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N'ville child is killed in wreck
(Local News ~ 09/20/13)
A 4-year-old Neelyville, Mo., girl was killed and three others seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash at 11:10 a.m. Wednesday on U.S. 67, one mile south of Neelyville. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Rayeline A. Collins was killed in a crash, which occurred as the 1999 Kia Sportage she was riding in allegedly struck the rear of Summer D. Frazier's southbound 1995 Dodge pickup as the truck was stopped in traffic...
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Will be in Cape Girardeau Monday to start filming Emmy host has Gone Girl role
(Local News ~ 09/20/13)
By KEITH LEWIS SEMO News Service Neil Patrick Harris, who has landed the supporting role of Desi Collins in 20th Century Fox's feature film "Gone Girl," said in an interview that the project is exciting and that he will be coming to Missouri on Monday for filming...
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Recovery Fest at Wapp. lake Saturday
(Local News ~ 09/20/13)
By SARABETH WALLER Staff Writer "You have to break the shame and stigma. You have to make it where it's OK. You can't make it a shameful thing to do, because then no one wants to do it." Those words on recovery by the Regional Recovery Network's Austin Montague are the driving force behind the fifth annual Recovery Fest Family Fun Day, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Redman Creek Recreation Area at Wappapello Lake...
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Riffle family plays key role 25th ride for Haven House set Saturday
(Local News ~ 09/20/13)
By BARBARA ANN HORTON News Editor The Riffle family will be busy Saturday at the 25th anniversary Haven House Trail Ride. Suzanne Riffle, her husband Dr. Matt Riffle, and their son, Alex, will play important roles in the trail ride. When Suzzane Riffle joined the Haven House board of directors in 2007, she brought her family onboard with her...
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Old G'ville Days Sat. & Sun.
(Local News ~ 09/20/13)
WBy SARABETH WALLER Staff Writer Visitors to the 22nd Annual Old Greenville Days Saturday and Sunday will see familiar faces, as bluegrass band Buzzard Run will play the event for the 22nd year in a row. The free event is hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake in conjunction with the Wayne County Historical Society, the 10th Missouri Light Artillery, Crowley's Ridge Black Powder Club and Mingo Job Corps...
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Sponsors see big benefit in Women Aware
(Local News ~ 09/20/13)
By BARBARA ANN HORTON News Editor Organizers finalizing plans for the 26th annual Women Aware Conference Saturday at the Black River Coliseum reflect on sponsors and earlier events. In 1988, the goal was to create a networking opportunity for rural women. ...
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$2.75 million Grant biggest in history of Three Rivers
(Local News ~ 09/20/13)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer The largest grant in the history of Three Rivers College will be built into an "earn while you learn" process designed to quickly create better opportunities for students. Three Rivers was awarded a $2.75 million Department of Labor grant to improve workforce development education in Southeast Missouri through the development of advanced manufacturing, advanced welding and precision agriculture programs...
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Speak Out 9/20/13
(Opinion ~ 09/20/13)
Why nothing on streaker? Hey, Speak Out ! I'm just curious why you never had anything in the newspaper about the streaker that went through at Ryan's on Aug. 30th? And then he was flipping the bird off when he got up by the highway and it took four police cars to get him stopped. He was such an idiot, he didn't even take into consideration that there were small children in that restaurant. He ought to be ashamed of himself...
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Does popular doom Republicans?
(Column ~ 09/20/13)
By MONA CHAREN Mitt Romney's iPod playlist featured Johnny Cash, Frankie Valli, the Beach Boys and the Soggy Bottom Boys. Barack Obama's iPod had, the president assured his fans, something for everyone -- "Stevie Wonder, James Brown. I've got Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan," Obama said. "And then I've got everything from Jay-Z to Eminem to the Fugees, to -- you name it."...
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As seen by Vladimir Putin The big picture in Syria
(Column ~ 09/20/13)
By MARTIN SCHRAM It would have made great sense if President Barack Obama had pulled an Edward Snowden and leaked to Russia's Vladimir Putin the best bits of U.S. intelligence about Syria's Aug. 21 chemical-weapons attack, which hideously murdered hundreds of innocent men, women and children as they slept in their beds in the suburbs of Damascus...
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Thanks to kind folks who live in P. Bluff
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/20/13)
To the Editor, My husband Bill and I are from southern Indiana. To celebrate our 45th wedding anniversary, we planned a camping trip through Kentucky and southern Missouri on our way to visit our daughter and her family in Kansas City, Kan., then planned to return home by camping through central Missouri and Illinois. We were pulling our new 20-foot camper trailer with our recently purchased used SUV...
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Mules looking to slow Jackson's up-tempo offense
(High School Sports ~ 09/20/13)
Coming off its first loss of the season, the Poplar Bluff football team has little time to wonder what might have been. The 2-1 Mules host 2-1 Jackson in a matchup of conference and district rivals Friday at Morrow Stadium. "We've had a good week of practice," Mules coach Mark Barousse said. "Kids bounce back, they're pretty resilient."...
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Chicken dinner Sept. 28 at Glennonville
(Community News ~ 09/20/13)
Chicken Dinner will be served from 4:40-7:30 p.m. at the KC Hall in Glennonville, Mo., Saturday, Sept. 28. Proceeds will benefit St. Teresa School and Knights of Columbus. Menu includes fried chicken, corn, green beans, potatoes and gravy, roll, dessert and drink. Cost: $10, adults; $5, children, ages 4-12. Children three and under are free...
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Success coming early for some Missouri bowhunters
(Outdoors ~ 09/20/13)
By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor Early season bowhunts, for me at least, typically are just dress rehearsals for later on, and that's how it was last weekend. Opening morning found me walking in circles in the dark, trying to find the tree I wanted to climb, then fumbling around setting my climbing stand up...
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Lady Mules net 2nd victory over Sikeston
(High School Sports ~ 09/20/13)
After losing her season-opening match at Sikeston, Poplar Bluff's Aisha Krishnan won the rematch Wednesday afternoon. Krishnan beat Sikeston's Ali Price 8-1 as the Lady Mules won at home 7-2 over the Bulldogs. "Best I have seen her play in singles," Poplar Bluff coach Nicole Duncan said of her top-seeded player. "Aarti (Parekh) also played the best I've seen."...
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Mo TOPS 347 has meeting
(Community News ~ 09/20/13)
Mo Tops 347 met Thursday, Sept. 12, at the Palace of Praise in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Meeting was called to order by chairperson and the Pledge of Allegiance and the TOPS pledge were repeated, then the song, "More We Get Together" was sung. Members answered roll call with their "loss or gain." Five new members were present. Best loser was Connie Sandus. Helen Vick was runner up. Mystery prize was awarded to Connie Sandus and if she retains for three more weeks she will be eligible to open the gift...
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Pears about ready to harvest
(Features ~ 09/20/13)
Are you lucky enough to have pears to harvest this fall? There are hundreds of varieties of pears and they are related to the apple, almond and apricot. They are all members of the large rose family. This delicious fall fruit is just about ready to harvest. The deer back home in Arkansas have already been enjoying this tasty fruit...
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Winfred Sanders
(Obituary ~ 09/20/13)
Winfred Sanders PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Winfred "Wimpy" Sanders, 95, of Piedmont, Mo., died Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are pending at Ruegg Funeral Home in Piedmont.
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NO PHOTO
(Births ~ 09/20/13)
Evelyn Kay and Jeremy Allen Smith of Cape Girardeau, Mo., have chosen the name Elijah Thomas Smith for their 8-pound, 5-ounce son born at 3:44 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, at Saint Francise Medical Center's Family BirthPlace in Cape Girardeau. Elijah was 21 inches in length...
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Major
(Obituary ~ 09/20/13)
Major Thomas Jenkins Major Thomas Earl Jenkins, 64, of Harviell, Mo. passed away Monday, Sept. 16, 2013, at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Mr. Jenkins was born in Poplar Bluff, on May 26, 1949, to Paul and Wilma (Adams) Jenkins. His mother preceded him in death...
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Joe Buffington
(Obituary ~ 09/20/13)
Joe Buffington ELLSINORE, Mo.--Joe Phillip Buffington, 52, of Ellsinore, died Monday, Sept. 16, 2013, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Visitation will begin at 6 p.m. Friday in the McSpadden Funeral Home in Ellsinore. The funeral service will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Don Foerster officiating. Burial will follow in the Gresham Cemetery with military honors...
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Larry Price
(Obituary ~ 09/20/13)
Larry Price VAN BUREN, Mo. -- Larry Lee Price, 67, son of the late Clifford and Ella Elsie (Percy) Price, was born on July 9, 1946, in Van Buren and departed this life Monday, Sept. 16, 2013, at his residence in Van Buren. Larry was a lifetime resident of the Van Buren and Garwood area. ...
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House links Obamacare to stopgap funding bill
(Community News ~ 09/20/13)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The GOP-controlled House is cruising toward a vote to gut President Barack Obama's health care plan as part of a temporary funding bill to prevent a partial government shutdown on Oct. 1. While raising the possibility of a government closure, the latest GOP plan is actually aimed at avoiding one. GOP leaders are looking to shift the fight over health care to even more important legislation required to prevent the government from defaulting on its financial obligations...
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Notre Dame to start boys volleyball team
(High School Sports ~ 09/20/13)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Missouri high school volleyball for boys has, for the most part, been relegated to the greater St. Louis area since becoming popular in the 1990s. That may be about to change. Notre Dame Regional High School plans to field a boys volleyball team in the spring, marking a foray into the southeast part of Missouri for the sport striving to attain its goal of 50 schools in three different districts, a benchmark for Missouri State High School Athletic Association membership...
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Lady Bears earn sweep
(High School Sports ~ 09/20/13)
GREENVILLE -- The Greenville Lady Bears volleyball team picked up another sweep Wednesday night as they took down Oak Ridge, 25-23, 25-21. "Seemed like we started out a little slow but they pulled it together and ended strong," Greenville coach Heather Evans said...
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NO PHOTO
(Births ~ 09/20/13)
Evelyn Kay and Jeremy Allen Smith of Cape Girardeau, Mo., have chosen the name Elijah Thomas Smith for their 8-pound, 5-ounce son born at 3:44 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, at Saint Francise Medical Center's Family BirthPlace in Cape Girardeau. Elijah was 21 inches in length...
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Pears about ready to harvest
(Features ~ 09/20/13)
By PHYLLIS FLANIGAN University of Missouri Extension Are you lucky enough to have pears to harvest this fall? There are hundreds of varieties of pears and they are related to the apple, almond and apricot. They are all members of the large rose family. This delicious fall fruit is just about ready to harvest. The deer back home in Arkansas have already been enjoying this tasty fruit...
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Mo TOPS 347 has meeting
(Community News ~ 09/20/13)
Mo Tops 347 met Thursday, Sept. 12, at the Palace of Praise in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Meeting was called to order by chairperson and the Pledge of Allegiance and the TOPS pledge were repeated, then the song, "More We Get Together" was sung. Members answered roll call with their "loss or gain." Five new members were present. Best loser was Connie Sandus. Helen Vick was runner up. Mystery prize was awarded to Connie Sandus and if she retains for three more weeks she will be eligible to open the gift...
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