Stories from Monday, May 2, 2016

By BARBARA ANN HORTON News Editor The rain stopped, and the people came. They came for the Sarah Jarboe White United Cancer Assistance Network Walk Saturday in Poplar Bluff, Mo. They came to honor Sarah, Gladys, Janet, Robyn, Jerry, Marlene, Cindy, Pete, Lloyd, Dalton, Dana, Debra, Ronald, Kellis, Devin, David, Dave, Denise, Elsie, Nancy and many more who have either won or lost their battles with cancer...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- A Poplar Bluff, Mo., man now facing firearms and arson charges is to appear later this month in U.S. District Court for a hearing in his case. Dallas Lee Tanner, 37, of the 300 block of County Road 3231 originally was facing a one-count indictment, charging him with being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer VAN BUREN, Mo. -- Matt Jackson expects to see a 20-percent increase in business during the summer recreation season, as people flock to the Current River for floating, boating and fun. Jackson owns Scenic River Cabins, lodging located just minutes from the heart of Van Buren and one of two rivers that flow through the Ozark National Scenic Riverways...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer As the St. Louis Cardinals advanced through the 2013 World Series, the face value of tickets jumped to as much as $275. One Missouri lobbyist firm didn't blink at handing out more than a dozen of these to state lawmakers. Two of those tickets went to local officials, Sen. Doug Libla and Rep. Todd Richardson...

From Staff Reports Three delegates from the 8th Congressional District will cast votes for Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, July 18-21. The trio, along with three alternates, were selected Saturday during the district meeting held at the Tinnin Center on the Three Rivers College campus...

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Poplar Bluff animal control has taken on a monumental task and met the challenge with stellar results - slashing euthanasia rates by more than 150 percent for the first quarter of 2016. "We are trying to bring the animal control shelter into the 21st century," said animal control officer Dan St. Lawrence. "The old days of the image of the dog catcher with the net are gone."...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor On March 31, 1934, federal agents raided a St. Paul, Minn., apartment in their search for a man who would become public enemy No. 1, but an ensuing shootout left John Herbert Dillinger injured and again on the run...

Sunday, April 24, 2016, Betty (nee Scott) and Calvin Prater of Fredericktown celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. A party in their honor was given by their children and attended by family and friends. As newlyweds in 1946 they began their adventure in Poplar Bluff. With a growing family, they moved to St. Louis to raise their children...

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Harvel of Augusta, Ga., along with Pastor and Mrs. Allen Bates of Eminence, Mo., announce the engagement of their children, Nikki Sue Harvel and Jordan Allen Bates. Miss Harvel is the granddaughter of Jobe Parker and the late Ann Parker of Augusta, Ga. ...

They're not scared of the county The Doniphan man has been arrested for the death of his wife and son. He should be under the jail and not in it --no questions asked. And the matter of Greenville: instead of the city clerk getting fired, the mayor and all the aldermen should get fired because what she did was perfectly legal and what they did it appears to me like the mayor bought 'em all off. ...

Norman R. Keele Sr. GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Norman R. Keele Sr., 88, of Silva, Mo., died Wednesday, April 27, 2016, at his residence. Visitation services will be held at noon Monday, May 2, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Greenville. Funeral Services will follow at 1 p.m. also at the Greenville Chapel. Burial will be at Rucker Cemetery with full military honors...

Susie Cato GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Susie Cato, 55, of Greenville, died Thursday, April 28, 2016 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Visitation will be at noon Sunday at the Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Greenville. Funeral services will follow at 2 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home chapel with Rev. Gary Reed officiating...

By CAROLYN SMITH Staff Writer Two major changes will take place at Twin Towers Thursday. JoAnn Ward will hang up her apron as manager of the Twin Towers Nutrition Center after 41 1/2 years of service and family and friends will celebrate this event with an open house at 2 p.m. ...

Marvin M. Link DEXTER, MO. -- Marvin M. Link, 77, died Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at his residence in Advance, Mo. Visitation was Friday and the funeral was Saturday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter with Rev. William Fox officiating. Burial will follow in the North Antioch Cemetery, Rural Bloomfield, Mo...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN Whether the establishment likes it or not, and it evidently does not, there is a revolution going on in America. The old order in this capital city is on the way out, America is crossing a great divide, and there is no going back...

Dortha Willcut FISK, Mo. -- Dortha Dean Willcut, 76, of Broseley, Mo., died Saturday April 30, 2016, at her residence. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. on Tuesday at White-Sanders Funeral Home in Fisk, followed by funeral at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Jim Sanders officiating...

By GEORGE F. WILL Immigrant goes to America, Many hellos in America; Nobody knows in America Puerto Rico's in America! -- "West Side Story" WASHINGTON -- Puerto Rico, an awkward legacy of America's 1898 testosterone spill, the Spanish-American War, is about to teach two things that few Americans know: If conditions get bad enough there, its residents, who are American citizens, can come here. ...

William Thornberry William Harold Thornberry, 77, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, April 29, 2016, at Hunter Acres Caring Center at Sikeston, Mo. Mr. Thornberry was born March 27, 1939, at Holcomb, Mo. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he was a member of Highland Church of Christ, where he served as a deacon for several years...

Thelma Lee Husted PARMA, Mo. -- Thelma Lee Husted, 94, of Parma, died Friday, April 29, 2016, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Visitation will be after 11 a.m., Monday at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Parma. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Monday, at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Parma, with Rev. Roy Sherfield of Dexter, officiating...

Joshua Michael Clarkson photo BUNKIE, La. -- A Celebration of the Life and a memorial service for Joshua Michael Clarkson was held Friday, April 29, 2016, at Melancon Funeral Home in Bunkie. Joshua Michael Clarkson, 39, of New Orleans, La., passed away on Monday, April 25, 2016, in New Orleans. He was born in Lake Charles, La., on Oct. 4, 1976...

Bradley Nelson Santos Bradley Nelson Santos, 33, of Poplar Bluff passed away April 22, 2016, at his home. He was born on June 14, 1982, to Mr. Luis Santos and Mrs. Sandra Breckinridge-Cardwell and raised by step-mother Streta Santos. Brad was a former member of the Butler County Sheriff's Department and the 1137th Military Police Company out of Kennett, Mo., where he attained the rank of sergeant during his time in the service. ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The Lady Raiders squeezed every last inning out of the worst season in school history. Both games at the Region XVI Tournament went into extra innings, and Three Rivers ended up on the wrong side both times. The Lady Raiders lost their first-round matchup with MCC-Maple Woods 2-0 in 12 innings, then lost a weather-delayed second-round game to North Central 8-4 in eight innings, ending Three Rivers' season...

Coaching changes often have a negative effect on sports teams: A new face heading an established program, long-time players adapting to new schemes and the proverbial feeling-out period that, hopefully, gives way to an enhanced product on the field...

Tanner Tibbs and the Poplar Bluff baseball team was nearly perfect Friday. Tibbs faced one batter over the minimum, throwing a no-hitter against Dexter in a 5-0 win to open the SEMO Conference Tournament at Bobby Strenfel Field. "Their pitcher did an outstanding job today," Dexter coach Brian Becker said. "It was classic baseball right there. Hard stuff in, soft stuff away."...

FARMINGTON, Mo. -- The rain held off long enough for the Mules tennis team to make some history Friday. Poplar Bluff won half of the finals to take the team title at the Farmington Invitational for the first time. Peyton Bradley, Eduardo Martinez and Ben Stewart each won their bracket while Humza Siddiqui and Isaac Laseter each placed second to give the Mules a six-point cushion...

Four teen pool players now have a shot to play for their country. Jared Rice (18-under boys), Breanna Pickens (18-under girls), Keith McKuin (14-under boys) and Rebekkah Bruce (14-under girls) won their respective divisions at the second annual Missouri Junior 8-ball State Championships at Smokin Aces BBQ on Saturday in Poplar Bluff...