Stories from Wednesday, November 21, 2012

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Two area men each were sentenced Monday to more than a year in federal prison on weapons-related violations. Todd E. Hurst of Poplar Bluff, Mo., was sentenced to 18 months on one felony court of possession of a machine gun by U.S. District Judge Carol E. Jackson, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Keith Sorrell...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer While Twinkie may eventually survive, it does little in the short term to help those who depend on Hostess, longtime customers said Monday, a few hours before the Poplar Bluff, Mo., outlet store closed for good. The move by Hostess to shutter its locations left eight people locally without jobs the week of Thanksgiving and organizations like the Twin Rivers School District searching for a new distributor after losing its sole source of bread products with no notice.. ...

Janette Lourance Janette Lourance, 77, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. Lourance was born Nov. 18, 1934, in Poplar Bluff. She was affiliated with the Jehovah Witness faith and was a homemaker. During her earlier years she worked as a beautician as well as an assembly line worker at Carter Carburetor in St. ...

Getting paid to do their job MoDot has enacted a set of "values" in which to conduct business. One of those values is "to provide the best value for every tax dollar spent" Could you please ask Kevin Keith, Mark Shelton, or Gov. Nixon, how we as taxpayers, are getting the best value for our dollars by MoDot putting into place a "Safety Jackpot Lottery" in which employees get cash for doing their jobs by the policy, which states they do their job safely in the first place...

By OLIVER NORTH TAMPA, Fla. -- This is the hometown of U.S. Special Operations Command -- at nearby MacDill Air Force Base. This headquarters dispatches our military's special operators -- Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines -- on missions in the most difficult and dangerous places on earth. ...

Jimmy Carson Jimmy Ray Carson, 58, of Ft. Collins, Colo., formerly of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, in Ft. Collins. Funeral arrangements are pending with Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff.