Stories from Sunday, May 6, 2018

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN If Donald Trump does not wish to collaborate in the destruction of his presidency, he will refuse to be questioned by the FBI, or by a grand jury, or by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his malevolent minions. Should Mueller subpoena him, as he has threatened to do, Trump should ignore the subpoena, and frame it for viewing in Trump Tower...

By MARC A. THIESSEN WASHINGTON -- The prospect of winning the Nobel Peace Prize is understandably tantalizing for President Trump. After all the contempt he has faced from the political establishment, watching liberal heads explode at the suggestion by South Korean President Moon Jae-in that he deserves the award must be gratifying. It would be even more gratifying to watch the collective meltdown as he delivered his Nobel acceptance speech...

MALDEN, Mo. -- Emma Lou Dinkins, 86, of Malden died Thursday, May 3, 2018, at her residence. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. today at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden, followed by the funeral at 3 p.m. Burial will be in the Rosewood Cemetery in Malden...

FISK, Mo. -- Jimmy Dale Crum, 81, of Wappapello, Mo., died Thursday, May 3, 2018, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will begin at 6 p.m. today at White-Sanders Funeral Home in Fisk. There will be a private family burial at a later date...

DEXTER, Mo. -- Jewel Bessie Williams, 91, Lilbourn, Mo. died Thursday, May 3, 2018, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Monday, May 7, 2018, at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. ...

The Boys & Girls Club's annual Taste of the Town will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Black River Coliseum. Director Chris Rushin said the fundraiser is a great place to network and socialize among more than 30 area food vendors. "This is a come-as-you-are event," Rushin said. "There will be people there in shirts and ties and others in shorts and flip-flops. Taste of the Town is our highest attended event of the year."...

Mildred James-Ross, 95, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Saturday, May 5, 2018, at Swift Creek Residential Care in Poplar Bluff. The arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service.

NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Billie Jo (Talley) Stamps, 38, of Harviell, Mo., passed away May 3, 2018, in St. Louis, Mo. She was born June 5, 1979, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., to the late Dennis Talley and Ica Denise Smith Talley. Billie graduated from Poplar Bluff High School and enjoyed sewing, quilting, fishing and canning...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A Southeast Missouri trooper was among 17 recently honored at the Missouri State Highway Patrol's annual awards banquet in Columbia. Trooper Ryan Windham, a two-year veteran of the patrol and a Dexter native, received the meritorious service award for "exemplary performance beyond the call of duty under unusual circumstances and conditions."...

Quincy C. Dickey Quincy C. Dickey, 90, of Bonne Terre, Mo., passed from this life on the third day of May, 2018 at the Farmington Presbyterian Manor. He was born on the fifth of October, 1927 in Qulin, Mo. to the late O.F. and Theodocia Dickey and the late Dora Dickey. He was a faithful member of the Twin City Church of Christ. He proudly served our country during World War II in the United States Army...

Jettie Sauls Voisine of Poplar Bluff, Mo. peacefully passed away with God in her heart and her daughter by her side April 11, 2018, at the age of 76. She was born Aug. 21, 1941 in South Carolina to her parents Lydia and Lloyd Sauls. Jettie is survived by her two daughters, Cynthia Vega and Rebecca Gilmore, and predeceased by her daughter Terry Lynn and great-granddaughter Anna-Mae Vega. ...

FESTUS, Mo. -- Graveside services for Frankie Marie Shanks, 94, Festus, Missouri, formerly of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, May 7, 2018 at Patrick Cemetery, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Mrs. Shanks passed away at 7 a.m., Thursday, May 3, 2018 at Crystal Oaks Nursing Home, Festus...

Edna Louise Ray (nee Edwards), 89, Beloved wife of the late Edgar V. Ray Sr. Loving Mother of Edgar "Ed" (Linda) Ray, Jr. of Drexel, Mo. and Barbara June (Robert) Jenkins, Jr. of Laguna Vista, Texas. Cherished grandmother of Robert (Cathie) Jenkins III, Daniel (Heather) Jenkins, John (Kristen) Jenkins and Robin Ray and great grandmother of 9. ...

ST. LOUIS -- Billy Ray Ball was a short, slim 19-year-old with thick glasses and a talent for the slide trombone in a family of musicians when he left the small farming community of Matthews to enlist in 1941. He was sent to the humid rainforests of a country 8,000 miles away that he knew little or nothing about...

The Three Rivers College softball team didn't settle for its first Region XVI championship. The Raiders took another huge step in the program's history Saturday, sweeping Indian Hills to win the NJCAA District J series at Rains Field. The Raiders beat Indian Hills 3-2 in the opener of the best-of-three series and then rallied to win the second game 7-5 and advance to the NJCAA Division I Softball Championships in St. George, Utah...