Stories from Monday, July 11, 2016

By DAVID SILVERBERG The transformation of drug and alcohol addicts from needing help to caring for others was emphasized during the Southeast Conference of the Missouri Coalition of Recovery Support Providers. This two-day conference in Fellowship General Baptist Church at Poplar Bluff attracted 121 persons, according to Kelly Shearrer Spradling, conference administrator...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Three area residents will participate this month in the process to select presidential nominees for the Republican and Democratic parties. Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives Todd Richardson and Poplar Bluff, Mo., resident Hardy Billington have been chosen to represent Missouri at the Republican national convention July 18-21 in Cleveland...

Louie and Carol Lindsay of Fisk will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on July 16 with a reception hosted by the couples' children. The event will be from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. at the Broseley Community Center in Broseley. All friends and family of the Lindsays are invited to attend...

The parents, Roger and Debbie Burton of Poplar Bluff and Georgia Neivel of Shakopee, Minn., and the grandparents, Wilma Duncan and the late Donald Duncan of Poplar Bluff, Patsy Burton and the late Jerry Burton, Sr. of Conroe, Texas and Ronald and Joanna Jones of Jackson, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter and granddaughter, Brittany Nichole Burton of Durham, N.C. to Paul Marino also of Durham...

All 4-H/FFA members may join in the second annual public speaking contest at the Butler County Fair from 5 - 6 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 26 at the Black River Coliseum in Poplar Bluff. Participants may check in at 4:45 p.m. There will be two age divisions: Senior Level is for youth ages 14 to 18 (must be in high school) and Junior Level is for youth ages 8-13. ...

Malfeasance Bluff Yes, I called last week about the charges that should have been brought against Mr. Ressel. Leaving the scene of an accident is one. I guess they forgot abandonment of a corpse. I'm starting to wonder if we shouldn't name the name of this town to Malfeasance Bluff. Thank you very much. Have a good day...

By CAROLYN SMITH Staff Writer Thursday, March 31, 2016, the Gregory Family celebrated the homecoming of their 2-year-old son, Liam Gregory, who had been hospitalized at Cardinal Glennon Hospital in St. Louis since Sept. 30, 2015. Laramy and Jessica (Marler) Gregory of Poplar Bluff, had been at their son's bedside every day, as he waited for a new heart. ...

By GEORGE F. WILL ST. LOUIS -- America's economy has now slouched into the eighth year of a recovery that demonstrates how much we have defined recovery down. The idea that essentially zero interest rates are, after seven and a half years, stimulating the economy "strains credulity," says James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. ...

By MONA CHAREN The Islamic State, you have to acknowledge, is on quite a roll. Over the July 4 weekend, the FBI arrested a northern Virginia neighbor of mine, Mohamed Bailor Jalloh. He was apparently plotting a Fort Hood style attack and told an FBI informant: "I just want to live a good Muslim life and die as a Shaheed (martyr)."...

Gary Mason Million CRUMP, Tenn. -- Gary Mason Million, 62, of Morris Chapel, Tenn. died Friday, July 8, 2016. A graveside service will be held Sunday, July 10, 2016 at the Bethlehem Cemetery in Crump with Bobby Capps officiating. Shackelford Funeral Directors of Savannah is in charge of arrangements...

Dean Bilbrey Dean Bilbrey of Poplar Bluff died Saturday, July 9, 2016 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are pending with Fowler-Sulivan Home in Poplar Bluff.

By JACKIE REHWALD Springfield News-Leader SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri native William Haley was a wild man, a rebel cowboy who liked to party. So packing his remains into professional-grade fireworks to be blasted into the night sky seemed like a proper sendoff, said his youngest daughter Wadine Ragland, who lives in California...

4-H Learning by Doing programs were a huge success for the second year in a row. This summer 4-H ran a four-week summer program for ages 5-18. Each Monday and Wednesday youth came to Poplar Bluff to participate in life skill building classes. The cost of classes was $5 each week or $35 for all eight classes. ...

Another year, another enchanting evening at Southeast Missouri's premier sports awards show. The top student-athletes from 57 high schools across the region came together for the Third Annual Semoball Awards presented by SoutheastHEALTH on Saturday at Southeast Missouri State's River Campus, as Malden's Nick Thompson and Dexter's Makayla Waldner took home the top individual honors...

Jack William Short KENNETT, Mo. -- Jack William Short, 48, of Kennett, departed this life Thursday, July 7, 2016. The son of the late George William Short and Betty Sue (Swinger) Hall was born July 6, 1968. He married Kimberly Jo Peterson March 5, 1988,...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Steve Hafford knew well before his little girl was born, her name would be Heavenly. A single father, he was by her side from the day she was born until the night she died in December, the victim of a hit and run accident on Kanell Boulevard, within sight of her home...

Male Athlete of the Year Nick Thompson Female Athlete of the Year MaKayla Waldner Football Offense Al Young Football Defense Steven Haley Vollyeball Abbie McAlister Girls Cross Country Carli Knott Boys Cross Country Levi Krauss Boys Swimming Brogan Davis...