Stories from Sunday, June 3, 2018

Xi Kappa held its ninth annual flower sale to benefit United Cancer Assistance Network. Members of Xi Kappa Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi would like to take this opportunity to send our thanks to those who bought flowers from us - all proceeds are donated to UCAN. ...

MALDEN, Mo. -- Michael Tre' Atkinson, 19, of Gideon, Mo., formerly of Campbell, Mo., died Thursday, May 31, 2018, at his residence. Visitation will be from 2 to 2:50 p.m. Monday at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. at Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton, Mo., with the Rev. Danny Adams officiating...

By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- Within 17 days in the autumn of 1975 -- first in Sacramento, then in San Francisco -- two separate handgun-wielding women attempted to assassinate the president. Had either succeeded, and each was close enough to have done so, the nation would have had a third president in 14 months, and a second consecutive one who had never been on a national ticket. ...

Macroeconomic Advisers, a research firm focused on the U.S. economy, reported Wednesday that the U.S. trade deficit in goods was "much narrower than expected," implying "substantially more" U.S. exports in the second quarter. So it revised its projection for economic growth sharply upward, to a robust 3.6 percent increase in GDP...

The family of Richard and Patricia Eggers will host a reception honoring their 50th wedding anniversary from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, June 9, at Westwood Hills Country Club in Poplar Bluff. The Eggers were married June 8, 1968, in O'Fallon, Mo. They have three children: Brian Eggers (Becky) and Juliana Schalk (Eric), all of Poplar Bluff, and Andrew Eggers of Atlanta, Ga. They also have six grandchildren and one great-grandson...

The following information was compiled regarding flood risk, flood insurance designations, levee structure and other matters in an analysis and mapping plan released Friday by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Comments were also included on freeboard, which measures the distance from the base flood elevation to the top of the levee...

Slug Hefner is used to his classic cars making their way to his namesake furniture stores as well as the St. Louis Car Museum. One of his recent remodels, a 1959 Ford Thunderbird convertible with the roadster package, is also making its way to the Velocity Network as part of the TV show "Speed is the New Black" and will be aired on Velocity, Amazon, VUDU and various streaming services sometime this summer as part of the show's second season...

Charles Harris, known as "Big Thunder" and a member of the Poplar Bluff Sports Hall of Fame, died Friday. He was 87. Born in Naylor, Harris was a standout baseball player as a teenager and signed with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1958 before later becoming a longtime coach for multiple sports and age levels in Poplar Bluff, but his passion was always baseball...

QULIN, Mo. -- Betty Lou Ham, age 87, of Qulin, Mo., died Friday, June 1, 2018, at her residence in Qulin, Mo. Mrs. Ham was born Friday, Sept. 19, 1930, in Qulin, daughter of the late James and Flora Jones. She was a member of Elk General Baptist Church...

No federal funding has been made available yet for a mapping project to assess about a dozen levees that help protect more than 3,500 people in Butler County from flooding. The Federal Emergency Management Agency released a report last week on initial levee analysis and mapping, but said no money has been allocated to move forward with the effort. Local partners will be notified when this occurs, FEMA said...

ROLLA, Mo. -- Virginia P. "Polly" Schlueter, 78, of Rolla, passed away Wednesday, May 30, 2018. She was born Dec. 2, 1939 in Jefferson County, Mo. to the late James Cecil Knowles and Zola Ellen (English) Knowles. On June 11, 1973, she married Kenneth Schlueter in Poplar Bluff, Mo...

Charlie "Big Thunder" Harris, 83, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Friday, June 1, 2018, at Westwood Hills Nursing Home in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He was born on June 16, 1934, to Marvin and Otha (Creach) Harris in Naylor, Mo. He attended school at Poplar Bluff High School. On May 20, 1967, he married Carol Potter in Poplar Bluff, Mo...

Maggie M. Howell, 100, daughter of the late George Hugh Shelton and Cora Mae Harnbarger Shelton was born on May 7, 1918 in Piggott, Arkansas and departed this life Thursday, May 31, 2018 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Mrs. Howell was a former store clerk for Stovall's Department Store in Dexter and also was a member of the First Baptist Church in Dexter...

Dexter man charged in break ins at 9 businesses By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Staff Writer DEXTER -- A Dexter man continues to be held on a $500,000 cash bond after he recently was charged with 21 offenses stemming from break ins at nine businesses. Jacob A. ...