Stories from Friday, February 21, 2020

If you are part of what is called a liturgical church, then you know what is coming up next week. On Wednesday, we will begin the journey to Easter with the celebration of Ash Wednesday. If you don’t share in this holy time, that’s okay, not everyone does. Ash Wednesday starts the season of Lent, which is the 40 days (not including Sundays) before Easter...

A Poplar Bluff man may face an assault charge after he allegedly stabbed another man Thursday night. At about 6:10 p.m. Thursday, Poplar Bluff police officers responded to a residence in the 800 block of West Victor Street, where they contacted a 30-year-old man and the reporting party, Patrolman Dustin Barks wrote in his report...

CAPE GIRARDEAU — A Warrenton, Mo., woman recently was sentenced to more than two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a drug-related offense. Ashley Purdom was sentenced to 30 months on Tuesday on the felony of aiding and abetting in the possession of marijuana with intent to distribute by U.S. District Judge Stephen Limbaugh Jr., according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Keith Sorrell...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Two Poplar Bluff residents were injured in a one-vehicle crash at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, on County Road 533, about a mile east of Highway W. According to the report, Shanon L. Rosenbohm, 49, was operating a 2011 Chevrolet Traverse eastbound when it ran off left side of the road and struck a tree...

City firefighters responded at 7:12 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, to a motor-vehicle crash at 599 E. Pine St. According to the report, firefighters assisted emergency-medical-services personnel with a patient. Firefighters also used an absorbent and removed debris from the road...

The month of February is special for those of us who work in CTE, because February is CTE month. What is CTE you might ask? It is Career and Technical Education (CTE), and it has a strong backstory as well as a bright future for our community. As an educator, I have always marveled at the accomplishments of Career Education in our public schools...

To the editor: The guffaw of the Democratic Party over their failure in Iowa is nothing short of a mockery of our Republic. The good people of Iowa turned out looking to participate in the process of choosing their nominee, only to learn the harsh lesson that Republicans have known for years: Democrats cannot be trusted to create efficient processes, much less run the government. ...

To Whom It May Concern, I was excited to hear of the special day of service and prayer on Feb. 29 here in the Bluff. Since our church, Faith Baptist Church, has committed ourselves to 500 hours of prayer for our city in the next year, we are glad to include this in our commitment...

Dean Eugene Potts, 89, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. passed away Feb. 20, 2020 at his home in Poplar Bluff. Dean was born June 16, 1930 to the late Vincent and Olga (Miller) Potts in Mt. Morris, Mich. He married Connie Highfill March 2, 1963. Dean served in the United States Army from 1953-1955 in Knoxville, Ky. ...

Charlotte Ann Bruce, 69, of Qulin, Mo., died Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 at Barnes Jewish Hospital, in Saint Louis, Mo. Mrs. Bruce was born Feb. 23, 1950 in Glennonville, daughter of the late Leo and Delphine Petry. She was a member of the Qulin Baptist Church and a volunteer at the Qulin Nutrition Center. She retired from the Qulin branch of Southern Bank after 28 years in the banking industry...

Cape Girardeau — SoutheastHEALTH and Universal Health Services (NYSE: UHS) held a celebratory beam signing ceremony for the new, freestanding behavioral health hospital today at the site of the new facility, 639 South Silver Springs Road. Scheduled to open at the end of 2020, the new facility will address the growing, unmet need for accessible, high-quality and advanced behavioral health services in the region. ...

Three Poplar Bluff-area residents have formed a consortium and purchased a prominent local business. Dr. Clint Vanlandingham, Dr. Donald Piland and insurance agency owner Steve Phillips formed a consortium known as PVP Investment Group and purchased Cotrell Funeral Service from Premier Funeral Management Services of Naples, Florida...

February is Career and Technical Education month and I wanted to take some time to let our stakeholders know about the many opportunities for career education in Poplar Bluff Schools. The Poplar Bluff R-I school system has two different methods of providing career education to students, the first of which being programs offered directly to students on an hourly basis on the Poplar Bluff High School campus....

Conversations about the Twin Rivers R-X 2020-21 calendar continue after a lengthy meeting Thursday afternoon.

PRINCIPAL’S LIST First Grade: Madison Albin Lillian Boatner Benjamin Boschert Hayden Fain Savannah Grisham Isabella Hawley Steven Stembridge Second Grade: Aden Dockery Annelise McCarty Bennett Nagell Shelby Ray Sadie Smith Simon Webster Third Grade:...

Pre-School Parker Smith Parker is in Ms. Terry and Ms. Subrina’s calss. Parker’s family includes his parents Heath and Jessica and brothers Peyton and Paxton. He enjoys everything about his family. His favorite activity is playing with trucks and tractors. He enjoys it because he plays with his brothers. Parker says he enjoys pre-school because he can play with his friends...

Wednesday night in Las Vegas, Mayor Mike Bloomberg learned what it is like to be thrown up against a wall and frisked. At the opening of the Democratic debate, his first, Mayor Mike was greeted by his nearest neighbor on stage, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, with this warm welcome:...

The pre-Nevada Democratic debate was a gift to Donald Trump. Instead of training their fire on the incumbent, or on the vulnerable front-runner, Bernie Sanders, the candidates tore Mike Bloomberg to shreds while saving plenty of darts for one another. ...