Stories from Sunday, May 22, 2016

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor Missouri Republican lawmakers lashed out at the Obama administration's recent directive calling it "dramatic overreach" and an abuse of federal authority to mandate that public schools must allow transgender students to use bathrooms, locker rooms and showers consistent with their chosen gender identity. Schools failing to comply could lose federal funding, according to the directive...

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Three Rivers College celebrated its 48th annual commencement on Friday at Black River Coliseum, awarding degrees to 576 students from across Southeast Missouri and beyond. The Class of 2016 was a testament to the diversity found in the local community college. Graduates ranged in age from 17 to 70 and came from every race and creed, with the singular goals of improving their worlds internally and externally through education...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer The Poplar Bluff Child Concern food pantry now has an additional almost 900 pounds of canned goods to hand out, thanks to last week's annual Letter Carriers food drive. The food bank serves approximately 800 individuals each month, and the contributions will supplement the boxes the pantry is already able to provide, said director Derrick Miller...

Forest needs those funky rules On May 11 of this year in Speak Out I'd like to respond to the one that is "Funky Rules of the Forest." The highlights of that basically he's not happy that he can only camp for 21 out of 30 days in the U. S. Forest Mark Twain National Forest. ...

By MONA CHAREN EgyptAir Flight 804 -- carrying 66 people, including three children -- departed from Paris on Wednesday night. Just before it was scheduled to land in Cairo, it appears to have made a 360-degree turn before plunging 9,000 feet and disappearing from radar...

By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WASHINGTON -- Among the abundant ironies of this election cycle, there is this: We are now in the eighth year of the most liberal administration since Lyndon Johnson's. The primary elections reveal a national mood of anxiety, apprehension and anger, in turn reflecting stagnation at home and failure abroad. ...

As part of the partnership with the Vietnam War Commemoration for the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War, the Poplar Bluff Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution announces Gayle Kingery as a "Vietnam Veteran of the Month" for May...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The following students have been awarded scholarships to attend Southeast Missouri State University for the 2016-2017 academic year: Jamie Lowe of Neelyville, Mo., has received the University Scholarship and Residence Life Leadership Award. Lowe is the daughter of Myke and Terry Miller of Neelyville, and Todd and Amanda Lowe of Poplar Bluff, Mo., is a 2016 graduate of Twin Rivers High School...

Barbara Gaines MALDEN, Mo. -- Barbara Sue Gaines, 69, of Malden died Thursday, May 19, 2016, at SEHealth Center of Stoddard County in Dexter. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Saturday at Landess Funeral Chapel in Malden. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Landess Funeral Chapel in Malden with Rev. Steve Fitzpartick officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Malden...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Conservative Oklahoma lawmakers filed legislation Thursday opposing the federal government's guidance on the use of bathrooms, locker rooms and showers by transgender students. With just one week remaining before the Legislature is constitutionally required to adjourn, Republican lawmakers filed two measures opposing the guidance that calls for transgender students to be treated consistently with their gender identity...

Carrie Colvin FISK, Mo. -- Carrie Dawn Colvin, 55, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, May 19, 2016 at her residence. Mrs. Colvin was born Jan. 21, 1961 at Farmington, Mo. She was a RN and had worked at St. Vincent's Hospital in Little Rock, Ark. She enjoyed reading, cross stitching, baking, and music. Her greatest joy was taking care of her grandbaby. She would say her greatest accomplishment was becoming a mother. On Aug. 20, 1980, she married Edward Colvin. He survives...

Jeffery Galindo CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Jeffery Armando Galindo, 39, passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2016 in an auto accident South of Poplar Bluff. Mr. Galindo, son of Judith Black Galindo, was born on Tuesday, May 17, 1977 in Kennett, Mo. He was a Lineman worker in a Nail Factory and attended Twin Springs Church in Poplar Bluff...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Nothing could get the Green Wave nervous. Not a home run, not a pair of dropped fly balls, not a dwindling lead and not that potential game-winning run on second base. It was a complete shift from the day before when everything made them nervous. With a better mentality, Malden beat West County 7-6 in the MSHSAA Class 1 Spring Softball third-place game Saturday...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The Green Wave never touched third base and committed five errors in losing to Mt. Vernon 4-0 in the MSHSAA Class 1 State Semifinals. "This was a complete opposite of how we have been playing all year. I think the nervousness got to us and we just didn't want to make any mistakes, so it just got heavier on us," Malden's Allison Hampton said...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Nick Thompson swept the throwing events in the MSHSAA Class 2 state championships, leading Malden to a seventh place finish as a team. "It feels awesome to be a state champ," said Thompson who won the shot put and discus. "My senior year has been like a storybook tale, just great all around and these wins were a perfect ending."...

ST. LOUIS -- The weather was nicer and so were the results for the Poplar Bluff track and field team Saturday in the MSHSAA Class 4 Sectional 1 meet. Autumn Dodd, Krisman Eakin, Kaylee Eakin and Kaylee Harris broke the school record in the 400-meter relay, punching their ticket to the state championships in the process with a winning time of 49.21 seconds...

SAPPINGTON, Mo. -- In the midst of its best season in school history, the Poplar Bluff tennis team ran into one of the hottest team's in the state. The Mules made history again Saturday by defeating McCluer North 5-1 in the MSHSAA Class 2 playoffs before dropping a 5-0 decision to host Lindbergh in the quarterfinal...