Stories from Thursday, February 13, 2020

To the editor: I would like to take this opportunity to openly thank the complete staff at the skilled nursing and rehab facility, The Manor, here in Poplar Bluff. In November, after a hospital stay, my father-in-law became a rehab patient there. I really wasn’t sure what the outcome would be with considering all of his physical issues. ...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Sandra K. Brown, 55, of St. Louis was arrested at 8:55 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), possession of fewer than 10 grams of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. She was booked at the Butler County jail and released...

City firefighters responded at 5:03 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, to a report of an infant with his hand stuck in a door at 1424 N. Main St. According to the report, firefighters found emergency-medical-services personnel already had freed the infant’s hand prior to their arrival...

A $1,000 reward is being offered by the Butler County Sheriff’s Department for information leading to the capture of Desean R. Bell. Authorities have been searching for the 21-year-old since Feb. 1 when he allegedly shot Keith L. Whitehead. The 47-year-old Neelyville man was shot in the back, and authorities report he still is hospitalized at this time...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Taking a break from work on farms and ranches across the state, more than 550 young farmers and ranchers gathered for the annual Missouri Farm Bureau (MOFB) Young Farmers and Ranchers (YF&R) Leadership Conference. The Feb. 7-9 event was held at the Lake of the Ozark’s Margaritaville Lake Resort. Young farmers from Stoddard County enjoyed a weekend away from farm chores to catch up with their peers from across the state and learn new things in the process...

John Andrew “Andy” Lunsford, 87, of Poplar Bluff, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2020 in Clark’s Mountain Nursing Center in Piedmont, Mo. Andy was born on May 21, 1932 in Corning, Ark., the son of Clifton Stone and Ruby (Leonard) Lunsford. In December of 1949 he married Charlene Burke...

Douglas Ray Boxx, 64 of Poplar Bluff passed away on Monday, Feb. 10, 2020 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Douglas was born Sept. 25, 1955 in Piedmont, Mo., the son of Edward and Zada (Trindle) Boxx. On Feb. 1, 1986 he married Jana Jorde in Coon Rapids, Minn. Together they shared more than 34 years of marriage...

Joe Stanley Green, 74, of O’Fallon, Mo., departed this life Monday, Feb. 10, 2020 in Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. He was born March 20, 1945 in Ponder, Mo., to the late John and Cloyce (Staten) Green. Stanley worked for Operators Union Local 513 and retired after 35 years of service. ...

On Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, Marguerite Adamson of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away at the age of 93. She had suffered a long illness of Alzheimer’s. Marguerite, known to all as Margie, was born on July 28 1926 in Tuckerman, Ark., to Samuel and Helen (Reid) Tinsley. She was a schoolteacher in her early years then became a full time mother and homemaker. She married Aubrey Herbert Adamson in 1946 and they raised one son and two daughters...

Campbell native Terry Farmer served during the Persian Gulf War as part of a critical care team tasked with flying into combat zones as part of a portable ICU. A member of the Air Force Reserves at the time, he completed 38 missions with the unit, which had a 95% success rate for keeping critically wounded personnel alive...

For parents looking for ways to help their children unplug and find activities beyond video games, internet and television, area 4-H programs offer many options. “4-H has a lot of things happening in the next few months,” said Stephanie Milner, county engagement specialist in 4-H youth development at the University of Missouri Extension...