Stories from Sunday, June 25, 2017

GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Kenneth L. Joy, 76, of Cuba, Mo., formerly of Wayne County, Mo., died Saturday, June 24, 2017, at his residence. Visitation will be held from 6 -8 p.m. Monday, June 26, 2017, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Greenville, Mo.. Services will follow at the chapel, at 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Burial will follow at New Prospect Cemetery, near Silva...

Marguerite Elizabeth Roberson, 93, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Thursday, June 22, 2017, at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center. Mrs. Roberson, the daughter of the late Frank and Marguerite Ballard Holcomb, was born April 26, 1924, in Poplar Bluff. ...

John Joseph Hansmann, 75, of Poplar Bluff, passed away on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. He was born on June 13, 1942 to Alfred Hansmann and Mary (DeRusha) Farley in Chicago, IL. John was raised by his grandparents, Alfred and Marie Hansmann in Carlinville, IL and graduated from Carlinville High School in 1960. ...

By WALTER E. WILLIAMS Greg Caskey is a 27-year-old Abington, Pennsylvania, native who is a social sciences teacher at Delaware Military Academy. The academy is a thriving charter high school in Wilmington, Delaware, that was founded in 2003 by two retired military officers, Charles Baldwin and Jack Wintermantel. ...

PUXICO, Mo, -- Edith J. Randleman, 90, Zalma, Mo. died Saturday, June 24, 2017, at the Advance Nursing and Rehab. Visitation will begin at 6 p.m. Monday, June 26 at Morgan Sifford Funeral Home Chapel in Puxico. The funeral will be Tuesday at the chapel with Scott Sifford officiating, Burial will be the Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Mo...

Cane Creek Community Club met at 11 a.m., Wednesday, June 14, at Twin Towers. Marie Boxx, president, called the meeting to order. Wilma Rains offered the devotionals, "Heaven," about judging others related to Matthew 7:1. Both the secretary's and treasurer's reports were approved as submitted...

Hannibal-LaGrange University has released the names of area students who qualified for the Academic Dean's List for the spring 2017 semester. They include: Qulin: Lauren Averell and Meggon Pierce Fisk: Michael Bleem Doniphan: Keah Barton, Miranda Kellum and Jackie Monfee...

By SARABETH WALLER The date is July 22, 2016. It's the middle of the summer, yet clouds overwhelm the sky, and the day's high temperature is just 64 degrees. A typical summer day in this corner of the world. After a two-hour train ride with my visiting family, and a 30 minute walk, we approach an 800-year-old castle. As we emerge onto a walkway, we stare in awe at the looming Russian fortress just across the Narva River. The river that forms the border between Russia and Estonia...

GIDEON, Mo. -- Jerry Lee Sebourn, 66, of Van Buren, Mo., died Friday, June 23, 2017, at Gideon Care Center. Visitation will be at 1 p.m. today at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Gideon, followed by the funeral at 3 p.m. in the chapel. Burial will be in the Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton...

PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Joseph Solomon Brinkley, 76, of Piedmont, Mo., died Friday, June 23, 2017, at his residence. Visitation will be held at 5 p.m. today at Ruegg Funeral Home in Piedmont. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, also at the Piedmont Chapel. Burial will be at Masonic Cemetery...

Letter to the editor: Xi Kappa held its annual flower sale to benefit United Cancer Assistance Network. Xi Kappa Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi would like to take this opportunity to thank those who supported their efforts to raise funds for United Cancer Assistance Network (UCAN). ...

The U.S. shoots down a Syrian fighter-bomber. Iran launches missiles into eastern Syria. Russia threatens to attack coalition aircraft west of the Euphrates. What is going on? It might appear a mindless mess, but the outlines are clear. The great Muslim civil war, centered in Syria, is approaching its post-Islamic State phase. It's the end of the beginning. The parties are maneuvering to shape what comes next...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Cory Hutcheson will remain free on bond after Cape Girardeau County Associate Circuit Judge Gary Kamp denied the prosecutor's request to revoke the bond of the former Mississippi County Sheriff. Missouri assistant attorney general Gregory Goodwin had filed a motion to revoke Hutcheson's bond in the case, which was set at $50,000 cash or surety when criminal charges were filed against Hutcheson on April 5...

The city of Poplar Bluff has about 13 percent left from a $6 million bank account that was once expected to help pay for a new city hall and police department. The account was created with money from the sale of the city's cable division. The balance was discussed Friday, when a 2016 audit report was accepted by the city council...

Butler County officials signed an ordinance Friday that will save lives, according to proponents of a prescription drug monitoring plan that could be online by September. This initiative steps in where state lawmakers have failed, they say. The county has joined a PDMP program which tracks prescriptions for schedule II, III and IV medications, such as painkillers like Oxycotin and Hydrocodone...

Turning around Downtown Poplar Bluff has thus far, been easier said than done but Jerrica Fox aims for change. Fox is the director of Downtown Poplar Bluff and has recently teamed up with Missouri Main Street Connection to breathe new life into the regentrification project...

On an unseasonably cool June day, the Poplar Bluff Piranhas youth swimming team stayed hot and in the hunt at Huntington Pool. Although the brisk breeze chilled swimmers on the starting blocks, the Piranhas managed a great day and searing times in the water...

A contract extension for Poplar Bluff City Manager Mark Massingham was unanimously approved Friday by the city council, who were split on decisions regarding Katy Lane property and an airport hangar project. Massingham's contract has been extended for another year at his current salary of $122,400. He has been city manager since 2015...