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Ellington Triple shooting trial is ordered
(Local News ~ 03/01/18)
CENTERVILLE, Mo. -- Two Southeast Missouri men recently were ordered to stand trial in connection with a triple shooting that left an elderly Ellington, Mo., couple dead and another woman with gunshot wounds to her head. David Young, 68, of Ironton, Mo., appeared Wednesday before Associate Circuit Judge Benjamin Thompson for a preliminary hearing on two Class A felonies of first-degree murder, three unclassified felonies of armed criminal action and the Class A felonies of first-degree assault and first-degree robbery.. ...
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Kiwanis Pancake Day is Saturday
(Local News ~ 03/01/18)
A community-wide event offering flapjacks and philanthropy will be held from 6 a.m. to noon on Saturday when the Kiwanis Club of Poplar Bluff hosts it's 80th Annual Pancake Breakfast. Open to the public and $5 per person, the feast will be located in the cafeteria of Poplar Bluff Junior High School...
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High water puts the brakes on fishing
(Outdoors ~ 03/01/18)
With all the rain last week, fishing pretty much has been put on hold, except maybe in some farm ponds. Wappapello Lake rose to a little more than 371 feet before it crested Monday, about 16 feet higher than normal. As you'd expect, the lake is off-color and there is a bit of floating debris...
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Conservation Order has special rules for hunters
(Outdoors ~ 03/01/18)
With regular waterfowl season and dark goose season being closed, that means that our light goose conservation order season is in full swing. During the conservation order season, hunters can use unplugged shotguns, electronic callers and there is no daily limit on snow geese, blue geese and Ross's geese...
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Speak Out 3/1/18
(Opinion ~ 03/01/18)
Thank you Street Department I want to thank the street department or whoever else it may concern in not doing anything to keep the ice of my driveway which is connected to the main street. It is concrete and I couldn't get my car out to get to my doctor's appointment. ...
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Do, Learn, Earn to Live & Live to Serve
(Column ~ 03/01/18)
This past week we celebrated National FFA week. Since its founding in 1928, the National FFA Organization has brought together students, educators and private sector agriculture professionals to support agriculture education in schools across our country. ...
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Don't let children take the lead on gun control
(Column ~ 03/01/18)
By MICHELLE MALKIN Where are all the grown-ups in times of crisis and grief? Don't bother searching America's prestigious law schools. Two adult men, occupying lofty perches as law professors, argued this week that the voting age in the U.S. should be lowered to 16 because some high school survivors of the Parkland, Florida, shooting who want gun control "are proving how important it is to include young people's voices in political debate."...
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Now is start of prescribed fire season on the Mark Twain Natl. Forest
(Outdoors ~ 03/01/18)
ROLLA, Mo. -- Spring fire season is upon us, and the USDA Forest Service - Mark Twain National Forest (MTNF) will be working to make this another successful season of prescribed burning. As weather allows in 2018, MTNF employees plan to burn approximately 40,000 acres across Missouri to promote healthy forests and glades...
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The eternal lure of nationalism
(Column ~ 03/01/18)
By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN In a surprise overtime victory in the finals of the Olympic men's hockey tournament, the Russians defeated Germany, 4-3. But the Russians were not permitted to have their national anthem played or flag raised, due to a past doping scandal. So, the team ignored the prohibition and sang out the Russian national anthem over the sounds of the Olympic anthem...
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When the stars switched on Astronomers glimpse cosmic dawn
(Local News ~ 03/01/18)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For the first time, astronomers have glimpsed the dawn of the universe 13.6 billion years ago when the earliest stars were just beginning to glow after the Big Bang. And if that's not enough, they may have detected mysterious dark matter at work, too...
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Cape Girardeau Probation worker charged with stealing from clients
(Local News ~ 03/01/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- A former employee of a private probation company in Cape Girardeau has been charged with felony stealing after police said she stole money from clients she supervised. Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Chris Limbaugh filed one count of Class D felony stealing last week against Candi Ayers, 45, of Cape Girardeau...
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Thomas Willis
(Obituary ~ 03/01/18)
CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Thomas Willis, 77, of Campbell, Mo., died Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, at The Manor in Poplar Bluff. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Friday at Landess Funeral Home in Campbell followed by the funeral at noon in the Landess Funeral Chapel in Campbell with the Rev. Ronnie Stevens officiating. Burial will be in Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton, Mo...
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TRC announces fall dean's list
(Local News ~ 03/01/18)
Three Rivers College has released its Dean's List for the Fall 2017 semester. The honor is awarded to students taking 12 or more credit hours in a semester, who achieve a grade point average of 3.5 or above. Dean's List honors are also used at graduation to help determine eligibility for honors or highest honors...
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Puxico can't slow Cauble, Eagles
(High School Sports ~ 03/01/18)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Puxico ran through every defense to try and stop Oran's Leah Cauble. They didn't work. Cauble finished with 34 points, 26 of them in the first half, as the Eagles beat Puxico 75-24 in the MSHSAA Class 2 sectional playoff Wednesday night...
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Tigers advance to quarterfinal for 6th straight year with 'gritty' performance
(High School Sports ~ 03/01/18)
MOUNTAIN GROVE, Mo. --There were turnovers and foul trouble, missed shots and defensive breakdowns. But the Neelyville girls basketball team overcame it all Wednesday night in the MSHSAA Class 2 sectional playoff. The Tigers put together a 10-3 run midway through the fourth quarter to pad a six-point lead and finally shake pesky Hartville 64-49 at Mountain Grove High School...
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