Stories from Wednesday, July 15, 2015

The Missouri Coalition of Recovery Support Providers was launched during the Blazing New Trails Conference at Fellowship General Baptist Church Monday. There will be two representatives from each of the five regions in Missouri serving on the coalition board...

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Unless you're a camel, it's shaping up to be a pretty miserable week "weather-wise" in Butler County. With the dog days of summer on the horizon, temperatures in Poplar Bluff are expected to be in the 90s for the duration of the week with little precipitation - not that it's needed - in sight. Heat indexes will reach 105 today, creating what the NWS is describing as "oppressive humidity."...

By WALTER E. WILLIAMS The victors of war write its history in order to cast themselves in the most favorable light. That explains the considerable historical ignorance about our war of 1861 and panic over the Confederate flag. To create better understanding, we have to start a bit before the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia...

Greed kills Yes, I'd like to comment on the headline of the DAR on July 6th--"NORDYNE Not to Close." I'm thinking, Man, they're gonna keep those 500 good-paying American jobs in the United States and then I read the article. And, h****, it's only gonna be a delivery system where they just keep the products for a little while that are made in Mexico. So there's gonna be like 14 jobs there instead of 500...

Sandra S. Lewis Sandra S. Lewis, 72, of Poplar Bluff, died Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service.

Buddy Mack Hill CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Buddy Mack Hill, 74, of Campbell, passed away, Saturday, July 11, 2015 at St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mr. Hill son of Charlie Hill, Jr. and Georgia Laverne Mobbs Hill, was born on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 1940 in Campbell...

Richard Lee Butcher Richard Lee Butcher, 60, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Sunday, July 12, 2015, at University of Missouri Columbia Hospital. Mr. Butcher was born Aug. 11, 1954 in Lebanon, Pa., to the late William Thomas and Martha Jane Owen Butcher. He was a member of Cornerstone Tabernacle UPC, and enjoyed the outdoors and spending time with his children and grandchildren...

Charles Shook QULIN, Mo. -- Charles Floyd Shook, 92, of Qulin, passed away peacefully Sunday, July 12, 2015. Mr. Shook was born July 5, 1923, in Booneville, Miss., the son of the late Wiley and Doshia Shook. He lived in Qulin for 58 years. He was a construction worker and worked for Huffman Construction for more than 40 years...

James Ricky Davis CAMPBELL, Mo. -- James Ricky Davis, 54, known by all those who loved him as "Rick" went to be with the Lord Saturday, July 11, 2015. He passed peacefully at home without pain in the loving arms of his wife, Jennifer Kaye Davis, surrounded by his sisters, his children, and his mother-in-law...