Stories from Monday, October 21, 2019

The Oak Grove Homemakers Club met Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, at the home of Helen Dever. A delicious noon luncheon was enjoyed by all. Georgia Basham gave thanks for the noon meal. Helen Birdsong presided over the business meeting. Helen Dever gave a devotional, “Prayer Changes Things” from the Daily Bread publication...

FISK — Frances Rusert, age 68, of Poplar Bluff, died Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Rusert was born Dec. 1, 1950 in St. Louis, daughter of the late James and Mary Gage. On Feb. 23, 1968 she married Jackie Dean Rusert. He preceded her in death on June 23, 2019...

City firefighters responded at 6:13 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, to a report of a possible gas leak at the 912 N. Riverview Drive residence owned by Donna Tate. According to the report, Tate told firefighters she returned home to find a strong odor of gasoline on her enclosed porch...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Joshua K. Kassinger, 32, of Springfield, Mo., was arrested at 4:48 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, in Carter County on suspicion of possession of drug paraphernalia, no insurance and no seat belt. He was cited and released. _ Christopher Vega, 34, of Jacksonville, Fla., was arrested at 9:13 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, in Carter County on suspicion of possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and no rear tail lights. He was cited and released...

Jeffrey Lane Hancock, 46, of Doniphan, died Oct. 18, 2019. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21 at Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan. A private burial will be held.

PIEDMONT — Ronald ‘Mutt’ McFadden, 78 of Mill Spring, died Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019 at the Clark’s Mountain Nursing Center in Piedmont. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22 at the Morrison Funeral Chapel in Piedmont. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23 in the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in the Masonic Cemetery...

FISK — Loyd Allen Jarrett, 67, of Dexter, died Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, in Poplar Bluff. Visitation will be at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at White-Sanders Funeral Home in Fisk. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Thursday, in the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in Brown Chapel Cemetery in Broseley...

Friday is officially Pink Out Day in Poplar Bluff, which is part of the local community’s observance of Breast Cancer Awareness month. More than $200,000 has been raised to benefit the United Cancer Assistance Network since Pink Out Day was first held nine years ago. The week-long activities will end when the Poplar Bluff Mules take the football field on senior night against the Hillsboro Hawks team...

Despite a national trend of declined student athletics enrollment for the 2018-19 school year, the Poplar Bluff Junior High and Senior High programs have seen an increase in participating students.

The John J. Pershing VA Medical Center (VAMC) in Poplar Bluff will offer a special “iHI-FIVES” training for caregivers of veterans with physical or cognitive impairments. Scheduled for Tuesday, October 29, the training will be from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. It will be held at VFW Post 3838 in Cape Girardeau at 1049 N. Kingshighway. The classes are free of charge and open to any John J. Pershing VAMC veteran’s caregiver. Lunch will be provided...

Poplar Bluff City Council members will hold two public forums Thursday evening.

Poplar Bluff City Council members are expected to vote Nov. 4 to purchase 58 acres of property on Shelby Road for just over $1 million. At the same meeting, council members are also expected to vote to name downtown as the location of a building for city hall and city court...

UPDATE 6:40 p.m. Tuesday: Authorities are still searching for a man wanted in connection with an Essex bank robbery ESSEX — Stoddard County and federal authorities are investigating a robbery that occurred Monday afternoon at an Essex bank. At about 12:05 p.m., Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner said in a Facebook post, a man entered the Southern Bank of Essex, located at 101 Trotter St., and robbed the bank...