Stories from Sunday, July 29, 2018

By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- For three months in 1917, Leon Trotsky lived in the Bronx, just south of the congressional district where Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently defeated a 10-term incumbent in a Democratic primary. Because she calls herself a democratic socialist, the word "socialism" is thrilling progressives who hanker to storm the Bastille, if only America had one. ...

MALDEN -- Harold Joe Jordan, 80, of Lake City, Ark., formerly of Gideon, died Friday, July 27, 2018, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark. Visitation will begin at 6 p.m. Monday at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church in Gideon with the Rev. Randy DeProw officiating. Burial will be in the Stanfield Cemetery at Clarkton...

Staff Reports LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Craig Pierce has been named the Deputy District Engineer for Program and Project Management for the Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District. Pierce replaces Dr. Randy Hathaway who retired after 36 years of service...

By PATRICK BUCHANAN "Make America Great Again!" will, given the astonishing victory it produced for Donald Trump, be recorded among the most successful slogans in political history. Yet it raises a question: How did America first become the world's greatest economic power?...

MALDEN -- Barbara Annette Tolbert, 78, of Wappapello died Friday, July 27, 2018, at her residence. No services are planned at the time. Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden is in charge of arrangements.

DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Bruce Todd Ehrenberg, Sr., of Doniphan, Missouri, died Friday, July 20, 2018, in rural Ripley County, Missouri. A memorial service will take place at 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, at the Lawndale Community Banquet Hall at 9201 Rainbow Drive, Odessa, Texas, 79765, with a reception immediately following. Jerry Green will be the motivational speaker. A float on Current River in his memory is planned in the summer of 2019...

CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Daniel Wayne Depew, 79, of Campbell, died Thursday, July 26, 2018, at NHC Healthcare Center in Kennett, Missouri. Visitation will be from 6 - 8 p.m., Sunday, July 29, 2018 at the Landess Funeral Home in Campbell. Funeral service will begin at 11 a.m., Monday, July 30, 2018 at the Landess Funeral Chapel with Mr. James Powell officiating. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery-Landess Addition in Campbell...

SIKESTON, Mo - Renda Buck, 74, passed away at her home in Jackson, Missouri on Wednesday, July 25, 2018. Born Jan. 3, 1944 in Sikeston, Missouri to the late Harry and Fay Hopper Chaney. She was a nurse's aid at the Manor in Poplar Bluff, Missouri for many years...

A grand opening will be held Tuesday for a new women's health clinic at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center. The 1,400-square-foot clinic space is important to the delivery of comprehensive care for veterans, said Dr. Patricia Hall, medical center director...

A grand opening will be held Tuesday for a new women's health clinic at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center. The 1,400-square-foot clinic space is important to the delivery of comprehensive care for veterans, said Dr. Patricia Hall, medical center director...

A Dexter man is free on bond after being charged Friday with five counts of boating while intoxicated in connection with a June boat collision on Black River that left a local teenager dead and four others injured. Braden Parker Bollinger, 27, was charged with the Class C felony of boating while intoxicated (BWI-death of another), two Class D felonies of BWI (serious physical injury) and two Class E felonies of BWI (physical injury) by Butler County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Paul Oesterreicher.. ...

Richland High School students Allison Jones and Liza King, along with high school yearbook advisor Kyle Carter, had the opportunity to rub elbows with members of national media outlets and receive first-hand experience at an invitation-only event with President Donald Trump...

Samuel Ralph Pietrofere, 65, of Poplar Bluff, passed away on Saturday, July 14, 2018 at his residence. He was born on Nov. 19, 1952 to Michael and Violet (Schliar) Pietrofere in Glen Cove, N.Y. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army for over 20 years and received several medals and honors. ...

DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Guy Wayne Steele, 64-year-old resident of Doniphan, Mo. died Friday, July 27, 2018 at his residence. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, July 30, 2018 at the Brooks Cemetery with Bro. Randy Whiteside officiating. Edwards Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

U.S. Rep. Jason Smith said Friday that Southeast Missouri farmers are in for a "bumpy, roller-coaster ride" as a result of escalating trade disputes with China and other countries, but defended the Trump administration's decision to enact tariffs on those nations...