Stories from Thursday, October 20, 2016

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer More than 50 local vendors will be on hand next week for Community Outreach Day, an effort to provide services such as dental and health care, job opportunities and housing services to low income and homeless residents...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN Will Hillary Clinton clean out the nest of anti-Catholic bigots in her inner circle? Or is anti-Catholicism acceptable in her crowd? In a 2011 email on which Clinton campaign chief John Podesta was copied, John Halpin, a fellow at the Center for American Progress that Podesta founded, trashed Rupert Murdoch for raising his kids in a misogynist religion...

To the Editor: Downtown Poplar Bluff Inc. would like to extend their gratitude to those who made our six community forums a success. We want to thank Steve Halter and Monique Coleman with the Chamber of Commerce for moderating the meeting and going Live on Facebook during our forums...

R-1 Board meets Thurs. Poplar Bluff R-I Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Board of Education Room, 1110 North Westwood. Items on the agenda include the 2015-16 district audit report, the athletics program evaluation, construction of a greenhouse and the addition of a school resource officer at the middle school...

Center Stage play date set Center Stage, Three Rivers College's theater company, will present a production of Susan Zeder's "Do Not Go Gentle" at 7 p.m. Nov. 3-5 and at 2 p.m. Nov. 6 at the Tinnin Fine Arts Center. Tickets are $10, or $5 with a valid Three Rivers student ID...

Jessie E. Farris Jessie E. Farris, 87, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died at his residence Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. The arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.

Clayton O. Brawley PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Clayton O. Brawley, 67, of Piedmont, died, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, at his residence. Arrangements are currently pending with Ruegg Funeral Homes, Inc. Online condolences: www.rueggfuneralhomes.com

Ruth Ann Hupp Ruth Ann Hupp, 82, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016 at Westwood Hills Healthcare in Poplar Bluff. The arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Ninety-year-old rock 'n' roll legend Chuck Berry is set to release his first new studio album in more than 35 years. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Berry's album, titled "Chuck," will be available in 2017. The album was recorded in St. Louis-area studios and will feature mostly original work by Berry, who turned 90 on Tuesday. He is the sole producer on the album...

Lela Fay McCoy DEXTER, Mo. -- Lela Fay McCoy, 94, of Dexter, formerly Charter Oak, died at the home of her daughter in Dexter, Mo. Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. Visitations will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, 2016, at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter with funeral services to follow at 6:30 p.m. ...

PUXICO -- The postseason may be getting a bit routine for the Bloomfield volleyball team, but an October tradition never gets old. The top-seeded Wildcats showed their postseason power once again, leading No. 2 Woodland wire-to-wire in both sets of a 25-17, 25-18 victory Tuesday to capture their third straight MSHSAA Class 2 District 2 title...

BELL CITY, Mo. -- Before Tuesday, Advance volleyball coach Erin Hoffman had seen her team pull out 26 victories, including two over district rival Bernie. She had seen her team grab the No. 1 seed in the Class 1 District 2 tournament and advance to the final...

More than 200 antique cars and trucks are expected at the 30th Annual Corning, Ark., Harvest Festival Car Show, according to chairman Charlie Jones. If trends of the past continue antique vehicles from several states will be displayed Saturday at Wynn Park during this year's Harvest Festival celebration...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. --Twin Rivers extended Malden's misery in the postseason with a miraculous third-set comeback Tuesday night. The Royals overcame a late 6-point deficit to claim the MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 title with a thrilling 25-11, 20-25, 25-23 win over top-seeded Malden...

Robert "Bob" N. Johnson Robert "Bob" N. Johnson, 88, of Mountain Home, Ark., formerly of Butler County, Mo., passed away, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016 at the Hiram Shaddox Geriatric Health and Rehab in Mountain Home. Bob was born Feb. 5, 1928 in St. Louis, Mo., the youngest of five children. ...

Charles Ernest Newbern Master Sgt. Charles Ernest Newbern, 75, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016 at his home. Visitation will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 21, 2016, at Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff, followed by the funeral service at 11 a.m., in the chapel, with Pastor Roy Williams officiating. Mr. Newbern will then be laid to rest in the Missouri State Veteran Cemetery in Bloomfield with full military honors...

DEXTER -- Dexter seniors Janie Lindsey and Ashlynn Wyman hurried over to accept the MSHSAA Class 3 District 1 championship plaque. They reached, each grabbed a side and lifted with a yell. Janie, an outside hitter who is 6 inches taller than her libero Wyman, excitedly lifted it as high as she could and walked back to her team while Wyman clutched onto thin air...

Mary Louise Sisco Mary Louise Sisco, 89, of Poplar Bluff, passed away on Monday, Oct. 17, 2016 at Westwood Hills Healthcare in Poplar Bluff. She was born on Aug. 8, 1927 to Byron and Bessie (Johnson) Bragg in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mary Lou married Bill Sisco on May 30, 1947 in Pocahontas, Ark. He preceded her in death on Nov. 3, 2000. She was a beautician and had her own shop for several years...

Allen Coleman "Cokie" McSpadden VAN BUREN, Mo. -- Allen Coleman "Cokie" McSpadden, 90, son of the late Roy Vern McSpadden (09/19/1898-10/25/1973) and Marian Rose Coleman-McSpadden (08/12/1902-05/06/1994), was born Nov. 14, 1925 in Van Buren, Mo. and departed this life Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, with his family by his side...