Stories from Friday, April 12, 2019

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Linda K. Alexander, 68, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. died April 12, 2019 at Mark Twain Caring Center. Arrangements are pending with Fitch-Hillis Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff. Memorials may be made to Fitch-Hillis Funeral Home. Online condolences: www.fitchhillisfh.com...

GIDEON, Mo. — Michel Ray Waller, 67, of Gideon, died Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at Southeast Healthcare in Dexter, Mo. Visitation will be at noon Saturday, April 13 at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Gideon. The funeral will follow at 2:30 p.m. at Bradshaw Chapel. Burial will be in Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton, Mo...

Spring is here and temperatures appear to be warming. That means farmers throughout Missouri will be busy planting crops and moving livestock. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reminds drivers to expect heavier farm machinery traffic--especially on two-lane highways in rural parts of the state. Please obey all traffic laws and remain vigilant. Most importantly, everyone is encouraged to share the road. Farmers and motorists alike should be safe, courteous drivers...

BLOOMFIELD — A former deputy clerk has accused Stoddard County Clerk Cecil Weeks of illegally certifying the April 2 municipal election after she told him two unregistered voters cast ballots in the Dexter’s ward two. Ginger McCoy, who recently was fired from the clerk’s office where she had worked for 13 years, filed a complaint Monday with the Stoddard County Sheriff’s Department...

DONIPHAN, Mo. ­— Pat Campbell, 72, of Doniphan, died Thursday, April 11 at St. Clair Hospital in Fenton, Mo. Visitation will be at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 18 at the Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan. A memorial service will follow at 7 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Richard Mahan officiating...

Area students and businesses will have the opportunity to take part in an equally beneficial event taking place for the first time. The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center in conjunction with Poplar Bluff High School will be hosting the first ever Poplar Bluff School’s Student Hiring Event from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 26 at the PBHS Auxiliary gym...

“Realizing how important communication is for people to successfully navigate throughout their day is what drives me every day,” said Eugene Field Speech-Language Pathologist Jennifer Morin. “Whether it be through gestures, words, body language or augmentative communication everyone has something to express.”...

Poplar Bluff City Council will take the unusual step Monday of holding three separate voting sessions. This will allow an outgoing member to act on two controversial issues before a new council member is seated, agendas for the meetings show. Mayor Susan McVey chose not to seek re-election for her Ward 1 seat and will be replaced on the council by Lisa Armes Parson, who voters selected April 2...

• The Poplar Bluff City Council will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. Monday in the council chambers at the Black River Coliseum. Workshop items to include: review a proposed resolution appointing Nevada Young as City Clerk for the city of Poplar Bluff, effective July 1; review recommendation from Municipal Utilities Advisory Board regarding bids for the Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrade project...

A plan by the city to rush into the hiring of a new city clerk without resolving a residency issue does both sides a disservice. City council members plan to vote Monday to hire current planning department clerk Nevada Young. Young currently lives outside city limits. City ordinance states the clerk must live in the city limits. Council members have been split on attempts to change this, with the majority voting against it...

As a member of the House Conservative Caucus, I’ve committed to protecting the values and principles on which our nation was founded. The first bill we officially endorsed protects one of those principles – the right to Constitutional due process. This bill, HB 573, will update procedures for dealing with “Title IX” cases in colleges and universities. ...

City firefighters responded at 10:42 p.m. Monday, April 8, to a report of an unauthorized bur at 315 Davis St. According to the report, firefighters found a small fire burning in a pit behind the home and used five gallons of water to put out the fire...

**Judge W. Dean Million The following cases were disposed of in Municipal Court in March. Dollar amounts may be fines, court costs or any combination of the same: Christopher A. Lee, 34, Poplar Bluff, no seat belt, $10. Asia C. Lacy, 28, Poplar Bluff, sale to minor (contributing), suspended imposition of sentence, 12 months probation, $31.50...