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Carter Co. adds canine to force
(Local News ~ 05/26/16)
By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor VAN BUREN, Mo. -- When Rick Stephens became Carter County sheriff in 2013, he set a number goals for his department. Now, more than three years later, many of those goals have been accomplished, including making the department "more professional" and providing advanced training for his staff...
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Would have helped fund transportation Libla's fuel tax dies in House
(Local News ~ 05/26/16)
By MIKE McCOY SEMO News Service A proposed Missouri bill to put an additional motor fuel tax on the November ballot for voter approval in 2016 failed to make it through the House of Representatives in the recently concluded session. The bill was introduced by Sen. Doug Libla of Poplar Bluff (Dist. 25-R) in an effort to address transportation infrastructure funding shortfalls in the state...
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PB super bids farewell to R-1
(Local News ~ 05/26/16)
By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Poplar Bluff superintendent Chris Hon will retire in June, bringing to a close a 29-year career in education. Hon served the R-I district for the past 16 years, the past six as superintendent. Prior to his employment with the district, he served as the Naylor high school principal, from 1997-2000, and as a teacher and coach at Risco, Malden and New Madrid from 1987-97...
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In Chaonia Landing area Homeowner kills intruder
(Local News ~ 05/26/16)
By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor CHAONIA LANDING -- A homeowner apparently used a gun to defend his property Tuesday afternoon when a Williamsville, Mo., man ignored repeated orders to leave and kicked in a door. The would-be intruder died. At about 1:50 p.m., the Wayne County Sheriff's Department received a call reporting a burglary in which shot(s) had been fired, according to Wayne County Sheriff Dean Finch...
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Except for Clearwater; many activities available Lakes, river holiday report not promising
(Local News ~ 05/26/16)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Wet conditions could close some area beaches and rivers for the holiday weekend, but park rangers say there will still be plenty of free and family-friendly activities available. Officials at Wappapello Lake expect all of the beaches there to closed because of high lake levels, but say most major boat ramps should be open...
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Highway patrol lab report: DNA on Ressel's truck matches hit & run victim
(Local News ~ 05/26/16)
By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor Lab analysis of forensic evidence found on the undercarriage of truck owned by a prominent, local businessman is a DNA match for the Poplar Bluff, Mo., teenager who was killed in a December hit-and-run accident...
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Charlene
(Obituary ~ 05/26/16)
Charlene Sanders Charlene Sanders, 71, of Imperial, Mo., died Monday, May 16, 2016, at St. Anthony's Medical center in Mehlville, Mo. Services were held Thursday, May 19, 2016, at White Sanders Funeral Home Chapel in Fisk. Bro. Bub Hamm officiated. Burial followed in the Brown Chapel Cemetery in Broseley...
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Area Emergency Responders Meet
(Community News ~ 05/26/16)
By DONNA FARLEY SEMO News Service A meeting held Thursday by the National Weather Service with area emergency responders and media is expected to help increase warning times during severe weather. Participants included first responders from Butler, Wayne, Stoddard, Dunklin, Bollinger, New Madrid and Cape Girardeau counties, according to officials...
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Summer Learning Program Offered
(Community News ~ 05/26/16)
The Butler County Extension Office is hosting Learning by Doing Summer Programs for Youth. Session one of eight will be held Monday, June 6, 2016, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Extension office at 222 N Broadway in Poplar Bluff. These day programs for youth ages 5-18 are offered in an effort to allow area youths to spend their summers learning about the world. ...
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It's time to plant sweet potatoes
(Features ~ 05/26/16)
(This is my last news article because I am retiring at the end of the month. I want to thank the Daily American Republic for their support for this column for many years and to all the readers. I loved writing this column!) Did you know that the sweet potato is not a potato? It belongs to a family of plants, which includes the morning glory. ...
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Malden student honored
(Community News ~ 05/26/16)
FAYETTE, Mo. -- Randi Walker of Malden was inducted into Sigma Epsilon Pi, an honor society at Central Methodist University for the top 10 percent of the graduating class. Induction ceremonies were held May 6 at the main campus in Fayette. Walker, a criminal justice major, is one of 23 students recognized this year for this scholarly achievement...
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Clinton's enablers on the right
(Column ~ 05/26/16)
By STEPHEN MOORE Is there anything more laughable than all the former members of the George W. Bush brain trust torching conservatives for getting behind Donald Trump? The tiresome complaint is that conservatives are tossing overboard their "core principles" when they support the fairly elected presumptive Republican nominee...
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How did Clinton's gimme turn into such a struggle?
(Column ~ 05/26/16)
By ANDREW MALCOLM Special to McClatchy Bernie Sanders is raising $1 million a day without trying. He's easily won a string of primaries, including Oregon most recently. His crowds are large, enthusiastic, determined, sometimes in a chair-throwing kind of way...
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Inaugural address we won't hear, but should
(Column ~ 05/26/16)
By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- The mere possibility of a Donald Trump presidency -- gold-plated faucets in the house first occupied by John and Abigail Adams -- will perhaps have a salutary effect. It might demystify an office that has become now swollen with inappropriate powers and swaddled in a pretentiousness discordant with a republic's ethic of simplicity. ...
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Jearldean "Jerry" Ellen Evans
(Obituary ~ 05/26/16)
ELLSINORE, Mo. -- Jearldean "Jerry" Ellen Evans, 68, of Ellsinore, Mo. died Monday, May 23, 2016, at Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will begin for the public at 6 p.m., Wednesday, May 25, at the McSpadden Funeral Home in Ellsinore, with the funeral services being held at 10 a.m., Thursday, May 26, in the Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be Rev. Darrell Davis Burial will be in Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Ellsinore, Mo...
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Douglas West
(Obituary ~ 05/26/16)
Douglas West Douglas West, 54, of Wappapello Park, Mo., died Tuesday, May 24, 2016 in Wayne County. The arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.
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Norma Hillis Boyer
(Obituary ~ 05/26/16)
Norma Hillis Boyer FISK, Mo. -- Norma Hillis Boyer, 83, of Lake Wales, Fla., went home to be with the Lord Saturday, May 21, 2016. She was born April 12, 1933 to the late Charlie and Ethel Hillis. She grew up in Broseley, Mo. and married her high school sweetheart William Alfred Boyer. ...
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Festus scores early, late to end Poplar Bluff's 1st playoff appearance
(High School Sports ~ 05/26/16)
FESTUS, Mo. -- The Mules were looking for an equalizing goal in the second half Tuesday and had plenty of opportunities, before it finally backfired. Festus got a pair of breakaway goals in the span of 3 minutes late to finally shake Poplar Bluff and win the MSHSAA Class 3 playoff 3-1...
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Dillon Lee St. Chair
(Obituary ~ 05/26/16)
Dillon Lee St. Chair NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Dillon Lee St. Chair, 17, of Fredericktown, Mo., formerly of Gipsy, Mo., died Friday, May 20, 2016, at Mexico, Mo. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Sturdivant Apostolic Church in Sturdivant, Mo. followed by the funeral at 1 p.m. at the church. Burial will be in the Berrong Cemetery in Gipsy...
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Ezra Leif Cannon
(Births ~ 05/26/16)
Andrew and Jordin Cannon of Chaffee announce the birth of their son, Ezra Leif Cannon, born at 8 a.m. May 12 at Saint Francis Medical Center's Family BirthPlace in Cape Girardeau. He weighed 6 pounds 11 ounces and was 19 inches long. Ezra has one brother. Grandparents are John and Martha Koch and Timothy and Germaine Cannon all of Chaffee...
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