Stories from Friday, September 11, 2020

Tree board The Poplar Bluff Tree Advisory Board will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the city council chambers in the Black River Coliseum. Items to be discussed include the Forest ReLeaf of Missouri Program. Board of Adjustment The Poplar Bluff Board of Adjustment will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the city council chambers...

John Patrick (JP) Morrow, 92, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020 at Cedargate Healthcare, after a lengthy battle with heart disease and skin cancer. John was born Nov. 3, 1927 to Charles and Martha Morrow in Poplar Bluff. John and Mary Jane Raper were married Nov. 29, 1952 in Corning, Ark. She preceded him in death on April 27, 2016 after 53 years of marriage...

PIEDMONT — The congregation of Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church in Wayne County is celebrating its 200th anniversary this month. The church was established in 1820 in the Otter Creek community on Highway V, south of Piedmont. It is considered the third oldest Baptist church in Missouri and “has been spreading the gospel with no interruption for 200 years,” said Pastor Tom Keene, now in his fourth year...

Editor's note: Due to a production error, the St. Louis Cardinals story that appeared in the Thursday edition of the Daily American Republic was from an Aug. 27 doubleheader. The story from Thursday’s games appears here. The DAR regrets the error...

Lois V. Hill, 86, of Silva, Missouri passed away Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020 in Fenton, Missouri. Visitation will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020 at Ruegg Funeral Home in Greenville, Missouri. The funeral will follow at 2 p.m. also in the Greenville Chapel. Interment will be in Camp Eight Cemetery...

As students return to school amid the COVID-19 pandemic, school administration face challenges with filling substitute teacher roles.

Jacqueline Sue Kassing, 84, of Puxico, Mo. passed away Sept. 9, 2020 at Puxico Nursing and Rehab in Puxico. Jacqueline was born July 18, 1936 to the late Alva and Bellzona (Holsapple) Harper in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She married Nemo (Bud) Kassing April 27, 1957, in St. Louis, Mo. He preceded her in death...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Jana L. Gibbs, 36, of Paragould, Arkansas, was arrested at 1:36 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11, on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and driving the wrong way on a highway in Butler County. She was booked in the Butler County jail...

FIRE Poplar Bluff firefighters responded to 1111 Nooney St., at 1.17 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, to an unauthorized burn. According to the report, Poplar Bluff police officers were on the scene. The house was condemned, but three people were there. The coating was being burned off wire. Firefighters used 15 gallons of water to put out the fire. The wire was taken to be disposed of, according to reports. PBFD left the scene at 1.51 p.m...