Stories from Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Southeast Missouri State University has announced the winners in the 42nd annual Math Field Day competition held April 11 at Southeast. Five hundred ninety-five students from 28 area high schools competed in this year’s Math Field Day. The students competed in areas such as algebra I, algebra II, geometry, trigonometry, word problems, exponential and log functions, matrices and determinants, computational mathematics, data analysis, sets and logic, probability, mental arithmetic, analytic geometry, number bases, number theory, hand calculators and calculus.. ...

**UPDATED 11 A.M.** Poplar Bluff firefighters responded early Wednesday to a walk-in report at Station No. 1 of smoke showing from 201-205 Main St. After making entry into the northwest corner of the building, the fire was quickly extinguished. According to Fire Chief Ralph Stucker, it appears two separate fires were intentionally set...

We’re now a few days into Missouri’s spring turkey season and, as of Wednesday afternoon, hunters had taken 9,674 birds statewide. Gobbling, by most reports I’ve heard, has been pretty sporadic and mostly limited to first light, but it really depends on the location...

Missouri’s Conservation Commission, in its meeting last week, set the dates and regulations for this fall’s dove, waterfowl and other migratory bird seasons. The fall bird seasons will kick off with the dove opener on Sept. 1. The daily limit remains 15 and the season will continue through Nov. 29, exactly like last year...

Patrick Allen ‘Cheeze Burger’ Buckley, died Wednesday, April 10, 2019 in Poplar Bluff. A celebration of life will be at 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 19 at Hendrickson Park. A graveside service will be at 2:45 p.m. Monday, April 22 in the Poplar Bluff City Cemetery...

Dylan Pearson, of Classic Home Loans in Poplar Bluff, has been named to the Scotsman Guide 10th annual Top Originators rankings for USDA volume. Pearson, a Poplar Bluff-based loan originator for Classic Home Loans, a division of Flanagan State Bank, was ranked No. 19. Pearson’s 2018 USDA loan origination volume surpassed his 2017 by 21.7 percent...

“She is compassionate, creative, enthusiastic and has a desire for all students to learn and succeed, despite the challenges they present,” said O’Neal Elementary Special Education teacher Kassie Stonecipher when describing a fellow teacher. This type of dedication is why Christie Risinger, a speech-language pathologist at O’Neal Elementary, was selected to represent the building as the 2019-20 Teacher of the Year...

Three Rivers College officially kicked off the Crisp Technology Center construction project by welcoming Sides Construction of Jackson, Mo., to the team during Wednesday’s Board of Trustees meeting. Billy Heisserer of Sides Construction will provide construction management services and be joined by Mike Pollard of Dille & Traxel as the architect for the expansion and renovation of the Crisp Technology Center...

City firefighters responded at 3:53 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, to a report of a gas odor at 215 S. Broadway. It was investigation only. According to the report, Spire gas had just received a shipment of the odorant that is added to natural gas, and the smell was coming from the shipment...