Stories from Sunday, September 13, 2015

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Walker Dille was a late baby. His parents expected their first child to arrive by Sept. 4, 2001, and they were ready. Shelley and Brett Dille had already picked out a name, choosing to honor the current president, George Walker Bush...

PB sees good ACT scores By PAT PRATT Staff Writer While the percentage of graduates taking the exam remained lower than state and national averages, Poplar Bluff students scored higher than both groups on the 2015 ACT assessment. The ACT is a college readiness assessment that tests students in English, math, science, reading and writing. The 2015 average score for Poplar Bluff schools was 22.2. The state average was 21.7, also higher than the national average of 21...

Vintage saddle goes to highest bidder From Staff Reports Horse enthusiasts and western collectors will be delighted to have an opportunity in upcoming week to bid on a vintage parade saddle made by the Hess and Hopkins Company and donated by Gary Johnson, to help raise funds for the 27th Annual Trail Ride...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Questions dealing with the Ferguson situation, ethics reform and the most pressing problem in state government were answered by the five Republican candidates for governor during a Poplar Bluff Forum Saturday night...

Sarah Michelle Tesoro of Columbia, Mo. and Christopher Martin Fuchs of Mill Spring, Mo. were engaged on October 3, 2014 in St. Louis, Mo. The couple will be married at 1 p.m., Saturday on October 17, 2015, at St. James the Greater in St. Louis, Mo...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor BLOOMFIELD -- A search for a Christian mate led a young Bloomfield woman to a missionary career on the other side of the world. Brittany Revelle and Jessey Vemula, a pastor from India who was studying in Chicago, Ill., contacted ChristianMingle.com in hopes of finding a mate committed to serving Christ...

By GEORGE F. WILL GRAFTON, Ohio -- The man at the front of the room in the prison here is talking about the institution's culinary and hospitality training that will help some of his fellow inmates "give back to the community." He will never get back to any community; he is serving a "double life" sentence. ...

Voter unhappy with school cost Excellent article about the additional cost to the school. You are totally correct in how it was presented for a vote in increased taxes. Seems like the jail was the same issue. It ended up getting a tunnel and a second floor. I would never vote again for a tax increase for a project based on the city's smoke and mirror presentation...

By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WASHINGTON -- Congress is finally having its say on the Iran deal. It will be an elaborate charade, however, because, having first gone to the U.N., President Obama has largely drained congressional action of relevance. At the Security Council, he pushed through a resolution ratifying the deal, thus officially committing the United States as a nation to its implementation -- in advance of any congressional action...

Clyde Adolph Vaughn DEXTER, Mo. -- Clyde Adolph Vaughn, 94, Dexter, Mo., died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, at his home. He was born July 17, 1921, to the late William J. and Mary Alice (Bobbitt) Vaughn in Dexter, Mo. ...

Jean Marie Bennett DONIPHAN, MO.--Jean Marie "Jeanie" Morgan Bennett, 59, of Doniphan, died Monday, Sept. 7, 2015, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. A private family service is planned. Edwards Funeral Home will handle arrangements...

Guy Nelson Steele DONIPHAN, Mo.--Guy Nelson Steele, 89, life-long resident of Doniphan, departed this life Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mr. Steele, son of Elmer and Laura (Brooks) Steele, was born Oct. ...

Charles Farrell Bridgewater Charles Farrell Bridgewater, 76, departed from this life Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, at Westwood Hills Nursing Facility surrounded by family. Charles, son of the late Myrtle, Hart, was born May 13, 1939, in Harviell, Mo. Mr. ...

Mary Dean Bryeans Mary Dean Bryeans, 83, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Friday, Sept. 11, 2015 at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center in Poplar Bluff. She was a member of Little Brown General Baptist Church and was a homemaker. For a number of years, Mrs. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- This time it was the Mules who couldn't punch it in. Poplar Bluff came up empty in four second-half drives that got within 30 yards of the end zone Friday night, one that ended with points for Cape Central, as the Mules lost their first game...

ST. LOUIS -- Katie Sliger took fifth in the Forest Park XC Festival's Gold Division as the Poplar Bluff girls placed 22nd as a team Saturday. "She tried to win it, led the first half of the race," Mules coach Beth Lewis said. "Told her she needed to get out. After the half-mile mark she took the lead."...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. --Prior to his team's game against Scott City, Malden coach Joel Wyatt was looking forward to watching the Green Wave execute some new offensive plays they implemented in practice earlier this week. Less than a minute into the game it was evident they wouldn't need them...

DEXTER -- Sikeston was up big. The clock was running early in the fourth quarter and backup running back Justus Faulkner took his first carry 47 yards to pay dirt. Nathan Hampton, who had been bombing kickoffs into the end zone all game, miss-hit the ensuing kickoff. He drilled a line drive and the ball smacked an already turned around Bearcat in the back and bounced right back to the Bulldogs for an accidental onside kick...