Stories from Thursday, July 30, 2020

Butler County recorded a new single-day record in COVID-19 cases on Thursday. The Butler County Health Department reported 10 new cases, putting the county at 206 total cases since March 31 with no current hospitalizations, 165 cases having recovered and three total deaths...

“When my husband retired nearly two years ago,” laughs Charlotte Harris of Poplar Bluff, “I told him I wasn’t ready to quit yet!” Harris, who has worked at Hefner Furniture and Appliance for most of her adult life, says she still enjoys her job and the people who work there...

Reta Faye Crank, 81, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Saturday, July 25, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, after a battle with cancer. Reta was born March 1, 1939, in Pocahontas, Arkansas, to the late Herman and Mildred Stewart. She was a member of St. ...

Tuesday’s Games BABE RUTH LEAGUE Pack’s Do-It 6, Midwest Security 1 First Midwest 8, R&T Auto 3 Wednesday’s Games CIVIC LEAGUE TOURNAMENT Championship: Sterling vs. Castello’s LITTLE LEAGUE VFW 10, Swafford’s 6 First Midwest 17, VFW 1...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 37-year-old Poplar Bluff man was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 12:48 a.m. Thursday, July 30, on U.S. 60 North Outer Road, west of Highway AD, two miles west of Dexter. According to the report, Jamie R. Hoggard was operating a 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee westbound when it ran off the road, struck an embankment, overturned and caught fire...

City firefighters responded at 4:29 a.m. Thursday, July 30, to an alarm at Poplar Bluff Senior High School, 3209 Oak Grove Road. It was investigation only. _ City firefighters responded at 4:53 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, to a motor-vehicle crash at the intersection of Westwood and Kanell boulevards...

Views and experiences related to community policing were shared Thursday morning with U.S. Senate’s law enforcement caucus by panelists from Missouri and East Coast cities. Hosted by the caucus’ cochairs, Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt and Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, panel members appearing virtually were: Poplar Bluff Police Chief Danny Whiteley; Bishop Mark Tolbert of Kansas City, Missouri; Rev. Dr. Donald Morton of Wilmington, Delaware; and Greg Mullen of Clemson, South Carolina...

Three Rivers College will alter its Fall 2020 calendar as part of its Return to Class Plan, which includes a number of elements to protect the health and safety of students and faculty/staff as classes resume August 17. “Over the past weeks the College has worked closely with our medical advisors to develop a plan that allows a safe and sensible return for the Fall 2020 semester,” said Dr. Wesley Payne, president of Three Rivers College...

Neelyville sixth grade teacher Shannon Davis approaches every day with a clean slate.

The candidates for the Missouri District 25 senate seat met in a forum hosted by the Stoddard County Central Committee at the Hidden Trails Country Club in Dexter on Wednesday evening. One candidate, Jeff Shawan, was unable to attend due to being called to Jefferson City for a special congressional session...