Stories from Tuesday, May 7, 2013

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo.--Joe Foster of Fisk, Mo., has received the University Scholarship and Residence Life Leadership Award to attend Southeast Missouri State University for the 2013-2014 academic year. Foster is the son of Josh and Amy Besher of Fisk. He will be a 2013 graduate of Twin Rivers High School in Broseley, Mo...

Robert Sanders DEXTER, Mo.-Robert Wayne Sanders, 87, of Dexter, died Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at the Golden Living Center in Dexter. Funeral arrangements are pending with the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

The 8th District Missouri Federation of Women's Democratic Clubs recently held its annual Spring Convention at the VFW Hall in Doniphan, Mo. Hospitality night was full of fun entertainment with Dr. Jack Rushin and Lori Greene as Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, Carla Moore as Patsy Cline, Lori Green as Tina Turner and Dee Garrison, Karen Slicer and Marge Rushin as the Ikettes. ...

American Homecare will be hosting a blood pressure and nail clinic from 9-10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 23, at the Qulin Nutrition Center. There will be free blood pressure monitoring, nail care, manicures and pedicures.

Peggy Blake MALDEN, Mo.--Peggy Sue Blake, 89, of Malden, died Monday, May 6, 2013 at Woodlawn Hills Nursing in Marble Hill, Mo. Visitation will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Bradshaw Chapel in Malden. Burial will follow at Malden Memorial Park Cemetery...

Andrew Robinson NEELYVILLE, Mo.-Andrew Robinson, 83, of Matthews, Mo., died Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at Sells Rest Home in Matthews. Visitation will be from noon-1 p.m., Wednesday at Fowler-Sullivan Memorial Chapel in Neelyville. Graveside service will be at 1:30 p.m. in the Neelyville Cemetery...

By GEORGE WILL WASHINGTON -- People who talk incessantly often talk imprecisely, and Barack Obama, who is as loquacious as he is impressed with his verbal dexterity, has talked himself into a corner concerning Syria and chemical weapons. This is condign punishment for his rhetorical carelessness, but the nation's credibility, not just his, will suffer. ...

Stella Anthony Stella Mable Anthony (Fears), 98, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Saturday, May 4, 2013 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Anthony was the daughter of the late Charles Edward Fears and Susie Myrtle Buckner Fears. She was born Nov. ...