Stories from Monday, September 2, 2019

John Edgar Forsman, 82, of Wappapello, died Friday, Aug. 30, 2019 at his residence. The graveside funeral will be held at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield on Tuesday September 3 at 1 p.m.

Officials with the Missouri Public Utility Alliance (MPUA) released a statement Friday afternoon regarding the possible deployment of utility line crews from Missouri and Arkansas to Florida over the next few days. The crews are preparing to perform recovery work in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. The storm stalled over the northern Bahamas on Monday, pummeling the islands with winds up to 185 mph...

NEELYVILLE ­— Mrs Joan (Cox) Talbott 83, of Neelyville, passed away September 1, 2019 at the Oakdale Nursing Center in Poplar Bluff. She was born February 11, 1936 in Neelyville, to the late John Cox and Mary (Wills) Cox. On June 30, 1953, she was married to Lewis Cass Talbott. He preceded her in death on November 7, 2001...

The Poplar Bluff Police Department arrested a 31-year-old woman on suspicion of shooting her mother in the chest and stomach.

VAN BUREN, Mo. - A routine traffic stop shortly after noon Monday on Commerce Street in Van Buren landed two men in jail and the recovery of 17 grams of illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia. Carter County Sheriff Rick Stephens said, Steven Jaco Jr., 44, of Van Buren and Tyler Rayfield, 30, of Fremont were arrested on suspicion of possession of illegal drugs and paraphernalia. Both were booked on a 24-hour hold in the Shannon County Jail...

Penny Cronin Taylor, originally from the Poplar Bluff and Doniphan areas, is the first full-time executive named to oversee for the Bread Shed.

Cowboys and cowgirls from across the nation will converge on Poplar Bluff this weekend to compete in the Three Rivers Shrine Club’s 12th annual championship rodeo.