Stories from Thursday, December 20, 2018

PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Timothy "Tim" Smith, 64, of Mill Spring, Mo., died Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, at his residence. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, at Carson Hill Cemetery. Online condolences: www.rueggfuneralhomes.com...

DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Ruby Juel York Camper, 73, of Doniphan, Missouri, died Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, at the Westwood Hills Nursing Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Visitation will begin at noon Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, at the Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan. A graveside service will follow at 2 p.m. in the Wilson Cemetery. Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan is in charge of arrangements...

Donald Ray Johnson, 62, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Monday, Dec. 10, 2018 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. He was born in Portageville, Mo. Dec. 31, 1955, to Rosie Etta Orange Johnson and the late Sterling Johnson. Mr. Johnson was of the Baptist faith...

Twin brothers were arrested in Poplar Bluff earlier this month with several guns, over 1,500 rounds of ammunition and allegedly planning to kill multiple people authorities say. Joseph Michael Price and Benjamin Tyler Price, both 32, of Ripley County are being held by the U.S. Marshal's Service and are each charged with mental defective in possession of a firearm, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Keith Sorrell. A preliminary hearing was held Wednesday in Cape Girardeau, Mo...

Some residents want to put the brakes on a plan to close a railroad crossing they say is valuable to the Neelyville area. Butler County officials say nixing the closure at County Road 268 could result in the loss of more than $900,000 for the Poplar Bluff Industrial Park overpass project, which has already started...

Editor's Note: This is the fourth of a 10-part series looking back on area events reported in the newspaper that highlighted 2018. MAY 1 The Three Rivers College softball team claims its first Region XVI title with a 9-6 win over Crowder in Joplin, Mo. ...

BROSELEY -- Campbell went into the locker room trailing East Carter by nine points. The message coach Laura Foster gave her team at the half was a simple but effective one: push forward and fight back. The Lady Camels did exactly that, slimming the deficit little by little in the second half. Junior Adrionna Pearson scored 10 straight points, including a 3-pointer at the buzzer in the third quarter to tie the game for the first time since the opening tip...

For those still holding onto a 2018 Missouri firearms deer permit, you'll have another opportunity to use it beginning this weekend. Starting Saturday, the statewide alternative methods portion of the deer season will be open, and it will continue through Jan. 1...

COLUMBIA -- Barry Odom has spent a lot of time silencing his critics the past few months. In addition to finishing the regular season in the rankings and increasing MU's victory total in each of his seasons as head coach, Odom cleaned up with in-state recruiting this year...