Stories from Saturday, March 5, 2022

The Three Rivers women's basketball team beat Moberly Area 81-73 Saturday night at the Libla Family Sports Complex to claim the Region XVI championship for a second straight season. The top-ranked Raiders improved to 28-0, overcoming an early 10-point deficit to beat 10th-ranked Greyhounds for the fourth time this season...

We heard this week from two grieving families. Both had lost loved ones in unexpected ways, and nothing we say here can explain that or ease the hurt that comes with those tragedies. But we do want to take a moment to explain how certain decisions were made, because it was a question both asked, for different reasons...

Paul Smith, 85, of Clarkton passed away Friday, March 4, at his residence. Visitation will begin at 12:30 p.m. Monday, March 7, at Landess Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m, with Rev. Jack Cole officiating. Burial will be at Kennett Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Kennett. Landess Funeral Home of Malden is in charge of the arrangements...

Otto Floyd Starkey, 59, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, at Hannibal Regional Hospital, Hannibal, Missouri. He was born Dec. 25, 1963, in Dunklin County, Missouri, to parents Clayburn Starkey and Wanda (Johnson) Starkey. Otto was a Wayne County resident for many years. ...

A bald eagle injured with a collision with a vehicle on Interstate 55 has died. Sgt. Clark Parrott of the Missouri State Highway Patrol recalls the afternoon the collision happened, hearing a trooper on police radio reporting that a bald eagle had been hit by a vehicle. ...