Stories from Thursday, September 4, 2014

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor After listening to both sides of a rezoning controversy involving a proposed dental office, the Poplar Bluff City Council decided Tuesday night to discuss the issues at a second workshop session on Sept. 23. The Poplar Bluff Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-4 on Aug. ...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Efforts by residents and the Poplar Bluff Historical Preservation Commission to create a proposed Kinzer and Cynthia Street Historic District were given a setback by the Poplar Bluff City Council Tuesday night. Acceptance of a bid for consulting services to prepare an application to create the Kinzer and Cynthia Street Historic District was defeated 4-3...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Funds the city had planned to use for replacement of the Fair Street bridge over Pike Creek will apparently be used for paving some of the gravel streets. During the Poplar Bluff City Council meeting Tuesday night, City Manager Heath Kaplan said the first step would be repealing three sections of the City Code regarding street and sidewalk improvements...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Carter County Prosecuting Attorney Rocky Kingree filed a petition Wednesday in a Wayne County court disputing allegations he is not qualified to become Division II associate circuit judge in Butler County...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor The black community wants Poplar Bluff Ward 5 Councilman Peter Tinsley to resign for posting an offensive caricature of President Barack Obama on his Facebook page, but he refused Tuesday night. For the second consecutive council meeting, the Rev. Tommy Robinson, pastor of the Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church, addressed the council during the public comment period...

Patricia Tinnin Patricia Lucille Tinnin, 73, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. went home to be with Jesus at 9:08 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. She was born in Ester, Mo., on Oct. 21, 1940. She resided in Poplar Bluff for 41 Years and was a dog groomer for all of those years. She loved watching the Cardinals and spending time with her friends...

Deborah Diamond BENTON, Ky. -- Deborah R. Diamond, 57, of Benton, Ky., formerly of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014 at Parkview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Paducah, Ky. Visitation was Tuesday and the funeral was at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Filbeck-Cann & King Funeral Home of Benton, Ky. Rev. John Harwell and Ray Bryan officiated and burial followed in the Bethel Cemetery.=...

Charles Coleman VAN BUREN, Mo.--Charles Edgar Coleman, 92, departed this life Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014 at Riverways Manor Nursing Home in Van Buren. He was born May 13, 1922 in Van Buren to the late Edgar and Bessie (Willett) Coleman. Mr. Coleman was a lifelong resident of Van Buren where he graduated from the Van Buren School district. ...

Barbara Finch BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Barbara "Barbie" Finch, 43, of Bloomfield died Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014 at her home in Bloomfield. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield. The funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home with Bob Holland of Bloomfield officiating. Burial will be in the Bloomfield Cemetery in Bloomfield...

By DAN ZARLENGA Mo. Dept. of Conservation ST. JAMES, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Conservation invites women of all ages to a free trout fishing event at Maramec Spring Park on Sept. 13. Fishing will start at 7:30 a.m. and continue until 7:15 p.m. There is no fishing license or daily trout tag required for women during this event. A special area of the spring branch will be roped off for use by female anglers only...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN The decisions that determined the fate of the great nations and empires that failed to survive the 20th century are well known. For the Kaiser's Germany, it was the "blank cheque" to Austria after Sarajevo. For Great Britain, the 1939 war guarantee to Poland. For the Third Reich, it was the June 1941 invasion of Russia. For the Empire of the Sun, the decision to attack Pearl Harbor...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is partnering with the Missouri 4-H Foundation to begin seeking input on the available services and usage of MDC's unstaffed shooting ranges across the state. Missouri is a national leader in providing free, publicly owned shooting ranges, with MDC maintaining 70 unstaffed ranges. ...

Melvin E. "Gene" Stegall DEXTER, Mo. -- Melvin E. "Gene" Stegall, 88, of Dexter died Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will be from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Graveside services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield with Rich Lee officiating. Burial will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield.=...

Laurel Anderson DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Laurel (Bud) W. Anderson, 89, died Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014, at his residence in rural Doniphan. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan.=

BROSELEY -- Between the second and third games, the Lady Royals dug a big hole behind the service line. Through the first two games, Doniphan and Twin Rivers played even with each other. The night featured several long rallies and the largest lead by either team was five points...

VAN BUREN -- Summer Shockley hit a grand slam in the fourth inning Tuesday that put Van Buren up by eight runs. She also pitched and allowed five hits with no walks and nine strikeouts as the Lady Dawgs won 12-2 against Puxico in six innings at home...

As the seasons change from summer to fall, many things occur in Southeast Missouri. One of my favorite things to do in the fall is to waterfowl hunt. This year, like any other year, will find me eagerly waiting the upcoming waterfowl seasons. Youth duck season in the Middle Zone is Oct. 25-26. Youth duck season in the South Zone is Nov. 22-23. Shooting hours are from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset. Sunrise and sunset tables can be found in the 2014 waterfowl regulations book...

Everlena Herrion DEXTER, Mo.--Everlena "Bigmomma" Herrion, 78, of Sikeston, Mo. died Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. Visitation will be at noon Saturday, Sept. 6, at the Watkins and Sons Chapel in Dexter. Funeral services will follow at 1 p.m. Saturday Sept. 6, at the Watkins and Sons Chapel in Dexter with Pastor Norman Cole, Jr. of Sikeston and Elder Dan Larkins officiating...

NEELYVILLE -- It's becoming less of a secret now that the Greenville Bears are rich in pitching. The Bears had on full display their newest arm Tuesday afternoon in an Ozark Foothills Conference game at Neelyville and he didn't disappoint. Greenville junior Blakeney Kearbey allowed just one hit in six innings and fanned 14 Tigers as the Bears won 7-0...

Manuel Williams DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Manuel G. Williams, 36, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., formerly of Grandin, Mo., died early Saturday morning, Aug. 30, 2014, in Doniphan, Mo. Mr. Williams, son of Jerry Williams and Clara (Cora) Williams, was born Aug. 18, 1978, in Poplar Bluff. He had been a carpenter, specializing in new homes and re-models. He loved fishing, being on the river and camping. He was a member of the Christian Family Fellowship in Poplar Bluff...

The Greater Poplar Bluff Chamber of Commerce has partnered with Poplar Bluff High School Graduation Center, Three Rivers College, area business owners and Human Resource Managers for the fourth year in a row to present the Work Ethics Certification Program called Gateway to Jobs (G2J). Gateway to Jobs is a unique program that helps students be better prepared to enter into the job market...

To the Editor: Charity and mutual respect are the hallmarks of a civil and robust society. Our politics, local and national, have been showing little of these virtues. Facebook postings are really not personal postings. Whether on Facebook or other media, in council and private meetings, we have to always assume that others will learn of our opinions and actions. Charity and civility are full-time virtues...

By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor From the looks of it, there were very few dove hunters out for the season opener Monday in Butler County. Stoddard County typically draws quite a few more hunters to its grain fields, but even there, the number of hunters seemed down...