Stories from Thursday, September 24, 2015

SEMO News Service Former U.S. representative Jo Ann Emerson continues to recover from a brain hemorrhage at an American hospital, according to the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. Emerson, who is CEO of NRECA, became ill in August during a family trip to Italy and was treated there until being transported Sept. 3 to a hospital in the Washington, D.C., area...

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Despite operating with a $12,000 deficit last year, Twin Rivers is fiscally sound according to a 2014-15 audit presented at Thursday's monthly board of education meeting. Dwayne Clark P.C. of Hayti, presented the report, noting that while the district operated in the red, the gap had closed significantly since 2011 when R-X saw a more than $400,000 deficit...

By BARBARA ANN HORTON News Editor A few registrations are still available for the 28th annual Women Aware conference Thursday at the Black River Coliseum and may be purchased the day of the conference for $50, said Conference Director Chris Waite. Tickets include a speech by New York Times best selling author Carine McCandless, said Waite. ...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Officials are making a county road used to access Brick's Off Road Park one-way to non-local traffic for the duration of a Trucks Gone Wild event to be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Visitors to the park can enter from F Highway via County Road 484 or County Road 461...

By KATHERINE WEBSTER SEMO News Service The president of one local distributor calls the proposed purchase of SABMiller by Anheuser-Busch InBev a "six-pack conversation." But Billy Bess, 35-year president of Bluff City Beer Co., said he's not worried about what would happen should SABMiller accept AB InBev's offer...

Why preserve Garfield St.? Why should the City Council help preserve Garfield Street? They haven't preserved anything uptown--buildings, hotels, the old post office or anything else. Why is that area so important? Thank you. Reason for gate at park...

In a series of disturbing undercover videos filmed and recently released by The Center for Medical Progress, we learned that Planned Parenthood employees may have adjusted abortion procedures without notifying patients in order to harvest baby parts to sell to the highest bidder. ...

BY PAT PRATT Staff Writer After years of climbing the block to banter off some of the hottest deals in the county, local Curtis Clark has teamed up with his wife, Michelle, to open the area's newest auction service. While C&M Auction as a business is fairly new to the world of auctioneering, the man behind it is not. Clark has been calling items for the better part of his life. He got his start more than 40 years ago as a 12-year-old boy hanging around the sale barn...

By MONA CHAREN The question dogs any woman who writes about politics: "Don't you want to see the first woman elected president of the United States?" The unstated premise, always obvious, is that you are some sort of traitor to your sex if your hand isn't itching to pull the lever for someone with the correct chromosomes. My answer has always been, "That depends upon what she believes."...

Sharon K. Lewis Sharon K. Lewis, 62, of Poplar Bluff died Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service of Poplar Bluff.

By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor Just more than a week into Missouri's archery deer season, the harvest so far looks pretty good. As of this morning, 4,160 deer had been arrowed across the state, which equates to about 8 percent of last year's entire archery harvest...

By BILL GRAHAM Mo. Dept. of Conservation St. Joseph, Mo. -- Deer hunters in northwest Missouri may see deer wearing radio collars when they head into the woods this fall. The Missouri Department of Conservation asks that hunters harvest these deer, if appropriate to seasons and methods. ...

ELLSINORE -- It was a textbook win for the Redbirds on Tuesday. East Carter got a strong performance from pitcher Lane Crowley, clean, efficient support from the defense, and timely hitting by the offense. Nobody had multiple hits, nobody had an error, and East Carter shutout Clearwater 4-0...

There are few men in all of sports, who upon mere mention of their name can take credit for the success of a team. Kenny Rowland realized that at a young age as a defensive back with the Poplar Bluff Mules football team in the early 1990s. When Rowland is inducted into the Poplar Bluff Sports Hall of Fame at the Westwood Hills Country Club on Thursday night, he'll be sharing that honor with them...

Malinda "Marie" Davis DEXTER, Mo. -- Malinda "Marie" Davis, 92, daughter of the late C. J. and Mary Virginia Ellen Rector May, was born in Trousdale, Kan. on Dec. 7, 1922, and passed away at the Lakeview Residential Care Center near Wappapello, Mo. on Monday, Sept. 21, 2015...

If Tuesday ends up being Poplar Bluff's final volleyball game at Peters Gym, it was certainly memorable for the Mules. After losing a tight opening game, Poplar Bluff came up empty on eight straight game points before forcing a decisive third and beating Lesterville 22-25, 26-24, 25-15...

Rodney Francis 'Bud' Cornwell DONIPHAN, MO.--Rodney Francis "Bud" Cornwell, 85, of Doniphan, died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015, at the Westwood Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. A memorial service will take place at 11 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, at the Doniphan Church of Christ located on Highway 160...

Gale Elledge DEXTER, MO.-- Gale Elledge, 82, of Dexter, died Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. A memorial service will be conducted at 2:30 p.m.,Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015 in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. Mike Williams officiating...

Ruth Burkett WILLIAMSVILLE, MO.--Ruth Burkett, 89, of Williamsville, died Monday, Sept. 21, 2015, at Clark's Mountain Nursing Center in Piedmont, Mo. Visitation will be held at 6 p.m., Thursday, at Ruegg Funeral Home in Williamsville. Funeral Services will held at 11 a.m., Friday, also at the Williamsville Chapel...

Charles and Hannah Keele of Poplar Bluff, Mo., have chosen the name Tristan Alexander Keele for their 8-pound, 9-ounce son born at 11:50 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Tristan was 19 1/2 inches long. Grandparents are Greg and Ellen Hager, Julie Woodland and Leonard Keele, all of Poplar Bluff. Great-grandparents are Ben and Norma Hager and J.R. Bradshaw, all of Poplar Bluff, and Margaret Browley of Van Buren, Mo...

ALTON, Mo. -- Ben Becker struck out seven in six innings, including the final two batters he faced to fend off an Alton comeback in Greenville's 4-3 win Tuesday. Three consecutive singles by Tye Huff, Cody Jackson and Trey McDaniel sparked a 3-run fourth and gave the Bears (14-0) the lead for good...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Adam Vincent scored his third goal in as many games on a bicycle kick in the ninth minute, and three other players scored in the second half as Poplar Bluff cruised to a 4-1 win over Cape Central. It was the fourth straight victory for the Mules (7-5) and their fourth against a district opponent this season...