Stories from Sunday, February 15, 2015

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Two men who separately helped rid the world of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein found Thursday they share a desire to protect America and see justice served. Former Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill, who has claimed responsibility for shooting and killing bin Laden during a raid in 2011, was the keynote speaker at the First Midwest Bank Business and Economic Conference...

By DONNA FARLEY DAR Staff Writer DONIPHAN, Mo. -- On June 10, 1957, Neva Bissette received a letter from a soldier 7,000 miles away in Korea. Just 16-years-old, she didn't know that a little more than a year later the two would be married, having met only twice...

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer National Salute to Veteran Patients Week wrapped up on Friday with a capacity crowd at the Valentines for Veterans Concert featuring the Kentucky Headhunters at Black River Coliseum. The week-long event honors the more than 98,000 veterans of the US Armed Forces cared for every day in VA medical centers and other facilities. ...

By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor PIGGOTT, Ark. -- Details ... they're what make the difference between average and great. For Piggott Taxidermy owner Barry Johnson, every day for the last four decades has been all about details and providing hunters and anglers with a trophy mount they'll always treasure...

Jennifer Nicole White Jennifer Nicole White, 33, of Scott City, passed away Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015 at her home. She was born Sept. 21, 1981 at Fort Benning, Ga., the daughter of Connie and Debbie Mayberry White. Jennifer had been a member of Brush Creek Church. She had been baptized in the Baptist faith. She was a member of the United Commercial Travelers and active in SADI. She loved her dog, Ice. She had also been a published poet...

By SHARON RANDALL Tribune News Service Long ago, in the mountains where I grew up, women sat down to watch over their grandchildren. My mother's mother bore 12 babies. Ten survived to adulthood, one timid boy and nine headstrong girls. When her children grew up to have children of their own, she took a ringside seat to watch her grandchildren pull the same death-defying stunts our parents had pulled. ...

Timothy A. Martin DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Timothy A. Martin, 58, of Doniphan departed this life Tuesday morning, Feb. 10, 2015, in rural Butler County, Mo., as the result of a tragic automobile accident. Mr. Martin, son of Hardy and Lucille (Robinson) Martin, was born Aug. ...

Downgrade the manager Kaplan swoops into town and acts like we could not have survived without him. The first thing he has done is "tick off" everybody in town. You don't make friends by calling our local newspaper a "tabloid" and calling Donna Farley, the reporter, a liar in front of the city council and the TV audience. ...

Letter to the Editor: Upon reading the letter to the editor by Roger Burton on February 01, 2015, as to the type of person that Gene Bess is made me to reflect back to 1977 when my wife and I moved to Ripley County where we have cleared and renovated an old farmstead...

Darrell Moore MALDEN -- Roger Darrell Moore, 74, of Malden died Friday, Feb. 13, 2015, at the Golden Living Center in Malden. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden, followed by the funeral at 2:30 p.m. Burial will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery at Malden...

Dale Conner Dale Medrin Conner, 92, of Poplar Bluff died early Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015, at The Cedargate. Arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service.

Mary Ganoe Mary L. Ganoe, 79, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born May 1, 1935, to the late Jim Price and Elizabeth Cagel Price. She was a lifetime resident of Poplar Bluff. Before retiring, she worked as a florist...

Louise Tolbert MALDEN -- Emma Louise Tolbert, 90, of Malden died Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015, at the Golden Living Center in Malden. Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden, followed by the funeral at 11 a.m. Burial will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery at Malden...

Correction An article on Page 1A of Thursday's Daily American Republic contained some confusing information. The date for the Baldknobbers concert at the Rodgers Theater said Thursday, Feb. 20. It should have read Friday, Feb. 20. The headline contained the correct date...

FARMINGTON -- Matt King will have plenty of roommates next week at the MSHSAA Class 3 wrestling championships. The Poplar Bluff senior qualified for state for a fourth time while winning his third District 1 title Saturday as five Mules advanced. Steven Haley, Chance Moore and Tanner Dunivan each placed third while Josh Lewis also qualified in placing fourth. Three more Mules fell a win shy of moving on as Poplar Bluff placed seventh as a team...

It was a big man's game for the Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament championship Friday night at Bess Activity Center. Twin Rivers' two main post players led the Royals in scoring against Greenville. The scoring leader for the fifth-seeded Bears was also one of their big men...

By DAR STAFF BERNIE -- Caleb Ellenburg had 36 points to lead Bernie to a 76-61 win over Malden on senior night Friday. Bernie took a 15 point lead into halftime after out-scoring Malden 20-9 in the second quarter. The Green Wave (16-9) were played without leading scorer Cortez Dobbins. Trevor Ison led Malden with 17 points and Shaeen Perkins added 16...

As they are coming down the stretch, Three Rivers has grabbed the momentum in the region race. Three Rivers won the rebounding battle over region-leading Mineral Area to win 77-71 on Saturday at the Bess Activity Center. "I can't remember us having a better game at a more crucial time of the season," Three River coach Gene Bess said. "This could be the crowning moment of the season. I think we can build on this one."...

With a nine-point lead -- and the ball -- the Mules opened the fourth quarter Friday night looking to get right back in the hunt for the SEMO Conference title. Instead, Poplar Bluff left Peters Gym bitten by the Bulldogs once again. A week after blowing a late five-point lead to Sikeston, Notre Dame stunned the Mules with a 63-59 comeback win to spoil homecoming...

As a Neelyville alum, current Lady Tigers coach Becky Hale has seen a lot of Ozark Foothills Conference Tournament basketball. On Friday night, in the OFC Tournament championship, her team accomplished something that has only been done one other time in the past 30 years...