Stories from Wednesday, May 15, 2013

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor KENNETT, Mo. -- A former Poplar Bluff, Mo., area pastor was to appear Tuesday morning in a Dunklin County court on sexual misconduct charges. Authorities say James P. "Jim" Hoyt of the 1700 block of Renee Avenue was supposed to surrender himself in court before Associate Circuit Judge John Spielman...

Officials from the 5th & 6th Grade Center have announced the fifth and sixth grades students who were included on the third quarter honor roll. A honor roll 5th grade Lauren Alexander, Holley Alford, Shay Amoss, Caleb Anderson, Alyssa Barker, Connor Becker, Luke Becker, Eva Bedell, Kiley Bess, Heaven Burpo, Emily Birdsong, Paige Bradley, Thomas Bristol, James Burgess, Keaton Carr, River Cates, Kaylee Cheek, Cole Christian, Audrey Cisne, Ross Dare, Parker Davis, Josh Deaton, Caitlin Dollins, Bailey Edmundson, Bobbi Gann, Christian Gibbs, ElizabethGill, JamesMichaelGreenwall, Dawson Hanner, Randy Hederer, Zachary Henderson, Brydon Hewett, Savannah Hicks, Nigeria Hughes Moore, Porter Hon,. ...

By CLIFFORD MAY "Arming the rebels -- that's an option. You look at and rethink all options. It doesn't mean you do or you will. ... It doesn't mean that the president has decided on anything." -- Secretary of State Chuck Hagel, May 2 But deciding on something is what presidents get paid the big bucks to do. ...

By BILL O'REILLY Every time there's a horrendous story about kidnapping or child molestation, America loses another ounce of freedom. The Cleveland situation in which three young girls were held in sexual slavery for 10 years is a perfect example of my statement. Although kidnapping by strangers is rare in the USA, the shocking media accounts of stories like Cleveland make a deep public impression...

What happened to North Korea? What happened to North Korea? They were going to blow us off the face of the earth and then suddenly with the bombing in Boston, you haven't heard a word about North Korea. Did they just suddenly say, hey, forget about it, we aren't going to bother you? Thank you...