Stories from Wednesday, July 5, 2017

A man shot at another driver on Interstate 55 in Perry County after becoming enraged Friday afternoon, police said. The Perry County Prosecuting Attorney's Office charged David Paul Ellis, 28, of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon Saturday. All charges are felonies...

A wrecker had to extract a U-Haul truck wedged beneath a railroad underpass Monday afternoon after its driver apparently misjudged the height limits. Just after 1 p.m., Ulysses Neal Jr., 61, of the 900 block of South 11th Street was operating a 2017 Ford cargo van northbound on F Street, according to Patrolman Dustin Barks' accident report...

Regina Griffin of Doniphan, Mo., recently was selected to lead the Three Rivers Endowment Trust. The TRC alumna and Arkansas State University graduate was chosen as the new chairman during June's annual meeting. The term runs July 1 through June 2018...

COLUMBIA, Mo. - The University of Missouri in Columbia recently announced its Spring 2017 Dean's List for Butler, Carter, Ripley, Stoddard and Wayne counties in Missouri. Broseley - Michael Scott Snider Fisk - Brian Anthony Goodrich Harviell - Christian Earl Cmehil-Warn...

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). Xi Kappa has made their flower sale an annual event and this was their eighth year. As with any event it takes many folks to make it a success...

By MONA CHAREN "He was hunting us." Those were the words of Republican Congressman Mike Bishop describing the depraved gun assault on members of Congress while they were innocently fielding ground balls and practicing base hits on a suburban Virginia field. The politics of personal destruction became literal...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- North Korea's first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, demonstrating a dangerous new reach for weapons it hopes to top with nuclear warheads one day, is spurring U.S. demands for "global action" to counter the threat. U.S. ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed Wednesday his nation will "demonstrate its mettle to the U.S." and never put its weapons programs up for negotiations, a day after successfully testing its first intercontinental ballistic missile...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- North Korea's first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, demonstrating a dangerous new reach for weapons it hopes to top with nuclear warheads one day, is spurring U.S. demands for "global action" to counter the threat. U.S. ...

NEELYVILLE, Mo. - Oscar Ellis, 78, of Neelyville, died Thurs., June 29, 2017 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, July 6 in the Fowler-Sullivan Memorial Chapel and the funeral will follow at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Conley Grove Cemetery in Neelyville...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A "brilliant victory" and "thrilling" success, North Korea's grinning leader crowed of his country's first test of a long-range ballistic missile. The "final phase" in a confrontation with America, Kim Jong Un called it. Part of a coming stream of "'gift packages' to the Yankees" in the form of more weapons tests...

Warren Gilliam Jr, 72, of Poplar Bluff died July 4th, 2017 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. A complete obituary on www.fowlersullivanfuneralhome.com

GREENVILLE, Mo. - Charles H. Crum, age 91, passed away Sunday, July 2, 2017 at his home near Greenville. He was born October 4, 1925 in Huntington, TN, the son of Charles Oscar Crum and Mary Lou (Blew) Crum. He owned and operated Crum Grocery in Wappapello for many years and was active in the Wappapello community. He was a World War II veteran, serving in the US Army from 1943 to 1946. He was a member of the Greenville Masonic Lodge #107 and the New Hope General Baptist Church in Silva...

Ralph Alfred "Sonny" Foust, Jr., 78, retired business owner of Foust Dairyette and Foust Cow Shed in Poplar Bluff, died Monday, July 3, 2017 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. The services are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service when completed...

It took three games for Nathan Martin to get the first technical foul of his coaching career. The 23-year-old Puxico turned Three Rivers College turned University of Missouri alum had just taken over his high school program. The Indians were playing Bernie in the semifinals of the Campbell Invitational and it wasn't going well. Puxico was down big at half and by more than 20 in the third quarter and Martin got heated. He left his designated coaches' box and made his way near midcourt...

NEELYVILLE, Mo. - Dean Garner, 79, of Neelyville, Missouri, passed away July 2, 2017 at his residence. He was born August 13, 1937 in Dyersburg, Tennessee. On August 31, 1955 in Holly Springs, Mississippi he was married to Bonnie Jean Price. She departed this life on November 5, 2005...

FISK, Mo. - Julieanne Patterson, age 75, of Fisk, died Sunday, July 02, 2017 at Puxico Nursing Center, in Puxico, Mo. Mrs. Patterson daughter of the late John and Mary Ellen Vernon was born August 25, 1941 in Ridgley, Tenn. She was a member of Fisk Presbyterian Church at Fisk. ...