Stories from Wednesday, February 3, 2016

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Poplar Bluff City Council members agreed 4-2 Monday to delay the transfer of approximately $3 million from the city's general revenue fund to Municipal Utilities. Resolution of the loan, which has been outstanding for more than a decade, has been postponed until the Feb. 16 council meeting. The item will be a workshop and voting item at that time...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Money to study flood-prone sections of Pike Creek will be included in a $1 million flood buyout project by Poplar Bluff city officials. There are existing flooding issues with the mid-section of Pike Creek, city planner Dennis Avery said Monday during a public hearing held with city council members regarding the projects. The area is located approximately between Highway PP and the intersection of highways 53 and 67...

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer A Poplar Bluff man faces a felony animal abuse charge after allegedly stealing his neighbor's cat and handcuffing it to a chair because it "wouldn't stay around." Butler County Sheriff's Deputies arrested Tad A. Horton, 30, of Poplar Bluff, Thursday morning at his temporary residence in the 30 block of Madison Lane on suspicion of class D felony animal abuse...

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer A Corning, Ark., man was arrested on suspicion of distributing a controlled substance near a school and other crimes following a short foot pursuit early Monday in Poplar Bluff. Poplar Bluff Police arrested Garland L. Trice, 34, shortly after 2 a.m. near the intersection of Mary and Benton Streets on suspicion of distribution of a controlled substance near a school, a class A felony, unlawful use of drug paraphernalia, unlawful use of a weapon and resisting arrest...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Nearly five years ago, former Poplar Bluff residents Don and Helen Willingham were murdered in their home southwest of Springfield, Mo. Jose Huckleberry, 28, of Springfield was found guilty Friday of stabbing the Willinghams, both 79, around 5:30 a.m. April 25, 2011...

Georgia Lee Greenwalt PIEDMONT, Mo. - Georgia Lee Greenwalt, 96, of Piedmont, died Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, at Parkland Health Center in Farmington, Mo. Visitation will be at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 3 at the Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Piedmont. The funeral will follow at noon in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Pete Ruble and Rev. Henry Shelly officiating. Burial will be in the Oak Ridge Cemetery near Kennett, Mo...

$750K is a lot of cabbage I noticed in the paper a couple of times that the Qulin Nutrition Center down there they've got a building they've had since 1940 and they've been cooking meals out of that. Now they're gonna spend $750,000 to build another building so they can cook out of it. ...

Linda Lou Earnheart MALDEN, Mo. - Linda Lou Earnheart, 74, of Malden, died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, at Gideon Care Center in Gideon, Mo. Visitation will be at 6 p.m. today, Feb. 1 at the Landess Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 2 at the Landess Funeral Home in Malden. Burial will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Malden. Landess Funeral Home of Malden is in charge of arrangements...

DEXTER, Mo. - Della Mae Patterson Appleton Graham, 72, of Morehouse, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, at her residence. Visitation will be at 5 p.m., today, Feb. 1 at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, Mo. The funeral will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 2, at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter with Rev. Ronnie Ledbetter and Rev. Jimmy Vent officiating. Burial will be in the Hagy Cemetery in Dexter. Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of all arrangements...

To the Editor: Why do we send people to Jefferson City as Senators and Representatives to do the business of our state?? It has been a few years with information coming from the Missouri Department of Transportation as to the condition of our roads and bridges and not having enough moneys in the budget to repair or replace many of them...

By MICHELLE MALKIN The crack media buzzed this week with the discovery of a totally front-page, news-breaking, breathtaking videotape. GOP presidential candidate and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, CNN reported, was caught on camera confessing how he "sought 'world domination.'"...

By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- Iowa and New Hampshire together have just 1.4 percent of the U.S. population, which is actually why it is fine for them to begin the presidential selection process: Small states reward an underdog's retail politics. Chris Christie relishes such politics and has fresh evidence that voters are enjoying his enjoyment...

Ruth Delois (Morgan) Wicks Ruth Delois (Morgan) Wicks, 91, of Arnold, Mo., formerly of Fisk, Mo., died Tues., Jan. 26, 2016, in Festus, Mo. Visitation was held on Thursday, Jan. 28 at the Heilgtag-Lang-Fendler Funeral Home in Arnold, Mo. The funeral was held on Friday, Jan. 29 at the Heilgtag-Lang-Fendler Funeral Home with Pastor Boyd Brooks officiating. Burial was in the National Cemetery at Jefferson Barracks...

Citizenship club meets The Women's Citizenship Club met at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 6, at Twin Towers with 10 members present. President Gloria Hoover opened the meeting and LaVerne Matthews offered prayer. Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mack West and club collect by Betty Jackson. ...

Marjorie Smith GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Marjorie Smith, 62, died Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, at her home in Silva. Arrangements will be announced by Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Greenville.

John Prenzel John (Johny) Prenzel, 80, of Poplar Bluff, died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. A graveside service and burial will begin at 1 p.m., Wednesday at the Ashcraft Cemetery in Butler County with Brother Rowdy Boyer officiating...

Edward 'Wolfe Man' DeKorsey Sr., 61, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, at The Cedargate. Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangements. A complete obit will appear in Wednesday's Daily American Republic newspaper.

James Johnson and Angel Taylor of Williamsville have chosen the name Kaydin James Johnson for their 7 pound, 4 ounce son born at 3:46 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Kaydin was 20 inches long. Grandparents are Karen and Gene Noble and Jerry and Nancy Cox, all of Williamsville...

Linda C. Hill Linda C. Hill, 63, of Greenville, passed away Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 10, 1952 in Clifton, Tenn., the daughter of Roy and Nellie Jo (Conder) Wilson. She moved to Greenville at an early age. Linda was a bus driver for Greenville Schools and attended the Camp Eight General Baptist Church...

Freddie Burl Robertson MALDEN, Mo. -- Freddie Burl Robertson, 72, of Bernie, died Saturday, Jan. 30, 016 at his residence. Visitation will be at 6 p.m., Tuesday, at the Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The will funeral will at a 10 a.m., Wednesday, at the Bradshaw Chapel in Malden. Burial with all military rites will follow in Rosewood Cemetery in Malden...

NAYLOR -- Naylor sophomore Callee Pickrell wants the ball when the game is on the line. And equally important, her team needs her to want it. "I love it. I want to be that person to go to," Pickrell said. "I'll take that role anytime, but anyone on our team is capable of that. I just play my role and try not to miss when I get it."...

Mary Frances Watson DEXTER, Mo. -- Mary Frances Watson, 90, of Bernie, died Friday, Jan. 29, 2016 at her residence. Visitation will be from 1-2 p.m., Friday, at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. A graveside service will follow at Hagy Cemetery with Rev. Elijah Allen officiating...

NEELYVILLE -- After building a 20-point halftime lead, the Neelyville Lady Tigers seemed stuck in the mud. J'Kayla Fowler scored all five of Neelyville's third-quarter points while Poplar Bluff trimmed the margin to 11. As soon as the fourth quarter began, however, the Lady Tigers found their traction for a 70-52 home win...

Lavena Mae Hillis Lavena Mae Hillis, 79, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., formerly of Broseley, Mo., passed away Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016 at Westwood Hills Health Care. Mrs. Hillis was born Oct. 27, 1936 in Broseley, Mo., to the late Wiley Henry and Ella Corder Guess. ...

Donald Davis PUXICO, Mo. -- Donald Davis, 70, of Puxico, died Friday, Jan. 29, 2016, at his home. Graveside services were held at 10 a.m., Tuesday in the Puxico Cemetery with Rev. Marvin Jones of Puxico officiating. Burial followed in the Puxico Cemetery in Puxico with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Puxico, Mo. is in charge of arrangements...

VINCENNES, Ind. -- Despite playing with seven kids again, the Lady Raiders had a chance to win on Vincennes' home court. Three Rivers was up six points with 1:46 on the clock. Vincennes' Kyra Tucker rattled off six points in a minute, including a 3, and tied the game as the Lady Raiders committed two turnovers...

NAYLOR -- Five players reached double figures as the Twin Rivers boys basketball team turned a slim halftime lead into a dominating 85-47 victory Monday night. Logan Garrett had a team-high 15 points while Chance Wilkerson and Jacob Mitchell added 14 apiece. Andrew Mittelstadt had 12 points and Mikey Suiter chipped in 10 for the Royals (13-8, 4-1 OFC)...

Jabreuna Brimlett is already in the track record books at Murray State. Brimlett (Poplar Bluff HS) set a personal record in the 60-meter hurdles preliminaries with a time of 8.61 seconds at the Pitt State Invite over the weekend. In the finals, she ran it in 8.63 to finish sixth. Her new personal record ranks third in Murray State history. She also finished seventh in the long jump with a distance of 18-feet, 1.5-inches...