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Town's response overwhelms
(Local News ~ 08/12/16)
By CHELSAE CORDIA Staff Writer The community poured into Downtown yesterday to provide relief for the firefighters and first responders who spent a grueling day battling flames, heat and thick smoke in temperatures that hovered around 90 degrees. The Rev. ...
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'Thank God and Jesus, we got out'
(Local News ~ 08/12/16)
By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor As the Vine Street business owners watched their livelihoods go up in smoke Wednesday, they also were thankful -- thankful everyone got out alive. "If anything good comes out of it, I'm thankful it happened during the daytime," said Beverly Roach, who, along with husband, Bennie, have owned McNeely Shoe Service for 30 years. "I called, and everyone got out...
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Incident connected to drive-by shooting earlier in day Peaceful surrender ends lake standoff
(Local News ~ 08/12/16)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer A suspect in a drive-by shooting surrendered Wednesday afternoon following a six-hour standoff with law enforcement in rural Butler County. Benjamin Shane Deters, 34, of Gulf Port, Miss., a convicted felon, faces new felony charges of felonious restraint, first degree assault, armed criminal action, and unlawful use of a weapon...
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A sad witness to the decline of civility in US
(Column ~ 08/12/16)
By WALTER E. WILLIAMS One of the unavoidable consequences of youth is the tendency to think behavior we see today has always been. I'd like to dispute that vision, at least as it pertains to black people. I graduated from Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin High School in 1954. ...
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But GOP is digging deeper Both parties digging graves
(Column ~ 08/12/16)
By MONA CHAREN About 14 months ago, American politics began to resemble a B-level Washington, D.C. novel. A former secretary of state was revealed to have endangered U.S. secrets and possibly sold aspects of U.S. foreign policy to the highest bidder. Will she face indictment? No. But the FBI director acknowledges that the only way she could possibly get around security clearance is through her election as commander in chief...
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Making the fight personal
(Column ~ 08/12/16)
Over the 11 days, I have travelled nearly 3,000 miles, visited all 30 counties of Missouri's 8th Congressional District and have visited almost 50 different farms and agricultural businesses. There were early mornings and long days in the scorching Missouri heat, but that is nothing new to many of the incredible folks I had the opportunity to visit with. ...
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Amil Lee Britton
(Obituary ~ 08/12/16)
Amil Lee Britton DEXTER, Mo. -- Amil Lee Britton, 72, of Essex, Mo. died Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12, at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Chapel in Dexter. ...
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Samuel Hampton
(Obituary ~ 08/12/16)
Samuel Hampton PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Samuel Hampton, 72, died Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016, at Barnes Jewish Hospital. Arrangements are currently pending with Ruegg Funeral Homes, Inc.
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Rumor mill running rampant once again
(Outdoors ~ 08/12/16)
By FRANK CAMPA Mo. Dept. of Conservation During the warm, slower months of summer, people seem to have a little more time to put an additional twist on things and turn fact into fiction. Or, perhaps it is just the nature humans to make things more grand, as if life were not exciting enough already. Regardless of the cause, false information gets spread and the more does, the farther away from the truth it gets. And, it has gone for decades. Some of these rumors are just as old...
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Plans for smallmouth mgmt. area dropped
(Outdoors ~ 08/12/16)
By Paul Davis Outdoors Editor You've likely heard it said "the squeaky wheel gets the grease." What that means is those who speak up typically are the ones who get things done, and that's exactly what the members of the Current River Smallmouth Association have accomplished...
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Lumberjacks cut down in World Series
(High School Sports ~ 08/12/16)
EPHRATA, Washington -- With their backs against the wall in a must-win scenario, the Wayne County Lumberjacks' offense never showed up. Stephen Carter provided what little bit their was with a pair of RBIs, including a solo home run, but it wasn't enough as the Lumberjacks were eliminated from the Senior Babe Ruth World Series with a 7-2 loss to Union County, North Carolina Wednesday night at Johnson-O'Brien Stadium...
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Mules seek answers in Friday's jamboree
(High School Sports ~ 08/12/16)
Just like a year ago, the Poplar Bluff football team heads to Rolla for the preseason jamboree Friday with some questions to answer about itself. Mules coach Mark Barousse and his staff are looking for the right combinations to unlock another winning season and make a deeper postseason run...
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