Stories from Tuesday, January 30, 2018

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens' fiscal 2019 budget plan would result in less state funding for Southeast Missouri State University in the fiscal year that begins July 1, the school's president said. Greitens proposed $28.7 billion budget for fiscal 2019 would give Missouri's public colleges and universities $92 million less than originally budgeted for the current fiscal year and $68 million less than they actually are expected to receive based on cuts the governor previously made to the 2018 budget.. ...

MALDEN, Mo. -- Three Rivers College announced on Monday it will discontinue course offerings at its Malden campus, effective at the end of the spring 2018 semester. TRC president Dr. Wesley Payne cited budgetary reasons, declining enrollment and a decrease in demand for face-to-face and interactive television (ITV) course offerings at TRC-Malden...

As a right-leaning libertarian, my heart goes out to liberal pundits right now, who face the unenviable task of explaining to the Democratic base that they are probably not going to get very much of what they want on immigration. This is going to be a deeply unpleasant experience, and I feel their pain...

Blanche Nadine Cate, 86, of Greenville died Jan, 18, 2018 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Services were held Jan. 24, 2108 at the Ermert Funeral Home in Corning, Ark. Rev. Ernie Cate of Puxico officiated. Burial followed at the Post Oak Cemetery in McDougal, Ark...

By ADRIANA COHEN The conspiratorial plotting against Donald Trump before and after the 2016 presidential election makes Watergate look like tiddlywinks, and with each passing day, we see a growing body of evidence of seismic corruption at the FBI and elsewhere to subvert our democracy...

Carlos W. Lynch, 90, of Cadiz, Ky. passed away Jan. 18, 2018 at the Western Kentucky Veterans Center in Hanson, Ky. He was born Sept. 7, 1927 in Dudley, Mo. to the late Bennie and Bessie Lee Robinson Lynch. Mr. Lynch enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1945 and served on the island of Guam for two years after the war. ...

To the Editor, Well, it is time for a response to all the negative comments regarding our council's current endeavor. We all need to be reminded that we voted for our council members to make decisions on our behalf. We trust them to spend our money, to invest it wisely and most of all to help resolve the needs of our great city. Unfortunately, they are NOT PERFECT and will make mistakes and don't we all. The past is behind us and we can only move forward and not waste time looking back...

Willard Doyle Eubanks, 96, of Bloomfield died Jan. 25, 2018 at the Southeast Health of Stoddard County Emergency Room in Dexter. Services were held Jan.uary 27, 2018 at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Rev. Gary Eubanks officiated. Interment followed at the Gravel Hill Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Cleo M. Hargrave, 89, of Puxico died Jan. 22, 2018 at the Puxico Nursing Home. Services were held Jan. 27, 2018 at the Morgan Sifford Funeral Home in Puxico. Scott Sifford officiated. Burial followed in the Morgan Memorial Park in Advance.

DONIPHAN, Mo. - Waymon Little, 72, lifelong resident of Doniphan, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mr. Little, son of Willie and Dorothy "McGee" Little, was born Aug. 17, 1945, in Doniphan. He had retired from Vitronic Manufacturing. Waymon enjoyed fishing, traveling, old cars, old music and Cardinals baseball. Mr. Little was a former member of the Doniphan R-1 School Board serving from 1986-1993 and he loved his hometown...

CAMPBELL, Mo. - James O'Neal, 77, of Campbell, passed away on Saturday, January 27, 2018 at the University Of St. Louis Hospital in St. Louis. James, son of John "Tot" and Tinie Hattie Smith O'Neal, was born on Sunday, May 12, 1940 in Campbell. He was a 2nd generation peach grower and did this all his life with the exception of the 20 years he put in at Darling Store Fixtures in Piggott, Arkansas. He was a 55 year Mason and was a member of the Sunnyvale General Baptist Church...

ELLSINORE, Mo. - Mack Earnest Todd, 56, died Monday, Jan. 29, 2018, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. A private service will be held at a later date. Online condolences: www.mcspaddenfh.com

I do not know who wrote the seventy-third Psalm, but was a man that had fought a terrific battle within his own life, and won. This little psalm shows us two ways in which his religion affected his life. First it made him miserable, then happy and content. ...

Dessie Whoberry, 96, died Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018. Visitation will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 3 at Fitch-Hillis Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff. A graveside will follow at 11 a.m. at City Cemetery. A complete obituary will be in Thursday's paper.

DONIPHAN, Mo. - Mary Carolyn Smith, 72, died Tuesday, January 16, 2018. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, January 30 at the Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan. The funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in the Amity Cemetery near Doniphan...

DEXTER, Mo. -- John L. Pettig, 83, of Dexter died Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, at the Dexter Nursing Center. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Friday at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. The funeral will follow at 3 p.m. at the Missouri Veteran's Cemetery in Bloomfield...

GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Emma Magyline Matchett, 90, of Greenville, died Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, at Greenville Health Care Center, in Greenville. A family memorial service will be at a later date. Condolences: www.whitesandersfuneralhome.com

PUXICO, Mo. -- Alice Hodge Langston, 83, of Puxico, died Monday, Jan. 29, 2018, at her home. Funeral services are pending with Morgan Sifford Funeral Home of Puxico.

MALDEN, Mo. -- Janice Fay Carter, 71, of Bernie, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, at her home. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Walker Cemetery in Bloomfield, Mo...

The fate of the Stoddard County Sheltered Workshop is still unknown as the date draws near for a new facility, Stoddard County Progressive Industries, Inc., to open its doors to employ Stoddard County's developmentally delayed. The new facility will house a clothing recycle store that will carry the name, "Echoes," and is scheduled to open in early March...

Ron Resnik, 71, of Poplar Bluff, passed away on Saturday, January 27, 2018, at his residence. He was born on July 3, 1946, to Lawrence and Vineta (Womack) Resnik in Poplar Bluff. He graduated from Poplar Bluff High School in 1964. After graduation, he attended Christan Brothers College in Memphis, Tenn., and then enlisted in the United States Air Force and was honorably discharged as a staff sergeant. Ron owned Resnik Insurance Adjusting Services for over 40 years...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Ava Jean Kight, 3 years, 7 months and 18 days old, of Bell City, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, at St. Louis Children's Hospital. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home in Bloomfield. Burial will follow in the Oak Ridge Cemetery near Bloomfield...

POCAHONTAS, Ark. --Taylor Norwood and Raegan McAtee each won individual races, finished second in another and swam a leg on the winning 400-meter freestyle relay as the Poplar Bluff swim team won a nine-team meet Monday. The Mules had 20 top-5 finishes to win by 132.5 points, dominating the individual medley and butterfly events. Poplar Bluff took the top three spots in the IM and three of the top five places in the butterfly...

Gerald "Jerry" Deal, 84, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, at his home. Mr. Deal was born April 29, 1933, in Poplar Bluff. He was a member of Second Baptist Church of Poplar Bluff, worked as a contractor. A veteran, he served in the U.S. Air Force. Mr. Deal enjoyed hunting and fishing...

NEELYVILLE -- Twin Rivers coach Kelly Westerfield has told her team that the gameplan against them is to get them to take a quick shot and then don't give up a rebound. The Royals, a team that prefers to play fast and run, fell into exactly that gameplan with the Ozark Foothills Conference regular season title on the line...

PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Robert Eugene "Bob" Frye, 78, of Piedmont, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, at his residence. Bob was born Aug. 27, 1939, to parents Earnie and Delphia (Duncan) Frye at Eminence, Mo. He grew up in the Ellington area, attending school there and later moved to St. ...

NAYLOR -- Tied at halftime, the Twin Rivers Royals edged Naylor in the third quarter before holding on in the fourth to win 49-43 in an Ozark Foothills Conference game Monday. Zach Hargraves took all of Twin Rivers' free throws in the fourth quarter, going 4 for 7 in the frame and 6 for 9 overall for a team-high 16 points. Aaron Mittlestadt also had 16 points and Jamie Robards added 11 for the Royals (10-9)...

April 3 Puxico election ballot for school board will include John Davis and Dusty Stroud, whose terms will be expiring. Both have refiled, along with Charles Burns and Michael Owens. Stroud was appointed to the position following the death of a board member...

Puxico High School students will be among the 14 schools and 450 students participating in the FBLA District 20 Leadership Conference Friday, Feb. 2, at the Tinnin Center on the Three Rivers College campus. The other schools will include Advance, Bell City, Clearwater, Current River Career Center, East Carter County, Greenville, Naylor, Neelyville, Poplar Bluff, Southern Reynolds County (Ellington), Twin Rivers, Van Buren and Zalma...

EMINENCE, Mo. -- Ozark National Scenic Riverways will hold an Owl Prowl Friday, Feb. 2 at Alley Spring. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. at Alley Spring General Store. Rangers will discuss facts and folklore about these little understood hunters of the night, according to organizers...

Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers in Southeast Missouri are joining a growing number of law enforcement agencies now carrying an antidote for opioid overdoses in their cars. Patrol officials received boxes of the nasal spray Narcan on Thursday from representatives of the Saint Francis Foundation, Black River Healthcare Foundation and Black River Medical Center...

From Staff Reports The city of Puxico will allow water customers' mailing addresses to be used by Air Evac for a promotional effort, according to minutes from the Thursday, Jan. 18 board of alderman meeting. Air Evac's parent company, AirMedCare, would like to send information and offer a 10 percent discount on annual family memberships, said Linda White, a representative of the company...

District 151 State Rep. Herman Morse of Dexter has been settling into his new role in Jefferson City, having been officially sworn in Jan. 10. Morse will serve on three separate committees while representing District 151 in the House. His committees will include the Agriculture Policy, Corrections and Public Institutions and Consent and House Procedures...

From Staff Reports SIKESTON -- The regular customers at Bo's Breakfast and Bar-B-Q were in for a treat Thursday morning, Jan. 25, when nationally known television journalist Diane Sawyer and her film crew stopped in for a visit -- and homemade breakfast, of course...

Ducks and geese have returned to Southeast Missouri in a big way after all the widespread ice melted. When everything was locked up with ice, there were very few birds hanging around what open water they could find, which was mostly on the rivers and a few isolated pockets in the open...

DEXTER, Mo. -- Fourteen minutes, 17 seconds. That's how many minutes the second-seeded Advance Hornets needed Jan. 26 to surpass their point total from the previous night in the semifinals of the Stoddard County Activities Association Tournament. A night after losing 63-42 to third-seeded Bernie, the Hornets bounced back to beat the fourth-seeded Puxico Indians 92-69 to win the tournament's third-place game...