Stories from Friday, September 21, 2012

BROSELEY -- After meeting in last spring's Class 2 sectional game, the Twin Rivers Royals and Greenville Bears have been in rebuild mode so far this fall. Each team was looking for it's first Ozark Foothills Conference win of the fall Monday and the Royals busted open a tie game in the fifth inning and went on to win 7-2...

NEELYVILLE -- Braden Dennis' two-run homer in the bottom of the second was just enough for the Neelyville Tigers as they earned a crucial Ozark Foothills Conference victory over Clearwater, 2-1, Monday afternoon. Clearwater (2-1 OFC) took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning Malachi Ezell scored on an RBI by Cory Devenport...

Rena Anthony Photo Rena Kay Anthony, 42, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center after a hard-fought battle with liver cancer. Rena was born on April 1, 1970 at Walter Knox Memorial Hospital in Emmett, Idaho. ...

Leslie Spitzer NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Leslie Jay Spitzer, 85, of Naylor, Mo., died Monday, Sept. 17, 2012 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Spitzer was born Aug. 27, 1927, at Bells, Tenn. He was of the Baptist faith and was a self-employed auto mechanic. He had lived in Ripley County 40 years and previously lived in St. Louis, Mo...

Eva Black Eva Lucille Black, 90, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service of Poplar Bluff.