Stories from Tuesday, November 19, 2019

To the editor: Facebook reveals at P.B. council Nov. 4 that I requested unanimous consent to speak on a matter just about to be voted on. Not one of the legitimate seven objected, but an UNCOUTH dude usurped the authority of the gavel and told me TWICE to be seated...

City firefighters responded at 4:04 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, to a motor-vehicle crash in the 1500 block of North Main Street. According to the report, firefighters used brooms to sweep up glass and debris from the road. _ City firefighters responded at 2:25 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, to a report of an unauthorized burn at the 1120 Commerce St. residence owned by Theresa Jones...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Cassey A. Thompson, 42, of Doniphan was arrested at 8:57 a.m. Monday, Nov. 18, on a Ripley County warrant for forgery. He was booked at the Ripley Count Sheriff’s Department. BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT Keaton Paul Craft, 27, of Qulin was booked at the Butler County jail Monday, Nov. 18, on suspicion of unlawful use of a weapon. He later was released...

Grant funds could help Poplar Bluff city officials pay for the removal of asbestos at the former Second Street city complex, as well as for improvements to a local park. City council members held public hearings Monday on both grant opportunities, prior to their regular meeting...

No matter how long it has been since a loved one died, grief can make the holidays a painful time, but there is hope. Surviving the Holidays is a seminar from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, at the Greater Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce, 1111 W. Pine Blvd., sponsored by Fellowship General Baptist Church...

Local businessmen Robert J. Whelan’s book “Every Piece Matters” is on the Amazon Best Seller List, which he said, “amazed me when I was notified it was a best seller.” Whelan is a certified public accountant and a certified financial planner who lives and works in Poplar Bluff. The questions he was being asked by clients both locally and all across the country prompted him to write the book...

Education Commissioner Dr. Margie Vandeven served as the special guest speaker during the monthly Southeast Missouri Superintendents Association meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at the Holiday Inn.

James Howard Dorris, 82 of Poplar Bluff, died Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019 at home. Visitation will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 21 in the chapel at Moore Funeral Service. The funeral will follow at 1 p.m. with Rev. Steve Patterson officiating.

QULIN — William ‘Curt’ Curtis Fox, 42, of Jackson, Mo. died Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019 in Jackson, Mo. Mr. Fox was born on October 31, 1977 in Poplar Bluff. Curt was man of integrity and honor, and he held himself to a higher standard. This led him to a career with the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Curt graduated from the MSHP Academy on July 21, 2001. He was a Corporal with the MSHP, most recently working in the gaming division...

ELLSINORE ­— Juanita Mae Roberts, daughter of the late Ervin and Rainey (Bunch) Gore was born Sept. 4, 1943 in Ellsinore and departed this life on Nov. 18, 2019 at the Swift Creek Nursing Center in Poplar Bluff. She had attained the age of seventy-six years, two months and fourteen days...

Jazz music and laughter filled the cafeteria at the Poplar Bluff Senior High School Tuesday evening as a large crowd gathered to enjoy a meal of turkey, dressing and all the trimmings. “Basically, we’re doing a Thanksgiving dinner for the community (for) people who don’t do Thanksgiving or want to come join us,” explained Samara Ball, Student Council social media director...

People can start filing to run in the Twin Rivers R-X school board on Dec. 17.

BLOOMFIELD — Two Stoddard County residents appeared in court Tuesday morning on drug trafficking charges after authorities seized more than a pound of suspected methamphetamine from their motel room. Thomas Aaron Christian, 25, of Bloomfield and Tracy Fleming, 37, of Dexter appeared before Associate Circuit Judge Joe Satterfield for arraignment on the Class B felony of second-degree trafficking and the Class E felony of unlawful use of a weapon...