Stories from Thursday, November 15, 2018

Deer movement, for whatever reason, sure seemed a lot slower on opening day of the firearms season than it had been lately. I heard less shots during the entire opening day than I heard in the first hour last year, but even so, hunters statewide still managed to take almost 100,000 deer in the first two days...

Cruising along 63 yards away, the 8-point buck made his way past John Blaich's stand on the second day of Missouri's firearms deer season. "I'd already decided I was going to shoot anything that came by because all I saw on Saturday was does," said Blaich, who was hunting on his family farm in Butler County...

By MARC A. THIESSEN When French President Emmanuel Macron denounced populist nationalism this week and called on world leaders to support institutions such as the United Nations that defend "the common good of the world," liberal elites cheered. The speech was seen as a rebuke of President Trump, whose opposition to "globalism" and embrace of "nationalism" are held up as signs of the decay of American conservatism and U.S. global leadership...

By WALTER E. WILLIAMS According to a recent report in The New York Times, Health and Human Services Department officials have been circulating a proposal to define sex. Their memo says, "Sex means a person's status as male or female based on immutable biological traits identifiable by or before birth." They add, "The sex listed on a person's birth certificate, as originally issued, shall constitute definitive proof of a person's sex unless rebutted by reliable genetic evidence." I think the latter statement lacks complete rigor. ...

By MICHELLE MALKIN Undoing wrongful convictions takes a killer instinct. Chicago-based exoneration specialist Kathleen Zellner's got it. Her record speaks for itself. Over the past two decades, she has righted more wrongful convictions than any private attorney in America. ...

Kenneth Mack, 54, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018 at his home. The family is requesting monetary donations called into Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home 573-785-1700 or brought to the office at 844 Cedar St. Arrangements are incomplete at this time...

Randy Wayne Lovelett, 57, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 12, 2018 at his residence. The arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service.

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Stacy McFarlen, 47, of Bloomfield died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018 at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield. here are no services scheduled...

Stan Lee died Monday in Los Angeles and was the first editor-in-chief at Marvel Comics, responsible for giving life to many well-known comic book characters, including Marvel's Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk -- and inspired others along the way...

James Paul Pearman, 76, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born March 29, 1942 to Jay and Jeannie (Collier) Pearman in Pine Ridge, S.D. He graduated from Vallejo High School in Vallejo, Calif. ...

DONIPHAN, Mo.-- Wilber Glenn Pennington, 88, of Doniphan, died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, at the Current River Nursing Center in Doniphan. Visitation will begin at noon Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, at the Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan. The funeral service will follow at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in the Springhill Cemetery near Doniphan. Memorials may be made to the Springhill School of Hope...

Poplar Bluff football held its annual banquet Monday and this year's Mule Skinner Award, which goes to someone in the community who goes above and beyond for the football team without expecting anything in return, was given to Chris Smith and Lucas Edington...

When a call comes in, it doesn't matter what the day or time, the Stoddard County Ambulance District will be there to help -- for a person in distress or assisting in a natural disaster. "We take care of all emergency and routine ambulance needs for the county," SCAD Manager David Cooper said. "We start about 6:45 a.m. with inspecting trucks, restocking and all maintenance issues required. Then we just wait on the call after that."...

A Butler County trash transfer site has received construction approval from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, a process officials said in July could take up to two years. The solid waste processing facility will next need to apply for city construction permits, said city planner Matt Winters. This is a short process to approve construction drawings, he said...

Shanna Vanderburg has a tradition every December, but it's not about the holidays or celebration. It is mired in grief and tied to the death of a longtime friend. Every year, she visits a Poplar Bluff cemetery to put flowers on her friend's grave. Vanderburg marks the day the young woman died by suicide...