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Bank worker sentenced for faking loans
(Local News ~ 02/26/16)
By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- A Poplar Bluff, Mo., woman was sentenced to six months in federal prison Wednesday afternoon for fraudulently conducting loan activity in a bank customer's name and ordered to pay more than $80,000 in restitution...
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On sex assault charge Ex-Naylor principal waives hearing
(Local News ~ 02/26/16)
By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor DONIPHAN, Mo. -- A former Naylor assistant principal was ordered to stand trial Wednesday morning for allegedly sexually assaulting a female student on campus. Accompanied by his attorney, Danny Moore, John Franklin Mullins was to appear before Associate Circuit Judge Thomas Swindle for a preliminary hearing in his case, but instead waived having a hearing, according to a deputy Ripley County circuit clerk...
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Greater freedoms for PBHS reporters?
(Local News ~ 02/26/16)
By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Student journalists at Poplar Bluff High School and across Missouri could benefit from new legislation allowing them greater press freedoms. The Cronkite New Voices Act, filed in the state house of representatives in January, would prohibit school district censorship of student reporters unless the material is libelous, invasive, criminal or incites students to commit an unlawful act...
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Time to start an asparagus bed
(Features ~ 02/26/16)
One of the first vegetables that you will be planting and harvesting this spring will be asparagus. This delicious food has been eaten for more than 2,000 years. Like many other foods, it was first used as a medicine. Asparagus shoots rise from an underground stem called the crown. The crown is capable of producing spears for 15 to 20 years. I'm sure the asparagus crop in my mother's garden was much older...
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Crappie fishing good, but size issue remains
(Outdoors ~ 02/26/16)
By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor It looks like fishing for crappies finally has turned on at Wappapello Lake, and I've seen some pretty good stringers of fish in the last few days. The warm, sunny weather sure had the lake crowded with boats Saturday. One person told me he never had less than 14 other boats within eyesight the entire day...
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Killian named NWTF 2015 Wildlife Officer of Year
(Outdoors ~ 02/26/16)
Conservation Agent Darren Killian was recently selected for the 2015 National Wild Turkey Federation Wildlife Law Enforcement Officer of the Year for the Missouri Department of Conservation Ozark Region. Darren was part of the 1999 Conservation Agent Training Academy, and is in his 16th year as a Ripley County Conservation agent. ...
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Bluff City Mallards hold "bounce-back" banquet
(Outdoors ~ 02/26/16)
By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor More than 240 people turned out Saturday evening for the Bluff City Mallards chapter of Ducks Unlimited's annual sportsmen's dinner at the Black River Coliseum, easily topping last year's event. "I thought the banquet went very well," said Area Chairman Jeremy Wethington...
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Arkansas deer management program awarded
(Outdoors ~ 02/26/16)
LOUISVILLE, KY. -- The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission accepted the national title of Agency of the Year at the Quality Deer Management Association's 16th Annual National Convention, Jan. 28-31, in Louisville, Kentucky. The award recognizes progressive deer management techniques, hunter education and hunter recruitment as well as the impact an agency has on hunter attitudes toward management of deer populations for herd health and sustainable harvest. ...
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Late winter, spring good for catching crappies
(Outdoors ~ 02/26/16)
By CALEB PRYOR Mo. Dept. of Conservation Missouri anglers love to fish for crappie. One reason crappies are so popular is their eagerness to bite. They are fun to catch and great to eat. Because crappies tend to congregate, anglers might catch a stringer-full in one spot. However, crappies can be just as finicky one day as they were eager the day before. By knowing a little about their habits, you can increase your chances of catching them...
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Many local stores dropping from program Big changes coming to MDC permit vendors
(Outdoors ~ 02/26/16)
By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor Some important changes are coming to the Missouri Department of Conservation's permit vendor program next month, and if you prefer to carry paper permits purchased locally, you may be affected. Going away mid-March are the MDC-owned permit printing machines you've seen at vendors for years, where your heritage card is swiped and your permits are spit out on waterproof, yellow paper...
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Who's screening the screeners
(Column ~ 02/26/16)
By MICHELLE MALKIN While a TSA agent pawed my hair bun this weekend, presumably on high alert for improvised explosive bobby pins, I pondered the latest news on the Somalia airplane terror attack. Intelligence officials released video footage of airport employees in Mogadishu handing a laptop to a jihadist suspect before he boarded Daallo Airlines Airbus Flight D3159 last week. ...
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Not alone in fearing for country's future
(Column ~ 02/26/16)
By MIKE JENSEN Publisher Sikeston Standard Democrat A German hotel being converted to a refugee center for a flood of migrants burned early this week. The blaze was ruled arson on the unoccupied building. As the structure burned, crowds of Germans gathered and cheered. There was even a half-hearted attempt to slow firefighters arriving at the scene...
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Heartland Gobblers banquet scheduled for March 12 in PB
(Outdoors ~ 02/26/16)
By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor With Missouri's spring turkey season just around the corner, committee members of the Heartland Gobblers chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation are making final plans for the organization's 23rd annual banquet and auction...
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War: This is how republics perish
(Column ~ 02/26/16)
By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN If you believed America's longest war, in Afghanistan, was coming to an end, be advised: It is not. Departing U.S. commander Gen. John Campbell says there will need to be U.S. boots on the ground "for years to come." Making good on President Obama's commitment to remove all U.S. forces by next January, said Campbell, "would put the whole mission at risk."...
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Steve V. Bell Sr.
(Obituary ~ 02/26/16)
Steve V. Bell Sr. DEXTER, Mo. -- Steve Vernon Bell Sr., 84, a longtime resident of Sikeston and Dexter, died Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016 at his residence in Dexter. Visitation will take place from noon until 2 p.m. Saturday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter...
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Three charged in deer beating
(Outdoors ~ 02/26/16)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Charges have been filed against three Georgia men after Arkansas Game and Fish Commission officers investigated a video circulated on Facebook showing a deer being beaten with a textbook. The investigation began after AGFC officers were contacted by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources on Jan. ...
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Larry Jameson
(Obituary ~ 02/26/16)
Larry Jameson Larry Jameson, 58, of Ellsinore, Mo., died Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Arrangements are pending with Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff.
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Westwood Baptist girls basketball wins 1st MCSAA title
(High School Sports ~ 02/26/16)
Most basketball programs, no matter the level, would be happy to make it to the championship just once in a decade. The Westwood Baptist Academy girls basketball team had already checked that off the list twice, only to come up second fiddle both times...
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Edward C. Fluech
(Obituary ~ 02/26/16)
Edward C. Fluech Edward C. Fluech, 67, of Poplar Bluff, died Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016 at the John J. Pershing Veterans Hospital. Arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service of Poplar Bluff.
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Man in attic incident causes $15K damage
(Local News ~ 02/26/16)
By BEN KLEINE SEMO News Service CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- A Cape Girardeau man was an unwelcome guest in a relative's attic, and Cape Girardeau Police used pepper spray in an attempt to get him out. Eventually, he fell through the roof into the bathroom...
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Familiar faces playing in championship games
(High School Sports ~ 02/26/16)
The MSHSAA district championship games pit a handful of familiar foes against each other. Of the seven local teams still in contention, only three are playing for consecutive titles while four of the six contests feature rematches from earlier this season...
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Kennett man pleads in wife's death
(Local News ~ 02/26/16)
Kennett man pleads in wife's death KENNETT, Mo. -- A Kennett man charged with killing his wife in May 2014 pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder. Allan Branum appeared before Circuit Judge Robert Mayer in a courtroom of the Dunklin County Justice Center...
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A year later, Raiders look to avenge semifinal loss
(High School Sports ~ 02/26/16)
It's all a bit like last year. Then, too, the Raiders swept Moberly Area in the regular season. Three Rivers, with a core group of sophomores and a talented freshman class, had a goal of making the national tournament. Maybe even getting a ring. It was all dashed in less than a minute...
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Noranda, Ameren ask lawmakers for rate change
(Local News ~ 02/26/16)
By MARK BLISS SEMO News Service The Noranda plant near New Madrid, Missouri, is seen from this aerial view over the Mississippi River. Southeast Missourian file The heads of Noranda Aluminum and Ameren Missouri, companies that long have been at odds over energy policy, have joined forces to urge state lawmakers to make major changes to Missouri's energy policy...
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Whippets race back into final
(High School Sports ~ 02/26/16)
The Ellington Whippets finally turned the corner a year ago, putting a string of winning seasons together for the first time in five years. They became the hot team on the local basketball fan's radar with the chemistry and the tools to win big games. But by the time the 2015-2016 campaign rolled around, the Whippets were left without the coach got them there. In an unexpected twist, head coach Jeff Berry did not return...
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Charles Melford Gibson
(Obituary ~ 02/26/16)
Charles Melford Gibson DEXTER, Mo. -- Charles Melford Gibson, 88, formerly of Dexter, died in Dallas, Texas, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. A visitation will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m., Thursday, at the Laurel Land Funeral Home in Dallas, Texas. Graveside services and burial will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, in the Bernie Cemetery in Bernie, Mo. with the Rev. Mike...
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Aofiaalelai
(Obituary ~ 02/26/16)
Aofiaalelai "Fia" Taylor VAN BUREN, Mo. -- Aofiaalelai "Fia" Taylor, 62, of Van Buren, died Monday, Feb. 22, 2016 in the St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau, from injuries she received in an automobile accident. Visitation will be at 6 p.m., Sunday, in the McSpadden Funeral Home in Van Buren. A Celebration of Life Service will begin at 10 a.m., Monday, in the funeral home chapel with Jody Thomason officiating...
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Stanley L. Cletcher
(Obituary ~ 02/26/16)
Stanley L. Cletcher VAN BUREN, Mo. -- Stanley Leroy Cletcher, 67, of Van Buren, died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016 at his residence. The visitation will begin for the public at 11 a.m. Saturday in the McSpadden Funeral Home in Van Buren, with the funeral service following at 1 p.m. Rev. Ross Marshall will officiate. Burial will be in the Van Buren City Cemetery, with full Military Honors...
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Paul Edward Ogden
(Obituary ~ 02/26/16)
Paul Edward Ogden CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Paul Edward Ogden, 98, of Campbell, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016 at the General Baptist Nursing Home, in Campbell. Mr. Ogden, son of Walter Arthur and Laura Dail Minter Ogden, was born Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1917 in St. Francis, Ark...
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Eugene O.
(Obituary ~ 02/26/16)
Eugene O. Biesemeyer PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Eugene O. Biesemeyer, 84, of Piedmont died Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, at his residence. Visitation will be held at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, also at the Piedmont chapel. Burial will be at Masonic Cemetery...
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Semo State student faces charge for sex video
(Local News ~ 02/26/16)
Teen faces charge for sex video at Semo St. CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Broderick C. Gormley, 19, of Glencoe, Missouri, has been charged with felony invasion of privacy for filming a video of consensual sex and placing the video on the Internet, both without the woman's knowledge...
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