Stories from Monday, February 4, 2013

Dear Editor: I am truly honored and humbled by the outpouring of love shown to me and my family during the Skate City St. Jude Fundraiser last night. They say that time heals all wounds and I don't know that I fully agree with this philosophy, but I do know that time gives us opportunities to ease the pain and that is what all of you have helped me and my family in doing. ...

By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WASHINGTON -- Immigration reform is coming. Let's get it right. What counts as getting it wrong? The 1986 Simpson-Mazzoli Act, signed by President Reagan. It granted amnesty to the then 3 million illegal immigrants and promised border enforcement...

By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- Politics becomes amusing when liberalism becomes theatrical with high-minded gestures. Chicago's government, which is not normally known for elevated thinking, is feeling so morally upright and financially flush that it proposes to rise above the banal business of maximizing the value of its employees' and retirees' pension fund assets. ...

Rambler How? Who? Got Rush Limbaugh's bust in the Hall of Fame instead of the Hall of Shame? He is a rambling idiot. Thank you. Take driving more seriously Yes, this is for lady that pulled out in front of me this morning at the viaduct. This is the 29th of Dec. ...

Grashella Marie Asher of Fairdealing, Mo., and Christopher Nathan Casteel of Poplar Bluff, Mo., announce their engagement. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Randy and Laura Asher of Fairdealing. The bridegroom-to-be is the son of Helen Casteel of Poplar Bluff and the late Frank Casteel...

Lillie Brown Lillie Berniece Brown, 95, of Broseley, Mo., died Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, at her home. Funeral arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service of Poplar Bluff, Mo.

Carl Jenkins Carl D. Jenkins, 56, of Poplar Bluff died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in St. Louis, Mo. He was born Sept. 30, 1956 in Kennett, Mo. Mr. Jenkins was a longtime resident of Poplar Bluff and was a member of Fellowship General Baptist Church. Carl enjoyed playing the guitar and singing, watching Cardinal baseball, and was an Elvis Presley fan...

NEELYVILLE -- The matchup between Clearwater and Doniphan was about as one might expect between the Nos. 4 and 5 seeds at the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament. The fourth-seeded Lady Tigers and the No. 5 Donettes went back-and-forth Saturday for four quarters but Clearwater pulled away late for a 58-49 win...