Stories from Saturday, June 11, 2016

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer The Poplar Bluff Kiwanis Club will break ground next spring on a $50,000 installation of all inclusive playground equipment at Bacon Park, after winning an international contest this week. The club won the Legacy of Play contest for $25,000 because it wants to teach Poplar Bluff's children how to play together, to be inclusive of everyone, said President Subrina Berger. Kiwanis Poplar Bluff has also raised $25,000 in the last three years for the project...

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer The Perry County Sheriff's Office is commending the actions of a Poplar Bluff woman who assisted a deputy whose hand was broken during the recent apprehension of a suspect believed to be in mental distress. The incident began when Melissa M. ...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor A Poplar Bluff, Mo., woman was arrested Thursday morning on charges she hindered the prosecution of her daughter-in-law, who is accused of stabbing a teenager more than a dozen times, by allegedly coercing a witness to lie...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Ozark Heritage Day will be held Saturday at Big Spring, part of a full schedule of events for the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in June and July. For the centennial celebration of the national parks system, the Riverways wants to introduce people to new ways to enjoy the rivers and woodlands of Carter and Shannon counties...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor A former patron of Brick's Off-Road Park who allegedly was intoxicated when his pickup ran a stop sign near the park and struck a local woman's car, leaving her paralyzed, will stand trial for causing her injuries, as well as those his passenger suffered...

By STEPHEN MOORE The liberal green groups ?are celebrating the "victory" of putting America's major coal producers out of business -- to say nothing of the tens of thousands of miners placed in unemployment lines. Several thousand more mining jobs were lost last month...

To the Editor, Have you visited a national park lately? March 1st 1872 Congress established the first national park, Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. 144 years later, we have 59 national parks. Ten parks have been added since 1989. These wonders of nature display one of the greatest natural shows on Earth. From Hawaii volcanoes to Acadia in Maine. From Denali in Alaska to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. Nature puts on a show that costs very little for the value received...

WASHINGTON -- The Caligulan malice with which Donald Trump administered Paul Ryan's degradation is an object lesson in the price of abject capitulation to power. This episode should be studied as a clinical case of a particular Washington myopia -- the ability of career politicians to convince themselves that they and their agendas are of supreme importance...

Bonnie Taylor Trinkler MALDEN, Mo.-- Bonnie Taylor Trinkler, 86, of Malden was born Sept. 30, 1929 in Yuma, Tenn. to the late Walter T. Taylor & Myrtle J. Taylor. She departed this life Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...

The Little Miss and Mr. Firecracker pageant will be held July 3 at the Holiday Inn ballroom in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Attire is red, white and blue for children age 7 and under, and pageant wear for age 8 and older. Fee is $30, cash only. Doors will open at 2 p.m...

Glendola Wright CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Glendola Wright, 81, of Campbell, passed away Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Mrs. Wright, daughter of Luther Cleveland and Mary Lena Garrard Higginbotham, was born Wednesday, Aug. 22, 1934, in Cardwell...

East Carter R-II Middle School Honor Roll 4th Quarter 6th Avory Alexander, Willow Anderson, Molly Berry, Samantha Conaway, Elizabeth Crowley, Jaci Douglas, Billy Emerson, Reagan Friedline, Preston Golden, Connor Hollis, Eli Marvin, Sarina McGavock, Jordan Moore, Rylee O'Dell, Kaydee Owen, Kailee Politte, Payton Raymer, Luke Roark, Cassidy Sullivan, Conner Sullivan, Madison Thurman, Emma Whittom, Jake Wilder...

Lonnie Montgomery PIEDMONT, Mo. - Lonnie Montgomery, 85, of Piedmont, MO, died Thurs., June 9, 2016 at Clark's Mountain Nursing Center. Visitation will be Sat., June 11, 2016, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont, MO. The funeral will be at 2 p.m., Sunday, June 12, 2016 at the Piedmont Chapell. Burial will be in the Masonic Cemetery. Online condolences may made at www.rueggfuneralhomes.com...

Leon Thompson Leon Thompson of Lowndes, Mo., died Thurs., June 9, 2016 at his residence. Arrangements are pending with Ruegg Funeral Homes, Inc.

George Hiles George E. Hiles, 54, of Neelyville, passed away Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at his home in Neelyville, with his close family by his side. Mr. Hiles was born May 12, 1962. He was a clock enthusiast and enjoyed spending time with his family and friends...

James Bollinger James Bollinger, 86, of Poplar Bluff, died Thurs., June 9, 2016 at Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. Arrangements are pending with Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff.

SEMO News Service CHARLESTON, Mo. -- A couple accused of leaving their children in a vehicle without air conditioning while attending a court hearing faces additional charges. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 22 before Judge S. Rob Barker for Allana Wheatley and Bradley Wheatley, who are charged with three counts of abuse or neglect of a child and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child...

Lester Caldwell PUXICO, Mo. - Lester Caldwell of Wappapello, son of the late Grover Alvin and Sylvia Madeline Hyten Caldwell, was born in Puxico, Missouri on June 18, 1944, and passed away at his home in Wappapello, June 8, 2016, at the age of 71 years, 11 months and 22 days...

SIKESTON -- Tyson Tibbs beat the Sikeston Silver Sox once this week, so why not roll with him again three days later? Tibbs threw a complete-game win for the Wayne County Lumberjacks and out-dueled Sikeston's Jordan Griggs 4-2 Thursday at VFW Memorial Stadium during the first round of pool play as part of the Fighting Squirrels Wood Bat Classic. It's his second win over the Silver Sox within the week after the lefty secured a regular season victory on the mound in Poplar Bluff on Monday...