Stories from Monday, December 5, 2016

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Police say a Poplar Bluff, Mo., woman who was shot Friday after an alleged argument over money was not the intended target. Savannah Nevarez, 26, received injuries to her right hand and right leg from a single gunshot at approximately 8 a.m. Friday in the 900 block of Taft Street, according to officers...

By CHELSAE CORDIA Staff Writer When an organization requests a donation, what typically comes to mind? Non-perishable food items, money, maybe even time? But, what if the requested donation is something much more atypical, such as an ambulance? And what if the organization making the request is the department of San Vicente, El Salvador?...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer SHANNON COUNTY, Mo. -- Alley Spring will host an Ozark Christmas Celebration from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday with free activities for children, holiday music and refreshments. Alley Mill will be open during the event and will feature Christmas trees adorned with handmade ornaments created by the third grade classes from Winona, Eminence and Summersville, according to organizers. ...

From Staff Reports A Poplar Bluff, Mo., man was arrested after a foot pursuit Friday night for possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia. William Dale Obarr, 29, was booked at Butler County jail on suspicion of possession, as well as warrants for a probation violation and failure to appear on charges of resisting arrest...

By MARSHA SMITH Kern Valley Sun News Lake Isabella, Calif. Have you ever had an idea that you thought was needed, but one that you dismissed thinking that someone else already had it patented? One Kernville, Calif., resident decided to pursue her ideas and find out for herself...

By CAROLYN SMITH Staff Writer The friendship of Jill Sloane, formerly of Poplar Bluff, currently of Kernsville, Calif., and Chris Waite, of Poplar Bluff, began when two were born on the same day, 20 miles apart in California. How they met and ended up in Poplar Bluff is another story, which won't be covered here. ...

Sacred Heart's Preschool Student of the Month for December is Gabbie Tenchavez. She is in Mrs. Vicki's three-year-old class. Gabbie is the daughter of Raje and May Tenchavez. She has one older brother, Manoy Rion. She enjoys playing, loving, eating and doing activities together with her family. ...

By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WASHINGTON -- Twenty-five years ago -- December 1991 -- communism died, the Cold War ended and the Soviet Union disappeared. It was the largest breakup of an empire in modern history and not a shot was fired. It was an event of biblical proportions that my generation thought it would never live to see. As Wordsworth famously rhapsodized (about the French Revolution), "Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive/ But to be young was very heaven!"...

By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- The word "inappropriate" is increasingly used inappropriately. It is useful to describe departures from good manners or other social norms, such as wearing white after Labor Day or using the salad fork with the entree. But the adjective has become a splatter of verbal fudge, a weasel word falsely suggesting measured seriousness. Its misty imprecision does not disguise, it advertises, the user's moral obtuseness...

Shirley Dye MALDEN, Mo. -- Shirley Jean Dye, 80, of Malden, died Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, at her residence. Visitation will be from noon - 2 p.m. Monday at the Landess Chapel in Malden. Funeral service will follow at 2 p.m. Monday, at the chapel with Mr. James Powell officiating...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- With sophomore Marcedus Leech in a protective boot and on the bench, the Poplar Bluff boys basketball team won twice in the span of 24 hours at the Norm Stewart Classic. The Mules beat Battle 67-62 Friday night then knocked off defending Class 3 champion Father Tolton 71-59 Saturday at Columbia College...

SIKESTON, Mo. --The Poplar Bluff wrestling team placed third Saturday at the Sikeston Duals tournament, losing to Hillsboro 44-33 in the semifinal. The Mules beat Cape Central 51-25 in the third-place match to finish the season-opener 4-1. "Told the kids before the (Hillsboro) match it comes down to how many pins we got and how many we gave up," Mules coach David Sievers said. "We probably lost three matches we got stuck that we could have, should have won...

CAMPBELL -- Each time it looked like Bernie was ready to climb back into contention, Risco had an answer. Behind an offense that couldn't find its rhythm and an opposing defense making it tougher, the top-seeded Mules fell behind early and never recovered in a 63-44 loss to the No. 2 Tigers in the Campbell Invitational final Friday night...

CAMPBELL -- Throughout most of Twin Rivers' rout of Puxico, the Royals couldn't miss. Seniors Chance Wilkerson and JR Perryman combined for 46 points and the third-seeded Royals shot an impressive 75 percent to blow out fifth-seeded Campbell 80-43 for third place in the Campbell Invitational Tournament Friday night...

ORAN, Mo. -- After a heartbreaking loss a year ago, Scott County Central boys basketball is back on top. The third-seeded Braves won their 23rd Oran Invitational Tournament title as they dropped top-seeded Malden 57-33 in the championship game Friday night at Oran High School...

Arkansas Baptist College tied it up with 41 seconds left. Three Rivers College had been in the lead since closing the first half with a 14-3 run. It was up by as much as 15 late in the third quarter. With the ball, the Lady Raiders set up the offense and Joya Smith missed a step-back jumper from the free-throw line with 20 seconds to go...

Missouri Baptist JV's best run was four points. Three Rivers College's blowout win Friday was evident from the opening tip. The Lady Raiders scored the first 18 points en route to an 86-31 win at the Bess Activity Center. Missouri Baptist's only points in the first quarter were from a stray 3-pointer...

SIKESTON -- After losing the team's top two shooters to graduation last year, most figured this year's version of the Sikeston Bulldogs wouldn't be quite the deadly 3-point shooting squad that led the team to 28 wins a year ago. While the team may not have the accurate touch from deep that school record-breaking shooters Dominique Dyes and Marquan Nelson displayed last year, Friday night's game against Dexter showed that Sikeston can still have those red-hot moments...

GIDEON, Mo. -- Klay Barton drained a game-high 28 points as fourth-seeded Doniphan squeezed out an 89-86 victory over Gosnell, Arkansas to clinch third place in the Gideon Bulldog Classic on Friday night. Lucas Moe recorded 17 points for Doniphan (3-1), which held a 53-41 lead at halftime. The Pirates attempted to stage a comeback, outscoring the Dons 35-13 in the third quarter...

Timmie Lee Stratton Timmie Lee Stratton, 60, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will begin at noon Tuesday at Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff followed by the funeral beginning at 1 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery in Poplar Bluff...

Ed Dunivan PUXICO, Mo. -- William Edward Dunivan, 89, of Puxico, Mo., son of the late Clarence and Ella Jackson Dunivan, was born in Swinton, Mo. on Aug. 31,1927 and passed away on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, at his home in Puxico. Mr. Dunivan lived in Brownwood, Mo., then moved to Puxico in 1956. He was a member and deacon of the First General Baptist Church for 50 years. He loved to camp and see the sights. He retired from the Missouri Department of Transportation where he worked 40 years...

By BRIDGET BROWN SEMO News Service Last week, the Scott County Sheriff's Office issued an arrest warrant for Jesse Lee Vaughn, 34, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., with charges of attempted enticement of a child and an attempt to possess child pornography after a sting operation...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN "I have in my possession a secret map, made in Germany by Hitler's government -- by the planners of the New World Order," FDR told the nation in his Navy Day radio address of Oct. 27, 1941. "It is a map of South America as Hitler proposes to reorganize it. ...