Stories from Saturday, June 4, 2016

By JONATHON DAWE SEMO News Service BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - After three days of testimony, 12 jurors took four hours to deliberate and render a judgment of "not guilty" to Chris Hicks. Hicks faced charges of attempted murder, arson, armed criminal action, and second-degree burglary...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor No charges will be filed against a former prominent, local businessman in connection with a December hit-and-run accident that killed a Poplar Bluff, Mo., teenager. Butler County Prosecuting Attorney Kevin Barbour said his decision not to pursue charges against Ben Ressel was based on his review of all the investigative reports, including the Missouri State Highway Patrol's reconstruction report, which he received last Friday, as well as a lab report...

To the Editor, So if the US government determines that it is against the law for the words "under God" to be on our money, then so be it. And if that same government decided that the "Ten Commandments" are not to be on a government installation, then so be it...

LONDON -- Sitting on the sun-dappled terrace of the House of Lords, watching the Thames flow, Lord Nigel Lawson explains that the June 23 referendum, which he hopes will withdraw Britain from the European Union, was never supposed to happen. It is, he says, the fulfillment of a promise Prime Minister David Cameron expected to be prevented from keeping...

Poplar Bluff Municipal Library Board of Trustees will meet at 4 p.m. June 6 in the library conference room, 318 N. Main St. Items on the agenda include the gift policy and the donor wall. Updates for the nominating and centennial committees are also slated...

By LAWRENCE KUDLOW AND STEPHEN MOORE We are going to reveal the grand secret to getting rich by investing. It's a simple formula that has worked for Warren Buffett, Carl Icahn and all the greatest investment gurus over the years. Ready? Buy low; sell high...

Another immunization has now been added to those required for students to have before entering 8th and 12th grades here in Missouri. One dose of meningoccal vaccine is now required for all students wishing to enter 8th grade. Two doses are now required for those going into the 12th grade, unless their first dose wasn't received until the age of 16 or later, in which case one dose is sufficient...

Frankie W. Earnheart MALDEN, Mo. -- Frankie W. Earnheart of Malden, 72, died Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at the home of her son in Sikeston, Mo. Visitation will be held from noon-2 p.m. Sunday, June 5, 2016 at the Landess Funeral Home Chapel in Malden with the funeral services following at 2 p.m. in the Landess Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor James Mills officiating. Burial will be in the Rosewood First Addition Cemetery in Malden...

Norma Isaac PUXICO, Mo. -- Norma Isaac, 83, died at her home near Puxico, Mo. on Wednesday, June 1, 2016. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Friday, June 3, at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Puxico. The Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. ...

Billy Joe Shepherd NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Billy Joe Shepherd, 53, of Corning, Ark., died Wednesday, June 1, 2006 at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, June 6, 2016 at the Fowler-Sullivan Memorial Chapel in Neelyville with the service following at 1 p.m. in the chapel. Burial will be in Kinsey Cemetery near Harviell...

Thomas Edgar Barker Thomas Edgar Barker, 64, of Harviell, Mo., died on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Sunday, June 5, 2016 at Moore Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Monday, June 6, 2016, in the Moore Funeral Service Chapel...

Norma Isaac -- Puxico, Mo. Thomas Edgar Barker -- Harviell, Mo. Frankie W. Earnheart -- Malden, Mo. Billy Joe Shepherd -- Corning, Ark.

Bailey Faries of Silva, Mo., has received the Community College Scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University for the 2016-2017 academic year. Faries is the daughter of Joe and Laurie Faries of Williamsville, Mo., and Robin and Chris Marler of Silva, Mo., and is a 2016 graduate of Three Rivers College and a 2014 graduate of Greenville RII High School...