Stories from Friday, August 14, 2020

Ashley Malkowski, of Doniphan, graduated Cum Laude with a Doctor of Pharmacy from Harding University College of Pharmacy in May.

Sometimes, I go back and look at some of the articles that I have written over the past couple of years.

Grandma’s Attic, an indoor yard sale, will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, in the fellowship hall at FIRST METHODIST CHURCH, 500 N. Main St. Lots of of clothes, collectibles and household items will be available. All money raised will go toward the mission work of United Methodist Women...

Timothy E. Lipsey, 38, of the 700 block of North 11th Street was arrested at 11:42 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, on a Butler County warrant for possession of a controlled substance. He was booked at the Butler County jail. _ Tiara M. Holloway, 23, of the 800 block of Hendrix was arrested at 3:01 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, on a probation warrant for dangerous drugs. She was booked at the Butler County jail...

Herman E. Wilson, 82, of Benton, Mo., died Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Wilson was born May 3, 1938 in Morley, Mo. to the late John Samson and Orene Wilson. On Feb. 19, 1956 he married Mary Soto; she preceded him in death. On Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016 he married Anna Stitz; she survives...

City council The Poplar Bluff City Council will meet at 6:45 p.m. Monday at the city council chambers for a tax rate hearing, followed by a regular meeting. Items on the workshop agenda of the 7 p.m. regular meeting include: • Change Order #1 regarding a noise study for the environmental re-evaluation of the Hwy 67/I-57 project...

DONIPHAN — A routine trip to the Current River last weekend turned out to be anything but routine for a Poplar Bluff woman and her family after they found a rare bird perched on a limb near the water. “Me and my husband and my granddaughter … that’s what we do. Every weekend we go to the river,” said Debbie Prance-Orosz...

Mattie Bell Aldridge, 94, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020 at Westwood Hills Care Center in Poplar Bluff. Mattie was born March 1, 1926 to Tom and Leona Hendrickson Kearbey in Poplar Bluff. She and Raymond Aldridge were married July 8, 1944 in Corning, Arkansas...

Pastor Elmo Parker, 84, of Piedmont, Mo., died, Wednesday, Aug. 12, at his residence. Visitation is at 5 p.m, Monday, Aug. 17, at Victory Baptist Temple Church, Piedmont. Funeral service is at 11 am, Tuesday, Aug. 18, also at Victory Baptist Temple Church. Burial following at Beulah Baptist Cemetery, Brunot, Mo...

Tommy Shackleford, 61, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Aug. 14, 2020 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Tommy was born on Jan. 3, 1959 to the late Walter and Pauline Louise (Shamblin) Shackleford in St. Louis, Mo. He married Betty Jo Shackleford but she preceded him in death...

Brandi McAtee works at a VA hospital, taking care of the men and women who have served our nation. Like the veterans she cares for, Brandi, too, has experience serving others selflessly. Raised in Greenville — a town of less than 500 — Brandi had focused on her family and community, and enjoyed being a nurse not far from her hometown. She hadn’t done a lot of traveling in her life...

The Poplar Bluff Amtrak station waiting room is temporarily closed effective immediately, until further notice. Trains will continue to stop at the station and passengers will have access to platforms. Jim Chrisman of the Poplar Bluff Historic Deport Restoration Corporation explained because of the coronavirus Amtrak is requiring masks be worn in all the waiting rooms...

Enrollment for the new Poplar Bluff R-I virtual curriculum is on pace with what administration expected.

Of the 23 new COVID-19 cases confirmed this week in Ripley County, 16 are residents or staff at The Colonial Home assisted living center in Doniphan. Owner Bob Adams said three residents exhibiting a few symptoms were first noticed on Friday, Aug. 7. ...

Charles Sanford (Sandy) Payne, 78, was born Nov. 22, 1941 in Elmer, Okla.,, to Gladys Walter and Corneilous Barton Payne. He passed at home in Poplar Bluff, Mo. July 27, 2020. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother Carl Barton Payne and wife Shirley Payne; and one sister Elva Mae Payne...

UPDATE 2 p.m. Saturday Butler County marked its 300th case of COVID-19 shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday with the announcement of nine new cases. As of Aug. 12, the Butler County Health Department reported 278 cases, including:Recovered, 224; Hospitalized, 3; Deaths, 4; and other, including self isolating, 47. This is the most recent break down of recovered cases.