Stories from Tuesday, August 25, 2020

A 30-year-old Fort Worth, Texas, man was seriously injured in a one-vehicle crash at 5:03 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, on County Road 142E-26, five miles east of Doniphan. According to the report, David J. Ruder was operating a 2005 Ford pickup southbound when it ran off the right side of the road and struck a tree...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Two area men were injured in a two-vehicle crash at 10:45 a.m. Monday, Aug. 24, on U.S. 61, one mile south of Matthews, in New Madrid County. According to the report, Earl W. Bryant, 61, of East Prairie was operating a southbound 2009 GMC pickup, which was making a right turn and was struck in the rear by a 2000 Freightliner being driven by Dennis W. Thurman, 71, of Fisk...

City firefighters responded at 4:15 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, to a report of a strange odor, possibly smoke inside the 1008 Mary St. residence occupied by Jennifer Green. According to the report, firefighters used the department’s thermal-imaging camera to check all the wall outlets and breaker boxes...

Rosie Etta Johnson passed away Sunday, Aug., 23, 2020, in Cape Girardeau surrounded by her family. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at Fowler Sullivan Funeral Home at 844 Cedar St. in Poplar Bluff. Her going home celebration will begin at 1 p.m. in the Fowler Sullivan Chapel with internment to follow in the City Cemetery...

Saint Francis Healthcare System and UnitedHealthcare have reportedly reached an agreement to bring Saint Francis back into the United network of provider facilities. Saint Francis Medical Center and its affiliated facilities have been “out-of-network” since March 5 when the previous agreement between Saint Francis and United expired and the two parties could not agree on a continuance while negotiations continued...

Walter (Bud) Herbert Jungbluth II, 73, passed away in the comfort of his home, in rural Texas County on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. He was born March 11, 1947 in Washington, Iowa, the son of Walter H. and Rachel (Negus) Jungbluth. Bud is survived by his wife: Marietta (Mary) Jungbluth of the home; two sons: Jeff (Rhonda) Jungbluth of Poplar Bluff, Mo. ...

Carolyn Sue Aldrich of Poplar Bluff, Mo. passed away Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, in Poplar Bluff. Carolyn was born April 27, 1943, in Bassett, Ark. to Carl and Fennie Irene (Oakes) Heaton. She married Jerry Leon Aldrich Nov. 29, 1963 in Poplar Bluff. He preceded her in death on Oct. 23, 2019...

MALDEN — The care and safe environment provided each day at the Twin Oaks Day Center in Malden benefits not only the special-needs adults who attend, but also their families. Since opening three years ago, Twin Oaks has been an adult day care, but it also has its “day-habilitation certificate,” said owner John Welch...

U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, during a visit to Poplar Bluff’s Orscheln Farm & Home Store Tuesday morning, said he’s heard about several consistent issues during his 30-county Ag Summit this summer. “It’s mainly been health care, unemployment, workforce, broadband and trade agreements,” said Smith of the issues he hears about the most during constituent visits...

Daily American Republic Advertising Representative Stacie McElhaney (left) presents Difference Maker nominee Laura Le’ Sappington with her gift basket.

Two of the conversations at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Missouri focused around telehealth and broadband.

The recent death of a Twin Towers’ resident from COVID-19 has brought the pandemic home for residents of the Poplar Bluff Housing Authority complex, where several people have tested positive and some have been hospitalized. A lock down at Poplar Bluff Housing Authority’s Twin Towers began in March. The complex has 104 apartments, with residents varying in age from 55 to the mid 90s...