Stories from Friday, September 29, 2017

Building plans were approved Thursday for renovations that will put a Planet Fitness in a vacant Westwood Boulevard storefront. The national gym franchise will occupy the nearly 28,000-square-foot former Hastings location. No date has been set for the opening, city officials said...

Two area organizations with similar missions recently came together to assist hurricane victims in the south. The United Gospel Rescue Mission of Poplar Bluff and Hope International of Kennett, Mo., teamed up to provide and deliver donations to hurricane victims in Houston, Texas...

The Twin Rivers R-X School District is reaching out to the community to gather their thoughts on the future plans of the district through a community survey. "We are looking at what the community would like to see as far as the district's future goals and needs," Superintendent Jeremy Siebert said...

Seven weeks after having baby Norah, Frani Dunivan lost her job and felt completely lost. So she made the decision to go back to college and make a better life for her family. "I came home and had to look at my seven week old baby and I just felt like a failure," Dunivan said. "But that's when I decided it was the right time to go back to school to pursue an education and improve our lives. I'm going to be a teacher."...

By MICHAEL JENSEN When some people see a problem, their first instinct is to attach blame. Others look first for a solution and hold the blame game until later. I normally fall into the latter camp. But not today. From sports to entertainment to college campuses, there is unrest in this country the likes of which have never been seen...

By GEORGE F. WILL SEATTLE -- In this city, which is a petri dish of progressivism, a prevailing theory is that when you raise the price of something, people will buy less of it, except when they do not. Another, and related, theory is that constitutional and statutory texts should be construed in the spirit of Friedrich Nietzsche: There are no facts, only interpretations...

No respect even for a lock A locked gate. Why in the world would someone put a lock on a gate? Well, in my case, I put the lock on the gate to keep people out who have no business being there, but it's amazing how many times I go by and there's someone out there that does not belong out there. ...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN When elected chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in 2000, Judge Roy Moore installed in his courthouse a monument with the Ten Commandments that Moses brought down from Mount Sinai carved into it. Told by a federal court his monument violated the separation of church and state, Moore refused to remove it and was suspended -- to become famous as "The Ten Commandments Judge."...

Pamela Lagura is Sacred Heart's September Student of the Month and Sacred Heart's preschool student of the month is Paxton Smith. Pamela is in the eighth grade. She lives with her parents, Peter and Pearlie Lagura. She has an older brother P.J. and a younger sister Pauline...

ELLSINORE, Mo. -- Barbara Ann Muse, 75, of Ellsinore, died Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Visitation will be held at noon, Saturday, at the McSpadden Funeral Home in Ellsinore with the funeralsService following at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. Rev. Shawn Bradford will be officiating...

CORNING, Ark -- Josephine Garver, 93, of Corning passed away Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017 at Corning Therapy and Living Center. Mrs. Garver was a farmer and a homemaker. She enjoyed sewing, quilting, and gardening. She was of the General Baptist faith...

DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Dorothy June Woodring, 89, of Doniphan, died Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Visitation will be held from 3 - 6 p.m., Saturday at the Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan. An additional visitation will begin at noon, Sunday, at the Harris Funeral Home in Madisonville, Ky. A funeral service will follow at 2 p.m. in their chapel and burial will be at the Grape Vine Cemetery in Madisonville, Ky...

PUXICO, Mo. - Genevieve M. Rowark, 91, of Puxico, died Thurs., Sept. 28 at Puxico Nursing and Rehab. Visitation will be at 10 a.m., Sat., Sept. 30 at Morgan Sifford Funeral Home in Puxico. The funeral will follow at noon with Justin Miller officiating. Burial will be in the Sikeston Garden of Memories in Sikeston, Mo...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. --After falling 98 seconds short of ending their losing streak Tuesday, the Poplar Bluff soccer team finished the job with a 4-0 win at Parkview on Thursday. Daniel Lozano scored twice while Nik Rowland and Ethan Tucker added goals for the Mules (4-12), who snapped a nine-game losing streak...

PUXICO, Mo. - Douglas "A.J." Siegler, 53, of Puxico, formerly of Cooter, Mo., died Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017 in Big Spring, Texas. Visitation will be at noon, Monday, Oct. 2 at Morgan Sifford Funeral Home in Puxico. The funeral will follow at 2 p.m. in the funeral home. Burial will be in Duck Creek Cemetery in Puxico...

MALDEN, Mo. -- Brannon Perryman, 68, of Clarkton, died Wednesday, at Gideon Care Center, in Gideon. Visitation will be from noon - 2 p.m., Saturday, at the Landess Funeral Chapel in Malden. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, at the Landess Funeral Chapel in Malden with Rev. Steve Bricker officiating...

DEXTER -- In practice this week, Dexter worked on aggressive net play and taking care of balls that were out of system. The former showed itself in the opening points and the latter showed itself in the closing points. Dexter controlled the net and took advantage of Poplar Bluff passing errors to win 25-11, 25-11 on Thursday at the Bearcat Events Center...

Westwood Hills Country Club defended its SEMO Cup Match Play title, defeating Kimbeland Country Club of Jackson, 130-110 in the final Sunday. Westwood Hills was represented by Ben Brumitt, David Gilmore, Bobby Godwin, Adam Ivie, Mike Ivie, Neil Pullum, Billy Pyland, Derek Rahlmann, Jake Robertson, John Shock, Brad Theilemeir and Jimmy Vernon. Jerrod Murphy, Zack Stricker and Carr Vernon played in earlier matches...

LESTERVILLE, Mo. -- Cody Hampton belted a home run and drove in a pair of runs, leading the East Carter baseball team to a 5-2 win over Lesterville on Thursday. Dalton Rudd added an RBI double and scored twice while Drew Asher also doubled and went 3 for 4. Alex Kearbey also doubled and Wyatt Elliot was 2 for 3 with a run scored for East Carter (15-5)...

KENNETT, Mo. - Imogene Lightfoot, 94, of Dexter, Mo., died Tues., Sept., 26, 2017 at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter. Visitation will be at noon, today Friday, Sept. 29 at the McDaniel Funeral Home in Kennett, Mo. The funeral will follow at the McDaniel Chapel in Kennett with Rev. Danny Collins officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Kennett. McDaniel Funeral Service of Kennett is in charge of the arrangements...

The Poplar Bluff Junior High football team got three touchdowns from Justin Mitchell after Gage Rivers scored and ran for two points of a 26-0 win over Jackson at Morrow Stadium on Thursday night. The Junior Mules (4-0-1) host Sikeston on Thursday to end their season. They can become Poplar Bluff's first team to go unbeaten in both years since the program added a seventh grade team in 2010 after finishing last year 6-0...