Stories from Thursday, November 8, 2012

Jo Ann Hogan DEXTER, Mo. -- Jo Ann Hogan, 74, of Morehouse, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, at her residence. Visitation will be held after 11 a.m. Thursday followed by the funeral at noon in the First Baptist Church in Morehouse with the Rev. Randy Conn officiating. Burial will be in Essex Cemetery in Essex, Mo...

To the Editor: The Bluff City Eagles 3730 Aerie and Auxiliary would like to extend our sincere gratitude to everyone who was instrumental in the success of our Charity Golf Tournament on Aug. 25, 2012. The tournament was organized to raise money for the Missouri State President's project. The State Presidents, Rick Labbee and Barbara Cornine, have chosen as their charity for this fraternal year the"Diabetic Research Center" located at the University of Iowa...

To the Editor: Honor Tour wishes to thank those that helped sponsor the Oct. 19-21, 2012 Washington D.C. trip: First Midwest Bank, Daily American Republic, Southwestern Illinois Bus Company, City of Poplar Bluff -- Police and Fire Departments, Butler County Sheriff's Department, Missouri State Highway Patrol, Missouri National Guard, Poplar Bluff Rotary Club, Sikeston Rotary Club, Poplar Bluff Lion's Club, Poplar Bluff R-1 School District, Poplar Bluff Senior High School, Sears Youth Center, John J. ...

By MONA CHAREN You could, without stretching, make an aesthetic case for voting against Barack Obama. Leaving aside the hobbled economy, the promised second term "flexibility" with Putin, the job-diminishing Dodd/Frank act, the Benghazi debacle, the train wreck called Obamacare, the assault on the free exercise of religion, the pretense that the Lilly Ledbetter Act codified equal pay for equal work, the limp response to Iran's nuclear threat, the many Solyndras, kicking Bowles/Simpson to the curb, the "free" contraceptives, the recommendation that Israel do some "serious self-reflection," the preening over bin Laden's assassination, the Bill Clinton ad saying Romney wouldn't have approved the mission, the pretense that Gabby Giffords' shooting should put us on the path to political civility, the savaging of Paul Ryan in a speech to which he had been specifically invited, and the fact that Obama didn't know the number when David Letterman asked about how big the national debt has become -- there are grounds for firing Obama that rest upon seemliness.. ...

Roy Kunkle Jr. DEXTER, Mo. -- Roy G. Kunkle, Jr., 83. of Bloomfield, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. There are no services scheduled. Burial will be in the North Antioch Cemetery near Bloomfield, Mo...

By OLIVER NORTH WASHINGTON -- When Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman sat down to draft the Declaration of Independence, they began with a "Bill of Particulars" against King George III. They accused the monarch of "repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States." Now, 236 years later, "We the People" are about to decide whom we should hire as our chief executive and commander in chief. ...

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Altering the course of U.S social policy, Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote, while Washington state and Colorado set up a showdown with federal authorities by legalizing recreational use of marijuana...

Charles Bieber PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Charles M. Bieber Jr., 88, of Mill Spring, Mo., formerly of Bonne Terre, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, at The Manor in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Piedmont. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Mo...

Cheri Ramsey Cheri O. Ramsey, 65, of Poplar Bluff passed away Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Ramsey was born Dec. 30, 1946, in Cape Girardeau, Mo. to the late Raymond F. and Leila (Rice) Oldsen. Growing up in Deering, Mo. ...