Stories from Thursday, June 21, 2018

By MARC A. THIESSEN When the Justice Department inspector general's report revealed that former FBI director James B. Comey had used a personal email account to conduct official business, Hillary Clinton claimed vindication. "But my emails," she tweeted...

MALDEN, Mo. -- L.C. Carter, 57, of Malden died Thursday, June 14, 2018, in Memphis, Tenn. Visitation will be at noon Saturday, June 23, 2018 at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. A funeral service will follow at 1 p.m. in the chapel. Burial will be in Macedonia Cemetery in Malden, Mo...

Recently, a black bear was found floating in Current River. The incident did help to serve as a reminder that we do have black bears in Missouri and they are active this time of year, more so than the rest of the year. They are searching for new food resources and young male bears are looking for new areas to call home...

Sharon Ann Bradford, 68, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. died Monday, June 18, 2018 at her residence. She was born Sept. 24, 1949 in St. Louis County, to the late Loyd Brooks and Margaret Mary Mack Brooks. She was a longtime resident of Butler County. Sharon was a restaurant cook. She enjoyed playing video games, fishing, shooting pool and family get-togethers...

By MICHELLE MALKIN Confirmation bias damages reputations. It ruins credibility. It destroys lives. When researchers ignore contradictory data that undermines their assumptions, junk science prevails. When police conduct investigations with predetermined outcomes, wrongful convictions abound. And when reporters cherry-pick facts and distort images to serve political agendas, media outlets become dangerous weapons of mass manipulation...

Scoring was down slightly during Wednesday's second round of the 111th annual Missouri Amateur Championship golf tournament, but the result was the same: everyone was looking up at Brad Nurski. The defending champion and Day 1 pacesetter remained atop the leaderboard after a 4-under-par 68 performance to finish at 9-under 135 as stroke play wrapped up at Dalhousie Golf Club...

WILLIAMSVILLE, Mo. -- Forrest W. 'Frosty' Eads, 97, of Williamsville, Mo., passed away Monday, June 18, 2018, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Mo. He was born April 1, 1921 to parents Jack and Orlena (Parton) Eads in Piedmont, Mo. On Sept. 12, 1942, Forrest enlisted in the United States Army traveling from the United States to Australia, New Guinea, and the Philippine Islands. ...

Allen "Walker" Hall, 81, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mr. Hall was born July 1, 1936 in Fisk, Mo., son of the late Everett and Ossie Hall. He was retired from General Motors and was a member of the UAW. He was an avid sports fan, and enjoyed watching the St. Louis Cardinals, traveling and spending time with his family...

It turns out the black bear found in the Current River 11 days ago didn't drown, as officials initially suspected, and it also didn't die from any gunshot wound. "MDC's state wildlife veterinarian has completed a necropsy of the bear that was found in the Current River near Van Buren last week," said the Department of Conservation's Candice Davis. ...

PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Mitzy Eldridge, 81, of Piedmont, Mo., died Wednesday, June 20, 2018, at Clark's Mountain Nursing Center, Piedmont. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m., Friday, June 22, 2018, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont. Services will follow at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 23, 2018, at Harvest Baptist Church, Piedmont. Burial will follow at Masonic Cemetery, Piedmont...

For several decades, a few black scholars have been suggesting that the vision held by many black Americans is entirely wrong. Dr. Shelby Steele, a scholar at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, said: "Instead of admitting that racism has declined, we (blacks) argue all the harder that it is still alive and more insidious than ever. We hold race up to shield us from what we do not want to see in ourselves."...

Edward Ray Collins, 79, of Ellsinore, Mo., died Tuesday, June 19, 2018 in Ellsinore. Visitation will begin for the public at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 23, 2018 at the First Assembly of God Church in Ellsinore, with the funeral service following at noon in the church chapel. Rev. Scott Reynolds will officiate. Burial will be at Walton Chapel near Ellsinore. McSpadden Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Arnold Loyd Barton, 79, of Bonne Terre, Mo., died Sunday, June 17, 2018, at his residence. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Friday, June 22, 2018, at the Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan. The funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel and burial will take place in the Hitt Cemetery in Success, Arkansas...

PIEDMONT, Mo. -- River Hastings, 21, of Piedmont, Mo. died Tuesday, June 19, 2018, at his residence. Arrangements are pending with Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont. Online condolences: www.rueggfuneralhomes.com

PUXICO, Mo. -- Lisa Maria Ledbetter Loyd of Puxico died at home Friday, June 15, 2018. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 23, 2018, at Morgan Sifford Chapel in Puxico. Scott Sifford will officiate.

James (Andy) Morgan, 56, of Poplar Bluff died on June 16, 2018 at The Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are pending with Moore Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Online Condolences: www.moorefuneralservice.com

Virginia Scott, 77, of Sikeston, Mo., formerly of Dexter, Mo. died Sunday, June 17, 2018,at Hunter Ackers Caring Center in Sikeston. Arrangement are pending with Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home.

Trustees at Three Rivers College approved what officials consider to be a balanced budget during Wednesday's regular monthly meeting, while discussion of the college's new athletic facility revealed completion will likely not occur by the end of the month...

Staff Reports CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- A Licking, Mo., man was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison Wednesday for illegally possessing a firearm stolen from a Wayne County home. Randy Gene Harris Jr., 35, was sentenced to 54 months in prison on one felony count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon by U.S. District Judge John A. Ross, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office...