Stories from Wednesday, September 5, 2018

MARSTON, Mo. — Law enforcement officers are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying an attempted armed robber. New Madrid County Sheriff Terry Stevens reported a man attempted to rob a woman at gun point Tuesday evening in the parking lot at the Pilot Truck Stop...

Guiding the Future of Delta Agriculture was this year’s theme for the 57th Annual Fisher Delta Research Center Field Day. The annual event occurred on Friday, August 31 in Rone Hall at Lee Farm. Prior to the three farm tours on Soybeans, Rice and Cotton, farmers and folks from throughout the regional tri-state area came to the Appreciation Breakfast and heard small speeches and words of encouragement from state and federal elected leaders...

NEW MADRID, Mo. – A program to help parents understand the health care system and navigate service provider networks is planned for six Southeast Missouri counties. The University of Missouri College of Education has announced that ParentLink has received $1.1 million from Missouri Foundation for Health in an effort to help parents in New Madrid, Scott, Mississippi, Stoddard, Dunklin and Pemiscot counties...

Missouri Soybean Association members in District 7 attended a social hour and field tour with Palindromes Inc., along with Missouri’s soybean organizations Thursday afternoon. Palindromes Inc. offered field tours of the site selected for a new soybean processing plant in Caruthersville...

On Sunday, August 19, members of the community and the St. Eustachius Catholic Church celebrated the opening of the new Catholic School Building. Bishop Edward M. Rice co-celebrated mass with Fr. Daniel Robles, and Fr. Dave Hulshof. They were assisted by seven alter servers: a cross bearer, two candle bearers, a thurifer (incense), miter bearer (bishop's hat), crosier bearer (bishop's staff) and Sacramentary bearer (prayer book). ...

Starting off the 71st Annual Nation Soybean Festival will be the Sixth Annual Soybean Shuffle 5K Run/Walk sponsored by SRG Global - Portageville. All proceeds will be distributed back into the community to the local Portageville Food Pantry and toy drives...

HILLSBORO, Mo. — The Portageville Bulldogs earned their first win of the season Friday night, defeating Grandview 50-20. The Bulldogs jumped on top quickly in the first quarter with a 47-yard touchdown pass from Connor Barham to Bub Lance. Barham then scored on a quarterback keeper to give Portageville a 13-0 lead and Jacob Carter added a 70-yard punt return as the Bulldogs led 20-0 after one quarter...

The schedule has been released for the Dig for Life Classic. The 58-team volleyball tournament will take place Friday and Saturday at multiple locations in Cape Girardeau. The Red Division is divided into six four-team pools. The Black Division is divided into seven four-team pools and two three-team pools...

Missouri Governor Mike Parson has mobilized state resources to help Missourians battling drought conditions throughout the state. Parson recently announced both a program to provide water to family farms and a lottery for farmers to obtain adequate livestock feed...

I’ve tried to avoid writing this column for quite some time. But I have to be honest. I cringed while watching President Trump’s political rally in West Virginia last week. And this is far from the first time I have found myself bewildered by the ramblings of this President. As a self-confessed supporter of this administration, my cringe-worthy moment was surely shared by others. In so many ways, Donald Trump remains a tone deaf businessman with zero speaking skills. He clearly lacks the speaking polish of Barack Obama or the gifted sense of humor of Ronald Reagan. His ego often runs on steroids and his nonstop battle with the media — though accurate — is wearing thin. Like in West Virginia last week, his off-script recitation of his historic 2016 Presidential election makes him look arrogant as he continues to thumb his nose at the Democrats. All too often, especially on the heels of Obama’s fiery rhetoric, Trump sounds like a loud-mouthed half-sotted uncle.

I don’t know who wrote in badmouthing about President Trump but apparently they aren’t watching the news seeing all the corruption the Democrats are involved in. The Democrat Party is nothing but a bunch of corrupt people. And thank God that we don’t have to listen to Hillary Clinton. And thank God our little girls don’t have to worry about some transexual male who thinks he’s a girl that day come in while my little daughter is in the bathroom. Thank God for President Trump.

PARMA, Mo. — Robert Earl Waters, 56, died Sept. 3, 2018, at Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter. Born May 15, 1962, in Morehouse, son of the late Art Lee Waters Sr. and Margaret Carrie Waters, he had lived in Parma most of his life and had worked in farming and also for Arvin Manufacturing and SRG Manufacturing.He was a veteran of the U.S. Army...