Stories from Sunday, July 15, 2012

Residents on the western edge of Butler County will receive tornado warnings when three new sirens are installed. The Butler County Commission has accepted a $77,280 bid from Outdoor Warning Consultant of Jefferson City, Mo., for the sirens and a bid of $8,230 to upgrade the 11 existing sirens to the new narrow band frequency...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Rabbit and poultry judging was a new event at the Butler County Fair Friday evening. "This is our first year. We are very happy with the numbers," said Kristy Wagner, who is the project leader for the 4-H Rabbit Club...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer The Butler County AmeriCorps program has been awarded nearly $253,000 in funds from the Missouri Community Service Commission, the fourth largest grant among 18 organizations in the state receiving support. Approximately $2.5 million will support more than 400 AmeriCorps members across the state as they perform a variety of services, including helping students learn to read, mentoring at-risk youths, responding to disasters, providing food for those in need, and helping non-profits recruit volunteers and achieve their mission. ...

Tankers empty, but landowners still concerned By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor HILLIARD, Mo. -- Part of a freight train carrying empty tankers derailed early Saturday morning near Hilliard, causing the Union Pacific Railroad's north-south line to be shut down as a portion of its track was replaced...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Rabbit and poultry judging was a new event at the Butler County Fair Friday evening. "This is our first year. We are very happy with the numbers," said Kristy Wagner, who is the project leader for the 4-H Rabbit Club...

Residents on the western edge of Butler County will receive tornado warnings when three new sirens are installed. The Butler County Commission has accepted a $77,280 bid from Outdoor Warning Consultant of Jefferson City, Mo., for the sirens and a bid of $8,230 to upgrade the 11 existing sirens to the new narrow band frequency...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WASHINGTON -- Post-revolutionary Libya appears to have elected a relatively moderate pro-Western government. Good news, but tentative because Libya is less a country than an oil well with a long beach and myriad tribes. Popular allegiance to a central national authority is weak. Even if the government of Mahmoud Jibril is able to rein in the militias and establish a functioning democracy, it will be the Arab Spring exception. Consider:...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN San Bernardino, Calif., has now followed Stockton into bankruptcy. Harrisburg and Scranton, Pa., and Jefferson County, Ala., home to Birmingham, are already there to welcome them. Detroit has been taken into receivership by Michigan. A plan under discussion is to level a fourth of the city and reconvert it into the pasture and farmland it used to be a century ago...

Why you are NOT spraying? We know the city is going through some financial difficulty. You see it in the paper. They're cutting back on police services. They're cutting back here, they're cutting back there. They're not doing raises. Blah, blah, blah. ...

Downtown Poplar Bluff Executive Director Penny McGath invites all persons interested in helping with the Iron Horse Festival to attend a meeting at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday in the library media room. McGath, DPB board members and others have been busy making plans for the third annual festival which will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6 in Downtown Poplar Bluff...

Edgar Bolden Edgar Bolden, 77, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, July 12, 2012, at The Manor in Poplar Bluff. Arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service.

John H. Flanigan DEXTER, Mo. -- John H. Flanigan, 67, of Dexter died Friday, July 13, 2012, at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter. Mr. Flanigan was born in Morehouse, Mo., on Jan. 13, 1945. He lived in Essex, Mo., most of his life until moving to Dexter in 2006. He had worked in the sanitation department for the City of Essex...

Caroline Shumpert QULIN, Mo. - Caroline Shumpert, 55, of Senath, Mo., died Thursday, July 12, 2012, at Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett, Mo. Mrs. Shumpert was born Sept. 7, 1956, in Hornersville, Mo. She formerly lived at Qulin and Campbell, Mo., most of her life. She was of the Catholic faith and formerly worked at Stewart's Chicken Farm. She enjoyed playing bingo...

Ruby King MALDEN, Mo. -- Ruby Kathleen King, 85, of Malden died Thursday, July 12, 2012, at the Golden Living Center in Malden. Mrs. King was born March 28, 1927, in Campbell, Mo. She was a member of the Bethany General Baptist Church in Campbell and a homemaker...

Sharon White ELLINGTON, Mo. ­­--Sharon JoAnn White, 68, of Herculaneum, Mo., died Saturday, July 14, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. White was born Dec. 16, 1943, at Blair's Creek in Shannon County. She was a member of the Sugar Tree Grove Baptist Church of Bunker, Mo., and the Fraternal Order of Eagle in Arnold, Mo...

James Riggins ELLSINORE, Mo. -- James "Jim" Edward Riggins, 65, of Ellsinore died Thursday, July 12, 2012, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., after a long battle with Lupus. Mr. Riggins, the son of the late Pat and Opal Riggins, was born July 22, 1946, in Poplar Bluff, Mo...

Curtis "Billy" Richmond FISK, Mo. - Curtis "Billy" Richmond, 32, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, July 13, 2012, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Richmond was born July 16, 1979, in Poplar Bluff. He graduated from Puxico High School and was a member of Star Community Church. He was a machine operator for Union Pacific Railroad and enjoyed riding motorcycles, and playing softball and basketball with his daughter...

Focus Physical Therapy was in tip-top shape all summer long and ended the year undefeated in the Park Department Little League. Focus jumped up on Sturgeon Farms in the championship game Friday night at McLane Park and held off a strong counter surge to win 12-9...

AFGE Local pitcher Jacob Rich was on his game and his teammates' bats followed. Rich had seven strikeouts while not allowing a hit while AFGE had 11 hits as it cruised past Bluff Falls 14-0 in four innings in the title game of the Park Department Pony League tournament Friday night at McLane Park...

Linden Littrell PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Linden Roy Littrell Sr., 71, of Piedmont died Thursday, July 12, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Littrell was born Sept. 29, 1940, to the late Rudy Littrell and the late Velma (Cates) Littrell, in Corning, Ark. Mr. Littrell picked and chopped cotton in Arkansas as he was growing up. He moved to St. Louis, Mo., at 18 and worked for the Couples Company...

Leave it to Tony La Russa to make a pitching change in the middle of an inning during the All-Star Game while leading by eight runs. In what may be his final game as a manager, La Russa was up to his usual tricks that helped him win 2,728 games -- more than everybody except Connie Mack and John McGraw. Maybe his best move came before the game, having Chipper Jones, the Atlanta Braves' eight-time All-Star, talk to the team...

KENNETT -- The Poplar Bluff Piranhas swim team got ready for the season-ending conference championships by taking on the defending champs in their home pool Saturday. Taylor Norwood won four events, Alessandra and Angelica Rubi each won three times while Julia Dragon and Gavin Vaughn won twice. Talan McDaniel and Haylee Dragon each won a race for Poplar Bluff...

NORMAN, Okla. -- Three years removed from his decision to stay in school at Oklahoma after winning the Heisman Trophy, St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford still believes he made the right move. And he's not about to question why current Sooners QB Landry Jones decided to follow in his footsteps...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WASHINGTON -- Post-revolutionary Libya appears to have elected a relatively moderate pro-Western government. Good news, but tentative because Libya is less a country than an oil well with a long beach and myriad tribes. Popular allegiance to a central national authority is weak. Even if the government of Mahmoud Jibril is able to rein in the militias and establish a functioning democracy, it will be the Arab Spring exception. Consider:...

Ruby King MALDEN, Mo. -- Ruby Kathleen King, 85, of Malden died Thursday, July 12, 2012, at the Golden Living Center in Malden. Mrs. King was born March 28, 1927, in Campbell, Mo. She was a member of the Bethany General Baptist Church in Campbell and a homemaker...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN San Bernardino, Calif., has now followed Stockton into bankruptcy. Harrisburg and Scranton, Pa., and Jefferson County, Ala., home to Birmingham, are already there to welcome them. Detroit has been taken into receivership by Michigan. A plan under discussion is to level a fourth of the city and reconvert it into the pasture and farmland it used to be a century ago...

Sharon White ELLINGTON, Mo. ­­--Sharon JoAnn White, 68, of Herculaneum, Mo., died Saturday, July 14, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. White was born Dec. 16, 1943, at Blair's Creek in Shannon County. She was a member of the Sugar Tree Grove Baptist Church of Bunker, Mo., and the Fraternal Order of Eagle in Arnold, Mo...

Why you are NOT spraying? We know the city is going through some financial difficulty. You see it in the paper. They're cutting back on police services. They're cutting back here, they're cutting back there. They're not doing raises. Blah, blah, blah. ...

Curtis "Billy" Richmond FISK, Mo. - Curtis "Billy" Richmond, 32, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, July 13, 2012, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Richmond was born July 16, 1979, in Poplar Bluff. He graduated from Puxico High School and was a member of Star Community Church. He was a machine operator for Union Pacific Railroad and enjoyed riding motorcycles, and playing softball and basketball with his daughter...

James Riggins ELLSINORE, Mo. -- James "Jim" Edward Riggins, 65, of Ellsinore died Thursday, July 12, 2012, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., after a long battle with Lupus. Mr. Riggins, the son of the late Pat and Opal Riggins, was born July 22, 1946, in Poplar Bluff, Mo...

Linden Littrell PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Linden Roy Littrell Sr., 71, of Piedmont died Thursday, July 12, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Littrell was born Sept. 29, 1940, to the late Rudy Littrell and the late Velma (Cates) Littrell, in Corning, Ark. Mr. Littrell picked and chopped cotton in Arkansas as he was growing up. He moved to St. Louis, Mo., at 18 and worked for the Couples Company...

Focus Physical Therapy was in tip-top shape all summer long and ended the year undefeated in the Park Department Little League. Focus jumped up on Sturgeon Farms in the championship game Friday night at McLane Park and held off a strong counter surge to win 12-9...

NORMAN, Okla. -- Three years removed from his decision to stay in school at Oklahoma after winning the Heisman Trophy, St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford still believes he made the right move. And he's not about to question why current Sooners QB Landry Jones decided to follow in his footsteps...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...

Producers are urged to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event within 15 days of the disaster or when the loss first becomes apparent, this includes crops covered by crop insurance, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and crops without insurance coverage, said Aaron Sandlin, Butler County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director...