Stories from Tuesday, September 26, 2017

In the automotive industry, to overhaul a vehicle means to take apart, examine, and fix it, if necessary. But at the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center, the term holds a broader meaning, as it also describes a recent shift for the Auto Collision and Repair program...

Three Poplar Bluff City Council members would like to see the location of a new municipal building put to a vote of the people. Mayor Ed DeGaris, Robert Smith of Ward 5 and Barbara Horton of Ward 3 attended a meeting Monday evening held by community group Citizens with a Voice...

Now that President Donald Trump has rescinded a ban on local law enforcement agencies getting military surplus equipment, both the Poplar Bluff Police Department and Butler County Sheriff's Department may check out what is available. The departments will have access to the equipment after Trump recently signed an executive order rescinding the previous president's restrictions on the Department of Defense program...

GREENVILLE, Mo. -- A Greenville man preempted his murder trial Monday morning by pleading guilty to a lesser charge in connection with the 2015 death of a man found lying next to his overturned all-terrain vehicle. Steven E. Jennewein was supposed to stand trial this week on the Class A felony of first-degree murder and the unclassified felony of armed criminal action (ACA) before Circuit Judge Sidney Pearson II...

Ressel guilty in public opinion Well, I see where Ben Ressel was acquitted of all his charges and the murder of Heavenly Hafford. I guess it just goes to show what all we do. There are two types of justice in America. One is for the poor and the other is for the rich. ...

By MIKE JENSEN Publisher Sikeston Standard Democrat Back in 2013, singer Meghan Trainor released her breakout hit "All About That Bass", which went on to win an Emmy and Billboard award, reached number one on the music charts and launched a viral video among the most watched in internet history...

For many years, conservatives were ideological zealots. Like Spanish inquisitors, they were on guard for the slightest indications of heresy. Talk radio gurus in particular were punctilious keepers of the flame. If a Republican figure was thought to be "squishy" on any matter -- guns, spending, immigration, or anything else -- he or she was reviled. ...

MALDEN, Mo. -- Benny Diron Glass, 75, of Malden, died Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, at Gideon Care Center in Gideon. Graveside service was held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, at the Rosewood Cemetery in Malden with Rev. Aulden LeBlanc officiating. Arrangements by Landess Funeral Home in Malden...

Larry Dale Miller Sr., 73, of Poplar Bluff, died Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, at St. Louis University Hospital. Graveside will be at 1 p.m., Thursday, in City Cemetery in Poplar Bluff. Online condolences: www.fowler-sullivanfuneralhome.com

DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Lena Irene Creason, 99, of Gatewood, Mo., died Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, at her residence in rural Ripley County. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m., Wednesday, at the Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan. The funeral service will follow at 1 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with Brothers Wayne Cloven and James Ray officiating...

WAPPAPELLO, Mo. -- Donnie James Crawford, 56, of Wappapello, passed away Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017 in Stoddard County. Donnie, the son of the late Lloyd and Opal (Stamps) Crawford, was born July 29, 1961 in Kennett. He retired after many years as a miner. Donnie was a member of the V.F.W. and Eagle's Lodge at Wappapello and he also was a member of the Eagle's Riders. He enjoyed spending time with his family, riding his motorcycle and fishing...

FARMINGTON, Mo. -- Farmington swept the Poplar Bluff tennis team out of the MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 tournament for a second straight year Monday. The Mules held an early lead in the No. 2 doubles match before senior Kaitlyn Lloyd and junior Mya White fell 8-4 while the Knights won the other two doubles matches and got a forfeit win in singles play of a 5-0 victory...

CAMPBELL -- The Bootheel Conference volleyball showdown between the Campbell Camels and Malden Green Wave lived up to its billing Monday night. Campbell rallied from six down in a decisive third set to outlast Malden 25-21, 14-25, 25-19 and claim its first Bootheel Conference regular season title in school history...

BERNIE -- The Bernie Mules opened their fall tournament with a 21-1 win over Bloomfield in five innings. Wyatt Barnett and Weston Comstock hit back-to-back home runs for Bernie (17-2) to start the game. Barnett finished with three hits and five RBIs as Bernie had 14 hits as a team...

ELLSINORE -- The East Carter softball team nearly wrote itself off before Maddyson Holloway and Shelby Cyr decided to do something about it. Holloway provided the first of six two-out hits, tying the game in a six-run fourth inning Monday, while Cyr delivered the last one late as the Redbirds rallied twice to beat Naylor 11-10...

JACKSON, Mo. -- A Cape Girardeau County judge sentenced an Advance, Mo., man Monday to three life sentences after he earlier pleaded guilty to rape and sodomy charges. Steven McWhirter, who pleaded guilty Aug. 18 to the unclassified felony of first-degree rape and two unclassified felonies of first-degree statutory sodomy appeared for sentencing before Circuit Judge Benjamin Lewis, according to a news release from Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Russ Oliver...

PUXICO -- The Bearcats have swept their regular season Stoddard County Activities Association schedule. Dexter, which hasn't lost in nearly a month, beat Puxico 25-6, 25-11 to complete its county schedule. Of its SCAA opponents, Bloomfield was the only team to win a set against the Bearcats...