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Troop E's top officer to retire
(Local News ~ 03/28/16)
By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor For 35 years, George Ridens has put on a Missouri State Highway Patrol uniform and strapped on his weapon as he has served and protected the state's citizens, but that soon will change as he begins a new phase in his life...
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R-I board candidates face off on Tuesday
(Local News ~ 03/28/16)
By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Local teacher associations will host a forum for Poplar Bluff R-I school board candidates at 6 p.m. on Tuesday in the Kay Porter Theater. Missouri State Teachers Association (MSTA) and the Missouri National Education Association (MNEA) sponsor the annual event, designed to give the public a chance to meet the candidates and hear some of their platforms prior to election day...
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75th anniversary schedule
(Local News ~ 03/28/16)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer The first of the activities planned to celebrate Wappapello Lake's 75th anniversary will honor the timber history of the area. The Woodland Expo from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at Redman Creek Recreation Area. The day will include a timber sports competition, still open for registration, craft and equipment vendors, children's events and chain saw events...
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Despite trials, this Easter Jim Dunn says 'Count it all joy'
(Local News ~ 03/28/16)
By Rev. JIM DUNN retired pastor and executive director United Gospel Rescue Mission (1978-2006) "4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!" "5 Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand." "6 Be anxious for nothing but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;"...
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Joplin, Cox
(Features ~ 03/28/16)
Gene and Kelly Joplin of Grandin announce the engagement of their daughter Shelby Annett Joplin of Grandin to Brandon Lee Cox of Poplar Bluff, son of Carla Cox and Danny Cox, both of Poplar Bluff. The bride is a 2014 graduate of East Carter R-2 and is attending Three Rivers College. She is employed by Endeavor Home Care...
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Richardson only senior in another rebuilding year
(High School Sports ~ 03/28/16)
Usually having just two returning starters, one being the lone senior, qualifies as a rebuilding year for a program. But rebuilding years for the Poplar Bluff golf team usually end at the state tournament where the Mules placed sixth last year in their 11th appearance over the past 13 years...
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Poplar Bluff junior high honor roll
(Local News ~ 03/28/16)
Poplar Bluff Junior High School teacher have announced the third quarter A and B honor rolls...
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Neelyville elementary honor roll
(Community News ~ 03/28/16)
Neelyville Elementary School Third Quarter Honor Roll students include: "A" Honor Roll Third Grade: Owen Conner, Lauryn Cosgrove, Makynli Day, Reese Dobbins, Hayden Dugas, Caia Gipson, Cadence Hamilton, Shalynn Hanna, Xavior Hill, Jenna Hunter, September Preslar, Kaytlynn Scheffler, Drew Shands, Casen Stephens, Faith Stull...
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Lady Mules finish fourth in Optimist Tourney
(High School Sports ~ 03/28/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Locked at 2-all at halftime, the Poplar Bluff girls soccer team ran out of gas and couldn't find the net. Perryville got second-half goals from Kirstin Jannin and Brook Hogard to pick up a 4-0 victory and finish third in the Noon Optimist Club Tournament...
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Tibbs impresses at Rawlings Select Classic #2
(High School Sports ~ 03/28/16)
EMERSON, Ga. -- Tanner Tibbs grounded the Punxsutawney Chucks on Saturday and the Mules won three of four at the Rawlings Select Classic #2. Tibbs threw a complete-game three-hitter in a 3-0 win over the Pennsylvania team Saturday morning after Poplar Bluff beat Hargrave Military Academy of Chatham, Virginia 3-1 on Friday...
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Speak Out 3/28/16
(Opinion ~ 03/28/16)
It's a great country already I think if I hear one more politician say, "I'm going to make America great, again!" I'm gonna puke! There is nothing wrong with our country that we can't fix and it is a great country already! Why do people think other people are literally risking life and limb just to get here so they can get away from the terror where they live? Thank you...
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Marie Thompson
(Obituary ~ 03/28/16)
Marie Thompson CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Marie Thompson, 68, of Campbell, died Thursday, March 24, 2016 at her residence. A memorial service will be at noon Wednesday at Landess Funeral Chapel in Campbell. Landess Funeral Home in Campbell in charge of arrangements...
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Talkington, Larkowski
(Features ~ 03/28/16)
Mr. and Mrs. Todd (Sheryl) Talkington of Poplar Bluff announce the engagement of their daughter, Blake Suzanne Talkington, of Cape Girardeau, to Brett James Larkowski, also of Cape Girardeau. Parents of the bridegroom-to-be are Mr. and Mrs. Brian Larkowski of Strafford, and the late Cynthia Larkowski...
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Is ISIS faithful to the Islam religion?
(Column ~ 03/28/16)
By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN "We are not at war with Islam," said John Kasich after the Brussels massacre, "We're at war with radical Islam." Kasich's point raises a question: Does the Islamic faith in any way sanction or condone what those suicide bombers did?...
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Fernita A. Coats
(Obituary ~ 03/28/16)
Fernita A. Coats Fernita A. Coats, 98, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Saturday, March 26, 2016 at Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. The arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.
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Ella Marie Friese
(Obituary ~ 03/28/16)
Ella Marie Friese CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Ella Marie Friese, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, March 21, 2016, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 2, 1931, in New Hamburg, Mo., to Frank and Leona Goetz Bucher. She and Carlston Eugene "Gene" Friese were married Oct. 1, 1949, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Fornfelt. He preceded her in death Jan. 10, 2002...
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Glenda S. Hancock
(Obituary ~ 03/28/16)
Glenda S. Hancock GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Glenda S. Hancock, 71, of Hiram, Mo., died Saturday, March 26, 2016, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, Poplar Bluff, Mo. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m.- 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Greenville. Services will follow at 1 p.m. also at the chapel. Burial will be at Cowin Cemetery, rural Wayne County, Mo...
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Sara Hoskins
(Obituary ~ 03/28/16)
Sara Hoskins VAN BUREN, Mo. -- Sara Eudora Hoskins, age 96, of Van Buren died Thursday, March 24, 2016, at Riverways Manor Nursing Home. She was born Feb. 9, 1920, in Doniphan, Mo., daughter of George D. and Nancy "Hattie" Horner Sloan. She married Charles Quentin Hoskins on May 18, 1942...
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Flora Mae
(Obituary ~ 03/28/16)
Flora Mae Peterson CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Flora Mae Peterson, 87, of Morton, Ill., died Thursday, March 24, 2016 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Ill. Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. Monday at Landess Funeral Home in Campbell. Funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be at Woodlawn Cemetery in Campbell...
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Melvin Ethery Foster
(Obituary ~ 03/28/16)
Melvin Ethery Foster PIGGOTT, Ark. -- Melvin Ethery Foster, 89, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Thursday, March 24, 2016, at his home. He was born on Nov. 10, 1926, in Piggott, Ark., and was the son of the late William E. and Flora Mae Bolton Foster...
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Jimmy Weathers
(Obituary ~ 03/28/16)
Jimmy Weathers ROLLA, Mo. -- Jimmy R. Weathers, 64, of Licking, Mo., formerly of Fisk, Mo., died Thursday, March 24, 2016. Arrangements are under the direction of Rolla Cremation and Memorial (573-341-0220), www.rollacremation.com.
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Floodings impact on Wappapello
(Local News ~ 03/28/16)
See SundayEXTRA (C1 and C8) and A8 in today's edition for more photographs and information about Wappapello Dam's history. By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer The gates of Wappapello Dam closed April 1, 1941 for the first time. In less than three weeks, the lake was full and the course of the region had changed...
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Bolen throws 304 pitches, homers twice in quadruple header
(High School Sports ~ 03/28/16)
TRENTON -- Destiny Bolen earned all of the Easter Eggs with her workload Friday. Three Rivers' No. 1 pitcher and clean-up hitter had a busy day in a rare quadruple-header with North Central. With rain threatening Saturday's doubleheader, the schools played all four games on Friday...
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Raiders swept twice by Mineral Area
(High School Sports ~ 03/28/16)
At times this season, the Raiders have gotten good hitting, good pitching and good defense, just not at the same time. The trouble continued into the weekend, and Three Rivers dropped four region games against Mineral Area at Roger Pattillo Field. The Raiders were swept Friday 12-7 and 4-0, then turned around and got swept Saturday 5-3 and 11-3...
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