Stories from Monday, August 13, 2012

By MELISSA MILLER SEMO News Service Thanks to irrigation, the Missouri bootheel will have some of the best corn yields in the U.S. this year despite the heat and drought. According to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture yield estimates, Southeast Missouri will have the highest corn yield in the state, despite being in the most extreme category on the U.S. drought monitor...

The Ozark Foothills Regional Planning Commission's Transportation Advisory Committee has identified 2012-2013 project and maintenance priorites for Butler, Carter, Reynolds, Ripley and Wayne counties. 2012-2013 Project Priority List Butler County 1. Four Lane Highway 67 south to Arkansas State Line...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Missouri Department of Transportation officials presented reports on current and future projects during the Ozark Foothills Regional Planning Commission's recent Transportation Advisory Committee meeting. Southeast District Engineer Mark Shelton reported good progress is being made on the new interchange at Bypass 67 and Oak Grove Road and clearing work is underway for five additional miles of four-lane U.S. ...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer A demographic study completed this summer for Poplar Bluff schools predicts growing district enrollment in the next 10 years could require nearly 100,000 square feet of additional building space. The study was commissioned as part of an effort by a 16-member committee of administrators, board members and community members to create a long range plan for Poplar Bluff R-I, according to Superintendent Chris Hon...

The Ozark Foothills Regional Planning Commission's Transportation Advisory Committee has identified 2012-2013 project and maintenance priorites for Butler, Carter, Reynolds, Ripley and Wayne counties. 2012-2013 Project Priority List Butler County 1. Four Lane Highway 67 south to Arkansas State Line...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Missouri Department of Transportation officials presented reports on current and future projects during the Ozark Foothills Regional Planning Commission's recent Transportation Advisory Committee meeting. Southeast District Engineer Mark Shelton reported good progress is being made on the new interchange at Bypass 67 and Oak Grove Road and clearing work is underway for five additional miles of four-lane U.S. ...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer A demographic study completed this summer for Poplar Bluff schools predicts growing district enrollment in the next 10 years could require nearly 100,000 square feet of additional building space. The study was commissioned as part of an effort by a 16-member committee of administrators, board members and community members to create a long range plan for Poplar Bluff R-I, according to Superintendent Chris Hon...

Richard Luke WILLIAMSVILLE, Mo. -- Richard Luke, 31, of St. Charles, Mo., died recently in St. Charles. Funeral arrangements are pending with Ruegg Funeral Home in Williamsville, Mo.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUS NUMBERS 2012-2013 EUGENE FIELD BUS NUMBERS 4 - 11 - 13 - 18 - 19 - 37 LAKE ROAD BUS NUMBERS 24 - 28 - 21 - 6 - 38 - 45 OAK GROVE BUS NUMBERS 15 - 16 - 30 - 29 - 33 - 34 O'NEAL BUS NUMBERS 17 - 25 - 31 - 35 - 36 KINDERGARTEN CENTER P.M. BUS NUMBERS...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN This week, the friends of Barack Obama introduced into the political battle of 2012 the moral equivalent of poison gas. In an ad produced by the super PAC Priorities USA, Mitt Romney is charged with moral, if not material, complicity in the cancer death of the wife of a Missouri steelworker...

By REG HENRY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Money makes the world go round. Or is it love that makes the world go round? Or is it astrophysical forces unleashed at the creation of the planet that make it go round? It is a bafflement. But one thing for certain is that money is what makes the political world go round and then go haywire...

Abiella Richmond DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Abiella Lynn Richmond, 6 months old, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, at St. Louis Children's Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Abiella was born Feb. 1, 2012, to Kevin and Julie (Tesreau) Richmond of Poplar Bluff...

By OLIVER NORTH WASHINGTON -- According to the pollsters and the so-called mainstream media, as of the dead of summer, the presidential contest between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney is a dead heat. We also are told this race is all about the "economy" or "jobs" or "middle-class taxes" or "repealing Obamacare." Or not...

Bertha Goodwin Bertha Goodwin, 87, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, in Poplar Bluff. Funeral arrangements are pending with Fitch-Hillis Funeral Home of Poplar Bluff.

Ronald Toppins PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Ronald G. Toppins, 56, of Annapolis, Mo., died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Toppins was born April 16, 1956, in St. Louis, Mo. He lived in South St. Louis, Mo., until he was 14 years old. He attended Fremont grade school. ...

Timothy Wallace PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Timothy Kent Wallace, 50, of Piedmont, Mo., died Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Wallace was born Oct. 5, 1961, in Poplar Bluff. He was a lifelong resident of Piedmont and graduated from Clearwater High School. ...

Joan Teague FISK, Mo. -- Joan Elsworth Teague, 51, of Puxico, Mo., died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mrs. Teague was born Feb. 20, 1961, in Dexter, Mo. She had lived at Puxico for the past two and a half years. ...

Tillman Fouts PUXICO, Mo. -- Tillman Joe Fouts, 79, of Desoto, Mo., died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Mr. Fouts was born Aug. 23, 1932, in Wayne County. Mr. Fouts formerly lived in Shook, Mo., and St. Louis, Mo. He was a member of Jack Town New Liberty Church. He worked for 32 years as a welder in St. Louis on ships and in steel. He enjoyed hunting and fishing...

Timothy Wallace PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Timothy Kent Wallace, 50, of Piedmont, Mo., died Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Wallace was born Oct. 5, 1961, in Poplar Bluff. He was a lifelong resident of Piedmont and graduated from Clearwater High School. ...

Joan Teague FISK, Mo. -- Joan Elsworth Teague, 51, of Puxico, Mo., died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mrs. Teague was born Feb. 20, 1961, in Dexter, Mo. She had lived at Puxico for the past two and a half years. ...

Tillman Fouts PUXICO, Mo. -- Tillman Joe Fouts, 79, of Desoto, Mo., died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Mr. Fouts was born Aug. 23, 1932, in Wayne County. Mr. Fouts formerly lived in Shook, Mo., and St. Louis, Mo. He was a member of Jack Town New Liberty Church. He worked for 32 years as a welder in St. Louis on ships and in steel. He enjoyed hunting and fishing...