Stories from Thursday, November 7, 2013

From Prospect-News A Doniphan woman remains hospitalized with head wounds while her ex-boyfriend was scheduled to be arraigned today in Ripley County Circuit Court. He is being held on a $250,000 bond at the Doniphan City Jail. Curtis Elbert Ellis, 45, Fairdealing, was being held on charges of first-degree assault (two counts) and armed criminal action (two counts), according to the Doniphan City Police Department...

By NOREEN HYSLOP SEMO News Service A Puxico woman remains behind bars at the Stoddard County Jail under a $75,000 cash only bond, facing a number of drug-related charges including four felony charges for the possession of heroin. She will appear in court Thursday at Bloomfield...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Plans for upcoming events and a report on the fourth annual Iron Horse Festival highlighted the Downtown Poplar Bluff, Inc. board meeting in City Hall Tuesday. "We will host Christmas Around The World at the historic Poplar Bluff Train Depot," DPB Executive Director Penny McGath said...

Four recipients will benefit from funds raised by the Poplar Bluff Regional Giving Circle. "We have $3,500 to award this year. This is over $1,000 more than was awarded in 2012," said Kirk Mondy, treasurer of the Giving Circle. Mondy and Charlie Harper, president of the Giving Circle board, presented the checks Tuesday...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Two area communities have been awarded a total of $1 million in grant funds to complete projects that will improve basic services for the public. The Department of Economic Development will fund upgrades to a Williamsville wastewater system and a Ripley County water district through Community Development Block Grants of $500,000 each...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN Chutzpah. I believe that's the word for it. Just days after learning the Americans have been tapping her phones and taping her conversations, Angela Merkel has been publicly upbraided by the U.S. Treasury for being a bad global citizen...

Reconnect Barron and W Yes, we hope that the section of road from Barron Road to W Highway will be put back. It is a very dangerous to get on Barron Road off of Highway 67 the way it is now if you are coming off of W Highway or coming from 67 North and still trying to off there. ...

Ronald Cummings Ronald Lynn Cummings 75, a long-time resident of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, Oct. 30, 2013. Ron was born July 19, 1938, in Temple, Texas, to A. Lee Cummings and Mary Lucille Gressett Cummings. They preceded him in death. He was a 1963 graduate of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Southeast Missouri State senior point guard Lucas Nutt admits it hasn't always been easy playing for his father. And Dickey Nutt, Southeast's fifth-year men's basketball coach, acknowledges that he has no doubt been more difficult on his youngest son than what was probably fair...

Opal Cook Opal Fern Cook, 84, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Opal was born June 12, 1929, in Pilot Knob, Mo., to Frances Lee and Martha Ann Foster Camden. Opal and her husband, Cloyd, had recently celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on Oct. 23, 2013. They were married in St. Louis, Mo., in 1948...

Gerald Jones MALDEN, Mo. -- Gerald David Jones of Pevely, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 4, 2013, at his residence. Visitation will be from noon until service time Thursday at Bradshaw Funeral Home. The graveside funeral service will follow beginning at 2 p.m. at Stevens Cemetery in Malden...

Robert Lofting "Small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." Matthew 7:14 Robert Wayne Lofting, born Oct. 5, 1950, to Robert and Burcille Lofting, passed away Oct. 30, 2013, at his home in Van Buren, Mo., with his wife, Vicky, and his daughter, Brandy, by his side. ...

Vernell Lane PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Vernell Lane, 92, formerly of Piedmont, died Monday, Nov. 4, 2013, at the Golden Living Center in St. James, Mo. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Piedmont. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in the Masonic Cemetery...

To Editor: SDLqAre we rolling down hill like a snowball headed for hell---with no kind of chance for the flag or the liberty bell?" (Verse from the 1982 Merle Haggard song: "Wish a Buck Was Still Silver"). Anyone who watched the news on TV will probably agree that we are. ...

Michael Harrison DEXTER, Mo. -- Michael Glenn Harrison, 60, of Bloomfield, Mo., previously of Memphis, Tenn., died Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013, at the Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter. Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter with the Rev. Dwight Hensley of Bloomfield officiating...

By MONA CHAREN The question many on the left are asking as they witness the Obama administration flail in response to HealthCare.gov's debut disaster is: How could this happen? Obama is so brilliant, so capable and so wise. How could he bungle his signature initiative?...

By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor Other than a little wind on Saturday, conditions were ideal for last weekend's first segment of the Missouri youth deer hunting season. "The weather was absolutely gorgeous," said Jason Sumners, the Missouri Department of Conservation's deer biologist. "It was conducive for the kids to be out."...

A look at how local athletes fared this past week: Brittany Harris (Dexter HS) scored five points in 11 minutes of game time in Southeast Missouri State's 86-72 exhibition win over Maryville on Monday. Harris was 2-for-3 shooting and 1-for-2 on free throws. She also had four rebounds, two steals and one assist...

Gene Hency Gene Hency, 79, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 4, 2013, at his residence. Mr. Hency was born Sept. 11, 1934, in Benton, Mo. When he moved his family to Poplar Bluff, he worked at Uncle Joe's several years before working at Meeks Lumber Company where he retired after more than 30 years. He had been in the Army and enjoyed woodworking, yard work, gardening and the Cardinals. He was a member of the West Side Church of God...

Eddie Tankersley Jr. Eddie J. "Tank" Tankersley Jr., 60, of Williamsville, Mo., died Friday, Nov. 1, 2013, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Tankersley was born June 16, 1953, in Blytheville, Ark. He was a member of Agee Fellowship Church in Poplar Bluff and had retired as an industrial electrician. ...

Jerry Whited Sr. PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Jerry M. Whited Sr., 83, of Des Arc, Mo., died Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, at the Townhouse Residential in Annapolis, Mo. Visitation will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday and the funeral will follow at 1 p.m. at the Ruegg Funeral Home in Piedmont. Burial will be at the Mountain View Cemetery in Des Arc...

The pregame ceremony to honor Poplar Bluff's 21 football seniors this fall featured players escorting their parents like any other season. This time, however, there was a twist with a set of twins and three more seniors who play alongside their brother...

Twin Rivers High School Honor and Merit Rolls Twin Rivers High School has announced its first quarter honor and merit rolls for the 2013-2014 school years. First Quarter Honor Roll Seniors: Ayla Bean, Brittany Childress, John Crites, Thomas Crites, Merideth Davis, Haley Doyle, Jacklyn Eagle, David Fuller, JD Harmon, Kailee Hicks, Brittany Johnson, Jacob McKuin, Josie Pijanowski, Whitney Rhody, William Robinson, Candace Robitsch, Mariah Rush, Hannah Sadler, Brayden Sentell, Maci Shearer, Shea Shelton, Mikayla Stewart, Chelsie Teague, Zachary Underberg, Luke Voyles, Sara Ward and Aaron Welty;. ...