Stories from Friday, October 26, 2018

Each day since Oct. 2, new evidence has emerged that the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a resident of Virginia, was a premeditated murder. At the same time, it is also increasingly clear that the murder was approved at the highest levels of the Saudi Arabian government, most likely including the current ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman...

By GEORGE F. WILL After showing off his swastika tattoo, Randy Metcalf became involved in a barroom brawl. One of his opponents was an African American, whom he and his friends knocked unconscious. Metcalf repeatedly kicked him in the head and, according to a witness, said, "Die, [n-word], die." Metcalf was sentenced to 10 years in prison under the federal Hate Crimes Prevention Act that was enacted six years earlier, in 2009...

Let's be clear: the Saudi murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was a despicable act by a regime that, even after enacting modest reforms recently, still tolerates virtually no domestic dissent. We should all be outraged, we should demand the truth, and we should look for ways to condemn such action in the clearest terms, such as by sanctioning the regime and the individuals involved...

Parents, it is reality check time. Three percent of the players in any high school sport will be awarded some form of scholarship to a college or university. That means that out of 100 kids who are active in a high school sports program, only three will be able to play at the college level...

Fourth grade students at Sacred Heart have created a free lending library for their neighborhood. The students wanted to share their love of reading with their community, staff members say. A waterproof container will become a lending library with the help of Pack's Do It Center, which donated an over-sized mailbox for the effort, and art teacher Cecelia Rommel, who painted a picture of a library on the box...

Kansas, which was the No. 1 team in the country in the preseason AP basketball poll on Monday, landed an identical No. 1 spot in the USA Today coaches poll released Thursday. The Jayhawks received 14 of 32 first-place votes, finishing a slot ahead of No. 2 Kentucky by 10 points. The Wildcats were first on 12 ballots...

Kathryn Louise KeaslerKathryn Louise Keasler, daughter of the late Willie Earl Vieth and Helen Dawson Vieth, was born in Vinson, Mo. on Nov. 7, 1935 and departed this life at her daughter's residence Oct. 20, 2018, in Cordova, Tenn. at the age of 82 years.Mrs. ...

GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Rev. Richard W. Brosseau, 77, of Missionary Acres, Mo. died Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018 at the Oakdale Care Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Visitation will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 at the Evangel Baptist Church near Silva. Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m. Wednesday with Rev. Ken Moon officiating. Burial with Military honors will be in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield under the direction of Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel, Greenville...

DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Thomas Clifton Bennett III, 78, of Doniphan, Mo., died Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Funeral services were to be held at Edwards Funeral Home at 1 p.m. Friday Oct. 26, 2018.

Anna Margaret Alexander, 84, of Bonne Terre, Mo., died Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018 at Evelyn's House/BJC Hospice in St. Louis. Mrs. Alexander was born June 27, 1934 in Qulin, Mo., daughter of the late Augustine and Blanche Campbell. She had lived in Bonne Terre for the past 18 years. She enjoyed spending time with her family and St. Louis Cardinals baseball...

By MARYBETH NIEDERKORN Southeast Missourian JACKSON, Mo. -- Design-build is not a new process, but it is a trend in Missouri municipalities, and it's been used to build several projects, from the Cape Girardeau SportsPlex to the in-progress County Justice Center. But what is it?...

Local advocates for an interstate upgrade to highways 60 and 67 took the opportunity Thursday to highlight the benefits of the project for Missouri Department of Transportation Director Patrick McKenna. McKenna and other MoDOT officials met in Poplar Bluff as part of a series of meetings across the state to gain information on regional priorities...

With a mid-term election on the horizon, adults across Missouri prepare to cast their vote for state representatives, several constitutional amendments and propositions as well as a closely watched U.S. senator race. While only a small percent of the 1,422 students at Poplar Bluff High School will be eligible to vote and make their voices heard, a mock election was held Wednesday to give everyone an opportunity at the voting process...

Prop D Speakout, I'd just like to remind the voters in Missouri that our politicians are very good about lying without lying. And while any revenues raised by Proposition D are guaranteed to go to the highway funds. What about the money they're already collecting that's not a locked-in designation? I feel like that's going to allow the politicians to continue to buy donations from the material contractors and the road building contractors. ...