Stories from Thursday, August 30, 2018

By MARC A. THIESSEN For the first time, I understand how the Reformation happened. Reading the stunning letter from Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano -- in which the former papal nuncio says he had personally informed Pope Francis five years ago about the serious accusations against then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick -- is both heartbreaking and enraging. If Vigano is right, it means the corruption in the Catholic Church has reached not just the highest levels of Roman Curia but the papacy itself...

By WALTER E. WILLIAMS The Immigration and Nationality Act mandates that all immigrants and refugees undergo a medical screening examination to determine whether they have an inadmissible health condition. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has technical instructions for medical examination of prospective immigrants in their home countries before they are permitted to enter the U.S. ...

By MICHELLE MALKIN In the competition of ideas, you can't win the game if you're not on the playing field. That's why Silicon Valley bigwigs' stubborn refusal to put business above their own personal partisan biases doesn't just rankle. It reeks. Equal access to social media is not just about sharing food pics, pet videos, makeup tutorials and travelogues. It's about ensuring the ability to disseminate and distribute political speech on the world's biggest platforms...

Things are about to "get real" for hunters in Southeast Missouri when the fall dove hunting season kicks off Saturday. Full of history and tradition in the region, the dove opener typically draws large numbers of hunters to Stoddard, Dunklin and other area counties where doves are prevalent...

Charles Boyles, 86, of Fisk, Mo., son of the late Harry Silas and Myrtha Juanita Abney Boyles, was born in Dexter, Mo. Dec. 1, 1931, and passed away at the Westwood Hills Nursing Center in Poplar Bluff Aug. 29, 2018. He also married Norma Glenn June 25, 1955 in Dexter. He also served his country as a 1st LT. in the Army. Charles graduated from University of Missouri in 1953...

MALDEN,Mo. -- John Lloyd Tolbert, 96, of Campbell Mo., died Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. Visitation will be at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018 in the chapel. Burial will be in Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton, Mo...

PUXICO, Mo. -- Evelyn Gillespie, 89, formerly of Puxico, died Dec. 11, 2017, and was cremated. Visitation will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, at Morgan Sifford Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Puxico Cemetery followed by a memorial at Indian Hills Winery...

Raymond Edward "Ed" Miller, 60, of Poplar Bluff, died Monday, Aug. 27, 2018 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday at Bluff First Church with the funeral service following at 10 a.m. The Rev. T. J. Woodward will officiate. Burial will be in the Woodlawn section of the Poplar Bluff City Cemetery...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) invites waterfowl hunters to participate in two live webcasts where staff will present results from MDC's Managed Waterfowl Hunt Program Evaluation and answer participants' questions. The live webcasts will be Sept. 6 from 7-8 p.m. and Sept. 12 from 12-1 p.m...

COLUMBIA -- Drew Lock mastered a 100-plus-page playbook, picked apart defenses with a no-huddle offense and had defenders playing downfield out of honor to his arm. All at the veteran age of 11. Lock's full-time career as a quarterback began in 2008, on the field behind Campbell Middle School in Lee's Summit, where he surprised opponents and astounded coaches. ...

For the second straight week, Poplar Bluff is hosting a big, athletic team from St. Louis, only this time it should start on time. Mules head coach David Sievers expects Riverview Gardens to run a similar offense to Sumner with Transportation and Law, which Poplar Bluff beat 50-8 last week after the Mules scored 28 points in the first quarter...

VAN BUREN -- FEMA got it wrong. Gene Oakley hopes Carter County won't. The stone facade courthouse -- the only one of its kind in Missouri -- dates back to 1871, according to the former presiding commissioner, former state representative, former school superintendent and local historian...

A graduate of Poplar Bluff High School has assumed command of a platoon of nearly 900 Marines in North Carolina following a Change of Command ceremony earlier this summer for Lieutenant Colonel Christopher C. McDonald II. McDonald's parents, Colvin and Jane of Poplar Bluff, along with his sisters and nieces and five family members from Atlanta, Ga., all made the trip to Cherry Point, N.C., to witness the momentous occasion...

Marquis Terry isn't shy. He wants you to know that. But he doesn't dispute what his coaches and teammates say. It's true. If he doesn't know you, the Southeast Missouri State running back won't open up to you. The first time he spoke to assistant football coach Ghaali Muhammad-Lankford, Terry said about two or three words. ...