Stories from Saturday, July 4, 2015

SEMO News Service KENNETT -- Dunklin County authorities are investigating the discovery of human remains. Sheriff Bob Holder reported in a news release that a Dunklin County deputy received a call Wednesday night from two people who were frogging on a drainage ditch south of Kennett that runs parallel with County Road 551, commonly called the Johnson Island Road...

By KATIE LAMB SEMO News Service CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Cape Girardeau Police Department received an unusual call just after midnight Thursday, when someone found a python on the front porch of a home in the 1500 block of Whitener Street. The python -- about 2 feet long -- first was taken to the police department until it could be transported to the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri, said Sgt. Adam Glueck, a spokesman for the police department...

SEMO News Service NEW MADRID, Mo. -- The Missouri State Highway Patrol's Division of Drug and Crime Control will investigate a standoff in which a man eventually took his own life. Greg Davis apparently died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a standoff that began about 5:15 p.m. Tuesday...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Five men, who are very thankful for the help received during the past 15 months on their road to recovery from substance abuse, graduated Wednesday from the SEMO Veterans Treatment Court Program. Relatives, friends and program leaders applauded each man as he was presented with a framed certificate and gifts in the Division 1 Courtroom in the Butler County Courthouse...

By BARBARA ANN HORTON News Editor Mark your calendars for the 27th annual Haven House trail ride scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Ted and Cindy Evans farm. Registration begins at 8 a.m. with all rides departing at 10 a.m., said Haven House Executive Director Mary Ann Allen. Included is a continental breakfast, barbecue lunch compliments of Jerry Hillis and blue grass music...

JEFFERSON CITY -- Missouri Alliance for Freedom (MAF) commissioned Remington Research, a Kansas City based polling company to survey likely 2016 general election voters on their opinions of issues related to same-sex marriage following last week's Supreme Court's decision...

By MICHELLE MALKIN America is still reeling from the horrific Charleston, S.C., massacre at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church that claimed the lives of nine innocent people. The last thing the community and our country need are hysterical journalists compounding the pain with inflammatory reporting on an unsubstantiated "epidemic" of black church arsons...

Nazis & S.S.: it's just wrong What's wrong with govern't? Yes, I'm calling in regard to an article in the DAR on page 3A of "Suspected Ex-Nazis Got $20.2 Million in Social Security." Half of 'em were even deported but yet we still gave them social security money. ...

Brittany Nicole Skaggs and Michael Brian McGee of Naylor have chosen the name Maddox Tucker McGee for their 5-pound, 1-ounce son born at 4:22 p.m., Friday, June 19, 2015 at Saint Francis Medical Center's Family BirthPlace in Cape Girardeau. Maddox was 17 1/2 inches long...

By TOM UHLENBROCK Missouri State Parks This is a success story. Eldon Meyer brought his wife, Maggie, from the East to a rundown farmhouse on a hill outside his hometown of Hermann on the Missouri River. She was not happy. "I was a Jersey girl - I thought it was the Wild West," Maggie said. "I guess you could call it a mid-life crisis. We thought it would be nice to have a farm, but this was a dump."...

By MONA CHAREN The four dissenters in Obergefell v. Hodges lucidly expressed the profound offense against constitutional law and representative democracy the ruling represents. In short, five lawyers, accountable to no one, chose to legislate on a profoundly consequential matter that the people were just beginning to address through democratic means. ...

Dennis Earnest McGinley GIDEON, Mo.--Dennis Earnest McGinley, 90, of Gideon, died Wednesday, July 1, 2014 at his residence. The son of the late Dennis Dulen and Pearl Ennis McGinley, he was born Aug. 14, 1924, in Dyersburg, Tenn. He was of the Baptist faith. He was a member of the United States Army during World War II and Korea and the National Guard. He retired after 23 years of service...

Cane Creek club meets The June 10 meeting of the Cane Creek Community Club was held in the home of Glenda Phillips with seven members and one visitor in attendance. Nancy Wujick, hostess, read a devotional poem, "My Prayer," by Mrs. Mark Yoder. The thought for the day was: "If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back"--Regina Butt...

Marie Medcalf DEXTER. Mo. -- Marie Louise Medcalf, 90, of Dexter died Tuesday, June 30, 2015 in Kansas City, Mo. Visitation from 1 - 2:30 p.m. Monday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter with funeral services following in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel. Former Pastor Jerrold Lake will offer the memorial service. Burial will follow in the Essex Cemetery with Cousin Larry Hinman providing graveside rites...

Dorothy A. Camper Dorothy A. Camper, 79, of Poplar Bluff, died Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at The Cedar Gate. Visitation will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, July 6 at Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff. Funeral will follow at noon Monday at Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home...

To the Editor: The Three Rivers College Board of Trustees, administration, faculty, and staff, along with the Three Rivers Endowment Trust, extend our deepest condolences to the family of Dr. E.T. Hansbrough, who will long be remembered for his service and support to the college...

Michael Eugene Tate Michael Eugene Tate, 65, of Poplar Bluff, passed away on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mike was born on Nov. 19, 1949 to Delbert and Dorothy (Yarbrough) Tate in Hannibal. After high school he enlisted in the United States Army where he served in Germany and the Vietnam War. ...

Alma Brown Alma Brown, 63, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. died Saturday, June 27 2015, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 1, 1951 in Memphis, Tenn. to the late Willie Simpson and Gerlean Smith. She was a long time resident of Poplar Bluff. She was of the Baptist faith...

Susan Stewart ARVADA, Colo. -- Susan Elaine Stewart, 67, of Arvada, Colo., was granted her angel wings on Sunday, June 28, 2015 at Denver Hospice Health Care. She was born to William "Bert" and Velma Newkirk on May 3, 1948 in Poplar Bluff, Mo. She spent her summers as a child at the family cabin on Current River creating cherished memories which have been passed down generations. ...

Deloma Francis Calvert Deloma Francis Calvert, 87, of Poplar Bluff passed from this life into the arms of our Heavenly Father on Thursday, July 2, 2015 after a long illness. Mrs. Calvert, daughter of the late William Riley and Lillian (Silman) Strickland, was born Nov. 22, 1927 in Hartzell, Mo. She was of the Baptist faith and had retired from Gossard Clothing Factory years ago. Mrs. Calvert enjoyed quilting, cooking and taking care of her large flower garden using her golf cart for mobility...

Max D. Black Max D. Black, 81, of Poplar Bluff, died Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at Mark Twain Caring Center. He was born Nov. 6, 1933 to the late L.W. Black and Eva Gary Black. He was a long time resident of Butler County and also lived in Bartlett, Tenn. for a substantial time...

Zella Ashby Zella Marie Ashby, 94, of Poplar Bluff, died Thursday, July 2, 2015, at Oakdale Care Center. Mrs. Ashby, daughter of the late Leonard and Laura (Stanley) Boyer, was born Oct. 4, 1920, in Chaonia, Mo. She was of the Protestant faith, and was a homemaker...