Stories from Friday, January 30, 2015

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor Local authorities are investigating an armed early-morning home invasion in which a woman was struck with a handgun and electronic devices stolen. At 4:20 a.m. Poplar Bluff police officers were dispatched to the 1500 block of North Fifth Street to a call of a "woman screaming in the street," explained Capt. ...

Story and photos By PAT PRATT Staff Writer As US technical industries continue to report there are more jobs then they have qualified workers for, the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center (TCC) is working on two grants to enhance training programs...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor BROSELEY -- The 1994-95 basketball and baseball teams at Twin Rivers High School will be recognized during homecoming activities Friday night for their outstanding achievements 20 years ago. The basketball team was 29-0 before losing to Cardinal Ritter 56-54 in a state quarterfinal game. Ritter, which had two players who eventually played in the NBA, went on to win the state championship...

Junior Burl Groves PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Junior Burl Groves, 80, of Festus, Mo., formerly of Williamsville, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 at his residence. The visitation will be from noon - 2 p.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church in Williamsville with the service following at 2 p.m. also at the church...

The Agee Community Club met Wednesday, Jan. 15, at Ryan's. Nickey Orton was this month's hostess. Cathy Womack, club president, opened the meeting with the group repeating the club motto. Nadine Johnson offered the invocation. Devotional was read by Womack from Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 about a time for everything. Jeanie Figgins gave the secretary and treasurers reports. There was no old business. Figgins will be hostess for February...

Nineteen Neelyville High School Students were honored by the Poplar Bluff Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution at a reception Jan. 17 at the West Side Church of God. These students were chapter winners in the American History Essay Contest and the Junior American Citizens DAR contests, which are designed to encourage good citizenship and appreciation of American heritage and history...

By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WASHINGTON -- While Iran's march toward a nuclear bomb has provoked a major clash between the White House and Congress, Iran's march toward conventional domination of the Arab world has been largely overlooked. In Washington, that is. The Arabs have noticed. And the pro-American ones, the Gulf Arabs in particular, are deeply worried...

Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland's Board of Directors voted to approve the continuation of 3 of the 4 volunteer/community property plans. Four volunteer committees representing Green Berry Acres Program Center (Cole County), Latonka Program Center (Wayne County), Mintahama Program Center (Newton County), and Sacajawea West Program Center (Pettis County) presented 3-year property plans containing yearly fundraising, usage, and maintenance goals. ...

Students earning places on the Twin Rivers Qulin Elementary Honor Roll for Second Quarter include: Fifth Grade Honor Roll: Steven Bruce, Jenny Casteel, Olivia Drew, Braedynn Fiske, Mckenzie Gold, Braedynn Fiske, Karson Ham, Jeffery Harvey, Holly Hequembourg, Wyatt Ledbetter, Kaci Rose, Glendon Siebert, Zechariah Suiter, Emma Thurman, Taylor Watson, Dalton White, Rylee Whitlow, and Katelyn Yeley; Merit Roll: Caleb Butler, Gavin Cagle, Dalton Davis, Alice Thompson, and Brianna Tompkins...

Starling Guinn DEXTER, Mo.-- Starling Guinn, 90, of Dexter, died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 at Dexter. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Don Kennedy officiating. Burial will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield with full military honors...

Betty J. Buchanan Betty J. Buchanan, 83, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. The arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.

The Neelyville basketball teams earned themselves a day off next Saturday. Both the Tigers and Lady Tigers were voted as the top seeds Wednesday in their respective brackets for the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament, which starts Feb. 7 at Twin Rivers High School...

The best part was the food. The "Sesame Street" craft services had everything, anything. Marcel Lee was partial to the doughnuts and other sugary things. He was 7 after all. It is a loosely kept secret the Three Rivers Raider freshman holds onto. He has pictures of him on Sesame Street on his phone and Facebook, but his coaches had no idea until he recently revealed it during assistant coach Brain Bess' class...

HILLSBORO -- Against Region XVI rival Jefferson, Three Rivers had three active players that were on its preseason roster. Two were midseason walk-ons and two more were borrowed from the softball team in order to have some substitutes. Three Rivers lost 87-59 Wednesday at Jefferson, continuing an eight-game losing streak...

Learning how to spend less but still live well takes skill, determination, and know how. What can you do to stretch your food dollars? Living on less doesn't always mean doing without, but it does take some management. Consider planning your meals one week at a time. ...