Stories from Wednesday, June 8, 2016

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Poplar Bluff Police are seeking three suspects in connection with a Saturday home invasion where gunfire was exchanged with three children present. Police responded at 9:34 p.m. to a home in the 400 block of Harper for a report of multiple shots fired. Upon arrival, officers were flagged down by resident Moenika Ellis, who stated someone came in the home, assaulted her boyfriend and shots were fired...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Poplar Bluff City Council members offered a promise Monday to pursue changes at an intersection where a 13-year-old girl was killed in a hit-and-run accident, but told a group of concerned citizens they had no power to overrule the decisions of the county prosecuting attorney...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor A local teenager is in a St. Louis, Mo., hospital after being stabbed more than a dozen times Monday afternoon by another woman apparently jealous over an affair she suspected between the teen and her husband...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Poplar Bluff Municipal Utility offices could relocate to 1902 Sunset Drive as early as the summer of 2017, following a decision Monday by city officials to purchase the current location of First Missouri State Bank. The property will cost approximately $900,000, although the city has not said how they will pay for the building. That decision will be made closer to the closing date, according to officials...

By MIKE JENSEN Publisher Sikeston Standard Democrat What should we expect from our federal government? It seems a valid question given the upcoming presidential election and the stark differences in the choices facing Americans this November. At the top of the expectations' list should be the protection of the American people. The feds should also - we would hope - make decisions and tailor programs that benefit all Americans, not just a few selected special interests...

LONDON -- Misery loves company, so refugees from America's Republican Party should understand that theirs is not the only party that has chosen a leader who confirms caricatures of it while repudiating its purposes. Jeremy Corbyn, the silliest leader in the British Labour Party's 116-year history, might kill satire as well as whatever remains of socialism...

SEMO News Service SIKESTON, Mo. -- Sixteen people were injured when a residential deck collapsed under them in Sikeston, Missouri, on Friday night. At roughly 9 p.m., the Sikeston Department of Public Safety received a call to the 100 block of North Ridge Road, according to a news release from the department. More than 20 people were celebrating an event on the deck, the release stated, and the deck collapsed when a group congregated around an expectant mother to congratulate her...

Tanner Tibbs pitched six shutout innings to lead the Mules' summer team in a split with Sikeston. Poplar Bluff (2-5) scored on a pair of errors to win the opener 2-1, but struggled early in the nightcap and lost 12-1 to split Monday at Bobby Strenfel Field...

Kent Desmond Robinett ELLSINORE, Mo. - Kent Desmond Robinett, 49, of Ellsinore, Mo. died Saturday, June 4, 2016 at his residence. Visitation will at 10 a.m., Wednesday, June 8 at the Ellsinore Community Pentecostal Church and the funeral following at noon in the church with Rev. James Huffman officiating. Burial will be in Henson Cemetery. McSpadden Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

KENNETT -- The Lumberjacks came back then teed off against Kennett Monday night. In a tie game with one out in the top of the eighth inning, three straight walks loaded the bases for Wayne County before Hunter Berry reached on an error scoring Baylen Teague from third for a 6-5 victory in the opener...

Everybody started congratulating Greg Roberson. He didn't know why. His dad was watching and had a big smile on his face. Greg didn't know why. "I looked at the scoreboard, which is dumb," Roberson said. He was bowling a perfect game in the USBC Division 5 state competition. The Poplar Bluff senior had never thrown a 300 and got real nervous real fast...

East Carter County Elementary students earning places on the fourth quarter honor roll include: Mrs. Koeger, First Grade Laney Asher, Malachi Bales, Riley Brownzelma Cooley, Kayden Douglas, Willow Glass, Gracie Gordon, Riley Gower, Tyler Lipe, Carson Maxwell, Lillian Maxwell, Aliyah Miller, Kelsey Morehead, Heather Nichols-Brown, Jazalyn Wilder...

Vickie Jaco Cochran Vickie Jaco Cochran, 54, of Poplar Bluff, died Saturday, June 4, 2016 at her residence. Visitation will be at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, June 9 at Grace Christian Fellowship. Memorial services will be at 6:30 p.m. in the Grace Christian Fellowship Sanctuary...

Anna Willis PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Anna Willis, 82, of Patterson, Mo., died Monday, June 6, 2016, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are currently are pending with Ruegg Funeral Homes, Inc.

Bernedia Mae (Golden) Edmond FISK, Mo. -- Bernedia Mae (Golden) Edmond, 85 of Dyer, Tenn. died Monday, June 6, 2016 at Dyer Nursing Home in Dyer, Tenn. Mrs. Edmond, the daughter of the late James Fred and Verna Mae (Henshaw) Golden, was born July 19, 1930 at Ash Hill, Mo. ...

Margaret E. Casinger Margaret "Maggie" E. Casinger, 68, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Saturday, June 4, 2016 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Casinger, the daughter of the late Jack and Ruth Brown Sparkman, was born Sept. 22, 1947 in Butler County, Mo. She was of the General Baptist faith and had retired after many years in retail sales. Mrs. Casinger enjoyed spending time with her family, reading and working in her yard...

Kyle Raymond Divine Kyle Raymond Divine, 30, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Sunday, June 5, 2016 in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Divine was born Nov. 8, 1985 in Poplar Bluff, to Curtis Divine and Debbie Crossen Divine. Kyle worked as a carpenter and enjoyed fishing...

By MARGARET SHACKLEFORD 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 is announces Robert Walter as a "Vietnam Veteran of the Month" for June...