Stories from Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Judge Gary Kamp dismissed an assault charge against embattled Mississippi County Sheriff Cory Hutcheson but bound him over to stand trial in circuit court on a first-degree robbery charge. Kamp's ruling Tuesday followed a preliminary hearing in Mississippi County Circuit Court before a standing-room-only crowd...

A state highway damaged by a record crest at Clearwater Dam could reopen by the end of the year, weather permitting. A consultant has finalized designs for Highway HH repairs, which are expected to cost approximately $750,000, said Missouri Department of Transportation area engineer David Wyman...

A recent influx of millipedes has been a cause of frustration for many area residents this summer. Nine-year-old Kate Scott, Poplar Bluff, said she has noticed the pests on her front porch, driveway and in her garage because her cat, Oreo, likes to play with them...

Inspections began today in Wayne County to determine if residents could qualify for individual assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The county was only approved for assistance to help repair community infrastructure when a federal declaration was issued for April 28-May 11 severe weather...

If the highlight of the Fourth of July includes pageants, the Little Miss & Mr. Firecracker, 4th of July pageant, will be July 1 at the Holiday Inn. Registration and doors open at 10 a.m. Arrive 15 minutes before age group time. Attire is red, white and blue for all boys and girls, birth - 5 years old. Pageant wear for 6 and up -- any color. Entry fee is $30 cash only...

Walmart celebrated the opening of its fifth Missouri Training Academy on Thursday at the Walmart Supercenter in Poplar Bluff. Walmart representatives, academy graduates and members of the community gathered for a grand opening celebration that morning. ...

When our founding fathers decided they had suffered enough injustice and indignities of a tyrannical king, they, filled with a fiery patriotism for their new home on the American continent and stirred with a spirit of rebellion, were ready to break the bonds that united them with their motherland. ...

A training session for instructors for First Impact was held recently at the Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission (BRPC) office in Dexter. The training was conducted by Deana Tucker Dothage, director of First Impact and a faculty member of the University of Missouri School of Medicine. She addressed the BRPC at its regular meeting recently...

DUDLEY, Mo. -- In 2008, W.W. Wood Products, Inc and its employees formed a partnership with OSHA. This partnership is a program called the "VPP," Voluntary Protection Program, which OSHA offers to all places of employment throughout the United States. Since then, each year W.W. Wood Product, Inc. has been recognized and has received multiple awards on behalf of their participation in the VPP...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Nike wants to be more nimble on its feet. The sneaker maker plans to focus on the hottest-selling sneakers, slash the number of styles it offers and sell more shoes directly to customers online as part of a restructuring in which it also will cut about 1,400 jobs...

The following items are on the Puxico School Supply Lists: 1 box Kleenex 4 pencils (box of 24) 12 glue sticks 1 pair scissors 1 small school box 2 2-pocket folders (orange & green) 1 package of pencil top erasers 1 box Kleenex 2 yellow highlighters Boys-baby wipes...

DUDLEY, Mo. -- In 2008, W.W. Wood Products, Inc and its employees formed a partnership with OSHA. This partnership is a program called the "VPP," Voluntary Protection Program, which OSHA offers to all places of employment througsphout the United States. Since then, each year W.W. Wood Product, Inc. has been recognized and has received multiple awards on behalf of their participation in the VPP...

The annual Fisk Community Library Rummage Sale will be Thursday-Saturday, July 13-15, in the air conditioned Fisk Community Center, 508 Garfield St., Fisk. The sale will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, July 13-14, and 7 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 15. There will be donations added each day. The sale will end with a $1 bag sale from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday...

Beginning July 1, deer hunters can apply online through the Missouri Department of Conservation's (MDC) website for a shot at more than 100 managed deer hunts throughout the state for archery, muzzleloading, and modern firearms from mid-September through mid-January at conservation areas, state and other parks, national wildlife refuges, and other public areas. Some managed hunts are held specifically for youth or for people with disabilities...

Christine Crader, 88, of Advance passed away June 18, 2017 at the Monticello House in Jackson, Mo. She was born Sept. 18, 1928 at McGee, Mo., the daughter of Noah and Mattie Duniphan Berrong Sr. Christine was a teacher at Advance R-IV School for 37 years. She attended Brownwood General Baptist Church...

PUXICO, Mo, -- Edith J. Randleman, 90, Zalma, Mo. died Saturday, June 24, 2017, at the Advance Nursing and Rehab. Visitation was Monday, June 26 at Morgan Sifford Funeral Home Chapel in Puxico. The funeral was Tuesday at the chapel with Scott Sifford officiating, Burial will be the Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Mo...

William Eugene Carver, 86, of Puxico died June 20, 2017 at the VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Services were held June 23, 2017 at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Puxico. Rev. Lee Roy Hefner of McGee officiated. Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Puxico in charge of arrangements...

FISK, Mo. -- Betty Jane Runyon, 88, formerly of Poplar Bluff, died Sunday, June 25, 2017 at Bluegrass Terrace, in Ashland, Mo. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m., Thursday at South Poplar Bluff General Baptist Church. Funeral services will follow at 1 p.m. at the church with Rev. Jim Hillyer and Craig Hamilton officiating. Burial will be in the Ash Hill Cemetery at Fisk...

The faculty at Puxico School is looking forward to meeting students and families at the Back to School Night Monday, Aug. 14. This event is planned to welcome students in all grade levels back to school. Back to School Night will kick off at 6 p.m. and end around 8 p.m...

From Staff Reports Begin the Independence Day holiday Friday, June 30, with a Movie in the Park beginning at dusk at the Spillway Recreation Area Wappapello Lake sponsored by Southern Bank. Southern Bank has purchased the rights to show the movie on the bank's large inflatable screen. The movie provides a live action version of The Jungle Book with real actors, not cartoons, said Rebecca Hays of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...

Edith Parks along with Hermena and Harold Holigan thank everyone who made Parks' 100th birthday party so much fun and meaningful for her. Sixty-one people joined her in Dallas June 17, the 100th anniversary of her birth. Parks was a resident of Puxico for more than 50 years, before moving in with family. ...

The Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission (BRPC) approved a fiscal year 2018 budget showing revenues of $585,620.32 and expenditures of $438,570. The full commission met at the BRPC offices in Dexter June 15. The purpose of the Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission is to promote and support the economic development of the region and provide technical services including grant applications. ...

The Stoddard County 911 Services Board of Directors was told by Administrator Carol Moreland recently address signs for businesses and households are now available at a cost of $20 per sign, which is the cost of their production. The address signs consist of green stakes with white reflective lettering. Signs without the stakes are $15. Also available are a pair of reflective numbers at a cost of $8...

From Staff Reports The city of Puxico received a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant for the sewer improvement project, Puxico aldermen learned Thursday, June 22. The aldermen reviewed the budget, hired Michelle Priest as a full-time police officer, appointed Larry Doublin as a firefighter and Darrin Martin as the new assistant fire chief...

USDA Rural Development Housing Director, Pam Anglin, today recognized homeowners and the mortgage lender in celebration of June as Homeownership Month. Ms. Anglin presented a certificate to homeowners Becky and David Orton, recognizing their success at achieving the dream of homeownership. Donna Becker with First Midwest Bank was also acknowledged for her partnership in assisting the dream to come true...

By PATRICK BUCHANAN In the first round of the special election for the House seat in Georgia's Sixth District, 30-year-old Jon Ossoff swept 48 percent. He more than doubled the vote of his closest GOP rival, Karen Handel. A Peach State pickup for the Democrats and a huge humiliation for President Trump seemed at hand...

By STEPHEN MOORE The media has hyperobsessed over the Kansas tax hike this year and sold it as a repudiation of supply-side economics. But the real story in the states has been the catastrophic effects of tax-and-spend fiscal policy in Illinois. Last week, Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan endorsed a $5 billion annual income tax hike. ...

By MIKE JENSEN Publisher Sikeston Standard-Democrat Earlier this year, the People's Republic of California imposed a state employee travel ban to four states - Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee - who had passed laws the Californians thought were discriminatory toward the LGBT community...

Selena Denise Ott, 18, of Fairdealing, Mo. died on Saturday, June 24, 2017 in the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. A graveside service will be held in the Van Buren City Cemetery at a later date, with Rev. Don Foerster officiating. Online condolences: www.mcspaddenfh.com...

CAMPBELL, Mo. ~~ Dale Edwards, 74 of Malden, passed away Sunday, June 25, 2017 at the Poplar Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mr. Edwards, son of Tribble Ellsworth Edwards and Janie Lucille Charleston Edwards, was born on May 9, 1943 in Bakersfield, Calif...

Earl Gene West, 78, of Lone Oak, Texas, died Sunday, June 25, 2017 at his home. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, June 30, 2017 at the Dexter Cemetery in Dexter, Mo. with Jeremy Tucker officiating. White Sanders Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Emma Jean Mitchell (Little), 68, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Thursday, June 22, 2017 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Emma was born Oct. 19, 1948 in Webb, Miss. to Beatrice Little and the late William "Bud" Little. After working at Lucy Lee Hospital for 14 years, Emma retired as a CNA. ...

Bobby Eugene Moore, 55, of Poplar Bluff, Mo, passed away Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, June 29, 2017 at Palace of Praise in Poplar Bluff. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, June 30, 2017 at the Palace of Praise in Poplar Bluff. Burial will follow in Brown Chapel Cemetery in Broseley, Mo...

The next chapter of the Malden football program will be written by the same coach who has co-authored one of the most successful runs in school history. For the first time in 13 seasons, Kevin Collier is moving back into an old role for the Green Wave...

The Butler County Fair will be Sept. 28-30 at Ray Clinton park. It will be held in conjunction with the Iron Horse Festival during the same time. The fair will bring back entertainment like barrel racing, bull riding, tractor and truck pull, and the demo derby. ...