Stories from Wednesday, August 28, 2019

A new scholarship program at Southeast Missouri State University will enable qualified low-income Missouri students to pursue a college education tuition-free. In announcing the new Will To Do Award scholarship Tuesday, university administrators said approximately 900 eligible members of Southeast’s freshman class will qualify for the “zero tuition” program when it becomes available in the fall of 2020...

The Black River chapter of Quail Forever will host its second annual banquet Sept. 14 at the Holiday Inn ballroom in Poplar Bluff. “We’re expecting between 150 and 170 people this year,” said chapter president John Blaich. The doors to the event will open at 5 p.m. for a social hour full of games, raffles, a silent auction and more...

More than 450 people turned out for Saturday night’s 27th annual SEMO Friends of NRA banquet to show support for their Second Amendment rights. “We were up just a bit,” event co-chair Albert Boeving said of the crowd. “I thought it went very smoothly, and we didn’t keep people too long. Everything we had did really well.”...

Sept. ILCSEMO arthritis programs calendar Arthritis land exercise classes (free) • Twin Towers: Mondays and Wednesdays 9-10 a.m. • Hillcrest Apts.: Mondays and Wednesdays noon-1 p.m. Arthritis aquatic exercise classes (pay per class) • Black River Coliseum: (Low impact) Mondays thru Thursdays 1-2 p.m...

MOUNTAIN GROVE, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say the body of a missing 3-year-old girl has been found in a pond in rural southern Missouri. Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Jeff Kinder says more than 200 first responders helped look for Vivian Fitzenrider before her body was found around 7:10 a.m. Wednesday in the small pond near her home in Mountain Grove...

While Missouri’s squirrel season has been ongoing for a while, many consider the dove opener as the real kickoff to hunting seasons, and Sunday is that day. As it has been for several years, the daily limit is 15 doves, and they can be any mix of mourning, white-winged and Eurasion collared varieties...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Conservation Commission, at its Aug. 23 meeting, made several changes to regulations affecting both resident and nonresident hunters and anglers. The most notable, and likely the most controversial, is a change to the acreage requirements for landowners to receive free deer and turkey hunting permits...

Poplar Bluff High School’s trap team hosted an Amateur Trapshooting Association registered shoot, drawing 39 school and adult shooters from both Missouri and Arkansas to the Poplar Bluff Gun Club event. “It was a beautiful day for shooting and all of our shooters did very well,” said PBHS trap coach Sandy Pike...

City firefighters responded at 7:54 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, to a report of an unauthorized burn across from 630 N. Ninth St. According to the report, firefighters found a fire burning unattended in a vacant lot and used 10 gallons of water to put it out...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 31-year-old Poplar Bluff man was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 6:05 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, on U.S. 67, one mile south of Highway N, in Madison County. According to the report, Joshua L. Tittle was operating a 2001 Infiniti southbound when it ran off the right side of the road and struck a tree...

The Missouri high school equivalency exam, the HiSET, was made free for first time test-takers at the beginning of July.

DONIPHAN — Sharon K. Bill, 67, of Doniphan, died Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019 at her residence. Visitation will be from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31 in the Edwards Funeral Home Chapel. Online condolences: www.edwardsfuneralhome.org

From power outages to tornados, fires to floods, disasters for Missouri residents can often be unpredictable and unexpected. National Preparedness Month is this September – the perfect time to put a plan in place for the whole family, which means pets, too...

A critical bridge on Pine Street has been slated for replacement by the Missouri Department of Transportation, an estimated $3.74 million project. The section of Pine Street that crosses the Black River is served by two bridges, one for eastbound traffic and one for westbound traffic. They see a total of about 12,000 vehicles per day...

Jerry M. Russell, 78, of Farmington, Mo., formerly of Poplar Bluff, died Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019 at his residence. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 30 at Cotrell Funeral Chapel in Poplar Bluff with the funeral service following at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Jim Schremp officiating. Burial with full military honors will follow at Three Springs Cemetery in Butler County.

One person was injured in an accident Tuesday in which a vehicle overturned. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports it occurred shortly before 11 p.m. on County Road 441, south of County Road 470, in Butler County. According to their report, Dylan S. Stricklin, 26, was traveling northbound in a 2013 Dodge Avenger when his vehicle ran off the road...