Stories from Thursday, November 29, 2018

Warm weather and a full moon aren't conducive to great deer hunting, but a stout cold front usually is. And of course, wouldn't you know it, Missouri's late youth season deer hunters experienced both extremes last weekend. Youth hunters ages 6-15 killed 2,556 deer statewide during the second portion of the youth season, falling short of the 3,115 they took over the same period last year...

WARSAW, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports Jason Reynolds of Warsaw became the most recent state-record-fish breaker in Missouri when he caught a walleye on a jug line on Truman Lake in Benton County. The new "alternative method" record fish caught by Reynolds on Nov. 5, weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces. Reynolds' recent catch broke the previous state record by 1 pound, 1 ounce...

When President Trump first took office, many conservatives' greatest fear was that he would be too quick to cut deals with the Democrats. He had previously been a Democrat and had staked out heterodox positions on everything from spending to entitlement reform, the national debt, the minimum wage, trade and health care. ...

Starting something new can be challenging and intimidating, but when it's a small business the stakes are high with your entire livelihood on the line. With this past Saturday being Small Business Saturday and November being National Entrepreneurship Month, I want to take the opportunity to celebrate these job creators. The entrepreneurs who take the risk to start a business or a farm, armed only with fresh ideas and hard work, drive the economy and embody the best of the American spirit...

Three Rivers College and Patrons of the Arts presented The Imaginary Theatre Company production of "The Christmas Skates" to a number of schools. The theater group for The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis traveled throughout Southeast Missouri performing the musical for elementary students...

What do you think of the proposition that no black youngsters should be saved from educational rot until all can be saved? Black people cannot afford to accept such a proposition. Actions by the education establishment, black and white liberal politicians, and some civil rights organizations appear to support the proposition. Let's look at it with the help of some data developed by my friend and colleague Dr. Thomas Sowell...

The XFL will give it another try beginning early in 2020 and St. Louis appears to be in the mix. Tuesday evening, KSDK Channel 5 reported that St. Louis will have a team that will play some of its home games at the Dome at America's Center. The Rams' last game at the then-Edward Jones Dome was a 31-23 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Dec. 17, 2015...

Loveta Lee Radcliff age 90 years young, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018 at her home. Loveta was born and raised in Qulin, Mo. She was a member of Twin Springs Baptist Church. She enjoyed spending time with her family, bingo and gardening, She is survived by two daughters, Shirley Kirkley and husband Frank and Judieth Mashburn and husband Paul. She has 12 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. She also leaves behind her best friend Lucy Breece...

PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Vernon "Turnip" Sutton, 85, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., formerly of Annapolis, Mo., died Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Mountain View Cemetery in Des Arc, Mo. Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont, Mo. in charge of arrangments...

Three Rivers softball's single season home run record holder is extending her playing career for two more years. Wednesday, sophomore Allison Pingel signed her letter of intent to play for Missouri Baptist next season, a program that finished with a 31-22 record a season ago...

Staff Reports The Poplar Bluff Museum will host its annual tradition of hosting the Christmas Tree Forest starting with an open house Sunday. This year will feature 12 trees from area schools with the theme "Christmas Traditions Around the World" that will be judged with winners receiving $100 prizes. Students make the decorations and art teachers or another school representative decorates the tree at the museum, located at 1010 North Main St. in Poplar Bluff...

The Libla Family Sports Complex is another step toward completion with the arrival of a "3,000-piece jigsaw puzzle." During Three Rivers College's Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday afternoon, President Wesley Payne reported the bleachers arrived at the building and are progressing significantly in being assembled...