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Three charged in Richland burglary
(Local News ~ 05/04/15)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Three area men are in jail after being charged with burglarizing a Stoddard County school. Jeffery K. Barker Jr., 27, of Dexter, Austin T. Barker, 19, of Holcomb and Derrick D. Allen, 25, of Grayridge were charged with the Class C felony of second-degree burglary in connection to a break-in at the Richland Schools...
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Muskegon Co. severs ISI contract, may investigate
(Local News ~ 05/04/15)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Government officials with Muskegon County, Mich., have decided to break off all business with Information Systems Intelligence and are expected to begin investigating purchases made with the company. ISI currently is contracted to provide more than $3 million in equipment and services to the city of Poplar Bluff, including 4,600 hours of labor...
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Kaplan refuses to answer inquiry about ISI billing
(Local News ~ 05/04/15)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Information Systems Intelligence sent out its first invoice for the city of Poplar Bluff on July 31, 2014. This was five days before council members officially hired new city manager Heath Kaplan and nearly three months before they officially voted to do business with the Michigan-based technology company...
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Multi-tasking is mantra of SRO Andy Cleveland PBHS cop talks shop on school policing
(Local News ~ 05/04/15)
By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Counselor, cop, communicator - just a few of the many hats worn by school resource officer Andy Cleveland. He likely makes the fewest arrests of any officer in the entire department and often spends more time helping kids with their driving than pulling them over. When he joined the Poplar Bluff Police Department in May 1995, he pined for a detective slot...
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Brainard, Fitzwater
(Features ~ 05/04/15)
Pauline Thiele of Poplar Bluff, and Jerry Evans of Naylor announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda Kay Brainard to Joshua Ryan Fitzwater, son of John and Melissa Fitzwater of Poplar Bluff. Brainard graduated from Naylor High School in 2002 and is working towards a bachelor's degree in psychology at Central Methodist University...
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Honduras special to PB family
(Local News ~ 05/04/15)
By BARBARA ANN HORTON News Editor Honduras and its 700 species of birds are special to agronomist Bruce Beck of Poplar Bluff, who recently visited the Central American country, to celebrate the release of the first guide to birds of Honduras. Beck, who retired after 33 years with the University of Missouri Extension in 2010, is fond of the country where in 1972 he met Sharon Wingard, a registered nurse from McKenzie, Ala., who he later married, and where they adopted one of their children...
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Birds connect Honduras and Missouri
(Local News ~ 05/04/15)
By BRUCE BECK Upon reaching the coast of what is now Honduras on his fourth and final voyage to the Americas in 1502 Christopher Columbus exclaimed "Honduras" -deep water. He and his crew had been dealing with Caribbean storms and the coastal reefs along the coasts of Costa Rica and Nicaragua. The Honduras coast offered shelter and respite...
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Speak Out 5/4/15
(Opinion ~ 05/04/15)
Please reprint conference list I'd like to see the DAR rerun the chosen girls and boys that we named for the Ozark Foothills Conference. It was so small we couldn't find it. I was told it was in yesterday's paper but I had to search several times to find it because it was printed so small I had to use a magnifying glass to read it. The kids in our area work very hard for this honor and it's a shame it was treated with such little recognition. Thanks so much...
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Badge of Honor Run committee says 'Thank you'
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/04/15)
Dear Editor: On behalf of the Badge of Honor Benefit Run Committee, we would like to thank all of our sponsors for their support. Without their support, the Badge of Honor Benefit Run event would not have been possible. To our biggest sponsor --First Missouri State Bank. Thank you, Mr. Paul Tucker!...
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Delbert Hanks
(Obituary ~ 05/04/15)
Delbert Hanks DONIPHAN, Mo.--Thelbert Delbert Darrell Hanks, 79, of Grandin, died Thursday, April 30, 2015, at his residence. Mr. Hanks, son of James Andrew Jackson and Birdie Mae (Garvin) Hanks, was born March 20, 1936, in Sedgewick, Ark. He had been a sawmiller in the timber industry. ...
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Do what is right
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/04/15)
Dear Editor: I have written several letters about various topics, but many of the problems facing Poplar Bluff, and indeed our Nation, can be summed up in looking at Jack Rushin's attitude. In spite of the fact that anyone with half a brain knows using your elective position to place relatives in such positions as he did is legally wrong, there is an even greater and higher law that says not to do such a thing. ...
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Rita Jones
(Obituary ~ 05/04/15)
Rita Jones DEXTER, Mo. -- Rita Jones, 77, died Wednesday, April 29, 2015, at her residence in Olathe, Kan. Visitation was Saturday at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Sunday in the funeral chapel with Rev. Kenneth Biggs officiating. Burial will follow in the Armstead Dowdy Cemetery in Dexter...
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Returning home puts far-flung choices in relief
(Column ~ 05/04/15)
By SHARON RANDALL Tribune News Service A week isn't much, my mother would say, but it's something. Long ago, after college, I left the small Southern town where I grew up, to marry and rear three children and live my life in California of all places. (For years, I thought it was all one word, Californiaofallplaces.)...
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Edward D. Hinkle
(Obituary ~ 05/04/15)
Edward D. Hinkle PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Edward D. Hinkle, 89, of Piedmont died Friday, May 1, 2015 at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be held at noon Thursday at the Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Piedmont. Funeral services will follow at 2 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Richard Sanders Officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. View Cemetery at Des Arc...
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Kitty Dockins
(Obituary ~ 05/04/15)
Kitty Dockins Kitty Dockins, 70, of Poplar Bluff died Thursday April 30, 2015, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. She was born on April 7, 1945, to James and Lela (Darden) Baugus in Dunklin County, Mo. She worked as a in-home care nurse. In 1960, she married Jesse Dockins. He preceded her in death in 1997...
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PB native Mikel Rouse performs world premiere
(Local News ~ 05/04/15)
By CAROLYN SMITH Staff Writer April 1-2, Mikel Rouse, formerly of Poplar Bluff, performed the world premiere of The Demo at the Bing Concert Hall at Stanford University. Rouse, co-creator, composer and performer of The Demo is the son of Joseph "J.J." and Martha Sue Rouse, of Poplar Bluff, and the brother of Cindy Ponder, of Birmingham, Ala...
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Records fall, Lady Mules roll
(High School Sports ~ 05/04/15)
Jabreuna Brimlett broke one record Friday and is getting closer to another. The Poplar Bluff senior cleared 38 feet in the triple jump, falling 11 inches shy of her school record set earlier this spring, but broke the stadium record in winning the event...
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Britton's double leads Mules
(High School Sports ~ 05/04/15)
In their final tune-up before the championship season starts, the Poplar Bluff track and field team found out just where it sits Friday night. The Mules placed third, 30 points behind conference-rival Jackson, as Rockwood Summit won the Poplar Bluff Invitational at Sam Giambelluca Track...
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Mules hold off Jackson
(High School Sports ~ 05/04/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Kameron Misner and the Poplar Bluff Mules wiggled out of a jam Saturday and into the SEMO Conference Tournament final. Leading by a run with the bases loaded and one out in the top of the seventh, Misner faced the heart of Jackson's lineup...
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Raiders sweep in tune-up
(High School Sports ~ 05/04/15)
COTTLEVILLE -- The Raiders will enter the Region XVI Tournament with a three-game winning streak and three days rest. After losing Thursday's track meet of an opener to St. Charles 21-11, Three Rivers took the rest of the series. It won Saturday's opener 12-1 in five innings and the nightcap 11-5...
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Double trouble: Green Wave score early to upend Royals
(High School Sports ~ 05/04/15)
BROSELEY -- The Malden Green Wave had double the fun Friday. The Green Wave slugged three consecutive doubles to start the game and that was just the appetizer as they rolled to a 7-1 win against district-rival Twin Rivers. Shaeen Perkins led off the game by sending a rocket to the left-field gap for a two-bagger. Toby Miller followed with a ball sent to right field that bounced in and rolled behind the fielder. Chapen Riley then drove home Miller with another hard-hit ball to the fence...
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Lady Eagles edge Portageville 1-0
(High School Sports ~ 05/04/15)
NAYLOR -- The Naylor Lady Eagles struck out 17 times but still managed to get a 1-0 win over Portageville and Taylor Tiffany. Naylor (11-1) scored in the bottom of the fifth inning after Kayla Johnson, who went 2-for-3 with a double, stole second and third. The throw to third on her steal was wild, and Johnson scored on the error...
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