Stories from Thursday, August 4, 2011

Last summer, Quinton Stevens was about as excited and enthusiastic as it gets to have the chance to move to Florida, a hotbed for college baseball, and been seen. Stevens, a 2010 Bernie graduate, had a promising start to his post-high school career in the fall and was the closer for Northwest Florida State Raiders. ...

Due to a scheduling conflict, Johnny Lee, known for his hit "Lookin' for Love (In All the Wrong Places)" will replace Survivor's Jimi Jamison in "Unplugged at the Rodgers" Sept. 17 at the Historic Rodgers Theatre. "The lead singer of Survivor had something come up," said theater board member Jim Hoyt. "He is spending the month of September in Germany. He is going to be touring with Toto and they're going to be doing shows throughout Europe."...

Electrical usage in Poplar Bluff, Mo., tied a record as the temperature at the airport soared to 104 and the heat index reached a smothering 126 Wednesday afternoon. It was even hotter in Downtown Poplar Bluff where readings climbed to 109 with a heat index of 133 due to heat rising off the pavement and sidewalks...

A Poplar Bluff, Mo., man and his brother are being held on a $1 million cash bond after being charged with robbing and burglarizing a local home where they are accused of wielding a gun and stealing a television. Atari J.D. Amos, 29, of the 1000 block of Stella and his 19-year-old brother, Alvin Rodrick Burnam of Albion, Mich., were charged Wednesday with the Class A felony of first-degree robbery, the Class B felony of first-degree burglary and the unclassified felony of armed criminal action by Butler County Prosecuting Attorney Kevin Barbour.. ...