Stories from Friday, October 3, 2014

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Fronabarger Concreters, Inc. of Oak Ridge, Mo., submitted the low bid of $330,364 Tuesday for the installation of signal lights and turn lane improvements at the intersection of Shelby Road and Highway PP. The only other bid was $336,903 from Kajacs Contractors, Inc. of Poplar Bluff, Mo...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer The opening ceremony Saturday of the Iron Horse Festival will celebrate the contributions and sacrifices of veterans. The annual Welcome Home ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. on the lawn of the Butler County Courthouse. "The intent is to welcome home anybody who has ever served our country," said Craig Barwick, event coordinator and John J. Pershing VA Medical Center mental health supervisor...

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Two of reality TV's toughest, Jared Ogden and Grady Powell of National Geographic's "Ultimate Survival Alaska," will appear at the Iron Horse Festival on Saturday to raise awareness for wounded veterans along with local trucking company Gregory Logistics and their "to be unveiled" 2015 Phoenix Patriot Foundation (PPF) Freightliner...

Newspaper to blame, too Hello I live just outside of Poplar Bluff so I am highly affected by things that go on in Poplar Bluff even though I cannot vote. It seems to me like this newspaper has been really down on the new city council from the very beginning and I would like to know why is it so different for a councilman, who I don't agree with posting what he did on his Facebook, but how is that so different than when the newspaper put the same picture in the paper for even more people to see? I think it was bad for the newspaper to do it just as well as it was for the councilman.. ...

Now is the time to buy fresh sweet potatoes at local markets. Sweet potatoes can be a little confusing. Did you know that a sweet potato is not related to the potato? It belongs to a different family of plants and is the cousin of the morning glory plant. Sweet potatoes are also confused with yams. Actually the yam is starchier and less flavorful...

To the Editor: For three consecutive years, we have been honored to organize the Sarah White Memorial Scholarship 5K. It was held on September 6, 2014 at the Three Rivers Campus. We wish to thank the many businesses and individuals who make our event possible each year...

By MICHELLE MALKIN There's a big battle brewing in the Jefferson County, Colorado, school system. The manufactured controversy over a proposed curriculum review is generating national headlines. But the fight is not about what misguided students and biased reporters say it's about. "Censorship" is a red herring. The real issue is union control...

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), sometimes called ISIS or IS, is a Sunni extremist group that follows al-Qaida's anti-West ideology and sees a holy war against the West as a religious duty. With regard to nonbelievers, the Quran commands, "And kill them wherever you find them, and turn them out from where they have turned you out." The Quran contains many other verses that call for Muslim violence against nonbelievers for the sake of Islamic rule...

The East Carter Redbirds were the last Ozark Foothills Conference standing team last spring when they went to the MSHSAA Class 2 quarterfinals. With a duplicate starting lineup from that team, the Redbirds have been the strongest team thus far in the fall as they earned the top seed in the OFC Tournament which starts Monday and concludes with the championship game Thursday, Oct. 9...

Robert Cowart MALDEN, Mo. -- Robert Carson Cowart, 69, of Festus, Mo. died Monday, Sept. 29, 2014 at Mercy Jefferson Memorial in Crystal City, Mo. Visitation will be from noon Friday to service time at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. Burial with military rites will follow in Rosewood Cemetery, Malden...

There will be a few things missing from the sidelines Friday night at Morrow Stadium. The visiting team will feature very few substitutes while Poplar Bluff players will have to turnaround and look up to find head coach Mark Barousse. For a second straight week, Barousse will coach from the pressbox when the Mules host 2-4 Maplewood-Richmond Heights for homecoming...

Shirley Turner NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Shirley Vona Jean Turner, 77, of Neelyville, Mo., died Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014 at her home. Mrs. Turner was born Sept. 21, 1937 in Naylor, Mo. She worked as a homemaker and was a member of the Walnut Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Neelyville, Mo. She enjoyed flowers, traveling, animals, yard sales, her children, and working on the farm with her husband and family...

David L. Hawkins DEXTER, Mo. -- David Lee Hawkins, 66, died at his residence in Dexter, Mo., Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. Visitation will be from 8:30 - 10 a.m. Friday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter followed at 10 a.m. by the funeral service held in the chapel with Rev. Rich Lee officiating. Burial will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Mo...

Three Rivers College men's basketball coach Gene Bess focused on improving shooting and athleticism over the offseason and, at least on the first night of the season, the results looked promising. The Three Rivers men's and women's basketball teams kicked off the year at the annual Raider Madness night Wednesday. The men scrimmaged for a total of 30 minutes and put up a full game's worth of points...

Wilfred Lourance Wilfred Floyd Lourance, 78, of Warrenton, Mo, died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, at Whispering Pine Retirement Community in Warrenton. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff, Mo.

Ivory L. Banynham, 63, of the 600 block of Selma, was booked at the Butler County Jail Thursday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Brett R. McKinney, 30, of the 1000 block of Dogwood Circle, was booked at the Butler County Jail Wednesday on suspicion of second-degree burglary...

A Poplar Bluff, Mo., woman was injured in a collision at 1:27 p.m. near the intersection of Main and Pine streets. According to the report, Beatrice M. Jackson, 28, of the 1500 block of Alice Street was driving south on Main Street in a 1984 Cadillac Seville when it was stuck in the front passenger side by a 2007 Chrysler 300 driven by Veronica Honeycutt, 39, of Poplar Bluff...

CAMPBELL -- The top-seeded Cooter Wildcats beat the second-seeded Bernie Mules 6-3 in the September Showdown championship Wednesday night. Cooter scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning to move ahead 4-1 and never trailed after. Cooter No. 8 hitter Landen Castelli finished 2 for 3 at the plate. Castelli had a two-RBI single in the bottom of the first inning...