on Monday against Dexter in the MSHSAA Class 4 District 1 semifinals. Fourth-seeded Dexter gave Sikeston its biggest district scare in over a decade, but the top-seeded Bulldogs somehow found a way to win 56-54 at Ste. Genevieve High School...

Brenda Gail Lillard DEXTER, Mo. -- Brenda Gail Lillard, 77, of Dexter, daughter of the late Stanley Leathers and Iris Whittle Leathers was born Nov. 20, 1939 at Poplar Bluff, and departed this life Friday, Feb. 24, 2017 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau...

Loretta "Bernice" Wilder ELLISNORE, Mo. -- Loretta "Bernice" Wilder, 91, of Ellsinore, daughter of the late Jack and Mary (Willard) Bailey born Sept. 22, 1925 in Taskee, Mo., and departed this life Friday, 24, 2017 at her residence in Ellsinore with her family by her side...

Laura Melinda Elizabeth Ford MALDEN, Mo. -- Laura Melinda Elizabeth Ford, 82, of Clarkton, died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott, Ark. Visitation will be at noon, Wednesday, at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral will follow at 1 p.m., at the Bradshaw Chapel...

Kody Steven Livingstone PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Kody Steven Livingstone, 19, of Arnold, died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017, at St. Louis. Visitation will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, at the Morrison-Worley Chapel in Piedmont. Funeral services will follow at 1 p.m., Friday at the funeral home chapel with Jeffrey Crandell officiating...

Karen Baker CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Karen Baker, 63, of Campbell passed away Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017 at her residence in Campbell. Mrs. Baker, daughter of Grover Sylvester and Flora Phillips Lindsey, was born Thursday, June 8, 1953, in Poplar Bluff. She was a Property Manager for Schilp Real Estate Investments and was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Campbell...

Jackie "Jack" Eads PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Jackie "Jack" Eads, 76, of Williamsville, died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. -- noon, Tuesday, at Williamsville Assembly of God Church. Services will follow at noon, also at the church. Burial will be at Holliday Cemetery, Williamsville...

Glenna Ellis McAlister PIEDMONT, MO. -- Glenna Ellis McAlister, 79, of Piedmont, died Sunday, Feb. 25, 2017, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Visitation will be at noon, Thursday, at the Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Piedmont. Funeral services will follow at 1 p.m., Thursday, at the funeral home chapel...

Dennis Ray Gilbreath Dennis Ray Gilbreath, 59, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017 at his residence. Dennis was born Oct. 21, 1955 in Poplar Bluff, to the late John W. Gilbreath and Mary Davis Gilbreath. Dennis was a long time resident of Poplar Bluff. He was of the Baptist faith...

Noel Edward Spence, Sr. CORNING, Ark. -- Noel Edward Spence, Sr., 94, of Corning passed away Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Edward was born Sept. 5, 1922 in Morrilton, Ark. to William Duran and Della Mae Spence. ...

By SCOTT BORKGREN SEMO News Service The Puxico Lady Indians, one of 16 teams left, will play the first round of state competition at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, against Oran (25-3) at Jackson. The Puxico team Thursday, Feb. 23, culminated eight years of work since the girls basketball program was brought back at Puxico at Steele...

By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor For the last 23 years, Mark Reed has been the face of Missouri's Conservation Department in Stoddard County. Whether you're a duck hunter at Otter Slough, a weekend angler or just enjoy spending time in the outdoors, chances are you've run into him over the last couple decades. And now, after all that time, he's decided to move on...

George Y. West, 81, of Puxico died Feb. 13, 2017 at Puxico Nursing & Rehab Center. Services were held Feb. 17, 2017 at Brown Chapel General Baptist Church in Puxico. Rev. John Buttry officiated. Burial followed in the Brown Chapel General Baptist Cemetery,...

The 90th Psalm is a prayer of Moses during the wilderness wandering of he and the Israelites. In it, he recognizes the eternal nature and greatness of God and that their predicament was a result of the sins of the people. He notes most of the people are dying by the time they are 70 years old. ...

Randy Lee Green Randy Lee Green, 51, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Friday, Feb. 24, 2017 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 14, 1965 to Bill and Mary (Brewer) Green in Berrian Springs, Mich. He was an auto mechanic at Richard's Roadware in Poplar Bluff. On April 13, 2001, he married Joyce Holder in Piggott, Ark...

Jackie "Jack" Eads WILLIAMSVILLE, Mo. - Jackie "Jack" Eads, 76, of Williamsville, Mo., died Sunday, February 26, 2017 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. - noon on Tuesday, February 28 at Williamsville Assembly of God Church. The funeral will follow at noon, also at the church. Burial will be in Holliday Cemetery, Williamsville, Mo. Online condolences may be made at www.rueggfuneralhomes.com...

By TYLER GRAEF SEMO News Service CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- SoutheastHEALTH and the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis announced a collaboration Thursday, Feb. 23, that SoutheastHEALTH president and CEO Ken Bateman said will improve health-care options for residents of Southeast Missouri...

PUXICO, Mo, - Lonnie M. Gulliams, 75, of Puxico died Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, at Puxico Nursing & Rehab. Visitation was at 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 27, at the First Christian Church with the funeral following at noon at the church. Burial was in the Puxico City Cemetery...

Bobby Lee Elledge, 78, of Wappapello died Feb. 18, 2017 due to injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. A Gathering of Friends was held Feb. 22, 2017 at the Wappapello Cotrell Funeral Chapel. Online condolences: www.cotrellfuneralservice.com.

The members of the Little Brushy Baptist Church will hosting Revival Services March 5-8. On March 5 the service will begin at 11 a.m with Pastor Tyler Tankersley of First Baptist in Cape Girardeau, 6 p.m March 6 with Pastor Jim Rudolph of First General Baptist of Cape Girardeau, 6 p.m. March 7 with Gerald Collier, Associate Pastor for Senior Adult Ministry with First Baptist in Cape Girardeau and 6 p.m. March 8 Pastor Timothy Schultz of Little Brushy Baptist Church in Wappapello...

From Staff Reports Tyler Raspberry was named assistant fire chief when the Puxico Board of Alderman met Feb. 16 at City Hall Feb. 16 In Fire Chief Rusty Parker's oral report he asked the board to approve Raspberry as an assistant fire chief. Citizen Matt Horn was approved to join as a volunteer fireman...

William Dale "Buddy" Bailey, 65, of Poplar Bluff died Feb. 17, 2017 at his residence. Services were held Feb. 19, 217 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Polar Bluff. Bishop Rob Bledsoe officiated. White-Sanders Funeral Home in charge of arrangements...

It's time for the 27th Annual Puxico Masonic Cornbeef, Cabbage Dinner. The meal will be held from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. March 12 in the Puxico School Cafeteria. Ticket prices are $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 5-10 and children under five years old eat free...