Stories from Monday, January 6, 2020

City firefighters responded at 4:59 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, to an alarm at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center, 1500 N. Westwood Blvd. It was investigation only. _ City firefighters responded at 12:16 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 5, to a report of a trash fire on Abbot Street...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 26-year-old Poplar Bluff man was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 7:20 a.m. Monday, Jan. 6, on U.S. 60 at U.S. 62 in Mississippi County, two miles from the Illinois state line. According to the report, William R. Whitmer was operating a 2007 Freightliner eastbound when it ran off the right side of the road and overturned...

Ted Lamar Gorman, 93, of Poplar Bluff passed away Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Gorman was born April 7, 1926 in Poplar Bluff. In 1943 he joined the Navy and served aboard the USS Lexington until 1947. Following the war, he went to work for the Missouri Pacific Railroad where he worked for over 40 years. On Oct. 13, 1950 he married Georgia Belle Sutton who preceded him in death April 10, 2005. Also preceding him in death was a son, David Lynn Gorman in April 2001...

PUXICO, Mo. — Ronald Dean Dinkins, 58, of Wappapello passed away Dec. 31, 2019 at his home. Ronnie was born July 12, 1961 in Poplar Bluff to Roger and MaryLou Dinkins. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and spending time with his children and grandchildren. Ronnie loved the Lord and attended the Cowboy church in Fisk...

DEXTER, Mo. — Jasper Norman Edmundson of Poplar Bluff was born on Feb. 2, 1942 and passed away Jan. 3, 2020, surrounded by the family he loved and many of his closest friends. Jasper “Pete” Edmundson was born to Pansy Litzler and Jasper N. Edmundson, in their home, in Dudly, Mo...

NEELYVILLE, Mo. — Rev. Charles E. Kendle, 74, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., departed this life Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, at the SSM St. Clare Hospital in Fenton, Mo. He was born May 2 1945 in St. Louis, Mo. and was a resident of Poplar Bluff. He is survived by his wife, Bertha L. Corethers, whom he married July 21, 1973, in St. Louis, Mo...

The Poplar Bluff Municipal Library will be featuring a unique display throughout the month of January, full of colorful photographs of the natural wonders of the Mingo National Wildlife Refuge. The display features the entries from the annual Mingo Swamp Friends Photography Contest, which is held in the late summer. After the winners are announced in August, the photographs travel the state for display at various outlets for the following 12 months...

This past week, an Iranian led militia attacked, torched, and attempted to storm our Embassy in Baghdad. It came on the heels of Iran killing an American contractor based in Iraq one month prior. These are just two recent examples of Iran’s continued assault on American democracy, and our support for the rule of law, individual and religious freedoms, and the State of Israel...

Ticket distribution for veterans and their guests to attend the annual John J. Pershing VA Medical Center Valentines for Veterans Concert begins today. The concert will feature popular country music soloist, Neal McCoy. McCoy is a two-time “Entertainer of the Year,” with three Platinum albums, one Gold album, and numerous #1 and Top-10 hit singles such as, No Doubt About It, You Gotta Love That, Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye, and If I Was a Drinking Man...

FISK, Mo. — Loyd Vern Arnold, 93, of Broseley, died Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020 at his residence, in Broseley. Mr. Arnold was born May 15, 1926 in Broseley, son of the late James and Jacqueline Curtis Arnold. He served in the Navy during WWII from 1944 through 1950. He was assigned to the USS Canberra in the Pacific and later was stationed in Panama. He was a retired riverboat Captain having worked for 43 years. He was also a farmer. He was a member of the American Legion post 153...

In the United States of America, there are two institutions that need immediate attention in the form of a full audit. Starting with Poplar Bluff, Mo., a full audit by the state of Missouri. I think that the citizens of Poplar Bluff are fed up with all the lies coming out of city hall. ...

A Butler County judge recently dismissed the criminal case against a former clerk who had been accused of embezzling money from the city of Fisk. Accompanied by her attorney Dan Moore, Tosha Renea Roberts appeared Thursday before Associate Circuit Judge C. Wade Pierce for a preliminary hearing on the Class D felony of stealing...

The Missouri State Highway Patrol would like to remind the public that driver examination stations throughout the state will be closed Monday, Jan. 20, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. Normal operations will resume Tuesday, Jan. 21...

V. M. (Mack) Sinden, 80, of Largo, Fla., passed Jan. 3, 2020 at the home of his children in Heber Springs, Ark. Mack was born to Cecil Theodore and Ica Mae Sinden of Poplar Bluff, Mo. He moved to Florida in 1973 while stationed at Mac Dill AFB. He retired from USAF in 1979 and Florida Department of Agriculture in 2000. He was a Life member of Indian Rocks Beach VFW #10094, American Legion Post #273, Madeira Beach, Holiday Isles Elks Lodge #1912 and Largo Moose Lodge #2205...

After over 50 years as a lawyer in the area, Jasper Edmundson died Friday, Jan. 3, at the age of 77, leaving a hole in the community that will take time to fill, if it ever is, say friends and colleagues.

Poplar Bluff City Council members will vote Jan. 21 on incentives promised nearly a year ago to keep the local Briggs & Stratton factory open. The incentives will include the extension of a 90% discount in real property taxes, and the addition of a discount on personal property taxes that would be assessed against $28 million in equipment, according to discussion Monday by council members...