Stories from Thursday, November 12, 2015

By ALEX WEST Staff Writer Meeting a great need requires great generosity. Generosity is the backbone behind The United Gospel Rescue Mission's Great Thanksgiving Banquet, and area residents are being called to embrace that giving spirit. For many years, the Rescue Mission has been able to meet the needs of the area by feeding the hungry. ...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer A man believed to be high on bath salts crashed a pickup truck through the doors of the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center emergency room early Tuesday morning with self-inflicted injuries to his left arm and genitals...

For Veterans Day 2015, John J. Pershing VA Medical Center Public Affairs Liaison Angela Smith sat down with two very unique World War II veterans, a husband and wife who both served in the U.S. Navy. It was their service that brought Kathy and Ardell Kennedy together. The couple, now aged 90 and 95, will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary in January...

By ALEX WEST Staff Writer The arrival of the holiday season brings with it the perfect opportunity for area shoppers to embrace the festivities while searching for great deals through the Poplar Bluff Chamber of Commerce First Annual Holiday Cookie Tour...

Since 1775, our brave military men and women have fought for freedom and democracy. On this Veterans Day we remember our service members that have bravely faced the challenges of a dangerous world from the Revolutionary War to today's War on Terror. ...

This year as we celebrate Veterans Day, I ask everyone to think about the many blessings and freedoms we have as citizens of the greatest nation on this planet, and also the price that has been paid to secure and defend these rights and liberties. It is a price that has been paid by the proud American citizens who made the selfless decision to serve as members of our Armed Forces. These heroes chose a life of service, and took a path that few have the bravery or the commitment to undertake...

At the Twin Towers: Thursday, the Senior Tax Board will meet at 8 a.m. in the Snider Room. At 11:30 a.m., SEMO Country Band will perform in the dining room. Friday the 13th, at 11:30 a.m., Army of the Lord will entertain in the dining room. At noon, the Retired Railroad employees will meet in the Altrusa Room...

The Poplar Bluff High School Class of 1959 will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 12, at Myrtle's Place. All class members, spouses and guests are invited to attend. Any questions, call 686-1019 or 718-5900/

NEELYVILLE -- The Neelyville School Board meeting has been changed from Nov. 19 to 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23.

Glenn C. Scaggs ELLSINORE, Mo. - Glenn C. Scaggs, 89, of Ellsinore, Mo., died Saturday, Oct. 7, 2015 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mr. Scaggs, the son of the late Albert and Gladys (Cole) Scaggs, was born April 6, 1926 in Naylor. ...

James Edward Duck MALDEN, Mo.--James Edward Duck, 41, of Desloge, Mo., died Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015 at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, Ind. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. - noon, Saturday at the Landess Chapel in Malden. Memorial service will be at noon Saturday at the Landess Chapel with Mr. James B. Powell officiating...

Karen Sue Miller DEXTER, Mo.--Karen Sue Miller, 72, of Dexter, died Monday, Nov. 9, 2015 at her residence near Dexter. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m., Wednesday, at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. Roy Sherfield and Rev. James Malloy officiating...

Thomas "Tommy" Hunter Thomas "Tommy" William Hunter, 41, of Poplar Bluff, died Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015 at St. Louis University Hospital from the results of injuries sustained in an auto accident. Tommy, the son of Gordon and Janeanne (Wells) Cochran, was born June 9, 1974 in St. Louis. He was of the Pentecostal faith and was employed as an industrial roofer. Tommy enjoyed spending time with his family especially his daughters, being outdoors, backroading, hunting and fishing...

Clara Bell Howard NEELYVILLE, Mo.--Clara Bell (Little-Durham) Howard, 76, of Fairdealing, peacefully departed this life Saturday Nov. 7, 2015 at her residence surrounded by her family. Clara was born in Fisk, April 12, 1939 to John Everett Little and Truly Ethel (Lashly) Jackson. ...

By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor "Saturday can't get here fast enough." That's likely the thought on the minds of tens of thousands of deer hunters across the region as they impatiently wait for the weekend firearms deer season opener. The weather forecast, at this point, is looking pretty good, except for maybe a little wind. I'd prefer it to be a lot colder than the upper 50s- forecasted, but at least that will keep hunters in the woods instead of in the truck...

The next step to playing among the elites at the college level has finally arrived for Poplar Bluff baseball standout Kameron Misner. The Mules senior slugger signed a Letter of Intent on Wednesday to continue his baseball career at the University of Missouri...

A Virgin Mary statue sits in the front garden of Domonique Alexander's grandmother's house in New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina destroyed the neighborhood 10 years ago. Grandma's house included. Alexander remembers a water line a good foot taller than him ringing around his bedroom. His toys ruined, his bed halfway out the door...