Stories from Sunday, July 24, 2016

From Staff Reports Mark your calendar and plan to saddle up for the 28th annual Haven House Trail Ride Saturday, Sept. 24, at Ted and Cindy Evans' Farm. Riders may register at 8 a.m. and all rides leave promptly at 10 a.m., rain or shine. Proceeds from the ride benefit Haven House, the area domestic violence shelter...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer An event will be held Thursday to introduce local voters to the Republican candidates running for county office. The 15 people competing in the Aug. 2 primary for eastern and western district commissioner, assessor, public administrator and coroner have been invited to speak at 6:30 p.m. on the third floor of the Butler County Courthouse...

By CHELSAE CORDIA Staff Writer For 35 years, Poplar Bluff native Leon Little has wrestled with a nightmare. But for Little, his nightmare is real. It began in January 1981. He was attending a class at Southeast Missouri State University when two policemen walked in. To his surprise, they were there for him...

From Staff Reports Longtime American Red Cross volunteer Jeff Shawan of Poplar Bluff was installed to the board of directors for American Red Cross, Southeast Chapter, recently in Cape Girardeau. The 12 member board is composed of Southeast Missouri community leaders, with Shawan being the only member from Poplar Bluff. ...

What Jesus would do? People often ask why I won't move back home. To Southeast Mo. To Dexter. To be with friends and family I love. Simply put - it's people like the ones that inhabit your editorial board. Hope you feel better attempting to shame and ruin what should be a positive experience for same sex couples wanting to celebrate their engagements...

By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WASHINGTON -- The main purpose of the modern political convention is to produce four days of televised propaganda. The subsidiary function, now that nominees are invariably chosen in advance, is structural: Unify the party before the final battle. In Cleveland, the Republicans achieved not unity, but only a rough facsimile...

To the Editor: Well another senseless act of cowardness has occurred, like we have not had enough of that already. Now the people of Baton Rouge and the surrounding Parish are mourning the loss of three law enforcement officers and praying for the health of three more. ...

Cat relocation Thank you, thank you, Municipal Utilities Office employees - I left home to go to a neighbor who needed for her utilities. She could not drive as she has broken ribs. She said I hear a cat, I bet that's is the one that is getting in my plants. So I took her payment and left. I had to stop at Midwest Bank, Krogers, Kerrs now to pay her bill...

Helen E. Sullivan PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Helen E. Sullivan, 92, of Piedmont, died Saturday, July 23, 2016 at the Clark's Mountain Nursing Center in Piedmont. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Masonic Cemetery in Piedmont with Father Daniel Hirtz officiating under the direction of Morrison-Wprley Funeral Chapel, Piedmont...

Lura Mae Johnson Montgomery Lura Mae Johnson Montgomery, 93, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., was called home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, July 22, 2016, lovingly surrounded by her family. Mrs. Montgomery, daughter of the late Joseph and Nora Jaco Johnson, was born Nov. 7, 1922 in Stoddard County, Mo...

Homer Eugene Hammel BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - Homer Eugene Hammel, 91, of Bloomfield, died Friday, July 22, 2016 at his residence. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Monday, July 25 at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. at the Missouri Veteran's Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Gerry Lee Duncan PIEDMONT, Mo. - Gerry Lee Duncan, 67, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., formerly of Piedmont, died Friday, July 22, 2016, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 26 at Ruegg Funeral Home in Piedmont. Services will begin at 1 p.m. at the chapel. Burial will follow at the Masonic Cemetery in Piedmont with full military honors...

Velma Williams CORNING, Ark. - Mrs. Velma Williams, 91, of Corning, passed away Friday, July 22, 2016, surrounded by family in Paragould, Ark. Mrs. Williams was born in Neelyville, Mo., on Dec. 16, 1924. She was a homemaker who loved spending time with her children and grandchildren. Her hobbies included gardening, reading her Bible and listening to gospel music. She was a longtime member of the Moark Baptist Church...

The schedules for men's and women's basketball at Three Rivers College are out and largely similar to last season. The Raiders avoid having to host a stray Region XVI game in December this season. Shortly before they start that schedule in early January, the team will head to Florida for the 2016 Tallahassee Classic on Dec. 29-30...

Stephen Curry is ruining kids these days. Or, at the very least, he is making them more annoying. "It is kind of overpowering," said 13-year-old Ethan Corbin at the week-long Gene Bess basketball camp at Three Rivers College. "When you look at Steph Curry, you just imagine 3s. When kids try to imitate that, it just gets overpowering and annoying. That's all they try and do. They don't try to be aggressive toward the basket."...

Recruiting season was difficult this year for Three Rivers College women's basketball coach Jeff Walk. After firing his assistant in January, Walk made the decision to not hire a new assistant until after the season had ended, and was consequently left to attempt to do the work of two people...

HOLYOKE, Colo. -- The Wayne County Lumberjacks resumed play in the Senior Babe Ruth Midwest Plains Regional with a bang. Wayne County obliterated Wellington, Kansas 21-7 on Friday before sweeping past East Twins, Minnesota 8-1 on Saturday to win the National Pool and earn the top seed in the single-elimination championship tournament...