Stories from Saturday, July 16, 2016

By CHELSAE CORDIA Staff Writer NEELYVILLE, Mo. - Six Neelyville varsity cheerleaders were selected as All-Americans and invited to ring in the new year by performing in the London New Year's Day Parade. Hannah Kelsey, Ashley-May Odom, Hana-Kate Cassinger, Morgan McGruder, Haley Edwards and Azhia Campbell were chosen for the Universal Cheerleading Association's All-American team following a three-day camp...

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Poplar Bluff superintendent Scott Dill is inviting the public to a meet-and-greet and some open discussion on issues in local education during a Coffee with the Superintendent event at 8:30 a.m. Monday at the Greater Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce...

Ignorance in Poplar Bluff I always feel like I live in the most ignorant place on the planet when things in the DAR involve situations like Dawn and Jessica Sicup. Was the husband she was fighting for the most handsomest man in PB? Was he rich, was he the smartest? Obviously, not. Why were there two women so eager to kill someone over this man? I would love to see a picture of him to see what I missed out on!...

By GEORGE F. WILL LOS ANGELES -- The mills of justice grind slowly, but life plunges on, leaving lives blighted when justice, by being delayed, is irremediably denied. Fortunately, California's Supreme Court might soon decide to hear -- four years after litigation began -- the 21st century's most portentous civil rights case, which concerns an ongoing denial of equal protection of the law...

David Rickman PIEDMONT, Mo. -- David Rickman, 68, of Piedmont died Thursday, July 14, 2016 at St. Francis Medical Center, Cape Girardeau, Mo. Arrangements are currently pending with Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont.

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN After the massacre of five Dallas cops, during a protest of police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota, President Obama said, "America is not as divided as some have suggested." Former D.C. Police Chief Charles Ramsey, an African-American, says we are "sitting on a powder keg."...

Phyllis Spell Phyllis Spell, 83, of Oklahoma City, Okla., died Thursday, July 14, 2016. Arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service of Poplar Bluff.

To the Editor, I took down my Rebel flag (which you can't buy on eBay any more) and peeled the NRA sticker off the front door. I disconnected my home alarm system and quit the candyNeighborhood Watch. I bought two Pakistani flags and put one at each corner of the front yard. Then I purchased the black flag of ISIS (which you can buy on eBay) and ran it up the flag pole...

They'd only lost one game all season. Mason Kendle made sure there wouldn't be a second. Tied at 12 in the bottom of the seventh inning, Kendle turned a one-out walk into two stolen bases and scored the game-winning run for Pack's Do-It Center on a wild pitch to win 13-12 over Rowland Dentistry in the Park Department Babe Ruth Tournament championship on Thursday at McLane Park...

Paul Henry Hillis, Sr. CENTRALIA, Ill. -- Paul Henry Hillis Sr., 94, of Centralia died Wednesday, July 13, 2016, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born Aug. 25, 1921 in Poplar Bluff, the son of Charles Franklin & Carrie Mae (Cooper) Hillis. He married H. Maxine Billiter Nov. 23, 1945 in Corning, Ark. and she still survives him in Centralia...

Karolyn Mills got some help from the infield dirt to reach base at the start of the fifth inning in a tied Park Department Junior League Tournament final Thursday at McLane Park. With one out and Mills on third, Paiton Willis hit a fly ball down the first-base line but the pitcher and first baseman collided, allowing the go-ahead run to score as Ally's Angels edged McDonald's 5-3...

William A. Brooks William A. Brooks, 86, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Thursday, July 14, 2016 at Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Brooks, son of the late Arthur and Gladys Finch Brooks, was born April 23, 1930 in Alto, Texas. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Poplar Bluff, where he served on the Administrative Council. ...

Martin Raymond Hughes CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Martin "Marty" Raymond Hughes left this world and rests in God's care on Wednesday, July 13, 2016. He was preceded in death by his father, Donald R. Hughes of Campbell; Grandparents, Martin and Hettie Hughes, Curt and Gladys Daffron all of St. Francis, Ark.; three aunts; four uncles; and one cousin from both the Hughes and Daffron families...

When one of their own went down, the Ozark Federal Credit Union Firecrackers stepped up Thursday night. On a collision at third base in the second inning, Mia Hicks fell face first into the dirt then had her left hand stepped on by a cleat and did not return to the game...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor When Senate Bill 572 goes into effect in August, it will tweak recent changes that were made in how municipal courts across Missouri assess fines for minor traffic violations and adds maximum fine amounts for code violations...