Stories from Sunday, April 15, 2018

MALDEN, Mo. -- Bonnie Lou Furlong, 83, of Malden died Thursday, April 12, 2018 at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Monday at Landess Funeral Chapel in Malden followed by the funeral at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. Rev. James Hamlett will officiate. Burial will be the Memorial Park Cemetery in Malden...

So much of what once was is now gone. I am happy to still be able to get the newspaper from a street hawker in front of my business. It is a tradition that goes back centuries. It takes a lot of effort to produce and distribute a newspaper. The machine that prints it is bigger than a bus. ...

Vernon Carl Crossen, 92, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Thursday, April 12, 2018 at Mark Twain Caring Center. Vernon, the son of the late Ollie and Edith Crockett Crossen, was born May 28, 1925 in Neelyville, Mo. He graduated from Neelyville High School and the University of Missouri...

The Poplar Bluff Mules won the first SEMO Conference boys tennis tournament Friday, placing entrants in both the singles and doubles championship matches at Cape Central High School. Brett Keele and Adeesh Mishra won the doubles championship, beating Matt Nussbaum and Levi Wilson, of Cape Central, 6-4, 6-2, in final...

GREENVILLE, Mo. -- A Greenville man was ordered to stand trial Friday morning in connection to the November shooting death of his landlord. Joshua Lawrence Oldham was to appear before Associate Circuit Judge Randy Schuller for a preliminary hearing on the Class A felony of first-degree murder, the unclassified felony of armed criminal action and the Class C felony of unlawful possession of a firearm...

Speaker of the House Todd Richardson believes in light of the controversy surrounding Gov. Eric Greitens, the House will continue to focus on the priorities Missourians sent representatives to Jefferson City to tackle. Greitens is scheduled for trial on May 14 in St. Louis on a felony indictment of invasion of privacy for allegedly taking and transmitting a non consensual photo of the woman while she was partially nude...

The Dexter Bearcats won five events and placed second in the girls division of the Simpson Relays track and field meet Friday at Farmington. The Bearcats amassed 97.5 points, finishing 25 behind first-place Jefferson, of Festus. Dexter's boys finished 10th in the 12-team meet with 30 points. Fox, of Arnold, won with 125...

WASHINGTON -- South Dakota has become what South Carolina once was -- stubborn, pugnacious and wrong. In 1860, South Carolina became the first state to vote to secede. In 2016, South Dakota's legislature picked a fight in the hope that the U.S. Supreme Court would reverse a prior decision, thereby handing the state a policy victory it failed to win in Congress...

VAN BUREN, Mo. -- Flood recovery dollars topping $3.5 million have been approved to repair the historic Carter County Courthouse and replace its jail and sheriff's department, officials announced Friday. Presiding commissioner Donald Black expects work on the projects to begin by early June, after the county starts receiving state and federal money...

Poplar Bluff Police Department expects to lose roughly one-third of its force to retirement in the next eight years, as members say lagging pay, benefits and support for equipment puts them at a hiring disadvantage. A union could help facilitate the conversations that need to take place to protect the quality of the department, according to some members of law enforcement...

WINONA, Mo. -- Jordan Cook pitched a no-hitter for Naylor (4-3) as the Eagles beat Winona 10-0 in five innings. Cook needed just 60 pitches to get the job done and struck out seven. A solitary walk kept him from a perfect game. Winona committed six errors and Naylor scored four runs in both the third and fourth innings. Seth Jones and Evan Bergereon were both 1 for 3 with two runs. Eli Roark was 1 for 3 and drove in three runs. Cody Jones also had three RBIs...

Three Rivers College announced Friday that Karon Campbell will be the third recipient of its Distinguished Alumni Award. Campbell is a TRC graduate who owns Tasteful Creations, a catering company serving numerous events. Campbell will be recognized at a reception from 4:30-6 p.m. April 26 at the Tinnin Fine Arts Center. The public is welcome to attend...

GREENVILLE, Mo. -- A Williamsville, Mo., man was ordered to stand trial Friday morning in connection to the deaths of a couple and their toddler. Drew D. Atchison was to appear before Associate Circuit Judge Randy Schuller for a preliminary hearing on three Class A felonies of first-degree murder, three unclassified felonies of armed criminal action, two Class A felonies of child kidnapping and the Class D felony of first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Raiders fell a spot in the Region XVI standings after losing a pair of close games. Three Rivers was swept by MCC-Maple Woods on Saturday, losing the opener 4-2 and the nightcap 10-6. In the process, the Monarchs overtook Three Rivers in the region standings...

The mother of Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper James Bava was waiting at the finish line Saturday as college students completed the 2018 Badge of Honor Benefit Run in memory of her son, who died in the line of duty. The 10 students from Culver-Stockton College at Canton, Mo., had never met her son, explained Alyce Bava, moments before the 10K racers finished...

DEXTER -- The Dexter softball team answered Advance's challenge. The Bearcats scored seven runs in the fifth inning Friday to beat Advance 12-10 in an SCAA matchup. Dexter built a 4-1 lead through three innings before the Hornets (4-8) scored one in the fourth and five in the fifth to take a 7-4 lead...