Stories from Friday, March 16, 2012

Ronald "David" Barnett was born on Dec. 9, 1948, to Delton Jewel "D.J." Barnett and Lottie "Collean" Cantrell Barnett in Bloomfield, Mo. He died Monday, March 12, 2012, at his Arnold, Mo., residence at the age of 63. He was married to Bar-bara McAlister on Feb. 24, 1967, in Malden, Mo. His wife survives...

Walter Junior Tilley, son of the late Walter and Lydia Lucresia Elledge Von Ruedgisch, was born on Aug. 6, 1940, in Bloomfield, Mo., and died at his home in Bolivar, Mo., on March 13, 2012, at the age of 71. Mr. Tilley had lived in Bloomfield most of his life. He had worked as a salesman for Haque Quality Water Condition-ing. He attended the First General Baptist Church in Bloomfield, was...

Louise Hughes, daughter of the late Ollie C. Pruitt and Leila Kamplain Pruitt, was born on June 4, 1922, in Essex, Mo., and died on March 12, 2012, at Terrebonne General Medical Center in Houma, La., at the age of 89. Mrs. Hughes was a retired manager at the Holiday Inn. She was a former resident of Dexter, and was living in Houma, La., at the time of her death...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- The four entertainment acts for this year's Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo all have one thing in common -- the energy the organization expects them to bring to this year's event. Acts for the 60th annual rodeo were announced Thursday at the Sikeston Area Chamber of Commerce's monthly luncheon. They are The Band Perry, Aug. 8; Jerrod Niemann, Aug. 9; Easton Corbin, Aug. 10; and Justin Moore, Aug. 11...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- The Missouri State Highway Patrol has announced that on March 20 and 21, 2012, officers from Troop E, Poplar Bluff, will be working with members of the Missouri Operation Lifesaver program in several cities and counties in Southeast Missouri, including Stoddard County, to raise the awareness level for railroad crossing safety and trespass prevention...

PUXICO, Mo. -- Seventeen-year-old Dillon C. Faries, of Puxico, sustained moderate injuries Thursday afternoon in a wreck on Rt. T, two miles west of Puxico, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The patrol reports Faries was westbound when his 2000 Chevrolet truck went off the left side of the roadway, overturned and ejected Faries before coming to rest in a ditch...

COLUMBIA, Mo. --- Hayti Indians boys basketball coach Philip Taylor liked his team's chances of advancing to the Class 2 state championship at halftime of Thursday's state semifinal contest against the Billings Wildcats. "I really thought we had momentum and control," Taylor said of entering halftime trailing Billings by just one point at 29-28. ...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Stoddard County Republicans will hold a county caucus this Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. at the Justice Center in Blomfield to select 14 delegates and 14 alternates to both the District 8 convention and the Missouri State convention. The Justice Center will be open at 9 a.m. for those planning to attend...

KENNETT, Mo. - The Cotton Producers of Missouri organization is preparing to host its annual membership meeting at the Opera House in Kennett on Saturday, March 17, 2012. Registration will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by a dinner, catered by Strawberry's of Holcomb, Mo., at 6:30 p.m. Drinks and desserts will be provided by The Traveling Wisk. Producers say the event is an opportunity to get together and have a relaxed evening and socialize...

Union Pacific Railroad's legendary steam locomotive No. 844 is traveling from Cheyenne, Wyo., to Marion, Ark., this month, pulling a special 150th Anniver-sary Commemoration Civil War Troop Train with nearly 300 civil war historians from the Midwest on their journey to participate in the 150th Anniversary Battle Of Shiloh Reenactment, as hosted by the Blue Gray Alliance, near the Shiloh National Military Park...