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Suiter, Crumley waive prelims, face murder trials
(Local News ~ 04/22/17)
GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Two Neelyville, Mo., residents were ordered to stand trial Friday morning for the shooting deaths of two people whose bodies were found by firefighters inside a travel trailer. Nicholas L. Suiter, 31, and Felicia K. Crumley, 26, were to appear before Associate Circuit Judge Randy Schuller for preliminary hearings in the cases...
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Rivers to crest before flood stage
(Local News ~ 04/22/17)
River stages across Butler, Wayne, Carter and Stoddard counties are expected to crest below flood stages Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. Local officials have been monitoring rainfall and potential flooding hazards. "The Black River is not predicted to top flood stage," Butler County Emergency Management Agency Director Robbie Myers said Saturday afternoon...
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14 others honored PBPD Chief named Elks Officer of Year
(Local News ~ 04/22/17)
The 30th annual Poplar Bluff Elks Lodge Law Enforcement Recognition Banquet Friday evening was a celebration ending with Poplar Bluff Chief of Police Danny Whiteley receiving the top honor of Elks Officer of the Year Award. Whiteley along with 14 men and women from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Butler County Sheriff's Department, Poplar Bluff Police Department, Probation and Parole, Butler and Ripley counties judiciary circuits, and the Ripley County Sheriff's Office were honored...
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Ray retiring FCA banquet is Thurs.
(Local News ~ 04/22/17)
The 2017 Fellowship of Christian Athletes Banquet will be held Thursday and for the organization's area representative Bill Ray, it marks the end of an era. Ray will soon be retiring after 11 years, and though his employment officially began in 2006, his involvement with the Poplar Bluff FCA chapter started more than three decades earlier, merely one year after its inception at Poplar Bluff High School in 1972...
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PB woman shot, suspect at large
(Local News ~ 04/22/17)
A Poplar Bluff, Mo., woman was shot Friday afternoon in the 1000 block of Garfield Street and police are looking for the alleged shooter. Tajsh Lee, 25, of East St. Louis, Ill., has been identified as a potential suspect. Lee should be considered armed and dangerous, according to law enforcement...
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Worse than racists
(Column ~ 04/22/17)
By WALTER E. WILLIAMS As a group, black Americans have made the greatest gains -- over some of the highest hurdles and in a very short span of time -- of any racial group in mankind's history. What's the evidence? If one totaled up the earnings of black Americans and considered us as a separate nation with our own gross domestic product, we would rank among the 20 richest nations. ...
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Sharon Lee Stinehart
(Obituary ~ 04/22/17)
PIEDMONT, Mo -- Sharon Lee Stinehart, 77, of Piedmont, died Thursday, April 20, 2017, at Poplar Bluff, Mo. Visitation will be held from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, April 23, 2017, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont. Funeral sServices will follow at 3p.m. at the Piedmont Chapel. Dave Litzau will officiate...
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Garry Baldridge
(Obituary ~ 04/22/17)
Garry Audie Baldridge, 70, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away, Saturday, April 22, 2017 at The Cedargate in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Baldridge was born Jan. 12, 1947 in Pensacola, Fla. He was of the Christian faith. Garry served in the U.S. Army from 1966-1968 and retired from the city of Poplar Bluff Fire Department. He was a member of American Legion Post 143 and Eagles Lodge in Poplar Bluff and enjoyed hunting and riding motorcycles...
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Speak Out 4/22/17
(Opinion ~ 04/22/17)
Obamacare vs. bankruptcies Hello Speak Out. I just want to thank you for offering a forum for people to have their thoughts. My thought today is anyone calculated which costs the most: Obamacare or the medical expense bankruptcies or the people who had to go on disability because they could not get health care to take care of a medical problem and that qualified them for Medicare, SSI and disabilities social security and everything and the food stamps and everything like that so which. ...
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Paying college athletes
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/22/17)
To the Editor I am writing this letter in response to KFVS channel 12's V. P. & G. M. Scott Thomas's view as to paying college athletes. Apparently he wants to see them paid. As to paying college athletes Mr. Thomas needs to get out of his office and see how much support college athletes are given. ...
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The 'Oh, never mind' president
(Column ~ 04/22/17)
By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- In his first annual message to Congress, John Quincy Adams, among the most experienced and intellectually formidable presidents, warned leaders against giving the impression that "we are palsied by the will of our constituents." In this regard, if in no other, the 45th president resembles the sixth...
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Shirley McGee
(Obituary ~ 04/22/17)
NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Shirley Mae McGee, 81, of Naylor, Mo., died Friday, April 21, 2017 at her home. Mrs. McGee was born Oct. 16, 1935, in Harviell, Mo. She retired as a cook for the Naylor school system. She enjoyed reading, gardening, flowers, quilting, butterflies and angels. She was a member of Elm Grove General Baptist Church at Naylor...
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Marolyn Rommel
(Obituary ~ 04/22/17)
Marolyn Louise Rommel, 72, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Marolyn, the daughter of the late Hanley and Louise Belle Rimmer Lee, was born Nov. 7, 1944, in Poplar Bluff. She was of the Baptist faith, and was a homemaker. Marolyn enjoyed making crafts and embroidering...
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Kenneth Jarrell
(Obituary ~ 04/22/17)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Kenneth Jarrell, 91, of Dexter, son of the late Elijah Monroe and Bessie Bell Hopkins Jarrell, was born in Bloomfield May 24, 1925, and passed away, Wednesday, April 19, 2017, at his home near Dexter. Kenneth had lived in the Dexter area all of his life. He had owned and operated the K. M. Jarrell Heating, Air and Electrical in Dexter until his retirement in 2005. He was a member of the American Legion and the Elks Lodge and enjoyed fishing, hunting and gardening...
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Reedus, Robinson named NJCAA All-Americans
(High School Sports ~ 04/22/17)
Three Rivers sophomores Camron Reedus and Ge'Naisha Robinson were recently named NJCAA All-Americans. "It was probably the happiest day I've had in a long time," Reedus said. "I never thought I'd be named All-American. I was just happy." Robinson added that she was shocked when she heard the news...
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Jackie Alberson
(Obituary ~ 04/22/17)
DEXTER, Mo. - Jackie Alberson, 80, of Essex, Mo., died Friday, April 21, 2017, at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Mo. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Hagy Cemetery in Dexter, with the Rev. Dale Jones of Dexter officiating...
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Bell breaks school record at KU Relays
(High School Sports ~ 04/22/17)
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- In just his second year of throwing the javelin, Logan Bell has picked on the event like he's known it for years. The Poplar Bluff junior broke his own school record again Saturday with a throw of 184-feet, 7-inches at the 90th annual Kansas University Relays...
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involving bike, sheriff's car 1 dead in Dexter crash
(Local News ~ 04/22/17)
From Staff Reports Officials are investigating a fatal crash involving a motorized bicycle and a Stoddard County Sheriff's Office vehicle, said Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Clark Parrott. Parrott said a Stoddard County deputy was responding Saturday to an emergency call and was driving with light and sirens when the crash happened...
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Raiders down to 7 position players after getting swept
(High School Sports ~ 04/22/17)
Three Rivers was swept by MCC-Maple Woods on Saturday, losing the opener 8-6 and the nightcap 15-3. But perhaps worst, they lost yet more players to injury and will play Sunday's doubleheader against Maple Woods with seven position players, forcing a pair of pitchers into the batting order...
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Raiders down to 7 position players after getting swept
(High School Sports ~ 04/22/17)
Three Rivers was swept by MCC-Maple Woods on Saturday, losing the opener 8-6 and the nightcap 15-3. But perhaps worst, they lost yet more players to injury and will play Sunday's doubleheader against Maple Woods with seven position players, forcing a pair of pitchers into the batting order...
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