Stories from Saturday, February 17, 2018

Kathryn Eddington, 70, of Wappapello died Tuesday,Feb. 6, 2018. A Celebration of Life was Feb. 10, 2018 at Moore Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff. Online condolences: www.moorefuneralservice.com.

PUXICO, Mo. -- Virginia DeCelis, 94, formerly of Advance, Mo., died Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, at Boonville, Mo. Visitation was Sunday, Feb. 18, at Morgan Sifford Funeral Home in Puxico. The funeral was Monday, Feb. 19, at the Morgan Sifford Chapel with Rev. Larry Underwood and Rev. Rudy Pitman officiating. Burial will be in the Brown Cemetery in Puxico...

The Wappapello Civic Center will have country music and dance from 6-9 p.m. each Saturday unless notified otherwise. This week's entertainment will feature Charlie Barker & Route 66 Band. The WCC is a smoke and alcohol free facility inside the building. Concessions are available...

The Ninth Annual Auntie M Project will be held on the afternoon of Saturday, March 3, at the offices of Bootheel Pediatric Therapy. As a preschooler in 2009, Emma Kate Worley, daughter of Ben and Belinda Worley, wanted to raise money to help find a cure from cancer after losing her aunt, Marilyn Williams, to the disease. ...

Bill Moriarty was just 29 years old in the summer of 1967 when the young Marine captain was among those tasked with leading a wave of Vietnamese troops against a stronghold of more than 1,200 Viet Cong. They were met by deadly mortar, rocket, automatic weapons and small arms fire, as Moriarty and the third wave of Vietnamese Marines entered the battle...

The Stoddard County Health Fair will take place from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Friday, April 20, at the Church of Christ Fellowship Hall on One Mile Road in Dexter. The event is free to the public. There will be food, fun for children, several door prizes and information on all areas of health issues...

The members of the Ducks Unlimited Puxico Pintails chapter will be hosting their annual Ducks Unlimited Dinner March 24 at the Wappapello Eagles, 9103 Highway T in Wappapello. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The early bird prices are single ticket $40, couples ticket $60, Greenwings $20 and Bronze Sponsor couple $300 and these tickets prices end March 17...

BROSELEY -- After an incredible first half, Twin Rivers' Katelyn South is closing fast on second place on Twin Rivers' all-time career scoring list. South scored 25 points in the first half and 31 total as the Royals comfortably beat Puxico 68-34 in a late addition to the schedule Feb. 13...

There is power in the word of God, whether it be printed, preached, read, taught or simply lived in a person's life. "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek (Gentile)." Romans 1:16. Even in pagan Rome, Paul was not ashamed of Christ and the gospel...

The following individuals have made donations to the Stoddard County Children's Home, Inc. in Memory or in Honor of a loved one. October 2017 Memorials: Amy Nichols in Memory of Mr. Leo Patrick Niemczyk Bruce & Karen Dawson in Memory of Limbaugh & Sides...

Poplar Bluff Municipal Library hosts a Local Author Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 3. More than a dozen local authors will be available to discuss writing, publishing and what a thriving local literary scene offers to a community. Participating authors are selling copies of their works. The event is free and open to the public...

The Poplar Bluff Garden Club, a member of the Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri, will be offering "Crape Murder? Solve the Mystery!" an educational seminar. The emphasis is on how to properly prune your crape myrtle(s) and encourage healthy growth...

The Three Rivers College Endowment Trust is asking community members to help pave the way for student success by purchasing a personalized brick to be laid at the Poplar Bluff campus. As part of the college's sidewalk improvement project, a $100 contribution will allow donors to leave a lasting impact on the landscape of Three Rivers College (TRC)...

Sikeston native and 2008 "America's Got Talent" winner Neal Boyd's singing career has been on momentary pause since a car accident last year left him seriously injured, but his condition is improving, and he's been using his recovery time to write and work on his next album...

Deep beneath the earth's service lies many treasures, such as gold, silver, diamonds, rubies, emeralds and more. Yet the one buried gem that humanity cannot live without, that is often forgotten and taken for granted, is water. According to a 2014 report in the Washington Post, there is more water below the earth's surface than in all the oceans combined. And some of that water is just bursting to get out...

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds hunters and anglers whose annual hunting and fishing permits expire at the end of February, including 2017 permits for small game, fishing, trout fishing, and combination hunting and fishing. Annual permits purchased on or after Dec. 1, 2017, are good until the end of February 2019...

Crappie fishing still is red hot at Wappapello Lake, with most folks taking limits, or close to it. "We've had lots of reports coming in of nice fish and good creels," said Missouri Department of Conservation Fisheries Management Biologist Dave Knuth. "These really large floods grow some nice fish. We saw the same thing in 2011."...

PUXICO, Mo. -- Evelyn Irene (Mansbridge) Jones, 94 of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Puxico, Mo., passed away Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 at Oakdale Assisted Living in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Daughter of the late Fred Hinton Mansbridge and Cora Cecilia (Untiedt) Mansbridge. She was born Oct. 23, 1923 in Fisk, Mo...