Stories from Saturday, September 26, 2015

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer In the photograph snapped days before his death, alone in an isolated section of the Alaskan wilderness, Chris McCandless' face is gaunt from malnutrition. The 24-year-old, too weak to walk out, according to his journals, weighed less than 70 pounds...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer A national prescription drug take back day will be held Saturday, with participating locations in six area counties. Any unwanted or expired medications can be dropped off from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at approved drop off sites in Poplar Bluff, Dexter, Puxico, Van Buren, Doniphan and other locations...

By BARBARA ANN HORTON News Editor The 19th annual Health Fair for seniors 50 plus will be from 9 a.m. to noon Monday at the Twin Towers and admission is free. RSVP Director Jennifer Rosener said, 46 vendors will be available at different areas in the Twin Towers to talk with people who attend the event...

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Boys and Girls Club of Poplar Bluff has received statewide recognition for its Taste of the Town event, which raised more than $37,000 for club programs in 2014. The Missouri Area Council of Boys and Girls clubs awarded the Resource Development of the Year Award to the Poplar Bluff club on Wednesday in Columbia, Mo. Each year at that event, clubs from across the state are honored for their contributions to kids and communities...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor A reflection of a flashlight inside a Poplar Bluff, Mo., home may result in two local men facing charges after they allegedly were caught in the act of burglarizing the home Thursday morning. Butler County Sheriff's deputies responded just before 10 a.m. to a home on Dogwood Lane, located off of Wilcox Road, according to Deputy Tom Burns' report...

By ANN McFEATTERS Tribune News Service WASHINGTON _ Before we compare and contrast Hillary Clinton and Carly Fiorina (obviously, because they are the only two women running to be president), let's discuss the Keystone XL pipeline. Clinton has decided to reverse her position that she had no position on the pipeline and announce her opposition, saying the pipeline is a distraction...

By MICHELLE MALKIN You would think that a groundbreaking TV show for women hosted by women would do its best every day to respect and uplift women. Instead, ABC's "The View" -- originally created by veteran journalist Barbara Walters to represent women "of different backgrounds, different generations and different opinions" -- has devolved into an ear-splitting bickerfest of elite divas who scoff and sneer at those who do not enjoy their celebrity privilege or share their left-wing ideological values.. ...

Freda Jennings BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - Freda Jennings, 101, of Bloomfield, died Thursday, Sept. 24, at the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. at the Bloomfield General Baptist Church in Bloomfield. Funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. ...

WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis embodies sanctity but comes trailing clouds of sanctimony. With a convert's indiscriminate zeal, he embraces ideas impeccably fashionable, demonstrably false and deeply reactionary. They would devastate the poor on whose behalf he purports to speak -- if his policy prescriptions were not as implausible as his social diagnoses are shrill...

Mary Tilley VAN BUREN, Mo. - Mary Jewel Tilley, 85, of Cottage Grove, Ore., formerly of Carter County, Mo., died Monday, Sept. 21, at the Sacred Heart River Bend Hospital in Springfield, Ore. Visitation will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 26 at the McSpadden Funeral Home in Van Buren and the funeral will follow at 3 p.m. with Rev. Ron Robinson officiating. Burial will be in the Gresham Cemetery near Ellsinore. Online condolences may be made at www.mcspaddenfh.com...

A six-time state champion in hurdles, an all-state defensive back that served as Army football captain and the Mules' fourth state champion golf team were honored Thursday night at Westwood Hills Country Club. Tenisha Britton Miller, Kenny Rowland and the Mules 1988 4A state champs along with coach Bruce Powers, who spoke on their behalf, joined the Poplar Bluff Sports Hall of Fame as the 32nd class of inductees...

PIEDMONT -- Poplar Bluff played good, consistent volleyball Thursday. Clearwater, well ... didn't. "That's our team. That's how they've been all year," Clearwater coach Sara Hampton said. "They've played up and down all year and in sets. One set we do well, the next set we come out flat and don't have the desire to win. Make a mistake, a head drops, head drops, another head drops. Then the whole team is down and they just can't recover."...

Ada Bates PUXICO, Mo. - Ada Bates, 79, of Wappapello, died Wednesday, Sept. 23 at her residence. Visitation will be at 6 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 27 at Morgan Sifford Funeral Home in Puxico. The funeral will be at 1 pm, Monday, Sept. 28 in the funeral home chapel with Jimmy Clark officiating. Burial will be in the Puxico City Cemetery...

After winning 2 of 3 doubles matches, the Poplar Bluff tennis team managed winning just one singles match and lost another in a tiebreaker Thursday falling 6-3 to Cape Central. "Wanted a different outcome but we did have some dandy matches," Mules coach Charlie Harper said...

Wade Zimmerman MALDEN, Mo. - Wade Zimmerman, 59, of Malden, died Monday, Sept. 21, at the John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis, Mo. Visitation will be from 4 - 8 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 27 at the Landess Funeral Home in Malden. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m., Monday, Sept. 28 at the funeral home chapel with Rev. Mark Thrasher and Rev. James Hamlett officiating. Burial will follow in the Elder Cemetery in Campbell, Mo...

Paul Haubold, Jr. DEXTER, Mo. - Paul Haubold, Jr., 64, of Dexter, died Wednesday, Sept. 23, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 4 - 8 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 27 at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. The funeral will be at 11 a.m., Monday, Sept. ...

ELLSINORE -- After East Carter rallied for a run to tie the game against Neelyville in the ninth inning, neither team could score again before the game ended in a 12-12 tie after 11 innings Thursday. The Lady Tigers (9-8-1) led 11-5 after five innings and watched that diminish to an 11-all tie at the end of the seventh. The Lady Redbirds (3-5-1) scored seven unanswered runs during that stretch...

The eighth-grade Mules returned a pair of interceptions for touchdowns as they routed Jackson 50-12 on Thursday. Josiah Kilgore returned a pick 65 yards for a touchdown and Shay Amoss ended the first half with a 30 yard pick six. Keshawn Reid, Carson Webb, Austin Tinsley, Malachi Johnson and Amoss each had five carries...

Jan Burchett Jan Burchett, 61, of Nashville, Tn., formally of the Poplar Bluff area, died on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. Visitation will be Sunday from 1-2:30 p.m. at Moore Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff. Funeral Services will be held on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in the Moore Funeral Service Chapel. Online condolences: www.moorefuneralservice.com...

Maymie Campbell STRINGTOWN, Mo. - Maymie Gertrude Campbell, 89, of the Stringtown community of Butler County, passed away, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015 at her residence. Mrs. Campbell, daughter of the late Joshua A. "Dolph" and Gertrude H. (Barbour) Carnahan, was born Aug. 2, 1926 in Poplar Bluff. She was a member of Kerns Chapel Church in Stringtown and was a homemaker. Mrs. Campbell enjoyed spending time with her family and her church family...