Stories from Thursday, September 20, 2018

CAMPBELL, Mo. - Mrs. Helen Pat Fieser, 93, of Campbell, died Saturday, September 8, 2018 at her daughter's residence in McKinney, TX. Visitation will be from 6 - 8 p.m., Friday, September 21 at Landess Funeral Home in Campbell with Rosary at 7 p.m. The funeral will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, September 22 at St. ...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - Hugh Lay, 98, of Bloomfield, died Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018 at the Bertrand Nursing Center in Bertrand, MO. Visitation will be after 11 a.m., Saturday, September 22 until time of services at 1 p.m. at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield with Rev. Ronnie Stevens of Bloomfield officiating...

There's no denying Wappapello Lake is overloaded with small, stunted crappies, and that's what Department of Conservation Fisheries Management Biologist Dave Knuth tried to stress during open houses this week in Poplar Bluff and Greenville. The current 9-inch minimum crappie length limit at Wappapello, in effect since March of 2006, hasn't helped the fishery and in fact has resulted in higher numbers of smaller fish in the system...

GREENVILLE, Mo. - Vickie L. Talley, 53, of Silva, MO, died Saturday, September 15, 2018 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. Visitation will be at noon, Friday, September 21 at the Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Greenville. The funeral will follow at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Brenda Henson officiating...

By WALTER E. WILLIAMS So much of our reasoning about race is both emotional and faulty. In ordinary, as well as professional, conversation, we use terms such as discrimination, prejudice, racial preferences and racism interchangeably, as if they referred to the same behavior. We can avoid many pitfalls of misguided thinking about race by establishing operational definitions so as to not confuse one behavior with another...

FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. - Dottie Collier, 90, of Crystal City, MO, formerly of Fredericktown and Wayne County, MO, died September 19, 2018 at Crystal Oaks Nursing Home, Crystal City. Visitation will be from 5 - 8 p.m., Friday, September 21 at Wilson Funeral Home, 101 S Mine La Motte Ave, Fredericktown. ...

By MICHELLE MALKIN I have a message for virtue-signaling men who've rushed to embrace #MeToo operatives hurling uncorroborated sexual assault allegations into the chaotic court of public opinion. Stuff it. Your blanket "Believe Women" bloviations are moral and intellectual abominations that insult every human being of sound mind and soul...

By MARC A. THIESSEN In his new book "Fear," Bob Woodward recounts that in April 2017, after President Trump saw images of dead Syrian children with their mouths foaming from a sarin attack, he called Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and issued an order: Get me a plan for a military strike to take out Syrian President Bashar al-Assad...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- (AP) Larry and Brenda Potterfield have been chosen by Gov. Mike Parson to receive a prestigious conservation award this weekend. Parson selected the Columbia couple for the Governor's State of Missouri Conservation Award. The award will be presented at the National Lewis & Clark Conservation Awards ceremony Saturday at the Missouri National Guard's training center, which is along the Missouri River in Jefferson City. The ceremony begins at 6 p.m...

Just like last year, Missouri's archery deer season is off to a pretty decent, yet very toasty, start. As of Wednesday afternoon, 1,901 deer had been arrowed across the state, which is slightly below the average for the last few years during the same period. Given the blazing temperatures, that's really not a surprise...

DONIPHAN, Mo. - Bobby Joe "BJ" Gimlin, 38, of Doniphan, died, Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, MO. The funeral will be at 1 p.m., Friday, September 21 at the Edwards Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Jared Baker officiating. Visitation will be at 11 a.m. with burial following in the Union Cemetery...

Dathel Webber, 94, of Poplar Bluff, died Thursday, September 20, 2018 at her residence. Visitation will be from 1-3 p.m., Sunday, September 23 at Moore Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff. The funeral will immediately follow visitation at 3 p.m. in the Chapel...

DONIPHAN, Mo. - Wendell Knight Brooks, 78, Doniphan, died Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at his residence. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, September 22 at Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan. The funeral will be at 1 p.m., Monday, September 24 in the funeral home chapel with Bro. Jerry Cooper officiating. Burial will be in the Macedonia Cemetery in Doniphan...

Poplar Bluff's No. 1 player Sara Holland started off a near-perfect day for the Mules with an 8-0 win in singles competition as the team hosted Sikeston. Mya White, Clarissa Varner and Megan Murphy all followed with 8-1 victories in their singles matches to keep Poplar Bluff rolling. No. 5 player Annaleese Williams earned an 8-0 sweep of her competition, and a forfeit from Sikeston in the No. 6 spot made for an unblemished day from the Mules in singles play...

A reception will be held Sunday for the artist, donors and volunteers who contributed 5,000 work hours and $20,000 in paint to a mural at Three Rivers College. The event will begin at 4 p.m. at the Tinnin Fine Arts Center, where artist Paul Jackson oversaw the creation of a 17.5 by 62-foot painting in July and early August...

Dr. Tim Hager was appointed to serve as a member of the Three Rivers College Board of Trustees in the place of the late Randy Grassham. Hager will serve in the position until the next regularly scheduled election in April 2020. The person elected will finish Grassham's unexpired term, which ends in 2024...