Stories from Sunday, June 11, 2017

As brightly-colored balloons floated into the sky above the Danny Bell Cancer Treatment Center Saturday morning, hundreds of area residents began their walk in memory or in honor of someone they knew who had battled cancer. Many wore the event's gray T-shirt, but one group wore their own gray "Team Jason" T-shirts. They were "friends and family, lots of family," of the late Jason Rose, said his wife, Sarah Rose...

The Poplar Bluff City Council has begun to consider other locations for city hall, the police department and other offices, after hiring architects more than six months ago to design a facility using existing property downtown. The new locations may be outside the downtown area, according to city manager Mark Massingham, who said he could not comment on a specific site...

Margaret Harwell Art Museum may be one of the smallest departments operated by the city of Poplar Bluff, but retired director Tina Magill ran it with a devotion and dedication that earned it recognition across the Midwest, according to artists and others...

Results from the Missouri State Highway Patrol's 2017 Annual School Bus Inspection were released Tuesday. Butler County public schools saw a range of scores, including the highest, a 100 percent from Twin Rivers R-X and the lowest, a 64.3 percent from Neelyville R-IV...

By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- Sensing that his Scottish enemies had blundered at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650, Oliver Cromwell said, "The Lord hath delivered them into our hands." Philip K. Howard, were he the exulting type, could rejoice that some of his adversaries have taken a stand on indefensible terrain. ...

PUXICO, Mo. -- Clyde L. Doublin of Puxico, son of the late Kenneth Neal and Cloa Gray Doublin, was born in Puxico, on June 20 1940, and passed away at Puxico Nursing & Rehab Center in Puxico on Saturday, June 10, 2017, at the age of 76 years, 11 months and 21 days...

Letter to the Editor: Though the devastation of the recent flood was merciless, the caring hearts and helping hands of all the countless community volunteers was equally impressive. Friends, neighbors, and strangers all stepped up to help those in need. Those in need included the loved pets who were also displaced as were their owners...

Do you enjoy traveling? Do you have a bucket list? Is a cruise down the Romantic Rhine on your list? Recently, 21 people from Poplar Bluff, and the surrounding area, cruised the Rhine River, stopping at Strasbourg, France; Speyer, Heidelberg, Mannheim, Rüdesheim, Boppard; with a detour on the Mosel River to Cochem, Germany, then on to Cologne, Germany, and finally, Amsterdam. The tour was planned by Rob Callahan, First Midwest Bank's GOLD Club Coordinator...

WASHINGTON -- Having coined Bush Derangement Syndrome more than a decade ago, I feel authorized to weigh in on its most recent offshoot. What distinguishes Trump Derangement Syndrome is not just general hysteria about the subject, but additionally the inability to distinguish between legitimate policy differences on the one hand and signs of psychic pathology on the other...

DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Alan Lee Morris Sr., 69, of Doniphan, died Thursday, June 8, 2017, at his residence in rural Ripley County. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Monday at Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan. The funeral service will follow at 6 p.m. in the funeral home chapel...

Janice "Jan" L. Holston, 51, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. died Monday, May 29, 2017 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, Poplar Bluff, Mo. Visitation was Friday, June 2, 2017 at the Hattiesburg Chapel of Moore Funeral Home. Graveside services were held at 1:30 p.m. ...

Gregory Alan Hays, 67, son of the late Letha Montgomery Hays and Joel S. Hays, passed away Tuesday, June 6, 2017, after a struggle with cancer (although family believes the Cardinals recent performance against the Reds might have been a contributing factor)...

Jerry "Leroy" Colter, 75, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at his residence. He was born May 28, 1942 in Corning, Ark. He married Marcell Jean (Passley) Colter, Jan. 13, 1989 in Poplar Bluff. She survives. Mr. Colter served in the U.S. ...

DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Richie Allen House, 58, of Doniphan, died Thursday, June 8, 2017, at his residence. Mr. House, son of Beth House Bruce, was born May 21, 1959, in Kennett. He was employed in construction. Mr. House enjoyed camping, barbecues and mowing grass and attended New Hope Baptist Church...

Edward "Eddie" Lee James, 66, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Sunday, June 4, 2017, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Fowler-Sullivan Memorial Chapel of Neelyville, Mo., with the funeral following at 3 p.m. Burial will be in the Brooks Cemetery near Doniphan, Mo...

Norman Allen, 87, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., moved to heaven on Friday, June 9, 2017, at 2:25 am. Norman, the son of Alvin Allen and Sylvia Watson Allen of Fairdealing, Mo., was born February 3, 1930. Norman owned Allen's TV Sales and Service in partnership with his late brother, Clifford Allen, for 40 years, after attending television and radio mechanics training. He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in France during the Korean War...

Poplar Bluff High School's Hunter Aud was among valedictorians from three states to be honored by KFVS12. The 32nd annual Heartland's Best ceremony was held in the University Center ballroom at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. Students who attended recorded greetings that will be featured in special announcements scheduled to begin in mid-June and air throughout the summer...

While Poplar Bluff has had a youth summer clinic for tennis for many years, it added a high school and junior camp this summer with coaches from Murray State University visiting to teach the older students. "I'm going to take everything they saw into the season. ...

The next step to playing among the elites at the college level, and perhaps beyond, has finally arrived for Greenville baseball standout Trey McDaniel. The Bears' slugger and ace, who broke school records and etched his name in the state record books during his four seasons at Greenville, signed a Letter of Intent to continue his career at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in November and is ready to make his mark on a bigger stage...