Stories from Friday, August 30, 2019

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Join us for modern jonboat rides and open house in the Big Spring Historic District from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7. This program is free of charge and all are invited. Visitors can enjoy a brief excursion on the Current River with a skilled local guide, departing from the boat dock in front of the Big Spring Dining Lodge...

The Poplar Bluff Industrial Park overpass opened Friday morning, following a ceremony with Butler County commissioners and other local officials. The $3.4 million overpass project has been under construction for most of 2019, with efforts to secure funding starting as early as 2015. It is located at the Cravens Road entrance of the industrial park...

QULIN — “Farmers are some of the biggest gamblers in the world, and one thing about it, four out of four people eat, so whether it’s our livestock producers or our row crop farmers, they’re feeding us,” U.S. Rep. Jason Smith told several agriculture producers gathered earlier this week, during a visit to Wright Brothers Farms near Qulin...

A Poplar Bluff manufacturer will soon begin hiring additional workers as business has picked up after the company was granted tariff exclusions earlier this year by the U.S. government. Mid Continent Steel & Wire had reported the company was forced to cut its workforce from 500 to 300 because of tariffs placed on imported steel and aluminum products....

BLOOMFIELD — An area judge cited Missouri statutes as he dismissed Stoddard County Clerk Cecil Weeks as a defendant in the wrongful termination lawsuit filed by a former employee. Ginger McCoy had sued Weeks individually and in his official capacity, as well as Stoddard County, after she was fired April 8 for allegedly questioning irregularities in the April 2 municipal election...

A 30-year-old Doniphan man was injured in a motorcycle accident at 7:55 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, on Highway 142, at Highway 21 South in Ripley County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Micheal P. Richardson was driving an eastbound 2004 Cheetah motorcycle when he pulled into the path of a 2013 Chevrolet Sonic. The Sonic was northbound, driven by Matthew R. Stidham, 62, of Doniphan...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWY PATROL Two area women were injured in a two-vehicle crash at 4:05 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, on U.S. 160, four miles west of Fairdealing. According to the report, Vicki M. Catlow, 62, of Fremont was operating a 2014 Ford pickup eastbound when it struck the rear of a 2015 Dodge Dart being operated by Lindsey A. Vance, 34, of Poplar Bluff...

City firefighters responded at 10:20 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, to a report of smoke in the area of Woodrow and Hays streets. It was investigation only. _ City firefighters responded 3:34 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, to assist emergency-medical-services personnel with removing a woman from her home at 714 10th St...

Ronnie F. Starkey, 50, of Silva, died Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, at his residence. There are no services to announce at this time. Online condolences can be made at www.rueggfuneralhomes.com

MALDEN — Betty Bradshaw, 80, of Malden, died Friday, Aug. 30, 2019 in Bernie. Visitation will be at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 2 at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3 at Bradshaw Chapel. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Malden...

Arts education is one that has seen a decent amount of criticism over the years, mostly in regards to whether it’s an area worth putting money into.