Stories from Wednesday, October 1, 2014

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer One of the few remaining reminders of school segregation and Jim Crow laws in Butler County, the Washington School building will be demolished sometime in October, according to Neelyville R-IV school officials. The building, located in the 1100 block of Highway 142, housed first through eight grade black students from around 1930 to the desegregation of Butler County Schools in the late 1950s. ...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor While names have been added or removed from the Nov. 4 general election ballot in Butler County in recent weeks, the situation has prevented the ballots from having to be reprinted. Some counties have had to reprint their ballots because the original order was completed prior to a Western District state appeals court ruling on Sept. ...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor Two Poplar Bluff, Mo., men were treated for head injuries Saturday after one allegedly attacked the other for viewing sexually explicit images of an acquaintance and then sending the woman an apparent suggestive comment via Facebook...

From Staff Reports By all estimates, the 26th Annual Haven House Trail Ride was a huge success bringing in $15,700, said Haven House Executive Director Mary Ann Allen. Whether you were looking for a beautiful fall day to meet up with old friends for a ride and visit over a barbecue lunch and live blue grass music, competing for some great prizes, or simply knowing that you were making a real difference for women and children whose lives had been devastated by domestic violence, this was the place to be.. ...

The 23rd Annual Qulin Homecoming will be held Saturday. It actually began Sunday with a baby picture contest and will continue Friday with a beauty pageant before the main events Saturday. The pageant will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Qulin Middle School Gym. (Open to everyone). Call 573-718--192 or email...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor After hearing additional testimony Monday afternoon, a judge ordered the boyfriend of an Arkansas woman to stand trial for her strangulation death at a downtown Poplar Bluff, Mo., apartment building. Associate Circuit Judge John Bloodworth found probable cause to bind Jeremy Allen Winkle over for trial on the Class A felony of second-degree murder...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor A plan for tackling Poplar Bluff's infrastructure needs was announced by City Manager Heath Kaplan during the Ward 5 budget workshop at the Northside Nutrition Center Monday night. "I am trying to create a five-year capital improvement plan. I want to make sure we can get the dollars behind it to fund it," Kaplan said...

By GEORGE F. WILL SHAWNEE, Kan. -- Tacked to the wall of Greg Orman's campaign office is a print of a John Steuart Curry painting, "Tragic Prelude," that hangs in the capitol in Topeka. It depicts John Brown of Osawatomie, 39 miles south of here, as what he was, a deranged product of "bleeding Kansas," the Civil War's overture. Today, Orman, who is as calm as Brown was crazed, is emblematic of fascinating Kansas...

David Page David Page, 70, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Monday, Sept. 29, 2014, at Westwood Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service.

Patricia Casey PIEDMONT, Mo.--Patricia A. Casey, 67, of Piedmont, Mo., died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Visitation will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Piedmont. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m Thursday at the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in the Masonic Cemetery...

By MICHELLE MALKIN D.C. journalists called the latest Quinnipiac University poll results in Colorado's tight gubernatorial race a "shocker." But it's a surprise only if you've been hopelessly trapped in a Beltway echo chamber. Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper is down 10 points against former GOP Rep. ...

William Beck Jr. William Thomas Beck Jr. (Bill), 72, of Mt. Juliet, Tenn., passed away on Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. He had lived in Wilson County since 1970. Bill was preceded in death by his mother, Bertha Viola (Payne) Beck, and his father, William Thomas Beck Sr. ...

Hobert Voss Hobert (Butch) Voss, 52, of Dexter, Mo. died, Sept. 26, 2014, at the Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter. Visitation will be held today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the Sweet Prospect Church in Dexter. Memorial service will be conducted at 1 p.m. at the Sweet Prospect Church. Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home of Dexter was in charge of all arrangements...

To the Editor, Since my last "Letter to the Editor" and the editorials by the Poplar Bluff DAR newspaper, I have been asked on several occasions by people as to what is going on by the actions of our politicians and their interference with the Missouri Department of Conservation...

Edwin Dahlgren Edwin Carl Dahlgren, 78, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, at his residence. He was born Oct. 1, 1935, in Joliet, Ill. He served in the United States Army, and later worked as a Union pipefitter. He was a member of First General Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff. He enjoyed wood wrking, fishing, playing bingo and rolling dice...

Helen Costin Helen Louise Costin, 90, of New Madrid, Mo., formerly of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, at The Golden Living Care Center in New Madrid. Mrs. Costin was born April 21, 1924, in Poplar Bluff, to the late Thomas G. and Rachael Anna Evans Moseley. ...

By BEN CARSON We have heard much about the tragic events in Ferguson, Mo., during which a young man lost his life, a community became enraged and many differing definitions of justice emerged. All human life is precious, and we should be concerned when any life is prematurely terminated, regardless of the circumstances. ...

By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WASHINGTON -- Late, hesitant and reluctant as he is, President Obama has begun effecting a workable strategy against the Islamic State. True, he's been driven there by public opinion. Does anyone imagine that without the broadcast beheadings we'd be doing anything more than pinprick strikes within Iraq? If Obama can remain steady through future fluctuations in public opinion, his strategy might succeed...

The image of Adrian Peterson's son's legs has ignited a welcome cultural conversation. This is unusual. Most of these contrived "conversations" are efforts to take one headline and shoehorn it into a narrative that liberals want to advance, usually about race and racism. Those "conversations" are never truthful...

Col. Douglas Rose Jr., recently took command of the National Guard Professional Education Center, Camp Robinson, (near Little Rock) Ark. Col. Rose is a native of Qulin, Mo. and has more than 24 years of military experience. He was commissioned as a regular Army engineer officer in 1990 from Lincoln University where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical technology. ...

Kenny Carlisle MALDEN, Mo.-- Kenny "Big Daddy" Carlisle, 79, of Lilbourn, Mo., died Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, at Malden Nursing and Rehab in Malden. Visitation will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Bradshaw Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in Risco, Mo. with burial to follow in Memorial Park Cemetery in Malden...

Willie "Bob" Duck MALDEN, Mo.-- Willie Albert "Bob" Duck, 83, of Malden, died Monday, Sept. 29, 2014, at Golden Living Center in Malden. Visitation will befrom 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Landess Funeral Chapel in Malden. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Mark Stockton officiating. Burial will be in the first addition of Rosewood Cemetery in Malden...

Namara Haq and Nikkia Hickman caught a break Monday thanks to their Poplar Bluff tennis teammates. Having lost their top-seeded doubles match in a tiebreaker that lasted an hour and 40 minutes, Haq and Hickman didn't need to finish their singles matches...

Three Rivers basketball fans will get their first look at the men's and women's teams tomorrow night. Raider Madness is at 6 p.m. Wednesday and will kick off the beginning of basketball season. Entry is free and both men's and women's programs are expected to have an intrasquad scrimmage...

Just like last Tuesday against Cape Central, a 1-1 game after regulation and two overtimes couldn't decide a winner for the Poplar Bluff soccer team. Just like that game against the Tigers, the Mules won the coin toss and elected to go first in the shootout. And they shot at the same north goal at Whiteley Park that they were successful against last week...

Ryan Flint Ryan Gabriel Flint, 34, of Columbia, Mo., died Sept. 4, 2014, in San Francisco, Calif. He was born Dec. 16, 1979, to Steven and Autumn Flint. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Arthur St. James of Poplar Bluff, Mo. Survivors include his grandmother, Mary St. James of Poplar Bluff; his mother, Autumn Flint of Columbia; his father, Stephen Flint of Virginia Beach, Va.; and his two children also survive, along with many aunts, uncles and cousins...

David Lloyd Page David Lloyd Page, 70, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. died Monday, Sept. 29, 2014 at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center in Poplar Bluff. David was born April 1, 1944 in Poplar Bluff. He was a lifetime farmer working with his brother until his retirement in 2003. ...

E. R. "Sonny" Newsom PUXICO, Mo. -- E. R. "Sonny" Newsom, 73, of Puxico, son of Lucille Sittner Newsom and the late Elam Remel Newsom, Sr., was born on Oct. 12, 1940, in Gideon, Mo. and passed away at the Puxico Nursing and Rehab Center in Puxico Monday, Sept. 29, 2014...

ELLSINORE -- Naylor scored four runs in the fifth inning Monday to take a 5-1 lead at East Carter, eventually winning 7-4. Shayna Tharp got the win and had eight strikeouts with seven hits and two walks against. Andrea Kearbey had one strikeout with nine hits and no walks in the loss...

Donna L. McKnight Donna L. McKnight, 84, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. died Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014 at her residence. The arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.