Stories from Thursday, June 7, 2018

FISK, Mo. - Paul Edward Phillips, age 68, of Dexter, MO, died Tuesday, June 5, 2018 his residence in Dexter. Mr. Phillips was born August 6, 1949 in Fisk, son of the late Harvey and Mildred Phillips. He served in the Army during the Vietnam War. He is survived by two brothers: Dale Phillips of Poplar Bluff, Norman Phillips of Fisk; two sisters: Jane Ward of Poplar Bluff, and Alice Laird, of Dexter. ...

Todd Standley and Amanda Marie Bullington of Poplar Bluff, Mo., announce the birth of their 6 pound 12 ounce son, James Todd Bullington, born Friday, May 25, 2018 at 12:18 a.m. at Saint Francis Healthcare Family Birthplace in Cape Girardeau, Mo. James was 19.5 inches long...

QULIN, Mo. - Franklin "Short" Kinney, age 71, of Broseley, MO, died Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at his residence in Broseley, MO. Mr. Kinney was born July 11, 1946 in Neelyville, MO son of the late Charles and Clara (Hankey) Kinney. He was a welder and had retired from St. ...

GREENVILLE, Mo. - Donna S. Sargent, 75, of Lowndes, Mo., died Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at her home. Visitation will be at 11 a.m., Friday, June 8 at the Brush Creek Missionary Baptist Church near Arab. The funeral will follow at 1 p.m. at the church with Rev. Lewis Scott and Rev. Gary Burns officiating. Burial will be at a later date. Memorials have been requested to the American Cancer Society. Services are under the direction of Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Greenville...

By MARC A. THIESSEN WASHINGTON -- Giving in to pressure from its workforce, Google recently announced that it is pulling out of Project Maven, a groundbreaking Pentagon program to harness artificial intelligence to sift through and interpret video imagery from drones. The move came after an uprising by 4,000 Google employees who signed a letter urging the company to cancel Project Maven and promise to never "build warfare technology." Google should be ashamed...

By WALTER E. WILLIAMS Having enjoyed my 82nd birthday, I am part of a group of about 50 million Americans who are 65 years of age or older. Those who are 90 or older were in school during the 1930s. My age cohort was in school during the 1940s. Baby boomers approaching their 70s were in school during the 1950s and early '60s...

By MICHELLE MALKIN Quick, grab the smelling salts and clear the fainting couches. President Trump's pardon of conservative author Dinesh D'Souza last week violently triggered Beltway media elites. It's peanut butter, weed pollen, gluten, manspreading, Chick-fil-A, the national anthem, and Kryptonite all rolled into one giant political allergen. Allow me to administer the rhetorical, metaphorical antihistamine...

For those who want to try fishing, or if you simply haven't bought your permit yet, Saturday and Sunday will be the annual Free Fishing Days in Missouri. During those two days, anyone can fish across the state without needing a fishing permit. Separate trout permits also will not be required in waters stocked with those species, nor will daily trout tags be needed at the state's four managed trout parks...

Adam and Cynthia Ferguson of Campbell, Mo. selected the name Josephine Evelynn Ferguson for their daughter born at 9:04 p.m. Monday, April 16, 2018 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Her weight was 6 pounds and she was 20 inches long Grandparents are Pam LunBeck of Port Charlotte, Fla., John Bunting of Vinton, La., Andy and Clarisa Kinchen of Campbell, and Jim Ferguson of Farmington...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is in the multi-year process of updating Conservation Area Management Plans, and is seeking public input on how the Otter Slough Conservation Area is important to Missourians. The Otter Slough CA management plan is open for public review until June 30...

A demonstration organized by American Federation of Government Employees Local 2338 Pres. Kevin Ellis will be held from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Friday across from the John J. Pershing Veterans Administration Medical Center. Ellis said the protest aims to address issues including, "the harassment and bullying happening inside the (VA) facility" and, "the recent executive orders from president (Donald) Trump attacking federal unions and union employees in general."...

Area youth learned the basics of horsemanship this week through a partnership between the University of Missouri-Butler County Extension Office and the Three Rivers College rodeo team. For three days, nearly 20 children between the ages of 8-18 attended 4-H Horse Camp at the Three Rivers College farm near Fairdealing...