Stories from Friday, December 1, 2017

A painting that has toured the state will be added to the permanent collection of the Margaret Harwell Art Museum just as it opens "Three Decades of Art." The museum won a bid for the Butler County painting included in a series by artist Billy O'Donnell, which featured one location from each of Missouri's 114 counties, and the city of St. Louis...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has appointed another new member to the State Board of Education as he tries to reshape the leadership of Missouri's public school system. The appointment of Eric Teeman came shortly before a regularly scheduled board meeting Friday and just hours after board member Claudia Onate Greim resigned Thursday evening...

The fountain at Three Rivers College is a focal point for the Poplar Bluff campus, providing a common area for students to gather throughout the day. One of three water features, though the third is still in progress, the fountain's outer surface is made of thick granite and stays hot in the summer, cold in the winter and uncomfortable to sit on year round. ...

Nearly 200 dog related ornaments hang from a Christmas tree as you enter the Poplar Bluff Museum. Next to the dog themed tree is a spruce filled with squirrels, chipmunks, deer and other woodland creatures. The annual Poplar Bluff Museum's Christmas Tree Forest decorating has begun in preparation for Sunday's open house from 1 to 4 p.m., where the community is invited to see all the decorated trees...

If you could remove 50 channels you never watch from your cable subscription and save $10 a month, you would do it, right? You have no use for those extra channels, and they probably represent a time drain as you surf through the clutter to find Food Network...

While much of our political discussions these days revolve around personality _ and personal behavior _ something less superficial is going on that will quietly play a far more important role determining election outcomes 51 weeks from now. Fundraising...

By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- American democracy's comic opera frequently features collaborations of "bootleggers and Baptists." These entertainments are so named because during Prohibition, Baptists thought banning Demon Rum would improve public morals (oh, well) and bootleggers favored the ban because it made scarce a commodity for which there was a demand that they could profitably supply. ...

Eric Redfearn, 27, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wed., Nov., 29, 2017 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 1 - 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 2 at Moore Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff. The funeral will follow at 2 p.m. in the Moore Funeral Service Chapel. Burial will be in the Poplar Bluff City Cemetery...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Kiley Bess scored a career-high 30 points as the Poplar Bluff girls basketball team took home the consolation title at the SEMO Conference Tournament on Thursday night with a 55-42 win over Cape Central. "The opposite side of the bracket is so tough -- Jackson, Notre Dame, Dexter and Saxony," Mules coach John David Pattillo said. "We'll get a chance to play those folks soon and really see where we're at...

Swimmers will have a new target line this winter in terms of qualifying for the state championship meet after MSHSAA split the schools into two classifications. Poplar Bluff is one of 48 schools in the largest class while nearly 90 will compete in Class 1...

JACKSON, Mo. --There were many moments that either side could fold, but programs the caliber of Dexter and Saxony Lutheran girls basketball don't fold. In a game that saw both teams make serious claims for control, the second-seeded Bearcats made just enough adjustments down the stretch to slip past No. 1 Saxony on its home floor, 53-52, for the SEMO Conference Tournament championship on Thursday night...

BERNIE -- The first 6 minutes of the Bernie Invitational championship game looked like the fans were in for an exciting game. The next 26 minutes were not as exciting. After three ties and two lead changes in the early going, Bernie and Neelyville were tied at 7. The top-seeded Mules outscored Neelyville by 37 after that to win their own tournament 80-43 Thursday night...

The Disabled American Veterans at the John J. Pershing VA Hospital are looking to the community for volunteers to assist with driving veterans to and from doctors appointments. Clyde Anglim, with DAV, said the group is in dire need of volunteers to drive veterans in Poplar Bluff, Cape Girardeau, Farmington, West Plains and Paragould, Ark., to community based outpatient clinics or referred doctors...

ORAN, Mo. - Michael Hood waited for the perfect time to get hot for Advance. The senior poured in 11 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter and nailed a game-winning three to cap a furious comeback for the third-seeded Hornets and win 64-61 in the second Oran Invitational semifinal Thursday night over No 2. Malden...