Stories from Friday, August 28, 2020

My heart goes out to the teachers. With school starting up, many are having to do school in new and totally unforeseen ways. In many school districts across the nation, virtual classes will be the norm and not the exception. Many teachers are having to retrain and rethink how to best reach the students and many of the administration are having to wrestle with the day-to-day changes that this type of learning will bring...

Tim Tebow is one of the most famous football players to ever fail in the NFL. Before playing professional football, Tebow enjoyed phenomenal success at the University of Florida. He became the first sophomore in history to be awarded the coveted Heisman Trophy. During his junior and senior years, he led the Gators to back-to-back 13-1 seasons...

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Scout now for spider mites, says University of Missouri Extension field crops entomologist Kevin Rice. Dry weather throughout the state creates ideal conditions for spider mite outbreaks. MU Extension agronomists reported mites in fields across the state during their weekly teleconference on Aug. 26. Mite populations can double about every five to seven days under drought conditions...

An 80-year-old Wappapello man was seriously injured in a one-vehicle crash at 3:33 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, on Highway T, one mile west of Highway 51, in Stoddard County. According to the report, Gayle W. Arnold was operating a 1975 Freightliner Conventional westbound when it ran off the right side of the road. Arnold reportedly overcorrected, which caused his truck to run off the left side of the road, struck a ditch and overturned...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Two Malden residents were injured in a one-vehicle crash at 9:05 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, on Highway WW, three miles north of Campbell. According to the report, Samuel R. Counts, 51, was operating a 2000 Ford pickup northbound when it ran off the right side of the road. Counts reportedly overcorrected, which caused his truck to run off the left side of the road and strike a ditch...

County firefighters responded at 10:02 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, to a report of smoke odor at 2926 Highway B. According to the report, firefighters found a light bulb base had melted a fixture. _ County firefighters responded at 7:29 a.m. Friday, Aug. 28, to a structure fire at 2593 County Road 328...

A lot of times, good works go unrecognized, but Spire Gas didn’t want that to happen to its partners who keep their lines flowing. The company recently recognized Poplar Bluff’s Street Department, honoring it with its inaugural Silver Shovel Award for safety in 2019...

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. — Weigh, test and sample hay before buying or selling, says University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist Eldon Cole. Beef producers rely on good-quality hay to boost profits. “Unfortunately, our hay production is not always the greatest quality,” Cole says. ...

Whether it is a burglary or a homicide, it is Poplar Bluff Police Detective Dan Mustain’s job to process that scene for evidence. “On a crime scene, we are looking for things like trace evidence, which could consist of bodily fluids, fingerprints, tool marks,” explained Mustain, the department’s evidence technician...

When Tiffany Fowler was placed on a respirator after contracting COVID-19 at eight months pregnant, her family feared the worst. But the Harviell family recently celebrated what they consider their third miracle, Tiffany’s recovery, the safe birth of her son, and the fact that the boy’s great-grandfather has been declared cancer free...

Downtown PB Downtown Poplar Bluff Inc. will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the city council chambers, 301 S. Fifth St. Items on the agenda include reports from the director. Electrical board The Poplar Bluff Electrical Board will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday at the city council chambers...

The Republican National Convention wrapped up Thursday night with President Donald J. Trump’s official nominee acceptance speech.