Stories from Sunday, September 30, 2018

FISK, Mo. -- Phyllis Cookson, 88, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 at The Manor in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Cookson was born April 24, 1930 at Qulin, daughter of the late James Clifford and Ethel Campbell. She formerly had been a school teacher and a beautician. She enjoyed listening to books and music and watching TV, especially Cardinal baseball. She also enjoyed visiting with family and friends...

Staff Reports Several students at Three Rivers College recently awarded scholarships from the Three Rivers Endowment Trust. Jessica McMillan of Bloomfield has been awarded the Velma Foster Memorial Nursing Scholarship. The scholarship, which provides financial assistance for the five semesters McMillan expects to attend Three Rivers College to complete her nursing degree, was set up by Tammy Stocks and Stacy Wood, the daughters of Velma Foster, who died in December 2017...

QULIN, Mo. -- Suellen Tompkins, 72, of Williamsville, Mo., died Friday, Sept. 28, 2018 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mrs. Tompkins was born May 11, 1946 in Gideon, Mo., daughter of the late Albert and Helen Adams. She was co-owner and operator of Cedar Hills Group Home in Williamsville...

Kaye Hughey Logsdon, 43, of Williamsville, Mo. died Friday, Sept. 28, 2018 at her residence. She was born in St. Louis, Mo. Feb. 7, 1975, to Yvonne Deason Hughey and the late James Hughey. She was a long time resident of Williamsville. She was a homemaker who enjoyed reading, working on the computer, and country music...

Emily Ann Penn, 76, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 at her residence. Emily, the daughter of the late Bill and Clarabelle Davis Marvel, was born Dec. 5, 1941 in Poplar Bluff. She served as Poplar Bluff city treasurer for 14 years, and also worked for Hastings Book Store as well as Russell Stover Candy Company. Emily was an avid reader, and enjoyed arts and crafts. Her most treasured time was spent with her children and grandchildren and attending their ball games...

Staff Reports On Thursday, the Poplar Bluff Police Department arrested two men wanted in reference to federal warrants for their arrest. At approximately 6:40 p.m., Shedric Anderson, 44, of Poplar Bluff was taken into custody after being located hiding inside a residence in the 800 block of Franklin Street...

Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court was approved on an 11-10 party-line vote Friday in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Yet his confirmation is not assured. Sen. Jeff Flake, Republican of Arizona, has demanded and gotten as the price of his vote on the floor, a weeklong delay. And the GOP Senate has agreed to Democrat demands for a new FBI investigation of all credible charges of sexual abuse against the judge...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Comic book writer, editor and Jackson native Roy Thomas -- who succeeded Stan Lee as editor-in-chief at Marvel Comics -- was honored and greeted with cake and a crowd Friday at the Cape Girardeau County History Center in Jackson. The reception also spotlighted the center's former intern and Southeast Missouri State University student Michael Archer's creation of the on-site superhero-inspired exhibit, "When History and Comics Collide."...

WASHINGTON -- Without being aware of it, Vernon Madison might become a footnote in constitutional law because he is barely aware of anything. For more than 30 years, Alabama, with a tenacity that deserves a better cause, has been trying to execute him for the crime he certainly committed, the 1985 murder of a police officer. ...

Hundreds of individuals will pour into Mules Stadium on Wednesday evening for the area's largest Fields of Faith event to hear testimonies, worship and read Scriptures together. The Poplar Bluff chapter of Fellowship of Christian Athletes will host the 11th annual Fields of Faith beginning at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to anyone who would like to attend...

Staff Reports The Poplar Bluff R-I Board of Education voted Sept. 20 on the following personnel matters, effective the 2018-2019 school year unless otherwise noted. School board President John Scott abstained from the vote on classified employees and board member Alana Robertson abstained from the vote on substitute teacher employments...

Brenda Kay Blurton, 65, of Poplar Bluff departed this life on Sept. 27, 2018 at her residence. She was born on Jan. 23, 1953 in Dexter, Mo. to the late Edward and Helen Reed. On Sept. 22, 1979 she was married to Jimmy Blurton in Poplar Bluff. He preceded her in death on July 18, 2017...

Eight-year-old Roger Edwards is quite the salesman, his grandmother Terry Rhyne pointed out Saturday during the annual Iron Horse Festival in downtown Poplar Bluff. As Edwards explained how sets of earrings were made from recycled CDs and compared a key chain to the characters in a favorite movie, the Doniphan pair did brisk business...

DONIPHAN -- While their defense put together its best four quarters of the season, the Doniphan Dons could find few answers on offense Friday night against the Kelly Hawks. In an era when 50- and 60-point outbursts are a norm in high school football, the Hawks defeated the Dons 28-0 with neither team cracking the 200-yard mark in total offense...

CARUTHERSVILLE -- The Dexter football team dominated early, but Caruthersville made a pair of big plays in the fourth quarter to overtake the Bearcats 30-12. The Bearcats took a 12-0 lead in the second quarter and trailed only 16-12 at halftime against a team that entered the game with a 4-1 record that included a win over Class 1 state-ranked Valle Catholic...

HAYTI -- Hayti football displayed exactly what led to its Class 1 No. 4 ranking. In Friday's game against Malden, the Indians scored at least 68 points for the fourth time this season and earned their second shutout in a 70-0 shellacking of the Green Wave, its first win over Malden in six meetings...

COLUMBIA -- Poplar Bluff softball began its four-game weekend a high note. In the early game of the Columbia Lady Kewpies Classic, the Mules earned a 12-7 win over Kirksville, but couldn't carry that momentum over to its last three games of the weekend...