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Reports shows racial disparity in discipline at R-I
(Local News ~ 10/16/16)
By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Minority students in the Poplar Bluff school district are disciplined at a higher rate proportionally than their white peers, according to a recent U.S. Department of Education report. The department recently released information online on individual schools participating in the 2013-14 Civil Rights Data Collection. ...
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Local couple wins fishing trip of lifetime
(Local News ~ 10/16/16)
By PAT PRATT Staff Writer A lucky Wappapello, Mo., couple found a "golden ticket" last month that, to a fisherman, would make a tour of Willy Wonka's Factory seem like a bus ride through Kansas. Jeff and Veronica Stanley were one of five grand-prize winners in Busch Beer's "Catch One. Win Big" contest, which ran through the summer of 2016 and included an all-inclusive fishing trip in Alaska with professional bass fisherman Kevin VanDam...
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Pumpkin Hollow listed in Top 10 patches in county
(Local News ~ 10/16/16)
By CHELSAE CORDIA Staff Writer PIGGOTT, Ark.- It's not often residents of Southeast Missouri and Northeast Arkansas are within driving-distance of an official Travel Channel destination, but thanks to Pumpkin Hollow in Piggott, now they are. Pumpkin Hollow was named to the Travel Channel's 2016 list of "Top 10 U.S. Pumpkin Patches," which is currently featured on travelchannel.com...
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Speak Out 10/16/16
(Opinion ~ 10/16/16)
Obey the laws I want you to know the best way to support law enforcement is to not break the law and that includes your local driving laws -- don't speed! Don't slip around police officers directing traffic in a way that he has to step back. Yesterday I saw two cars with a bumper sticker: one said, "I support local law enforcement," and the other one had the Sheriff's Association little gold sticker in the back window and an ambulance was approaching the intersection. ...
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It's not the 'locker room' talk. It's the 'Lock her up' talk.
(Column ~ 10/16/16)
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WASHINGTON -- The second presidential debate -- bloody, muddy and raucous -- was just enough to save Donald Trump's campaign from extinction, but not enough to restore his chances of winning, barring an act of God (a medical calamity) or of Putin (a cosmically incriminating WikiLeak)...
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A constitutional right to literacy
(Column ~ 10/16/16)
By WALTER E. WILLIAMS Detroit school students, represented by the Los Angeles-based public interest firm Public Counsel, filed suit last month against the state of Michigan, claiming a legal right to literacy based on the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. ...
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Joe Ward
(Obituary ~ 10/16/16)
Joe Ward FISK, Mo. -- Joe Ward, 92, of Broseley, Mo., died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 at General Baptist Nursing Home, in Campbell, Mo. Mr. Ward was born June 3, 1924 in Poplar Bluff, Mo., the son of the late Charley and Victoria Ward. He served in the Army during WW II and was awarded a Combat Infantry Badge, Rifleman Badge, Good Conduct Medal, Oak Leaf Cluster Medal, Purple Heart, two Bronze Stars, and European and African Middle Eastern War Ribbons. ...
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Rose Mary Berry
(Obituary ~ 10/16/16)
Rose Mary Berry GIDEON, Mo. -- Rose Mary Berry, 75, of Gideon died Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016 at her residence. Visitation will be at noon Tuesday until service time at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Gideon. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Bradshaw Chapel in Gideon. Burial will be in Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton...
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JoAnne Spain
(Obituary ~ 10/16/16)
JoAnne Spain JoAnne Spain, 79, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. died on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are pending with Moore Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff. For service information and condolences: www.moorefuneralservice.com...
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Tina Marie Young
(Obituary ~ 10/16/16)
Tina Marie Young PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Tina Marie Young, 48, of Des Arc, Mo., died Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, at her residence. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont, Mo.. Services will follow at 1 p.m. also at the chapel. Burial will follow at Mt. View Cemetery, Des Arc, Mo. Donations may be made towards cost of funeral services...
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Roger Fields
(Obituary ~ 10/16/16)
Roger Fields PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Roger Fields, 58, of Piedmont, Mo., died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, at his residence. Visitation will be from noon-1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont. Services will follow at 2 p.m. also at the chapel. Burial will be at Patterson Cemetery...
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JW "John" Hughes
(Obituary ~ 10/16/16)
JW "John" Hughes DEXTER, Mo. -- JW "John" Hughes, 85, Morehouse, Mo. died on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016 at the Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston, Mo. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. ...
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Shirley Wilson
(Obituary ~ 10/16/16)
Shirley Wilson GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Shirley Wilson, 76, of Greenville died Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, at Greenville Nursing and Rehabilitation, Greenville. Visitation will be from 5 -8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Greenville. Services will follow at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, at the chapel. Burial will be at New Morley Cemetery, Morley, Mo...
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Sally Ann Ringstaff
(Obituary ~ 10/16/16)
Sally Ann Ringstaff VAN BUREN, Mo. -- Sally Ann Ringstaff, 64, of Van Buren, died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 at her residence. Visitation for the public will begin at 1 p.m., Monday, at the McSpadden Funeral Home in Van Buren, with the funeral services following at 3 p.m. in the Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Danny Robinson Burial will officiate. Burial will be at Tedder Cemetery...
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Bill Turner
(Obituary ~ 10/16/16)
Bill Turner QULIN, Mo. -- Bill Turner, 88, of Gideon, Mo., died Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Turner was born Aug. 19, 1928 in Kennett, Mo., son of the late Robert and Myrtle Turner, Mr. Turner was a retired farmer and a former member of the Ozark Border Board of Directors. He enjoyed Cardinal Baseball, Duke Basketball, hunting, fishing and spending time with his family. He was a member of the First Baptist Church at Gideon...
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May Bell Willard
(Obituary ~ 10/16/16)
May Bell Willard CAMPBELL, Mo. -- May Bell Willard, 80, of Campbell, died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, at Heritage Nursing Center in Kennett. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. - noon, Saturday, at Landess Funeral Home in Campbell. Funeral service will follow at noon at the Landess Funeral Chapel in Campbell with Rev. Randy Vaughn officiating...
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Robert Lee
(Obituary ~ 10/16/16)
Robert Lee Montgomery, Sr. To know light, laughter and love was to know Robert Lee Montgomery, Sr. Better known as "Pop" or Bob to his family and friends, he made everyone and everything simply better. Pop left this world on Oct. 13, 2016 surrounded by a circle of love, laughter and light. His adoring family...his legacy...
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Arthur Grove Jr.
(Obituary ~ 10/16/16)
Arthur Grove Jr. PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Arthur Grove Jr., 77, of Piedmont, Mo., died Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, near Piedmont, Mo. Services are pending at this time with Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont.
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Robert Lee Montgomery, Sr.
(Obituary ~ 10/16/16)
Robert Lee Montgomery, Sr. -- Poplar Bluff, Mo. Sally Ann Ringstaff -- Van Buren, Mo. May Bell Willard - Campbell, Mo. Joe Ward -- Broseley, Mo. Bill Turner -- Gideon, Mo. Rose Mary Berry -- Gideon, Mo. JoAnne Spain -- Poplar Bluff, Mo. JW "John" Hughes...
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Hayden Jeffrey Younger
(Births ~ 10/16/16)
Adam and Stephany Younger of Poplar Bluff, Mo. have chosen the name Hayden Jeffrey Younger for their 6-pound, 13-ounce son born at 8:11 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2016, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Hayden was 19 1/2" long. Grandparents are Jeff Potter of Poplar Bluff and Chuck and Cindy Cross of Moberly. Great-grandparents are Charles McKinley of Poplar Bluff and Tina and Everett Younger of Bokchito, Okla...
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Teagan RyanSeth Chestnut
(Births ~ 10/16/16)
Alicia Gayle and James Lonnie Chestnut of Poplar Bluff have chosen the name Teagan RyanSeth Chestnut for their 6-pound, 14-ounce son born at 4:05 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center's Family Birthplace in Cape Girardeau. Teagan was 19 1/2" long...
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Foust, Cox team up to set records as Mules clinch No. 2 seed on foggy Senior Night
(High School Sports ~ 10/16/16)
By halftime, Tyson Cox was 7 yards shy of the single-game record for receiving yards. It was the only record he didn't break Friday night. Cox and quarterback Zane Foust rewrote the Mules record book in the first half of Poplar Bluff's 42-13 win against Festus on a foggy Senior Night at Mules Stadium...
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Lady Dawgs advance to state
(High School Sports ~ 10/16/16)
VAN BUREN -- Morgan and Summer Shockley could barely be separated in the moments following Van Buren's MSHSAA Class 1 state playoff Saturday afternoon. The sisters, just two years apart in age, shared a long hug filled with joyful tears and no other care in the world following a historic win in front of their home crowd...
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'Wave turn tide in 3rd to win
(High School Sports ~ 10/16/16)
MALDEN -- Three big plays. They made all the difference in aligning the Malden Green Wave with their third consecutive perfect regular season but also got them out of their latest test of adversity against rival Dexter. Junior Tray Stevenson accounted for one of those plays, breaking free for a 9-yard touchdown run midway through the third quarter to jump-start an offense that had sputtered up until that point...
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Mules run in district tune-up
(High School Sports ~ 10/16/16)
FARMINGTON, Mo. -- Running just two days after the SEMO North Conference meet, the Poplar Bluff cross country team finished the regular season at Engler Park. Katie Sliger placed fourth and Katelyn Moeller was 12th as the Mules finished third as a team in the girls division...
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