Stories from Tuesday, October 10, 2017

A weekend of Ozark traditions and storytelling will help ring in the fall at Alley Spring. The annual Haunting in the Hills will be held Friday and Saturday. Folkway demonstrations, hands-on activities, food vendors, traditional dancing, bluegrass music and other performances will bring to life the spirits of the past, according to organizers with the Ozark National Scenic Riverways...

A broken gas line caused a brief evacuation of three Poplar Bluff businesses in the Eight Points Shopping Center around 9:25 a.m. Monday. According to reports from the Poplar Bluff Fire Department, city firefighters responded to a call for a gas leak at 3025 Oak Grove Road. Upon arrival, they reported a smell of gas in the air and stated a heavy equipment operator told crews he had hit a gas line. He directed crews to the location of the busted pipe behind the building...

By MARYBETH NIEDERKORN SEMO News Service CAPE GIRARDEAU -- College algebra is leaving the curriculum as of Fall 2018, according to Southeast Missouri State University Math Department officials, and will be replaced by one of several courses better adapted to a student's degree path...

WILLIAMSVILLE, Mo. -- Rudy C. Fuchs, 81, of Williamsville, died Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be held from 6 -8 p.m., Thursday, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Williamsville. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Friday, at Markham Springs. Burial will be at Chapel Hill Cemetery...

By MONA CHAREN All countries have mental illness, but its expression differs dramatically by culture. Historically, in Southeast Asia, men whose minds were coming unglued displayed symptoms of wild, uncontrolled violence. It was called "amok" and entered our language as "running amok." In the Middle East, the afflicted showed symptoms called "zar" -- inappropriate outbursts of laughing, singing and screaming. ...

PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Carolyn Butler, 73, of Piedmont, died Monday, Oct. 9, 2017 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are pending with Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Piedmont.

I have been following the actions of these black athletes that feel they have a right to sit or kneel when our national anthem is being played. Their assumptions that this country owes them something has made me to write what I feel about their actions...

GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Debbie Stewart, 47, of Silva, died Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medial Center in Poplar Bluff. Visitation will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, at the Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Greenville. Funeral services will follow at noon, Thursday, at the funeral home chapel with Pastor Brenda Henson officiating. Burial will be in the Crossroads Cemetery at Lowndes...

PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Mary L. Harrison, 80, of Piedmont, died Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, at the Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Piedmont. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, at the funeral home chapel...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Dallas owner Jerry Jones said the NFL can't leave the impression it tolerates players disrespecting the flag and any Cowboys making such displays won't play. Jones had his strongest comments so far on the national anthem controversy Sunday night. They started with his response to a question about Vice President Mike Pence leaving the game in Indianapolis after about a dozen San Francisco players knelt during the anthem...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is suggesting the U.S. change its tax laws to punish organizations like the NFL if members are "disrespecting" the national anthem or flag. The NFL gave up its federal tax-exempt status a few years ago and now files tax returns as a taxable entity. So it's unlikely that Trump's proposal, tweeted in the early hours Tuesday, would change anything...

Billie Joe Butler Sr. 74, of Poplar Bluff passed away Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017 at the Missouri Veteran's Home in Cape Girardeau. Mr. Butler was born Dec. 27, 1942 in Poplar Bluff, Mo, to the late Harvey and Lillian(Spangle) Butler. He was of the Baptist faith. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He was a retired postal worker and enjoyed hunting, fishing and raising his grandkids...

MALDEN, Mo. -- James Kean, 91, of Malden, died Monday, Oct. 9, 2016 at his residence. Visitation will be at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 11, at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral will be at 2 p.m., Thursday, at Bradshaw Chapel in Malden Rev. Earnest Puckett officating. Burial in Rosewood Cemetery in Malden with military rites...

DEXTER -- In a potential preview for the MSHSAA Class 3 District 1 championship game, the winning team was possibly the team that played worse. Dexter, the top seed and defending district champion, beat Notre Dame 25-17, 21-25, 25-14 on Monday at the Bearcat Events Center...

Sandy Nunley, 71, died Sunday Oct. 8, 2017, in Poplar Bluff. She was born March 1, 1946, in Poplar Bluff to Millard Thomas and Melba Nadine (Warren) Gilliam. She spent most of her life in Poplar Bluff, graduating from Poplar Bluff High School in 1964...

ELLSINORE, Mo. -- Misty Dawn Flores, 41, of Qulin, died Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, at her residene. Visitation will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday, at the McSpadden Funeral Home in Ellsinore, with the funeral service following at 2 p.m. in the Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Tom Wilder will be officiating. Burial: Whites Mill Cemetery...

By DAR STAFF CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The Poplar Bluff volleyball team served up a third straight win in its final tune-up before the conference and district tournaments Monday. The Mules had six aces and finished with a 91.8 service percentage in a 25-17, 25-12 win at Cape Central to end SEMO North Conference play 4-3...

DALLAS -- A young and hampered Raiders roster learned a sobering lesson Saturday. Competitive and talented, they are. A top 10 team they are not. At least for now. With nine active players, Three Rivers went 2-1 in its preseason opener Saturday at the Dallas Jamboree. The Raiders, who open their regular season against Tallahassee and Link Year Prep in the First Midwest Bank Classic on Nov. 3-4, beat Northwest Kansas Tech 51-40 and Lamar 60-43 while losing 71-47 to South Plains...