Stories from Wednesday, August 8, 2018

By Patrick J. Buchanan On meeting with the EU's Jean-Claude Juncker last month, Donald Trump tweeted: "Both the U.S. and the E.U. drop all Tariffs, Barriers and Subsidies! That would finally be Free Market and Fair Trade." Did Larry Kudlow somehow get access to Trump's phone?...

Ozark Border customers will not see an increase in prices in 2018 and the electric cooperative is working to minimize any possible increases for 2019, according to General Manager David Schremp. Schremp, who marked 2017 as his first year as manager, spoke Saturday at the cooperative's annual meeting. Ozark Border also marked its 23 consecutive year of refunding capital credits, officials said...

Poplar Bluff Mayor Pro Tem Steve Davis has earned the designation of Certified Municipal Official from the Missouri Municipal League's Municipal Governance Institute. The Municipal Governance Institute was created under the direction of the Missouri Municipal League's board of directors, to provide a training program focused on the important areas municipal officials and professional staff need for success. ...

Congressman Jason Smith America, in her earliest days, was founded as a safe haven for religious people. After our founding fathers fought a revolution and established this liberty, many Europeans fled persecution of their faiths and suffered a long, perilous pilgrimage to America to find free land. ...

Over 140 people were in attendance to hear stories from internationally renowned Watercolor artist Paul Jackson on Friday July 27. This was a dinner to celebrate the near completion of "River Dreams", the title of the 17.5 by 62 foot mural on the façade of the Tinnin Fine Arts Center on the campus of Three Rivers College. ...

James Vernon Faughn, 77, passed away Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018 peacefully in his home in Poplar Bluff, surrounded by his wife, daughters, and many loved ones. Jim was born on June 22, 1941 in Cardin, Oklahoma to John Faughn and Emma Jane Frizell. In 1970, he met the love of his life and wife of 47 years, Bonnie Gilton Faughn. ...

Following charges filed against a second Castor Township elected official Monday morning, the Stoddard County Commission called a special meeting Tuesday evening to replace the two officials. Castor Township President Randall McCollom submitted his letter of resignation Monday morning, the same day he was charged with stealing two dump trucks from the township (see accompanying story)...

QULIN, Mo. -- Donald Gene Carter, 66, of Grandin, Mo., died Monday, Aug. 6, 2018 at St. Francis Medical Center, in Cape Girardeau, Mo. There will be a visitation from 1-2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9 at White-Sanders Funeral Home in Qulin. Military honors will be at 2 p.m...

From AP reports An Air Force veteran secured the Republican nomination Tuesday for Missouri auditor. Sandra McDowell, an attorney from Jefferson City, received 33 percent of the vote against three challengers. She will face incumbent Democrat Nicole Galloway in November...

VAN BUREN, Mo. - Visitation for Randall Herple "Randy" Grassham, 64, Van Buren will begin for the public at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018 at the McSpadden Funeral Home in Van Buren, Mo. Mr. Grassham died Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018 at his residence in Van Buren, Mo...

MALDEN, Mo. -- Ada Marie Bader, 91, of Glennonville, Mo. died Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018, at her residence. Visitation will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10, 2018 at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. A funeral service will be conducting at 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, at St. Teresa Catholic Church with Father William Hennecke, Jr. officiating. Burial will be in St. Teresa Cemetery in Glennonville...

How is it that a town of less than 900 inhabitants, annually draws thousands of visitors to its streets? Why do people from all over the country flock to a rural community, nestled off the beaten path mid-way between Memphis and St. Louis? What makes the second full-week of August so significant that many calendars are marked a year in advance and the date guarded vigilantly? What sparks the community spirit that binds citizens in a common cause year-after-year-after-year? And probably the most pressing question of all: A goat burger?. ...

CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Freddie Ray Sheets, 76, died Monday, Aug. 6, 2018 at his residence in Imperial, Missouri. Visitation will be from 6 - 8 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018 at the Landess Funeral Home in Campbell with prayer service at 7 p.m. Funeral mass will be at 10 a.m., Monday, Aug. 13, 2018 at St. Teresa Catholic Church in Glennonville, Missouri, with Father William Hennecke officiating. Burial will follow at St. Teresa Cemetery in Glennonville...

The following winners were reported for drawings, listed as follows item, donor, winner, hometown: 43" TV, M & A Electric, Thomas Stuart, Fairdealing; Bizhub 3301P Printer, Nova Copy, Bob Muse, Poplar Bluff; Back Pack, NISC, Nicole T. Wright, Broseley;...

Stoddard County commissioners rejected a revised bid of $173,000 from R.L. Persons Construction of Poplar Bluff, Mo., for the courthouse cupola project during Monday's meeting. The bid proposal was received July 30 after negotiations with Dale Rogers of Robert Stearns and Associates, Inc., on behalf of the county...

Danny Talkington was effectively elected the new Stoddard County presiding commissioner Tuesday evening during the primary election. Talkington faced three Republican challengers in the primary and no other party candidates in the November general election. Incumbent Greg Mathis chose not to seek re-election after 16 years in office...

Danny Talkington was effectively elected the new Stoddard County presiding commissioner Tuesday evening during the primary election. Talkington faced three Republican challengers in the primary and no other party candidates in the November general election. Incumbent Greg Mathis chose not to seek re-election after 16 years in office...

A brother to Gerald Davis of Arnold, Mo., who died July 27, 2018, was not listed in the obituary. In addition to his brothers Richard, Victor, June and Vernon and other brother Russell Davis also preceded him in death. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Aug. 2, 2018 in the Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home. Burial was in Memorial Gardens...

BLOOMFIELD -- The president of the Castor Township submitted his resignation Monday, the same day he was charged with stealing two dump trucks from the township. One week after Randall McCollom initiated an investigation into the alleged wrongdoings of the township's trustee/ex-officio treasurer, Jacqulin Renea Bradshaw, he now finds himself facing charges...

As the final precincts were being tallied, Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner congratulated a room full of people watching election results roll in at the County Government Building. He announced the win not only for the sheriff's department, but also for the citizens of Stoddard County...

Judge, prosecutor, treasurer decided By CHELSAE CORDIA Staff Writer Election results poured into the Butler County Courthouse on Tuesday following the 2018 Primary Election with a 30-vote margin of victory that is so narrow in the race for associate judge, a recount is likely to occur...

South Central Missouri Community Action Agency and its community partners will host school readiness events in each of the seven SCMCAA counties. The SCMCAA school readiness events consist of many different organizations in the community with services for low income families. Children registered for the...